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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY DECEMBER 29, 1916.
PHYSICAL TRAINING
FOR DEFENSE URGED
National Collegiate Athletic
Association Points Out Need
of Compulsory Courses.
OREGON MAN IS ON BOARD
Dr. Browne, of Aggies, Elected t
Executive Committee Head of
Organization Says Men at
Plattsburg Were 'Pathetic'
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. A resolution
Indorsing physical preparedjnees in the
cause of National defense was adopted
today by the National Collegiate Ath
letic Association. It was a substitute
for one proposed by the conference
committee on National preparedness
and was reported by a committee com
posed of Professor H. A. Farr, of Yale,
and George W. Epler, of Madieon, Wis.
The resolution follows:
"Resolved. That this convention calls
upon all affiliated persons to give their
entire support to the cause of the Na
tional defense to the end that the Na
tion shall be assured of immunity from
invasion and that all members be urged
to emphasize the necessity of physical
preparedness on the part of each Indi
vidual." For the first time in the history of
the association delegates were present
from all the districts. They came from
local conferences all over the United
States, including the Bocky Mountain
country, the Pacific Coast and the
liouth, representitng more than 200
colleges, demonstrating the National
character of the organization.
Major Pierce Elected President.
Dean Le Baron R Briggs. of Harvard,
refused to accept another term as
president of the association, and Major
Palmer E. Pierce, war college, Wash
ington, D. C, a former president, wae
again elected to the same office by a
unanimous vote.
The following were elected, as the
executive committee:
Professor C. L Maxcy, Williams Col
lege; Professor Erastus Palmer, Col
lege of the City of New York; R, T.
Abercomble. Johns Hopkins University;
Professor H. G. Buchanan, University
of Tennwsee: C. D. Coons, Denlson
University; George W. Briant. Coe Col
lege; W. L. Driver, Texas A. and M.;
A. C. Parmlee, Colorado School of
Mines, and Dr. A. W. Brown, Oregon
Agricultural College.
Major Pierce, in his address on "Col
lege Athletics as Related to National
Preparedness," said in part:
"Compulsory physical training should
be Introduced Into all of our Institu
tions of learning. I mean by this not
a course of training that is confined
to any particular class in these insti
tutions nor to a certain specified num
ber of periods that may be covered In
a very short time, but a course that
extends throughout the entire curricu
lum and Is serious enough to be rated
among the most Important subjects
taught.
Need of Training Evident.
"How necessary some such step has
become was made very apparent at
Plattsburg last Summer, where I had
charge of 32,000 college students. The
sight of these young men presented
when stripped for work w,as, to use
the expression of an Army officer of
very high rank, 'pathetic,' and spoke
volumes of the startling inef f iciency
of the methods employed in our col
leges to train the bodies of our stu
dents, if any are employed at all. That
this side of the training of our young
men has been very much neglected by
intrusted has long been known. That
it has hosr, ,.p in tv,
emplified by the representatives comlnir
under my
niiservauon at l'lattsDuig
was, however, a revelation.
Summarizing a Joint report made by
Chairman E. K. Hail, football rules
committee, and himself. Dr. Harry L.
Williams, coach of the University of
Minnesota football team, said:
"It Is not too much to say that the
present rules have given us the best
game of football that we have ever
had and it Is to be hoped that the
rules will be allowed to remain about
as they are."
O'BOYLE IS TENNIS SURPRISE
Georgetown Junior Beats BotsrorJ,
of Columbia, In Indoor Tourney.
NEW YORK. Dec. 28. The playing
of H. B. O'Boylc. of Georgetown Uni
versity, proved a surprise in the Na
tional Junior indoor tennis champion
ship tournament here today. Driving
to deep court at a swift pace, O'Boyle
beat Willard Botsford. Columbia, 7-5.
6-4. The other important winners as
the field narrowed to the round before
the semi-finals, were: H. L. Bowman
New York A. C, beat C Warner, Le
high University. 6-1, 6-3; E. H. Hen
tlrickson. Amherst; beat E. Dowling
Newton II. S., 6-4, 6-2; E. H. Binzen.
Fordham, the playing through cham
pion, beat D. L. Nichols. Curtis H. S ,
6-3, 6-3; F. W. Hopkins. Yale, beal
I. W. Raymond. Columbia, 6-2, 6-1.
Four pairs reached the semi-finals
of the doubles. F. W. Hopkins and E.
Jj. HopKins, Yale, beat M. A. Taylor
and W. II. Barnes, Fordham, 6-3 6-3-W.
Botsford and R. B. Haines. Colum
bia, beat H. W. Haldenstein and M
Cutler, New York. 7-5. 10-8; F Dorn
helm and D. R. Blankard. Philadelphia,
beat D. Donaldson and F. A. Middle
ditch, Princeton, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2- E H.
Blnzen and H. H. Letson, Fordh'am'and
New York, beat H. A. Taylor and H L
Bowman, New York A. C, 6-2, 6-4.
$25,000 IS OFFERED FOR BOUT
Minneapolis Promoter Would Match
Gibbons With Darcy.
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 28. Harry Sher
man, local boxing promoter, today
offered a purse of $25,000 for a ten
round boxink contest between Mike
Gibbons, of St. Paul, and Les Darcy. of
Australia, the fight to be staged
cither in Minneapolis or St. Paul.
The winner would receive 75 per cent
and the loser 25 per cent. Four of the
leading boxing experts of the country
would act as Judges and the fighters
would abide by their decision in case
neither man had a marked advantage.
STECHEK TO GRAPPLE WINNER
Victor of Santel-Lewis Bout to Get
Chance at World's Title.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 27. Joe
Stecher, of Nebraska, will wrestle the
winner of the "Strangler" Lewis-Ad
Santel match here February 22. accord
ing to a telegram which Frank Schuler.
promoter of the Lewis-Santel match,
announced today he has received from
Joe Hetmanek, Stecher's manager.
Stecher Is in Podge City. Neb.,
Schuler said no contract had been
signed yet, but the match was certain
to take place
FAMOUS PROMOTER AND AUSTRALIAN CHAMPION WHO WILL
MAKE HIS DEBUT IN THIS COUNTRY SOON.
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The pair were photographed on the arrival of the Australian In New
York, December 23. Darcy may be matched In New York with Georges Car
pentier, who Is getting a furlough from the French army. Darcy arrived on
the Standard Oil steamer "Cushlng" from Chile and was met down the bay on
the steamer on which he was working as a coalheaver. Rlckard and Sam
McCracken, one of Tex' associates, were the first to greet him.
DUGKSEASQN ENDING
January 1 Is Limit in Multno
mah and Nearby Counties.
STATE LAW COMES FIRST
Federal Act Makes No Provision for
Open Season Other Parts of
Oregon May Continue Hunt
ing Until January 15.
The duck-shooting season In Multno
mah, Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook
counties will close at sundown Sunday
night. In every other county of the
state the season will remain open until
sundown January 15.
Carl D. Shoemaker, state fish and
game warden, says that he cannot over
look or Ignore the state law. 1 he fed
eral law does not declare the time be
tween October 1 and January IB as an
open season. It simply prohibits the
shooting of any migratory birds be
tween January 15 and October 1 of any
year; in other words. It speaks only of
a closed season and not of an open eea
son. Within the period of time not cov
ered by the Federal law, namely, Oc
tober 1 to January 15, the state law Is
supreme and may. If It deems it advis
able, close the entire gap or permit
shooting for two, three, four, six, eight
or ten weeks, or for the entire period.
"My own opinion on the subject is
that the state and the Federal laws
should coincide." eaid Carl Shoemaker
' nigm. i nave bo rcramnram
the Commission, which recommendation
haa been adopted and will be transmit
ted to the Legislature for its approval
or rejection.
"I have been solicited by Multnomah
County sportsmen to ignore the state
law. but as I enforced the state law
regarding the opening of the season In
Southern Oregon counties, where the
season opens November 1. 1 cannot
consistently r conscientiously ignore
the closing law along the Columbia
River counties.
"There is some question as to wheth
er or not the state law will prevail. I
shall make a test case of the first per
son caught violating the law next
Monday" morning and have a decision
promptly on the opening of the court
on Tuesday. I sincerely hope that the
Legislature will enact some legislation
that will prevent a recurrence of this
situation in the future."
Reports from Southern Oregon are
to the effect that unless the state law
is enforced the sportsmen of that vi
cinity will present a bill at the Legis
lature prohibiting the feeding of ducks.
Two years ago this same proposition
was defeated by only one vote. Sen
ator E. D. Cuslck, of Albany, stood
with the Multnomah County boys and
cast the deciding ballot.
It Is understood, however, that Sen
ator Cusick will vote the opposite way
if the Willamette Valley and Southern
Oregon hunters are forced to present
the bill again because the Multnomah
County sportsmen are unfair and do
not want to have the i state law en
forced. The best and in fact the only duck
shooting that the Willamette "Valley
and Southern Oregon boys get comes
after Decemeer 31, when the season
closes In Multnomah. Clatsop. Colum
bia and Tillamook counties. This is
because when the season closes the
sportsmen in thUs quartet of counties
quit feeding.
As soon as they do the birds go south
and nestle along the waterways of
Southern Oregon. Another reason for
the belated shooting there is the fact
that this district does not get water
in its lowlands until after the heavy
raine.
In the opinion of many Portland ex
perts the feeding of ducks makes the
Columbia River haunts the finest in
the world. If the birds were not fed
Oregon would not have the excellent
shooting that it has. However, if It
was agalnet the law to feed migratory
birds tn this state the Columbia River
counties would have the edge, because
it is the natural resting place of the
ducks in their first step south when
it begins to get too chilly up north.
The Columbia River and its sloughs
form the great "duck route."
There was some agkation among
AT,,ir.r-ian shooters' to e-et out an in
injunctlon forcing the Fish and Gam"
"""oinmission to ignore the state law.
However, the wiser heads, knowing
that this would agitate the sportemen
of Southern Oregon In presenting a bill
to prohibit duck feeding, persuaded
those on the "f ly-of f-the-handle" or
der to refrain from doing anything of
the kind.
Penn Chess Team Wins.
NEW YORK. Dec. 28-The Univer
sity of Pennsylvania again won the
championship of the triangular chess
league in the annual tournament which
ended here today, defeating Cornell
s
and the College of the City of New
York. The final score was: Pennsyl
vania 5 won, 3 lost; City College. 4
won, t lost; Cornell. 3 won, 5 lost.
WOODBTJRN TEAM SUCCESSFUL
"Buck" Hicks Is Mainstay of North
Marion County Eleven.
WOODBURN. Or., Dec. 28. (Spe
cial.) The Woodburn High School
football team is now claiming the 1916
championship of Northern Marion
County as a result of the showing made
by the squad. The bulk of the vic
tories fell on the shoulders of "Buck"
Hicks, a former Portland Academy and
Lincoln High School athlete.
Hicks was chosen fullback on the
all - star Portland Interscholastlc
League eleven last year and was a stu
dent at Lincoln High the early part
of the Fall semester. He returned to
Woodburn to assist his former team
mates In winning games. Mount Angel
College won from Woodburn High, 7
to 0, and Newberg High won, 13 to 6,
while Silverton lost, 18 to 0 and 6 to 0.
Canby High lost, 45 to 7. and the Alum
ni were trimmed, 28 to 0.
Huey Heads Pendleton Quint.
PENDLETON. Or., Dec. 28. (Spe
cial.) Olean Huey, forward on "the
Pendleton basketball team, was elected i
today to captain the team for the sea
son. Although this' Is Huey's first year
on the team, he has developed into a
star.
The Sportlight.
BY GRA.TLA..J RICE.
THE controlling powers In the Ameri
can League are baseball men. The
controlling powers in the National
League are business men. The rest of
it is obvious enough.
The Worth of Patrick Mo run.
Of all leading managers who have
achieved a distinct success In the game,
it strikes us that Pat Moran, the Philiy
director, has obtained far lees than his.
share of praise.
Pat won a pennant In 1915 with a
ball club that no one figured as a first
division team.
This last season, with a club rated
fourth or fifth, he remained In the
fight until Bancroft was injured in the
final week with. a club that beat Brook
lyn in seven out of the last eight games
through the stretch. Pat was firing
away at the peak until within two days
of the close with one great pitcher,
where the leading batsman of his glub
was fixed at .283 anc where Bancroft,
his infield star, dropped to .213. Moran
is rigged out with the qualities tha,t a
winning manager needs firmness,
good Judgment and the respect of his
tribe.
An long as the combination of Moran
and Alexander is around the Phillies
are not very likely to be regarded again
as open-faced targets for any hostile
fire.
The Rough Life.
Golf professionals lead the hardest
life we know. In the Summer they are
outdoors all day in the open country.
And in the Winter they are forced
to leave the snowdrifts and the smash
ing winds for such places as Palm
Beach. Belleair. Pir.ehurst, Augusta,
at. Augustine, urmond and Aiken.
Yet we have never heard of a golf
pros." strike. Showing again that the
Scot comes from a hardy race.
I remember I remember four months ag-o
this morn
I shriveled in the Summer's lun. perspiring
and forlorn;
But now it elves me even less of happiness
to know
The air Is full of Winter and the ground is
full of snow.
Football Ethlcn.
One detail that will help football
more than a trifle Is an improvement
In the general ethics of the game.
For illustration, if every man Is
taught not how to hold and get away
with it but not to hold an opponent
under any condition the game would
be bolstered in several ways. Proof of
this can be found In the enormous
number of penalties Inflicted through
the past season and fhe valuable
amount of ground lost by breaking
some rule.
When fulfilling the letter and the
spirit of the rule is as much a part of
Instruction as tackling and punting,
these constant penalties will be ended
and the game, in addition, will be upon
a much higher basis than it is today.
We can imagine after the First Punic
War or after Persia's repulse in Greece
or after Joshua had concluded at Ala-
Ion, the expression of this general opin
ion, to-wit: "Weir thls'll be the last
big war. They'll all be too sick of
fighting after this to ever start an
other." 4
Human nature Is human nature.
Which is to say that It Is part tiger,
part boa constrictor, part boll weevil,
part rabbit and part human. The'
surest cinch in the world, if given time
for development, Is the thing that
"never could happen."
m m m
"What would happen, Johnny," some
one asked Evers, "if you should make
an 80-yard run in a football game and
the referee should oal you back for
holding In the line? About what would
you say?" "Not a word," said the Tro
jan, "not a word. I'd probably choke
to death before I even had a chance
to take another breath."
'was
BRQNSQN
MADDEN
CONTEST IS DRAW
Leightweights Give Fine Ex
hibition Decision Satis
fies Spectators.
BIG CROWD WELL PLEASED
Billy Nelson Wins Clean-Cut Deci
sion. Over Fraukie Sullivan.
Mitchle, K endall, McCool
and Wing Are Victors.
They tell you that Willie Hoppe Is
the greatest 12-mlnute boxer in the
world. The greatest battle he ever put
up could have had nothing on the one
staged by "Muff" Bronson and Lloyd
Madden, of Seattle, which served as the
main event of the Rose City Athletic
Club's card last night.
Referee Jack Grant called the affair
a draw. He could not have decided
otherwise.
The other results on the all-around
good bill were:
Billy Nelson, of Spokane, won de
cision over Frankie Sullivan, of Los
Angeles at 133 pounds.
Pete Mitchle won decision over
Tommy Clark at 135 pounds.
Frank Kendall won decision over
Ben Bordsen. of Oregon City, at 200
pounds.
Shel McCool and Jimmy Moscow
fought to a draw at 125 pounds.
Weldon Wing won decision over
Jockey Bennett at 122 pounds.
. The show had pleased the crowd
greatly up to the last event, and when
the 1200 fans present got the Bronson
Madden argument under their belts
they left the hall voicing their
pleasure.
By the draw verdict Madden retains
his title of lightweight champion of
the Northwest, which he won from
Harry Anderson, of Vancouver, B. C,
a month ago. Portland fandom has
branded him as a worthy champion.
Bronson put up the greatest battle
of his young life. He stood toe to toe
with the Sound City lad. who out
weighed him seven pounds or so.
'Muff" tried hard to get the Jump on
his opponent In the last round and
staged two rallies, shooting a series of
lefts and rights in rapid succession to
Madden's Jaw.
But this did not give him any ad
vantage, for Madden came back after
each attack fighting hard.
Referee Jack Grant, Jack Fahle,
Tommy Burns, Dr. Leslie dough, Chet
Mclntyre, Mike Butler and others who
lther seconded the principals or occu
pied ringside seats said it was the
greatest 12 minutes of boxing that they
ever witnessed.
Bronson weighed around 128 pounds
.when he entered the ring. Madden
tipped the beam at about 135. The ma
jority of those present left the hall
with the impression that Bronson can
beat any 125-pounder in the country.
k " art Hl hi, ti -i.
matched would pack any house In the
city.
There were more hard punches land
ed in the short space of time by both
boys than in any contest ever eeen in
Portland. The Portland youngster
nearly dropped Madden In the third
round with a right chop to the Jaw, but
Lloyd came back quickly.
Bronson entered the ring with a plas
ter over his left eye, which covered an
old cut.
Billy Nelson had no trouble In de
feating Frankie Sullivan. His long
left hand bothered the Los Angeles
boy. Tommy Clark should have had a
draw with Pete Mitchle, but Referee
Joe Sax thought Mitchle shaded him.
Frank Kendall made another disap
pointing showing with Ben Bordsen, al
though he won easy.
Weldon Wing outweighed Jockey
Bennett and the veteran could not cope
with him at all. Wing galloped off
with the verdict- Shel McCool and
Jimmy Moscow fought a hard draw.
Jack Grant refereed the last two
bouts, with Joe Sax officiating In the
preliminaries.
Sailor Ivirke Knocks Out Jack Read.
DENVER. Colo- Dec. 28. "Sailor"
Kirke. of San Francisco, knocked out
Jack Read, an Australian boxer. In the
second round of a- scheduled l.-round
bout here tonight. The boxers weighed
in at 135 pounds.
Baseball Brevities.
The contract which formally trans
fers Pitcher Al Leake from the Rocky
Mount club of the irglnla League to
Portland was received by Judge Mc
Credle yesterday. Leake will receive
a contract when the rest of them are
Dialed, about March 1. The Rocky
Mount prexy said In a letter accom
panying the paper that Leake is a will
ing worker and was permitted to go
f.-om ltocky Mount to the Richmond
cub of ;ne International L'tigue to
finish the a'aoon, oecause Rocky Mount
became owner of two players in tr.o
deal.
Del Howard will be In San Francisco
right after January 1 for Innumerable
conferences with J. Cal Ewing. Some
startling announcements regarding the
Oaks aro then expected.
The latest one named as a possibility
for the position of manager of Vtnon
is Ivan Olson. It is said that Tom Dar-
mody Is sweet on the former Portland
player and present member ' .f the
Brooklyn National League champions.
...
Southern writers are predicting that
Hamilton P. Patterson will not be at
the helm of the Tigers when the 1917
starting gong rings. They point out
that If Darmody proposed to use Pat
terson he would want to help the big
fellow by settling all disputes at once.
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Dick Egan, former Coaster now with
the Boston Braves, Is out with a big
boost for Frad Yapp Mitchell, new man
ager of the Chicago Cubs. Egan knows
Mitchell well and predicts that he will
be a find for the Windy City crowd.
"I'd Just like to say." he is quoted
as saying, "that Mitchell is not only a
fine fellow personally, but he knows
baseball. He is a percentage flgurer
in baseball., if you can figure what that
means. In short, he gets every bit there
is out of his men.
"You have a pretty good idea what
I think of George Stalllngs as a base
ball manager, and Mitchell. In my
opinion, is Just a few jumps behind
him. He has plenty of personality
that will be a big asset to him,, when
it comes to mixing with his ballplayers,
and, what is just as important, he, has
the brains to go with the personality.
"Under Mitchell. I look to see the
Chicago club Jump to the front and
become a factor in the race next sea
son." Egan. by the way. has about recon
ciled himself to another year of ma
jor league baseball. In the Fall months
Dick figured that he would like to re
tire from the playing end of the sport,
and If the opportunity afforded, handle
a Job as a high-claBs major league
manager.
But Stalllngs has sent word that he
expects Egan to be In the harness with
the Braves, and . that winds up his dream
of another sort of life.
CLAIM AGAINST SCOUT STANDS
National Commission Makes Award
to Club Owner on Personal Debt.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 28. The National
Baseball Commission today allowed a
claim made by President A. J. Heine
mann, of the New Orleans baseball
club, against Charles Frank, formerly
employed as scout by the Cfcveland
club and president of the Atlanta club,
for 81629. Attorneys representing
Frank, denied the Jurisdiction of the
commission In the case because the
debt was of a personal nature. The
attorneys also contended that Frank
admitted having contracted the debt,
but that he had compromised It for a
lesser amount, according to the com
mission s finding.
The commission ruled, however, that
it had uniformly exercised Jurisdiction
in the adjustment of financial obliga
tions between parties connected with
organized baseball, if one or more were
identified with the major league. The
finding then goes on to hold that the
compromise was abrogated through the
fact that one of its conditions was not
lived up to by Mr. Frank.
POLO PLAY OPENS JANUARY 1
Teams Representing East and West
to Compete at Coronndo.
SAN DIEGO. Cal., Dec. 28. Teams
representing the East and West will
meet In the opening game of the polo
season at Coronado New Year's day.
The East team will be composed of E.
W. Hopping. Thomas Le Boutilller,
Alexander S. Cochran, the New York
millionaire sportsman, and Lieutenant
William A. Robertson. Players on the
West team will bo Carleton Burke.
Robert Neustada. Major Colin G. Ross
and Lieutenant C. K. Rhlnehardt.
Several hundred ponies are stabled
at the Coronado Country Club and
scores of prominent players from all
parts of the country are here for the
coming tournament, which will con
tinue until late In March.
SANTEL SEEKS MATCHES HERE
San Francisco Wrestler Wants to
Meet Ordemann, Beell or Taylor.
Henry Weber, who Is looking after
the interests of Ad Santel here, says
that the San Francisco wrestler would
like to meet Henry Ordemann. of Min-
eapolls, Fred Beell or Jack Taylor In
Portland. He will agree to throw
Ordemann and Beell twice within one
hour, but Taylor must agree to wrestle
even up.
Santel will agree tp throw any 10
heavyweights In the Northwest within
an hour, barring only Jack Taylor, of
Spokane
Weber tried to arrange a match
wherein Santel was to toss Eddie
O'Connell 20 times in an hour. O'Con-
nell will accept this match later.
AA CLUB OWNERS WILL MEET
Abolition of Draft Rule to Be Con
sidered at Cincinnati.
CHICAGO. Dec. 28. Club owners of
the three Class AA leagues the In
ternational, Pacific Coast and Ameri
can Association will meet Jointly In
Cincinnati January 2 In the Interests of
problems to be placed before the Na
tional Baseball Commission on that
date.
Abolition of the draft rule in the
Class AA organizations will be one of
the Issues to be considered by the Com
mission. Thomas J. Hickey, president
of the American Association, announced
here yesterday.
BERNHARD TO FILL
POSTS
Salt Lake Team Pilot Also to Act
as Business Manager.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Dec. 28. (Spe
clal.) As indicating that the deal
whereby Jack Cook, of the Oaks, Is to
become business manager of the Salt
Lake club is still a matter of future
decision, Frank S. Murphy, president of
the local club, today announced that
the duties of business manager would
be added to those of team manager for
the next two months and laid upon the
broad shoulders of Bill Bernhard.
Bernhard will return to Salt Lake
next Monday.
HAINES WRESTLER IS WINN Kit
North Powder Also Sees Three Box
ing Events.
NORTH POWDER. Or.. Dec. 28. (Spe
cial.) At the Bungalow Theater last
night young Pugsley of Haines won i
fast wrestling match from Joe Smith
of Baker. They weighed 120 pounds
each.
Earl O'Bryant won the decision over
Kid Leonard, of LaGrande, In n four
round bout. Two preliminaries were
called draws.
Goldendule Bids lor Game.
Goldendale, Wash., basketball team
Is in need of a game for New Year's
afternoon to be staged at Goldendale.
George Anderson, care of A. G. Spalding
& Bros., has charge of arrangements,
and he is trying to land the best quin
tet. In Portland to make the Journey.
The Washlngtonlans weigh little more
than 155 pounds, and as a result they
are willing to meet any of them in Ore
gon or Washingtotn. Call Marshall 216
to complete the details.
Holy Grails to Play Three Games.
Manager Halvorsen has lined up
three games for his Holy Grail basket
ball team for the next six days. To
morrow ntgJit the George Washington
Canjp "Wows" will be met in the Penin
sula Park gymnasium, while on New
Year's day afternoon he has hopes of
taking his quintet to McMinnvllle, Or.,
to play the McMinnvllle fire depart
ment contingent. On next Wednesday
night arrangements have been made to
play the Ca"mas. Wash., delegation at
Camas.
Proposed Game at Bend Called Off
Weather conditions have been held
responsible for the calling off of the
proposed football game between the
Columbia Park eleven and the Bend.
Or., moleskin artists at Bend next Mon
day afternoon. A telegram to Coach
Captain Ted Murphy, of the Columbia
Parkers, received yesterday, said that
the snow on the Bend gridiron was too
deep to permit a contest. As a result
Coach Murphy Is trying to secure a
game with The Dalles organization at
The Dalles, Ot
Paul Cudlipp Joins "Wows."
Paul Cudlipp, ex-Lincoln High. Port
land Academy and Mount Angel basket
ball star, has signed with Manager
Abe Poplck and his George Washing
ton Camp ."Wows." Cudlipp has been
placed at once of the forward posi
tions, and his first appearance in a
lodge suit will be against the Holy
Grail basketball team tomorrow night
in the Peninsula Park gymnasium at
8 o'clock.
Noted Australian Sculler Dies.
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. News of the
death of Edward Trickett, the noted
Australian sculler, at Uralla. N. S. W.,
reached here yesterday. Trickett, who
was born at Sydney, N. S. W., was the
first man to deprive England of the
professional sculling championship in
1876. In June of that year he visited
England and dereated Joseph Uadler.
ALUMNI SEEK FACTS
OF LOOMIS' ACTIONS
Full Investigation of Pullman
Player's Alleged Aid of
Penn Team Asked.
RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED
Graduates of Washington State Col
lege Would Hare Loomis Pun
ished and Act Disavowed
if Report Proves True.
A resolution asking for a probing
of alleged actions of Ray Loomis, the
Washington State College end. while In
the Last recently was sent to J. Fred
erick Bohler, director of all athletics
at the 'Pullman. Wash., Institution, by
Secretary L. M. Buck, of the Oregon
Alumni Association, Washington State
College, after Its adoption by that bpdy
yesterday.
A meeting of the organization was
held yesterday noo"n. at which time the
resolution was brought up. adopted and
signed by President Milton R. Klepper.
Loomis is said to have been Instru
mental in assisting the University of
Pennsylvania football players in pre
paring for their game with the Uni
versity of Oregon at Pasadena. Cal.,
next Monday afternoon, by giving the
r-asterners a lesson on the system used
by the Eugene delegation. This Is al
leged to have occurred In Philadelphia
prior to the departure of the Penn team
for the Pacific Coast.
Loomis was attending a. fraternity
meeting at Pittsburg and he la expected
oacK in r-uilman. Wash., any day.
The resolution follows:
v nere&s. A press report Is current that
itay LoomH, ashlngton State College end.
while recently In PhlladelDhla as a retjre-
sentatlve of the Washington State College
n a rrniernity meeting engaged In prac
tlce with the t. nlverslty of Pennsylvania
in ineir preparation ror the coming New
Year's gamo between Pennsylvania and
Oregon ana gave Coach Kolwell and his
learn information concerning Oregon's team
and.
Whereas. Said alleged actions have been
recrivec. ny tne public aa acts of disloyalty
to western college sports and have cast
a reflection upon Washington State. Cnlleri.
Therefore. It i the desire of the Oregon
Aiumni Association. Washington State Col
lege, that the college Investigate the said
report, ana If found eorreet Renrt to tHe
Vnlverstty of Oregon and give to the public
1 ' ' ' it Binicnieni a wrou 11 1 enanci n g laid ac
tions, and. further, to censure and punlah
LiOn'is an in xacts may justiry.
And further, the aecretary of " this assocla
lion is directed to send a copy of these
resolutions to j. Frederick Bohler. Ksa.
dlreetor
athletics State College. Pullman
Wash.
Done at
December.
Portland,
loin
Or., this 2Sth day f
MILTON- R. KLEPPER.
President O. A. A.. W. S. C.
I- M. BT'CK.
Secretary O. A. A.. W. S. C.
Personal Touches in Sport.
I
f the Cubs' Mitchell Is as fast aa
Milwaukee's Mitchell there Is reason
to suppose that there may be some
changes In the National League land
scape.
Do you remember that farmer who
fed his cow boxing gloves In the hope
fituung in I IK puncn .
e
Many Quaint Things In Quaker
-ny. neaaune. for instance, the Ath
letics, i
iow mat tinker has become nart
owner and manager of the Columbus
Club It will be used as a farm for the
uns. Heretofore, it has been the
prairie for the Pittsburg team. Barney
Dreyfuss having extracted several stars
irom tnere.
Tinker had a chance to become the
manager of the Memphis Southern
League team had he not landed at Co-
lumous. Tom Watkins. of Memnhls
gladly would have taken Joe to lead
tne '.turtles around the Southern cir
cult.
Manager Clarence "Pants" Rowlnnd
of the White Sox. declares he plans to
forbid motoring among his players. He
contends that too many injuries re
sult and also that holding on to
wheel does not do the arms anv good
In addition to that the wind and dust
are Dad for the eyes.
Reformers in Maryland are un In
arms because of the announcement that
a new racetrack will be built In their
state. Promoters of the venture have
selected a site at Bengies. In Baltimore
County, and they Intend to open it in
the Spring-
The reformers say the proposed addl
tlon of 25 racing days to the cam
puign in Maryland, which will extend
It to nearly six month". Is more than
the public can stand. They have gone
Into the Baltimore newspapers with a
new crusade which, they Insist, will
result In adverse laws when the Leg
islature again meets In 1918.
It is estimated that the new track
at Bengies will cost JISO.OOO. Including
the purchase of land, surveys, clearing
and construction work. An average at
tenrtnnee of r.Oftn araaM nt tT-.nn n-hlt.
th. oiiv r-i-.. er fmm v, -r.ml.-t- ,
k nee cent uniiM amount i tjnn mm
least. All told, the profits at Bengies
would reach nearly $400,000 before the
Legislature of 1918 could act. So
Bengies will go ahead, regardless or
the reform movement, unless the power
ful Jockey Club should refuse to grant
a license.
Work has been started on a new race
track In Havana. Cuba. Charles T.
Henshel a well-known horseman, who
ce raced the French mare Clnette on
the New York tracks. Is the promoter,
HOCKEY
PORTLAND VS. SPOKANE
TONIGHT
8:30 o'Clock Sharp
Reserved Tickets, 50, 75, $1.00
East Half Arena, Sections G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, on
Sale at Spalding's, Broadway and Alder Mar. 215
West Half Arena, Sections A, B, C, D, E, F, 0, P, at
Ice Palace, Twenty-first and Marshall Main 7090
ICE PALACE
Twenty-first and Marshall
Holiday Skating, 3 Sessions Daily Take "W" Car
backed by Grant Hugh Browne. The
new course is much nearer the heart
of the Cuban metropolis than Curley
Browne's plant at M&rlanao In the
suburbs Henshel and Browne are said
to have interested a numger of wealthy
Cubans.
In connection with the track there
will be a baseball diamond, golf links
and a cinder path for athletes.
Princeton defeated the Williams Col
lege hockey team in a rough and
smashing game at the St. Nicholas rink
December 20 by a score of 2 to 1. Both
sevens. played shinny better than they
played hockey.
m m m
When the championship committee
of the Amateur Athletic Union next
meet they will adopt a resolution to
hold all cross-country title races in
the month of November. This, Fred
erick W. Rublen, secretary-treasurer,
has said.
There Is said to be some dissatisfac
tion in Boston over the fact that the
world's champion Red Sox are con
trolled by outside capital. The Hub
Is one city provincial enough to In
dulge In real local pride. It is prob
able all the same that If the club
keeps on winning the turnstiles will
continue to click with a rhythm most
pleasing to the new owners.
Boston has had more owners than
any club In the American League. Its
first president was Charley Somers
and Its second Henry Klllllea. The
Somers Interests got out to avoid talk
of syndicate baseball and then John L
Taylor took command. This was the
picturesque period in the club's history.
Then came Jim McAleer. The Amer
ican League, as 1 Its custom with old
ballplayers, gave McAleer his chance.
but he got into various difficulties and
made way for Joe Lannin. Now the
club Is In the hands of Ward and
Fraxee. They seem to have made the
mistake that was made there once be
fore of appointing an outside secre
tary.
It makes no difference that the man
they have appointed Is capable In every
way. He Is not a native Baked Bean.
and already there are signs of restlve-
ness among the Boston newspapers and
fans. We have a great scheme for the
Boston fans. If each Inhabitant of that
city would put up about $1.50. the Red
Sox could be purchased. Then when a
Mayor was elected he would automatic
ally become president of the club and
the majority, at least, would be satis
fled. Most persons believe that Weeghman
made a wise choloe when he secured
Fred Mitchell to manage the Cubs. If
Mitchell should fall to produce win
ner, howeier, Weeghman would be
blamed for not making more of an ef
fort to bring Frank Chance back. Th
fans would never stop to consider
whether or not Chance could have done
anv better. Basenan fanatics iaxi
nothing Into consideration but results.
Mitchell expects to give them the re
sults. Chance has a wonderful hold on the
affections of Chicago rooters. They
proved that when on his first trip to
the Windy City as a leader of the
Yankees crowds lined the streets in the
falling rain and cheered him as if he
had been a successful Presidential can
didate. It was In Chicago that Chance
won his title of "Peerless Leader." and
to those who watched him at the height
of his success the name always will
be typical of the man.
After the collection of smart players
that he had with him In Chicago some
of the men that he found with the
Yankees almost drove Chance insane.
Once Stumpf held the ball while the
winning run crossed the plate for
Cleveland. He came Into the dugout
still holding It. and then started to
throw It down.
"You might just as well keep hang
ing on to that ball." raved Chance,
"and take it with you as a souvenir,
because you're going away from here."
He traded him that night.
Stumpf Is far from being the only
player of Immortal memory connected
with the Yanks. There was Ray Dem
mltt. When Stalllngs was managing
the club It happened one day that there
was a man on third with the tying
run and that two were out. It was
Demmltt's turn to bat. "What shall T
do," he asked Stalllngs. "try for a
sacrifice fly?" "No." bawled Stalllngs.
"Swallow your bat and see If you can
make the clubhouse fast enough to
keep me from being tried for murder."
IITTERT HARD FOR BEAVERS
Bee nurler Beats Portland Six Time"
and Loses Thrice In Season.
Second only to Ryan, or Los Angeles,
with his seven victories and one de
feat against Portland in the 1916 Coast
League race, came Flttery. of Salt
Lake, as the most effective pitcher
against the Portland Beavers. Flttery
won six and lost three against the
Beavers. Oldham, of San Francisco,
and Decanniere. of Vernon, each with
five wins against Portland, complete
the quartet or 1916 pitchers who were
able to wet away with more than four
victories against Portland.
Aside from Flttery. with his six wins
and three losses. Salt Lake had no
effective pitcher against Portland dur
ing the 1916 race. Hall won three and
lost two: Plercey won three and lost
four; Dougan won two and lost none,
and Hughes won two and lost three.
No other Salt Lane pitcher could win
more than one game from Portland
during the year.
Munsell. Hoff, Evans, Gardner. Greg
ory and Park each won one and lost
none against Portland: Klawitter won
one and lost two. and Chebek won none
and lost one.
B'nal B'rilh Hoopers Seek Games.
Coach Irving Salm w.,uid like to
secure several more games for hi
i B'nal B rlth first and second basketball
teams. His squads have met and de
feated some of the best qulnteta In
Portland, and on Christmas day he
took his first aggregation to SL
Helens. Or, where the Sunset Athletic
Club was taken Into camp by a de
cisive score. For games call Main 30SS.
Lou Herns Is
captain of the second
representatives, while
' B'nal B rlth
Harry Shenker leads the first hoopers
' of the organization.
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