lO THE 3IOHNIXG OREGOXIAX, 3IOXDAT, JANUARY 15, 1917. BERRY WANTS FIGHT IF PLAYERS STRIKE Chance's Plan to Shut Parks for Year Not Approved by San Francisco Magnate. SEALS WILL HAVE TEAMj Left ad Right., on his way to Portland to confer with Mr. Curtis. It Is said, regarding the proposed work. Mr. Snyder already has six vessels under construction at the Columbia Engineering- Works and four at the yards of the A. O. Anderson & Co., at Astoria. LEAGUE MEETIXG POSTPONED Session Likely to Be Held at Salt Lake February 5. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Jan. 14. (Special.) At the request of President S. Murphy, of the Salt Lake club, the scheduled meeting of the Coasters will likely be postponed until February. As matters now stand Prexy Baum Intends to call his owners together about February 5. , Club Owner Says Fuss Is Stirred by Few Agitators, but He Says it Test Is to Come, it Might as v Well Be Xow as Later. BAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Jan. 14. Special.) Northern club owners are hy no means inclined to side with Frank Chance, of the Angels, and his attitude anent the threatened baseball strike. "We'll close up our gates and shut down our parks," Chance is quoted as saying, "If our players go on a strike. It will do the people good to have a rest from baseball." Which meek and mild attitude didn't satisfy Henry Berry, who is more on the Ban Johnson order and far more inclined to scrap. "There will be no shutting down of our plants, he arfirmed. "I don't think it will come to that because I don't believe the ball players will strike. They realize they have been getting all the best of the finances for five years and they have no kick coming. But If they do strike and I'd Just as eoon see the issue settled now as , later we will have our teams on the field. I can speak for San Francisco and say we'll be ready to face the harrier, strike or no strike. "But the whole thing is falling off. It's a flivver. Just a case of a few agitators who are using the ball play ers at large to accomplish something for their own ends. There may be iso lated cases in which it would be right to pay the traveling expenses of cer tain players and if you will Investi gate you will discover that in some cases this is done. However, we could not arfond to do it as a general thing. The magnate must be considered, as well as the man who is working for Mm ' HITT'S 3YEAR RECORD GOOD Vernon Pitcher Usually Successful Save Against Beavers. Roy HItt, of Vernon, was not In con dition to do much pitching during 1916, but if he does a comeback in 1917 he will know that his records of 1914 and 1915 give him reason to fear only the Portland club. For in those two years Portland beat HItt seven times and lost to him five times. Oak land, with seven wins and six defeats. is the only other club abainst which Hitt has not won more games than he lost. San Francisco has been most to his liking, his record of seven vic tories and two defeats against the Seals in 1914 giving Hitt a record of 11 victories and six defeats against San Francisco for the last three years. In 1916 Hitt did not win any games and his only defeat was by Los An geles, giving a record of 11 victories and seven defeats against the t jigels in three years. Hltt'e record by years for the last three years follows: 1914 Vs. Los Angeles, won 7, lost z; vs. uaKiana, won A, lost 6; vs. Fort land, won 4, lost 5; vs. Sacramento, won 5, lost 4; vs. San Francisco, won 7, lost 2. 1915 Vs. Los Angeles, won 4. lost 4; vs. Oakland, won 4, lost 2; vs. Port land, won 1, lost 2; vs. Salt Lake, won 2, lost none; vs. San Francisco, won 4, lost 4. 1916 One defeat by Los Angeles was Hltt's only appearance on the won-and-lost columns of 1916 pitching rec DISMOXD TO RACE IX EAST Negro Quarter-Mller to Defend Hon ors on Lincoln's Birthday.' CHICAGO. Ill, Jan. 14. (Special.) BInga Dismond, the colored streak who wears the colors of the University of Chicago, is going to New York next month, on Lincoln's birthday, to de fend his temporary ownership of the Suburban Quarter trophy, which is run for annually at the track and field games of the Knights of St. Anthony, of Brooklyn. It was In this race last Winter that Blnga dumfounded the athletic sharps by showing his heels to Ted Meredith, holder of several world's records up to the half-mile. Dismond went so far as to equal the time that Ted made at the big inter collegiates last Spring, 47 -5 seconds. The race won by the colored boy was a few feet slower than that run by Meredith, due to the .fact that the track had been measured 18 inches from the pole Instead of 12, as is now the custom. TENNIS PLAY BEGINS TODAY Notable Racquet Wielders to Take Part in Coronado Tourney. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Jan. 14. The Coro nado Country Club's annual tennis tournament will begin tomorrow with a number of the country's foremost players competing. Play will continue for six days. Among the stars are Clarence Griffin, of San Francisco, who shares the Na tional doubles title with William Johnston; Maurice McLe-'ighlin, former ningles champion; Thomas C. Bundy, McLoughlin's former teammate, and Nat C. Browne, holder of the clay court championship, with Claude Wayne in Among famous women players who will compete are Mrs. May Sutton Bundy. Miss Florence Sutton, Miss Mary K. Browne and Miss Louise R. Will-lams. WELDON ( "TOUGH Y") WING, the speedy Portland bantamweight, had no trouble in disposing of Joe Hill, of Tacoma, at the Rose City Club smoker the other night. There is one boy In the Northwest whom Wing is anxious to meet any time, and that is George Ross, the Seattle boy who won from him in Seattle a few weeks ago. The decision was a close one, and the home boy won. "Toughy" says the next time they meet there won't be anything close about it. Earl Holland, who boxed here when the four-round game was in vogue, is training every day getting In shape ROY HITT RETIRES FROM- BOX CAREER Veteran Vernon Pitcher to Help John D. Rockefel ler Make Oil. GLEICHMANN TO BE LET GO Stovall to Take Over Club Manage ment in Place of Olson, for "Whom Dodgers Failed to Get Waivers From Majors. Failure of the Olson deal through inability of Brooklyn to secure waivers, which automatically cleared George Stovall's way to the management of the Tigers by removing his only rival, and Roy Hltt's announcement of his per manent retirement from baseball are PLAYER WHOSE EXPERIENCE UNDER MACK AND CARRIGAN SHOULD EN ABLE HIM TO MAKE GOOD AS PILOT. 1 r " --4 - - , - -J i JACK BARRY, NEW MANAGER BOSTON RED SOX. for a "comeback." When in condition Holland will scale around 130 or 133 pounds. Jimmy Moscow, the Portland light weight, will meet Carl Martin, of Ore gon City, in the main event of a smoker to be staged by the Falls City Athletic Club in Oregon City Thursday night. "Muggsy" Schoels will meet Kid Irish, of Portland, In the semi-windup. Jack Allen may box Vincent Monpler on January 23 at the Western Athletic Club smoker. Allen is In the best of shape, and has been trying to get a crack at some really good boy for a long time. In Monpler- he would be meeting a good boxer and a hard hitter. Bryan Downey stopped Johnny Mc Carthy, of San Francisco, in the sev enth round of a scheduled 10-round battle in Windsor. O., recently. The referee stopped the bout and gave it to Downey when McCarthy refused to fight. Johnny Coulon Is being considered as the next American boxer to oppose Jimmy Wilde, the English flyweight champion. Coulon had better stay away from Wilde unless he has im proved a lot since he boxed here. Bowling Notes. TWO VARSITY STARS JOIN NAVY Oregon and Washington Lose Pen- " dleton Athletes. PENDLETON, Or.. Jan. 14. (Special.) -The University of Oregon track team ; received a blow when Arnold Minnis, star half-mller of Pendleton, decided to enlist in the Navy. Minnis passed the holidays in Pendleton with his mother and It was on his return to college that he altered his plans. Min nis. who was In his freshman year at the university, was a Pendleton High , School graduate and was champion -Eastern Oregon miler and half-miler. There Is a report that Wesley Mims, .. a freshman of the University of Wash - Ington, has also joined the Navy. Mima is a Pendleton boy and holds the state lnterscholastic javelin record. Clifford Minnis enlisted with his brother. Deal On for Four Ships. W. H. Curtis, a Portland naval archi tect, formerly with the Columbia En gineering Works, is negotiating with M- T. Snyder, a New Orleans ship broker, for the construction of four wooden motorsbipa. Mr. Snydor now is THE Oregon Alley bowling team raised the three-game mark for the 1916-17 Beason . on the Oregon Alleys to 2883 pins. Freer of the quintet rolled 297, which is the highest single league game so far. Big plans are being made for the annual Northwestern International Bowling Congress tourney, billed for the Oregon Alleys the week of April 17-23. Thirty-one entries have been lined up in the open handicap ragtime tournament which began January 1. Jones & O'Malley are high doubles with 1293, while Chetwood and Brown are second with 1258. The team stands are as follows: Clothlnu Ltarue W. L. Pet. M. Slchel 25 11 .64 Rosenblatt .......19 IT .S28 Ben Selling 19 17 .528 R. M. Gray 17 19 .472 Buffum & Pendleton 17 19 .472 Lion Clothing Co I. ...... .11 25 .300 KORe City League- Pacific Outfitting Co. ......24 15 .613 Bergmann Shoe Co 22 17 ,564 Multnomah Photo Supply 19 2i .4K7 Portland Speedometer Statloa ...13 26 .333 Mercantile League Pacific Paper Co. ...8S 15 .688 Blumauer & Frank ............ .29 19 .604 Zerolene : 26 22 .542 Guardian Casualty Co 19 29 .896 Standard Oil :.19 29 .31)6 Blake McFall ....18 30 .375 Meier & Frank League Drug Department 21 12 .636 Crockery Department .....21 12 .636 Furnishing Department ...15 18 .455 Shoe Department 9 24 .273 Commercial League Multnomah Camp 33 12 738 Ballou & Wright 25 20 .556 Telegram 24 21 .533 Webfoot Camp 23 22 .5X1 Union Meat Co 15 27 .357 Dooly & Co 12 30 .268 City League Brotherhood American Yeomen. .23 16 5fH Ernest Wells Realty Co 23 16 590 Hadley & Silver. Tailor 23 16 .590 St. Nicholas Cafeteria 19 20 .487 Portland Alleys 19 20 .487 Oregon Alleys 18 21 .462 "L" Cafeteria 17 22 4 16 Estes Grill 14 25 .359 Auto Tire League Chanslor & Lyon .29 16 644 Firestone Tire Co 28 17 .622 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. .....25 20 .556 Archer & Wiggins ............ ..22 23 489 Western Hardware Co. .22 23 .489 Goodrich Rubber Co. ............ 19 26 l42 Fisk Rubber Co 18 27 400 Ballou & Wright IT 28 1878 Job Printers Duck Pin League Glass & Prudhomme 29 13 .696 Irwin-Hodson ......26 16 619 Portland Printing House ........ 2 21 '500 Bushon; & Co 20 22 476 Portland Linotyping Co 15 27 "357 Portland Electrotype Co 15 27 357 Washongal Wins Third Straight. WASHOUGAL. Wash.. Jan. 14. (Spe cial.) The Washougal High School quintet won Its third straight victory Friday night, when it defeated the Ridgefield High School basketball team 23 to 13. The first half ended 19 to 7, but the second half Washougal weak ened and scored but one field goal. WAhhr fnr T? IH o-ofi jkl , - - c -----...- 1 '-ii. wniie) L. Kiser, forward for Washougal, made mv uvbi itviau iur an team. v itticoi xcmures qi me wiia oaseDaii life of the Vernon club. HItt, the only surviving member of the charter Vernon team, and a land mark in Coast League baseball, quit the game voluntarily. He probably would have been good for one or two seasons yet, but has a good position with the Standard Oil Company in Los Angeles, and decided not to wait until they cut the uniform from his unique, but nevertheless heroic, figure. He regards the Standard Oil Com pany a substantial concern with a future something more than a mere stock-selling proposition and therefore did not hesitate in becoming associated with it. That Ivan Olson was the first choice of the new Vernon owners Is no dis paragement of Stovall, who has been their second entry right along. Not only had Thomas J. Darmodv ered Olson ideal managerial material for a number of years, but the club was in need of a shortstop, while it nas a iiossy rirst baseman. The ascendancy of Stovall to the management of Vernon will mean the exit of "Gloomy Gus" Gleichmann. This will not weaken the club. Not only will George outhlt Gus. but the latter can be traded for one or two good men who, with Callahan, should just about round out the Vernon in field. That Jack Barry has a tough Job ahead of him to fill the shoes 'left vacant by Bill Carrlgan as pilot of the world's champion Boston American League club next season, is the opinion of the Portland baseball colony. Car rlgan, since he took over the post when Jack Stahl was ditched, has suc ceeded wonderfully. Barry will have to fall little short of winning the American League pennant to please the fans of Boston who are used to world's champions. He has a wonderful club to work with that is true. However, a couple of sore arms which might break up his pitch ing staff, an injury or two to handicap his Infield machine, or an accident to Lewis, Hooper or Walker may cause the Red Sox to finish in as bad as third or fourth place. In this event there la sure to be a howL However, it seems that President Frazee. of the Sot. -ruiH ho... 1 . . , - - ' . . . OCACUCVU no one better to drive the champions. La-j o, ouiQn un demand wizard who Is wintering here, says that Barry Will be a b i IT Rlirr-PH. n n(TA "11. one of the smartest fellows in the game ana au the gang likes him." is how Mays puts it. "Barry is ths nut-Aa thu 1 - - - - -"-"is ii 1.11 e game in a pinch and he'll make a won- uenui leaaer ior tne Red Sox." This was the way Eddie Collins, who was one of the principals In the famous Barrv to C!rllin t 1 , - -"v-niiuo relay, I lauded the selection of Barry as man. "Str 01 mo ny or Learning nine. Collins is at present in Philadelphia. Orval Overall, former Cub and ex Coast League pitcher, has become a sure-enough banker. He has been elected a director of the First National Bank of Visalia, Cal.. to succeed his father, Daniel G. Overall, who died two months ago. The illness of Orvle's dad probably kept him out of the Coast League last season, for ha had the baseball bug bd for awhile. - Until July 6, last season. George Stovall was leading the American Association in hitting. He was with Toledo. On that date he received a swift lnshoot on one of his eyeballs. This tended to dim his luster for the remainder of the race. During his 10 years in the majors and two-season sojourn in the Federals he hit for a general average of .268. The coming season will be his 14th in or ganized baseball. Duck Season Includes January 16. SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 14. (Spe cial.) Duck shooting in Washington is permitted by law up to and Includ ing January 16. An opinion to this ef fect has been rendered by Attorney General Tanner, and the information published to game wardens of Eastern and Western Washington by State Game Warden Darwin in letters sent out yesterday. Dartmouth Man Chosen Coach. MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Jan. 13. Jack Ryan, of Dartmouth. 1911. was chosen today football coach of the Marquette University for the next season. lie auc ceed Jack ilcAuliffe. Is the War Approaching a Si max When' the ten Allies slammed, if they did not lock, the door of diplomacy, in the face of the Central Powers' request for a peace conference, what did the act portend for Europe, for Canda, and for the United States? In THE LITERARY DIGEST, dated January 13th, there is a most comprehensive review of the peace negotiations from all angles. The first impression of the German press, as gathered from Berlin dispatches, is that the Entente's reply could only be answered by the sword. "Let Hindenberg answer," exclaims the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger. Other German and Austrian editors are confident of victory and equally energetic in citing their opinions. Press comment in the Entente nations indorses the rejection of Germany's proposals, and expresses confidence in ultimate victory for the Entente Allies. The London Morning Post quotes its Budapest correspondent's statement that peace proposals of the Central Powers are prompted by "the knowledge that relief must come within six months from the present time at the outside, if internal troubles of the most serious character are to be avoided," since "in Austria-Hungary the available stocks of food will not last even for six months." Read THE LITERARY DIGEST this week by all means, if you would get a true per spective of the peace negotiatrons up to date. Other articles of great public interest in this number are: Business Conditions America Will Face After War Ends Opinions of Prominent Financiers and Authoritative Economic and Commercial Journals How the United States Led the World . in Commerce in 1916 What the Allies Mean by Peace Germany and the Next War Unheard and Unseen Artillery " Haeckel's Conversion to Militarism The Soul of Roumania Justice as the True Peace Basis A Splendid Assortment of Illustrations, What Is To Be the Next Step in M exi- can Tangle? The Somme Drive Ended The Dog As a Menace Secret Wireless Shall We Give Up Meat? A Good Word for Slang The Church's Duty to the Stage Including Cartoons From Everywhere "The Digest" an Impartial Chronicler of the War A gTeat war such as that now decimating Europe tends to push men very far apart. The ideals and ideas for which each group is striving become necessarily more and more emphasized as time goes on, which tends inevitably to foster in each faction a point of view so alien to that of the other that it is almost impossible for its adherents to form a fair estimate of what their opponents think or do. How then shall we of the West arrive at an impartial judgment as to the positions and aims of the various combatants? The answer: Read THE LITERARY DIGEST, which gives without bias the views of both sides. This is the one perfect solution of this difficulty. Better begin reading it today. January 13th Number on Sale Today All News-dealers 10 Cents ff Mark ol J OB A j VO n x Dlgcst 7 J, i p. FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Publishers of the Famous NEW Standard Dictionary), NEW YORK .8 SEASON HALF OVER Uncle Sams Now at Foot of Ladder in Hockey Race. SEATTLE HERE TOMORROW Xext Game Will Mark End or First Lap of Race Portland Team Is Good at Home, but Seems TJnlncky on Foreign Ice. Two tough defeats -were handed the Portland Uncle Sams during the week Just closed and -as a result they are out to regain their lost ground. The Oregonlans are at the bottom of the Pacific Coast Ice Hockey Association, two full games behind the Seattle Met ropolitans, who are leading the circuit. The Uncle Sams were trimmed, 5 to 4. by Vancouver last Tuesday at Vancouver, B. C, while on Friday night the Spokane Canaries were successful In securing a B-to-3 verdict at Spo kane. So far during the 1916-17 sea son the .locals are credited with five wins and seven defeats, and tomor row nishfs play will mark the end of the first half of the present campaign. Seattle will meet Portland in the Ice Palace tomorrow night. A strange part of Portland's defeats is that all but one have been lost away from home and all were close affairs. The Uncle Sams In their games here looked like "champions of the world" and their one incentive Is to be In the world's series this Spring. They have been suffering some real Inconveniences while away from home, players having been thrown . off the ice Just at the time that it looked least necessary, but at a vital stage of the contest, say those who have been away. ' The one-man official plan In the Portland Ice Palace, while it has not met with the approval that the two man system did last year, has been getting by. It Is the consensus ot opinion among followers of ice hockey in these parts that It is Impossible for one official, no matter how competent he may be, to watch the puck and at the tame time keep track of what the players are doing around him. The Uncle Same returned home none the worse for wear and tear after their two defeats on the last road trip. Clem Loughlln was hit by Bobby Genge at Spokane soon after the game started Friday night and Loughlln was in jured so that he was able to play only about four or five minutes. Genge seems to be Portland's Jinx, for In the first game at Spokane he ran into Dick Irvin and Irvin had to have stitches taken in hla wound, while Stan Marples suffered the same two weeks ago, and last Saturday Loughlin was the "goat." Dr. Karl Smith, the club physician, had Loughlln in his office yesterday, and although it was a bad gash. Dr. Smith reported that the star defense man would be able to start against Seattle tomorrow night. Five or six stitches were required In the gash over the eye. Bernie Morris, of Seattle, by virtue of his five goals and two assists In the 12-to-3 victory over Vancouver Fri day night, is leading the individual scorers of the Pacific Coast Ice Hockey Association. He is credited with 15 goals and 9 assists, a total of 24 points, while Dick Irvin. of Portland, is next with 23 points. Dr. Gordon Roberts, of Vancouver, next with 22 and Captain Foyston, of Seattle, next with 20. Tomorrow night's game in the Ice Palace will start promptly at 8:30 o'clock and will be the only game of the circuit. HILL PLAYS TECH TODAY IXTERSCHOLASTIC BASKETBALL SEASON TO OPEN. Five Gaines Scheduled In Lea(a for TkU Week Independents Busy la Many Gymnasiums. Hill Military Academy and Benson Tech will open the 1917 basketball sea son of the Portland lnterscholastic league at 3:30 this afternoon in the Washington High School gymnasium. Four other league contests are sched uled for this week as follows: Tues day, Washington High versus Franklin High; Wednesday. Columbia University versus High School of Commerce; Thursday. Jefferson High versus James John High; Friday Hill Military Acad emy versus Lincoln High. There are nine quintets in the. circuit and five games a week will be staged to have the championship settled and the athletes ready for the baseball and track and field grind. Coach Al Bartholeray'a Peninsula Park basketball players received a good workout Saturday night against the Y. M. C. A. first quintet, 46 to 40. in the Peninsula Park gymnasium. The Pen insula delegation has scheduled a game with the Chemawa Indians, to be staged in the Christian Brothers Business Col lege gymnasium next Saturday night. Irish, former McMinnville College star, featured for the Y. M. C. A. rep resentatives with 24 points to his credit. Following are the lineups: T. M. C. A. (40) Pos. Pen. Parr 46) Irfwh (24) F carr (6) Werschkul (8) ....P Prescott 6 Stone () C Bin (14) Gawley - Q... Harlow (45 (3) O Metcalf (18) Substitutions Phillips (2) for Gawley. Miller for Werschkul. Referee, Heinle Pfaender. Manager Ape Popick, of the George Washington Camp "Wows, was noti fied last night that it would be impos sible for the Christian Brothers Busi ness College first team to play against his aggregation, as scheduled for next Wednesday night. The collegians were defeated at the hands of Mount Angel College yesterday and the players were put through a nervous strain. The game will be played later in the season. Arrangements for a game between the Wows and McMinnville. Or., are going along nicely and Manager Popick is confident tha he will be able to land the star contingent for a game January 26, in Portland. The Peninsula Park Vikings walked on the Sunnyslde quintet, 69 to 15, in the Peninsula Park gymnasium Satur day night. Palmore, of the winners, was high point man, obtaining IS points, while Ritter. his teammate, was next in line with 15 markers to his credit. R. BeiderBon. D. Mullen and W. Scott scored all the counters awarded to Sunnyside. The lineups follow: Sunnyslde (15) Pos. Vlkinrs (59) M. McCuals- P Ritter (1S W. Scott (4) F Palmore (IS) T. Mullen (5) C Borireson (12) F Pollock O Fug-ate (4) R". Belderson ()... G Steuer (4) B. Bl umbers; ....Spare Olson (6) Referee, Al Bartholemy. Alleged Deer Ilnnter Arrested. PENDLETON, Or.. Jan. 14. (Special.) Thomas S. Gibson, well-known Pilot Rock farmer, has been arrested on a charge of hunting deer in the closed season. The complaint was made by Deputy Game Warden Tonkin, who as serts that a deer was found to have been killed on Pearson Creek. A sad dle on which there was hair from a deer is said to have been in the pos session of the accused man at the time of his arrest. Harvard Hockey Team Victor. BOSTON, Jan. 13. Harvard defeated Dartmouth at Ice hockey tonight. 3 to 0. 5 V PORT LAND Q"R A T"TT T7 TrESDAT, JA. is. (a me Sharp 8:30 P. M. TUB SKASOVS FASTEST WAME. Entire ticket sale and r e s e r v atlonw on sale at SPALUIWS, Broadway mt Alder Phone Marshall 215 for this and all succeeding games until 5:30 the night of the game. ICE PALACE ZOth and Slaraball. Chicago and Return $72.50 St. Louis and Return $70.00 St. Paul and Return $60.00 SPECIAL EXCrRSIOX FARES VIA GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY TICKETS OS SALE JAM'ARV 20 AND 21. BETmS LIMIT FEBRUARY 18. 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