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14 THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1917. BIG LEAGUES WILL IGNORE FRATERNITY Presidents Tener and John son Say Clubs to Deal Direct With PJayers. FULTZ PREDICTS TROUBLE Head of Players' Fraternity Says Organized Ball Had Better Give In, or It "Will race Tight With Labor Federation. NEW YORK, Jan. 17. In retaliation for the action of the Players' Fratern ity in refusing to grant its players per mission to sign, Presidents John Tener, ' of the National League, and Ban John son, of the American League, have de- elded that hereafter their leagues will . refuse to recognize the Players" Fra ternity or to have any dealings wita it, it was announced here today. Presi dfit Johnson left this afternoon for Chicago. ""We could take no other action." said President Tener. "We can no longer have dealings with an organiza tion which is guilty of the rank injus tice of the present action of the fra ternity in attempting to interfere with, hurt and ruin our business. Action Declared Inevitable. "Hereafter the clubs will have to deal with their players individually, and we cannot longer deal with any out !de body. "Ey its st -ike threat the fraternity has of itself destroyed the agreement we drew up with it in 1913, when r.imerous concessions were granted to the players. Tho fact that the fra ternity admits the big leagues have feated it fairly and squarely, have kept all their pledges, and that it Ixiu absolutely no grievance against them, made such action on our part inevit able." President Fultz, of the fraternity, said: "They will be only too glad to rec ' ognlze us after this case comes to a ' head. Perhaps organized baseball would rather deal directly with or ganized labor, which can know nothing of the fundamentals of the baseball law, such as the reserve clause, the release clause, and other baseball 4fac . tors. I also can see how long or : ganlzed baseball will attempt to fight the American Federation of Labor and '. attempt to play semi-professional play ers as strike-breakers. They had bet ter give in now, as the situation is growing more tense all the time." Action Taken on Contracts. The National League announced it had promulgated the contracts of John Murray and C. A. Causey, both of whom signed with the New York club. Mur ray was formerly a fraternity mem ber. Causey is a young pitcher drafted from Waco. He is not in the fraternity. YEEGIIMAX ANSWERS FULTZ Chicago Nationals' Head Says Men Must Report or Be '.'Fired." CHICAGO, Jan. 17. Charles H. Weeghman. president of the Chicago Nationals, today replied to the threat of David L. Fultz, president of the Base ball Players' Fraternity, to call a strike of the Chicago players February 20, the date on which the club starts on its training trip to Pasadena, Cal. President Weeghman asserted that unless members of the club had signed and were on the train they would no longer be 'regarded "as members of the club. MCREDIES STILL HAVE HOPE Beavers Sure to Go to Honolulu If Accommodations Procured. If the Portland ball club trains in Honolulu the diamond athletes may have to swim birck. Judge . v McCredie received word yesterday from two companies operating steamships that it would be utterly impossible to house that many persons on any of their boats returning late in March. Honolulu has a big carnival on February 22, and hundreds of pleasure seekers make the trip to the islands during February. ..x McCredie's plan is to leave the mainland about the middle of Febru ary. returning about March 20, so that the boys can have a week's work in California or Utah before the opening at Salt Lake on April 3. If the Beavers do not train at Hono lulu the conditionipg likely will be done at Stockton. Late yesterday the McCredies re , ceived word that accommodations .could be secured aboard a boat leaving Vancouver, B. C, February 14. All that remains now is to find a steam ship that will carry the crew back around March 20. SOCCER TICKETS ARE OX SALE Game for Benefit of British Red Cross to Bo Saturday. Tickets for the benefit of the British Red Cross soccer football game, slated for Multnomah Field Saturday after noon, were placed on sale yesterday among the various members of the Red and Bine teams. Arrangements were made last night whereby stu dents at the various schools of Port land would be admitted for 10 cents, while the general admission will be 25 cents. Manager Frank Billington has an nounced that the match will start at ' 2:45 o'clock P. M. The Reds are mostly members of the champion Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club eleven and will be captained by A. E. Morris. LEVIXSKY AND MOHA DRAW v J Pugilists Fight Twelve Rounds In Glve-and-Take Affair. YOUNG STOWN, O., Jan. 17. "Bat tling" Levinsky and "Bob" Moha went 13 rounds to a draw here tonight. While it is possible that Levinsky had the best of a number of rounds, the effec tiveness of Moha in several rounds off set what had been gained. It was a real give and take affair with the "Battler" having the best of weight and reach. There was not knockdown, but the fighters frequently brought the crowd to Its feet. Clatskanie to Play Rainer. CLATSKANIE, Or., Jan. 17. (Spe rial.) The Clatskanie basketball team will play the Rainier five here next Friday night. In a previous contest Rainier defeated Clatskanie by a score of 20 to 14. Interest in the coming contest is intense in both towns. Princeton Defeats Yale. " NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 17. Prince ton downed Yale at ice hockey here tonight, 4 to 3. "With the last of the extra session nearly over, Humphreys broke through the Yale defense and shot a sensational goal for the winning score. Bill 'Would Repeal Boxing Law. ST. PAUL, Jan. 17. A bill to repeal the Minnesota boxing law was intro duced in the State Senate today And referred to the committee of general legislation. Ten round no decision bouts were legalized by the 1915 Legis lature. Trio Sign Up With Tacoma. Eddie Bogart. ' Portland semi-professional outfielder, has signed with the Tacoma club of the Northwestern League. He had a brief trial in the Union Association in 1914. "Red' SOUTHPAWS RETIREMENT TAKES FA3IOCS STOMACH FROM VIEW. (Los Angeles Times.) Roy Hitt. Every Pacific Coast League fan 'regrets the retirement of Roy Hitt, Vernon southpaw. His pass ing will mean the loss of the southpaw's stomach, which has been the cause of many jokes by baseball writers. The accompany ing sketch shows the celebrated stomach which was the bane of Hitt's life. This stomach was a bright and shining mark and was hit by many shafts of sarcasm. It. was the result of natural growth and development and became a per manent institution in Hitt's ca reer. It was not a wide, expan sive, soggy stomach, but clearly defined, and gave the impression that Hitt might have been born with a casaba inside of him. Lund, lanky Lents heaver, who is present working in Seattle, has signed with the bound City brigade for next season. Herman Pellette, who was with Butte a while last season and finished the season with the Wood- burn club of the Inter-City League, has attached his signature to a Ta coma contract. INDIANS LOSE FAST GAME MOINT ANGEL 3VOSKS OCT VICTORY IX LAST FEW SECONDS. Cbnuira Quintet Leads In First Half, but Local Toswri Show Class In Second, "Winning SO to 18. ST. BENEDICT. Or.. Jan. 17. (Spe cial.) In the wildest and most furious game of the season the Mount Angel College quintet defeated the Chemawa five by a score of 20 to IS. The Che mawa boys are the fastest that the col legians have run up against this season. The first half opened fast with no side scoring in the first seven minutes of playing. Then Classic, bv shootinz a foul, placed Mount Angel in the lead. A few moments later Downey, the stellar man for the Indians, shot pretty basket from the 20-yard line, placing the visitors in. the lead. Dur ing the entire first half both sides took turns in leading, but the Indians, by some real teamwork, forged into the lead, 12 to 9. In the second half Mount Angel showed real class. The game waged fast and furious with the Mount Angel boys leading the pace until the middle of the second half. Then the Indians shot into the clear and led with one minute to play. Shandeling. the real star of the game, shot a fine basket and tied the score, 18 all. The spec tators went wild, with both teams playing a great game. With 10 seconds left to play Kasberger, star guard, rolled in a nice one under the basket placing Mount Angel in the lead, 20 to 18. The Chemawa team will play the Peninsula Park first team at Portland next Saturday night. The lineup: ML Ansel roi Chemawa. Shandeling (4) Kasberger (6) Classic (6) ... Spe-r (4) .... Fashek . . .Q ...... .... Peratrovlch ...Q.. ...... Chamberlain . Service .. .F Dowser . . .F . .v Adams Andrews' Sports Book Oat. T. S. Andrews world's sporting an nual record book for 1917 has reached Portland. Mr. Andrews, who is the boxing .authority at Milwaukee, Wis., puts out the book annually. It con tains, among other things, boxing rec ords, trotting records, distance riding, jumps and running and swimming, pro fessional and amateur marks. J. Berg Throws I. A. Johnson. ASTORL4, Or.', Jan. 16. (Special.) Jnhn Rerr threw L A, Johnson two straight falls tonight. The first came! at the end of one hour and ten minutes I and the second in 13 minutes. ' -j. 1 DAVID FULTZ TELLS PLAYERS' DEMANDS Head of Fraternity Puts Ail Blame Upon Officials of Minor Leagues. METHODS. HELD UNFAIR Ball Players Said to Possess Cer tain Rights as to Working Con ditions AVhlch Club Owners Have Not Allowed. (Snortinjr Editor's note. The controversy between the Baseball Players' Fraternity and the magnates is the big sporting topic of the day. Few readers know the exact causes for the split. David Fultz, president of the fraternity, has written this concise, inform ing article for The Orexoniam It presents the players' side of the case.) BT DAVID L. FULTZ. (President of the Baseball Players Fra ternity.) NEW YORK, Jan. 17. (Special.) The present controversy between the ball players and the ruling powers of the National game has beenprecipitated by the totally unfair methods and star chamber sessions of the minor league officials and clubowners. t The ballplayers, ' as employes, have certain rights. The Fraternity, as their organization, is pledged to uphold them, and it will do so. The time is past when the (minor league magnates can ignore the players, force unfair work ing conditions upon them, ignore their just demands and treat with silent con tempt any overtures for a conference where the players' wrongs can be righted. National Board Blamed. , The strained relations right" now are due almost altogether to the action of the National Board, representing all the minor leagues, with reference to the demands we placed before them. We haven't any fight on with the major leagues. But our Fraternity bands to gether the major and the minor league players. And the big leagues are pledged not to sign contracts or re port" at Spring training camps until such times as we have received Justice for the minor leagues from the minor league magnates. There isn't a soul either in or out of baseball who would attempt to jus tify the board s stand. The National Commission, on behalf of the major leagues, granted us everything we asked'. But with ;he board it is a case of might makes right. They think they have the whip hand, and they are,using it on the players. These men are hid ing behind the skirts of an organiza tion, doing things which they would not have the face to do as individuals. The whole trouble at present is over the three requests we made upon the minor league magnates. The owners claim they are unjust. We feel other wise. Here they are and you shall be the jury: 1. The repeal of a rule passed a year ago by the board which directly vio lates the written agreement between the ballplayers and the minor league clubowners. (The new rule, which per mits the club to recall the player dur ing the five-day release period, pre vents the player from negotiating for his future services, as was provided in the written agreement.) !. That minor leagues should be paid for traveling expenses to training camps when reporting for Spring prac tice. Expense Often Heavy. As It now is, the player must play in any city designated by the club, no matter how far removed from his home. He must report to the league city at his own expense. If that city is on the Pacific Coast and he lives in the East, or vice versa, it can be seen Just what a heavy expense the playe'r must suffer. 3. That the fraternity De given copies of the defenses made by clubs to complaints lodged by the Fraternity on behalf of individual players and that the Fraternity be given a chance to make answer to such defenses and be notified when decisions are made. (Under present conditions, the board refuses to acquaint the Fraternity with the defense interposed by the club. gives it no opportunity of answering that defense, holds star-chamber ses sions and never advises us directly of the result of complaints.) Those are the demands we made on the board. It calls them unfair and unwarranted. Do you think so? Do you, as a baseball student, feel that we ask for a baseball workman anything that could, in the wildest flights of fancy, be called other than fair? The Sportlight BT GRANTLAND RICK. Old Bongs Resting-. "What are you doing, my pretty maid?" "I'm doping the pennant race," she said; "And where will the Yanks wind up 7" said L "In the hospital, sir." was her sad rtply. . There was a Fan in our town And he was wondrous wise. He said. "This bunch must learn to bunt Before they cop the prize; But one day when a fellow tried To bunt, they heard him shout: "Aw. chase yersetf, yer marble dome. Jump in and hU 'et out!" Old King Cole was a merry old soul, A merry old soul was he; He called for his bowl at the 19th hole. What more could you ask? m m The Heavyweight Outlook. I T is now about time the heavyweight situation was developing a faint touch of speed. This part of the game has been sagging now for the last 16 or 17 years ever since Jeffries, Corbett, Fltzsimmons and Sharkey were launch ing fusillades at one another, nearly two decades ago. In the last 16 years there have been only two heavyweight encounters of more than passing notice. One was the Jeffries-Johnson affair and the other that Havana melee be tween Johnson and Willard. The rest of it has been considerably to the piffle. The situation today is beginning to loosen up a bit. Willard, with his In creasing weight and his lack of keen competition, certainly ten't getting bet ter. By every law of the game he Is pointing downhill. On the other side of things, Fulton and others are im proving. And the time isn't so very far away now, although it hasn't ar rived just yet, when the debate will be close enough to bring back an old time frolic, reinforced by additional pep. The lull, having been longer that usual, may soon break out into more excitement than the game has known for 15 or 20 years. Even as it stands, a Willard-Fulton engagement wonld start things under way at top speed. Touch for Barry. Jack Barry faces one tough assign ment as (manager this coming season. This will be in the selection of bis pitchers. As it stands, in a hard en gagement he will have no quartet to look after a series except Ruth, Leon ard, Shore and Maya. Judging from the showing that Syracuse made last Fall in her big games, the disqualification of eight football entries may be a boost In place of a knock. m m m Here is another sample of Crover Cleveland Alexander's effectiveness he won eight more victories than any other pitcher In his circuit, and only 10 pitchers in the league worked as many victories as Alexander pitched shutouts. The Phil premier had 10 of these -calclminic Jubilees, whereas the average pitcher is more than content to slip by with this many winning games. Wonderful Shots and Such. Dear Sir Every time a great golfer dies or does something else to get him into public print everybody talks about his .being a wonderful golfer because he could make such wonderful shots. Sometime, when you are not busy, please have this changed. Rotten a"s 1 am. I can make shots that would make champions jealous, and there Us a man I start 5 up who can make bet ter shots than I can. The answer is that the good golfer is the fellow who does not make rotten shots. In other words, it is a fellow who is pretty good always who is the winner over the long span. All of which accounts for two- scores made at Merion some time ago. One player turned in an 88 with two 10s and two 8s in his Bcore. An other one of us made the 12th hole in 13 strokes, the 13th in 1 and the 14th in 8. And a 1 hitched up to a 13 and an 8 doesn't get you very far. R. S. F. "If you want a short, sharp, con elusive definition for courage," writes Andy, "here it is 'Keeping your headj Then, again, Tom Cowler's head was up the other night. It bounced up as it hit the floor. V Half Strides. Becoming a hero Is a cinch. Remain ing one is nine-tenths impossible. The battle isn't to the strong but that is where 'wise bets belong. The alibi given in advance is gen erally .offered to underwrite defeat. Walter Johnson -and Napoleon Lajoie are arout the only outstanding stars who have never drawn a. shot at a world series. The leading delegates who have had one or more cracks at the post-season Jamboree include Cobb, Speaker, Wagner. Mathewson, Walsh, Alexander, Brown, Collins, Baker. Barry, Evers.- Tinker. Hal Chase. Is another who has never had a peg' at the main plum and unless Matty is a super-miracle worker Hal will still be forced to wait a season or two. ' Mention of Chase recalls the fact that 4Tal is the only major leaguer on record who traveled ten seasons before reach ing the batting top. Speaker had been a regular eight seasons before he final ly reached the eminence, but Cobb, Wagner, Lajoie. Daubert and others mounted to" the lain Peak of Slag after a short start. The Height of Restlessness, as we see it, is to get catalogues and photographs of far Southern golf courses where the earnest devs and devotees are. whaling away at jhe hall under a warm sun while the observer gazes out of a win dow at cross sections of snow, ice and leafless trees, the latter swaying be fore ine rorce or a winter gale. SISTER BACKS BOXERS ELIZABETH TTCKER WOULD BR1.VG BROTHERS TO PORTLAND. Frankle and Lonnle Are Both Feather weights and Are Said to Have Good Record of Victories. Elizabeth Tucjcer, who has under her management her two feather weight brothers, Lonnle and Frankie Tucker, wants to bring them to Port land. Frankie Is 19 years old and has lost but once to a featherweight and two close decisions to light weights. He has never been knocked off his feet in 35 battles, all from ten to 15 rounds. Lonnle is a twin brother of Miss Tucker and has lost once to a feather weight and to two lightweights out of 37 battles. During 1916 he won five straight knockouts although he is more of a boxer than a slugger. The trio hail from Chickasha, Okla., but are now In Ogden, Utah. Dan Salt, of Seattle, has written here to let the folks know that he re turned to Seattle from New Tork last week. Dandy Dan says that another Neff Bronson setto in Seattle would be the real McCoy. Shel McCool will box Sammy Morris, of San Francisco, at the Golden West Athletic League's show at the Rose City Athletic Club next Tuesday night instead of Frankie Huelat. Morris says that Huelat outweighs him too much. McCool and Morris will meet at 125 pounds. a Walter Miller, world's middleweight wrestling champion, is still hanging around bpokane looKing for matches, according to word received here. Miller threw Chris Gesek a coustle of times the other night, although not until after a hard struggle. Walter has written that he would like to wrestle John Berg in Astoria as soon as possible. He claims that Berg has told that he could throw Miller twice within an hour. Miller says he is willing to wager real money that Berg cannot do it. . LAUR'ILHURST LAKE FR0ZN Juvenile and Adult Skaters Throng Scenic Park in Evening. The lake at Laurel hurst Park is frozen over, and last night a crowd of juvenile and adult skaters thronged the scenic park for an evening of out door entertainment. City Commissioner Baker visited the lake yesterday, and pronounced it safe, and as a result a large number were out last night. There is only two feet of water in the lake, and Ferdinand E. Reed, presi dent of the club, said there was no danger whatsoever while the weather remains below freezing. WAGE CASEET FOR TODAY Oregon 1 0-Hour and Minimum Wage Cases May Be Coupled. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 17. The Oregon wage case probably will be arg-ued In the Su preme Court' tomorrow. . W. Lair Thompson, wha arrived today, will ask the court to couple the 10-hour case with the minimum wage case, that they may be argued together. If this is not done the 10-hour case probably will not be argued before next week. I. W. W. Picket Arrested. John Cummin its. a picket on duty at the Oregon Coffee House. First and Madison streets, where the I. W. W. are on strike, was arrested last night on a charge of disorderly conduct. The pouice say he was yelling at pedes trians passing the restaurant- Cum mrpgs recently was released after serving sentence for disorderly con duct. ? III HUFF QUIT LEAGUE Hockey Club Protests Game Played With Seattle With 6ne Official. CHARGES TO BE HEARD President Patrick Says lie Is AVill ' Ing to Call Meeting of Direc tors of League to Pass on t'nclo Sams' Charges.. VANCOUVER. B. C, Jan. 17. (Spe cial.) Unless their protest of Tues day night's game, when Seattle won by a score of six to two, is upheld, the Portland Hockey club will resign from the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. This information was received bv Frank A. Patrick, president of tlA league, tonight, in a telegram from President Bryan, of Uncle Sams. Mr. Bryan lodged a. protest against the Tuesday game on the grounds that President Patrick promised two of ficials for that game and only one refereed. The telegram also says that charges of partiality on' the part of Referee ion are being mailed to Presi dent Patrick. Pending the arrival of these charges President Patrick would make no de cision on the case. He replied by tele gram tonight to Mr. Brian, suggesting a meeting of the league directors in Seattle Friday to go into the charges and the protest In detail. President Patrick declared tonight that he said Portland could have two officials If they wanted them, but that they did not accept his offer, until Tuesday night, when it was too late for Referee Irvln to go down and as sist Referee Ion. The Portlanders then demanded that Jack Herman be allowed Lto assist Referee Ion. President Patrick repneu mat mey couia use Air. Herman if Seattle agreed, but Muldoon refused to accept Herman, and Referee Ion worked alone. President Patrick is ready to referee the game in Seattle Friday if Portland still believes Referee Ion is not im partial, and more, he will bring down Si. Griffls to work with him as judge of play, to prove that the Pacific Coast Hockey Association is giving Portland a square deal. WEST WILL BE REPRESESTeI) Colin V. Dyment, of Oregon, on As sociation Football Rules Committee. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Jan. 17. (Special.) As a result of an Invitation received yesterday by Pro fessor Colin V. Dyment, the West will be represented on the advisory com mittee on association football rules of the National Collegiate Athletic Asso ciation. Professor Dyment will be one of five on the committee. The others are J- A. Babbitt. Haverford College; P. S. Page, Phillips Academy, Andover; George Orton, University of Pennsyl vania, and C. L. Brewer, University of Wisconsin. This committee was appointed at the eleventh annual convention held Decem ber 28. The advisory committee is composed of one member from each of the five districts in the association. BUTLER IS SOLD TO LINCOLN Angel Fielder Is Unable to Pound Ball With Desired VigorV " Johnny Butler, last year with Los Angeles and Oakland and shortstop for the Tacoma Northwestern League club. has been sold by Del Howard to the Lincoln Western League team. ' Butler was sold by Tacoma in "the middle of the 1915 season to Los Angeles. He went to the Oaks late last season In the Bobby Davis deal. Butler Is a first-class fielder. His failure to pound the ball with the' de sired vigor was the reason for his release to Lincoln. COLUMBIA HIGH SCORER HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE FEATED BY 47 TO IS. Newsboys Would Play Any Quintet In Oregon or Southwest Wash ington Except Multnomah. 1917 Interscholasttc Basketball Standings. Points W. L. Pct.For-A.gst. 1 O 10OO 47 IS 1 O 1O00 30 IS 1 -O 1000 20 7 Columbia "University. Washington High Benson Tech . . Lincoln liisrh 0 0 .0l(O OO 00 Jef ferson High .......'... . O James Johns High 0 Hill Military Academy. .. 0 Franklin High O Commerce High ......... . 0 O .000 00 00 0 .Ono 00 OO 1 .OOO 7 20 1 . OOO 13 SO 1 .00O 16 47 Columbia University's basketball team made the largest score this sea son in the Portland Interscholastic League by defeating the High School of Commerce quintet 47 to 16 in the Washington High School gymnasium yesterday. The score at the end of the first half stood IS to 6 in favor of Columbia, mainly through the efforts of Acting Captain Al Malone, who scored 10 points. In the last canto Malone added six field baskets and three foul throws to his list, making a total of 25. For the Stenographers Morris Rogo way scored all but two of his team'a 16 points. He threw five field bas kets and converted four fouls for his side. Coach Conway, of Columbia, made but one substitution, 4 and that was Buss Douglas for Ryan, in the last few minutes of play. Captain Mike Bloch. of Columbia, was not in the game because of an injured ankle and wrist. Jefferson High School will meet the James John High team this afternoon In the Jefferson High gymnasium. The contest will start at 3:15 P. M. Tomor row afternoon Lincoln High will meet Hill Military Academy on a floor on the West Side, according to present plans. The summary for yesterday's game follows: Columbia (47). Pos. Commerce 1. Flynn tlO) F Rogoway 14 ) Malone (25) K..... Troutmann J. Murphy (8) C Belch (2 V. Jacobberger (2) ..a Zalkkurlz Ryan 2 Q... Solyan Douglas Spares.. Tessler. Margulls Keferee, H. A. Goodei of Jefterson High. "We are willing to meet any basket ball team in Oregon- or Southwest Washington, with the exception of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club quintet," said Dave Schneiderman. manager of the Portland Newsboys' first squad. "Last Tuesday night we were matched with Holy Grail, but they failed to appear at our gymnasium, on Second and Woods streets. We have heard much about a big 165 or 170 pound quintet at Goldeadale, Wash., PORTLAND AY Its TURKISH Wend delicately balanced' ftmaKes JEAI1MA5 comfortable and, although we would be outweighed many pounds, we would like to meet them." For games with the Portland News boys write to Manager Dave Schneider man at 411 First street. Captain Harry Hafter has been practicing his players in the. Neighborhood House every night. All are in the best of condition. The Newsboys' seconds and the Peninsula Park Vikings had an Inter esting engagement Tuesday night. The contest ended in a rumpus. Coach Pfaender's athletes claimed the match IS to 17 over the Newsboys. Al Bar tholemy was the referee. The Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club basket shooters will meet the Willamette University team at Salem Saturday night. Captain Clayton Sharp nas issued orders tor practice tonight in the club gymnasium. Willamette University will play Multnomah here In a return game a week from Satur day night. George Dewey sprang a surprise last Saturday by obtaining a marriage li cense. He was married last Sunday. Dewey is coach of the Franklin High School athletic team and is the main stay on the Multnomah Club basket ball squad. Coach Al Bartholemy. of the Penin sula Park first team, placed tickets for the Peninsula Park-Chemawa Indians' game on sale at 123 Third street yes terday. Saturday night the Indians will meet Peninsula Park in the Chris tian Bros. Business College gymnasium. Charles S. Botsford, of Reed College, will be the referee. A preliminary match between the Peninsula Park Vikings and the Christian Bros. Busi ness College Juniors has been sched uled. The first affair will start at 7:30 o'clock, in order that the main event can be called by 8:20 P. M. PROTEST IS REGISTERED BIRTH CONTROL LEAGUE! WANTS MARGARET SANGER FREED. Proponed Legislation Regarding? Birth Control Movement Is Discuaaed at Meeting Held Last is: lit. The Portland Birth Control League last night voted to send a message, voicing a protest against the imprison ment of Margaret Sanger, to judges of the Special Sessions Court, Brooklyn, where the case of the leader of birth control work in America is pending. An appropriation of $10 also was made to purchase a box at the Sanger protest meeting to be held in New York on January 29 in Carnegie Hall, when friends of the birth control move ment will gather to urge that Miss Sanger be not prosecuted further. Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull, social wel fare worker, discussed legislation that has been proposed at the present ses sion of the Legislature that may be said to be modified birth control. She referred to the bill that is intended to secure the commitment of feeble minded by the courts so they may be held in restraint, to the measure for sterilization of criminal insane, feeble minded and mentally deficient, and to the bill proposed to make compulsory for both bride and bridegroom a more rigid physical examination prior to marriage. All three bills are backed by various women'; organizations, she said, and she described the benefits that are ex pected to follow their adoption. ' MINOR VICTORIES ARE WON IUt 1 1 tier man and French Raiding Parties Successful. BERLIN. Jan. 17. (By wireless to Sayville, N. Y.) Hanover infantry troops yesterday-centered the French positions on CombVes Heights and re turned to their own trenches with sev eral prisoners after defeating the hos tile garrison in tneir trenches, says the official statement Issued today by the German army headquarters. PARIS. Jan. -17. After a bombard ment last evening, German troops at tacked the French lines east of Clery and south of Biaches. in the Somme re gion. They were repulsed, the War Office announced today. A minor attack by the Germans at Les Lparges. south east of Verdun, also was repulsed after hand-to-hand fighting. French patrols penetrated the German lines at sev eral points on the heights of the Meuse In the Verdun region and in Apremont forest. Officers of Guard Exonerated. NOG ALES. Ariz.. Jan. 17. Officers of the Alabama National Guard were exonerated for alleged bad conditions in camp, and the government was criticised for keeping the guardsmen on the border in a report of Charles Henderson, governor of Alabama, made public here tonight following his in vestlgatlon of camp conditions. Pitcher Williams Signs Contract CHICAGO, Jan. 17. Claud Williams, the young left-hand pitcher of he Chi' cago Americans, today signed his con tract. President Comlskey announced. Pipes repaired in the window need no mustard plasters to them "draw." V ' J VARSITY LOSES AGAIN Aggie Quintet Win'k Second Game of Series, 24-7. TWO OREGON MEN BARRED Sims and McCready Declared InelU gible Just Before Contest 011 Ac count of Scholastic Standing. II. Huntington Is Star. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Jan. 17. (Special.) With two of Ore gon's star basketball men declared in eligible, the varsity went Into the sec ond game of the series this afternoon, with the Oregon Agricultural Collega quintet and gamely fought through the two halves, holding the visitors to a 24-7 score. Again the short passing and clever team work, couDled with the uncanny shooting of "Ade" Sleberts, foreor dained the downfall of the Oregon tea,m. Sleberts looped 12 of the 24 Aggie points. The two Oregon men declared ineli gible are Henry Slmms and Lynn Mc Cready. Sims was declared ineligible because he has a past record of 16 hours of "F" in his college work. This automatically bars him from further participation in any college sport. He is a Eugene lad and a brother of "Ole" Sims, one of the most famous guards who ever donned an Oregon basketball uniform. Linn McCready hails from Lewieton, Idaho. He is a sophomore and was barred due to a report from his Taussig professor, who declared him below passing. The records of the two men were sun- posedly good until the athletic com mittee began looking them up to cer tificate them again. The discover of their condition was found just as the men were preparing to. go onto the floor for the game with the Aggies. Professor Howe Immediately tele phoned to Coach Bill Hayward and Bill had Juet time to send the men to the bench and get in a makeshift line-up as the referee blew the wnistle. McCready has proved himself to be the only natural basket shooter on the team, and Sims was the best in the guarding line. McCready made five out of the eight points made by Oregon yesterday. Hollls Huntington was the star of the Oregon team this afternoon. He made six of the seven points totaled by the varsity. It was a scrappy fight and the rabid fans were brought to their feet time after time. But the Ag gies clearly outclassed the Oregon play ers. The two teams will meet in the final games for the state championship at Corvallis Friday and Saturday. Coach Milliken, of Eugene High School, refereed. The line-up: Oregon Position. H. Huntlngtoa (6)..C Cate (1) F Fox K Nelson ........ O. A. C. ... (2) lilac . (12) Eiebarts . (4) Friedman (2) Kny Shy Huntington ...G. Substitutes R Nelfon for H. Huntington : H. Huntington for Cate; Brebe for Fox; Phillips (4) for Friedman. BOARD VOIDS CONTRACT COMPANY WARXED'KOT TO BU1I.U COl'RTHOl'SB AT PBOSSER, New Connty Commissioners Alan Din charsre County Architect and Special Counsel. PROSSER, Wash.. Jan. 17. (Spe cial.) At a stormy meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Benton County today, a resolution was passed directing the auditor to notify the Ferro Concrete Company, which has a contract with the county to build a new Courthouse at Prosser for $107. 000 that the contract entered into with the former board was not valid, and for the company to avoid any expense Incident to the fulfillment of same. A resolution was also adopted dis charging A. Warren Gould, of Seattle, as architect of the county: also one to notify Nelson Rich, of Prosser, that his contract for the sale of his property for $9500 for the Courthouse site was unenforcible. Zent & Powell, of Spokane, and K. A. Davis, of Pasco, employed by tho former board as special counsel to as sist the county attorney were ordered discharged, and Donworth and Todd, of Seattle, were employed as counsel for the new board. All resolutions were conditioned upon the court's decision as to the legality of the former board's action. The meeting was marked by several heated discussions between Commissioner-elect and Acting Commissioner McNeill. "Clyde Evans, the live-wire secretary treasurer of the Oregon T. P. A., told me," SAID DEDMAS. "If all traveling men knew as much about the Juan de Fuca Havana bonded Cigar as he did, there would be more satisfied customers in their territories." shap make CijUir Coy 111 Bread way Meven steps from Waalil. opp. Owl. rfring 1