Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 24, 1917, Page 14, Image 14

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    THE MORXIXG OKEGOXIAN, WED XESDAT, JANUARY 24. 1917.
BIG LEAGUERS ABE 1
MAIER MY
BACK
1917 BEAVERS ARE SCATTERED
OVER ALL PARTS OF, COUNTRY
McCredies Face Problem in Assembling Team in Time for Honolulu Trip.
Beebe Is Sold and Nixon and Kelly Traded for Brenton.
HOLDING TO PLEDGE
ON COAST
14
OUTLAWS
Only'Five in National and One
in American Sign
1917 Contracts.
HUSTON' HAS NOVEL PLAN
Ifew York Yankee Magnate Would
Tear Vp Schedules and Play
Gaines Between Nearest
Major League Teams.
The big league mag-nates may be
right in raying that there will be no
fctrike of their ballplayers, but. just the
Bame, the big league players are keep
ing the promise they made to David
Fultz and are not signing their con
tracts. Although contracts were sent out to
all unsigned stars in the National and
American leagues some time ago, only
five signed parchments have been re
turned by National League athletes,
and but one by an American leaguer.
Claude Williams, the former Coast
pitcher, sent in his document to the
White Sox, but, fortunately for Claude,
he is not a member of the fraternity.
The strike ultimatum is rather tough
on some of the big league stars who
have no grievance and who face a seri
ous split with their employers.
New York Clubs Well Fixed.
The two New York clubs appear to
be better fixed than any of the others.
The Giants have only two unsigned
regtriars and the Yankees four or five.
Captain Huston, one of the owners
of the New York . Americans, has
evolved a novel plan to combat the
Strike.
Huston's scheme is to throw the reg
ular schedules of the two leagues into
the wastebasket and have each club
play double-headers two or three times
a week with its nearest rival. The St.
Louis Cards would play the St. Louis
Browns: the Chicago Cubs would play
the Chicago Sox; the Boston Braves
would play the Boston Sox: the New
York Yanks would play Brooklyn and
the New York Giants; Cleveland would
play Detroit; Cincinnati would play
Pittsburg, and so on.
This plan, Huston argues, would
eliminate the vast expenditures now
made for Spring training, railroad fares
and hotel bills and would make big
league baseball profitable, strike or no
strike.
Duel 91 ot to Be Increased.
Kultz denies that the dues of the
fraternity will be increased so as to
raise a war fund. The present dues are
J 18 a year for major leaguers, $5 a yeap-
for AA leaguers and $3 a year for Class
A players.
According to Fultz 1215 members are
enrolled in the fraternity.
Kid Khmke, who was a sensation In
the Coast League a couple of years ago
as a busher, thinks he will have a
good year with Detroit, owing to the
fact that Ty Cobb has taken quite an
Interest in him. Ehmke, it will be re
called, jumped to the outlaw Federals
when Los Angeles sold him to Wash
ington. In the Federal League . he
proved a flivver, but last year, after a
great start in a B league, he was
bought by Detroit, and finished the
year like a streak.
To be exact, he won four games out
of five, in one of them defeating Wal
ter Johnson.
MAYBE VERNON WON IN 1916
League Yet to Decide on Dute ot
Crandall-Uavls Deals.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 23. Baseball
followers were indulging in specula
tion today as to whether the Vernon
club might not yet "win" the 1916
pennant in the Pacific Coast League.
One of the charges made two days ago
by Eddie Maier, former owner of the
Vernon club, that his team had ."been
jobbed out of the pennant" has de
veloped considerable uncertainty as to
the date of the Crandall-Davis trade,
which Maier named as one of the fac
tors ,of the alleged frame-up.
If it develops this trade was made
after September 15, the Oakland and
Los Angeles clubs are each liable to
fines of $100 and the games played by
Los Angeles atrer the date of the trade
are liable to be thrown out. If this
was done, the pennant would fall to
Vernon.
The date of the transfer will be def
initely settled at the annual meeting
of the Coast League next montn, it
is said.
RAINIER ALSO CLAIMS GAME
Argument Made That Clatskanie
Scored After Whistle.
RAINIER, Or., Jan. 23. (Special.)
The Rainier High-School basketball
team contends that it won the recent
game from the Clatskanie quintet and
as a result the locals claim the 1917
championship of the Lower Columbia.
Rainier asserts the score of the dis
puted game was 12 to 11 in its favor
instead of 13 to 12 in favor of Clats
kanie. One of the Clatskanie athletes, it is
declared, threw a basket after the
final whistle. Before a definite claim
on the Lower Columbia title can be
made by Rainier the Astoria High
School team must be met, says Man
ager Gallagher, of the Rainier contin
gent. DOG RACE WILL START TODAY
Twelve Teams Expected to Start 52 2
Mill's From Winnipeg to St. Paul.
WINNIPEG. Man., Jan. 23. Arrange
ments were being completed tonight
for the start at noon tomorrow of the
622-mile dog race over the Pembina
trail from Winnipeg to St. Paul. There
were seven teams here tonight and
five more were expected from the Lake
Winnipeg district and Le Pas. making
a probable starting list of 12.
The drivers are a picturesque, hardy
.lot and apjiear capable of enduring the
. hardships of the long journey, which
will send them through miles of un
tracked and drifted snow.
.Experts figure that the winning team
should arrive at St. Paul before dusk
next Tuesday.
rHTf A Cin .Ton 9.9 llKart "D."
Russell, a pitcher with the Chicago
Americans, has signed a 1917 contract,
it was announced tonight. Russell ta
the 21st member of the club to come
to terms. President Comiskey said.
"Talk of a strike is not worrying me,"
be added. .
Officials Stop Boxing Bout.
SUPERIOR, Wis.. Jan. 23. A bout
beteen Patsy McFarland and Billy
Whelan. of St. Paul, was stopped after
- the third round here tonight by Com
- missioner Hart, of the Slate Boxim
Commission, with Waelaa holding a
wide advantage.
HOW would you like to be a base
ball magnate?
Pretty soft, the average " fan
would answer. Right now Judge W. W.
McCredie, president of the Portland
Baseball Company, differs with, friend
fan. Why? Because he is in an awful
stew worrying about how a score ot
ballplayers are going to report at Van
couver, B. C, on February 14 to catch
the Niagara, bound for Honolulu, where
the Beavers will condition.
For you fans who think that being
a baseball magnate is a soft job, let
it'be said that the tossers who will
compose the Portland club this season
are scattered to a "fare-you-well." t
will cost the McCredies ?1500 to bring
their men from their respective homes
to Vancouver, B. C. In addition to this
it will cost J4000 to take them from
Vancouver to Honolulu and return to
San Francisco.
This makes a total of 35500 before the
team starts playing exhibition games in
California prior to the opening of the
1917 campaign. Of course, the Mc
Credies have a guarantee of $4000 from
the Honolulu people with an option of
50 per cent of the entire gate receipts,
but tt is not likely that they will find
it necessary to exercise their option.
To give friend fan an idea of how
the Portland players are scattered the
address of each is shown:
Pitchers George G. Helfrlch, Utica,
N. Y. ; L. D. Brenton,- Peoria 111.; Har
rington Hill, Detroit, Mich.; Charles V.
Schorr, San Francisco; Oscar T.
Harstad, Byron S. Houck. John Brandt.
and Al Zweif el. Portland ; Alfred Leake,
kockjt Mount, r. u. ; Kennetn w. fen
ner, Qulin, Mo.: Lyle Bigbee. Waterloo,
Or.; Ernest W. Pruitt Merlin, Or.; Will
iam Fincher, Holly Grove, Ark.; Herman
Schatzlein, Los Angeles; William P.
Tuerck, Eugene, Or... and Mark L.
Higbee, Duluth, Minn.
Catchers Gus Fisher, Portland, and
'CULL DOWN' IS LIKELY
THREAT OF UNCLE SAMS TO Ql IT
TO BE UP TODAY AT SEATTLE.
Letters Received at Vancouver From
Portland Deplore Stand of Pro
testing Club Officers.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Jan. 23. Spe
cial.) Frank A. Patrick, president of
the Pacific Coast Ice Hockey Associa
tion, left for Seattle late tonight. He
has called a special meeting of the as
sociation for tomorrow in the Seattle
ice arena, and big things are going to
break according to rumors here.
"The threat made by the Portland
management that the Uncle Sams
would be withdrawn from the circuit
if certain things did not happen, will
be called." said a man here who is- con
sidered to be on the inside. "Com
munications have been coming North
from the Oregon metropolis," said this
man, "backing Referee Ion, and all
were of the opinion that E. J. Bryan
and William F. Scott, press agent,
would not deprive Portland of the great
Canadian sport. A protest meeting
against such action will be made if
necessary, one of the letters declared."
Hockey followers here feel that a
grave mistake would be made if Port
land should be taken off the circuit
The Uncle Sams won the championship
race last Winter, but for some reason
or other they have been unable to get
going duringvthe 1916-17 season. They
are at the bottftfl of the league race.
VANCOUVER JS EASY VICTOR
Spokane Canaries Are Defeated on
Home -Floor, 8 to S.
SPOKANE, Wash, Jan. 23. The Van
couver ice hockey team scored an easy
victory over Spokane tonight. 8 goals
to 5. The play was fairly even during-
tne iirst period, each team scoring two
goals, but in the second Spokane's de
fense crumbled and Vancouver scored
five times while Spokane was held
scoreless. In the third period Van
couver scored again, and then Spokane
rallied and scored three goals, but was
unable to overcome Vancouver's lead.
The playing of Roberts, left wing
for Vancouver, was a feature of the
game. The lineup and summary:
Spokane (5) Position (8) Vancouver
Fowler ' O Lehman
Ve"Be : p F. Patrick
h p2t'llck C" p Griffis
Lloyd Cook R McKay
Nichols C Stanley
McDonald R. W Moynes
Kt!T - - L. W Roberts
Officials Referee. George Irvine; Koal
judR.js, L). F. Wallace and H. M. Rendle:
timr. R. Haggard; penalty timer, Charles
Robertson.
Scores by Periods.
I'irst period 1. Vancouver, Roberts from
Moynes. :30: 2. SDokane. Xtrhnla from
Cook. 2:57; 3. Spokane. Kerr from Lloyd
Cook. 0:4fl: 4, Vancouver. Roberts from F.
i airicK, o
Second period 15, Vancouver, F. Patrick'
irom mcivay, :m; o, Vancouver. Roberts
from F. Patrick. 5:25; 7. Vancouver, McKay
from Stanley, 0:54: 8. Vancouver. Roberts
from F. Patrick. 4:42; 0, Vancouver. Stan
ley from Moynes. 5:30..
Third period 10, Vancouver, Griffis. 1:23;
11. SPOkane. LlOVd V?Ook frnm- 1. Patrick
6:20; 12. Spokane. McDonald from L. Pat-
ricK. tt:i: la, spoKane. iverr, 5:12.
Substitutions First period, Mallrn for L.
Patrick; second period, Leo Cook for Kerr.
L. Patrick for Leo Cook, Kerr for Mallen.
Leo Cook for Kichols; third period, Nichols
for McDonald.
Penalties First period. McKay. Nichols
and Stanley. 3 minutes each; second period,
Leo Cook. 10 minutes; Nichols. Moynes and
Roberts. 3 minutes each-, third period.
Moynes. McDonald, Griffis and Nichols. 3
minutes each.
UNCLE SAMS HAVE WORKOUTS
Practice Held at Ice Palace Prepar
atory to Spokane Game.
A strenuous practice was held last
night by the Portland Uncle Sams in
the Ice Palace. The Portland team is
scheduled to meet the Spokane Canaries
here Friday night. "Moose" Johnson,
the big defense man of the locals,
showed considerable speed in the work
out last night.
The Northwest Auto Hockey Club
team, of the Portland Amateur Ice
Hockey Association, took advantage of
the practice of professionals, and all
combined into a strong squad. The
amateur line worked with the Port
land defense, while the professional j
lorwara line went over wuii me au
toists defense.
A good game was played. Captain
Tobin was in oharge of the ice. Dr.
Earl Smith, the club physician, is still
attending William F. Scott, who was
overcome with ammonia fumes at Seat
tle last week. Scott is at his home
a great part of the time.
The game Friday night in the local
Ice Palace will tfce the only one of the
Pacific Coast Ice Hockey Association.
The game will be called at 8:30 P. M.
HOCKEY MEETING IS CALLED
Ion May Be Re-employed, but Not
to Work in Portland Games.
SPOKANE, Jan. 23. A special meet
ing of the Pacific Coast Hockey
League will be held in Seattle Thurs
day, it was annonncea Here today. The
Marshall, who is somewhere In Ne
braska. Infielders A. M. Smeaton, Medicine
Hat. Alberta, Canada; William K.
Rodgers, Cincinnati; William Stumpf,
Pittsburg, W. P. Siglin, Aurelia, Ia;
Charles J. Hollacher. St. Louis; Will
iam Borton, Springfield, Mo., and Rich
ard Nelson, Eugene, Or.
Outfielders-William H. Southworth.
Columbus. O.: Kenneth Williams.
Grants Pass, Or.; D. E. Wllie. Waco,
Tex.,"" and Floyd Farmer, Lebanon,
Tenn.
Some of the "bushers" listed will be
instructed to report at Stockton when
the club returns from the islands.
As the McCredies could not line up a
suitable trade for Pitcher Fred Beebe,
secured from Cleveland- in exchange
for Pitcher Grover Lowdermilk. the
veteran- was sold yesterday to the
Louisville club, of the American As
sociation. Beebe did not want to re
port to Portland. The sale was for
cash, but the McCredies refused to di
vulge the price.
Walter McCredie has also washed his
hands of two more ballplayers with
whom he was not too much in love.
" has announced the trading of
Pitcher Herb "Lefty" Kelly and Out
fielder Billy Nixon for Pitcher Bren
ton. of New Orleans. Kelly will re
port to the Southern club at the con
clusion of his school term at Notre
Dame next June.
The deal was put across with the
aid of Charley Somers, former presi
dent of the Cleveland American League
club and a friend of the McCredies.
Brenton won 17 and lost 12 contests
with New Orleans last season. He
whiffed 93, walked 105. fielded .937
and batted .080. He is a medium-sized
chap and right-handed. He was one
of the best pitchers in the American
Association in 1915. With the Cleve
land club of this league tie won 11
and lost 11 with a second-division team.
Late, in' the season he was. taken over
by the Indians and in 11 games allowed
3.35 runs per nine innings.
meeting will consider the re-employment
of Fred Ion as referee with the
understanding that he will not be asked
to referee games In which Portland is
a contender.
PrXLMAN QUINTET WINS AGAIN
Whitman Beaten, 3 7 to 19, in. Sec
ond Clash at Walla Walla.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Jan. 3.
Washington State College made it two
straight victories in basketball over
Whitman College here ton'rht. 37 to 19.
The game was a bit slower and not so
rough as Monday night. Oregon Agri
cultural College is the only conference
team now standing between Washing'
ton State and the Northwest chanfi
pionship and the right to play the Cal
ifornia five for the Coast champion
ship. The lineup:
W. S. C. . Position Whitman
Moss R. F Clerin
Prince ;...L.F Cutler
Bonier C Cement
Copeland R. G. Hotts
Sorenson L.G. ... Peterson
Field goals By W. S. C. iloss 1
Prince, 7; Bonier, G: Copeland. 2: Sorenson
1. By Whitman. Dement. 5: Cutler. 2.
Foul throwi By Bohler. 5 out of 6; by
Dement, 1 out of 3; by Clerin, 4. out of 4.
ijmpire, Olossop. .
JOHNSTON WINS AT 3-CUSHION
Portland Player Takes First Block
of 150-Point Match.
SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) Billiard fans were treated to a
pretty display of three-cushion bil
liards tonight when Walter Johnston
of Portland, the ex-Northw.est cham
pion, won the first block of a 150
point match from Charles Jordan, the
present champion.
Johnson won by a score of 50 to 41
in 69 innings. Johnston's high run was
five, while Jordan gathered a cluster
of seven.
The match will go down as one of
the prettiest ever played in the city
Both players were in the best of form.
Johnston took the lead from the half
way point, and from then on never was
headed. His safety play was very
strong throughout.
The second block will, be played to
morrow.
Perrect Score Is Bowled.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.) Julius" Berggren, of this city
bowled his second perfect score of the
1917 season here yesterday in a match
game. He defeated Edwin Phelps four
games out of five on the Shafer Bowl
ing Alleys. Berggren made his 300 In
the first game and followed with 223
225, 211 and 176, for a total of 1136 and
an average of 227.
Phelps rolled 172, 192, 201, 161 and
211 for a total of 937 and an average
of 187. Mr. Berggren is out to chal
lenge any bowler in the Northwest in
a series of games. He has ambitions
of competing in the annual bowling
congress tournament at Portland late
in April.
Mitchell Wants Postponement.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 23. As a result
of injuring his hand while boxing yes
terday. Ritchie Mitchell last night
telegraphed the promoters at Cleve
land. O., who had arranged a bout be
tween him and Johnny Kilbane for the
featherweight championship, asking
that the date of the match be post
poned at least a week. The fight was
scheduled for January 30 at Cleveland,
Chappelle Signs With Braves.
BOSTON, Jan. 23. The signed con
tract of Larry Chappelle, an outfielder
was received at headquarters of th
Boston National League baseball club
today. Business Manager Walter E.
Hapgood said that six members of the
team were now under contract for nex
season.
Zbyszko Wins on Mat.
LOUISVILLE. Ky., Jan. 23. Wladek
Zbyszko won from Yussif Hussane in a
wrestling bout here tonight, two fall
out of three. Zbyszko took the firs
fall after one hour and 21 minutes of
wrestling, and the third fall in two
minutes and 20 seconds. Hussane took
the second fall in 34 minutes and 30
seconds.
Canby 3 5, Woodburn 32.
WOODBURN. Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.)
Canby High School basketball team
defeated ithe Woodburn High School
quintet. 35 to 32. A disagreeable fea
ture of the contest was the officiating,
according to those present. Both the
referee and the judge of play-are said
to have been unfamiliar with the rules.
Open Golf Tourney Set.
NEW YORK, Jan. 23. The National
open championship golf tournament
ngct season will be played at Braeburn
Country. -Club on June 27, 28 and 29. it
was announced here tonight by Herbert
Strong, secretary of the Professional
Golfers' Association.
Cornell Five Defeats Penn.
ITHACA, N. Y-, Jan 23. The Cornell
University basketball team defeated the
Pennsylvania five by a score of 24
to 11 in an intercollegiate league game
here tonight.
Baseball Fight in California Is
Rumored on Heels of ex
Magnate's "Expose."
REPORT IS DISCOUNTED
Cliff Blankenship Mentioned -as
One of Possible Club Owners,
but He Says No Proposal
Has Been Made to Him.
BY HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 23. (Spe
cial.): Outla-if baseball In California,
with .the millions of Ed Maier and his
Southern California brewery to bak
up the sport. Is the latest of the day
dreams that has broken in connection
with Maier's so-called expose of the
baseball situation on the Coast. . It Is
hinted, more than asserted, that Maier
will be willing to throw his support
to an - independent organization, with
a view to emhirrassing his former as
sociates, and the name of Cliff Blanken
ship has been, drawn Into the con
troversy as one of the possible club
owners in the event of forming such a
circuit.
As the builder of this, the latest of
the ball leagues, has it, the scheme
would be for the clubs to be placed in
Sacramento, Fre'sno, San Jose and
Stockton, with a possible Invasion of
San Francisco and Oakland.
Blankenship Discount Plan.
Blankenship does believe that inde
pendent baseball twice a week, on
Saturdays and Sundays would be fea
sible for the interior cities in Northern
California, as he has said before, but
he has never argued for a new league
of larger proportions and said quite
frankly today that he didn't believe It
would be possible for such an arrange
ment to be brought about.
Also, according to Blankenship, he
has not discussed the subject with
Maier and has no information which
would lead him to believe the Southern
Californian has any such scheme in
view. "When I read the statement made
by Maier," explained Blankenship, "I
remarked casually that it would be a
good time for Alaler to start an outlaw
league. -1 have not any information on
the subject and don't suppose any such
scheme is being arranged."
Though Maier would unquestionably
like to be at the head and front of a
scheme to cause confusion to his ene
mies on the Coast, it is quite likely that
even a chap possessed of the financial
backing of Ed R. would hesitate be
fore jumping Into such a fight.
A fight in baseball is an expensive
proposition for all parties concerned,
and especially is this the case with the
fellow who is breaking Into such a bat
tle.
State Lragie Not Enough. .
A state league made up of Interior
cities to play but two games a week is
hardly big enough to suit the caliber of
Maier. He could hurt the Coasters, of
course, but not in the fashion that he
would desire.
If Maier is to be associated with suoh
a proposition he will go-, the whole
route and want teams in the larger
cities, including San Francisco, Oak
land and Los Angeles.
That would mean a small fortune
simply for the leasing of suitable parks
and the building of grandstands, to say
nothing of the gathering of baseball
teams.
Furthermore, it is too late In the
present season to think of such a stu
pendous task. Coast League officials
are apparently not disturbed over the
prospects of opposition of this sort.
VERNON MAY LOSE FRANCHISE
Transfer to Pasadena Is Rumored at
Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 23. (Special.)
It was reported1 today thsit the Vernon
franchise will be switched at the next
meeting of the league, scheduled to
take place in San Francisco next
month.
When the Vernon club was sold by
Edward Maier, the former owner re
tained his Vernon ball park, repre
senting an investment of $50,000.
Darmody obtained a lease on the
park for one Sunday morning game a
week.
Baseball men higlk in the confidence
of the magnates say the league will not
use Maier's park, now that he has made
charges of crooked baseball.
Pasadena, a city of 60,000 population,
has been mentioned by league directors
in the past year, and it may be that the
franchise will be transferred there.
. Maier. it is believed, will start an
outlaw league If the Coast League at
tempts to play politics with him. The
former owner of the Tigers Is firmly
convinced that he did not get a square
deal in recent years and it is said he
is willing to. "go the limit" if the Coast
League wants to do battle with him.
The following statement was issued
today by Maier: '
"I expected them to yell. ' That Is
natural. That 1912 series has been a
joke among the ballplayers of the
league for all these years. Losing that
pennant or any other pennant means
nothing to" me now.
"I carried these things on my chest
all this time and read their statements
all last year and now that I' got it off
my chest, they don t seem to like it.
Isn't that too bad?
"I do not know whether anybody in
the . league except Mr. Darmody is
alive or not. J. nave nobody to account
to but him and want to assure him
that I did not make this statement to
hurt him in any way because I think
former conditions will not continue. I
told Mr. Darmody a' month ago that I
had promised a statement. He did not
enter -any real objection outside of-saying,
'What's the use of stirring things
up again.'
"I like Tom and would not knowing
ly hurt him in any way. He Is a good
square fellow and deserves all the sup
port the fans can possibly give him, and
I hope he makes his team a hundred
times as popular as mine was that's
how much harm I wish him.
"So far as prohibiting games at Ver
non is concerned, it means nothing to
me one way or another. Just so it does
not hurt Darmody. If they fix up mat
ters to suit him. I do not care what
their decision.
"I have cleared my chest now. Bring
on your training season.
Maier refused to answer the state
ments of Henry Berry, Johnny Powers
and otner Pacific Coast League mag
nates, saying he did not care to enter
into a controversy with them.
Anglers Club to Meet.
The January meeting of the Multno
mah Anglers' Club will be held next
Friday night at the fifth floor of the
Oregon building at 8:15 o'clock. The
legislative committee will report on
the progress of the anglers bills now
before the State Legislature. R. E.
Clanton, superintendent of state fish
hatcheries, will give a tafk on the out
lining of hatchery work for the coming
season.
tobacco is nut up ii
it like other kinds.
price.
10c Tin
5c Metal-lined
,Bags
JAMES JOHN LOSES
High School , of Commerce
Wins Its First Contest, 25.9.
STEN0GS MUCH. IMPROVED
Franklin to Play Columbia Today.
Champion Oregon Aggies May y
Meet Multnomali JluD in
Portland Saturday.
Interscholastle Basketball Standings.
Points
W. L. Pc. For. At.
Washing-ton High 2 O 10O0 61 S4
Jefferson Hlfrh 1 0 1000 83 6
Columbia University ..1 0 looo 47 10
Lincoln High 1 0 1000 83 10
rommei-ce HIH ....... 1 1 .f0 41 Bl
Benson Tech 1 1 .500 41 SS
Franklin High 0 1 .0O0 13 80
Hill Military Academy, o i . u ;
James John High 0 2 . 000 It M
The first athletic victory scored by
the High School of Commerce since
Its admission to the Portland Inter-scholastic-
League was registered yes
terday afternoon when the Stenogra
phers walked on the mei John High
School basketball team. 25 to 9, In the
Jefferson High gymnasium.
The game put up by the Pencil
pushers was far different from that
exhibited when the Columbia Univer
sity trimmed them 47 to 16 early last
week. The Commerce boys ham been
laboring under difficulties of late, as
they have no regular coach, although
Hymen Sch warts, former star on the
Jewish Boys' Athletic Club quintet, and
Abe Kanter, of the "Wows," have been
doing as much as they could in theix
spare momenta.
The feature of yesterday's clash was
the work of Morris Rogoway. of Com
merce. He alone was responsible for
13 points, while hia teammate, August
Belch, was good' for six more. - The
score at the end of the first half was
17 to 3.
The summary for yesterday's game
follows:
Commerce (25) James John (9)
Zalkkurtx 2) W Myers
RoKowiy (13) ........ JT bcoroeaer (4)
Belch 6 C Wulf (SI
Capt. Margulia 2 ..O Fpackman
Soy. an (2 (J.... Capt. Wrinkle (2)
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Officials iL. A. Gaaue, JIxersoa High,
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in tins. But that
The finest selected leaf from Kentucky's richest
Burley fields is only the beginning of VELVET. ,
Then a full two years' ageing in wooden hogsheads
a matter of large storage and investment expense.
Then a careful manufacturing method employing
the widest experience of life -long tobacco men.
What goes into the tin governs the pipe satisfaction
that comes out of it. And we believe you will
.prefer VELVET to any other pipe tobacco at any
referee; Norman Men her, timer; Sam Pruss,
scorer.
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The Washington High School gym
nasium will house the Franklin High
Columbia University basketball game
of the Portland Interscholastle League
at 3:15 o'clock this- afternoon. Co
lumbia University won its only start
last week, while Coach Dewey's pro
teges dropped their first game. Coach
Conway, of the collegians, is confident
that his aggregation will win today's
olasb.
Lincoln High School and Jef?erson
High School will send their basketball
teams against each' other at 3:15
o'clock tomorrow afternoon in the
Young Men's Christian Association
gymnasium. .
...
Manager Masters, of the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic Club, is not certain
who will form the opposition against
his aggregation in the club gymnasium
next Saturday night. Arrangements
had been made whereby the Willam
ette University athletes would meet in
a return game, but Coach Everett May,
of the Oregon Aggies, wants to have
his champions in Portland Saturday
night.
...
Coach Mflv vnnta tn rilon Willam
ette later In the season and Manager
Masters Is willing- tn iiihatftnta ha
Aggies for next Saturday and play
" uiauiisLio later. in cluDmen trimmed
Coach Mathews' quintet at Salem last
odiuroay nigm, 2u to 11. and it is up
to Coach Mathews, nt u-iii
allow the switch to be made. Com
plete arrangements will be made today
over the long-distance telephone.
...
The High School of Commerce bas
ket tossers will meet the Washington
School for the Deaf at Vancouver.
Wash., next Saturday afternoon. Man
ager Pruss made the plans yesterday.
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Because of the- hard game the High
School of Commerce athletes went
through yesterday. Manager "Peanuts"
Pander, of the Commerce Eagles, was
forced to call off the proposed Eagles
Portland Newsboys Seconds slated for
last night. It will be played the latter
part of this month.
...
Several hard practices will be in
dulged in by the George Washington
Camp "Wows" in preparation for the
battle against the McMinnvtlle Fire
men basketball team in the Christian
Brothers' Business College gymnasium
next Saturday night. A preliminary
contest will be staged to start at 7:15
o'clock, while the main event will be
called at 8:15 o'clock.
- .
Homer -Shaver will referee the Columbia-Frankin
game in the. Washing
ton High School gymnasium this afternoon.
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GLASS D' RATING ASKED
INTER-CITY LEAGUE WANTS TO
GET IX ORGANIZED BASEBALL.
First Meetlns; Called TonlBht by J're.i
dent Bay McCredie to" Be Asked
tA f-r n t Permit.
President Fred.Xormandy Bay, of tha
Inter-City Baseball League, will gath
er his forces tonight at 7:30 o'clock;
in his office, 270 Fourth street, to ar
range for the 1917 campaign. Election
of officers is the most important item.
The present officers are: Fred N. Bay.
president; George Roberts Grayson,
vice-president; Wayne Francis Lewis,
secretary; June S. Jones, treasurer.
It is thought that President Bay will
be re-elected.
The Inter-City League will seek a
Class D rating and the president will
write Judge William Wallace McCredie.
president of the Portland Baseball Com
pany, tomorrow asking him to gain
the Pacific Coast League's permission
for the Inter-City League to ask classi
fication from the National Association
of Baseball Leagues.
If the rating Is given the young
circuit It will afford towns around
Portland excellent opportunity to se
cure a lot of publicity through base
ball by applying for and securing a
franchise. The league consists at pres
ent of the following clubs: Baby Bea
vers (Clyde J. Rupert), Montavilla (Ed
Jessup). Camas (E. E. Dale). St. Helens-Rainier
(Ed I. Ballagh). Brad
fords (vj. R. Grayson), Kirkpatricks
(William R. Heales). Salem.
Is Is expected that all the magnates
will be present at tonight's gathering
and it is thought that all these clubs
will be represented the coming season.
' McMInnville 25, Tigard 16.
TIGARD. Or.. Jan. 23. (Special.)
After playing four games without a
defeat, the Tigard public school bas
ketball team lost, 25 to 16, to McMInn
ville Junior High here last nigpht. Reh
berg and BonejUeele shone for Tigard
and Trent and Shipley for the McMinn
villes. A return match id probable
before February 1.
Central Point Fives Win.
CENTRAL POINT. Or., Jn. 23.
(Special.) The Central Point girls
basketball team last night won from
the Gold Hill girls' quintet. 17 to 13,
and the Central Point boys' team de
feated the Gold Hill boys, 68 to 2. The
two points recorded ly the visiting
boys came from converted fonls. Cap
tain Hurley scored 12 field baskets.