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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1917.
HOLLDGHER
ASKS FOR
SIGNS
TICKET
New Beaver Infielder in Hurry
to Report, for Trip
to Honolulu.
HOTELS AT CAMP CROWDED
Portland Club May Have Trouble
1 'lading " Quarters Kleven - Sow
Available Perlo Casey Refuses
Couching Job at O. A. C.
BY ROSCOE FATVCETT.
Another Portland player Charley
riollocher signed his contract yester
day and notified Manager McCredie
by telegraph, requesting Immediate
transportation to the Coast. Jlolloc-h-er
is at St. Louts. Hollouher passed
A few weeks with the Portland club
last Spring, but did not join the fra
ternity, it la said, before McCredie
Bent him to the Central League for
seasoning.
The addition of Hollocher to the
quad gives Manager McCredie 11 play
era available for the Honolulu trip
Fisher and O'Brien, catchers; Houck,
Penner. Helfrich, Bigbee, pitchers;
J Codgers, Stumpf and Hollocher, in
fielders; "VV'ilie and Williams, out
fielders. Hollocher's telegram and the re
ceipt of a letter from the Honolulu
Athletic Association were the -only
developments at local ball headquar
ters yesterday.
The Honolulu promoters are experi
encing eome difficulty finding accom
modations for the Portland ball play
ers for the three weeks of the train
ing' trip. All the large hotels are
booked ahead for two months. The
Pleasanton Hotel wants to house the
boys in a large, partitioned tent, serv
ing meals in the regular dining-room.
The Trent Hotel offers 13 cottages at
"Waikikl beach for the boys and will
build a large dlning-hall if the plan
Is accepted.
Walter McCredie doesn't know which
proposal is the best, and asked the
Judge to hold off on his reply until
his return from San Francisco. Man
ager Mack is going to the league
meeting at San Francisco on February
6. He thinks Charley Swain and some
of the boys who made the trip to Hon
olulu last Fall can give him the
straight dope on the hotels.
That Perle Casey expects to land a
Job as umpire in the Pacific Coast
League was indicated yesterday when
he turned down an offer to coach the
hall team at the Oregon Agricultural
College. Dr. Joseph A. Pipal is in the
city in quest of a capable tutor. It
Is understood the place will be offered
to Billy Sullivan, the former Chicago
catcher. Sullivan is living on his ranch
hear Newberg.
Bobby Vaughn, former Beaver In
fielder, has been a visitor in the city
during the past two or three days.
Vaughn will be with Los Angeles this
year and rumor has it that Chance ex
pects to name him captain. Vaughn's
home is at Tacoma.
Baseball makes for strange bedfel
lows, and this trite aphorism goes dou
ble If it is true that Fred Derrick is
to play first base for the Dallas, Tex.,
club, as reported over the wires. Ham
Patterson is manager of the Dallas
club and Is trying to buy Derricks'
release from Birmingham, where Mc
Credie sent him last Spring. Derrick,
It will be realled. hooked up with Pat
terson in a fist fight in front of the
local ball yard about three years ago.
Patterson was then playing first base
for Vernon. Derrick's version was that
he was sitting on the curb in front of
the park after the game, waiting for
one of his teammates, and Patterson
sneaked up behind him and soaked him
in the eye without warning. Possibly
the two have patched up their old ani
mosities, or it may be that Patterson
etill thirsts for Derrick's gore.
BASEBALL PLAYERS' FRATERNITY HEAD PLANS STRIKE.
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STRIKE
TO BE
DANGER HOT
SHEERED AT
Moguls Taking About Same
Stand Now as They Took
When Feds Menaced.
rans Not Likely to Be Satisfied
IVltU Makeshift Clubs and Once
Turned ' Away They Miglit
Stay Away From Games.
. DAVID FCLTZ AT HIS'DESK.
This photograph shows David Fultz, former diamond and gridiron star, thinking of Fome plan whereby he can
beat" the magnates In the proposed baseball strike. It was Fultz who organized the Players' Fraternity In 1912
and since he has been the "Jinx" to organized baseball. Last year Fultz told O. B. that "in union there is strength,"
so nu. he is working with Oompers to form a players' union. Fultz has declared the strike will be on February
0, when most of the teams leave for the South, but Ban Johnson says. "There will be no strike. Right now it is a
inch that most of fandom doesn't know what all the trouble is about; but they will wait, and it's up to Fultz to
tell them."
O'Connell-Viedhof Match'
Main Event Tonight.
3 BOXING BOUTS ON CARD
HOQUIAM FIVE WANTS GAME
Drewcr Billie Seeking Contest for His
Team for Tomorrow Night-
Coach Brewer Billie, of the Hoquiam,
v asti., Jilgh bchool, wants to arrange
a game with any Portland basketball
team for his aggregation tomorrow
night. He has been having great suc
cess with his quintet so far, and now
he wants to enlarge his fieldi of vic
tories. Billie captained the 1915 Oregon Agri
cultural College football team and is
well known throughout Oregon. He
is an Astoria boy, and in all probability
Astoria will form opposition against
Jioquiam in the near future. If tomor
row Is an open date, telegraph to Coach
Ulllle immediately.
nCBBARD GIRLS BEAT CAXBY.
Boys' Team Loses, 109 to 6, but Las
sies Turn Tables.
OREGON CITY. Or.. Feb. 1. (Spe
eial.) It takes the girts of Hubbard
to uphold the reputation of that town.
Recently the boys' team of the Hub
bard. High tachool visited Canby for
n game with the Canby quintet. Can-
by won and the score was 109 to 6.
There was little doubt as to the rela
tive ability of the two teams.
But the boys happened to bring alons
with them the Hubbard High School
jrirls team and another gams was
played between quintets composed of
fc'lrls. The Hubbard girls saved tha
. lay for their town with a 15-to-12
core.
Princeton Makes Tennis Schedule.
PRINCETON, N. J.. Feb. 1. The
echedule of the Princeton University
tennis team, announced tonight, con
tains eight matches in addition to the
ir.terscholastio meet to be held here
on May 5. , The schedule follows
April 27, Chevy Chase Club, at Wash
ington, D. C: April 28, Naval Academy,
et Annapolis; May 3, Amherst, at
Princeton; May 4, "Williams, at Prince
ton; May 9 or 16. Cornell, at Prince
ton; May 12, Harvard, at Princeton
May 18, Pennsylvania ,at Princeton;
Hay 19, Yale, at New Haven.
Columbus Club Control Passes.
COLUMBUS, O.. Feb. 1. Control of
the Columbus club of the American
Association passed to Joe Tinker and
Thomas Wilson, of Chicago, late today
for a cash consideration, said to be
965,000. Tinker will be elected' presi
dent and Wilson secretary.
Wallowa Five Defeats Pendleton.
PENDLETON, Or., Feb. 1. (Special.)
In one of the fastest games of the
season. Wallowa High School basket
ball team defeated Pendleton here to
night, 27 to 22. Both sides were rough
and many fouls were called.
Boxing, Wrestling Tonight.
CConnelL Viedof, Neff, Sullivan,
. Iuffy, Gorman and others. Adv. .
WRESTLERS TO MEET
Is
Neff to Clash With Sullivan at
133 Pounds Duffy-Gorman Go
Interesting Freddy Laue and
Jimmy Moscow to Battle.
Manager Fred T. Merrill, of the Rose
City Athletic Club, East First and East
Morrison streets, will present the first
combination boxing and wrestling show
of the year tonight at 8:30 o'clock. -
The wrestling event will be for a
500 purse between Eddie O'Connell,
welterweight champion of the world,
and John A. Viedhof, 150-pound Ice
lander. Each principal posted $250 for
his share of the purse. It will be for
best two our of three falls. Police Ga-
ette rules to govern.
Three good boxing matches will be
presented ahead of the wrestling. Chet
Neff meets 1-rankle Sullivan at 133
pounds, Jimmy Duffy battles Joe Gor
man at 122 pounds and Freddie Laue
will work against Jimmy Moscow at
0 pounds.
Neff and Sullivan always put up a
great contest. Both have styles some
thing alike, coming in always. Neff
is just a little faster, but Portland
fans know how Sullivan can take 'em.
Joe Gorman will have to step lively
to keep out of the way of Jimmy
Duffy's left hand.
No referee had been named up until
late last night. Jack Fahie will keep
time, while Leo "Frisco" Edwards will
do the announcing.
Walter Miller, world's middleweight
champion, who met Ted Thye, of The
Daljes. at Spokane last night, will ar
rive in Portland late this afternoon,
according to word received by a Port
land friend.
Miller will be In Portland ror oniy
few days. He has a couple of
matches lined up in Central Oregon.
.
Next Tuesday night at Boise, Idaho,
Frank McCarroll, of that city, will be
pitted against Harold Christensen, ot
Copenhagen, Denmark, in a iinisu
wrestling match. They are light
heavyweights. McCarroll is the world s
champion bull-dogger and light heavy
weight champion of Idaho in the
wrestling line.
Jockev Bennett has decided to retire
from the ring and mix things for Jack
Coffman for the remainder of his life.
.
Joe Stecher, world's champion mat
artist, will arrive in San Francisco
February 8, where he wrestles on
Washington's birthday. February 22.
Stecher will probably nave an easy
opponent to meet before tackling- Ad
Santel. The opposition may be Bill
Demetral or Maganoff, the Terrible
Turk.
-
Portland folk are wondering who
John Viedhof is. Viedhof meets Eddie
O'Connell in the wrestling match at the
Rose City Athletic Club tonight.
is an Icelander who has been in the
United States for the last two years.
Viedhof learned the rudiments of
wrestling at the Young Men's Christian
Association.
Instructor Garlock, of the " Y, tu
tored him. He had done a little wres
tling before coming to this country,
George Egner, local garage man, is
responsible for Viedhof's getting the
match with O'Connell. He thought so
much of the boy that he was not a bit
backward in posting ?250 as the Ice
lander's share of the purse.
Viedhof wrestled with Jim Londos,
Greek light heavyweight, at the Rose
City Athletic Club last Winter and
stayed with him 13 minutes before be
ing forced to give up. bince that time
he has rapidly Improved. The foreigner
attempted to gain entrance to the Mult
nomah Amateur Athletic Club two or
three months ago and compete for that
institution on the mat, but was barred
because he wrestled against Londos, a
professional.
WHITMAN WOULD KILL BOXING
New York Governor Asks Repeal of
Law Permitting 1 0-Hound Bouts.
ALBANY, N. Y.. Feb. 1. The repeal
of the law authorizing 10-round, no
decision boxing bouts in New York
was urged In a special message sent
to the Legislature today by Governor
Whitman.
A bill designed to meet the Gover
nor's wishes was introduced in the
Senate.
ORR STARTS MOST DOUBLES
Salt Lake Shortstop Leads League
in One Department; Ward Second.
Billy Orr took the 1916 Coast League
honors for starting the most double
plays of the season, although he was
closely crowded by Ward and McGaffi-
gan. Orr started 42 double killings
for Salt Lake and played a big part in
the lead which that club had over
the other clubs in total double plays to
its credit. Ward started 41 doubles
for Portland, and McGaffigan Initiated
40 for Vernon. Berger. of Oakland,
was next on the list with 37 double
plays started.
Swede Risberg, of Vernon, piled op
34 double plays to his credit and
crowded in ahead of San Francisco's
best bets, Downs and Coffey being tied
for next honors, each with 32 double
plays started. With 27 double plays
started at second and one started
while playing third, Kenworthy, of
Oakland, crowds In ahead of Butler, of
Los Angeles, Butler having 27 to his
credit.
The Los Angeles club, champions of
the 1916 season, started fewer double
plays in the infield than did any other
club. Salt Lake and Vernon were the
only clubs to make more infield double
plays than did the Oakland club, tail
enders of 1916. Salt Lake led the
league with 116 infield doubles; Vernon
was next with 112, Oakland 107, San
Francisco 102, Portland 92, and Los An
geles was a poor sixth with only 79
double plays.
RIVALS CLASH TONIGHT
LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON
HOCKEY TEAMS TO MEET.
ICE
Went Slriers Count on Work of Captain
Bingham, Star of League, and Goal
Tender Norman Youmans.
The old rivals, Lincoln High and
Washington High, will tangle tonight
in a game of ice hockey at the Ice Pal
ace. The Rallsplitters were out for a
good workout last night under the eye
of Coach Tommy Murray. So far they
have not been beaten.
Captain Selwyn Bingham is one of
the best rovers in the Portland Inter-
scholastic League and he is expected
to be a big factor in Lincoln's game.
Norman Youmans, who is playing goal
for the championship Multnomah Ama
teur Athletic Club septet, is a studnt
at the Lincoln High and will be seen
guarding the nets tonight.
The match will start at 7:43 o'clock
and will be completed in time for the
spectators to have an hour and a half
of skating.
The proposed lineup:
Lincoln. Position
Voumans Goal
Mallett L D..
Wolff RB.
Bteffans R
5 DOG TEAMS IN RACE
Three Drivers Collapse
Goal Is Being ll eared.
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HARTMAN YET HANGS ON
Stevens LW Karrell
Caufman C Kennedy
Bingham (Capt.) . ..R Kidwell
Barton Spare Babeton
Slchel Spare Mautz
Washington.
Manary
. . . Parsons
Glass
Maas
Man Long Handicapped Sticks to
Leaders and Refuses to Take
Doctors Advice to Quit.
Final Drive Now On.
ST. CLOUD, Minn.. Feb. 1. With the
number of contestants in the Winni-
peg-St. Paul 509-mile dog race cut to
five, due to the withdrawal of Hyurtur
Hanson and Mike Kelly at Alexandria
this morning, and Gunnar Tomasson
at Melrose this afternoon because of
illness, the remaining drivers are ex
pected to make this place before mid
night, completing a 75-mile drive for
the day.
Albert and Gabriel Campbell, Joe
Metcalf and William Grayson are re
ported to be the only drivers fit for
the final dash, but their physical fit
ness has not enabled them to shake off
Fred Hartman, who has only four
dogs.
The Campbell brothers, Metcalf and
Grayson, pulled into Melrose, 397 miles
out of Winnipeg, at 3:12 o'clock this
afternoon. Tomasson and Hartman ar
rived at 3:35 o'clock. Tomasson col
lapsed shortly after his arrival. Phy
sicians say he is suffering from an at
tack of fever.
Hartman and his dogs are said to be
in poor condition. The animals are
showing the strain of almost continu
ous travel, and Hartman's feet have
been frost-bitten. At every stop made
during the day a physician has at
tended him, and although advised to
drop out at every stop, he was only
46 minutes behind the leaders at Free
port, 28 miles from here, at C:55 P. M.
Albert Campbell said early today he
would push on without delay to St.
Paul, which is taken to Indicate that
the final drive is on and that the teams
will stop only for short resting periods
until the goal Is reached.
Scappoose Defeats St. Helens.
ST. HELENS, Or., Feb. 1. (Special.)
Scappoose High School defeated St.
Helens High In a fast basketball game
last night, 28 to 14. A return match
will be played on the Scappoose floor
Saturday night.
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Captain Selwyn Bingham, of Lincoln
High, Whn Will Lead Hia Ire Hockey
Team Against Washington High To
nigkt.
Y. M. C. A. MEX OX SKI HIKE
Iarty to Leave Tonight for Annual
Outing at Mount Hood Lodge.
ieniy-iwo I'oitiand business men
Grilley. physical director of the Young
Men s Christian Association.
William McMurray, general passen
er agent of the O.-W. K. & N.. expects
to take the party in his private car to
farxaaie, where sleds will convey the
members on to the lodge.
In the party are It. H. Atkinson. Mor
ris Barnes. Im. A. Coleman, A. L. Fish,
Harold Gilbert. A. M. Grilley. W. J.
Hofraann, Allan Hofmann, J. P. Jaeger,
K. J. Jaeger, Chris Betz, Fred II Kiser,
Frank Kerr, D. G. Lebb. William Mc
Murray. O. W. Mielke, C. K. Miller. J.
Arthur Norman, J. P. Piageman. M. M
Ringler, George F. Scott and J. E.
Werlein.
MEN MAY BE IN EARNEST
m BY FRANK G.
NEW YORK.
MENKE.
Feb. 1. (Special.)
Once upon a time a flock of moguls
who constituted organized baseball
were threatened by a bevy of upstarts
known as the Feds. . . . Kind and
loving friends of the moguls said to
them: "Boys, you'd better be careful.
Those there guys may not have a
horseshoe concealed in their mittens.
dui you never can tell. and. anyway.
you musn't forget that to he fore
warned is to be forearmed."
'Pooh, pooh," responded the moguls;
uurrin- that s all they're doing.
Amount to anything? Huh! Hurt us?
Oh, Clarice, how ludicrous. How per
fectly droll." I
And so the moguls heeded not the
warnings and they heeded not the
threats. What happened is more or
less history The Feds, as you
may recall by applying the memory
tickler, rose up and swatted the
: '.oguls quite a swat. . . . They
gave the moguls the toughest battling
they've had In years and years and
more years. Quite so; the Feds were
beaten to a frazzled pulp when the
final gong was banged, but it found
the moguls pretty well messed up, too,
and minus a healthy gob of shekels.
The moral in this story is:
Moguls. Dear Moguls, don't sneer at the
trlke.
Don't Jibe and don't 1er all tha dav.
They might mean to fight those ballplayer
guys.
Bo go and prepare for a fray.
Strike talk continues to flutter
through the ozone. The magnates think
the players are bluffing, that they'll
never go through with their threat of
revolt. Perhaps they are bluffing, but
can the magnates afford to take a
chance? Can they afford to ignore
the possibility of a strike?
Three seasons ago they thought the
Feds were bluffing. But the Feds
went ahead and got into baseball. Be
fore organized baseball could drive
them into the grave, the Feds had
cost the magnates millions' of dollars
In war-time salaries, reduced receipts
and the like. Had the O. B. magnates
taken measures to block the Feds be
fore they actually began to show
fight, a different story would have
been written.
Is history going to repeat now? If
the major leaguers who belong to the
fraternity actually hold out, what are
the moguls going to do about it?
They must do something; they can't
sit by idly. They can t grab off semi
pros and bush talent and parade it
before the public as a major league
ball club. The fans stand for quite a
bit of bunking. But they would balk
at paying major league prices for
minor league exhibitions.
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They can't hurt us." boasted or
ganized baseball when the Feds came
into being.
Thev can t hurt us. boasts o. a.
now concerning the threatened players'
strike. But they can.
If the players do strike and the
parks are closed or the teams cluttered
up with minors, it means mil tne una
will look elsewhere for their Summer
pleasure. And they'll find it, .too. C'olf.
tennis, autolng and water sports are
making a strong bid for popular favor.
Many dyed-in-the-wool fans never tried
out either as a means of recreation.
They have been satisfied with sitting
in at ball games. But if they couldn't
sit in they'd turn to something el- 5.
If they did they might find these sports
so absorbing that they'd never return
to baseball.
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So it behoove9 the magnates to get
i,v nd Khlelri the goose that la.""S
the commodity that can be melted into
$5 gold pieces.
GLE1CHMAXX TRADED FOR TWO
Angels Give McLarry and Galloway
for Tiger First Sacker and Cusli.
eduction S&Ios
Don't Go
With Me!
r.
I do not believe in juggling
with prices by that I mean
charging one man top price
and another man a reduced
price it's not a fair policy.
A suit of clothes in my up
stairs store does not have two
prices it has one price the
lowest cut price that is my
policy all the year round.
You can compare my high
values with any so-called
Reduction or Clearance Sale
in town. See for yourself the
$25.00 Value
MEN'S SUITS
OVERCOATS
$30.00 Value
MEN'S SUITS
OVERCOATS
DUWN
ORIGINAL
UPSTAIRS
CLOTHIER
LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON TIE
Soccer Contest Results In Score by
Eaeli Eleven.
Lincoln High and Washington TTln-h
played a 1-to-l soccer football game on
Muitnoman Field Wednesday. At half
time the score was 0 to 0. Johnny
luerck scored nrst for Lincoln, but
soon after Washington equalized on a
goal Dy Campbell.
Coach Frank Billlngton, of the Jef
ierson High, was the referee. The
championship Jefferson High eleven
and the Franklin High team will be
seen in action this afternoon on
Multnomah Field. The contest will be
cauea at J o clock and in all probabll
Ity R. M. D. "Bob" Rankin, last year
coach at Washington High, will be the
omciai in cnarge.
COLLEGIAN SIGNS WITH TANKS
Jack Enright at Same Time Resigns
From Players Fraternity.
NEW YORK. Feb. 1. The New York
American League club announced today
that It had received the signed con
tract of Jack Knright. a young college
pitcher, who played with the Newark
Internationals last season.
The club made public a letter from
the player to President David Fultz.
of the Players Fraternity, in which
he asks the latter to accept his resigna
tion from the fraternity.
Western League Calls Meeting-.
LINCOLN. Neb., Feb. 1. President
Frank G. Zehrung announced tonight
that a meeting of the Western Base
ball League will be held at Omaha
February 15 for the adoption of a
schedule of games for the 1917 season.
At the same meeting the club owners
will be called upon to ratify the sale
of the WMchita club to Frank Isbell
and the transfer of the Topeka club
to Joplin.
Letter Arrives for Pete Grant.
There is a letter for Pete Grant
at the sporting editor's desk.
T.OS AXGELES. Cal.. Feb. 1. Gus
Glelchmann, speedy first baseman of
the Vernon team of the Pacific Coast
t r,i wsm traded for Howard tr-onyj
McLarry. second baseman, and James
Galloway, third baseman of the Los
Ans-aio. team todav. according to an
nnmincement made here tonight by
Managers Frank Chance and George
sv..ii of the Aneels and Tigers re
cnoctivelv. Stovall also gave a cash
ntiKiHrratlon with Glelchmann.
This irives Chance two first .base
men, as Phil Koerner. who played the
initial sack last year, is still with the
tMm. Chance intimated Koerner would
h. trsuled to another Pacific Coast
League club.
FRANKLIN WINS AT VANCOUVER
Portland Quintet Superior at Pass
ing and Takes Game, 33-15.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. 1. (Spe-
rlal Franklin High School basket
ball team, of Portland, tonight defeated
the Vancouver High School in the local
gymnasium. 33 to 15. Franklin out
passed the Vancouver team all the way
through the game. Brown, of Frank
lin, made 17 points for his team, while
Hunger, of Vancouver, starred with 11
points.
The Franklin High second team de
feated the Vancouver High seconds to
nizht. 33 to 21.
Professor W. C. Brown, of Vancouver,
refereed and a large crowd witnessed
the games.
Cape Horn Girls Win at Washougal
WASHOUGAL. Wash.. Feb. 1. (Spe
cial. The Cape Horn High School
girls' basketball team defeated the
WashougaL team here last night, 16 to
10. The score was close until the
last five minutes, when the visitors
Docketed three baskets In succession.
The Washougal Grammar School
trounced the Camas quintet, 18 to 6, in
a well-played match.
Stevenson to Play Washougal.
WASHOUGAL, Wash.. Feb. 1. (Spe
cial.) Stevenson High School will play
the Washougal basketball team tomor
row night for the championship of the
mid-Columbia section." For four con
secutive years Washougal has been de
feated by the up-river team. Will
Wood, a graduate of the University of
Oregon, will referee.
TRADE
UPSTAIRS
SAVE $10.00
OPE-N SATURDAYS UNTIL lOPrt.
RELAY MEET LISTED
Oregon Aggies to Put on Big
Invitation Event April 7.
SEASON HOLDS PROMISE
New I'eature to Inaugurate Depart
ure in Track and Field Ath
letics High Schools as Well
as Colleges Are Included.
I.M POKTANT TRACK MEETS.
April 17 Intercollegiate and lnteracholas-
tlc relay carnival at Oregon Agricultural
College.
April 14 Indoor meet .t columDla uni
versity. May 5 Dual meet Oregon vs. Oregon
AgKiea at I'orvaliio.
May 1!) Pacific Coast conference meet
at Seattle.
June 2 Northwest conference meet at
rulluiuii, Waub.
With the addition of an intercol
legiate and interscholastic relay car
nival to the list of Northwest athletic
meets the track and field season of
1917 promises to be a hummer.
According to Lr. Joseph A. PipaL of
the Oregon Agricultural College, the
date of the proposed relay carnival is
April 7, the featurday preceding the in
door meet at Columbia University.
The relay carnival will be held at
Corvallis in the immense armory in
which the Far Western indoor cham
pionships were held last Spring. It is
to be patterned after the famous Penn
sylvania relays-one of the major
events of the year on the sport cal
endar in the East.
Three Itelay Rana Scheduled.
The collegiate programme will in
elude relays of one and two miles and
a mile relay open to both colleges and
high schools for teams of eight men,
each running 220 yards.
The high schools are to be divided
into two classes for their special
events, one class embracing the Port'
land schools and perhaps the teams
from one or two other large cities of
the state. Class 2 will include the
smaller schools.
For class 1 there will be three relays
one and two-mile relays and a one
mile relay for eight men. For class
2 athletes there will be half-mile and
mile relays.
Other Kventa Listed.
In addition the programme will in
clude numerous special events open to
all, such as high and broad Jumps, pole
vault, shotput, 220-yard dash. 70-yard
high hurdle, 50-yard sprint for high
schools and a 75-yard sprint for all.
"Relay races are by far the most
interesting and spectacular features of
track meets for the spectators," said
Dr. Pipal yesterday at the Oregon Ho
tel. "I inaugurated a relay carnival
at Occidental College several years ago
and it has become an established fea
ture of every Spring in Southern Cali
fornia. "Invitations will be sent out to all
the colleges of the Coast. I have al
ready consulted the several high school
coaches in Portland and all give an
enthusiastic indorsement."
tunes to stall ten rounds. No wonder
those on top a year ago are still on
top. Willard boxed one ten-round con
test and Welsh played it safe, even
down to the referee.
Nineteen seventeen, however, shows .
greater promise. There is still no
heavyweight in sight to threaten Wlll
ard's rule. There is very little chance
for his 1917 dethronement. He looks
fixed at the crest for at least another
year.
But, edging down, there Is a world
of action in sight with Darcy. rillon.
Mtske. Levinsky and others, provided
proper programmes are arranged. A
middleweight or a light-heavyweight
carr.ival might easily be arranged of
more than usual interest, and with Tex
Rlckard on the Job the prospect looks
favorable for more than one spicy
ocenfion.
There is a good chance that Freddie
Welsh will end his championship
carei-r this year, provided Freddie takes
any part of a chance. His successor
may be White, Leonard or Imndoe. pro
vided tho crafty Mr. Welsh gets away
from ten-round exhibitions and agreea
to an impartial referee.
What boxing needs most is a Nation
al organization to suppress certain
promoters, take charge of the boxers
and weed out the graft, trickery and
greed as far as such a thing may be
done.
If by any chance Georges Carpentier
can be brought over there will be no
further question about 1917's success.
The Light for uua.
Sir: I see a lignt ahead for Princeton
at last. The Tiger has his best t.hance
this year, for 1 haven't seen a soul
yet picking him to win. The best way to
start is to be figured out of it, and
then there is nothing to take back. I
think, too. that 1S17 will prove at last
that Rush is exactly the man Princeton
has needed. He is too good a man to
be kept down. NASSAU II.
Princeton's sportsmanship has de
served a better fate than the past two
years have brought her. Arid it may be
after all that lat-k of any 1917 heraldry
will give her a better chance to figure
in an upset that isn't attached to de
feat. Advice to TJaffere.
You'll never slnlc thoao ten-foot butts.
Unless you throw away those butts.
SLEEPY STEVE.
If I should ever miss one, I'll
Quit smoking for a little while.
Joe Jackson has never played any
golf. But Speaker, Cobb and Collins
ell follow the game, and they have
managed here and there to eke out
enough hits to carry them through. One
of the best effects of golf for baseball
is a drive at the monotony of following
one sport daily from March to October.
s
The story has been printed that
Chick Evans is to go West and show
the Cubs the proper golf swing. Isn't
this taking a chance? Tris Speaker
took up golf last year, and look what
it did to his hatting!
The SoorMight
BY ORAXTLAND RICK.
Shakespeare on the Boxing Situation.
With foreheads villainous low.
A very ancient and a flshlike smell.
We'll have & swashing and a martial out
side. Old Time, the clock-setter that bald sexton
Time.
The ripest fruit falls first.
The blood more stirs to rouse a lion than to
tart a hare.
Company, villainous company, hath been the
spoil of me.
Rath this fellow no feeling of his business?
'Tie ever more the prologue to his sleep
silence that dreadful belli
Put money in thy purse.
Thus do 1 ever make my foo! my purse.
Looking to 1917.
NO. 2. BOXING.
MUCKRAKING is an ancient custom.
It never has been a very pleasant
one Which doesn't alter the fact that
the boxing game, sunk to miry depths
in 1916 and 1917. will hold little prom
ise for a change with most of the pres
ent promoters and boxers still on top.
The greed that has grown Into the
game has done it no good. MoBt of the
pret't-nt day boxers want Joudj for-
TONIGHT
BOXING
and
WRESTLING
TOURNAMENT
CHET NEFF
Northwest Champion,
FRANKIe' SULLIVAN
JEMMY DUFFY vs.
JOE GORMAN
MOSCOW vs. LAUE
$500 Purse
JOHN VIEDOF vs
EDDIE O'CONNELL
Wrestling
Double nrri- 91, $1-50
Show OWC $2.00
TICKETS:
Rich's Sixth and Washington
Stiller's Broadway at Stark