THE 3IORXJNG OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1917.
13
COLUMBIA JUMPS
TO TOP OF LEAGUE
Hil! Loses, 39 to 11, While Lin
coln Keeps in Race by
Beating Commerce.
BOTH MATCHES ONE-SIDED
Washington Basket Tossers to Play
Jefferson Today and Contest
j Has Imporatnt Bearing on
1 Leagne Championship.
Interscbolastle Basketball Standings.
Points
W. L. Pet. For Ag'st.
Columbia U 5 O Jooo 109 61
Jefferson Hirh. . 4 O 1UOO 120 50
Washington High 8 1 .750 141 6a
Benson Tech 3 2 .600 108 134
Lincoln High. ... 2 2 .600 OS 71
Commerce High. 2 4 .333 11U 163
franklin High. . 1 3 .250 90 80
James John High 1 3 .250 85 87
Hill Military. .. . O 6 .OOO 3'J 2oO
Yesterday's Results.
Lincoln High 33. Commerce High 8.
Columbia University 39. Hill Military
Academy 11.
Two games were played yesterday In
the 1917 basketball season of the Port
land Interscholastlc League, both In
the Washington High School gymna
sium. Columbia University remained at
NEW BEAVER HURLER SECURED FROM ST. LOUIS BROWNS HAS
GOOD RECORD.
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Battling Bill Fincher -was with Memphis, of the Southern Association, until recalled by the St. Louis American
League club last season. He did not take part in enough games to break into major-league records. Fincher won five
and lost four games for Memphis before departing for the big show. He pitched 72 innings, allowed 49 hits,
struck out 39 and walked 12.
In 1915 "Finch" was with Little Rock, which finished at the bottom of an eight-club circuit. He won 18
and lost 20 there, finishing with a better percentage than his club. That season Battling Bill worked in 43
games, pitched 305 innings and faced 1165 batters. The big pitcher allowed 297 hits, 142 runs and struck out
137. He allowed 89 bases on balls, hit 23 batters and uncorked three wild pitches.
the top of the league standings by
trimming Hill Military Academy, 39 to
11, while the High School of Commerce
was no match for the Lincoln High
team. The Kailspli tters won, 33 ,to 8.
In the first half of the Lincoln-Commerce
affair the Railsplitters made the
count 17 to 1. and in the second halt!
they did not try to run up a score, al
though they managed to secure 16, one
given to then by Referee H. A. Goode,
of Jefferson High. August Beich, cen
ter .on the Commerce team, played his
usual strong game the first half, and
many times he started a series of
passes, only to have them fumbled or
the plays broken up by Captain Henry
Ktevens, of th winners.
The Columbia-Hill match was far
more sensational . than the Lincoln
Commerce game, especially the first
half. The Cadets held the score down
td 11 to & In the first, but by that time
the collegians had secured their second
wind, and from then on "they were off."
A. strange part about the Columbia vic
tory was the fact that but one field
basket was thrown by the forwards
until late in the second period, when
Bertram Jacobberger went in for
Flynn.
The guarding of Johnny Murphy by
Wilbur Haines was the bright feature
of the game, but at that Johnny had
considerable hard luck when he did get
a. chance to shoot. Captain Mike Bloch
for Columbia scored 13 points, while
Captain Burke for the Hill Military
Academy, scored 9 out of his team's 11.
The lineups:
H. M. X. (11) Columbia f3!
Nelson .V ............ . Murphy
Capt. Burke. ...... .F ............. . Flynn
Hartmau C Gravelle
Berkley O....; Capt. Bloch
Haines G V. Jacobberger
Substitutes B. Jacobberger for Flynn;
Horton for Hartman.
Officials William B, Bmyth, referee;
Oliver Wendell Holmes, timer; J. M. Coshow,
corer.
Lincoln (33) Commerce (8)
Bonesteel (B) F (2) Rogoway
Gamble () F... (2) Zalkurtz
' R. Knudsen (8) C A. Belch
Tapt. Stevens (12).. O (2) Solyan
Tollman G (2) Margulia
One referee's point awarded to Lincoln.
(substitutions Tesaler for Solyan, Solyan
for Beich.
Officials H. A. Goode. referee; William
R, bmyth. timer; F. L. Phipps, scorer.
. . .
Coach Homer Jamison and his Jef
ferson High School basket tossers will
be seen in action against the Wash
ington High School aggregation this
afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Toung
Men's Christian Association gym
nasium. A defeat for Jefferson will
. put - both teams on a. tie for second
honors, while a victory for the Jef
fersonlans will mean that Columbia
and Jefferson will battle for the cham
pionship with five wins and no defeats.
Captain Clayton Sharp and his Mult
nomah Amateur Athletic -Club basket
ball squad will Journey to Dallas, Or.,
to meet the -Dallas Quintet Saturday
night The two teams battled to a
12-to-U victory for the) winged "M"
in Portland's gymnasium a week ago
last Saturday night.
SCHAILER SIGNS WITH SEALS
Biff Falls in Line and Del Baker
Says Terms Are O. K.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 12. Walter
"Biff" Schaller. regular Seal left
fielder for several seasons, "signed his
1317 contract today. It was announced
by the management of the San Fran
cisco club of the Pacific Coast League.
In the last three seasons Schaller has
played in every game scheduled by the
club to which he waa under contract.
The Seal management also announced
the receipt of a letter from Del Baker,
a catcher obtained from the Detroit
' Americans, saying he was satisfied
with the terms offered, and would sign
a &eai contract.
Minnesota 19, Ohio State 16.
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 12. Minnesota's
basketball team tonight won a West
ern conference game from Ohio State,
19 to 16.
FRED FULTON WINS
Technical Knockout Scored
Over Charley Weinert.
BOUT STOPPED IN SECOND
Rochester Giant Earns Right to Meet
Jess Willard by Slaking Newark
Heavyweight Groggy Early
in the Match.
NEW YORK. Feb. 12. Heavyweight
Fred Fulton, cf Rochester, Minn.,
scored a technical knockout over
Charley Weinert. of Newark, N. J., in
the second round of a scheduled 10
round match at Madison Square Uarden
tonight. The refenee sropped the con
test to prevent a knockout.
Fulton weighed 222 pounds and Wei
nert 182. Fulton also had an advan
tage in height and did not seem to
extend himself. In the first round he
sent over many left jabs, occasional!'
using a rlghl to the law. Weinert,
however, continued- to bore in, landing
solid blcws to the body, hut at th beli
showed the effects of the punishment
received.
Weinert fought pluckily in the sec
ond round, placing sevcra? left and
right hoo.c3 to the head. Fulton th.m
took the aggressive and with well
placed left hooks and a few bard
rights soon had his opponent stagger
ing, the referee calling a hall after
2 minutes and 12 seconds of the round
had been fought.
Fulton, by defeating Weinert, earned
the right to meet Jess Willard. A
match for next month had been ar
ranged between Willard and Fulton on
condition that Fulton defeat Weinert
in his 10-round bout tonight.
AJ1ATECHS URGED TO ENIiISi
Ballplayers in National Association
Asked to Volunteer.
INDIANAPOLIS. Feb. 12. A resolu
tion that amateur baseball players who
are members of the various city asso
ciations affiliated with the National
Amateur Baseball Association of Amer
ica be requested to volunteer for mili
tary duty at once was adopted unan
imously by the delegates attending the
fourth annual meeting of the associa
tion here today.
Another resolution providing for a
direct tax of 10 cents a player be as
sessed on the city association, the tax
to be paid before April 1, also was
adopted.
MRS. BRITTO.V GETS DIVORCE
Owner of St. Louis Nationals Gets
Custody of Two Children.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 12. Mrs. Helene
Haihway Britton, owner of the St.
Louis Nationals, today obtained a di
vorce from Schuyler Britton, former
president of the club. . 5he was award
ed the custody of the two children.
Mrs. Britton testified that Mr. Brit
ton "squandered her means to such an
extent that her property was imperiled."
ACTORS ARE TEMPERAMENTAL;
ASK WALTER MILLER, WRESTLER
Sporting Editor Has Hard Time Getting to Theatrical Performer Who Is
"Staying at Kenton" "Smell!"
Wisconsin 2 3, Northwestern 21.
MADISON. Wis.. Feb. 12.--Universlty
of Wisconsin basketball team defeated
Northwestern University team In a
Western conference game here tonight.
23 to 21.
BT ROSCOE FAWCETT.
ACTORS are temperamental things,
particularly the high-priced birds
like Charley Chaplin, Douglas
Fairbanks and Fete Buzukos.
Yesterday we visited Walter Miller
at a local theater.
"I'm the sporting editor of The Ore-
gonian," we said to the doortender. "I
want to see Walter Miller, the famous
wrestler-thesplan, who Is exhibiting
his collection of trained cauliflower
ears on this week's bllL"
"Orders not to admit nobody," he re
plied. "I'm sure he will admit me if you
give him my name," I said, recollecting
that we had attended different schools
together In the early days.
"Orders," he said, as he spat pleas
antly. After much palavering we got by the
grouch and began search for the star's
dressing-room.
"Where is Mr. Miller's private
boudoir?" we asked a pretty titian gal
sitting on a trunk eating a hunk of
factory fudge and reading Ruskin's
"Nature of the Gothic."
"Over behind Abie's abattoir," she
replied.
Finally we were ushered Into a crack
In the wall. The star was just taking
his costume out of his vest pocket.
"How's the dandy little boxing
referee?" we said, recollecting the $44
we had lost on one of his decisions not
many moons before.
"Ah, there's your American slang
again," he said. "I dote on it. It's so
breezy and full of pep Is that the way
you Americans say It? And I am pick
ing it rapidly."
"And you like the West?"
"Ah. Diablo! Yes. It Is so full cf
bustles, bustles, bustles all the time.
And ah, the crowd is so appreciative.
Hors D' Oovers. Even your iieipera
back of the you call them footlights,
fall for you."
"What hours do you show your
trained aural appendages?"
"1:30, 2:30, 3:13, 4. 6:15, 5:26, 6:83, 7:16,
8:12, 9. 9:18, 9:30 and 10:10 and every
hour after that."
"We see your name in the papers
quite often."
"Ja. My good friend Harry Grayson
speaks my same language and he is
very good to me. Holy Blue!"
"How long have you been In the
United States?"
"Ja. I came away from St. Paul a few
months ago when mush dogs began
crowding the "legit" out of the news
papei.and theaters."
"It is true, is it not, that they are
considering the consolidation of Min
neapolis and St. Paul under the one
name 'Minnehaha'?"
"Cross my lungs! My dear man!
That would be sacrilegious. 'Minnie'
would be for Minneapolis but my dear
old St. Paul would get only the Alif
There Is some more of your Yankee
humor."
"Don't you like it?"
"Mauling Meteor! Yes! It Is almost
as funny as John Viedhof wearing a
wrist watch."
"So this is positively your last Amer
ican appeag-ance?"
"Positively. I would gladly extend
the tour but there are no contracts.
No contracts. Think" of it! No con
tracts! And me the power behind the
throne. Saere smoke!"
"And when do you sail?"
"Tuesday on the Breakwater."
"Is that a Iar?e boat?"
Yes, seven stories, with a lake on the
fifth floor one-quarter of a mile long,
and motorboats. swans and geese clut
tering up the surface."
"Where are you staying now?"
"At Kenton."
"Do you like Kenton?"
"Smell."
"Well, we'll see you again. So long."
"Quite long."
WKat makes Fatimas comfortable?
YOU'VE probably noticed that
rather "oily heaviness" so com
mon to many of even the most ex
pensive cigarettes. That's-bound to
exist, no matter how good the tobac
cos, if the tobaccos are not blended
just right to correct it. !
Of course, such cigarettes can never
be comfortable. ' '
Fatimas, on the other hand, are
comfortable. The milder tobaccos
in their Turkish blend are in such
perfect balance with the richer, fuller-flavored
leaves as to entirely off
set all of that "oily heaviness'' which
makes so many other cigarettes un
comfortable, r
With your first package of Fatimas ,
you'll realize how genuinely comfort
able a cigarette can be. ' .
A Sensible Cigarette
ENVOY 15 CHOSEN
Carranza Names Ignacio Bo
niilas as Ambassador.
ARRED0ND0 IS REPLACED
Newly-Appointed Diploma Educated
in United States and Wife Is
American Duties Will Be
Assumed at Once.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. Ignacio
Bonillas, one of General Carranza's
representatives on the Mexican-American
joint commission, has been named
Ambassador from Mexico to the United
States.
Ramon Denegri, who has been In
charge of the Mexican Embassy since
the departure of Kliseo Arredondo,
Ambassador-designate, was informed
today of Mr. Bonillas' appointment.
Mr. Bonillas Is now at Palm Beach,
Fla. It is expected he will come to
Washington this week to present his
credentials at almost the same time
Henry P. Fletcher, the American Am
bassador to Mexico, is received by the
Mexican government.
After the failure of the Mexican
American commission to effect an ad
justment of the questions at issue be
tween the two governments, Mr. Arre
dondo was called to Mexico. It was
understood at that time that Mr.
Bonillas would be chosen as his suc
cessor, although Mr. Arredondo in
sisted that he would return to his post.
Mr. Bonillas has been the Minister of
Communications in General Carranza's
Cabinet since the formatioti of his gov
ernment, and is one of the few men
who is reputed to have the entire con
fidence of General Carranza. He was
educated at the Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology and married an
American woman.
COMPANY LOSES LAND
JUDGE BEAN ORDERS PATENTS OX
CROOK CLAIMS CANCELLED.
Tract of 4SO Acres Acquired by Baldwin
Sheep St Land Company by Use of
Dummy Kntrymrn.
Federal Judge Bean yesterday gave
an oplinon canceling patents to three
claims in Crook County obtained by
the Baldwin Sheep & Land Company
under the timber and stone act; claims
that were apparently" received through
fraud by the use of dummy entrymen.
The three claims comprise 480 acres
near Ashwood, and patents to the land
were Issued eight years ago.
In 1902 application was made for
filing by men whom the Government
later alleged to be herders tor the com
pany. In 190S patents were issued, and
the land deeded to the Baldwin Sheep
& Land Company. The fraud was not
discovered until after the statute of
limitations had shielded the company
from liability of criminal prosecution.
The equity suit was filed in 1912.
J. G. Edwards, one of the defendants,
was absent in England, and the case
dragged until last Fall, when all the
depositions were taken.
OLD STABLE WILL GO
Frazer'& McLean Building to Be
Replaced.
The old Frazier & McLean stable
building, 'which has been housing
horses on the southeast corner of
Fifth and Taylor streets for 33 years,
will be torn down in less than a month
to make way for a modern structure
which will probably be a swimming
pavilion or a garage.
Ellis McLean. one of the owners of
the property, said last night that he
and his partner, Charles R. Frazier,
had decided to raze the structure in
dependent of any pressure on the part
of the city health and building author
ities, which have several times waged
campaigns to have the old frame build
ing condemned.
On several occasions during the past
few years suits have been started to
condemn the building on the grounds
that it violates health and sanitation
regulations and that the building is
dangerous on account of its age. Each
time, however, the suit has failed be
cause of some defect in the ordinance
affecting the manner of condemnation.
Mr. Frazier left last night ror Cali
fornia to investigate severc.1 natato
riums with the idea of incorporating
the latest Ideas in Portland. The pres
ent plans, which are in tentative state
only, suggest a one-story brick build
ing to cost about $70,000 and contain
ing a tank 60 by 90 feet 1- dimensions.
Mr. McLean said last night that they
had not yet decided wh to build.
MACLEOD HAS BAD S
PROPENSITY FOR WROG-DOIC
LAID TO CHEAP LITERATURE.
WIZARD LEON ON BILL
PATAGES OFFERS ALL-STAR LIST
OF ATTRACTIONS.
Scotch Revue Is Melange of Danclns
aud Music Military Caulmes
Please Audience.
Oriental and strangely fascinating Is
the mystery act topping a fine Pan
tages act that opened yesterday. The
wizard Leon, master of all mystery
acts, fairly takes the breath away by
burning up his assistant, Edith Parker,
who comets to life in the airtight crys
tal water tank Just as her blazing
framework falls in the transparent
steel box.
This smiling little miss Is the sub
ject of several of Leon's cleverest won
der tricks. Leon picks pigeons out of
the thin air, he takes huge objects from
under a tiny Persian rug, but how he
does it nobody knows.
Yet a second big feature Is offered
the Scotch Revue with its 10 winning
Scots, lassies and laddies and dance
and the bagpipes, and, beet of them all
Rose Maurer, a six-foot girl comedian
whose every movement calls for a
laugh. She has personality, too, and
a repertoire of comic Scotch songs that
prove popular.
Another act that Is unique is pro
vided by Margaret Ford, a girl bari
tone with two distinct voices.
Treavitfs Military Canines win the
audience and get by with" a military
act that Is exceedingly clever. An octet
of khaki-clad puppiee. beautifully
trained with camp and battlefield scen
ery, furnish a long-looked-f or treat for
the kiddles.
Still another winning number is by
the musical comedians. Ford Marshall
and Anna Gordon, who present a trav
esty with mirth and music.
Irving Jones and Roy Johnson are
funny and black and droll. They are
responsible for laughter and encores.
The first epteode of "The Secret
Kingdom," one of the biggest Vita
graph productions. Is screened this
week.
BONDS WILL BE RETIRED
Money on Hand to Take Up $741,
000 of City Issue.
The city will be ready April 1 to re
tire S741.000 in 10-year 6 per cent local
improvement bonds, the largest single
Issue of. this type of bonds evfr re
deemed "by the city. The moneyis on
hand in the Improvement bond sink
ing fund. '
The bonds were lesued October 1,
1911. and at the time of their redemp
tion will have, had a life of five and a
half years. Another smaller issue will
be redeemed about May 1. Request
for authority to redeem the big issue
will be made to the City Council by
City Treasurer Adams tomorrow.
Youth Declared to Have Led Trvo Ju
venile Garlics. Pitting One Against
the Other for Results.
An ardent reader of the dime thriller
and the dauntless leader of two robber
bands was '.'Bill" McLeud. tne 16-year-
old "gunman" who shot and narrowly
escaped killing Probation Officer Ev
ans Saturday.
Investigation showed Chief Proba
tion Officer Keady yesterday that the
boy was following out his idea of what
the members of the Jesse James gang
would have done in similar circum
stances when the heavy hand of the
law was felt. A defective cartridge,
which was dented but did not explode,
saved the life of the officer. A second
cartridge exploded, but the aim was
deflected and only the tip of the offi
cer's right thumb was injured.
Bill waa "Captain McLeod" among
two Juvenile gangs, the "Six-Shooters"
and the "Rough-Eyes." investigation
revealed. In the former band, the four
members all carried revolvers. The
second gang was organized for petty
thievery, it is said.
Among the boasts of the boy bandits
is that the band of Six-Shooters at one
time held up a milkman and robbed
him of $70. Other exploits were tola
of by an ex-member of the gang, and
their accuracy is being checked up by
consultation of police records.
The two bands were kept distinct by
their, leader and the prowess of. one
set would be related to spur the other
band to greater endeavor.
Probation Officer Keady is consider
ing ways and means of limiting the
sale of dime literature.
McLeod wijl have a hearing before
Judge Tazwell today and probably will
be bound over to the grand Jury, say
the authorities.
are dependent on the county for sup
port because of poverty-stricken par
ents. Those old enough will work for
their board and clothing In new homes.
Those desiring to make a home for one
or more of the 'children may obtain
information from the Juvenile Court,
Marshall 5400.
REV. J. J. STAUB IS ILL
SUN3TTSIDE CONGREGATIONAL PAS
TOR COLLAPSES IN PULPIT.
Overwork Is Cause Ascribed and Phy
sician Prescribes Complete Rest
for Minister.
Rev. J. J. Staub, pastor of the Sun
nyside Congregational Church, is con
fined to his bed at his home. 963 East
Taylor street. Dr. Staub fainted In his
pulpit Sunday night, shortly after he
had started his sermon. He is under
the care of Dr. J. A. Pettit, who has
ordered complete rest for the pastor.
Raymond Staub, son of Dr. Staub.
said last night: "No one is allowed
to see father, and after a week or so
we will take him to the country or
the seaside. He has been working
hard every day of the week and has
to suffer for It. Last Summer he re
fused to take a vacation. Our friends,
who understand how tired he Is, do
not even call us by phone for fear of
disturbing him."
Dr. Staub has been at Sunnyside for
about 26 years. He built up the church
from a few members to a large con
gregation. He Is one of the leading
Congregational ministers on the Pa
cific Coast. -.A supply preacher will
fill the pulpit until Dr. Staub recovers.
CLOTHING STOCK ACQUIRED
Harold Love, Posing as Banker's
Son, Finds Welcome at Stores.
Five suits of clothes, three over
coats, silk skirts, silk socks and sev
eral pair of expensive shoes were pur
chased on credit at local department
stores by Harold Love, posing as
Bruce Holbrook, son of a Portland
banker, according to Deputy Probation
Officer Simmons, who arrested the
young man yesterday.
A handsome wardrobe had been ac
quired before detection robbed the lad
of his finery. He was found to be
19 years old, too old for the Juvenile
Court, and was turned over to the po
lice authorities.
Love has an extensive police and
Juvenile Court record, dating back to
1910.
AID FOR CHILDREN SOUGHT
City Homes Desired to Enable At
tendance at School.
City homes -or a number of boys and
girls are sought by the home-placing
department of the Juvenile Court, of
which W. Y. Spencer is head. The
youngsters range from 5 to 15 years.
Many of them are going to school in
the city now and wish to continue their
work.
The children are not delinquents, but
W ALONG THE COLUMBIA
SUNRISE TRIPS TO
LARCH MOUNTAIN
ROUND-TRIP TICKETS -I
to BriaalVeil, good on train V
leaving Union Station at 1 1 no on
Saturday night ; return to be made
Sunday afternoon.
MT. HOOD LODGE
ROUND-TRIP TICKETS 0 C
it Ou
on sale every dayf30 day limit
Union Pacific System
O-'W. fR. F. Sc N.
City.Ticket Office, 3d at Washington
Broadway 4500 : A-6121
Wm. McMarrar, General Psaseng er A rent
Ask far "Wlattr f pacts" IsMar
Special Arrangements for Parties
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WRESTLE LLIOLII
.. Walter Clyde
M I I I CD WILL
Ill I L L. L II
AT LYRIC THEATER TONIGHT
Forfeits $50 if he fails to throw
him in 15 minutes. Extra added
attraction. No advance in prices.
: MATCH GAME I
All Week. WHITE HOl'SE PAR-
1.0RS,1; 4th near Morrison. RoyLetO
O Ine, Champion lol Player, Meets O
O All Comers at 8 o't lorfc Sharp. His
.record at continuous pool 158 points