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14 THE MORNING OREGONIAIT. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1917. BASEBALL PLAYEB5 WILL HOT STRIKE End of Long Controversy Is .Gained by Compromise by Fultz and Magnates. RIGHT TO SIGN IS GRANTED Tener Gives Word That Membership In Fraternity Will Not Be Held Against. Men Johnson Will Agree to Nothing. KEW YORK, Feb. 14. There will be no strike of baseball players this year. This endlng-of a long controversy vas assured when President David L. Fultz, of the Baseball Players' Fraternity, Issued the following statement here today: "Owing to the unfair position "In which the Major League owners have been placed in the present baseball controversy between owners and play ers., the Fraternity has submitted to the owners the following proposal: " 'To release all players from their pledges not to sign contracts upon the understanding that the owners will not discriminate against Fraternity play ers nor discipline them for their loy alty to, the Fraternity In observing their pledges.' " Falts and McGrw Confer. Early In the day Manager McGraw, of the New York Nationals, and Presi dent Fultz held a conference at which the Fraternity executive said that If he was assured that the members of the Players' Fraternity would not be discriminated against financially or otherwise by the Major League club owners he would release the men from their pledges. McGraw immediately went to see President Tener, of the National League, and after the situation had been explained to him, Tener said: ' You can assure Mr. Fultz that I give my word of honor as the presi dent of the National League that the National League will not discriminate In any way against any ball-player because of his connection with the Fraternity." Johnson Given No rirdtse. Upon receiving this statement from President Tener; McGraw declared to several newspaper representatives: '"I feel perfectly justified in announcing that to all intents and purposes the strike is off insofar as it affects the National League." When President Johnson, of the .American League, arrived here late in the day to attend the annual schedule meeting of the league tomorrow, he was informed of the action taken by Pres ident Tener, and in reply to a query as to whether he would give similar assurance, he said: "So far as the fraternity Is con cerned we give no assurance. All our players look alike to me. About 85 per cent of them have signed 1917 con tracts, and if the men come along to their training quarters, well and good. That is all the assurance that the American League will give." Chairman Herrmann, of the National Commission, said that there was a clause in all the major league con tracts for 1917 which protected play ers from discrimination on account of membership in, the fraternity, and both of the major league presidents also called attention to this fact. Rolen Not to Be Changed. The National Commission was to have held a session here today, but it will not meet until tomorrow morning. The American League's schedule meeting also will be held here tomorrow, but it was announced today that there would be no session of the Joint rules committee, and the pennant race of 3 917 therefore will be decided under the rules which governed the struggle last season. The National League board of directors was Increased fr-m five to eight mem bers, the president of each club be coming a director. No player in the league can be released between August 20 and the close of the championship season except through the regular for mality of the waiver rule. ,. f 43 HORSES ESTER BIO RACE Coffrotli Handicaps to Be Ran at Tijuana February 22. KAN DIEGO. Ca., Feb. 14. (Special.) The Coffroth handicap, blue ribbon event of the Western turf, will be run at Tijuana racetrack Washington's birthday. The distance will be one and one-quarter miles. Five thousand dol lars is the amount of the' stake. The Coffroth handicap is for all ages. The entrance fee is $25 each, ?25 additional if not declared by January 1, and .$30 additional to start Of the $5000 stake monty $600 goes to second, $300 to third and $100 to fourth. Entries closed with the following 43 nominations, among which are some of the best gollopers in the world: Mock ery, Diadi. Dandy Dude, Brando, Ber rilldon. Pullux. Sasin, Old Broom, friangallo, Honovia, 5tar of Love, John Graham, Olga Star, Old Eylers, Execu tor, Dorothy Dean, Tokay, Half Rock, Douglass S., Orlin Kripp, Short Grass, Deliver, Samuel It. Meyer, Chief Brown. Polroma. Miss Fannie, Moscowa, Fuller, Colonel Vennie, Ninety Simplex, Lady Teresa, Shooting Star, Tea Caddy, Ed Cudihee, UStar Whooter, Slippery Elm, Jjahore, Veldt, Woodstone, Virile, Rey Shannon 11. Kittie May and Maudie. KM.EM WS WANT llASKIUTT, Clamor for . Team in Inter-City , . League Again Heard in Valley. OAIUM rf Fob 14 (Swlnl 1 ' Falem fans are clamoring for Inter City League baseball again this season. . The Senators came within an ace of winning the flag last season. Otto ' Klett. owner of the Salem franchise, is hot after Ray Baker, to manage the home crew again, but to date has failed to get his consent. President Fred Norman Bay, of the " 1o,-b-iio. talked with Baker over the long-distance telephone today urging him to accept. ganizatlon. Jack has seen service with most every club in the league. His coming trial with Oakland will be bis second. ' - Talk of the trade of Harry Heilmann to the Chicago American League club by Detroit has given the fans some thing to gossip about. For a hop by Heilmann to the White Sox means that Jack Ness has fallen down on the job of delivering with Comiskey, and it also means that Jacques Fournier is not satisfactory. Walter Boles is training for the Bill Sunday championship of Los Angeles. Walter sings in the choir, and cn Wednesday nights gives talks to the Young Men's Christian Association members oC the life of a ballplayer. On week days Boles sells real es tate, and on March 1 will take charge of the Occidental College baseball squad. HOOPERS CLASH TODAY WASHINGTON HIGH AND JAMES JOHN TO PLAT. Interscholastic Contest to Be at Y. M. C. A. Oregon' Aa-gies .. to Meet Seattle Five. Go BEAVERS SAIL FOR CAM HONOLULU Stumpf, Using Pseudonym Be cause of German Name, Es capes Secret Service." WORD SENT TO HOLDOUTS Dr. W. A. Fenstermacher, coachi of the Washington High School basketball team, made arrangements last night to play the James John High School quintet in the Young Men's Christian Association gymnasium this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Carl "Mob" Mautz will be sorely missed from the Washington lineup as he is out for the remainder of the 1917 season, due to a serious illness. His place at guard will be taken by Locke Webster or George Borman. The Oregon Agricultural College basketball team under the direction of Coach Everett May passed through Portland last night on the way to Se e.ttle. Wash., to play the University of Washington quintet in a two-game series, beginning tonight. The Aggies j Athletic Club last night for two hours. Coach May expressed confidence that he would be able to win the 1917 Pa cific Coast intercollegiate conference basketball championship with his Ore gon Aggies. After playing the Uni versity of Washington twice the Aggies will come to Portland Saturday morn ing where they will board a train for Berkeley, Cal. Two games have been scheduled with the University of California at Berkeley and two with the Stanford University delegates at Palo Alto. There are nine members of the Oregon Agricul tural College in the party which in cludes: Coach Everett May, Captain Howard Ray, Dave Friedman, Ade Sieberts, Hy Blagg, Charley Low, vv'alter Phillips, Lee Bissett and Scribbs Meyers, who is sporting editor of the O. A. C. Barometer, the official organ of the college. A practice game between the Hill Military Academy and the High School of Commerce teams will be played this afternoon. ' The Christian Brothers Business Col lege surprised its followers last night by defeating the Y. M. C. A. basketball team, 31 to 26. In the C. B. C. gym nasium. The college juniors won from Albina. 16 to 6, in the preliminary match. ' Benson Tech will tangle with the Jefferson High School squad in the Washington, High gymnasium tomor row afternoon. The high schoolers are tied with Columbia for first honors in the Portland Interscholastic League, and Coach Homer Jamleson is confident that he will be able to secure his sixth straight win for the 1917 season. A. M. Grllley will be the referee for the James John-Washington High bas ketball game in the Y. M. C. A. this afternoon. - DARCY TO BOX GIBBONS AUSTRALIAN SIGNS FOR lO-ROl . I BAtVlB APRIL 10, Personal Touches in Sport. TACK WHITE, brother of Charley eJ Wr-'te, has returned to "-- Fran cisco from Seattle, where he fizzled as was expected. . , "The Northwestern League plans to ctart and finish the 1917 season re gardless of conditions," said President Ulewett to a representative of The Ore gonian in Seattle last week. ' Catcher Harold (Rowdy) Elliott has elgned his 1917 contract with the Chi cago National-League club. Del Howard's signing of "Handsome Jack' Killilay brings back into the league one of the most famous "globe ' trotters" who has ever been in the or- Purse of 30,0O0 to Be Divided by Pu. Billots, Who Alxo Will Share Two Thirds of Movie Rights. NEW YORK, Feb. 14. Les Darcy, the Australian middleweight, signed arti cles here tonight to fight Mike Gibbons in Milwaukee April 10 for a purse of $50,000, to be divided equally. The articles were signed by E. T. O'Sullivan for Darcy and by Edward Kane. Gibbons' manager. They pro vide that the men shall fight at 160 pounds. - The 10-round bout will be staged by Frank Mulkern. It was agreed that in addition to the purse the boxers shall divide equally two-thirds of the mov ing picture rights. One of the stipulations in the agree ment was that if Darcy is knocked out by Al McCoy in their bout in this city on March 5, the match with Gibbons shall be declared off. O'Sullivan an nounced that before meeting Gibbons Darcy would train for two weeks in Chicago. Gibbons and Kane came to New York to arrange a match with Darcy after long-distance negotiations had failed. Their opening overtures met with scant encouragement, but they persisted un til the articles were signed tonight. Darcy came to this city on December 21 after a sea voyage which lasted 60 days. He worked his way before the mast for a good share of the distance. It had been announced that efforts were being made to match him with Georges Carpentier, the French cham pion, but the plan fell through be cause it was found impossible to ob tain a furlough for Carpentier, who is righting for his country, although the promoters agreed to devote a large part of the proceeds to one of the war relief funds. Darcy's last match was with Jimmy Clabby. whom he defeated in 20 rounds in 1916 in Australia. Gibbons' last important victory was when he knockeft out Young Ahem in St. Paul on January IS, 1916. McCredie Tells South-worth, Borton and Leake to Hunt Jobs Elsewhere and if They Can Make No Deals to Report at Stockton. VICTORIA, B. C. Feb. 14. (Special) Reinforced by Bill Stumpf, missing Infielder, the Portland Coast League baseball club sailed late this afternoon aboard the Niagara for Honolulu. The party included 18 players, W. W. Mc Credie and wife, manager W. H. Mc Credie and three Portland, newspaper men. Stumpf came direct from Baltimore and has been hiding incognito in a local hotel for a day or two, because of his Teutonic name he registered as Al W. Kverding and he 'got by the Secret Service under pseudonym without de tection. The Portland club is one of the youngest-looking ball squads ever gathered for Spring training. This is accounted for by the fact that several of the veterans will not join the Beav ers until they return to California about March 21. Before leaving Judge McCredie wrote Southworth, Borton and Leake, hold outs, and gave them permission to make deals for placing themselves else where. If they are unable to do so he expects them to sign the contracts proffered and be good dogs the re mainder of the year. Bobby Vaughn, captain of the 1916 Portland team, met the voyagers at Seattle and gave them a send-off this morning. Vaughn has signed to play for Las Angeles. COMMERCIAL LEAGUE TO MEET Behnke-Walker and O.-AV. R. & Is. Company Would Enter Teams. It is understood that the Behnke Walker Business College and the O.-W. R. & N. Co. baseball teams will attempt to enter the Commercial Baseball League this Spring. The business col lege .nine has George Hornby, former interscholastic all-star short catcher. and Heinle Wilson, a semi-professional catcher. Manager Hood Bottler, of the rail roaders has a good team which will play on Sundays, as usual, besides the Saturday games in the Commercial League. Last year the league was com prised of the following eight teams: Fleischner-Mayer Company: Crane Company, M. Seller & Co., Blake, Mc Fall Company; Blumauer-Frank Drug Company, Northwestern Electric Com pany, Mason-Ehrman Company and Wadhams & Co. President Harry Grayson will call a meeting within a few days to. get the ball rolling for the coming" season. Crane Company won the pennant last year after being given a hard fight by Fleischner-Mayy Company. SHECKARD TO AID MITCHEIL Former Outfield Star Will Have Charge of Cub Yannigans. CHICAGO, Feb 14. James Sheckard, former star outfielder with the Chicago Nationals, who will assist Fred Mitchell, manager of the club, during the coming season, will be in charge of the second team on the California training trip, it was announced today. Forty games will be prayed by team No. 2, starting at Santa Ana, March 2. Owing to a rule adopted by the Pa cific Coast League, team No. 2 will not be permitted to play any games with the league teams on their home grounds, but several games have been scheduled with these teams at other cities. The team will play San Fran cisco at Sacramento on March 8 and 10 and also at Marysville on March 12. The Chicagoans also will meet Spo kane at Sacramento on the forenoon of March 11, and they play San Fran cisco on the same field in the after noon. Two games also are scheduled with the Spokane club at Stockton, Cal., on March 17 and 18. PINKHAM TAKES BOUT FRAKKIE SULLIVAN UNABLE TO COPE WITH SEATTLE BOY. Defeated Boxer Floors Referee. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Feb. 14. A de cision over Otto Wallace of this city was giver to Charles Metrie, of Mil waukee, at the end of their 15-round bout here tonight. They were light weights. The decision did not prove to the liking of Wallace and the referee, Billy McCarney, was knocked down in a mixup in. wich the fighter and a second figured. Eight Tied in Six-Day Race. CHICAGO, Feb. 14. Eight of the teams in the six-day bicycle race were tied tonight at the end of the 70th hour. They had traveled 1291 miles and 5 laps, with two teams (Ohrt-Grimm, and Carman-Lawrence) one lap behind. The riders were "more than 133. miles be hind the record for the number of hours. Letters Here for Bobby Evans. There are two letters for Valley Trambitas and his manager, Bobby Evans, at .the sporting editor's desk. Scott last Sunday 1 to 0, on the Arleta grounds. The Portsmouth squad was supposed to have a game on the Colum bia University campus, but several of the opposition went to the wrong field and as a result Referee Frank Billing ton called the game off until a later date. Archie Wyard and Chet Neff Battle Each Other to Draw,' Though Neff Deserves Verdict. SEATTLE, Wash.. Feb. 14. (Spe cial.) Edward Pinkham boxed like a champion tonight, when he faced Frankie oullivan in a main event of the Elks' smoker. For four heart rending, hair-raising rounds Pinkham battled at top speed and at the end of the contest, tough, willing Sullivan was a beateYi man. Archie Wyard, the popular little Se attle athletic Club graduate, obtained a draw with Chet Neff in the other half of the main bill, but the judges were charitable indeed to the former ama teur champion. Wyard put up a great battle for a boy who went through as stiff a mix as the local lad did in Portland the night before. Wyard boxed with Salt's lightweight- and held his own in a couple of the rounds, but the hard-working Chester piled up quite a lead in the other two and deserved the verdict. ' Neff worked in his usual rough, aggressive . fashion, while Wyard boxed his usual style of a con test. Two of the Judges voted a draw and one for Neff. There was not an idle moment in the other main event. Plucky Sullivan stood up like the tough boy that he is, but the ferocious aggressiveness of the Seattle boy. combined with an aval anche of hard lefts and rights, rocked the Los Angeles veteran from stem to stern. Sullivan took them as fast as Pinkham could swing and fought back, but Pinkham hit too hard and too often, and, despite some clever work in the clinches, Sullivan could not even it up. SOCCER GAME .IS SCHEDULED Mount Scott and Mount Tabor Teams to Flay on Sunday.' The Mount Scott soccer football team will play its second game of the 191T season of the Portland Soccer Football Association on the Arleta grounds at 2:45 o'clock Sunday afternoon against the Mount Tabor eleven. A. E. Morris, captain of the Multnomah Amateur Ath letic eleven, will referee. The Beaver contingent lost to Mount GIRLS TO FROLIC IN WATER Swimming Exhibition to Be Given by Grammar School Lassies. Miss Mills Schloth. girls' swimming instructor of the public schools, re turned yesterday from a two weeks' vacation. She announced that there will be an all-girl swimming exhibi tion in which girls from the grammar schools, the Lincoln and other high schools will compete. It will be held at the Couch School March 2. The majority of the girls will be less than 12 years old. Miss Schloth's class of "minnows" little girls from 6 to 8 will be featured. EAST BECKONS DUFFY FEATHERWEIGHT BID TO NEW YORK BY M'ALLISTER. Fans Think 10-Year-Old Marvel Would Do Well to Stay In West Un til More Experienced. "Locate Jlmmjr Duffy for me. Ask him if he wants to come to New York. If so telegraph my expense. Send me his address. BOB M'ALLISTER." The foregoing telegram was received by Mike II. Butler, of the Butler School of Boxing, 615 Northwest building, yes terday afternoon. Evidently Bob McAl lister, San Francisco light heavyweight, thinks a lot of "Dancing Jimmy" Duffy, Oakland featherweight, who has been Jabbing the ears off of featherweights around here for the past four weeks. McAllister is In New York, where he is going like a "house-a-fire," Billy Gibson is handling him there and he is in the "big money." He will undoubt edly send a ticket to Duffy If Jimmy cares to Jaunt East. Duffy is now being handled by Joe Flanlgan and may not care to go Just at this time. He has several bouts lined up here and in Seattle and, in the opinion of many Portland fans, would be foolish to go at such an earlv stage In his career. He is only 19 years old and it is said it would be better for him to get a year or so more work In the short-round game of the" West before tackling the tough Eastern game over the 10-round route. If Jimmy does accept when he gets word of the offer it will add one more boxer who has appeared here within the last year to the colony now in Gotham. Among them are Bob McAl lister, Lowe Simms, Joe Bonds, Johnny Coulon and Jack Root, wrestler-boxer. According to Mike Butler, Simms ar rived in Gotham last Friday, having stopped five days with his mother in California en route. He will meet Roddy McDonald, Canadian middle weight, shortly. Frankie Huelat will leave for Seattle tonight where he meets Ted Meredith in one of the preliminaries to the "Muff" Bronson-Lloyd Madden North west lightweight championship tilt to morrow night. Huelat and Meredith are lightweights also. Valley Trambitas says that Billy George did not drop him twice in the ninth round of their match in Bend last Monday night in which George won a decision after 10 rounds. He admits that George shaded him during the sixth, seventh, eight and ninth rounds. Valley says he was easily entitled to the first, second and tenth, while the others were even. . Trambitas says he went to the floor in the ninth round once as a result of slipping. The Portland Roumanian says he put up the most miserable ex hibition of his career. He does not wish to belittle George, who he says is a mighty tough boy, but one who has no knowledge of the finer points of boxing. The local middleweight believes that he can take the Idaho bearcat into camp if they meet again. For that matter, he says, Al Sommers or Nichol Simpson should have little trouble In outboxing him. Trambitas Is still car rying around one of the black eyes given him by Nichol Simpson at their recent meeting at the Rose City Ath letic Club. Al Sommers, Portland middleweight, and Farmer Burns, Deep River, Wash., light-heavyweight, clash at Pendleton tonight. WIFE OF BEE MANAGER DIES Mrs. William Bernhard Passes at Salt Lake After Long Illness. SALT. Lake, Utah, Feb. 14. (Spe cial.) Mrs. William H. Bernhard, wife of- the manager of the Salt Lake base ball club, died at 8 o'clock this even ing, after an illness extending over a period of several years. In the hope of relief, Mrs. Bernhard accompanied her husband to Salt Lake from their Memphis, Tenru. home, and for a time an improvement was no ticed. More recently,' however, she grew steadily weaker until the end tonight. Hanson Wins 12-Mile Dog Race. WINNIPEG, Man.. Feb. 14. H. Han son won the 12-mile dog race from Headingly to Winnipeg in one hour and 30 minutes today. Mike Kelly was second, three minutes behind the win ner. Mrs. Tong, the only woman driver in me race, imisneu sijLin. four ox the drivers in today's race were par ticipants in the recent Red River-St. Paul dog derby. OAKS HAVE 9 UNSIGNED HOWARD'S LIST OF MEN UNDER CONTRACT NOW TOTALS 21. WILIE WANTS ONE E MAJOR TRIAL Dennis Says He's Going to Hit so Hard That Nothing Can Keep Him Back. FANS PULL FOR FIELDER Scrappy Little Irishman Who Has Been Under Big Tent Three Times Says Next Time He Is Going to Stay There. BY HARRY M. GRAYSON. One ballplayer on the Portland Pa cific Coast League club is going to strive mighty hard to get another trial In the major leagues next season. His name is -Dennis E. Wille. and he was secured from the Cleveland American League club by Portland. In conversation with Manager Wal ter Henry McCredie, of the Mackmen, Tuesday night Wille explained to the Portland leader how he was going to hit around .340 all year and field so well that the German army, reinforced, will be unable to keep him out from under the big 'tent. Wilis is now with the squad on its way to Honolulu with that one idea of getting in shape for his drive. The scrappy little outfielder hit .393 in 181 games with the locals last sea son, and is popular with Coast League fandom because he is always fighting for all there Is in the National pastime. Wilie is not a veteran in any sense of the world, and if he can wield the bludgeon this year as well or better than he did last be is more than likely to be drafted or sold to the majors. One of the reasons Cleveland let Wille slip from its grasp is because he misjudged fly balls. He corrected this fault with Portland, and is now rated as one of the best gardeners in the circuit. "Denny" is only 25 years old. weighs 158 pounds and is five feet, nine and one-half inches tall. ' He bats and throws left-handed. The fanettes like "Denny," too. He is single and good looking. The Irishman started playing ball with Baylor University in 1909, and was there until 1911. He also played football there, and was chosen for all Texas quarterback in 1910. Wilie was a pitcher at Baylor University until his last year, when Coach Ralph Glaze, who was there at that time, placed him in left field, and he has played the gardens since, although he signed his first professional contract with Waco, Texas League, as a pitcher. Since that time Wilie has been with the Corpus Christ! team of the South west Texas League. St. Louis Nationals, Beaumont of the Texas League, Phila delphia Athletics, Cleveland American Association club and the Cleveland Americans, from where he came to Portland. He has always been rated a .300 hitter. Portland fans are pulling for Wilie to make the grade and get another fling in the "big time." . . Davy Fultz Is about as popular with the baseball powers that be as seasick ness is with the Beavers about this time. Hal Chase, who years ago broke into the Coast League as did Louis Guisto last Spring and who is now known as the pioneer of holdouts, was among the first to mail his contract to Cincinnati. It is for two years. Chase is not a member of the Frat. A week from today the Oakland Coast League club will begin heading for Boyes" Springs with the object of having all present and ready to start actual training routing by March 1. Just one month from today the Chi cago Cubs play their first game in Oakland, so that fans around San Fran cisco Bay can seo for themselves that the 1917 season is almost in sight. The first time Joe Tinker, old-time Portland -shortstop and now manager of the Columbus American Association club, was sold, he went for S1.50. Joe disposed of by the John Taylor team to the Hagan Tailors of Kansas City, home sale, that! Oregon Boys Star In South. BERKELEY. Feb. 14. (Special.) The first game of the Stanford-Call- rornia basketball series was marked by the stellar playing of three Oregon boys. Foster, former Washington Hign bchool athlete, starred for the blue and gold at defensive guard position, while Sullivan, a former Mount Angel Col lege net tosser, caused the Bear for wards no end of trouble with his basket preventing tactics.' Bonney, a recent Jefferson High School athlete ot marked ability, was high-score man for the Cardinal quintet. Hahn, Veteran, Draws Release. DES MOINES. Feb. 14. Eddie Haha veteran outfielder of the Des Moines Western League club, today received his unconditional release from owner Tom Fairweather. Hahn had been with the club since 1912. He was a member of the Chicago American League club, which won the world's championship in lU6. Holdouts Include Many Regulars, With Pitchers in Majority Several Novices to Get Tryout. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14. (Spe cial.) Strike or no strike. Del Howard could put a team of Oaks in the field for the pennant race today. Del came down from Boyes Springs today chiefly to strike a balance in his accounts, and when he had finished this is what he learned: Players signed, 21. Players unsigned, 9. Here's the list of men who are within the fold: Pitchers Kinney, Goodbred, New kirk, Boccoli, Arlett, Rojas, Hurll. Catchers Kilhullen, Callan. Infielders Sheehan, Murphy, Ham mond. Muesel, Coltrin, Thompson, Hayea. Outfielders Lane, Mensor, Cronk rite. Miller, Dlehl. Many regulars, chiefly pitchers, are included in the nine who have as yet failed to, send in their contracts. His unsigned players are: Burns, Prough, Caldwell, Berger. Middleton, Beer, Boyd, Pruitt, Barry. In the list of signed players there are many new names, largely novices, who are to be tested at Boyes Springs. Move Afoot to Kill Utah Boxing. SALT LAKE CITY. Feb. 14. Follow ing the defeat in owe round of Jack Dempsey by Jim Flynn at Murray last night, the condemning, of the whole af fair as the worst-prizefight fiasco in the history of the state, a movement was on foot today to persuade the Legislature, which is now in session, to bar all professional boxing matches. Stayton Mayor Good Angler. STAYTON. Or.. Feb.14. (Special.) Izaak Walton himself could not have done better than Mayor Beauchamp did on Monday, for he landed a fine mess of trout within 9. short distance of the city, among the finny ones being two of 18 and IIVa inches, respectively. They are attracting some attention as an exhibit in a store window. I Wright to Coach Penn Crews. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 14. Joe Wright today signed a three-year con tract as crew coach of the University of Pennsylvania. Wright, who came here from Toronto, Canada, has been coaching without compensation Pennsylvania for several years. 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A big change in the work of the Franklin High School team was noted yesterday in the soccer football game on Multnomah field between the Frank lin eleven and the Ljncoln High School squad. 'The final count was 1 to 0 in favor of the Quakers, and it was all through the efforts of Coach Albinson, who took charge of the Franklin ag gregation last week, after the 6-to-l defeat at the hands of Frank Billing ton's Jefferson High champions. The lone goal was registered by Byers early in the second half. Johnny Tuerck, for the Kailsplitters, tried his best to equalize, but the support of the Lincoln forwards was not with him at critical times. Norman Youmans at goal for the West Siders played a great game and the lone shot that went through him was from a difficult angle. Johnson, Green and Decrevel were the stars for the Franklin contingent, while Youmans, Johnny Tuerck and Ed Shea featured for the Lincoln boys. Washington High and Franklin High are billed to meet next Wednesday afternoon on Multnomah field. Frank Billington, coach of the Jefferson High School team, refereed yesterday. The lineups follow: Franklin (1). Lincoln (ft. Bohlam ......... .GoM .......... . Youman Green L 11 P. Wright McCormack .......RB D.MaUatC Teller RHB Sheppard Johnson ...CH B. ...... ...... fibea Nelson .......... 1. H B. ....... .. S&varluu Ward O L, K Cole Byers L F Jones Xecrevl CF............ Turc Peaks I RF Stevens Martin O RF. .......... Coman Frank Billing'ton. referee. Bear Sec Chance for Title. BERKELEY. Feb. 14. (Special.) California's win over Stanford in their first basketball meeting has placed Hie blue and gold team a little nearer to the Coast championship. California broke even in the two-game series with the Washington State College quintet and now anxiously awaits the invasion of the Oregon Agricultural tossers Feb ruary 23 and 24. These two latter games will probably be the deciding factors as to whether or not the Cali fornia team will be the 1917 Coast con ference champion. Indoor Tennis at &e mi-Finals. NEW YORK. Feb. 14. Four of tba competitors in the National indoor tennis championship singles won places in the round before the semi-final to day. They were A. H. Man, Jr.,. former Yale captain; S. Howard Voshell. Count Otto Salm, of Austria, and Charles Chambers, the King's County Tennis Club veteran. 'Charlie Berg, of Lennon's, insists that if his name is mentioned on the sporting page of this paper," SAID DEDMAS "it must be in connection with the' thoroughbred, exclusive hose, gloves and ties he hasfor men this Spring." And anyhow all of Portland's well-dressed women already know about his new blouse department just as every critical smoker knows the superiority of the Commodore jalse in the Juan de Fan Havana bonded eigarft. vT it s -e-. ) man dear Co.y lit Broadway. A puff or two from Washington street, but the other way from Hazelwood's new restaurant. There is nothing exclusive about the pipe shop in the window. A "two-bit" brier bitten through will be repaired with real kindness.