Morning Oregonian., February 21, 1917, Page 15, Image 15

THE MORNING OREGONJAN, - JTEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY
21, 1917. is
TENNIS SCHEDULE
cordance with which McCoy must fulfill
a verbal contract made with the BroadT
way Sporting Club, of Brooklyn. The
decision was announced tonight by
Commissioner Franey, who had voted
against compelling McCoy to fulfill his
verbal agreement.
Chairman Wenck, of the commission,
at a meeting in New Tork yesterday
voted to hold McCoy to the verbal con
tract, and the deciding: .vote was cast
by telegraph today by Commissioner
Dwyer, who agreed with the chairman.
McCoy was said to have agreed
verbally to meet Jack Dillon, of In
dianapolis, before the Broadway Sport
ing Club, last September. When he
was matched with Darcy the club asked
that the commission compel McCoy to
fulfill his agreement.
42 GAMES PLATED AT ONCE
TO BE MADE
More Than, 200 Championship
Tournaments to Be Award
ed in 1917 Season.
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BLANKS SENT OUT EARLY
panctlon May Be Granted to Even as
Many aa 300 Events, Rot In
cluding; Juniors, Who Are
Going Ahead Rapidly.
KKW TORK, N. T., Feb. 20. (Sp.
claL) How to schedule mors than 200
tournaments within the short space of
the playing- season Is a problem that
will keep the executives of the United
States National Lawn Tennis Associa
tion busy for the next few weeks. The
problem Is even more complicated than
that, for It Is altogether likely that
sanctioned events for 1917 will number
nearer 300 than 200. The first draft
of the 1916 schedule contained 2x0
dates. Sanction later was gwanted for
more than 60 Junior -end boys' events.
If the percentage Increase of the past
few seasons continues this Spring, mak
ing the schedule will be as much of
a puzzle as figuring out a "war map."
Realizing the possible difficulties,
the National Association has sent
blanks to its members a week earlier
than last year, urging the clubs to
make Immediate returns, so- that re
quests for sanction can be arranged as
rtpidly as possible. All the corre
spondence Incidental to compiling the
schedule Is being handled through the
office of the field secretary, Paul B.
Williams.
The tennis publio apparently has
little conception of the amount of work
Involved in making the schedule. The
national championships are awarded at
the annual meeting of the National
Association by vote of the delegates.
"When ' it comes to the other events,
however, arrangement is a matter of
many changes, in the effort to stretch
the calendar to Include the growing
number of tournaments.
On the Information made available
by these returns & skeleton schedule
of the leading events throughout the
country is first drafted and around
these are grouped the more or less
local tournaments which lead up to
them. In various sections fit the coun
try there are little circuits of three
or four tournaments which the players
follow and these must be fixed so that
progress from one to another Is not
interrupted. Conflicts are -adjusted as
rapidly as possible, every effort being
mad to comply with the wishes of
clubs Involved. If a point is reached,
however, where some determined move
had to be made, the National body cuts
the Gordian knot and adopts what ap
pears to be the most equitable course
under all the circumstances.
The annual meeting rejected a pro
posal to limit the use of the word
championship" .in connection with
these events to standardize them so
as to avoid overlapping of territory
and fractional titles. This action makes
it possible for clubs to ask for all
manner of "championships" and
awarding them so that everyone is
suited is no simple task. The schedule
is finally approved by the March meet
ing of the executive committee, and
from "scattering returns" already in,
it is a safe bet that between now and
March the tennis officials will have a
busy time.
SALT LAKE SCORES MOST RUNS
Bees Pnt TTp Not Only Strongest At
tack, but Weakest Defense.
Salt Lake scored more than 10$ more
runs than did any other 1916 Coast
League club, but Salt Lake also had
S7 more runs scored against it than
did any other club, and the tail-end
Oakland club was the only one in the
way of Salt Lake's having 100 more
runs scored against it than any other
club.
In all 4909 runs were scored during
the league season. Sa.lt Lake was the
only club to pass the 900 mark in
total runs, and Salt Lake was the
only club against which more than 900
runs were scored. '
Los Angeles scored 216 runs against
Salt Lake, more than any one cluo
scored against any other.-club. Salt
Lake scored 210 against Oakland' and
208 against San Francisco. Vernon
scored 208 against Salt Lake, and Salt
Lake scored 202 against Portland.
In the record of runs scored Vernon
showed more class than did the cham
pion Angels. Vernon was scored against
fewer times than any other club, allow
ing opponents 711 runs to 747 that
Angel opponents scored. In total
runs scored Vernon was Becond to Salt
Lake, with Los Angeles ranking third.
Eight hundred and nine runs were
scored against San Francisco, . 827
against Portland, 889 against Oakland,
and 926 against Salt Lake.
ALEXANDER HAS $35,000 OFFER
Circus Wants Philly Star to Pat on
Stnnt at $1000 a Week.
CHICAGO. Feb. 20 An unnamed cir
cus corporation has telegraphed Grover
Alexander, pitcher, with the Philadel
phia Nationals, an offer of $1000 a
week for 85 weeks to stage a baseball
etunt in the tent, according to local
papers today. ' - .
Alexander today declined an offer of
$10,000 a year from William F. Baker,
president of the club. He demanded
$15,000. and declared that if his terms
were not met he would quit baseball.
Announcement that every "holdout"
of the Philadelphia Nationals except
Alexander and George Whitted, out
fielder, has signed a contract was made
by President Baker tonight. .
SEALS SWINGING INTO' LINE
Sepulveda Reports and Kallio Sends
to His Signed Contract.
SAN FRANCISCO. CaL Feb. 30.
-tSpecial.) Louis Sepulveda reached
San Francisco today from San Pedro,
but was denied the opportunity of talk
ing business with Wolverton. The lat
ter did not return to this city from
Sacramento until late in the afternoon.
Sepulveda declares his contract is O.
It. and that it's simply a ct.se of get
ting together with the manager.
Rudy Kallio'a signed contract was re
ceived today from Portland. The pitch
er said not a word as to his plans, but
it is taken for granted that he will
drop off the train at the Capitol City
the fore part of the week. -
-DARYC3T FIGHT IS BLOCKED
Commission Holds McCoy to Pact to
Meet Jack Dillon.
ALBANY, K. T.r Feb. 2X The 10
round boxing bout to be fought by Al
McCoy and Les Darcy, the Australian,
at Madison Square Garden on March 6,
eeems to be prohibited by & decision of
the State Athletic Commission in ac
Newell W. Banks Meets 24 Checker
and 1 8 Chess Players. ,
Newell W. Banks, world's checker
champion, established what might be
a world's record last night at the Elks'
Club when, he played 24 checker play
ers and 18 chessplayers simultaneously
with only one defeat and that in chess.
Henry Kurth defeated the checker
champion. Mr. Kurth also has the dis
tinction of winning his games against
Jose Capablanca. the great chessmas
ter, and Frank Marshall. United States
chess champion, when they visited
Portland.
The play was under the auspices of
the Portland Chess ana Checker Club.
It started at 8 o'clock and did not con
clude until 1:10 o'clock this morning.
Mr. Banks was held to seven draws
in checkers and five in chess. '
Mr. Banks will leave today for Sa
lem to play there tonight. From there
he will tour the Northwest before go
ing back to San Francisco and thence
to Chicago.
BASEBALL FAMINE IS BROKEN
150 Dozen Arrive In Time to Start
Playing Season on Way.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. (Special.)
Presldent,Baum, o? the Coast League,
heaved a sigh of relief today when
word came to him of the arrival of
a shipment of baseballs from the
East 150 dozen..
Something, like 600 dozen balls are
used in training season and during
the course of the pennant race. There
was no supply on hand, so Baum made
up his mind it would be necessary to
"borrow" some from one of the sport
ing goods houses to get the clubs away
In March. More balls are put out of
commission or lost in the Spring than
in any other time.
CITY WILL .HATE BALL TEAM
Mnnlcipal Employes to Organize to
Play In Commercial League.
The city will have a baseball tean)
In the Commercial League this season.
Plans have been launched by C. J.
Kruse, of the Public Works Depart
ment, for the organizing of a team
of city employes to begin training
soon.
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. - v Li 1. 1 tj di g several
good ballplayers In the city service.
CUBS START FOR PASADENA
27 Players and 53 Others Go on Spring
Training Camp Trip.
CHICAGO, Feb. 20. The Chicago
Nationals, the first major league club
to get away for the Spring training
camps, left here tonight in a special
train for Pasadena.
There were 80 persons, including 87
players, in -the party.
City Golf Links Workers to Meet.
To formulate definite plans with
the ultimate idea or promoting the
Interests flf the municipal golf course.
11 members of a comittee on the sub
ject will meet at luncheon today at
12:15 o'clock. A" report on work al
ready finished, together ith blue
prints will be given to this committee,
and an open discussion on future plans
will be held. Lawrence A. Spangler
Is the temporary cBalrman of the com
mittee. Herman Ontboxes Kabakoff.
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 20. Pete Herman, of
New Orleans, claimant' of the world's
bantamweight championship, won over
Harry Kabakoff, of St. Louis, in a 10
round boxing contest here tonight, in
the opinion of the newspapermen at the
ringside. ,
Pal Moore Breaks Arm ln Fight, '
CLEVELAND. C.'Feb. 20. Pal Moore,
the Memphis bantamweight, broke an
arm tonight in the fourth round of his
scheduled . ten-round bout with Jack
Wolf, of this city. Th decision was
given to Wolf. t-
ASTORIA STARTS REVOLT
HISDOS VS SA. FRANCISCO ARB IN
CIVIL W3UU
Edltor and Pacific Coast Leader Is Re
moved and Plant Taken Away
By Police.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20. Civil
war has broken out among the Hindn
revolutionists here and Rhara Chandra,
editor of the Hindustan Gadar and a
leader on the Pacific Coast of the So
ciety Gadar, the revolutionary "party
of the East Indiamen outside of India,
has been dethroned, it was learned to
day. Chandra, known throughout the
country as a lecturer and writer
against British rule in India, has beep
ousted from the society's printing of
fice and the "Hindustan Gadar' has a
new editor. . Chandra, however, has
opened a new pjant three blocks away
and is getting out a "Hindustan Gadar"
of his own.
Possession of the Gadar plant was
taken at night by representatives of
the society, reinforced by a squad of
police. Chandra and his staff were
ejected without resistance.
"We did not desire bloodshed," one
of the sub-editors said.
A meeting of the Society Gadar's
executive committee is said to have
been held in Astoria, Or., and an emis
sary dispatched to this city for the
purpose, according to the attorneys for
the faction that ousted Chandra, of
settling the difference.
Medical Society to Meet.
A symposium on gynecology will be
held at the meeting, of the City and
County Medical Society which takes
place at the Portland Hotel tonight.
Increasing interest is being taken ty
Portland physicians in the medical so
ciety meetings, and numerous Impor
tant and unusual, cases are being pre
sented. The programme tonight will
bring out discussion by local author
ities on various phasesf gynecology.
ChinesS, 71, Faces Drag Charge.
Lee Hing, Chinese, 71. was "arrested
last aight at. Second and Stark streets
by Patrolmen Burkhart and - Spaugh
and charged with selling an opiate.
Blanch Morton, a- white- woman, 82
years, old, was arrested on a charge of
having the drug In her possession,, and
Nellie White, 23. was held as a witness.
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CAMPAIGN Oil FOR FUND
COMMJTTEB to START . GETTIXQ
SINEWS FOR N. B. A. SESSION. .
Emery Olmatead Heads Work of Rais
ins; JMoney for Entertainment
Dnrlna; Biff Convention.
mi
timer y . Oltnstead will start out at
once with his finance committee to
raise the funds necessary for the en
tertainment of the National Education
Association Convention in Portland,
next July.
Mr. Olmstead was present at the
meeting of the executive committee at
the Chamber of Commerce last night
and announced everything In readiness
for beginning the work. It is hoped
that the Rose Festival Board to be
elected will decide to Join forces with
the convention. . -
Another important move that is un
der way, to add Interesting features to
the convention', is the effort of the
Summer school section of the Greater
Oregon Club, which is composed of
University of Oregon students, to have
it arranged so that the University Sum
mer School may be held in Portland
this year. A canvass of the Portland
schools yesterday showed . that BOO
teachers in Portland, who would noi
be able to go to Eugene to attend, will
be enrolled in the Summer cshool if it
is held in Portland. Letters from teach
ers in Washington. Idaho. Montana and
other states also indicate that the big
attendance can . be looked for from
there.
GAM ERA CLUB IS HOST
VISITORS LOOK OVER QUARTERS
EXCELLENTLY EQUIPPED.
Programme of Mnale u4 Views of Ore
Sroa Scenery An Enjoyed After
Tour Tkronalt Stndio.
About 150 members an.d friends of the
Oregon Camera Club met last night
for a social evening and entertainment
to celebrate the -opening of the new
club headquarters on the fifth floor
of tho Elks Temple.
Visitors were taken on tours through
thi club rooms and saw the splendid
facilities for picture making, said to
be the best in the possession .of any
similar" organization west of Chiao.
after which they enjoyed a musical
programme and slides giving views of
Northwest loen.ry.
Bagpipe selections and scotch songs
were given by Bill Gray, comedian, and
Miss Ethel Barksdale Warner gave a
number of piano solos in addition to ac
companying Mr. Gr.y. , -
The new headquarters of the club
provide a splendid studio, dark-room,
cameras and general apparatus for all
sorts of picture taking and developing-.
There is also a reception room, smok
ing room and offlca.
-The new officers of the organization
are: A. A. Bailey Jr., president, and R.
Scat! I'm. saving this for VELVET!
MOTHER NATURE Protects Your Tobacco
She sees to it that Velvet's mellowness
and aroma are not created by artificial
methods, but by her very own. That is
A complete natural curing; for two
years, during which time the tobacco
remains, untouched, in its original
wooden hogsheads. At the end of
two years it is made into Velvet and is
as smooth as its name implies.
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5c Metal-lined Bags . .
lb. Class Humidors
S. Milln, secretary-treasurer. The board
of directors comprises the president,
secretary-treasurer and V. R. Trine,
Jacques Letz. Charles A. Bens and Will
H. Walker.
ELEVATOR HELD FAULTY
Coroner's Jnry Return. Verdict on
Death of O. A. Gordon.
A Coroner's Jury Investigating the
death .of O. A. Gordon, who was killed
in an elevator accident In the Marshall-
Wells Hardware Company's building aft
rjrteenth and Kearney streets Monday,
decided at the Inquest last night that
the elevator was faulty and recom
mended that it be put in a safe con
dition at once.
Mr. Gordon, who was Zi years old
and an employe of the Great Northern
Express Company,' had gone to the
building on business. Ha was riding to
one of the floors when suddenly the
elevator Jammed. T. J. Mallun. operator
in charge, investigated and found
Gordon's body between the elevator
and the walL
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MUSTERING OUT DATE SET
More Than 100 Guardsmen Are Still
Without Positions.
c Officers and men of Troop A and
Battery A. Oregon National Guard, who
have been stationed at Vancouver Bar
racks since their return from the
border, will be ' mustered out at 8
o'clock tomorrow morning.
More than 100 of the guardsmen are
still without positions, but concerted
efforts by officers of the Oregon Na
tional Guard, the United States Immi
gration Service and a committee ap
pointed by the Chamber of Commerce
are being made to find work for them.
All the men seeking Jobs will be
registered at the office of the Immi
gration Service at 422 Railway Ex
change building.
Mother and Three In Jail.
Three small children spent last night
in the City Jail with their mother, Mrs.
Pearl Stevenson, 29, who is en route
from Everett. Wash., to Fresno, CaL. to
face a. charge of embezzling an auto
mobile!. Sam Chapman, a farmer near Fresno,
was held hers on the same charge, and
aleo on a charge of stealing five head
of cattle from one of his neighbors.
Chapman denied that Mrs. Stevenson
had anything to do with the alleged
theft, saying that he bad met her by
chance near Everett.
The children are: Richard, 8; Clif
ford. 8, and Zella, 19s
Retail Grocers to Meet.
The Portland Retail Grocers' Asso
ciation will enliven its usual monthly
meeting tonight with a dinner and mu
sical programme and entertainment.
The affair will be held on the
eighth floor of the Oregon building
The business session will start at 8
o'clock and will be'followed by good
things to eat and a general good time.
Men have tried and will try to beat
this method by quick curing or. arti
ficial processes, but Mother Nature's
way the Velvet way remains the
very best.
It costs us more money ' to prepare
Velvet in this way it will cost you'
only 10 cents to prove Velvet, at the
first store you cometol
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VIOLENT QUAKES FELT
INSTRUMENTS AT WASHINGTON
PUT' OCT OF ORDER.
Spok.Be obrri s.y. i.c.ns
I Point to Berlna- Sea. tin SntkitHt
Is Among Possibilities.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Extraordi
narily violent earth shocks were
recorded by the seismograph at
Georgetown University . observatory
this afternoon from 2:84 to 8:15 o'clock.
The distance was estimated at 1900 to
2000 miles from Washington. The
needles of four of the five Instruments
in the observatory were thrown off by
the unusual vibrations.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Feb. 20. A violent
earthquake estimated as 8800 miles dis
tant from Spokane, was recorded on
the seismagraph at Gonzaga Univer
sity here today, beginning at 11:87 A.
M. and continuing until 12:42 P. M.
The instruments recorded the most
severe disturbance between 11:52 and
11:65 A. ' M. The observatory direc
tor said indications were that the
earthquake was northwest of Spokane,
probably.Jn Bering Sea. but it might
have been several thousand miles
southeast of here.
MANY SIGNS CONDEMNED
Building: Inspector Plummer Sug
gests Legislation. .
There are 69 unsightly and defective
electric signs in various parts of Port
land's business district, according to
a survey completed yesterday by Build
ing Inspector Plummer. The survey
was made at the request -of the Coun
cil, which has had complaints about
electric-sign conditions.
All signs were examined, and those
which were condemned in Mr. Plum
mer's report are condemned sot only
for being unsightly, but also for hav
ing other defects involving their il
luminating value or safety. In bis re
port Mr. Plummer recommends that the
Council appoint a committee to Inves
tigate and suggest legislation on the
subject. . -
AUXILIARY WILL 'CONTINUE
Organization Aiding Troop A De
cides Not to Disband.
Troop A Auxiliary members decided
at a meeting held at Central Library
last night to reorganize and continue
as a permanent organization. A meet
ing will be held at the library next
Tuesday night for that purpose.
The auxiliary was formed after the
National Guard was ordered to the bor
der to provide members of Troop, A
with literature, tobacco and luxuries and
to lend assistance In any way that
might be needed. Since the unit will
remain intact after being def ederalised
IF You Smoke VELVET
tomorrow. Interest in the welfare of
the trooprs should be continued, be
lieve members of the auxiliary.
Corporal T. H. McGuire and Sergeant
H. 8. Riley, of Troop A. attended the
meeting, and thanked the auxiliary for
its services to the troop.
CONSPIRACY HEARING SET
Duo Accused of Getting Passes of
Railway Through Fraud.
Harriet McCullough and It. C." Will
lams. Ji eld In the County Jail in de
fault of 8500 bonds on a charge of con
spiracy against the United States Gov
ernment, will Tiave their hearing be
fore United States Commissioner Drake
Friday morning at 10 o'clock.
The two were arrested Monday by
Ed Wood, special agent for the O.-W.
R. & N. Company. It Is alleged that
.tlTey obtained passes from the railroad
company through fraudulent means.
Truck and Jitney Collide.
A Standard Oil truck driven by James
Mullen, and a Llnnton Jitney collided
near Oilton, on the Llnnton road, at
11:15 o'clock last night, and both ma
chines were damaged badly. There
were two passengers in the Jitney, but
no one was Injured. The Jitney Is
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