THE MORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1917.
TEAMS EAGER FOR
AFFRAY TOMORROW
Marines and 91st Divisioners
Groomed for Great Bat
tle at Pasadena.
BEZDEK'S MEN SHOW DASH
Kew Jerseys Are Spurned, Old Ones
to Be Worn Captain, of Army
Eleven Sees Victory
for His Men.
BY JAMES J. RICHARDSON.
PASADENA, Cal.. Dec. 30. (Special.)
While the 91st Division football team
was snoozing comfortably this morn
ing. Head Coach Stanton ordering the
squad to observe a quiet Sabbath, Hugo
Bezdek hustled the Marines out to
Tournament Park, where they went
through two hours of strenuous prac
tice, the last heavy work-out before
Tuesday's game.
Today was hotter than yesterday, if
the thermometer is correct. Bezdek
had the squad in uniform and on the
turf gridiron at 8 o'clock. After one
hour's kicking, sprinting and forward
passing, Bezdek ordered the team to
run signals. When the boys made for
the showers at 1 o'clock they were
wringing with perspiration.
Effects of Long Training Seen.
Mitchell's right knee Is giving him
considerable trouble and Trainer Bill
Hay ward is making every effort to
have the Marines star end in snape to
start Tuesday's game.
While the Marines showed plenty of
dash in this morning's workout, it looks
as though the boys are a bit stale. They
have been in training since SeptemDer,
the longest known time that any foot
ball aggregation ever trained.
Jcfhnny Beckett pulled out of today's
fracas with a sprained ankle, but Bill
Hayward said he would have Johnny
fixed ut for Tuesday's game.
Lieutenant Best, athletic officer of
the Marines, purchased new jerseys for
the team to wear in Tuesday's battle,
but the boys asked that they be al
lowed to wear the old ones they have
been winning in. They are all super
stitious. Captain Cook Is Hopeful.
Captain Cook ordered the 91st Di
visioners to appear at Tournament Park
for a grueling workout Monday morn
ing. The boys rested today, and with
the exception of a few suffering from
colds, the team is in great shape.
"We are down here to win, and the
boys will work right up until Monday,"
said Captain Cook, athletic officer in
charge of the 91st Division team. "The
boys have a lot of plays and we let
them rest today, but they will be out
for a stiff two hours' practice Mon
day." Walter McCredie, manager of the
Salt Lake baseball club, visited the
Marines last night before boarding a
train for Portland, where he will stop
off a few days before going to Sail
Lake.
TURF PATRIARCH ACTIVE
BEST WALKER, PIONEER DRIVER,
GETS HORSES IX TRIM FOR 1918.
Change In Design of Sulkies to Make
Light Harness Racing More
Safe Is Suggested.
Ben Walker is wintering at Macon,
Ga.. and is getting Auto Zombro and
Helen Q. ready for the fray In 1918.
While Walker is near the patriarch's
limit in the matter of age he still is
active and can sight a high-class per
former as well as he ever could. Many
of the present-day drivers were riding
hobby-horses or rolling hoops when
Ben made his first appearance on the
grand circuit, and while he has been
located in California for a number of
years he will make his presence feit
when he starts on another trip over
the tracks along the Atlantic seaboard
or through the Middle West If his en
gagements take him that way.
An effort is being made to have the
manufacturers of sulkies develop a ve
hicle on which the wheels are placed
so that a horse cannot step Into them
during the progress of a heat. It has
been suggested to widen the bow at
the side of the sulky and place the
wheels on the Inside of it. This would
have a tendency to make the present
sulky a little wider, but it would also
make light harness racing safer than
it is at present on both the mile and
half-mile track, and especially when a
large number of horses take the word
in the same event and by so doing re
quire a second tier.
B. A. Bulkeley, of Southport. Conn.,
has a stock farm at Goshen, N. Y., with
Bingara at the head of it. For sev
eral years he has been confining the
most of his racing to the matinees in
Orange County or the public races over
tracks in that vicinity.
Every man who adopts the training
of trotters and pacers for a profession
expects some day to find a horse that
will be good enough for a trip over
the mile tracks. A few of them come
back to these courses year after year
while others pop up for one trip and
disappear forever or swing into line
again for a meeting or two at the tall
end of the season. At present a horse
that is good enough to win at a first
class half-mile track meeting, when
legged, up for the long stretch, can
give a good account of himself on any
mile track in almost any company.
Denver Quits Western League.
DENVER, Colo.. Dec. 29. Any doubt
that might have existed as to the ex
tension of a. Western League baseball
team in Denver was definitely ended to
day when Hugh Jones, owner of the
local Western League franchise, tele
graphed to the owners of the baseball
park here waiving his option on a re
newal of the lease of the park. This
will be the first time in more than 20
years that Denver has not been repre
sented in organized baseball.
Amherst Tennis Man Wins.
KEW YORK. Dec. 29. Edward H. Hen
driekson. of Amherst and the Haworth
Country Club, of Haworth. N. J., won
the junior National indoor singles lawn
tennis championship today at the Sev
enth Regiment Armory. He defeated
Harold L. Taylor, of the Brooklyn Prep.
School. Cecil Donaldson, of Brooklyn,
won the boys' National singles.
Tiger Purchase Enlists to Fly.
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Dec 30. H. S.
Ellison, first baseman, who was pur
chased by the Detroit Americans from
the St. Paul club last Fall, has en
listed in the aviation service. Ellison's
home is at Ola. Ark. Ellison finished
last season with the Tigers.
NO COMMISSION WANTED SOUTH
BY SLY PUGS AND PROMOTERS
Present Suspected Method of Evading California Law, Which Permits
Only Medals to Be Given Fighters, Is Regarded as Good Enough.
BY HARRY B. SMITH.
S'
AN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 29.
(Special.) One of the San Fran
Cisco evening papers the other day
printed a story of the coming this way
of Walter B. Honeyman, member of the
Portland boxing commission. It was
suggested that Walter would be able
to give us a lot of inside dope on box
lng commissions and perhaps help us to
form something of the sort for our
selves.
But the one who wrote that story
had the wrong steer. We want to keep
as far away from boxing commissions
as we can. Stick a commission into
San Francisco or California and there
would be no more boxing in this neck
of the woods. You know or you may
not know that we have a strict law
on the books, voted by the sovereign
people of the state, which has abol
ished anything but slmon pure amateur
bouts.
Now, the chances are we have over
stepped the law. Understand, I'm Just
hinting that perhaps such is the case.
Possibly we have used professionals or
boys who have been professionals. And
possibly, as well, they have received
something better than $35 medals for
their services.
Let's assume, for the sake of argu
ment, that such has been the case
Wouldn't we be in a nice pickle with a
boxing commission of upright citizens?
They'd have to study the law and then
enforce it. The consequence would be
limiting our fistic endeavors to the
amateur brand, and the amateur style
of scrapping isn't calculated to create
a world of enthusiasm.
So, having given this tip to some of
the faithful, the chances are there will
be no further remarks in the Golden
West anent a boxing commission. It's
one style that we can nicely do with
out.
Harry Foley remarked the other day
that he felt satisfied, if somebody
wanted to go through with the proposi
tion it would be easy to knock out the
present boxing measure that has put a
ban on the fight game.
"Lawyers have told me," he remarked,
"that the law Is unconstitutional. They
say it is illegal because it goes back of
the enactment of the law to say that
men who have been professionals can
not reform."
Harry was asked if he meant "retro
active," and remarked that was the
word he had in mind.
Really the Foley statement probably
has a world of truth in it. It is a
hard proposition to say to a fighter
that because he once accepted money
he is forever damned. In short, if a
professional of the days gone by wants
to reform and be an amateur he ought
to be given that opportunity.
But the trouble in getting such a law
declared unconstitutional is that all of
the Judges would duck the responsi
bility. It comes on pretty good au
thority that one of them who was asked
about the law, scratched his head, re
marked that it was probably unconsti
tutional, but that he wouldn't take the
responsibility of reversing the will ofi
the people. ,
That was not, as you remember, a
legislative-made measure, but rather
the voice of the people. And the will
of the people, whether or not It is con
stitutional, is not to be lightly re
garded. No, kind friends, no matter what we
may think, I can't see anybody stepping
forward to save the grand old game.
San Francisco sports lost one of their
"since-the-fire" hangouts when Graney's
billiard parlors went up in smoke the
other night. Of course it is going to
be rebuilt, but it will likely not be the
same.
Graney will be out of business fori
FAST CRAFT TO VIE
Motorboat Club to Hold An
nual Regatta Tomorrow.
VOGLER BOY III TO PERFORM
Special Feature Will Bo "Bang-
and-Go-Back" Event Following
Ra ccs Members Will Work on
Site for New Clubhouse.
In spite of high water and anything
else that may happen, the Portland
Motorboat Club will hold its annual
regatta tomorrow morning, beginning
at 11 o'clock. The Vogler Boy III will
give an exhibition of speed in a mile
dash against time.
The principal event of the regatta.
and one that is looked forward to with
a great interest. Is the "Bang-and-Go-Back,"
which is open to all motorboats
and in which one. boat stands as good
a chance to win as another.
In performing this stunt the boats all
start from the line as in any other race.
Then, at the sound of the starter's
pistol, all wheel and race back to the
starting line. The faster a boat trav
els, the farther It will have to go on
the return trip.
The following boats have been listed
as entries in the "Bang-and-Go-Back,"
and several more are expected to enter
before the time of the race:
Coremardo and Wanderlust (Fred
Vogler), Elslnore (Milton Henderson),
Naughty Girl (W. H. and E. Von der
Werth), Matgus (Gus Flemming),
Carmen (Leslie Graham), 12 P. M.
(Howard Hinckley), Neverin (William
Parham), Spear II (Ray Neuberger),
Leslie S. (Hallinan), Artisan (C. W.
Booth). Keno II (James Smith), Winde
muth II, Lou Woodward, Elena and
Lotus.
After the regatta the party will have
luncheon and then equip themselves
with overalls and axes for a visit to
Hardtack Island, where they will put
in several hours' work cleaning up
the site of the new clubhouse. This
part of the party will be a stag affair.
WATER POLO TITLE IS STAKE
Dreadnaughts and Destroyers Will
Battle for Northwest Honors.
The Dreadnaughts and Destroyers,
now tied for first place, will battle to a
finish next Saturday night for the
water polo championship of the North
west. Each of these teams has won
every game played, with the exception
of one game lost by each team to the
other.
Considerable Interest In this contest
Is developing at the Multnomah Club,
especially among the women, who will
be given an opportunity to watch the
match. The game will start at 8:18
o'clock, and will be preceded by an ex
some little time, since his parlors were
entirely ruined by the fire that oc
curred at . 4 o'clock in the morning.
Sooner or later, however, he will b
back and stronger than ever.
Willie Hoppe, who is making anothe
tour of the Western country, will b
in San Franciseo the fore part of Janu
ary. Only this last week he completed
a series of exhibitions In Los Angeles.
He is scheduled to open, at Wright's, in
this city, on January 7. and will put In
the days Intervening playing the tank
towns and the like.
Hoppe is accompanied on this trip by
Charles Peterson, a fancy-shot artist.
Of course the irrepressible manager, R,
B. Benjamin, is on hand getting as
much advertising as possible for his
champion.
Hoppe, they say, is better than ever
when it comes to his favorite gam
18.2 balkline billiards and Just as hard
to beat. He outclasses his opponents
so far -there is nothing to the exhlbl
tlons save an opportunity to see Willie
perform.
Young Jake Schaefer, who has been
playing at the Graney, set up a new
continuous record at red-ball billiards
last week, when he made a run of 49
The previous record was a straight 45.
Young Jake first of all ran 47 to break
the record and then broke his own
record with a 49 that will likely stand
for some time to come. Incidentally, it
might be remarked this is a world rec
ord and worthy of your notice, if you
happen to be a devotee of the green
cloth.
Though Jimmy Coffroth Is still In
Washington, D. G, trying to arrange it
so his Tiajuana track can open for bus!
ness, no reports have been received to
Indicate that Jimmy will have his way.
Me Has written friends that be is hope
xui or success. At tne best it is a
mighty slow proposition. A lot of
strlpgs will have to be pulled.
Meantime, of course, as many of the
horsemen as possible have pulled
stakes for other sections where the
can race their horses and the specu
lators wno are necessary for the finan
cial welfare of a track have folded their
tents and stolen away more or less
quietly.
It may not be any news, but the mem
bers of Johnny Beckett's U. S. Marines
football team will be mighty glad when
the New Year's game with the Camp
"wis soiaiers is over and they can re
turn to Marining.
These boys have had the longest sea
son of any football team in existence.
It seems like months to them since
they were organized, and, though they
realize mat puDllclty Is a good DroDOsi
tion for Marine Corps enlistments, the
boys themselves feel they would be
Detter off with some soldlerlntr.
rracticany all this time thev have
Deen aoing notning but keeplnsr in trim
Having an unbeaten record to date they
want to keep that intact. So Beckett
and Coach Bezdek have not the slight
est difficulty holding the boys to their
training.
However, after next TnMv th
urm. cnap wno mentions football to this
faithful band will come in for some-
tning or a beating.
. . , if iscuiiBin mm-
dleweight who arrived the other day
- ti.itv, ieu oan r rancisco
Without civins- th i
to see him in action. Eddie was of-
.cu a. ew i ear s day match with
Battling Ortega for the tented city in
Emeryville, but refused, saying that he
could not possibly train himself into
condition in such a short time. Eddie
hAS hnrHlv 1 . ,
" v. a. siwo iur six
months, and is smart enough to realize
w"i neea a lot of work to put
him risrht- MnrAva. i
. . . , w leg in come
Spee, burner, and a defeat here
uo a. doosi ror Eddie in the
hibition swim by Norman Ross, and fol
lowed by a social swim.
The teams will line up as follows:
Destroyers. Dreidnturhta.
lll, ,"fr. Capt)..LP Frank McHale
r; r "tsnorty" Oliver
Ed Humphrey RG A V xt-i
WHllam WS .!...Lo!!!." HosYord ?
f,'i.Jmer S George Grandy
stlnson G Paul Potter
George Gould Goal G. w. Smith
PERFECTSCORElS MADE
H. B. KEWIASD WISS PORTLAND
GCX CLUB'S HANDICAP SHOOT.
Fifty Straight Target. Broken; Cathey
and Downs Tie for Second Place,
Each Missing One Shot.
II- B. Newland won the free-for-all
handicap shoot on the Portland Gun
Club's range yesterday afternoon with
a perfect score of 50 targets. C. F.
Cathey was second, with 49 targets,
and A. K. Downs third with another
score of 49.
The clay pigeon artists tried a new
wrinkle on the handicap by adding
birds before the shoot in proportion to
the various contestants' previously es
tablished percentages. Thus, P. J. Hol
ohan, because of his well-known prow
ess, was allowed no extra birds at all,
while A. K. Downs, C. F. Cathey and
E. G. Hctwman, who have been shoot
ing about 94 per cent, were permitted
three extra birds apiece. W. C. Bris
tol, with his 20-gauge gun, was given
a handicap of 12 added birds. The
new handicap system worked out
equitably and brought the averages
up to such an extent that the lowest
score was 45.
The free-for-all handicap was fol
lowed by two team shoots between W.
C. Bristol's Wildcats and E. B. Morris'
Slippery Lizards. The Wildcats won
both events. Each shoot consisted of
25 targets.
The scores were:
Wildcats: Holohan. 25. 24; E. DeWItt
Connell. 24. 25; E. G. Hawman, 22, 24:
W. B. Hare. 14, 14.
Lizards: E. B. Morris. 19, 24; G B
Preston, 20, 19; A. K. Downs. 19, 20;
H. B. Newland, 24, 24; E. G. Chandler
18. 14.
The detailed results of the free-for-all
were as follows:
15 15 20 Ttl.
IS 14 18 50
14 13 19 49
14 14 IS 49
15 14 20 49
9 13 14 48
12 13 19 48
12 13 15 47
13 12 19 46
13 14 16 46
14 11 16 46
12 11 13 46
10 9 17 46
9 11 16 46
13 14 17 46
A. K. Downs ......
P. J. Holohan
W. C. Bristol
C. P. Preston . . .
K. a. Morris
B. G. Hawman ..
A. W. fitrowrer .
I- A. Spangler . .
K. O. Chandler
E. H. Keller . . .
Paskert Traded for Williams.
ager Moran, of the Philadelphia Na
tional league team, has announced
that Georsre H. Pnnkerr Philat.inki.
center fielder, had been traded for "Cy"
Williams, center fielder of the Chicago
National League club.
A loan fund of $10,000 for helping
poor students Is one of the features of
Henry Kendall College, In Oklahoma.
No more than 8200 a year is lent to any
student. The borrower must be a high
school graduate.
BOX G
HISTORY
1917 KALEIDOSCOPIC
In Shifting of Championships
Ring Titles Are Won by
Four Clever Fighters.
LEONARD SHOWS CLASS
New Yorker Makes Good as, Light
weight Titlcholder Pet Her.
man, Ted Xiewls and Mike
O'Dowd Win Ring Honors.
RING CHAMPIONS OF 1917.
Flyweight Jimmy Wilde.
Bantamweight Pete Herman.
Featherweight Johnny ICllbane.
Lightweight Benny Leonard.
Welterweight Ted Lewis.
Middleweight Mike O'Dowd.
Light-heavyweight (in dispute)
Title lies between Tommy
Gibbons, Battling Levinsky,
Harry Breb, Billy Miske.
Heavyweight Jess Willard.
The year of 1917 proved a disastrous
one for the champions, no less than
four titles changing hands. The new
titleholders are: Pete Herman, bantam
weight; Benny Leonard, lightweight;
Ted Lewis, welterweight, and Mike
O'Dowd, middleweight. Hardly a year
has past but that one champion has
been tossed into the discard, but 1917
probably was the first time In ring
history that four new champions have
been unearthed.
Pete Herman won the bantamweight
championship of the world from 'Kid
Williams at New Orleans last January,
and has defended It against all comers
since that time. Pete has done no side
stepping, accepting matches where the
terms were right without insisting for
no-decision contests in order to protect
his crown.
Benny Leonard copped the light
weight title by virtue of his defeat of
Freddie Welsh on a technical knockout
In New York last May. Leonard has
made good as a champion and rapidly
is becoming one of the most popular
ringsters that the game has ever
known. He has refused to accept stage
engagements, being satisfied to earn
money by actual ring combat. Since
winning the championship Benny has
taken part in is contests, scoring
knockouts in 12 of them. Leonard now
is a boxing instructor in the United
States Army, and is stationed at Camp
Upton, New York. At present it looks
as though he will not do any fighting
for a while, as it is difficult for him to
get leave of absence to box.
Ted ("Kid") Lewis was proclaimed
welterweight champion of the world
by defeating Jack Brltton, after more
than a dozen battles with the latter.
Lewis did not box like a champion
when he was out on the Coast last
month, but a San Francisco paper says
that he showed enough to take care
of the poor class of welterweights now
appearing before the public. When one
stops to look the field over it looks as
though there are quite a few good wel
terwelghts In the game at present.
Here are a few of the best: Jack Brit
ton. Bryan Downey, Joe Eagan. Marty
Cross, Johnny Griffiths, Johnny Till
man, Eddie Moha, "Soldier" Bartfleld
and Walter Mohr.
Mike O'Dowd owns a title that is
causing disputes all over the universe.
There are any number of light fans
who look upon Mike Gibbons as the
real champion and they are probably
right but the fact remains that
O'Dowd won the title when he knocked
out Al McCoy in six rounds in New
York last month.
McCoy won the championship when
he knocked out George Chip after the
latter had stopped Frank Klaus, the
Pittsburg bearcat, twice. Klaus was
looked on as the champion following
tne aeatn or Stanley Ketchell.
Johnny Kilbane still holds the feath
erweight title, despite his defeat at the
hands of Benny Leonard. They boxed
at the lightweight limit. The Cleve
lander has announced that he will not
re-enter the ring for some time, per
haps never again. At any rate, he will
not take a chance of losing the title
until he has finished his duties as box
ing instructor at one of Uncle Sara's
camps. s
The light-heavyweight championship
is up in the air. It seems to lie be
tween Tommy Gibbons, Harry Greb,
Billy Miske and "Battling" Levinsky.
Many look on Levinsky as the best of
this combination, but the record book
shows that Miske won a 12-round de
cision over him this year, and Harry
Greb beat Miske recently.
Jess willard still is the heavyweight
champion. He has never had a chance
to lose it, and it probably will be some
time before he is deprived of his
laurels.
San Diego promoters are figuring on
"Red" Watson-"Fighting" Jimmy
Darcy (Valley Trambitas) contest.
Watson has issued a challenge and
asks for two weeks to get in shape.
it is aouDtrui lr "Red" could get in
shape in six months. Billy DeCoursey,
the featherweight, is managing- Tram
bitas in the south.
Tommy Simpson will stage a show
at Emeryville, Cal.. today. He has ar
ranged a double main event for his
card. Frankle Malone will meet Lee
Johnson and Frank Barrleau will clash
with Eddie Palmer, the colored middle
weight. -
BASKET BALL SEASOX CLOSES
Anderson's Team Beats Morton's
Quintet for Winged "M" Title.
The championship of the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic Club was won Sat
urday night by Anderson's team in a
post-season basketball game with Mor
on s team of the House League. Both
earns were tied for the chamDlonshin
at the close of the regular season, each
having met with but one defeat
during the course of the season.
Anderson's team won the championship
by a 31-to-25 score in the play-off.
The club made a feature of the cham
pionship game. A large crowd turned
out and enjoyed the battle. Members
of the winning aggregation were pre-
entea witn gold medals.
The teams lined up as follows:
Anderson 3D Morton
Stinson F.... Sharp
Anderson F" Morton
Mix C Mulrhead
Reisch G Toomey
Dranga G Royston
iteieree, iiarry iscner.
COAST ATHLETICS CONTINUE
Swimming, Track Meets and Basket
ball Occupy Attention.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30. Although
Mars Is making up the schedules and
occupying the box-office. Spring sports
on the Pacific bid fair to go along
with the same old swing aa of yore.
The swimming fans may expect to
see Miss Fannie Durack, the wonderful
Australian swimmer, contesting for the
elusive 600-yard title with the Frances
Cowells and the Mabel Greens of the
Pacific slope. There is talk already
of importing fast swimming teams to
Honolulu and vice versa. Although
Pacific Coast Conference regattas have
been cut down in numbers, the track
men will more than make up for
the dearth . of rowing. The basket
ball artists of Stanford University and
the Universities of California and Ne
vada and many minor institutions are
already whipping a schedule Into shape.
ATHLETICS TO CONTINUE
FUNDS FROM FIELD SPORTS TO AID
SOLDIERS' CAMPS.
Efforts Will Be Made to Urge All Kinds
of Sports Among Troops Daring
Coming Season.
BY CHARLES A. DEAN.
President Amateur Athletic Union of the
-United States.
The year 1918 is going to see more
athletic competition than at any time
in the history of our country. Most of
it will, however, be of a different na
ture than the competitive athletics we
have been accustomed to for many
years. The United States Government
is developing the greatest lot of
athletics that the world has ever known
and. although they may not have the
systematic physical training that the
Germans have had, it will not take this
country many years to surpass them, if
the athletic training in connection with
the military training at our various
Army and Navy camps is kept up the
same as in the past six months. .
It has been proven the past few
months that athletic training and com
petition are as big an essential to
military training as shooting or
bayonet practice. Instead of our big
gest competitive games and meets be
ing open affairs this coming year, most
of these are going to be in connection
with. Army and Navy camps. Neverthe
less, Just as many athletic meets should
be held and, I believe, will be held as
in former years. The performances
may not be as classy, but we still have
the athletes to draw from who are
either under or over the draft age. be
sides the athletes now In the service
and adjacent to centers where meets
will be held.
As regards championships, all the
National championships in every line
of sport will be held and an endeavor
made to have the 14 different associa
tions of the A. A. U. hold all their sec
tional championships also. These cham
pionshlps, as well as all the big open
athletic meets the coming year, should
be. and 90 per cent of them will be.
run for the benefit of athletic eauio-
ment funds for the different camps or
for the camps of our soldiers across
the water. The football season just
closed has netted thousands of dollars
for this fund for the different camDs.
and the indoor season, which is so much
longer, should net thousands of dollars
additional.
These camps are all badly in need of
athletic buildings to play basketball,
volley ball, hold boxing and wrestling
and other sports. Everyone of the 32
camps have two or three of these build
ings large enough to mark off at least
three basketball courts. These build
ings would probably cost in the neigh
borhood of $25,000 each. So it can
readily be seen what , a large amount
of money will be required. Tliese
buildings are an absolute necessity, es
pecially in the northern camps, where
outdoor athletics cannot be Indulged
in for possibly six months out of the
year. All competitive athletics nhmilrl
be kept up during this war, as we
cannot afford to let our athletes lose
even one year and deteriorate physical
ly. Tills is President Wilson's wish.
and we who are vitally Interested in
the welfare of amateur athletics are
going to do everything in our power to
Keep tne games up to standard.
I have been asked manv times what
will all these athletes that the Gov
ernment is making do after the war is
over. we will take care of them
Where one meet a week is held now.
tnree or lour a week will be held in all
the large centers, and then when we
get the much-needed universal service
let physical education and competitive
athletics be a part of military training.
BOWLING CONTEST IS STAGED
R. V. Jones Defeats George Crisp In
Belated "Comeback."
After losing five games on the Port
land Alleys and five on the Oregon
Alleys to George Crisp. R. V. Jones
rallied Saturday night and defeated his
opponent In a third five-game series
by a score of 980 to 940. Jones rollnd
the high score of the entire series of
lb games, dropping 226 pins in the
ntn game.
The results of the series in detail
were as follows:
On Portland allevs
Crisp 218 203 208 172 179 980
Jones 1SI 183 173 188 147 881
On Oregon alleva. first match
CrlsD 191 102 108 1BR 191 071
Jones 188 187 191 183 173 920
On Oregon alleys, second match
Jones 2L'1 221 1R9 179 195 980
Crisp 163 188 181 212 196 940
The league will begin rolllnsr the
iis season Wednesday night at 8
o'clock.
Italy's wine crop will be a bumper
one of 40.000,000 hectoliters (1.056.710.-
000 gallons), as against 28,000.000 hec
toliters i739, 697.000 gallons) In 1916.
commerce: star athlete,
WHO IS COACHING HAS
KETBALL TEAM.
Morris Rogonar,
Morris Rogoway, who has been
the mainstay of athletics at the
High School of Commerce In
every branch of sports since the
school was organized, this year
is coaching the basketball team.
Last year he made one of the
all-star teams himself and Is
one of the most accurate basket-shooters
in the league. Com
merce defeated both James John
and Hill last year, due princi
pally to Rogoway's excellent
work. Besides coaching the team,
he will play a forward position
again this season.
SPECIAL TRAIN
SERVICE
ACCOUNT
HOLIDAYS
DEC. 31
Train 327, now running between Portland and
Oswego, will be extended to Newberg on trip leaving
Portland, Monday, Dec. 31, making usual stops be
tween Portland and Oswego. Train leaves Portland
City Ticket Office at 11:38 P. M arriving Newberg
at 12:55 A. M.
City Ticket Office,
Phones: Main
JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES
MINOR SPORT GOOD
Billiards, Bowling, Skating and
Auto Racing Thrive.
ALLEY RECORDS SMASHED
Vermont's Roll 1200 In Chicago in
1917, While Two-Man Team Sets
Mark of 511 and One Pair
Make 1346 in 3 Games.-
Considerable attention was paid to
the so-called minor sports during the
year that Is now drawing to a close.
Billiards came in for a lot of interest.
and frequent tournaments were staged
throughout the country. A feature was
the return of Alfredo de Oro to the
world championship stage In three
cushions, and he has now held the
title for more than three months.
Arthur Staff, a Chicago lad, was the
big noise" among the amateur skat
ers. He has taken ud the Job where
A. Anderson, Harry Klaad and Bobbie
McLean left off. A number of cham
pionships belong to him.
JUowllng went big in 1917. and sev
eral records were smashed. The 1290
score rolled by the Vermonts in Chi
cago during the Winter was something
worth mentioning; 611 was set by a
iwo-man team In the A. B. C. tournev
In the Windy Citiy, and another pair
notched 1346 in three games.
Although It Is rather difficult to se
lect any speed champions among the
auto drivers. Ralph De Palma seems
to have the edge on the others and Is
entitled to the crown. His 112.4 miles
per hour at Sheepshead Bay Speedway
was considerable of a trick.
Following are some of the lead in
events of the year:
Billiards.
January 12 Frank Taber.kl r.t.i
world packet billiard title at Pittsburg,
beating- James Maturo. 450 to 420.
February 2 Charlea A. McCort. Plttaburg-,
won world's three-cushion title. beatlna
George Moore, lflo to 122. at New York
February 25 F. Taberski retalnori wrM
pocket billiard title at Voungitown, Ohio
beating L. Kreutler, 450 to 31)8.
March 8 Nathan Hale, Boston, won Na
tional amateur 18.2 title at Soston, beating
T. M. Clarltson. Boston, 400 to 224.
March 13 Charles McCourt retained world
three-cushion title at Cleveland, beatinr H
Lean, ISO to 144.
April 14 F. F. Taberski retained world
pocket billiard title at Akron, Oblo, beating
April 16 Charles McCourt set what was
oenevea to oe world's mark when he beat
Hugh Heal. SO to 17, In 36 Innings of three
cushion billiards at Cleveland.
April 21 Bob Cannefax, St. Louis, beat
Otto Relsalt. 150 to 122. at Pittsburg in
three-cushion tourney, in 138 innings
wgnu a rflcoru.
April 23 Pierre Maupome, Cleveland,
clinched Interstate three-cushion billiard
league title at Cleveland by beating Charles
,!I1S, on to z.
April 28 Bob Cannefax won world's three
cushion title at Akron, beating Charles Mc
Court, 150 to 135.
May 24 F. Taberski retained world pocket
uiuiaru tin at ouiiaio, Deating larry stout'
enburgh. Buffalo, 450 to S67.
September 7 Alfredo De Oro won world's
tnree-cusnion title at st. ljouls, beating R.
L. Cannefax. 160 to 148.
October 2S Alfredo De Oro retained world
three-cushion title at New York, beating
Skating.
January 1 Arthur Staff. Chicago, won
mile open at Slelpner A. C. meet In 3:19.
R. McWhirter. second.
January 28 A. Staff won silver skates
derby at Chicago In 0:42 4-5. Lnmn
ond.
February 1 A. Staff won International in
door amateur title for seniors at Saranac
Lake. N. Y., and Charles Jewstraw, Lake
Placid, the junior title. Staff won the 440-
yard dash in :40. the half-mile in 1:24 2-5
and the three-mile in 8:35 1-5.
February 25 A. Rogers set world's rec
ord for 26-mlle marathon of 1:25:22 at
Troy. N. Y.
March 8 A. Staff won Quarter, thru.
Quarter and three-mile indoor title at Pltts-
ourg in :m i-o. i:oo 3-o and 8:21 2-5.
Bowling.
January 22 Vermonts. in thrti-tim.
series with Musseys at Chicago, smashed all
records witn an average of 1150 2-5. Their
scores;
1st a
Johnson 238 278 2ns
Mamell 241 !) '.'.7
Argie 215 212 180
Wolfe ion inn nn
J. Miller 217 213 278
Total 1101 1061 1290
February 26 Frank Marnell. Vermonts. in
Windy City League, rolled 300 score against
Franks at Chicago.
March 16 Birk Brothers. Chicasro. set
two congress marks at A. B. C, Grand
Rapids 3061 total and a 1102 average first
ever rolled above 1100 in big meet.
March 17 Nick and Ben Budinger, Chi
cago, bowled 1312 In two-man event of A.
B. C. at Grand Rapids world's record. Nick.
224. 247, 226: Ben, 231. 191. 193.
March 18 Frank McCaughan-Henry
Peachey. Indianapolis, set world record of
1314 in two-man event at Grand Rapids.
McCaughan. 210, 250, 201; Peachey. 207. 244.
202.
March 20 Rudl Myer and Louis Wa Mark
er, St. Louis, set world's record of 511 In
two-man single game at Grand Rapids.
March 23 In A. B. C. at Grand Raolds.
J. F. Garrett. Kokomo. Ind., set world's rec
ord of 721 in doubles for three best games
with unloaded ball.
March 24 In A. B. C. at Grand Rapids,
Gus Batorls and William Holxshub, Peoria, 1
131 Fourth Street.
8800, A 6704.
set world s record of 1348 In two-man event.
"35 ' ' 21' 220; HolIhub. 186. 237.
. M1 26-Blrk Brothers. Chicago, won
A- B. c. five-man event at Grand Rapids,
when their 8061 was not touched
March 27 Otto Kallus. Rochester, won A.
?op C-,2erle8 tlUe at Grand Rapids, with
698 A Rodee. Milwaukee. 697. Satorls and
Holrshub took two-man title with their
1346.
May 21 Blouln-Bi-ucks won five-man title
of Illinois at Chicago, with 2064. Also got
high team game of 1031. Brucketts second,
with 2916.
Antos.
May 10 Billy Taylor In Newman-Stutzi
won 10,000 trophy race at Uniontown, Pa.
112 miles In 1:15:38. average of 88.8 miles
an hour; Eddie Hearne in Duesenberg, sec
ond: Louis Chevrolet In Frontenac, third.
May 30 Louis Chevrolet In Frontenac won
250-mile race at Cincinnati in 2:26:48, av
erage of 102.18; Ira Vail in Hudson, second;
Gaston Chevrolet In Frontenac, third: Tom
Milton in Duesenbers. fourth, and E. Cooper
in Stutz, fifth.
June 12 Arthur Kline set world's record
of 30:47 for 25 miles on half-mils dirt track
at Lincoln.
June 16 E. Cooper, Stutz, won 250-mile
derby at Chicago in 2:25:28.8. average of
103.1: R. Mulford, Hudson, second. Worlds
record set by Mulford 130 miles In 1:26:29.4,
and 200 miles in 1:55:11.15.
July 4 Ralph Mulford. Hudson, won 150
mlle race at Omaha in 1:23:53, average of
101. Joe Thomas, Mercer, second; Walter
Haines, Mercer, third.
July 4 Ralph De Palma In match race
with Barney Oldfield at Detroit set world'f
record for 25 miles on circular one-mill
dirt track of 21:02 2-6.
July 14. Ira Vail, Hudson, won 100-mll
American Red Cross Derby at St. Paul la
1:02:20. average of 96.31; Dave Lewis. Hos
kins, second: Earl Cooper, third.
July 23 Bill Rader, Packard, at Sheeps
head Bay, set world's records five miles on
two-mile board oval In 4:55 4-5; 121 Vi miles
an hour; two miles. 52:20, average of 123.88
miles per hour.
August 2 Joe Dawson, Chalmers, at
Sheepshead Bay, set world's record of 1900
1-6 miles in 24 hours.
August 11 Barney Oldfield, In race with
De Palma at St. Louis, set two world records
15-mlle race in 12:04; 10-mile race in
7:38 4-5.
September 3 Ralph De Palma. at Chicago,
set world's record for 20 and 60 miles for
cars of 231 to 300 cubic Inches displace
ment 11:02.7 (average of 108 7-10) and
2S:09, (average of 106.5). He drove a Pack
ard. L. Chevrolet In Frontenac won 100
mile race In 56:29.5, average of 106.5.
September 22 Louis Chevrolet, Frontenac.
won 100-mile race for Harkness gold trophy
at Sheepshead Bay In 54:28.98. more than
111 miles an hour world's competitive rec
ord; De Palma, Packard, second.
October 29 Eddie Hesrne. Duesenberg,
won autumn classic. 168 miles, at Uniontown.
Pa.. In 1:49:02.85. Tom Milton. Hudson,
second.
November 12 Ralph De Palma set world's
record In trial at Sheepshead Bay 300
cubic-inch Packard of 112.4 miles an hour.
Former hour record was 107. made by Jean
Chatsaoue in Sunbeam at Brooklands track,
England, in 1910. with engine of 600 cubic
inch piston displacement.
November 20 Eddie Hearne won 50-mila
Liberty sweepstakes at Ascot. Los Angeles,
In 41:54 4-10. average of 71. 5j Multon, sec
ond, and Chevrolet, third.
ROSS GIVES SWIM EXHIBITION
World's Champion, Portland Boy,
Performs at Multnomah Club.
Norman Ross, the Portland boy who
holds the world's championship In the
220-yard and 440-yard dashes, and
Louis Balback. champion diver, gave an
impromptu exhibition Friday night at
the Multnomah Club tank. The audi
ence was small but appreciative.
Ross swam 100 yards In 56 2-5 sec-
onds and did a little fancy throwing
with the water polo ball. Balback con
tributed a few two-and-a-half front
flipB. with other difficult stunta
thrown in.
Ross established two new world's
records recently when he did the 220
in 2:213-5 and the 440 in 5:13 2-5.
MORE PROTECTION IS ASKED
Representative Sinnott Urges Num
ber of Parcel Post Packages.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Dec. 19. Representative Sin
nott today took up with the Postoffice
Department the matter of investigat
ing the advisability of numbering par
cel post packages, and registering them
at the sending and receiving post
offices. Complaints have been made
that danger of theft of packages, es
pecially on out-of-the-way routes is
much greater than theft of a letter
written to Mary Jones by Jack Smith,
and that it would be well to have some
sort of a check on the packages.
It Is said that some star-route con
tractors leave parcel post In wagons
unguarded and sleep away from their
loads; and the temptation to commit
petty thefts is too great to be resisted.
If contractors were held responsible
for the loss of packages they would
guard them more carefully.
'Bobbie Shaffer" Gets New Name.
WASHINGTON'. Dec. 20. Bobbie
Shaffer henceforth will be known as
Robert William Meinzer. a petition for
adoption of the infant child having
been filed by Oscar B. Meinzer. of the
geological survey, and his wife, Mrs.
Alice C. Meinzer. The petitioners state
that the child was born November 7,
1913. and is a foundling In the Chris
tian Home- Orphanage of Council
Bluffs, la., and that they Intend to
ake him their legal heir. Attorney
T. H. Linton represented the peti
tioners. Miss Elizabeth Clark is the pioneer
woman boarding officer of the United
States immigration service. She Is at
tached to the San Francisco district
and is compelled to board all Incoming
foreign vessels that arrive at that port.