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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5, 1918.
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SHOW WARES HERE
Clever San Francisco Ringster
Is on His Way to Portland
to Meet Trambitas.
GOOD RING RECORD HELD
Ushtwrlght Claim Pacific Coast
Title t'at Bouts to Be hern
ml l-:lecnth-Mreet l'laj
bonse 1'rldajr Night.
George Moore, nunifer and - match
traker of tha Golden West Athletic
lu. received a telegram from Dolph
Thomas In Pan Francisco yesterday
statin that he had lft for Portland
aocompanled by Krankle Karren last
Kuht and thai t,hey will arrive here
bun dir.
Karren will start training as soon a
he arrives for his elx-round tilt with
Ales Trambitas at the Eleventh-Street
Palybouse Friday night. Frankle Is
an I'ranclnroi leading 133-pounder
and Is the pride of that rlty at hie
-weight. Karren has defeated nearly
every good hoy at his weight around
the Golden Gate section. Among the
oys he has battled are Dick Kondall.
Krankie Tucker and Harry Pelslnger.
In his last contest several weeks ago
Vrankie stopped Jimmy Ford. the
North Beach terror. In one round at
lream'and Rink.
Kama Beets KeadalU
Farren Is a natural 133-poonder and
claims the lightweight championship
or the Pacific Coast by virtue of his
win ovr Lirk Kendall. Farren won
from Kendall right after Dick had
Vaten Muff Bronaon In San Francisco.
The tlronson-Kendall bout was for the
Pacific Coast lightweight title and.
since he defeated Kendall. Farren has
hern recognized hy most of the au
thorities as the Coast champion.
Alex Trambitas. the sensational
K-year-oid Portland boxer who has
hern coming to the for like a
j.rairle fire. la the latest boxer
to depute his claim to the cham
pionship and. although only a few of
the local fistic followers have seen
Karren In action In San Francisco. It la
tho general Impression that Farren
will have to be some boxer to beat
TramMias. la his two big matches
here Trambitas handled himself like a
veteran and drfrat'd two of Portland's
leading llshtwelghts Pete Mitchie and
Muff Bronson Alex locks to be the
b-t prospect that has started In Port
land in recent years and the fans are
watching his rise with Interest.
Fast Card la Praealeetf.
Farren holds the same position In
Fan Francisco as Alex Trambitas does
In Portland and the Bay City fana re
gard blm aa a comer In the pugilistic
ranks. It now remaina to be seen
whether Farren can keep up his record
cr go down to defeat under the light
ning punches of Alex Trambitas. Port
land's latest entry for country-wide
lightweight honors.
Matchmaker Moore has lined up a
strong card of bouts to back the Tram-bitas-Farren
match and will Intro
duce several new faces to the Hone
City boxing fana. Pet Mitchie. the
tiattltnr Dane. will tangle with
"Young Ham I-angford. of San Fran
cisco. In the seml-wlndup. Langford Is
the colored lightweight champion of
tha Coast and haa a record of 21
straight bouts without lose In Califor
nia. Langford weighs only about 133
!nunds and Is said to. be a whirlwind
tvpe of boxer, which Is Just the kind
that will put up a real battle with
M.rchle. Mitchie Is at home with a boy
that keeps boring In and tha faster
thev come the better he likes them.
Mnore also has signed Billy Mascott
to meet tanny Kdwards. Romeo Hagen
to meet Pat Bradley and on other
match will round out a card full of real
battles.
Joe Jeanette haa an Interesting prop
osition. Joe sa tl.at he Is only 31
years old. In perfect condition and Idle
In the ring only because he has a bard
time finding anyone to fight him. lie
adds that less than three weeks ago he
gave Sam Langford a terrific lacing
in Toledo.
Joe'a proposition Is simple. H de
sires to fight either Frank Moran or
Fred Fulton and turn his entire share
over to the Red Cross. He thinks that
he could stop Fulton and Moran within
li round! and h Isn't looking for
money for himself anywhere along the
line. Jeanette has been doing about
three nights a week of boxing In New
Jersey training camps for the enter
tainment of the soldier.
He saya that If he coukl get Wlllard
In the ring with him he would Ilk to
have It to a finish.
He haa always been strong for the
finish staff. In his fla-ht with Earn Mc
Vey In Paris Sam knocked blm down
: I times, but Jeanette stayed with blm
and beat htm In the end.
AKLKTA JO'IORS ARK WINNERS
Immaculate Heart- (julntrt Downed
to Tune of 30 to II.
The Arleta Junior defeated the Im
maculate Heart basketball team Thurs
day nlaht by a score of 30 to 11. Steele
was the star for Immaculate Heart,
while Stafford and Thomas road the
most points for Arleta.
Next Wednesday night the Arleta
team will play Gilbert Station on the
home floor.
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HOCKEY GAME SKIT SALE ON
Reservations May Ho Made Today at
Palace or Spaulding's.
The seat sale tor the Seattle-Portland
hockey game, to be played at the Ice
Palace on Tuesday night, will open this
morning. Reservatlona may be made
at the palace or at A. G. Spaulding A
Bros.
Much intereat Is being evinced In this
game, as Seattle shut Portland out and
won by a single point In the last three
econds of play In the recent overtime
game at Seattle. Manager Muldoon'a
Koscbuds are out for revenge when the
Metropolitans come to town next week.
White Sox Not Jilt by War.
CHICAGO. Jan. i. Drafting of men
of the nrst class only, proposed to Con
gress by Provost Marshal-General
t'rowder. would mean that the world
champion Chicago Americans could go
through the coming season with their
last year's Itneup practically unchanged
so far as military service I concerned.
I rban Faber. pitcher, and Jour4an, a
substitute nrst baseman, are said to be
the only men who will be In th first
ciass. The National team possibly may
lose IS men. but with th exception of
Alexander and Kilduff. most of them
art recruit.
BOXER
HOCKEY PLAYERS WHO STARRED IX THRILLING GAME AT
VANCOUVER LAST NIGHT.
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SQUAD LACKS VETERANS
WAJHIXGTOX COACH 8 AYS BASKET
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IS Mea Are Trying; far Peeltloas
ta Tessa First Gssae ta Be
Playeat With Aggies.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. Se
attle. Jan. . (Special.) Washington
will open Ita basketball season against
Oregon Agricultural College three
wekshence without a single experi
enced player and not even one who ha
belonged to a previous varsity squad.
Coach Hunt has only IS men from
which to pick a team and admits that
this season's turnout Is the most dis
couraging he haa met In his coaching
career.
Neither Riddle. William nor Dailey.
all of whom were counted on aa first
string men and who are still In col
lege, have come out of retirement and
have so far shown no inclination to
return to the game. Riddle and Dalley.
each .married and working part time
outside of college, cannot see their
way clear to give up their Joba for
basketball. Rogers, a veteran sec
ond team man. has entered the officers'
training camp at Camp Lewis.
CSIlluly. right end on the 1917 foot
ball team. I making a strong bid for
one of the forward positions, while
Nesbltt. last year a star on the fresh
man basketball live, snows up strong
at the other. Slack, a senior who has
been out a year, is giving both men
close rub. and Crawford, a sophomore
midget, is being given a chance to
show hi class.
Four candidatea for center are
Jamleaon, who held the position on the
freshman five la.t year; Burke, for
merly a local high school luminary:
Guenther. a product of Astoria High
School, and Kuebner. a South Bend
man. Jamleson. because of hi height,
ia .leading the field, but Burke and
Guenther are pressing him close.
Charley Perry, a Broadway product.
and Irvln Cooki of lat year a rresn
maif squad, are leading the race for
gvard. with Hoffman, senior; Hoi brook
and Waller. sophomores. opposing
them.
BASKETBALL IS TONIGHT
FAST GAME BETWKK.X SEASIDE
AXD YA IXGED "M" IS EXPECTED,
Visitors la Five Matrhea Obtala Total
f 312 Peiats Against Oppoaeata.
Leral Teaaa la Good shape.
The Multnomah Club quintet will open
It basketball season In a game with a
picked Ave from Seaside tonight. The
curtain-raising gam bids fair to be
one of the real contests of the season.
Th Seaside ooys have played five
games so far. and have run up 212
polnta to their opponents' 79. The club
players have been practicing faithfully
and are In good condition.
The lineup of the Seas aggrega
tion has not yet been announced. The
squad consists of King, formerly of the
Aggies: Spear and Alward. of Mount
Angel: Gryting. who played for Wis
consin; Kearney, of the Columbus Club;
Pritchard and the Langhart brothera.
Th Multnomah players will line up
with Stlnson and Sharp aa forwards.
Mix at center. Toomey and Morton at
guard, and Dunlway a substitute.
As th club team 1 aa yet witnout a
captain, it Is expected that tlieplay-
ers will get together and elect one just
before the gme. The contest is to
start at CIS I'. M. An admission of
IS cent will be charged to cover the
expense or th Sea. Itie team.
Secretary Quit Cubs.
CHICAGO. Jan. 4. Resignation of
Charles G. Williams, for. 3V years sec-
t77cDon-3?ci -
Vancouver Defends c
retary of the Chicago National Leagu
baseball club, was announced today by
President Charles Weeghman. He will
be succeeded by Walter Craighead,
brother-in-law of Mr. Weeghman.
WATER POLO GAME POSTPONED
V
Destroyers and Dreadnanghts Will
Hold Match Saturday, Jan. 19.
The gam between "Doc" Roller'
Destroyer and O. J. Hosford' Dread
noughts, of tha Multnomah Water Pol
League, to have been played tonight
has been postponed until Saturday,
January 19. The date conflicted wit
that of the big Multnomah-Seaslde has
ketball game, so Referee Cpcy decide
to postpone the match.
Next Saturday Is set aside for th
state swimming championship meet, s
the water polo championship will be
decided on the following Saturday.
The Destroyers and the Dreadnought
are leading the Water Polo League, and
the coming post-season game is to de
cide the championship. Ross Roller
play center for the Destroyers, Lock
Webster and Ed Humphrey are for
wards, Stlnson is guard and Enke goal.
The Dreadnoughts have McHale at cen
ter, Hosford and Morris as forwards,
Oliver and Grandy taking turns a
guard and Smith a goalie.
Che championship match between
these two teams, which have met with
but one defeat this season, is one of the
big aquatic event of the year and is
looked forward to with much interest.
DEAL FOR PRATT HANGS EIRE
Fielder Jones' Second Baseman May
Not Go to Yankees.
NEW YORK, Jan. . Miller Hugglns,
the new manager of the New York
Americans, announced today that all
negotiations for the purchase of DeVrll
Pratt, the St. Louis American second
basemen, had been called off temporar
ily-
The New York National League club
announced today that it had received
1918 contract from Ferdinand Schupp,
Adam Swtgler and Schepner, a recruit
Infield.
President Tener, of the National
League, held a conference today with
Presidents Hempstead, Lbbetts and Ba
ker, of the New York, Brooklyn and
Philadelphia clubs, at which routine
affairs of the league were discussed.
St. Francis Live Wires Win.
The St. Francis Live Wires took the
Immaculate Heart Foresters Into camp
Thursday night by a score of 30 to 14,
Flynn and Kropp starred for the win
ners and Murnane and Calvin for the
Forester.
The summary:
Llvs Wires (30). Pol. (14)
Duffy (Capu) F.
Jumea Flynn F
Forstrs.
. John Klynn
, Calvin
pt.) Murnane
.... Sullivan
Kropp C. . . . Cl
Jacobbrger ........ .G
fanning .G. ...... .
booting Hpsre
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' Cubs Get Pitcher Tyler.
CHICAGO. Jan. 4. George Tyler, of
the Boston Nationals, rated as one of
the most effective left-handed pitchers
in the National League, was traded to
the Chicago Nationals tonight for Larry
Doyle, the veteran second baseman, and
Arthur Wilson, a catcher. In addition
President Weeghman. of the Chicago
club. Is reported to have added a check
for U.0UO.
Pool Champion Defends Title.
MILWAUKEE. Wis., Jan. 4 Frank
Taberskl successfully defended his
title as pocket billiard champion of the
world by dereattng Ralph Greenieaf,
450 to 3j5. In a match here tonight.
Greenieaf won tonight's block. 162 to
142, but could not overcome Taberskl's
lead. Taberskl now becomes perma
nent owner of the pocket billiard em
blem. Pitcher Toney in Class I.
NASHVILLK, Tenn.. Jan. 4. Fred
Toney. pitcher of the Cincinnati Na
tionals, who recently 'was arrested by
Federal authorities here on the charge
of conspiracy to violate the selective
service regulations, was placed In Class
I today by a local exemption board of
Davidson County.
ANGQUVER I
s
HUE HOCKEY GUI
Seattle Loses After 25 Min
utes 35 Seconds of Score
less Overtime.
RESULT IS THREE TO TWO
Cyclone Taylor Nets Puck In Great
Contest by Great Dash of Speed
Down Ice Through En
tire Met Llne-Cp.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Jan, 4. Van
couver tonight won the opening game
of the hockey season here from Seat
tle by a score of S to 2 In overtime.
The deciding goal was made by "Cy
clone" Taylor after 25 minute and 35
seconds of scoreless overtime playing.
A big crowd of hockey fans saw
Taylor's brilliant dash through the
entire Seattle team at the climax of one
of. the greatest games ever staged in
the Pacific Northwest. The crowd waa
tense with 'excitement throughout the
entire overtime period, and only some
wonderful work by the opposing goalies
kept the contest from being decided
earlier.
Taylor's speed and skill In handling
the puck was the big outstanding fea
ture of the game, which was replete
I with personal clashes between the play
ers, hut was devoid of apparent inten
, tlonal roughness.
Summary:
Vancouver t3) Poiitlon. Seattle tl
Lehman .......... .(I. ............ . Fowler
Cook P Rows
McDonald CP Rickey
Mackay. 1 R Riley
Taylor. 2 C Morris
Rtsnley Rw 2. Roberts
Moynes LW Wilson
Substitutes Vancouver, Jewell.
ficore by periods: '
Vancouver.... 110 1 3
Seattle 1 1 0 0 2
Assists Vancouver, McDonald.
Referee G. Irvln.
Penalties Vancouver, Moynes, 3 minutes;
Seattle. Morris. 5 minutes; Riley, 8 minutes.
RITCHIE PLACED IN CLASS I
Boxer Must Fight in Right Way
Now, Says Exemption Board.
PAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 4. (Special.)
"If he wants to fight let him fight
In the right way." Such is said to bs
the purport of what the 12th district
exemption board said, if not the exact
words, when Willie Ritchie, or Gear
hardt A. Steffen, boxing instructor at
Camp Lewis, was placed In the first
class of the draft list. Also comes the
word that Ritchie, having been placed
In Class I. is going to stick there un
less there Is a reversal decision or ac
tion by the President.
"Ritchie's questionnaire stated that
he was in the military service," said
John Phillips, of the exemption board,
today. "Such is not the case. At least,
we do not consider him entitled to such
a 'rating. So there was nothing left
to do but to place him In Class I. He
can take an appeal if he wishes, but
our board will stand pat."
SEATTLE METS GET LEO COOK
Former Spokane Player Joins Pat
rick's Contenders.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 4. (Special.)
With the addition of Leo Cook, for
mer Spokane player, the Seattle hockey
squad is now complete. Cook joined
the club at Vancouver today. He held
down a berth In the Spokane club last
season, playing a defense position on
the Canaries. He will be used as utility
by Lester Patrick.
With Manager Patrick on the side
lines, the locals are ready for the stif
fest kind of a match now, giving the
Mets two spare men to taka the places
of faltering regulars.
J. Ryan Defeats E. LkRoth.
J. Ryan defeated E. L. Roth Thurs
day night in the three-cushion billiard
tournament flnau now In progress a
the Waldorf parlors. Ryan, Roth and
Goodland are all possible winners o
the tournament.
Captain Bill, Yessir, Gets Big
Boost From Sagebrushland.
Eastern Oregon Cowboy Write
About Seeond Baseman's Qaallfl
ration for Manager f Portland
Team.
TT ERG'S a letter Juda-e McCredle re
n celved in bis mall yesterday morn
ing that will be of Interest to Port
land baseball fans who have been
boosting Captain William Rodgers as
manager of the Portland Beavers. The
letter, appearing in all the glory of Its
original conception, is very convincing,
and shows that Captain Bill has back
ers all over the state.
Let's go:
"Mr. Jidge McCredie,
Base Ball club,
Portland, Ore.
"Dear Sir: I don't know whether
got a note a coming or not as I am way
ot in the Wilds of Eastern Oregon. But
I like to say that old captain Bill Rode
era is the man who can stick the Colts
or Bevers at the top and keep them
their. Old Bill is the guy who can ride
them strat up as I have seen him ride
Bull and scratch him ever Jump.
"Put Old Bill at the whell and Port
land Will bring home the Bacon.
am not the only man who thinks so
but their is another who thinks the
same.
"Hers hopping Bill Wins the Battle.
"iours Truly,
"JOHN PETERSON &
"JOHN TAYLOR."
So you see. Bill, they even come in
frcm Arlington, Or., to watch you play.
LENINE NAMES ROYALIST
Director of Imperial Slav Bank Is
Notorious for Intrigues.
STOCKHOLM. Jan. 4. A belated
Petrograd dispatch received here today
announced that Nikolai Lenine, the
Bolshevik Prime Minister, had ap
pointed M. Bezobrazoff as director
of the imperial bank. His appointment
caused surprise here because he was
one of the former Russian Emperor's
avorites and regarded as one of a
group that was said to have intrigued
to bring about the Russo-Japanese war
to protect its financial interests in
Manchuria and Corea.
RAILWAY FREED OF PAYING
W. R. & X. Book Transfer
$6,000,000 Not Taxable.
of
NEW TORK. Jan. 4. A claim by
Federal authorities that a book trans-
fer of $6,000,000 made in the reorgani
zation of the Oregon-Washington Rail
road & Navigation Company was sub
ject to the Income tax waa denied by
Judge Charles M. Hough in the United
States Circuit Court today.
An obligation of $8,000,000 to an as
sociate company was shown on the
books of the Oregon-Washington Rail
road & Navigation Company, which
was canceled in the reorganization.
The Federal authorities then contended
that the amount could be levied upon.
"In a most technical sense," Judge
Hough wrote, "the defendant received
the money, but to me it appears as a
Joke to call it Income."
President J. D. Farrell, of the O.-W
R, & N., ia at present In California.
Other local of ficials of the company
said that no one here could give de
tailed information relative to the trans
action involving the transfer, since all
such affairs are handled in the New
York headquarters of the Union Pacific
system, t
NEW WHEAT EVOLVED
TRIPLET SAID TO HOLD GREAT
POSSIBILITIES FOR FARMERS.
New Grain Is Produced by Washington
State Colleare Station From Fife.
Turkey Red and Little Club.
PULLMAN, Wash.. Jan. 4. (Special.)
Triplet, a new wheat produced at the
State Experiment Station here, is
thought to hold great possibilities for
the farmers of Eastern Washington as
a wheat that is a maximum ylelder.
hardy, a good grader, and, above all, a
remarkable smut reslster.
Triplet is the pet of the Experiment
Station experts, and after four years of
Intensive experiment with the new
wheat, the first Information concerning
it was given to the farmers at the
wheat convention today by Professor
E. F. Gains, station cerealist.
Triplet Is so named because of its
three ancestors Fife, Little Club and
Turkey Red combining the good qual
ities of each and being a better pro
ducer than any of Its ancestors in tests
on the station arm.
In tests with clean wheat on clean
soil, triplet advanced to second place
with 2.2 per cent of smutted kernels.
In yield, grade, bushel weight and
value and acre value, however, triple
led the yield by a substantial margl
averaging In yield .43.23 bushels durin
a. four-year series of tests, testing 61
pounds-to the bushel, grading No. 1.
' Alex. Morrison, of Valley, urged live
stock as a necessary adjunct to profit
able wheat farming, suggesting th
milking Shorthorn as the- best all
around farm cow and decrying the Jer
sey for that purpose.
J. W. Hill, of Portland, representln
the-Holt Manufacturing Company, was
unable to be present, but his paper on
"The Tractor and Wheat Production
was read by Secretary E. G. Shafer.
Features of the afternoon session
were: The address on "The Railroads,
the Shipper and the War," by Charles S.
Albert, of the Great Northern Railway
Company, Spokane, and on "Federal
Grain Grades," by Hugh W. Martin, of
the Bureau of Markets, United State
Department of Agriculture, Portland,
or.
Principal Interest In tomorrow's pro
gramme centers around the address by
u. 1. Mouser, or the Food Admlnistra
tion Grain Corporation, Portland, wh
will deal with the Federal methods of
handling grain.
STATE BODTIS FORMED
FATHERS
OF OREGON SOLDIERS'
AND
SAILORS ORGANIZE.
Purpose Ia to Look After Welfare
Sons Now In Service Stanfleld
Macdonald President.
Fathers of Oregon soldiers and sail
ors met at the Central Library last
night, perfected their organization and
elected officers as follows: President,
btanfield Macdonald; first vice-presi
dent, s. a. Huston, State Senator; sec
ond vice-president. O. P. Hoff, State
Labor Commissioner; treasurer. Tom
Word; secretary, John Smith; assistant
secretary, James Tooney.
T. J. Murphy, George Haymaker and
J. C. Mann were elected members of the
executive committee, of which the pres
ident and secretary are ex-officio
members. Rev. A. A. Morrison, Harry
Sltton and D. C. Bates were elected to
the financial committee, and M. J. Mc
Fall. William Moore and H. Whitfield
were made members of the membership
committee. Tnese men will hold office
for six months. All the elections were
unanimous.
George Arthur Brown. George Hay
maker and F. B. Simon were ap
pointed by President Macdonald to con
fer with Harvey Wells, State Insurance
Commissioner, at Mr. Wells invitation,
in regard to safeguarding the interests
of soldiers ana sailors wio are Insured
n private nie-iasurance companies.
Nearly 100 new members Joined the
organization. Among those to enter
their memberships by mall was Gov
ernor Wlthycombe, who expressed his
regret at being unaAIe to attend.
The work of expanding the organiza
tion to include the entire state was also
started when delegates from Coos, Cur
ry and Clackamas counties were made
honorary vice-presidents.
"WAR BRIDES" ARE WARNED
Demands for Alimony Must Be Well
Grounded, Says Judge.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 4. (Special.)
Women whA become the wives of sol
diers and soon after the marriage file
suit for divorce and ask for alimony
will have to have a substantial rea
son lor their action or there will be no
alimony awards, ruled Superior Judge
Graham today.
Since Congress passed the law in
suring soldiers and since it became
known that the wife of a soldier is
entitled to a portion of his pay, many
women have been married to soldiers
in San Francisco. There have been a
number of divorce actions filed as a
result of these hasty marriages and in
almost every case the wife demands
alimony.
A. C. O'Neil Struck by Anto.
A. C. O'Neil, 308 Tillamook street.
was struck by a automobile at Union
avenue and Tillamook street last
night," and sustained severe scalp
wounds, with possible internal injuries.
He was taken home and attended by an
nterne from the Emergency Hospital.
Major G. X. Davis in. Washington.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash-
ngton, Jan. 4. Major George N. Davis.
of Portland, stationed at Camp Lewis,
visited Washington today. He recently
brought a detachment of troops from
American Lake to New York.
Alleged Thieves Are Taken.
Ralph Clark, 21, and Rex Shields, 19,
were arrested at West Park and Yam
hill streets last , night by Patrolman
Wright. They are charged with steal
ing a suitcase from an automobile.
BOBBT EVANS BACK
Portland Promoter Says Box
ing in Bay City Is Slow.
FRAME-UPS
HURT SP0R
Mick King, Australian Middleweight-
May Come North for Slatches
"Spider" Webb Also May
Be Seen in Action.
Bobby Evans, boxing promoter and
manager of the Pacific Athletic Club,
returned .yesterday from San Fran
Cisco where he had been on a business
and pleasure trip for the past week.
"Diamond Bob" was just bristling with
boxing news from the South. He saw
all of the leading battlers -and pro
moters in San Francisco, renewing
many old friendships Evans had not
been in San Francisco for nearly six
years. At that time he served as chie
sparring partner for Leach Cross when
the latter fought "Fighting" Dick
Hyland.
Bobby reports that the boxing game
is not any too stable in the South at
present and that the promoters are
having a hard time lining up cards
that will draw the crowds. He says
that the Portland fans are getting
much better shows and bouts than
those offered San Francisco fight fans.
Frajne-ups and stall bouts have done a
good deal to kill the prosperity of the
game and now that Police Captain
O'Brien has put the ban on professiona
boxers going on, it makes matters all
the worse.
Emeryville Get Boats.
The San Francisco fight-going public
has seen too many real fights to spend
good money to see a card made up of
rank dubs. There are plenty of good
boys In San Francisco, .but they either
want too big a "medal to box or are
barred because of professionalism. The
best cards are staged by Tommy Simp
son at Emeryville, Cal., which is just
out of Oakland. Simpson has not had
any trouble with the law up to date
and shows all of the big stars at his
shows.
The Portland boxing impresario had
a long talk with several well-known
California boxers and Mick King, the
Australian middleweight. Evans has
arranged to handle King and Is after
bouts for the Australian throughout
the Northwest. King wasnt to meet Al
Sommers, Chet Mclntyre, Frank Farmer
or any middlweight in this part of the
country.
Mick has an offer to box Jack Dil
Ion in Denver this month and may ac
cept the terms for the bout. He also
is angling for a berth as boxing in
structor at one of the Army camps
Evans also is dickering with Eddie
Campi in the hope of ' bringing the
clever Californian to Portland to box.
Spider" Webb Going; Stronr.
Another boy who attracted Evans'
attention is a featherweight by the
name of "Spider" Webb. Webb as yet
Is rot a top-notcher, but, according to
Evans, it will not be long before he
will be meeting the best of them at
his weght. Webb recently beat Shel
McCool, and on New Year's ha fought
a hurricane draw with Jimmy Dundee
In Oakland. Webb is a fighter and
boxer combined and is a big favorite
with the fans in Oakland and San
Francisco. He can make 120 pounds
and will meet anyone from that weight
to 125 pounds.
Bob saw Frankie Farren work out
at the Parkside gymnasium in San
Francisco and says that Farren is
rattling good boy and will give Alex
Trambitas a hard tussle in their six-
rcund battle here Friday night. Evans
met Shel McCool and says the latter
is looking fine and is boxing regularly.
Shel is well thought of there and is
building himself into a good card. His
only loss since he has been in San
Francisco was to "Spider" Webb a few
weeks ago.
ASYLUM SEIZES KEEPER
DETECTIVE WITH INSANE MAN
IS
MISTAKEN FOR PATIENT.
While Slentk Ia Locked Up, Protesting,
One Who Think He Is Woman
Starts to Slip Away.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 4. Detective
Grif Kennedy, of the local police de
partment, took an insane prisoner to
the Napa, Cal., insane asylum today and
then had a hard time getting away be
cause the doctors mere misioon mm
for the prisoner and locked him up in
a padded cell. ,
Kennedys prisoner was ueraiaine
Portier, who thinks he Is a woman and
who acts, dresses and looks like one.
When Kennedy and Portier arrived at
the institution, one of the doctors,
after looking at Portier, cautioned his
associates:
"Look out for him.
Doctors and attendants mistook
Kennedy, in his male attire, as a pris
oner in charge of a matron. iney
swooped upon him and, protesting, he
was carried to a cell.
Hey," yelled Kennedy, Tm the
wrong guy; 1 m a aetective. ine iei
low you want is out there dressed up
n skirts." .
Sure,", agreed a doctor as he
slammed a door on the irate detective,
and the man in the room to your left
is the Kaiser, and the man in the room
to your' right is Cleopatra in disgulBe."
By creating an uproar and displaying
his credentials Kennedy finally secured
his release just in, time to apprehend
Portier, who quietly was leaving from
a side door of the asylum.
CARMEN TO MAKE DEMANDS
Northern Pacific Blen Want 8-Hour
Day and Wage Increase.
SPOKANE, Wash., Jan. 4. Demands
for an eight-hour day and an average
wage increase of 15 per cent, with
wages and conditions of labor uniform
over the system, will be formulated by
the joint protective board of the rail-
HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP HOCKEY
Seattle vs. Portland
TUESDAY, JAN., 8, '18, 8:30 P. M SHARP.
Reserved Seats $1.00, 75c, 50c
Tickets now on sale at Spalding's, cor. Broadway and Alder.
Phone Marshall 215.
ICE SKATING
OPEN EVERY AFTERNOON AND
way Carmen of America for the North
ern Pacific Railway, in session here,
according to a statement tonight by E.
W. Fish, of Dickinson, N. D.. president
of the board.
The board, consisting of a representa
tive of each division of the system, con
vened here today and will continue in
session probably until Monday. Frank
Paquin, of Chicago, representing the
grand lodge of the carmen, is in attend
ance. Mr. Fish said the nine-hour day for
carmen now was effective on the sys
tem, with a minimum wage ranging
from 27H to 41 centSj an hour. The
minimum wage to be demanded will
range from $3.50 to 5 a day, he de
clared. The demands of the board are
expected to be ready for submission to
the membership of the organization on
the Northern Pacific in about three
weeks.
TONG JURY STILL OUT
NO VERDICT REACHED AT 10 P. SU
JERORS ARE LOCKED IP,
Trial of Chin Jung- Hln, Charged With
Complicity In Murder of Chin Hong,
In Progress SO Day.
At 10 o'clock last night the jurors
selected to determine the fate of Chin
Jung Hin, charged with complicity in
the murder of Chin Hong, a rival tong
leader, June 2 last, had not yet reached
an agreement, and Judge Bingham or
dered them locked up for the night.
After arguments, which continued
until 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
the case was given to the jury. Tho
closing argument for the prosecution
was made by Chief Deputy District At
torney Collier, who for more than two
hours and a half reviewed the testi
mony of the 60 witnesses and demanded
that the defendant pay the highest pen
alty possible for complicity in the mur
der of Chin Hong.
In his instructions to the jurors
Judge Bingham said that they should
be convinced that the "murder meet
ing," about which Chin Gee Hoy and
Wong Wah testified, was really held as
was related by these two informants.
and that the murder of Chin Hong was
actually planned at this meeting of the
allied Hop Sing and Suey Sing tongs.
The arguments for the defense as
made by Robert Maguire and John P.
Winters were to the effect that even
the killing of Chin Hong was not a
premeditated affair, but the outcome of
the meeting of rival tongmen in the
Chinese section, all heavily armed.
They contended throughout that the
testimony of the two Chinese In
formants was but a part of a big
frame-up" to send to the penitentiary
the officers of a rival tong of the Bing
Kung society.
The case has been in progress ror
days, and was the hardest-fought Chi
nese murder trial in local courts for
many years. More than 60 white and
Chinese witnesses were used by both
prosecution and the defense.
5000 . RETURN TO WORK
Strike of Ironworkers at San Fran
cisco Settled by Agreement.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 4. Work on
Governmental contracts in foundries
and factories of the San Francisco Bay
region, exclusive of shipbuilding plants.
which had been held up a weeK by a
strike of 5000 ironworkers, was resumed
todav under terms of an agreement
reached by the employers and work
men yesterday.
The workmen were grantea me iu
per cent wage Donus ior which mtj
struck. In return they pledged them
selves to raise their efficiency ana tnat
of their helpers to the highest de
gree and conceded that the agreement
which ended the strike should remain
in force during the war.
VON LUXBURG ' IS ILL
Former Minister May Be Given Safe
Conduct Aboard Spanish Vessel.
BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 4. The direc
tor of the German hospital where Count
von Luxburg, former German Minister
to Argentina, is confined called at the
Foreign Office today and said that Von
Luxburg's physical condition is very
poor. As a result or ine repori iuicisii
Minister fueyorrecion win asu ine
British Minister to obtain a safe con
duct for Von Luxburg on a Spanish
Instead of a Dutch vessel.
This new effort to arrange for tne
former German Ministers passage to
Spain is causing much comment in of-
icial circles.
Alleged Deserter Arrested.
Bert Gatiff, 33. was arrested at
Fourth and Washington streets last
lght by Sergeant Ervln and Patrolman
Litzenberg on a charge of deserting
from the Oregon National Guard after
return from the Mexican border.
The police say Gatiff, who is a cowboy
from Pendleton, Or., was carrying a
revolver.
Portland Man to Marry Today.
CHICAGO, Jan. 4. (Special.) Tho
wedding of Miss Naomi Frances Sal
mon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
E. Salmon, to Folkert P.Vandermeulen,
son of Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Vandermeu
len, of Portland, Or., will take place at
the home of the bride's parents. 3129
Home avenue, Berwyn, at 8 P. M. to
morrow. Pullman Host Next Week.
VANCOUVER, Wash., Jan. 4. (Spe
cial.) A state convention of county
agriculturists is to be held in Pullman,
beginning Monday, and will continue
for two weeks. M. J. Newhouse, agri
culturist of Clarke County, will leave
tomorrow to attend this convention.
VVrestlingvs.Ju-Jitsu
Taro Miyaki, Champion of Ju-Jitsu
vs.
F. Parker, Minneapolis Heavy
weight Champion
Sen Porakos, Greek Champion
vs.
Three Wrestlers, Agreeing to
Throw All Three in an Hour
Arion Hall, Second and Oak
Monday, January 7, 8:30 P. M.
Admission, $1. Ringside, $2
EVENING (INCLUDING SUNDA)