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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, .1918.
VANCOUVER
IS
PROMINENT BASEBALL FAN ELECTED PRESIDENT SHIPBUILDERS
LEAGUE.
10 DECIDE TODAY
Whether or Not City Applies
for P. C. I. L Franchise Up
to Clarke County Fans.
SITE QUESTION UNSETTLED
Prk-e of Land Goes Vp When News
of rropox-d Park Gets Out;
Brown May Go to Butte to
Look OTer Conditions.
BT JAMES J. RICHARDSON
Whether or not Vancouver. Wash.,
will mik application for a franchise
In the P-iflc Coast International
League mill b decided definitely today
by prominent Clark County baseball
fans w ho have Interested themselves In
the venture.
The Vancouver fans are unanimous
for organised baseball and County Cora-
mtloner KiKKins Is firm In his belief
that enough Vancouver business men
ra be found to finance the club, but
tiie one huge obstacle which confronts
i the Vancouver "live wires" Is a site for
'their baseball park.
! Two sites, both does In. and one sit
uatrd between two carlines. were con
;sidered the logical locations for the
park, but the minute It became known
that the around was wanted for such
purposes the owners of the property In
'question were quick to advance the
! price of the ground to almost impossl-
ble figures. As a result of their action
'there la a crave possibility of Vancou
ver not being able to take Its place
.'among- the cities boastinf organized
baseball.
ran Call McCrrlla
Jud;e McCredle yesterday received
"a. Ionic-distance call from Bob Brown,
president of the Vancouver. B. C-, base-
. ball team, asking- what had been don
i regarding placing; a team in Vancouver,
" Wash.
Brown was in Seattle conferring with
President Blewett and Informed Judge
McCredie that something must be done
regarding the sixth city of the league
and urged Judge McCredie to get in
touch with the Vancouver fans and find
out Just what they Intend to do.
President Blewett asked for a vote
on whether or not the P. C. I. L direc
tors shonld send Brown to Butte to see
If he could Interest Montana fans in
the National pastime and again place a
V&.cS21?lr&VTZAtll CIRCUIT POSSIBLE
tive and said yesterday that he was
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IN BY COLUMBIA
C. B. B. C. Downed by Cham
pions After Hard-Fought
Game, Score 20 to 17.
LOSING FIVE SHOWS CLASS
Winners Are Played to Standstill In
Final Period and Are All but
Xosed Out by Unexpected
Strength of Opponents.
IXTERSCHOr.ASTTO BASKETBALL
STANDINGS.
LEAGUE A.
W. I..
Columbia 4 u
Washington 2 1
Kranklln 2 1
Christian Brothers 1 3
Benson 0 4
LEAGUE B.
Lincoln 4 0
Commerce 3 1
Jefferson 2 2
JamesJohn O 3
Hiil 0 3
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FRBO IT. BAT.
! LEAGUE TAKES FORM
Shipbuilders' Plans for Base
ball Rounding Out.
positive President Farr. of Spokane,
would rote accordingly. With Bob
Brown In favor of making the Jaunt It
looks like David Dugdale's opposition
would be overcome and it might be
possible, after Brown visits Butte that
the Montana fans will finally decide
to try their luck In baseball during
the 19 IS season.
Brawa May Make Trip.
If Vancouver.' Wh, decides today
to seek admittance to the P. C L L.
the chances are that Bob Brown will
not make the Butte trip. Something of
Importance should emanate from league
headquarters within the next few days
and then the fans will have a chance to
sue up thep robable personnel of the
league.
Nothing more haa been heard from
Aberdeen with reference to that city's
entering the P.CLL The report sent
out fro mtbe north that the Grays Har
bor city was again contemplating tak
ing up the burden of organized base-
Managers to Slake Trip to SU Helens
to Try to Induce Plant to En-
league Columbia City
Applies for Franchise.
ter
Slowly but surely the Shipbuilders'
League Is rounding into shape and
taking a definite form. A party of
managers and representatives from the
different yards that signified their In
tentions of taking out franchises on the
newly organised Shipbuilders' League,
of which Fred N. Bay was elected
president Monday night, beaded by Bill
Ryan, will make a flying trip to St.
Helens either Friday of Sunday morn
ing and try and Induce St. Helens to
enter the league.
Columbia City, which Is a few miles
fmm fit H.t,ni ha. wnt In it. annll-
bail caused a small flurry among, the I catlon to pre,iaent Bay for a franchise
Coach C. W. Vander Veer has not re
turned from nls winter home in tne
San Juan Islands. ' He is expected any
time. Track probably will continue as
an intercollegiate sport, however, and
tentative plans are already in forma
tion for the holding of an Army-Navy
track meet here late in the Spring.
Tennis is one of the few sports which
will be emphasised as an intercollegiate
activity, according to present plans. It
Is rumored that more attention will be
paid this sport than for several years
past and that intercollegiate meets will
be more frequent and of a larger scope.
A number of new handball courts un
der the new grandstand on University
Field -will be kept busy, with faculty
men acting as instructors. Golf is
abandoned because the naval camp oc
cuples the ground formerly used as a
links.
The present plans for Increased ac
tivity in intramural sports were laid
by Arthur R. Priest, dean of men, who
has recently left for France. His pro
gramme will be carried out, as far as
possible, by Physical Direqtor C. w.
Sexsmith and members of the student
board of control.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON WRESTLERS WHO WILL COMPETE
AGAINST O. A. C. MAT MEN SATURDAY AT CORVALLIS.
FARREN MAKES MISTAKE
BOXER THROWS AWAY CRUTCHES,
BIT FINDS HIS NEEDS THEM.
P .C. L U magnates, but nothing more
has been heard from the Black Cats.
It is rumored that the Aberdeen club
has a number of unpaid bills staring
It In the face should it again decide to
enter O. IL ranks.
What the Pacific Coast International
League needs Is action. To date the
directors have been asleep on the lob
Instead of getting busy with their pro
posed circuit.
Deetaloa Saoala Have) Held.
What President Blewett should have
done was to carry out the decision of
the league directors, who voted to send
Brown to Butte, Instead of allowing
Pave Dugdale. of Seattle, to discourage
him Into calling a long-distance vote
to reconsider the action taken at the
league meeting which resulted In
Brown's not taking the trip.
lour weeks have elapsed since the
and will be considered for a place in
the league, which may be a six-team
league at the least and probably an
ela-ht-team circuit.
Ike Wolfer. former outfielder of the
Vancouver Northwestern League team,
whom several shipyards have been
angling for, as well as Bill Rodgers,
manager of the .Sacramento team of
the Pacific Coast League, has decided
to cast his lot with the Supple-Ballen
Company and will manage the team
that will represent that plant. By
doing this Ike will be passing up a
chance to play in the Coast league
this season. Wolfer will get busy to
day and start linlng-up his material
for early practice.
It Is still rumored that Denny Wllie,
former Portland outfielder, may take
the management of a team from the
Standifer - Clarkston yards, of Van-
league meeting and President Blewett I ccouver. but Denny denies that he has
has evidently thrown off the Dugdale
yoke and s going to run thngs accord
ing to his own point of view.
A regular presdent would have
stepped up to Butte himself immediate
ly after the league meeting and found
any Idea of accepting such a berth,
nd Eddie Johnson. former Butte out
fielder, may land the position. Johnson
Is a native Vancouverlte and is popular
with the ball fsns of that city.
Bill Gleason, former catcher on the
out for hm-elf Just what the Butte fans Oakland Pacific Coast League Club,
wanted. When the Vancouver. V..h I has gone to wora lor mo rounaauon
bubble made tts appearance Blewett Shipbuilding Company and will don
should have parted with a few dollars I lo mas lor me rounaauon mm,
and made the trip to the Clark County
metropolis and found out the exact
ituatlon.
Instead of getting busy Blewett h
allowed the leageu busness to drag
along and. from what we can gather.
the directors and the president of the
league himself don't know whether
uey are afoot or horseback.
NAVY IS TURNED DOWN
V. OP W. HOT TO PLAT SAX DIEGO
FIVE MARCH 1
FRIDAY nOLIDAV AT BARRACKS
Soldiers to Celebrate Washington's
Birthday With Meet.
TAXCOfVER, Wash. Feb. I A. (Spe
cial. Friday. George ' Washington's
birthday, has been declared a holiday
at Vancouver Barracks, and the morn
ing will be taken up with the field
meet between the Signal Corps and the
Slth Engineers.
They will compete for prises offered
by Vancouver buainesa men, and will
pull off a number of military athletic
stunts not seen outside of the army.
ELEVATOR INJURES WOMAN
airs. .Mary trai, oi A many, .ot In
serious Condition.
A LB A N'T. Or. Feb. :. (Special.)
Mrs. Msry L. Veal, a prominent Albany I verslty of Oregon here will close the
latrassaral 8 sorts Will Take Place ef
Intercollegiate Contests Tats
Tear. Is Plan.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
Seattle, Feb. 10. (Special.) The chal
lenge of the San Elego naval station
basketball team for a rame with the
L'niverslty of Washington about March
12 haa been turned down by the locals
because it will keep the team two
weeks after the season's close. The San
Diego five, composed of Coast stars.
will shortly Invade the Northwest on
an extended tour.
The Washington team haa had far
from a successful year and this fact
also helped induce the decision. The
university Is anxious to co-operate all
it can In Array and Navy sports, but
does not feel Justified in keeping a team
In training two weeks overtime to play
one game.
The games next week with the Unl
woman, who was Injured In an accident
In the elevator In the First National
Bank building here this week, suffered
considerably from shock, but her con
dition is now satisfactory.
Mrs. Veal had be.n in the Red Cross
headquarters on the fifth floor and
took the elevator to descend. The car
is said to have been crowded, and as
local team's season. There Is talk of
the Oregonlans canceling their trip
here, as they also refused to meet
Washington State College. In case the
remaining games are not played. Wash
ington will be treated only to freshman
and second team basketbalL
The unsuccessful season experienced
by the varsity team materially has
It pa.sed the second floor the suction I aided the growing movement for intra
pulled her dress so that It caught in
the door on the second floor. This
held her so that as the car descended
she came la contact wtth the top. Her
dress then tore and let her fall to the
floor of the car.
Man Burned to Death. .
SANTA ROSA. CaU Feb. 10. Nell
W. Butler. SS. was burned to death
when hi home near here was destroyed
by fire esrly today. He had re-entered
his boose at the behest ef his wife In
search of La by clotnea.
mural athletics In this institution and
wtth the coming of Spring a concerted
programme of Intramural sports will be
taken up-
Base ball as an Intercollegiate sport
dead, but fraternity, class and In
dependent dub leagues will be formed.
Soccer is to be tsken up as a
Spring sport, with Colin V. Dyment.
formerly soccer coach at the L'niverslty
of Oregon, la charge. Rowing will
be placed on an Interclasa and Interclub
basis and swimming will be given more
prominence than eevr before.
The status of track is Indefinite, as
X-Ray Takea ef Injured1 Leg Reveals
Saa Francisco Boy Suffering From
Twisted Mtuscie la Leg.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. (SpeclaL)
Frankle Farren threw away his
crutches the other day and announced
that he would be well inside of a couple
of weeks. And about 24 hours after
Frankle had dispensed with the aids
to navigation he discovered he had
made a mistake. Back came the
crutches and now Dolph Thomas gives
the word that it will be three weeks
and possibly a month before Frankle
will be back In the harness.
An X-ray had to be taken of the in
jured leg and the investigation revealed
that Farren Is suffering from a twisted
muscle In the calf of the leg. It is
more painful than dangerous, but It
is apt to be some little time before it
will be in shape for anything so stren
uous as fight stuff.
All of which means a long layoff for
the San Francisco boy and necessarily
some training after that before he Is
ble to pile back Into hard work of the
game of give and take again.
MARATHON SWIM ON" MARCH 1
Multnomah Club Seniors to Compete
la Long-Dlstance Water Event.
The second annual Indoor marathon
swim of the Multnomah Amateur Ath
letic Club will start on March 1, ac
cording to an announcement made by
Swimming Instructor Jack Cody yes-
leraay.
Swimmers taking part in this year's
marathon will be allowed to swim ex
cept Saturday and Sunday and Tuesday
ana Thursday afternoons, and except
during tne class hours of the Juniors.
The swim Is for seniors only, an age
limit of 24 years or over having been
set for the entrants, and they must not
have placed in a registered swimming
meet. Tne winners or the marathons
are thus eliminated from competing in
any other similar event in the future.
There will be a time limit of one
hour each day for the first three weeks
and one and a half hours for the last
week, when the swimmer who has cov
ered the greatest distance will be de
clared the winner. Entrants will not
be allowed to stop or rest while In the
water, although they may quit at any
time if tired and continue for the hour
on the next day.
O. J. Hosford, chairman of the swim
ming committee, won last year's mara
thon, which was the first held at Mult
nomah club. Frank E. Watklns finished
second and Milton Klepper third.
PENDLETON" CLT"B REORGANIZES
The Christian Brothers Business Col
lege basketbalL team threw a scare
into "Tick" Malarkey and his Colum
bia prep basket tossers that they will
long remember at the Washington
High School gymnasium yesterday aft
ernoon. Columbia won the game and
the championship of League A by the
score of 20 to 17, but "only after en
countering the hardest battle they
have had for many a moon. Coach
"Tick" Malarkey must have had a
pocketful of horseshoes and his players
must all have kissed the Blarney stone,
for if ever a team had a right to win
a game the Christian Brothers team
did yesterday.
The first half wah slow and un
eventful, with Columbia not playing its
usual game, while all the Christian
Brothers team did was grab the ball
and toss it in the direction that they
thought the basket was.
If one out of every five of the chance
shots that the Christian Brothers team
made in the first half had counted th
score would have read a whole lot dif
ferent. Many of the wild tosses bal
anced on the edge of the iron hoop,
but the "luck of the Irish" failed and
the C. B. B. C. squad managed to run up
4 points, while the Prep school hoop
era tallied up 15 points.
C. B. B. C. Comes Back.
The Christian Brothers team came
out on the floor the second half and
from the time the whistle blew for
the opening toss in the second half
to the last minute of the game the
Christian Brothers team played the Co
lumbla team to a standstill and held
them scoreless up to the last few
minutes, when Shipley and Sweeney
came through with a basket apiece.
the former also registering a foul. The
C. B. B. C. team scored 13 points in
the last half and held Columbia to five
points.
Sweeney, Allen and Shipley sclntil
lated for Columbia and made 18 of
their team's 20 points. Shipley played
his usual steady, consihtent game and
was the individual star for the win
ners. Shipley was in good passing
form yesterday and kept cool under
the C. B. B. C. attack. Sweeney and
Shipley tied for high honors, each
making 8 points in yesterday's game.
Ryan, Brost and Murphy starred for
the Christian Brothers and played like
fiends. Ryan could not get his bear
ings in the first half, but in the sec
ond half when he got started he fought
like a demon and shot his baskets from
every angle.
Action Is Unsurpassed.
For action the last half of yester
day's setto has never been surpassed
and perhaps never equalled In an in-
tersholastlc game. The Christian
Brothers team came back with a ven
geance and several times the winners
thought a Kansas cyclone had struck
them.
Homer Jamison, coach of the Jef
ferson High School basketball team,
refereed yesterday's game.
The lineup:
Columbia (20) Christian Bros. (17)
Rrost (4) r (81 Sweeney
P. van (11) F (X) Phillips
White C (8l Shipley
XeUon 0 Alien
Murphy (2) O Jacobberger
Referee. Homer Jamison.
Yesterday's game was one of the
"silver platter" variety.
I- ri VI 4
WRESTLERS ABE 0. K.
Washington Men Confident of
Defeating 0. A. C. Boys.
SELLICK'S ARM IS BETTER
3 ITCHES FINISHED
Portland Revolver Club Makes
Good Scores in Shoots.
NO DEFEATS ARE RECORDED
There will be two games today,
which will wind up the 1918 schedule
In League A and League B. James
John will meet Hill at the Washing
ton High gymnasium, while Washing
ton will play Franklin on the Y. M. C.
A. floor. The winner of the Franklin-
Washington game will get second place
In League A, while the loser of thr
James John-Hill game will grace the
cellar of League B.
Squirrel Food.
Trapshootei-9 Entered In Inland Em
pire Shoot Now On.
PENDLETON, Or.. Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) The Pendleton Rod and Gun
Club will be reorganised at a meeting
to do ncid nere tomorrow night. The
members of the club have been shooting
tor several weeks over the traps, but
have perfected only a temporary or
ganisation. The club is entered in the
Inland Kraplre shoot and will enter the
Columbia - Willamette trapshooters'
tournament when it is started. A city
tournament is being conducted now
to determine the two men who will
represent the club at the state shoot
in Portland this Spring.
Last Sunday Pendleton, with a score
of 123 for a five-man team, outshot all
of the teams In too Inland Empire
tournament. The Pendleton team was
pitted against Spokane.
Phone your want ads to The Orego-
nlan. Mala 7070. A COW.
Heinle Zimmerman drove In 100 runs
last season, exclusive of the one he
chased in.
Wrestling Is getting good in San
Francisco. The wrestlers ought to meet
and adopt a playing schedule and pen
alize any man who wins out of his
"turn."
This Winter's coal shortage haa re
turned the old-fashioned oil can to even
the most fashionable sections of some
of the large cities, but the modern
grocer falls to adopt the old plan in
vented by Stack Clover of capping the
epout with a potato.
Famous Generals.
Washington. Insurance. Public.
Ization. Grant. Pershing.
Joffre. O'Donncll. Delivery.
Orders. Debility. Custer.
Nuisance. Hindenburg. Electric.
Herbert Hlghnote, our peerless tenor.
next will favor us with his stirring
ballad. "He Fought for the Crown, but
His Pitching Staff Fell Down."
From Carrigan to Barry was no dras
tic shift. Changing from Barry to
Barrow is only a matter of two letters.
Mightn't be a bad Idea to Intern this
guy Pneumonia and his friend. Ton-
ei litis, until after the war is over.
Old Subscriber wants to know why
"Dolly Gray" isn't popular with the
Sammies. Well, O. S., If Dolly was gray
in '98 figure It out yourself.
It's funny these promoters who angle
for heavyweight championship fights
always sign up everybody but Jess Wll-
lard.
Mike Fisher is wise. He says he Is
not going to let this guy Escrow hold
any of the money during t.e sale of
the San Francisco ball club. Escrow Is
great friend of the Sacramento base
ball magnates. Ask Judge McCredie. he
knows, ,
Returns So Far Indicate Locals Lead
United States Association Cham
pionshipsSix Wins Are
Already Chalked Up.
this make of machine, will keep open
house throughout the day at their
place of business, Broadway at Oak
streets
The Portland Revolver (?Iub team
finished shooting matches seven, eight
and' nine In the United States Revolver
Association's 1918 championships yes
terday and turned in some excellent
scores. Match seven was against Cin
cinnati, the Portland champions scor
ing 684 points. Match eight was against
Denver. Portland Revolver Club scored
6S2 Doints. In match nine, which was
against Cofumbus, the locals made a
score of 673. Two of the scores, 684
and 673, are far above the ordinary,
while 662 is considered a sure winning
score against a team that is shooting
average.
Up to date the Portland Revolver
Club has shot nine matches and to
their knowledge have not been defeated
this year. The official scores already
given out give Portland victories over
Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Provi
dence, Baltimore and Qulnniplac The
Olympic Club, of San Francisco; the
Denver Revolver Club and Columbus
Revolver Club scores have not been re
ceived yet, so the Portland Club mem
bers do not know how they came out
in the three games. The Portland team
shot 673 against Columbus and, as it Is
a high score and the Columbus Club
scores have not been anything extra
this year, the local shooters are con-
rfident that they won the match hands
down.
Two, Matches Worry.
The results of the Olympic Club and
Denver matches are the ones that are
worrying Portland shooters, but they
are sure that they have won one of the
two matches. Although the Ulymplc
Club has made a number of wonderful
scores in past years they have lost sev
eral of the best shooters on their team
and as none of their scores made this
year have yet been sent out from the
United States Revolver Association
headauarters at Yaleville. Conn., it
not known what they are doing this
year.
Denver has been turning in some
crackerjack scores and has won five
matches this year without a loss. The
Portland Revolver Club team scored
662 In match eight, which was against
Denver, and, although a score of 662
would beat many of the teams in the
championship tournament this year. It
may not be high enough to win from
the Denver cracks.
David Goodell, one of the crack shots
on the Portland team, made the second
possible of the year here in one of this
week's matches. A possible is making
five consecutive tens, or in other words
perfect score. R. t . Prescott made
the other possible.
Manlto Met Next.
The Portland Revolver Club will
shoot against Manito in match 10 and
Fort Sam Houston In match 11.
Following are the individual scores
made by the Portland Revolver Club
in matches seven, eight and nine
vi ,. i Portland va. Cincinnati
Georxs W. Wilson 1
David tioodeii
U W. Kvans
R. F. Prescott
Jolm Young -
vi k ft PnMlnd vs. Denver
Grorire W. Wilson 138
1 w Evans 132
Captain J. T. Moore 1S1
ri:iviH fSnodcll 131
John Young 130
Match v. I'orilana vs. v-oiumuus
I.. W. Kvans 141
George W. Wilson 1
John Young JjJJ
Captain J. T. Moors 129
B. K. Prescott 127
, Following are the official scores for
matches five and six:
Match 1
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.lUO'Floston
.HIS Cincinnati .
..fll'J Manhattan .
..CUU, Denver
ERROR MAKERS CHAMPIONS
Players in Major Leagues Who Boot
Ball Are Still Valuable.
Teams of major-league players who
made the most errors in 1917 would be
hard to beat.
The error-making champions would
Include George Sisler, of the Browns,
for whom several clubs would be will
ing to give a small fortune; Hank
Severeid, of the same club, who an
nually catches more than 100 games,
and Bobby Veach, of Detroit, who led
the junior organization In batting In
runs.
The statistics on the champion error-
makers of 1917:
American League:
Player, club, position Errors.
Sothoron, St. Louis, pitcher 11
Severeid, St. Louis, catcher 24
Sisler, St. Louis, first base 22
Wambsganss, Cleveland, second base 33
Bates, Philadelphia, third base 31
Rlsberg, Chicago, shortstop 61
Veach. Detroit, left field 17
Shotton, St. Louis, center field 16
Graney, Cleveland, right field 13
National League:
Douglas, Chicago, catcher 7
Wingo, Cincinnati, catcher 21
Chase, Cincinnati, first base 2S
Doyle, Chicago, second base 33
Smith, Boston, third base 33
Kopf, Cincinnati, shortstop AS
Kelly, Boston, left field 17
Long, St. Louis, right field 17
Robertson, New York, right field 17
Ridgeficld Man Injured.
RIDGEFIELD. Wash., Feb. 20. (Spe
claL) James McGrotty, a prominent
citizen here, was badly injured while
working . at the Potter lumber mill
yesterday. He was helping to load a
car and while on the deck slipped and
fell about six feet down between the
deck and car, cutting a gash in his
skull. He was given first aid here and
then rushed to a doctor in Woodland.
Masni, Japanese Mat Man, Shows
Remarkable Agility and Strength
In Oregon Meet and Is Hard
Xut to Crack on Mat.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Se
attle, Feb. 2u. (Special.) Washing
ton's wrestling team, recently victo
rious over the University of Ore
gon squad, .will leave tomorrow for
Corvallls, where the Oregon Agricul
tural College grapplers will be taken
on in the final meet of the season. All
five men are in great shape and a vic
tory over the Aggies is confidently
expected.
Sellick s injured right arm, which
gave him a little trouble in the Oregon
meet, has been mending for a month
and he expects it to give him no bother
in the coming meet. Sellick, a 135
pounder from Portland, refused to let
had luck keep him off the varsity team
for the fourth year, and he won a place
on the team despite his injury.
In Masui, Japanese 115-pounder,
Washington has a man hard to beat in
his weight. He showed a remarkable
agility and strength in the Oregon meet
and he knows a lot about wrestling as
well.
Blaine Gibson, Washington's 135
pounder, is a sturdy youngster from
Nyssa, in Eastern Oregon, and he has
come up fast this year. Under Coach
Arbuthnot's tutelage, Gibson has proved
a worthy successor to Sartoris, last
year's 125-pounder, who has been un
able to turn out.
Captain McGovern's experience in the
wrestling game makes him virtually
the dean of Northwest 148-pounders
and he is expected to win his match,
against O. A. C. as handily as he did
against Captain Grey, of Oregon. Mo
Govern has been in fine shape all sea
son and has Improved markedly over
his form of last year.
Unless Foreman, who wrestles in the
166-pound class, can take on more
weight, he may be facing the same
handicap as he did against Taylor, of
Oregon. Foreman Is light for his class,
but is a hard worker. He was unable
to take any points in the first meet.
Coach Arbuthnot, ' who formerly
taught wrestling at O. A. C, is putting
all he can into his squad this week in
order that they may score a victory
over the Corvallis men. The five weights
to be represented will be 116, uo, no,
148 and 165 pounds, and five points
will be scored for falls and three for
decisions.
GOLF TOURNAMENT ARRANGED
Handicap Affair Scheduled for Port
land Club Players for Friday,
The tournament committee of the
Portland Golf Club has arranged a
tournament to be played Washington's
birthday on the club links at Raleigh
station.
It will be a handicap affair, medal
play eight low net scores to qualify.
The finals will be decided by match
play.
Explosive Licenses Issued.
RIDGEFIELD, Wash., Feb. 20. (Spe
cial.) Judge Hugh B. Apperson, who
Is the explosive licensing agent for the
Ridgefield district, reports selling t9
licenses during the past month. Tins
shows that there is a lot of land clear
ing in this vicinity in spite of so many
having gone to war.
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"INDIAN DAY" TO BE FRIDAY
Motorcycle Riders Make Affair an
Annual Event Here.
"Indian Day" haa become an annual
event with the motorcycle enthusiasts
about the country, and will be cele
brated on Washington's birthday by
Portland riders of Indian motorcycles
Bsilow. & Wright, local agents for
EVERY motorcyclist and prospective
rider in town knows what this day
means the formal opening of the 1918
Indian riding season the biggest event
of the year.
Spend all the time you can that day at
our showroom getting acquainted, exam
ining the 1918 Indians, picking out your
new mount, swapping experiences. Bring
your friends, your wife, sweetheart, sister.
You can't afford to miss this gala treat every
enthusiast of two-wheel sports in our town will be
on deck. Demonstrations.instruction, souvenirs,
entertainment.
OPEM HOISE AT
BALLOU & WRIGHT
Distributors, Broadway at Oak.
F. J. WYATT, 273 Third St., Dealer.
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