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THE aiORMXG OKEGOMAN, THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1918. 7 SEASON ID OPEN IN IL30 PORTLAND APR Coast International League Directors Begin Business Session in Seattle. CIRCUIT QUESTION HELD UP .Art lon o fi Taken on .Warding of Jrnrhl-4" at Today's Mmlng. Aberdeen Srrnti Likely lo B Mith Club lo League. BT JAUCS J.' RirHAKDSOX. UKATTLE. Wash.. March :T. (Spe cial Tht I'arinc t oast International Lkro wadset Into lta baatns session thla afternoon, and after four hours f aabfest. riurtnc which tlma they ctarided on the opening and cloeina date of the saason, they adjourned at I o clorK tonlaht for dinner. It wa derided to atari tha season Tuesday. April 19. with sanies at I'ort land. Taroma and Seattle, closing Sun day. September II. maktnr a 2oweek svtieduis. The maanatea will enter Into ei.cultTe session after their return from dinner and start to work on the arhedul. which will not be completed before Thursday mailt. Ureal! teaewtloa) Held Over. Tha question of a sixth city to be admitted to tha leas:ua waa up forcon- alderatlon. but no action recardlns; thta matt.r will n taken until tomorrow. It aeema a If Aberdeen haa tha Inside track to land tha franchise. Judtet M.Credia la stron-rlr In favor of gram mar tha Or a ym Harbor metropolis a franchise, and told tha directors today they should guarantee the Aberdeen aeopla against any lossea durlnc tha season. Joe Walsh, boilntr promoter of Seat tl. Mil Charles sulIlvan. attorney, sat with the leaarue maanatea and asked that a franchise be tlrrn Camp U-w Is. Thesa men sa Id they have assurances that tha tamp Usii tram will ha al lowed to play Its aamca at the Amer tn lak. cantonment, but must re ceive a franchise before, anything of -firtsl ran be dona toward settina the . K of the militarr authorities. Cap-' lain vattjrt. of tamp mbK was present, but said he hjd no authority lo si t. Maaslllasj Is Maaed. ItaH Pros n announced tha signing or Jimmy Hamilton ss manager. Ham i'ltts mansard the Muskegon club in the tentral Uifii. last son and has t.n an applicant to managr almo "r ciub In the league. Hamilton will .rriRiif tha Vancouver team from Central Leajrue plajrrs and. acrordlns t Frown, will schedule aamea and p'ay along the rout on their way to tF tfta.t. In this .11 It row n expects t le aM to realts enough money to atl in transporting the team lo Van corner. I'.u.s IUII sai.t F.IIt Srx-aa would ar rive In I'ort land with his family nest week. and. after a few days sojourn with his wife's rrlatives. will move to Te-oma and take up the rnanaaement of tho Tieers. lt-tri Kssn. former mslor 'rsaue IriflrM-r. wired Judce .vt-t rtia from Kram-taco asking Is Portland magnate to aecura for him the management of tha sixth city In the leacue. Mcc'redle will make avery effort to land the Job for Lcin. rrrgssss fare af flaw. Ksmmy Krrguson. the tankr Seattle utfiridrr. who will report at tha I'ort land framing camp at I'enolrton. waa among those who rhatted with judge )i l rlif at the braille Hotel hare to dev. Kerguson Is a wiry looking chars nunc aiong me lines of Kenneth W ill- lams, lie la not quite as heavy as the 'ranis I'a.a lad. K'rruson la a right- handrd hitter and saya be la aura to make the tram. Judce i. rdle announced that (he li-rtlanU players will be asked to re port at Pendleton Wednesday. April J. and that the plater Wintering In I'ortland will start for 1'endleion Tues dsv night. April :. The magnates are all smiles regard ing lha sucress of Ihe league, and each avows that he will hat a pennant winning tram. Prr.i.l.ui Bl'wrti and Itoh Frown had their miH-h-hrr.ilded gabfrst. and when Ihe meeting adjournrd tonight for dinner they walked out of tha ho I'l lobby arm In arm. The directors present at today's meeting were: Judce MeCredie. Port land; Ross ItatL Taroma; Isxvld Dug elaie. Sniffle: F c Karr. Spokane, and Robert Uro-s n. Vancouver. II, C. Pres ident Flewett t re-idcd. Ju.lxe M.-Crrdie tonight signed Prank Carpenter. Seattle semi-pro catcher, who was recommended by Sam Irrguson and Seal tie ta-ta'l experts as being a big league prospect. VETERAN ML'ST DELIVER THIS SEASON. . l-y ' '- ..- r-.r: . : . v NOTED ATHLETE DIES Martin J. Sheridan Victim of Attack of Pneumonia. ALL-AROUND RECORD HELD JaJta JOaubcrt. flrat-aacker of the Brooklyn iHidgcrs. will have to come through with better baseball this year If he expects to receive a big salary root tha IJOdgers next season, in 1S14 Duubert held out for a five-year contract l salary of iuu a .year. Oaubert, at ona time the best first base man In the National League, was a frost In the world's scries Riimes with the Red tog In and fell way off In his batting laat season. He soon win be 33 ears old and probably haa seen his best days as a big-leaKUcr. . Seattle Crowd Matches Two Middleweight Boxers. Marty Karrell aeleeted by la as "issse K last far Title. SEATTLE CARD GOOD 1600 Fans See Ingle Defend Title Against Neff. FLYWEIGHT BOUT POPULAR Murphy and IlranUon Put t'p Fast Mill. Whirl! .Murphy Win, Al though Many Kcclare Irt-aon Should Harp Brrn Draw. About ! blond-thirsty fight fans wira on hand at the week I v boxing ra staged by Austin and Slt in Seattla Tuesday night, and saw George ngle and Chel Neff slug through four gruelling rounds. Inglo winning the derision by his superior punching. Ingle la lightweight rhamnlon of tha Pai'lflc Coast and retained his title by the result of tha battle. Neff out- boxed Ingle In three of tha four rounds nd got In soma fair punches, but ngle landed harder and gave Neff a beating In the final round. The rich! was rough thro-jghout and Ingle owned up and did some leading that homed that be really can step In and fight If he wants to. Marty Parrel I. the clever New York middleweight, made a ehopplng-blnck out of Battling Al Nelson, of Califor nia, and won the bout by a mile. Nrl-on la no slouch and is a hard boy fight, having s. sort of side pose which makes him hard to hit. Marty stepped around the tough Callfornlan nd Jabbed and booked him to a fare- hee-wrll and had It been a six-round bout probably would have atopped ra. l-angferd W las Baal. weight who fought Pete Mitchle here some time ago, la working in the ship ycrda in Seattle. He la ftoing to start boxing again soon and would like to come to Portland. see Jack Hartford, the fighting Tacoma. lightweight, may leave for Portland next weVk to go to work in the ship yards here, doing some boxing on the side. Xew Torker Famed for Feats With LHscus and Weights Carreer Is Dotted With Prowess in Olympic Games Feats. NEW YORK, March 27. Martin J. Sheridan, world-famed athlete, died of pneumonia at a hospital here tonight. Sheridan was one of the best-known' athletes In the United States, and un der the colors of the Irish-in.Fk.. Athletic Club and as a member of Olvm- opic teams representing this countrv cnannpionsnips in throwing- ths discus and as an all-around athlete. His record with the discus, throwing iyie. waa us reet 74 inches. KQUIPMEXT RACE IS FEATURE Soldiers to Compete at XorUmest Indoor Track Meet April 2. A feature of the Northwest Military and open track and field meet, to be ncid at the Portland Ice Palace on April 26. and one which should prove a drawing- cara, is the 60-yard military equipment race to be staged between uniformed men. Each contestant will start the race fully equipped. At a set distance he win a l scar a nis rifle, at another mark take off his belt and bayonet and at a tnira mark take off his overcoat and Alter running on to a fourth mam he most return, nuttlnar on hie equipment as he reaches It. The entrant who la properly equipped In the best time win De declared the winner. RECBE.V WINS WRESTLING BOUT Mike Yokel loses In Hour and 17 Minutes to Sailor in Chicago. CHICAGO, March 27. Ben Reuben, of the Great Lakes Naval training sta tion, won a bout tonight from Mike lokel, of Salt Lake City, after an hour and 17 minutes and 2$ seconds of wrestling. After the men had wrestled for one hour and a quarter without a fall, Tokel's head struck the floor with such force that he was dazed. Reuben finished the match two minutes later with a body scissors and half-Nelson. They are middlewelghts. trotted in 1:1 Hi last season he has al chance in any company. v e Azora Axworthy 2:06) is still in Murphy's stable at Foughkeepsie. She I was not started last year. ess A. EL. Dorsey. of Findlay, O.. expects to duplicate Little Frank .' trip Redlac horse In 2:09 for which he lTllying Itching LaUSeS Lon- OH! FOR RELIEF FROM FLAMING SKIN DISEASES paid $2650 at the Chicago sale. tine will train him. Valen- tinuous Torture. Northepur will make his first start in 1918 at Cleveland in the 2:08 class. This little son of San Francisco should not, be overlooked as he was up to a mile In 2:04 last Fall. Stout Bros, will race Blanche Carter over the mile tracks this year. s e Of the nine renewals of the Ohio Do you sometimes feel like you will scream if you do not get relief from the tormenting and terrifying itching and Irritating burning; that makes you feel like your very skin is ablaze Possibly your disorder has not reached the torturing stage as yet, but there are thousands of victims of skin dis- Purse at Cleveland. Lon McDonald won eases that know too well the well-tiich three with Bob Douglass, Lewis Forest! unendurable pain that comes from erup- and Star Winter. Marigold and Peter Scott placed two of these events to mi w X Xf:Say r - :::: -V : :: : -': ';: Awn' t ' l r 'Jr : Mtmr iti as wr -sisisssssvasssaMi tlons. irritations, pimples, bolls, ulcers. eczema, psoryasis, carbuncles and the numerous other forms of torment that attack the delicate tissues of the skin. The only proper method of treatment for any disease is a remedy that will reach its source, that will remove Its cause, and not simply palliate its symp toms, tivery lorra or sKin ailment comes from a colony of millions upon millions of tiny disease germs that in fest the blood. .Naturally, then, these germs must be eradicated from the blood before a cure can be expected. You know well enough that you can not reach the blood by applying lotions, ointments, salves, washes and other local applications to the surface of the skin. So when you use such treatment for your tormenting skin diseases, tha most you can expect is a temporary discontinuance of the pain, which promptly returns and keeps you con stantly applying the local remedies, making no progress whatever toward permanently ridding yourself of the disease. Why longer continue such makeshift treatment? Go to your drug store today and get a bottle of S. S. S., the reliable blood purifier, and begin a treatment ; that will prove satisfactory, as it has i to thousands of others who were af- i flicted just as you have been. S. S. S. has been used for more than fifty 1 years, so that you are not experiment- ing when you take it. It will nromntlv i cleanse the blood of every impurity and rout out entirely every trace of disease Don't continue to suffer, but begin taking S. S. S. today, and write our head physician, who will give you full instructions about your own case. Ad dress Medical Director, 404 Swift Lab oratory, Atlanta, Ga. Adv. Cool and refreshing stimulating invigorating healthful 7 I. 11 liUZ HIV argument' Any time any place anywhere demand "Blitz" On Sale at All Leading Groceries, Cafes, Grilles and Fountains PORTLAXD BREWING CO. Distributors, Portland. Or. Don'ts for Bowlers. Martla J. Sheridan. Who Died at New lork Veaterday. TENNIS TO AID WAR Leo "Blossom Houck. Seattle's movie I actor-boxer, who is well known here, having fought a number nf times in the Rose City ring. Is thinking of join ing the Marines. th left Don't think you can change course of the ball after It has your hand. Some bowlers have pulled so nara iney unocKed down bowle and ball on the return. Don t expect a "strike ' every time you nit tne head pin. Don't blame the pin boys if you ge a ST) 111. 'I nev Will snnr nnv n n t-.iiit tmrn mftnlha r... -ill ta .. I ,L .. .. J icau ineir attention lo. """" urii.na iuy on iu Don't throw awav a "snsre" her...... Romeo weight. Hagen, the Seattle miridle- ho foucht Pat Brady here Bend. Or., to met Billy George, the Idaho bearcat. Itonieo has been train ing hard In Seattle and knocked out Art Wilson In less than a round at a smoker the other night. spsre entitled to Dan Salt decided to mat. h Marty Farreil v.ith Mi. k King in a peculiar way the other nlrht. Now. if the fight l not t-f the best the fans will have norwdy ! hl.imr but themselves. Salt wa unde-tdt-J whether to use Furrell or frank r'arm-r with King next Tun. isy otchl and left it to the rr..d. Just before the main event started Doughty Dn. v ho al does the announcing, stepped through the ropes and after a short eiee,-h n to King's epponent for nest Tuesday night asked that all of the fans who vi anted lo see Marty Far retl nirrt Mick King stand up. Over three-quarter of the house a rt.se. fslt then asked for al! those who did not want lo see Farrrli meet King to stand up. About five f.ins from Ts. oma stood up, ahl. h brought forth cries of "Sit d'n." "Throw them out." and others, and the martvra ducked In a hurry. So Mu-k King, of Australia, the most pop ular man at his weight that has fought In Seattle In recent years. bu holds the light-beavvwetcht and heavy weight rhamrtonship of the l'arific I'svsst. will meet Marty Farrell. undis puted mid'llemeight rhimplon of tha I'acific Coast. In Seattla Tuesday night. The bout bids to draw the biggest house ever pu. led In Ihe Sound city. Trininj Camp Came. JACKSONVILLE. Fla, March IT R- II. E. Fhitad'lphia Americans 14 1 t'smp Johnson 3 l' 3 Hatteries Adsres. Fahey and I'sr kins. MrAvoy: Morgan and Rehor. MoxTi-ovrnr. Mrch :7 r. h. e I'lnclnnatl Nationals. .......... 8 S 1 Cleveland Americans........... 18 1 fVatter). Sehnetder. Reuther and Vtns;., Allen: Lnimjnn. Coumbe. Groora and -LCNrill. LITTLE R-.-CK.rh.. March ST At Camp I'tke- R H. E. Uruoklyn Nationals 3 T 1 tWkstow Amert.-aBs. 1 t lc ( i .rtrs Cimnls, Orlmes and Mil ler; Lj'.a. lli and Meytr, Toung"Sam Langfnrd. the San Fran- iro colored lightweight, boxed like a hampton and won a decision over Leo llourk, Seattle's actor-boxer. Houck was game and fought to the finish, but Langford hit him every time he tarted a straight punch and the de cision rould not have been anything else. Leo did not appear to be in the best of condition and could not get his mitts into action. Sam used a straight left and a right cross to the best ad vantage. Sam Is going better in every battle In the Northwest and made a big Mt with the Seattle fans In his bouts with Chet Neff and Houck. Tha be-1 bout of the evening was between Frank! Murphy IDolan). of Los Angeles, flyweight champion of the rarlfle Coast, and George Brandon, the little Portland battler. These two hoys went at It from gong to gong. Referee Ad Soharht giving Murphy the decision al the end of four rounds of fast milling. The decision was an un popular one and a great number of the fans thought that the worst Brandon should have bed was a dra-. Murphy la considered one of the cleverest men on Ihe Coast, but had his hands full with Hrandon, who kept on top of him from start to finish. Braas.s la Hart. In the third round Murphy accidently ripped a cut In Hrandon'a bead with his teeth when he brought his head down in a clinch. The wound bled profusely and weakened the Portland boxer in the fourth round, when he most neaded all his strength. Murphy and Bran don got the biggest hand of the even Ing and the fans clamored for a return match. Dan Salt, who was In Portland yesterday with Neff. was seen talking business with Brandon and Ine latter wl.l meet Murphy again In tha near future. Brandon weiKhed In at 118 pounds for Murphy. There were two gory preliminaries on the card which was a good one. but did not draw the house that Bronson and Ingle did the week before, the attendance falling off something like fans. The Seattle fistic followers l.ke lo e the boys get in and hammer each other the whole four rounds and If they don't they holler their heads off and want the bora thrown out of the ring. Iots of "gore and knockouta" Is tha Seattle fans motto, and there sura are some battlers In the Sound City. e Kddie Plnkman Is out of the sani tarium where ha haa been for the last month, but he will never be able to enter the ring again and Is under the doctor's car. e CUrX Reed, tha Los Angels light- PHI DELTA THFJA A. t. ItfTFIUFHATKIlMTV MfcKT KIXALS COMPl.KTKn. Mgssa rbl Fpslloa Takes Seevasl aad la Track aad Field F.veata. you think you are "strike." Don't think the other fellow has all the luck. Plug away; things wi cnange. Don't use any unnecessary motion. Don't exert yourself. Take It easy. a siow, accurate bail is better than swift, wild one. Don t put your whole thumb In th finger hole. One Joint Is enough. Don t use a large finger hole. Bi hok-s make a ball lop-sldcd. Don't roll a ball down the alley when there is a ball in the pit. Don't use a wide grip if you have a small hand, or too narrow for a bi hand. Don t use chalk on your shoes. It not only cracks the leather, but leaves the runway in bad condition for who ever follows you. Don't think your wrist is gone if it hurts after bowling a few games. OIIKGON AGIUCULTL R AL COLLKOK, Corvallis. March -' ISpecUl.) The Inter-fraternity field mert, which has Change you grip and throw the strain been srolnsr on for seversl week, haa SOinenere else. been won hv tha phi i it. -rhets. Don't bend your back when deliver Fraternity. The winners were deter- ln tne Dal1- vltn yur 'ar P" mined by taking the average of the aIU knees bent you can start the ball best three men In each nf the frster- wim lime or no souna nlilm. I Don t think It necessary to be a San The Phi Delta averaged highest in dow. aiany lightweights bowl well. the shot put. hand grenade throw and Don t get discouraged; you can In tha broad iumn. Their average in learn. Any able-bodied person. With the shot put was 3.1 feet and one-half ordinary nerve and a good eye, can be Inch, and In the broad jump 1 feet come quite expert witn a little prac- 4'i Inches. In the hand grenade throw they averaged four hits out of five attempts. Second place -tn the meet was won by the Sigma Phi Kpsilon Fraternity and third place by the Gamma Tau Betas. Tha finals in the inten-club field meet gives the Tyee Club the cham pionship in that division. The Beaver Club finished close second. The Tyee Club took first place in the broad Jump and tied for first in the hand grenade throw. The best average in the shot put was made by the Beaver Club. The finals of both fraternity and club relay races will be held today in the big armory. There will be five fraternity and four club teams com peting. A silven plmiue will be pre sented to the winning team by Dr. A. D. Browne, director of physical edu cation at O. A. C. tice. Trotting Gossip. 0' W I LLA M ETTK "W'S" AWARDED Collcjte. AtlilcK's Rewarded for Serv ice on Athletic Teams. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Salem. Or.. March 57. (Special.; The annual award day of the university was held at the chapel hour yesterday morning. On this occasion all men who had won letters in athletics or forenslcs during the past year were awarded their offi cial "W." The programme waa under the di rection of the Athletic "W Club and Harold Dimlck. the president, presided. Harold Eakln spoke concerning foren slcs and the Barred "W" Club, which consists of men who have won their letter In debate or oratory. Coach R. L. Mathews spoke briefly. In the absence of President Carl O. Doney. who Is In France, Professor J. T. Mathews made the awards. He called attention lo the fact that five of the men who received their letters were In the service, three of them. Rene Jackson. Charles Randall and Byron Connolly, are "somewhere In France." Karl C. Fiegel Is a Second Liteutenant in the regular Army and Is stationed In California, wnii-e Loren Hasler. a mem ber of this year's football team, is In the Nsvy. The awards given were: Basketball. Harold Nichols. Rene Jackson. Earl Fiegel; football. Lorren Basler. Henry Spies, Paul Wapato. Oscar Olson. Roy Williams. Russel Ha rev, John Medler. Edwin Soeoloisky. Harold Dimlck; ten nis. Mary Flndley, Clara Perkins. Edna Billings: debate. Otto Paulus. Charles Randall. Byron Connolly. Margaret Garrison. Harold Doxee. Adnlph Spies. Brasler Small was awarded a blanket for having won his letter for four years la track. NE of the most peculiar features in connection with the Kentucky futurity to which the nominations for the 2Sth renewal close on April 15 is that over one-half of the events con tested since Oro Wilkes was returned as the winner of the first one in 1893 have been won by men who made but very few nominations. An analysis of the returns discloses the fact that 14 of the races for the 3-year-old division, which is the most important feature of the event, were won by nominators who made only 26 entries. The dams of Peter the Great, Sadie Mac, Grace Bond. Miss Adbell, Manrico and Etawah were the only mares named by the men who were recorded as the breeders of these winners in their respective years, while Grace Bond also won the 2-year old division and Peter the Great finished second to Janie T. in 1897. Of those who made but two nominations In the Kentucky Futurity, the breeders of Oro Wilkes. Rose Croix. Nella Jay and Sillko named winners while Peter Volo would also have been added to this list If he had not been bred In partnership with the owner of his sire. Boralma and Volga were named by breeders who had but three, nomina tions in the Kentucky Futurity in their respective years and Volga also won the 2-year-old division. The breeder of Beuzetta. winner of the Kentucky Futurity in 1891, the year that it was worth $18,430, had but four nominations. Clarence Cole is getting Jay Ell Mac (2:0 i.) ready for the races over the mile track at Indianapolis. Those who are expecting Ben Karl, Roan Hal and Single G to win all the free-for-alls on the half-mile tracks should not over look this horse as he forced Ben Earl to his record at Columbus. e C. E. Pitman is busy training 18 trot ters and pacers at Trenton. N. J. The best-known ones In the group are Ben Ail, Premier Witte and Judge Sale which the Newbrook Stable purchased out of a race at Lexington, last FalL s F. C. Burnie, of Presque Isle, Me, purchased Royal McKlnney (2:12Vi) after he defeated, Hal L In a $1000 match race at Fort Fairfield. He is a very fast sprinter and can step quarter In 29 seconds. the credit of Tommy Murphy while he will try and win another one this year with either Kelley DeForest, Peter aughn or Peter Chenault. BASEBALL- MAGXATES MEET Proceeds of Tournaments Buy Camp Equipment. to International League Owners Reach jVi. Aa7rf4rfisrit. In 1 1 fin v b inn NEW YORK, March 27. After an all- $2500 TO BE EXPENDED day session at the headquarters of the International League here, the club owners adjourned until tomorrow with out hnvinflr trs-sn nhH nnv Hcftnlf a tn-refi. ent as to the future of the organtsa- -ow'--u ""-usw w ocnu x cuius tion. Actlni? President Chapin, of Roches- I ter, said after the meeting: "If minor league baseball is to be played. It must be done on a war basis. I The public is not concerned about base- ball at the present time. Paraphernalia to Soldiers in France Two Ambulance Sec- tions to Be Financed. MRS. JIURD WINS GOLF TITLE United North-South Woman's Cham pionships Won Over Mrs. Barlow. PINEHCRST, N. C, March 27. Mrs, Dorothy Campbell Hurd, of Pittsburg'. won. the United iNorth and south worn an's Rolf championship here today, de feating Mrs. Ronald H. Barlow, of Phil adelphia. in the final contest, 6 up and 3 to co. - - v - SUCCESS IS PREDICTED lOSTfcR LEAGUE TO HAVB GOOD CIRCl'IT, SAYS PRESIDEST. misht Clubs Assured of Franchises Makes K. W. Dickerson Optimistic aa to Outcome of 191S Season. KANSAS CITY, March 27. (Special.) With Omaha, Des Moines, Sioux City, St. Joseph, Hutchinson. Topeka, Wichita and Joplin assured of fran chises, the Western League will have the best circuit of its history when the season opens in May, according- to K. W. Dickerson. president of the league. Dickerson asserts that only a glance at the list or cities will show Dase- ball fans the cause of his optimism: His optimism is partly based on the fact that the eigrht cities are close to- zrether, which will result in low trans portation expenses.- But the real rea son for the cheerful outlook, he says, is the fact that . every town in the leaeue will support its team. Hutchinson, Kan., the smallest city in the league, is the cause of his greatest Joy, for the business men backing the team there have guaran teed 110.000 worth of tickets. This, he says assures success for Jack Hol land, lately of St. Joseph, who ft. transferred his franchise. Topeka clinched a place In the league nis is desirable. r the formation of a club headed by the net proceeds of tournaments be Spencer Arthur Abbott, a former play- I turned over to the War Department's r of years experience, who plans to I commission on training camp, activities have Johnny Nee, formerly of the I for use in providing athletic facilities Dayton club in the central League, for manager. Through the sale of 115,- 000 worth tf tickets Topeka Is certain of success, Dickerson believes. In developing its programme for 1918 the United States National Lawn Ten nis Association is continuing the poli cies which have already established tennis as a war sport. At the first call hundreds of players Joined the colors, and now the records show that all the first ten, excepting Kumagae. are in military service. The association has completed its effort to finance and man two ambulance sections which are sta tioned at Camp Crane. It has also just arranged for the purchase of $2500 worth of tennis supplies to be shipped to France to distribute to the soldiers there through the T. M. C. A. The annual meeting voted to restore championships this season not merely for the sake of tennis, but in the belief that this action would stimulate more general interest In outdoor sports. The association has consistently fostered competition on the ground that any thing which promotes the physical well being of the Nation is a patriotic serv ice. This belief h.-ts been strengthened by the approval of the War Depart ment, expressed Inst season and again voiced for 1918 by Raymond B. Fosdick, chairman of the War Department' commission on training camp activi ties. All the proceeds of tournaments will be devoted to a fund which the com mission will use to provide tennis fa cilities for the men in camps, both here and abroad. In addition to the money thus secured, the association will col Iect from its members such gifts racquets, nets, balls, etc., as are avail able. This paraphernalia will be turned over to the commission and distributed under its direction through the work ers of the T. M. C. A., the Knights Columbus, Y. W. C. A. and other or- anizations co-operating for the wel fare of the men in the service. The plan was cordially approved by the annual meeting and has been in dorsedUby Mr. Fosdick In the following words: "The value of participation in wholesome athletics as a factor in pro moting physical fitness and mental alertness cannot be overestimated. The plan of re-establishing championship tournaments and ranking as a means of stimulating general interest in ten- Tour suggestion that . not I , but f f for solders In training camps is hereby approved." It has been agreed that the money thus secured will be used to sup ply tennis needs where these exist, and any funds thereafter available will go for the promotion of general athletics. NEUMONIA TAKES CONSUL I nniTitM I WftTrnn nmini r-r Captain Scobell Ordered Slain byl Dm I lotl VUltHO UUUDLtU The 3-year-old colt Coldstream will be prepared for his futurity engage ments by Alonzo McDonald. As lis Francisco Villa. CHIHUAHUA CITT, Mexico, March Pneumonia did what villa bullets could not do in taking the life of Cap tain S. Scobell. British vice-consul, who ed here recently. Captain Scobell acted as British vice-consul and rep- sented the American Government ere throughout the Villa activities in is state. Once a messenger was sent to his home from Villa's headquarters. When Captain Scobell opened the door the man fired pointblank at him, having been ordered to kill the acting Ameri can consul. During the entire seven years of revolution Captain Scobell re mained at his post. He was a former British reserve officer and had a son In the British army In France. 0.- res thi: Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Main 7070, A 6095. Electoral Reform Act Sweeping Measure of Enfranchisement. LONDON. March 10. (Correspond ence of the Associated Press.) Eng land's new electoral reform act not only gives the ballot to women, but also to a large number of additional male voters. It is the most sweeping measure of enfranchisement in British history. The number of voters will at least be doubled, increasing from 8.000.000 to 16.000,000, and the latter figure la probably an underestimate. The men voters will still be in a sub stantial majority for several reasons. The first Is that the qualifying age for men Is 21, or. If serving in the army or navy, 19, while no woman under 80 is admitted on any ground. In the second place, there will still be plural voting, and although both men and women are restricted to cot more than two votes each, there will be far more men than women to qual ify as twice voters. A woman may have two votes only if she Is a university graduate, in , which case she has a vote in her home '. district and also a vote for her uni- ! versity candidate. A man may have two votes under the same conditions, but he may also have two votes if he is a business property owner in an other district than his home. As an illustration, take a family con sisting of husband and wife and two sons, one aged 19, in the army, the other 23 and a university graduate. The family lives in a London suburb and the father is in business in Lon- don. He has a vote in his home dis- f trict and also one in the district where I his business is located. The wire being a university graduate, has one vote. , J The two sons will each have a vdinr as residents, and the elder will have at.k additional vote in the university con- 7 stituency. and one or Dotn may nava a second or alternative vote on account of the occupation of business premises outside his residence district. The wives of twice-voters will be po tent factors of uncertainty on election day, for they are permitted to select which of their husbands' constituencies they will vote in and they need not announce this selection beforehand. The old-fashioned British method of electioneering are scarcely touched by the new law, except that the Ameri can system is adopted of having all elections throughout the country on the same day. Proxy voting is allowed in the case of persons necessarily ab sent from their constituency on elec tion day. It is noticeable that while a woman must be 30 to vote herself. a girl 21 may be a proxy voter for an absent male voter of 19. As a check on bogus and IreaK can didates, every candidate must deposit J750, which is forfeited to the govern ment if he does not receive an eighth of the votes polled. Town May Raise Kabbits. OITILDFORD. England, March 10. In order to increase the food supply, the country food control committee has asked the town council to finance a scheme for starting a rabbit warren on a site now used as a recreation ground. It is estimated that at the end of a year 4000 tame rabbits would be avail able for foodstuff. Shoes and Values To trie delivery, credit, charge and bookkeeping departments go the profits on the big -prices you are asked to pay in most stores. No' such overhead ex penses in this 65-store organization. Men's and Boys' Dressy Calf English Type Spring Boot,, same in Oxfords, worth more than this price P QP only ephoeSton? sS&fiipl 12 Fourth Street, W'asa-Jngton and Alder Streets.