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THE MORXIXG OREGONIAN. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1918. MAJOR LEAGUE FACES 135 games and appeared i n the same number the next year. The season of 1918 he caught in 129 games. But in 1917 he made his high mark, catching 140 games and helping the Sox to win the American League pennant and the world's championship. This year, with 102 games to his cre dit, he stands out as the most con sistent catcher in baseball. NEW ORLEANS MAN OF 14 1SAFTER MCCARTHY Frankie Russell Says He's Willing at $500. Business Affairs to Be Wound Up December 10. HIATUS MAY BE PROLONGED Plans Made So That Operations Can Bo Resumed When Events Justify Restart of Games. Major League baseball, in so far as It concerns the National League, will be officially terminated at the annual meeting of the association to be held in New York, December 10.. At the gathering the senior organization will formally wind up the business affairs of the season just closed and enter upon a hiatus, which will remain undis turbed until such time as international affairs appear to warrant a. revival of the professional end of the National game. This, at least, is the intention of the magnates at the present time, and nothing short of a most sensational change in the war status within the next two months will cause any shift in the plans of the league. It requires a long period of preparation and much detail work, prior to the opening of each pennant race and it is recognized that in the present unsettled state of baseball affairs it would be impossible to renew the operation of the circuit without ample time in which to for mulate arrangements. It is pointed out by the magnates that the present peace move on the part of the central powers would, in any event, prove of little value to the big league clubs. It has been mentioned that the play ers of the various clubs would be scat tered to the four points of the com pass; that some of the baseball parks will have been adapted to other forms of business; that problems would arise during the readjustment period which have never confronted baseball mag nates and that the best policy will be to make haste slowly. General opinion appears to support the Idea that a. new and better order of professional base ball will come forth at the proper time, but that much of the advantage would be lost if the big leagues rushed blind ry back to the game at the first hint of an opening. It is understood, however, that the magnates will not tie their hands by any definite statement of arrange ments, but will leave the affairs of the organization in such a fluid state that the business can be resumed at the proper . moment with as slight a jar as possible. The office of the league will be continued, it is said, and Sec retary Heydler will, in all probability, be re-elected to his present position with full authority to act for the league in all matters which have here tofore been in the hands of the presi dent, as well as the other elective officers of the league. m m Walter McCredie dropped into town for a few days from his post of duty at the North Fork Logging Company on the Lewis River. The former Port land Beaver pilot says the ozone up in the wilds of Washington is great stuff and that he has added about ten pound? to his already rotund frame. He ex pected to return to the logging camp last night. San Francisco is getting prepped up for a mid-winter baseball league. The major leaguers who flocked into the shipyards at the close of the big league season are anxious to gather in the "shekels" and it is forecast by south ern scribes that with the number of "leaguers' ready to don the spangles that the turnstiles will need oiling to keep check on the crowds that will at tend Sunday baseball. Teams In France Real All-Star. There is one ball club in France that has real reason for its claim as champion team of the service. This particular regimental team boasts of such celebrities as Grover Cleveland Alexander of the Cubs. Win Noyes of the Mackmen, Otis Lambeth, who was formerly with the Cleveland Indians; Chuck Ward, who formerly played with the Pittsburg and Brooklyn clubs; Clar ence Mitchell of the Robins, Clark of Illinois University, Poge Lewis, who was formerly a star athlete at Wash ington University; Brown, a member of a crack independent team at Kansas City; Lindsey of the University of Kan sas and several others who have had much experience in baseball though not well known to major league fans. DUCKS ARE HARD TO BAG INCREASED SHOOTERS MAKE BIRDS MORE WARY. Dr. Charlie Dean, AVho Brings Home 10 "Chinks," Reports Excellent Shooting With Pheasants. Duck and china pheasant shooters had their inning; Sunday. Reports from the duck lakes and from those who hunted "chinks" indicate the scatter gun artists had an excellent shoot all over the state. Jack Helser, J. C. Braley, Archie Par rott and W. K. Prior shot on the Clerin piace near Sauvies Island. They re port plenty of birds, but, on account of so many shooters being: in the neigh borhood, the ducks acted scary and were hard to bag:. They did not have as good a shoot as the week previous. Jack Card, Eddie Grelle, J. C. Mann and party had a limit shoot on the Payne place, Sauvies Island. J. R. Bowles, of the Nortnwest Steel Com pany, contented himself with shooting nothing but teal on his Deer Island preserve. He reported excellent shoot ing. Walter B. and James D. Honeyman were hosts to about 12 shooters on their Kilraore Lake Farm below Scappoose, and report everybody having a good shoot. Al Strowger and party, who hunted on Sauvies Island, enjoyed good shooting. Hertz Newland crossed over on the Washington side of the Columbia, near Ridgefield, and is said to have bagged the limit. The china pheasant shooters who Journeyed up the valley all enjoyed ex cellent shooting. Carl Liebe bagged three birds, but refused to divulge his hunting grounds. Richard Carney, bookkeeper at the Hibernia Bank, went out to Beaverton about 9:30 Sunday morning and returned with five roosters before noon. Charlie Handy and E. G. Hawman hunted on Handy's ranch near Orenco and bagged five birds between them. Dr. Charlie Dean went up in the vicin ity of McCoy Saturday and returned yesterday with 10 "chinks." He re ports excellent shooting, especially on the Parker ranch. Frank Protzman and Jack Straight 'report plenty of birds near Scio. Ed Parker hunted near Ridgefield and winged two birds. Mooch Abraham and Frank Smith roamed in the vicinity of Yamhill. Dick Carlon, S. S. Batton and Captain Cullieon hunted with Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Gill, at Scio, and report limit shooting. Arthur K. Downs and R. A. Cronin, sport editor of The Journal, hunted on the Smith ranch near Corvallis and each bagged the limit of birds. NEXT SMOKER SUGGESTED TENXIS TREASURER RESIGNS G. W. Wightman Has to Leave Asso ciation Through Joining Service. Word of the resignation of George W. Wightman, of Boston, as treasurer of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association, has been received in Portland. Alfred H. Chapin, of Springfield, Mass., has been elected to fill the vacancy. Mr. Wightman, in resigning, stated that "as he had entered the active service of his country he no longer could spare the time to conduct the duties of the office." He was elected in February, 1917. Mrs. Wightman, it will be remembered by Portland ten nis fans, was Miss Hazel Hotchkiss before her marriage. Mr. Chapin is a member of the Springfield Country Club and with his son won the "father and son" tourna ment during the National champion ships at Forest Hills several weeks ago. Sports of AH Sorts. B1 RAY SCHALK HAS GOOD RECORD White Sox Catcher Took Part in 102 Games In 1918. Raymond Schalk isn't much bigger than a minute, but he is the hardest- working catcher who has worn a major league uniform in the history of rood em baseball. When Schalk finished the 1918 sea son with the White Sox he had taken part in 102 games and established mark that will not be passed for some moons. Schalk also has passed the century mark in games caught for the sixth successive season. The White Sox midget started for Comiskey in 1912, when he was sold to Chicago in August for cash and players valued at $17,000. He did not catch many games that season, appearing in but 23. ' In 1912 Schalk held the position of first catcher on the White Sox club and caught 128 games. In 1914 he caught ILLY. MISKE has returned to his home, where he received $1000 of the $2500 promised him for his bout with Harry Greb. Sherman sure "spilled an earful." ... American Army officers seem to be paying about as much attention to the German protest against shotguns as Archie Parrott would to the squawk of a wild duck under similar circum stances. ... Following a conference between col lege and military authorities at Utica recently it was decided to cancel Col gate's 1918 football schedule. Nothing of importance was transacted at the meeting. ... John Cooper, former catcher for the Chicago Americans and the Cleveland Feds, was accidentally killed in France, according to word received by his bro ther. Cooper played with Duluth and Rockford, 111., in 1909, and in 1910 was with the Canadian League. He was drafted at the close of the 1910 season by the White Sox. ... John Van Liew, of Des Moines, for mer Grinnell (la.) College football star. has been made director of athletics at Camp Dodge. ... James Ten Eyek, for many years rowing coach at Syracuse University, recently married Miss Olive Edna Ran dall, of Mount Vernon, la. Miss Randall formerly was physical director for wo men at Syracuse University. This is Ten Eyck's second venture on the mat rimonial seas. Willie Meehan and Kruvoskey Likely to Settle Grudge at Next Smoker of Oakland Club. BT JAMES J. RICHARDSON. Trying to pair up fighters for a boxing smoker is no sinecure, at least. Tommy Tracey, official matchmaker of ' the Portland Boxing Commission, thinks not. v In these days of high wages in the shipyards and the profiteering in rents and "eats" it is to be expected that fighters might feel inclined to ask for a larger "medal' than usual for training expenses, but it remained for an itinerant boxer who "accidental ly on purpose" dropped into Tracey's smoke emporium in the Corbett build ing yesterday to give Tommy a Jolt that almost knocked the matchmaker for a goal. "Are you Mister Tracey?" "I am, young man. What can I do for you?" "I want to fight Johnny McCarthy at the next smoker." "How much do you want?" "Five hundred dollars." "Gee, I thought Benny Leonard was back in New York some place." said Tracey as he came up for air. "Who are you. anyhow, that you de mand such a 'trifling' sum?' "Frankie Russell is my name and I am from New Orleans. "Well. Frankie, you are a nice little fat boy and all that, but my sugges tion to you is that if you want $500 you might just as well start back to New Orleans right this minute." Identity Doubted. Russell took his departure, but not for New Orleans. Tracey informed Mr. Russell before leave-taking that Morris Lux and Bob McAllister were authority for the statement Russell is not the "New Orleans Frankie Russell" and that the fighter who has knocked the boys cockoo around the Louisiana metropolis is a close personal friend of McAllister and Lux and that Rus sell is gathering a lot of cheap noto riety at his namesake's expense. This statement naturally aroused the ire of Russell who said the remark was made by Lux to deprive him of a match with McCarthy, simply because Lux, who was knocked out by McCarthy, wants a return match with the Irish man. Retraction Not Made. "If Lux thinks I am a faker I am willing to take him into any dark alley or side street or gymnasium and give him a beautiful lacing." said Rus sell. "I heard that Lux made such a remark before and waited almost an hour for him to show up and retract his statement." As the matter stands Russell Is look ing for trouble in a Portland ring with McCarthy. If they won't give him McCarthy he wants to take on Lux. But Tracey insists that even before Russell is given a chance to display his prowess for a reasonably small "medal" he will have to privately box some lightweight in a trial bout. It might be a good idea to pit Lux against Russell in the trial clash. Of course neither would receive anything in the money line for their trial battle, but either one would have the satisfac tion of having trimmed the other. Bring 'em on. Tommy. Willie Meehan and K. O. Kruvoskey will most likely eettle their grudge affair at the next smoker of the Oak land Shipbuilders' Athletic Club. Mee han is said to be peeved at the allied promoters in San Francisco and wants to battle in Oakland from now on. MADE to ORDER Al! tke. NevFabncs inreat fiivor this seasoru are now on display' HICOLL Tke Tailor W JEKEEMS' SONS Oscar M. Smith, Manager 108 Third St. Near Washington TF you feel that all underwear is "pretty much the same," ask to see Lewis Union Suits for men. You will find them scientif ically tailored, at whatever price you wish to pay and unquestionably a better garment in style, fit and quality. The name Lewis is your assurance of value. Only at Best Store LEWIS KNITTING COMPANY JANESVIUE. WISCONSIN FOOTBALL IS "MOED" WASHINGTON' XTS ITERS ITY PUTS BAX OX GAME. BEXEFIT GAMES APPROVED Football Contests Have Sanction of Army and Xavy Officials. NEW YORK. Oct. 14. A series of inter-collegiate football games to be played for the benefit or tne war charities fund will be the outstanding feature of the sport next month. The contests will be staged in all sections of the country and will be neld with the sanction of the Army and Navy departments. The decision to advocate tne play ner of such games, it became known today, was reached at a recent confer ence of Government and football au thorities. The details and arrange ments have been left to a committee of former players comprising Herbert Pratt. Amherst: William Langford. Trinity, and Park Davis and William Roper, Princeton. WRESTLING TITLE AT STAKE Two heights in a smart rollfitmtstyleJ COLLARS hove exclusively Zfnoconflh&vafalelfijtfoniofes t. GlO.RIDt kCa.Maker.TBOY. M.Y. y Babe Ruth Gets Big Money. For pitching nine innings against the Hartford. Conn., club Sept. 20, Babe Ruth received more money than he eoC out of the world's series with the Cubs. For working that' one game Ruth was given $1300. while in the six world series games his share was less than $1100. Ruth is In big demand throughout New England and the in dependent club which played against Hartford had to bid high to get the big Red Sox hurler to pitch the game. The game was extensively advertised and an immense crowd turned out to see Babe pitch and win his game. He did not hit any home runs, however. California's Duck Season to Open The duck season In California opens tomorrow and from then until February 1 the lid is off. Reports from the Bear State indicate that there will be the usual interest in duck shooting this year, notwithstanding the war. Fish and GjLme Commissioner Frank New bert, who has visited the rice region in the vicinity of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, reports the game plentiful. Sprig seems to be more abundant, but the amount of mallards is not up to the usual standard at this time of the year in California. George Anderson Keeps Busy. George A. Anderson, well-known Portland athlete, who is now attending the Officers" Training School at Camp Pike, Little Rock, Ark., is much im pressed with his work to date. George says it is a case of study from the time he wakes up in the morning until "lights out" is heralded forth at night. Anderson states there are 10.000 men in training for officers' commissions at the camp. Anderson's address -is Third Company, Third Battalion, L C. O. T. S, Winged-M Won't Play Aggies Sat urday Unless "Fin" Order Gels Rescinded In Meantime. The University of Washington has "kayocd" football activities during the present semester and possibly until the end of the war. In a letter received last Saturday by Dean Walker, graduate manager at the University of Oregon, from Coach Hunt, of the University of Washington, it was made known that he Seattle institution had abandoned he gridiron game. This late decision of the Seattle school will place the University of Oregon in a predicament. because the Eugene Institution had planned on a game with Washington on Multnomah Field some Saturday next month. Next to the Oregon-Ore gon Aggie clash the game between Oregon and Washington is one of the big games of the season. Just what Walker will do towards arranging a game in Portland Is not known, but the lemon-yellow school may take on the best service team to be booked in the Northwest. A number f the military organizations hereabouts have asked for games with Oregon, and Walker may decide to give Portland football fans a chance to look the uni versity gridders over. Mayor Baker yesterday refused to permit the Multnomah Club-Oregon Aggie clash to be played on Multno mah Field next Saturday unless the ban of Spanish influenza is raised in the meantime. The Aggies are anxious to come to Portland and the Wlng-M warriors want to take them on. Mult nomah's clean-cut victory over Oregon last Saturday at Eugene has done a lot to put added pep Into the clubmen and tney are going to be a hard aggre gation to beat. The Great Lakes football team has been temporarily sidetracked on ac count of Influenza. The "garbs" were mowing down the opposition in great style until orders were received to quarantine the station. The sailors were all primed for their tilt with the University of Pittsburg, but at the last minute the game was called off. Sol Metzger, who formerly acted as football coach at Oregon Agricultural College, is one coach who will not get rich on his earnings this year. Metz ger also formerly tutored the uni versity of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Washington and Jefferson, and is now in charge of the Camp Dix grid ders. Metzger will receive 1 (one dollar) for his services. utary plants are furnishing & steady stream or parts ird materials. The designing and perfecting of new motor was covered in seven months. After the motor had been re. leased for manufacture 10.000 had been built and hundreds were already flying in Army and Navy planes at the front. wn interesting feature of the pro gramme has been the small amount of development work needed to perfect the motor, while there have been several improvements. The Increased facilities of the plane manufacturers in the United States and the insistent demand for Libertvs from t.reat Britain and France are still nuih. Ing the motor production facilities to the utmost, but manufacturing experts agree that motor production will soon he fully equal to the supply of flyers available and to the possibilities of re pair and adjustment behind the lines. ml w Tfa tra9-mar ea tvry Lewia ffsarmetit t tees y quality look for It. BACKING GIVEN' PRESIDENT TXCOXDITIOXAIi SURRENDER" CLCB FORMED IN PORTLAND. COLOGNE GAZETTE DEFIANT Boast Made That Surrender Cannot Be Forced. AMSTERDAM. Oct. 1. The Cologne Gazette of Saturday, referring to the suggested evacuation of German-occupied territories, gives testimony as to what such action means to Germany. The newspaper says: "What are Sigfried positions and towns and villages? The main thing is that the German front maintains con tinuity. Even though, confiding In President Wilson's love of peace. consent to the evacuation of occupied regions, then our battle-prepared army. our intact fleet and our strong nation at home guarantee that the German people cannot be forced into uncondi tional surrender." MORROW COUNTY AT TOP Kasiern Oregon County Completes 60 Per Cent of Examinations. Morrow County's exemption Jaoard forged to the front yesterday, when It reported 60 per cent of its physical ex animations of new registrants com pleted. By virtue of this progress the Morrow County board is the first In the state to be checked Into "column (' of the competitive progress charts now a feature on the walls of all draft boards of Oregon. Numerous boards have either lagged so much with their work or in report ing progress that they are not yet entered in "column 1 of the stats head quarters chart. Mayor Baker, One of First to Sign Roll, Confident or 300,000 Members Here. An "Unconditional Surrender Club" i set on its way in Portland last night, simultaneously with the forma tion of similar clubs in many of the larger cities of the United States. The movement was initiated in New Tork, and according to a message re ceived from the Tribune of that city, gained headway with lightning-like ra pidity. The only condition of mem bership Is that the member shall be unalterably in favor of backing Presi dent Wilson in his demands that no peace shall be given Germany except upon her acceptance in full of the de mands of the allies. Mayor George 1. Baker was one of the first to sign the roll. W. H. Cal- vanl, prominent authority on Russian affairs, was another. Some hundred and more employes of various depart ments of The Oregonian and the West ern Union also were early signers of the roll. The membership roll is still open. 'I think we can safely guarantee 300,000 members in Portland and en virons for the "Unconditional Surren der Club' on its platform of backing the President in pushing Germany to the limit of the demands made upon her," said Mayor Baker. LIBERTY MOTOR IN DEMAND SIX GREAT ACTO PLANTS NOW PRODUCING MACHINES. Walter Miller and Ted Thye to Grap ple Thursday at Los Angeles. The world's middleweight wrestling title will be at stake Thursday night in Los Angeles when Walter Miller and Ted Thye meet at the Athletic Club there. The match, in some meas ure will be a test between military training and life, and civilian train ing. as to efficiency and results. Thye. a grappler cf the highest order, is an army man from Camp Lewis. Miller, the champion, is wrestling in structor at the Los Angeles Athletic Club, under whose auspices the match will be held. Miller has had his ath letic training along civilian lines. The ..nntv-nat fa mmrliAH tnJ is attracting considerable attention in wrestling clr- Ifl cles. Interest being added apart from the superb qualifications of the. men. Jack Han Ion Resigns as Matchmaker Jack Hanlon. who for five years has been -the matchmaker at the Olympia A. C. of Philadelphia, has resigned. Since he was connected with the Olym pia his popularity has soared in leaps and bounds and seldom has be been ac cused by the Quaker City fans of mak ing a poor programme. George Jungle ill succeed Hanlon. t-ngle made a reputation as a fight manager and sev eral years ago he took iranx ivlaus to Paris, and when he returned to this country he Joined Benny Leonard's camp, Engie has actea as secona to tne lightweight champion in all or nis im portant battles and his work Is partly responsible for Benny's success. Perfecting of Engine Attests- Success of Aircraft Production Plans in Connection With War, DETROIT. Mich.. Oct. 14. (Specials Public exhibition here Saturday of the 10.000th Liberty motor calls at tention to the unqualified success of the bureau of aircraft production plan. Five great automobile plants, as well as the Lincoln Motor Company, are now regularly producing these motors In large quantities. More than 600 trlb GERMAN PEOPLE FOR PEACE Travelers Report Name of Emperor William Not Mentioned. GENEVA. Oct. 14. (By the Associ ated Press.) Travelers from Berlin ar riving at Basel say the German people are overjoyed at prospects of peace. It is asserted that while President Wilson and Chancellor Maximilian are being eulogized by the people, the name of Emperor William is not mentioned. The South German newspapers, the travelers say. are very sober In their comment on the situation, saying Pres ident Wilson, in accord with the London and Paris governments, may demand conditions which the central powers I will be unable to accept. Card Game Causes Arrests. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Oct. 14. (Spe cial.) "The smoke shop" cigar store was closed by the police last night and eight men placed under temporary ar rest following the discovery of a card game behind locked doors in the office of the manager. A. E. Phllbrlck. The gams was stopped In accordance with instructions to allow no poolroom gatherings. According to a British scientist. weight for weight, macaroni is as valuable a flesh building food as beef or mutton. The National Smoke Better (ban most 10-centers , SMITH CO- Distributers. "A Lot of Us Fellows From the Shipyards, Buy at Cherry's" Why not? We get paid by the week, so why not buy our clothes that way? You know there isn't a fellow In our shift that Isn't making big money, but lots of them find this way of wearing clothes while you pay for them the more sensible. "About one year ago I had a streaic r( hard luck and needed a suit of clothes. 1 had heard of Cherry's and their way of selling to good people on Easy Pay ments. 1 went to them and found Just what I needed and from that day to this I have never bought a suit any other place or any other way. Believe me. this way of skimping and saving trying to get enough money together to pay all cash for a suit and at the same time stand in dire need of same has long since been tabooed by me. I am now better dressed and have less worry than ever before. "They are at 3S9-SI Washington St.. Pittx-k block." Atv. Public Market Contract Awarded. VANCOUVER, Wash, Oct. 14. (Spe cial.) Wlngfield Sk Shute. contractors. have secured the contract for building I the Vancouver public market, which is expected to be ready for business about December 1. The building will be of steel and concrete and modern in every way. with restrooms. public telephone, I drinking fountain and other con veniences for the public w f w 4-, """ y .. I V -- ...VjL:-tfa;frr,r-i J Tenino Red Cross Elects. CENTRA LI A, Wash., Oct. 14. (Spe cial.) A. D. Campbell has been elected chairman of the Tenino Red Cross chapter for the coming year. Other new officers elected by the chapter are L. A. McLain. vice-chairman; Frank Newell, secretary: L. H. Hubbard, treasurer; D. D. Axtell, finance chair man, and Mesdames F. L. Stokes, A. E. Davis. D. A. Barber. William McArthur and Mrs. F. Peasley, members of ths executive committee. P ll A hat that true to dts stands colors Gordon ii Some Satisfying Chew ! FURNISHERS cSc HATTERS 286 Washington . 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