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Newspaper Page Text10 TIIE 3I0KNIXG OREGONIAN,. SATUKDAT, OCTOBER 26, 1918. IRKING ATHLETES Fl ND HARD SLEDDING Big Leaguers Made to Keep Up End in Shipyards. SLACKERS SENT TO ARMY Several Loral Fighters, Sow Em ployed in Portland Plants, Are Said to Bo Making Good. r BY JAMES J. RICHARDSON. Ballplayers and other athletes who ehose the shipyards to do their "bit' for Uncle Sam are finding the going mighty tough, especially the "big leaguers" who jumped to the Eastern shiDvards. A close watch has been kept en ballplayers and those athletics who have failed to keep right up on the oil have been harnessed with an olive-drab uniform and are now shouldering a Bun for Uncle Sammy. There was a near-strike at the Hog Island shipyard plant at Philadelphia a short time ago. Complaints were made that major league ballplayers were being appointed foremen on vari ous Jobs and were giving orders to ex perienced shipbuilders. The Govern ment looked into the trouble and found the ballplayers were doing their eight- hour stretch along with the rest of the shipbuilders and that those who were appointed foremen were experienced men. But few of the boys who faltered after having landed what they thought were soft berths have been taken from their jobs and ordered into the service, according to word received here. Shirkers Fe Service. The first to be hit were three major leaguers. They were inducted into the service after they fell down on the job, so it is said. They are "Dutch" Leon ard, former star pitcher for the Boston Red Sox: Al Mamaux. who was too much for Jimmy Callahan and Hugo Besdek to handle at Pittsburg, and w was later traded to Brooklyn, and W iam Kopf. ex-Cincinnati Red. It is said that other ballplayers, fighters, grid iron stars, etc.. who fall to make the grade at the shipyards will be sent to the front when it is found they are not efficient at their work Ballplayers and fighters who went to work at the local shipbuilding plants are all reported to be doing their work without flinching. The Foundation yards for awhile housed most every athlete of prominence In tnese parts who preferred the shipyards as a means of carrying out Uncle Sam's war pro gramme. They had the championship baseball aggregation of the Columbia Willamette Shipyards League. Every fighter in town of any class also went to work at Foundation. But they have all shouldered side by side with their ruary. Conwin Huston, the former University of Michigan star, who won the honors last season at Detroit, has signified his intention of defending his title and trophy. Percy Collins, the young Chicago wizard of the cue. is to return to the game and entries are assured from Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburg and New Tork. The New York Athletic Club has made application through Robert Weld for three of the championships to be decided. An officer of the Amateur I Thrpp FlPVPnc; Mnu Tralninfl Billiard Club ha. signified the inten- 1 111 CtJ Eieveili UW I ctllllliy tion of that organization of staging one of the premier tournaments. Com petitions are scheduled by the Recrea- tion Billiard Club, Detroit. Mich.; the Brooklyn Billiard Academy, where the classic Brooklyn handicap begins next month, and a number of others throughout the country. William T. Brace, the president of the Western Association, is arranging competitions for the cities in Illinois, Iowa. Kansas. Michigan, Missouri, Ne braska and Wisconsin. WITH LINCOLN HIGH for Season's Laurels. FAST MATERIAL IN SIGHT MflCLEAY TO MEET KERRY Mentor Is Said to Be Best Posted Football Man on' Coast and Has Had Great Success. VnXXER OE MATCH TODAY TO PLAY AGAINST STRAIGHT. in- Qualifying Ronnd for President's Cup Is Event at Waverley Today but Conditions Differ. Jack Straight managed to get into the finals of the Men's Club champion ship at the Waverley Country Club yesterday when he won from A. E. White, 1 up, 19 holes, in a most spec- NELSOX HAS HIS HOSPITAL IIII.L PAID, AT LEAST. CHICAGO. Oct. 25. "Bread east upon the waters" Is return ing much less than a proverbial thousand-fold to Battling Nelson, the "Durable Dane," of light weight championship fame. Nel son, who is penniless through legal technicalities and suffering from Spanish influenza, will nev ertheless have his hospital bill paid. The "Battler" appealed to friends to come to his aid. A check for 1203, the gift of an or ganisation he aided in the hey day of his career, will cover the Immediate expenses. The veteran of the ring is declared to be out of danger and on the road to recovery. more experienced fellow-laborers and no charge of laying down on the Job was ever made against them. Athletes Are Laid Off. Now that Foundation is only doing their bit on four ways instead of 10 they have been forced to lay off about 2000 men and of all the athletes who worked at the plant "Rube" Evana is the best known of those left. Evans branched out into a new line of en deavor this Fall when he donned the football spangles and has developed into a fairly efficient halfback. Bill Stumpf and Lefty James, two other former major and minor league base ball stars, were among those handed white cards at Foundation, but soon found employment at the Standifer wooden shipyards in North Portland. None of the fighters, except Frank Kendall, are hibernating at Foundation now. Muff Bronson. Alex Trambitas. Gordon brothers, Morris Lux. Bob Mc Allister and Joe Gorman are now with Standifer, which plant is running full capacity. Of the football stars at Foundation all are said to be efficient workers and their employers speak of them in the highest terms as being capable work er?. Horton. Cook, titan, Feichtinger. Watts and Webster are some of the gridiron stars. George Dewey is coach ing the eleven. Other well-known ballplayers and fighters working at the other yards are said to be Class A workers. SOLDIERS WILL PLAY GOLF According to an honor roll comDiled Movement Under Way to Place ,,nk ,Pa'ric-pi"Tesident of. the Pa- I cific Coast Hockey League, of former tacular' match. Straight had White 4 up at one time during the match but White played hard and they 'came up to the 18th hole all square. Roderick Macleay and A. S. Kerry ill play their match of the semi-finals this afternoon and tno winner will meet Jack Straight tomorrow in the finals for the club championship. The qualifying round for the presi dent's cup will be played at Waverley today. It is an annual event at Waver ley but conditions of the tournament are different this year in that instead of a cup being awarded the winner the cash value of the trophy will be given and the winner will, in turn, be expected to donate the amount to the Red Cross. It will be an 18-hole, medal play, handicap event, four best scores to qualify, match play to decide the winner. Match play will be on basis of holes up, according to one-half dif ference in handicaps. The qualifying round for the presi dent's cup at the Portland Golf Club 'ill be played today and tomorrow. It is a handicap match and the trophy offered by John G. Ciemson, president. Is a beauty. It is on exhibition In the window of Heitkemper's, Teon build ing. The Portland Golf Club greens com mittee is arranging the seventh and eleventh holes so the players will have to play over a lake. The new hazards will make these holes two of the sport iest on the course. TRIO OF ROSEBllflS SERVE MITCHELL, IRVIX, HARRIS ARE AMONG HOCKEY SOLDIERS. George "Ad" Dewey, one of the best known all-around athletes in the Northwest, former coach of Franklin High School, and present coach of the Foundation Shipbuilding Company eleven, was signed yesterday to act as coach of the Lincoln High School team, taking the place of George Sanders, the Railsplitters' mentor who was called to the colors several weeks ago. The announcement that Dewev will coach the Lincoln team has given In terscholastic football an added impetus ana wnen the season opens again foot- oail followers should see some games mat win long be remembered. Uewey is one of the best-Dosted foot ball men in this section of the coun try and has had great success with every team that he has handled. He took Franklin High several years ago ana brought them up in two seasons from first-year scrubs" to champion ship contenders. When Dewey took hold of the team it was Franklin's first year in football and all the players were freshies. Despite all handicaps tne wuaxers made a great showing on the gridiron in their initial season. The next season they made good and defeated some of the best teams in the league. Last year they won the championship of the Interscholastic League, defeating the older schools. Dewey also coached the Franklin track. basketball and baseball squads and all made good. Coach Has Bright Career. Among the players whom he de veloped are "Pudge" Brown, three sea sons on the All-Star Interscholastic backfield and for two seasons on the All-Northwest mythical high school eleven; Joy Badley. Bob Tucker. Bar bour, Peake, Ed Thompson, Powell, Davis, Harry Thomas, and a number of others. Thompson, Bradley, Tucker ana roweii are ail ptaying-on tne ore son Agricultural College varsity this year. Brown is in the Army and is stationed at Camp Lewis. Dewey starred in all branches of ath letics at Oregon Agricultural College not many years ago and played on the Aggie varsity. He was a track man of note and a basketball star. After finishing at Oregon Agricultural Col lege Dewey took up his athletic ca reer at Multnomah Club and for sev eral seasons played with the Winged M eleven, and represented them on the cinderpath and on the club basketball quintet. Lincoln to Practice Dally. This season Dewey, was offered sev eral positions as coach at high schools in Portland and Seattle. He also re ceived offers from several shipyards and finally decided to cast his lot with Foundation and put their team on the map. The Lincoln squad of three teams will practice every afternoon on the Vaughn-street grounds hereafter in stead of Multnomah field and on every other night will indulge in scrimmage with the Foundation team. Dewey, acting as coach at Lincoln, will not interfere with his daily work at the shipyards or his coaching of the Foun dation team, as both squads will be tiding the same gridiron at the same time. Foundation will play all of its games on Sundays or holidays, while the high school games will be on week day afternoons. There is some good material at Lin coln and Sanders has the men well drilled in the rudiments of the game. Lincoln has already played one game, defeating James John in the first game of the 1918 season several weeks ago. Sample Ballot for General Municipal Election to Be Held November 5, 1918 STUB TO BE TORN OFF BY THE CHAIRMAN STUB TO BE TORN OFF" BY THE FIRST CLERK General Municipal Election, City of Portland, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1918 INSTRUCTIONS: - PRECINCT NO. 2 To vote for any person mark a cross (X) in a square to the right of the name. VOTE FIRST CHOICE FOR AUDITOR AND ONE COMMISSIONER FOR UNEXPIRED TERM. VOTE FIRST CHOICE FOR AUDITOR AND TWO (2) COMMISSIONERS FOR FULL TERM. VOTE SECOND CHOICE FOR TWO (2) COMMISSIONERS FOR FULL TERM. VOTE YOUR FIRST CHOICES IN THE FLRST COLUMN. VOTE YOUR SECOND CHOICES IN THE SECOND COLUMN. DO NOT VOTE MORE THAN ONE CHOICE 'FOR ANY ONE CANDLDATE. All distinguishing marks make the ballot void. If you wrongly mark, tear or deface the ballot, return it and obtain another from the election officers. OFFICERS TO BE ELECTED: AUDITOR AND ONE (1) COMMISSIONER FOR UNEXPIRED TERM AND AUDITOR AND TWO (2) COMMISSIONERS FOR FULL TERM. If any voter shall vote more than one choice for any one candidate the vote highest in grade shall be counted and others rejected. AUDITOR, For Unexpired Term One to Be Elected. MARK CROSS (X) BETWEEN THE NUMBKR ANI ANSWBR VOTER FOR. """""""" First Ordinance Submitted to the Voters by the Council. NAMES OF CANDIDATES Choice Ajr ORDINANCE extending the contract now existing between the City and the ' Oregon Humane Society for a period of five years, providing for the operation 12 GEO. tL FUNK "For re-election. Efficiency, economy, courtesy; of the city pound by said Society, and authorizing the payment by the City of office door open to all." 80 of certain fees to said Society. v .... Shall said Ordinance pawwf 600 YES. 601 NO. Charter Amendment Submitted to the Voter by the Council. COMMISSIONER, For Unexpired Term One to Be Elected. CHARTER AMENDMENT eliminating from the coat of local Improvements the charge of five per cent for engineering, superintendence or advertising, pro uie nvmniTp First viding that such cost shall be borne by the City and paid for out of the NAMES Oh CANDIDATES Choice general fund. 13 T. L. PERKINS "A clean government and a Greater Portland" Shall. the Charter he wo amended? 602 YES. 603 NO. 14 A. G. BUSHL1GHT Charter Amendment Submitted to the Voters by the Council. mm m AN ACT to amend the Charter of the City of Portland by adding a new section to be designated as Section 122a, reorganizing the Bureau of Fire into two substantially equal platoons, providing for not more than fourteen hours' night service nor more than ten hours' day service, subjecting members of j;;2S2;2ZEZESI2ISSrZSC2CS22CSS!S2223 said bureau to call at all hours in case of great or unusual danger of con flagration. AUDITOR, For Full Term One to Be Elected. Shall the Charter be so amended? 604 YES. NAMES OF CANDIDATES . Cho'ee 606 NO. 15 GEO. R. FUKK "For re-election. Efficiency, economy, courtesy; . , office door open to all Charter Amendment Submitted to the Voters by the Council. ' AMENDMENT of the Charter authorizing the Dock Commission to Issue not ' exceeding five million dollars of bonds for the purpose of providing addi tional facilities for vessels of the United States Shipping Board and other vessels, including drydocking, wharfing, warehousing, cold-storage and such ISST 55 other harbor and dock facilities and equipment, service and accommodation o . . as the needs of maritime commerce may' from time to time require, and COMMISSIONERS, (or mil Term rvro to lie Kieetea. granting certain powers to the Commission of Public Docks relative thereto. . Shall the Charter be so amended f NAMES OK CANDIDATES . choice 606 YE'S- lti S. C. PIER "Twenty-seven years' residence and taxpayer. 507 NO . Business experience. Efficient admiuistra- tion. Strict economy." Charter Amendment Submitted to the Voters by the Council, i ' ' ' ' AN ACT to amend the Charter of the City of Portland authorizing a tax levy, on 17 OSCAR W. HORNE -"Labor should be represented in our - or Defore November 30, 1918, not exceeding one-half of one mill, to provide city government. ' funds for the erection by the City of Portland, upon property now owned or I to be acquired, of a building or buildings to be used by the Federal Govern- 18 DAN KELLAHER ' Payrolls, population and prosperity. ment as a reconstruction and rehabilitation hospital for war injured. the triple alliance for Oregon." Shall the Charter be wo amended? I 508 YES. 19 c. A. B1GELOW "Re-election. Stands for honest, efficient, 509 NO. economical public service." 1 ' Charter Amendment Submitted to the Voters by the Council. 20 ARTHUR B. BAINES "I will do my lull duty to all." AN ACT to amend the Charter of the City of Portland' authorising a deduction to be made from the salaries of members of the Bureau of Police, and a tax levy not exceeding one-tenth of one mill for the creation of a relief and " pension fund for disabled, infirm and retired members of the Bureau of Police and dependent children and resident widows until reman iage, of deceased members of said bureau. ' Shall the Charter be wo amended? 510 YES. 511 NO. Published by authority of Section 131 of the City Charter. Coast League's Honor Roll Contains Many ' Karnes Well Known to Portland Fans. UMPIRES ARE ALL WORKING Paraphernalia in Cantonments. CHICAGO. Oct. 15. A movement to provide soldiers at cantonments with golfing paraphernalia has been started by officials of the United States Golf Association and President Charles F. Thompson, of the Western Golf Asso ciation, today received letters from the officials of the National body asking him to interest clubs in the Western organization in the matter. Golfers are asked to donate clubs, balls and caddy bags, which will be forwarded to a central point and from there allotted to the various Army camps. The plan does not contemplate the expenditure of a large sum of money for the construction of golf courses. but wherever ground is available nine- hole links are to be laid out. AMBITIOUS PROGRAMME OUT Amatcnr Billiard Players of Country to Be Seen in Titles Play. Wielders of the cue are entering upon an ambitious progntmme of championships under the direction of the National Association of Amateur Bii'iard Players. The class A 18.2 balklinc national championship is scheduled to begin at the Chicago Ath letic "lut the latter part of next FVh- Ban Johnson's Entire Staff Is En gaged in Useful Lines. All of the staff of the umpires of the American League are now engaged in esesntial work. Silk O'Loughlin was the last member of the staff to get an professional ice hockey stars now in e , I t . the service, the number of former President Johnson s office has re members of the. Portland Rosebuds a 't . t'T, . w" an serving their country is three. All told there are IS former hockeyists In the service. Fred "Smoky" Harris, nouncing that he had been accepted for service in the plant of the protective military intelligence service and as- nf the. Portland team. I. with the Amert. signed to the Boston district. can forces. Captain "Mike" Mitchell is " eiisaisea in me nigniy with the Canadians overseas and has essential ana somewnai nazaroous oc- been severely wounded a number of cupatlon ot helping to protect munition times. Private Dick Irvln is also with works and shipbuilding plants in the the Canadian forces. Eddie Oatman, Hu0 ana us environs from the efforts former Portland Rosebud captain, has of German spies and sympathizers to made several attempts to enlist in the slow up tne .-s a tion s efforts to whip Canadian forces, but has never .been the Kaiser. The process of relieving i I The National Smoke mm 6sCIGAR Better than most 10-centers i. B. BMIT11 CO- DtattrlbMera, able to pa?s muster. The Coast League s honor roll con tains the following names: Lieutenant Arthur Duncan, M. C, Vancouver: Lieutenant Fred McCul inugh. 51. M.. Victoria; Captain "Mike" Mitchell, Portland: Frank Foyston. Se attle; Frank Nighbor, Vancouver; Com pany Sergeant Major Goldie Prodgers, Victoria: Corporal George Box, Vic toria; Corporal Nichols, Vancouver: the United States soldiers and municl pal police from -this task and turning it over to an organized force of volun teer civilians has been going on for some time. Although all members o the Ameri can League umpire staff are beyond the age of immediate needs of the draft and all have families, grading up to Dean Tom Connolly with a wife and seven children, they are now engaged GEO. R. FUNK, Auditor of the City of Portland. NO ROOTERS TP SEE GAME FOOTBALL AVITHOUT SPECTA TORS THIS APTEBXOOX. Fifth Spruce Squadron of Vancouver, and Team or 1 0 5th and 10 6th Squadrons to Meet. ' Private Jim Riley. Seattle; Private Dick in work calculated to help win the war. Irvin. Portland; Private Fred Harris, a majority of them in munition plants Portland; private "opeea Aloynes, an- or in protecting them. eouver; Gunner Don Smith, victoria; Private Norman Fowler, Seattle; Pri vate Jim Seaborn, Vancouver. BROXSOX TO MEET IXGLE'AGAIX Aberdeen to See 10-Round Go as Soon as Influenza Clears Ana;. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Oct. 25. (Spe cial.) Mutt Bronson, lightweight cham pion of the Coast, and George Ingle, former champion, will meet in Aber deen for a 10-round go as soon as the smoke of the influenza ban is cleared away. The tentative date set is No vember 4. The bout will be staged at the Grand Theater, which will peat about 1000 persons, besides tOO ringside seats on the stage. For preliminaries Druxman is plan ning on a semi-windup between Bobby Harper and Red Gage, both of Seattle. and a set-to between Bob Toern, the local fighting blacksmith, and Jack Martin, also an Aberdeen product. JOE MAX DOT ANXIOUS AGAIN Pugilin Reconsiders His Decision Xot to Enter Ring Till War Over. Joe Mandot again has reconsidered his decision not to re-enter the ring until after the war Is won. His man ager. Billy Ott, announces that the Frenchman has started training and in two weeks will be ready for a set-to. Mandot is convinced that his greatest need is plenty ot road work and less of the strenuous gymnasium grind he has been accustomed to do in the past. According to Ott Mandot weighs 141 pounds and will not have any trouble getting down to the lightweight limit. An exception is Umpire Hildebrand, who owns an extensive farm -in Call fornia. He wrote President Johnson recently asking ad.vlce in the matter of obtaining a "war Job," and was told to stick to the farm and raise all the food he could for the duration of the war. Absarokee Club Plans Shoot. CROW AGENCY. Mont., Oct. 25. (Special.) The Absarokee Gun Club will hold a $1000 liberty bond shoot that will be a "shoot for shooters" on November 2 and 4, with Saturday, No vember 2. as practice day. The pro gramme consists of 100 birds on prac tice day, optional sweeps, and 10 20 bird events on the regular days, the 3d and 4th. There will be a 150 liberty bond as first money for the 20 regular events. Purse to be divided Rose sys tem. 4, 3, 2, 1 for other qualifying scores. Average money on the two reg ular days will run between 200 and 600. according to the number of en trants. In addition there will be 11 cash and merchandise prizes for high three-day and daily averages, low aver age and long runs. Here's a Chance for- E. O'Connell. Ad San tell. Pete Buzukos and the rest of the "rasslers" an all good press agents, but, they have nothing on Karl Robbins. middleweight aspirant for the title, who says he is open to meet any middleweight wrestler in America, Walter Miller or Eddie O'Connell pre ferred. Robbins' list of victories in the mat game reaches from here to Scap poose and back again and he is partic ularly anxious to take on Eddie O'Con nell. who is now boxing and wrestling instructor at the" University of Oregon. ' A football game without a spectator will be played this afternoon at Mult nomah Field when the speedy 105th and 106th Squadron team of the Port land headquarters, Spruce proauction Division, will tangle with the formid able 5th Spruce Squadron team of Van cbuver Barracks. The 5th Squadron team held the Mill tary Police eleven to a 6-to-0 score last Saturday on the post athletic ieia ana has one of the best teams at tne can tnnm,nt The 105th and 106th Squad mn team his cleaned up everything it has bucked up against so rar tnis sea son and has tentative games scheduled with the University of Oregon, Founda tion and other top-notch elevens. No one will be admittea to tne neia this afternoon except tne players, i f.u officers, a doctor and newspaper . . . I V. V. r men. it nas not Deen umicu the football players will wear masics or not. Sergeant Drewery, manager or tne Portland soldier team, wishes to nave it announced that all those who bought tickets to the Military Police-lOSth and 106th Sauadron game, which had to be called off several weeks ago because of the influenza ban, can get their mnnev bv applying at tne local oar- rtifVa at 265 Fourteenth street. The 105th and 106th Squadron team has scheduled a game witn tne mili tary Police for a week from Sunday, in. ho nlaved at the post athletic field. All those holding tickets may attend the game or if they want their money refunded can do so by applying at the barracks. As the Military Police have a game scheduled for every week until the end of the season, the 105th and 106th Squadron had to take the Van couver date for November 3. MILLER" IS WOUNDED AGAIN aphernalia was his own idea, and It is a tremendous hit. Thousands of dollars have been collected by Griffith in less than a year. He has sent bats, balls, gloves, masks and protectors to every army canton ment in the United States, and his packages of baseball joy have found their way to France. Is it any won der that Griff is popular with the army? Griffith's popularity isn't confined to the army by any means. By na ture the foxy leader of the Washing ton Americans is a mixer. He is one of the most congenial and friendly men in the business and he has friends everywhere. WILLARD TO GET HIS CHOICE Former Philadelphia First Sacker In Casualty List. Last week's casualty report from France carried Hugh Miller, former Philadelphia first baseman, as amorfg wounded marines. Miller wears the Distinguished Serv ice cross for his good work in the bat tle the marines put up at Belleau wood on June 6. He was wounded at the time, recovered and went back to the firing line, only to be wounded again. If this is a new wouna tnat is just bulletined, then it makes at least three times Hugh has got in the way of a missile sent over with the compliments of the Germans. SOLDIERS UIKE C. GRIFFITH Washington Manager Has Done Much for Yankee Fighters Abroad. Ask the boys In khaki to name the greatest fellow in baseball and they will shout the name of Clark Gritntn. Grift has done more than anyone else in baseball to gladden the hearts of the doughboys. His bat and ball fund to provide the soldier boys at home and abroad with baseball par- Six Names of Possible Opponents Submitted to Champion. NEW YORK, Oct. 25. On accepting the proffered service of Champion Jess Willard to help the war work campaign, boxing division, the sports committee thanked him by- telegraph today. They suggested that the best financial results would be obtained from a six to ten-round no-decision bout in this city at Madison Square Garden, which would be available on November 16 or 26. The names of Dempsey, Levinsky, Coffey, Meehan, Miske and Fulton were mentioned from which Willard could choose an oppo nent. Dempsey, who for some time has been seeking a bout with Willard, sent word to James Coffroth, chief of the boxing division of the campaign committee, to night that he is eager to meet the champion at any time and any place and to give all the proceeds of the bout to the united war work campaign. IXFXUEXZA HITS BIG CIRCUIT EUGENE WIS GAME TODAY FIRST AND SECOND TEAMS OF SQUAD TO CLASH. Pro- Curtailment of Lexington gramme Hardship to Campaigners. The curtailment of the Lexington trots has worked a great hardship on horsemen campaigning their charges on the Grand Circuit. The cessation of racing at Lexing ton has thrown a large number of the Big Line'' horses off their training. and besides preventing them from com peting for the purses hung up by the Lexington track, will seriously inter fere with their subsequent activities. Lexington is always the Mecca for horsemen, as all the big stables as semble there at the close of the sea son and compete in the classic stakes that have long been a feature of the annual meeting. This year many horsemen shipped their stables to the track from distant, points without being able to start them even once. STAGG'S .SQUAD HIT AGAIN Seven Players to Leave for an. Of ficers' Training Camp. CHICAGO. Oct. 25. University of Chicago branch of the S. A. T. C. is planning to send a group of men away to an officers' training camp today or tomorrow and at least seven of the football eleven are on the list. It is said at the university that their departure will practically be the death of football on the midway, as there is no material left' to make into another team. ' String of Horses In Training. J. v. Huntamer, well-known horse man, ihas a string of pacers and trot ters working out on the old Clarke County Fair grounds in Vancouver, Wash. The race meet scheduled for October 17, 18, 19. ,20. was postponed until after the "flu" ban is lifted. ' Cancellation by Arancouver Barracks Eleven Does Not Prevent Con test at State University. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Oct 25. (Special.1 Owing to the can cellation of Saturday's game by the Spruce Division Vancouver Barracks team Coach "Shy" Huntington an nounced this morning that a game would be played between the first and second teams of the squad. This will give the Oregon fans a chance to see what "Shy" has Been aDie to ayeiop in the last two weeks. It is probable that all of the 40 men out will be seen in 'action but Chapman, Blake and Brandenburg." the three backfield men who have been out with the influenza. Although they are not expected to be sent into the game they are out for practice. Huntington says that the Saturday game will be a regular contest, with him and "Bill" Hayward in the grand stands as spectators. "Shy" considers this to be one of the best ways possible to get the men into condition and keep them on their toes for later games. One of the new men who may be seen in action Saturday is O'Rourke, former Montana tackle. Local fans are anxious to see him in the game, as he appears to have" everything in his favor. Just who will start on the second team Coach Huntington has not decided. The first team will probably be the same as the one announced for the game witn "Tick" Malarkey's crew. In this case Wilson and Hauser will take care of the ends, Trowbridge and Strachan tackles, Mautz and Brown guards ana cauison center. In the backfield will oe tne two Jacobbergers, Vincent and Francis, playing left half and quarterback re spectively; Howard at full and Watson at right hair. O'KEEFE BOXIXG INSTRUCTOR Handsome Jack, Middleweight, Is on Battleship Mississippi. GREAT LAKES, 111., Oct,' 25. The Great Lakes naval training station has lost one star athlete, but gained an other. "Handsome Jack" O'Keefe, mid dleweight, has been assigned as box ing instructor on the U. S. S. Missis sippi. Roscoe Minton, Indiana end, joined the football squad today, and is available to play against Northwestern University tomorrow. Ecklund, Min nesota star guard of 1917, also joined the squad pending departure lor naval aviation camp. TODAY'S GAMES TO BE FEW Middle West Will See Three Con ference Teams in Action. CHICAGO, Oct. 25. With few excep tions the Middle West will endure an other "sportless Saturday" tomorrow, because of the Spanish influenza, which resulted in a score of football games being cancelled. Service elevens will furnish the com petition for three of the. Western Con ference teams. Northwestern will clash with the Great Lakes Naval Training Station team in what probably will be the most important game of the day. The Great Lakes eleven, composed of former inter-collegiate stars, already has defeated two "Big Ten" aggrega tions. The contest will be played at Great Lakes. Illinois will face the Chicago Naval Reserve squad, which, two weeks ago, triumphed over the University of Chi cago. The game will be played at Ur bana. Wisconsin will play Camp Grant at Madison. No spectators will be per mitted to witness the contest. Neither will spectators be allowed at Lincoln, Neb., where the University of Nebraska eleven will play two games tomorrow, the first with C'otner University and the second with Ne braska Wesleyan. The University of Minnesota will meet St. Thomas College at St, Paul. Four Football Fields Under Way. GREAT LAKES. 111., Oct. 25. Four new football fields, 160 feet in width and 300 feet long, will be built at the Great Lakes Naval training station to accommodate the needs of the regi mental football league. Captain Will iam A. Moffett, the commandant, .is greatly interested in athletics and ap pealed to the "gobs" to volunteer their services in "constructing the new grid irons. Soccer Teams Organize. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Oct. 25. (Special.) Men are now signing up for soccer at the Oregon Agricultural College. Two leagues, class A and class B, will be organized. Work of organization was delayed because of the necessity for reorganizing all the S. A. T. C. com panies. Anglers Club Not to Meet. On account of the epidemic the Mult nomah Anglers' Club will not be able to hold their October meeting. Every member of the club has been working overtime of late getting ready to put over the bill closing the Willamette to net fishers. Stenographers Are Sought. Stenographers and typists who can pass the civil service tests have op portunity to go to Washington, D. C, to work in the office of the Quartermaster-General. An urgent call came yesterday to Colonel Sam R. Jones, Depot Quartermaster in Portland, to seek applicants, and any interested eligibles will find him at room 507 Worcester building, ready to give tha details. Los Angeles destroyed 4300 cats the last year in the interest of food con servation. Two heights in a smart roll fffrnt style. COLLARS have exclusively lnoconflhhvafaSkfitfonAofes . GEO.r.lDEfcCO-Mikei-s.ntOY.II.Y.