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13 TIIE MORNING OliEGONIAN, 3IOXDAT. DECEMBER 2.1, 1918. J. B.TROEH WINNER OF LIBERTY SHOOT Handicap Champion Gets His Choice of Trophies. SPECIAL EVENTS ON CARDhoodri-er fish are biting Catlicy, Preston and Downs Divide .;. ' Purses in C. B. Preston Clial . lenge Match. J. E. Troph. northwest handicap ' champion, who enlisted la the United States Tank Corps some months ago, and was recently mustered out of the service, won his choice of the two inner 01 Ltie ijjoeriy enuu L bi dvciuius Park, the home of the Portland Gun I 'lllh vfllrHiiv Thu T.fhpptv shnnt "IV n .S a 50-target event staged by the Port land Gun Club for the benefit of the Red Cross. Thirty-five of the best- Known trapsnooters in the JNortnwesi entered the shoot and, 135 was realized for the Red Cross. The Liberty shoot was really a 75 target event or, rather, for those who took part in the shootoff. Shooters who entered were placed in five classes based on their shooting ability as de cided by the handicap committee. Thus there were class A. B, C, D, and E. HUSH Bnooiers jiea. Z , The shooters in each, class shot at 50 targets and the high man in each di vision were matched for the shootoff for the two handsome trophies up for the two high guns. The main shoot of 50 targets was not shot on a handicap basis but in the shoot the six shooters '."were handicaDDed according to what c lass they were in. Charley Leith won the other trophy by placing second in the shootoff. Leith. won first place In Class A by smashing 50 targets without . miss. .T. B. Troeh and C. B. Preston tied with 41 targets each in Class B. "Tip" Zach risson was high gun in Class C, shat tering 44 birds. J. S. Crane won in Class D, bagging 41 flying clays, while R. W. Cook was high man in Class E, with 36 tar hawks to his credit. - Leith had to shoot his targets in the shoot-off from the 22-yard line. Troen and Preston were placed on the 20-yard line, Zachrisson shot from the 18-yard line. Crane from the 17--yard line and ' Cook from the 16-yard line. The shoot off was for 25 targets and Troeh won out, breaking 24 targets out of 25 from the 20-yard line. Leith broke tl from the 22-yard line: Preston bagged 19 from the 20-yard line while ,5achrisson and Crane scored 18 down apiece. Cook withdrew after 10 birds. Challenge Fund Divided. Although the turkey shoot and the liberty event were blued as tne lea ture of the day, they were both placed in the pale by the special 25-target match between C. B. Preston, "Hy" Kverding, A. K. Downs, and Dr. C. F. Cathey. Preston challenged the other three through all of the local newspapers- to a special match from the -'0-yard line, each shooter to put up J 10, the purse to be shot for 60-40. Arthur K. Downs, former president of the Portland Gun Club, gave the audience of over a hundred a thrill Avhen he ran 21 birds without a miss. Dr. C. P. Cathey won out by shatter ing 23 out of 25 clay pigeons. Preston missed his 12th. 20th and 25th targets, scoring 22. After shooting 21 targets in championship form, "Doc" Downs weakened and missed his 22d, 23d and . Z4tn targets, scoring zz, but losing out iiio uig 1 1 1 u i r j . i 1 tun a.nu A. tJ v 1 1 a ilea tor tne 4U per cent cut or the money and split it. Cathey taking the 60 per cent. "Hy" Everding was in a sympathetic mood yesterday and feel ing sorry for the clay pigeons, let 10 of them alight, thus prolonging their life for another week at least. Jim Morris was to have shot a spe cial match of 25 targets against J. S. Crane, but failed to put in his- appear ftnee. Crane, went out and shot 'An t a r- srets against Morris' best record, and '"broke 24 out of the 25, winning the match hv default. He is nnw nffpr . Vnrvle Vila ' . 1 1 r-n a . ) - ' ins, iam.1 . i u i xi j iiigui. all u Morris agreed to be on hand, but evi-. ciently thought better of it. The shooting for turkeys commenced about 1 o'clock, and the nimrods blazed away until near 4:30 in the after noon. Jesse Troeh was not satisfied v with winning the Liberty shot, but also won four turkeys. V,llll XJCIlll, ' i-J. Jg. lllll IV , It. Preston, n;. ll. teller, and G. E. Ha maker won two turkeys each. The fol lowing captured one "turk" each: Den nis Holohan, Jim Seavey, H. H. Veatch, Dr. E. C. McFarland. Leith Has Ivan of 75. Charley Leith, the Woodburn crack, who brought down 50 straight targets in the Liberty shoot, had just finished running 25 straight in a practice shoot, civlng him an actual run of 75 targets. ?e also knocked the birds for a Xare-thee-well in the turkey events. ' Mr. and Mrs. A. Bowker, of Heppner, . "were visitors at tne .romana tiun Club ney in Liifs i uji v i cvirius. xne iwu trophies up in the Liberty shoot were donated in honor of E. H. Keller and A. V. Strowger. 7 Following are the scores registered In the Liberty shoot: Name 15 15 20 Tl , jl.. J1. iener jo J 44 A Tv Sirnxnr 1'! 1 15 11. Kverding , U la 33 34 . A. K. Downs 14 11 17 42 Don Morrison .......14 1J Iti 4'2 -f. D. Plank 14 15 19 4S A. I!. Humphrey la 1.! 18 4- K. C. McFarland 6 10 10 26 J. G. Clemaon 9 8 15 ' 3? V. Frlendlander 6 It :i 30 ';. Smith 13 15 20 50 C B. Preaton 15 15 17 47 K. ti. Hawman 11 11 17.37 W. Martell 9 la 15 3S Tip Zachrisson 13 la 39 44 ' A B. Weatherford 11 13 15 311 - J. S. Crane 12 la 17 41 O. A. Cat hey 11 11 17 3 If. K. Alger 3 9 18 R. W, Cook 11 9 18 36 ' T. Holohan 33 18 39 45 H. Watch 34 ! 15 88 ,11m Itcid ..12 12 19 48 CF. Cathey 12 35 18 45 r. J. Holohan la 14 17 43 i J , O. Joy 10 7 14 3 W. n. Enderly 11 g 16 S.I W. C. Bristol 3 9 15 33 H. S. IJuett 8 10 13 3 W. C. Fuller 6 3 a 14 Si .1. Troeh 14 15 18 47 , A. Bowker 10 13 15 3S - jure. A. BowKer 11 la 14 3; -J. Seavey 14 IS 17 46 . Carlon . . . 10 10 x 5 23 jTLETCIIER TO RESUME GAME ew York Giant Fully Recovers From Shipyard Accident. Baseball fans who heard the rumor that Arthur Fletcher, New York Giant star, had injured his right hand so i seriously that his retirement from the ' National pastime might be expected will be reassured by word that he has recovered and he will be aboard the ""Giants' special" when it leaves for Marlin. Tex., or whatever site is se lected by Manager McGraw. Shortly after the close of the baseball season Fletcher, with several other of his teammates, entered the Federal shipbuilding plant at Kearney,- N. J. One day, while assisting in the rivet ing of a steel plate, the Giant captain Inadvertently got his right hand wedged between the plate and the hull of the ship and the Index finder of that hand was bo badly lacerated that for a time It was feared amputation would be necessary. The injured digit mended much more Quickly than was expected. It is fortunate indeed that the injury sustained by the peppery captain was not more serious, for. if he were to lose the finger or any part of It. his play ing unquestionably would suffer. Mor decai Brown, of course, got along very nicely without the first finger of his pitching hand, but the one-time Cub star was an exception, for there are not many men with mutilated hands who have made good in major-league balL E. J. and Frank Middleswart Land Salmon Trout.' HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec. 22. (Spe cial.) Nothing daunted by the snow that covered the ground and the chill ing east wind, E. J. Middleswart, dean PORTLASD SOLDIERS MEET AT O.CASTICO. Lieutenant Harry Grayson, United States Marine Corps, and Ensign John Higgins, United States Navy, held a reunion at Quantico. Va., last week. Gray son was formerly assistant sport ing writer on The Oregonian and recently commissioned Lieuten ant in the Harine Corps. Higgins was a member of the well-known firm of Irish tailors before he enlisted in the Navy, was com missioned an ensign and sent overseas in charge of a subma rine chaser. Higgins returned from abroad last week and im mediately proceeded to Quantico, where he and 'Grayson talked over old times in Portland and their experiences in the Bervice. Higgins later returned to New York. of local anglers, and his eon, Frank Middleswart, of Mosier, sallied forth to the Hood River yesterday with rods and creels. The men each returned with two handsome salmon trout. The elder Mr. Middleswart last week braved the Winter weather to fish for black bass in sloughs north of the city. Using live minnows for bait, lie landed several of the big fish. HERMAN ASKS FDR BATTLE WELTERWEIGHT WOULD OP POSE McCARTirr. Manager Evans Receives Telegram From Boser Recently Dis charged From Army. "Kid" Herman, San Francisco wel terweight boxer, who has battled Joe Rivers and a number of other Califor nia scrappers with more than ordinary success, is anxious to fight Johnny Mc Carthy at the Heilig Theater smoker to be held January 8, according to a telegram received yesterday by Bobby Evans, who has been delegated by Her man to make the match with the hard hitting McCarthy. Since Bobby Evans returned from Camp Lee, where he received his hon orable discharge from the Army, he has been besieged with telegrams and let ters from aspiring boxers anxious to appear before a Portland fight audience and requesting Evans to look after their interests. Before his entry Into the Army, Evans was one of the most successful promoters in Portland. It was Evans who staged the monster benefit smoker at the Ice Palace a. few months ago, when 10 of the test bouts ever wit nessed in any ring were dished out for the approval of the local fistic follow ers. Bobby will talk with Matchmaker Tracey today and endeavor to pair Her man with McCarthy for the next smo ker. Walter Honeyman, secretary of the Boxing Commission, will have a con ference with Sol Levinson, manager of Johnny McCarthy, in San Francisco today, and until Commissioner George Henry and Matchmaker Tracey hear from Honeyman regarding the latter's conference with Levinson, nothing will be 'done towards closing with Evans for Herman s services. MARINE GAME INSISTED OH CHRISTMAS CONTEST, SUGGESTS PASADENA COMMITTEE. Xew Developments Expected in Con troversy Over Coast Service Championship. Efforts are now being made by the Pasadena Tournament of Roses football committee to have the Mare Island Ma rine eleven play the Balboa PaTk sail ors at San Francisco or Berkeley Field Christmas day, lollowing their plan of an elimination tournament to decide which Western eleven shall play the Great Lakes Naval training station team at Pasadena New Year's day for the service championship of the coun try. The game was originally scheduled for last Saturday, but due to the many crippled players on te Marine team after their hard trip through the North west and recent clash with the Mather Field aviators at Berkeley, Major Riner refused to permit the team to play. It is now said the Pasadena officials are bringing pressure to bear to make the Marines play Balboa Park next Wednesday, the winner to play Great Lakes seven days later at Pasadena. The Rockwell Field aviators of San Diego 40 strong arrived in San Fran cisco last Thursday and wanted to play the Camp Lewis eleven, which had al ready scheduled a game with the "Gobs" from Mare Island. The result was that the aviators traveled 580 miles from San Diego to San Francisco on a fruitless mission. With the Camp Lewis. Rockwell Field and Balboa Park elevens quartered in San Fran cisco at the same time. Bay City grid iron enthusiasts should not want for lack of excitement. Deal On to Buy Red Sox. NEW YORK, Dec 22. James Gaff ney, of -New York, former owner of the Boston Nationals, has opened negotia tions with Harry H. Frazee, owner of the Boston Americans, for the pur chase of the latter club, according to a report circulated in baseball circles here tonight. Neither would discuss the re port. Christmas Celebration Outdoors. " CHEHALIS. Wash., Dec. 22. (Spe cial.) The Chehalis Choral Club will lead a community sing on the Chehalis streets Christmas eve. Words for the songs will be reflected on a- screen by a stereopticon. Owing to the ban against indoor public gatherings, the observance of the Christmas season will be devoid of many of its old-time features, but the community sing idea will be as successfully carried out as possible. 1918 IS UNEVENTFUL YEAH FOR PUGILISTS Holders of Titles Cling to Championships. WAR ACTIVITY INTERFERES Best-Known Fighters Serve as In structors lor Men In Olive Drab. 1918 RIok Champion. Flyweight Jimmy Wilde. Bantamweight Pete Herman. Featherweight Johnny Kilbane. Lightweight Benny Leonard. Welterweight Ted Lewis. Middleweight Mike O'Dowd. Light heavyweight In doubt. Heavyweight Jess Willard. With no world's championship matches on tap and the year 1918 hav ing only two days over a week to run, the dope book shows that no boxing titles have cnanged hands during the past 12 months. Which is quite differ ent from 1917, when four titles. changed hands. Perhaps the lack of' activity of the champions was somewhat re sponsible for it. Jimmy Wilde, the sensational Eng lish flyweight star, fought a few bat tles in hi s division. He was beaten last week in a four-round contest in England by Pal Moore, but the bout was at the bantamweight limit and had no bearing on the title. Pete Herman, recognized bantam weight champion, had few contests during the year. He has been in the Navy for six months, and the only matches he took part in were no-decision affairs. He refused to sign up for bouts to a referee's decision,' and also insisted that all of his bouts be at catch weights. He was shaded by a wide margin by "Jersey" Frankie Burns, in an eight-round, no-decision contest several months ago. Kilbane Instruct Soldiers. Johnny lv II bane has spent the biggest part of the year instructing Uncle Sam's fighters in the manly art of self defense. The featherweight cham pion has announced repeatedly that he is through with the game, but as yet has not handed his title over to any one. ,Johnny has not boxed before the public since he was knocked out in three rounds by Benny Leonard, at Philadelphia, on July 25, 1917. Benny Leonard, lightweight cham pion of the world, has been the busiest of the titleholders during the year. Al thought not having- taken part in as many battles as he did in 1917 Benny has been rather busy. In between times, while acting as boxing instructor at Camp Upton, N. Y., he has. been granted short turlougs to engage in contests. Like Herman, however, he has not made the lightweight limit, and it is almost a certainty he can never again hope to do so light a weight and be himself. Ted Lewis is another champ who has been rather busy the past year. The welterweight champion, who was conceded the championship when he won a 20-round decision over Jack Britton at Dayton, O., on June 25, 1917, has been one of the few recent cham pions who has not been afraid to risk his title. Outside of his contest with Benny Leonard and one or two others, he has won them all. O'Dowd la Army. Mike O'Dowd has had little chance to do any boxing. He was the first champion boxer drafted in the Army, and was the only one who saw service at the front. Mike was in many a mixup with the Hun. and reports say he has had many a close call. Ac counts from the recent boxing tourna ment in London say that the St. Paul battler has lost none of his "pep," and can be depended upon to do plenty of ring work when he receives his dis charge from Uncle Sam. The light-heavyweighf title has been in dispute for some time. There are any number of boxers claiming it. Several years ago "Battling" Levinsky, Jack Dillon, Billy Miske and several others had an equal claim on it, and each held the title in question at times. All of them but Miske have been practically cast into the popularity dis card and are no longer recognized as championship timber. Levinsky was knocked for goal by Jack Dempsey and others have unseated him of late. Dillon is a back number and almost through. Miske still continues to hold his own, and has the best right to the light heavyweight title. The least said about the heavy-weight championship the better. Jess Willard repeatedly refused to take on any of the men in his class and has not shown any signs of ever wanting to meet any of them. Higgins Wins- Sweepstakes. Eduardo S. Higgins won the ball sweepstakes yesterday at the Portland Golf Club with a net 69. E. M. Eld redge was next best score with a net 77. Despite the frigid atmosphere, a large number of golfers played over the Port land Golf Club course. Echoes From Everding Park. E. H. Keller and A. W. Strowger. popular members of the Portland Gun Club, yesterday visited the traps for the first time in several months. Both men returned to Portland last week from trips in the East. "Hy" Everding took a chance on everything yesterday and played the cider strong. W. C. "Bill" Bristol got out his J2 an ounce Florida chewing tobacco, and insisted on treating Eddie Keller and "Doc" Downs. Dr. George A. Cathey, newly-elected secretary of the Portland Gun Club, was on the job yesterday, and did not have much time to shoot. Jess Troeh's record of breaking 24 targets from the 20-yard line in the shootoff of thp Liberty event made the boys stand up and take notice. Dick Carlon dropped in for 25 targets and managed to bag z) or them. Mrs. P. J. Holohan and Mrs. J. G. Clemson took all that was left on the punch board, thanks to A. W. Strowger. Colleen Cathey and Margaret Dor othy Downs spent an enjcSyable after noon, and ran a close race for popu larity. C. B. Preston and Dr. George A. Cath ey are still waiting for their pictures. . Harry Pollock thought the fireplace was the best thing at the club y ester day, and was always well within its radius. The coffee and cake served by Mrs. William Bree.se and assistants were en joyed by all present. Mrs. Breese eaya the didn't make the cake. Bill Breese got the prize for the best looking man on the grounds. . Some of the members were In favor of putting Charley Leith and Jim Sea vey on a float In Johnson Creek to shoot from. ' E. G. Hawman Is good-natured. Some day the Woodburn Gun Club wjll stage a shoot, and the Portland Gun Club brigade will journey down and win all the trophies. TENNIS STAR IS HONORED LIXDLEY MURRAY WINS niGH RANK AMONG PLAYERS. Assignment I Based Entirely Upon Showing In National Singles Tournament. NEW YORK. Dec 22. TL Lindley Murray, the Caltforntan. playing from Niagara Falls, N. I, National singles champion for 1918, is given the place of honor among the ranked tennts players of the country for the season Just closed, according to the official announcement of the National Tennis Association. Bracketed with Murray in class one Is W. P. Tllden. Jr.. of Philadelphia, while F. B. Alexander, of New York, is placed in class two. Groujied in class three are W. M. Hall. New York; W. T. Hayes, Chicago, and N. W. Niles Boston. Ichiya Kumagae, the Japanese expert, leads class four, and following the name' of the Oriental racquet wielder, come those of more than one hundred others bracketed in various divisions up to class 19. The placisg of Murray in first place, class one. closes a controversy of sev eral months, standing as to whether Murray or Tilden would receive premier honors in this respect. Murray's rank ing is based entirely upon his showing in the National Singles Championship tournament which he won with a de cisive defeat of- Tilden in the final round. Among the doubles teams Tilden and Vincent Richards, of New York, are placed in class one together with F. B. Alexander and B. C. Wright, while N. W. Niles and P. R. Pell, hold class two. Miss Molla BJurstedt. of New York, the Norwegian player, leads the women ex perts with Mrs. George W. W'ightman. of Boston, second, and Miss Eleanor Goss. of New York, third. Squirrel Food. Finding an expressman to move one's trunk or suitcase from the railroad station to his home these days is almost as simple as locating the whereabouts of the goo.-e that lays the golden egg. t nere are sne; , , Famous H's I have known: Haig & Haig, Hearst & Hylan, Hohenzollern & Horror. Fuller Rullr. Having pledged his word to defend the heavyweight championship title a hoon as the war ended. Jess Willard is naturally peeved to find that owe is here. Sore Thine. Since Frank Callahan bousrht him self a Buick and a four-weeks' rest at tne famous Spanisn rest resort known as Influenzaville, he has started to realize that living on the Canyon road is not all that it was cracked up to be. A New Job for Bill. Holding the bathing girls' bathrobes at Columbia Beach next season is being seriously considered by Bill O'Donnell. wno says now that the war is over Y" treat 'em ruff? Wn Bellows Iff Toughey Wing and Joe Gorman said some nasty things about each other be fore they entered the ring at the last smoker and then shook hands. All of which goes to prove that boxing it only brutal in whimpers. Judge McCredie Is commencing to pep up. Yesterday he fpent five hours dusting off his straw lid. Signs of Spring are fast approaching. Portland Man Chess Official. NEW YORK. Dec 22. (Special.) Officers of the Correspondence Chess League f America have been elected for the ensuing year, as follows: Les lie Hoover. New York, president: Charles L. Rand. Brooklyn, first vice- president; H. Helms, New York, second vice-president; E. H. Bryant, Portland, third vice-president: W. P. Hickok. Mount Vernon, secretary-treasurer, and J. H. iKingacre, Philadelphia, tourna ment director. The 60th annual Ameri can, third annual Canadian, champion ships, to be known as victory tourna ments, will start January 1. PRESIDENT ANSWERS CHILD Boy of 1 Who Writes to "Interna tional Santa Claus" Gets Reply. PARIS. Dec. 22. President Wilson Is receiving letters from all over Eu rope from boys and girls who want his autograph. Some want more, seeming to think that he has brought Christmas gifts from America. The President cannot possibly an swer all these letters himself, but to each little writer an official letter is going from the Paris White House ex pressing the President's appreciation. To one 7-year-old boy in Madrid, wno wrote a touching letter in which he said he thought President Wilson was an international Santa Claus the Presi dent did send an autograph reply. Gifts of various sorts are being sent to the President and Mrs. WJlson from all parts of France, many of them homely little presents from peasants, of their own handiwork. AH are being acknowledged. CHILD DROWNED IN RIVER Aulo Plunges Into Stream Wlille Crossing CoqulIIe Terry. BANDOK, Or., Dec. 22. (Special) Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Axtell and their two children were plunged into the Icy wa ters of the Coquille River at the Bullards ferry tonight, and one of the children was drowned. Mr. Axtell is j superintendent of the Dr. Day Mining camp at Whisky Run. Mr. Axtell drove bis machine upon the ferry-boat and attempted to put on the brakes. The brakes did not hold, however, and the car ran across the boat and dived Into the river. Thu three survivors narrowly escaped drowning. The river Is being dragged for the body of the dead child. Spanish Embassy Entered. STOCKHOLM, Saturday, Dec 21 (Havas.) Advices received here from Petrograd say that the Spanish Em bassy recently was entered by the Bol shevtkl, who pillaged the archives there. Delegate Arrives In Paris. PARIS, Dec. 22. (Havas.) The Min ister of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, who will head the peace delegation from that country, has arrived here. Can Absolutely Prevent Skidding Careful driving will not prevent a skid, but Weed Tire Chains plus Careful Driving form a combination, that insures absolute security. JVo matter how skillfully and carefully you may drive, you and your passengers are in imminent danger if Weed Tire Chains are not on all four wheels of your car when roads are wet and treacherous. Direct responsibility is yours the moment you take the wheel of your car. You at once become the guardian of your passengers. They trust in your prudence and in your common sense. 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She was united in marriage to W. C. Miller, dead for several years, in 1838. She Is sur vived by 11 children, three sons and eight daughters, 40 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. She was an enthusiastic Red Cross worker, having knitted by hand 117 pairs of socks for soldiers in France and Belgium. William La ugh 11 n Veteran. YAMHILL, Or., Dec 22.B(Special.) William Laughlin. a veteran of Oregon Indian wars, who died December 16. was born October 13. 1830. in Lincoln County. Mo., and came to Oregon with BE PRACTICAL Give Something Electrical Something That Will Last a Lifetime fries, bakes and boils. Attaches to any lamp socket. Can also be used as a toaster $9.50 Up A TRANSFORMER OR TOY MOTOR Or both, is the proper present for that young man. Something that will delight as well as interest. S3.50 Up AN EVEREADY A flashlight that will be the recipient. Prices A TOY RANGE For the girls. Heats up like the larger types. Attaches to any lamp socket. 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