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THE MOItXIXG OREGOXIAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1919, PORTLAND'S SEASON TO OPEN 1 SOUTH Los Angeles Pitted Against the Locals in Coast Series. BREWSTER GETS CHANGE Seattle Team Will Play First Game in San Francisco Northern Season Opens April 22. SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 4. (Special.), h Jimmy Brewster, president of the Se attle club, has been a director in the Coast League only a few minutes, yet he stepped out and won a regular bat tle today to have the schedule arranged bo that Seattle will open the season here April 8. Jimmy don't care where Seattle opens next year, but this year, when Seattle is coming back to the Coast League after an absence of 12 years, he insisted that his club open in San Francisco, and he won. The directors finished their business to night and adjourned. Late Monday night it was all fixed for Seattle to open in San Francisco, and Jimmy went to the hay feeling happy. But early this morning Judge McCredie and Jack Cook, the demon schedule makers, got together and fig ured it out that money could be saved by having Oakland open at San Fran cisco, Vernon at Los Angeles, Seattle at Salt Lake and Portland at Sacra mento. Eloqarnr Carries Point When Brewster found that out he warmed up his voice and oiled up his arms, so he could make gestures, and he waded into the meeting. His elo quence won, and now it is all arranged that Seattle will open in this city, Portland at Los Angeles, Oakland at Sacramento and Vernon at Salt Lake. The full schedule will be announced later. April 22 the season will open In the north with Oakland at Seattle and Vernon at Portland. The Coast League will have the double umpire system again this year. The league Is coming back with eight clubs instead of six, and will go back to the double umpire system, instead of having one man run the game; so now, if the teams are well matched and are composed of good ballplayers, the old game is expected to come back with a bang. Eddie Iterr Bee Manager. Jack McCarthy was around the lobby of the St. Francis ready to tell the world that no one man could handle a ball game as umpire. Jack tried it last year, and he knows. The old boy had a. reunion with Dugdale, who is also a veteran ballplayer, and they told about the time when they played ball in Green Bay, "Wis., when the world was young. Eddie Herr, well known on the coast as a scout for the St. Louis National League club, was tonight appointed manager of the Salt Lake club. Billy Lane, president of the club, closed the deal by telegraph and made the an nouncement. Herr will be instructed to get six players in the East three outfielders, a second baseman, a pitcher and a catcher. These must be experienced men. If he knows of any promising youngsters, he will be told to bring them along, too. Herr has been scout ing so long that he knows practically every ball player in the country, so he should be able to pick up some good talent. Years ago Eddie pitched for Oakland, but he has not played 'ball for a long time. 2 PORTLAND BOXERS RETURN Billy Nelson and Johnny Boscovitch Home From Overseas Duty. Two well-known Portland boxers have arrived home within the past fe nays witn ineir honorable discharges tucked safely away in their pockets and a gold service stripe on their left arms, signifying "over seas" duty. They are Billy Nelson and Johnny Boscovitch. Nelson fought all the leading lightweights in this neck of the woods before enlisting in the Army while Boscovitch was battling all comers in the welterweight ranks be fore entering the Navy a year ago. Nelson was stationed at Camp Lewis for quite a spell and went to France with the 91st Division. While in the service Billy won a -number of bouts and annexed the lishtweight title while at Camp Lewis. Johnny Boscovitch started his box ing career at the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club and turned pro when the old Rose City Club was the mecca of the local fight fans. Boscovitch has seen a good deal of the old glove on his travels on several of Uncle Sam's naval vessels. Johnny met no less a battler than "Soldier' llartfield in a six-round bout at Jersey City and also tangled with a number of leading boxing lights who were in the Navy. One of his big bouts was a 10-round affair at Key West, Fla., which he won in a walk. Nelson and Boscovitch will rest up a while and then take a fling at the six- round game here. W03IEX SHOOTERS DISPLEASED Portland Experts Resent Claim of Record for San Francisco Woman. Ada Schilling and Gladys Reld, Port land's star women trapshootere, do not take kindly to the assertions of San Francisco scatter-gun artists that Mrs. Alfred G. Wilkes, of San Fran Cisco, set a new Coast record on the Lakeside traps at San Francisco last Sunday, when ehe broke 92 out of 100, Ada Schilling smashed 98 out of 100 on the Portland Gun Club traps las Spring, while Gladys Reid crashed 131 straight a few months ago, so the fair marksmaids are up in arms against the southern shooting fraternity, but nev ertheless glad to see come keen com petition springing up in the Sunny South. Mrs. Wilkes is a prominent sports woman of San Francisco and her score indicates her to be an expert shot. She holds many records as a wing shot swims well, plays a fine game of golf and is a skater and an equestrienne. She is the wife of Alfred G. Wilkes, one of the best marksmen in San Fran Cisco. At Sunday's shoot Wilkes mashed 97 oui of 100. Lincoln to Meet Jefferson. The league-leading Lincoln High School basketball team will pla Franklin this afternoon at the Wash ington High gymnasium. Franklin ha been going good this year, and is ex pected to give the fast Railsplitters hard game this afternoon. The con test will start at 3 o'clock. St. Louis Purchases Mayer. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4. Walter Mayer, catcher on the Boston American tear has been purchased by the St. Lou American League club. President Ph Ball, of the Browns, announced today. Mayer was prominent in the Red So line-up in the 1918 world series. The deal was ca&u, XoJ lL Vv 4 VrHTNfti-e.- J AuUVAtS 'JA-C-K OM trlC MW -y TweMU, V ArAE. CAN 60 AWy Vrt 2? yv-0t 1 SIN6IM6HIS FAVORITE. VCC S . f OWD SON6 "THE PirnCM fir rsijAS A4M "App HVYt-R CAM Ol'ST irnGlVE. JfrfJ X HE'S USINfc- A VrH -- - . f I 3ij 4pCP CAV FOR. S TT v Si " XA&S THE. OUO BVULe.T D0OGe.RS i fHE. EX" DFULU SR6EAN" --iSfe CIA' WILL FIND I T EAS TO "THOSE AIR. TAEtH W CALL. THE: BAUU5 WILL PE.HHAP5 GO THE ALL. HCAt - i BURKE WANTS NEW TALENT EFFORT WILL BE MADE TO PUT ST. LOUIS IN PENNANT CLASS. Business Management and Players Are Back of Club Head to Make Season Successful. ST. LOUIS. Feb. i. New talent will be added to the St, Louis club, of the American League, in an effort to whip the team into championship trim if Jimmy Burke, retained as manager for the 1919 season, is successful in a num ber of proposed trades. Burke frankly admits, that the club needs strengthening. President Ball nd Robert Quinn, business manager to the club, hava promised him that nothing will be left undone to bolster up the playing strength. Burke said that President Ball assured him that where cash was involved he stood ready to go the limit. I am not predictin. where the club will finish next season," Burke said. Boston, Chicago, New York, Cleveland and Detroit look pretty strong. If we beat out any of these clubs we'll know we've been in a fight. However, we are going after some new talent and we hope to have a corking good team in the field at the getaway." Burke has the backing, not only of Business Manager Quinn, but the play- rs as well, jimm; look cnarge oi me Browns on Jme 29 last year. Flel' Jones resigned on June 15, after the Browns played a gme in which they were defeated by 'Washington, 6 to '. The Senators plied up six runs in the ninth inning. In the interim Jimmy Austin acted as manager. Under Burke s leadership the Browns won 27 and lost 25 games, a percentage of .506. When he assumed charge the club had a record of 30 victories and 5 defeats, a .462 percentage, which shows that Bur: e got better results from the same club than did either Jones or Austin. Burke joined the club last Spring. He was released by Detroit, where he had acted as Hughey Jennings' field lieutenant fo. several seasons, to make room for Bui Donovan, whom rank Xavin, owner of the Detroit club, had promised a job, providing he was re lieved of the management of the New York Yankees. Noted for his fighting qualities. Burke at once became a valuable asset to the Browns. He Instilled harmony into the club, smoothing over fancied and real grievances between Fielder Jones and the players. On the coach ing lines Burke s Tep and Inimitable chatter livened up the play on the Browns. Morever, he won the confi dence of every max. on the club, and when Jones quit it was considered or.ly a matter of time until Burke's appoint ment would be forthcoming. Given a ball club whose pitching staff was riddled by pre ious misman agement -nd Injuries to Grover Low dermllk and Mel Gallia, not to mention the loss of Urban Shocker, and woefully- weak in at least two vital places. Burke made a really commendable showing last season. TITLE TOURNAMENT ASKED BASKETBALL TEAMS OF STATE 3IAY MEET AT UNIVERSITY. Contenders for Championship Re ceive Suggestion From Grad uate Manager Walker The coaches In the Interscholastio Basketball League received an open letter yesterday from Dean Walker, graduate manager of athletics at the University of Oregon, asking them their idea of a plan to stage a state In terscholastlc championship basketball tournament at the University of Ore gon In March. In previous years high school quin tets all over the state have claimed the basketball championship and none of them has beei officially recognized. If Walker is able to arrange for a big central meet at the University of Ore gon next month, it will be the biggest step taken toward advancing the Inter scholastic game recorded here in some time. It is planned to have a representa time team from the Willamette Valley, one from Eastern Oregon, one from Portland and perhaps one more team from Southern Oregon. The four teams NOW THAT THE YANKS ARE COMING BACK TO would be paired off and the winners meet for the undisputed basketball title. Basketball has just got under way in the Willamette Valley towna because of the prevalence of the influenza. The ban has been on until recently in most of the towns and the high school teams have been unable to schedule games. By the end of February a line should be obtainable on the teams in the vari ous sections of Oregon. The annual state championship in terscholastic track and field meet will be held thia year on May 10 at Eugene under the supervision of the University of Oregon. PLEA FOR MALHEUR LAKE State Biologist shows Pictures to Members of Legislature. V STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 4. (Special.) Malheur Lake, the great est breeding ground for wild fowl in the United States, should be controlled by the Government, according to W. iL. Finlcy, state biologist, who gave a motion picture lecture with four reels tonigni in tne House oi .representa tives. According to a joint resolution, Mr. Finley was invited to show his movies of bird, animal and fish life and present facts regarding Malheur Lake reservation. Based on a report made by Mr. Fin ley in 1908, President Roosevelt cre ated the reserve and Representative AlacFarland has introduced a bill ceding jurisdiction to the Government. There is a movement to drain Malheur Lake, along with other lakes, and the MacFarland bill is an effort to save it. BOXING HEARING SCHEDULED Two Measures Introduced at Salem Will Bo Discussed. STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Or. Feb. 4. (Special.) Representative Elmore announced today that there will be a public hearing of his committee on health and public morals tomorrow night at 8 o'clock to take up the ques tion of the two boxing bills. One is from Representative McFar land and provides for regulation by city boxing commissions, and the other by Representative Smith, of Multno mah, providing for a state commission. The Smith bill is fathered by Dudley Evans, an old-time boxing promoter of Portland. MULTNOMAH CUB BOXRR 1)1 S t'UARGKD FROM SAW. t : "j, .; '.sup J i Hike Brennan. Another Portland lad. Mike Brennan, has been discharged from the Navy and resumed bis former occupation as Northwest representative of the Garlock Packing Company. Brennan Is well known as one of the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic Club boxers and is an active member of the Elks, Knights of Colum bus and various civic organiza tions. Brennan enlisted In the Navy in June. 1917, and after spending a few weeks at Bremerton Navy yard was assigned to the United States steamship Great Northern and made 20 trips through the submarine zone during the war. Brennan was on the Great North ern when it made the fastest round trip ever negotiated be tween France and the United States, which was made in 14 days, for which the officers and crew were highly commended by the Admiralty for their efficiency. BASEBALL. REED JUNIORS CHAMPIONS SOPHOMORES, TIED FOR FIRST PLACE, LOSE TO FRESHMEX. Score of 2 7 to 2 5 Results in Last Inter-Class Basketball Con test at College. The last game in the inter-class league at Reed College, yesterday, re sulted in a complete upset of the dope, when the Frosh basketball quintet cleaned up the Sophs by a margin of two points, 27 to 25. The Sophs still are wondering how it all happened. Having just tied with the Juniors for first honors In the league, after the Juniors defeated tho Frosh, the Soph team naturally looked upon the undcr-graduates as easy meat. However, with splendid aggressiveness the younger team went into the game determined to fight every inch, and as a result were victorious. The Sophs took the lead in the first half, but were almost overtaken in the last two minutes of play by a spurt of scoring by the Frosh, through the combination of Stone, Rockhey and Clarke. The second period opened with the score 18 to 15, and it was soon ap parent that the Sophs had lost the fighting edge. Brockway and Foley fought gamely and, though the score was repeatedly tied, a lead could not bo made for the upper-classmen. Clean- cut passing and feeding the ball to men at the basket brought about the winning toss for the Frosh. The defeat of tho Sophs leaves the league championship in the Junior class. The line-up was: Frenhmen (27). Sophomores (2." 10) Foley .......(2) Kohinson (11) Brockway .......:!) Workman .....Wilson, lliracb Clark 14) F. Koi-khcy (9) F. Belch 2 C. Cole .O . Stone 2l G. Carl Wilson, referee. DAVIDSOX DEFEATS PLATTS Three-Cushion Billiard Game Ends In Score of 30 to 2 9. Joe Davidson defeated Ben Platts 30 to 29 In one or the best three-cushion games yet played In the annual three cushion handicap billiard tournament now in progress at the Kialto Billiard Parlors. Platts turned in the high run of five billiards for the came, but Davidson pushed his way to fame by making -three runs of four billiards in the match. Jhe rame was completed In 50 innings, an average of one-half. The match was replete with sensational shots and was witnessed by a large crowd of three-cushion followers. Other matches were played In the tournament at the Rialto last night. Alex Merk had little trouble defeating James Martin, 25 to 13, while . Otis Brown beat A. W. Roth. 20 to 14. Merk registered a high run of six In his match with Martin and played a strong game. The high run in the Brown-Roth game was three billiards marked up by both players. Rodney Berger, playing at 24 points for game, defeated Ray Reed, playing for 30 points for game, 24 to 25, at Bowie & Caldwell's last night. The Berger-Reed match was the only one played last night in the three-cushion tournament. Berger ran game In 55 Innings and made four runs of three billiards. WIXGED "M" WILL GO TO SALEM Game to Be Played With Willamette Quintet Saturday Xlght. George Dewey, coach and manager of the Multnomah Amateur Ahtletlc Club basketball team, last night closed an agreement for the club quintet to play Willamette University at Salem Satur day night. It will be the third contest of the season for the winged "M" squad, which defeated the Washington State College team 30 to IS at Multnomah last Saturday night. Dewey, who is coaching also the Lin coln High School team, has arranged for the Railsplitters to play Newberg High School In a game preliminary to the Willamette Unlverslty-Multnomah Club contest. The club's next game In Portland will be with the University of Wash ington next Wednesday night. "ain Delays Trapshooting. HOUSTON. Tex.. Feb. 4. Rain Inter fered with the Sunny South trapshoot ing tournament programme today, the schedule being deferred until tomor DEMPSEY ACCEPTS OFFER OF 27,500 One-Third of Moving Picture Privileges Granted. RICKARD NOT TO REFEREE Promoter of Championship Bout De clares lie Has No Ides Where Fight Will Be Staged. NEW YORK, Feb. 4. Jack Kearns, manager for Jack Dempsey, tonight reached an oral agreement with Tex Rickard, whereby he matched Dempeey to meet Jees Willard for $27,500 and one-third of the motion picture rights. The time and place of the match were not fixed. Both Kearns and Rickard agreed to post S5000 when the agreement is signed on Dempsey's arrival here from Salt Lake Rickard will post 25 per cent of Dempsey'e share 60 days be fore the bout. Kearns offered to match Dempsey against Willard for one-third of the $100,000 the champion is to receive, but Rickard refused to pay $33,333 to the Salt Lake heavyweight, and countered with a proposition of $25,000 and one third of the moving-picture rights. Keirai Lowers Terms. Kearns reduced his terms to $30,000 and Rickard raised his to $27,500. and when the deadlock had continued for some time Rickard suggested that the size of Dempsey's share of the p:e be left to several newspaper men pres ent. A blind ballot was taken and Kickard's figures won almost three to one. An understanding was reached that the legal terms would be drawn up and the contract signed as soon as Demp sey reaches this city, probably not later than Friday. Willard and Dempsey will have the selection of the referee, who must be agreeable to Rickard. and in case the two fighters cannot agree the promoter then will name his choice, which will be final. Rickard said that under no circum stances would be act as the referee, as he did in the Johnson-Jeffries fight in Reno on July 4, 1910. Location Xot Cfcoaea. No date or place for the contest, which under the contract calls for not more than 40 rounds, has been selected, but Rickard expects to put on the bout on July 4. He has until March 25 to announce the site. Tickets will prob ably range from $10 to $50. Under the present agreement the total amount of the purse reaches $127,500, the largest sum ever offered for a pugilistic encounter, as it is $65U0 more than the Johnson and Jeffries purse. No value can be fixed upon the mov Ing picture rights at present. The syn dicate of moving picture men who paid $150,000 for five-sixths of the Johnson jenries rights collected $3.5.000 on their venture. RITCHIE WILL QUIT RING Ex-Llglitwelght Champion Says He Will Go Into Business. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4. Willie Ritchie, former lightweight champion of the world, announced tonight tli he is out of the boxing game. He also said he had forwarded to Washington his resignation as assistant boxing In structor of the Western department of the United States Army. I ve made up my mind not to go hack into the game as a boxer, Ritchie said, "but It is time I made up my mind to enter business. Ritchie's announced determination to quit the ring was In connection with proposed exhibition bout with Benny Leonard, lightweight champion. DOG FAXCIERS MEET TONIGHT Plans for Reviewing Portland Ken nel Club to Be Discussed. Portland dog fanciers interested In the revival of a new and greater Port land Kennel Club will met at the Port land Library tonight to talk over plans for the formation of a new society and the staging of a monster dog show this year in Portland. In which will be en tered the prize canines from all over the Western United States. e The Victoria, B. C. Kennel Club held its annual election last week and the following men were elected for the ensuing year: Dr. Garesche. president J. Crelghton. vice-president: Mrs. H Klla. Mrs. Maynard. Miss Carr and Messrs. Forbes, Hobart. Heathers, W rlglesworth, Pritchard and Withers, bench show committee. It has been two years since the Victoria Kennel Club has staged a show, and must staco one this year or lose its connection Ith the Canadian Kennel Club. A show will be held this Sprlnr. rBLLIN W1 E hear a great deal about the strategy of baseball. There Is no question but what certain teams play a much snappier and brainier game than others. To my way of thinking there is also considerable bunk about some of the brainy fea tures, which are purported to be the determining factor In the club's show ing, in other words, the team's punch. No matter how wise the manager. no matter how great his knowledge of baseball, no matter how many brainy players there may be on the team, the club Isn't going to get very far unless there are men who can hit the bal pitchers who can deceive the opposi tion, players who can run the bases, athletes who can do the difficult things in the field. Brains in baseball, of course, are very essential, but there must be the mechanical smoothness, the natural ability to get results. I seriously doubt if there Is any fel low connected with the game who knows more baseball than Branch Rickey. Rumor has it that Rickey 1 to manage the St. Louis Cardinals next Summer. As a player Rickey was rated above the average. He would have been a far better player had It not been for his extremely nervous temperament. The strain of the gama greatly affected his play. As a man ager Rickey has met with varying suc cess. As I have said, Rickey knows the game thoroughly, so that his fail ure to do big things must possibly be ascribed to a lack of working material. In his day as a player Bobby Wal lace was one of the smartest shortstops that ever wore a glove. When one re calls Wallace as a player he can think of only the remarkable plays he has seen him make; no one can recall a "bone." Jimmy McAleer, who for years was associated with Bobby as a player and later as a manager, always Insisted, that. Wallace thought a frt- tion of a second sooner than the rest of the club. That is some compliment when you consider that Wallace was playing on a club that boasted of some crack athletes. 53ne day last Summer I was discuss ing baseball with Wallace. Bobby Is one of those players who seems able to go on forever. They had him through as a player four or five years ago, but last Summer he got Into a number of major league games and always per formed creditably. We were discuss ing the baseball situation from a St. Louis standpoint, both regretting the fact of the seeming Inability to give the town a winner. Our discussion led us to the various managers who have tried their best to put over a worth while club for the Mound City. Since Bobby had been at the head of the St. Louis Browns for a couple of seasons, he came in for consideration. After quitting the managerial end of the game, Bobby took a whirl at um piring and also served in the capacity of coach to Rickey, when he assumed the leadership of the Browns. What Wallace had to say about Rickey caused me to wonder just how much there really was to the supposed strat egy of the game, so far as putting over winner was concerned. m "I have played under a good many managers. said Wallace, "but when it came to doping out the play of the opposition, he was the greatest fellow have ever worked for. When it came to figuring out the signs of the oppo sition, Rickey was a past master at the art. A visiting club could change its signals every day If it so desired, and by the end of the third inning at the very latest Rickey would have the hit nd run sign, the pitch out, the steal or any other signal of the opposition that was worth while. When one of our men was on first or third, Rickey by word of mouth would always wise the Datter and runnner as to the inten tion of the catcher. When we were In the field he would tell our catcher by word of mouth when the hit and run was on, which, of course, was the catcher's cue to call for a pitch out. It was the same in all things. Rickey had their stuff. When a team played the Browns, Rickey knew their plans. tried to confide them to his players, yet we never could win consistently. My experience with the St. Louis Browns under Rickey made me believe that you had to have something besides brains to win in baseball." DEFEATS 0. A. G. LEAD OF TEX POIXTS MAIN- TAIXED MOST OF GAME. Team Work of Walla Walla Players Shows Vp Well Cleriu nigh Point Winner. WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla, Wash.. Feb. 4. (Special.) The Whit man quintet defeated Oregon Agricul tural College on the Whitman floor here tonight by the score of 37 to 26. In the first 15 minutes of play the Ag gies managed to keep the score pretty well evened up, but Whitman, after taking the lead, managed to keep it for the remainder of the game by about 10 points. Clerln made the most points for the home team, while Arthur was the mainstay for the visitors. Oregon Ag ricultural College was awarded five points on personal fouls. Cutler was substituted for Pickering in the middle of the first half. Whitman's team work showed up well as compared with that of the Corvallis players. Gensel and Carver were the stars of the Whitman aggregation, taking the ball from their opponents time after time. Summary Whitman Clearin 27. Pickering 2. forwards: Carver 4, cen ter: Gensel 6. Wilson 0. guards: Cutler 4, forward (sub). Total. 37. O. A. C, Arthur 19. Klncaid 0. for wards: Eikelman 2, center; Kilerton 0, Reynolds 0, guards; personals 5. To tal. 26. Roy Bohler was referee. NEVADA MAY EXTEND LIMIT 2 5 -I Urn nd Bill Introduced to Permit WIIIard-Dempsey Fight. CARSON CITY, Nev.. Feb. 4. An amendment to the Nevada boxing law. which would allow 25-round contests, was introduced in the Assembly of the Nevada Legislature yesterday. This is the first step on the part of the state to bring the Willard-Dempsey fight to Reno. It Is thought by members of the Legislature and others interested that the bill wilt' pass with a high license clause for all contests. Under the pres ent boxing taw 10 rounds Is the limit. Golfers Plan Championships. At a meeting of the Waverley Coun try Club, held Saturday night. It was decided to stage the 1919 Oregon State golf championship on the Waverley course. While no definite date has been set It Is likely the big event will be held in June preceding the annual Pa cific Northwest golf championship. Leonard to Box Roach. OAKLAND, Cat.. Feb. 4. Benny Leonard, llghtweiuht champion of the world, will make what probably will be his last ring appearance in this se-iin for some time when he meets "Spider" Roach, of San Francisco here tomor row night in a short exhibition bout. Brltt Defeats Brock. MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Feb. 4. Frankia Brltt. of New Bedford. Mass., outboxed and outfought Matt Brock, of Cleveland, in a 10-round bout here tonis-ht. The Sportsman Declares "there' no drink that qnlte fills the bill like $0 It's the drink that fits, whether you are just in with 'the limit dining at the Club or at your wife's favorite dining place." Served in bottles on draught everywhere all the time. Try Blitz Cider, Too ! Made by the Portland Brewing Co. JEFFERSON DEFEATS CHRISTIAN BROTHERS Winners Meet Surprise in Op ponent's Strength- 6 POINTS DECIDE CONTEST Final Score in Hard-Fought Infer- scholastic Basketball Con test is 18 to 12. Intenw-hoLantle Basketball Lraicoe (Mandlnea. W. L. P.C W. L. V . Lincoln 3 0 10.10 Hill 1 2 .r:3 Jtfferaon ....2 1 .SHii Jamfl John . . ..1 2 Columbia . . . .3 1 .T.".n Chrisl'n Brol...l 2 .:" ! Franklin 2 1 . 6v. Commerce ...,13.-' Washington . .2 1 .606. Benson O 3 0"t The Christian Brothers' basketball team threw & man-sized scare into the Jefferson ranks yesterday afternoon on the Washington High floor when they held the latter to an lS-to-12 score. Jefferson won the game, and by a fairly safe margin, and had a real battle and was forced to send In all first-team men before the game was put on ice. Coach Quigley started the game against Christian Brothers with three second-team men in the lineup and Christian Brothers beat Jefferson 10 to 8 in the first half. In the second half CJuigley began to send in his first string men and man aged to edge oer a hard-cartied vic tory. Louis Coulter, who went In al guard for Anderson, started the drive. With the score 10-10. Louis registered a basket, putting Jeffereon in the lead for the first time, and retained it. Driscoll. Godrll and Coulter played in the limelight for Jefferson, while Breen. Funderhide and Shaw put up a stellar game for Christian Brothers. The Christian Brothers' quintet failed to make a field basket in the laft half and made but two points, both on fouli. George A. Anderson refcreed yester day's game. The summary: Jefferson (IS). Steels ChrU'n Bros. f12. ......l4l Lnrnih 3 K.-.d 1 Breen ........ Fundprhl'ln HI Slmw e. ....... Tcrheyurn t'oilrierlde) Tousy (4) Anderson (4...... Iri!f-rll .......... Coulter C- ....... Kroude (2)........ Rurtoil ........... jOle!l 4 Keferee. Georite bcrt I'lcslon T'ik .O. .Spirt.... .pir . rare . - .pira A. Anderson: acorcr. llo r: timer, pielt Faviilc INGLE TAKES HARD BATTLE TRAMB1TAS LOSES BV XOSE IX MAIN RING BOLT. Joe Gorman Wins Over Eddie Mc Kenna by Technical Knockout. Jorge Defeats Williams. SEATTLE, Warn.. Feb. 4. (Special.) Smiling Gcorso Inglo celebrated his return to the ring game with a victory tonight when he breered past the wire a winner over Alex Trambitas by a nose In the main go of the pool pro gramme. It was a hairline verdict, but the Seattle boy had the edge, and tho fans were quite satisfied with Whit man's decision. In other bouts Harry Anderson was given a draw with the Bluer Root Kid; Joe Gorman won by a teehnieal knoekout over Kddie McKenna in the third round: Jim Jorge, of New York, defeated Harry Williams via the deci sion, and Miekey i:rown won from the "Rattlesnake" Kid in the second frame. The main event was a clean, neat scrap, with both boys working every minute. For a couple of rounds the honors were all with the visiting Hou inanian. Trambitas ouificured Imcle in the first frame or two. beating him to the punches with well-placed left hooks. But the third saw tho local boy take the lead. After an exchange In the middle ft the third round. Ingle caught his oppo nent with a vicious riant-hand to the temple, and the Roumanian went down for what was scored as a clean knock down. Trambitas was off balance, but the blow was a good one. Kruin then on the local boy had the edge. A battle-scarred veteran from the hills of Montana furnished the feature of a good card. The Bitter Root Kid gave Anderson a hard fight. The de cision was a draw, but most of the critics gave the visiting battler the credit. Joe Gorman further proved that he H a classy little performer when ho won over Kddie McKenna by a technical knockout in the third round. For two rounds the loser put up a swell scrap, boxing cleverly and landing often for points. But Gorman wore his man down and had him all but out In the third round, when the bout was stopped. Coat League Players Return. CHICAGO. Feb. 4. Third Baseman Pinelli, of the Sacramento club, and Catcher Devormer, of the Vernon club, have been returned to their respective Pacific Coast league organizations, of ficials of the White Sox announced to day. They came to tho local American League club toward the end of th ISIS season, after the Coast League hd shut dowrt.