fTTE 3IORXIXG OltEGOXIAN, FRIDAY, FEBTtTTATtY 14, 1919. "
GUS FISHER WANTED
, FOR PORTLAND TEAM
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ITS FIFTH VICTORY
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McCredie Believed Negotiating
for Sacramento Catcher.
James John Defeated by Score
of 20 to 16. -
We have sold many used cars and
trucks during the big sale, but there
are still some good bargains left
Touring Cars, Roadsters, Light and
Heavy Trucks. Come up today.
-MAGNATE HAVING TROUBLE
RESULT OFTEN IN pOUBT
Scramble for Players of Ability Is
.. ' Hot Xieldlngr Returns That
' Had Been Expected.
Narrow Margin of Two Points Sep
arates Teams Until the I-ast .
Momenta of Play.
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HIGH
WINS
V Tn Walter MeCredie's wild scramble
M . 11-, 1 . r. A okilWir V a la
'giving every player in the baseball
-.- record dook me up ana aown in mo
: his owners via the "enclosed find
check" route, but If the unrest visible
lion, xne roriiana roagnaia i uLiua
- more than his share of trouble.
roriiaaa oaseoau lans a.nu lanei-Lco,
.'who believe in signs hit-and-run,
...squeeze, etc. might find comfort in
sr.he news that Walter jucureaie ana
Gus Fisher, catcher, had their heads
tog-ether yesterday afternoon at base
ball headquarters and it might be that
McCredie intends telegraphing Manager
Bill Rodgers. of the Sacramento club,
offering to purchase Fisher or trade
some of his Buckaroo players for the
hardhitting backstop.
Fisher was among the eight players
sold to the Sacramento club in 1917
after Portland was skidded out of the
Pacific Coast league. He did the bulk
of the .catching for the. Senators and
was their leading hitter, being right
up among the circuit's best swatters.
During the most exciting moments of
the season Fisher quit the club to
-play with the Foundation shipyard nine
in this city.
Sacramento papers carried the story
the other day that Rodgers was trying
to trade either Fisher or Easterly to
Salt Lake for Billy Orr. shortstop. In
a telegram Fisher received last night
Rodgers denied- the story, which 'first
appeared in a Sacramento paper.
Walter McCredie refused to say
whether he intended dickering with
Rodgers for Fisher's release, but it
. is known that McCredie always did
value Fisher as a hard-working back
stop who was practically immune from
injuries which so often keep catchers
out of the lineup. It would not be
surprising, therefore, if some deal was
cooked up whereby Fisher would again
be seen in a Portland uniform.
51. G. Mattson, who claims previous
class A baseball experience, was a visi
tor at baseball headquarters yesterday
and asked for a chance to show his
wares it the Crockett training camp.
Mattson has managed several minor
league clubs and did the bulk of the
backstopping for one of the spruce
division teams at Astoria during the
past season. He recently was dis
charged from the army.
Justin Fitzgerald, who cavorted In
the outfield for the San Francisco Seals
before he stepped into a Philadelphia
National league club season, has no
desire to again play in the majors and
requested Charlie Graham, of the San
Francisco club, to try and arrange some
kind of a trade with the Phillies, but
when Graham started talking salary
to Fitzgerald he found the fleet-footed
outfielder had forgotten the war was
over and that the Bolsheviki had been
given the gate at Seattle. David Dug
dale would like to have Fitzgerald on
the Seattle club, but if Justin's terms
are too high for San Francisco, there'll
be nothing doing at Seattle.
Roy Corhan, shortstop of the San
Francisco club, has not yet signed his
contract, but Manager Graham expects
rtd come to terms with the speedy in
t telder during the next few days.
?MAT MEX TO MEET O. A. C.
Washington Elects Oregon Boy Cap-
rr'i tain of Team.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
Seattle, Feb. 13. (Special.) Washing
ton's wrestling team will meet the Ore
irbn Agricultural College mat men in
'jSeattle, February 19. All five men
are in good condition and every one
ris looking forward to a victory.
S- Blaine C. Gibson, a junior in college,
--was unanimously elected captain of
;'the wrestling team. Captain Gibson
Ja a 125-pounder from Nyssa, in Eastern
Oregon. He made the varsity wrest
ling team last year and the year be
fore he was captain of the freshman
team, wrestling both 115 and 125. He
is in fine shape and willing to take
on any one in this game.
Along with Gibson the university has
Leonard Masui, Japanese 115-pound
whirlwind, who won the intercollegiate
championship last year and is back
for the honors again this year.
Harold De Spain, 135-pound man, a
Washington high school graduate, has
nearly won his platje on the team by
defeating M. Kitumara in the inter
class meet. Hal Johnson, 148. who has
been on the varsity squad two years,
has filled Fostor McGovern's shoes and
"bas proved a good successor.
Otto Bardarson, who won the inter
class championship both last year and
this year, and who was kept off the
team because of the freshman rule,
will wrestle in the 165-pound class.
Coach Arbuthnot, who sustained a
sprained shoulder a couple of weeks
ago, will soon be able to put on his
togs and show his boys the finishing
touches before the O. A. C. meet.
BILL, AIMS TO HELP STUDENTS
.lotments to "Discharged Men for
College Work Provided.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Feb. 13.
(Special.) Extension of financial as
sistance io soldiers, sailors and ma
rines who desire to pursue a course in
either state private educational insti
tutions is provided for in a bill intro
duced today by Senators I. S. Smith and
Pierce. The measure gives the re
turned service men the right to choose
the institution which they desire to
attend and provides that they shall be
given $25 a month for expenses. Under
the terms of the bill they may attend
for four years at this rate.
Another bil iintroduced by the same
senators last week gives service men
tuition and board and room while at
tending state universities or colleges.
Rainier Quintet Defeats St. Helens.
RAINIER, Or.. Feb. 13. (Special.)
The Rainier high school basketball
team defeated the St. Helens quintet
here Wednesday night by the scoore of
SI to 17. This makes the second de
feat that the St. Helens team has suf
fered at the hands of Rainier this sea
son. Russell and MSler starred for the
winners while Hill and Dixon scin
tilated for St. Helens. The Rainier five
now has a good chance for the lower
Columbia River title:
The lineups: - .
Ttussell .............F.. ...... ....... TJIxon
Womack .......... .F. .......... . "Welinder
Xiller C Hill
i;llis .... .G. Stanwood
julker .O Canary
Davis - Spare Wilson
Ouinu Spare
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COAST LEAGUE IS REALITY
DREAM OF YEARS MATERIAL
IZES WITH ASSOCIATION. ..
Three Pacific Coast States Now Rep
resented by Teams Revival of
Interest Expected. .
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Feb. 13. In
the formation of an eight-club circuit
this season the Pacific coast baseball
league has brought to fruition a plan
that has been considered, from time to
time, for more than 20 years. Pro
ponents of the eight-club circuit have
maintained that the six clubs hereto
fore included in the league did not rep
resent a coast league. This, in view of
the fact that five of the clubs, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, Ver
non and Sacramento, all were "Cali
fornia cities, .while the sixth club. Salt
Lake City, did not represent a coast
state.
With the admission of Portland and
Seattle all three Pacific coast states
now are represented and the Pacific
coast league is a fact as well as a
name. With the injection of an inter
state, or intersectional, element in the
contests it is believed by the officials of
the league that an added interest will
be taken by the public in the league's
schedule. It also is expected that, with
two northwestern states represented in
the league, there will be a revival of
baseball interest in that section of the
country.'
In framing the playing schedule, the
greatest problem consists in arranging
the games so they can be contested
with a minimum of expense attached to
traveling. In no league in the country
are the officials confronted with the
great distances which the teams of the
coast league are required to travel in
order to play games.
MOST pitchers are peculiar and de
cidedly superstitious. It is re
markable the attitude some take to
ward certain umpires. If a pitcher has
success with a certain umpire at the
plate he decides that individual is a
great umpire. He believes this umpire
has better judgment and keener insight
than any of the others. Many pitchers
naturally are satisfied that, as pitchers,
they are better than the average, and
since, with a certain umpire working,
they always seem successful, they re
gard that umpire as the best ever.
.
Last season I worked the plate for
one pitcher on four consecutive appear
ances. He has neither great speed nor
a fast-breaking curve, but I always re
garded him as a valuable man because
of his knowledge of batters and the art
of pitching, as well as his methods. He
is a fine fielder and a good hitter. In
the first game he got away in fine style,
scoring a shutout. He met me on the
way to the clubhouse and, flushed with
victory, said, "Fine work. Bill, you
didn't miss one today. I thanked him,
but didn't enthuse, because it seemed
my performance wasn't out of the or
dinary. It was a game in which there
was little work, because the batters
were hitting the first ball and pot meet
ing with much success.
On his next appearance he got away
with the game, although his work was
nothing to brag about. The score was
something, like 9 to 7. It was a free
hitting contest, in which the breaks
had decided the result rather than the
pitching. The next time out. he got
away with a five-run lead early in the
game, but was taken out in the eighth
inning, with the score 5 to 4 in his fa
vor, and a couple of runners on. The
pitcher who relieved him retired the
side without further scoring. The game
ended 5 to 4, the credit for the victory
going to thefirst pitcher. In the next
game, which was played at Boston, he
got away to another big lead, but
couldn't keep the opposition in check
and was forced to retire about the
sixth, still retaining a two-run margin.
His club was victorious, and once more
the credit went to him. He had won all
four games, although only in the first
game had he performed in a creditable
manner.
The next day, while on the Boston
bench, this pitcher, who has a good
opinion of his ability, started a conver-
sation with me, which was something
after this fashion:
"What is getting to be the matter
with you. Bill? Tou have been missing
them on me the last two games, got
me in the hole both times and was the
cause of me being taken out."
I didn't enthuse over his point of
view. . -
"Doesn't seem to me I should miss
any. because you haven't shown me any
mysterious stuff lately. Perhaps I
have missed some, but the batters
haven't missed many."
"Guess you have forgotten my suc
cess depends on working the corners.
The way you have been calling them
lately makes me think you must regard
them as purely ornamental."
Still. I failed to enthuse, but was
rather amused.
"Why fuss about the umpiring? Tou
have won the last four games, even
with my handicap."
"I realize that,, but you are throwing
me off my stride. I must get the cor
ners. Hildebrand always gives them
to me. He's a good umpire."
"Never again will I handicap you; the
next time you work I will see that
Hildebrand works the plate for you."
The next time I met the club was in
New York. I noticed this pitcher was
warming up. It was my turn to work
the bases, but I decided to play out the
string at the pitcher's expense, I hoped.
Getting my partner's protector and
mask, I started on the field, as if I in
tended working the place. I asked, the
pitcher if he intended working and
when he said yes I told him I would
change with Hildebrand and let him
call the balls and strikes. Walking
back under the stand, I turned pro
tector and mask over to Hildebrand
and we walked out on the field. I
don't know whether the incident.wor
ried the pitcher, but for three innings
the New York club hit him to all cor
ners of the field. He was derricked in
the fourth after - something like nine
runs had been piled up.
The next afternoon I asked him how
he liked the umpiring. He was still
peeved over the way the New York
club had pounded his offerings and his
reply proved it.
"They are all alike, uniformly rotten."
OREGON READY FPU GAMES
BASKETBALL TEAM WILL MEET
CORVALLIS PLAYERS.
Six Remaining Contests Must Be
Won to Secnre First Place In
Northwest Conference.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene,
Feb. 13. (Special.) The University of
Oregon basketball team will go to
Corvallls this week end, where they
will meet the Oregon Agricultural coir
lege representatives Friday night and
Saturday afternoon. This will be the
first clash of these two ancient rivals
on the basketball floor this season and
things should be interesting.
O. A. C. got a late start this season
but is improving and going strong.
The team will be in the pink of mid
season form when it meets the Oregon
team. The Aggies defeated the Uni
versity of Washington five in both
games .at Corvallis and are out after
the Oregon varsity's scalp.
One game will be played Frdiay night
by each ofthe teams and the second
contest will take place Saturday after
noon. The Oregon team will return to
Eugene Saturday night and will leave
again Tuesday for Pullman, where they
will play a two-game series with the
Washington State College team on
Wednesday and Thursday evenings.
Friday night they will meet the Uni
versity of Idaho and Saturday night
they will meet either the Walla Walla
Y. M. C. A. team or the Multnomah
club five in Portland.
In order to place first in the North
western conference, Oregon must win
all of the six remaining contests, four
from O. A. C. and two from W. S. C.
Gum Magnate Buys Island.
PASADENA, Cat, Feb. 13. Announce
ment war: made here today by William
Wrigley Jr, chewing gum manufacturer,
that he had purchased the greater part
of Santa Catalina Island, noted pleas
ure resort about 30 miles off the coast
from San Pedro, CaL, from Captain
William Banning for a consideration of
approximately $3,000,000. Mr. Wrigley
said he would make extensive expendi
tures to make the island more attrac
tive as a resort.
SPORTS . . .
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SKI JUMP OF 177 FEET MADE BY
RETELSTOKE CHAMPION.
Third Successive Victory Scored In
Northern Contests; Chicago Man
Is In Second Place.
REVELSTOKE. , B. C, Feb. lS.-r-Nels
Nelsen of Kevelstoke yesterday won
the Canadian ski-jumping champion
ship for the third time in succession.
With the conditions ideal he made the
phenomenal jump of 170 feet. Last
year's record jump was 147 feet.
Nels Ruud of Chicago was the runner
up with a jump of 154 feet.
Nelsen also captured the prize for
form. With points awarded for form
and distance Nelsen jumped 177 feet,
which is considered equal to the Amer
ican amateur record, and carried off
373 points. Ruud of Chicago took sec
ond place with 303 points and L. Lar
sen, Seattle, was awarded 293 points.
Miss N. Nelsen won the women's
two-mile ski race in 10 minutes 25 sec
onds. JURY SELECTION BILL FAILS
Eastern Oregon Opposes and Meas
ure Is Indefintely Postponed.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem. Feb. 13.
(Special.) Charges of rotteness in the
selection of juror3 in Multnomah coun
ty were freely bandied back and forth
in the house today when a bill of Rep
resentative Richards to change method
of selecting special venires was up for
consideration.
Eastern Oregon objected to the bill
on the grouVid it ' would cause addi
tional expense and delay, while Repre
sentatives Richards, E. E. Smith and
Mr. Schuebel all stated it would aid to
clean up an alleged bad condition in
Multnomah county. The bill, however,
was indefinitely postponed.
Big Football Game Planned.
MISSOULA. Mont., Feb. 13. Plans al
ready are being made by University
of Montana football followers here to
make the Montana-Washington State
college game here next November 22
the occasion of a home-coming day for
all former students of the university
who saw service in the military and
naval forces' of the United States dur
ing the war. It la hoped to have ready
for dedication by that time a suitable
memorial on the university campus to
the former Montana students who died
in the service.
Boy, Page Ad San tel.
There Is a telegram on the sporting
editor's desk for Ad Santel, wrestler.
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BV RICHARD K. SHARP.
Coach George Dewey's Lincoln high
school basketball team won Its fifth
straight victory in the 1919 interschol
astic league yesterday afternoon at the
Washington high gym. defeating James
John by the narrow margin of 20 to 16.
The game was a real fight through
out and the fastest from beginning to
end played on the Washington floor
this season. James John made a sur
prising showing and played a brilliant
defensive game, much beyond expec
tations. Toole of James John registered the
first basket of the game and with the
first score to its credit the James John
five took on world of confidence and
held it to the finish of the melee.
James John managed to edge ahead.
6 to 2, in the first few minutes of play,
but was not destined to stay in front
long. Lincoln made three field baskets
in the first half and Dubinsky scored
4 points on free throws on fouls, giv
ing the Railsplitters a total of 10
points for the first 20 minutes of play.
James John marked up four field
baskets good for 8 points in the first
period.
Coach Dewey gave his championship
looming team a heart-to-heart talk
with variations and as the result it
came back fighting in the second half.
Beck, who went in for Leggett in the
final half, played a bang-up game for
Lincoln.
Try as they might. Lincoln could not
get more than 2 points in the lead and
a few minutes before the game ended
the final basket put the team 4 points
in front.
Wright, Cole. Dubinsky and Beck
featured the game for Lincoln, with
all four in on every play. Wright was
high-point man with 8 to his name.
Jack Gurian did not plav his usual
shootign game yesterday owing to the
fact that he has missed a good deal
of practice the past week, having quit
school only to re-enter.
"Scrap Iron Toole," Johnson and Girt
put up a stellar game for James John.
Hiatt also looked good at guard. Toole
aud Johnson tied for high score honors
each making 6.
The summary:
r-,!0120'' James John (16.
Gurian (4) V , Glrt
L'SRett F. 6 Toole
?olj.g1V8) P.'
nuhln.k.VA fA 6) Johnson
Dubinsky (4) o. 2) Hiatt
Beck Spare ' att
Oallo Spars
Mische Spare
Referee. Ivcon Kabre. Jr. Scorer -lck"
de Cuman. Timer. ;urth Cole.
SAXBORX MAY BE CHAIIllIXX
Baseball Writer Considered for
Place on Xational Commission.
NEW TOKK. Frb. 13 I. E. Sanborn
of Chicago, president of the Baseball
Writers' association, is being seriously
considered for the chairmanship of the
national commission, according to re
ports in baseball circles here today.
Ban Johnson and John A. Heydler.
president of the National league, are In
conference here and it was said a chair
man might be selected before they left
the city.
Dual Track Meet Scheduled.
BOZEMAN', Mont., Feb. 13. The ath
letic programme of Montana State col
lege for 1919 calls for a dual track
meet with the University of Montana
at a place not decided on, and partici
pation in the track and field jneet at
the Rocky mountani conference .to be
held In Denver on Mnv 31.
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CALIFORNIA MAKING PLANS
TRACK AND FIELD ATHLETICS
TO CO OX PRE-WAR BASIS.
Large Numbers of Demobilized Men
Are Returning to Continue
Their Studies.
SAN" FRANCISCO. Feb. 13. Recent
repqrts received from the University
of California and Stanford university
Indicate that athletic officials antici
pate a return to normal pre-war con
ditions with respect to track and field
athletics. With the demobilizing of the
American army students who joined
the colors rapidly are returning to
again take up their studies. Among
these are many of the athletes whose
absence forced a suspension of activi
ties, owing to lack of suitable material
with which to form teams.
Both institutions have made public
their spring track and field pro
grammes and they practically show a
return to the full scHedule made up
before the entry of the United States
into the war. Three record holders, 16
veterans of former track teams and 15
members of last year's freshman team,
for instance, is the nucleus on which
the University of California will build
its varsity representation for the 1919
season.
At Stanford prospects for a strong
team are conceded to be exceeding
good. Captain (elected) Reginal Cau
ghey has returned from service and al
ready is practicing with the weights.
Quarter-milers who are limbering up
on the cinder paths are Maynard, Mil
ler. Wilkie. Hertel and Wright. Other
veterans back in harness include Lilly.
Wells, Dinkelspiel, Teitsworth and
Westwick, the last named being the
winner of the last California-Stanford
cross-country run.
The University of California student
daily writes optimistically of the out
look. Eugene Lloyd, star two-miler:
Karl Goeppert. 440-yard runner, and
William Jackson, broad jumper, are the
three particular stars with tvhich the
Blue and Gold will start out. Other
veterans likely to score include Captain
Johnson, winner of last year's 220-yard
dash, and Purnell. Thomas. Hutchinson
and Cantelow. all of them capable of
doing 10 seconds flat in the 100-yard
dash. The hurdles will be taken care of
by Arthur Dunne. Tupper, Nulands.
Mohr, Mini and Packard. Long-distance
runners include Sprott, lioach and
Splndt.
The annual dual meet of the two
Institutions will be held on the field
of the University of California on May
3. Due to much continuity of fine
weather, a great deal of preliminary
outdoor work has been done by the
team candidates at both institutions.
BLIND BOGEY GOLF IS LATEST
Del Monte Players to Name Their
Own Handicap.
DEL MONTE, Cal.. Feb. 13. A series
of week end golf tournaments in which
the players will be permitted to handi
cap themselves Is being organized here.
It will be a blind bogey affair, the
contestants naming the number of
strokes they will take. This will be
kept secret until piny Is concluded.
No Need
to Explain
The cartoon which appears here
decides the question as to my origin.
And it's not difficult to explain
how I can give such unusual values in
Suits and
Overcoats
Low upstairs rent; no expensive
fixtures or window displays; cash
buying and cash selling that's how
I do it. Get a line on those upstairs
values of mine
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They -let your- pocketbook down
easy without sacrificing: quality or
style.
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BSTAIRSk CLOTHIER ,
According to the promoters of, the
tournament, the plan was not conceived
as a test of the players' honesty. With
players from all sections of the coun
try on the links, local golf officials
have found it difficult properly to
handicap the contestants, as their abil
ity was an unknown quantity. The
committee has thus shifted the re
sponsibility from their own shoulders
to those of the players themselves.
The first polo tournament of the
season here has been scheduled for
Washington's birthday. It will con
tinue over two days. Saturday and
Sunday. A team from the east is ex
pected to be among the entrants.
Several of the Tibetan lakes in th
Himalayan mountains are 20.000 feet
above sea level.
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