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TIIE MORSTXG OREGOXIAN, S ATXTRD AT, ' DECEEBER 13, 1919.
TWO FULL
SQUADS
TO J
OURHEY SOUTH
Oregon Gridders Head for
Pasadena December 19.
"SHY" TO HAVE TWO AIDES
Johnny Beckett and "Brick" Mitch
ell Expected to Help Lemon
Yellow for Harvard Combat
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Dec. 12. (Special.) Formal accept
ance of the invitation extended Ore
gon to play Harvard New Year's day
at Pasadena has been wired to the
Pasadena tournament of roses com
mittee, by Graduate Manager Marion
McClain, following action by officials
here In giving their consent to the
game. Plans now made by Coach
"Shy" Huntington are to the effect
that two full teams, with the possi
ble addition of a few substitutes, will
leave Eugene on December 19 in a
special car for Pasadena.
In the meantime practice in the
snow is being continued and in view
of the frigid weather conditions, hard
workouts are to be held daily until
the team departs. Cotton gloves were
purchased for all the men today and
tonight's workout included more
handling of the frozen sphere than
was indulged in last night. "He's
working us hard," is the way one
of the members of the team described
the stiff course "Shy" is putting the
men through.
No additions will be made to the
coaching staff until the men reach
the south, where Huntington expects
Johnny Beckett and "Brick" Mitchell
to join the coaching crew. Johnny
Beckett, famous tackle of the 1916
team, which defeated Pennsy Ivania
State at Pasadena, and who is now
Btationed at Mare Island with the
marines, will take charge of the line
and "Brick" Mitchell, end on the same
team, who has been coaching the
Stanford freshman eleven, probably
will help Beckett with the ends.
Coach Not Worried.
When asked how he would get a
line on the Harvard style of play
without eastern aid. Coach Hunting
ton replied that that matter worried
him but little. He intimated that in
some way he already had become fa
miliar with Harvard's system, but
beyond saying that Harvard had used
the same style of play for several
years, would give out but little.
"Their system of coaching is such
that the method used by one coach is
very much like that used by the
coach who succeeds him. Anyone who
knew their style of play several years
ago should know it now. The men
are all In good condition," said "Shy."
" 'Spike' Leslie's foot is not quite In
the best of shape, but it will be all
right by the time we reach the south,"
he said.
Huntington refuted the statement
made some time ago by "Washington
followers, that he had been keeping
his men practicing during the last
few weeks in the expectation that
Oregon would be invited to play at
Pasadena. "The men themselves have
kept in condition by handball and
gymnasium work and have lived un
der training rules, but they have had
absolutely no workouts or practice
under my direction," he stated.
Old Llnrup .stand.
No changes will be made in the
line-up of the Oregon eleven, and the
tame team which won the Pacific
coast conference championship will
play at Pasadena, according to "Shy."
This moans that Stan Anderson and
Mart Howard will play the end posi
tions. Ken Bartlett and Spike Leslie
tackles. Carl Mauts and Baz Will
iams guards. Brick Leslie center. Bill
Steers quarter. Everett Brandenberg
and Vine JacoUberger halves and l-lol-lis
Huntington full.
"Prink" Calllson may he used at cen
ter. Al Harding at guard, Sket Mane
rud at quarter and Nish Chapman at
half before the game is over, as all
of these men have played in confer
ence games this year.
A. E. F. Bantam Wins.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 12. Babe Asher.
bantam champion of the American
expeditionary forces, won the news
paper decision over Zulu Kid of New
York in an eight-round bout tonight.
Sidelights and Satire.
Our All-American.
Selected from the finest hand
picked tomatoes and packed in our
daylight factories. Contains less than
4 per cent benzoate of soda. No sec
ond team. Beware of substitutes. '
...
Another football season is in the
old ragbag. It was successful in
spite of the 18th amendment. In pick
ing the all-American we do not fol
low the Harvard system of consult
ing the Almanac de Gotha, Brad
street's and Dun's Who's Who and
Who Was.
Each player is picked on his merits.
Jim the Penman, the famous hand
writing expert, will pick the linemen.
...
Flo Ziegfeld will select the back
field. lie doesn't know any more
about fields than a marine does about
retreating, but the lineup of the Fol
lies' chorus indicates that he is an
authority on backs.
...
The only difficulty occurred when
Jim the Penman insisted on raising
the number of linemen from 7 to
7. 000. 000.
First we need a good middle man
in the center of the line. Who could
be better than the guy who keeps
eggs in cold storage for 20 years
while the bereaved ham on our plate
cries mournfully for its playmate?
We pick the guards from the police
force. They call out the signals in
addition. Nobody will be able to tell
v hat the next play is going to be.
Trying to gain a yard against these
cuckoos will be like parting your
hair against the great wall of China.
The tackles are inspectors on the
Broadway cars. We thought of
transferring the Inspectors from
tackle to end. but the policy permits
no transfers.
...
The backs will be Eliza. Sergeant
Torks, the United States senate and
the kaiser.
The Kaiser is a demon behind the
line of scrimmage. The further be
hind the line he is the better he gets.
Eliza is a wolf on a broken field.
She played on Uncle Tom's varsity
eleven for years plus years.
The ends are important. We don't
want ends who allow the opposition
to rattle around 'em like merry vil-
lagers around a Maypole. Peary and ,
Shackleton look like the ends. You I
might get between 'em, but never
around 'em.
The senate are grizzlies on Inter
ference. If you want to advance the old
ball, just slip it to Yorke and show
him a German.
If you can pick a better team than
that we'll sell your old straw hat
for J 8.
And furthermore, it is a team that
no all-American ticket speculator
could make a nickel on.
With Alexander and Killifer al
ready signed, the Chicago Cubs have
the best part of the 1920 machine in
line.
Didn't make any difference whether
they had a gong, whistle, piccolo,
ukulele or strombo horn to mark the
rounds in the Carpentier-Beckett
fuss. And there's no argument re
garding the round in which the crash
came.
C0M1SKEY SEES BREAKERS
WHITE SOX BOSS PREDICTS
END OF LEAGUE. .
''Conditions in American Awful,
Terrible," "Old Roman" Re
marks of Baseball Situation.
CHICAGO. Dec. 12. Charles A. Com- ;
iskey, owner of the Chicago Ameri- I
cans, expressed the belief tonight that I
unless there was a change in the
presidency of the American league
and of the chairmansh ip bf the na
tional baseball commission, the league
might not be In existence beyond next
July 4.
"Conditions in the American are
awful, terrible," he said.
Whatever peace- may exist in the
American league as a result of the
meeting In New York may be de
scribed as "armed truce."
Comiskey is a member of the fac
tion opposed to President Johnson.
The business of the league is at a
standstill and another meeting will
have to be called to lay plans for the
1920 season, according to Comiskey.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12. Counsel for
Ban Johnson, president of the Ameri
can league, has filed an appeal in the
a ppellate court from the recent de
cision by Supreme Court Justice Wag
ner, granting the New York Ameri
can club a permanent injunction in
the Carl Mays case, it was learned to
day. The injunction prevents inter
ference with the use of Mays on the
playing field.
COUGAR DELEGATES HOME
DH. BOHLER, COACH WELCH
PI.EJSED WITH SCHEDULES.
Basketball Schedule Will Open
With Idaho at Pullman on
January 16-17.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE.
Pullman. Dec. 12. (Special.) Dr. J.
Fred Bohler. athletic director of the
college, and Coach Gus Welch re
turned today from Seattle, where they
have been in attendance at the an
nual meetings of the Pacific coast
and northwest conferences. Both were
well, pleased with the schedules ar
ranged for Cougar athletic teams.
The football schedule will include
three big games for next autumn
with the possibility that one of the
big eastern elevens will be played by
the Cougars in Portland.
The basketball schedule for Doc
Bohler's five follows:
January 16-17 Idaho at Pullman.
January 23-24 .Montana at Pullman.
January 30-31 Stanford at Palo Alto.
February 2-3 California at nerkeley.
February 5 Oregon at Kugrne.
February B-7 O. A. C. at Corvallis.
February 12 University of Willamette
at Pullman.
February 20-2t O. A. O. at Pullman.
February 24-2." California at Pullman.
March 5-6 University of Washington at
Seattle.
Cliehalis to See Bouts.
CHEHALIS, Wash.. Dec. 12. (Spe
cial.) Another smoker has been ar
ranged for December 18 under the
auspices of Stoy & Dolan. The
event of the evening will be a wres
tling match for the best two falls
out of three between Jensen, 160
pound Alaska champion, and D. M.
Taylor of Canada, 175 pounds. Fight
ing Bob Kirkpatrick and Floyd
Ketchel of Chehalis will box four
rounds at 140 pounds. Rollic M. Os
born and Young Jeffries of Chehalis
will put on a four-round go at 130
pounds, while Fred Stoy and Battling
Sharkey, weighing in at 00 pounds,
will box four rounds.
Portlaiuler Cardinal Captain.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Palo
Alto, Cal., Dec. 13. (Special.) A. P.
Holt, who was elected to captain the
Cardinal football team next year,
played left half this season and was
picked for that position on one of the
mythical all-Pacific coast teams. He
was captain for the Stanford S. A. G.
C. team last year and gained his foot
ball knowledge at Portland. Or. He
is a member of the Chi Psi fraternity
and will be a senior next year. In
Portland he formerly played quarter
back for Lincoln high school.
Toledo High Start Tuesday.
EVERETT. Wash., Dec. 12. A spe
cial from Toledo. O.. today stated that
the Scott high school team of Toledo
would leave Tuesday for the coast
and would play Everett high school
here New Year's day for the prep
school title, after meeting either a
California or a Portland team Christ
mas day.
Delay Pleases Farmer.
TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 12. (Special.)
Frank Farmer is pleased that his
bout with Battling Ortega in Port
land has been postponed, as it will
give him more time to rest up between
the Reeves and Ortega goes. He had
intended to take these two tough ones
on in two successive nights, which is
coming a bit thick.
Wolfe Bests Burnian.
AKRON. O.. Dec. 12. Jack Wolfe
of Cleveland was given the newspa
per decision over Joe Burman of Chi
cargo in a 12-round bout tonight.
They are bantamweights.
Children to Have Feast.
THE DALLES. Or., Dec. 12. (Spe
cial.) The Wapinitia Plains commer
cial club today unanimously proposed
to ask the county clerk to open up
the formerly surveyed Paquet gulch
market road. A Christmas dinner
will be given to all- children, it was
decided. The farm bureau will be
consolidated with the commercial club
and steps will be taken at once to
standardize the Wapinitia high school.
HARVARD'S GAME IS
SMIUR ID OREGON'S
Steers Is Rated as Equal of
Horween for Field Goals.
CRIMSON LINE SUPERI0B
Benefit of Weight Advantage, How
ever, Expected to Be Made Neg
ligible by Aerial Attacks.
Now that it has been finally decided
that Harvard and Oregon are to be
the east-west representatives in the
football clash at Pasadena on New
Year's day, and since the teams have
started practice, football enthusiasts
throughout the country have begun
to weigh the respective strength of
eastern and western collegiate foot
ball. The west has so far shown
superiority over their eastern rivals
in previous contests
The question always arises as to
whether or not the particular partici
pant is the strongest eleven in its
section of the country. There should
be no doubt that Oregon and Harvard
are fair representatives of their re
spective territories. Although there
is no way of comparing t".ie individual
strength of the players as they will
line up at Pasadena, the attack used
by both elevens is in a remarkable
way identical.
Team Plays Similar.
Both teams use a rapid-fire aerial
attack, mixed with a series of cross
buck plays. The fast aerial shoots
tend to hold the secondary de
fense away from the line of scrim
mage, making the off-tackle cross
bucks more effective. This style of
play seems to be the main feature of
every championship eleven. It tends
to hold the secondary defense, which
is the backbone of the scrimmage
line, in a state of doubt.
The formation of the team, on the
defense in present-day football pro
vides, first, for immunity from for
ward passes and. second, for imme
diate dia'gnosis of any play launched
by the opposition. The latter is prob
ably the biggest factor in the defen
sive strength of an eleven.
The style of play used by the crim
son and lemon-yellow teams should
make the scoring nearly even. The
breaks of the game will no doubt be
a factor in the final outcome.
Close observation of the games
played by Harvard this year shows
that the crimson will take a chance
most any time with any of their va
riety of plays. The crimson s fren
zied attack was most noticeable in
the Harvard-Yale game. Harvard
making seven fumbles, one of which
would have spelled defeat had Yaie
been able to take advantage of it.
In contrast to the similarity of play
of the two elevens, the New Year's
game will demonstrate the great
physical superiority of the crimsop
line over ttiat of the lemon-yellow.
Steer Held Honmn'i Equal.
The effect that this will have on
the score is a question upon which
each fan must draw his own pre-game
conclusion. In former years this
noted difference would have been a
tremendous advantage, but with the
open style of play now in vogue it
is doubtful if the extra weight will
effect the score. As scoring ma
chines from the field, Bill Steers of
Oregon ought to equal Ralph Hor
ween of Harvard. In case of Injury
to Horween or Steers. Oregon would
have an edge, with "Skeeter" Man
erude filling Bill Steers' shoes, be
cause Harvard has not shown any
reserve strength in field goal shoots.
The eastern fans will have a better
line on the general coaching svstem
used by Oregon than the western
football followers will have on Har
vard's general plan of attack as
taught by Bob Fisher and known as
the Haughton system. The eastern
ers will get their idea of the Oregon
style of play from the Penn State
eleven, now coached by Hugo Bez
dek, ex-mentor of Oregon, who taught
Coach Shy Huntington his methods
of football strategy. It can be said
that "Shy" is an able exponent of the
Bezdek school.
Hidden Ball Play lard.
The Haughton system includes in
its repertoire of plays the hidden ball
and the ten men on the line play,
which is similar to the dead man play
worked so successfully by Oregon.
Coach Fisher of Harvard lias not had
the success of his predecessor, Percy
Haughton. Captain Murray of the
crimson team tried the hidden ball
trick on Yale on two different oc
casions, but in each instance was un
successful. In summing up the tutoring of
Fisher and Shy Huntington, detailed
summary of the games played by both
teams during the past season would
indicate that Harvard has nothing on
Oregon when it comes to football
strategy.
Both Huntington and Fisher will
be assisted In preparing for their
clash by former stars of the two
colleges. Eddie Mahan, ex-crimson
star, will be added to Fisher's staff,
while Huntington will have "Brick
Mitchell to help Bart Spellman on
the line. "Bart" has been the Oregon
line coach all year and, according to
Head Coach Huntington, Spellman has
no equal as a coach of the first line
of defense.
Gridiron Doubleheaders Planned.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Dec. IS. The
doubleheader is to appear on college
football schedules next season. Har
vard in its first week-end of play
will meet two college elevens and
ma-y take on two more its second
date. Fred W. Moore. 'graduate-manager
of athletics at Harvard, said re
cently that the games as proposed
wouia be lour periods of eight min
utes each. Bowdoin college has been
invited to play one of the games on
the opening date and the University
of Maine on the second date.
WINGED M DATES TOSSERS
CLUB SIGNS THREE COLLEGE
GAMES AT HOME.
Plans Call for Clashes With. All
Leading School 9 on Coast.
Stars Out for Team.
George A. Anderson, chairman of
basketball at the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic club, announced last night
he has closed for three games with
conference aggregations for the
Winged M quintet, all to be played on
the Multnomah club floor.
The club hoopers will clash with
Whitman college, January 17; the Uni
versity of Oregon, January 24 and
Washington State college, February 7.
Anderson is now endeavoring to fill
up the Multnomah basket-tossers'
schedule with contests against the
University of Washington, Oregon Ag
ricultural college. Sanford and Cali
fornia. Mutnomah will tangle with the Ore
gon Aggie squad either on January 10
or February 14, according to the pres
ent plans. As yet a tentative date
has not been set with Washington.
If either California or Stanford make
a northern invasion this season. An
derson will arrange to have them stop
off here and play Multnomah.
Basketball is the big thing with the
Winged M wearers these frigid days,
and the chill has not tended to keep
them off the floor. The players are
fast rounding into shape and the first
team will be picked within the next
two weeks. All of the former club
stars have rallied for 1920.
RUGBY MEN GO NORTH
STANFORD AND CALIFORNIA TO
INVADE VANCOUVER.
Christmas Trip Will Be Made by
Players From Ranks of Both
Universities' Teams.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Palo
Alto, Cal., Dec. 12. (Special.) Stan
ford and California will Join forces
in sending to Vancouver this Christ
mas the strongest rugby team in Cali
fornia, according to a statement made
by Harry Maloney and Jim Wylie.
the coaches. Such great interest was
created by last Saturday's game be
tween the two universities, resulting
in a 3-to-3 tie, that enthusiasm for
the revival of the Knglish game that
is being attempted here is on the In
crease. This all-California Rugby team
that will play the British Columbia
stars in their home territory, will
have its personnel decided by a com
mittee selected by the Rugby coaches
of the two colleges. The ranks of
the fifteens of both colleges are
being swelled by American football
men. now that their season is over.
Fred Brooks who was the University
of California captain is a likely can
didate for this picked team and
Kirksey. the Cardinal speed burner,
is another sure prospect. The team
will leave for Victoria week after
next.
White Goes After Leonard.
SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 12. The
Northwest Athletic club of Seattle
today telegraphed Billy Gibson, man
ager of Benny Leonard, lightweight
champion, asking for a match here
in January between Leonard and
Charlie White, Chicago lightweight
Reports have been received that
Leonard plans to be in the northwest
in January. White is here now.
AN EARLY MORNING THAW.
BEAVERS MAY TRAIN
M MPER AL VALLEY
Penner, McCredie Scout, Has
Eye on Brawley, Cal.
OTHER SITES VIEWED, TOO
Bushers In Southern California
Also Getting "Once Over."
Barnabe and Cuy ler Signed.
BY RICHARD R. SHARP.
The Portland Beavers may train at
Brawley. Cal.. in 1920. The Imperial
valley metropolis has made overtures
to "Judge" McCredie to bring the club
there. Ken Penner. Porttond twlrler,
who is Walter McCredle's southern
agent and scout, is looking over the
ground and will make a report this
week as to the advisability of spend
ing the spring training session at
Brawley.
McCredie is depending on Penner a
good deal tohine up a suitable train
ing camp and the famous fence ball
pitcher Is giving several sites other
than Brawley the once over. San
Diego has also been mentioned as a
camp, but Wade Ki liefer is planning
on taking the Angels there.
The only drawback is the fact that
none of the ball parks in San Diego
have any grass on the diamond. Kil
lefer does not like the idea of putting
his cohorts through the paces on the
hard-baked surface, but may decide
to train in San Diego despite that
fact.
Kenneth Penner is the busy little
bee in southern California for Boss
Walter and has a constant eye on the
field of bushers in that sector. It was
Penner who signed "Chuck" Barnabe
and Herbie Cuyler for a tryout with
the Mackmen machine in 1920. Both
were recommended to the McCredies
and all Penner had to do was to go
through the formality of having them
affix their signatures to parchments.
Byron Houck. ex-Beaver mound
man, now one of Vernon's best bets,
has intimated that he may retire
from the national pastime. Houck has
lined himself up for a nice job as a
cameraman at one of the moving pic
ture studios in Los Angeles. A wind
up comes easy to him and the voca
tion has made such a hit with Byron
that he has serious thoughts of stay
ing with it.
Shortstop Don Rader. who was sold
by Portland to the Beaumont club of
the Texas league, will not report to
the latter aggregation. Don is at
present engaged in the automobile
business in Los Angeles. "If I can
not play class A A ball I'll stick to
selling wheeled vehicles," said dash
ing Don when interviewed recently
on the subject. It is far from im
probable that some other coast league
club will make a move to land this
hustling guardian of the short patch.
Every club in the Pacific Coast
league is on the lookout for pitching
talent. There is not a team in this
western circuit that could not use
one or more capable deceivers, and,
following out this line of thought,
there is not a manager in the league
who is not trying to line up likely
looking timber in the pitching forest.
Vernon is the only club well supplied.
Eddie Heer. who managed the Salt
Lake ball club last year, will turn
his attention to scoutinir for Detroit
from now on and is still lingering
about the hotel lobbies in Los Ange
les chatting baseball. Heer is very
sweet on Wes Klngdon, the young
Los Angeles high school boy who
played shortstop for the Beavers last
fall, anti Willie Kamm. the young
San Francisco third packer. Heer
predicts bright futures for both
Kamm and Kingdon. Wes will get
another seasoning stretch with Port
land in 1920 and if he can hit the ball
at all should make the majors ere
many schedules have been fought
through on the coast.
...
Al Hartman, Bob Marshall. Charley
Moore and a number of other well
known ball players working for the
G. M. Standifer Construction corpora
tion in Vancouver, will trek to Can
ada with the opening of the 1920
season and line up with some one of
the Western Canada leaarue clubs. All
of them have seen service either in
the northwest or Pacific Coast league
and several of the Standifer players
have been to the majors.
The prospects for a fast semi-pro
league in and around Portland next
year are very bright unless the West
ern Canada league draws all of the
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I LITTLE ?LW.l
( NOW THiNGWlU-
bush stars away. The Southern Ida
ho league will also be & magnet for
a number of the local ball players if
the peppy little circuit starts up again
next year.
PHI GAMMA DELTA FIVE WTXS
Interfratcrnity ' Basketball Honors
at University Settled.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene.
Dec. 12. (Special.) The Phi Gamma
Delta basketball team was the win
ner in the interfraternity series
staged on the campus this term, when
it defeated the Friendly hall quintet
Wednesday night. By winning this
game, the Phi Gamma Delta team
gets the two trophy cups which have
been in the possession of the Sigma
Chi team for the past two years, and
which were presented by Spaulding
Brothers, and Wilson sporting goods
companies, through their stores in
Eugene.
Friendly hall won the right to runner-up
honors by defeating the Sigma
Alpha Epsilon team the previous
night.
RITCHIE GRABS SWEDE
EX-CHAMP BLOSSOMS OUT AS
ANDERSON'S PILOT.
Bay City Rumor Vouchsafes Syndi
cate Backs Tacoma Heavy for
Crack at Dempsey.
Willie Ritchie, former lightweight
champion of the world, has returned
to the fight game once more not as
a fighter, but as a full-fledged man
ager of a huge person whom Willie
hopes to steer into the heavyweight
championship of the world. This
luminary is Ole Anderson, Tacoma
heavyweight, who is trying the four
round game around San Francisco and
who fought a draw with Gunboat
Smith in the Bay City Thursday night.
Louis Parente. well-known San
Francisco promoter, is the authority
for the above statement. According
to Parente a syndicate of capitalists
of which Ritchie is the head will
undertake to groom the big fellow for
a fight with Jack Dempsey in the
near future. Two of the men inter
ested are easterners whose names are
unobtainable, but who, it is stated,
have access to the sporting realm on
the other side of the Rockies.
The appearance of Ritchie as a
manager has created no end of com
ment. Willie retired immediately
after his fight with Benny Leonard in
the early part of the year and in
formed the world that he would never
again be associated with the boxing
game.
Last Thursday night Ritchie an
fpeared in Anderson's corner at San
Francisco. Willie yelled at Ole and
made motions just like he used to in
the old days when a pal was fighting.
and Willie held the sponge. The wise
boys shook their heads and couldn't
fathom It. There was Willie Ritchie
behind a fellow who is practically un
known and a beginner, and yet
Ritchie was taking more interest in
him than he would in a world's cham
pion. Afterward it developed that Ander
son had put in a bit of time in the
army, being stationed at Camp Lewis.
Ritchie was his boxing instructor. At
the camp Willie took a marked inter
est in the big fellow and when Ole
turned professional fighter Willie was
the first one at his side.
Ritchie's name should bring Ander
son over the rough spots in the pugi
listic road. If the big fellow had been
successful in disposing of Smith
Thursday night it was Ritchie's in
tention to bring him north for- a
couple of fights and then east for his
conquest of the champion.
O. A. C. CO-EDS TO FORM QUINT
Awarding or Letters Increases
Women's Interest in Sports.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis. Dec. 12. (Special.)
With five co-eds on the campus
who played intercollegiate basketball
two years ago. prospects for a team
among the women are good, accord
ing to Miss Ruth Wininiger, women's
athletic coach. The women's basket
ball team defeated Oregon at Eugene
in 1916 and hopes to schedule a game
with the university players again this
year. They are also making an effort
to schedule games with Reed college.
Pacific university. Willamette univer
sity and Monmouth.
The awarding of an oval orange O
to all women participating in inter
collegiate basketball, soccer or hockey
was provided for in a recent amend
ment to the constitution of the stu
dent body assembly.
Donovan to Coach Cubs.
CHICAGO, Dec. 12. "Patsy" Dono
van, a one-time major league star,
has been signed to act as coach of the
Chicago National league club pitch
ing staff, it was announced today. He
also will assist Manager Mitchell In
directing the club.
H - HH - f
GARPElMTIER'b OEFI
MAKES MATCH SURE
International Bout Looked
For Next Summer.
FRANCE PROBABLE PLACE
Contest Expected to Break All Rec
ords lor Purse Totals Lon
don Go Xot Popular.
NEW YORK. Dec 12. The direct
challenge Issued by Georges Carpen-
tier to Jack Dempsey to fight for the
world's heavyweight championship
virtually assures a match during the
coming year. The American title
holder has expressed his willingness
to face the French boxer and there
remains only the agreement on the
terms and conditions.
W'hen the articles of agreement
finally are signed it will be found
that all former purses and similar
inducements given to champion heavy
weights in the oast will have hn
dwarfed into insignificance by the
sums to be handed to the boxers for
the first international ring battle of
importance In years.
Johnson and Jeffries divided J210.
000 for their Reno bout and the
Willard-Dempsey purse at Toledo
amounted to nearly $150,000. Demp
sey and Carpentier are quite likely
to battle for a purse approximately
twice as large as that offered for the
Willard-Dempsey match.
Several American and European
fight promoters of strong financial
standing already are endeavoring to
sign the two heavyweights to" binding
contracts. The rivalry to obtain their
signatures promises to furnish a bitter
and exciting struggle in which sums
running into hundreds of thousands
of dollars will be offered.
Summer Fight Predlrtrd.
The date of the bout can be set
down for midsummer, but the loca
tion of the ring is a matter of much
speculation. Shrewd ring followers
express doubt that England would
supply the huge gate receipts neces
sary to finance successfully such a
match, as neither of the contestants
would have the drawing power there
of a Briton. Owing to the intense
French pride in the ring achieve
ments of Carpentier. France probably
would supply a record gate, but there
is some doubt whether Dempsey would
agrees to box Carpentier there unless
certain restrictions were placed in the
articles of agreement.
The impression appears to be grow
ing in America that Carpentier will
prove to be one of the best opponents
to face Dempsey since the latter
donned gloves. The Frenchman, a
ring veteran of long expe.-ience. is
credited with being an exceedingly
clever boxer and a fast, hard-hitting
f iglv.er.
PARIS, Dec. 12. (Havas.) Georges
Carpentier today issued a challenge to
Jack Dempsey for a bout for the
heavyweight championship of the
world.
Managrer Issues Dfll.
The French heavyweight, who re
cently won the championship of Eu
rope by knocking out Joe Beckett,
addressed the challenge through his
manager, Descamps, in cars of the
secretary of the International Boxing
union.
Carpentier offers to meet Dempsey
at any place for the best purse offered
at any time mutually agreed upon.
Manager Descamps. it is announced,
has deposited the sum of 50.000 francs
with a Paris sporting publication as a
guarantee to bind the match and a
pledge of Carpentier's sincerity.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Dec. 12. Jack
Kearns. manager for Jack Dempsey.
said today he had not heard directly
from Georges Carpentier. who was
said by a Paris dispatch today to have
issued a challenge to Dempsey for a
bout for the heavyweight champion
ship of the world.
Kearns said possibly the challenge
was an open one Land would not be
sent directly to Dempsey, or that
storm conditions might have de
layed it.
GREENLEAF WINS TITLE
DELAWAHE CUE MAX TAKES
FIRST POCKET HOXOKS.
Victory Over Ralph Decides Tour
ney for National Crown Eight
Straight, Winner's Record.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 12. E. Ralph
Greenleaf of Wilmington. Del., won
the pocket billiard championship of
the United States today by defeating
Edward 1. Ralph, Hightstown. N. J.,
125 to 53, in the national American
pocket billiard tournament.
Greenleaf has one game to play, but
even though he should lose this match
he would still win the title. He has
won eight straight.
Greenleaf. who is 22 years old. won
tonight's match in 18 innings, the
third shortest of the tournament. He
had a high run of 70, which stands
second to Bennie Allen's world rec
ord of 81. Ralph's high run was 22.
In the other matches today, Charles
Seeback. Hartford, Conn., beat Joseph
Concannon, New York, and Jerome
Keogh, Rochester, N. Y., defeated
James Maturo, Denver..
Keogh and Allen are tied for sec
ond place, each having won six games
and lost two. They will meet tomor
row in the final match.
Sounding the Sport Reveille
A
NOTHER argument for military
training Carpentier.
Governors, mayors and railroad
presidents gathered to thrust a chest
of expensive silver on George Foster
Sanford as the gridiron season ended
at Rutgers. It is an even bet that
Al Sharpe at Yale didn't get so much
as a free subscription to the Alumni
Weekly.
Every football player who started
against Brown will return to Colum
bia next fall. This ought to give the
Blue and White quite a team, ualess
the men who faced Stevens and New
York university decide to come back.
They ought to match Fred Fulton
and Becket for the one-round cham
pionship. This is no feeble 1919 team. When
we pick an all-American we pick a
team from the ages. One that can
fumble with the best.
It will be a real Callahan feud
when Captain John of Yale and Cap
tain Harry of Princeton discuss the
ultimate football destination of Cap-
tain Arthur of the Lawrence high
school eleven. Perhaps Art will set
tle the argument by going to Harvard.
He played tackle on the Lawrence
team and Is president of the class of
How the' favorites flutter! ISIS has
been a tough old bird for the choices,
but her days are numbered.
Rumor has it that Dartmouth can
have a date on Harvard's football
schedule next fall If the. Green will
agree to play on October 23, leaving
the Crimson opportuiity for an easy
game before meeting Princeton. In
cidentally there is a. movement on
foot to brine the Centre college eleven
to the stadium. The Kentuckians
will retain their team Intact for an
other season and will be primed for
a sharp tussle.
Pard Pearee. Pennsylvania's profes
sional halfback, has left the univer
sity to play with some "pro" elevens
and then take life easy until h goes
south with the Chicago Cubs. He
leaves a blot on the record of the
university and casts suspecion on
those who control athletics.
FANS CLAMOR FOR WHITE
BUGS WAST TO SEE CLEVER
CHICAGOAX IX ACTION.
Local Talent Called Good Enough
to Give Visiting Boys Run
for Boxing Bacon.
Jt Is the opinion of many fight fans
that if the Portland and Milwaukie
boxing commissions pass up the
chance to use Charley White, the
famous Chicago lightweight in one
of their main events in the near fu
ture that they will have checked a
big bet. White is now in Seattle
and is ready and willing to step 10
rounds against any boy that is se
lected for him either in Portland or
Milwaukie.
With Oregon one of the few states
in which 10-round decision bouts are
permitted it is a shame that Seattle
and other coast city fans get the
opportunity to witness the big guns
in action while the local mitt fol
lowers have to sit back and watch
the Jock McGlocks a'nd Joe McGees
go through the paces week after
week.
In San Francisco and Seattle, where
the boxing game is always on thin
ice and with bouts of only four and
six rounds' duration, the promoters
manage to import the cream of the
fistic talent of the country. Of
course it costs money for the top
notchers, but why not lop off a little
of the long green paid to the pre
liminaries and bring in some main
eventers worth while?
One cannot kick about such as
McCormick and Farmer or Gibbons
and Darcy, as a man of international
reputation is on one side of the bout
in both cases. McCormick and Gib
bons are both widely known for their
ability and' are worthy exponents ot
the ring game.
Farmer figures to give McCormick
a battle and Darcy figures to give
Gibbons an argument when they meet
next Tuesday nii,ht in Milwaukie.
The fans like to see one of the big
guns stack up against the best of the
local talent. An excuse is that the
local talent is not good enough to
buck up against the better known
boxers, but this will be found un
true when one looks back over past
performances here.
Portland sportsmen who make an
nual trips east and get the oppor
tunity to see the boys mix in that
section of the country always come
back with the word that they are not
above what we have here.
Bobby Ward, Stanley Willis. Pete
Mitchie, Muff Bronson. or Freddie
Anderson should all figure for a
chance against a real boxer. Names
have proved nothing. Johnny Coulon.
Frank Barrieau, Johnny Schauer. Jim
Flynn, and others who came here
with the blare of trumpets were
bested by local boxers.
Let's have a "few more of the Mc
Cormicks, .Gibbons' and their like.
They put up good fights and give
local or northwestern boys something
to show their real mettle against.
Every boxer starts the game with the
idea buried back in his dome of some
day becoming a champion or a near
champion, it is the dream of every
battler with a fighting heart. Pick
out some of the best ones and give
them a chance against the eastern
ers if the latter care to come here
for game. What the fans want is
action.
m
As announced in The Oregonian the
Portland boxing commission has de
cided to switch the date of its show
and also the principals in the main
event. The Portland car-, was orig
inally slated for December 19. but
has been set up to December 27.
Jimmy Darcy will clash with Bat
ling Ortega in the main event in
stead of with Frank Farmer.
4 . .
There has been some comment
about signing Darcy as he has his
match coming up on December 16
against Tommy Gibbons in Milwau
kie. Should Darcy receive a drub
bing at the hands of Gibbons he
would hardly pack them in against
Ortega here a little over a week
later.
Mick King, the Australian middle
weight, and Al Sommers, Portland
158-pounder. both strove for the
chance to meet Ortega but were
turned down. King is now in Cal
gary but would maki the jump just
the minute he was signed. Sommers
ha3 been training for several weeks
and is in excellent shape. Al has
not fought in Portland for two years,
having served in a machine gun
corps In France. Al did his fight
ing over there and all he asks now
is a chance against some of those
who gathered in the shekels while
he helped make them safe.
m m m
Joe Benjamin will meet Willie
Jackson in Jersey City on Decem
ber 29.
Lodges Honor Brothers.
ALBANY. Or.. Dec. 12. (Special.)
When Charles H. Cusick was elected
treasurer of Bayley chapter. No. 8,
Royal Arch Masons of this city, in
the annual election of officers this
week, a curious coincidence resulted
in that each of three Masonic bodies
of this city now has as its treasurer a
different one of the three Cusick
brothers, who are officers of the bank
of J. W. Cusick & Co. in this city.
Senator E. D. Cusick, president of the
bank, is treasurer of St. John's lodge.
A. F. and A. M.; Charles H. Cusick.
vice-president of the bank, is treas
urer of Bayley chapter, R, A. M.. and
Harry B. Cusick, cashier, is treasurer
of Temple Commandery. Knights Tem
plar. Rainier Budget Increased.
RAINIER. Or.. Dec 12. (Special.)
The annual budget meeting of the
Rainier school district was held last
night, and the electors of the district
authorized a tax levy of 127.076 for
the coming school year. This is an
increase over last year of 13.739. and
represents a millage tax of 34 milln.
Higher wages to teachers and a luO
per cent increase in all school sup
plies are responsible.
Phone your want ads to the t cijo-
! man. Main 7070, A 6095.