THE 5IORXIXG OREGOiAV MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1919.
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RUMOR OF 'SELLING'
BIG SERIES PROBED
White Sox Owner Investi
gates Alleged Offers.
GAMBLING IS MENTIONED
Comiskey, Retaining Faith in His
Men, Reiterates Offer to Pay
$10,000 for Proof.
CHICAGO, Dec. 14. It was disclosed
today that Charles Comiskey, owner
of the Chicago White" Sox, and Man
ager Bill Gleason, met in New York
recently on the occasion of the ar.nual
meeting of the American league and
compared notes on investigations of
the rumors that some White Sox had
conspired for a financial considera
tion, to lose the world's series to Cin
cinnati last. fall
Incidentally their investigation ad
duced no evidence. Comiskey, who al
ways maintained implicit faith in the
innocence of his players, declared the
invesitgation had not ended and that
his offer for $10,000 for proof still
stands.
Mr. Comiskey hired private detec
tives and the $10:000 offer induced in
dependent investigations of the ru
mors that a. gambling syndicate had
paid some players among the Ameri
can league champions to "throw" the
games.
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OBRIEX IS HKIAZCTKl)
American ex-President Secretary of
New York Nationals.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14. Joseph D.
O'Brien, of Milwaukee, ex-president
of the American association, has be
come secretary of the New York Na
tional league club, it was announced
today.
He succeeds J. B. Foster, who has
held that position several years. Mr.
Foster, when asked about his resig
nation, said he preferred to make no
statement.
Baseball on the Inside.
BY BILLY EVANS.
13 THERE any set ruling in the two
major leagues as to how the balls
tshall be put in play? Does each
league have the same rule? R. J. L.
. The major leagues use different
systems. In the American league the
game is started by putting into play
six new balls. When these have been
used, the umpire goes to an under
ground box, which contains his sup
ply. In this box are any old balls,
which the umpire might regard as fit
for play and a dozen new ones. He
then uses up any of the old ones,
which must be practically new, and,
after using them up. takes nothing
but new ones from the bog. In the
National league the umpire starts, I
believe, with four new balls, and then
as he needs them they are supplied
from the ress box. I believe the
official scorer is in charge of the
balls, and his stock consists of new
ones- entirely. The two systems tend
to prevent jockeying by the home
team, as to what balls shall be put
into play.
Where did Chicago get Pitcher Wil
kinson? Is he a right or left-hander?
I never knew he was with the club
until I saw his name in the lineup of
one of the world series games. Did
he ever have a major league trial
prior to joining the White Sox?
Wilkinson was secured from the
Columbus team of the American as
sociation. He is a right-handed
pitcher, and appears to have a lot of
promise. I am told four major-league
clubs were after him and that Joe
Tinker allowed him to make his own
selection. He picked the Sox and land
ed a share in the big series. Wilkin
son once had a brief trial with the
Cleveland club. He joined the Chi
cago club five or six weeks before
the close of the season and turned in
several creditable pitching perform
ances. A bet has been made that in the
American league the home team some
times bats first, and we are asking
for your opinion. Can ydu recall an
American league game where this was
done, and can you mention a particu
lar date this last summer as an ex
ample? F. L. Iv.
It Is contrary to custom for the
home team to bat first. During my
14 years with the American league I
have never appeared in a game in
which the home team went to bat
first. Several years ago the Washing
ton club was in a losing streak. In
an effort to kill off the jinx Manager
Griffith sent his club to bat first in
a game at Washington, but to no
avail. - That is the only incident of
tuch a nature that I can recall.
!
A play was made at home and the
catcher threw the ball to third, to
which. base a runner advanced on the
play at home. The shortstop was
covering third, and on leaving the
base handed the ball to the third
baseman, but in a manner not de
tected by any of the opposing team.
Prior to this play a ball had been i
fouled out of the diamond, and was i
returned toward the pitcher perhaps j
a half minute after the third base- j
man had received the ball in play ;
from the shortstop. The pitcher was '
told by the shortstop to hand the ball )
to the umpire, but before this was
done the runner, on seeing a ball in !
the pitcher's hand stepped off the base ;
and was tagged by the third baseman. ;
I. who was the umpire, ruled the run
ner out.
The moment the ball which had
been fouled off was thrown back on '
the field, the. umpire should have
called time. After having called time,
it was necessary that the proper ball ;
be returned to the pitcher, and he
get in his position on tha rubber. '
That would have been the proper and
really the only fair way to handle the
situation.
Tendler May Go to England.
NEW YORK. Dec. 14. Lew Tendler.
the Philadelphia lightweight, who is
one of Benny Leonard s most persist
ent challengers, is another boxer who
planb to go overseas in search of
bouts. Tendler has received an offer
of 115.000 for two contests in London.
his opponents to be named by the
promoter when . Tendier reaches
England.
Reds May Be Fined.
It is rumored that some of the
champion Reds are likely to be
nicked for a fine, as there is a rule
prohbiiting exhibition playing by
memb-rs of the pennant-winning
outfits.
Centralia Proud of Grimm.
CENTRAL! A. Wash.. Dec. 14. 'Spe
cial.) Word that William Grimm,
tackle on the University of Washing
ton football team, had been selected
by Walter Camp for one of the tackle
positions on his mythical all-Ameri-can
second eleven, caused the chests
of Centralians to swell with pride.
Grimm was graduated from the Cen
tralia high school. He is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Grimm of this
city and a brother of Lieutenant W.
O- Grimm, one of, the four war vet
erans shot in Centralia by alleged
I. W. W. on- Armistice day.
Albany Legion Quintet Loses.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 14. (Special.)
The basketball team of the Van
couver, Wash., post of the American
Legion defeated the Albany post team
32 to 23 here last night in the first
basketball game of the season in
Albany. Albany led In the first half
but in the second, showed lack of
training.
CONNIE MACK HEARS 55
'SPHINX OF DIAMOND" HAS
WEATHERED MANY STORMS.
Successful Career Credited to Hard
Work; Philadelphia Fans to
Observe Pilot's Birthday.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 14. (Spe
cial.) Cornelius McGilllcuddy bet
ter known as Connie Mack will be
the "oldest manager in the major
leagues next season, if, indeed, he is
not entitled to that distinction at this
very moment. On December 23 Con
nie will observe his 57th birthday,' as
the baseball season will not get un
der way until late next spring, he
will be closer to 58 years of age when
he takes up his duties for the 1920
campaign.
There are several magnates in the
majors who are Connie's seniors, but
there are no managers. And with his
increasing years, the Athletic's direct
ing genius seems to lose none of his
cunning that enabled him to annex
several pennants and as many world's
series.
In many ways Connie Mack is one
of the most remarkable figures in
American sport. Thirty-five years
have passed since Connie broke into
baseball, and during that time he has
seen the game in several, of its most
interesting phases. He has been con
nected with the sport during the time
it developed its greatest players, too,
so that in building for the future he
has something of value in the way of
knowledge by which to measure fu
ture greats.
Although his career has been a long
and successful one, it was obtained at
the expense of hard and conscientious
work and from the first has borne
the hall-mark of honesty in every par
ticular. Unlike some of the great
managers baseball has had. Mack
was never a howling success in the
business end of the game, nor in that
department wherein craft is expected
to manifest itself in the matter of
trading. Mack's fame has come
through his ability to make ball play
ers and also through his uncanny
ability to handle them so the best re
sults could be obtained.
Philadelphia fans permitted Mack's
birthday to pass almost unnoticed in
1918, but there will be no repetition
of that condition this year, because
there is a committee already at work
on plans for a great celebration for
the "Sphinx of the Diamond." Phila
delphia fans claim Mack lias been' one
of the city's best advertisements and
next week they are going to show
their appreciation in a substantial
manner that is expected to further
cement relations between Connie and
the "City of Brotherly Love."
Mails May Coach High Schoolers.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Dec. 14.
Walter Mails may coach the Sacra
mento high school baseball team this
coming season. Yesterday Walter was
asked if he would help get the stu
dents into condition for next year and
he gave his consent. Mails has
coached and managed other teams
and has established a reputation in
that phase of the game.
Albany Class Teams to Play.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 14. (Special.)
Plans are being made for a series
of three games for the class basket
ball championship of the Albany high
school. The series will be played next
week if weather conditions permit.
The first night the freshmen will
play the sophomores and the juniors
will battle with the seniors. The win
ners of each of these contests will
plfty for the championship on the fol
lowing night.
Moore and Wilde Would Draw.
Although Pal Moore has been de
feated by Jimmy Wilde, another bat
tle between the Memphis scrapper
and the English flyweight champion
would undoubtedly be a great draw
ing card.
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1 EAST FOR TALENT
Gentlemen's Agreement With
Majors Proposed.
PIERCY MAY BE TAKEN
Cy Jloreings Interests Out to Form
Good Team for 1920; Purse
Strings Loosened.
Wild Bill Rodgers. ex-Beaver sec
ond sacker, and now plenlootentiary-in-chief
for Cy Moreing's recently ac
quired interest in the Sacramento
ball club, is en route east to form a
"gentlemen's agreement" with the
majors. If Rodgers succeeds, prob
ably with the Cincinnati club. It will
be the first time that Sacramento has
been benefited in this manner. Sac
ramento alone of all Pacific Coast
league .clubs last season' wended its
way unaided by big league support.
Rodgers' trip east is doubly signifi
cant. It means -that the Moreings. al
ways live wires in baseball affairs,
are going to untie the purse strings
and allow the boss to gather a win
ning club' If the miracle can be per
formed. It means that the other
seven clubs in the Pacific Coast
league might just as well realize that
the Solons will be in the race from
the drop of the flag to the final bell.
Bill Piercy again will be in a Sac
ramento uniform if Rodgers can get
the New York American league team
to lend him to the Sacramento club.
Piercy is one -ballplayer who does not
wish to participate in the big show.
Bill has been up "there" and was
bounced around quite a bit, and the
speed-ball thrower would rather be a
star in the Pacific Coast league than
not knowing where he stands in the
major circles. ,
There also may be a chance of Bill
Rodgers filling the vacancy left by
'Babe" Pinelli at third base. Bert
Niehoff, who started last season with
the Angels, Is out of a job and a free
agent. He has written to Rodgers.
asking for a 4ittle information about
signing with the Senators.
Charley Mullen, ex-pilot of the Se
attle ball club, has probably quit base
ball for good. Mullen is still a mem
ber of the Purple Sox, but does not
expect to answer the rollcall next
spring. Mullen is blessed with more
than the average amount of business
brains, and will lay aside his diamond
"unie" to accept a position as cashier
of a Seattle business firm. He" was
not begging for the job of manager,
and now that the powers that be have
chosen someone else, he will probably
hang up the spiked shoes for good.
Portland fans will hardly recognize
the Oaks when Cal Ewing brings his
hirelings north next spring. Rod
Murphy was the first regular to jump
the traces, and "Rowdy" Elliott, sold
to the majors, is the second. "Hack"
Miller, the slugging outfielder, is
holding out. and says he won't play
unless the boss boosts his contract a
notch or two, and Ewing is authority
for the statement that several more
members of his squad are due to get
the bounce.
Before next spring rolls around
there will be a flock of other shifts
in the league lineups. The Angels
will miss Fournier like the Tigers
would miss Ty Cobb. Tom Seaton's
departure will leave a blank space in
the Seal pitching staff. Babe Bor
ton, reports from Los Angeles say.
j is pining for a change, and will be
traded or sold. waiter Boles, the
little Angel catcher, has laid aside
his playing togs for all time. Harry
Wolter has said he is through and
Curley Brown will go to the majors.
Roy Grover has a good word for
Seattle's new outfielder, Kopp. Gro
ver was a teammate of the Athletic
gardener and knows whereof he
speaks. "Kopp will be a winner in
the Coast league," opines the Seattle
boy, who is wintering in his home
town. "He is as fast as a streak and
is a brilliant fielder. He will strength
the Seattle club a lot."
Grover has not announced his plans
for next spring. Del Howard turned
him back to Philadelphia after a
short trial and Ray is not certain
where he will play ball in 1920.
PENINSULA QCINTET WLXS
Standifer Basketball Team Is De
feated, 3 7 to 1".
On the Peninsula Park gymnasium
floor last Saturday night, the Penin
THE ORIGIN OF THAT
sula Park basketball team defeated
the Standifer five from Vancouver by
the score of 37 to 17. It was the
Peninsula Park quintet's first game
of the season and its playing indicat
ed that the Park team will again be
strong contende-s for the 135-pound
championship of the state, which It
won in 1916-17.
Prescott and Carr were the high
point men for Peninsula Park, while
Phillips featured in the basketshoot
ing line for the Standifer five.
Thi Peninsula Park team is ar
ranging Its schedule for the coming
season and teams desiring games
should write the manager. Peninsula
Park basketball team, Albina avenue
and Portland boulevard.
The lineup:
Peninsula (37). Standifer (17).
Carr 10) P (7) Phillips
Prescott (12) F (2) Johnston
Ford (6) C a Campbell
Metcalf (5) G H) Hanman
Pfaender (2) G Palmer
Cullen 2) (2) Duback
STRENGTH TEST REVIVED
TAKING OF FRESHMAN REC
ORDS IS TO BE RESUMED.
System, Not Followed at Oregon
Agricultural College Lately,
Returns to Favor.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallis, Dec. 14. (Special.)
Intercollegiate strength tests will be
given all freshmen at the Oregon
Agricultural college. This system of
taking a test of the muscular power of
the men has not been followed for the
past two years, but Professor Arbuth
not has just given out the information
that it will be instituted again.
The best strength record of any col
lege man in the United States is at
present held by Harry Cole, who was
at O. A. C in 1916-17, and made the
record during the spring ' of that
school year. His total points, in kilo
grams, was 2154.
Various methods of ascertaining the
strength of different parts of the body
are used. First a man's weight- is
taken, then a machine tests the
strength of his hand grip, -both right
and left. Next there is a back pull
and then a leg pull, both on a dyna
mometer which registers the highest
amount -of strength exerted. A mono
meter tests lung strength, and the
candidate winds up by chinning to a
bar and dipping to parallel bars. The
number of times he can chin 1- added
to the number of dips, the total is
multiplied by his weight, and divided
by ten. All of the other tests are
added in at their face value.
England Beckons Champion.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14. Mike
O'Dowd's contemplated Invasion of
England promises much in the way
of action for the middleweight cham
pion, though he is not likely to en
counter very serious opposition in his
wanderings abroad. England has a
full quota of capable glovemen in the
lighter divisions, but the classes
above welterweights contain very
few men of real ability.
Mount Angel Five to Play Here.
The Mt. Angel College basketball
team will play the Christian Broth
ers Business College five Friday even
ing on the Christian Brothers floor
This is the first time In two years
that the- team from Mt. Angel has
been scheduled for action in a local
gymnasium. The Christian Brothers
Midgets and the Triumphs will clash
in the preliminary game.
AH-Star Rugby Team to Play.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Palo Al
to, Cal.. Dec. 14. (Special.) Stanford
and the University of California
placed two Rugby fifteens on the
Stanford field yesterday. The match
was an elimination contest of the
candidates for the all-California Rug
by team, which will start on its
northern trip on December 22 for
games with Vancouver and Victoria.
Columbia to Wait.
Columbia's football authorities will
take their time about choosing a suc
cessor to Fred Dawson, who has re
signed as coach of the baseball, bas
ketball and football teams. Denials
are entered that Jim Thorpe, the
Carlisle "Indian, will be named. No
choice will be made until the spring.
Big Game Slated for New York.
SYRACUSE. N. Y., Dec. 14. Efforts
are being made to have next season's
Syracuse-Plttsburg football contest
played in New York. It is thought
that better crowds would be the re
sult, as only 8000 paid to witness
the Orange victory over the Panthers
here this fall.
Valger Wins on Foul.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13. Benny
Valger, French lightweight, won from
George Chaney of Baltimore, on a foul
in the fifth round of a scheduled six
round bout here tonight.
LITTLE HYMN OF HATE.
GIBBONS TO MEET
. DARCY TOMORROW
Each Determined torWin Mil
waukie Fight.
BOTH ARE IN GOOD SHAPE
Ward to Tangle for 8 Rounds With
Stanley Willis; Brandon to
Mix With Zimmerman.
Jimmy Darcy has to win and
Tommy Gibbons can't lose. This is
the situation that will face these two
battlers when they clash In the main
event of ten rounds at tomorrow
night's fistic card in the Milwaukie
arena, Jimmy Darcy has a promise
of a match In Portland December 27
against Battling Ortega. The match
would not draw a very big crowd if
Gibbons should trim Darcy tomorrow.
On the other hand. Gibbons has
never lost a decision in his career.
and to taste defeat at the hands of
Darcy would - go against his grain
twice as bad as one at the hands of
Billie Miske or some of the other top-
notchers he has defeated.
Both men finished training yester
day, for the second time, for tomor
row night's clash. If anything should
slow the boys up, it would not be
overtraining. This Is not likely, how
ever, as both men are in the pink.
All of tho other boxers on the card
have tapered down their work and1
are eager for the gong. The postpone
ment of the show for a week gave
them plenty of time to train. Bobby
Ward, clever St. Paul lightweight,
will tangle for eight rounds with
Stanley Willis in the semi-windup.
Georgie Brandon will mix eight
rounds with Niel Zimmerman in the
special event, while Weldon Wing and
Carl Martin will step six rounds. A
better balanced card has never been
billed- in thenA n:i rt . Rnv KjnriaH
j and Denver Ed Martin will referee
the bouts.
Big smudge furnaces were kept go
ing all day in the Milwaukie arena,
and the spacious pavilion will be
well heated to the rafters, accord
ing to Manager George Moore and
Matchmaker ''rank .Kendall.
...
Roy McCormick, lightweight cham
pion of England, who recently fought
a draw with Frank I armer in Milwau
kee, is now in San Francisco and plans
on returning to England In April
to go after a match with Georges
Carpentier. McCormick has been the
only English titleholder in the heavy
class who has not proved a flivver,
and no doubt could do better with
Carpentier than Beckett.
...
Harvey Thorpe and Barney Adair
boxed ten rounds to a draw the other
night at Cleveland.
Bud Ridley was barried from box
ing at the coliseum in San Francisco
last week because he did not. consult
Captain of Police Dan O'Brien, who
has charge of all the San Francisco
fistic "shows.
Ridley, through his manager. Fred
Winsor, made an eleventh-hour ap
plication, which was not satisfactory
to O'Brien, who ruled ap-ainst the ap
pearance of the northwestern ban
tamweight? "I have established a rule that pro
moters are familiar with," said
O'Brien. "I intend to live up to it."
A sporting paper just received from
London states that Bombardier Wells
is treading the primroso path and not
taking care of himself. The Bombar
dier has probably arrived at the con
clusion that he will never be cham
pion of the world.
LINCOLN QUINTET MAY TOUR
Pre-Season Trips for High School
Five Proposed.
A pre-season tour of the state is
being planned for the Lincoln high
basketball team by Manager Mann
heimer, to take place during the
Christmas holidays. Some of the
quintets which the Rallsplltters have
already challenged are Salem high,
Eugene high, Roseburg high. Grants
Pass high. Medford and Ashland high
schools. The Lincoln team, 1918 state
champion is open to play any of the
valley high schools and also college
frosh quintets.
The letter men of last year who
will form the pre-season team are
Cole, Mlsche, Dublnsky, Wright, Beck
Gallo, Leggett and Welnsteln. Hal
Garner from the Butte high school is
crowding some of the letter men for
a place on the first team.
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The All-World Team.
Being as it is the shank of Autumn
and the experts- are selecting- their
All-American, All-Western, All-Eastern,
All-Southern, All-Conference,
All-Big Ten. All-Little Joe, All-State,
All-County. All-City. All-Ward, All- ,
Precinct, All-Wood and All-Every-thing
football teams, it behooves this
column to select an All-World team.
As is usual with All-Teams, we
haven't seen most of the athletes
whom we have selected, but what has
that got to do with it? All an ex
pert needs is an imagination and a
typewriter.
Thus this column submits to the ap
proval of its readers the following
symposium of athletes whom it be
lieves worthy of recognition:
Center.
Hohenzollern of Potsdam A suc
cessful center must be proficient in
two ways, offensively and defensively.
Offensively, Hohenzollern is without
an equal. He is the center "of the
most offensive movement known to
the history of the universe. Polecat
and Mustard-Gas are close rivals for
the second team, but, offensively
speaking, Hohenrollern is in a class
by himself. Defensively, Bill is a
wizard. His retreat into a previous
ly prepared position in Holland was
one of the masterpieces of the late
campaign.
Guards.
Streeter (Capt.) of Streetervllle
and D'Annunzio of Flume Streetef
is elected captain of the team because
he admits it. He guarded Lake Mich
igan so long thai It got up and
moved. He shines in a silk hat, but
his chief strength is his language.
D'Annunzio is strong in two ways
language and garlic. He once wrote
poetry, but Is now In the publicity
business. He is now guarding Flume,
but expects to fall before a bombard
ment of photoplay contracts.
Tarklea.
Hy Cost and Strike are the unani
mous choice for the tackle positions
They tackle you going and coming.
Hy Cost lands on you from aDove,
while Strike is kicking you in the
shins. Just as you think you have
double-crossed Hy Cost and are hik
ing toward the bank for a touchdown.
Strike tackles you from behind and
you find yourself downed one daj
from the rent line and ten ducks to
go. Other tacmes 01 great siren gin
are Grocer, Butcher. Chauffeur, Land
lord, Laundry, etc.
Salary and Expense are two ends
that never meet. Salary, no matter
how big he is or how fast you make
him. never catches up with Expense.
Salary is placed at left end because
I you never can find him on the right
, end of the ledger. The forward pass
Is their specialty. Salary does the
I passing and Expense is always right
I there on the receiving end hollering
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QDartrrbark.
Bill Carlisle is the unanimous
choice for quarterback. He is. the
slickest and most spectacular athlete
t modern times. He covers miles of
ground without the slightest effort.
He has been known to play in Wyo
ming, Kansas, Ohio. Florida. Illinois.
Oregon. New Hampshire and Texas
on the same day. He is good for half
a column any time he feels like
bucking the first page. As for clev
erness. Bill has a thousand press
agents working for nothing and it
takes a darn clever guy to do that
Halfbacks.
One of our selections for halfback
is Jess Willard. We base our calcu
lations on the work he did in his last
game, which took place in Toledo, O.,
on the Fourth of July, 1919 A. D. He
was on his back half the time. Demp
sey hadn't half the back Willard had
and Jess hadn't half the backbone
Jack had and the promoters didn't get
half back what they expected. For
the other halfback you may consul'
Vogue or any other undress magazine.
All the gowns are half back and half
suspenders.
Fullback.
Stanislaus Zbyszko has the fullest
back that ever flopped on a wrestling
mat. We don't know whether Stanis
laus is In the game or not, but what
difference does it make? It is noth
ing unusual for an expert to pick a
dead one Anyhow, Zbyszko's back
covered a multitude of canvas. His
back was so full that he didn't have
any neck. Were it not for his ears
you could not tell where his head
began. Second choice for fullback is
a toss up between Kitty Gordon and
Mary Garden.
Herman After Kilbane.
Pete Herman, the bantamweight
champion, believes he can trim
Johnny Kilbane and by so doing an
nex the featherweight title. Pete
has challenged Johnny to do battle
i -jir ALL
OXING
At Milwaukie Arena Tomorrow Night
Featuring America's Most Sensational Light Heavyweight
TOMMY
of St. Paul.
Claimant of
the liKht
w e i K h t
GIBBONS
championship of
the United States.
10 ROUNDS 10
BOBBIE WARD of St. Paul vs. STANLEY WILLIS of Portland
8 Rounds 8
GEORGIE BRANDON, Portland vs. NEIL ZIMMERMAN, Portland
8 Rounds 8
WELDON WING of Portland vs. CARL MARTIN of Portland
6 Rounds 6
Cars leave First and Alder Streets every 5 minutes, from
7 P. M. until 8:30 P. M. direct to the doors.
Reserved Seats now on sale at Stiller's, Broadway at Stark,
and Rich's, Sixth at Washington. Prices $1, $2, $2.50, $3.
2500 General Admission Seats at $1.00.
The Arena Will Be Kept Nice and Warm and Ladies
Will Be Admitted
The management has arranged to take care of all the autos and
have men to watch them.
Doors Open at 6:30 P. M. First Bout at 8:30 Sharp
The Commission will not allow anyone to pass door without a ticket.
over any distance acceptable to the
Cleveland boxer.
Scholarships for Athletes.
REXO, Nev., Dec 14. The Reno
lodge of Elks has voted to give four
$300 scholarships annually to deserv
ing athletes at the University of Ne
vada. To raise the fun'ds a vaudeville
show will be held by local talent each
February.
The Tonopah Elks have made It a
regular custom to give two annual
scholarships to Tonopah students at
tending the university.
Matt Wells Still Boxing.
Matt . Wells, the one-time light and
welterweight champion of England,
and who is well known to American
fans by reason of his long sojourn
on this side, has been making a good
showing in the ring of late in Eng
land. Players Hall From Suburbs.
Four members of the Cleveland
professional football team, George
Brickley, "Bucky" Sweetland, Kay
Trowbridge and A. Pierrotti. hail
from Everett, Mass., a suburb of
Boston.
PHOSPHATS DIGGING ENDS
Japanese Refuse to Renew Con
tracts at Present Wage.
PAPEETE. Tahiti. (By the Asso
cited Press.) Operations on Makatea
island, the phosphate island 125 miles
northeast of Tahiti, have ben sus
pended on account of the refusal of
Japanese laborers to renew their con
tracts at the present wages.
The men contend that at the pres
ent value of the French franc the
money they receive is not a living
wage. The matter has been referred
to the head office of the company at
Paris.
Football is almost as popular In
Burma as it is in England and Amer
ica. The natives play the game with
bare feet.
STAR ifr -fr
DARCY
JIMMY
of
Portland.
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