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HOLIDAY FISTICUFFS
ALL READY FOR FANS
LEAGUE DIRECTORS
TO MEET JANUARY 5
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What Portland Needs and
What Portland Must Have
Is SHIPS and More SHIPS
Jimmy Cole, Seattle, Signed
to Complete Card.
Judge McCredie Will Start
South on Saturday.
ALL-MAIN LIST OFFERED
SCHEDULE TO BE FIXED
MLlvtaukic Prepares to Handle 111
Second Crowd at Xew Year'
Day Boxing Carnival.
William McCarthy Will Take Over
Reins Held for five Years
by President Baum.
Ueorgie Brandon. the slashing
I'urtlanU featherweight. will meet
.fimray Cole of Seattle in the six-round
special added attraction on tomor
row afternoon's all-main-event box
ing card at the Milwaukie arena.
Matchmaker Frank Kendall clinched
with Dan Salt for Cole's appearance
against Brandon over the long dis
tance telephone yesterday, while
Brandon had already agreed to meet
any featherweight that Kendall
might select for him. With the six
rounder between Brandon and Cole
on. it will bring the total number of
rounds to be dished up to the fans
tomorrow afternoon to 42.
The holiday attraction promises to
draw the fistic fans in droves, and the
biggest house ever pulled to a local
boxing show Is expected.
Muff Bronsou finished training yes
terday for his ten-round set-to with
Charley White In one of the main
events. Muff boxed six rounds with
"leorgle Brandon and about six more
three-minute sessions were consumed
in punching the bag. skipping rope
and other gymnastic exercises.
Bronson reported himself in great
condition for the famous eastern
lightweight.
White also put on his finishing
touches yesterday afternoon, and will
go through but little gymnasium
work to limber himself up this after
noon. White has been doing a good
bit of road work, as well as boxing,
and is ready to travel the distance at
a fast clip.
McCormJck Eaaea Up.
"Boy" McCormick. light-heavyweight
champion of England, who
will swap punches with Frank Far
mer for 10 rounds will do but very
little work today before entering the
ring with the Tacoma battler.
The Britisher has worked like a
trooper for the go, and he promises
to carry Farmer at a faeter pace than
when they met a month ago, in what
was the best battle ever staged here
between big men.
The rip-tearing style of milling of
the Englishman has made a decided
hit with all those who have seen him
in action. The red-headed warrior
does not know the meaning of the
word loaf. He Is forever taking the
battle to his opponent and unless his
foe Is fit and "ready, he stands a fine
chance of visiting with the little
birdies.
Though Farmer has not the slash
ing style of McCormick, he is one
boxer who is at aWl times in the pink.
The former logger takes the best of
care of himself and each day finds
him in the gym sparring a few
rounds even though he may not be
preparing for a contest. It is Far
mer's wonderful condition that has
made it possible for him to stand the
gaff for so many years while his
younger and stronger rivals have
wended their ways to the scrap heap.
While the Farmer-McCormick go
may not have the attractiveness of a
tUbbons-McCormick bout it is every
bit as good a go If not better for
both gladiators are fighters, while
Uibbons is a boxer pure and simple.
Another Match l.ookn fiood.
The real fireworks of the day prom
ises to start when Joe Gorman and
Karl Baird are sent on their way for
S rounds. These two boys are a main
event on any card. Never In the his
tory of the game in this city has a
better matched pair of boys gone to
the post than these two. They are as
evenly matched as any two boxers
could be In weight, height and reach,
while they have both made about the
same sort of showing with Jimmy
Iinndee, Harry Pelsinger. Johnny
Arrousey, Bobby Harper, Weldon
Wing and other boxers that they have
met.
Al Sommers promises to start the
new year ofr right when he clashes
with Jack Hall, the lanky Australian
battler who has joined Dan Salt's
stable of boxers. Hall has had con
siderable experience, having met such
men as Battling Ortega. Frank Bar
rieau and Mick King with considera
ble success. In facing Sommers he
will be meeting a boy who will enter
the ring determined to show the fans
that the matchmakers have made a
mistake in not using him on top of
their cards.
Edward S. Higgins has resigned as
a member of the Portland boxing
commission to become assistant sec
retary of that body. His resignation
was tendered at the last meeting of
the commission. He was offered the
duties of assistant to Walter Honey
man and is expected to accept.
SMOKER
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Judge W. W. McCredie, president of
the Portland baseball club, will leave
for San Francisco Saturday night to
attend the annual meeting of the
j Pacific coast league directors In the
I Bay City J
anuary 6.
Scene from "Piccadilly .Urn. the picture which will hrlnc fascinating (hrn
Moo.re bark to the screen and which will open today at the Colombia
theater.
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TODAY'S FILM I'KATl'RKS.
Majestic Douglas Fairbanks.
"When the Clouds Roll By."
Liberty Norma Talmadge. "The
Isle of Conquest."
Peoples- Lucy Cotton and Wynd
ham Standing, "The Miracle
of Love."
Strand Al Ray and Elinor Fair,
"The Lost Princess."
Star "Shorty" Hamilton." "The
Ranger."
Columbia Owen Moore. "Picca
dilly Jim."
Sunset Douprlas Fairbanks. "He
Comes Up Smiling."
Circle Virginia Pearson. "Im
possible Catherine."
Globe Marguerite Clark. "Let's
Elope."
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Majestic Doors open at 11:30
P. M., show commencing at
12 o'clock; 1919 prologue; ush
ers' review; saxophone jazz;
Arabian and Egyptian danc
ers; Instrumental and vocal
musical selections.
Liberty Midnight. surprise
vaudeville programme.
Strand Extra midnight show
ing of regular cinema fea
tures. Columbia Extra midnight show
ing of regular cinema fea
tures with special pipe organ
music.
Circle All-night continuous
show from 9 o'clock this
morning straight through un
til 4 o'clock Friday morning.
Sunset Extra midnight show
ing of regular features.
Globe Extra midnight showing
of regular features.
Tl'CCAt)1LLT JIM." Owen
I' Moore's first Selznick picture,
-- which will come to the Co
lumbia theater, is a sparkling comedy
a picturization of Pelham Gren
ville Wodehouse's story which, in its
original form, appeared serially in
"The Saturday Evening Post," and
won nation-wide popularity.
As a photoplay the satire is said
to be even funnier than when It was
splitting the sides of several million
readers a week.. Owen Moore lends
to the title role a remarkable sense
of comedy values which serves to
draw from each scene every single
bit of humor that the author wrote
into it, and sometimes just a wee bit
more.
The star's portrayal of the light
hearted, care-free, irrepressible
youngster who rollicks into trouble
and rollicks out again is one of the
finest bits of acting that the screen
has ever known.
Zena Keefe plays opposite Mr.
Moore.
A number of scenes in "Piccadilly
Jim" were "shot" in the Hotel Plaza,
one of New York's largest, loveliest
and most exclusive hostelries.
Director Wesley Ruggles, when he
read the script and learned its re
quirements, set about to obtain the
use of the Plaza. This done, he. the
company, cameramen, electricians and
mechanics piled Into the hotel and
at once began their work.
Guests of the hotel fairly flocked
about them, watching their every
move, and as a. result, several mem
bers of New York's very smartest set
are said to be seen working as
"extras" in this extraordinary picture.
First in importance will be the que
j tlon of the draft. Next will come
the schedule for 1920 and the length
I of the season. Incidentally, William
McCarthy will take over the relna of
j the league which Allan T. Baum held
j for five years.
Things are a whole lot different
In baseball on this coast than they
were a year airn Th. tnUtnc- in f
. r 7. " . T "" Seattle and Portland helped to re
Armstrong has been connected with ' vivt. inter. t in , v, - , '
the Strand theater in Portland since ! MaTr fTJESfiA "th"
I was bu It six years ago. Following ; 0pen backing Vernon and the Morelng
Itn sale the first of this month to .brothers have bought the Sacramento
seatne interests he resigned his po- j club the league as a whole Is stronger
sttion as manager. He is considering j than it has ever been
several positions at the present time) Thu time la8t year' the mon wiUl
with local and Pacific coast cinema money Invested in baseball were
organizations. I hopeful but optimistic, for they were
..,-... r ,.', , j . not sure how far baseball would
White Liea. with Gladys Brock- ( come back after the war. The old
well as star, has been begun. The j game came back with a tremendous
story is by the late Charles Reade ' rebound and now the club owners can
and Edward J. Le Saint is the di- j proceed with some confidence and
rector.
Nigel de Brulller. who supports
Peggy Hyland In "The Official Chap
eron." the film version of Natalie Lin
coln's well-known story, got his start
in life as a boy soprano, became a
well-known baritone on the operatic
stage in Great Britain and then de
serted his musical career for the
silent drama.
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Exceptionally fine work is being
done on the art titles of pictures bj
Nell McGulre. Mr. McGuire has just
completed the titles on "The Broken
Melody." Eugene O'Brien's latest pic
ture, which are charming bits of hu
mor and sentiment. For "Out Yon
der," Olive Thomas' big drama of the
New England coast. Mr. McGuire ha-s
managed to catch the spirit of mys
tery and grandeur of the solitary
lighthouse standing between the
rocky shore and the waves and has
invested the titles with a high de
gree of originality. He is beginning
work on the art titles ' for Olive
Thomas' latest picture, "Out of the
Night."
Ex-Governor Gilchrist. Judge Park-
hill and other Florida notables were ! return to the old draft system with I
the hosts at a dinner given to Mary tn majors will come up for a vote
Hill, leading woman for George Walsh 1 at the coming session.
in the picture "The Shark." at the Last year the big minors declared
Tarn na Coillltrv club, when she ni war on
crowned "Rose of the South
Hall is a graduate of the Florida
State college at Tallahassee.
surance In making their plans.
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It is practically certain that three
clubs Portland. Sacramento and Seat
tle will be a good deal stronger than
last season. The Seattle and Portland
clubs had to be assembled in a hurry
after those towns were voted Into the
league, and they finished Just about ;
where they figured to finish. But next
year they should do better. Each
town had the nucleus of a ball club
left over and have had all winter in j
which to plug up the gaps, ao If I
McCredie and Wares have done their
uork well those two northern clubs;
will not be soft snaps upon which the
other teams can figure on fattening
next season.
Sacramento will be stronger for the I
very good reason that the Moreing j
boys will give Bill Rodgers some
money to spend, and by adding Just
a little bit to what he's got BUI will
have considerable of a ball club.
Having those three teams strength
ened will add uncertainty and, there
fore, interest to the 1920 race.
Getting back to the big gathering
next week, the all-Important ques
tion of whether the coast league shall
"Three Gold Coins.'
Postponed Affair to Be Held Tues
day by Motorboat Club.
The Portland Motorboat club smoker
which was postponed from December
10 will be held on Tuesday night,
January 6, according to an announce
ment made yesterday by C. W. Boost,
chairman of the entertainment com
mittee. All of the original programme
which had been slated for the smoker
on December 10 will be given, together
with several additions.
The programme will consist of vaude
ville acts, musical numbers, stunts,
boxing and wrestling. The smoker
will be open to all members of the
club and their friends.
INDIANA SIGNS TJP STIEHM
Kx -Wisconsin Star Engaged as Grid
Coach for Five Years.
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 30. Ewald
O. Jumbo) Stiehm, has signed a five
year contract as director of athletics
at Indiana university, it became
known htre today.
Stiehm, ex-Wisconsin star, has been
at Indiana three years, going there
from Nebraska, where he made a
reputation as one of the best foot
ball coaches In the west. It is known
that he turned down an offer from
an eastern university.
D-es Moines Would Stick in League.
DES MOINES. Ia., Dec. 30. Fans
here interested In keeping the West
ern league club in the Iowa capital
have started a campaign to guarantee
Torn Fairweather an attendance of
70,000 next year, which will be enough
to make the club break even finan
cially, all that Fairweather asks. It
seems settled now that Des Moines
will stick In the Western and that
the circuit thus will show no change
from 1919.
Screen Gossip.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Armstrong
left yesterday evening for San Fran
cisco for a two weeks' pleasure trip.
In San Francisco they will meet Ed
win H. Flagg, owner of three big
scenic studios and president of the
Flagg Scenic company. With him they
jiix picture, nas oeen started on rue
west coast. The story is from H. H.
Van Loan and it was adapted for the
screen by Alva J. Neitz.
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Pictures of the presentation of the
cro.-s from the grave of Sidney Ran
kin Drew to the post of the American
Legion named in his honor are being
shown. The presentation by Mrs.
Sidney Drew, mother of the young
hero, took place at the soldiers' and
sailors' monument in New York city.
Within four weeks after his arrival
in Los Angeles Frank M. Dazel had
two continuities in course of produc
tion at the Louis B. Mayer studios.
One picture is Caroline Lockhart's
"The Fighting Shepherdess!" In which
Anita Stewart is starred, and the
other is Grace Miller White's "Polly
of the Storm Country." with Mildred
Harris Chaplain as the star. Both
are for release through the First Na
tional Exhibitors' circuit. ,
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A real, live rattlesnake is about to
be added to the. cast supporting Anita
Stewart in the production of "The
Fighting Shepherdess." Miss Stewart
is not very enthusiastic about the in
troduction of the r.ew actor, as she
has to do a scene with it. but Frak
M. Dazey wrote the rattling reptile
into the scenario, so Director Jose
says it must go "as is." If Main street
and the" other averiues of Los Ange
les known for their weird collections
ilo not yield up a good, wriggling
rattler pretty soon. Mr. Mayer con
templates sending some men up into
the hills to see if one can't be in
duced to play extra for a couple of
scenes. The snake will be used in
the shots to be made on the sheep
ranch location.
the majors and called off
Miss tneir arait privileges, wnicn resunea
in me majors nanging on to tneir
surplus talent tighter than a stamp
I in good condition hangs to a letter.
the latest Tom i Instead of everybody getting players
E EASES UP GRIND
ANNAPOLIS IS NOT TO HAVE
HEAVY SCHEDULE.
Mentor Believes Games With Less
Formidable Teams Would Im
prove Chances With Army.
ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 30. Coach GI1
mour Dpble visited Annapolis recently
and announced that the midshipmen
would not meet all the big fellows of
the college football world, which had
been mentioned as likely to be on the
navy's schedule next season.
Dobie understands his task to be to
produce a team which will win against
the army eleven in the final game,
and, Incidentally, to make as good a
1920 have been filled. North Carolina
State will open the season, as it did
this year, playing on October 2. Oc
tober 9 is the open date. Maryland
State has been offered It, but has not
replied up to this time, and another
opponent will be sought if nooning is
heard within a few days.
COMISKEY REITi:U.VTKS OFFER
Proof or "Throwing" of World
Series Is Requested.
CHICAGO, Dec. 30. President Co
miskey of the Chicago American
League club today reiterated his offer
of $10,000 for direct information prov
ing the dishonesty of any member of
his team after an investigation of
rumors that White Sox players In
agreement with a St. Louis gambling
syndicate "threw" games during the
1919 season and during the world's
series.
secretary tiarry uraoiner an-
the major squads operated on the
optional agreement plan with partic
ular minor league clubs, and in the
long run the minors were getting it
right in the optica because the ma
jors escaped the necessity of paying
out draft money for players farmed
out. All they had to do was exercise
their optional agreement and, presto
change, the men returned to the fold.
At the last session of the coast
league moguls it was voted on an in
formal ballot to return to the old
plan by a 7-to-l vote, Johnny Pow
ers, the Los Angeles magnate, being
the only opposition vote. Billy Klep
per, Seattle prexy. says he will vote
for the return to the old system with
the draft price as before 2500 Joy
getters per draft.
And then the schedule will be
adopted at the coming meeting. It I
looks like the coming season will run
for 28 weeks instead of 26, as last j
year. This will be definitely decided
January 2, although the sentiment at
the last meeting almost unanimously
favored the change.
Salt Lake entered the biggest pro
test, but agreed to the plan if they
did not have to open and close the
season on their home grounds. One
was enough, but for some reason or
other the Mormon club doesn't want
both extremity dates.
With the added two weeks on the
season, it will mean that every club
i in the league will visit each town
twice.
Bill Kenworthy, the veteran in
fielder. who finished the season with
Seattle, after being let out by the
Los Angeles club, will be ready for
the coming season, says Klepper, who
met Bill in Chicago on his recent
trip east.
"Bill had an operation performed
on his eyes, which were affecting his
batting," says Klepper, "and the ven
erable 'Duke' will be out there pop
ping the ball on the nose again, as
he says his eyes don't bother him
now."
Which Is all good news, because it
isn't so very long ago that Kenwor
thy was Just about the sweetest hit
ter in this man's league.
Leonard to Box at Camp Pike.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 30.
Lightweight Champion Benny Leon
ard will box at Camp Pike during the
latter part of January. Billy Gibson,
his manager, announced today. Leon
ard's opponent probably will be John
Abel of Atlanta, who stuck 10 rounds
with the champion two weeks ago at
Atlanta.
Ritchie to Fight Herman.
NEW ORLEANS. La.. Dec. 30.
Peter Herman of New Orleans, ban
tamweight champion, and Johnny
T? i . . PhlAaa-n ... n 1.
snowing against all otner teams as is ; nounced that no evidence to support January 7 in a ten-round bout. Ar-
practicatue without subordinating nis the charge had been produced. tides were signed today.
main purpose. ne tnins-s ne nas a
better chance of bringing his team
to its highest point for the final
game if it is not given too difficult
a task in the preliminary games.
Princeton played at Princeton on
October 23. Georgetown played at
Annapolis on November 6, and, of
course, the military academy played
on November 27, almost certainly at
New York, will be the big games for
the midshipmen.
Teams of large reputation which
have asked for games at Annapolis,
but who will not be accommodated
are Center college, Georgia Tech, Uni
versity of Nebraska, Detroit univer
sity and Washington and Lee. The
midshipmen could also have played
the University of Pennsylvania at
Philadelphia, but Dobie advised i
strongly that the three teams men- i
tloned would give the navy every
thing It wanted In the way of big :
games for 1320.
With the exception of the second
date, all available for the season of
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SK9sSsmHHai
Says I
"It's up to me and my upstairs
store to
SAVE MONEY
for my customers and dress them
mighty well during 1920.
SUITS AND OVERCOATS
S25 to $50
JIMMY DUNN
UP MY STAIRWAY
Broadway and Alder
We all know this but will never get them by merely talk
ing about it. Millions of dollars have been paid out by the
taxpayers for river and harbor improvements and still the
community is dependent upon the outside world to supply
the ships necessary to move our products to waiting market.
What Is to Be Done About It?
Talking About It Will Get Us Nowhere
The Coast Shipbuilding Company is now
offering to the public a concrete plan where
by Portland can own and operate its own
ships build them, fit them out and reap
the benefit of their operation.
This means the maintenance of a substantial payroll in
our midst, the disbursement of ships' earnings throughout
the entire community and the beginning of commercial in
dependence which will assure the commercial growth of
Portland to the great benefit of the entire community.
The Coast Shipbuilding Company is taking advantage of
the opportunity offered by the United States Emergency
Fleet Corporation to secure hulls and equipment at low cost
and converting these into ships suitable for the lumber
trade and other trade which Portland has to offer. When
completed these ships will be Portland owned and guaran
teed to serve the Columbia River district only.
Each and every citizen of Portland should own some in
terest, great or small, in these ships and the Coast Ship
building Company now invites the c immunity to co-operate
with it and become interested in t lis most worthy under
taking. The company's representatives will be at all times
more than pleased to submit all necessary details and make
all necessary explanations in order to assist investors to
understand the full importance of this undertaking.
There is no safer or more remunerative investment than
this being offered to any commercial community.
Conservative figures show a net earning of more than
25 on this investment under present conditions and it is
safe to say that under any conditions investors can figure
on at least 20 net returns for money invested in the under
taking. The following named have already subscribed to the
first ship and that vessel will shortly be fully subscribed :
H. B. A ins worth
J. C. Ainsworth
Paul C. Bates
C. W. Batterson
Boston Packing Co.
Bowman Bros.
Coast Shipbuilding Co.
Columbia Wire & Iron Works
Eastern & Western Lumber Co.
J. K. Gill Co.
Gillen & Chambers
James B. Kerr
M. L. Kline Co.
Allen Lewis
Lion Clothing- Co.
Olds, Wortman & King
Oregon Brass Works
Oregon Stevedoring Co.
Overmire Steel Construction Co.
Pacific Tent & Awning Co.
Peninsula Iron Works
Portland Galvanizing Works
Portland Marine Supply Co.
Rasmussen & Co.
Roberts Bros.
Bird Rose (Eugene, Or.)
Leslie and Ambrose Scott
Coast Shipbuilding Company
Lewis Bldg., Portland, Or.
H. E. PENNELL, President
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