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ID THE MORXIXG OREGONIATf, MOXDAT, JANUARY 1920. RETUIIHG PI AYERS IE Nine Oregon Grid Men Dodge Waiting Crowd. PARADE PLANS BLOW UP Part or Squad Remains in San Francisco: Banquet to Bo Given by Business Men. EUGENE, Or.. Jan. 4. (Special.) Several thousand students and townspeople groeted nine returning members of the University of Oregon football squad upon their arrival from Pasadena tonight. The Elks band of Eugene and a decorated truck were also on hand, but the nine men. Prince Callison. "Skeet" Manerud 'S!PJH IV Uaajaqqoo-Bf sidubjjT Warren Gilbert, Mart Howard. Brick .esne. mi .starr and Student Mana ger Bill Hollenbeck. managed to es-1 cape the crowd gathered to greet .cm a.na me parade railed to ma terialize. The other members of the team and the Coachine Staff Rtnnnorl nff In Knr. Francisco, where they will remain for a lew days, and are not expected In Eugene very soon. No word had been received here that the team was to be divided, and considerable disap-. poirtment was felt because the entire team was not on the train to get the welcome planned for them. The train was more than an hour late, and the crowd gathered at the depot was forced to wait in a slight nisi wnicn cam with the darkness. I The rally, the first of the new year, had been planned to impress the team that everyone at Eugene had been be hind its eleven throughout tha Har vard contest, and that the result was considered a victory for Oregon in spite of the one-point margin by which- Harvard won the content Only a few yells were given by the students before the train arrived, but Yell Leader "Slim" Crandall succeed- ' ea in impressing upon those gathered to greet the team, that they were to get a Welcome fitting to connntrnra The rally was much similar to that stagea three years ago, when the Oregon team retjrned to Eugene after aeieaung Pennsylvania. 14 to 0. -the entire football sauad of the University of . Oregon will be enter-. tainea at a banquet Friday by the .cugene cnamoer of commerce. All of the lemon-yellow sauad. in cluding a few who were hot taken to Pasadena. Coaches "Shy" Hunting ton, Bart Spellman. Trainer Bill Hay. ward. Graduate Manager Marlon Mc clain and President Campbell will be the guests of honor of the Eugene business men. The banquet will be much the same as that of 1917 when the Oregon eleven returned vic toriously from Pasadena after the Pennsylvania game. - The students feel that this year's team should be treated Just as if It had won the Harvard game. CAMP IS CALLED INSINCERE blur on Weslern loot ball Charged by Coach of Illinois. Accusing Walter Camp, dean of American football coaches and ex perts, of insincerity In the selection of his 1919 Ail-American elevens Bob Zuppke, coach of the Illinois "Big Ten" champions has come out with the declaration that he regards Camp's omission of Arnold Oss, Min nesota's sensational halfback, from his first ail-American eleven as a slur on western football. Zuppke, who has said before that Oss is one of the classiest perforniers he has ever seen on the gridiron and that "Amy" gained more ground against the Illini at Northrop field than any combined team in the whole season, made the statement regard ing Camp's alleged prejudice at a banquet of the Illini association at the University club in Chicago. The fact that Zuppke tried by ali ruses to stop Oss. after his sensa tional work in his "maiden" college game had smothered Wisconsin, con queror of the Illini, and failed to halt his gains, while his. team later stopped "Chick" Harley of Ohio, con vinced Zuppke that Oss was the class of the west this year. He has at no time even compared his own star backdelders with Dr. H. L. Williams' luminary. Coaches Fielding H. Tost and John Richards, like Zuppke. also have been unstinting In their praise of Oss' feats in his three big games. Here is what Zuppke said at the mini Danquet: "Illinois' greatest team was her 1914 eleven, but her 1919 team was her gamest. We refused Harvard a one-came contract and in doV so we were fighting for the middle west and not for Illinois. "I protest the all-Amerlcan team chosen by Walter Camp and I will say openly that I do not think he Is sincere. I think it is a slur on west ern football that Oss of Minnesota, was not an all-American selection." GRID RECEIPTS ARE LARGE Penn Reports Profit of $14,000 From Football Gaines. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 4. Football and basketball continue to be the leading money-making sports" at the University of Pennsylvania. A report of tne athletic finances for the year ending last September 1 was given out today through the univer sity council on athletics. It shows that Penn actually made a profit of over $14,000 from football in the fall of 1918 despite the Influenza epidemic which caused the authorities to close Franklin field for the entire month of October, resulting in the cancella tion of football games during that period, and despite other drawbacks which made the 1918 gridiron season away below the mark financially Football's $14,000 profit was wiped out by losses in virtually every other sport. Basketball and boxing alone earnea money. The fixed $20,000 charges on mort gages, rentals and sinking funds and upkeep of Franklin field also contrib uted to make a deficit. The net loss on sports from Sep tember 1, 1918. to the same date this year was approximately S33.000. This deficit stared the athletic au thorities in the face when the 1919 football season began, bu the re ceipts from the great fall sport this season were so tremendous aDDroxi mately $23,800 that the loss Las been completely covered and the balance sheet Is again clear. Basketball earned a profit of more than $1200 last season, mainly be cause of the fine record of the Penn five. Boxing turned in nearly $50 on the light side of the ledger. Other wise the various sports were main tained wltr losses. Rowing resulted in a dead loss of approximately $7200 and track $1836. Baseball cost about $1200 more than cams in at the gate. CELEBRATION FIRST ACTION PICTURES PUBLISHED IN NORTHWEST OF ORE'GON-HARVARD CLASSIC IN PASADENA NEW YEAR'S DAY, i i j " -i ' j " - . rv - i ' - - , a t i T - "J ; I . .' ' -' ' ', X - ' - - I ll : : : : '"I? 1 Kddle Casey, Harvard sensational halt, carrying the ball. Uaall Wllllama of ORgan can he area standing up sllKbtl7 In front of him. J ' Oregoi back downed by Harvard linemen. 3 Harvard vrarmlns; np at the atart of the first quarter. 2 SOCCER GAMES PLAYED WAVERLEIGH AND PENINSULA CONTEST IS TIE. Mount Scott Defeats United Arti sans by Score of 2 to 0 ; Kerns Bankers Fail to Meet. Portland Soccer League Standings. W. L. Td. Pts. Peninsula 10 13 Kearna 1 0 0 2 Mount Scott ,-. 1 1 0 2 Waverleigh 0 0 1 1 Artuns 0 2 0 0 Bankers 0 0 0 0 Only two of the three games sched uled for yesterday afternoon In the Portland soccer league were played off. The Waverleigh Athletic club team and the Peninsula park kickers staged a fast and exciting game on the Reed college field, the content ending in a tie with each team scor ing one goal. Peninsula had the better of the con test during the first half and only the work of Idlebaush. goalkeeper for the Waverleigh team, held the Peninsula squad to one goal. In the second half the Waverleigh boys staged a comeback and tied the score by registering a goal. The other game played was be tween the Mount Scott and United Artisans, the former winning by the score of 2 to 0. Jimmy Duncan. Mount Scott center, scored both of the goals for his team, getting one in the first half and sending the other be tween the goal poets during the sec ond (session. Stevenson. Clark and Edgar Cham berlain also showed up well for the Mount Scott aggregation. The game between Kerns and the Bankers, which was scheduled for yesterday afternoon an the Franklin bowl, was postponed on account of the Bankers not being able to get a team together. TENNIS ELECTION IS SLATED Recommendations for National Of ficers Are Made. NEW YORK, Jan. 4. Several changes among the officers of the National Lawn Tennis association for the coming year are likely as the re sult of the selections of the nomi nating committee submitted for the vote of members at the annual meet ing, to be held February. The recommendation of the com mittee for national officers includes: President, Julian S. Myrlck of New York, to succeed George T. Adee; vice- president. Edwin F. Torrey of Clinton, secretary, George W. Wightman of Boston; treasurer, Alfred H. Chapin ot Springfield. Mass. The northwest ern section has named Ward C Bar ton of Minneapolis as a delegate and the California section has named Dr. Sumner Hardy of San Francisco for members of the executive committee. J. F. MORRILL WINS IN GOLF Del Monte New Tear Tonrnament Taken From J.- G. Levison. DEL MONTE. Cal., Jan. 4. J. F. Morrill of Chicago won the Del Monte new year golf tournament today from John G. Levison of San Francisco, one up over 36 holes. Miss Josephine Moore of San Fran cisco, with one handicap, defeated Mrs. L-. Strassburger of San Fran cisco, six up and four to play in the finals of the women's play. , 100 Miles Ridden in 7 7 Minutes. LOS ANGELES. Cal., Jan. 4. Otto Walker won the 100-mile motorcycle race here today, making the distance in one hour 17 minutes and 42 sec onds. Ralph Hepburn was second and L. E. Parkhurst waa third. SPORTSMEN iE ROUSED PROPOSAL TO CLOSE WASHING TON FOR YEAR ASSAILED. Officials Declare Bar on Hunting and Fishing Necessary to Preserve State's Game. SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 4. (Special.) Will fishing and hunting in Wash ington be banned for one year? This query, raised oy good authorities, has aroused a world of interest among local sportsmen. The game officials say such action is necessary to pre serve the sport and a mass meeting to protest against, it has been ar ranged by th-e local sports body. - The argument has been made that the only successful way In which the restocking of the streams, lakes and fields can be handled is to close tbe state for a period of years. This is unnecessary for the upkeep of the game and fish, which are in creasing instead of decreasing, ac cording to the sportsmen's association of Seattle. The sportsmen's association has outlined a plan for restocking of waters and fields and is against the closing of the state as a whole, as suggested, likewise to private control of certain waters of the couivtry through which some of the best fresh ing districts are barred to anglers. Arrangements have been made to use the Masonic club hall In the Ar cade building. Friday evening, Jan uary 9. Both county and state game officials will attend and report on conditions as their departments find them. World .Series came .Question Up. The National league having gone - l on record as desiring a nine-game world's series, it is likely that the American will follow its example. Last autumn C. A. Comiskey was for remaining at seven, chiefly because it was custom and plans had not been altered before the championship sea son began. JEFFERSON DEFEATED, 20-24 Peninsula Park Quint Wins in Ex tra Period of Play. The Peninsula Park five defeated the Jefferson high school quintet on the ' Peninsula floor Saturday night by the' score of 30 to 24. Jefferson put up a fast aggressive game and it required an extra five-minute period to break the 22-to-22 tie at the end of the second half. ' Broughton and Steele starred for Jefferson while Pfaender featured for the winners with Murphy and Ford also showing up welL The line-up: Pen. Park (30). ' Jefferson 14l. Prescott 1 T.. 6 Froude Murphy 7 F 2 Ooodell Ford 6 C 10 BrouKhton Pfaender 11 a.. c Steele Haualer 2 ........ .O ......... ... Watson Broay S Metcalfe 3 S M. Orphan, referee. TOLEDO AFTER. BIG SHOOT Obloans Want Grand American Held on Fight Lot. TOLEDO, Ohio. Jan. 4. A merger of trapshootlng clubs was effected tonight as a preliminary step in an effort to have tbe grand American handicap tournament held in Toledo next season. It Is proposed to fix up Bay View park, the scene of the Wlllard-Demp-sey fight, and then turn everything over to the American Trapshoottng association at a flat rate per target to the participants. COAST MAY EXTEND BASEBALL SCHEDULE Season of 28 Weeks to Be Considered by League. FREAK DELIVERIES HIT Annual Meeting of Club Managers Will Open. Today in San Fran cisco to Outline Plans. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 4. The annual meeting of the Pacific Coast baseball league here tomorrow is ex pected to result in the adoption of a playing schedule of 28 weeks for the' 1920 season, compared with 26 last year, and in the abolition of the spitball." "shine ball" and other freak deliveries. f The playing season Is to start on March 31, according to present expec tations and the meeting will pass on a proposal to have Sunday morning games at Stockton between Sacra mento and its opponentaaduring the 14 weeks the Sacramento team is at home. It Is understood that the club man agers are in favor of doing away with freak deliveries and no opposi tion Is looked for. Among the man agers who will attend are Del How ard of Oakland, Ernie Johnson, the new Salt Lake City manager; Clyde Wares of Seattle and Walter Mc Credte of Portland. William H. McCarthy, president, will preside for the first time since his election. Lew and Charles More lng. new owners of the Sacramento club, will be in attendance. It is expected the former will be officially seated as representative of the club. Other directors expected are Charles Graham of San Francisco, J. Cal Ewing of Oakland. William Klepper of Seattle, Judge W. W. Mc'Credie of Portland, John P. Cook of Salt Lake City, John F. Powers of Los Angeles, and Ed Maler of Vernon. Revision of the constitution and bylaws In the interests of efficiency and better business arrangements will be discussed. BATTLE ' CENTERS ON DATES Season of 28 Weks Is Expected to Be Adopted. Every Pacific Coast league director Is as strong for the 28-week play ing season as a youngster is for Santa Claus. Judee W. W. McCredie left Satur day night for San Francisco and when the magnates get together to day In the office of President William McCarthy, the adoption of the 28 week season should be the least of their troubles. The principal battle seems to center Ion the dates. ; Last year Judge McCredie drew up la schedule and Jack Cook, Salt Lake "urexy." formed another one. Each was eager to have his schedule adopt ed. As a compromise measure, the McCredie schedule was adopted for the first half of the season and Jack Cook's -ideas were used the second half. Before the season was over the fans, managers and- players had a few Ideas of their own. The 28-week schedule means that each team will play every other club In the Coast league four different weeks. Twice they will meet on the home grounds and the same number of times on the road. This Is the most logical and the only practical plan. Clyde Wares, the baby manager of the Pacify Coast league, after read ing the yarn that Del Howard and Bill Essick claimed they were the only two managers in the Coast cir cuit who are lined up for next sea son, has written that as far as the baseball situation in the Puget Sound city is concerned he is "sitting on the world." "I have eight big leaguers lined up for my club next year," Wares wrote. "Instead of being the joke of the league next year my club is going to be the one that will cause the other managers sleepless nights and worried days. "The players have not been turned over to me yet, as the owners are trying to get waivers on them. I expect no real difficulty on that score and expect to have all the men In the training camp by March 1." Wares returned from a trip east and he Bays he had no difficulty In lining up players to strengthen the Seattle bunch. If Bill Ken vorthy, the veteran infielder, regains his form around second base. Wares, the Pur ple Sox manager, may pilot the team from the bench (Hiring the coming year. Wares will be ready to step into the line-up .any day. After be ing slated for the discard in the south. Wares came to Seattle and played fine 1 aseball. There may be another season or two of good ball, leit in iae nine iouqw. Ike Caveney and Willie Kamm, San Francisco infielders, are being sought by the Pittsburg Nationals, Wash ington Americana and the Detroit Americans, according to reports. Kamm looked mighty sweet at third base, but didn't show much with the willow. Caveney Is one of the best all around ball players in the league, playing either third, second or short stop welL His hitting is also up to standard. Joe Wllhoit, who was let out by the Seattle team at the start of the season because he couldn't hit, fin ished the season with the Wichita team in the Western league with a batting average of .422. la more than 100 games. When Joe was with the Sox he couldn't hit Puget sound with a paddle, but he surely did im prove when he went to the West ern league. In fact, he broke the world's record for consecutive hitting, pounding out hits on 67 days in suc cession. SAN JOSE BOWLERS WIN Bachelors' Inn Team of Oakland "feated in Record Game. SAN JOSE, CaU Jan. 4. In an Inter city match with the Bachelors' inn team of Oakland, the San Jose cham ber of commerce bowling team today made two new Pacific coast team records and a new coast individual record. . The team's total for three games was 3248, its record single game was 1112. and O. J. Forman's single total of 745 is a new high individual mark. Today's game was in preparation for the local team's invasion of the northwest, where they will enter the northwest-international tournament in ApriL NORWEGIAN MEETS JUGO-SLAV Henry Ordeman Matched to Wrestle Marin Plestina. CHICAGO. I1L. Jan. 4. Henry Orde man has been matched to meet Marin Plestina on the night of January 7 at the Second regiment armory. Ordeman is known throughout the country as a great wrestler. Go ten upon his retirement from the mat. turned his title over to the big Nor wegian, declaring him a fit holder of the laurels. The Minneapolis grap Pler, however, ran Into a piece of bad luck and injured one of his knees in a bout shortly thereafter, and was tem porarily forced to retire. He has been quietly getting in shape again and last winter, when Plestina was ap pearing in a Twin Cities theater, meetlrgr all comers, Ordeman gave himself two workouts against the Jugo-Slav on two successive nights, staying 11 minutes and 20 minutes be fore submitting to a falL In several matches this fall and win ter In the northwest Ordeman has won over his opponents with ease and his trainers now assure him he is as good as ever. It was with this assurance that he entered Into negotiations with Kyone- for a match with Plestina. whose claims to the heavyweight title he disputes now that the eo-called "big four" of the mat Stecher. Lewis. Caddock and Zbyszko have decided to stay out of Chicago rather than risk their wrestling honors with Marin. YALE QUARREL DEVELOPS CAPTAIN CALLAHAN'S STAND PROMISES TROUBLE. Return of "Tad" Jones Demanded and Camp Omitted From 192 0 Football Committee. Not a little surprise has been occa sioned by recent developments In the football situation at Yale, especially the prominent and what may appear as the arbitrary position taken by Captain Callahan in demanding the return of "Tad" Jones and selecting the football committee with the name of Walter Camp omitted for 1920. As a matter of fact Callahan has not ex ceeded the authority vested in a Yale football captain by long years of cus tom and tradltjn. No college foot ball leader in the country is so dom inant as is the captain of a Yale team If he chooses to exercise all his pre rogatives. At New Haven it is an un written law that the football captain is supreme In the sport during his tenure. In recent years this abso lutism has not been brought conspic uously to public attention as it quite frequently was in the old days. As a matter of fact Captain Callahan's de cision to take advantage of the power vested in his position is the first In stance in not a few years. For many years Yale had a system all her own and which succeeded so remarkably well that It elevated the Blue to a position of undoubted lead ership in football. Except in rare in stances the retiring captain was se lected as field coach for the succeed ing year. In many ways this was a titular position. In no sepse was he head coach as the term is commonly Interpreted in these days. While he was perhaps supreme on the field, he did nothing more than reflect the ideas of the coaching board, which decided all policies. The board was variable in composition and number. The system was purely one of grad uate coaching, in which care was ex ercised to prevent redicals from get ting on the board. Emergency usual ly determined the number of coaches in New Haven. Especially was this true in early season, but as the big Barnes approached old graduates of approved orthodoxy were invited to return to whip the team Into form, and they usually responded in droves. Occasionally Yale's system failed. But it was the exception that proved the rule, and at bottom itaywas indi viduals rather than the system at fault. The writer. has in mind Burr Chamberlin's disastrous season back, in 1898. when Yale was overwhelm ingly defeated by Harvard and also lost to Princeton. This marked the first time in the Blue's football his tory that she was humbled the same year by both her old rivals. Chamber lin did not work in harmony with the system and as a consequence did not receive the system's unqualified sup port. Just what Captain Callahan will accomplish is to be determined. Of course conditions have changed at New Haven. In the old days there was no athletic director. It is a' question whether Al Sharpe will con sent to absolute effacement and allow Jones and Callahan to decide the pol icies, determine the system and select the coaches for next fall's campaign. There is every indication that Captain Callahan would deprive Mr. Sharpe of all football authority. It looks to be a fBmily quarrel that demands settle ment if Yale would produce her best gridiron results. COACH GEORGE HUFF RETIRES Baseball Mentor at Illinois Turns Job Over to Pupil. URBAJfA, HI., Jan. 4. George Huff, for 23 years coach of baseball at the University of Illinois, has turned that department over to one of his pupils, "Patsy" Clark. Huff remains as di rector of athletics, but sairl today he had reached an age when coaches should bench themselves. In Huff's years with baseball. Illi nois won 11 championships and tied for the honor once. Huff became na tionally famous in 1902 when he took his team east and vanquished Yale, Princeton, West Point and Pennsyl vania, but fell before Harvard. 2 to 1. ROSS' POLO TEA 31 VICTOR Major Scores Five Goals in Defeat ing Coronado Blues. SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Jan. 4. The White polo team, captained by Major Colin G. Ross, defeated the Blue team at the Coronado Country club today by nine goals to one. Major Ross scored five of the goals. General A. C. Crltchley of the British army was the leader of the Blue four. The Canadian team, now at Coro nado, will play an American team next Sunday J. K. Gill Quint Wins, 3 0 to 13. The J. K. Gill company quintet won from the First National bank five on the Y. M- C. A. floor Satur day night by the score of 30 to 13. Mills and Weiser starred for the Gill five while Flanigan featured for the Bankers. The line-up: J. K. Gill 130). Bankers (13). Barton 6 F Zimmerman Milla 11 Klantgan Weiser 14 C Stennent Stieler ,...G Warner Cash blavea - Scranton. failing to get Into the International league and not having high hopes of reorganization of the New York State league. Is planning a strong local league for next season and the park formerly used by the New York State league club has al ready been leased. Jimmy Mullin. for mer Washington infielder. will man age one of the teams in Scranton's local league. Jimmy Wilde's next opponent In America will be Clark Tremens. Jimmy. If he has the kick, will punch Carl Tremens delirious. IS F0R'45-R0UND FIGHT Coffroth Plans Carpentier Clash at Tijuana. $400,000 TO BE PURSE Kearns Willing to Accept Split of $300,000 for Winner and $100,000 for Loser. (By tne Associated Press.) LOS ANGELES. Jan. 4. Jack Kearns; manager of Jack Dempsey. heavyweight cnampion. announced tonigrht he had accepted an offer of a $400,000 purse from James W. Cof froth for a -45-round fight between Dempsey and Georges Caupentler at Tijuana, Lower California. "It's up to Coffroth now t sign up Carpentier," said Kearns, "and I understand he has a representative. Charles Harvey, in Europe now, try ing to do just that. "This is the most satisfactory of fer we have had. We are willing to accept it on winner or loser basis, perhaps $300,000 for the winner and f 100.000 for the loser. These details will be worked out later. "The fight may draw as much as J750.000, since it will be the first In ternational world's championship bat tle for 30 years, since Charlie Mitchell met James J. Corbett at Jacksonville. Fla., January 25, 1894. Dempsey Wants Movie Rights. "Coffroth may not want the mo tion picture rights, but whether he docs or not, we will want a per centage of them and all other priv ileges." Kearns said Coffroth had been In Los Angeles for several days talkins the proposition over with him. Kearns" announcement was made after he had been asked if he had ac cepted or would accept an offer to Dempsey of J200.000 and a ten-weeks' theatrical engagement In Europe at $5000 a week, announced in Chicago by Charles Cochran, an English the atrical magnate. "I will not consider anything less than $250,000." said Kearns at first, "and his offer of $5000 a week does not Interest me. Why, Dempsey got $15,000 a week In his theatrical en gagement right here In America. If these European promoters want to get Dempsey for anything, they'll have to pay double." Coffroth Annonneement Made. Then he made the announcement regarding the acceptance of Coff roth's offer. "It's the best made to us." he said "we'll be practically right here a: home, instead of having to go to Europe for the fight." Commenting on the possibility ol $750,000 gate receipts, Kearns called attention to the fact the Dempsey Willard match at Toledo, O.. drew about $450,000. The date of the match, he said, de pended, of course, upon whether Car pentier would sign a contract for a bout as proposed by Coffroth. Coffroth. who is president of a racing association at Tijuana. Lowr California, and a well-known sport ing man, could not be located here immediately after Kearns' announce ment. COCHRAN SENDS EMISSARY Denipsey-C'arpentier Match Tor London Is Sought. CHICAGO. Jan. 4. Charles Cochran, an English theatrical magnate, who proposes to promote in London a world's championship fight between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpen tier, said today he had sent a per sonal representative to Los Angeles to confer with Dempsey's manager. Cochran has offered Dempsey a flat guarantee of $200,000, and in addition, says he will guarantee the champion ten weeks' of theatrical engagement in England and France at $5000 a week. He also said that he not only has the French champion's signature to a contract calling for $105,000, but has advanced $25,000 to Carpentier. "London is the logical place for the battle," said Cochran. "It is neutral ground. "We are offering Dempsey the larg. est sum ever paid to a fighter. I am doubtful that we would be Justified in placing so much money at stake in the United States. I am certain there would be no Interference in London and that our city would draw the largest attendance." BASKETBALL LEAGUE TO 3IEET Start of Season, With Game Next Monday, Proposed. The first meeting of the Portland City basketball league since the cir cuit was organized last week will be held tonight in the Multnomah Guards clubrooms at 8:15. It is planned to start the first game of the season on January 12 between . the Silent Five and the Swastikas. The Waver leigh, Multnomah Guards. Acorns and Arleta' are the other teams that com pose the league. p. w. Lee was elected president of the association at the Siet meeting. It is planned to stage all games on the Y. M. C. A. and v. -shington High school floors. Preserve Leased Near Eugene. EUGENE. Or.. Jan. 4. (Special.) Two tracts, one of 100 acres and the other of 300 acres, belonging to H. R. Kincaid and his son. Webster L. Kin caid. have been leased by the state game department for a period of fiv years as game preserves for birds. They are located in the hills south east of the city. The only terms of the lease are that hunting on these tracts shall be forbidden until the five years' period has expired, the owners of the tracts having free use of "the land. Clicmana Defeats Legion. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 4. (Special.) The Chemawa basketball team last night defeated the American Legior aggregation of Roseburg by a score of S8 to 22. A large crowd witnessei the game and each team had its quota of rooters. Donald and Bittles tarred f. r Chemawa, wnile Black and Willet led for Roseburg. Smallpox Postpones Hockey Play. HOUGHTON. Mich.. Jan. 4. Small pox on the Canadian border today caused postponement of the opening tomorrow night of the American Amateur Hockey league season. The team from the Canadian Soo was to have played the Portage lake com bination here. Chicago Basketcrs Victors. CHICAGO. Jan. 4. Chicago univer sity defeated Wabash at basketball last nisht, 31 to 19. DEMPSEY iD