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TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, JANUARY G, 1920.
COAST LEAGUE ACTS
TO BALK GAMBLERS
Resolution Would Bar Spec
ulators From Parks.
CLEAN GAME IS OBJECT
Trade Talk Keeps Magnates Busy
at Yearly Session McCredie
Reported After Catcher.
SAN" FRAXCTSCO, Cal.. Jan. 5.
(Special.) Although the magnates o
the Coast league gathered at the St.
Francis hotel today to adopt a play
ins schedule, one of the first things
done was the adoption of a resolution
declaring war on the baseball gam
blers. President McCarthy is given power
to refuse admission to any park in
the league to anyone caught gam
bling. Betting on ball games was
very brisk last year, especially in
San Francisco and Los Angeles, and
a determined effort will be made this
year to stamp out the evil.
The magnates likely will be at work
all day tomorrow, for schedule mak
ing is about as delicate work as
building a Swiss watch. Then after
It is adopted, no one is satisfied.
President McCarthy played his first
game as presiding officer and got by
without an error. Before the meeting
Billy was standing around the lobby
of the hotel with a large bundle of
samples of flannel, looking for all
the world like an ambassador of com
merce. It seems that the league is
going to pull a smart trick by buying
the uniforms for all eight clubs from
the same firm, so Billy had the sam
ples to show the club owners.
Diamond Bosses on Hand.
Lou and Charley Moreing were on
fleck to represent Sacramento; Bill
Esslck sat in for Eddie Meier of the
Vernon club: Judge McCredie of Port
land, Jack Cook of Salt Lake, W. H.
Klepper of Seattle, Cal Ewing of
Oakland, Johnnie Powers of Los
Angeles and Charley Graham of San
Francisco, with Dr. Strub and Secre
tary Putnam as staff officers, com
prised the gathering.
While club owners were upstairs
talking business, Clyde Wares of Se
attle and Ernie Johnson of Salt Lake,
two brand-new managers, were busy
hiring ballplayers downstairs.
Ernie Johnson left a fanning bee
long enough to step around the cor
ner' and buy an outfielder by wire
from the Indianapolis club. The play
ers' name is Alex Reilly, a left-handed
hitter, who Is expected to do better
work than Mulvey did last year.
Not to be outdone. Wares walked
right up to Red Murphy and signed
him just like that.
Red will play either third base or
first base for Seattle, and Ray Bates
will be expected to play at either
first or third. Either of them can
play either bag, but neither of them
can play both bags at the same time,
thereby making it necessary for
Wares to get two men for the twp
positions.
Beea to Trade Spencer.
Manager Johnson of Salt Lake says
that Catcher Ed Spencer will not be
with that club next year. He is willing
to listen to a trade. Seattle needs a
catcher, but has nothing to trade.
Johnson will also trade Ralph Stroud,
a pitcher who won nine straight and
then jumped the club last season, but
he will not trade him in this league.
He says Stroud is too good a pitcher
to give to any other club In this
league.
Los Angeles wanted Krug of Salt
Lake and Johnson said he was willing
to take Curly Brown, "Doc" Crandall
or Johnny Bassler in exchange. So
there will be nothing doing.
Lefty Leverenz was not of much use
last year, but when Johnson stopped
off at Paso Robles to see him, the
southpaw said he would have a big
season this year, for he has been out
doors all winter, and is feeling fine.
Johnson and Lefty are old pals, for
they started on the Chicago lots to
gether. Lefty was not happy under
Ilerr. but should do much for Johnson
When Johnson was east he said he
was offered some nice deals for
X--verenz, but he is going to keep him
himself. Salt Lake has "Spider"
Baum, Prendergast, Dale, Gould,
Leverenz, Stroud and Cullop all sea
soned boxmen. Stroud will be sold
or traded. Cullop was bought from
the St. Louis Browns when Johnson
was east. He Is a left hander.
Detroit to Furnish Inflelder.
Johnson says Navtn of Detroit has
promised him an inflelder. It will be
either Pinelli, Jones, Dyer or Ellison.
While he was in Los Angeles. Johnson
signed a young busher named Art
Bush, who has been playing fine ball
for Art Krueger's team down there.
He I is a third baseman. Johnson
figures that he needs a catcher, an
outfielder and a third baseman and
be will be ready to go.
Sacramento has asked for a price
on Catcher Spencer and although Bill
Kodgers already has Cady, Cook and
Schang, he may get the big fellow
because of his hitting.
dark Griffith of the Washington
club has offered to trade Sam Agnew,
a catcher, for Bill Rumler. the hard
hitter of the Salt Lake club, but John
ioni would) not listen to such an offer.
Several other big league clubs would
like Rumler, though they all passed:
him up when he came out to Salt
Lake.
Clyde Wares Is running around in
circles trying to get a shortstop, and
until he lands one his club . Is only
about half made. He tried to get
Tom Fitzsimmons, who belongs to
Brooklyn, but Tommy is studying den
tistry here in town and will not play
ball this year.
BUI Enalok About Set.
BUI Essick of Vernon said the
champions need but little fixing.
Bobby Meusel is the only player he
loses, so if he gets an infielder and
an outfielder he will be ready. He
will look a long time before he finds
a youth who can bat in as many runs
as Meusel did last season, however.
. The Los Angeles club needs a lot
of players, and "Red" Klllefer Is go
ing east pretty soon to try his luck
The Oaks are about filled up; the
Seals will close a deal, probably this
week, for the players they need.
Judge McCredie expects help from
Detroit and Seattle. He hopes to land
a first-string catcher and a high-
class shortstop before the end of the
month, and then the boys will be
getting ready to go to the training
camps.
BASKETBALL- LEAGUE MEETS
Plans for Portland City Series Oat
lined by Managers.
The first meeting of the Portland
City Basketball league since the cir
cuit was organized last week was
held last night In the Multnomah
guard clubrooms. The six teams in
the league were represented by team
managers.
Several important matters pertain
ing to carrying out of the league were
discussed. Two floors, the Washing
ton high school and the V., M. C. A,
probably will be the scenes of league
games. Each team will be allowed to
carry 12 players through the season
and a list of players on each team
must be turned In at the next meet
ing, which is scheduled for Friday
night. Another team, the T. M. C. A.
Ramblers, has applied for admission
to the league and will be voted upon
Friday.
Cards Turn Mollwitz Loose.
Fritz Mollwitz, about as good a
fielding first baseman n onn far,
find in the game, is to be turned I
J .. we, uvula ttruiimiB. ne
was disposed of to Louisville, but re
fused to report to the Colonels and
was turned over to the Cards. Louis
ville is said to have agreed to the
exchange of players as payment for
Mollwitz.
Ml. D. WELLS IS VISITOH
FORMER PORTLAXDER DI
RECTS SEATTLE Y ATHLETICS.
Basketball Big Thing in Sound
City Great Amateur Wrestling
Meet to Be Held in March.
M. D. Wells, well-known Portland
physical director, who is now serving
in that capacity for the Seattle T. M.
C. A. was a Portland vistor last
week and talked enthusiastically over
the prospects for a big year in ama
teur events in Seattle.
When Wells accepted the offer to
go to Seattle over a year ago and
handle the physical training of that
institution he was athletic director
at Benson Tech. He has met with
great success in the Puget sound city
and shoved over some big things in
the amateur athletic line.
Wells said that basketball is the
big thing in Seattle just at present
and that no less than two 10-team
leagues are running full blast. All
of the big Commercial houses are
supporting basketball squads and
games are played in regularly sched
uled nights.
The Seattle Y. M. C. A. team is one
of the strongest in the northwest,
and Is coached by Wells. Last year
they jlayed the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic club two games, winning one
and losing one. The loss to the
Winged M tossers was the only one
in 17 games during the season.
The Pacific Northwest association
wrestling championships were award
ed to the Seattle " Y" at its annual
meeting here several months ago.
Those in charge in the north are
making preparations for the greatest
amateur wrestling meet ever staged,
and already have about 40 entries
lined up in Seattle alone. Portland,
Spokane, Victoria and Vancouver.
B. C, will also have the pick of their
matt talent on the lists. The tourna
ment will be staged along in March.
On the Alleys.
Swift's Bowling J-eacue.
Standing of teams to date. December 26,
1919:
Teams Won. Lo8t. Pc.
Produce J7 10 .830
By-Producta 15 2 ..v
Sale ... 14 13 .51H
lant 14 13 .519
8h1ppln 11 la .407
Accounting 10 17 .370
Highest score to date, single game. Bon
ney. .I'M.
Highest average. 27 games. Krause. 169.
Hlghent average. 24 game. Todd. 391.
Highest average. 21 games. Morgan. 172.
Highest average. 12 games. Merrick. 176.
Individual averages and num'ber of games
played by each to data following:
Name tiamea. Ave.
Black 3 5 137
Bonney 27 145
Brioe 15 125
R. Baker 21 3 37
Burns 17 127
R. W. Chapman 22 134
Cronan IS l.-l
Clapp 9 345
ri. k. inapman ., is isi
Claussen IS 14-'
Cameron 27 134
Tarnali 6 157
Evans 27 163
Bldrldge 24 T7
Green well .". 27 140
Hnssey 27 122
Hendrlcksoo 27 148
Krapee 27 16M
Keeler 21 143
K t eh em ''7 1 l
Kelly , 18 112
Lay ton 18 138
Murdock v 21 343
Merrick 12 176
Morgan 21 172
Parr IS 145
Peterson 27 144
Pitts 24 137
Rea 27 158
Thomas 24 ins
Thome 27 171
Todd 24 171
Wilson ..' 21 136
Webster 12 117
Regan Beats Brandt.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 6. "Kid" Regan,
local bantamweight, won the newspa
per decision over "Dutch" Brandt of
Brooklyn in an eight-round bout to
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BOSH SELLS RUTH
TD GOTHAM YANKEES
Colonel Ruppert Announces
Purchase of Pitcher.
PRICE NOT MADE PUBLIC
Red Sox Boss Parts With Home
Run Swatter to Keep Team From
Being "One-Man" Club.
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 5. Miller
Huggins. manager of the New York
Americans, tonight announced that
he had signed "Babe" Ruth, champion
homerun hitter, to play with the
Yankees next season. Papers were
exchanged here late today, Huggins
said, terms satisfactory to each hav
ing been agreed upon. He refused to
state what salary Ruth was to re
ceive. "I am not surprised, "however," he
added. "When I made my demand on
the Red Sox for $20,000 a year I had
an idea they would choose to sell me
rather than pay the increase, and I
knew the Yankees were the most
probable purchasers in that event."
- Ruth said he had not yet seen Mil
ler Huggins, manager, of the Yankees,
who was reported to be in Southern
California to negotiate with the ball'
player.
NEW YORK. Jan. 5. The purchase
of "Babe" Ruth of the Boston Amer
icans by the New York American
club was announced today, by Colonel
Jacob Ruppert. president of the New
York club. Colonel Ruppert refused
to state the price paid.
Colonel Ruppert said that Man
ager Miller Huggins of the Yankees
is now in Los Angeles, Cal., negotiat
ing with Ruth.
Ruth has a three-year contract
with the Boston club made last sea
son, calling for . a salary of $10,000
a year. He is reported, however, to
have declared recently that unless
this sum was boosted to $20,000 he
would not return to Boston.
. Batting Record Pointed To.
The famous' home-run hitter de
manded this increase on the strength
of his last season's batting record,
when he broke all previous major
league records by hitting 29 home
runs.
In refusing to name the price paid
for Ruth, Ruppert admitted that he
understood an offer of $100,000 for
the player was refused last summer
by Harry Frazee of the Boston club.
Ruth, who is 2G years old. joined
the Red Sox in 1915 as a pitcher and
was used us a pinch hitter because of
his ability to send out long hits. Last
season he was transferred to out
field duty, where he batted .322 and
established a new major league home
run record. He made 12 three-base
hits, 34 two-base hits and received
101 bases on balls from pitchers who
preferred to pass him.
Fielding Record Good.
Ruth pitched in 17 games and yield
ed an average of 2.97 runs. As an
outfielder he erred only twice In 258
chances.
BOSTON. Jan. 5. President Harry
Frazee of the Boston Americans said
tonight that he had sold "Babe" Ruth
to the New York Americans because
he thought it was an "injustice" to
keep him with" the Red Sox, who
"were fast becoming a one-man
team."
Mr. Frazee said that he would use
the money obtained from the New
York club for the purchase of other
players and would try to develop the
Red Sox into a winning team.
Colonel Ruppert said that President
Ban Johnson would be advised to
morrow of Ruth's purchase.
"We do not care what he thinks of
it and do not even consider the idea
of him trying to block it," he added.
"All I can say is that whether Mr.
Johnson likes It or not. Ruth will
be in our opening line-up."
HARVARD -TOSSERS RESUME
Organization of Freshmen Quintet
Revives Basket Game.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass., Jan. 6. It is
reported that Harvard will become a
member of the intercollegiate basket
ball league next year. The crimson
hasn't had a quintet in the last dec
ade, but with the general revival of
sports there is a growing demand
among the Cambridge students that
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the game be restored. The freshmen
have organized a team and are play
ing a regular schedule of games. It
is figured this crew would form a
nucleus for a varsity five next winter.
Brown, which dropped basketball
several years ago, restored the sport
last season with considerable success.
Fordham made its first appearance
on the court this year, after a five
year absence and Boston college made
its bow In the game last year. Har
vard and . Holy Cross, therefore, are
now practically the only colleges In
the east not represented on the court.
Cougars to Play Xebraska.
LINCOLN, Neb. Jan. 5. The Wash
ington state college football eleven
is scheduled to play the University of
Nebraska team here November 25,
according to the season schedule an
nounced tonight.
SOUTH PARKWAY READY
SPEEDY BASKETBALL- CREW TO
START XEff SEASON".
Loss of Itogoway and Gurian Made
Up Silent Five to Be Oppo
nents Tomorrow Xiglit.
The South Parkway basket tossers,
one of the speediest crews that has
ever performed on a local floor, is
ready for another gruelling season.
Sam Tessler, manager of the five says
that he has one of the greatest bunch
of hoopers ever organized and ex
pects to carry off the state cham
pionship honors.
Parkway will start its season to
morrow night against the Silent Five
on the B'nal B'rith floor. The team
is late getting started this season due
to the fact that two of the men who
played with the team in the past
were undecided as to whether or not
they would be with the squad again
this season. The two players In ques
tion are MorriB Rogoway and Jack
Gurian.
Manager Tessler had hopes of se
curing the valuable secvlces of these
two players again this season, but It
seems that at the last minute Rogo
way and Ourian have decided to at
tend Whitman college, which left a
big hole in the South Parkway
lineup.
Dubinsky. all-star interscholastic
guard, has been shifted from that
position to forward where he is
filling in nicely. Captain Harry
Hafter is holding down the position
of running guard which was left
vacant when Dubinsky was shifted to
forward. Abe Goldstone, who holds
down tha other forward position has
been showing up in great shape In
practice. '
Abe Unkelis. the other guard, is by
far one of best defense players in the
city. His great guarding game
against the Camp Lewis five last sea
son practically won for the Parkways.
Abe Popick. will probably hold down
the center position this season as he
has been showing up well in practice,
and it is expected that he will have
one of the best years of his basket
ball career.
As a preliminary game to the South
Parkway-Silent Five contest tomor
row night the B'nai B'rith Juniors
will clash with either the Holladay
five or the Buckman Juniors. The
first game will start at 7:30 and the
main event will be staged immediate
ly after the first game Is over.
"Greek Meets Greek" in Rough
Bout for Heavy Mat Honors.
NEW YORK, Jan. 5. Jim Londas
of Greece, defeated William remetral,
Greek heavyweight catch-as-catch-can
wrestling champion, in a contest
for the title tonight. The contest
lasted 1 hour, 49 minutes and 20 sec
onds. Londas pinioned Demetral to
the mat with a double arm scissors
hold.
The contest was rough and the
referee cautioned the men many
times. Demetral obtained a toehold
which he held for 10 minutes, but
Londas refused to admit defeat and
succeeded in squirming out of It.
Wladek Zbyzsko of Poland threw
George Strambel of Belgium in 7 min
utes and 18 seconds.
ROSS WINS 2 2 0-YARD SPRINT
Portland Waterman Leads Field in
Melbourne Meet.
MELBOURNE, Australia, Jan. 5. '
Norman Ross, the American swimmer,
won the 220-yard championship sprint
In an athletic meet here yesterday.
Spencer and Osterieter, Americans,
won the six-day bicycle race with a
purse of 300. Fourteen teams competed.
LIGHT-HEAVY BOUT
FILLS KENDALL CARD
Boscovitch-Fiddler Signed for
Milwaukie Show.
BAIRD-MAL0NE ALSO DOWN
Joe Gorman Booked With Harry
Pelsinger Matches Are Expect
ed to Clear Feather Situation.
BY RICHARD R. SHARP.
With the signing of a four-round
fracas between Johnny Boscovltch
and George Fiddler yesterday Match
maker Frank Kendall of the Milwau
kie boxing commission completed his
card for Friday night at the Milwau
kie arena. Boscovltch and Fiddler
will weigh around 154 pounds.
A double main event will be In
store for the fistic followers who
trek to Milwaukie Friday night. Earl
.Balrd will tangle with Frankle Ma
lone In the final setto of ten rounds
while Joe Gorman will stack up
against Harry Pelsinger in thesemi
final ten-round go. The object of
the two matches is to supply the
fight fans with two fast, slashing
mills and incidentally clear up the
status of the featherweight cham
pionship of the Pacific coast.
Just now Frankie Malone Is perhaps
more universally recognized as the
kingpin of the 122-128-pounders along
the Pacific slope but in Balrd, Gorr
man and Pelslnger he has three men
who have their followers and who
will crowd him for first honors any
time they meet him. Malone Is as
fast as greased lightning and al
though he depends mainly on his
speed he can hit also.
Earl Balrd is a boxer and scrapper
rolled In one. He can stand off and
box the best of them or wade in and
trade punches with the sluggers. In
his match with Gorman he showed
every qualification of a top notch
ring man and proved to be In won
derful condition. Baird is a past mas
ter of the game and as cool a boxer
as has ever fought in the local arena.
The other ten-round main go be
tween Gorman and Pelsinger should
be as productive of real milling as
the Baird-Malone tilt, if not more so.
Gorman is forever boring In and can
be depended upon to make Peslln'ger
fight his best.
Pelsinger and Malone are due to
arrive today or tomorrow while Balrd
will get here either Wednesday or
Thursday.
Harry Glllum. a Salt Lake middle
weight will make his debut in an
eight-round special event against Al
Summers of Portland. Glllum has been
boxing in Seattle for the past year
and fought Jimmy Darcy twice In the
Puget sound city, both bouts being
hurricane affairs. Sommers gave Jim
Hall a lacing on New Year's day in
Milwaukie and figures that he will
trim Gillum just as easily.
George Brandon put In a busy day
yesterday getting in the pink of con
dition for his six-round mill with
Seattle Jimmy Duffy. Brandon was
in poor condition for his engagement
with Duffy New Year's day and is
determined to make up for his show
ing next Friday night in his return
match with the rugged northerner.
m m
Jack Fahie, veteran Portland sports
man, who looks after Alex Trambitas
and Jimmy Darcy, left for San Fran
cisco last night In company with
Darcy. The latter will meet Battling
Ortega In a ten-round bout under the
auspices of the Presidio Service Men's
club In San Francisco next Monday
night. The bout will be staged on
government ground in the Oregon
building. The funds derived from
the contest will go towards outfit
ting the building into clubrooms for
service men at Presidio. A card of
six preliminaries will back up the bill.
Fahie will leave San Francisco Im
mediately after the bout In order to
get back to Portland In time to sec
ond Alex Trambitas against Johnny
McCarthy in the main event of the
Portland boxing commission's card
January 14. at the Heillge theater.
Fahie has been putting Alex through
some hard paces and has outlined
some real work for his protege to go
through In order to get In shape for
McCarthy. The fighting harp is a
formidable opponent and a hard man
to reckon with over the ten-round
distance.
Y. 51. C. A. Juniors Beat Puninay.
Haddon Rockney's Y. M. C. A
juniors quintet defeated the Dunlway
Park Midgets Saturday night on the
"Y" floor by the score of 7 to 6. The
game was hard-fought, with the park
team leading at the end of the first
half by the score of 2 to 1. The
Juniors rallied in the second session 1
and managed to nose out their op
ponents by the narrow margin of ons
point.
The lineup:
Juniors (7) Midseta S
Gunther (2) IT (2) Schwarts
Price. Knorr F. (2) fnkells
Martin C (2) Splv&k
Weslerirren f5 . . . .O. . . . Sax
Hoffman, Rlrkntan .&. . . New York
Referee. RWenberg-.
TIJUANA MATCH FAVORED
$400,000 MENTIONED AS PCRSE
FOR JACK-GEORGES GO.
Reams Expresses Willingness to
Split Sum S and 1 ; Gate for Con
test Estimated at $750,000.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Jan. 6. Jack
Dempsey, world's heavyweight cham
pion, was so busy with his motion
picture work today that he referred
to his manager. Jack Kearns. all in
quiries about his prospective match
with Georges Carpentier of France.
European champion, which Kearns
announced last night would be 4a
rounds long and would be staged at
Tijuana. Lower California, under the
auspices of James W. Coffroth. if
Carpentier would agree.
Kearns said Coffroth.- a well-known
sporting man and president of a rac
ing association -at Tijuana, had of
fered a J400.000 purse for the match
and that it was the best offer re
ceived. Kearns spoke of a division of the
purse, on a basis of $300,000 to the
winner and $100,000 to the loser as
one thoroughly satisfactory to him,
and stated Coffroth had an agent,
Charles Harvey, in Europe, attempt
ing to induce Carpentier to sign a
contract to meet Dempsey at Tijuana.
Kearns said he thought such a match
would draw gate receipts of 5750.000.
considering its international aspects.
as the Dempsey-Willard fight at To
ledo, Ohio. July 4. last, had drawn
about $450,000. "
The champion's manager also said
he wanted a percentage of the mo
tion picture privileges, and of all
other concessions at the prospective
match. Kearns declared the proposi
tion was thoroughly satisfactory to
him and Dempsey and that it "now
was up to Coffroth to sign up Car
pentier." Dempsey has been in light training
for several weeks. He announced
some time ago that he would keep In
such condition al! the time, that two
weeks" real training would fit him
for a fight.
SAN DIEGO, Cal.. Jan. 5. James
W. Coffroth, president of the Lower
California Jockey club, returned here
from Los Angeles tonight and on his
arrival expressed confidence that he
would -be able to get Jack Dempsey
and Georges Carpentier to fight at
Tijuana. Lower California.
"I expect, however," he said, "that
it will be at least a month before I
can get anything definite from Car
pentier. I am after that match and
I am going to get it if there is any
honorable way of getting it. Charles
V. Harvey, who is in London, is my
representative. I expect to com
municate with him by cable from
time to time. He will go to Paris
soon and negotiate with Carpentier."
Coffroth expressed pleasure that
Jack Kearns, manager for Dempsey,
had accepted Coffroth's offer of a
$400,000 purse for a 45-round fight
between the American heavyweight
and the French fighter.
B. B. HOOPERS ARE BUSY LOT
Unkelis, Goldstone and Weiser
Lead Teams to Victory. -
The teams of Unkelis, Goldstone
and Weiser were the winners In the
B'nai B'rith inter-house basketball
league last night. In the first game
of the evening TJnkelis' team won
from Arbuck's hoopers by the score
of 7 to 2. Captains Unkelis and Ar
buck were the stars of their teams.
The second game between the teams
of Tessler and Goldstone. was won
by the latter. 10 to 4. Goldstone and
Haimo featured for the winning quin
tet, while Tessler starred for his own
team.
The last game of the evening be
tween Weiser and Gurian was won
by the former, 6 to 2.
Captain Weiser starred for the
winning team and brought the gal
lery to its feet when he dropped one
through the hoop from a distance of
40 feet. Gurian and Dubinsky played
a good game for the losing quintet.
The Shilt brothers officiated.
ANDERSON, PEAKE TEAMS WIN
Three Games Played In Multnomah
Club Intermediate Series.
The teams of Anderson and Peake
continue to hold the lead in the Mult
nomah Amateur Athletic club inter
mediate basketball house league, with
three wins and no defeats to their
credit. Three games were played in
the league last night. Anderson's
quintet trimmed the Peake five by
the score of 15 to 1; Ted Stef fen's
team won from Gram's 'hoopers by
the score of 4 to 1 and Seer's basket
tossers defeated Schaecher's team by
the score of 15 to 12.
The standings of the league to date
are as follows:
W. L. Ppt.l W L.Pct.
Seer S 0 1000! Peake. : 1 2 .333
Anderson.. 3 0 1000ieffen X 2 .3S3
Gram 1 2 . 3331Schecher. . 0 S .000
Canadian Puck Shooters Win.
VANCOUVER, B. C. Jan. 5. In a
game marked by brilliant individual
playing on the part of the Canadian
septet the Vancouver team In the Pa
cific Coast Hockey association to
night defeated the Seattle team by
three goals to two.
QUAKE DAMAGE IS HEAVY
Early Reports of Mexican Shakeup
Said to Be Confirmed.
MEXICO CITY. Jan. 5. Dispatches
received here this evening confirm the
earlier reports of numerous fatalities
and damage to property over wide
areas as a result of Saturday night's
earthquake.
The bodies of 25 men and women
were recovered Monday from the Rio
Grande at Riuconala, state of Vera
Crui. according to a message received
by the observatory here.
Membership Campaign Planned.
An extensive membership campaign
is being planned this year by mem
bers of the housewives' council, who
will hold their first, session in 1920
'this afternoon in the story-hour room
at the central library at 2 o'clock. A
large attendance is desired, as legis
lative matters are to be taken up and
an eastern speaker is scheduled to
make an address.
PREP TOSSERS TAKE
STIFF WORKOUTS
Boys Make Most of Short
Time for Practice.
HILL-JOHN GAME OPENER
Short Time for Preparation Works
Hardship on Cadets Columbia
Prospects Not Brightest.
With the opening of the interscho
lastic basketball season less than two
weeks off. the prep school cage men
are going to whip themselves into
shape by a series of stiff workouts
during the next fortnight. The in
between season In high and prepara
tory school athletics Is over and the
practice which slowed down consider
ably a week or so ago in some of the
schools and which caine to a complete
halt In others started with a rush
yesterday, when the schools opened
their doors after a two weeks' vaca
tion. Although a few of the teams kept
together during the Christmas holi
days with a continuation of the early
season training, for the most part
the scholastic hoopers were Idle. Jef
ferson and Lincoln quintets held to
gether during the vacation period
and played several practice games
with independent teams.
The tentative schedule as drawn up
by the coaches at their last meeting
and which has to be approved by the
board of directors of the league, calls
for Hill Military academy and James
John high to open the season next
Monday. Whether or not the direc
tors will stamp their official O. K. on
the tentative schedule at their meet
ing this week remains to be seen.
Hill "t p Again! It.'
If they decide to let the schedule
go through .as planned It will work
a hardship on the Hill cadets. With
only Ave days for practice, the cadets
will be going against one of the
strongest teams of the league at the
start of the season. The members of
the Hill team were widely scattered
during the vacation, all of them re
turning to their homes in Montana.
Idaho. Washington and eastern Ore
gon. (
The cadets met last night and elect
ed Harold Dagg captain for the 1920
season. "We will have only a short
time to practice and probably will
not make a brilliant showing against
the strong double J Ave, but we are
going to put up a hard fight." said
Captain Dagg yesterday afternoon,
when the cadets started their work
In the academy armory. Several new
faces are among the students back at
Hill for the spring semester, which
makes the outlook for basketball and
track at the academy very bright. The
cadet team is being coached by Dr.
Ernest Hates.
Columbia Prniprctn Not Bright.
The prospects at the Columbia uni
versity for basketball this season are
not the brightest, there being only
one of last year's letter men back at
school. Under the coaching of George
(Ad) Dewey, who is one of the best
basketball mentors in the state, the
squad can be expected to give the
other schools a hard fight for cham
pionship honors.
Mike Dunnlgan is the only letter
man back at school. The team Is
without a captain, as Pete Sweeney
captain-elect, has left school to at
tend the North Pacific College of Den
tistry. Archie Dunnlgan. who gained
some experience on the 1916 team, is
hack at Columbia this year. Coach
Dewey has a likely group of tossers
in the following men: Johnson. Agee,
Dawson, Merron, Doug'.as, Sea lion
jut-Ksun ana Kennedy, all of whom
are showing up well in practice.
SMOKER WILL BE TONIGHT
Motorboat Club Programme Prom
ises to Be Good.
All arrangements have been com
pleted and the stage is set for one of
the old-time smokers at the Portland
Motor Boat club tonight. Chairman
Boost of the entertainment commit
tee has lined up a programme of the
best amateur and professional talent
available. It is expected that the
smoker tonight will rival the high
jinks of the old days in quality of
entertainment.
Several of the old-timers of the
c'.ub will be on hand to show the
younger motor boaters how the
smoker ought to be staged.
The first event will go on at 8
o'clock and there will be something
doing from then until midnight. All
members of the club have- been in
vited to attend and to bring as many
friends as they desire.
KER.NS SOCCER TEAM BOOSTED
New Players Added to Roster Make
Squad Hard Opponents.
S. Sommers. manager of the Kerns
soccer team, has signed up several
new players and expects to give the
other teams of the Portland soccer
league a run for their money when it
comes to settling the championship.
The game scheduled between the
Kerns team and the Bankers last
Sunday was not played, as the Bank
ers failed to get their team together.
Whether or not the game will be for
feited to Kerns will be decided at the
next meeting of the league directors.
Should the game go to the Kerns team
they will jump into the lead of the
It's Like Finding Money"
says the
Pat Up In Two Styles
RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco
W-B CUT is a long fine-cut tobacco
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Championship
MILWAUKIE ARENA
FRIDAY, JANUARY 9
Double Main Event
EARL FRANKLE
BIO VS. MALONE
Of Seattlr
Of Sin Kraneiaco.
130 Pounds.
Featherweight
Champion of the Coast.
io Rorxos tar1
FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE
PACIFIC COAST
HARRY JOE
JELSIM VS. GORMAN
Of Krtxco, . of Portland
IO ROIXD8.
HARRY GILLUM SOMMERS
Of halt Lake. Of Portland.
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JIMMIE DUFFY vs. GEO. BRANDON
Of Seattle. of Portland.
nni'XDS
GKO,
JOHTXTE
FIDDLER vs. BOSKOWITZ
t H ROUNDS 1K4 LBS.
SEATS NOW ON SALE
nich'w. Sixth at WtiMblngton.
Miller's, llrnariTTay.
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TAX.
lOOO SKATS AT St.
FIRST BOUT AT 8:30 P. M. SHARP.
league with two victories and no de
feats. Howard Hutchinson. a veteran
Kerns player, has been elected to
pilot the team this year. Leonard
Schmeer. Bill Terney and Ernest and
Prank Hailett are other players who
have been added to the squad. J.
King Shanks has been secured to
coach the team and he may also get
in the lineup as a player.
The team practices Saturday after
noons and Sunday mornings on the
Kerns school grounds. Next Sunday
Kerns clashes with the Waverleigh
Athletic club aggregation on the
Franklin bowl.
EOODLAi DEFEATS HART
TIGHT 3-CTSHIOX MATCH EXDS
IN" 3 0-TO-2 9 SCORE.
Champion or 10 1Q Ioscs Game
After Comin; From Behind to
Square Count at 29 Point.s.
Sam Goodland defeated George
Hart, 30 to 29. in one of the best
three-cushion games ever played in
Portland in the annual three-cushion
handicap tournament at the Rialto
rooms last night.
Several hundred "green cloth" fans
gathered for the big match and space
was at a premium. Gondland took
the lead r. to 0 and stayed to the
fore almost 2 to 1 until he had 'J6
billiards, while Hart rested at IS.
Last year's class A champion then
started coming from behind and be
fore many innings had passed was
even up with Goodland. They settled
down to a battle at the finish and
Hart edged out in front with 29 bill
iards to Goodland's 27. Goodland
registered another shot and Hart
missed. Goodland shot and missed.
Hart missed again on his next shot
and Goodland marked up another one,
tieing the score at 29. Hart shot and
missed, leaving a difficult bank for
Goodland. The latter was equal to
the occasion and counted. Hart
turned In the hih run of 4.
The other matches played at the
Rialto last night resulted as follows:
Class B. N. Normile defeated Alex
Merk. 25 to 15: Frank Setril won
from Dr. A. Sellg. 25 to 13. and Larry
Talbot trimmed A. Kaiser. 25 to 9.
Talbot made a high run of B. In class
C. . Kline lost to E. E. Fllsinger. 12
to 20. while in class D. William Pow
ers won from C. W. Easley. 15 to 7.
Tonight's games will be: Sam Good
land vs. 'Red" Davis. Joe McCloskey
vs. Max. Levinson, and several games
In classes C and D.
PKIXKVIIXE WRESTLER WINS
Roy Anderson Defeats "Mysterious
Finn" in Hard Contest.
PRI NEVILLE, Or.. Jan. 5. (Spe
cial.) At the smoker held here New
Year's night Roy Anderson. local
wrestler, defeated Gus Aleck, "the
mysterious Finn." of Minneapolis,
aftr three falls, the first of which
was gained by Anderson In 58 min
utes, the second by Aleck in 14fc
minutes and the third by Anderson
in 12 minutes. The match was closely
contested, and Anderson admitted that
Aleck was the hardest opponent to
overcome he has met In three years.
At the next smpker of the series
January 15 Anderson will wrestle
"Cyclone" Burns.
Hi net mi an Out of Hlg Show.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Jan. S. B1H
Hinchman. who has been carried on
Pittsburg's reserve list, though he
was out of the game last year, has
been waived out of the big show and
it is reported he will be traded to
Columbus for Pitcher Dave Danforth.
Good Judge
When you take a littta
chew of this real quality
tobacco, and the good
tobacco taste begins to
come.
You'll find it keeps com
ing, too. The rich to
bacco taste lasts and
lasts. You don't have
to take a fresh chew so
often. Any man who"
uses the Real Tobacco
Chew will tell you that.
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