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TIIE MORNING OREGONIAX, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920 MILWAUKIE PLANS FEBRUARY 24 CARD HEISMAN SUGGESTS "MOTION" 1 IN -FOOTBALL BE DEFINED Coach at Pennsylvania, Who Was Rumored to Be Coming West, Gives Bright Idea to Rules Committee on "Shift Other Sport Comment. Heavies, Will Step Aside for Lighter Talent. BY ROSCOS FAWCETT. i to the rules used to fill two and three "Jack Heisman. the football coach closely printed pages. !. . i . ... I to.- ... - - I it makes a lot of difference where Pacific northwest, now at Pennsyl- your profiCienCy iea. The champion Vflnlu hdn o n .n.'.lAn anyTAotinn f CV Raw..- 1 1 l i . , il. i vania, has an excellent suggestion for J boxer rolls in wealth while the diam ine rules committee. In connection i pion Dowier sets only pin money, wWk 1.1. i i . i i j ! m m GIBBONS BOUT DEBATED the ru.es I d.fln. -motion ?V"J "VT? ft!"..'.? ?i The rules state that no man on the a scissors. wlllard iost hi8 titia by Ringside Experts G1t Tommy Best of Boy, With "Draw Didn't Hurt'' as Reservation. 81" RICHARD R. SHARP With the Tommy Gibbons-Boy Mc Cormlck fracas seeking; a resting place in, the background, the fans are already beginning to look forward to the next set of mills Blated for this neck of the timbers. The next boxing show will hold forth at the Milwaukee arena Tuesday night; February 24. The main event is yet an unsettled question, but it is not likely that light-heavyweights will be used in the topnotch position. The big bruisers will be given a rest for a couple of shows, with some of the lighter, mixers holding the lime light. Tommy Gibbons will leave for Edmonton, Canada, where he will meet Jack Reeves of San Francisco, February 18 or 17, over the distance route. While McCormick Is planning on returning to San Francisco imme diately, where he will seek a bout with the winner of the "Chuck" Wig gins-Jimmy Darcy fight In San Fran Cisco tonight. Getting back to the next card In Milwanukie, Matchmaker Frank Ken dall is dickering with a half dozen well-known mittmen at various weights, but will not close with any of them until tomorrow at least. Earl Balrd, the popular little Seat tle boxer, has been mentioned as an opponent for' Joey Fox, the English featherweight champion. Fox has been fighting all through the east and is at present in Philadelphia. Harry Schuman. the Tacoma light weight,-who is laying claim to the Pacific coast title. Is another con tender for main-event honors. Eddie Shannon of San Francisco and several others are also In the field. Kendall has already signed Jimmy Marshall, , the San Francisco light weight, to box some good boy in the semi-windup. A heavyweight match between- Marty Cutler and Dick O'Brien may also be found resting eome . place on the bill below the main go. Travie Davis, the Everett welter weight, and Johnny McCarthy would be a big attraction. offense shall be in motion at the mo merit the ball is put into play except one man who may be in motion to ward his own goal line, that is not in the direction of Flay. But, as usual with the football rules, the committee failed to define motion. A player may have both feet planted solidly on the ground ' and move his arms and shoulders er Wag r.is tongue and that might be con strued as "motion" toward an oppo nent's goal line. Many a man has been penalized for moving his tongue, of course, but not under the non motion statute. Role Is Quoted. The rule in question follows: Rule IX. section 5. "At the . mo ment when the balr is put in play in a scrimmage no player of the side which has The ball shall be in motion except that one man of the side hav ing the ball may. be In motion either directly or obliquely toward his own goal line or line extended. . . ." The rule makers undoubtedly meant the prohibition of moving the feet toward the line of action, but col lege football coaches are as finicky as a bevy of prima donnas before a tig game and this "motion" point has been discussed by coaches and offi cials as many times as there are hairs In John Dee's toupee. in a measure the Interpretation Is important to those teams which use shift plays. The shift loses much of its force if the players must come to a dead stop before the ball Is snapped. There should be a happy medium. The Jump should be made and the feet brought to a dead stop, but there should be no penalization for sway ing or moving the arms and shoul ders. The rule has been In the book for years without interpretation and It is time the co nmittee got busy. Changes Were Extensive. A few years ago the committee used to tinker with the rules every winter and when they came out in printed form one might easily imagine that they had been thrown together like a jigsaw puzzle by a flock of psychopaths. The changes and Interpretations that appeared later as supplementary I paste. . Igoe, a writer in the New York World, pens the following: Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking What a swell world this would be. If reformers were transplanted Far beyor.d the Northern sea. Without doubt It's going to be a dark day, 25 years from now, when there will be nothing left to reform or suppress. . Some things ought to be suppressed and among them the boxing gink who sits in a corner with a large pan almost under his ct ln and then expec torates on the floor in front of the press box. WIEDMTOSSEI HAVE TUSSLE AHEAD Spokane Hoopers Coming for Possible Victims. VISITORS ARE NIFTY LOT Wilson 15 to 11 and then stood by ( wnne Wilson lost another maccn to Fennell 15 to 9. Powers and Fennell then met- with the title of. class D champion at etake and tha match, re sulted in a victory for the tormer by the count of 15 to 4. All of the matches in class D have now been played. The high run prize goes to W. R. Phillips, whose string of eight for one frame, made early in the tournament, has not been equalled by any of the cue artists. Two matches are scheduled in class A for tonight with Harve Hicks play Ing Sam Goodland, and George Hart and W. A. Walby crossing cues. Record of Inland Empire Outfit Puts Them In Class With Best , in Basket Line. . Undoubtedly, Percy, Yes. This is what an English editorial writer has to say about boxing: tfoxlng leaches the manners which make men. To be able to take severe punishment without loss of self-con trol, vlctcry without exultaticn. and defeat without depression, is a sound mental and physical - discipline; and we have little patience with those who frown usually without much knowledge of how it is conducted upon a sport with which they have no sympathy." Quite true. "Quite true." As a supreme test of physical en durance, strength, skill and condition there is no sport which approaches boxing. Boxers, like good cricketers and crokinole players, are not pro duced by accident, but must have the rough edges if any taken off by degrees as they advance In the chosen profession. We have never seen Ike Cohen or Ping Bodie exult at victory. Tom Sharkey learned in the prize ring practically all he knew of parlor eti quette and I dare say the same Is true of Gunboat Smith, Arthur Pclkey, Jim Flynn, Willie Meehan and a host of other boxers. You could sit any of them down in an English drawing room and nobody would ever suspi cion that they were not society hounds unless the butler happened to catoh them expectorating on the csrpr-t or -whittling initials in the piano stool. Undoubtedly boxing leaches the manners which make the men. AGGIES TO MEET OREGON Al Byers, former amateur feather weight champion of the northwest, will meet Georgia Eagles of San Francisco In a 10-round bout In Tilla mook. Or.,' next Wednesday night. Jimmy Grady, a recent arrival from Bremerton, Wash., weighing 152 pounds,, will tangle six rounds with Johnny Houser of Wheeler -in the semi-windup- of the Tillamook card. Battling Macke and Bud Stengel, two willing Portland ISO-pounders, are down for a four-round clash. The Tillamook fans should get their money's worth of action of the in itial card arranged by the boxing commission and Matchmaker C E. Jlowrey. While there are many who think McCormick deserved the verdict in his match with Tommy Gibbons Wednes day night and many more who thought Denver Ed Martin's draw de cision was right, a majority of the so-called experts undoubtedly would have given Gibbon's the decision he earned. Mike Butler, head of the Butler school of boxing, remarked yesterday mat uiddoiis won, but the bout was close and a draw didn't hurt anvbodv. James J. Richardson, former boxing reieree, . tnougnt Ulbbons won, and the same Is true of Bill Hayward. the Oregon trainer, who referees bouts at Eugene. . "Gibbons did much the better box ing." said Bill. "His work was done at closa range and only those close to the ring could appreciate his work. McCormick did a lot of clouting and looked good to the fans at some dis tance from the ring, but few of his blows landed anywhere except on Gibbons' gloves or arms. I think Gibbons won with ease." Stanley McDonald, well-known in structor and referee, said a draw didn't hurt anybody, although the edge was Gibbons' by a Blight margin. Jack Grant, one of the best-known referees on the Pacific coast, and matchmaker of the Portland boxing commission, is of the opinion that Denver Ed Martini decision was cor rect and the only one possible, taking into consideration the amount of ac tion the two men furnished. U. S. SUPPORTS OLYMPICS RIVAL FIVES TO CLASH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS LEXD SANCTION TO GAMES. President Becomes Honorary Head of Committee Baker, Daniels Named Vice-Presidents. WASHINGTON. Feb. 12. Official government sanction and support for the team which will represent the United States in the Olympic games at Antwerp next summer was ob tained by the Olympic committee In a series of conferences today with high officials of the government The position of honorary president of the American Olympic committee was ac cepted provisionally by Secretary Tu multy on behalf- of President Wilson. Secretaries Baker and Daniels were made honorary vice-presidents of the committee. The Olympic committee also met a number of officers of the army and navy In a conference at which the as sistance and co-operation of, both branches of the service was pledged. Tentative plans" were discussed for the inclusion of athletes from both the army and navy in the team of more than 200 which will sail from New York in July, and ways and means were considered for the forma tion of the team. The American Olympic committee was represented In the conferences by Gustavus T. Kirby, president: F. W. Rubien, secretary, and Colonel Palmer E. Pierce, president of the National Collegiate Athletic associ ation. ROSS AXXEX.ES 100-YARD dash Es-Portlander Defeats Beaurepaire, Champion of Australia. ADELAIDE, South Australia. Feb. 12. Norman Ross of San Francisco won the 100-yards swimming cham pionship of Australia here today, de feating FV E. Deaurepa'ire, the Aus tralian champion. - Ross-time was :i1 1-5. Corvallis Team Handicapped by In juries to Captain Rcardon and Eikelniun. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Feb. 12. (Special.) Coach Ha rgiss' Oregon Aggie bas ketball five will mix with the uni versity tossers from Eugene In a two-game series Friday and Saturday on the home floor. , The O. A. C. quintet now leads the Pacific coast conference in basketball despite the fact that injuries have kept Captain Reardon out of the game for more than a week, and a fractured jaw has seriously handi capped Eikelman, the rangy center. Out of six games played with con ference teams, O. A. C. lost but one, and that to University of Washington on the Seattle floor. 22 to 20. Since then the Aggies have won two games from W. S. C and two from Wash ington, besides the second game of the first series at Seattle. ' Oregon also has administered de feats to the Washington State and University of Washington teams. The O. A. C. rooks will tangle with the Oregon frosh In preliminary games both evenings. Little Is known of the frosh team, except that they are rumored to have a collection of former high school stars that will be formidable. The local first year men have twice defeated the Corvallis high tossers and lost one and won one with the Chemawa redmen. The Aggie varsity has eleven games to play, eightf of -which are with Pacific coast conference teams, and the remaining three in the northwest conference. The schedule Is: February 13, U.-of O. at Corvallis. Februarv 14, U. of O. at Corvallis. February 18. Whitman at Walla Walla. February 1U. Whitman at Walla Walla. February 20, W. S. C. at Pullman. February 21. W. s. C. at Pullman. February 25, U. of Idaho at Corvallis. February 27, Stanford at Corvallis. . . . February 28, Stanford at Corvallis. March , u. of O. at EMgene. March 0. V. of O. at Eujrene. EVEX BEST OF THEM FANNED Joe Jackson, However, Has Good Average at But. For an American league -pitcher to strike out Joe Jackson last season was somewhat out of the ordinary In 139 contests the expensive member of the White Sox appeared at the plate 516 times, but was retired on strikes on only ten occasions. Ty Cobb was completely fooled 22 times and George Sisler watched three good ones go by 20 times during the campaign. With Babe Ruth It was a. case of hit a mile or a strike out. The champion long-distance swatter fanned a total of8 times. The only player to'fan more often than Ruth was Shannon of the Red Sox. He struck out 70 times'."1-. . XELSOX KEEPS SKI HONORS Canadian Amateur Jumps 185 Feet in Revelstoke Tourney. REVELSTOKE. B. C, Feb. 12 Nels Nelson, Revelstok. claimant of the amateur Canadian ski jumping title, retained his honors when he won the championship event at the British Co lumbia ski tournament here yester day with a jump of 185 feet, standing. SteinwalL Chicago, was second with 181 feet. Anders Haugen won the profes sional contest with a jump of 200 feet standing. Lars Haugen. in the same event, Jumped 212 feet but fell.. before the last Olympic meet. He started with the Central Y. M. C. A. and later joined the New York A. C. Baker will probably be selected. .to compete in the 800-meter run at the Olympics. CHILDREN VIOLATE GAME LAW Youngsters at Hood River Caught Fishing Out of Season. HOOD RIVER, Or., Feb. 12. (Spe cial.) Members of the Hood River Game Protective' association declare that children have been caught re cently fishing out of season. " "I found some small boys the othel ' day on the west side with a basketful of trout all tne way from three to 16 inches long," says Alva L. Day, secre tary of the association. "The Barents of these youngsters no doubt help eat the fish. We are going to invoke the law, and, unless the practice is Btopped, some father will have to pay a fine of $25-for his young son." TfiOEH WINS SHOOT-OFF WASHINGTON GUNNER FIRST IN 125 -TARGET EVENT. A hard game is ahead for the Mult nomah Amateur Athletio club basket ball team Saturday night when they meet the Spokane Amateur Athletic club quintet here, according to all the dope that can- be gathered 'on the boys from the Inland Empire city. Out of seven games played the' Spokane five has dropped only one contest and that to the Washington State col lege team, by the close score of 42 to 38. In the rest of their games the Spokane team were victorious by de cisive margins. They have defeated the Lewis and Clark high school, 49 to 18; Spokane university, 59 to 20; North Central high, 29 to' 19; Whit worth college, 61 to 16, and have handed out two defeats to the Gon saga university, the first by a 19 to 17 score and the second, 60 to 39. It will be the Spokane team's first trip away from home this season when they invade the Willamette val ley this week. A tentative game had been arranged between the Wil lamette university and the team from the north, but Coach Mathews of the Willamette "Bearcats" who is having his own troubles right at present with two members of the team sick and another at home on account of illness in his family, was forced to cancel the game. The Mount Angel college hooper's probably will fill in on the Spokane team's schedule. The Multnomah guard basketball team will be the second quintet that will play the team from the Inland Empire metropolis in this city. The guards will meet the Spokane team Monday night on the Washing ton high school floor. Manager Harry Fischer . of the Multnomah team eays that while the local team is not in the best of con dition they will be prepared to give the visitors a run for their money Saturday night. Gus Clerin, one of the winged M regulars, has recently re covered from the "flu" and it may be that Manager Fischer will have to use a substitute in his place against Spokane. The Spokane team which is bein coached by Dr. George Pynn formerly captain of the University of Minneso to quintet, will carry eight men on the trip here. Captain "Toss" O'Neil, Perk Low and Dan Sweeney, for wards; Harry Doose, center, and Ed Kuhn, Pete Hupperton and McDonald. guards, with Manager Weatherhead are the players who will arrive 1 Portland Saturday morning. The game Saturday night will start promptly at 8 o'clock and will b followed by dancing in the club gym nasium. Charlie White Gets Decision. DENVER, Colo., Feb. 12. Charlie White of Chicago scored a technical knockout over Carle Macke of Den ver here tonight when the referee stopped the fight in the second round of what .was to be a 12-round affair. TOP ST. BOARD OF TRADE ROLLERS WIN 2 OCT OF 3. Wells Realty " Five Falls Before Rialtos Vogans Down Hadley Siiver Alley Outfit. The Board of. Trade barber shop five staged a comeback at the ex pense of the crippled St. Nicholas cafeteria bowling team and annexed two out. of three games in the city league on the Portland alleys last night, -notwithstanding the fact that two of the "lunch grabbers" shot better than 600. Johnson totaled 615 and Weibush managed to gather 612 pins. The Rialto team won two out of three games from the Wells Realty shooters. Blasich of the losers shot the nice total of 622 pins. The Vogan Candy company bowlers won two out of three games from the Hadley Sil ver five. Charley Goodwin came to life and gathered enough wood' to get the high average of the evening, a total of 644 pins. Bill Hanson and Nielson shot their way into the charmed circle of 600 shooters with 609 and 604 respectively. The scores follow: Board of Trade Barber shop 1 2 S Ttl. Converse 101 200 168 5.19 Kalk 175 1ST 178 510 Hingley 237 168 . l2 5WB Casey Jones 180 163 '171 514 Henry ...... 160 200 186 646 niinnnTrn iimni nm IVlHollM I LO VVUniX Uii 1J0R1M PACT Old Federal League , Suit Gums Up Progress. BAN'S CIRCUIT TIED UP Opinion Favors Restoring Draft but Minors Want Changes Com mittees Sit on Job. HOMER BAKER WILL RETIRE t Sprinter Will Not Compete Again After Olympics Are Over. NEW YORK, Feb. 12. Homer Ba ker, the crack middle-distance run ner, who has held various middle distance championships, has said that he would retire from the running game after the Olympics at Antwerp this year. Baker will not quit the athletic game entirely, as he will coach the athletes of the 14th regi ment Immediately. However, he will receive no remuneration for this work until after the Olympics. Baker first came Into prominence as a middle-distance runner shortly Vancouver Man Cracks 123 Birds and Follows With 24 Kills in Aftermath Contest. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Feb. 12. High scores generaly marked the events today at the 16th annual interstate trapshboting tournament here. Frank Troeh of Vancouver. Wash., was winner in the first event, the 125- target race. while the team of shoot ers from Iowa captured- the interstate amateur cup from a Missouri team. Troeh. with a score of 123. tied with. P.. H. O'Brien, Butis.. Mont, for high. In the target race, and won on the shoot-off. 24 to 23. In the team cup competition! a 90? target tie developed.-- The Iowana dis posed of tneir opponents on the shoot off, 24 to 20. . . . LEAGUE AVERAGES COMPILED Frank and Hill Are Leading Pitch ers of International. . - The official averages of the Inter national league for 1919 show that Hill and P'rank of the Baltimore clQb are the leading pitchers, each compil ing an average of .800. Frank won, 28 and lost six games, while Hill was credited with 12 victories and only three defeats. Another Ariole pitcher, Parnham, played in 44 games and is the leading strike-out artist, having fanned 187 batters. The leaders in fielding in their respective positions are: First base, Onslow. Toronto); second base, Bau man, Jersey City;, third base, Kost, Rochester; shortstop, Purtell, Toron to; outfielder, Whiteman, Toronto; piteher, Acosta, Rochester; catcherr Fisher, Binghamptom SKIi CHAMPION' TO COMPETE Aberdeen Logger Will Try ' to Maintain His Title. ABERDEEN, Wash., Feb. 12. U Larson, champion" ski racer and jumper,- who has been employed for the last year at the Coats-Fordney Logging company, has left for" Brit ish Columbia where he will compete in the fifth annual tournament of the Revelstoke Ski club. Larson won the championship In 1918 and second place in 1919. He does not expect to win this year as he has lacked opportunity to .keep In practice. r .-. Football Stars Turns Pro. Bill". Erwig, the sensational full back on the 1919 Syracuse gridiron team, has decided not to return to col lege this fall for football. It is re ported that Erwig has accepted an offer to play professional football In the west next season. The loss of Erwig will be keenly felt by the Syracuse team, and Coach .O'Neil will have a stiff problem filling Erwig's shoes in the backfleld. After a conference yesterday be tween Harry Fischer and R. Mathews, who handles the reins of th basketball teams at the Multnomah club and Willamette university 're spectively, It was decided to switch the dates of the games which th two institutions have scheduled with the University of Idaho for this month. The winged M team was. originally slated to meet Idaho on February 26 and Willamette had' a game with the Gem Staters "on February 23, but as Willamette plays Stanford on Febru ary 24 Coach Mathews did not wan a tough game on his hands the night before the contest with Stanford, and as it was agreeable to all parties concerned Multnomah and Willamette switched dates on the games with Idaho, which brings the winged M team and the quintet from Moscow together on February 23 and Wll lamette and Idaho February 26. The local clubmen will play a two game series with Willamette on Feb ruary 27 and 28. The first game will be played on the Willamette floor and the second in" the winged M gym nasium. SHANNON DEFEATS SCHUMAN Tacoma Crowd Thinks Heinle Earns Draw on Aggressiveness TACOMA,. Wash., Feb. 12. (Spe cial) With the big majority of the crowd conceding that Heinie Schu man, Tacoma 8 crack lightweight, had earned a draw by his aggressive tac tics. Referee Harry Andrews sur prised the fans here tonight when he raised Eddie Shannons hand in token of victory after one of the greatest six-round bouts ever seen here. '.'.. . . Shannon' fought a clever fight, box ing carefully, but Schuman did all the leading and piled up polntB on ag gressiveness. Shannon hit the clean er blows in the closing rounds, but his holding-on tactics took the edge off this. Most of the sporting writers conceded the bout a good draw. Walter Mason, Tacoma lightweight. won a six-rouna decision over Frenchy Vaise of Renton in the semi windup of six rounds. It was a great go, with Mason s ruggedness winning. Morgan Jones and t;ari conn ers Tacoma feathers, fought, a great draw. Jimmy Harris, Denver, won from Mike Depinto of Portland. Billy Nelson, Portland lightweight, beat Kid Lavigne of Tacoma. Previous to this year's Davis cup tennis matches between. Australia and England each country won the trophy five times. . America has won the em blem three time.;, and no other nation has yet scored a triumph In the matches for the -world's title. SWIM RECORDS CUT DOWN George Cnnha Sets New Mark for 220-Yard Event. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 12. One mid- dleAtlantlc swimming record . was broken and one equalled in an indoor swimming meet at the Meadowbrook club here tonight. George Cunha, representing Meadowbrook, shattered the record in the men's 220-yard event, his time being two minutes and 30 seconds, 4 3-5 seconds under the old mark held by himself. Miss Ruth Smith of the Morning side A. C New York, equalled Olga Dorfner"s middle-Atlantic mark of 29 seconds in the women's 60-yard swim. POWERS IS CLASS D CHAMP Rialto Cushion Players Reel Off Three Good Matches. Three matches were played last night in the Rialto three-cushion billiard tournament to break the three-cornered tie for first place In class D. -Robert Fennell,. B. S. Wil son and William Powers were the three players tied for. the 'top posi tion and the 'matches last night re sulted in Powers taking first prize, Fennell second, and Wilson third. Powers took the first game from Totals. 948 St. Nicholas Cafeteria 1 Johnson 201 Absentee 160 Weibush 216 Anstey 160 Estes 101 Totals 808 HiKh ecore.Hinuley 237 Johnson 205. Wells Realty company . 1 Konz 156 Tonery 180 Bakke 178 Blasich 219 Bell 194 886 8952724 181 1.17 225 137 182 882 ; high 3 Ttl. 238 615 168 485 171 612 228 525 103 636 093 2773 averaxe. Totals 927 Rialto Billiard Parlor- 1 161 103 189 200 205 948 Flavin Wilkinson. . Housdorf. Plummer . . Franklin . . 225 171 141 200 227 173 204. 201 154 168 900 ; high Totals - 964 High score. Flavin 225 Blasich 207. Hadley & Silver 1 2 Goodwin t 234 204 Raymond 168 180 Hendricks iui Nellson 166 .108 Wood 172 : 176 Totals. 902 39 Vogan Candy company 3 Ttl. 165 4R2 158 oai 101 558 2IP3 622 168 567 885 2700 8 Ttl. 201 5B 105 570 154 495 174 528 184 570 908 2772 average. Kruse 482 Krebs 200 Watklns 182 Hanson : ... . 203 Heffron - v. .. . 160 1 186 196 167 -1!I2 234 - 3 Ttl. 206-;- 644 180 528 187 530 240 604 10 818 9782819 Ttl. 182 520 149 545 199 548 212 6(H) 2U2 506 Totals 929 945 944 2818 Hich score, Nielson 240; high average, Goodwin 214. COMISKEY NOW HAS CHANCE White Sox Owner Has Opportunity to Make Good. Offer to Walsh. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Feb. 12. Charles A. Comiskey, owner of the Chicago Americans, at last has a chance to make good on his often- expressed willingnesss to do anything he could to help Big Ed Walsh, whose pitching helped to make a fortune for "Comiskey. Walsh has been signed as manager of the Bridgeport team of the Eastern league, and he is hoping that Comis key will make Bridgeport a farm -for the Chicago White Sox. iild uieason. the White Sox manager, is also a firm friend nf Walsh arid may be expected to come to his assistance. Walsh spent his entire big league career as a member of the W hue box. In his palmy period he thought . noth ng of pitching every other day and sometimes every day in order to keep the club in the race.-. Comiskey has not forgotten this, and as he-knowi Walsh is a good judge of young play ers he will probably be glad to send his youngsters to this city. It was announced last week that Walsh would be the next manager of the Bridgeport .club, so the actual signing of the papers was no surprise. Walsh says it is too early to make any announcements regarding play era. . CHICAGO, Feb. 12. Prospects drawing up a new working agreement between the major and the minor leagues, who have been at outs for year, brightened today followln a double session between a committee from the minors and one from the Na tional league. The American league was represented but did not have an official committee present, because most of the magnates had left th city. No definite action was taken, bu it was announced that the meeting between the National league and th minor league committee was pro gressing satisfactorily. the American league will not enter into any written agreement until after the disposal of the Baltimore federal league suit. It was said by connie Mack, president of the Phila aelphia club. The Baltimore suit now is pending in court, it was said that this suit, which is stopping any legal agree ment between the majors and minors, cnarges that the old agreement be tween the two bodies was nroof that organized baseball was a trust,: and tney Dase their demand fnr an in junction on that point Draft Is Favored. The sense' of opinion at the after noon gathering was that the draft snouia be restored. Several mem bers on the minor league committee declared, however, that there mus be certain reservations made. The minor leaguers' also declared for ap pointment or an arbitration board consisting of two members from the majors and minors. -In casa thl board could not agree on a noint un der discussion it was declared that a third party outside of baseball should be named to decide. The optional agreement also was discussed, , but everything was put over until tomorrow. John Heydler. president of the Nationals, and Aug ust Herrman, retiring chairman of tne national commission, presided the forenoon meeting. Committee Namefl by National. Albert Tearhey, president of the Three-I league, was informed by Mr. Herrman that the major leagues were not in the position to take of iiciai action and it was decided to appoint a,committee . from the Na tional ana American leagues to go into session in the afternoon with a committee from the minors. The Na tional league appoihted Mr. Heydler, Charles Ebbetts. Brooklyn; Barney Dreyfuss, Pittsburg. and August Herrman til Cincinnati. It was impossible to get in touch with President B. B. Johnson of the American league. However, the con ference in the afternoon was attended by Harry Grabiner, secretary of the Chicago White Sox, and William Rich ardson of the Washington club. The minor league committee was composed of J. Cal Ewing of the Pa cific Coast league, Albert R. Tearney of the Three-I, E. J. Hanlon of the B Western, J. D. Martin of the Southern, David Fultz, International; T. J. Hick ey, American association; J. W. Mor ris, Texas league, and J. H. Farrell, chairman of the National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs. - REFEREES HER BOHLEfl PULLMAN COACH THINKS QUIXT WAS ROBBED. HIS McLEAN'S CLAIM DISPROVED Films Show U. S. Skater Got Cor rect Signal at Turn. CHRISTIANIA, Feb. 12. F I 1 m s taken of the 10,000-meter ice skating race on Sunday between Oscar Ma thiesen of Christiania and Robert McLean of Chicago show that tne flagman at the curve where McLean took the inner instead of. the outer track gave the American skater tne proper signal. It Is therefore held ere that McLean s claim that an in correct signal given by an official C the curve was the cause of his mistake in, taking the Wrong course is untenable. - . . McLean announced ori Sunday that if the moving pictures of the event showed blame for the mistake did not rest with him he would challenge for another 10,000-meter race. Spokane Gets Players. SPOKANE. Wash., Feb. 12. A deal whereby the signed , contracts of Spud" Murphy, first baseman; Earl Gatewood, outfielder, and Denny Walsh, lnfielder, have been turned over by Robert Brown, of the Van couver club of the Pacific Interna tional baseball league, to the Spokane club, was closed by Cliff Blankenship. manager of the local club, it became nown today. All three men played Spokane city league teams last Cougar Team 'Working Hard Stage Comeback Scholastic Failure Bars Kotula. WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE, Pullman, Feb. 12 (Special.) Accord ing to advance notices given out to day by Athletic Director J. Fred Bohler, the two basketball clashes scheduled for next Thursday and Friday with the Whitman college quintet probably will not be played on account of influenza. Last night's game with Willam ette was fought out with no other spectators than the two rival coaches, the subs, and the janitor because of the influenza ban.. Despite the possible cancelling of the duo of -contests the team con tinues practicing daily and It is pre paring for a comeback against the Oregon and Oregon Aggie fives, as well as against the Golden Hears when the California team arrives here later in the season for return games. It Is not often that "Doc" Bohler emits a wail over the refereelng his teams are subject to on roreign courts, but this time he rises to re mark that throughout the series of frames in the recent Invasion of Cal ifornia and Oregon his team was the victim of . some - pilfering that ap proached highway -robbery It was learned today tnat ivotuia. e-aard substitute on the recent south ern trip, is now ineligible to partici- nate further in coming conierence clashes. Kotula, who was a star base- hall Dlaver. as well as being a mem ber of the football squad, suffered a ental relapse in the recent mid-year examinations. Pulling the other oar In the same boat with Kotula is the sensational freshman "Vlv" 1'lgg or Sedro-Woolley. who was a certainty for the center Job on Bohler's five. This lad also failed to make the scholastic grade. . . and with our .Army Doctors cA fact: At the Medical Officers Train ing Camp, Fort Riley, Kansas, last year, the largest-selling ciga ' rette among these thousands of doctors and surgeons from all parts of the United States was . Fatima. FATIMA A Sensible Cigarette "Just enough Turkish 20 for 25 cents VI. ... 29 . .. 26 ... 24 2 19 ... 15 race I.. 1 1H 21 23 2fl 30 for rn. .64 4 .578 .B.T.I .4X9 .4 .8.13 the (over 80 ning the second by 28 and the last by only 8 points. The present status for games won and lost in the prize contest la ioiiows: r Team Py Products Produce Plant .Sales Shipping Accounting The standing in me ether prizes, follows: Highest individual average games), Merrick, 170. Highest Individual score (single fame), Evans, 257. .. Hjgheftt three-game score unaivia- uali. Evans, 628. Highest team score (three games). Plant. 2.120. Highest team score (single game). Plant, 941. Lowest Individual score (single game). Webster, 62. Lowest individual average lover su games), Hesse, 127. The following list oi inaiviauoi av erages is arranged oy teams ana shows present average of each active bowler in the league: Accounting. By Froditrta. No. No. Name Games. Ave. Name uames. Ave Cronan Darnall .... 3 Layton 33 Parr 30 Rae 42 Mweeney . . 3 Wester 22 Plant. Burns 35 Claussen ... SO Evans ..... 45 Greenwell .. 45 Hend ksen . 4o Kelly 23 Pales. Ch'n'n.H.H. .21 Ch'p'n., H.B. 21 Ch p n., M.w. 33 Eidriage ... ao KeeJer SO Pitts 42 Thomas .... 40 Whlttaker . 9 140 Baker. R 164! Merrick .... 81) 132!Clapp 24 151Peteron .... 42 154 Thorne ..... 45 1251 Produce. H4I Black 33 142 Bonney 45 16fl! Hessey 45 3D!Krause 45 154 ilorgan 39 1191 8htpp1ng. 142 176 1411 145 138 11 148 12. 161 164 lMCameron 133 131 128 152 143 147 141 Ketchum Murdock Todd XoUng .. . 4.1 43 30 42 l.'lfl 133 144 167 141 Next Friday night the 13lh schedule will be us fellows: Sales vs. Account ing, Shipping vs. By-Products and Plant vs. Produce. STUART M GET TRI! ASTORIA OUTFIELDER OOST El) TO JUDGE McCRI'DIK. Beaver Bos Hear llu-ky l.ad Does Well In Garden and Wields Handy Hickory. TO ' ASKETERS OBTAIN COACH FOR REST OF SEASON. Dave Sclineitlerman Takes Hold o' Champion Hoopers New Talent Adds Strength. er The South Parkway basketball team will he reoreanlzed and whipped Into shane for a whirlwind finish of the season by Dave sennemerman, ho has coached the team to two championships In the last two years. At a meeting of the team last nignt the nlavers voted to have Schneider- man handle tne team ior tne rent the season. They have been without coach up till the present time, side from the Instruction Manager Sam Tessler and Captain Harry Haf- r have been able to give. Schneld man Immediately got busy and se- ured the services of Arbuck, who has een with the team for the past two seasons to play witn tne r-amway team tor the rest of the present sea- Arbuck will take the place of Goldstone and when Rogoway gets on his feet again the team will be practically as strong as it was last season. In a closely-contested game yester day the Nob Hill basketball team de feated company H of the Oregon na tional guard, on the former's floor, by the score of 16 to 12. WILLAMETTE HOOPERS HAVE GOOD LUCK ABROAD. Sam Stuart, a husky young out fielder who played at Astoria tart summer, may be taken to the Port land baseball training camp neat month. Stuart Is the lad who telr. graphed Judge McCredle, collnct, from Cottage Grove several days ago and thereby brought down upon lumsi-lf the ire of his judgeship. However, the judge sat down and wrote him a let ter, asking for particulars, and Stuart's reply came In a day or two ago. Yesterday the judge Investigated his claims and got a couple of excel lent testimonials for the young gar dener one from Fred I.lbke, Astoria southpaw. I.lbke says Stuart Is a big fellow, weighing 195 pounds and a right-hand hitter. "He can field as well as any of the Coast league outfielders," said I.lbke. "I don't know about his hitting. Be hit eight or nine home runs and a brace of triplets in our games lai-t summer and didn't seem to bo weak against Rube Evans or Herman Plllett." e Judge McCredle has decided not to bring George Heir, St. Tnul rook southpaw, out to the Ontario, (.'a!., training camp. The rest of the lyro left-handers will be given an oppor tunity to make good. see Biff Schallrr Is figuring on a ban ner season with the Beavers this year. He telegraphed Judge McCredle yes terday that a trip to Boyes springs: would put him on edge for the com ing stretch for the pennant race. The judge has no objections to Hchnller boiling out at Boyes springs for a couple of weeks, but will go more fully Into the proposition before he gives Biff any encouragement. , STECIIER THROWS W. 7.RYi7.KO Champion Wins With Body Sclseors After Breaking Toe Hold. BOSTON. Feb. 12. Joe Pteoher. world's heavyweight catch-ss.catih-can wrestling champion, sucressf ully defended his title here tonight by de feating Wladek Zbysiko. whom he downed in 1 hour 32 minutes and 30 seconds. Tho fnll was made by a full bodp sc-Usors end a wrlstloi k. Stccher while reeling under Zbysz ko's attack secured the hold that re sulted In the fall. For five minute before he had been held In a toe hold, after he had gripped Zbysnko for an equal leng'.h of time with the head- lock Movies Taken of Mulch. Motion pictures of the recent Klech- er-Caddock wrestling bout wilt soon be shown throughout America. Tea thousand feet of film was used In taking the picture and seven molton plcture machine were operated while the men were on the mat. 1 he match lasted two hour and five minute. Stecher winning In that time with a scissor and wrist lock. The better part of the film will be used, showing the falls and the most active parts of the match. Washington State, Spokane, Kltz- vllle Legion Teams Fall Bi fore Touring Basketers. Gowdy Signs Contract. COLUMBUS, O., Feb. 12. Catcher "Hank" Gowdy of the Boston Braves, hero of the world's series in 1914, and the first major league ballplayer to enlist in the world war, today reached an agreement on salary with the Bos ton club, Gowdy announced tonight. He had been a 'holdout." On the Alleys. WATCH out for the Plant team! ' They surely broke some league records Friday night, rolling up the highest team score for the series, 941. It was in this game that Evan scored 257. which topped the previous individual high score by a good mar-' gin, and his three-game score of 628 is. highest to date. Accounting were short two good bowlers. Rea and Parr, whose aver ages were taken, less the arbitrary 15 jlns. A change in the personnel of the Accounting team gave Swee ney a chance. He averaged 171 for the three games and each game showed a good gain over the pre ceeding one. . The narrowest margins of the eve ning were .between the By-ProductB and Sales. Sales were but four pins ahead in the first, By-Products win. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Sa lem. Or., Feb. 12. (Special.) The Wil lamette University basketball squad returned to Salem today, after scoring an even break In their six-game se ries with Washington and Idaho teams. Two hard contests were dropped to Whitman, 82-16 and 29-21. The Bear cats won from Ritzville American Legion, 45-15, and Spokane University, 37-22, losing next to the University of Idaho. 42-21. Tuesday they beat (.Washington State, 27-22. Gillette, the little forward, was nign scorer for the trip with 45 point, while Jackson, Wapato and McKltt rlck followed closely behind. Captain Wapato was called to Wenatchee, Wash., by his mother' Illness and may not be on hand for the remain ing games of the season. The tentative game scheduled with the Spokane Amateur Athletic club for tomorrow night has been called off. Coach Mathews announced thl afternoon, so the Bearcat Ave will have a few days' rest before the non conference clash with Pacific univer sity Tuesday Niehoff Would Play on Coast. Bert Niehoff, who signed a one-year contract with the Angels and auto matically became a free agent at the close of last season, has a number of i offers to play with eastern clubs. He would rather remain here and it is .believed a coast club will grab him. Jepson K. O.'f William. CHEHAL1S, Wash.. Feb. It (Spe cial. ) -Jepaon, Alaska champion wrestler, who has been making thl city his home for some time pant, added a new scalp to his belt last evening when he knocked out Us op ponent. William of Onalaaka, In th fourth round of what had been sched uled to be a six-round go. An effort will now be made to secure a match at Chehalla between Jepaon and Ju Bonds, well-known Tacoma boxer. ' Millers Get lnfielder. CHICAGO, Fb. 12. William Roach, lnfielder of the Columbus American association club, today was sold to the Minneapolis club of tha earn league. Rube Vlcker. formerly a ma jor league pitcher, signed a contract today to mnnage the Kalamaaoo club. Steelhead Fishing! The big rain has brought in s run of our favorite steelheads, also some fine big salmon trout. The season is open for both of these winter fish -and we-have the right sort of good tackle. Backus SWorria SrLMOJRRlSOX, NEAR FOUKTJj