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THE MORNING OKEGOXIAY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1920
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EAVERS NOW SURE
OF FIRST BASE
empsey Signs and May Be
Brought West.
EW BLUE STILL SULKS
ARBITER ROSTER COMPLETED
BY SIGNING OF PERLE CASEY
McCarthy Undertakes Method of Harmonizing Umpire Work by
Introducing New Method in Coast League.
loldout Slated for First Sack Is
Peered Because of Belief He
. :. Is Major League Caliber.
If Lew Blue decides not to sign his
lontract to play first base for tne
fortland Coast league club. Manager
KcCredle will not have to station a
I ater bucket or a bat bag on the
r.itial sack. Lee Dempsey, first base-
Ian on the Portland Northwest league
:ub a couple of seasons ago, sent in
signed contract yesterday and may
le brought west to do first base duty.
Of course, if Blue comes down oil
Is hlgh.hobby horse and accepts the
r0 per month rise offered him by
ne Judge. Dempsey may Be disposed
If to some class B organization.
Dempsey is wintering in the middle
lest. Last year he played in tne
three-Eye league or some similar
I ague in the central states.
Bins Is Sulky.
Blue Is said to be quite sulky be-
kuse Fortland did not sell him to a
naior league club last fall. The
liacks declare that no club offered
liem anything for Blue but Lew read
the newspapers that a New xora
. out wanted him and intended of-
-ring the McCredies the Woolworth
luilcling and a couple of mints. Thus
.s peeve.
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Speaking of finances, the Pacific
International league to the north of
seems to have raised plenty or
nonev to carry it along until the
Irtcn grass begins to, sere in mid-
himmer.
According to Stub Nelson, sports
Iditor of the Tacoma Ledger, who
islted Portland for the boxing bouts
iiesday night. Astoria is more than
loldine her own financially. The bugs
It Astoria are so stirred up over tne
rosoects of seeing some real class B
Iaseball that they have guaranteed
very visiting club a minimum of
Hi0 per week.
And further, the Astorlans are
landing more than the others' share
lr the railroad transportation.
Clubs Guarantee $1000.
All the transportation of the league
to be pooled except from Kalama
i Astoria and this stretch of travel
te Astorians have volunteered to
Itand themselves.
Each club has posted a guarantee
If 11000 and I2S0 of this amount is to
e set aside to assist any indigent
,ub that may need help. This will
ive the league a fund of $1500 to re-
heve temporary distress, besides a
linking fund of $4500 from the bal
ance of the forfeit money.
It is planned to open the season
liay & and close on Labor day. The
text meeting of the league heads will
held tomorrow at Tacoma. it de-
Ielops that Dave Hillyard has not
ten chosen to manage Seattle. Three
luen are candidates Gus Fisher, Mike
Lynch and Hillyard.
BY ROSCOE FAWCETT.
PERLE CASEY received a telegram
from President McCarthy of the
Pacific Coast league a day or two
ago offering him his old Job as umpire
and Perle's acceptance probably means
the retirement of Bill Guthrie. Mc
Carthy has been negotiating with
Guthrie for several weeks, but Guth
rie says some friends of his have of
fered him a business proposition and
the salary proffered by the league
Isn't enough to warrant turning it
down.
McCarthy's offer to Casey and his
acceptance completes the corps of
Coast league arbiters. The new league
executive started with thj idea of im
porting four new umpires to work
with four holdovers who are familiar
with players and co..i"tions around
the circuit and his plan now seems
to have been completed.
Major Leagaera Siga.
The four holdover umpires signed
are: Billy Phyle, a Coast league vet
eran; Jimmy Toman of Los Angeles,
a familiar figure in the league; Perle
Casey of Portland, one of the very
Dest In the circuit, and Mel Eason,
who worked in the Coast league last
season.
The new men: Ollie Anderson of the
American association; Ted McGrew
of the Virginia and Western leagues,
H. E. Holmes of the Western league
and William J. Byron, the singing
umpire, late of the National league.
Kason and Byron are both former
major league umpires.
The passu.g of Guthrie will be re
gretted by the fans becaus- Bill has
always done good work. He wintered
In ban Francisco.
Umpiring- la Important.
About three quarters of a league
president's troubles are caused by the
umpiring situation and it will be in
teresting to watch how McCarthy
makes out this year. He has shown
wisdom in bringing in some new men
because poor .umpiring was the chief
complaint against Allan T. Baum's
regime. And apparently ' e has se
lected men of experience.
Perhaps Bill Guthrie is striking for
rubber pop-bottles.
The United States Golf association
acted wisely in holding back its
championship dates until It received
definite word from abroad as to the
dates for the champ'onships . over
there. The dates selected National
open August 10, 11, 12, 13. Iverness
club, Toledo; National imateur, Sep
tember 6-11. Roslyn, R. I., and Na
tional women's October 4-9, Zlayfield
club, Cleveland fit in nicely with the
British dates. The British open be
gins June S and the amateur June 28.
The Western Oolf association, as'
aggressive " as ever, announced .its
datej some time ago. The week of
July 12-17 has been chosen for the
Western amateur at Memphis and the
week of August 23-28 for the women's
championship at Oak Park, Chicago.
If Dream Gome True!
Manager Esslck of the Vernon
champions says that several of the
players the scribes are wishing onto
him from New York are "dream play
era." At least it is nice to have pleas
ant dreams. It is mors pleasurable
to dream that Benny Kauff is one
of your ball club than to dr.a:- about
your income tax or the month's laun
dry bill. Walter McCredie has
"dreams" about cockerels, strawberry
patches and patent milking machines
and every now and then he throws a
dream about having a whole ball club,
Then Mack wakes up and with
shudder recalls that be has only half
of them signed.
DECIDE
Johnson and Welser starred for the
Gill team.
Guard and South Parkway
Quints Arrange Games.
FIRST CONTEST MARCH 4
Second Clash March lft Both
Teams Have Ontside Tossers to
Meet Saturday Xight-
Bally old England is one country
where the validity of a contract be
tween boxer and manager is rec
ognised and upheld. Joe Beckett re
cently chucked his manager, Bernard
Mortimer, and Mortimer immediately
instituted proceedings with the re
suit that his lordship "granted an in
junction In the terms of the motion.'
While not thoroughly schooled in In.
ternational law, we imagine this means
that Beckett will have to pungle up
50 per cent of all his earnings to
the managerial end of the firm or
eat bread and water behind the
trellised windows.
Fifty per cent of the earnings is a
large slice for the manager. Had
Beckett beaten Carpentier it would
have meant a nice snug fortune for
Mister Mortimer, but 'Beckett now
isn't worth much more than a wildcat
oil venture.
Maaaaring la Precarious,
Boxers in this country don't hesi
tate to throw their managers over
board at the slightest change In the
fistic barometer. Johnny Dundee
chucked his manager not long ago
after taking him out to Minneapolis.
-Most of the managers in this country
'cut" their fighters 26 per cent, let
ting the boxer take 75 per cent and
all the tin ears.
Being a boxing manager is softer
than being a cabinet officer, but al
most as precarious. There should be
adequate laws against canning either
boxing managers or cabinet officers
Just as they have' accepted their Jobs
and gotten the swivel chairs adjusted
to the right height, sitting down.
"Truck" Hannah is one of the
"dream" players the Los Angeles
writers are handing Bill Essick. Han
nah would help any Coast league ball
club. He can always be depended
upon to do some tall catching.
Tub Spencer declares he intends go
ing Into the Insurance business at
liexhurg, Idaho. Spencer tried to ma
neuver his sale to bacramento ana
lays he notified the Salt Lake man-
ixement that he would not play In
heattle or Portland.
Kaalrk Utn Carlisle.
Bill Kssick is still hoping to get J.
'arlisle Smith to fill Bobby Neusel's
lace at third base on tne vernons.
I'he Yanks are supposed to send him
third saiker.
Cal Ewlng says that Barney Drey
fus of the Pirates is flirting with bim
I realise he wants to get an option on
KVillic Kamm for next year. The
heals want an outfielder and another
'ttcher. Thev also want Kamm, who
Is holding out for $30 more per month
I ban Manager Graham is willing to
Lay him.
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Dennis Wilie can't understand why
Oakland let Sammy Bohne go to
Seattle. Del Howard doesn t like
btohne's personality and says he
racks at critical times, besides be
ing a disturbing element off the ball
tield. If this is true he ougnt to De
, t home on the Seattle club, wnicn
iias most of the dissatisfied players
uf the league.
Portland Traluer Dreams.
The new Portland baseball trainer
rsvs he is not a spiritualist but be
Laturally "dreams" tilings that come
n.M. One time about u years
igo be dreamed that a certain horse
I was going to win a big classic at
Ishcepsbead and it won against 30-J
1-jdds.
m 1910 dream is that Fortland win
nno-two in the pennant race this
lyear. thus winning the left spur for
ihe championship nignimare.
Thi rare gift of dreaming prob-
lably Is not so much due to association
lth spirits as to mooing siuu
I with Charley horse liniment.
OLYMPIC OOMMITTEE CHOSEN
Lieutenant Harry Hansen, chairman
for the event, promises a sensational
card, and it is whispered that Oscar
Carlson, the 145-pound sensation of
1916, will again don the mit.i. in
which case something extraordinary
can be looked for.
The Multnomah Amateur Athletic
club will send several wrestlers and
boxers. Refreshments are to be
served and admittance is free to club
members, their friends and all ex
service men.
SHOOT TO BE HELD SUNDAY
Choice of Athletes to llcpreseni
I". S. lo Be by Competition.
CHICAGO. Feb. 26. A committee to J
rect the selection of an Olympic
Everding Park to Be Scene of Third
.Merchandise Event.
The third merchandise shoot of the
season' will be held Sunday at the
Portland Gun club over the Everding
Park traps Five prizes will be up to
the lucky trapshoots and a big turn
out is expected.
H It. ("Hi") Everding. ex-presldent
of the Portland Gun club, and one of
the best-known scatter gun artists in
the country, who has been ill In Los
Angeles, is himself once again and
will be on hand Sunday to greet his
many friends.
Frank Troeh, world's champion
trapshooter and winne.- of the big
hoot held in San Francisco last week
under the auspices of the Olympic
club, will also shoot Sunday.
Brazil to Send Athletes.
RIO JANEIRO. Feb. 26. The Bra
zilian Sports Confederation and the
Olympic committee have resolved to
send a delegation of 60 athletes to the
Olympic games at Antwerp this sum
mer. They have opened a credit of
$90,000. holding that the sports will
benefit Brazil greatly.
Ruiuler Signs With Bees.
SALT LAKE. Feb. 26. William G.
(Bill) Rumler. Salt Lake outfielder,
and leading hitter in the coast league
in 1919. signed his 1930 contract to
day, it was announced tonight.
STANFORD AFTEfl COACH
CAKDIXALS PASS CP BEZDEK
AND GIL DOBIE.
Captain-elect of Eleven, Local Ath
lete, Is Optimistic While on
Visit With Parents.
"Pret" Holt, captain-elect of the
1920 Stanford university football team.
has been visiting his folks here the
last several days and also undergoing
treatment by a specialist for a broken
hip sustained during the last football
season.
"Pret," who first made his mark
in local athletic circles at Lincoln
high school, where he starred in foot
ball, baseball ard scccer. Is enthusi
astic over Stanford's chances on the
gridiron next season and looks for a
championship eleven. The. big effort
will be to try and trim California.
Holt refuses to say anything as to
what will be done towards selecting
a football coach next season, except
ing that one of the best men in the
United States will be on the Job.
He also stated that it would not be
either Gil Dobie or Hugo Bezdek and
that there had been no official effort
on the part of those in charge of ath
letics at Stanford to obtain either one
of these men. The athletic commit- j
tee is, however, in communication '
with a number of well-known foot
ball mentors, including Walter Camp,
Bob Folwell and others of their
caliber.
It is thought that a man favoring
the open style of play will be favored,
as the Cards will rely on this style of
attack next season.
Arrangements have been completed
whereby the Multnomah Guard bas
ketball team and the South Parkway
quintet will meet in a three-game
series for the city championship. Man
ager "SI" Slmonsen of the Guard toss
ers accepted the request of Sam Tess
ler, hho handles the business affairs
of the Pariway team, for a three
game series with the city title at
stake, last night, and the opening con
test will bt staged on March i at the
Y. M. O. A. The second game will be
played March 10 on the home floor of
the Parkway team at the B'nai B'rith
club and a third game if necessary
will be played on a floor yet to be de
cided upon.
Leon Fabre has been selected as the
referee. v
Games Sebeduled.
Both the Multnomah Guard and South
Parkway teams have contests sched
uled with out-of-town quintets for
Saturday night The Guards will go
to Newberg for a game with the
American Legion five of that city,
while Parkway will clash forAhe sec
ond time this season with the Che
mawa Indians on the latter's floor.
About 50 rooters will accompany the
Guard, while the Parkway club will
also be well represented by its boost
ers at Chemawa.
The coaches of both teams have
been working their men to the limit
this week in preparation for the out-
of-town games. Parkway is out to
even things up with the Chemawa
tossers, as they are the only team
that can boast of a victory over the
local team this season. The game was
played earlier in the season on the
Y. M. C. A. floor and, handicapped by
the loss of Morris Rogoway, the local
team was defeated by a close score.
Revenge Is Sought.
With Rogoway back in the lineup
and additional strength in the person
of Harry Aurback, a former Parkway
player, who will get in action for the
first time this season against Che
mawa, the Parkway boys are ready to
carry the fight to the Indians and
wipe out the only defeat marked up
against them this season.
In the Newberg quintet the Multno
mah Guard five will find one of the
strongest combinations that it has
gone up against this season. The
legion team has been cleaning ud on
all of the Willamette valley hoopers
and holds two victories over the fast
Dallas five. The latest achievement
of the Newberg boys was a recent
49-to-9 victory over the Oregon City
American Legion team.
Tom Gawley, physical director of
the Y. M. C. A., will referee the erame
at Newberg.
Invasion Is Planned.
The Seattle colored champions are
anxious to make an invasion of Port
land and, nave written- the Multnomah
Guard and South Parkway basket
ball teams for games here. The col
ored champs have not been defeated
in three years and are considered to
be one of the strongest basketball
combinations around Puget sound.
This season they already hold vic
tories over Ballard, Seattle Y. M. C. A.
and the leaders of the Seattle City
league.
RAX43E IXTEREST IS BIGGER
Work or Rifle Men at TJ. of W. As
sumes Major Proportions.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
Feb. 26. (Special.) Activities on the
rifle range are assuming major pro
portions on the list of university
sports. Albert Baker has been elect
ed captain of the rifle team, chosen
by all men who shot in the first in
tercollegiate match on February 14.
Baker has managed' the team and
acted as captain this year. He also
is shooting high score.
The team which qualified to shoot
In the next match is composed of Ba
ker, Hill, Davis, Styer, Schofield, Sin
ger, Selton, Morrison, Brokaw and
McKinley.
CLOUTS
TO ROPES
Mitchie and Carson Unable to
Fight Wednesday.
GRANT AFTER SCHUMAN
WILLAMETTE IS BESTED
IDAHO HOOPERS RTJ3T AWAY
WITH GAME, 50-23.
The Crescents and Acorns of the Y.
M. C A. will meet Saturday night on
the Y. M. C A. floor in the final game
of the Portland Basketball league.
Should the protest of the Multnomah
Guard league team versus Crescents
game be allowed the guards will
probably get a chance to meet the
Acorns for the championship of the
league. McMullen, the acorns' star
center, is sick and probably will not
get in the game Saturday night
against the Crescents.
The J. K. Gill quintet won, from the1
South Parkway second team Wednes
day night on the latter's floor by a
score of 19 to 17. The game was
played as a preliminary contest to the
South Parkway-Standifer game. In
the first half the losers were leading
11 to 6. Harry Lewis featured in the
Hunter Scores Nine Field Baskets
and 1 0 Free Throws Victors'
Defense Is Stonewall.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Salem,
Or, Feb. 26. (Special.) With their
lineup strengthened by "Squlnty"
Hunter, the University of Idaho hoop
ers won an easy victory over Wil
lamette tonight, 50 to 23. Hunter alone
scored nine field baskets and con
verted ten free throws out of 12 tries.
Wapato, the dusky Bearcat captain,
again starred for the losers, playing
a good offensive game and scoring
seven field baskets. -
The Gem staters began slipping in
baskets early in the first half, and
ended the period- with a 28-9 lead. The
game was slowed up somewhat witn
constant fouling, and the Bearcats didj
not break into the fight so bard as in
Tuesday's game.
The Idaho guards presented a stone
wall defense, and Wapato alone for
the losers was in shooting form. His
pretty shots brought the crowd to
their feet saveral times Although
Rarey and Dimick played a stiff game
for the losers, Campbell and Hunter
had no trouble in annexing shots from
beyond the foul circle constantly. To
night's game was the last for Wil
lamette on the conference schedule,
but three more contests have been ar
ranged to finish the season. '
The lineup:
Willamette (23)
Wapato (14) F...
McKlttrick (3) ... .F. ..
Jackson (2) C. ..
Rarey O...
Dimick G Cosier
Gillette (4) 8 (2) Fox
Fisher S
Referee: Hargiss, O. A. C.
PARKWAY DEFEATS STAXDII ER
Quintet From Vancouver Loses by
21-to-19 Score.
The Standifer five of Vancouver
went down to defeat before the fast
South Parkway quintet Wednesday
night by the score of 21 to 19. The
first half ended with the score 11 to 7
in favor or the shipbuilders. In this
period the visiting team showed up
to advantage and the session was
featured by some good basket shoot
ing by Shandling and his teammates.
The Parkway boys came to life in
the second period and ran the ship
builders off their feet by speedy
passing and clever shooting.
The South Parkway team will leave
for Chemawa Saturday for a return
game with the Chemawa Indians. The
lineup:
I (19) Standirer.
.F ) Palmer
.F (2) Adalus
.C t2 Servics
.G (2) Block
O (11) Shandling
Weldon Wing May Meet Archie Stoy
at Aberdeen Soon if Doctors
Say All Is Well.
Idaho (50)
..(14) Campbell
....(28) Hunter
(4) Perrlne
(2) Carder
Parkway (21)
Roeoway (13)
Dubiniky (2) -. .
Aurback (2)-..
Hafter (4)
Unkeles
GOLF CONTEST OX TOMORROW
Rotarians Will Drive Off In Annual
Championships.
Tomorrow at 1 o'clock the golfers
of the Rotary club will drive off in
the annual club championships to be
held on the municipal links.
Twenty-four players are entered
and there will be three flights of
eight each, in addition to a beaten
four in the championship flight. The
low gross qualifier gets a barrel of
flour and the low net an- accident
policy for $1000. The highest gross
gets a 1000-pound pass to the coast
league ball games.
Sacramento Gets Fred Mollwitz.
SACRAMENTO, CaL. Feb. 26. Will-
iam (Bill) Rodgers, manager of the
Sacramento club of the Pacific Coast
baseball league, announced today he
had purchased Fred Mollwitz. first
baseman, from the St. Louis club of
playing of the Parkway team, while the National league.
THOSE AWFULLY LONG MOMENTS.
Idt
.am to reorecent America In Belgium
I km been chosen by. the Amateur Am-
letir I'nlon. according to Colonel John
V. Ollnnin. president ot the central ae-
partment.
Selection of athletes to mane tne
trip to Belgium is to be entirely by
competition. The final tryouts of the
middle west will be held the last
week of June and the first week in
Jul v.
Winners of the preliminary contests
will go east to compete with winners
I of meets there and from these and
men selected in Pacific coast tryouts
will be chosen the three men for each
of the Olympic events.
HVXT TO QUIT POST MARCH 1
I Coach of University of Washington
to Return to Alma Mater.
SEATTLE, Feb. 2. Claude J.
"Jump" Hunt. University of Wash
ington athletic coach, will leave his
poat March 1. it was announced here
today.
Hunt recently resigned to return to
his former position as director of
athletics at Carlton college. North
field. Minn.
VETS SPONSORS FOR SMOKER
Sensational Event Promised by
Company C, 16Sd Infantry.
C company Vets. 1(2 United States
infantry, a unit of the Multnomah
ruard elub. are sponsors for tha club's
third monthly smoker to be staged In
the club's rooms. Chamber of Com
merce auiialag, Tuesday. March 2.
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BT RICHARD R. SHARP.
Old man Influenza scored two one-
round knockouts yesterday, and while
he was at it came near knocking the
banner card slated for next Wednes
day night at the Heilig theater under
the auspices of the Portland boxing
commission for a goal.
Pete Mitchie, the aggressive Port
land lightweight, who was scheduled
to tangle ten rounds with Puggy Mor
ton of Los Angeles, and Kid Carson,
a Brooklyn welterweight, slated to
meet Fred Gilbert were both reportea
down with influenza yeserday, and
will be unable to go through with
their bouts. Mitchie is in the hospital
while Carson is in bed at home.
Matchmaker Jack Grant hid out all
afternoon, but when reached late last
night found time to state that he bad
not yet signed anyone to take the two
boys' places
Morton's opponent may be Harry
Schuman, Billy Nelson or Herb Tay
lor of Seattle, while Stanley Willis.
Jimmy Storey and Scotty Williams
are being considered as men to take
Carson's place against Fred Gilbert.
If Grant could land Schuman to
meet Morton he would register a ten
strike, as the fans are anxious to get
a real line on the promising Salt Lake
boxer now in Tacoma. If Schuman
polished off Morton, a match between
he and the winner of the Benjamin
Anderson ten-round main event
would be a logical attraction. .
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Weldon Wing has signed to meet
Archie Stoy in Aberdeen the first of
next month. Stoy has been on the
sick list, but if he is fully recovered
will take on the fast-traveling Wel
don. In case the doctors do not give
Archie the word that It Is "O. K." for
him to commence training, Stanley
Willis will meet Herb Taylor of Se
attle in the main event.
Johnny Dundee and Willie Jackson
will likely go eight rounds in Newark,
N. J., March 6, according to the latest
news from the east. It will be re
membered that Jackson was the boy
who put Johnny down for the count
in one round several years ago, there
by breaking into the top-notch class.
As the result of the trick. Jackson's
services rose in great demand and he
has made thousands of dollars on just
that one punch. Since that time Dun
dee has met and defeated him in a
slashing ten-round go.
Johnny Kilbane is still feather
weight champion of the world.- but
the opinion of every close follower
of the game in the country is that
the first time a first-rate mixer gets
Johnny in a bout of 12 rounds' dis
tance a new champion will grace the
horizon. Of course, Kilbane might
fool them all, as he has done that lit
tle thing in the past.
A second-rater will knock him all
over the ring in a six-round bout one
week, and next week the promoters
will fall for a big championship fra
cas, with Johnny meeting one of the
best of them, and he proceeds to sail
in and once more etstablish his su
periority beyond a shadow of doubt.
Kilbane cannot be keeping this up
forever, as good as he might be. and
his last few starts have been poor.
Arrow
POT T AT? S
JmmtJL. Ak K
Cturrr. Pbabodt & Co, Ino, Maeem, Tkoy, N. Y. Ki
thaler is pulling the stroke oar in the
varsity shell. Skin" Wallace and
Wart Wilson, veteran coxswains ot
pre-war days, are righting it out for
the tiller seat berth.
A set of American manufactured
oars are beiug used by the Sun Dodger
oarsmen and are proving satisfactory
for practice, according to Coacn
Leader. The English oars will be
used in the races, however, as In the
past Two sets are now on their way
from overseas.
POLO PLAYERS GATHERING
Fourteenth Annual Tournament to
Be Held at Coronado Beach.
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 2. Polo players
from all parts of the country are ex
pected to arrive at Coronado the next
few days to prepare for play in the
14th annual polo tournament at the
Coronado Country club, March 1 to
April 1.
The Vancouver. Canadians, uver-
seas, Coronr.do and Chapman's riders
from Boise, Idaho, are already at
Coronado and are ready for the open
ing play.
Noted mallet swingers, including
Thomas Le Boutlllier and John Stahl
of New York, Colonel S. Talte of Lon
don; Hugh Drury of Del Monte;
Carleton F. Burke, Reggie Weiss of
Pasadena, T. B. Jenkinson and Brigadier-General
A. C. Critchley of Can
ada, and Major Colin. G. Ross of
Coronado, will participate.
KAMM SIGNS WITH SEALS
Infielder Reported Fastest In
League Last Season, '
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 26. Willie
Kamm, third baseman for the San
Francisco club of the Pacific coast
baseball league, today signed a con
tract for the 1920 season, according to
Charles Graham, manager.
Kamm, considered one of the fastest
infielders in the league last season,
recently was reported to have decided
to play in a San Joaquin valley league
this year at a salary of JU'lH) a month
for Sunday gamt-s only.
Grci.am raid today that his team
was virtually complete now, all but
one of his regulars having affixed
their signatures to 1920 contracts.
Marty Cutler, the Chicago heavy
weight, who came to Portland as Cap
tain Bob Roper s trainer, and
mained over after Roper's bout with
Boy McCormick in hopes of landing a
match, left last night for Chicago.
Cutler was first matched to met
Dick O'Brien In a six-round bout here,
but O'Brien was knocked out in San
Francisco and the match was can
celled.
Cutler was to have fought Frank
Farmer in Seattle March 3. but that
also fell through, so he decided to re
turn home.
Sailor Ed Petroskey surprised the
fight fans in San Francisco the other
day by his strong ten-round fight
against Boy McCormick. Petroskey
was beaten, but, according to reports
of their ten-round contest at Mare
Island, Cal., Ed was up and coming
every minute, and knocked Boy down
in the second round.
WRESTLING MATCH POSTPONED
V. of W. and Pullman to Meet
Some Time in March.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
Seattle. Feb. 26. (Special.) Post
ponement of the date of the wres
tling tournament with Washington
State college, scheduled for Thurs
day, boosts Washington's chance of a
victory. Captain Hal Johnson of the
varsdty grapplers Is temporarily off
the mat on account of an injured
foot. Johnson wrestles in the 146-
pound class and is a veteran tutored
in his earlier stages by Jimmy Ar
buthnot, former Sun Dodger mat
coach, now at O. A. C.
The date of the meet with th,
farmers has been set for soma time
in March.
DOBIE WILL LEAVE NAVT
Cornell Gets Coach of Sailors Who
Declines Contract.
ANNAPOLIS. Md., Feb. 26. Reports
that Gilmour Dobie, for three years
coach of the naval academy football
team, would leave the naval academy
for Cornell .were confirmed tonight.
Dobie has been released by the ex
ecutive committee of the 'naval ath
letic association from his contract.
which still has a year to run. He has
signed to take charge of the team at
I Cornell for the next three years.
Dobie applied to be released and
was asked to name terms upon which
he would sign a three-year contract
at the naval academy. He declined.
SUN DODGER ROWERS OCT
Crew Practices Held With Eye on
Poughkeepsie Regatta.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
BOXING BOUT INTERESTS FANS
Cedarstrom and Meeker Matched to
Battle at Grants Pa.ss.
ROSEBURG, Or., Feb. 26. (Special.)
Sporting interest in southern Ore
eron is'centered In the coming boxaig
contest at Grants Pass March 11, when
Roy Cedarstrom of this city and Bat
tling Meeker of Portland meet in a
ten-round bout. Cedarstrom wai
scheduled to meet Joe Brady of Port
land, but Brady canceled his engage
ment. Cedarstrom's fights practically isve
all been won by the knockout route.
Baird to Meet Shannon.
atora, has raised 11600 for Improve
ment of the baseball grounds, erect
ing a grandstand, purchase of on!
forms and other Incidental expenses
It is estimated $3000 will be nerea
eary to finance preliminary arrange
ments, and efforts art being made to
raise that sum. The first gams of
the season will be played early la
June.
Mount Angel Defeats Molalla,
MOLALLA, Or, Feb. 26 (Special.)
Molalla high school was defeated
by the fast Mount Angel college
basketball team Wednesday by the
score of 37 to 28. This was the fast
est game of the season for the Mo
lalla team. Ridings was high for
Molalla with IS points, and L. Rassier
for Mount Angel with 14 points.
Molalla high schools play tha Willam
ette Freshman team on the Willam
ette floor at Salem Friday evening.
Yokel Recovers World Title).
BOSTON, Feb. 2 Mlks ToVel re
covered here tonight the world's mid
dleweight wrestling title by defeating
Wulno Ketonen, two falls oat of three.
Ktonen won the first fall by a cradle
hold In 45 minutes 46 seconds. Yokel
won the second by a toe hold In 34
minutes 18 seconds, and the third by
a toe hold in 3 minutes.
Anderson Question Answered.
Sporting Editor The Oregonlan: Did
George Anderson, the well-known
basketball referee, ever attend Oregon
Agricultural college aa a student;
No.
WICS RIGHT" HGQVEfl
EX-ADMIXISTRITOR REPLIES
TO SOME COMMENTS.
Xot "Penrose's Kind of Republican
Nor Bryan's Kind of Demo
crat," Is Freely Admitted.
Seattle, Feb. 26. (Special.) With the
big regatta at Foughkeepsie as an In
centive this year, Washington's crew
men are working with a vim not
eaualed since the war. Coach Ed
I Leader, veteran of the purple and gold
crew which finished third at the 1914
Hudson river regatta, is training his
nroteaes with especial care, and re
port has it that hs will place empha
sis on long sprinting qualities, as
critics maintain that Washington
would have won the classic that year
if the final spurt had been made soon
i enough. Captain Tooey
TACOMA. Wash.. Feb. 26. (Spe
cial.) Earl Baird, Seattle 130-pound-er.
will box Eddie Shannon, claimant
of the coast lightweight crown, in the
six-round main event of the Eagles'
smoker next Thursday night. Match
maker George Shanklln waited until
after the Baird-Barone go in rort
ind Tuesday nlaht to see which man
to pick as'headliner on the Tacoma
card to Step witn snannon. ne mi
not announced the remainder of his
show as yet.
St. Louis Nationals Clean House.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Feb. 26. The St.
Louis Nationals tonight snnounced
the release of the following players
Tom Kelly, pitcher, to tne Houston
club of the Texas league; w iiuam
Brown and James Bottomly, to the
Joplin and Sioux City teams of the
Western league, respectively, ana
Fred Mollwltx, to the Sacramento club
of the Pacific Coast league. The lat-
ter three are first basemen.
Centralia to Play Eatonville.
CENTRALIA, Wash.. Feb. 26. (Spe-
lul Saturday night the Centralia
and Eatonville high school basketball
teams will clash on tne local iioor.
Interest is added to the same by the
fact that C. W. Whits, coach of the
viitlnr five, was formerly principal
of the Centralia high school. Tomor.
row night the locsl high school team
plays Olympia at Olympla.
The Dalles Plans Baseball Team.
THE DALLES. Or., Feb. 26. (Spe-
-l.l The Dalles Amateur Athletic
club Is planning to place a baseball
team in the neia to compete wiin
other nines of this state and Wash
ington. The club, which is but a few
weeks old, will wage a membership
campaign.
Mitchell Defeats Australian.
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Feb. 26. Richie
Mitchell, Milwaukee, tonight scored a
technical knockout over Lew Ed
wards, lightweight champion of Aus
tralia, at the start of the seventh ses
sion of a ten-round, no-declslon con
test. Mitchell floored the Australian
for a nine-count In the second and
sixth rounds and tipped him over for
a count of two in the third.
College Athletes Entered.
NEW YORK, Feb. 26. Nearly a
score of colleges and universities will
enter athletes in the Amateur Ath
letic Union national indoor track and
field championships here March 13.
University of Pennsylvania has mads
the greatest number of entries.
Holland Enters Challenge.
LONDON, Feb. 26. Holland has en
tered a challenge for the Davis lawn
tennis cup held by Australasia, It was
announced by the Lawn Tennis as
sociation. Salem Ball Fund Raised.
SALEM. Or.. Feb. 26. (Special.)
Brandon-. Biddio Bishop, manager of tha Sen-
NEW YORK, Feb. 26 (Special.)
Though busy preparing a technical
engineering speech he will deliver In
day or two. Herbert Hoover con-
sented today to comment on thA recent
utterances by Senator Boles Penrose
and W. J. Bryan regarding himself.
We are making decided progress
toward the determination of the alti
tude of the great political parties on
the solution of the great business and
social issues of the next election," he
said.
"For instance. Mr. Penrose has de
clared that I am not his kind of a
republican. Mr. Bryan hue doclared I
am not his kind of a democrat. Mr.
Hearst has declared I have not his
variety of patriotism. I at ones agree
with these gentlemen.
' "Having now disposed of this mo
mentous matter, l-t us get on with
the lsHties our methods of taxation,
for instance."
A poll was recently taken among
republican college . residents of their
views as to who should be the repub
lican candidate for president. The
two leaders In the re.iult were Hoover
and- Wood, the latter with 49 votes,
while Hoover hid 42. Next In order
and close together were iowden and
Harling, with about a dosen votes
each.
Kxcliange Rate tons Million.
CHICAGO, Feb. 26. More than a
million-dollar loss, true to the foreign
exchange situation, was shown In the
annual report of the "Quaker Oats
company" made public todny. The
report covered the first year of re
adjustment from war to peace, and
the gross profits for 1919 were 13.735,
728. or a decrease of 1318.126 from the
fiirurs for the previous year.
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