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NEW YORK, April 14. Tanned and
hardened by six weeks of Intensive
training under southern suns the
baseball teams of the National and !
American leagues opened the 1920 sea
son this afternoon. The contests in
most places were conducted under
favorable conditions.
In the National league, Boston
played at' New York; Philadelphia at
Brooklyn; Chicago at Cinncinnati, and
Pittsburg at St. Louis, while the
American league games were as fol
lows: New York at Philadelphia,
Detroit at Chicago and St. Louis at
Cleveland.
Washington was scheduled at Bos
ton, but the game was postponed ow
ing to wet grounds.
Prosperous Season Predicted.
In each city special cermonies
marked the birth of another base
ball season and although . there were
bo novelties in sight, the fans wel
comed the parades, band concerts and
other formalities with the usual en
thusiasm as harbingers of a close
diamond season to come. That they
will not be disappointed Is the pre
diction of close followers of the na
tional game, for .according to these
baseball prophets, the big and little
leagues are facing the most prosper
ous and successful season In the his
tory of the sport.
In addition to the pennant races,
once the clubs reach their full play
ing strength, games are expected to
be closer and more exciting than has
been the case in some past seasons.
In both the National and . American
leagues every team manager has made
strenuous efforts to Improve the
strength of his club during the win
ter and some have apparently
achieved success.
Strength Changes Noticed.
While it will be close to June be
fore the true strength of the clubs
can be accurately guaged it is the
consensus of opinion among baseball
sharps that Cleveland, New York,
Philadelphia and Washington are all
stronger in the American league than
was the case a year ago, while De
troit, St. Louis and Chicago can be
expected to equal their 1919 form. The
Boston club is considered an uncer
tainty. In the National league Phila
delphia, Chicago and Brooklyn are
thought to be more powerful and bet
ter balanced than last year. New
York, Pittsburg and St. Louis appear
on a par with their initial strength
a year ago, while Boston and Cin
cinnati do not appear to ''nave Im
proved as perceptibly as other teams
In the senior league.
Clubs of the American association
also came into action today for the
start of the 19th annual pennant race.
Toledo appeared at Indianapolis
Minneapolis at Kansas City; St. Paul
at Milwaukee and Columbus at Louis
ville.
WHITE SOX WIN IN 11TH
HE ILMA ST X'S HOMER
SCORE IX XIXTH.
TIES
Detroit Loses Opener When Weaver
and Collins Show Good
Form at Bat.
CHICAGO, April 14. Chicago de
feated Detroit, 3 to 2, in an 11-inning
game, ushering in the American
league season here,
Williams good pitching, coupled
with Weaver's hitting and base-run
ning and E. Collins timely hitting,
won the game for Chicago. Hell
mann'8 home run had tied the' score
in the ninth inning. The score
w R. H. E.i R. H. E.
: iJtoetroit 2 4 2Chicago... 3 11
rr.-r'vS Batteries Dauss and Stanage, Ain-
smith; Williams and Schalk.
Cleveland 5, St. Louis 0.
CLEVELAND, 0 April 14 Cleve
land opened its season by beating St
Louis, 5 to 0, before one of the largest
opening-day crowds in the history of
Cleveland baseball. Coveleskie. held
St. Louis to five hits and struck out
seven men. Cleveland hit Sothoron
hard, bunching its hits in the second
inning, when it scored four runs. The
score:
R. H. E. R. H. E.
St. Louis. 0 5 .Cleveland.. 5 13 0
Batteries Sothoron and Severeld;
Coveleskie and O'Neill.
Philadelphia 3, Xew York 1.
PHILADELPHIA, April 14. Ruth's
muff of Dugan's long liner allowed
two runs to score in the eighth here
today, giving Philadelphia a 3-to-l
victory over New York in the opening
" game of the season. Home runs by
Pipp and Perkins scored two early
tallies. Perry and Shawkey were in
fine form. The score:
R. H. E. R. H.E.
New York 1 7 lPhila'lphia 3 7 1
Batteries Shawkey and Ruel; Perry
and Perkins.
HATCHERY TO BE ENLARGED
Dam Planned for Fmpqua Plant to
Increase .Number of Ponds.
ROSEBURG, Or., April' 14. (Spe
cial.) The capacity of the North
Umpqua fish hatchery is to be doubled
by improvements to be made by the
fish and game commission, which has
authorized the expenditure of $7000
this year and a sufficient amount
next season to complete the work.
The total estimate is in the neigh
borhood of $15,000.
The construction of a dam 12 feet
in height and about 500 feet in length
will more than double the capacity
and will permit a thorough restock
ing of the streams. The Umpqua
river has been sadly depleted the past
tew years.-
J;,; EASTERN SWIMMERS BILLED
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l' Coast to Send Stars
J SAN FRANCISCO. April 14. Swim-
, mers from the Illinois Athletic club
, and from organizations in other parts
,.' , of the United States will be seen in
action nere the latter part of this
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championship and the national 400
yard relay championship are held.
The polo series will be held irom
April 26 .0 May 1, the entries clos
ing April 20. The relay race will be
staged April 28.
The leading Pacific coast polo en
try will be the Olympic club, San
Francisco, team. This team, two mem
bers of which had each lost a leg, won
the coast title recently. In the na
tional championship the following
will swim for the Olympics: S. Good
man, P. Steiger. J. I'. Rasleure, E.
Smith, G. Bend, O. Shultz, Frank Shaw
and Jim Carson.
The Illinois Athletic club will enter
teams in both the polo tournament
and the relay race, it was announced
here.
ALEXANDER WOBBLY, BUT HIS
STICK SCORES THREE.
Reds Cinch Victory In Seventh and
Reuther Holds Cubs In Check
Throughout.
CINCINNATI. O., April 14. The
world's champions opened th ir sea
son here today by defeating the Chi
cago Cubs, 7 to 3.
Alexander was hit freely and was
unsteady, but his batting was re
sponsible for three of Chicago s runs. ;
Ruether held the visitors well in 1
check except in two Innings. j
The Reds clinched the victory in
the seventh by scoring three runs on
a walk to Daubert and hits by Grob,
Duncan and Kopf. The score:
R. H. E.I R. H. E.
Chicago 3 8 0Cincinnati. . 7 12 0
Alexander and Killifer; Ruether and
Wingo.
Boston 6, Sew York 3.
NEW YORK, April 14. Boston
easily defeaTed the New York Na
tionals in the opening game today,
6 to 3. Boston drove Barnes out of
the box in 'the second inning and
scored five runs. It was the first
time Boston had defeated Barnes since
he was traded by that clu-b to New
York two years ago.
Eayrs, a recruit left-handed pitcher
of the Boston club, made a good
showing, but was relieved in the
ninth. The score:
R.H.E-1 R.H.E.
Boston.... 6 8 0 New York.. 3. 9 1
Batteries Eayrs. McQuillan and
O'Neill; Barnes, Hubbell, Winters,
Ryan and Gonzales.
Brooklyn 9, Philadelphia 2.
BROOKLYN, April 14. The Brook
lyns made practically all of their hits
off Rixey count today and defeated
Philadelphia in the opening game,
9 to 2. The batting of Wheat and
Konetchy was timely. Myers, al
though credited with only one hit, a
three-bagger, scored three runs, due
to twice forcing out runners. Cadore
held the Phillies to four hits until
the ninth. The. score:
R. H. E. R. H. E.
Philadelphia 2 8 3Brooklyn.. 9 9 3
Batteries Rixey and M. Wheat; Ca
dore and Kreuger.
Pittsburg 5, St. 'Louis 4.
ST. LOUIS, April 14. Pittsbure de
feated St. Louis, S to 4, in ten innings
in the opening game of the season to
day. Nicholson's infield hit with .the
bases full scoring the winning run.
Doak was forced to leave the box in
the third on account of illness and
the pitchers who succeeded him were
ineffective. The score:
R. H. E.I R. H. E.
Pittsburg ..5 7 2St. Louis ...4 11 5
Batteries Adams, Hamilton and
Clark; Doak, Tuero, May, Haines,
Goodwin and Clemens.
Baseball Summary.
National league Standings.
W. L. Pet. I W. X,. Pet.
Plttsburc. 1 OlOOOISt. Louis... 0 1.000
Cincinnati. 1 O 10IK Chicago. .. . O 1.000
Boston 1 0 lOOOINew York.. O 1 .000
Brooklyn... 1 0 1000i Ph'delphia. 0 1 .000
American League Standings.
W. L. Pet. I W. L. Pet.
Chicago.... 1 0 10K!st. Louis... 0 1 .000
Cleveland.. 1 O.uonlNew York.. 0 1 .000
Ph rtelnhia. ' " Washington 0 0.000
Detroit 0 1 .000) :oston 0 0 . 000
How v.ie oeries Stands.
At Sacramento no game. Portland
game; at Salt Lake 1 game. Seattle no
game: at L01 Angeles 1 game. Vernon 1
game: at San Francisco 1 game. Oakland
Whrre the Teams Play This Week.
Portland at Sacramento. 8eattle at Salt
Lake, Los ngele at Vernon, San Fran
cisco at Oakland.
Where the Trams Play Next Week.
Los Angeles at Portland. San Francisco
at Seattle Salt Lake versus Oakland at
Kan Francisco. Sacramento versus Vernon
at Los Angelea
Beaver Batting Averages,
Ah. H. Av.l Ab. H. Av.
T.-...V.1.!- 15 8 .53SiSchaIler. . .. 25 6 .240
A...X. i- 4 ..-0 SDraneer. .. 20 4 .200
Juney.7. ' 2 1 .oOOiBlue 25 5 .200
Wisterxil 23 9 . 1 ' poison
Baker. . . . 8 3 .S75 Barnabe. . .
Cox ..I... 22 8 .364 S. Johnson
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s 0 .000
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CARPENTIER BEAT BECKETT
Hypnotism Is Explanation offered, but Not Accepted in Well-informed
Circles California Associations Split Over Stymie Rule in Golf.
BY ROSCOE FAWCETT.
0"
NE hears some wild and woozy
tales about this French boxing
champion, Georges Carpentier,
but the wildest and wooliest yarn
is that sprung by an English box
ing expert, explaining Carpentier's
summary defeat of Joe Beckett.
The Englishman didn't plagiarize on
Bob Edgren and say that somebody
put some bootleg or other brand of
poison in Beckett's soup. He was an
original bird. His alibi for Beckett
was that either Carpentier or his
manager, Descamps, hypnotized the
English champ.
There is no question but that Beck
ett was in a trance for a few mo
ments after Carpentier sunk him with
a punch. It might have been a trance
or hypnotic origin. And somebody
might strike a gold mine on Ross
island. And lots of other queer things
might be.
The hypnotic theory, however, be
longs in the same morgue with the
Edgren story that Jeffries was doped
at Reno.
When a New York writer asked
Descamps about his alleged hypnotic
eye the Frenchman laughed and put
forth this interesting explanation:
Sixteen years ago a little white-faced
boy crept into the gymnasium of the
"Professor of Lens." The professor
was an unusual, mysterious man with
shaggy eyebrows and piercing eyes.
He was a physical culturist and con-
urer. He even taught la boxe An-
glaise, then an unknown art in
France.
That was the beginning of the uart-
nership of Carpentier and Descamps.
At that time Descamps had few pu
pils and the francs were scarce. Every
Sunday morning the "professor" took
his pupil to a neighboring town
where handbills were posted announc
ing the following performance:
"he Acrobat Superb Juggler Mag
nificent La Boxe Anglaise The Man
of Mystery The Hypnotic Trance.
Professor Descamps and His Pupil
Georges."
The 'Professor" opened the show
with feats of jugglery, after which
Georges would do a few turns at
acrobacy. Then the two donned the
gloves in an exhibition of la boxe
Anglaise. As a grand finale Des
camps would hypnotize little Georges
and while in the trance Georges would
spiel off a lot of information about
local people, which "info" the two of
them had picked up during the day.
It is a safe bet, too, that Georges
didn't forget to pass the hat while
in his trance.
Thus did Carpentier start on the
road to fame. Hypnotize Beckett?
Yes; just like Fulton hypnotized Gun
boat Smith.
Benny Leonard, the lightweight
king, will make approximately $200
000 from his first experiment with
the motion pictures. Recently while
in southern California the writer
took a jaunt out to Hollywood and
went through several studios, includ
ing Universal city, where Leonard is
doing bis shadow boxing with' the
camera men. The inBide "dope" on
Leonard's contract bears out the in
"TINY" HERMAN SIGNED
ASTORIA HEAVYWEIGHT WILL
MEET JOE LAWSON.
Colored Battler Brought Here as
Sparring Mate by Fred Fulton
Scales About 185 Pounds.
"Tiny" Herman, Chet Mclntyre'8
budding Tacoma, or rather. Astoria
heavyweight, who formerly boxed un
der the name of Oscar Koch, has been
signed to meet "Mexican" Joe Lawson
of New York in the ten-round semi
windup of the Milwaukie Boxing
Commission card next Wednesday
night.
Johnny Noye. the aggressive St.
Paul lightweight, will meet Muff
Bronson of Portland in one of the
sixround special events, while Joe
"Kewpie" Gorman is down to tangle
with Frank Pete of Seattle in the
other six-round special event.
Fred Fulton, claimant of the heavy
weight: championship of the world,
will battle ten rounds against Jack
Thompson, the negro heavy of Tulsa.
Okla., in the main event.
The card will be rounded out by a
four-round curtain raiser between
KJd Meeker and Harry Krieger.
Joe Lawson is the colored battler
I whom Fred Fulton brought from New
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of fTierjC s - tie s Got
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has Dexter reuowJ
aisjd all press qkjys
formation given by Joe Benjamin
while here several weeks ago.
Leonard was given 125,000 for sign
ing the contract. 12 per cent of the
profits of the picture and a flat sal
ary of J1400 per week for 40 weeks.
Already the sales have amounted to
S500.000 and there seems every pros
pect of the total reaching 31,000.000.
Dempseygot 3100,000 for signing
his contract and a percentage of the
profits.
Fickle creatures aVe women. Less
than two weeks after George Shep
herd received an autographed picture
of Mary Pickford Bhe married Doug
las Fairbanks.
California seems to be split over the
stymie question in golf. The South
ern California Golf association paid
no attention to the stymie rule in its
recent tourney, but the game is to be
played according to Hoyle in the
northern California event, which
opens Friday. While we thoroughly
agree with those who think the
stymie rule ridiculous in its present
form. It is a question if sectional in
terpretation of international rules is
a good thing for any sport. The
Western Golf association tried a
fllnger at manufacturing a new
stymie rule without consulting the
u. 8. association and the attempt
fell flat. Revision of the golf rules
should be left to international com
mittees else we shall, have different
brands of golf in this country and
in Great Britain, and the added 'stim
ulus that comes from international
competition will be gone.
The northern California golf cham
pionships this year will bring together
two of the greatest young exponents
of. the game on the Pacific coast
Claire Griswold of Seattle. Pacific
northwest amateur champion, and
Sam Conlan Jr., city champion of
Can Francisco. Conlan is a member
of the Lincoln Park Municipal club
in San Francisco, and he won nearly
every tournament in which he was
entered in northern California last
year. After defeating Jack Neville
in the finals of the city champion
ships on the municipal links an in
vitation was extended him to com
pete in a special meet at the San
Francisco Golf and Country club.
Everybody winked and said: "Get him
off the municipal links and he's
through." But Conlan crossed the
wisacres by qualifying low in a field
of 240 entries. In the match rounds
he mowed down his opponents in one,
two, three order and won the compe
tition. Griswold also is a product of the
municipal links Jefferson Park. Se
attle. Both boys are only about 20
years old. .
"Deacon" Jones, Portland heaver,
says it will not be his fault if be
doea not have a good year; it will
be the opposing batsmen's fault.
In baseball there
home.
is no plate like
"Kindly tell me where does Sir
Oliver Lodge?" queries Facetious
Fan. Probably the same place that
ouUa boards.
York with him to act as his sparring
mate". Lawson will scale about 185
pounds and is a rugged, ready mixer.
He has met a number of good heavy
weights and his most recent flght
was against Al Riech in New Jersey.
Jack Thompson will not arrive from
Tulsa until Saturday. He will be ac
companied by bis manager and a
sparring partner.
Ad Garlock has a heavyweight pro
tege whom he will shortly start in
the local ring. Garlock's battler would
particularly like to take on Henry
Wilde, another local white hope, as
soon as he gets in shape.
GOLFERS TO MEET IN SOUTH
Northern CaHfornia Tournament
Will Be Followed by- Women.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 14. The
best amateur golfers of California as
well as several from other parts of
the Pacific coast are to be seen in
the Northern California Golf asso
ciation's, annual tournament, the
qualifying rounds of which are sched
uled for Friday and Saturday, April
16 and 17.
Claire Griswold, Seattle municipal
links player and champion of the
Pacific northwest, is among those in
vited to participate.
Jack Neville, California amateur
champion; Arthur Vincent, Robert Y.
Hayne, Dr. C. H. Walters, Crr'l Tobin,
Vincent Wh'.tney, Frank Garby, Sam
L. Colnan, Jr., Robert Hunter and
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That 3R- was
Arthur Vincent are some of the state
golfers who will compete.
The women's tournament will begin
April 19.
GIBBONS AFTER CARPENTIER
$40,000 Bait With $10,000 Side I
Bet Is Lure.
MINNEAPOLIS. April 14. Mike Col
lins, Minneapolis boxing promoter,
today offered Georges Carpentier,
French heavyweight, 340,000 to meet
Tommy Gibbons in this city some
time in June.
Gibbons has posted a certified check
of 310,000 as a forfeit, the money also
to be used as a side bet that the St.
Paul light-heavyweight can beat the
invader over the 10-round route.
STATE TO BUY
DECISION ALLOWS EXTENSION
OF PHEASANT BREEDING.
Louis E. Bean Says Thousands of
Birds Will Be Liberated When
All Farms Are Operating.
EUGENE. Or.. April 14. (Special.)
With a favorable decision of the
state supreme court, allowing the
state game and fish commission to
purchase the Reddish farm near this
city for a game farm, plans for iti
improvement and enlargement . will
now Se carried out, according to
Louis E. Bean, member of the state
legislature, who was largely renpon Bi
ble for the establishment of the farm
here.
Mr. Bean said yesterday that the
capacity of the pheasant pens will be
doubled in the near future and when
the Improvements are completed 4000
birds can be handled.
He said that it is the plan of the
commission hereafter to purchase at
least one new game farm each year
for four or five years. The money
comes from the game licenses and
only enough to buy one farm each
year is available from this source.
When the plans of the commission
are finally consummated, said Mr.
Bean, it is expected that 20,000 pheas
ants yearly will be liberated from
these farms, meaning a great in
crease in the number of wild game
birds in various parts of this state in
the future.
COAST CHAMPS TAKE GAME
Angels Outplayed by Vernon In Sec
ond of Series.
Pacific Coaat Leacue Standings.
W L.Pct. W I.Prt.-
Portland... 5 1 .8331 Sacramento. 8 4 .4'J!
Oakland... 6 2 .750; Seattle 3 4 .420
Vernon.... 5 4 .K.flSalt Lake... 2 4 .333
San Ffan.. 4 4 .6O0 Loa Angelea 2 7 .22
Yesterday's Results.
At Sacramento Portland, Sacramento,
no game, rain.
At salt jaJce Bait uxe, Seattle, no
game, rain.
At Los Angeles Vernon 5, Los Ange-
jes 2.
At San Francineo San Francisco, Oak.
imna, no game, rain.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. April 14.
Vernon defeated Los Angeles, 5 to 2,
in the eecond game of the series.
achieving the victory by outplaying
the Angels in every department. The
Tigers took the lead from the jump
when J. Mitchell doubled to right
and scored on Chadbourne's triple to
center and Edington singled to right.
scoring (jnadbourne.
The Angel pitchers could not hold
tne Tigers. The score:
Los Angele I
Vernoi
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BR H O A
KIHIfer.m 4 0 1
olJMItch'l.s 3 1
1 2
Ellts.l. ... 4 0 0 2
Griggs.l.. 4 1 2 IO
OiCh'db e.m 4 1
HHish.l 5 0
O Ed ng-t'n,r 4 0
llFlsher,2.. 4 2
3 2
0 2
1 0
Ci-wf'rd.r 3 111
Baaftler.c. 4 0 0
K.Cnd'1.2 3 0 1
Ntehoff.3. 3 0 0
Haney.s. . 8 0 0
Aldri'ge.p 10 0
Schultz.p. 0 0 0
Pertica.p. 0 0 0
Brown. p.. 10 0
Lapan... 10 0
O.Cr'nd'lt 10 0
3 3
4iBorton.l. 2 0 0 12
liSmtth.3. . 2 0
SIPulIlv'n.c. 3 1
OiWM'eh'l.p 4 0
Long.r.
Totals. .32 2 5 24 131
Totaia. .82 S 13 21 10
Batted for Haney In the ninth.
tBatte-d for Brown in the ninth.
Los Angelea 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Vernon 2 1 1 1 000 S
Home run. Fisher. Three-baae hit, Chad
bourne. wo-base hits. Fisher. K. Crandall.
J. Mitchell. Stolen baes. Fisher, Kietioff.
K. Crandall 2. Sacrifice hit, Borton.
Struck out, by Aldrldge 1. by W. Mitchell
2, by Brown 1. Bases on baits, off Schulti
1. off Brown 2. off W. Mitchell 5. off
Aldrldge 3. Runs responsible for, Aldrld-ge
3. Schulti 1. Brown 1. W. Mitchell 2. In
nings pitched, Schuitz 2-3. Aldridge 1 2-8.
Pert lea 2-3 Charge defeat to Aldridge.
Iouble plays, Haney to K. Crandall to
Griggs (2. K. Crandall to Haney to Griggs,
J. Mitchell to Fisher to Borton., Umpires,
Phyle and Anderson.
Trout Ready for Delivery.
CENTRALIA, Wash., April 14
(Special.) L. H. Darwin, state fish
commissioner, has notified the Lewis
county game commission that 250,000
silver trout fry, assigned to the coun
ty, will be ready for delivery between
May 1 and 10. The trout were hatched
at the state hatchery at Dryad,
IGrover Francis to Make Debut as
Third Man In Ring at Portland
Commission's Show.
BY RICHARD R. SHARP.
Ever Hammer (yes. that's his real
I name, arrived from Los Angeles yes
terday to put on the finishing touches
for bis ten-round setto with taaie
Shannon of San Francisco in the main
event of tomorrow night's flstio card
at the Armory. Hammer has about
the best natural name fitted for a
fighter in the business. Battling Nel
son was a wonderful natural cog
nomen, but Ever Hammer seems to
have the best. And Ever Is a rip-
tearing battler just like Nelson, only
he don't take Quite as many on the
chin as the original Battler did to
get in a good one himself.
Although Hammer knows that c.a-
die Shannon is perhaps the greatest
lightweight on the coast he does
r.ot fear the clever Harp in the least
and said after bis workout yesterday
ufternoon that he expects to polish
Shannon off in shipshape style. Ham
mer has seen Shannon box and knows
what he is up against.
Mahoney Gets Hammering.
Ever's last fight was in Los Angeles
when he took on. Eddie Mahoney, Jack
Kearas' Irish lightweight champion.
iThey say Hammer hammered Mahoney
all over the ring and then was given
the worst of the decision.
Hammer is accompanied by "Dutch"
Meyers and the latter said his man is
just getting in real condition since
being on the coast.
It is the general opinion among tne
Portland fistic fraternity that it will
take a mighty .good man to beat
Shannon, basing their conclusions on
Eddie's showing against Freddie An.-
derson on the last card staged under
the auspices of the Portland boxing
commission. Shannon is in excellent
condition and is primed for a ten-
round clash against a man the caliber
of the Chicago battler.
Hammer la 23 Yeara Old.
Hammer is far from being the old
man that has been pictured by some
of the knocking brigade. He will
only be 25 years old on his next birth-
day and does not look a day older
than many of the "young" light
weights boxing in the northwest.
Harry Casey, Chet Neff. Harry Ander
son, and many other well-known box
ers in these parts who are fighting
regularly are 25 and past and never
reached the heights on the fistic lad
der of fame that Hammer has
achieved.
The last two cards staged by the
Portland Boxing commission have
been humdingers for action and
Matchmaker Bobby Evans has what
looks to be a top-notch bill lined
up for tomorrow night. The tickets
went on sale Tuesday at Rich s and
Sailer's and they have been in brisk
demand.
The remainder of the card sticks
out with class. Stanley Willis slammed
the daylights out of the rugged Lloyd
Madden in Aberdeen Monday night
and will tackle another rough cus
tomer in Steve Dalton of San Fran
cisco in, theight-round seml-wlndup
of tomorrow night's kill.
Dalton 11mm Southern Rep.
Dalton is one of the welterweight
kingpins of California and said to be
a veritable whirlwind for aggressive
mixing.
Joe Gorman is scheduled to go eight
rounds against Eddie Jackson, a fast-
coming Seattle featherweight; Sammy
Gordon meets Harry Mansell of Eng.
land In a six-round -go. while Freddie
Lough and George Burns open the
show in a four-round contest.
Grover Francis, well-known foot
ball star and refeTee, will make his
debut as a referee of boxing matches
tomorrow night.
"Soldier" Bartfield. the New York
rild man, is now promenading the
boulevards of Paris. He has won sev
eral bouts across the pond, and will
return t the United States soon.
Pinky and Ritchie Mitchell, the
clever brothers from Milwaukee. Wis,
who boxed in the Northwest last year
are coming to the coast again this
summer.
Bill Talt. the big colored heavy
weight, who was serving as a spar
ring partner for Jack Dempsey, has
been shipped back to New York by
Jack Kearns. Tait will be left in New
York until Dempsey gets into actual
training for a championship match.
The New Jersey boxing commission
announces in the future all but the
heavyweights will have to weigh In
the presence of the commission, and
all stalling lighters will be eliminated
from the state.
Morris Lux. the clever Kansas City
boxer, may meet Benny Leonard in
Seattle, if the champion fights in the
Sound City this summer.
K. O. Brown has been set down for
four months by the Wisconsin boxing
commission for alleged foul tactics in
a recent flght in Milwaukee.
Promoter Tex RicI ard aays that If
he lands the Dempsey-Carpentier
match he will stage the fight on Labor
Day. '
College Ball Results.
At Princeton, -N. " J. Princeton 6,
Villanova 4.
At New Haven Yale 6. Fordham 4.
At West Point Army 4, Stevens
Institute 4; called in 11th: darkness.
At Annapolis Navy 12, St. Marys 0.
Canadian Tournament Announced.
VANCOUVER, B. C. April 14. Brit
ish Columbia amateur boxing and
wrestling tournaments will be held
here April 28, it was announced today.
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OUTDOOR PRACTICE PRETEXT:
ED BY CONDITION OF FIELD.
Baseball Team Will Probably Have
to Face University of Oregon
With Almost No Preparation.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE.
Pullman, April 14. (Special.) With
Rogers field covered with a sheet of
water, spring athletics at the state
college are at a standstill.
The opening game of the baseball
season is but two weeks in the offing
and the first conference track meet,
that with the University of Washing
ton, is scheduled for May 1. Ath
letic Director Bohler stated today that
workouts for his trackmen have been
confined to jogging about the Indoor
track. Bohler has unusual prospects
this season for a winning team in at
least the Northwest conference for
he has Jenn, pole vault record holder.
and Captain Jit Smith, claimant of the
two-mile record, in addition to sev
eral other athletes who are consistent
point winners.
No outdoor baseball workouts have
been held by Coach Schroeder for
three weeks and the team will prob
ably enter the arena against the Uni
versity of Oregon on the local dia
mond with practically no preparation.
HATS OFFERED PLAYERS
FIRST "BOXERS" WILL DRAW
REWARDS FROM J. MAUCK.
Plans Are Being Laid for Big
Parade on Opening Day and
for Other Features.
Joe Mauck, the hatter, was the
first baseball booster to start the ball
rolling and has announced that he
will give to the first Beaver register
ing a bonehead play during the sea
son here this year a cap. or hat with
the player's name imbedded with gold
letters. The boner may be made at
the opening game April 21 or may
occur later in the season. The base
ball writers will determine the first
boner made by a McCredie cohort.
Mauck has another unique offer in
that he will give the two umpires
here the opening week each a cap
with their names in gold letters if
they get by without having the fans
raise a squawk against any of their
decisions.
The baseball boosters have begun
to come to life and at a meeting Mon
day it was decided to hold the usual
parade with a lot of extras this year.
From now on the rabids" will be
on the Jump and a big lineup of
prizes will be doled out to the players
who register various achievements.
Frank Callahan. Ray Barkhurst, Bert
Eling. George Shepard, Fred Bay, Joe
Mauck and a number of other base
ball live wires are pushing the boost
ers to the fore and want every fan In
Portland behind them.
Frank Callahan is president of the
organization, Bert Elinjgr vice-presi-
Your best -loved star
in the best-loved Amer
ican classic at the
Colombia, Saturday
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dent and grand marshal, and George
Shepard secretary.
Governor Olcott has been Invited to
pitch the first ball, while Mayor
Baker will work behind the bat and
try to garner the iiovernor's heave.
Presiding Judge McCourt will umpire
the toss.
It is planned to start the parade,
which will consist of bands, autos
filled with players from both teams,
and fans who care to get in line at 1
o clock sharp.
Skating Race Is Listed.
Charles Friedel, Pacific coast roller
skating champion, of San Francisco,
will meet Renle Younger of Oregon
City, 'who is considered one of the
best skaters in the northwest, in the
first heat of a best two out of three
races for the Pacific coast 1-mile
championship tonight at Midway rink.
Both skaters are in good shape and
a fast race is looked for when they
shove off. The second heat will be
held Friday night and If a third and
deciding race is necessary it will be
staged Saturday evening.
Star Is 4 5 and Father of 12.
HONLULU. T. H., April 14. En Sue,
center fielder of the All-Chinese base
ball team of Honolulu, holds a record
all bis own. He is considered one of
the star players of the territory, is
45 years of age and has 12 children.
The All-Chinese team did not play
In the local league last year on ac
count of difficulties over the gate
receipts, but at the close of the sea
son it defeated the champion Braves
in a special series of games.
BOXING
Friday, April 16th
ARMORY
Eddie Shannon vs.
Ever Hammer
10 Rounds
Heinie Schuman vs.
Stanley Willis
10 Rounds
Joe Gorman vs.
Eddie Jackson
.8 Rounds
Sammy Gordon vs.
Harry Mansell
6 Rounds
And one good 4-round
preliminary.
SEAT SALE
Stiller's Cigar Store
Rich's Cigar Store
Prices: $1.10 to $3.30
Which includes war tax.