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THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAX. FRIDAY. JANUARY 14. 1921 14 WILDE IS DEFEATED: HERMAN OVER LIT English Fighter Agrees to Go Into Bout, Anyway. BATTLE HALTED IN 17TH European Flyweight Is Floored Three Times and Helpless When Bout Is Called Off. LONDON'. Jan. 13. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Pete Herman of New Orleans, ex-bantamweight champion of the world, tonight In Albert hall, decisively defeated Jimmy Wilde, long the British idol. The end came In the 17th round when the referee interfered and topped the bout to save Wilde from A knockout. Although in the last round Wilde three times had beeh knocked through the roperi, he still was coming back for more punishment when the referee caught him in his arms, ended the battle and gave the decision to the American lad. , The fight had been advertised as being for the bantam weight championship of the world. Herman In Over cisni. The men had agreed to weigh in at 118 pounds, but Herman was 1 pounds over the stipulated weight. The first five rounds were in favor of Wilde. Then the advantage alternated until the 15th, when Herman's weight began to tell on the Welshman. Early in the 17th a right to the jaw sent Wilde through the ropes. This was twice repeated and the referee ended the contest. Herman surprised the crowd by his boxing, whi:h discounted Wilde's ag gressiveness. The American fought a sportsmanlike contest throughout and was well received by the spectators. He will sail for home Saturday and said he hopes again to meet Joe Lynch, to whom he recently lost the world's championship in Madison Square Ga rden, New York. Wilde Still British Hero. Although defeated. Wilde is still Great Britain's boxing hero, as he was considered to have saved to night's programme from being a com plete fiasco by entering the ring against Herman, notwithstanding the inability of the American to make the stipulated weight 15 minutes be fore the battle. Ten thousand persons, including the Prince of Wales and other not ables witnessed the contest and evinced enthusiasm throughout the fight, especially in the 16th round when there was a terrific battle on the ropes. Herman with left to the ribs and right to the jaw appeared to have Wilde nearly out, but the bell saved the Welshman. Battling Levinsky, American light heavyweight, was to have fought Bombardier Wells, the Englishman, but he injured his right arm in train ing yesterday and the match had to be called off. Levinsky, It was said later, Injured his arm while punching the bag and It is thought possible a bone is frac tured. If a fracture has occurred It will of course be Impossible for him to meet Wells in three weeks, as con templated. ItlKht Klhow DUIorated. Ah X-ray picture is said to have disclosed a dislocation of the right elbow. It is still hoped among box ing enthusiasts that the injury to the American will mend sufficiently in two or three weeks to permit him to carry out his engagement. After the bout tonight Herman said: "Wilde Is the greatest boxer that I have ever seen. I was in better condition for this fight than I have ever been before." Burt Kenny, an American, and Spa 11 a, an Italian, heavyweights, sub stituted for Levinsky and Wells. After having been warned several times, Kenny was disqualified in the Sixth round for holding. Ko-.r-bud-. Beat Church Team. The Rosebuds, composed of Wash ington high school students living In Rose City Park, made their appear ance into independent circles Wed nesday night by defeating the Mon tavilla Presbyterian church at bas ketball. 24 to IS. The game was hotly contested. The winners won out in the last half. 'Any 135 pound teams wishing games with the Rosebuds should call Automatic 314-31 or Tabor MM. The lineup: R.sbud (24). (18) M P. C. ImiHIi (l H F (3) Urovea Baker (8) I. V (4) Bryson Blmpaon (2) .' (3) Daniels Pearvon R. Jones Norton (4) L.G..14) lndsboroua-h (AilRg-her 8 . . . .Spar. 8vdT-al! Spare. W. Huffi-lna, referee. Tildrn ami John-Ion Itr-aten. M KL.ROURNK, Australia. Jan. 13. In tennis matches held today Normal Brooks and Patrick O'Hara Wood, the Australians. pea William T. Til di n ;:nd William M. Johnston, the victorious American Davis cup play ers, in doubles, S-3, 7-5t 6-4. Captain Watson M Washburn, America, beat Herald r. Patterson. Australia, 7-3. 6-3. and Tllden won from J. B. liawkes. Australian. 6-3. 6-3. Gnmc-K.h Body lo Meet. FT ITS HOl'SK, Slni, Or.. Jan. 13. (Svil- The State Game and Fih atsociation will hold a meeting In Sa lem Momlay ' rnoon at 2 O'clock, it was announced today. Mem bers of the senate and house game and fish committees are expected to be present. Hatchery Goto $iioo. SALEM. Or., Jan. 13. (Special.) It was announced Wednesday that the state fish and game commission has agreed to appropriate $1200 which Is needed to put the new Santlam hatch ery in operstion. The hatchery will propagate both salmon and trout. Haloj Defeai. Albany Moose. HALSET. Or.. Jan. 13. (Special.) A fcanie of basketball was played hero Tuesday night between the town team and the Albany Moose team, resulting In a score of 23 to 19 in faor of the local team. Oxford-Cambridge Race March 30. OXFORD, England. Jan. 13. The Oxford - Cambridge university boat race wMl be held March 3i. This is the first time in a number of year that the race has been fixed for after Stater. Salem Hish Quintet Win.. SALEM, Or. Jan. 13. (Special) The Salem high school basketball team last night defeated the Estacada high school team at the latter place by a wore of 33 to 15. Staley mad the most poinU for Salem. BIGBEE AND M HOT STOVE Former University of Oregon Player and Beaver Chief Toss Remi niscences Back and Forth in Big Boss' Office. BT U H. GREGORY. m H' BATT'KV in th- Hot Stove I league today, ladies and gentle J- men. will be Lyle BIgbee. pitch: Walt MoCredie, catch. Play ball! Bigbee dropped Into the judge's office in the Gasco building yester day from Wapinitia. Or., where he's wintering preparatory to Joining the Philadelphia Athletics for another season. The former University of Oregon player began slipping ove reminiscences in big league style, whereupon Walt donned the mask and threw back a reminiscence for every one he got. The Hot Stove league was in full session. "We hafl a funny team last season said Bigbee. "Sometimes the boys would get on their toes for a game or so and play like champions of the world. You never saw more pep The very next day they'd lose all their life and for a couple of weeks every team in the league would kick us around. "Then just as some pennant con tender would be figuring on a soft series against us, we'd come back with two or three more of our good days and eat 'em alive. Any team in the American league looked slow when we were going that way. But we never kept it up. "Connie Mack is a fine old fellow. He's like a grandfather to the boys. The crowds there in Philadelphia got to razzing the team badly when we were losing 'em so fast, and one day Connie called us all together in the clubhouse before the game. " 'Now boys', he said. 'It doesn't take much to please those people out there. Let's get out and show a little speed and make them happy. Do the best you can.' We had one of our good days and made 'em happy." The talk drifted around in some way to Ote Johnson, who used to play third base for Portland. Walt re marked that Ote was the most power ful man physically that ever was on a Portland team. Moreover, he said, Ote was always in the game. . "Wouldn't I like to get hold of an other ballplayer like that fellow!" he ejaculated. "I'll say 1 would! It was not only Ote's hitting that made him so valuable to the team, though how he could maul the old apple! The great thing about Ote was that he never would quit. His spirit was simply unquenchable, and he'd try anything. Ilttle Jack Graney. the cockiest youngster in the world, was on the team that year and the two of them made a great pair. "I remember one game in San Fran cisco when our catchers were all knocked out except Bert Whaling. and Whaling couldn't hit. Pete Brown ing, who was a smart pitcher, was working against us and going strong. They had some runs on us, too, but along about the sixth we got a couple of men on second and third. Brown ing began walking the fellow at bat to get at Whaling. Little Graney, who was on the bench, grabbed a bat and ran out swinging it and yelling to Browning. ir you walk him. Pete, you 11 have men up next and I'll bust one a mile. Look out for me, Pete!' "Browning only grinned and walked the batter to get at Whaling. He figured, of course, that we had no other catcher and would have to use him. Graney swung his bat defiant ly at Browning and turned back toward the bench. " 'Here', I called to him from the third base coaching line, 'where you going?" " " 'To the bench and let Whaling bat,' said Jack. 3 POINTS DECIDE FLAG CITY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP WOX BY PARKWAY QVIXT. Game One of TIiom? Whirl i nd Finishes Arleta on Sliort End of 19-to-16 Score. Three points decided a basketball championship Wednesday at Wash ington high school gymnasium when the Arleta. Athletic club and South Parkway quintets met for the city league title, with the Parkway tossers carrying off the long end of a 19 to 16 score. It was one of those whirlwind fin ishes that brought victory to tho Parkway hoopers, who, with a 14 to 7 score against theni at the end of the first period, cam back in the second half and ran their opponents off their feet. Arleta exctled in passing and bas ket shooting while the Parkway boys put up a close guarding and checking game. Denny Williams was the out standing star for Arleta and was high point man fof Mf team with three ba5kets from the floor and one con verted foul. The lineup: S. Parkway (19). Arleta Ui. Arbuch F William i 7 t Ftogoway (15) F Kin fS) Poplrk (4) C H. Johnson Dubinskv G Kolkana Unkeles G O. Johnson Mi ThomiM Spsrn Scott Spar Hobson Spar ST. JOHNS BEATS OREGON" TECH Bachelors Club Qiiinlr, on Lons End or .JO-io-G Score. In a game plard Wednesday night on the St. Johns floor the Oregon Tech basketball team w defeated by the St. Johns Karhelors' club by a score of 30 to 6. The Tech tossers were only able to gather one field basket in each half. Close checking and guarding on the part of the Bachelors featured the game. "Huck" Hiatt and Sundstrom plaved a sensational game for the winners, while Turple and Beckwith put up their usual brilliant game for Oregon Tech- Following the game a bamjuet was given both teams in the Bachelors' club rooms. The lineup: Bachelor" Club. 30. Oregon Tech. ft. Buabee. S F Beckwith. 4 Sundstrooi. 10 F Robinson. 2 Hiatt. S iul."lc Wrinkle. 4 L.lnd. ...G Bain ....G Gustaicson COI KTWnil.HT WINS 1II.HT Townsend, of Second Army Corps, Defc4cd by Third Corps Man. NEW YORK. Jan. 13. J-ohn Court wright. third army corps heavyweight, defeated Ray Townsend of the 2d corps in five rounds today, qualifying to meet the English army champion in the international army, navy and police amateur boxing contests here Momlay. Ben Lavis, Choctaw Indian, light heavyweight of the 3d corps, defeated '.afayette Prlntupp. also of the 3d corps, and will oppose the Knglish army light heavyweight champion. Ralph Ritchie of the Hampton .Koads- naval station defeated JinLuua CREDIE OPEN LEAGUE SEASON " 'No you don't." I said. 'You go up there now and hit that ball." " 'Well.' said Graney, but if Whaling goes out who've we got to catch?' " ' "T'ell wjth a catcher now." I says, 'what we want is to get those runs ' "Graney was tickled plumb to death at the chance, and the very first ball over, whang! bless me if he didn't bust It over the fence. Four runs! Say, I was up against it then. Three more innings and nobody to catch. Finally I said to Ote Johnson, 'Ote. we've got to have this game. Can you go in there and catch? " 'I never caught a ball In my life, Mac.' he says, "but believe me, I'll try." So he put'on the protector and the mask and took the big glove and went back there to catch. The first few over Ote was heaving his mask and his glove and his belly protector in 17 different directions trying to hold the ball, but toward the finish he was going great. I'll never forget when the last man struck out in the ninth inning, with the score 7 to 4 for us, how Ote, who could throw a ball as far as any man in this world, pulled off his mask, jumped up and down on the plate yelling like an Indian, and then heaved the ball clean over the fence. Gosh, for a few play ers with the old fightin in 'em like Ote Johnson and Jack Graney! Ote could play any old place on the team and play It well," continued Walt. "One day in San Francisco they were going to start their best pitcher against us and the boys all got to jangling and wrangling over which of our pitchers we ought to send against him. Finally I got tired or It and said. None of you stars will pitch today. Ote, you warm up and pitch this game.' "And Ote did that very little thing. He won the game, 2 to 1. Johnson simply threw the ball past them. They couldn't touch it." a a Whereupon Lyle Bigbee came back with some more angles. He remarked that Babe Ruth probably would do some pitching this year in addition to pastiming In the outfield and knocking home runs. "How that boy can eat!" said Big bee. "Any ordinary athlete would be a wreck on what he stows away. If he ever drops into the minors he'll break his club owner with his lunch eon account. He eats as much by himself as most ball clubs do. He takes aboard stuff that would kill any ordinary player and then goes out and busts a couple of home runs. "And money! Babe made about $200,000 last season, what with ex hibition games, use of his name in advertising schemes and all that. He carts around in his hip pocket never less than 6000 to 7000 bucks. A fel low asked him one day to buy some oil stock. Babe had never heard of the stock and I don't suppose any body else had. either, but Babe says: 'I'll take a chance,' and peals off six $1000 bills and hands them to this guy." a Bigbee. who Is a brother of Carson Bigbee. now a star in the outfield for the Pittsburg Pirates, expects to be In Portland for a couple of weeks. He is visiting at the home of his brother "Skeet" Bigbee. whose chris tened initials are C. L., on East Alder street; Lyle played a lot of positions for Connie Mack last season, including the outfield and pitching, and was much used as a pinch hitter. He is a mighty clouter. but not being used regularly naturally affected his aver age. He says being a pinch hitter back there is nothing soft, as oppos ing pitchers "bear down" on the pinch hitting boys pretty stiffl. Maher of the Newport News station In the lightweight event, qualifying to oppose the English navy's fore most Ifgl tweight. HAP MILLER PRACTICING LAW i Famous Washington Back Out as Vancouver Justice of Pcaoe. VANCOUVER. Wash., Jan. 13. (Spe cial.) Cedric Miller, better known as "Hap" Miller, famous back on the Uni versity of Washington football team and also captain while Dobie was win ning so many victories, today started to practice law with his father. A. L. Miller, who has served 11 years as superior judge. The firm will be known as Miller. Wilkinson & Miller. Just as soon as Mr. Miller obtained his diploma he enlisted and served 18 months in the army, a year in France. When he ret urned he was appointed justice of the peace of Vancouver by the county commissioners and served until F. E. Vaughan, elected to fill the position, took office Monday. Jack John son Asks Parole. IJSAVK.VWOFtTH. Kan., Jan. 1". Jack Johnson, heavyweight ex-chain-pion. who is serving a year in the federal penitentiary here following conviction at Chicago on a charge of violating (he Mann act, appeared be fore the parole board today and asked that he be paroled. No announcement as to the board's probable action was made. M0RMIAJ6 evCWlMG NEUT MORMiMfc NET EVEMlMG fiZfvZ2i I 1 I TSH fso" I BOU6HT tCJo") DEM GETS READY Fl Kansas City Heavyweight in Gymnasium for Hour. LANGFORD IS OPTIMISTIC Fans Expect Hard Battle in Slain Event on Programme Scheduled for Armory Arena. BY DICK SHARP. Bob Devere. soaring six feet in the ozone, and tipping the scales at 210 pounds in his fighting togs, romped through nearly an hour's work In the gymnasium yesterday afternoon, and although he did not box any, he im pressed the large crowd of fans on hand as a big. shifty mixer, capaoie of making Sam Langford step when they clash tonight in the ten-rouna main event at the armory. Devere is not an old man, a has been, or a Joke, taking the way he shapes up in the gymnasium as a basis of judgment. Another big thing to his credit is his record. Last April, which' is not so many months ago that it can't be remembered, De vere gave Bill Brennan a thorough pasting In ten rounds at Aurora. Wis. This selfsame Brennan managed to give Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion, quite an, argument for 12 rounds in New York several weeks ago. Devere has never barred any heavy weight In the world, regardless- of class or color, and never in his career has he been accused of stalling or taking part in a match that bore any semblance to one not a real sett'o. The Kansas City heavyweight, as Chicago is only his residence, has fought Sam Langford two hard ten round battles. He held his own in the first fracas, and a month or so after wards came back and beat Langford to the newspaper verdict in a ten - round melee, uevere has also battled that black terror of the heavyweight division, Sam McVey, on two occa sions. They fought a ten and later a 20-round draw. Both fights were labeled as slashing affairs Devere Is reputed to be one of the gamest big men in the ring, and as hard a hitter as the others in his class. Eddie McGoorty, the famous Oshkosh middleweight, is of the opin ion that Bob is every bit as good as any of those clamoring for a clash with Jack Dempsey. If Devere gets over Langford tonight his next goal will be a match with Dempsey. De vere has not been taking on any matches for the past few months, owing to the serious i ilness of his wife, but he lias kept in good con dition right along by boxing in the gymnasium daily. Langford is ready for a stiff bat tle, and had the following to say yesterday. "Don't let anyone tell you that this Devere can't fight. I have battled him twice, and. believe me, he can battle. He Is a big. game fel low and aggressive. I look for a tough scrap, although, naturally, I think I will win." Bobby Harper, the young Seattle flash, will make his debut here against the rugged Roy Sutherland, another fast-coming youngster. Al though young in years. Harper has had a good deal of ring experience, and has met and beaten some good lightweights. Including Muff Bron son, Joe Gorman. Harold Jones. Bert Forbes, Earl Balrd and many others. The only decision that he has lost in his career was to Eddie Shannon sev eral years ago, when Eddie was go ing at his best. Shannon's style puz zled Harper the first two or three rounds, but he solved it and gave Eddie better than he took in the final canto. Sutherland hits like a mule, ajid forces the going continually. "A1- I though not the polished boxer that Harper is. the Los Angeles boy figures to give Bobby a tussle in their eight-round tilt in the semi-windup tonight. Clem Johnson, the big Panama heavyweight, will tangle with Tiny Herman of Astoria in the other eight round setto on the programme. To those who enjoy a good heavy weight match, this bout will be en tertaining. Herman, who is faster than the ordinary run of heavy weights, always manages to make the going interesting. Johnson is a tough mixer, and recently stood Langford off for ten rounds. Weldon Wing, clever Portland boxer, and Frankie Monroe of Los Angeles are down for six rounds of milling. Bot h boys are above the general run of preliminary boys. In fact they aren't preliminary boxers, both having enough class to box al most any place on a bill. Yost Schmeer and Frankie Crites will box the faur-round curtain raiser." Battling Levinsky is still having his run of hard luck. First it was OH, GUT TOW getting k. o.'d at the hands of Georges Carpentier in three cantos. Then he lost on a foul to Boy McCormick. Now the Battler has hurt his arm. which forced him to cancel last night's scheduled 20-round fight against Bombardier Wells in London. The bout was postponed three weeks due to the injury. The biggest lightweight match since Benny Leonard battled Charley White at Benton Harbor will take Place in New York tonight, when the light weight champion steps in the ring with Ritchie Mitchell. It will mark the third time that Leonard has de fended his title in a decision match. Last year he fought Lockout Jimmy Duffy what was to have been a 15 round decision match at Tulsa, Okla. Leonard stopped Duffy in the first round. Several months ago Benny de fended his crown against Joe Welling in New York, winning on a technical knockout. a a Carl Morris, the Oklahoma Giant, is Portland-bound. He is reported to have left Los Angeles Wednesday. Morris will meet the winner of to night's match. a a , a Unless the unforeseen happens, Jiryny Dundee of Oakland will be Jns Unrmnn's niri nnnonint hr Th ! will meet in a ten-round hont either January iS or February 4 at the armory. BID WEATHER IS BRAVED TRAP ENTHUSIASTS RUN UP HIGH SCORES AT SHOOT. Pete O'Brien High Gun With Score of 9 7 Two Targets Lost and 61 Run Without Miss. Several trapshooting enthusiasts braved the inclement weather Wednesday to participate in the Wednesday shoot of the Portland Gun club and despite the rain and high wind some exceptionally good scores were made. In the 100-target event Pete O'Brien was high gun with the score of 97. O'Brien lost his first two tar gets and then ran 64 without a miss. He lost another on the 65th before ruhning out the 100. Ed Keller and President Preston also turned in good scores in the 100 i bird flight At 75 tars-ets Frank Trneh r,nA out Jim Seavy by one target, break ing ,1 to Sevey s 70. Both shooters were in fine form. J. C. Braly, E. C Jaeger and A. A. Hoover showed up fine and their shooting is showing a I marked improvement this season A. J. Cook and J. Reid, profes sionals, both had their eagle eye and tied in the 50-target event with 47 out of 50 for high professional. Everything is in readiness for the opening day shoot of the club to be heid Sunday. Shooters are expected from all parts of the northwest at this shoot, which will formally open the new club house. The scores made In Wednesday's shoot follow: One hundred P. O'Brien !)7 A. A. Hoover BS 1 E. Keller ft4iJ. C. Braly 82 . s. freston Seventy-five F. Troeh 71 1 E. C. Jaeger fiO Jim Sevey 70r' E. G. Hammond. . . 59 Fifty F.O.Joy 40 J. Hatcnbush 37 J.C.Crane .19' J. Reid 47 F. Frienlander .. 3S:A. J. Cook 47 Professional. ROSEBUD QUINTET VICTOR Montarilla Church Five looses by Score of 24 to 16. The Rosebuds made their entrance into independent basketball circles Wednesday night when they defeated the Montavilla Presbyterian church five by a score of 24 to 16. The first half of the contest was fairly even, but the Rosebuds gained the upper hand in the second session. The Rosebuds are ready to tackle any 135 -pound quintet in the city. Games may be arranged by calling Tabor 205K. The lineup: Rosebuds f24). Presbyterians (16). Swanson 6 F Geoves 3 Baker tf F Byron 4 Simpson G Daniels 5 Pearson G Jones Norton 4 Spare ... Londsborough 4 Gallug-hcr Spare. Soderwall Spare. MOMAVILLA CHRISTIANS WIN . St. Johns Lumber Company's Team f Defeated at Basketball. The, Montavilla Christian basketball team came out victorious in a hotly contested game with the St. Johns Lumber company on the Montavilla floor Wednesday night. The final score was 31 to 30. In the first half it was all Monta villa, the score at the end of the first period being 16 to 8, but the St. Johns tossers rallied in the second session and came close to nosing out their opponents. This Is the seventh straight victory for the Montavilla Christians. The lineup: Montaville (31). Roberts, 3 0 St. Johns (SO) 8, Jones Clemens. 11 FMack. 9 G 8. Res?. 10, Ryr Smith. 8 .-FBregnie G 4. Goodman Jones MAN. REVISION OF DRAFT RULES IS STARTED Landis Passes First Day as Ball Dictator. SEVERAL ISSUES COME UP Post-Season Series Arranged by Southern and Texas Leagues at Meeting of Board. CHICAGO. Jan. 13. Judge Landis ! spent his first day as dictator of or , ganized baseball in a session today with the new baseball advisory board consisting of John Heydler, president of the National league; B.'B. Johnson, president of the American league: M. H. Sexton, president of the National Association of Professional Baseball clubs, and John H. Farrell, secretary of the association. Mr. Heydler announced that the board had begun the revision of the drafting rules. John H. Martin, president of the Southern league, and J. Doak Roberts, president of the Texas league, an nounced that they had arranged a post-season series for the champion ship of the south between the win ners of the pennants in their leagues. Revision of world series regulations with relation to the disposition of re ceipts was taken up at the board meeting. The assessment for the gov ernment of baseball was raised to 15 from 10 per cent and the rule award Ing the four world series umpires a flat $1000 each was replaced by one which stipulates that the four shall divide a sum equal to one losing and one winning players' share. The um pires have long contended for such a percentage agreement. TENNIS HONORS DIVIDED Boston and Philadelphia Split Opening Matclies. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 13. Boston and Philadelphia divided honors to day in the opening rr.ut-hes of the first professional court tet.nis tourna ment ever played in the United States. R. Dufton of the Boston tennis and racquet club, defeated Joseph Mossf of the Philadelphia Racquet club, 6-5, 3-6, 6-5, 3-6, 6-1. and Jock Soutar of the Philadelphia Racquet club, won from Otto Glocker of the Boston Ath letic association, 6-4, 4-6. 6-4, 6-2. Tomorrow Soutar and Dufton will meet to decide the opponent for C. J. Fairs of Long Island a former title holder, in the final round Saturday. The wirner will meet Jav Gould, the open and amateur champion of America, ln a nine-set challenge match Wednesday. RIFLE MATCHES SCHEDULED Aggies Will Shoot Against Local Teams and Alabama Squad. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, - Corvallis, Jan. 13. (Special.) With arrangements completed for rifle contests to be held by the Ore gon Aggies against Alabama Poly technic institute as well as local n atches, it is expected that the Ore gon Agricultural college will forge to the front in this line of endeavor. It is hoped that matches can be arrarged with the rifle teams of Washington, California and Oregon universities. The Beaver team has not been selected but a tryout will be held in the near future, and then regular practice will begin. The team will consist of 10 men, and will prac tice in the college armory. KIRSKEY S TIME RECOGNIZED Record of 9:4-5 Made in 100-Yard Dash in Dual Meet. , NEW YORK, Jan. 13. The inter collegiate amateur athletic associa tion has accepted as a recognized in tercollegiate recor : the time of 9 4-5 seconds for the 100-yard dash, made by Morris M. Kirksey in a dual meet between Leland Stanford Jr. univer sity and Oregon Agricultural college lost May. This was announced to day by Thomas Fitzgibbons of Co lumbia, secretary of the association. Kirksey was a member of the last American Olympic team and scored first place in the 200-meter event at 'ho athletic meet held by the federa tion of unions of France, held in Co lombcs, France, last August. WILLAMETTE AWAITS O. A. C, Salem Fmc to Present Veteran Lineup Against Aggies. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Sa lem. Jan. 13. (Special.) Fridays opening basketball engagement with the Oregon Aggis will probably find the Willamette five intact again. de- spite the recent injuries to several members of the squad. A trio of I letter men Rarey, McKittrlck ana Dimlck have been warming the bench for a few days with wrenched knees and ankles, but all have been pronounced fit to start the first con test. Coach Mathews will put the men through a light workout this afternoon as a final bracer. A return battle with Coach Ruther ford's Aggie quintet has been an nounced for Corvallis on January 18. The first two games with the Uni- j versity of Oregon tossers have been switched to Friday and Saturday. I January 21 and 22. Both of these will I be played In Salem. The Salem ar- j mory floor will be used again this) year for all local conference games. LEVINSKY INJURES RIGHT'aRM Bout With Bombardier Wells in London Postponed. LONDON. Jan. 13. The 20-round boxing match between "Battling" Le vinsky, the American former light heavyweight champion, and Bom bardier Wells in Albert hall here to night has been postponed owing to Levinsky's having Injured his right arm yesterday while training. Doc tors certified today that Levinsky would be unable to fight for at least two weeks and it is expected he will meet Wells about three weeks hence. T TALL ALL AGGIE YEARLINGS ABOVE SIX-FOOT MARK. Team Which Will Play Franklin and Multnomah Intermediates A1m Is Speedy One. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COI LEGE. Corvallis. Jan. 13. (Special.) The Oregon Agricultural College yearlings workout every day on the local basketball court. The team does not look like the yearling aggregation as a majority of them are "six footers. Marshall Hjelte, who hails from California is the surprise of the season. Hjelte is six feet six inches and is usually good for at least another six feet when it comes to getting the ball out of the air. Elwood W. Lyman of La Grande, Lawrence Taggart of Hillsboro, Walter L. Porterfield of Long Beach, Cal., and Norman D. Crane of Cor vallis, are all above the six-foot mark. The team has something besides height and that is speed. The fresh man five is one of the speediest col lection that has ever played on the local courts. The yearlings will play Franklin high school in Portland on January 18. and the Multnomah intermediates on January 22. EDDIE HARTFORD IS DEAD Promising Tacoma Boxer Dies on Way Home From South America. TACOMA, Wash.. Jan. 13. (Spe cial.) Eddie Hartford. 20. Tacoma lightweight boxer, died Monday at sea while on his way home from a trip to South America, according to word received by his relatives here. Hartford was a promising young boxer who had fought many times at Portland smokers and throughout the northwest. A few months ago Hartford de cided to visit South America. He died two days out from San Diego. The body will be brought here for burial. Besides his mother, Mrs. E. R. Beamer. he is survived by two broth ers. Jack, a San Francisco boxer. Anthony, of Seattle, and two sisters. M O RJ? HY FIGHTS TO D R A W Casteel of Tacoma and Eddie Moore Also Step an Even Battle. TACOMA, Wrash., Jan. 13. Frank "Sailor" Haynie of California and Frankie Murphy, Portland welter weight, boxed six fast rounds to a draw decision here this evening. In tlie six-round semi-windup Young Casteel of Tacoma and Eddie Moore. Seattle bantam, also fought an even battle, as did Eddie Ham mond of Seattle and Bud Fisher of Vancouver, in a four-round mix. The men are middleweights. Grant Ran dalls won a four-round decision over Harry Bishop in the welterweight class and Tommy Mowatt knocked out Young Griffo In three rounds. They are lightweights. Princeton May Enter Regatta. PRINCETON, N. J., Jan. 13. For the first time in a decade Princeton rowing authorities are seriously con sidering an invitation to send the Tiger varsity to Poughkeepsie for the intercollegiate regatta June 22. Hockey Player s Skull Fractured. TORONTO. Ont.. Jan. 13. E. D. Hawthorne died today after being hit on the head by a puck in a hockey game last night. He continued play ing the game, when it was found his skull had been fractured. Sport Comment. The Olympic investigation committee of the National A. A. U-, which has sent out a questionnaire to all athletes who went over to Antwerp as member of the Amer ican team, asking them to state their side of the tory as to charge of alleged mis management. Is sure to get a lot of hot reading matter as replies are returned from various weetionM of the country. Such are the feelings some of the athlete entertain toward the Olympic committee which handled transporatlon. housing, feeding and other incidentals of the trip, mere paper seems inadequate. We could have suggested the questionnaire be print ed on asbestos. The fact that only five out of ."" foot ball captains for next season's football teams have been selected from among the quarterbacks leads a reader to inquire, "Why Is it that the quarters give tgaals and direct the etrategyT" Because their position between the backs and the line gives them the best opportunity of watch ing the disposition of the player of both sides. The strength and weakness of various teams are fairly well known be fore the rivals meet on the field. Further more the captain or coach always can In struct the quarter to change his attack if it is not getting the desired results. Outsiders sometimes wonder when they read of the many sales and trades of base ball players in the winter months why clubs seem so willing o part with players of known ability and value to an organiza tion. Like change of food or climate, change of clubs often has the effect of re juvenating a player whose usefulness to his own club nas entirely departed. The woods are full of players who played th games of their lives against their former team, with whom they never seemed able to get started. Followers of swimming on the Pacific coast will be interested to learn of the recent marriage of Hazel Laugenour. Miss Laugenour was the first woman to make the swim across the Golden Gate, which she did on August 19. 19J1. her time be ing 1 hour 28 minutes. - The pre5ent red ord for women Is 29 minutes 30 seconds, held by Catherine Flaherty and estab lished October 10. 1917. Few records of recent years show such improvement, the original record being more than cut In naif. .. , Golfers who have gone over the im proved course of the Coronado Country club have been irritated by the fact that their game has been slowed up and they are not making the scores they were able to tun off before the improvements. This result from the fact that the fairways now are all of grass, newly trapped and bunkered, wbica o 4one away wiLh tos Crowds at the AUTO SHOW are admiring the Elgin peppiest light six on ex hibition. WELLER MOTOR COMPANY Distributors. Waahlngton at Fifteenth. Phoue Broadway i'ir.t;. smooth aand course of former days. Th changes were necessary to havo the link! according to Hoyle. and aa soon aa players become adjusted to the new ground condi tions their games will gradually pick up aaln. A persistent rumor is coins the rounds that Duke Morrison, fullback of the Lni venlty of California's champion team, is casting hUs eyes eastward with a view to entering Princeton university next year. Needless to say, the Tigers would welcom the Caiiforoian. If the plans of th Honolulu polo p'aT ers have gon- through, tbtre are between JO and o0 of the islands' best polo ponies now on the Pacific en route to Del Monte, where they will take part In the reason's polo tournaments. A strong aRRrcRatlon of Honolulu poloists will follow some lime in the latter part of February. A short time ago a story went rounds in some of the newspapers telling of a party' of sporti-men rutin Ins across Ralph Craig, 1913 Olympic sprint cham pion, as a cook on a Pullman dining car. It was generally set down as a fanciful yarn, which seems to have bt-en the right dope In lew of th fact that Craig Is chairman of the athletic committee of th Bankers' Athletic league of New Yor. It beats all how some perrons like to pjt a fellow to doing all kinds of out-of-the-way chores for the sake of Betting a "story. " It will be remembered that even Mark Tnain was obliged to come out with the statement that reports of his dtuth were exaggerated. mil-' TONIGHT 114 M. TONItalll BOXING ARMORY SAM LANGFORD ra. B4ii DEVERE 10 ROUMDS 10 Who has defeated BUI Brennan. Langford and many of the leading heavyweights of the day. IK) 1111 V HARPER SUTHERLAND a noi Mis 8 HERMAN vs. JOHNSON K HO I MIS s I II Mvli; MUNR0E vs. WING R HOI MS I II Mill: CRITES vs. SCHMEER Tickets oon ctlinr nt Kieli'i Miller rignr 'o. Broken Rods! Now is the time to get 'em fixed! The season is net far away. We have repairs and mountings of al sorts. Backus & Morris 273 Morrison St., Near Fourth. 10v-2ftt25v-15 AGoodGdar By Every Test run "vin-t Durand Cycle Co. , The Hart CUtar Co.. 3SS-301 Pin St.. Tort land. .flrefon.