Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1921)
TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 25, 1921 OREGON AFTER DOBIE IS FOOTBALL COACH $8500 and Contract for Years Are Offered. ANSWER DUE IN 10 DAYS Action of Athletic Council in Dick ering With Canny Scotchman , Arouses Campus Spirit. UNIVERSITY OF OREGOX, Eugene, Jan. H. (Special.) Gilmore Doble, for nine years coach of football at the University of Washington and at present occupying a similar position t Cornell, has been offered $8500 by the athletic council of the University ef Oregon to coach football here. Un der the contract offered Dobie, he would coach football only, the agree ien to run for a period of five years. The fact that a big eastern coach was being considered has been known on the Oregon campus for some time'. This idea of procuring an outsider seemed to be fostered by certain Alumni who are represented ois the council. It-Is understood that Dobie Informed inquirers who wanted to know for what amount he would con aider coming to Oregon, that the low est figure he would consider would be $10,000 a year, for football only. and a five-year contract. The members of the athletic coun cil, which body has within its power, In conjunction with the executive council of the student body, to select the coach for the varsity athletic teams, met last Saturday and con sidered the price Dobie had placed upon his services. After considering the matter at some length it was de cided to offer the ex-Washington coach $8500 for a period of five years. Report Kot Denied. President Campbell, who is a mem tier of the council, was at Salem to day and it was impossible to get In touch with him. David Graham. A li. Tiffany and Dean H. Walker, the representatives of the' alumni on the council, were also all out of town to day. Dr. John F. Bovard, head of the school of physical education, was not to be found about the camnus Members of hi3 office staff professed ignorance or nis whereabouts or when he could be expected back. 'Bill Hayward and Professor Howe. who. with Dr. Bovard. repre sent the faculty. on the athletic coun cil, made no attempt to deny the re port when questioned today. Glenn Wakley, one of the three student members, admitted that the offer of $S500 had been tendered Dobie and said no reply had yet been received from him. He appeared surprised that the action of the committee had become known and ended the inter view by remarking -how did it leak out?" The action of the athletic council has placed the coaching position at Oregon tn the air. The committee has adjourned for ten days to give Dobie plenty of time to consider the offer. In the meantime Charles "Shy1 Huntington is "watchfully waiting,' not knowing whether he is or is not. He has made some plans for spring training but does not know Just what to do. Campua Sentiment Aronard, The fact that the action of the athletic council has been conducted behind closed doors without the gen eral knowledge of the campus has caused a great deal of sentiment among the students who are ac quainted with campus affairs. Opposition to the graduate system fcas been centered in a few individuals among the students and alumni for the last two seasons, it is declared, and this is causing the students to kick over the traces. Just now cam pus opinion seems to be that the best thing to do is to follow the graduate coach system for another year and (rive to it the support on the campus and among the alumni it has not had. Among the men on the varsity foot ball eleven, the position seems to be that, with the support given, results last season were all that could be ex pected. These men point out that taking any three years of football here and comparing them with the three years Huntington has served the balance is in favor of the grad uate. Also under the graduate system the old commercialized system died out at Oregon, proponents of the graduate system assert. This, it is 6aid, has caused many persons to re volt against its possible re-introduction. Sen.ational Attempt Seen. The action of the committee in at tempting to procure Dobie has been expressed as an attempt to spring something that would be sensational In the forming of the "Big Three." Ihe fact that Oregon could have en tered this league is overlooked in this discussion. It is the opinion that the northwest should" remain the north west and that the Tacific coast con ference should be allowed to go to the boards. A letter received yesterday from C N. McArthur expressed the senti xuent of many Oregon alumni. The letter was addressed to Marion Mc Clain, graduate manager, and is in part as follows: "House of Representatives, Wash ington. Jan. 11. 1921. "Dear Marlon: "I wrote to Dr. Campbell about the grandstand matter and asked him to read the letter to McKinney and Vawter. I hope you get prompt re sults in this matter, for the grand stand Is badly needed. "I have Just seen The Oregonian containing the 'big three' football schedule. It is a huge joke on Washington. Her team will get ever lastingly walloped by California and perhaps by Stanford and very likely by others. Biar Three's Doom Seen. Tour stand against the four-game proposal is correct, although four iieavy games are none too many, if properly arranged. Now I suppose Washington will want to hand Ore gon an early season game. My advice to you is to tell them no. Our tra ditional date with Washington Is the second Saturday priod to Thanksgiv ing. If Washington State. Oregon, Oregon Agricultural college and Idaho will get together and fix up their own schedules to ult them selves and not the 'big three,' the lat ter won't last more than a season or two. "Oregon has enough standing In the football world to assume and maintain a dignified position in this matter. If you can't fill out the schedule with games against north west and coast colleges, I suggest that you take on one. or two of the best teams in the mountain country i Montana, Utah, etc. and also ar range for a post-season game (on the Saturday after Thanksgiving) With some team in the middle west "In my Judgment the 1'asadena game is doomed, I. e., it will never be a real big affair again because no team of stand'ng from east of the Jtoekies will ever dare to undertake tna trip. The drubbings received by r : t FORMER UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON FOOTBALL J I COACH. WHO HAS BEEN OFFERED FIVE-YEAR CON- I . TRACT AT UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. ' I tynwip. ,y JJ X H.IHIIIII I, l.JIIJ , Ml W . m IWWI. 'W ItlllMW.l.UWlJ LI 1,111 IIM 5 n. ..." A t. : h, w : , ' - i Ti' t ' '- . . , f ' , $ . " -f 4 ', . ' t r ch'tA y &: j - M' 1 . , $ T Svs i i I v i i , - f - ? r - - - t : ' ? I '.' .-v-,, f 5 :: t ; ' ' ' : - i t . ' A ' ' ; r:'s j - 4 " V atr t t;: ' C1LMOUR DOBIE. t i, I ................ 4 LEWIS IN FIERCE GO piniwocK Champion Cries in Agony, but Breaks Toe-Hold. FACE GREATLY DISTORTED Brown, Pennsylvania and Ohio and the close shave of Harvard have chilled the marrows of the eastern fellows and they' are not looking for long trips and almost certain defeats. It looks to me as though only second raters from the east will hereafter consent to the trip. "It has been 20 years since I grad- I uated at Oregon, but 1 have just as much Interest in our athletics as ever and I am particularly interested in "seeing that we receive fair treat ment from other colleges. Uet me know how things are stacking up for next year, both as to team prospects and schedules. Tours faithfully, "C. N. Mc ARTHUR." It was Gilmour Dobie who put the University of Washington on the foot ball map. During his nine years as coach at Washington, from 1908 to 1!16. the varsity football eleven was not once defeated. In that same pe riod only two teams even tied it. From Washington Dobie went to Annanolis. where for two eeasons he coached the United States Naval acad emy team. Prior to his coming the navy had been for some- years an easy prey to the army. Dobie prompt ly reversed this state oi iitairs. While he was coach the navy suffered only three defeats, one of them from the strong Great Lakes navy team. Jonas Ingram, who played with the Pacific fleet team against Multno mah here last fall, was one of the navy football players developed un der Dobie. Dobie coached last season at Cor nell and under conditions described by eastern football experts as about the hardest any coacn at a Dig couege has to contend with, won all but two games those against Dartmouth and University of Pennsylvania. Doble started the season at Cornell with a creen team and worked under the further handicap that many of his players had 4 and 6 o'clock classes and could not attend football prac tice. To get In any real practice at all he had to rig up arc lights ana scrimmage after dark. Several big colleges have tried to sign Dobie for next year, among them the University of West Virginia, but he declined the offer. West Virginia finally got Ray mond Spears, coach of the Dartmouth team. Multnomah Nominees Named. With the annual election at the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club slated to be held Tuesday night, Feb ruary 8, the nominating committee has announced its selection. The nominating committee, which Is com posed of W. W. Banks, chairman; Ralph W. Wilbur. Walter A. Holt. James F. Kwing and A. M. Ellsworth, has submitted the following, with five to be elected: Edward C. Sam 1,10ns, Plowdcn Stott. Martin W. Hawkins, Norris B. btone and Stacey Hamilton. Tennis Champions Vlaj. ETDXET. N. S. W.. Jan. 24. In a series of tennis matches here today between the American Davis cup players and local experts, William M. Johnstone In the singles defeated Patrick O'Hara Wood. 6-2, 10-8, while R W. Heath won from Watson M. Washburn, 6-2, 6-4. In the doubles Norman D. Brookes and O'Hara Wood defeated William T. Tilden and John ston, 6-3, 8-6, 4-6, 7-5. Sport Comment. In 1919, when he passed 23 of the 1017 men who faced him. Seattle, Los Angreles and San Francisco were all represented last year in the prom inent tenn'a tourneys in the east. In the 1V21 season an even greater representa tion is expected from this coast. The im portant tournaments that coast tennis men and women will participate in have been scheduled ia follows: August 1. Seabrieht; August 8. Newport; Ausust 15, Southamp ton: August 22, national doubles at West Side club. New York; Septem-ber 32, men's national singles championships at Phila delphia, Dick Kntherford, former swimming coach at the municipal tanks at St. Louis. and now tootba'l, baseball and swimming coach at ne uregon Agricultural college expects to have a first-class aquatic team thts season. Dick has a nucleus of real champions bbout which to build bis team. Louis Kuhn of Portland and Clarence Pinkston. formerly or San Francisco, both won world diving titles at Antwerp. Be sides these he has Locke Webster, one of the beet tree style men in the northwest. J. Franklin Baker, noted baseball player. bids fair to become the Adelfna Patti of the national game, in that his reported farewells and returns to the diamond rap idly are mounting up. Vie have no record of the number of times Adeilna pulled the stunt. Dut J. Kranlcun can be set dowa as no piker without being far -out of the way when a comparison Is made. The fact that several of the eastern col leges have declined to meet the University of California on the gridiron on the date of October 22. which it offers, in Its sweeping challenge to play the universe, has Inspired some caustic comment at the expense of the easterners. The fact that they made up their schedules many weeks before California even considered issuing the challenges is not considered. Prince ton, for Instance, entered into an agree ment last summer with the University of Chicago to play on that date. To any fair minded person the ethics of throwing over Chicago to take on California must be ob vious. The inference that the easterners are "afraid" seems Ill-advised inasmuch as their teams number a considerable pro portion of players who were among those present at Chateau Thierry, the Argonne and numerous other places of more or less historical celebrity. a Lighter Opponent 19 Finally Worn Down, However, and Is Left Unconscious on Slat. 1 KEW TORK, Jan. 24. Ed "Stran gler" Lewis of San Jose, CaL, success fully defended his world's heavy weight catch-as-catch-can wrestling title here tonight by throwing Earl Caddock, an ex-champion, in 1 hour and 34 minutes. Lewis won, with a combined head and hip lock. The winning fall came as a dramat ic climax to one of the most terrific mat struggles ever seen in the east. Craddock appeared, to be the winner up to within one minute of the fin ish. , After an hour and a half of wrest ling Caddock gained a punishing toe hold and for a minute scd ten sec onds he struggled .to force Lewis shoulders to the mat. The champio n his agony beat the floor witn n fists and cried aloud, but his voice was drowrred-in the terrific uproar for Caddock. The ex-soldier was tremendous favorite with the 10,000 spectators. Lewis Refuses to Quit. Twice Referee George Bothner asked Lewis If he would quit, but twice he refused, although his face was greatly distorted. With a last desperate effort, he kicked himself free, staggering to hi feet, leaped upon Caddock and clamped his famous deadly head loc around the Iowan's face. Three times Caddock broke the punishing hold and staggered to his feet, only to have Lewis regain the grip. On the second and third locks, Lewis picked Caddock up bodily an threw him to the floor, plunging his weight on top of the fast weakening challenger. The second crash, com blned with the gruelling punishmen which Caddock had received, left him helpless and he coUapsed on his back as the referee elapped Lewjs, tn winner. Call Made for Doctor. When Lewis rolled off Caddock. the latter lay a dead man on the floor and when his manager and others scrambled through the ropes to his assistance, it was all they could do to lift him to his feet. A chair was placed beneath him in the center of the ring, but he rolled to the floor again and a call was made for a doc tor. This drove the crowd to a frenzy, for Caddock had been cheered lustily throughout the match, while Lewis was steadily booed and derided. Cries of "kill the murderer" went up and there was a concerted rush for the ring. Caddock's manager waved the excited wrestling fans back and when Caddock was seen to recover and walk to his corner, danger of a riot quickly passed. At the beginning of the match, the weights were an nounced as Lewis, 228 pounds; Cad dock, 188 pounds. Both Open Cantinasly. Both opened cautiously and after considerable milling Caddock forced Lewis to the mat in five minutes with an arm lock which the latter quickly broke. From that point on until the end of the battle Caddock was almost con tinuously the aggressor. Lewis gained his first head lock after 10 minutes, but Caddock slipped out before pres sure could be applied and retaliated with an arm lock after 15 minutes, which Lewis finally broke by an al most superhuman effort. Caddock s catlike cunning repeated ly foiled Lewis efforts to get a head hold. At the end of half an hour Lewis nearly lost the match when Caddock forced one shoulder to the mat with a half Nelson. On regaining his feet, Lewis leaped high in the air and clamped a head hold on Caddock, but the latter picked him up bodily and threw him half way across the ring in breaking the hold. suggested by the Daily Palo Alto a short time ago. The idea is to divide all the Pacific coast institutions into major and minor groups with respect to their geographic locations. "Winners of the different groups would play for the, conference title in all sports, and all schedules and rules would be made by the central organization. This would allow the University of Southern California and the smaller colleges, such .as Santa Clara, St. Mary's, Whitman, Willam ette and others, to come , under the supervision of the conference and play for the title. There would be no outside colleges paying athletes, as is the case now, and the general stand ard of college athletics would be raised. "Such an arrangement would not interfere with California, Stanford and Washington meeting each other, and seems to be a good solution of the difficulty." : That' Is bringing the conference troubles down to brass tacks. Un questionably the logical solution is for the northwest colleges to play each other and the California col leges to play each- other, with inter sectional games between them, and perhaps a season's big game to decide the championship. All this could be done under the supervision of the Pa cific coast conference. Until some such arrangement is made, the Pa cific coast conference, due to its widely sattered units, is bound to be a hotbed of grief. But no such ar rangement can be made so long as an j Inner circle of the conference like the ' Big Three dictates the affairs of the conference. MAY 2 DATE LIMIT 1 T Dempsey's Manager Little Cares About Location. EXHIBITION IS TOMORROW Champion,. "Who Is to Meet Carpen- tier July 2, to Meet Terry Keller at Milwauiie. BOYCOTT PROPOSED TO BRING WASHINGTON! ANS TO TIME Formation of "Little Three" Held Rare Chance for Northwest Colleges to Make a Ludicrous Debacle of the "Big Three." Harry Wills, negro heavyweight, does not know how some of the present-day fighters figure their age. He recently got this off !.is chest: "It's remarkable the tricks time plays on a man. I'm L's years old now. Well, when I was a kid riding horses at state fairs and around the race tracks 1 used to see Sam Langford fight once in a wh41e. Sam was a grown man then. Ten years ago, when I went with Jack Johnson from Reno to Chicago after the Jeffries fight, I saw Aese Willard for the first time. Jess looked to be about 23 years old. What I'm getting at is that the other day I looked at a record book and saw that Sam and Jess are now 33 i ears old. I seem to be catching up oo 'em rupidly but to save me I can't figure bow it s Jone. In the past few years boxing has taken a hold on school boys and in many parts of the country interschotastic bout9 are not uncommon. The sport is encouraged among the boys as tending to teach relf reilance. clean living and general physical benefits. Sacramento high school at Sacramento, Cal., is one of the latest to adopt the bport and an honest-to-goodness tournament for the school titles in various Heights Is to be decided next week. "Control" was the secret of the sucoess of the veteran Babe Adams of the Pirate; last season. In spite of his many years' service, Ad.ne finished the season among the leaders. He won 17 and lost 13 rames (or the Pirates and allowed 2.16 earned runs per nine inning game. During the season IOCS batters faced him and only 1R drew pasjes. Ha pitched 263 innings. Him control last J tax was wen betttr thaa BT L. H. GREGORY. THIS proposed formation of a "Little Three" composed of Ore gon Agricultural college. Univer sity of Oregon and Washington State college, to off-set the recently formed "Big Three" of California, Stanford and the University of Washington, can make things decidedly tough for Washington if it goes through. It's a rare chance for the northwest col leges to assert their own place in the sun and show Washington that ath letic relations with the other colleges of the northwest on a parity basis are even more necessary to her than to the other colleges. The "Big Three" is formed on the assumption that the other collegss will stand by and take it. Perhaps they will. But if they do they never again should complain that Washing ton wants to dictate. If they take that much, without gulping, it will prove Washington as much their su perior as she thinks she is and give plenty of authority to her to dictate in the northwest by rtgnt oi conquest.. From the moment the "Big Three" becomes effective without so much as a chirp or counter measure of defense, the Pacific coast conference might as well curl up and quit. The "Big Three" will then be the conference. Having tasted warm flesh and blood and found It unresisting, it will re quire a lot more of the same for steady diet. But note what the proposed "Little Three" could do to that combina tion. All it need do would be to center Its attack on Washington. Simply decline, as Its sponsors urge. tn meet Washington in any form of inter-collegiate athletics so long as Washington persists in running around in an inner circle qf the con ference. It could do this In sadness, not in malice, and be ready to extend the forgiving hand at any preper mo ment. But In the meantime no foot ball games with Washington, no base ball, no basketball, no boxing, no wrestling, no contests of any kind. Continue to schedule games with the California colleges as before but not with Washington. The "Big Three" might last a year or so, but Washing ton can't play all its games 'with California and eastern teams. That new stadium requires plenty of use to pay the bills, and- the logical com petition is that of western colleges. the other north- The "Little Three" may go through or it may fall through. The various faculties may put the ban on it. Col lege faculties don't like to start any thing. The "Big Three"- has already done the starting, but some of the "profs" on the athletic committees may not see it that way. If it were left to a vote of the student bodies. however, we'd place our money on the inline xnree. Condemnation of the "Big Three' . isnt exclusive with the northwest, vve republish a recent editorial from the Daily Palo Alto, Stanford's stu dent publication, which clearly rec ognizes that the "Big Three" threat ens the existence of the Pacific coast conference. It says: Athletic authorities at Stanford, amoinia and Washington, In form lng the 'Big Three,' have stated that the act does not mean the dissolution ot the Pacific coast conference. ' They are of the opinion that the conference will be kept alive by its powers to decioe questions of eligibility and set policies. They believe that the mem bers or the conference can schedule their own football games and base ball games much better on their own Initiative, and that the conference can survive without exercising this func tion. , "However, It would eeem that with tormation or the 'Big Three' the exist ence of the conference stands in Jeopardy. Stanford, California and Washington are placing themselves in an independent position, and at the first sign of disagreement over eligibility or a question of policy they wm oe m a position to withdraw. The University of Oregon and Wash ington State college have already opposed the four-game ruling, and are at outs with the conference officials. From all indications. It will take only a slight argument to throw the conference organization to the winds. The Pacific coast conference has done much to place athletics on the Pacific coast on a high plane, and If the organization Is done away with the usual athletic war will probably ensue, to the inevitable disgust of the public. The future of coast ath letics appears to be linked up -with the life of the conference. J "A logical solution has been pro posed by the athletic director at Whitman college, which also was' Walt McCredie is delighted at the prospect of obtaining Speed Martin and Abe Bailey, pitchers, and one out fielder from the Cubs in exchange for Fritz Maisel. The acquisition of Mar tin and Bailey, or either one of them, would give him a mighty fine pitch ing staff. Sam Ross was one good southpaw even last season with a tail-end team. Rudy Kallio, with his spine at last adjusted and working in cahoots with his arm, is a bear of a curve ball artist. Young Sylvester Johnson has all the marks of a great hurler and big Pillette has as much stuff, Walt says, as any heaver he ever saw. Add Martin and Bailey to that combination and it would be as nearly airtight as a pitching staff can be. Speed Martin went to the Cubs from Oakland, where he broke into Coast league ball in a sensational way direct fftm the sand lots in 1918. Walt saw Bailey work with the Cubs during spring training in California last year and likes his style. With an outfielder as the third man due the Beavers on the deal, it would be a pretty profitable trade for Port land. Of course. It's not. certain that It will go through like' that. Walt hasn't heard from Johnnie Evers thai he intends to send these men to Port land, but the fact that Evers gave it out that way in an interview indi cates that he has the combination in mind. KEARXS ANXIOUS TO SHOW PROTEGE HERE IX FEBRUARY Match Must Be Tied Up Before Thursday Morning Declares Manager of Lightweight. Joe Benjamin vs. Joe Gorman. The above titled boxing match is the most attractive that could be ar ranged between two great mittmen. both of whom are regarded as Port land boys. Jack Kearns talking for Benjamin, Bobby Evans talking for Gorman, and George Moore represent- ng the Milwaukie boxing commis sion, took up about three hours of yesterday's golden time discussing the possibility of bringing these two boxers together in a ten-round go t the Milwaukie arena in February. The Milwaukie commission has Benjamin's consent to the bout and has practically closed with Kearns for Joe's . services. There are two hitches to the match weight and money 'the two things which have been hitches to many a battle. Kearns wants Benjamin to get a crack at Gorman and says that un- ess such a match is tied up before Thursday morning he will tote Ben- amin back to New York, and the Portland fans might have to wait ntil Joe cops the lightweight cham pionship before getting the oppor tunity to see him in action again. Kearns is certain he will have two more w-orld champions under his wing by 1922 Joe Benjamin and Marty parrell. He has a match for I Farrell with Mike O'Dowd as soon as Marty returns to New York. But Johnny Wilson won't even listen to proposition of a go. Benjamin likes his new. affiliation. the jump from Billy Gibson to Jack earns' management, and is going to o his best to live up to expectations. soon as he goes east he will try for a return go with Ritchie Mitchell and erase the one blot on his record ihee he hit his present stride, which heading him toward the crown in the 135-pound division. After a few tangles with the Mitchells, Jacksons nd others Kearns will then begin work on a match with Benny Leonard, Benjamin's former stable-mate. Joe Gorman has fulfilled every thing that has been asked of him ere and is facing the job of hunting for new fields to conquer unless he cares to tackle the boys who are a little bigger than he. Benjamin can do 135 pounds with ease. It Is just as easy for Gorman to do 130. Evans does not want to overmatch Gorman at the present stage of the game, but the two Joes may yet be brought together. BY DICK SHARP. Tex Rickard and his associates, who have the signatures of Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion of the world, and Georges Caroentier. neavyweight champion of Europe, attached to a contract, which calls for the two' to battle on July 2 for purse of J500.000, have until May 2 to make known the site of the titular contest. The contract which Kearns, Demp sey's manager, signed for Jack, has incoporated in it a clause which states that the promoter must give to Dempsey and Carpentier 60 days' notice as to where the fight will be held. Kearns and Dempsey are as much In the dark regarding where the scrap will come off as the Port land boxing followers. Kearns, for one, doesn't care whether it is held in the Sahara desert or Dublin. The bout Is an international match and for that matter doesn't need any pro moter at all. Any person in the world who had the two fighters' signatures could step out and put the match on and probably do as well as Tex Rickard or any other nationally known boxing promoter. The bout is one which needs no advertising or planning to put it over. Dempsey and Carpentier have been the talk for two years and the match in the formation has already received more publicity than any other champion ship affair. Jack Kearns will leave for New York Thursday morning, immedi ately after Dempsey s six-round ex hibition with Terry Keller at the Milwaukie arena tomorrow night. As soon as he reaches the big city he will swing into action and get all this bunk about missing forfeits straightened out and some definite information as to what Rickard has 111 I1IX1IU icaiuiiig iiic iiiaivn. Dempsey will leave Thursday, but head south for Los Angeles to resume work on a moving picture that he is making and which will take a week or so to complete. He will then prob' ably Join Kearns In New York and go into light training for his bout with Jess Willard March 17. When Kearns heard about the rule passed by the New York boxing com mission limiting the admission price to a maximum of $15 he was not so crazy about battling Willard in New York. A capacity house at Madison Square Garden would mean a gate of not much over sioO.000. Dempsey to get a guarantee with a privilege of percentage. With such a small house, the way houses are now fig ured. he would not be able to make a dime over the flat sum. However, there are many angles to the boxing game, and especially in New York. The Willard-Dempsey match was consummated before the ruling went into effect and It may be suspended. At any rate, from the present outlook, the match will go through as slated. Kearns said so while Dempsey is not yet so certain The former is the boss, so then the match is going through. Jf you want to save money come here Of Our Sensational TIME' AILEi Hundreds of fresh, brand fiw Tires riglit ' (Vom..tlio..1eit, factories in America. lo go' at these big 4aying,s. mw TIRES Tire ggts at,- . $7.72 Tire goes at $9.48 jTire goes at. . . . .. .',$13.19 Tire goes at. $11.37 1 ire goes at. . . , . . 15.15 Tire-goas at - V$15.9I Tire goes at. ..-.....,125 Other Sizes in Stock at Proportionately Great Savings COME IN DON'T DELAY! TELL YQURFRFENDS I 'Cut-of-TownOrde'rs Must Be Accompanied by a Deposft EAGLE TIRE COMPANY A 11 9.10 50x3 A $23.20' A $32.59. A $28:05, A $36:80 A $38.60 A $39.60, 30x3i, 31x4 32x31 32x4 33x4 34x4- 122 NORTH BROADWAY OPPOSITE NEW PORTLAND, OR. POSTOFFIC'E ent In New Tork to confer with Rickard. To hold the fight here It will be necessary rust to obtain an amend ment of the Quebec laws regarding prize fighting. BIB HODP EWE THMB5DJIY SOUTH PARKWAY AX D CHE- MAW A IXDIAXS TO CLASH. Annual Contest Basketball Classic of the Season in the Eyes of Portland Followers. The select few who were permitted to watch Dempsey go through the paces yesterday afternoon at the Olympic gymnasium now know why- he is heavyweight champion of th world and why he will' likely remain so for some years to come. Jack reminds one of a pamther in action. Lithe, free-moving, agile, they all mean about the same and all describe- Dempsey s action. The cham pion skipped rope a round, shadow boxed a round, punched the heavy bag a round and then boxed two ses sions with Marvelous Marty Farrell. Portland fans know Farrell to be the cleverest piece of fighting machinery .center, tnat nas ever steppea in tnis necK oi the woods, barring none. Wednesday night they will see a man in action as clever. in his way as Farrell. Dempsey moves around the- ring like a bantamweight, jabbing constantly. both hands always cocked to eend over a crusher. If he misses with his left he gets his man with hi right and vice versa. There are few false moves in his work. DempseJ- has a style all of his own, a true fighter and boxer. Dempsey did not let out much with Farrel, but enough to show what a great mixer he is. Manager Pander of the South Park way hoopers has his boys working overtime In preparation for the an nual game with the Chemawa In dians Thursday night on the Neigh borhood house floor. This game, in the eyes of the local basketball fans, is the classic of the season. Last year the Chemawa Indians took the scalp of the locals by a close score and this year the Parkway boys are out to even up matters. Both squads are going better this year. with Chemawa just getting through with hard games with Oregon Agri cultural college and Oregon, while South Parkway won the Portland Basketball association title, having captured ten straight games. Manager Pander will depend on the same players that have brought vic tory to the South Parkway quintet all season. A. Popick will hold down while the forward berths will be taken care of by M. Duhinsky and Morris Rogoway, while A. Unkelis and Harry Arbauch, the all-star guards, will be seen in action in guarding. Coach llauser of the Indians will depend on Sheppiird at center, while Joe Bittles and Haggle Downie will take the forward berths. Lilcjegren and Mix will flay guard. The game will start at 8:.10 o'clock, after a preliminary. Leon Fabro will do the officiating. ... Manager Paul Weatherhead of (he Spokane Amateur Athletic club has completed arrangements for his team to play in Portland January 29 and SI. His squad will take on the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic club and two days later will play the fast South I'arkway quintet. ... Louis Gallo and his (loneyman Hardware company tossers will leavf Friday morning to play against two of the strongest quintets In Oregon the Hammond Lumber company of Astoria on Friday and the Columbia club of that city the following day. Manager (lailo lias a few open dates in February he would like to fill. On his trip to Asloria ho will take Cap tain 11. Uoode, Dave Wright, Spud Darling. Irve Cole. E. Filuso and Bill Beck. A game with the Arleta Ath letic club is also to be played, prob ably February 7. The Mt. Tabor grammar school basketball team won a 17-to-5 victory over the Buckman quintet on the Ta bor floor yesterday afternoon. Every large city has one newspaper which, by universal consent, is the Want-Ad medium of the community. In Portland it's The Oregonian. Eddie McGoorty, Jimmy Darcy and Panama Joe Qans have been suggest ed as opponents for Marty Farrell on future bills either here or in Mil waukie. Marty passed yesterday re newing old acquaintances, of which he has a goodly number. Local fans never did get an opportunity of see ing him in action against a man who really figured to give him a real bat tle or make him extend himself. Either McGoorty, Darcy or Uans should be able to make Marty step a little. He is not as big as when he boxed here several years ago and now makes 154 pounds without any trouble. Frank Farmer, veteran Tacoma light-heavyweight. Is on hand for his ten-round tussle with Bob Devere of Kansas City tomorrow tonight. Frank worked out at the Olympic gymna sium yesterday while Devere trained at the London club with Eddie ile Goorty and Eddie Coulon. ... Eddie McGoorty and Jack Dempsey are great pals and were together most of yesterday morning. The two boxed together many' times before Jack won the heavyweight title. ... Who Bill Miske's opponent will be probably will be settled in tomorrow night's melees. Miske will battle ten rounds at the Milwaukie arena Feb ruary 9, and the man that will stack up against him will either be Frank Farmer. Bob Devere or Terry Keller. ... Bill Brcnnan, who stood off Demp sey for 12 rounds In New York re cently,, will box here the latter part of February or early in March. I Dempsey was up at 6 o clock yes terday morning and out on the Ter- williger boulevard with Joe Benja min. A five-mile dog trot and walk back to his hotel for a shower and rubdown were next on the pro gramme. At noon Dempsey, Kearns, Farrell and Benjamin dined with newspaper men and friends. A trip to the sporting goods store for a complete outfit of fighting togs from shoes to jersey occupied the hour after lunch. Dempsey believes In patronizing home industry and bought $40 worth of togs, which in itself is more than most visiting fie-hters leave here. Frank Kendall, Dempsey and the writer next visited the county jail, where the champ met Sheriff Hurl- burt. Martin Pratt and other mem bers of the staff. A visit to the Jail was the next treat. Dempsey worked out at 3 o'clock after a chat with Mysterious Billy Smith, ex-middle weight champion of the world, and other friends. During the day Jack met about everyone of prominence in the city and had better put his right mitt In some brine to toughen it up. Every time he would stop on the street for a second a crowd gathered around to give him the "once over." It's great to be a champion. ... Fight fans from Vancouver, B. C, Seattle, Tacoma, Aberdeen and small towns throughout Oregon are report ed Portland-bound to witness Demp- sev in action tomorrow night. Sol Cohen, ex-manager of Joe Benjamin and Joe Gorman, returned from a trip to Seattle yesterday and said that fully r-0 fistic followers would be down from the Puget sound metropo lis to take in the biggest of all fight cards. MOXTREAIj IS AFTEK BOUT Amount Exceeding $700,000 De clared to Be In Sight. MONTREAL, Jan. 24. A move to bring the Dempsey-Carpentier fight to Montreal was announced today when C. F. Graham, president of the Eastern Canada Securities, Limited, stated that both he and Frank Good- speed, vice-president of the company, were (negotiating with Tex Rickard. An amount- exceeding JvOO.OOO, which it is stated Rickard required to bring the fighters here, is In sight, it was said. A representative is at pres- 0h ri Humor your - sense of comfort Wear Richmond Union Suits and enjoy the feeling of ease and efficiency that goes with the wearing of finely-made underwear. Richmond Union Suits are comfortable. They fit the lines of the body with exact nicety. The seat wings "stay put" ; the ankles and cuffs don't crawl; the crotch, collar and armpits all set smoothly without straining or wrinkling. Every button on a Richmond Union Suit is sewn on with 26 strands of silken thread! And the button-holes' are stitched and stayed like thoae of a well tailored coat. This is only one of eight exclusive Richmond features. Ask the salesman to show you the other seven. LEVI STRAUSS & CO., San Francisco, Cal, Pacific Cuit Distributors MX ichfflotid CLOSED CROTCH UNION SUITS PATENTED OCTOBER 8 1912