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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1922 '
Oil HANS TO PLAY
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Post-Season Game to De
cide Interscholastic Title.
LOTS OF FIGHT LIKELY
Two Teams Classed as Best in
History of League to Clash
on Multnomah Field.
For the first time since the pres
ent interscholastic league was
launched, two high schools will
play a post-season game to decide
the championship. They are Wash
ington and Franklin, and they meet
this afternoon at 2:S0 on Multnomah
field. Each team won five games
and lost a single in the regular
season. Unless they tie each other
again today one will emerge 192a
champion and nobody who has
seen the elevens play experts any
deadlock.
Washington has one of the best
teams in the history of the school,
and the same is true of Franklin.
The Colonials weigh more than
some of the northwest college
teams, their average being 176
pounds. Franklin averages lb3
pounds, 13 less to the man, but
the Quakers as a team are quite a
bit faster than their heavier rivals.
They have the speediest end circling
back in the league in Ralph Holmes,
who ia also a line plunger of parts.
When the dusky flash hits an op
ponent he generally knocks him
flatter than a Victrola record.
Espey Fast, Also.
Kspey, Washington's triple threat.
is almost as fast as Holmes and
has made as much if not more
yardage than the latter on runs
around oppcsing wing defenders,
but he is not so good at smashing
a line.
But Washington's line averages
180 & pounds to the man and Frank
lin's only 164. so Kspey's job is not
as tough as Holmes' when it comes
to bucks through the center and
off tackles.
Franklin has another back al
most the equal of Holmes in Feake,
white Smith is a star at running
back kicks, punting and dashes
from trick formations.
Pete Brooks, who will get in to
day's game, is by all odds the best
end of the year, but he has been
aut of the four last games with a
cracked collar bone and even if this
has mended it is not likly to be
in perfect condition. A solid blow
may put Brooks out of commission
at any time,
Kropp ood Man.
Captain Kropp of Franklin is not
so agile as Brooks at grabbing for
ward passes, nor does he get down
the field as quickly after punts,'
but he is a hard man to get around
and plays a smashing defensive
game at all times.
In order to make it just as hard
for Espey to make any headway
around the other end, Coach Meek
will have Holmes on the other fjank
ot trie x ranaiin line.
So it looks like another one of
those take-your-choice battles, with
the final result hinging largely on
the breaks. Smith, the Franklin
punter, was the most consistent
kicker In the league during the en
tire season. Espey, who kicks for
the Colonials, doesn't get quite as
long distance, but he, too, is con
sistent and his kicks are all high
and twisting the kind that are dif
ficult to judge and catch.
LotM of Fight Likely.
The contest may not be as rough
as sandpaper or a cat's tongue, but
it will be full of fight and action.
The coaches of each eleven have had
two weeks since the close of the
regular season to perfect new plays,
and each has a trick or two upon
which he is depending to score. The
same will be replete with open play,
and the ball will be in the air often
oiiough to give spectators a frequent
glimpse at it.
Alumni of the Washington high
school have reserved a special sec
tion just south of the middle of the
grandstand and they will root for
the maroon and gold under the
leadership of Harold Mann, yell
leader of the University of Wash
ington in 1921, and also of Wash
ington high in 1918.
Teams In Good Shape.
Every man on the Washington
team is declared to be in the pink
of condition, and this holds good
of Franklin, with the exception of
Holmes, who had an ankle bruised
in practice early in the week. This
injury, however, has not cut down
the dark-skinned athlete's speed
and does not affect his playing ex
cept for the mental hazard it of
fers. 1'eake is slated to call signals for
Franklin instead of Smith, and Lady
will probably call signals for Wash
ington instead of Espey.
The game will be hard fought, as
each team has not only the cham
pionship of Portland at stake, but a
chance to meet some representative
eastern eleven during the holidays.
The lineups:
Franklin. "Washington.
No. w t so. Wt.
Kropp. . ..
Valgrrn..
Shinall...
Klippel...
170 a k Brooks. . ..
ill 370 LT .Liebe
5 140 LQ Mariott. . .
4 165 C Nelson
16 155 R a Creamer. .
lo
190
4 235
5 175
6 160
7 1SU
8 155
11 IBS
9 15.1
15 165
10 1K0
Tuttle
AlcCallum 1!3 UM) RT Heisinrer.
r-awi if JiU it m JjasMter..
SiTilth.... 28 165 Q Lady
.Holmes... '27 J7l L, H Xa-kanna..
Peake.... 30 150 R H Durham..
Brown 3!) 150 P Espey....
Substitutes franklin: Leavitt
(19)
Waiters (24), Anderson (1), Dixon (26),
Kiumpp (20). Tucker (22), Engleton
, Walton (14. Washington: Person
( 17 1 , Hodges ( 21 ) , Gross (3 ). Gordon
(14), Cook (13), Williams (12), Dal
ryniple (lfi), Luce (18).
Officials Ted Faulk, referee: A. W.
Irvine,
umpire; Earl R. Goodwin, head
linesman.
ASHLAND HIGH FACES LOSS
Bedford's Refusal to Play Game
Thanksgiving Day Costly.
ASHLAND, Or.. Dec 1. (Special.)
Medford's refusal to play a re
turn football game here yesterday
resulted in a financial loss of hun
dreds of dollars to Ashland high
school and a disappointment to a
majority of the townsfolk. Many
persons who had not heard of the
cancellation of the contest drove in
for the game. Ashland depends
upon the huge crowd attracted by
the southern Oregon classic for rev
enue to carry on other athletic ac
tivities throughout the year. G. A
Briscoe, superintendent o schools,
saw! today the actual loss was at
least $250. from printing, advertis
ing and in transportation for offi
cials from California. Of this
amount $50 will be received from
Medford, a provision In the contract
covering this.
Characterization of Ashland's at
titude as unsportsmanlike by Med
ford is hotly refuted both by school
officials and the student body. Ash
land stood ready for the game and
would have played gladly with both
the protested players in the lineup.
Notification of the cancellation was
made by telegram less than 24
hours before the game was sched
uled, and not by telephone, though
the two towns are but 12 miles
apart. Ashland takes the stand that
if the disputed players were eligi
ble Medford would have honored the
protest and have played.
The status of the two men in
question will be threshed out De
cember 6 in Salem before officers
of the state interscholastic confer
ence. YAXKS SIGX 3 SHORTSTOPS
Quintanno and Rcdfern Are Ob
tained by New York Club.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1. The New
York American league club an
nounced today it had signed two
young shortstops, Rafael Quintanno,
now with the Havana Reds, and
C. H. Redfern, a collegian from
North Caronlina state university.
The New York Nationals received
invitations to train next spring at
Pasadena, Cal., and Victoria, Tex.,
from the chambers of commerce of
those cit'es. The Giants also an
nounce the release of Pitcher Max
Rachac to the Portland club of the
Pacific Coast league in part pay
ment for Pitcher George Walberg,
who will report to New York next
spring.
Cbristensen Wins in Race.
DETROIT. Dec. 1. A freight
train, backed slowly across Second
boulevard and .blocking the course
over which the annual ten-mile
running race of the Irish-American
Athletic club was being held, failed
to halt Schou Christensen of the
Illinois Athletic club, climbing be
tween the cars while three other
contestants dropped out. Christen
sen continued the race and won in
1 hour 1 minute and 10 seconds.
The blocked course cut about one
minute from his running time and
threw him off his pace for the re
mainder of the distance. The Chi
cago's runner's time was eight min
utes slower than the record set by
R. Earl Johnson in 1921. He won
the event in 1920.
Castle Rock Wins Title.
KELSO, "Wash., Dec. 1. (Special.)
The Kelso high school foot
ball game lost its final game of the
season to Castle Rock high school
at Castle Rock yesterday, 14 to 0.
This defeat for Kelso also gives the
Cowlitz county championship to the
Castle Rock eleven.
Idaho Beats Montana.
MISSOULA, Mont., Dec. 1. An
aerial attack, mixed with a flaw
less defense, gave the University of
Idaho an easy victory over the
University of Montana eleven here
Thursday, 39 to 0.
Football Facts.
(Copyright, 1922. Sol Metzger.)
Q. Is it locking legs illegally if after
ball is snapped right tackle locks legs
with his right guard?
A. No. Rule 9. section , states tnat:
He shall stand with both feet outside
the outside foot of the player next to
him. unless he he one ot the two men
standing on either side of or next to the
napper-back (commonly Known as
guards), in which case he may lock legs
with the snapper-back." This does not
provide for any condition after the ball
is actually snapped. However, the tackle
I have to be very caretui m placing
his legs as it might trip an opposing
lineman coming through. In such a case
penalty would nave to pe lniuctea tor
tripping.
CJ. with less than i minutes to piay
with other side leading by :l points, our
team got possession of ball on oppon
ents 30-yara line. we ran a play.
Thereafter just before we would start
another an opponent would lie down.
ciaim he was hurt and take the full two
minutes. Alter third time out they
continued to do same, always making a
substtiution. The plan was obvious, so
delay game we couldn t score, yet
thev kept within the rules. Should this
eb ruled slb intentional delay of game?
A. They were within the letter but
far from coming under the spirit of
the rule. The fact that time is out for
each substitution could not help them to
any great extent. It. of course, slowed
up your team. However, they violated
no rule and, therefore, could not be pen
alized under rule. lr they had com
mitted fouls that would have caused the
referee to keep on halving the distance
to the goal line and it waa quite obvious
to the referee that 'the fouls were com
mitted with the intent to keep team
from scoring he can forfeit game under
Kule 21. section .9.
Q. Is a player In motion if. lust as
ball is snapped, he shifts wider on line
of scrimmage in order to get into a bet
ter position to box an opposing lineman
who has Just shifted?
A. It is a matter of Judgment. How
does he shift? Some teams ehift an end
the slightest bit outside the opposing
tackle when this team is about to try an
end run. This would not be called a
violation of rule. Referee should be the
judge of the act. His judgment should
; final. Kule y, section 5.
Q. If a punt is blocked may the de
fensive playera run into the man who
kicked it and knock him down?
A. Ko. Kuie 21, section 2, says,
"There shall be no running into "or
roughing the player who' has kicked the
ball."
Q. If two players of same team slug
opponents and are both disqualified, is
the penalty double, or is just one dis
qualified under Rule 23. section 9?
A. Both men are disqualified but only'
cue distance penalty is inXiiyted.
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OREGON CASTS HAT IN RING
FOR PASADENA GRID CLASH
Southern California Plans Hot Contest Bears and Washington
i Decide Not to Seek Game Eugene Eleven in Race for Honor.
BY L. H. GREGORY.
WHO will get the Pasadena
game against Penn State on
New Year's day? Now that
the University of Oregon has gone
through the conference football sea
son without a defeat, the Oregon
boys are throwing their hats into the
ring in earnest as candidates for
that game.
As the University of Southern
California feels the same way about
it, a hot contest is on to line up
votes.
California declines to play under
any circumstances. Washington an
nounced yesterday that she will not
be a candidate. So that definitely
narrows it' to Oregon and Southern
California. Oregon has won three
conference games and tied one,
whereas Southern California has
won three and lost one. That gives
Oregon the big edge on percentage.
At first it looked as if the 3 to 3
tie Thursday between Oregon and
Washington might complicate things.
but just to the contrary it has sim
plified them. Up to that game Wash
ington wasn't really sure whether
she would like to play at Pasadena.
But yesterday Professor Leslie Ayer.
the Washington faculty represent
ative in the coast conference, and
Darwin Meisnest, the graduate man
ager, cleared that up by saying they
are out of the race.
So now the Oregonians are defi
nitely and avowedly after the garde.
This telegram last night from Jack
Benefiel, the Oregon graduate man
ager, who remained over at Seattle
after Thursday's game, may be
taken as formal announcement of
the fact:
"Washington definitely declines to
become candidate to go to Pasadena.
Both Professor Ayer and Meisnest
agree. In view of this please an
nounce that Oregon is definitely a
candidate for the Pasadena game on
New Year's day. Washington favors
Oregon for the game."
The Pacific coast conference will
select the team to represent the
west at Pasadena. Professor U. G.
Duback of Oregon Agricultural col
lege, president of the conference,
several days ago sent out a letter
calling upon the conference mem
bers to send him their vote by mail
immediately after Thanksgiving.
Those votes ought to be coming in
pretty fast now. The decision may
become known at any time.
It is possible that it the race is
very close the whole thing will be
brought before the annual meeting
of the conference next week in Se
attle to be threshed out there, but
that will hardly occur unless the
mail vote should be a tie.
Oregon's chances to land the game
look pretty good. In the first place
the Oregonians are entitled to the
honor if percentage of wins and
losses is to be considered, and it
usually is in the best circles. They
have won three conference games
this season, tied another and lost
none, for a standing of 1.000, where
as Southern California has lost one
game and won three, for a percent
age of .750. True, the game South
ern California lost was to California,
by a score of 12 to 0, and Oregon
didn't play California. That was no
fault of Oregon, which tried to
schedule a game but couldn't find I
an open date. I
M GYM IS ASSURED
AVIXSOR AVILL OPEN TRAIN
ING QUARTERS HERE.
Thoroughly Equipped Place to Be
Operated by Veteran Man
ager ol Fighters.
Fred Winsor, known throughout
the country as one of the leading
boxing promoters and managers of
boxers, has decided to locate in Port
land permanently and will open a
boxing gymnasium and training
quarters for fighters here. . The new
gymnasium, w-hich will be modern
and up to date in all respects, will
be opened December 10, according
to Winsor, who will be associated
with Arthur Madden, recently of
Salt Lake City, in the venture.
The gym will be at 126 Second
street, between Washington and
Alder, and will be thoroughly
equipped with modern training ap
paratus. Winsor's training quarters
will be in the same place occupied
for several years as a gymnasium
by Tommy Tracy. The gymnasium
will be equipped with a raised ring,
two punching bag platforms, two
Here are the records of both teams
for the season against conference
opponents:
Southern California.
Sou. Californ'iR. . . ft California 12
Sou. California..'. 6Stanford 0
Sou. California. .. 14;Idaho 0
Sou. California. . .41jWashington State. 8
6l "15
University of Oregon.
Oregon 3tdaho .- 0
Oregon 13 Washington State. 0
Oregon lOiOregon Aggies 0
Oregon 3Washington 3
29I 3
The Oregon boys played great
football against Washington in the
first half of the Thanksgiving game
in'Seattle. In the second half Wash
ington came on strengthened by fresh
men and Bagshaw kept throwing in
big, husky substitutes. They bat
tered down the weary Oregonians,
who used only two substitutes in the
whole game. Shy Huntington- sent
in Dutch Gram to relieve Johnson
and Byler to give Campbell a breath
ing space at tackle, but later sent
Campbell back in.
We never have seen a more evenly
played game than that one. Oregon
had the first half by a mile, with
the ball constantly in Washington
territory, and Washington did the
same identical thing to Oregon in
the second half. In the first half
Chapman made five place kicks. One
of them went over for Oregon's 3
points. Then right after that he
booted another in the first quarter
from the 40-yard line and that kick
was so close to being a goal that
fhe Washington players themselves
didn't know what it was until Ref
eree Varnell decided it hadn't quite
been over. It missed only by inches,
and scant ones at that. It was a
beautiful attempt.
After the game the Oregon play
ers felt so good at their record for
the season that when they assembled
for dinner they started a spontane
ous demonstration for Shy Hunting
ton, their head coach.
Shy is a modest fellow and when
the players not only suggested but
demanded that he be given a three-
year contract at coach it almost
took him off his pins. He couldn't
say anything, it got him so.
The players meant exactly what
they said and big Archie Shields,
the captain, who has played a whale
of a game all year, declared that
the team is a unit in wanting the
university to give Shy a three-year
contract. .
"Nobody realizes what Shy has
accomplished this season in bring
ing the Oregon team through to i
record unmarred by a conference
defeat," said big Archie. "He has
been handicapped by the worst in
juries In the history cf Oregon
football, yet we have come through
with three conference victories and
cne tie for Oregon's best record
since 1916.' We fellows on the team
have the best spirit I ever saw on
an Oregon eleven; we are Just like
ua.uu 01 orotners, ana we give
Shy and Bart Snellman. our line
eoacn, credit for it all.
"We don't think it's fair for
Huntington and Spellman to have
to work on a one-year contract
basis when other coaches en.
gaged for long terms. Give them
both three-year coaching contracts
and they will show what they
can do."
sand bags, lockers, shower bath and
rubbing room.
A competent boxing instructor will
be in charge to teach beginners and
business men. Winsor has a four
year lease on the gymnasium and
intends to make it boxing head
quarters of Portland and Oregon.
LOCAL WRITER GETS HONOR
Judge Accepts C. AV. Myers' Verse
on Golf Character.
Charles W. Myers, secretary of
the Portland Golf club, broke into
Judge this week with a humorous
bit of poetry that occupies the place
of honor on the golf page of the
rational funny magazine.
The verse whimsically describes,
in the language of a canny Scots
man who is a' well-known figure on
local courses, some of the fine points
of the ancient pastime. This charac
ter is destined to regale the golf
bugs of the country frequently, as
Myers, who is one of Portland's
best-known newspaper men, has
been engaged by Judge to contribute
articles and poems regularly.
Army to Play Tale in 1923.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.)
WEST POINT. N. Y., Dec. 1.
Army will play Yale again next
year. The game will be played in
October in the bowl at New Haven.
This is the only definitely arranged
gridiron tussle yet decided on by
the Army schedule makers. Nego
tiations are under way which may
bring the University of Iowa, mid
dle west conference champions, here
for a game with the Army next fall.
Army wants to play the game dur
ing October.
PASADENA GAME DECLINED
Huskies Do Not Care to Prolong
Long and Strenuous Season.
SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 1. (Spe
cial.) Washington has declined to
consider a bid to play at Pasadena.
The players, coaches and managers
decided this, following the Oregon
game. The huskies have had a long,
strenuous season, and they do not
wish to prolong it.
While firmly believing that Bag
shaw's team is stronger than the
Lemon-Yellow, some of the Wash-;
ington support is going to Oregon.
Shy Huntington wants to play Penn
State, and the Eugene school is
after the invitation. Here are some
of Oregon's reasons: The team is
undefeated. It is tied for the north
west title.
A game between Oregon and its
former coach, Bezdek, would attract
attention everywhere.
Professor Leslie J. Ayer intimated
tonight that he had voted for the
Trojans, believing University of
Southern California's record has
titled it to the honor. The official
announcement will be forthcoming
within the next few days.
The purple and gold institution
has. taken a sportsmanlike stand in
the matter. Unlike the fox which
iouna tnat tne grapes were sour
only when he could not reach them,
Washington will be pulling for the
team which will represent the west
whichever eleven it will be. Fair
enough.
SIKI MAY BE REINSTATED
Black May Get New License After
Good Behavior Period.
PARIS, Dec. 1. (By the Associat
ed Press.) "Battling" Siki, who
won the world's light heavyweight
boxing championship from Georges
carpentier, but recently lost it and
also was denied the privilege of
lighting by the ruling of the French
boxing federation because of alleged
unseemly conduct, may have a new
license to box "after nine months of
good behavior."
This information is contained in
a letter sent by the federation to
Henry Pater, undersecretary of state
for physical culture. The letter was
written in consequence of the de
bate in the chamber of deputies
1 nursday- when the Senegalese dep
uty Diagne attempted to have an
appropriation for physical education
reduced because of the action of the
federation in penalizing Siki. Di
agne s motion was defeated by
vote of 408 to 136.
Albany Loses 7 Grid Players.
ALBANY, Or., Dec. 1. (Special.)
Seven of the members of the Albany
high school football team, which
completed its season yesterday with
four victories, one tie and two de
feats to its credit, have played their
last high school football. The play
ers on this year's team who will
graduate next spring are Uhrham
mer, tackle; Patterson, guard; Gro
shong, tackle and captain; Gray,
halfback; Laubner, halfback; Doty,
quarter, and Pittman, fullback.
Chehalis Beats Centralia, 31-0.
CHBHALIS, Wash., Dec. 1. (Spe
cial.) Chehalis yesterday defeated
Centralia high school eleven by a
score of 31 to 0. At the end of the
first half the score stood 25 to 0.
Several substitutes were used on
the Chehalis team during the sec
ond half. Centralia had the ball
close to goal in the third quarter,
but neither team scored in that
quarter.
BIG SEDAN RUNS AMUCK
$1500 Loss Declared Caused hy
Running Into Window.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Dec. 1. (Spe
cial.) Damages to his big sedan
and in plate glass windows of a
meat market will cost Russell E.
Sewall, a Portland attorney, who
became confused at a main business
street intersection, an estimated
$1500. Mr. Sewall applied his foot
to the aceelerater instead of a brake
pedal. The car shot around the in
tersection, passing between a de
partment store and telephone pole.
With his foot still on the acceler
ator Mr. Sewall was unable to guide
the car down Oak street, and it cat
apulted across the thoroughfare,
striking the meat market at a tan
gent. The entire front was wrecked.
No one was injured. .
George Bernard Shaw says his
recreation is "anything but sport"
and his principal exercise "motor
driving, cycling, swimming and pub
lic speaking."
11 OR
GETS KRAMER BOUT
Winner to Have Chance at
Los Angeles Sensation.
PLANS ALREADY LAID
Monday Night Eight Is to Be
Third in ' Elimination Card
in Feather Tournament.
With Joe Gorman and King Leo
pold on edge for their match Mon
day night at the armory. Match
maker Hansen is already making
preparations for another ring classic
in which he will use the winner of
Monday night's scrap against Danny
Kramer, the Los Angeles sensa
tion. The Gorman-Leopold bout will be
the third elimination card in the
featherweight tournament to deter
mine the Pacific coast champion.
The two previous shows were suc
cesses, and the coming ought to be
every bit as good if not better.
In the first featherweight show
Gorman eliminated George Burns
and Ad Macke put out Sammy Gor
don. On the second card Macke was
in turn eliminated by Danny Nunes
of Sacramento and Weldon Wing
made his first bid for the coast
title by stopping Matty Smith. The
first two cards took care of the
local contenders and leave Gorman
and Wing as the Portland survivers
with Nunes, an outsider also in the
running.
Nunes Only Outsider.
Nunes is the only outsider who
has been imported for the tourna
ment except Leopold, who boxes
German Monday night. On his
showing with Macke, Nunes, along
with Wing, still must be considered
in the race with the winner of Mon
day's argument for the belt offered
by the boxing commission.
Gorman grew hot under the collar
yesterday upon reading a report
which referred to him as a junior
lightweight.
"I can make the featherweight
limit and don't let anyone tell you
I can't," said Gorman. "If Leopold
thinks I can't let him post a $500
forfeit with the commission." I am
willing to put up the same amount
and if either of us fails to coma
down to the limit let his forfeit be
turned over to the Community Chest
or any otner cnantable institution."
Gorman Weighs 127.
Then just to show that he wasn't
worrying about the weight limit
Gorman stepped on the scales after
his workout and weighed exactly
127 pounds. With three days left
before the fight with Leopold, Gor
man declares he has a cinch to take
off the extra pound and three-quarters
to bring him to the feather
weight limit.
While the two featherweights on
Monday night's card are getting
most of the attention, those will
ing middleweights. Sailor Tom King
ana Battling urtega, who meet in
the other ten-round joust, are pre
paring for their bout as if the
world's championship title was in
volved. These rugged performers
put up a great scrap at Milwaukie
recently with King taking the de
cision. They promise even more of
a blood and thunder contest than
on their previous meeting.
Besides the two ten-round goes
there will be three four-round pre
liminaries. Philippines Have Fine
Lightweight Boxers.
Secontl-Rnte Americans No Longer
Can Pose as Champions.
BY ROBERT EDGREN.
PANCHO VILLA, the little Filipino
who visited New York and star
tled the boxing world by knocking
out Johnny Buff and winning the
"flyweight championship of the
western atmosphere," Isn't by any
means the only fighting man devel
oped down Manila way.
The Philippines are full of fine
boxers in the lighter weight
classes, from flyweight to light
weight. Elino Flores, who came to
New York with Villa, is a corking
featherweight, an even more skill
ful boxer than Villa.
They have more boxing shows in
the Philippines than in any other
country and a number of boxing
stadiums have been built for the
sport. The. Filipinos have taken to
boxing with tremendous enthusiasm
and every island has its champions.
Manna, or course, is the boxing cen
ter. Any American boxer who goes
to tne Philippines expecting to pick
up easy money is likely to find
trouble Instead.
The time when second-rate Ameri
can boxers could travel around the
world and pose as champions far
away irom home has gone. As soon
as they reach Manila the bluff is
called, tailvuio Jamito, Dencio Ca
banela and Villon. Filipinos who did
a lot of very fair fighting in Aus
tralia, were the pioneers.
Among other first-class little
fighters are Paco Villa, flyweight
cnampion or tne Visayas,- and F.
Pilapil, a Gapan boy weighing 116
pounds, who has won 27 fights in
a row witn clean knockouts.
The characteristic phvsiaue of
ilipmos is perfect for boxing. Thev
have moderately light legs, small
waists, wide shoulders, short necks
and square jaws. And they're quick
and smart in any kind of fighting,
with or without gloves. They have
the heart.
Boxing club licenses in the Phil
ippines are $3000 a year and the
sport is protectee! by well-enforced
Boxing laws. The Filipinos mature
at an early age. and many of the
best boxers make their start in the
ring at 11 or 12 years of age.
Elino Flores began at 10, when
he weighed 90 pounds. "Youne-
Dempsey," who can go ten rounds
with any boy of his weight, is only
ii. tie is a pal of Frisco Consen-
cion, the Olongapo boxer, and with
Domingo has been local flvweie-ht
champion in Pancho Villa's absence.
pete sarmlento has easily beaten
one Charlie Kohler of Brooklyn and
several other "invaders. Some of
the Filipino boys have names that
look tunny in American print. These
are Young Papat, Fighting Habla.
Wild Bill, Lucena Railroad, Clever
Cruz and last, but not least, Terri
ble Dumdum.
Jess Willard went through a box
ing exhibition at Hollywood for
charity, boxing two short rounds
each with Tom Kennedy and Joe
Bonds,- (fid-timers who have done
more posing than fighting in the
laBt few years.
Willard was fat, and it was said
that he had trained only a few days,
having dropped his regular training
months ago, when it became appar
ent that he wasn't going to get a
match with Dempsey.
Willard says that if he ever does j
get that Dempsey match he'll train
six months for it, take off all the
extra weight he carries and "show
the world" that Toledo was a fluke.
Willard believes he can beat Demp
sey. But nearly all ex-champions
think they can come back, even after
several years' retirement. Wham
they try it they find that they lack
speed and endurance; that they have
forgotten how to box and thtt their
judgment of distance and direction
in hitting has disappeared.
Let Willard fight someone else
before he thinks of fighting Demp
sey. The public won't take his claim
seriously until he does. And if he
goes .up against even a good second
rater he may find that he hasn't as
much left as he thinks he has.
That would save the public a lot
of money and "Willard a beating. As
he is at present he would have a
Chinaman's chance against the rug
ged champion. He's a big, good
natured fellow and I, for one, would
not take any pleasure in seeing him
battered again as he was at Toledo.
- The University of California foot
ball team won't be seen in action at
Pasadena January 1. The college
athletic authorities have notified
the Pacific coast conference that the
team, having given up two winter
vacations to playing visiting teams
from the east, is entitled to a rest,
and that training will stop entirely
as soon as the fall schedule is
played.
, The California team is by far the
strongest in the west. It? made a
clean-up of all rivals the early part
of the season, its Jowest score being
the 12-0 defeat of the University of
Southern California, which after
ward defeated Stanford, 6-0.
If Joe Beckett of England comes
to America on Tex Rickard's invi
tation and fights Tommy Gibbons
he will be showing courage enough.
Gibbons would outclass him in any
ring, anywhere, over any distance.
For that matter. Gibbons would out
class nearly all the heavyweights
now in the ring. He's too clever
for them.
.. The only heavyweight he couldn't
outbox is Dempsey, and Dempsey
combines speed and skill and a poke
that Gibbons can't match.
Kearns' reply to a query from
England, asking how much he would
require for taking Dempsey there to
fight Beckett, probably shows that
he knows such a match would be a
joke and that he doesn't care to be
mixed up in it. A demand for $260,
000 for a Beckett fight is just
Kearns' end of the kidding. He
knows a Dempsey-Beckett match
might draw 10 per cent of that
amount.
A Dempsey-Beckett bout would
be like a couple of rounds between
the champion and a sparring part
ner. And, for that matter, I've seen
Dempsey handle SDarriner oartners
' who probably wouldn't have any
trouble at all in a fight with
Beckett. ,
A suggestion: Why not let Beck
ett fight Floyd Johnson, the novice,
first? That would show whether
Beckett has any "stuff" at all and
it might start Johnson on the way
up to a championship match a year
from now.
(Copyright. 1922, by Bell Syndicate. Inc.)
AVOMAN DECLARED STUNNED
AND LAID IN LIME.
Chauffeur Faces Murder Charge
Following Evidence Victim
Tried to Escape Death.
-N-fclW YORK, Dec. 1. Abraham
Becker, taxicab chauffeur, w
charged today with the murder of
his wife, Jennie, who authorities
believe was buried alive in a quick
lime filled grave from which her
body was taken Wednesday.
The official theory that the worn
an was buried alive was formed af
ter the report of Dr. Karl Dennard,
assistant medical examiner of Bronx
county, had been submitted to the
district attorney. Dr. Dennard said
that while a heavy blow on the head
naa been dealt her, it was of a
nature that would have stunned her,
and not ended her life.
Her hands and feet had been
bound and a coat had been placed
over ner lace. Tne body bore other
evidences, he reported, that the
woman had regained consciousness
in the grave in a vacant lot and
then fought against death.
Ruben Norkin, a welder, who led
the district attorney to the erav
and asserted Becker had told him
she was buried there, was held in
$10,000 bail as a material witness.
ROAD WORK TO BE LET
Bids for Bridges Also to Be Con
sidered December 1 3.
bAL,E-Vl, Or., Dec. 1. (Special.)
.Lue siate nignway department, at a
meeting to be held in Portland De
cember 13, will open bids for the
construction of roads and bridges
aggregating a cost estimated at ap
proximately $500,000.
The projects, for which bids will
be considered follow:
Clackamas county Sandy-Cherryville
section, Mount Hood loop highway, 7 4
miles, crushed rock or gravel surfacing.
Columbia county Rainier city section
Columbia river highway, 0.9 milea of
paving.
Lane county Goshen-Lowell section,
Willamette highway, 8.7 miles grading
and surfacing. Goldson-Cheshire section,
Willamette valley-Florence highway, 4.X
miles grading and surfacing.
Linn county Tangent-Shedd section.
Pacific highway, 2.2 miles of paving.
Murder creek section (2 miles north of
Albany), Pacific highway, 0.6 mile pav
ing. Lane county Goshen-Lowell section,
Willamette highway, bridge over Lost
creek. i
OWNERSHIP IS PRETENSE
Man, Charged Avith Fraud, Said
Hall AVas His.
(By Chicago Tribune Leased Wir. 1
DAVENPORT, la.', Dec. 1. Clar
ence E. Robinson, alias C. E. Riggs,
63, arrested in Portland, Or., and
returned to Davenport to face trial
on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretense, asserted that
he owned the Oddfellows" hall in
Mason City, but never attempted to
sell the property, according to in
formation in the hands of county
otticiais.
The specific charge against Rob
inson is the obtaining of $6000 from
Mrs. Jennie Palmer by misrepre
sentation and false promises of
marriage. Robinson, according to
Mrs. Palmer's story, told her he
owned the Oddfellows' hall in
Mason City and needed some money
with which to pay up back taxes
and prepare a new abstract prelim
inary to trading the property. She
says she advanced him $975 on the
strength of his story.
AVoman Convicted of Murder.
WHITE CLOUD, Mich.. Dec. 1.
Mrs. Alice Dudgeon was convicted
in circuit court, here tonight on a
charge of having murdered her son.
in-law, Romie Hodell.
We
LIQUOR KILLS DEAF
TWO TEXINO MEN TO FACE
MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES.
Constable and Quarry Operator
Accused of Selling Poisonous
Moonshine to Victim.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Dec. 1. (Spe
cial.) Recommendation that Wil
liam McArthur, ex-stone quarry
operator of Tenino. and Bert Gib
son, Tenino constable and taxi
driver, " be prosecuted on man
slaughter charges as a result of the
death early today of Joseph Snider,
assistant caretaker at the Masonic
cemetery, from the effects of drink
ing poisonous liquor purchased
yesterday from McArthur and Gib
son, was recommended by a coro
ner's jury following an inquest into
the cause of Snider's death this
afternoon.
Prosecuting Attorney Fullerton
Instructed Sheriff Hoage to arrest
McArthur and Gibson tonight, and
said that he would file an informa
tion against both men in superior
court tomorrow morning.
Snider, 57 years old, who was
deaf and dumb, drank most of tho
contents of three bottles of moon
shine which William T. Cunning
ham, also a mute, took to Snider's
home near the Masonic cemetery
last night. Cunningham testified
that he made, two trips to Tenino
for the liquor, one about mid-afternoon,
when he bought two bottles
from McArthur, and the second
about 9 o'clock in the evening, when
he bought the bottle from Gibson.
Snider, he said, drank most of the
liquor in the first two bottles and
wanted more. He and Mrs. Snider
drank a little from one bottle and
both testified that it made them
sick. Wherr the third bottle was
brought in, Cunningham said. Snider
drank all of it. Cunningham left
the Snider home about II o'clock
after helping put Snider to bed.
Mrs. Snider, also a mute, said
that she went to bed after Cun
ningham left and had gone to sleep
when she was awakened by her
husband falling "out of bed. Sh
tried to get him back into bed, and
failing, covered him with blankets
and left him on the floor. She dis
covered he was dead about 6 o'clock
this morning.
. M. C. J, IN H EM
H. W. STONE BACK FROM IN
TERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.
Portland Man to Represent Coast
on Committee to Reorganize
Movement.
A new era in the life of the Young
Men's Christian association in North
America is beginning. The triennial
international convention was his
toric. The associations all over the
country are expanding rapidly in all
departments.
Such were the observations of H.
W. Stone, general secretary of the
Portland Y. M. C. A., who has re
turned from a six weeks', trip over
the United States,, covering 7000
miles and during which he attended
the international convention held
at Atlantic City, N. J November 14
19, and visited various large associa.
tions in several states.-
'"One of the most important ac
tions at the big convention," said
Mr. stone, "was authorizing the call
ing in two years of a constitutional
convention to reorganize the whole
movement of the Y. M. C. A. for the
great, new. era that everybody rec
ognizes is before the association.
Delegates will be sent from various
groups students, army, navy and
city associations."
Mr. Stone confirmed the word re
ceived here that he had been chosen
for a place on the committee to rep
resent the Pacific coast region. In
this capacity he is the only employed
secretary . on the committee of 33.
About 400 delegates are expected to
begin their deliberations next fall on
the new movement.
The Portland executive said he
was impressed by the forward-looking
aspect of the convention, which
was attended by 1500 delegates.
Strong student delegations expressed
demands along modern lines.
ALLEGED THIEVES HELD
GANG OF AUTO STEALERS BE
LIEVED BROKEN VP.
3 Youths Captured in Vancouver
After One Arrested 'AVith
Stolen Machine. i
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 1.
(Special.) With the arrest of threa
youths here on a federal charge of
violating the national vehicle act,
the authorities believed they had
broken up a gang of automobile
thieves that have been operatinGT
here for several months. Those ar
rested were Richard C. Dyer, R. J.
Ewer, each 20 years old, and J. H.
Huber, 22. Huber and Dyer are
members of C. company, seventh in
fantry, which is stationed at Van
couver barracks.
Huber was arrested early this
morning by Police Sergeant Gilmore,
who found him driving a car with an
improper license. Huber is said to
have made admissions to Gilmore
that led to an investigation of his
ownership of the car. It was
learned, according to the police, that
the car Huber was driving belonged
to George McDonald, W heeldon An
nex, Portland, who reported his ma
chine stolen October 1. Two tires,
said to have bejen stolen with a car
belonging to Ben Diilon, and a stolen
laprobe also were found in Huber's
possession, it was alleged.
The arrest caused further inves
tigation today by Federal Agent
Tom Word ami Joe Keller, investi
gator attached to the theft bureau
of the Pacific Coast Auto Under
writers conference.
Stock Buyer Faces Check Charge.
DALLAS. Or., Dec. 1. (Special.)
L. L. Lawrence, a stock buyer, who
is said to reside near Hillsboro, was
bound over, to the grand jury here
this week in the sum of $750, which
was furnished. Lawrence is accused
of having given a check for $250 to
L. B. White of McCoy, which proved
to be worthless. .
Dallas Bank Gets Bonds.
DALLAS, Or., Dec. 1. (Special.)
The Dallas City bank was the suc
cessful bidder for an issue of $39,- -317.13
of street improvement bonds
sold by the city this week. There
were eight other bidders. Thei suc
cessful bidder offered a premium of
$1.87 a $100 for the issue.
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