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16, TIIE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1922 CARAVAN TO GREET TOLEDO, 0., ELEVEN Corvallis Boosters to Hold -: Parade in Portland. STATE TO GET BENEFIT Toledo Papers Give Publicity to - Scenery Which Boys Will -. Witness on Trip. -CORVALLIS, Or.. Dec. 22. (Spe cial.) The business men's commit tee that has charge1 of arrangements for the game of football here New Tear's day between the teams of Scott high school of Toledo, O., and Corvallis high, sent a telegram to the easterners tonight saying that an auto caravan and 30-piece band from Corvallis -will meet the visitors on their arrival in Portland Decem ber 30. C. K. Ingalls, chairman of the publicity committee, obtained per mission by long distance telephone from Mayor Baker to hold a street parade in Portland with the cara van and band as escort for the To ledans. Oregon to Get Publicity, i The state of Oregon will get a lot of ' advertising as the result of the inf ersectional gridiron contest, as a parcel post package of pictures has been sent to the Toledo papers to show tho east some of the scenes its champions will view while on their trip. These include panoramas of the Columbia highway, the Willam ette valley and photographs of the Oregon Agricultural college athletic field, gymnasium, pool and build ings. So that the public may be fullv apprised of all the facts in the con troversy started by Medford as to which Oregon high school should be permitted to play Toledo, William H. MacMaster, principal of the Cor vallis high school, has issued the following succinct statement of the case: "At the time of the meeting of the board of control of the State high school Athletic association Decem ber 9, at Salem, Corvallis had guar anteed 11500 to Washington high school of Portland for a second game with Toledo. f- Medford Players Protested. --'Atthls time there was a protest before the board as to the eligibility of some of the Medford players. For that reason Medford could make no arrangements for a post-season game until after a decision on this protest had been made. Medford's petition to play Toledo was received by the board of control a few min utes prior to that of Corvallis. Upon receipt of Medford's request permis sion was granted for a game with Toledo to be played about January "When the Corvallis request for a game with Toledo was presented the board agreed that Corvallis should have the game if Medford failed to make the necessary arrangements and Corvallis was so Informed by Secretary Mishler of the board of control. Although three telephone conversations were held with Mr. Mishler within the next seven days regarding the status of negotiations looking toward bringing Toledo to play an Oregon team and Involving the position of Corvallis as to such a game in none of these conversa tions did Secretary Mishler state that Medford had exclusive right to negotiate for a game. Medford's Time Expires. "On the contrary, he said last Sunday that Corvallis should be given the right to play the game. "Owing to Medford's failure to obtain the game within a reasonable time, the permission of the board of control passed to Corvallis. If the board of control voted to give Med ford unlimited time to negotiate for the game to the exclusion of other deserving schools within the state, then the board exceeded its rights as the managing authority of a mutual association. "Neither Corvallis nor Medford has won the state championship and neither one was entitled to nego tiate for a game to the exclusion of the other simply because its peti tion may have been submitted to the board of control a few minutes earlier than that of the other. Corvallis Raises Guarantee. "After Medford began seeking the game Washington high asked Cor vallis to increase its $1500 guaran tee to $2000. Corallis refused, stat ing that it did not wish to make the obtaining of the game a bidding proposition. All negotiations had been carried on up to then through .Washington high at Portland and -no further attempt was made to .schedule the contest. At the end of the week following the meeting of the state board of control, To ledo wired that negotiations had fallen through and asked a guaran .tee of $4000 to piay only one game 'on the Pacific coast. A committee of Corvallis business men raised the -required amount in two hours. "placed it on deposit and Toledo's ac ceptance of the guarantee reached .Corvallis the night of December 16 ;about 9 o clock. "Medford claims it had exclusive bright to negotiate for a game and "that no other school had any right to conduct negotiations until Medford deslared it was through. Medford was still trying to get other "schools to share the expense. The "game, or games, if Medford had been successful, were scheduled to "take place about three weeks after nhe meeting of the board of con trol. One week had elapsed. Medford had not been able to conclude arrangements and Scott high of To Hledo decided to wait no longer, but sent Corvallis a telegram stating its guarantee had been accepted." .SWIMMIXG MEETS ARRANGED ;Aggie Stars Arrange Two Con Mests With Oregon Tank Artists. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL JLKOK, Corvallis, Dec 22. (Special.) - The Oregon Aggie swimmers will 3iave two meets with the University yt Oregon, and another with the 'Multnomah tank stars- is tentative. 1ie Aggie swimmers will be under 'oach Rutherford, who has taken ire s-jort over because there is no Tegular swimming Instructor. i Two of the best swimmers are in eligible, so cannot compete. Clar ence Pinkston, holders of several iworld's fancy diving records, and red Wisdom, another swimmer of -ability, do not fill coast conference "requirements. Coach Rutherford ivill have Ben Carpenter, Fred iloedecker. Merle Wadsworth, Frank Uaxter and Max Turner as main stays. O. A. C. has one of the best Swimming tanks on the coast. ""Read The Oregonian classified ads. SCOTT-CORVALLIS CONTEST TO BE TRUE EAST-WEST TEST Game May Be Better One to Watch Than Pasadena Clash for High Schools Often Are Faster and Snappier Than Colleges. " BY L. H. GREGORY. THIS New Year's day football game at Corvallis between Cor vallis high school and Scott high school of Toledo, O., will be just as truly a test of the relative merits of western and eastern foot ball as the New Year's day intercol legiate game at Pasadena. Wouldn't surprise us if it were a better game to watch. High school elevens fre quently play faster and more snap- pily than their big college brethren; Scott high school has an unde 1 feated record for the season, isv has Corvallis high. The Scott rec ord perhaps takes in more territory, but that will not count for much when they line up for the fray. Then it will be man against man and team against team, and may the best outfit win. One thing about high school play ers, if they are well coached and confident of themselves it is easy to hop them up for an important encounter. And when they feel that way they are absolutely fearless and tinawed by big reputations. Both teams will be hopped, for this game and they'll play fiercely. It ought to be a great contest to watch. In the last four years Corvallis high has won the Willamette valley championship three times.. Being so far from Portland, Corvallis high has naturally been somewhat over looked, but any eleven that can win the Willamette valley high school championship must be pretty good. Even the non-champion Willamette valley teams, we have noticed, are usually good enough to give any Portland high school eleven that ventures out. of its own back yard an unmerciful drubbing. Here's the Corvallis record for this season: Corvallis ... . SliChpmawa Tndians..O Corvallis 74McMinn. high 0 Corvallis 37jBrownsville high..0 Corvallis ajsalem high 0 Corvallis IfclEugene high 0 Corvallis 421L.banon hi;;h 0 Corvallis 2KCot. Grove lngh...O Corvallis 43jAlbany high 7 278 I ' 7 That sounds more like a Gil Doble or Andy Smith record than anything we have seen in the northwest in many a year. We can't help feeling much as Corvallis business men feel they have been wanting to get be hind their own college team for a long, long time to celebrate a cham pionship, but the team wouldn't let 'em, so now they have concentrated all that unspilled enthusiasm behind their high school eleven. Only instead of limiting the col lege eleven that hasn't won a cham pionship to the Oregon. Aggies, we go further and take in the entire northwest. There hasn't been a championship varsity outfit in the northwest since the long ago days of Dobie and Bezdek and Lone Star Dietz. Corvall''s high doesn't claim the Oregon high school title, but if it can beat the Scott team it will win the championship of the east and middle west, which is something to shoot for. i ' Why can't we have a high school post-season game of this kind every year? Southern California has gained some fine advertising through us Mew Years day Pasa dena clash. What's to prevent an annual high school New Year's championship game to be played somewnere in Oregon? The Portland high school faculties appear to 'have cold feet on any kind or post-season game perhaps with reason, judging from what happens whenever they take on an outside team so we must look to Corvallis and Medford and Salem and Eugene to uphold the honors of the state. Here's to them. Gus Dorais, coach of the Gonzaga university football team .pf Spokane, which plays the University of West Virginia at San Diego Christmas day, was in Portland all day yester day en route to San Diego to join his players, who arrive there today. His long stay in Portland was in voluntary. The train from Spokane was three hours late, Just enough to cause him to miss connections with the train to California. "We take on the toughest of the three eastern elevens that play east versus west football games in Cali fornia in the Christmas-New Year's holidays," said Dorais, "so it would be rather presumptious of me to think we can win. The dope is all against us, of course. But you can bet we will do our best and I really think the southern California prog nosticators who are predicting a 50 to 0 trimming for us are con siderably off the trollex. "West Virginia has a corking good team from all accounts. The West Virginia players beat Pitts burg, which plays Stanford at Palo Alto December 30, and then Pitts- RlfJHT To BED AND DOW'T ASK FOR A DRINK OF WATER and go right-To -.sleep - i'll call 5AMTA CLAUSiUP OKI The TelcPHOME And Tell hiiw what a Goop 'BOY - AMD HE ISM T Gotn J to., ' 5 FfoO. A DRINK OP WATER. OR anything - - He's GoiKjc right- To SLeep'.! Be uoeJawT) come AMD Him VJIL'L fOU .- FliMEH YeS HE'5 A. ?oo BO burg turned around and won from Penn State, which plays Southern California at Pasadena New Year's day. So any way you look at it, we play the hardest customer of the three invading elevens." Dorais is depending a lot on his backfteld star, Houston Stockton, the sturdy youth who played for Columbia here two seasons ago, then played at St. Mary's college of Oak land under his old coach, Ed Madi gan, last year. Stockton is a won derful forward passer, a great line bucker, a good kicker and all-around triple threat man. Moreover, he never quits. Portland fans will re call the thrill he gave them on Mult nomah field earlier in the season, when, beaten 35 to 6, in the last quarter, he unleashed an attack that overwhelmed Multnomah and m the final five minutes brought the score to 35 to 20. But Stockton isn't the only good player on the Gonzaga team. Gon zaga beat Idaho late in the season, and Bob Mathews, the Idaho coach. paid the Gonzagans the compliment of saying they were the best eleven his boys had played all season and Idaho took on Washington, Wash ington state, Oregon and Southern California. The Gonzaga team aver age is close to 180 pounds. Dorais sent 20 players to San Diego. Here's his lineup: Left end. Needles; left tackle, Cahoon; left guard, Busch (captain); center, Mur ray; right guard. Grant; right tackle, Ashmore; right end, Fla herty; quarter. Pecarovich; left half, Stockton; right half, Garrity or Bross; fullback, Skeate. Substitutes, Sweeney, quarter; Dyckman, full back; Hunton and Hodges, half backs; Bones, center; Smith, guard; Cyre, tackle, and McDonald, end. Big Jess Willard and Ray Archer, his manager, left Portland last night for Tacoma, where Jess ap pears in an exhibition bout next Wednesday under auspices of the American Legion. Next night he shows at Yakima, after the New Year at Spokane and en route east probably will exhibit at Butte, Mont. He and his manager and Gene Doyle, his representative, then will head east to meet Jack Kearns, Jack Dempsey and Tex Rickard at New York. January 10 to talk turkey about a return match. Willard is confident he will land the match and more confident that he will win it. "Don't worry about my training when wo get them pinned down to a definite date," said the big fellow. "I'll go through the hardest kind of regime for four or five months before the bout. I have been called lazy and indifferent as to training, and that 'has been true to some ex tent, but this time I have the incen tive of my life to work. I will be in the pink when the time comes! "I am told that I need lots of road work, and that is true, but my idea of road work differs somewhat from that of some of my critics.' I am too big a fellow to' take long runs on the road every day. You don't put a Percheron horse over the road at a gallop, do you? My idea of road work is climbing hills and jumping logs and roughing it generally on long hikes. That style Is much better adapted to my build than, a 10-mile run every morning before breakfast. "My training quarters will be selected with a view to having plenty of ' hills within easy distance, and I will do a heap lot of climb ing." This from Fred Winsor, one of the best-known fight managersin the game, once manager of Dempsey and a former boxer himself: "Jess Willard surprised me by his Improvement in his Milwaukie ex hibition over what he showed at his appearance in Los Angeles a couple of months ago. A let of the fans thought Jess was too slow, but they hadn't seen the previous ex hibition at Hollywood1, his first time out in nearly three years, so didn't appreciate how much he had progressed. "Since the Hollywood show Wil lard has limbered up considerably. If he keeps up 'his work and im proves correspondingly in the next couple of months he will be a dif ferent looking man. "Before Jess can hope to fight Dempsey with a chance to win, however, he has a hard Erind before him. I'd say that four months of the hardest intensive training should be his minimum. He needs that to burn out the fat, get his muscles hard and supple and build up endurance. "Also, he must get some sparring partners who can make him hustle. He is so big that its hard for him to find a man who can step into the ring and extend him, but he must dig up one or two of them somewhere." THAT GUILTIEST FEELING. 1 1 ( l3HT NOLO 3 I ELL M'"l TH STUFF H BROUGHT' To M LAST CHRISTMAS WASN'T W6 QOOX To ASK AJUD ( AJONl" Te6E PWB- A, XwaiwK f rtouJ You see I DlDMT COULD 6ST HIM OK THF J ? BILL HI BODY IS DRAFTED Stock Interests Back State Commission. FEES FOR MEETS FIXED Money to Be Paid Into State Treasury to Be Used for -Improving Industry. Interests devoted to the raising of purebred stock, especially thor oughbred horses, are behind a move ment to establish a state racing commission in Oregon and to en courage an industry that has almost ceased to exist. A bill already has been drafted, for submission to the state legislature next month, the measure being almost identical with one also to be presented to che Washington legislature at the same time. The bill to be introduced at Salem provides for the creation of the Oregon state breeding and racing commission, to be composed of three residents of the state appointed by the governor. The commissioners, it is provided, must serve without pay. The commission is authorized to issue licenses to individuals or cor porations to hold race meets at points designated in the state, but no such race meet may continue for more than 25 days in any 12-month period. Fees for Meet FUed. A minimum license fee of not less than $500 for each day of racing is prescribed as the cost of a permit to conduct a race meet. . This pro vision does not apply to any state, Interstate or community fair asso ciation holding a race meeting of not to exceed six days in any one year. Other provisions of the proposed bill are as follows: The commission shall have au thority to employ a secretary at a salary not to exceed $1800 a year. The salary of such secretary and all other expenses of the commission shall be paid out of a fund derived from racing license fees. All records of the commission shall be open to the public. Biennial reports must be submit ted to the governor. No license shall be granted for more than IB consecutive days of racing in any community, nor shall any corporation be granted a racing license in any community during the period covered by a state or in terstate fair in such community. There shall be no racing on Sun days. Every application for a rac ing permit shall be accompanied by a cash payment for the total num ber of days covered by such license. State to Get Fees. All moneys derived from license fees shall be paid into the state treasury, to be expended and pro rated annually, after the first year of licensed racing, as follows: For experimenting with purebred stal lions and brood mares, $10,000; for purebred bulls and cows of approved dairy and meat herds, $10,000; for purebred hogs of approved meat producing quality, $5000; for Bheep and goat breeding experiments, $5000. In the event of an unexpended balance in the funds after the fore going distribution shall have been made, the commission is empowered to distribute it among Interstate and agricultural fair associations on thetbasis of attendance at fairs held by such associations. The moneys allotted for experi menting with purebred stock shall be placed at the disposal of such reputable and responsible breeders as the commission may recommend, and all expenditures under this pro vision shall be under control of the state agricultural department. Pool Selling Barred. One section of the .bill provides that there shall be no pool selling, book making or hand books on any horse races within or without the state or any betting of any kind. A provision is made, however, that, should the commission consent, to talizers or pari-mutuel machines may be used. "Some such measure as the pro posed racing commission bill is ab solutely necessary," said B. J. Bag ley, one of the leading stock raisers of Clarke county, Washington, "if the thoroughbred horse is not to disappear altogether. Similar bills are being fathered In many other states of the union and have the 15 , Y Phew! 7 III 9 t i X XJEs. I -5v v j i ill r . a active support of the war depart ment, which is encouraging horse breeders in every way possible in order to maintain an adequate sup ply of remounts." FANS TAKE MATCH LIGHTLY Proposed Willard-Dempsey Eight Seems in Disfavor. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) NEW YORK, Dec. 22. The box ing fan will be tickled pink to learn that Jess Willard will be here early next month to talk over a bout with" Jack Dmpsey. Evidently the promoters who are trying to put that shot over do not give the fans any credit for having any sense. The boys who follow the boxing racket know the old game from every angle and it is not very Ifk-ely that they are going to fall for that kind of bunk. If Dempsey is to show here, they must go out and get someone worth while. HUSKIES' SEES HARD WASHINGTON GRID SCHEDULE FOR 1923 STRENUOUS. Willamette, Oregon Aggies and University of Oregon on Fall and Winter List. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 22. Ten games in ten weeks are to be played by the University of Washington football team In filling what sport observers say is one of the hardest schedules facing any Pacific coast conference university for 1923. Eight of the games will be against Pacific coast or northwest conference teams, Washington meet ing California, Southern California Oregon, Washington State, Whit man, Willamette, Montana and the Oregon Aggies. The non-conference games will be with a navy team and the College of Puget Sound. Whitman is returning to the Washington schedule after being off this year. For years Whitman has opened the conference season at Seattle, but in the 1922 schedule Idaho was substituted. Idaho is not on the Washington schedule, and critics are saying Washington in passing up the Vandals feared an early-season defeat. Last season Idaho held the Huskies to a two point victory. For the -first time in years the Washington team will appear in Tacoma, playing the College of Puget Sound October 27. Tacoma alumni wanted the game. Southern California will be a stranger on the Viking programme next season. This clash is expected to be one of the biggest games of the year. The Washington schedule follows: Sept. 20 Navy team at Seattle. Oct. 6 Willamette at Seattle. Oet. 13 Whitman at Seattle. Oct. 20 Southern California at Seattle. Oct. 27 Puget sound at Tacoma. Nov. 3 Oregon Aggies at Corvallis. Nov. 10 Montana at Seattle. Nov. 17 California at Berkeley. Nov. 24 Washington State at Seattle. Dec. 1 Oregon at Seattle. TINY SCHOOL WORLD BEATER College With 93 Students Scores 498 Points In Eight Games. (Special to the World.) BRISTOL, Va., Tenn., Dec. 22. Not all the football records of the 1922 season have been recorded. King College of this cfty, with an enrollment of 93 students, scored 498 points to 48 for opponents in winning six out of eight games. Almost half of this total was piled up at the expense of Lenoir college of North Carolina, which boasts 600 students. The score was 206 to 0. The players are panting yet. Basketball Facts. Holy Name juniors -will play the Franklin higti juniors tonight at Aqui nas hall, Grand avenue and Clackamas street. The teams are in Spalding's 125 pound league. Columbus club defeated North Port land 31 to 12 Wednesday night on the Davis school floor. McLaughlin, Michel son and Peppin, North Pacific college stars, played on the winning team. Franklin high, juniors lost to the Ra mb 1 er hoopers 28 to 8 Wedn esday night on the B'nal B'rlth floor. Jacob son was high point man for the winners with. 18. Kelly was the omly Quaker to score two baskets. ' In section 1 of the Grammar School Basketball league every team except Terwiiliger has lost at least one game. This week's results follow:' Atkinson 21, Davis 18, Terwiiliger 19, Chapman 6, Holman 2, Couch 0. Holy Name's iwo basketball teams were victorious m tnt-ir games Wednes day night in the Aquinas gym. The Midgets defeated the Irvington Midgets 24 to jO and the Intermediates won from "Wavertey &8 to 10. HFLtoTHeLLo'. 'STmS Vou SANTA O.AUS ? WELL This IS HOvWARI HlCKCV'5 PADOT f TALKtMG Yes- HOWARD HICK6Y. 1 JUS-"" wanted To Ten. you That huJaD 'S a good 8oV and GOItJo WIGHT SMACK BED t 00WK4 THE JJUf V LEAGUE CIF rows WITH BALL SCRIBES President Johnson Writes to New Yorkers. HIT FOR COBB QUESTION Head of Americans Complains of Inefficient Work by Offi cial Scorers for Teams. CHICAGO, Dec 22. (By the As sociated Press.) President Johnson of the American league in a letter tonight to President Lieib of th New York Baseball Writers' associ ation, after stating that baseball official scorers in many cases are grossly lacking in efficiency and responsibility, adivised the baseball writers' association to "put their own house In order before sending me scurrilous and unjustifiable com plaints" on the Ty Cobb hit con troversy. The Kew York chapter of baseball writers' association recently adopted and forwarded) to President Johnson a protest against the latter's action in discarding the box score of the official scorer in a Detroit-Yankee game at New York last May. In substituting the Associated Press box score of the game, Ty Cobb gained one more hit, making his 1922 batting average .401. President Johnson's letter follows: Letter Is Quoted. "Your letter of recent date, en closing a clipping from some paper of resolutions passed by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' association, was received. I knew nothing of the controversy over Ty Cobb's batting average un til it was called to my attention in the public press. "Mr. Irwin Howe is the official statistician of the American league. and has filled that position for sev eral yearsv All official scores when received at this office, are at once transmitted to him. When the Cobb Incident occurred I requested a re port and the official score of the game of May 15. Mr. Howe had previously made a careful investi gation of all facts surrounding the scoring of that day. "The official sheet was not signed and was plainly in error in one other particular that tended to make valueless the pitching records. The Associated Press score of the game of May 15 was accepted, with my indorsement. You scored the game for the Associated Press that day and credited Cobb with a hit. Are we to believe that you reversed your judgment at this late date? Official Scorers Inefficient. "This office has no direct deal ings with the official scorers. .They are appointed by the clubs in the various cities, and experience has plainly shown that in many cases they are lacking in efficiency and responsibility. "Extending through a period of several years, this office has had much difficulty in securing the of ficial scores, and in some instances none were received, after much telegraphing and correspondence. Mr. Howe, at the time, from sheer necessity, was compelled to accept the Associated Press accounts. "I have clearly in mind an occur rence of last season. The first offi cial scorer in a certain city sent in his reports promptly. From that point the difficulties of this office multiplied. "Letters, telegrams and threats failed to produce the desired scores. The secretary of the club called at my Chicago office one morning. I promptly took him to task for the 17 missing scores. 'Mr. Johnson, the original scorer, is with the club. You will have his report within the next 24 hours.' Weeks and months have passed; they have not been received. It was necessary for me to appoint a scorer in that city. He reported on 42 games and a check was sent him from this office. "To me It would seem the part of wisdom and prudence for the base ball writers to put their house in order before sending me scurrilous and unjustifiable complaints." ffllB DRUBS I. WING LOSER SHOWS HE IS GAME BY I STICKING IN RING. George Bnrns Takes Decision From Kid Herman in Six Ronnd Semi-Windnp. Danny Kramer, Los Angeles' entry in the Portland 'featherweight tour nament, had things all to himself against Weldon Wing in their ten round scrap at the armory Thursday night. At the end of the ten rounds there wasn't anything, for Referee Gruman to do but raise the Los Angeles southpaw's hand in token of victory for he gave Wing, with out question of doubt, the worst beating the home boy ever took in a Portland ring. But at the , same time put it in the book that the tough Albina boxer displayed more gameness in the fierce ten rounds than it has been the pleasure of the fans to witness in many a moon. Wing was down for the full count twice once in the second and again in the eighth both times as a re sult of letting his chin come in contact with Kramer's dynamite left mitt. There were other rounds in which Wing was reeling around the ring all but out on his feet, but he stuck to it where other boxers not so game might have gone down and stayed down. The first three rounds were Kramer's by a mile. Wing was a mark for Danny's short left, which he planted on Wing's face or body at wilL In the second frame in s furious exchange Kramer clipped Wing on the chin with his left and the tough one went to the canvas. He struggled up at the count of nine and stuck out the round by pure grit, for Kramer was trying hard to plant him for keeps. The fourth and fifth were the only rounds where Wing showed to advantage. In these sessions tie held his opponent about even. Again in the eighth Wing ran into another of Kramer's crunching left socks that traveled but a few inches, and again he dropped for the count. Wing, though badly 'hurt, didn't give up. Punch groggy as he was, he climbed to his feet and took several blows on the face and body without a return. It was in this round that Kramer showed himself a real gentleman of the ring. With Wing out on his feet Kramer pleaded with the ref ' Your Gift to Hcr fis.1 s 6 - k e many ts lll E'If $ 4 suitable for Her fSjjgt jj ' Christmas, the one al- S8 -"-. j H j ways appropriate ever 2bP 0tMlltyfo yvsi i in good taste and the one S 'SKlsl that keeps alive the spir- it of romance is the "l iA W2;:'rM lift of sweet- fwMM, meats. - V5 rlartcJar g iMiffcCfiocofatosf Oioa Cherries Brazif Nuts . lruit6Huts eree to stop the fight. He said he didn't want to continue the slaugh ter when he had Wing at his mercy. Referee Gruman declined to inter fere. In the last two rounds, with the fight safely tucked away, Kra mer slowed up and, although he took both the ninth and tenth, it could easily be seen that he was not trying for a knockout. Wing weighed 127 pounds to Kra mer's 124. George Burns took the decision over Kid Herman in the six-round semi-windup. Burns had everything on Herman, including weight, height and reach. At that, Herman gave Burns a few things to think about. Against an opponent of his own size and build he could put up a whale of a scrap, for he showed that he was a good two-fisted battler. Jack Griffin and Ritchie Davis went to a draw In the six-round special. Chuck Hellman and Billy Ryan fought a draw In one of the four-rounders, and Benny Dotson took the decision from Young Tom Ross in the other. The card, a benefit for the news boys' educational fund, drew $2863, just 'i more than the last card at the armory. Of this approximately $300 is profit and will go to the newsboys' fund. GUMS IRK NOVEL FOOTBALL PRACTICE IS HELD IX BATHING SUITS. Training for West Virginia Bat tle Provides Unusual Sight ( for San Diego Fans. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Dec. 22. Foot ball practice in bathing Buits on a beach was the novel sight afforded to San Diego gridiron fans today when the Gonzaga university squad, here to meet West Virginia at the city stadium Christmas day, took a workout this afternoon under the di-ection of Assistant Coach Bill Higgins. The Gonzaga squad had come from the northwest and a temperature hovering around the zero mark, and Higgins did not want his men to feel too much the heat prevai'.ins at Coronado, where the team is quartered. So he got a lot of large size bathing suits from the hotel manager and ordered his charges into them. The Gonzaga gridiron warriors- went down to the hard sand and were put through a brisk workout of an hour and a half. Most of it was rehearsal of signals, but it impressed those who watched it with the fact that the Gonzaga squad has come here determined to give a good account of itself Mon day. Head Coach Dorais of the Gon zaga squad, detained in the north by illness in his family, is expected here tomorrow. Word was received here today that the West Virginia squad was in New Mexico today and had taken a short workout and "grass drill" at Albuquerque and Gallup, where their train was waiting. Luncheon was cut out altogether, according to word sent here by a faculty rep resentative aboard the train, that the players might have more time for signal drill and cultivate a keen appetite for dinner. The mountain eers expect to arrive in Los Angeles tomorrow afternoon in time for a short workout in that city before making the last lap of their long run to Ran Diego. 51 Y R YJ li D. &M. FOOTBALLS SPECIAL SALE Regular price $3.00 SALE PRICE $2.35 Today WhHe They list BILL FLEMING The Sporting Goods Man Fifth and Washington Sts. and , Tan Jar speaks the last word in candy perfection great luscious master chocolates, superfine in quality and flavor. Vogan Candy Co., Portland, Oregon IJ in candy perfection W-.-lW wherever taer U sood oandj lie " m IS JOHN A. MURRAY MADE BACH ELOR OF ATHLETICS. University Alumni Association in Umatilla County ' Organizes for $10,000,000 Drive. PENDLETON, Or.. Dec. 22. (Spe cial.) Coach John A. Murray of this city, who received a gold football recently presented by the associated students of the University of Ore gon for his loyal service to Oregon athletics and particularly for the staging of the Oregon-Whitman game here this year, received the degree of "Bachelor of Athletics" and was elected president emeritus of the Umatilla County Alumni as sociation of the University of Ore gon Wednesday night at a big ban quet of Oregon boosters. Mrs. Adele Goff McEwen of Athena was elected secretary and Mrs. Flora Dunham Bean, James Johns and Miss Helen Nelson were named on the executive committee. Faith in the future development of the state of Oregon was voiced at the association meeting and the vision of a greater University of Oregon was pictured by members who gathered from all parts of Umatilla county to organize a more closely woven organization. Lamar Tooze outlined the $10. 000,000 gift campaign for the uni versity and told how this amount can be secured through private vol untary 'subscriptions. President P. L. Campbell outlined the growth of the university from BOO students to its present enroll ment of 2500 and said more build ings are necessary. W. K. Newell of the university also spoke. Centralia Begins Basketball. CENTRALIA, Wash.. Dec 22. (Special.) The first and second basketball teams of the Junior high school opened the season last night at Tenino. The first team defeated the Tenino high school scrubs by a score of 30 to 20, while the second team took the Tenino eighth graders into camp by a score of 11 to 4. The first and second teams of the Na pavine and Rochester high schools will play return games December 3-0 at Napavlne. A week ago the rival squads tangled at Rochester, the Napavine first team winning 33 to 14 and the scrubs 31 to 14. The Oregonian is the medium through which many people supply their wants by ueing Its classified columns. Telephone Main 7070. Men Wanted FOR SHOPS AND BOUNDHOUSK BATES: Machinists ........ 70c per hour Boilermakers 70-70chour Mechanics are allowed time and one-half for time worked in excess of eight hoars per day. Strike conditions prevail. APPLY ROOM 312 COUCH BLDG 109 FOURTH ST, NEAR WASHINGTON PORTLAND