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12 THE MORNING OltEGONIAN, MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1923 LIS G ELEVEN TO L Fans Ready to Bet All on Toledo Contest. ENTHUSIASM RUNS HIGH Football Enthusiast Offers to Underwrite All Expenses of Game if Necessary. CORVALLIS, Or., Dec. 24. (Spe cial.) If the interscholastic claim ant of the eastern end mid-western football championship, Scott high school of Toledo, O., is strong enough to beat Corvallis here New Tear's day, and its backers1 have enough money to wager on the re Bult, they can just about take all the loose cash that Santa didn't get bis claws on. For there isn't a man hereabouts "with sporting blood in him that will not bet his shirt, his last red cent, or boots on the local gridders. These familiar betting articles are in jeop ardy if the Ohioans want to take a chance, and many a valleyite stands a good show of walking back to the farm on foot if Toledo trots off Bell field with the long end of the Bcore. ' Julian MoFadderi, hotel owner, racehorse man and leading all around sportsman of Corvallis, is a football fan who would sit down Indian fashion on the sidelines in a driving snow storm to see two elevens battle each other, and he has seen many a hard-fought strug gle in 'his time in various parts of the country. Corvallia Held Good. Among other interscholastic teams lie has seen in action was the fa mous Oak Park eleven of Illinois eeveral years ago when that team proved such a sensation throughout the United States. Mr. McFadden says the Corvallis team is at least four touchdowns better than that one was, and he believes the home town high schoolers are the best in the United States today. So enthusiastic is he over the com ing game that when it was at first proposed to bring Toledo here and business men were taking up sub scriptions to guarantee the expenses he handed the committee a blank check and told them he would un derwrite the contest alone. The rest of the townsmen, how ever, were too eager to share in the adventure with the result that 160 of them oversubscribed the neces eary amount by more than J2000 in less than two hours after the so liciting committee started work. Medford Held Quitter. Medford apparently didn't want a game with a. Toledo eleven as much as it pretended, for the high school of that city, after making a great fuss because Corvallis scheduled Scott high before Medford could raise the required guarantee, has turned down a challenge from Waite liigh of Toledo. This school lost to Scott 'high by a margin of only one point. Further showing why Corvallis got the game with Scott and Med ford didn't is a telegram received by the Corvallis Gazette-Times from Fred L. Seibert, athletic manager of Scott high, and made public yester day here: "We selected Corvallis high as a representative coast team because the credentials submitted showed the team entitled to play on this year's record and those of past years. The equipment they offered us and arrangements for the care of our team was more modern than any other submitted. This means the field, gymnasium and dressing rooms. Corvallis was the first team to offer a guarantee and place aame on deposit. Medford Too Slow. "The only other coast school to be considered, Medford, wag working In conjunction with Berkeley, Cal. Berkeley wired us 17 hours before Corvallis made the deposit that it would be unable to play. Medford wired its willingness to play 14 hours after we had signed up with Corvallis. The cost of a game with Medford would have been so much higher than with Corvallis that we doubt if we would 'have been able to raise the necessary funds to make the trip. We are even having ome trouble to raise the extra J1500 to make the Corvallis trip. We wanted to play as near the home of our coach. Dr. W. A. Neill, who hails from Whitman college, as pos aible and as we had two offers from the south and one in, Florida we feel justified Jn accepting the first representative school to deposit a guarantee. Local cluba hope to have the necessary funds ready Friday and the team will leave Christmas . day In a 16-section Pullman via the Kew York Central, Northwestern, Denver & Rio Grande and Union Pacific for Portland. Sorry any ar guments have arisen over game, but Medford's unnecessary delays made our final acceptance imperative." MOTORCYCLE RUN PLANKED Eugene and Rosebnrg Riders to Cover 425 Miles. ROSEBURG, Or., Deo. 24. (Spe cial.) A motorcycle endurance run starting from Eugene at midnight December 31, covering the highway to Portland, then back to Roseburg end return to Eugene, ending at 6 o'clock the following night, is being planned by Roseburg and Eugene riders. At the present time SO rid ers have signed up for this event, and will leave Eugene at five-minute intervals and will cover ap proximately 425 miles on the trip. Stops of one hour will be made at Roseburg and Portland, according to present plans. Each motorcycle will have a fixed schedule over the route and arrival a. minute early or a minute late will mean that points will be forfeited. As the winner is chosen by the highest number of points it would be fatal to the rider's chance of winning if he should fail to keep up iiis scneauie. ALBANY BOYS GET LETTERS "A's" Awarded to 1 2 Members of High School Football Squad. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 24. (Special.) Twelve young huskies, members of the 1922 Albany high school foot ball team, were awarded their "A's" Friday afternoon at the final as sembly of the students before dis missal for the Christmas holidays. Those receiving the letters were Russell Groshong. captain, George Laubner, Lindsey Doty, Joe Gray, Robert Keller, Ralph Rolley, Leland Allen, Louis Ubrhammer. - Robert Patterson, All Stein, captain-elect, COIL BAGKI m ANNUAL CHRISTMAS SWIM IN WILLAMETTE IS RECALLED Present-day Swimmers Seem to Lack Desire to Participate in Aquatic Event Such as Formerly Held on River. , THIS day calls to mind the annu al aquatic event that used to be featured by the Multnomah club on the Willamette river. The Christmas day swim was a spec tacle that attracted thousands to view it and thoroughly tested the mettle of the swimmers. One year more than a score started from a barge coated with ice and snow and swam from the Hawthorne bridge to the Burnside bridge in the frigid waters. It was a colorful spectacle, but for some reason present-day swimmers do not seem to want to enter such competition. m Old Sam Silverstein never in his life bore a lily white reputation. He is 'best remembered by the publicity accorded him when he got mixed up in a government fraud scandal sev eral years ago. There are some who even yet will say that Sam was and is crooked. But in his day he was a great jockey and later a boxer of note. Many a down-and-out follower of the ring or track has reason to be thinkful that he called Sam a friend. Only yesterday two detectives who have known Sam for years, some of the time professionally, stopped him as he came out of the telegraph of fice. Sam greeted them cheerily, waving a yellow receipt in their faces. "Sending Xmas greetings to your girl?" asked the "dicks." "No." replied the man thus ac costed, "but do you remember poor old 'Jock Sibley, the boy who broke his leg in a race on the Irvington track 20 years ago? "Well, I got a letter from him yes terday. He asked me for a loan of $10. I have just telegraphed him the ten." And yet they say Sam never puts out anything without the security offered is at least three-fold. You never know who Santa Claus may be. The best way to get rid of Bat tling Siki and his pretensions is to let him fight and be whipped. All .this talk of drawing the color line is mere rot, in the opinion of the leading sport scribes of the country. Harry Greb, who has been talked of as one of the fighters to head a smoker here In the near future, has severed connections with his mana ger, George Engle. Greb says Engle hasn't been getting him enough fights. Yet Engle managed to make $100,000 for Greb in two years and at that the mauler who at one time sought a match with Jack Dempsey couldn't break a win dow pane with a right upper cut, ac cording to experts who have seen him in the ring. Maybe he'll do better, managing himself, than Engle did for him, but it's a pretty fair bet he will not do as well. V ... Jack Fournier, who played first base for Portland in the old North west league, is leading in the mail vote being conducted by the base ball players' union of the National league for president of the new or ganization. Jack afterwards played with the Pacific Coast league be fore going to the St. Louis Cards and was always a popular diamond star in this part of the country. ... Considerable comment i3 being John Cox and Frank Stellmacher. Preceding the distribution of athlPtic awards "Birds Christmas Carol" was presented by the new high school dramatic club. Loving cups were also presented to the class of 1924 for winning the bas ketball championship this year and last. RUSSIAN LION IS DUE TODAY Al Karasick to Lock Horns With Ted Thye Wednesday Night. Al Karasick, the Russion Lion who is coming here with the inten tion of planting Ted Thye on his broad shoulders, Is due to arrive from Salt Lake today. The Russian, who makes his home in Oakland, has been in Salt Lake for two matches but when he heard that Thye had thrown down the gaunt let to the light heavies he put in his bid for a clash with the local man mauler. They will lock horns Wednesday night at the' Heilig theater in a two hour struggle to a decision or the best two out of three falls. Thye has not had a real test on the mat for some time but he may get one from the Russian who lays claim to a fine record. Karasick has wres tled such men as Pink Gardner, Carl Furness ,Tara Miyaki, Carl Farley, George Pinneau, Jim Londas, NWHCN YoJ ARE. LeeVJM. THS t?e.STAOR-NiT You DtSoauetj a Ten Do-UM BILL IS. mis.Sw6 ybu Kkjouj Vou had t The night BEPORC AkJTJ You Know.Ycv - AMD NEXT MORMIM6 . YOUR FCU-OUJ UJORXeRS ASSURE YOO PESSIMISTICALLY THERE ISm'T k, CHAMCes IK TVtel WORLD Of YbuR GETtikJcS 'T Back Cam't ANYBODY vSAY, A CHECTFUL UJOM5V NOBODV5 made in eastern sport circles right now on the recent world's cham pionship mat bout between Zbyszko and Lewis, in which the latter re tained his title by winning two falls out of three. A St. Louis paper voiced the opinion, following the match, that it was not "on the level." George Baptiste, experienced official who refereed the contest, declares it was hard fought and that both men unquestionably did their best. Los Angeles will receive five players and a lot of cash for Nick Dumovich, 20-year-old left hander, Sold by the Angels to the Cubs. The players will include a pitcher, first baseman, third baseman and two outfielders. Four of these players have already been named by Presi dent Veeck of the Chicago club, which also owns the Los Angeles club. They are Walter Golvin, last season guardian of the first station for St. Paul; George Maisel, former ly with Portland in the Coast league; Marty Krug, also with Port land last year, who plays third base now; and Percy Jones, south paw pitcher. ... Hockey is an ice rink sport that proved very popular here when Portland had a team in the field a couple of years ago. That the fans are still following the game can be observed by anybody who goes into some of the downtown pool rooms, where schedules of the. league games being played at Seattle and in British Columbia cities are tacked on the walls and blackboards tell the scores of every game played. It will be conceded that Rogers Hornsby has as much right to give a formula for home run hitting as any man in baseball, not even Babe Ruth excepted. Here is the Card star's prescription: "Put 180 pounds behind a 42-ounce bat with a pow erful swing and the ball will take a long journey." ... An eastern paper recently con ducted a questionnaire among its readers to determine what game is most popular in this country. Some of the replies said football, others baseball. golf, tennis, handball, squash and horse racing. But what pastime do you suppose won. the great majority . of favorable an swers? Chess. ... Merkle will be remembered long after some of the diamond's great est stars are forgotten.' But his boner doesn't compare with one made by an amateur wrestler in Portland one day last year. This wrestler had his opponent all but at the last gasp. One shoulder was down and the other would have been yci- another moment. The man un derneath wrested an arm free for a moment and slapped his torturer sharply on the back. Thinking the referee had signaled him the win ner the man on top let go his hold. Immediately the under dog rolled the near victor over on his back, pinioned him to the canvas and won the match. Did you ever hear of a wrestler who hailed from Turkey that wasn't called terrible? Or one from Rus sian that wasn't a lion? And do you recall any well known fighter of Irish descent that wasn't at all times referred to as a harp? Tom O'Connor, Kala Pasha and Ad Gustavo. Karasick wrestled Mike Yokel once going to a three-hour draw with the Salt Lake grappler. Ba santa Singh, welterweight cham pion of the world, also is on the programme Wednesday night. He will meet some opponent yet to be selected, in a 30-minute struggle. MANY TROUT LIBERATED Total, Including Supply on Hand, Exceeds Four-Year Record. Trout liberated and on hand dur ing 1922 exceed the combined total for the last four years, according to figures compiled for the state game commission. Nearly 25,000,000 trout were set in water and 1,670.867 sil versides at a cost a thousand of only $2.60, compared with $3.56 in 1921 and $6 in 1920. About 10,290 pheasants were raised at the state farms during the year. The figures for 1921 show 6944. This year's cost of rais ing one bird was $1.69, although 4500 pheasants are being held over for spring releasing, which will raise the cost 50 or 60 cents. In 1921 6944 pheasants were released at a cost of $2.45 a bird. Arrests on violations of game laws for the year totaled 756 at an average cost of $124 each. For 1921 the total was 609 at a cost of $138.53 and for 1918 184 arrests at a cost of $165.02. ATNT IT A GRAND AND - You WEftc v5AVikis it To "BoY A chiistms Gir Port Yoot Swcre-n e anj You MoakJ and VAHIMPER AS You TRUCK5E HOWE Through the But You decide tt-, cai i up The 8oo5ToRe amyujay You MaYjSvwslcCo That M TO PLAY West Virginia Ordered Take No Chances. to GAME SET FOR TODAY Spokane Team to Make Bid for Fame, Having Nothing to Lose by Defeat. BY WALTER ECKERSALL. (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.) SAN DIEGO, CaL. Dec. 24. West Virginia, one of the undefeated football teams of the east, and Gon zaga of Spokane, will clash in the stadium here tomorrow in the first of three important intersectional contests to be decided in the next seven, days along the Pacific coast. The mountaineers of West "Virginia are bent on keeping their record clean, while Gonzaga, although beaten twice this year, realizes it has a chance to get on the national football map. The Washington eleven has everything to win and nothing to lose. For this reason Coach Dorais, formerly of Notre Dame, will in struct his players to throw caution to the winds and take all sorts of chances. On the other hand, West Virginia will play a conservative game, no unnecessary chances will b; taken, and the team will play the same style of football which brought about victories over Pittsburg and Washington and Jefferson, not to mention other ranking elevens of the far east. Easterner Are Favorites. West Virginia has been, made a favorite in this city, which is crowded to, capacity with visitors who are attending the races this afternoon and will stay over for the gridiron clash tomorrow. The real fans have heard and read so much about West Virginia and so little about Gonzaga that few give the latter a chance. The mountain eers are expected to make a great showing. They will play just as well tomorrow as if they were per forming on the home field in Mor gantown. They realize, however, they have a battle on their hands, and are prepared to use every for mation called into commission dur ing the regular playing season. West Virginia took a short work out at Pasadena yesterday. Coach Spears and Athletic Director Stans bury took the players on a long walk this morning over im Coronado and along the main shore. This afternoon they are attending the races in order to keep their minds off the game. Gonxaga Has Practice. Gonzaga practiced yesterday on the polo field and) the players strolled along the beach this after noon. The entire party is looking on at a bull fight tonight across the border. According to Coach Dorais the players know how much depends upon the result and each is going to play the game or his career. The game will be conducted under the auspices of the San Diego cbam ber of commerce. It will be held in the stadium which will accommo date 25.000 fans and a capacity crowd is expected. The playing field Is not sodded and players and officials may not be visible at times because of the dust. Coach Spears today asserted he will not use his open game unless it Is absolutely necessary. He believes his back-shift plays will get him enough points to win. He will use his substitutes often, but will start his regulars. Eckburg will be at quarter. Martin will start at full back, where he will be flanked by Simon and Nardacci. Graham and Hawkins will play ends, while Cap tain Meredith will be at left tackle Combination la Good. This combination is one of the best Coach Spears has developed this season. They can play the straight game for good results, while eligible men to receive for ward passes are concealed in such clever fashion that tackles and guards are made eligible to receive forward passes. Like Coach Spears of West Vir ginia, Coach Dorais will start com binations which have brought about the best results this year. Pecarovich will start at quarter back, with Stockton and Garrity at the halves and Skeats at full back. Gonzaga will use the shift ing Notre Dame offense and heavy GLORIOUS FEELIN'T ra!v, 1 RECKLESS CONTEST II 111 1 SPORTS WRITER IMPRESSED BY JESS WILLARD'S TALK Big Fellow Takes Ambition for Come-back So Seriously That Hearers Think Ex-Champ Has Chance. BY ROBERT EDGREN. Famous New York Sports Critic. WHEN Jess Willard Isn t around it is hard to take his "come haKV'1 amKitinn BSfimialv Sa many other ex-champions have this flivver after being out of the ring a while. But when Jess is present, fight stuff fairly oozes from him. There's something impressive about the big fellows grim and crisp utterances. Charles Payne and I were talking about Willard and Dempsey recently in Los Angeles when Willard drop ped in for a call. Payne, who is something of a fight bug, was de scribing what he saw when Wil lard boxed an exhibition recently. "For my part," said Payne, "if Willard ever fights Dempsey again I'm going to put a little bet on him just for luck. I've watched Demp sey training, too, and I can't see why Willard shouldn't have a good chance. He's a little fat now, of course, but he shows speed and he hasn't forgotten how to box. Ken nedy, for instance, 'couldn't lay a glove on him in a weelc. I think he can still fight." Just then Willard arrived. "Why don't you take on a couple of heavyweights and polish them off just to show people you're fit?" I asked. "Is it pride or business that makes you insist on Dempsey first?" "Because Dempsey is the only one of the lot who isn't a dub," said Wiriard. "I don't need to beat any second raters. I did that long ago. It wouldn't prove anything if I beat them. Dempsey can take on return engagements with the Bren nans and Miskes if he wants to. I'd be ashamed to lift my hand to hit such ring trash. Dempsey ought to be ashamed, too, when I've been ready to meet him again any time and give him a real fight. I've been after him ever since Toledo, and he has dodged me to take on. easier game. If Dempsey hasn't dodged his manager has." "But shouldn't you prove to the public that you can get into sbape to fight Dempsey?" "Let Dempsey sign articles I'll prove it fast enough," growled Wil lard. "I'm in much better shape right now than when I trained for him. at Toledo. The fight at Ha vana was the fight of my life, and a man never reaches his top form twice. Dempsey may never be as good again as he was at Toledo." Age No Handicap to Jess. "Won't increased age handicap you?" "No!" barked Jess. "I know that little fellows who start fighting early like Wolgast, are supposed to begin to drop back when they're 18 or 20. But big men don't mature until after that age. "Men are like horses. You break in a horse at 3 years and at 12 it's an old horse and not good for much more. But you break in a horse at 9 years of age and he's a mighty good horse at. 22. West ern horses often aren't broken in until they're 12, and they're the strongest and best horses in the world and last longer than any others. "A boxer who begins at 14 or 15 is backs are expected to make some gains off the mountaineers' tackles. Both elevens will employ the open and close attacks. Players will be kept busy trying to figure out ways to meet opponents' attacks. Punt ing will be resorted to when yards are needed for first downs and neither team will leave anything un done to bring about the desired j result which each naa traveled so far to acquire. Following is the probable starting line-up of both teams: West Virginia. Gonzaga. Graham I, K M .. Flaherty Howard LT Ashmore Setron LG Grant Phil Hill C Murray Mahan RG (C) Busrh Meredith (C.) RT Cahoon Hawkins RE Needles Skberg QB Heravoraich Simon LH Stockton Xardacci RH Garrity Martin F Skeats West Virginia substitutes: Faccy, cen ter: Pierre Hill, end: Tallman. end; Quintan, tackle; Quarles, guard; Bowers, quarter; Davis, tackle; McMillan, full back; Baroum, halfback; Gonzaga substitutes: Bone,, center; Smith, guard; Cyre. tackle: Dykeman, halfback: Hodges, half; Hunton, half back; Bross, halfback; Sweeney, quarter back; MacPonald, fullback. PENS STATE TAKES. HIKE Team Not to Touch Football Be fore Game Tomorrow. PASADENA. Cal., Dec. 24. The Penn State football squad arrived here' today and went hiking to keep in training for the game New Year's day with the University of Southern - awd Yoo try To Believe. Vou -Left it ho Ths Book store tbu lAJf6 IrJ - RUT WHO EVER " R6TURM5 MONEY FOOJD 'f NOBODY J - AMD The Book-. -SAT'S "Ye 5 yJe poomd nr call This EwemiuG - OH-H-H- BOY.' AIN'T IT A 6R-R-R-RAND Arst GLOR R-RIOUS FEEUN'J' v -v. c f A. all shot before he's 30 most of them before they're 20. Old Bob Fitzsimmons was a grown man when he began fighting. See how he lasted and what a wonder he was. "I was 26 or 27 when I went to New York and began fighting. That was practically my start. I was a grown man, but being so big I was still slender like an overgrown boy. But I had my strength then. "Fighting never strained me. I never was hurt, and the only time I was ever knocked down in my life was at Toledo. I'm 37 now, and as I have taken good care of myself since Toledo I'm close to the height of my strength and stamina. Willard weighs 265. "I'm in condition because I've trained three times to get Dempsey in a return match when I was prom ised my chance. Twice I was ready, after months of work, but I guess they found out about it. "Weight? I'll tell you facts. When I began fighting in New York ten years ago I weighed from 220 to 225, and I was skinny. At Havana my real weight was 238 pounds on the day of the fight, though some body announced 243. At Toledo I weighed ten pounds more, 248 Right now I weigh 2.65, out of train ing, which is less than I weighed when I started training at Havana or Toledo. "Why should I bother with matches with second-raters that I can whip easily when I know I can whip Dempsey and win the title again? Easy money? I don't want that kind. I don't care anything about picking up easy money. What I want is to beat Dempsey. "I won't be the same man he met at Toledo. He beat me there be cause I was reckless and careless. I never dreamed that any man could hurt me. I didn't guard or hurry to get him, because I thought it was a joke. "No, the first punches he landed in close didn't hurt me at all. I hardly felt them. Dempsey Lands One Punch. "But a few seconds later as we separated I started back with my arms held wide open and he shot one over and clipped "me on the chin. "Good punch, sure! And I was wide open td take it. That was the last I ever remembered. But though I was half gone from that punch he couldn't knock me out. Next time I'll protect myself at all times and he couldn't catch me again like that in a million years! "What have you been doing he- sides training occasionally?" I asked. "Oh, deer hunting, duck hunting, climbing mountains, tramping through brush. Yeah, and I've been looking at some golf courses. Ray Archer, my manager, is quite a gol fer, you know, and he likes to look 'em over. Sometime I might try t myself. But I'd feel kind of funny hitting anything as little as a golf ball." What Jess ought to hit is some thing about the size of Sam Rob erts' 16-pound bowling ball. He might swing on 't with Thor's ham mer. (Copyright, 1922. by Bell Syndicate. Inc.) California in the annual east versus west gridiron feature. The Nittany Linns stepped from their train at 2:20 o'clock. There were 29 in the party. Of that num ber, 22 were 'players and the re maining seven were coaches and trainers. A delegation of tournament of roses officials welcomed the east erners, and escorted them to their hotel. Hugo Bezdek, in taking his men for a hike, announced they "would not touch a football before Tues day." "Today Is Sunday," he said, "and tomorrow will be Christmas. So we won't get out on the field for two days." He said he believed walking over the hills would condition his men quite as well as practice on the Rose Bowl field for two days, considering the long transcontinental trip and Jhe climatic differences between their home and southern California. "All my men are in the verv best shape," said Bezdek, "and if the Trojans beat us, we will have no alibi. I don't think this warm weather will affect the team at all We want a good field, a good crowd and a good team to oppose us. We expect all that and we will do our part to usher in the new year in the right way." GAME LAW CHANGES ASKED Deer Tags and Public Preserves Favored by Commission. WHITE SALMON, Wash., Dec. 24. (Special.) Game Commissioner D. H. Sorter, of Klickitat county, states that the following changes were recommended at a recent meeting of the game commission of the state of Washington at Beliingham: "A tag law for killing deer, which provides that each deer be tagged with a license tag when killed "The maintenance of public shoot ing grounds for ducks, and restric tion of the number of private shoot ing grounds." Klickitat county has been prom-! ised SOOjOOO trout fry of different varieties for this season, together with a supply of Chinese pheasant eggs, which will be placed with farmers, to be hatched under do meetic chickens. This was tried out here by the commission last season with satisfactory results, although on a small scale. The eggs were shipped from the state game farm at Walla Walla. Aberdeen Card Revised. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 24. (Special.) Withdrawal of Indian Pete from the six-round bout which he was to have fought with Babe Foot here New Year s night has caused Matchmaker Oliver to com pletely revise his card. The re organized card will be: Ted Krache vs. Sandy Carbonne, Tacoma, six rounds, main event; Kid Johnson, Olympia, vs. Johnny Jordan, Ana- cortes, six rounds, semi-final; Babe Foote, Aberdeen, vs. JSlmer Jb oiman. Aberdeen, four rounds; Eddie Mc Carthy, Olympia, vs. Patsy Herbert, Aberdeen, four rounds; Lon Perry, Aberdeen, vs. Art Lewis, Montesano, four rounds. Wrestling Added by Chemawa. SALEM, Or., Dec 24. (Special.)- The Chemawa Indian school has added wrestling to its regular ath letic course, Ellis White, ex-captain of the Salem high school wrestling squad, has been engaged to coach the Indian grapplers. Plans are be ing completed for contests with Ore gon Agricultural college, University of Oregon and other colleges and universities in the west. U. S. All-Stars Win in Manila. MANILA, Dec. 24. (By the Asso ciated Press.) Four thousand fans saw the American all-star baseball team defeat the all-Fllipinoa, 20 to 1, today. TATE-FULTON BOUT FRUttY CALLED OFF Big Boxers Unable to Get Here in Time. DEAL IS NOT DROPPED Negotiations for Fight at Milwan- kie Are to Be Continued, Says Kendall. The Bill Tate-Fred Fulton bout, billed for the Milwaukie carbarn arena next Friday, is off for the time being. Frank Kendall, who has attempted to put Milwaukie back on the fistio map. was nego tiating for the mixed heavyweight scrap, but has received word that the two big boys cannot get out this way in time to keep the ap pointment. Things have not been going well with the Milwaukie boxing venture. The fact that it is some distance from Portland, together with poor weather, has kept down the attend ance at the shows, and it would not be surprising if the arena was closed down for good. A local busi ness concern is after a lease on the old carbarns and if they make the deal will turn it into a leather fac tory. Negotiations IVot Dropped. Kendall, however, says that he has not dropped negotiations with Fulton and Tate, and will put them on after the first of the year if he can get them out this way. The calling off of the Milwaukie show leaves only one boxing card hereabouts to close the year, and that is the Joe Gorman-Danny Kra mer featherweight title match for the armory on New Year's day. The Portland commission planned to wind up its featherweight tourna ment New Year's, but after the Kramer-Gorman bout is settled there is one other feather still in the running who will have to get his chance at the title. He is Danny Nunes of Sacramento, who beat Ad Macke in the tournament and went to a draw with Kramer. New Year Plans Lacking. The Portland commission has not made any plans for the new year. There was some talk that Joe Ben jamin and Jimmy Sacco would clash in the first show in 1923, but there seems to be some hitch over the bout. Abe Matin, manager for Sacco, says that he was promised the January 10 date for the fight, and will hold the commission to ,its promise. Matin declares that if they can not get Benjamin for Sacco he will throw his middleweight, Joe Eagan, against Tom King or any other good middleweight they want to select, and at the same time give them Sacco against some opponent for a double main event. FASCIST! BOOST SPORTS CABINET MEMBERS SHOW IN TEREST IN ATHLETES. , Funds to Pay Expense of Olympic Games in 1921 Promised by New Government. ROME, Dec. 24. The advent of the Fascisti government to power will have favorable influence upon the development of sport and ath letics in Italy. Premier Mussolini's cabinet is composed mostly of young men between the ages of 30 and 40, the majority of whom at some time or another have taken active part in some branches of athletics and have retained a deep interest in sports. ' Mussolini him self Is an expert fencer and his un der secretary of state, Finzi, be sides being one of Italy's most re nowned aviators, was at one time one of the best 6000-meter runners in the peninsula. The first effects of the assump tion of leadership of the govern ment by Mussolini in the field of sports already have been seen in the promise made by the premier that appropriations of funds to de fray the expenses of the Italian Olympic team to Paris in 1924 would be forthcoming. The Olympic prepa ration in Italy, which had been stagnant throughout the summer owing to lack of funds and conse quent lukewarm enthusiasm, has taken on a new lease of life and followers of athletics in Italy are rejoicing. The preparation of the Italian Olympic team will be di rected especially toward the 5000 and 10,000-meter races and the marathon. Although sprints will not be neg lected, the Italian Olympic commit tee feels that they have better ma terial for the distance events. Com mencing Sunday, November 26, when a full distance marathon was run at Milan, there will be 5000 and 10,-000-meter races in various cities of Italy. Milan, Turin, Genoa, Nables or Rome, about twice, a month. It is the intention of the committee to have four full Olympic distance marathons run between now and the departure of the Italian team for Paris in 1924. The last one will take place about January, 1924. Signor Tonetti, vice-president of the committee, is sanguine that Italy has a first-class chance of carrying off the blue ribbon of the Olympic games. In Arrl Valerio of Turin and Hugo Fregorio of Milan, Italy says she has discovered wor thy successors to Dorando Pietri, whose dramatic failure in the mara than at London and subsequent races in America against Tom Long boat, Johnny . Hayes and Alfred Schrubb are well remembered in sporting circles. Both Valerio and Fregorio can run all day. What they lack just now is final speed for the last two or three miles. However, they have both nego tiated the distance well under two hours and 50 minutes. In the 5000 meters Italy will pre sent Ernesto Ambroslni of Milan, and Primo Brega of Rome. Ambro sini ran a good second to Paovo Nurmi at Paris some time ago, forcing the record-breaking Finn to the limit in order to win by ten yards in 15 minutes and one second. Since then Ambrosini has run the 5000 under 15 minutes 14 minutes and 58 2-5 seconds to be exact. Tavesi of Milan, and Florentino of Livourno are the best men for the 10,000. Florentino, who was cham pion of Italy in 1920 but was off form last season, Is stepping in great shape just now. but he will rest up during the winter. He re cently turned in 32 minutes, two and one-fifth seconds. The sprints, shot put, javelin and discus throwing are giving the com mittee much concern and they do not look forward to earning any. points in these events unless some phenomenon should come to light between now and 1924. The best sprinter Italy can boast just now is Zucca of Turin. His time tor the 100 meters is 10 4-5 seconds. In the aquatlo events Italy ex pects to make a good showing. The Genoa, nnnrtet Jin Tin clpjiliinn fnnto Y Malito, Saahner and Panero are known, will give a good account of themselves In the tank. The first three have, won the "swim across Paris," Mallto defeating Billington of England in record time this year. Panero is a mere youth but coming strong. Amateur boxing, especially in the featherweight and light weight classes, may also prove point win ners for Italy, according to mem bers of the Olympic committee. They say they have a couple of fu ture Johnny Dundees under cover in Calabria and Sicily and they will spring them upon the unsuspecting feathers and lightweights from other countries. It was pointed out to the corre spondent that although politicians in Italy are greatly divided on some of the issues of the day, there is one point upon which unanimity has been reached sports. ARLETA FIVE TO BE BUSY LONG SCHEDULE ARRANGED FOR PROFESSIONALS. Two-Game Series Planned Hero With Minneapolis Team February 23 and 24. Ray Brooks, manager of the Ar leta professional basketball team, has lined up a schedule for his team which will keep ltbusy for the next two months. The professionals who have already won three early season games . by overwhelming scores, will swing into action against the Standard Oil five of Astoria on January 6. The team will make four out-of-town trips, going to Astoria, Golden dale, Silverton and Dallas. Probably the most important game on the en tire schedule is a two-game series with the Globe Trotters of Minneap olis. The eastern team is coming here for a two-game series with Ar leta on February 23 and 24. George Dewey, coach and captain of the professionals, has left Port land to accept a basketball coach ing position with the North Dakota Aggies. Harry Craig, Arleta center, will take Dewey's place as captain, while Babe Thomas, ex-Franklln high school star, will take Dewey's place at guard. The Arleta schedule follows: January 6 Standard Oil of Astoria at Portland. January 13 Columbia club of Astoria at Astoria. January 20 Dallas American Lexion at Portland. Ja-nuary 27 Kniffhts of Coliwnbua of Seattle at Portland. February 3 Dallas t Dallas. February 10 Goldend&le at Portland. February 15 Silverton at silverton. February -3 Minneapolis at Portland. February 24 Minneapolis at Portland. March 2 and 3 Ooldendate at Uo-lden-dale. March 10 Columbia club of Astoria at Portland. March 17 Standard Oil at Astoria. ABERDEEN TOSSEKS BEADY Game With Whatcom Hih Want ed to Open Season. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Dec. 24. (Special.) The Aberdeen high school basketball team may launcn its 1922 season with a game on the local floor with Whatcom high school of Beliingham, according to announcement received here Satur day by school authorities. Efforts are being made to arrange a Grays harbor trip for the Beliingham eleven, to include games with both Aberdeen and Honuiam. Inasmuch as Whatcom for the past four years has held the western Washington championship and for the last two years has been titled state champion, the game on the harbor should draw large crowds. The first southwestern Washington league game will be played Janu ary 9 between Aberdeen and Tenino high school team", Amity Quint Wins Again. AMITT, Or., Dec. 24. (Special.) The Amity high school team played and won its second basketball game of the season here Friday night when they met and defeated the McMinnville high tossers, 24 to 21. Votb teams were speedy and the game was full of thrills. The Mc Minnville girls beat the local girls, 32 to 3. Boxing Extension Sanctioned. ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 24. The state boxing commission will sponsor an amendment to the state boxing law to make fights legal in all parts of Minnesota, at the coming session of the legislature, it was learned today. Bouts now are per mitted only in Minneapolis, St. Paul and Duluth. Merry Xmas from Edlefsen'g. Adv. 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