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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1906)
THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 21, 1906. SPORTS OF AMATEUR AND PROFESSIONAL Athletes Who Arc in Line for a Trip to Athens. McCredie's Plans for Baseball Season. TO SHORTEN SEASON HIS SLEEPER BE local Delegates to League Meeting So Declare. It Went Uncalled For Duri Three Years.- GO TO SAN FRANCISCO BULLHEAD LUGK AND B00?R1 as 16 Intention of the Portland and Seattle Baseball Men Also to Demand Better Division of the Gate Itcccipts. President W. W. McCrodle and Man ager Walter H. McCrodle, of the Portland Baseball Club, will leave tonight for San Francisco to participate in the annual mooting of the Pacific Coast League, which convenes at the Bay City on Tues day. Accompanying the McCredies will bo J. P. Agnew and Russ Hall, of the Seattle club, who arc expected to roach this city this afternoon. Judge McCredie has several Important issues to present to the delegates of the league at the meeting, and it is stated that the -Seattle delegates have even stronger measures to put before the con vention than the local men. Position of Loeal Men. The local delegate intends to Introduce resolutions calling for a shorter season, a better division of the gate receipts and the re-election of Eugene F. Bert to the presidency. In the latter contingency, it is not likely that there will be any oppo sition, as the president of the league has given every satisfaction during his Incum bency, and is rated as one of the most capable oflicials in baseball. As to the other two resolutions, Portland will unite with Seattle In the demand for a shorter season and the rearrangement of the divi sion of the gate receipts. This latter question has been agitated more or less ever since the Incipiency of the league, owing to the 30 per cent division extended to the visiting clubs. It is this rule on which the light of the Northern clubs will be centered, for in the case of Seat tle, that club has lost considerable money In the past two years, and is anxious for a better break on the receipts than has been the custom in the past. Favor Shorter Season. The demand for a shorter season seems to moot favor with all the clubs, and on that account It seems quite likely that the season of 190G will be shortened from one month to six weeks at least When asked as to his opinion as to the circuit for the coming season, Manager McCrodle said: "That is a question that can't be answered at present, for I do not "believe that anyone can authoritatively name the clubs to compose the league. I do not think that there will be any ma terial change in the circuit, although it is certain that a successor to Tacoma will be chosen. Just where this franchise will be placed I could not say, but I hope to see Spokane favored in some manner. That town is capable of supporting a good team, and I think that the league can figure advantageously enough to transfer the Tacoma franchise to that place." Successor to Tacoma. This question will also be a burning one at the league meeting, for with Portland and Seattle united on adding Spokane to the league, and representatives of Fresno. Sacramento and San Jose on the ground seeking to secure admission for their re spective towns, the placing of the fran chise will be a many-sided contest. Mike Fisher, manager of the defunct Tacoma club. Is the principal advocate of the Fresno people, and according to advices from San Francisco, Mike has in terested several influential business men of the raisin belt In the backing of a team at that place. Just how much influence the former "King of Tacoma" possesses, now that his mainstay and relative. Henry Harris, has retired (at least, so he has announced), will be shown at the coming meeting. The fans arc eagerly awaiting the outcome of the meeting, which has so many vita! questions to decide to the satisfaction of the Tarious clubs. May he 3likc Fisher. The question of a successor to Henry Harris Is now agitating the Bay City sports, and in connection with the man agerial berth of the Seals many prominent baseball and sporting men arc mentioned. The latest to blossom out as possibilities arc James F. Morlcy, manuger of the Los Angoles team; Jack Gleason, the well known San Francisco referee; Mike Fish - or, manager of the Bengals of homeless fame, and Charlie Graham, captain of the Tiger aggregation for several years. HOW THIS BOWL12KS' STAS1) Scores for the" Lenders in the Commercial .League. Commercial Bowling League standing: "Won. Lott. P.C Gld' Ltaf 'M 7 .740 Jose Vilas 1 . S .7021 Orecons it 8 .700 Golden Wefts 21 9 .700 Llpman. Wolfe & Co 13 14 .481 "U'oodlarlss in 14 .481 Portlands VI 17 .433 Montavllla ft y .400 Gold Bonds 10 17 .T.70 American Guilds 18 .3X3 Brunswlcks .. 0 til .300 JJoneyman Hardware Co.... C 15 .2S0 The past wek was a busy one around tho bowling alleys. In addition- to the regular league matches, there were special matches most every afternoon. There were two individual matches yesterday afternoon, one between Kruse and Flckens ten games total pins. Ficken won by 619 pins. They both bowled a good, steady game. Their scores were: . Ficken 224, 210, ITS, 196, 193, 202, 1S1, 202, 223. 16G-19J8. Flcken's average, 191 S-10. Kruse IDS, 1H, 166. 211. 1S8, 165, 212, 211. 224. 173-1S79. Kruse's average, 1S7 9-10. The Ullman-Capen match was close and exciting, Capen winning by 39 pins. The scores were: Capen-133, 207, 164, 169, 399, 3C6, 203, 156, 192173 1764. ' Ca pen's average. 176 4-10. Ullman 152, 169, 175. 192, 132, 174, 14t, 172, 176. 1791725. Capeu's average,, 172 5-10. Ullman's average, 176 4-10. Ullman and Ficken will bowl a 10-gamc .match some time this week. The Kruse iMorse match has been postponed. Ullman and McMenomy will roll Keating and Hamilton a five-game match this after noon. Play will begin at 3 o'clock. Japanese Study Athletics. .NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Nagal Michlaklra. an accredited representative of the Japan cse government, witnessed a special exhi bition by the girl athletes or the girls' branch of the Public Schools Athletic League. The Japanese has come to this ' country, to study the methods of physical culture in the public schools, and also the workings of the athletic club, with the Idea of adopting Its best features. PICK ATHENS TEAM Committee on Selection Soon to Meet in New York. WESTERN MEN AVAILABLE Question Xot Yet Settled Whether Tryouts Arc to Be Held Spo kane Boxers Amateurism Is Questioned. Many of the athletic fraternity are won- dcrlng whether or not the Western ath letes will have a chance to make the track team that will be sent from America to participate In the Olympic contests In old Athens. From the judgment passed on the ability of the "Western athletes by Mr. J. E. Sullivan, secretary of the Ameri can committee of the Olympian game?, secrotary of the Araatfur Athletic Union, and author of the new book entitled "Athletics in the West ami Far West." the Westerners will be. or should be. !n the first rank. But whether they arc or not remains to be seen, and nothing can be said until after the committee appoint-" ed to select the toam meets tomorrow or Tuesday In New York. As had been said before, the selection of the team should be determined by try- outs at some place convenient to the West or liast. and then Western athletes would have equal chances with their Eastern "brothers in anus" of the athletic arena. If this plan Is adopted by the committee and decided upon there will still be one objection from all athletes concerned. Western or Eastern, and that Is on ac count of the weather. For no athlete will be ready to train outside to get Into rbapc for the tryouts. it being too cold. Taking it all in all, it will be a puzzling ques tion for tho committee to decide. Unless every man trying for the team had a covered dirt floor to train on and the same to tryout on. it would bo difficult to sat isfy all. But this Is vers' near Impos sible. What arc the Western athletes' chances on the team? What Western men are available for the events? Athletes AVho Arc. Available. In the 100 yards there is Parsons, of Wisconsin; Blair, of Chicago: Hahn, of tho Milwaukee Athletic Club; Abadle. of Olympic Club, California; Pearson, of the University of Washington, and Smlthson. of Multnomah. All of these men arc good for 10 seconds In the 100 yards. The 440 yards would secure Hogcnson. of Chi cago; Dunn, of Stanford, and Waller, of Wisconsin. Those who could go for the half-mile are few, indeed. There is LJghtbody, of Chicago; Miller, of Stan ford; Grecnhaw. of Multnomah, and Glar ner. of the Olympic Club. Callfornlar" In the mile run there Is Llghtbody, Glarnor, Mill. Grconhaw and Matthews. In the two-mile. Yerncr, of Chicago, and Yates, of Multnomah, and Corey, of Chicago. Th Mexican. Garcia, would also enter. Corey. Hicks and Glarncr would make good In the 25-mile race. After the runs and sprints coma tho hurdles. In the 120 hurdlo and 220 them arc Catlln, of Chicago; Garrels. of the same, and Friend; Coates. of Multnomah, and Freeman, of Stanford, and then the field events would bring out in the weights Rose, of California; Plaw. of Cal ifornia; Parry and Tobln. of Chicago; Hyde, of California, and McDonald, of tho University of Washington, and Hartncy. of British Columbia. Following this are the jumps, pole-vault, high jump .and broad jump, with Patterson, of Chicago, and Barker, too; Dole. Hall, Moullen, Kelly. Frissell. Sneldegar. Bell, Coates and Heater, of California and Oregon, and Friend, of Chicago. In the field events the West would perhaps bo stronger than the East, taken it all in all. Those "Who Can Go If Chosen. Tho men who would actually go if a team were chosen to go in the tryout, and who could get away, are: Hahn. Blair and Smlthson in the 100 and 230 yards, every one good for the 10 and un der; 440 yards, Groman. of Chicago; half mile. Glarner of Olympic Edmunson and Mathews of Idaho; one mile. Edmunson. Glarncr and Greenhaw, the latter In the half as well; two mile. Gates of Multno mah, Corey of Chicago and Verner; five mile. Verner and Corey of Chicago; 120 hurdle. Heater of Multnomah. Coates of the same and Friend and Catlln. ef Chi cago; 220 hurdle. Cpatcs and Catlln; IG-, pound shot. Rose and Plaw of Olympic Club. California; lG-pound hammer. Parry of Chicago and Plaw of California; Im pound weight, Plaw, Rose: discus, Garrels of Chicago and Ros,e of Olympic; high Jump. Hall of Olympic and Kerrigan of Multnomah: pole vault, Dole of Stanford. Glover of Chicago and Heater, of Mult nomah: broad Jump. Friend of Chlcaso and Friseel and Kelly of Multnomah. And those who would possibly get a place in the tryouts of these cligjbles are: Smlthson in the 100, and Hahn; Hahn and Blair In the 220: half mile, Llghtbody of Chicago; mile, Bdmunson asd light body: two mile, Corey of Chicago, also in the five mile and 25 mile; 25 mile. GROUP OF ASSOCLVTION FOOTBALL PI.AYRRS, 1'HOTOCILVriIED AT Morsthon: 120 hurdles. Catlln of Chicago; 220, Garrels of Michigan; Rose In the shot and Plaw in the hammer; Plaw In the 55 pound; Garrels in the discus; high jump. Hall and Kerrigan; broad Jump, Friend and Sneldegar; pole vault. Heater and Dole. But thinking of the Inconveniences at tached to the tryouts at this time of the year. It is barely possible that thore will bo tryouts at all. So the selection of the team will have to be loft to the re sults of the conference and National championship meets. Spokane Boxers in Trouble. Will Douglas and Hammond, of the Spokane Athletic Club, who participated in a boxing match with Multnomah last November, be found guilty of profession alism? For the sake of amateur athlet ics in the Northwest, and the Spokane Athletic Tlub. we hope not. If the boys are found guilty they should be disquali fied, as they will be If found out. But for their sakes we hope not. It just gties to show that if the man agement of amateur athletics is left entirely to" professionals who are in structors and trainers in athletic in stitutions, which has bocn done In many, cases in the Northwest, demor alization of the ethics of amateurism follows. Not because a professional intentionally teaches professionalism, but mostly on account of his little knowledge of the rules of nmatcut athletics. Nor is this ignorance ox rules confined to professionals only, j but to men who are in charge of ath- J letics throughout the country. Tho fact is, there are- really very few men who are thoroughly up in the rules of clean sport. But when we do And some who have a thorough knowledge of athletic ethics and intentionally perpetrates a broach of athletic princi ples, they should be disqualified from further management of athletic af fairs, as well as the active participant who breaks a rule. There are a few exceptions in the ease when it comos to professional instructors. A very good suggestion comes from President J. B. Maccabe in his addross at the an nual meeting" of the Amateur Athletic Union last November, in relation to competent oflicials, and touches close ly on this subject. It roads as fol lows: Incompetent Offlcluls. "Properly conducted athletic meets arc a misnomer unless thd officials arc competent. In other words, an official should be intelligent, courageous and absolutely impartial. The A. A. U. unifies the methods and rules for com petition throughout the country, creates and maintains the standards of conducting- each event, makes the comparisons of records of dUerent sections possible, registers all records j 'made according to the rules and re- , Jects those unfairly made protects its members and punishes the tricksters, promotes amateur sports and discrim inates between the amateur and the professional. "Now, why not i?o farther, and give added protection to the competing ath lete by requiring that all officials shall be competent? I was greatly impressed with an article by Mr. V. V. Roseboro, the physical director of the Syracuse Y. M. C A., who in a vory commenda tory article of the A- A. T .. among other good things, said: 'Wc have normal class in which young men are. among- other things, trained to act a officials. Ave win at any time gladly furnish any number of helpers for an amateur athletic meet.'" Bowling Club AVIII Give Dance. Tho Gold Icaf Bowling Club, which is leading the Portland Ten Pin Commercial League at present, is planning to hold a reception and dance In the near future." which will bo the first of several events of tho kind to be given by the club. This club is to represent Portland at the West ern Bowling Congress, which is scheduled for Salt Lake City In February- Tho members of the Gold Leaf team are known as veteran bowlers of the city, and arc rated as one of tho best teams on the Coast. Part of the receipts of the dance will go toward defraying a portion of the team's expenses in making the trip to Salt Lake. The affair will take place at the East -Side Woodman HalI onFeb ruary L 1 Police Hald Sharkey's Club. NEW YORK. Jan. 20. The Sharkey Athletic Club, In which a British sailor knocked out an American sailor at the tlm6 of the visit of Prince Louis, was raided by the police last night. Six men were arrested pn the charge of adding or abetting boxing exhibitions with a charged admission. Tom Sharkey, the sailor pu gilist, was not present. New Zealand Football Team Coming. SOUTHAMPTON. England. Jan. 30. Tho American line steamer New York sailed from here today, having on board tho New Zealand football team. It is report ed that it will probably play an exhibi tion game at New York against an all Canadian team and another at San Fran cisco against the Vancouver players. Monmouth Has Uhs Margin. SALEM, Or- Jan. 20. Special.) -In a hotly contested basket-ball game tonight, Monmouth Normal defeated the Salem Y. M. C. A. tonight by a scare of 24 to 22. BPSIX3B66 rTEO. If Bftfcr I CaUter Teih J5r ar astf w I Hal M 4 welt-trie rue r. air. WbuteWs EmOUst Srra. rr Area leetMa-r. It atfcM tfc tkM. muu tb rsme. auars aU m. wutm wte' & as Iutm. CAREER OF TW1RLER Hugh Fullerton Tells of Clarke Griffith. SOME NOVEL ANECDOTES Xilttlc Pitcher, Who litis Karncd a National Reputation With New York Team, Once IMnycd for Tnconui. A story by Hugh Fullerton in an East ern exchange tells of some of the happen ings In the career of Clarke Griffith, man ager of the New York American team, white a member of the Tacoma team, in the old Northwest League of the paimy days of 15JO-91. The little twlrler. who has earned a National reputation since play ing out here. Is well known to many of the old-time fans, who have seen him in action, and the younger generation know the Highlander's manager by reputation. The following anecdotes are related by Fullerton: Clarke Griffith, of Normal. 111., and New York, now manager of the Highlanders, is the greatest pitcher I ever met, superior to his Instructor, Radbourne. Rusia was faster. Dad Clarke had a bet ter slow one In fact, almost every pitcher could beat Grlf at some style of twirling but for brains, cunning, and ability to mix them all up, Grif was the best and be sides, he lasted long because he took pret ty good care of himself. Old Hoss Radbourne. who alo came from Normal, schooled Grif to the jumps, and when he started in baseball he was a little, black-faced fellow, wjth two little bulbs hanging down from the ends of his cars. He was about 16 years old. and his guardian signed Ids contracts, but he could pitch then Jusas well as he ever could. He had the know how. One day In Washington. Griffith was pitching. It was in the ninth inning, with Chicago one run to the good, two Senators on bases, and Kip Sclbach at the bat. And Kip could hit a few. One man was out. and it looked like a sure tie score, if not a defeat. Grif wasted one. then sneaked one over: wasted another, dropped a slow one across, and then commenced kidding Selbach. Grit's system Is to worry the batter, especially in crises. He always Is cool and aggravating, and he usually has perfect command. This day he stopped, hesitated, hit the ball on his shoe, and all the time kept talking to Selbach to .get him nervous. "Put her upTiere. Dago, and I'll knock the cover ofT it said Kip. "Why. you big, bowl egged Dutch slob, you couldn't hit the grandstand with a cricket bat." That sort of repartee kept up for a min ute. Selbach was waving his bat wjldly. setting himself, pulling up his trousers and perking- down his cap. Finally Grif remarked: "Here, you big tlfT. lilt this." And he deliberately pitched the ball up as if toss ing it across a room, straight arm. and without any speed. Selbach drew back for a mighty blow, but the ball hadn't ar rived, and. before It did reach the plate. Selbach got overbalanced, almost fell down, and the ball crossed the plate waist high. The umpire called him out. and Selbach threatened to wntp Grif for show ing him up. After trying Milwaukee and Chicago, Grlf was out in the old Northwest League on the Pacific, pitching for Tacoma. One afternoon Tacoma was playing Seattle, and a generous clothier In the town, who also wanted advertising, had placed a 40 foot sign on the center-field fence. The sign announced that the clothier would present a $j0 suit to any player who hit the ball against IL It was one of Grifs-bad days, when his slow ball refused to work, and right at the outset Seattle commenced hammering his curves. Grlf perspired and fumed, and the harder he pitched, the harder the vis itors lambasted the ball. In the middle of the Inning, when about half a doccn men had clouted the ball to the fences, a great yell went from the stands, and Grlf. turning to see what the matter was. discovered the clothier fever ishly tearing down the canvas sign. "That's the toughest roast I ever got in baseball." says Grif. It was up in that same league, at the same lime that Dad Clarke was pitching. The close of the season came, and Dad pitched the final game for Seattle. He had saved no xrione-y. and was thinking of he long walk home. Homer Davenport, now the cartoonist, was umpiring the game, which went to 11 innings. In the 11th Dad floated a slow one up, and the Portland batter caught it square ly between the seams. The ball went like a flash far out over the center-fielder's head, cleared the fence, and was still go ing. Dad had turned and was standing watching It. sadly. Then, while the crowd was cheering. Dad turned to Davenport and remarked sadly: "I wish I was on that, going East." The story oa game that was played up ia that league came to mc in a round HAWTHORNE PARK YESTERDAY. about way. One night Dad Clarke and 1 were sitting- In front of the Old Louisville Hotel, when Griffith came sauntering down the street. "Hello. Dad." greeted Grlf. "when are you going- to pay me that T' "Right now," said 'Dad, and he did. Then I got the story- It was a game between Seattle and Ta come. with Griffith and Clarke pitching The score was 1 to 1 when the Hth inning started, and Spokane secured one. The first three men for Seattle reached bases. "Dad was out on the lines, jumping up and down and yelling." said Grif. "He made me hot. so I walked over to the line and bet him 55 I would strike out tho next three men." 1 "And he did." added Dad. Jimmy Callahan, while at Kansas City, turned one of the most spectacular tricks over worked by a pitcher. The game was close, and In one of the close innings one of the Minneapolis team reached second, with no one out. The batter was prepar ing to sacrifice, and the runner was play ing up the line. Callahan signaled the slfortstop and the second basemen to pull la close, encouraging the runner to take a big lead, and then, whirling like a flash In the box. he tore back to second, actual ly outrunning the base runner and tag ging him out before he could reach the base. The play is declared by veteran managers and players to be the only one ever made In that way. IS OREGON MAY NOT MAKE CALIFOR NIA TRIPS HE HE AFTER. Plan to .Meet Idaho nt Home aad Stanford on Mtiltnoiuah Field in Portland. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Jan. 20. (Special.) At a special meeting of the athletic council hold this morning, Guy Mount was elected football man ager for the season of 1906. Mount is a member or the Junior class and a res ident of Sllverton. He served as as sistant football manager during- the season Just closed and is nt present managing- the. varsity basket-ball toam. His election was unanimous. The athletic council adopted a res olution prohibiting- managers of the j various" teams from arranging" games. ur cumusia. iimu it-quuv uu auscntu of more -than three daysfrom recita tion work. Heretofore the annual football trip to California has occu pied about ten days but" no such pro longed absences from collogc work will be permitted in the future. The ath letic council Is opposed to the pro longed trip to California and it is quite aosslblc that the trip will not be taken. If even for a single game with Berkeley or Stanford. There Is a general feeling among the student that athletic relations should be established and maintained with the University of Idaho and it is quite likely that Oregon will meet Coui?h Griffith's eleven at Moscow next soaaon. There Is also a possibility of a game en Multnomah Field between Oregon and Stanford. The matter of the recommendation of a football coach was left toka commit tee consisting of President P. L. Camp bell. Manager Guy Mount and Captain William G. Chandler. The election or William G. Chan dler as football captain, G. W. Hug as track captain, and Director C. II. Bur den as baseball manager, was con firmed by the council. BOXING MAT BE ALLOWED Xcw York Sports Take Hope From Stclncrt's Decision. NEW YORK. Jan. 20. (Special.) Mag istrate Henry Steinert. In the West Side Police Court today. In discharging the principals in a boxing bout in Tom Shar key's athletic club, rendered a decision that leads to the belief that sparring may again become general here. Commenting upon the arrest of the prizefighters and members of the athletic club, the magis trate said: "It seems to me that the law in this case has been strictly complied with." It was thought tho death of Nathan Rosenberg, an 18-year-old boy. caused by a knockout blow In the McFadden Club two days ago, would cast a damper on club bouts, but In view of magistrate Steincrt's decision It Is probable such con tests will be more frequent hereafter. Austin Is New Town. CANYON CITY. Or.. Jan. 20. The Whit ney Townslto Company has filed with the County Clerk of Grant County the plat of tho" new townslte of Austin. The site was originally donated to the Stinipter Valley Railway Company as a terminal ror the line, by Walter FIsk. The railroad company has now sold to the Whitney Company, which will from now oa pro mntn thA Interests of theresent termi nal. While the postal authorities at Wash- IngtDn have orocrea mat ine name ot the postoffice be FIsk Station, the towasitc will continue, according to the" plat oa file here, to bear the name of Austin. This i j not the only Instance of the kind in the county, as the town of Quartxfeurg haa Comer for Its postoffice. - PORTLAND TBAM PItOVKS TOO STRONG FOR THEM. Landlubbers Wla From British Tars by a Score of Eight to Zero. A game of association, or as it Is commonly called, socker football, was played between a team representing the British-ships in the harbor and one of local players at the . East Side grounds yesterday. The jack tars were outclassed by their livelier opponents, the landlubbers, who easily defeated them by the score of S to 0. Socker -football is interesting at this time owing to the agitation now preva lent against the American college game, which is being repudiated by many of the large educational insti tutions In the country, and while there is hardly any possibility of it supplant ing the American game, it Is. or rather should be an Interesting game If played by teams thoroughly understanding the fine points of the game. Yesterday's contest could not be used as a crite rion for the reason that fully half the players competing had hardly any knowledge of the scientific part of the game, and therefore were not capable of demonstrating the finesse expected from well-executed plays. Association is essentially an English game, having been one of the principal sports ot the mother country for the past six centuries. In recent yours the game has been revised and Improved upon In many ways, but still possesses many of the characteristics of the original game. In the game of socker football, the handling of the ball with the hands Is not permissible, except by .the goal tender, and he Is not permitted to run beyond a certain distance with it. The players pass the ball back and forth by kicking or butting It, and to touch the ball with the hands constitutes a toul. When scientifically played, socker football requires considerable endur ance on tho part of the contestants, for. like lacrosse, it is an open, run ning game, and requires speed and agil ity in players. Instead of brawn and strength asexacted in theAmerlcan college garael An alert brain and quick eye Is essential to both games, for In the former, the player who "dribbles" or keeps tho ball In motion by short kicks, until surrounded by opposing players must exhibit great care In pre venting the opposition from interfer ing and preventing a kick pass to one of his own side. Just us does the col lege player in the American game, who must be careful to learn his signals and handle the ball accordingly. Scarcely 2J persons were in attend ance at the game yesterday which Is testimony to the drawing qualities of the game, for at thi3 contest no admis sion was charged, the game being played on an open lot. The winning team was made tip of local talent, while its opponents were sailors from the British ships Blythswood. Afon Alan and Mlltonburn. Tho following players composed tho teams: . Portlands J. A. Motherwell, J. E. MacMastcr. R. Rylance. S. Mills W. 11. Steel, T. Dean, II. Matthews, J. Dick son and F. Cooke. Sailors J. Lawson, E, Robinson. R. J. Perchard. C D Llndsey. J. S. Reed. N. McDonald, J. BInney. S. Owens, G. If. Thornley, D. B. JIHIngs and A. Kcrrjck. Railroad Desires the Old" Site. LA GRANDE, Or.. Jan. 20. (SpeciaL) Officials of Union arid Wallowa Coun ties have- come to an agreement in re-. gard to the replacing of the bridge over Wallowa River, to take the place ot the one which collapsed last Fall. The new structure will be located a short distance" below the junction of the Wallbwaand Minam Rivers. This Is the place favored by the railroad company for the reason that Its line will cross the river at the place where the old bridge stood! Zero Weather in Yakima. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. Jan. 20. (Special.) Zero weather is prevailing In the Yakima Valley. Friday night the thermometer went to 2 above. There Is about six Inches of snqw covering the ground in the valley and sleighing has been good all week. The snow is also heavy In the mountains, which is wel comed by the people of Yakima on ac count of tho extra supply of water it will leave there for next years Irrigation. Harvard Graduates to Combine. BOSTON. Mass., Jan. 20.-(SpeciaL) President Elliott and the alumni directors are working out a plan for a vast federa tion of Harvard graduate clubs honey combing the entire United States, and embracing every city and town where there arc a few graduates. The central offices will be in Boston, and the branches will reach from the Atlantic to the Pa cific X El Paw. Tex. Tbe ancient Catholic Church at TemesMhic. watch waa built by mlsslotr: Mta workleR with the Indians, and was. 1S6 years qU. feu collapsed and to a. oosmiele wrecV. Bookie Tells the Story of FIft Hundred Dollars Waiting to Btf Culled For as Kcsult or Track AVinnlns. "I had a sleeper bet of three yei standing turn up on me at the A track in Los Angeles last Winter, ani---hurt some to have to unshuck whajr called for." remarked a man who usetvr$ lay at Bennings. who books on the St 4 during the Winter meetings. "I was putting up a slate anund Chicago tracks three years ago. anlt picked up there a clientele of hard beti who didn't know much about the hort3 but who had several different brand;! bullhead luck probably because weren't so dead wise. "One of them especially, a young low who owned a fine hardware store the West Side of Chicago, handed several pastes that hurt mv feeling a! He didn't know a race horse fronfi bucket ot whitewash, and. In adduio:!'; that, he was generally about three pj?H to the worse on the rum thing wherfS reached the track, and yet he had an linprrinf? nnr! nnnni"if.ln t--i.- yJ.Js-" rr --- -"B(j"o " v k " Int. AM .... i t. . 1. . . r S 1 1 . . . I lllfc, GUI U1I JJUIL- I1U11LI1 UIUl I ItU IIUO habit of unconsciously rubbing the against the lfve 'ones every time I him heave close to my book. He dea", me for a good many thousands In course of that Summer. He made practice to play in my book alone. It peared as If he couldn't get wrung!? anything that he slapped on m srK and I don t believe that I raked d more than half a dozen of his bets du that. racing wason in Chicago. I've an idea It may be a fool one, ai tl that the only way to beat a hoodoo In buck it, and so I kept right on tdkin; kale, feeling confident that I'd get and his hardware store if he kep playing them with his eyea shut and -I the red-eye trickling through his fi. for bullhead .luck and booz don t with percentage, notwithstanding those pretty stories you read. The Hardware Boy. "One afternoon, when Umdlej s ; horse, Robert Waddell. was a 4-to-l with a swell field, this hardware edged along to me and handed me $30 that one. Waddell made his tic Id funny and came home In a breezi his mouth open. "The hardware boy didn't turn up li the race for his $1500. He didn't makiS appearance during the remainder offi afternoon's racing, so I concluded thafa had tanked up totally and forgot to lect his win. I drove by his hardlg store on my way back to the hotel. his clerks told me that he hndn t got from the track. I, of course, felt that he'd show up at the track the afternoon; but he didn't. Agai:., onSJs way home. I drove by his place of taKSS ness. but "the clerks azaln informedlffilfe that he hadn't made his appearanci the store. He didn't turn up at the tl for the rest of the meeting, nor dui make his appearance at his home ot the hardware store. The Chicago pal printed a lot of stuff about his cxtnw nary disappearance. Ha had not seen by relative or friends since tLatj he walloped me for $lo00 on the Wat horse. wnen i was puning up siaKs 10 Chicago I went to his head man atlgt! hardware store and torn nim mat I4 boss turned up he could get his Jl3ftJg writing me at my New ork addro"! figured it out that the young fellow na have gone off on a protracted toot that I'd hear from him all right In But I didn't. "Well, shortly after the meeting at! Angeles began last Winter I was handling the chlckonfeed on a mile a quarter race In which Heather III was the even-money favorite, whfi speedy-looking chap nudged up to a if in front of me. He had a sort of over bun on. " 'Well, pal. he said to me with familiarity that got me a bit on the r pnnclTopInff lite IrvoVc T Tirnnfl?. if I get by with a little hurry touch for a5 bones say 51500r "Then I looked the man over I ha vaguest possible memory that I had his face bef6rc somewhere, but I cou place him for the life of me. He co ued smiling in my teeth. I though: perhaps he might bo 'too much under cochineal stuff to understand what hr talking about, and so I went ahead ta the other bettors' coin. Recognized at Last. " 'Just give me 51C0O worth of llz Honey, will your remarked the shaj looking chap, continuing to regard! amiably. " 'Sure thing. said It 'Send along! stuff. "Oh. just charge it to mj account said, with perfect good nature. " 'Went away, Happy,' said I busy. " 'Or,' said he, still regarding mi his baffling grin, you can just slip an $1500. and I'll get It down on He;i Honey In another book. "Then the greac white light brokl me. He was the Chicago hardware! to whom I was indebted to the tui 51500. " 'Oh." you're the lost one. hey? and he saw I recognized him. Dje a nice time when you strolled oft dayr " 'Pretty fair, thanks. he rea 'D'you want that $1500 on Heather Hoi "Yes. 111 handle it, said I. and I mil him down even money Heather Honel the $1500 that I owed hjm. "Then Heather Honey pranced out! smothered her field, romping honl lengths to the nice. "Kgues.-i that wasn't enough to g-j guileless layer the lid-buzz. I slipped shabby young fellow his $3000 whel strolled around for It. I told him. ever, that he had too much of the! eye on him for any more play otl sheets I was atraid ot nls way of sh lng them. I was justified in my fearj for ho slid -In from that time and cU up about $20,000 inside of two weeks. he quit. He dropped around to my to shake hands before he blew, ar told me he was going back to Chlcaj start another hardware shack and fl the ponies. "Digging up on any kind of a dead U bad enough, but these sleepers of j standing are sure racking to the ner Oregon City Y. M. C. A. AVIuJ WOODBURN, Or.. Jan. 20.-(SpecJ The. Y. M. C. A. team of Oregon Cltyi in a hotly-contested game of bastkJ against Woodburn buslnes men's here tonight. The score was 19 to 11 . - : ' ' MS -"' j -. ' ' i - w