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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 23, 1906. SOME OF THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO WILL BE SEEN ON THE GRIDIRON THIS SEASON. SEAIMIF1C TO FORLORN HOPE Players of Pacific Northwest Are Reporting for Scrim mage Duty. San Francisco Players StiTt Think. They Are in the Pennant Race. KEEN RIVALRY FOR HONORS HITT'S LOSS IS SERIOUS 1 COACHES HID NOW FOR FOOTBALL W - Xw w i ; ' V Wf - fh xSMI V - ' lL :y' V W t I'aVY :f 3 i II - . . I "Vi K5 " 1 r.: ' 1 X -- yy UJ: 1 A COACH T . ''J i e 'V ' - ' tus ) f vol i Changes in the Rule Will Put Pre mium on Speed and Trick Plays and Beefy Teams May Bo at a Disadvantage. , NORTHWEST COLLEOE FOOTBALL COACHES FOR 1806. Washington Place, of Dartmouth. Oregon Bezdek, of Chicago. Idaho Griffith, of Iowa. Whitman Balrd, of Northwestern. O. A. C. Norcross, of Michigan. Willamette Coach not yet chosen. Prospects for an active football season among- the colleges and clubs of the Pa cific Northwest were never brighter than they are this year, and as the various In stitutions of learning open their doors for Instruction, the actual preliminary work begins. During the past three years the great college game has made big strides In this section of the United States, and although the modified rules have made radical changes In the style of play, there Is a general feeling that the coming season will see Northwest football on a higher and better plane than ever before. There Is considerable specu lation as to the results of the various changes In the rules, but the general opinion seems ta be that a team with light, fast backs, strong ends and a good punter will have an advantage over an aggregation of beefy players. The "ten yard" rule will undoubtedly put a prem ium on speed and trick plays, and other changes will produce more punting than has ever been seen before. From a spec tator's standpoint, the new game prom ises to be more Interesting, but whether or not the alleged brutality has been eliminated remains to be seen. The re sults of the coming season's work and the number of accidents, will, to a certain degree, determine the popularity of the changes that have been adopted by the rules committee. There was a general uprising against football .at the close of the last season, but those who formulat ed and codified the new rules believe that the game as played this year will be free from any great amount of criticism. From all parts of the country come re ports that college faculties and even the players themselves, have taken a stand against grafting and proselyting of ath letes and although some of these declara tions may not be made In good faith, there Is evidently an intention on the part of a large number of colleges to play fair and to abandon the dishonor able methods of the past. The abuses and excesses Incident to college sport have not been as marked In Oregon, Washington and Idaho as they have been In other parts of the country, but never theless there have been cases where men were Induced to go to college for ath letics only. Be that as It may. there seems to be a better feeling at present a wholesome desire to play fair, trusting the other fel low to do the same. The average col legian Is beginning to realize that the future popularity of football, and In fact all branches of athletics, depends upon the spirit of fair play which Is bound to rule In the long run. Practice Work lias Begun. . Although the opening of the lnter-col-leglate season Is still some weeks dis tant, practice has commenced at Wash ington, Idaho, Whitman and the Oregon NORTHWEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL CAPTAINS FOR 1906. Washington Crlm, center. Oregon Chandler, end. Idaho Larson, tackle. "Whitman Spagle, end. O. A. C. Election not yet held. Willamette Radrr, fullback. Agricultural College. The University of Oregon will open Its doors this week, and Coach Bezdek has issued an early call for candidates. By the end of the present week, all the leading teams of the Northwest will be settling down to hard practice. There Is already consid erable speculation as to the outcome of the big games between Oregon, Washing ton, Idaho and other teams and those who follow the fortunes of their favor ite elevens are figuring out possible vic tories and championships. The University of Idaho won the college championship of the Northwest last season, but did so on comparison of scores, without playing either Oregon or the Oregon Agricultural College, both of which aggregations were conceded to be as strong. If not stronger, than Idaho. "Ready" Griffith, the man who has coached Idaho since 1902, is already at work with the candidates at the Moscow Institution, and Is being as sisted by John R. Middle ton, captain dur ing the season of 1905, and Rogers, Ida ho's veteran tackle. Besides Rogers and Mlddleton, Snow and Sheridan, two of Idaho's best men of last season, are not In the line-up again, and the coaches will have to develop men to fill these places. Among the old men who are trying out for the team are Larson, captain and tackle; Thomas, and Oakes, ends; C. Smith, halfback; Armstrong, halfback; Keys, fullback; H. Smith and Roosevelt, guards. Griffith is said to have a good second team and altogether a very prom ising squad of men. The first game of Importance on Idaho's schedule Is on October 26, when Oregon will appear at Moscow. Oregon has suffered but one defeat In five years at the hands of a Northwest college team, but Griffith and his players expect to turn the trick this year. Another important game on Idaho's schedule is the Thanksgiving day match with the University of Washington In Seattle. The Moscow - men defeated Washington by 8 to 0 last year, and the memory of that defeat will undoubtedly cause some hard training on the part of the Evergreen boys. Oregon Has Many Veterans. Reports from Eugene Indicate that the University of Oregon will have a fast team. Bezdek, the new coach. comes fresh from the University of Chicago, where he played under "Old Man" Stagg for four seasons. With the exception of Left Guard Moullen, Ore gon's entire forward line will be In college again, but Latourette, the varsity quarterback. Is the only regu lar backfleld man who will be In the game. Hurd, a substitute halfback. Is on the list of candidates, and there are any number of promising freshmen, but as yet Bezdek has nobody to take the places of Kerron, Templeton and Trriesell. Oregon's speedy backs of laat .season. Captain William Chandler and Moores, Oregon's fast ends, ought to play to advantage under the new rules, and If Bezdek finds a punter among his list of candidates, Oregon should hold her position among the teams of the Northwest. Oregon's schedule Includes games with Idaho, Washington, Willamette, Whitman, Oregon Agricultural College and Multnomah. Prospects Bright at Willamette. Willamette University will be In the field with another good team, and will make some of her neighbors hustle for championship honors. Willamette defeated Multnomah last season, and NORTHWEST COLLEGE FOOTBALL MANAGERS FOR 1008. Washington, L. D. Grlnatead. Oregon, Guy Mount. Idaho. T. E. Hunter. Whitman, A. H. Morgan. . O. A. C. Grover Cate. W. 8. C, C. 8. Bapp. Willamette, Mark H. Savage. although the Salem agrgregation lost to both Corvallls and Oregon, It can boast of being the only college team in the entire Northwest that ever defeat ed Multnomah. Ralph Rader, a Port land boy and member of the Multno mah Club, Is captain of the Willamette team. He played fullback and is re garded as one of the best defensive players In the state. Nace and Long, the halves, are both good men, and Pollard, the big tackle, is clever and fast. In many respects. Pollard Is the best tackle In Oregon today. Nelson, center, Coleman, left end, and Marker, right guard, will be at Willamette again this year, and Lounsberry, sub stitute back, will probably be shifted to tackle. Gray, who once played at McMlnnville, is trying out for quarter back. Willamette has a good schedule of games, among them being a match with Multnomah, in this city, on No vember 17. The season will close with a Thanksgiving game with Oregon Ag ricultural College in Salem. Norcross to Coach O. A. C. Early reports from the Oregon Agri cultural College Indicated that the football prospects were not encourag ing, but the opening of college has brought an exceptionally fine bunch of freshman players, and Corvalllsltes are beginning to hope for a very creditable eleven. Another cause of rejoicing at Corvallls is the signing of Norcross. Michigan's famous' quarterback, as head coach. Norcross has played be hind the Michigan line for several years, and was captain of the Wolver ines last season. He comes to Cor vallls brim full of modern Ideas, and it would not be surprising if he turned out a strong team at the State College. The only member of the 1906 team who will be In college again Is Cherry, the big center, but most of the substi tutes and old second team men are already on hand. Football critics have said that the Oregon Agricultural Col lege always has too many veteran players, bo It will be Interesting to note what Coach Norcross can do under the chaneed conditions. The changes in the rules may be of some help to the Corvallls players, for the reason that with the new style of play, veetrans of other teams will have no great advan tage over the new men at the State Col lege. The "Aggies" are scheduled to play . fir II it ti H fr if, i Willamette, Oregon, Washington, man and several other teams. Big. Football Squad of V. of W. The University of Washington is be ginning the season with the largest squad in its history. More than B0 men are on the training list, and Coach Victor M. Place has his hands full In looking after such a large bunch. Coach Place is a Dartmouth graduate, and is known throughout New Kngland as a great player. During the season of 1905, he coached Ohio Wesleyan Uni versity and turned out a winning team. Despite the fact that such players as Tom McDonald, Pullen, Dowd, Cole, Babcock, Tilly and Shaw, are not In college, the Washington people are con fident of turning out a winning team. Cap tain Crim is. trying for his old position at center, and other veterans who will again wear Washington colors are Bog shaw, Smith and Boots, halves; Wlnsor, quarter; Clark and Brinker, ends; Jarvls and Reese r, guards. The freshman class contains some of the finest football ma terial ever seen at Washington, and there Is a general feeling that the team of 1906 will cut a big figure when the champion ship pie is sliced. Washington will play all the leading Northwest teams, the principal games being with Oregon, at 2ugene. on November 17, and the Thanks giving game with Idaho. Prospects for a winning team at Whit man were never better than they are this season, and Captain Frank J. Spagle is enthusiastic over the material on hand. The Missionaries have had a good team for several years, hut if sports from Walla Walla are correct, the team of 1906 will be the strongest in Whitman's his tory. Nearly every member of the team that defeated Pullman last season is In college, and hard practice has been going on for several days. Whitman's new coach, J. H. Balrd, Is a veteran player, having been a member of the North western team for three seasons. His position Is fullback, and he Is a Crack punter. Balrd has done considerable coaching throughout the Middle West. During the season of 1905 he coached Carleton college, and turned out a team that made an enviable record. In addi tion to their games with Pullman, Idaho ?. Whit- !tss rzszz I KSSt SSJZ t . i I' II -: , I I i i fT nil i nnn nimniin and Washington, the Whitman players I versity of Oregon, Agricultural College and possibly Multnomah. The Washington State College has had a good team for several years, and there IMPORTANT FOOTBALL GAMES OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOR 1008. - Saturday, October 20. Oregon vs. Whitman at Eugene. Tuesday, October 28. O. A. c. vs. Whitman at Corvallls. Friday, October 28. Oregon vs. Idaho at Moscow. Saturday, November 8. Oregon vs. Willamette at Eugene. Friday, November 9. Idaho vs. Pullman at Pullman. i Saturday, November 10. Oregon vs. O. A. C. at Corvallls. Washington vs. Whitman at Seattle. Saturday, November 17. Oregon vs. Washington at Eugene. Idaho vs. Whitman at Walla Walla. M. A. A. C. vs. Willamette at Portland. Thursday, November 29. M. A. A. C. vs. Oregon at Portland. Washington vs. Idaho at Seattle. Whitman vs. Pullman at Walla Walla. O. A. C. vs. Willamette at Salem. Tuesday, December 25. M. A. A. g. vs. S. A. C. at Seattle. Tuesday. January 1, 1C07. M. A. A. C. vs. S. A. C. at Portland. is plenty of material On hand for an other fast aggregation. The Pullman In stitution has a large enrollment, and all branches of athletics are supported. Up till last year Pullman always defeated Whitman In the annual Thanksgiving . .(i ,'. MULTNOMAH FOOTBALL ELEVEN AT PRACTICE. game, but the sons of Marcus turned the tables last season, and the Pullmanites are more than anxious to retrieve their lost laurels. Multnomah Has Good Material. It is a little early to make an accurate forecast as to the strength of the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic Club team, for the principal games on Multnomah's schedule come about the time the col leges are closing. Multnomah will meet Willamette University on November 17, and will also engage In the annual Thanksgiving day game with Oregon. There will be two games with the Seattle Athletic Club, one in Seattle on Christ mas, and a return game in this city on New Year's day. Negotiations are being carried on for games with the Spokane Athletlo Club and Whitman College, and there will be a preliminary game before the match with Willamette. Multnomah's big games are the one with Oregon and the two with the Seattle Athletic Club, and as all these are holiday games, they will arouse no little interest. Captain Dave Jordan has had his squad out for several early practices and there seems to be a good supply of material on hand. Some of the Multnomah's veteran play ers will not be in the lineup this season, but there will be a good bunch of candi dates, and those who follow the fortunes of the local clubmen will undoubtedly see them playing a high quality of foot ball. The entrance of the Spokane Ath letic into the football arena and the promised strength of the Seattle Ath letic Club team will give Multnomah two worthy rivals among the athletic clubs of the Northwest. Divorced From Dr. Freeman. CHEHALIS. Wash., Sept. 22. (Special.) The divorce suit of Anna Freeman, of Toledo, against Dr. W. Lt Freeman was heard before Judge Rice today. Freeman formerly lived at Toledo and something over a year ago deserted his wife in a mysterious manner, the first impression that was given out being that he had met with foul play. Later, however, it was learned that there was another woman In the case. The grounds on which 'Mrs. Freeman secured her divorce were cruelty and desertion. 4 it. DOUBLE-HEADER TODAY Wllili EXD BASEBALL SEASOX HERE. Fans Will Turn Out to Bid McCrc - die's Men Farewell Mike Mitch ell to Leave League. Fans who fall to show up for the double-barreled matinee this afternoon will miss a chance to bid a fond farewell to Portland's baseball season for 1906, and will also miss the opportunity to say good-bye to several of McCredle's gal lant crew. The double-header between Fresno and Portland this afternoon closed the season at home, but the eyes of the loyal fans will continue to anx iously scan the newspaper reports of the games. Another six weeks will close the Pacific Coast League season and it is during the play in the South that the race for the pennant will be decided. By winning this afternoon's double header Portland would go South with a lead little short of impossible for San Francisco to overcome. McCredle's men will be compelled to stand on their toes while they are playing away from home, for not every team In the league will be able to knock the Seals down as the Slwashes have been doing the past week. Should the Seals meet another team that will take them straight down the line, Portland could win the pennant and still lose half of their games played, while the Seals could not take the bunting should they suddenly take a brace and win all of the games during the last five weeks of play. . Another reason why' all the old-time fans should be on hand is to say fare well to Mike Mitchell. According to the Cincinnati Inquirer, though the local manager has not heard the news, Mitch ell will make up the Red Infield next year. According to the Ohio scribe the coast league has been called upon for the entire Red outfield. It will be made up of Mike Mitchell, Wolters, ' of Fresno, and Arthur Kruger, of the Oakland team. The Bcout who trailed Kruger to his lair will send Kruger back to the Red with a gilt-edged paper and what he has said of Kruger is true. The same thing can be said of Mike Mitchell, for they don't make 'em In the outfield or at the poling station better than our own Mike Mitchell. Now look out for some one grabbing for that Henderson boy. If Frank Gum had about 20 pounds more meat hung on that slender frame, dynamite couldn't keep him out of fast company next sea son, either. Mike Fisher last night released Pitcher O'Banlon. This youngster was an ex pensive pitcher and found the company too fast. Races at Louisville. LOUISVILLE, Sept. 22. State Fair re sults: Six furlongev-Ingol Thrift won. Speed maker second, Miss Anxious third; time, 1:18. Six furlongs Elliott won. Norwood Ohio second. Handy .Bill third; time, 1:19 1-5. One mile, the Gentleman s cup Dales man won, Weberfleld second. Ripple Mark third: time. 1:52 2-5. One mile and one-sixteenth Chamblee won. Brail second, Corrlgan third; time, 1:53 2-5. Accident to Clerer Pitcher Costal Ewing Money O'Brlen-Berger Match Arouses Interest of Fight Fans. BT HARRY B.. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Sept. 20 (Spe cial Correspondence.) Commencing next Wednesday San Francisco and Portland will play a series of six games at Idora. Park. ' As things shape up now, the Beavers look easily to be the pennant winners, yet the games should prove highly Interesting, for the Seals do not think they are out of the race and will make a strong bid to take the northern ers into camp. Walter McCredie will have some new faces on the team and the local fans will want to see how they stack up. Gum, Carsons and Kane will all be new men to this end of the cir cuit and they will come 4n for a big share of the watching. The unfortunate mishap to Roy Hitt will cost J. Cal. Ewlng a bunch of money and will deprive one of the major league teams of the services of a valuable man. Several months ago the Philadelphia Na tionals offered Swing a good, round sum of money for Hitt, but the owner of tha Seals would not sell him, saying that the fans were entitled to Roy for tha balance of the year. It is understood, however, that Hitt was to go into the) lg brush next year. The injury to hl9 arm will not be fixed up for some tima and Hitt will have to wait for another year before he crosses the mountains. Tommy Burns, who sported around Portland for a time and then made a name for himself when he fought and beat Marvin Hart In Los Angeles, secured a little cheap advertising out of his chal lenge to "Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien, but that la all it appears to have amounted to. Burns four-flushed along and man aged to have Lucky Baldwin make a 125,000 offer for a finish fight at Arca dia. Baldwin failed to come through with the check, although O'Brien waited over a steamer to see what would coma of the affair. I don't think that Burns wanted O'Brien, tout thought that Jack had so far committed himself that ha would go on to Australia and then Tommy would put up a big talk about the Phlladelphlan running away. There is now more trouble between Graney and Jimmy Coffroth than ever before. Eddie offered J15.0UO for a flsrht between Sam Berger and Jack O'Brien. Then Coffroth stepped in and agreed to give the fighters two-thirds of the house and the same share of the moving pic tures to box at Colma. Graney is sore. He is not saying much, but he feels that Coffroth overreached himself to bid on the contest. As for the contest itself, it ought to ba a good one for 15 rounds. Personally, I believe that O'Brien is far too' shifty. but Berger will have the advantage of weight and that may count for some thing. He has had more experience than did Kauffman, the boy, who was put up to the sacrifice by Billy Delaney, and his six-round go, when he did good work in Philadelphia, will be an encouragement to him. At this writing he men are not matched, but it is expected that the articles will be signed at almost any time. When O'Brien and Nat Berger, a brother of the boxer, met for the purpose of discussing the situation, there came a tangle. In Chlcaso, while the two agreed to box straight Marquis of Queensberry . rules, it was expressly pro-ided that they were to break clean and no hitting in the breakaway. O'Brien had this clause Included, as he did when he fought Al Kauffman in San Francisco. Nat Ber ger said that his brother objected to this clause, hence the trouble. For several days Berger and Coffroth "nave, been endeavoring to- get word from Sam, but he has been remarkably quiet for a boxer, and has had nothing to say. That the match will ultimately be consummated there Is no doubt. Both men see a big house, and are not anxious to drop the financial chance. e O'Brien left Monday night for Los Angeles, as he expressed it. just for the trip. He has been flirting with Tom McCarey, the Los Angeles fight promoter, since his arrival In the Southern city, and is assured a fight. From what O'Brien has said, I know that he would prefer San Francisco, but unquestionably he would prefer to have several strings to his kite. Then, If there is too much trouble in this city, he can easily drop to Los Angeles and pick up enough to recompense him for giving up his trip to Australia for the purpose of fighting big Bill Squires. George Slier, the Chicago rfferee and newspaper man, left the first of the week for Los Angeles, after which he will return home. Slier has had a most pleasant visit in San Francisco, judging from what he says. While here the SUers adopted a little girl from one of the orphanage asylums, and have taken her home with them. Just before he left. Slier officiated as referee In one of the four-round bouts that take place weekly. "Do you know why I refereed that match?" he said. "Well, It was Just to say that I have refereed in Califor nia. I have refereed In nearly every state of the Union, and didn't want to slight California that was the only reason." SHERIDAN' MAKES NEW RECORD Hurls Discus Over 135 I Vet Cana dian, Records Smashed. MONTREAL Sept. 22. One world's and two Canadian records were broken at tha Canadian championship meet here today. Martin J. Sheridan, of the Irish-American Athletic Club of New York, threw tha discus 136 feet S Inches, beating his previous world's record of 133 feet 11V4 Inches, made at the games here last Sep tember. In tha 18-pound hammer throw John Flanagan, of the Irish-American Athletlo Club, displaced the Canadian record of 163 feet 6 Inches with a throw of 167 feet. In the pole vault, H. L. Moore, of tha New York Athletic Club, did 11 feet Inches, the old Canadian mark being 11 feet. The trophy offered to the association making the highest number of points was won by the Irish-American Athletic Club with a total of 66 points to the New York. Athletlo Club's 34. Three Years for Manslaughter. SPOKANE, Wash., Sept 22. Thomas C. Johnson, convicted of manslaughter for killing Thomas B. Turtle. In a rough-and-tumble fight, was sentenced by Judge Gil liam this morning to three years in Walla. Walla penitentiary.