The Sunday Oregonian., December 06, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 7, Image 41

THE SUNDAY OREGOyiAX. PORTLAND, DECE3IRER 6, 1903.
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PUBS ARE MADE
FOR AUTO SHOW
Will Be Held in Armory Euild
ing Sometime During
Next March.
SUCCESS IS ASSURED
Eastern Manufacturers 'Desire Op-
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portunity of Slkoulnsr Oars In
Xortlnvest and Will Exhibit
Heavily- Automobile News.
That Portland will step in line and
have an automobile chow this Winter,
as well as Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco, is made almost a definite fact by
the renting of the Armory building the
past week by the Automobile Club of
Portland. Plans for a Sportsman and
Automobile Show have been under way
for the past six months among those
most Interested In the project, and the
culmination of their desires seems al
most to be a realized fact now. That
Portland Is deserving of such a show
and will support one. Is a foregone
conclusion, for there Is no section of
the country more prosperous than the
Northwest, and none that Is more ripe
for a big selling crusade by the East
ern manufacturers. The success of the
how Is assured, first by letters from
Eastern manufacturers who are not
represented In Portland and who are
anxious to show their cars here, and
second by the approval of the local
dealers, who are glad of the oppor
tunity to display their lines. The
show will be held In the Armory some
time In March, but the exact date has
not been set yet. It Is expected that
the Portland Show will directly follow
the San Francisco show, for the same
cars that are used there can be sent
here for display.
Bluenlnta of the floor space of the
Armory have been drawn and will be
submitted to the local dealers and sent
Fast to the manufacturers this week.
The entire building will be decorated
elaborately In the Automobile Club col
ors of blue and gold, and every effort
will be made to make the show the
finest ever held west of Chicago. Wher
ever automobile shows have been held,
they have proved to be fully as much
of a society affair as the horse shows,
and It Is expected that the one to be
hold here In March will attract Port
land society aa did the Horse Show last
October.
The ground floor of the Armory will
be reserved exclusively for the display
of automobiles and the upstairs por
tion of the building will be given over
to accessories and sporting goods.
Canoes, motor-boats, guns, fishing par
aphernalia, and everything pertaining
to sports will be exhibited. Band mu
sic will also be stationed in the build
ing and ooncerts will be given every
afternoon and evening during the four
days the show runs.
A fly-casting contest will be held
and a tank la being brought from New
Tork for the purpose. The tank Is 130
feet long and la the one used In the
Sportsman Show In New Tork. This
feature of the show will attract a
great deal of attention, for j It Is the
first time anything of the kind has
been attempted In the West. Fisher
men from all over the state are ex
pected to Journey to Portland to take
part In the contest, and a handsome
prise will be awarded the winner.
Howard Covey, Harry L. Keats, H.
C Tyler of the 3tudobaker Company,
and several other prominent local deal
ers have expressed themselves as being
strongly In favor of the show. The
general opinion Is one of surprise that
Portland has not had a show in former
years; the tremendous growth of the
business and the brilliant outlook for
the future in the Northwest more than
making Portland deserving of the same
.attention that San Francisco and Los
'Angeles have had from the Eastern
manufacturers.
The Good Roads Association has held
meetings all over the State of Oregon
and great progrers Is being made to
ward the betterment of all the principal
thoroughfares In the state. At the
meeting held last month In Portland
200 delegates assembled and It was
agreed, with out a dissenting voice, to
aend a J3.000.000 bill to the legislature
for the Improvement of the state
roada
Lewis Russel, chairman of the good
roads committee of the Automobile
Club, Is devoting his entire time to
the Hood River-Portland road, and,
when completed, no road In the world
will compare with the scenlo ride of
tcver 100 miles up the most beautiful
part of the Columbia River. From.IIood
River the road will extend past the fa
mous Lost Lake,
The White Company has sold to Gen
eral J. Franklin Bell. Chief of Staff of
the United State War Department. f
JO-horsepower limousine. General BeH
may certainly be classed as a discrim
inating buyer, for he has at his disposal
the official records covering the oost
of np-kecp and other features of opera
tion of the; several While cars owned by
the War Department, some of whirb
fcave been in official service since 1M5.
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David Ferguson, mechanical engineer
of the Georse N. Pierce Company, has
Just returned from abroad, where he
visited the principal automobile facto
ries of England and France, and In
spected the new models of the leading
German and Italian makes. As a result
of his observations Mr. Fergusson says
that two tendencies in construction
stand out prominently above all others.
The first is the wide adoption of the
shaft drive among makers who have
heretofore produced none but chain
drtven cars, and the other Is the aban
donment of ball bearings for the crank
shafts In favor of plnln bearings.
"From present indications." Mr. Fer
gusson says, "not over two years will
pass before every maker of any great
prominence In Europe will have aban
doned for good the chain drive and In
stalled a shaft drive in all of his models.
This movement Is not confined to the
makers of any one country, but Is no
ticeable equally In England. France,
Germany and Italy. Some manufac
turers have confined the shaft drive to
their new and usually lighter models,
retaining, practically their former con
struction for their hiKh-powered cars.
The change to the shaft drive for their
high-powered cars Is only a matter of a
ahort time. Other makers, on the other
hand, have made the change from the
chain to the shaft drive throughout their
line at the same time. There has not
been a single change from the shaft to
the chain dmlve that I have heard of.
"The most prominent general tendency
aride from the matter of final drive Is
the reversion to plain bearings. Several
years ago two manufacturers, one Ger
man and the other French, both of
whom stood high In their owr countries,
adopted ball bearlnga on the crank shaft.
The outcome of their policy was watched
with a great deal of interest by automo
bile makers throughout the world. This
marks the definite abandonment by them
of their experiment and their return to
plain bearings from one end of the crank
shaft to the other. Thia aot of theirs
Is rather gratifying to the makers who
had always advocated plain bearings
and who continued to advocate them at
that time.
So far as actual business goes the for
eign manufacturers have had a -rather
dull 12 months, but affairs now seem to
be in better shape and a number of fac
tories are running at capacity."
Among the Packard sales reported for
the week by the Keats Auto Company
are a 30-hor?power touring car to Dr.
A. C. Cantrell. and a yellow runabout of
the earoe horsepower to John E. Yeon.
The latter car Is one of the sportiest
runabouts seen on the streets of Port
land and Is equipped with a front glass
and victoria top, besides the other ex
tras, such as tire racks, rumble seat.
etc. Paul Hamer, of Salem, purchased
a' Chalmers Detroit and A- B. Brown
took delivery of a alx-cyllnder Thomas.
Activity In the automobile Industry In
the Northwest U evident from . the
branching out that Is being done by the
old-established agencies here. The
latent move In this- line la being carried
through by the Covey Motor Car Com
pany, which has built spacious new quar
ters at Couch and Seventh streets. The
general trend of business In Portland
seams to (be to this part of the city, and
with Covey's move the business Is about
equally divided between there and tha
old section around Sixteenth and Alder.
The Covey Motor Car Company has a
large salesroom, garage and up-to-date
shop, besides the offices and ladies' waiting-room.
Mr. Covey, in building his
new etore, has laid special stress upon
having the shop all that It should be and
has spared no expense In making It up-
to-date. He . expects this part or his
business to be a big factor, and la mak
ing a bid for repair work on all classes
of cars. Special men will be in attend
ance to wait on Pierce and Cadillac
owners and one of the best foremen In
the business has been engaged to super
vise the work.
The Studebaker Company expects to
occupy Its new building at Chapman and
Alder streets about February L
H C Tyler, of the Studebaker Com
pany, expecta to have his demonstrating
B. M. F. car In Portland next week.
The true motor enthusiast loves a high
powered automobile with tha same love
that a native of the Blue Grass State loves
a thoroughbred horse. The genuine
motorist can spend many happy hours
In Just looking at a big machine. Of
course, be wants to drive It, to feel Its
pulse on the highway and to know that
his thumb and finger have the grip to
control the enormous power and speed
that Is stored under the metal bonnet,
and while, for numerous reasons, he may
never be allowed to touch the accelerator,
there Is no way of describing to the non
motoring layman the Joy that comes from
Just "rubbering."
During the past week trie motorists of
Portland have had trie opportunity of
examining the highest-powered car that
has ever been seen on tha streets and
roads In the Northwest. The car belongs
to Miss Rose Melville and Is a aix
cplinder. 110-horsepower Tincher. It was
built originally for racing purposes and
when it was purchased by the present
owner it was secured with the intention
of entering It In the French Grand Prix
last Summer, but, owing to an unfortu
nate delay, her entry was received too late
and all she was able to do was to watch
the contest from her parking space on the
course. After this race, however. Miss
Melville toured France, Germany and
England In the car and la now carrying
it with her on her trip around the United
States. She Is an adept driver and dur
ing her stay here has made several trips
Into the country and a number of times
has speeded around the course that was
used for the Rose Festival race here
last year. When told of the plans for
the races here next June, she at onoe
said she would. In all probability, spend
her Summer here and In Alaska and that
her machine would be one of the entrants
In the big contest.
During the past several years the auto
mobile show has usurped the plaoe that
for many years was held by the horse
show. This was evidenced last month
when the Olympla show, in England, was
opened by the King and In the presence
of the royal family. The Olympla show
Is the first of the season and 'will be fol
lowed by the "unlicensed" show, which
will open at the Grand Central Palace In
New York on New Yeara eve.
The Garden Show, which will be tha
ninth annual exhibition by the Association
of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers,
will open at Madison-Square Garden on
January It and will last until January 28.
The Philadelphia show will open Jan
uary 37 and will last until February S,
and will be followed by the Chicago ex
hibition, which will open the following
Monday and last for a week. After'thla
will come the St. Louis show, from Feb
ruary 15 to 20, then the Cleveland show,
from February US to March L then the
Denver show, from March 4 to 6, In
clusive, and last, but not least, the Port
land show, the second week In March.
For the first time In the history of the
foreljrn exhibitions, racing cars have been
forbidden. In the past the booth that had
the largest assortment of the speed,
monsters was the most crowded, and
where one or two of the famous Inter
national race drlvera were present
standing room was at a premium.
When the decision to eliminate these
was reached, a protest was heard
from the firms that have been fortu
nate In this year's contest. "The others
soon overruled the objection and as a
result the relationship between the
various exhibitors at the Olympla Show
were pleasanter 'than ever before.
Sportsmen Interested In automobiles
have recently made a deal by which
Southern California will be allowed to
witness a speed carnival this Winter
that will be second only to the con
tests on the famous Brook lands track
In England. As a result of the .prog
ress made by the anti-racetrack ele
ment. Ascot Park has been closed for a
season or two and during the past
week has passed Into the hands of
motorists.
As soon as the deal was closed, bids
were asked for putting the track
in shape for the enormous strain that
will be put on It. The course la now
100 feet wide and the turns will be
banked until their Incline Is one foot
In four, and In addition to this the en
tire surface will be covered with
cement.
During the past several seasons
track-racing has not been popular be
cause of the large number of accidents.
These have been largely caused by
using a track that Is banked for a two
minute speed for cars capable of from
60 to 90 miles per hour. With the new
conditions and with the dust removed
by the cement. It Is expected that miles
will be reeled off In less than 46
seconds.
Europe' has again been aroused by
what Is called the Yankee Invasion.
This time It was a certain Mr. Knight
of Chicago that went into the large
cltlee across the water with patents
on what was known In America as the
Silent Knight automobile. In England
these patents were disposed of to the
Daimler Manufacturing Company, In
Italy the Fiat people are testing out
the first cars built from these designs,
and in Germany the Bens factory is
showing the Initial production of the
same order.
For some time It baa been rumored
that the Panhard factory in France has
purchased the French rights to these
MEMORIAL ERECTED TO GEORGE DIXON IN NEW YORK CITY
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patents, but the rumor was so persist
ently denied by that factory that until
the first test car appeared on the road
a few' days ago It was thought by
many that perhaps the Panhard would
not embody any radically new features
for the coming year.
The Silent Knight engine la of the
popular four-cycle type, but uses a
sleeve that elides over a porthole In
stead of the universally-used mush
room valve. This system Insures a car
that it almost absolutely silent, and
which will Insure Its Immediate ac
ceptance by the buying public, aa al
ienee la this year a feature that ap
pears to be even more important than
the feature of flexibility that had such
a run last season. The Silent Knight
has been built for several years in
America, but until It was taken up by
the foreign builders, it never attained
any great notoriety even at home.
A death blow was dealt to the profit
able business of the rural constable
and country Justice in a decision
handed down by the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania last week. The speed
trap has been the chief annoyance of
people who travel by automobile and
la usually worked by the use of a stop
watch , held on a measured course
which la generally from 300 yards to a
quarter of a mile. In the decision. It
is held that since the law recites that
a motor vehicle shall not travel at a
greater speed than a mile In a certain
number of minutes, the operator can
not be held for a violation unless he
is timed over the entire mile, and that
the fact that he covered a portion of
the mile in less than the prescribed
time is not sufficient ground for tha
imposition of a fine.
The police trap In Oregon has never
been the source of trouble that It haa
In Eastern atatea and in California,
particularly in the southern part.
There It is the practice of the police
to measure off a stretch In some fre
quented road and, when possible, this
stretch haa been placed on a down
grade where a car will roll faster than
on the level and where the driver will
unwittingly overrun the limit and And
himself in the hands of the only nat
ural enemy tha motorist has.
M. A. RIckard. of Corvallis. haa been
in Portland during the past week look
ing over the 1909 models.
Fred A. Bennett, local agent for the
Stoddard-Dayton, Premier. Mitchell
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PENDLETON, Or, Dec 5. (Special.) Victorious for three consecutive years, defeated by a acholastla
team only once in .seven years, undisputed lnterscholastio champions of Oregon for 1907, and having the best
claim to the championship of the state for thia year la the remarkable record of the Pendleton High School
in football. This year the local team played no-soore games with Walla Walla and Baker City High Schools,
defeated the Weston Normal 10 -4o 6, La Grande 14 to 6, and Columbia University 4 to 0. A total of 31
games have been played In the last seven years, and In 19 .of these the local goal line was crossed, while a
total of 442 points were scored to 97 for opponents. It la not believed that any other High School In the
atate can boast of such a record.
The claim for the state lntersoholaatio championship for thia year la based upon the fact that Pendle
ton won from Columbia University by a score of 4 to 0, while the best the Hill Military eleven could do waa
6 to 5. The Hill team also refused to play the gams which had been acheduled with Pendleton. Baker
and Pendleton played a no-soore game, but the latter defeated La Grande by a score of 14 to 6, whereas
Baker City waa given tha game with La Grande by Its own coach, acting as referee, after the La Grande
players had refused to abide by one of his decision and when the score waa 6 to 0 In favor of La Grande.
Baker City defeated the Weston Normal 23 to 6. but the game was played three weeks after the season
had been closed by the Weston team, whereas Pendleton's score against the teachers was made when the
Normal team was at its best.
The players composing the team, reading from left to right, beginning with the third row,' are Struve,
L g.; Lytle (coach); Graham, r. g.; McDlll, 1. h.; R. Chapman, a; Devlne, L t.; Snyder, r. g.; Sturgia (man
ager), r. a.; Bean, r. t.; Storle, r. h.; W. Chapman, sub. o; Baker (captain), .; Kimball, q.; Shaw, L e.
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Few prizefighters bave left auch a
memory as George Dixon, tne negro
who died a few years ago after win
ning distinction In the ring. His friends
and admirers recently collected' the
money to erect In the "City of New
York a fountain to his memory. It
was put up by the Society for the pre
vention of Cruelty to Animals, and la a
permanent record of the esteem in
which Dixon was held.
and Reo, returned last night' from
San Franclsoo, where he had been for
aeveral days on business.
A. W. Walker, a Medford automobile
dealer, returned last night after, a
week here. Mr. Walker is very en
thusiastic over tae prospects for busi
ness In his section of the country for
tha coming year.
Tha first of tha 1909 Stearns cars la
due to arrive in Portland during the
coming week. The new building that
la being erected to house these cars
will not ba completed for about SO days
yet.
For tha season of 1909 the Graham
Motor Car Company will handle tha
Stevens-Duryea line. The first of these
Is on the road from the factory and
will arrive within a week.
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Declares Two More Teams Will Be
Added to Coast League In Cali
fornia and War Will Be
Fought to Finish.
BY HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cat. Dec. 5. (Spe
cial.) The tangle between the Paclflo
Coast League and the Outlaws, as the
California State League is known, is
worse than ever, and , from the way
things are shaping at present. It . would
occasion no surprise to find the. outlaws
still outlaws when the new season opens
and the Pacific Coasters waging war in
ficiriiestt
Messrs. Ewing and Berry, representing
the Coast League, held a conference with
the full directorate of the Outlaws this
week. It was supposed to be a peaco
conference, but there was considerable
scrapping on both sides. The Outlawa
Intimated that they didn't care to deal
with Ewlng and that unless there was
some higher authority to make promises,
they would stay out in the cold. Ewlng
retorted that they must do business with
organized baseball through him or not at
all, and that was tne way me session
i.ainii tn an And FwinoT and Berry de
clare that the Outlaws are scrapping hi
their own little family ana xne uaniornia
body comes back with some hot shot. So
you can see that the entente cordial Is
strained.
Stockton Wants Chase.
The State Leaguers held what was
popularly supposed to be their last busi
ness session. In reality, it was entirely for
the purpose of talking peace to Ewing and
Berry. They made aome of their de
mands and that was why the Coasters
went up In the air. In the first place,
they declared that Hal Chase must be
given good standing and handed over to
the Stockton club.
They also insisted that such players as
Bill Morlarity, Ben Henderson and Tom
Hackett must be taken off the black list,
on which they were placed for Jumping
their contracts and still allowed to play
ball in the State League. Finally, they
Insisted that they must be allowed to
control their present territory, free from
invasion. In short, they want all the
comforts of Class A baseball.
Ewlng and Berry couldn't contain
themselves. They told those State
Leaguers that they were crazy when they
made such demands and that they never
would be agreed to. Then the Outlaws
insisted that they would await the ar
rival of Pulliam and Johnson, who. It is
expected, will reach here late In De
vember. Berry's Strong Statement.
Henry Berry gave out a rather strong
statement when he had done with the
session. "I am going home at once," he
aald. "There la no occasion for my re
maining here. Personally. I would be
as pleased, if the State League would
remain an outlaw body. Their present
demands are outrageous and cannot be
tolerated. If they Insist on these de
mands, we will simply put another club
in Sacramento and another in Los An
geles and fight them to their heart's content-So
the Portland fans can see for them
selves that there Is apt to be something
stirring In baseball In this neck of the
woods, before many months. It is possi
ble that Pulliam and Johnson will bo
able to smooth over the troubled waters,
but that la extremely doubtful.
In the first place, the New York Amer
icans would never agree to giving up
Chase. A special dispatch received from
New York a night, or so ago, stated that
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ure of announcing
that we are perma
nently located in our new
building, Seventh and Couch
streets, where ample space
permits us to place at your
'disposal the attention which
we feel your esteemed pa
tronage deserves.
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the New York Americans were sure of
the services of Chase; that his trouble
had been with Kid Elberfleld, the mana
ger of the club, who has since been
superseded by George Stall ing-s and that
Elberfleld may be traded for some other
player In order to keep peace In the
family. Then, too, Portland would make
the strongest kind of a protest If Hen
derson were to be reinstated, and San
Francisco and Oakland feel the same
way toward Morlarity and Tom Hackett.
Canard Concerning Long.
Los Angeles started a story this week
to the effect that Danny Long would
be dropped as manager of the Seals
and that Joe Corbett, the once famous
pitcher, who is now working in a San
Francisco cigar store, would take his
plaoe. Like many sporting stories that
come out of Los Angeles, there Is no
foundation on which to base such a
rumor. Long has been working on
his team for 1909, and will be the
manager and in full control. Neither
Ewlng nor his associates In the San
Francisco club have any Idea of let
ting go of Long. He is considered a
capable man for the Job.
In fact. Long has gone so far as to
figure out that he will use Nick Will
lams behind tha bat next year. He is
already looking around for another first
baseman, and the chances are that he
will make a number of changes in the
line-up of the Seals before the season
is ready to commence. '
Oakland 1900 Line-up.
Oakland has practically arranged lta
line-up for the new season and la the
first of the Coast League clubs that
knows who its men will be. Including
Tnivudale and Bernle MoCay, both of
whom Joined the team lata last season,
there will be practically a new Infield.
The decision of the National Commis
sion In disallowing the draft of Louis
Nordyke. of Vancouver, on the ground
that two other drafts had already been
! i. . n a H a o-olunt thn northern club.
has not disturbed the Oakland man
agement. .
They feel that In First Baseman Cam-
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the Central League, that- they have a
man every wnit as gooo. uwcou
Wright and Fred Beck played with
f-mornn in tha ThraA-I LeasTTie and de
clare him a fast man who can keep up
in any company, no is ij. u"b ichvvy,
along the lines of Babe Danzig, and a
heavy sticker.
Mike Breyette and Ed Foster are the
new lnfielders. Breyette comes from
. ci.llnirtnTi T n a foam nf the Cen
tral A mennia tfon and he batted .294 last
year. Foster, from the Williamsport
club in the Trl-State League, has been
highly spoken or.
Outfielder Carroll a Star.
Frank Carroll, the outfielder from
Utlca, is the man that Oakland expects
the most from. He is classed as the
fastest baserunner In the New York
League, is a splendid - hitter and can
cover a world of territory. He Is slated
to take the place of Heitmuller. but In
case he comes up to expectations may
be shifted to left. Catcher Eddie Mur
phy has been playing with Akron,
Ohio, and with Mickey La Longe and
Carl Lewis, ought to be able to take
care of the work behind the bat
Two New Pitchers.
The two new Ditchers are George
( mil T.miis Mslra. Malre worked
out-with the Boston Americana last
Snrlng. He cornea from Bay l-ity,
Michigan. Bolce Is a alx-footer from
Reading, Pa., and comes to the Oakland
squad with the recommendation of Con
nie Mack.
T m-b-AB thft nrnhnhln llna-UD Of the
Oakland team something like this: First
base, Cameron; second base, uruesaaie,
Rrevette: third
base, McCay, captain; left field. Cook
or Lewis; center neia, van nuireu,
right field. Carroll; catchers. La Longe,
Murphy and Lewis; pitchers, Boloe,
Malre. Hogan, Nelson, Johnson, Chris
tian and Loucks.
Devereaux Reinstated.
The latest announcement of the Na
tional Commission shows the reinstate
ment of Brick Devereaux, the former
popular third baseman of the Oakland
team, and Hater captain of Santa Cruz.
President Ed Walter, of Oakland,
declares that Devereaux will not play
with the Commuters, but that he was
reinstated In order that organized
baseball players might participate in
games with him on the trip to the Ori
ent and not Jeopardize their standing.
Devereaux has given it out that he will
not return to the State League, but that
he may play with a northern club, per
haps the new club that will ba formed
for Portland.
NEW STARSDEVELOP
Academic League Season
Brings Them Forth.
GAMES WELL PATRONIZED
Interest In Secondary Teams Has
Been Greater Thia Year, Both
In Portland and Seattle,
Than Ever Before.
BT W. J. PETRAIN.
The season Just closed has been a moat
successful one in Paoiflc Northwest lnter
scholastio or high school football. In
faot the general interest and the class
displayed by the younger players have
been moet remarkable. In Portland, as
well as In Seattle, there has been seen
a better Quality of football among the
Juniors than ever before in this seotlon.
Many of the youngsters bave shown such
good form that coaches of various col
leges are looking them over in hoie that
they may secure them to bolster up fu
ture elevens. Within a few years the
different colleges will have well-trained
freshmen to pick from, for Uie young
sters from the high schools and acade
mies will go to college with a good
knowledge of football and about all that
will be required of the coachea will be
to drill them In new formations.
The Portland Interscholastlc League
has enjoyed an especially successful sea
son this year, for many of the players on
the different elevens bave displayed
splendid ability for Junior players. Sev
eral varsity coaches have watched the
work of the youngsters with a great
deal of Interest. Incidentally they have
looked up the names and addresses of
the parents of the lads of promise, and
will use their endeavors to secure the
youths for their respective colleges.
In addition to furnishing close and In
teresting games, the lnterscholastio
League has also been well patronized.
The success, from- a box-office point of
view, means much to the league, for
finances are required to continue tha or
ganization, and the patronage of the
public, while more liberal this year than
ever before, could still be better.
Such football stars among the young
sters as the Graham brothers and Ben
Hill, of Hill Military Academy; the
Leader twins and Anson Cornell of the
East Side High School; Ennui and
Walker, as well as Joe Campbell, of Co
lumbia; Ludlam. Captain Smith and
Vosper, of the West Side High School,
and .Cobb and Cookingham. of the Port
land' Academy team, are players who
furnish as many exciting incidents in a
game as do some of their older and more
experienced rivals for gridiron honors.
In fact the boys have played splendidly
during the past season and deserved spe
cial mention.
Joe Campbell and Ludlam are the beet
men in the league playing at opposite
ends of the line. The latter has Just a
shade on the former at tackHng, but
both are equally proficient at breaking
up plays, or handling forward passes,
and therefore it is hard to choose be
tween them. Both will make excellent
material for college teams aa aoon aa
their "prep" days are over.
Speaking of weight brings to mind the
fact that the smallest player in the ln
terscholastio League was really the best.
This little fellow is Anson Cornell the
clever little quarterback of the East Side
team. For a chap so handicapped in
size ha made good with a vengeance.
In fact, his playing was ao remarkable
that every coach in the league picked
him as the proper man for the all-star
aggregation. In addition to guiding his
team In a masterly manner, tha little
fellow was a star at running in punts
and, like "Wee" Coyle, of the University
of Washington team, Cornell very seldom
muffed any of the kicks, whether high
spirals or low, bard punts. As he grows
older ha, too, will acquire weight and
become a most welcome addition to a
college team.
Orderly and well-behaved convicts sre now
being employed a agricultural laborers la
Austria, owing to the Uok of farm work
en. The prisoners are much pleased with
the work, and their employment La an in
eaattve o ethers to behave well in prison.
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