iTnfi STJXDAY - OREGONIAN, PORTIjAND, DECEMBER 19, 1909.
BOXING CONTROL
TO BEW0RLD-W1DE
England Sports -Would Uplift
Game Like Baseball and
Football.
IDEAS ARE MERITORIOUS
Sporting Life Suggest .Governing
Board or at Least One Delegate
From Kngland, France, Ans.
tralla and United States.
BY TV. J. PETRAIN.
From England comes the proposition to
place boxing under the rules of an . or
ganization such as controls baseball and
football, as well as other branches of
ports, and some of the points taken
by the supporters of the scheme, among
whom Is Lord LonBdale. are ' meritorious.
The Idea of the organization is. primar
ily to perpetuate the : grame of aelf -defense
as well as ---to promote -uniform
boxing rules which will absolutely gov
ern all matches held In any part of the
world represented in the undoh, and the
Idea seems well conceived, for there Is
no good reason why the boxers should
not have an organization as well as
other athletic games.
On this subject the London Sporting
Life has the following: .
Certainly not In ' the memory of that in
teresting personality, "tha -oldest . inhabi
tant." has the art of self-defense occupied
o prominent or ao healthy a position among
the sports of this country aa It does today.
In universities and public schools. " in the
services and great business' houses. 'Jmohu'rch
and chapel guilds and Y. M. -Ass boxing:
holds an important and proud placet in
deed, except by a few kill-joys, wh s.ould
squeeze out of existenne all human hp01-'
ness, "the game" Is. applauded ' as. -a manly
and eminently useful spurt.- . On. the ama
teur side we And this particularly- healthy
state of affairs; and taking the different
circumstances Into consideration, the pro
fessional side may "be said to be in an
squally flourishing .condition .
Favor Board of Experts.
Having watrljed "the frame moving to
varii tins goal, and having assisted and
witnessed Its advent, those who are most
deeply Interested In it naturally wish to see
It retain Ms - popularity-in- countr-y ml
to endeavor, so far as they can, to make it
possible for boxing in other . countries to
grow uo and develop under the same cir
cumstances as have favored It heit
How this may be done has been a prob
lem to .which lately we have given, a con
siderable amount of thought; for there are
so many interests to be taken into account
that any hastily considered project may de
feat the object in view. The main thing
to strive. after Is the consolidation, of. inter
national boxing under a -board of gentlemen
who will have the entire confidence of the
-vat Ion nations- represented.
In England -we can boa at of at least a
tacitly recoKnlzed authority the National
Sporting t'lub whose dicta on knotty points
are generally accepted as correct; but if we
cast our thoughts to the United States, to
Australia and to France, the three other
roi n tries In the world where professional
box In i; flourishes, we find no body that
rrystatiyrs tnt Timtons of the ticking" pub-
Parenthetically, we may sav that we are
troTiirty-?rpfrrtrm- rrat pnicing -wtrr flourish
locaHy just" lh "prPorUi to the control, and
the kind of control, exercised over it by
the .press. When the press has control, such
It has In this country holding stakes
which are real stakes and not bogus ones;
appointing referees who will act Justly what-
ever the consequences; refusing to hotd the
take of men who have brought or who
sre likely to bring "the game" Into disre
putethen one -may naturally expect cleaner
port than where --control Is exercised only
by Interested .promoters.
LOti-diUe Approves Move., "
In order t-tiat a start may be tuade In the
control f International boxing. In particular
where championships t the world are Vott-
cerned, we have promulgated a schema
which, w have the greatest- pleasure in '
announcing. ha3 the henrty support of that
great sportsnittn, the Earl - of LronsdaTo,' th
patron of all (hat Is bejt and purest In
lirltish boxing who has further signified
hi wllllnerneas .to do what he can to bring
bout tha consummation of the -Idea); 'Mr
J. H. louslas. th president of the Ama
teur Rox lug Association, whose Interest In
boxlngaa our readers are aware, has done
mo much to keep "the gtBiiie" sweet In ama
teur tt.nd. ,-u ofeMstonfLl - ranks: Mr. Kutrene
Corrl. who Is always ready to assist In any i
really deserving aiheme, and who has the!
entire . confidence of the boxing public, and
others win -vtwa we shall have pleasure
In (jiving Inter."
Itrtefly outlined, -tha proposal- is, ,as has
bet'n -sURtfOntd: ' - . " "
"Tos 'TtTAt iv International board" cptt
aiatlne ' of ,to fportshioii represeutativ of
boxing . in reat Britain and the United''
States of AMTk'a,".au one representative In
AustraiH3ia and rattle,- for the purpose of
Flrrrt--Pramlmr -nrlerr for -the "6ondact 6f
the championships of the world.
"Secondfixing the . weights, at which
world" champ if riahlps mu-st be contested.
"Third Le:iiin who "are entitled to" call
themselves chumi-iona pf the world.
"Fourth ft considered desirable, - supply
ing belts or other trophies to he held by
recognized champions of the world."
Governing Board "Worldwide.
Sporting:---Xdfe continues with a few
sHipe5ttoiis . on constitution, governing
board and -oth'T matters, and referring
to the governing board suggests that
this body comprise at least one delegate
from KiiRland, France. United States oC
America, Australia nnd other countries
where boxing flourishes.
In selecting these delegates the Lon
don sporting authority sufcnsosts that the
sporting editors of the newspapers in
each, sfcctlon interested get together,
name a delegate to a national conven
tion and allow that body to select its
National representative or representa
tives .on - the board of control, or govern
ing board, as It may he named.
Lack of an organization has had much
to do with the decline of the boxing
game- in America. The promoters who
have "handled most of the matches of
National prominence - have not . always
dealt squarely with the public, and this
same thing is what has killed off horse
racing.
As long as the public is given an
even break in any branch of sport, there
will be little opposition, but when a game
gets .Into the .control . of unscrupulous
handlers, then it is doomed to pass out,
for public opinion will always frame the
demise of anything crooked.
In the hands of a competent bodv, and
one that is elective annually, especially j
If such a board is selected by the sport
ing editors of the world, it cftn be kept
free of contamination , and .will be a
worthy sponsor of a fine svort.
IJIMi iaXtJE IX NEW MOOD
Tells Story of Ed Delclianty's Ter
rific. Butfest iu Chicago.
IU11 Lanpe was In a reminiscent mood
the other day and told a California crowd
of fans the story of Kd IVlehanty's ter
rific butfest at Chicago 12 or 15 years
"Dolehanty had already rapped out
three homers. :ind he h:d knocked a
ooarij--orr me lenee another ime i;,
said Bill. ...
"Aa he came up the last time I yelled
to Terry, who was pitching for us that
day. to wait a minute, so 1 could scram-
ble out to the fence. Terry waited, and
you know how far that center field fence
at -ChieaRO was from the plate. Ieep ma
MTlwas " playing, Delehanty got the ball
over my head, but I was on the ground
soon after it struck. I could have held
Ed at third, but the game was- lost, so
I let him have the glory of making four
homers in one game. As you said, he
was a wonderful batsman. I doubt if
his .superior ever lived. A peculiar thing
-about the game was- that Terry,, who
pitched for us, had everything that day.
He. -was in great shape, and yet Delehan
ty hit every ball he threw up. That's the
way It goes sometimes."
SWIMMING TANK UNDER WAX
Catholic Young Men's Club Adds to
Athletic Features.
It is expected that work on a swim
ming tank for the Catholic Young Men's
Club will start January 15., Officers of
the swimming tank committee have been
elected, and 16 solicitors are busy secur
ing subscriptions for the fund.
The officers of the swimming tank
committee elected last "Wednesday were:
Chairman, A. Weinberger; secretary,
Claude Harris; treasurer, I R. Merrick.
The- members of the committee are:
George Iohnerberg, Thomas Dowd, Al
Sweeney, Mat Balanger, E. Dooney,
George Houek. S, Eulrich, Frank Hart,
Joseph Burke, H--Sullivan. L. H. Packa
derry, l)an Ward, Thomas Banzer, O.
Boone, L-lpyd Moyer and Ed McGinnis.
The tank wiil be 40 by 26 feet. The
depth will be from four feet at one end
to 11 feet at the other. The cost will be
about $1000. r
The Catholic Club is adding features
that will make it in time one of the lead
ing organizations of its kind in the city.
The second annual exhibition' of the
gymnasium -classes will be held on some
date between Christmas and New Years.
The -exercises will Include drills both by
the women's and the men's classes.
Special tumbling exhibitions will be given.
The work will be in charge of Professor
Richard ' Gens.
Fencing will be taken up by the girls'
classes n the early pa t of January. It
is intended to develop a ' girlsv fencing
team
ALBINA DEFEATS SUNNYS1DE
Wins Second Victory in Series at
. Basketball.
' The Sunnyslde Athletic Club basket
ball team was defeated again by the
Albina club Friday night In the Beech
street gymnasium. The score was 28
to 15. The Sunnyside boys expected
to. play 'the Pilgrim Brotherhood team,
which -they defeated a week ago, 28 to
6,: but instead they : met the Albina
team. ,
Johnson, the Albina center, -was the
star of the game. He invariably took
the ball away from the Sunnyslde cen
ters. The third game of the series will be
played in the Boys' Brigade Armory at
Sunnyeide next Wednesday evening..
The line-up was as follows:
Purinrslde. Position. . Albina.
Al Shipley . ...R. F. L Daly
Verne Shipley. . .L. F. R Williams
Rtttenoir and
C. Fowler C Johnson
G. Fowler , R. G. t, Cooper
Halnline L. G. R. McKalson
Field Roals Daly 9, Williams 2, Johnson
2. V. Shipley, Al Shipley. Rittenolr 2, C.
Fowler. , Timekeeper E. Hickok.
TRACK WOR K IS REVIVED
W illamette Athletes Contemplate
Putting Team in Field.
SALEM, .Or., Dec. 18. (Special.) A
track team has been organized at Wil--ramette'
University and It is planned
to take an active part in the track
ererrts of-the Western Oregon colleges
and universities, Willamette had no
track team last year, but had a team
in the field two years ago.
Black well, wfio made a great record
as center on the Willamette football
team this year, has been elected cap
tain of the track team. Those members
of the. 1907 team voting in the election
of a captain, and many of whom -will
try out fr the track team, were Dow
ney. BJackwell, Cumiulngs, Lowe, Bel
knap, . Mclntyre, Habson, Pemberton,
MoNees,1 Westlesv Wmslow, Booth.
- A schedule is. now being prepared
and ' if present plans do not miscarry
one or more good track; meets will be
held on Willamette Field during; the
season. It is. hoped - to meet Pacific
University twice; once at Forest Grove
and once in this city. .
Albany Beats Rose"burg.
' ALBANY, Or.. Dec 18. (Special.)
In one of the fastest basketball games
ever played in Albany, the Albany High
School wort from the Roseburg High
School in the Alco Club gymnasium in
this city last night by - a score of 21
to 20., . , , . ,
Hongkong-. Dec. 18. Arrived previously
Henrik Ibsen, -from Portland, Or. via Yoko
hama. HONEYMAN HARDWARE
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Left to Right, Top Rvr Griffith. Lift Field Welch, Right F(eldt Sweeney, Pitcher Shockler, Third Base Bartholomew, Manager. Lower
Row 1. Mi-Hale, Pltchert Cause . First Base Si. Pembroke, Lett Mort, Beagle, Captain a ad Catcher) Ma gee, Right Short! U. McHale, Sec
ond Base; Henderson, Pitcher. ' .
ALLEN PREPARATORY SCHOOL
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Back Row (Left to niiiht) Ralph Cook, Gnnrdi Rosa Gerhart, Guard Earl Crabbe, Manager; Robert Hays,.
Forward; William Durgbari, Snbatltnte. Front Row Ed Smyth, Substitute; Homer Shaver, Captain and
Forward; Crawford Corny ton, Guard; Adolph Harr, Center.
The Allen Preparatory School basketball team. Is regarded in interscholastic athletic circles as one of
the strongest contenders for the 1910 ' championship.' The team is fast and already has its team work down
to a fine point, while the other interscholastic teams have been practicing but two or three weeks. The
Allen boys were developing a basketball team while the athletes of the other schools were devoting their
.attention to football. Last season ' the Aliens tied for fourth place in the interscholastic series, win
ning two games and losing three.
GAME ENDS IN TIE
Multnomah and Cricketers
Play Fast Soccer Contest.
FOOT WORK IS GILT-EDGE
First 45 Minutes of Play Produces
No 6core Albinson, for Cricket
ers, Makes Two Goals, When
Multnomahs Even Up Score.
After playing 90 minutes to a heart
breaking finish, a eocoer football game
between elevens representing the Mult
nomah 'Amateur Athletic Club and the
Cricketers was concluded yesterday after
noon by a score of two. all.
The game was lively, well contested apd
much enjoyed by the spectators. The foot
work was generally of the gilt-edge sort,
bits of combination only being present.
The two stars of the occasion were
Buchan. the Multnomah fullback, and
Karr, goalkeeper for the Cricketers.
A merry squad of rooters was present
for the Cricketers, Multnomah had few
rootems, but good temper prevailed, and
the fun was of the give-and-take order.
Nobody was hurt in spite of the hard
and fast play and the muddy condition of
the baseball grounds at Twenty-fourth
and Vaughn streets.
The first half, of 45 minutes' duration,
found both elevens pretty evenly matched,
and no goals were scored, but in. .the sec
ond half. the., play began with a rush.
Albinson. the sailor midget forward for
the Cricketers, showed championship form
by scoring two goals, one at 3:40 o'clock,
COMPANY INDOOR BASEBALL TEAM. ONE OF LEADERS IN CITY
BASKETBALL TEAM, CONTENDER
CHAMPIONSHIP.
afid the other " goal just three minutes
later. Cricketers 2, Multnomahs 0.
Summons Gets Into Game.
Wow! The Matthew brothers began to
get buev. and at 3:45 o'clock Andrew Mat
thew, by a corner kick, sent the leather
oast Karr. At 4:10 o'clock, Eddie Sam
mons kicked f rom ' a corner In front of
the Cricketers' goal, and a mass play
followed, out of which Harry Matthew
kicked to his brother Andrew, . and the
latter sent the leather through the up
rights; - j
Karr, at goal, played about the best
game ever seen here. He is an Ameri
can, and began to play soccer only last
year. . Pratt and Banham made good in
the fullback division, and Albinson,
Kay lor. Eyles and Pat McKicholas deserve
special credit. McAllister and Gray also
showed commendable skill. Buchan was
again the . Multnomah's rock, of defense,
and his kicks were finely placed. . The
Multnomahs played with a new forma
tion., one which was untried, but came
ur to the scratch.
Young, as center forward, played a
magnificent game, which-shows that he is
a first division player. Three of his shots
ought to have been goals, but in fach
case the leather from his right foot struck
tiie outside goal post, and bounded out
of olay. Young was poorly supported and
didn't get a fair chance, due now and
then to the play of the Matthew brothers
who did well but were disposed, often,
to avoid passing the leather to the center.
Dynient Stars in Backfield.
Dick excelled in tricky foot-work, but
once or twice he ought. to have shot for
goal, instead of fancy dribbling. Hughes
is so good a player that he ought to be
kept permanently with the team.
Sammons and Bennett played better
than usual, and show improved form.
Barton was again a success in goal, and
so was Dvraent as left fullback. Charles
A. Stewart was referee, and gave im
partial and just decisions, although some
times thesa were rather close.
The next league game in the soccer
series will be played this afternoon at 2:30
o'clock, between the Nationals and the
Queen's Parks.
Jewish Team Vndcfeatett.
The Jewish Young Men's Club' basket-
ball team declares it has not been de-
feated this season by the Albina Athletic
FOR 1910 INTERSCHOLASTIC
Club team. "The Jewish team has played
only the Catholic Young Men's Club and
the Hawthorne Park Presbyterian Church
team, defeating both. by decisive scores.
The Albina team played a team from the
Jewish club, but it was the second team.
and not the first, as was reported. The
first team of the club will play the Al-
blnas within three or four weeks.
SPRING TRACK MEET PLANNED
Wallowa County Schools Arrange for
Athletic Contest.
WALLOWA, Or., Dec. 18. (Special.
Wallowa County high schools will hold
a track meet near the close of the school
year next Spring for which arrangements
have been completed between the prin
cipals of the Wallowa County high
school at Enterprise and the city high
schools of Wallowa, Joseph, and Lostine.
There will be fourteen events, including
100-yard, 220-yard, 440-yard, half-mile and
mile races, relay race, hammer and
discus throws, shot-put, broad and high
jump, pole-vault and hurdles. The con
, tests will be open to all pupils under 21
vyears of age who have attended Wallowa
County schools for four months during
the school year and have attained the
required standing in the seventh, eighth
and high school grades.
The grading will be done on the point
system,- the first place in every event
counting four points and the second and
third places two points and one point,
respectively. A trophy cup will be
awarded to the school makine the hieh
est number of points by the property of
the school winning it two years m sue
cession. Or the evening foilow4ig the
athletic meet the schools will contest for
horfors in spelling and debating.
The organization of the principals was
effected last Saturday with H. K. Shirk,
of Wallowa County High School, presi
dent; H. H. Bronson, of Wallowa High
School, secretary, and A. H. Yoder, of
Joseph High School, treasurer.'. Principal
A. C. Smith, of Lostine,- is also a mem
ber of the Board.
Joe Patchen's. Owner Dies.
CHICAGO, Dec; 18. Clarence W. Marks,
business man and horseman . died in
car on the South Side Elevated Railroad
! here today.- Mr. Marks at one time
owned Joe Fatchen, the famous pacer.
LEAGUE PENNANT RACE.
SPECIAL MEETING
OF LEAGUE GALLED
Los Angeles Plot to Depose
Secretary Long Suspect
ed in San Francisco.
OTHER ISSUES- PENDING
Franchise for Northwest League in
Portland Yet to Be Disposed
Or Finney First Umpire
to Be Named.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Dec. 18. (Spe-
cial.) At the request of Henry Berry, of I
the Los Angeles Baseball Club, Judge
Thomas V Brihim. president of the
Pacific Coast League, announced today 1
that he would call a SDecial meeting of
the league to take place shortly after
the holidays. '
Although Berry did not state in nis
telegram the reason for calling a meet
ing, it is surmised that it is a Los An
geles plot to depose D. W. Long as
secretary of the league. Judge Graham
says this is a subject for the league di-
hrectors to settle among themselves.
Inasmuch as Long was elected unani
mously to the office at. the last annual
meeting, it' is probable that the direc
tors will not change their views.
Portland Issue Uncertain.
There is little question that other more
Important subjects will be settled at this
special meeting. The question of grant
ing to the Northwest League permission
to have a club in Portland is sUJl hang
ing fire and must be settled' shortly, if
at all.
The talk against Long emanates entire
ly from certain Los Angeles people and
chiefly from Oliver, a newspaper man
of that city, who has all along coveted
Long's job. . Three years ago, Oliver so
licited the votes of the directors for the
secretaryship, and he has teen after It
ever since.
Dong Blames Oliver.
The Southern papers are complaining
that Long was slow in compiling the offi
cial averages and also that it is not
proper for u team manager to be secre-
tary Long In reply says that the delay
to the averages wan dn tn. ri av In
to the averages was due to- delay in re
ceiving reports from the Los Angeles
official scorer. Oliver Is official scorer
In Los Angeles and according to Long
was 30 days late In giving his lust of
ficial reports of games played.
Judge Graham also announced the ap
pointment of E. ,S. Finney as one of the
league umpires. This is the first appoint
ment made for the 1910 staff.
LEAGUE TO MEET IN STOCKTON
Moreing Telegraphs That Ben Hen
derson Is Reinstated.
STOCKTON, Cal., Dec. 18. (Special.)
Fans here are looking forward with in-
tersst to the coming session of the man-
agers of the California League, which will
probably be held In Stockton on the eve
ning of January 3, though President Her
mann has not yet-, positively fixed the
date.
Stockton has always taken a deep in
terest in baseball and this year the presi
dent 'decided that it would be advisable
to have the first big session here, though
he had planned, originally to have the
meeting in San Francisco.
Manager Cy Moreing, Jr., who went to
New York and attended the session of
the National and American leagues, has
telegraphed home that he succeeded in
securing ths reinstatement of Ben Hen
derson. The other players for whom he
went East to intercede did not have their
cases' settled, but they have been taken
under advisement for investigation.
They are Pfyle, Nealon, Moskiman, Shee
lian. Stricklett and H:p Smith. Hender
son will probaoly go to Cleveland, which
claimed him last season.
FIVE-MILE RECORD BROKEN
Lewis Strang, on Auto Speedway,
"Makes It In 3:17:70.
INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 18. The five-mile
speed record for an automobile upon an
elliptical track was broken on the motor
speedway today by Lewis Strang, driving
a 200-horsepower car, in 3:17:70.
Strang's performance so startled the
track officials that they at first were dis
posed not to credit it. But the electric de
vice could not be doubted. When Strang
stopped he found one of his tires had split
and must soon have burst. He said if it
had not been for the bad tire, he believed
his time would have been even faster.
The timing machine caught Strang's
one-mile flying start before he entered
-upon the five-mile trip at 40:02. The course
Is two and a half miles and Strang then
made two laps. The timing machine
caught also the last mile of each lap. In
the first lap this mile was done in 39.36
and in the second lap in 39.66. In one of
these miles a quarter was" covered In 8.05,
which is a new record for this distanced
These trials were to test the efficiency
and safety of the track, repaved with
brick, on which five lives were lost in last
Summer's races.
NEW TEAM WINS. FIRST GAME
Multnomah Intermediates Defeat
Third Presbyterian Seconds.
The Multnomah Club Intermediates, a
newly organized basketball team, defeated
the Third Presbyterian Church second
team. 34 to 31. last Friday night in the
East Side gymnasium. This was the first
game of the season for the Multnomah
lightweights.
The game was closely contested, fast i
and clean. A large crowd was In attend
ance. Following is the line-upr
L. Faber R F.
V.. Hummel I. jr.
. . . T. Foster
VIerick fcant 1
U. (Jetty C..
Flaherty-Ash worth
D. Welsh R G
Toev.
u. u lianlon (capt-).L G
Referee. Mahonev; timekeeper,
scorers, Duffy and Hurlow.
McNerlan
Thurlow;
JEFFRIES HAS BUMPS FELT
Phrenologist Finds More Caution
Than Combativeness in Fighter.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 18. James J.
Jeffries' caution is better developed than
hi combativeness for a man of his
age, according to a phrenologist who ex
amined the pugilist's head today.
This is the finst time Jeffries has ever
been examined by a phrenologist, and
he says he considers the verdict a good
omen.
Hamilton Cuts Out Basketball.'
In order to encourage more general par
ticipation in athletics by the student body
the Hamilton College faculty has abol-
i ished intercollegiate basketball and ten-
cis.. A strong: department of Intramural
athletics has been organized to foster ln
terclass games in these sports.
WINTER PtAYIXG IS QUESTION
Whether Year-Round Work Is Good
for Player Disputed.
Is Winter baseball a good thing fo
big: league players?
Ask any member of the profession
and he will no doubt insist that It
doesn't work any injury to him.
Ask any club owner, and he will,
without the slightest hesitation, say
that Winter baseball is bad for a
player.
The player figures that he has a ria;ht
to do what he pleases during the Win
ter and that if he cares to play ball
he has just as much right to do that
as to go to work at any other thins-
While the club owner dosu': deny
this right, still he thinks the average
ballplayer does enough diamond work
during the S lmmer, nnd that he snould
rest up duriTg the Winder, or lake up
some other kind of work to Kt his
mind off baseball.
While many flayers Insist that play
ing ball is the only way tht-y nave of
making money during the Winter, still
it's a question if It is good policy on
their part. .
The pay or salary of a player at any
of the Winter resorts or on barnstorm-
ing trips is sure to be very light, as
a rule, if players pick up $10 a game
tney ngure tney are maKing gooa
money. They also play In weather that
would almost cause a riot if they were
asked to work under similar conditions
during the regular season. Generally,
the best they ever get out of Winter
baseball is a living. Often they spend
more money than they make.
An Injury to a player is Just as lia
ble to happen In an exhibition game as
in a regular contest. In fact, the
chances for injury are even greater, as
the grounds of the minor league .parks
are seldom in as good condition as the
major league grounds.
13TH AMENDMENT INVOKED
Sale of Ball Player Slavery Is De
fense to Suit on Note.
WILKESBARRE. Pa., Dec. 18. That
the sale of a baseball player from one
blub to another Is a direct violation
o fthe thirteenth amendment to the
constitution of the United States, which
prohibits slavery, is a point raised In
a court here in a suit Involving trans
fer of a player from one organization
to another.
Last June the owners of the Wllkes
barre Club of the New York State
League purchased from the Allentown
team of the Atlantic League Pitcher,
Joseph Pelequin. The price agreed upon
was J500. Three hundred dollars waa
paid In cash and a note was given for
the remainder. The note was allowed
to go to protest and Manager McGee-
j ,' t the sa, brought a'uit to re
: .
han. of the Allentown Club, wno ne-
cover the $200. A Justice of the Peace
gave Judgment against the club.
Manager Slymer, of the Wilkesbarre
Club, today filed a defense, alleging
that the sale of baseball players vio
lates the thirteenth .amendment and
therefore the note is void.
NEW
SHOTGUN COSTS $85 0
Valuable RiHe, Together With Duty,
Figures to High Point.
Chauncey M. Powers, a wealthy
sportsman of Macon County, who is
famed as one of the best shots among
the amateurs of Illinois, received
I new shotgun this week from London,
i England, which cost him, including the-
duty, $850. There are two sets of bar
rels, one of 32-inch length and the
other of 34. The gun was a special
order from Mr. Powers and' probably is
unlike any other In the world. It has
a blocking safety device that makes It
Impossible to discharge it by a sudden
Jolt or by dropping it. Although , a
double-barreled gun, it has but one
trigger. The -Interior of the gun is
gold plated and the entire finishings
are .in a superlative class, making it
'one of the finest, if not the finest
weapon, of the ' kind in the United
States.
BASEBALL
CLASH AVERTED
Election of Lynch Is Satisfactory to
v Both Sides.
CHICAGO, Dec. 18. All possibility ol
baseball war is believed averted, as B.
B. Johnson, president of the American
League, announced here today that the
election of Thomas Lynch as president
of the National League was acceptable
to the American League.
"Mr. Lynch is acceptable to the
American League," he said. "I am also
pleased to see Heydler elected to his
old position, as he is too valuable a man
for organized basebal to lose."
"Lynch should make a good presi
dent," said Charles A. Comiskey, presi
dent of the Chicago Americans. "He
was one of the best umpires in the old
days, as he was endowed with excel
lent Judgment in handling players."
BENNETT TAKES GOLF GAME
Makes Splendid Showing in Contest
.', on Waverly Links.
John Bennett, in a brilliant exhibition
of golf on the Waverly links, yesterday
won the postponed -Thanksgiving day
tourney In 8 up and 2. . He defeated a
number of the best golfers on the links,
and keen competition marked the entire
series.
It was an ideal day for golf. Those
wly played against Bennett were: H. O.
Stickney, Wirt Minor, J. Wesley Ladd,
David Honeyman, S. B. Linthicum, Tom
Robertson, R. O. Smith, Edward Cooking
ham and James Dougherty.
W. M. DAVIS WINS PAPER CHASE
Sidney Lowenberg Second and Miss
Sallle Leadbetter Third.
W. M. Davis, on J. H. Bennett, won the
paper chase of the Portland Hunt Club
held yesterday from a field of 20 starters.
The course was over the Thanksgiving
day route, and was followed by all the
riders. Sidney B. Loewenberg finished
second, whUe Miss Sallie Leadbetter ran
third.
The run was the first conducted under
the director of James Nicol, the new
master of hounds, and Miss Anne Shogren
and Mrs. F. G. Buffum were the hares.
Drank, Killed by Train.
ATTALIA, Wash,, Dec. 18. (Special.)
The dead body of a man named Hickey,
driver for the Burbank Power & Water
Company, was found on the Northern
Pacific track between the Snake River
and Pasco this morning. It Is sup
posed that he was struck by a train la
the night while drunk.
STREETCAR MEM.
. Important notice! You are being voted
for the $560 piano to be given away free
by MbAUen & McDonnell. You must de
cide which club room you wish votes
counted for and notify McAllen & Mc,
DonnelL
Lucerne Is to be sole airship etation fo
Rwitzerland, and a, station house la -to be
erected. a.t a coet of 700,000 trance.