THX2 SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 6. 1910.
ELEVEN COASTERS
WITH CLEVELAND
Six Former Portland Players
In Squad Which Goes to
Louisiana.
TWO ARE NORTHWESTERNS
fepeck Ilarkncve. .Tack Granejr. Phil
Cooney, Irving Gough and George
Patrick T c II-Known Bearers
TVrio .Are In Big ' League.
BY W. J. PETKA1X.
Announcement is made by the Cleve
Jnd American Lagu team that 34
players will constitute the squad to
ke taken to the training quarters at
Alexandria, early in March, and in
the roster of players published 11 of
them have played on the Vaughn-street
Jot; six for the Portland team, and the
rther Ave for Pacific Coast and North
western League teams appearing here.
Of the 11 players hailing from the
Coast, one. Pitcher Gregg, is from Spo
kane, and the balance are from the Pa
cific Coast Uaguc, with the exception
of George Stovall, who played first base
1or Portland in the Northwestern
League in ini)2. Speck Harkness, Jack
Oranev. Phil Cooney, Irving Gough
and George Patrick, the latter of the
Portland team of 1908. are the ex-Mc-Credie
players enrolled on the Cleve
land team. Elmer Koestner and Ted
Kasterly are former Los Angeles stars.
vhie George Bolce, of last year's Oak
land aggregation, and Artie Krueger,
with the Commuters several seasors
ago. form the balance of the Pacific
Coast players who are likely to be
come Clevelanders.
In the classification of the players
listed by Cleveland Jack Graney and
Irving Gough. both former pitchers, are
listed as outfielders, which indicates
that these two players will be tried out
In the fly-chasing line in competition
with Birmingham, Hlnchman, Lord and
Flick. Graney Is looked upon as a fix
ture, but Gough's ability in this line
lias not been demonstrated bv his per
formances with Portland.
Unless he displays an entirely differ
ent attitude with the Clevelanders, his
chances for remaining in the "big
brush' are decidedly small. He is a
ipeedy player, and a fairly reliablo-man
when he can be persuaded to work.
Pitcher Patrick is the little chap who
came to Portland in the Fall of 1908
from the Jacksonville, 111., club, but
who seemed to become acclimated and
failed to justify the expectations of the
Portland fans, and was returned to that
club. His record last year was so good
that Cleveland drafted him. and press
paragraphs from the East include him
as a possibility.
Of "Speck" Harkness little need be
said, for every fan in Portland is con
fident that the care-free, "handsome"
youth, who possesses a world of speed
and the ambition to pitch every day,
will make good easily. Harkness is
really a most promising pitcher, and
If he falls to cling to fast company in
the opportunity his Cleveland berth af
fords him, he will surprise the fans on
the entire Pacific Coast.
A Chicago theater introducing vaude
ville attractions has staged a bill in
which the principal attractions are base
ball players of note in Thespian stunts,
which seem to have met with popular
favor.
Joe Tinker, the pride of Portland, who
went from the Portland club of 1901 di
rect to the Chicago National League team
and made good from the start, is seen
In a skit entitled "A Great Catch." in
which the diamond celebrity is supported
by Miss Sadie Sherman, a charming lit
tle actress who appeared on the Orpheum
circuit here last season. The sketch
teems with baseball lore and funny situa
tions arising out of the National game,
and both Tinker and Miss Sherman have
scored a lilt.
Jimmy Callahan, the former Chicago
pitcher and the man Fielder Jones suc
ceeded as manager of the White Sox. is
n the same bill with Tinker in a mono
logue, which has scored heavily.
Every major league hall-tosser who
his visited Portland always cracks a
Jam or two spun by Jimmy Callahan,
fcnd each acquaintance of the former
Itar pitcher asserts that he is the best
story-teller of them all. Callahan gained
fame as the organizer of the Chicago
City League, which has given the Na
tional Association of Professional Base
ball Leagues so much trouble in recent
years.
The third baseball act on the Chicago
programme is "Slivers" Oakley, the
clown pantomime artist, who introduces
a. silent travesty on the National game,
in which he plays the whole game in
a excruciatingly funny manner. Oak
ley visited Portland with his act at the
Orpheum about . a year ago. and the
fans of Portland remember the funny
antics of the comedian with a longing to
see him again.
Mike Doiilln, husband of Mabel Hite,
ts being fitted Into a part in a new rlay
written for the former New Tork dia
mond star's charming and vivacious lit
tle wife. The new play is to be produced
ehortly. and advance notices of its plot
end story indicate its success. Other
ball-tossers have scored on the stage,
and a number of lesser lights than those
named above are heard of throughout
the East as foollight favorites during the
off season.
SEALS ARK FAST SIGNING VP
Only One Contract Has Been Re
turned to Long.
SAN FrtANCISCO. Cal., Feb. 4. (Spe
cial.) Things are commencing to hum
in a baseball way. Many of the Seats
are returning from the Imperial Val
ley, where they played ball this Win
ter, and the grounds at Recreation
Park are looking more business-like
every day.
Torn Tennant. Howard Mundorff and
Harry McArdle were the first arrivals.
They put In an appearance the middle
of the week, and said that the balance
of the boys would be along in a few
days. Both Mundorff and McArdle have
picked up some weight, which ought to
be a big heip to them during the sea
son. The trio have not as yet signed
their contracts. v.
So far. about ten of the Seals, in
cluding Jimmy Lewis. Ping Bodie, Ed
die Grifiln, Kid Mohler. Meikle, Vltt, an
lnftelder, and some others, have signed
up and are ready for the word to com
mence training. Long says that just
one of the team has returned an un
signed contract. He will not give the
name of the player, and says that it
will be speedily settled up. Long has
ordered his men to report for duty on
Monday, February 2S, in San Francisco.
The White Sox will be here by that
'ime, and the grind of getting Into
pe can commence.
Jjuffey I-w!e. the outfielder with the
Oakland Coasters last season, has
signed a contract to play In the out
field for the Boston Americana. Duf
fey, who Is just 22 years old and has
had three years experience, will re
ceive 12400 a year. There is no ques
tion but that he will make good. The
president of the club. John I. Taylor, is
here for the Winter, and before he gets
through will have the contracts also of
Frank Arellanes, Harry Wolters and
Hooper, all of whom were with the Red
Sox last year.
Mr. Taylor sprang another surprise
when he announced that he would like
to bring his Boston club to the Pacific
Coast next Spring for its training trip.
Of course this all depends upon what
plans Comlskey has made. If Comis
key wants to come for a fourth season,
he will be welcomed. There is a ru
mor, however, that the Chicago Ameri
cans will abandon California as a
training ground, in which case Taylor
will enter into negotiations with the
Coast League people.
Babe Danzig, a sear ago with Port
land, Is to be seen In a Sacramento uni
form this year. Charlie Graham has
made a deal with the New York Amer
icans, which club drafted Danzig from
Lowell. Danzig was drafted from
Portland Into the majors, but snt back
to the minors." The big fellow has al
ways been a favorite in California, and
the fans will like to see him in action
once more. No question but that he
will strengthen the Senators.
Tip CCNeill. advance agent for the
White Sox, has about completed his
schedule of games that .will be played
in California, and left the middle of
the week. O'Neill will remain in Chi
cago until the latter part of the month,
when he will set sail with the ball
players in the White Sox special for
San Francisco. O'Neill has not as yet
given out the complete schedule of
games, but it is a. cinch that he will
keep his clubs busy all of. the time.
BIG GAE IS PLENTIFUL
BRITISH COLUMBIA OFFERS
MUCH TO MMKODS.
Vancouver Island Is Described in
Annual Report of Game AVardcn
as Sportsman's Paradise.
VICTORIA. B. C. Feb. 5. (Special.)
In the annual report Just presented to
the Provincial Legislature by the Chief
Game Warden. Bryan Williams, that of
ficial notes that conditions as affecting
game generally grow more satisfactory
from year to year. He believes, however,
that the game birds, especially on Van
couver Island and the mainland coast,
have not received the attention they
should, although there has been some im
provement in this rescpect.
The department has devoted its energy
principally to saving the big game, and
its efforts in that direction have brought
excellent results. Pheasant and duck
shooting, it is stated. Is getting worse
every year, and unless proper precautions
are taken, this sport will be practically
destroyed. One tendency of this is to es
tablish private game reserves. The Game
Warden states that many amendments to
thegame aot are needed. The present
act is so complicated that an entirely
new and comprehensive measure Is re
quired. The central and northern interior are
described as now a sportsman's paradise,
for moose, bear, beaver, caribou, ducks.
gese, etc. That the Game Wardens
department virtually pays for Itself is
shown by the receipts and expenditures
during the past five years, being as fol
lows: Receipts, J30.356; expeditures. J36.
319. or a net cost to the government
of about $600 a year.
Showing the "benefits of a policy of
conservation of game, owing to the raids
in former years of the Stoney Indians of
Alberta. Kootenay big game was, about
gone. Wapiti and moose are now plenti
ful. There are estimated to be about
1000 of the former, which, reckoned at
$50 a head, are worth $50,000. not to
speak of the moose, deer and sheep. Sim
ilar remarks apply to Litlooet. Three hun
dred and seventy-four big game licenses
ha,ve been taken out, which means an
expenditure of $1000 for each in the coun
try. All told, the report claims, the
province has expended in it about $100.
000 a year by outside sportsmen. This
ought to be well worth the $600 a year
It costs.
It is interesting to note that 239 tour
ists shot and fished in the province.
Fifty-three non-residents took out $100
licenses, which was a decrease, but with
37 limited $25 licenses there were 90 big
game hunters in the province altogether,
which was an Increase over the previous
year.
Moose generally are on the increase.
Caribou have disappeared from the Itcha
Mountains, Chilcotin. but otherwise are
increasing. Except in the Okanagan dis
trict, mule deer are very scarce. Wapiti
are gaining in numbers in the Kootenay,
the whole of which is well stocked, the
direct result of protection. On Vancou
ver Island, however, the noble animal Is
rapidly diminishing and extreme measures
will have to be taken to save it from
extinction. Sheep in Kootenay have been
shot hard and require a close season. In
Lillooet they are doing well and in Cas
siar are increasing, with little danger of
extermination for years to come. There
has been a big increase in the number or
bear.
REFEREE QUESTION UP
"THIRD MAX" IX BIG FIGHT TO
BE EXT ISSUE.
Grant, Cornelius, White, Eytou,
W'ek-li. Smith and Eddie Graney
Suggested for the Job.
BY W. J. PETEAIN'.
In the very near future the dispute be
tween Jack Gleason and Tex Rickard
over the location of the scene of the big
tight between James J. Jeffries and Jack
Johnson will be definitely settled, and
after that the next issue of the coming
mill will be the selection of a referee.
So far the following are named as
possibilities: Jack Grant, of Portland:
Buck Cornelius, of Hittsburg; Charley
White, of New York; Charley Eyton. of
Ios Angeles: Jack Welch, of San Fran
cisco, and Eddie Smith, of Oakland.
Kddie Graney. the Chesterneldian ref
eree, is also figured upon as a possibility,
but his attitude at the time the articles
were signed- between the big fellows will
work against him when the consent of
the fighters is considered.
Despite, the general impression that
San Francisco is to be the scene of the
I big mill. Salt Lake City has the inside
track, and in the event of the fight tak
ing place there, an Eastern man is more
likely to figure as third man in the ring
than will a Western referee. This would
give Ciiarley White the advantage, for
he is a close personal friend of Tim
Sullivan, the stakeholder, and the lat
ter's influence will likely weigh greatly
in the New Yorker's favor.
"Buck" Cornelius, the Pittsbhrg man,
while considered a possibility, has only
the boosting of the "Smoketown" fans
to back him for the place. In the West
he is unknown as a referee, and because
of this his chances of being selected are
reduced to a minimum. Charley Eyton,
FORMER PORTLAND BASEBALL PLAYERS WHO ARE ON THE CLEVELAND AMERICAN TEAM.
' 1 - J v' rJ V w l
l ill ? : j i
ail' 1 iNV" ' zck 1;- ' -yi
lm V -A " ' it: . V
I n;, W- V .. ; ,'. i
T --'jst - H t j,zm -av ' .
' z 37Zy"
v -i if
the Los Angeles arbiter, has only a bare
outside chance of being selected, as has
Jack Grant, of Portland. Jack Grant,
however, is a warm personal friend of
Tex Rickard. and it would be through
the promoter's influence that he would
be selected, as well as contingent upon
the fighters being unable to agree on
any of the others.
The Western man who seems more
generally favored for the place is Jack
Welch, of Oakland. Welch is generally
recognized as the best of tile active
referees on the Coast today, and If the
fight should be staged in San Fran
cisco he would undoubtedly be the man
selected. In the event of the fight be
ing staged across the bay or at Salt
Lake City, Eddie Smith would likely
take precedence over Welch, for Smith
stands well with both principals and
with Tex Rickard.
The action of the San Francisco
Supervisors, led by Johnny Herget,
in voting Rickard out of the fight en
tirely, was ill-advised, to say the least,
for Rickard has influential backing and
would hardly be as positive on the
Salt Lake possibility if he had not
been assured of a chance to operate
there.
The attitude of the San Francisco
people will be used against Jack Welch
in the event that Salt Lake City, is the
scene of the bout, and if such should
eventually be the case. Charley White,
if he Is backed by Tim Sullivan, as he
surely will be, ought to stand the best
chance of being selected.
The position of referee for this bout
Is a distinction that will be contested
for by the friends of all the officials
named above, for it will be many years
before another ring contest Of similar
Importance Is pulled off. and on this
account all of the notable referees in
the country will desire the position.
POSSIBLE CANDIDATES WHO MAY BE SUGGESTED TO REFEREE
BIG FIGHT BETWEEN JEFFRIES AND JOHNSON.
t :" - 1 f "
- " - 1 ' V
A
fcssaas. A x 1
INTEREST IS LUX
Portland Fans Little Moved by
Northwestern Row.
VOTE COMES THIS WEEK
ir All-Coast Circuit Xot Formed,
Only Chance for Strong Clubs in
North Lies in Jump to Out
law Ball, Is Opinion.
BT W. J. PETRAIN.
Some time this week, probably to
morrow afternoon, the directors of the
curtailed Northwestern League will
hold a special meeting, when the pro
posed reconsideration of the expulsion
of Aberdeen and Portland from the
fold will be taken up.
In Portland interest In the possi
bility of the Northwestern League
taking favorable action has lagged to
such an extent that very few of the
fans, who have become, and are still
disgusted with California rule, can be
found who voice a sentiment in favor
of the two-club idea. They don't seem
to want it, and last year's experience
here is the only good basis on which
the Northwestern League can take a
stand against the readmlssion of Port
land. The situation resolves itself Into a
question whether Portland will Join
forces in . a Northwestern League,
either recognized or outlaw, in 1911, or
continue to. submit to the "flve-to-one"
yoke Imposed by the California bunch,
unless that aggregation agrees upon
th eight-club expansion idea for the
season after the one about to be in
augurated. An eight-club league, with four cities
in the forth and four In the South, Is
what Portland wants, but Portland
happens to be tied hand and foot as
far as organized baseball is concerned,
by the Pacific Coast League, which is
five parts California and one part Ore
gon. The Pacific Coast League seems
to hold a whip hand over the National
Association of Professional Baseball
Clubs, for J. Cal Ewing manages to get
whatever he wants at the hands of
that body.
J. Cal visited Memphis, where he
attended the meeting of the National
Association. At that session he advo
cated the pleadings of the bankrupt
California' State League, hitherto an
outlaw organization, in such an able
manner that the "brigands' of base
ball were welcomed into the fold and
given every demand made upon the
association. What is the use of the
Northwestern League remaining in
such a fold, when the outlaw organiza
tions get the cream?
The principal trouble with the
Northwestern League is that it Is
dominated over by D. E. Dugdale and
Seattle, and what Dug says is law with
that organization. Dugdale does not
want outlaw baseball because it would
cost him thousands of dollars more to
float his team, and the same reason
has held him aloof from the Pacific
Coast League, which Is a higher-class
organization than the Northwestern.
Poor Protection Given.
From this the deduction can be made
that Portland is suffering from affilia
tion with the National Association of
Professional Baseball Leagues, an in
stitution organized for the purpose of
protecting, but winch protects very lit
tle if at all. The .present plight of the
Northwestern League should be an ob
ject lesson to Messrs. Cohn. Brown
and the rest of the magnates, who
talked outlaw ball loudly, but de
veloped cold feet on the show down.
If they ever expect to get recognition
from the baseball "trust" they had
batter assert themselves as soon as
possible.
The attitude of the Northwestern
League directors makes them almost
as subservient to the Pacific Coast
League as is Portland. The Pacific
Coast League voted not to allow a
Northwestern League team in Port
land, and because of that vote the
Northwestern League has played Into
the Pacific Coast League's hands by
voting out both Portland and Aber
deen and thereby got itself into a
nice muddle, not to mention the lessen
ing in importance of its circuit by
dwindling to four clubs.
Only a few seasons ago the scribes
of the North-western League circuit
were laughing at the Pacific Coast
League, which they termed a class A
league with only four towns. They
pointed to the fact that all other
class A leagues worthy of the name
possessed six to eight clubs. Just now
there see-ms to be something applicable
in that "He who laughs last" saying.
Ewing Has I'pper Hand.
Not only is the Pacific Coast
League enjoying the last laugh, but
Judging by the baseball politics played
by J. Cal Ewing and his coterie of
"grab-all kids." it is quite likely that
the California bunch will enjoy the
upper hand for some time to come.
The Northwestern League, through
Brer Dugdale, has gotten itself into
a nice pickle, and the only chance to
extricate itself is to toss off affiliation
with a joke of an association and- go
outlaw in 1911. It is too late to do
anything now, for they would have to
compete with the Pacific Coast League
in Portland, and the Northwestern
would lose out were it to be tried this
year. It requires time to prepare for
a baseball war.
Let the Northwestern League lay a
wire that wnl.find its way to the mine
which will blow the Pacific Coast out
fit out of Portland and give us just
as good baseball in a class A North
western League. The matter is up to
Dugdale. If he can't see his way to
come through, the league should tie
a can to Dug and get some enterpris
ing Seattle man to handle a club there.
WOLGAST'S BOAST
INCENSES NELSON
Battler Ready to Prove to
Fight Fans That He Is by
No Means Has-Been.
BOUT STIRS BAY CITY
San Krancisco Turns .Attention to
Lightweight Exhibition, but Is
Still Peevish Because of
Jeffries' Slight.
BY HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 6. (Special.)
For the time being at least San Fran
cisco fight fans have turned their atten
tion away from Jeffries and Johnson and
are now considering the possibilities of
tl)e lightweight championship bout be
tween Battling Nelson and Ad Wolgast
that is scheduled to take, place in Ala
meda on February 22. For a long time
It has looked as if Hester would be
obliged to give up the match because of
difficulties he has encountered. but
everything has been straightened out,
with the exception of minor 'details that
should not be hard to decide upon.
The delay has been caused chiefly be
cause Hester has been waiting for the
Board of Supervisors to act on his appli
cation for a fight permit. They have been
stalling him along, making promista of
what they will do and all the time he
has believed them. At the last meeting,
however, there was another postpone
ment and Hester finally awoke to the
fact that they were only playing with
him.
Then and .there he announced that he
would bother no longer with San Mateo
County and that he would hold the fight
in Alameda. In that he was wise. San
Mateo County is the stronghold of Jimmy
Coffroth and it has been his fine Italian
hand that has been opposing Hester.
Buys Alameda Fight Club?
The Mission Club promoter bought a
controlling interest In a fight club in
Alameda, where 45-round fights may be
held, and will conduct the match there.
As a matter of fact, he can transport his
spectators across the bay into Alameda
in better time than he can take them to
Colnia, and the accommodations are bet
ter in the transportation line. It is
doubtful if Alameda will be & paving
proposition for the general run of fights,
but with a big card it does not make any
difference.
Nelson, who arrived the middle of the
weak from the Blast, expressed himself
as satisfied. Naturally the fighters are
not particularly interested in where the
fight is to be held, as they are receiving
guarantees. Nelson will drag down J12.000
and Wolgast will get $3750 for his end.
Hester proposes to reconstruct the Ala
meda baseball park for his arena, and
as that will cost him considerable money
it is questionable if he will make any
thing out of the fight.
Tiie Battler has already taken up his
quarters at Joe Millett's training quar
ters in Colma. where he will do his
training. The Dane is bubbling over with
wrath at what he terms the nasty
methods of Wolgast and Freddie Welch
and Bays he will attend to their respec
tive cases when he gets them : into the
ring.
Nelson Roasts "Wolgast.
"Wolgast is the most egotistical person
that I ever encountered," said Nelson.
"He wrote one paper that it wouldn't do
him any good to lick me. He said If he
lost he would be down and out and that
If he won they would say I had gone
back. Well. I guess the championship
would be enough balm for him. but he
is not going to get that. He feels pretty
big just now. but when I get him into
the ring I will reduce his size.
"Then there is another fellow who
needs taking down. That chap is Freddie
Welch, who says I haven't any right to
the title. He can keep on talking as
much as he pleases. If he fights me
ever it will be for 45 rounds and will be
at 133 pounds ringside. That's the only
way he will ever get close to the cham
pionship. "For the next year I am going to fight
fast. I am getting along, you know, and
want to pick up as much money as I
can. The boys can come along Just as
fast as they please. The speed will suit
me, all right, but I will have to ge"t some
money out of it all. Just mark this
down. Battling Nelson is not going to re
tire, but he is going to surprise a lot of
gamblers who think he is all in."
Champion's Xew Manager.
The Dane is accompanied by his
brother, Arthur, and by his new mana
ger, John R. Robinson, a newspaper
man of many years' standing, who has
undertaken to look after the affairs of
the Dane.
Just by way of being curious, I
asked Nelson what he thought of the
Jeffries-Johnson fight. He was diplo
matic to a degree.
"Well," he parried, "it's hard to say.
Johnson never has been given credit
for what he can do. If Jeffries can get
back into shape they will enter the
ring on even terms. But it's a question
if Jeffries can come back. I never
knew it to happen, and Jeff, you know,
has only had one fight in seven years,
and that was a two-round affair with
Jack Munroe that didn't amount to
much."
Which is to say that Nelson thinks
Johnson has a mighty good chance ot
winning.
The attitude of Jeffries has left a bad
America WresUes Japan
FOR $1000 SIDE BET
142 Lbs. at Ring Side
Eddie O'Connell
Welter-Weight Champion
VS.
MERRILL'S HALL
Thursday, Feb'y 10
TWO RED-HOT PRELIMINARIES
Seats on Sale at Schiller's. Cald
well's and the Multnomah Club
RESERVED SEATS $1.50
tat in the mouths of the California
sportsmen, although it is not merelv
the question of whether the Jeffries'
show was to appear here. It is felt
that California was entitled to know
Jeffries' plans, whereas the public was
given ' to understand that he would
visit this section.
Whether he fights in San Francisco
or Salt Lake. Jeffries will need the sup
port of California. Neither the sport
ing writers or the public are desirioua
of giving Jeffries any the worst of it.
but they certainly think they are en
titled to a fair break.
Since the conference that Gleason
had with Jeffries in Seattle, there is
considerable question as to how far
his authority goes.
Gleason allowed it to be understood
before he left that Jeffries would sup
port him. Now Jeffries says that it is
all up to the promoters, and Gleason
has to see Tex Rickard and attempt to
straighten, it out. That looks verv
much as if Rickard is tlll holding the
whiphand. Consequently San Francis
cans are reserving their opinions until
they hear from that Famous Rlckard
Gleason interview that ought to be
held in a few days.
It is still the belief here that the
fight will ultimately come to San
Francisco.
KRAXK REPRESENTS PORTLAND
Pacific Coast Champion Goes to Chi
cago Athletic Meet.
ISdgar E. Frank, the champion light
weight wrestler of the Pacific Coast,
and a director of the Multnomah Ama
teur Athletic Club, is to be sent by
that organization to Chicago to repre
sent the winged "M" in the National
wrestling championships to be held
there next .month.
Edgar Frank, in a number of matches
with the best wrestlers on the Pacific
Coast, has demonstrated himself to be
the premier grappler of all the wreslers
rf this section of the country under
130 pounds.
The many friends of Frank are con
fident that the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic Club will claim the National
championshjp at wrestling in the di
visions to be represented.
FAN DOM AT RANDOM
STR
In
TRAXGLER" SMITH one indulged
wrestling: match here, and
spent two weeks in the hospital after
wards, yet no one charges' the wrestling
game with being brutal.
Billy Staton, the speedy little third
baseman and shortstop of the Portland
Northwestern League team of last sea
son, was sold yesterday to the Bloom
lngton club of the Three Eye League by
Manager MeCredie. Staton wanted to
play in the East, and MeCredie agreed
to dispose of him to any club desiring
his services.
Johnny Pournier, the kid catcher of the
Portland club last year, has been offi
cially transferred to the Sacramento clui.
Charley Graham has evinced a willing
ness to make good on his deal with
Judge, now Representative MeCredie, and
it Is quite possible that Jimmy Shlnn will
also go to Sacramento.
Danny Webster left Thursday night for
Los Angeles, where he is to talk matters
over with Tom McCarey about the ar
ticles of agreement for his long-distance
mill with Monte Attell. Danny is not
satisfied with some of the stipulations,
and wants to discuss the disputed points
with the promoter of the Angel City
club.
"Bert Van Loan, younger brother -of
Charles E. Van Loan, the famous sport
critic of Los Angeles, who is now doping
out the sport situation for the Hearst
service at New York City, is in Port
land on a visit. Young Van Loan is
something of a sport critic himself, but
he dopes the stuff out for his own benefit
and not for the public.
'
George Memsic, the lightweight boxer
who came into prominence several years
ago by standing up before Young Cor
bett for four rounds In Portland, has
been matched to meet Lou Powell, of
San Francisco, at Los Angeles on Feb
ruary 15.
The New York Globe enlighten its
readers with the intelligence that Ote
Johnson, the California League player,
will be given a thorough tryout by the
Highlanders. In New York and San
Francisco baseball circles, Portland is
not credited with being on the map.
How long are the Portland fans going
to stand for the discrimination?
0
Jack Bliss, the California ball tosser
who is one of the backstops of the St.
Louis National League team, has thor
oughly recovered from the fractured
ankle he suffered during the tour of the
All Stars and Philadelphia Athletics last
Fall.
Yesterday's telegraphic news telling xf
Comiskey's cruise in the yacht White Sox
gives the names of Charley Shields and
Ed Hurlburt as among the party of
ball players with the "Old Roman."
Shields formerly pitched for Portland,
and Hurlburt is the big awkward catcher
Frank Dillon loaned to Portland when
Sammy Vigneux was injured in 1903, and
who lost a couple of games by dropping
the third strike on Los Angeles batsmen.
The swimming tank at the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic Club will be ready for
use by Tuesday or Wednesday of this
week. The classes under Instructor
Cavill. which have enjoyed a two weeks'
vacation, will resume immediately on the
completion of the repairs being made to
the tank.
All members of the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic Club are requested to attend
the meeting next Tuesday night, for at
that time the club will decide upon the
important matter of building a new club
house, and every member of the club
should voice his sentiment by vote on
the proposition.
M. Matsuda
Japanese Jin Jitsn Champion
GENERAL ADMISSION $1.00