OPEN SEASON FOR
"WHITE HOPES" ON
Prospect for Wresting Cham
pionship From Johnson
Still Seems Dim.
MANY NURSE ' AMBITIONS
Rising Star in Heavyweight Blvl-
Ion Are Barf Straggling to
Greater Heights Negro lias
Man of His Own.
BT W. J. PETRAI:.
Tha "open on" for "white hopes,"
aa tha numerous rtstla exponents whose
e-atlcle is colored other than ebony.
yellow, bronse or red are styled. Is
till on. and they continue to occupy
space In the papers every day.
RUIn stars In toe Heavyweight divi
sion are so numerous that It keeps the
average fight fan busy keeping trace
of them, for they are now engaged In
the taxic of cleaning up all the second
rate and has-been fistic exponents who
ever wore a glove, and a lot of them
that never had a pair of mitts on In
their lives, but who are "boosted" as
great fighters simply ta make the
eventual victory of this or that "white
hope" appear, promising. It Is likely
that If all the "white hopes." including
the effervescent Al Kaufman, were put
Into a room and turned loose on Jack
Johnson, the negro would be tha only
one to come out after tha melee.
Lester Not Bis Enough.
However, several of these "white
hopes" are taken seriously, and as one
irt them. Jack Lester. Is sprouting out
"close to hum." we are entitled to
peculate a little on Just what each of
the principal ones Is likely to. accom
plish. Lester, being a Northwestern prod
uet. will naturally come In for first
mention here. Will he have a chance
with Jack Johnson? The writer does
not believe that he wllL In the first
place L-ter Is not large enough to be
plttrd against the Big Black. Lester
is what can be styled a good light
heavy weight. He Is hardly more than
S fret & inches In height, and while ha
weighs from ISO to 14 pounds, he can
not be aaid to figure as the possible
dual of the negro Riant.
Lester Is being drilled In the art of
flft'ena by Tommy Burns, and It Is
generally admitted that he has a clever
and scientific teacher, but Barns Is by
no me&ns the equal of Johnson, for he.
likr his protege, la handicapped In else
and weight. A good little man Is never
as good 1 a good big man. and John
son I everything that a good big man
should be as a fliihter. Lester's only
horo fr championship honors seems to
rest entirely on the elimination of Jack
Johnson as the champion before he as
says to that title.
Carl Morris Finish Seen.
Next In order comes Carl Morris, tha
Oklahoma mini, who has enjoyed a
brief but sucr-ful career In handing
out ikrp producers to several "never
mmi" of the fistic arena. Morris waa
picked up nnr 4apulpa. Ok la., where
he was employed as a railway engine
rtreman. and If he ever tackles Jack
Johnjun before Johnson begins to de
cline, his route will be back to tha
shovel and firebox quickly.
Morris Is belnir primed as a world's
champion by the Oklahoma sports, and
imti; them Is Kddle Robinson, who
enjoyed a brief career around Portland
as an expon-nt of Jlu-Jltsu wrestling.
Itcbinson takes Morris seriously, and
It may be that the young fellow has
ome ability. His victories over Mac
rln Hart and "S.lke" Kennedy, the lat.
r occurring during the past week, are
not indicative of ability to beat John
son. However. It must be conceded
that Morris, because of his slsa, has a
setter chance aaalnst the colored
:hamplon than has Lester. Morris is
more than feet tall and weighs
Bounds. .
Miles McLeod Is the Missouri giant
who never bad a boxing glova on in
nls life until Jim Corbett and Joe
Choynskl picked him out on account of
his else and touted him as the coming
-hope of tha white race." McLeod la
I years old too old to learn to fight
tnd stands feet i Inches In height
and wetghs 2:5 pounds. He Is the
si os I likely "bloomer" of tha lot so far
tamed.
O'KclIy Give Sunic Promise.
Con ffKelly. the Irish athlete who
won the world's amateur wrestling
championship during the Ixjndon Olym
pic championships In 1908. la being
groomed by Tommy Ryan to beat Jack
Johnson. O'Keily has been more suc
cessful In the ring than most of the
other "hopes." for he haa participated
In eight battles In the eight months he
lias essayed professional boxing. Four
of bis fiichts he won-by the knock-out
route, and In threa of tha others he re
ceived the decision, while the other bat
tle waa stopped by the police to save
Ma opponent further punishment. How
ever. O'Kel'.y'a opponents were none of
them on a par with Johnson, but soma
were hard nuta and tha Irish lad de
serves some credit for the dev" rnent
he haa aliown. He haa advanced more
In the fistic game than any other wrest
ler who ever switched from tha one
game to the other.
Walter Monohan seems a likely lad.
He Is a ChKagoan who was taksn to
California by Jack Johnson to be used
aa a punching bag while tha big nsa-ro
was preparing for his battle with James
J. Jeffries, and Johnson asserts that
Monohan "haa tha goods" and lacks
only experience,. Johnson haa an
nounced t!-.at he Inlet) ds to groom Mono
haa to succeed ta the title, and It may
be that history will repeat Itself In
this instance. James J. Corbett put the
fighting bee In Jeffries' bonnet when he
used the big Los Angeles bollermaker
as Johnson used Monohan while tha
pompadoured oca waa training; for fcls
encounter with Bob Fltxslmmona at
Carson City m 1S7. Johnson is taking
a decided Interest In Monohan and may
make him the champion eventually,
though Monohan has not yet demon
strated any great ability as either a
fighter or a boxer.
Army Champion Eliminated.
-Bombardier" Wells. the former
champion of the British army In India,
defeated all comers In England and
Ireland untlt "Gunner" Molr. whe Was
easy meat for Tommy Burna a couple
of yeara ago. put him to sleep In tha
third round and thereby crushed the
championship aspirations of the former
Tommy Atkins. Wells weighed 109
posses and stood six feet In height and
the Johnny Bulls thought him a world
beater until "Gunner" Molr put the
crusher on his aspirations last week.
Having run the gamut of "hopes."
we will now consider tha "almost
champions." who still Imagine tey have
a look-in wltb Johnson. Foremost
rnmes tha Irrepressible Al Kaufman,
whe has a better chance of licking a
cos tags stamp than ha baa of conquer-
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Into fame as the champion of the Olym
pic Club, of b'an Francisco, when, as an
amateur, lie defeated Sammy Berger,
the sparring partner and manager of
James J. Jeffries, on tha famous tour
of the ex-champion. Just why Kaufman
ever acquired so much fame for beat
ing Berger has never been explained ex
cept that both are "native tons." and
naturally called forth extra efforts In
the boosting game among tha Call,
fom la scribes. Since then Kaufman
has had a number of battles, but has
failed to beat decisively anyone but
"Philadelphia" Jack O'Brien and some
other alleged &a?hters. for he lost to
Jack Johnson, who simply toyed with
tha tsan Francisco boy. Kaufman'a ex
perience with Johnson eliminates lilru
from further consideration as the man
likely to vanquish the negro. Flghtera
never forget a good lacing adminis
tered them by another man, and Kauf
man will remember the one he got from
Johnson all the rest of his life.
Others In Same? Boat.
What appllea to Kaufman also goes
for Tommy Burna. though Burns, being
a much smaller man, put up a better
argument against the negro than did
Kaufman. Burna was not knocked out
by Johnson, but there Is hardly any
question that ha would have been had
not the Sydney authorities Interfered
and stopped the battle.
Bill Lang, the Australian, la a likely
enough candidate, but the several beat
ings he has received at the hands of
Burns do not argue much In. his fsvnr
when tha question of a battle between
him and Johnson Is brought up. If he
failed to beat Burns, what chance would
he have with the champion? Lang does
not appear to have the roods necessary
to accomplish the downfall of tha big
Texas black. And the same seems ap
plicable to all tha others.
PKNDLETOV 6KES FIGHT FILMS
Jrffiir-Johnson Go Re-enacted Be
spite City's Fair Sex.
TENDLETON. Or Jan. 14. (Special.)
Local fight fans are today gaxlng at
tha moving pictures of the Jeffries
Johnson fight despite the fact that tha
women of tha city have not yet recov
ered from the shock which the bare an
nouncement that the pictures were
coming gave them.
After Mayor Murphay assured the
manager of the theater that he would
not Interfere with their exhibition here,
the members of tha W. C T- U. and La
dles' Civic Club gave up their Idea of
filing a lara-e signed protest petition
with the city's executive. They an
nounced today that they would leave
the Mayor and the Council with tha
responsibility of running the city's af
fairs. Becker Bark From Auto Tour.
After an absence of seven months apent
In touring Europe In his big touring car,
Rudolph Becker, Jr.. of Portland, arrived
home yesterday and apent the day recit
ing details of his travels. Young Becker
left Portland last May and visited Ger
many. Holland. Belgium. Franca, Switz
erland. Ppaln, Italy. England. Ireland
and Scotland. He says that most of the
roads In Europe are fine highways and
make automoblllng an enjoyable sport
all the year round. En route home
Becker slopped at New York and closed
a deal to handle the Portland agency of
the Losler automobile, and announced
that ha will open headquartera during
the coming week, as ha has two car
loads of this make of machine now en
route to Portland
17IE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, AXUAIi Y 15. 1911.
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BOXERS MEET TUESDAY
SMOkEIl WILL GIVE A3IATECKS
CHANCE TO SHOW ABILITY.
Clever Young Portland Lads Match
for Interesting Bouts at Cath
olic Club Event.
Tha Catholic Young Men'a Club will
hold a boxing smoker Tuesday night at
Merrill's Hall, when eight matches, of
three and four rounds each between the
'amateur mitt wlelder of tha city will
be staged.
The programme Is strictly an ama
teur night and tha entries represent
the Catholic Club, the Multnomah Club
and the Y. M. C. A., and some Interest
ing bouts are expected. A match that
Is exciting considerable interest is that
between Stephen Hanns, a 175-pound
amateur from Coburg, Or who Is anx
ious for a trial In Portland's sportdom.
He has been matched to meet "Cy"
Young, the clever heavyweight of the
Cathollo Young Men's Club.
Nelson Mose. of the Multnomah Ama
teur Athletic Club, la matched to meet
joe Fraota. of tha Cathollo Young
Men's Club. Mose and rranta have met .
before and thla return match Is expect. I
ed to prove an Interesting affair. An- 1
other match of considerable Interest
will be between Loratl, the lad who
made such a showing against Franta
at the recent smoker, and Stanley Mc
Donald, another favorite among the
patrons of the Cathollo Club.
Qus Mankurti, tha Y. M. C. A. swim
mer, has taken up boxing, and will
make his first apearance In the arena
against Joe Sax. of the Catholic Club.
R. Duncan and Brj Wheatley are
scheduled to meet at 135 pounds, while
three lads are entered in the 115-pound
division. These lads are Billy Farrell,
Ralph Boddy and Harold Bowe. Boddy
and Farrell will be pitted against each
other at the start, and the winner will
meet Bowe for the final honors.
Laurla Gay, son of Peter Gay, tha
former boxing Instructor of the Mult
nomah Amateur Athletio Club, has been
matched to meet Porter Yett, an un
attached boxer. Yett Is the lad who
stepped from the audience at tha last
show of the Catholic Club to meet an
other lad whose opponent failed to put
In an appearance, and the youngster
made such a good showing that he waa
selected to appear in a regularly
scheduled bout at the next smoker of
the club.
Alumni to Dance.
The Alumni Association of tha Chris
tian Brothers' College wll give a dance
at the hall of the Christian Brothers
Busineas College. February lu. This event
will be held aa a preliminary entertain
ment to tlie celebration of the J6th anni
versary of the advent of tha Christian
Brothers in Portland.
ACCOMPLISH HIS DOWNFALL.
CONTEST Hi? BE OFF
IDAHO ASKS CANCELLATION' OF
GAME WITH COKVALLIS.
Football Struggle Scheduled to Be
Played at Moscow Will Be Los
ing Thing, Is Fear-pd.
ORBGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis. Jan. 14. (Special.) That the
Agricultural College may be deprived of
one of its conference, football games is
certain, unless Manager1 Cox can induce
the University of Idaho to hold to the
contract made between the two institu
tion? at the Northwest Conference meet
ing at Spokane this year. A letter from
Manager Larsen, of the University of
iTlaho, received today requested that the
game be cancelled.. ,.
The contest was scheduled to be played
at Moscow November IS. -The reasons
given for the action of the Idaho Uni
versity management is that the faculty
committee has reivoea to sanction the
game on the grounds that it wjll be a
loeing- proposition financially. The faculty
members called attention to the fact that
the guarantee of $C50 to the University of
Oregon last year resulted in tbeir losing
over J100 and they feel that this year
the loss would be greater becauaa Whit
man ia scheduled to play Washington
State College at Pullman on the name
date, thus depriving the Moscow institu
tion of the Pullman patronage, upon
which they depend to a considerable
extent.
The management here will attempt to
make a proposition to the Idaho school
for the game to be at Corvallis Instead of
Moscow on tha date agreed upon. Man
ager Cox states that he will Immediately
make Vie Idaho people a counter-proposition
with such a provision. The students
are very anxious to meet the team from
the University of Idaho, as they have not
played them for several years.
Dlllcy High Beat Forest Grove.
FOREST GROVE, Or., Jan. 14. (Spe
cial.) The Dilley High School basketball
team defeated the Forest Grove High
School quintet at Dilley last night by the
score of 5 to J. The Dilley team con
sists of Hughes and Henry Boyd as
forwards; Wolf, center; Earl. Boyd and
Turner, guards. They will play Gresham
on February 3, and the Newberg High
School at Newberg on January 21. Both
teams -will play return games gf Dilley
later in the season. Professor William
Scott, who te manager of the Dilley ag
gregation. Is eager to secure games with
teams of the same class.
Oakland Get Detroit Player.
CHICAGO, Jan. 14. President B. R.
Johnson, of tha American League, today
announced tha release by Detroit of H.
H. Pernoll to Oakland, CaL
KAUFMANN 'HOPE'
AGIST
JOHNSON
James J. Corbett Believes Al Is
Only White Man Qualified
to Meet Champion. .
MORE SPEED IS NOW NEED
Critic Sayg Coast Fighter la Big,
Strong, Clever, and Knows Fine
Points of Game Which Sow Is
at Dullest . Season.
, BY JAMES J. COKBBTT.
JACKSONVDLE, Fla.. Jan. 14.
(Sneclal.l These are dull days In
hea-vywelght pugdom. and we can
blame the lethargy and lack of Inter
est partly to the fact that the present
crop of fighters' is such a poor one. I
am speaking of whlta men. Outside of
Kaufmann there ta not a big man In
the country with a vestige of what la
called "class."
When I remarked, in a recent artiole
In this column, that it looked as if the
title was safe 4n the hands of the col
ored race for some time to come. I then
had no Idea that Albert Kaufmann had
changed his mind and would exercise
his prerogative to challenge Johnson
for the championship. I was under the
Impression that the Californlan was
satisfied to rest on the laurels already
won and let the championship go hang.
I will not say that I thought Al afraid
to go after the negro, but rather that
he was overcautious.
Blnce coming out like a man and de
claring his willingness and even anx
iety to go to the mat with the cham
pion, I feel that Kaufmann is due con
siderable credit and praise. I wish to
qualify the remarks above referred to
by saying that, if there is a white man
in the game in this country capable of
trimming the dusky holder of the title,
it is Al.
Kaufmann Big and Clever.
The Californlan Is big,. strong, a fair
ly clever boxer, and understands the
finer points of the game, although he
can hardly be called a great ring gen
eral. Al's greatest, fault is his slow
ness, and If the youngster only could
put on top speed once in a while he
would not be lacking much In cham
pionship timber: Bo far as gameness
goes, he has demonstrated that in the
past. For instancs, in his first contest
against that crafty ring expert, Phila
delphia Jack O'Brien, in which the ex
perienced and clever boxer cut Al, then
a novice and boxing his first profes
sional engagement, into ribbons and
closed both the boy's eyes, Kaufmann
battled on until unable to put up his
hands. That memorable encounter
should satisfy even a man from Mis
souri on the question, of the big fellow's
heart.
I do not oonslder Jack Johnson a
hard man to beat. I did not think so
before the Jeffries fight, and what I
saw at Reno has not made me change
my mind. And mind you, it is not
prejudice or any personal feeling
against J. Arthur that makes me feel
confident that he is not such a terribly
hard proposition as some sporting
writers and admirers of the colored
man would lead us to believe. '
Negro Is Not Giune. v
In tiie first place, I say that: Johnson
is not a game man. His actions In the
ring while waiting for hostilities to
commence and during the first few
rounds of the Reno mlxup demon
strated beyond a shadow of doubt that
the present champion of the world was
a scared and much worried man, and
that, had Jeff not been the nervous and
mental wreck he unfortunately was at
that time, the contest would have been
a short one. Indeed. Johnson looked
to me like he was ready to lay down
before the fight started.
Of course, he now la champion, has
disposed of the Jeffries bugbear, and
would be meeting a younger and lees
experienced boxer in Kaufmann. Na
turally lis courage and - confidence
would be much more Jn evidence. But
If Albert could put ofer one or two of
those triphammer punches to the body
I reckon that Mist" Johnson mos' likely
be glad to beat It r think the yellow
streak would show under fire. Tha
bot with Jeff was no test. That af
fair was a Joke, and no one knows it
better than the champion.
-Willing to Back Coast Man.
I merely am' expressing my opinion
In this column and may be wrong, but
will be willing to bet my money that
I am right when the big event comes
off. There Is nothing In Jack's record
to make- me look upon him as the
. a ti .1 n- an 1inhpn.tfl.hle.
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I There were at least half a dosen boxers
of the vintage or ivvv, io wmcn jouu
son has so sneeringly referred, who to
my mind were Just as good if not of a
better class than the champion. I re
fer 'to such men as Fitzsimmons, Ruh
lin. Sharkey, Jeffries, and Kid Mcfsy.
Sandy Ferguson never was consid
ered of championship calibre, yet . he
found It an easy Job to hold his own
with Johnson when the pair met a few
years ago. The bout was glien to Jack
on a foul, but Sandy always has con
tended that the negro deliberately
qu!t and many who saw the contest
agree with him. Kaufmann can hit
harder and box' more cleverly' than
Ferguson could in his palmy days, and
he, too, might make the champion
show the white , feather. No telling,
no telling, and I always will be willing
to string with a good white man
agaiast a negro any old time.
Others Fall Far Behind.
There are at present no other white
heavy-weighta who have shown even a
flash of championship class or even the
form of second raters. One or two of
the recent disooveries may develop into
good men, and on this point I will have
something important to say later. Then
there are a few, like Jim Barry and
Tony Ross, who more or less decorate
the profession, but none of these fel
lows can be considered seriously as
championship possibilities. Kaufmann
Is the only "hope" in stock in these
United States.
It is quite a long time since I last
visited this city (Jacksonville), and it
does not look much like the town I
knew when I fought Charlie Mitchell
here years ago. The old city was large
ly destroyed by tha great fire of 1901,
and the newer Jacksonville is a great
improvement, and one of the most pro
gressiva cities of the South.
They finally are getting wise in old
Gotham, and the scribes are panning
the alleged boxers who have been palm
'ing themselves off on the patrons of the
.ga,me. Some months ago I took tha
club managers and referees to task for
permitting the el'nehers and stallera
and biters and huggers to get away
with the rotten exhibitions of the "man
ly" art inflicted upon the public;
During a recent stay in tha metrop.
ells I attended several bouts, and was
I .K-. .-.-.4 .-!! tha T.tlo .Via 'r.ontes
tants were allowed to bring into play.
In every contest I saw tHe men wrest
led more than they boxed and were
clinched throughout the greater part
of teach round. The clubs, through the
referees, have the power to remedy this
state of affairs by disqualifying the foul
fighters and barring them from the
right t5 compete. In the future before
their members. Now that a few of the
leading sport writers of New York have
taken up the subject, possibly th !:".
managers or directors will take steps
to stamp out the evil conditions.
I remember on one occasion of callinir
the attention of several newspaper writ
ers to the sorry exhibition of boxing
before us at the time, and all unani
mously agreed that the referee ought
to stop the bout and throw the partici
pants out of the ring. I am more than
pleased to note that they are now tak
ing the matter up In their respective
papers "and handling those at fault
without gloves. The public pays Its
good money to see boxing between ex
perts, and those in charge ought to de
liver the goods or refund the dough.
More Work for Packey.
v Lively times are ahead for Packey
McFarland. He Is scheduled to box
Jack Goodman in New York City on
Tuesday night and to put on the gloves
with Freddy Welsh over in London
February 9. Even for a speedy, youth -like
Packey this Is going some. It'a
a clnoh that one bout or the other will
be called oft or postponed. Hugh Mc
intosh haa booked the affair with the
international flavor and will glva tha
forms me that he has taken over the
Olympia Annex in London, a palatial
structure seating 8000, and will con
duct boxing shows between men of the
highest standing in the profession at .
regular Intervals. Hugh Is In the mar
, ket as a bidder for the services of Jack
I Johnson. Al Kaufmann. Sam Langford
and other big and little men. and al
ready had under his wing two possi
bilities in Bill Lang and Bombadier
Wells. Mac's modest plan is to try to
corner the pugilistic market. If possible,
and he seems to land whatever ha
seeks. The time-honored National
Sporting Club has so keenly felt the
competition of this hustling and ener
getic Australian that its directors have
planned the erection of a now club
' house and arena to meet the new con
ditions.
Boston Fight Is Burlesque.
Boston sports were forced to' endure
one of those burlesque boxing matches
last week when Sandy Ferguson and
Porky Flynn (whoever he is) undertook
to show the enlightened citiiens of the
Hub a sample of the art of boxing.
From the sample, those who attended
a boxing contest for the first time were
not Impressed favorably with the pos
sibilities of the game, as reports have
it that the affair was simply awful.
And these men are posing as represen
tative boxers of the heavyweight di
vision. Really, I do not blame Bat
Masterson and other authorities of the
game for drawing tha deadly compari
son and holding up the boxers of today
against the brilliant records of a num
ber of those of a decade ago and cry
ing out with sorrow and shame at the
decadence of the science.
Wolgast is reported to have affixed
his signature to an agreement to meet
George Memsio at Los Angeles on
Washington's birthday. This will be a
tryout for the little champion. I think
Wolgast is'not so sure about that had
wing of his and feels it would be safer
to test It on an eaBler mark than Mo
ran. Ad Is the champion, and wlllTnaks
the Briton take his turn in line. This
may not be sportsmanlike, but Is tha
fashion and established custom these
days.
J. C. O'Brien Has Own Style.
Leave it to Jawn Chesterfield O'Brien
to do things In style. At the formal
opening of his spacious new clubhouse,
Philadelphia, Jack had the Mayor of
the Quaker City and all the other big
bugs present, and even conned the boss
of the city to enter the ring and make
1 the big talk. Jack also made a decided
hit in a neat little speech in wnicn ne
turned over the net receipts of the en
tertainment to a local charity. And
they say that there is no class in pro
fessional pugilism.
Latest advices from Australia state
that Billy Papke soon will return to tha
States and not attempt to get on a re
turn match with the man who defeated
him last month. Papke feels that ha
cannot fight at his best In that oountry,
for the reason that the climate does
not agree with him, and will meet his
conqueror In America or not at all.
What about this man Dave Smith, who
now will be widely advertised aa middle-weight
champion of the world?
Shall we have the chance to see him in
action? Probably not, with that man
Mcintosh already gunning for him.
BASEBALL " BOOK OF 1911 OTJT
V
Ia Two Parts, Spalding Guide Thl
Year Is Hummer.
Spalding's official baseball reoord for
1911 has Just been published. This an
nual book Is growing more and more
in favor each year, containing as It
does a record of thousands of incidents
which occurred during the year of in
terest to its readers.
The 1911 Baseball Record is divided
into two sections. Part I contains the
records of 1910 of the major and minor
leagues. In this division of the book
can be found the world's series, tha
annual meetings of the leagues, charts
of the American, National and all minor
leagues during the year; an article on
attendance in 1910. official averages of
all the leagues, the pennant winners
for tha year, post-season series in Jtfew
York. 1910 statistics, and what tha
players did in 1910. The opening chap
ter in the book is entitled "The Year
In "Baseball," This feature deals in
chronological order with all the hap
penings for the year In- the baseball
world. It will be found, probably as
Interesting as any article In the book,
as it will recall the little features of
the year to mind again.
Part II contains the statistics, etc..
of the National League of previous
years; AU-Amerlcan teams, champion
team records, Grand National All
Amerlcan team; holders of the' highest
fielding percentages from 1871 to dote,
and the same in batting percentages;
officers to date, pitchers' records and
percentages since 1871. world's series
from 1884 to 1910, world's chumplon
shlp records. The American League
is covered In this part of the book in
a similar manner. Another feature of
Part II is the chapter on miscellaneous
baseball records.
Swimming itocord Lowered.
SYDNEY, N. S. W., Jan. 14. Long
worth, the New South Wales swimmer,
today clipped t 4-6 seoonds off C. M.
Daniels' record for 1320 yards, making
the distance In 17 minutes and 42 sec
onds. Daniels' record of 17 mlnuteT
45 4-5 seconds was made In New Yorjc
city February 17, 1907. making 65 turna
in a tank.
Indians Scalp Whites, 33-30.
FOREST GROVE, Or., Jan. 14. (Spe
cial.) The Chemawa basketball team de
feated the Pacific University here tonight
before a large and enthusiastlo crowd of
fn.nn. When the whistle was blown which.
1 signified that time was up, the Indians
had scored S3 points while tucir oppo
nents succeeded In scoring 30.
Owing to the cheap electric power electrio
earllnes sr springing up in ail parts o
Northern Italy-