CALIFORNIA TRACK
SQUAD PROMISING
Veterans of 1911 Record
Breaking Team in College.
Stanford Is Weak.
-BEESON IN GREAT FORM
Cardinal Strong in Sprint but Will
Some of Best Men on Ac
count of Scholarship Kuliugs.
Weight - Tosters Excel.
CNIVERStTT OF CALIFORNIA. Berke
ley. Jan. 13. (Special.) Th California
track aquad for this eason will In
clude virtually all the veteran on laat
year" record,-breaking- team. Eddie
Beeson. winner or both hurdle events
In the moet against Stanford laat April,
will be In the running again and la ex
pected to equal hla wonderful record
of a year ago. when he won both hurdl
events and tied for first place In the
high Jump with Horlne of Stanford .at
feet 1 Inches. Beeson tied with Haw
kins of Oregon In the hurdle event at
the laat Pacific Coast conference meet
at Berkeley, both runners coins' the
distance In the record time of IS 2-i
seconds.
Shattnrk. holder of the Stanford
California Intercollegiate record for the
-hammer throw at U feet, and winner
of tha hammer throw In the Pacific
rout conference mwt against the best
hammer throwers of the Coast. Includ
ing Kellog and Bailer of Oregon.
Wooley of Stanford and Eaklns of
Washington, has been throwing; tha
hammer around tha l0-foot mark In
practice lasl ran. ana V' -
f bettering his former record.
Scfcetanal Hart Stanford.
. Alderman of Stanford, with a record
of 11 feet In the hammer throw, waa
placed on probation by the Stanford
(acuity for poor scholarship last term.
. and ao will not be eligible. UTooley.
the only other Stanford weight man of
real Importance, must bear the brunt of
Id fight for places In the big meets.
Th. ..m faculty ruling which put
Alderman out of the running for the
tram also robbed the Cardinals of a
number of other men who were expect
ed to win points In the meet against
rallfornla- lawson. with a record of
ii feet In the broad Jump: Templeton.
pole vaulter. who clears the bar con
sistently at 11 f-w Inches, and Mo
Clure. uuarler-mller. with a record of
10 flat, are the others disqualified.
Ucne Kern, football player and track
man, will be the lone Stanford de
pendency In the hurdles. Kern broke
his leg during tha football aeason two
ears ago. but the Injured member has
recovered sufficiently to allow hlra to
don his track suit again. Kern ran In
the meet laat year, and waa up In the
front when he tripped over tha laat
hurdle and put hlmtielf out of th race.
Smith and Campbell wtll be the other
Cardinal entries In th hurdl races.
Macllse and Haven will be other Cali
fornia men who will be team mates of
Beeson In th two barrier races.
Berkeley Jasspera Agile.
Captain Kretslnger and Fred Allen,
of California, have both done better
than 23 feet In the broad Jump. Arga
brlte. Campbell and Stevens will be th
Stanford entries. None of these men
have done better than 21 feet.
With Captain Tom Coleman In the
sprints, the Stanford men ar looking
for a majority of th polnta In these
events. Coleman has a record of 10
flat In the 10 and 22 fiat In the 220
yard dash. Ho la recognised as one
of the best sprinters that has been de
veloped on the Coast in recent years.
McKee la another sprinter of note at
Stanford. .McKee Is credited with a
mark of 23 1-5 In the 220-yard dash.
He won the event In th meet last
year.
Stanford. as, usual, will have an
abundance of quarter mllers. With
Campbell. Ward. Dawson. Taylor and
Leaman In thla event. It aurely looks
aa though th Cardinal men would
clean up when this race Is pulled off.
California will have Calklna and Ylt
ousek. but these men do not Bgure to
place against th Stanford men.
Dlstaaee Mem Fast.
Foulke. of California, has1 negotiated
the half In 3:01 and Is looked upon by
n the Hlne and Gold to
show a clean pair of heels to the Stan
ford men In thla event. Utmin and
Oard are good half-mller reglatered at
Stanford and they may place In th
"ifarry Wood, with a record of 4:30
;-5 In the mile, seema certain of first
place In this event. Crabbe. a Port
land boy who holds the Intercollegiate
two-mils record, may be second best
man In th mil. Crabbe also has a
good chines for first plac In th two
mile. Stanford has no good distance
runners.
HOGAN AD MTIlFlir MATCHED
One-Round Freddy and Harlem
Tommy to Fight on January SI.
PAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 1 (Spe-clal-
One-round "Freddy- Hofran. th
Fan Francisco lightweight, and Har
lem Tommy Murphy, of New Tork.
have been matched to box 10 rounds
feefor Jim Coffroth' Shasta Club on
Wednesday nlrht, January SL
Th match was announced early this
evening after Coffroth had a confer
ence with GH Boog. of New Tork. who
Is acting as manager of th California
boy. Terms acceptable to Boog were
proponed and Coffroth -ild that th
card would be put on. He also sent a
rush message to Jim Buckley, of New
Tork. who is manaKlng Murphy, tell
ing him of the bout and urging that
Murphy leav at one for the Pacific
Coast In order to go Into Immediate
training.
The weight is to be 123 pounds, al
though It has not been settled Just
wfcen the men are to weigh In. No
trouble Is expected on this point, since
hvth Murphy and Hogsn are light and
ud do tne weight easily.
BLIND TRAIXFR GETS $20,000
Patrick Hum-t. Old-Time Cycling;
Coach. Given Big Benefit.
NEW YORK. Jan. 11 A fund of
;).0'0 raised In less than half a day
by members of th Motor Accessories
Mission at the annual automobile show
here wlU gladden th declining years
of Patrick Hussey. who 15 years ago
was the country best-known trainer
ft racers and trick cyclists. He
coached riders at all the big meets
and was a rarer of note himself. Later
Huasey turned his attention to auto
mobiles, but his career was suddenly
, cut short by the loss of his sight.
Som of his old Weetern friends
started th relief fund.
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MIXED MATCHES GO
Day of Fights Between Whites
and Blacks Near End.
OPPOSITION IS SPREADING
Jack Johnson Can Meet Only Other
croes If He Goea to Australia.
Fast Men Await Him for
Bonis There.
BT THOMAS ANDREWS.
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Jan. 13. (Spe
cial.) Is the boxing game to be a
"class" affair In the future? From the
trend of things in the past year It
seems to be leading that way. There
was a time when very little attention
was given to a meeting between some
colored boxer and a white man, but now
whenever a match of that kind Is men
tioned, it seems to be the slenal tor
general opposition from a 1 sides. That
has been the case ever since the Jack
Johnson affair at Iteno. Nev.. In 1910.
when the colored man annexed tne
world's heavyweight championship.
There were thousands of good sport
ing men opposed to the match at that
tlm for th simple reason that they
did not consider Jeffries In proper con
dition or abl to com back after five
years' retirement, and do himself Jus
tice However, that out little figure,
for the money end seemed to be the
principal aim of all parties concerned,
and the contest was permitted to go on
with the colored man winning.
Credit Dae Johaaoa.
It is not th Intention to take away
any credit from Jack Johnson, but only
to show that there waa a general feel
ing against matches between whit
and colored men. There Is no doubt
that Johnson la on of th cleverest big
men who has been brought before the
boxing; publlo in many years and In
some rspcts is almost th equal of
Jim Corbett H Is a great fighter and
no one will deny that, but at the same
tlm th follower of th sport are op
posed to matches between white and
blicks and especially where th dif
ference In weight I o great aa has
been th cas In a number of matches
the past year.
It was the color question that pre
vented the Johnson-Wells contest In
England, although It haa been given out
by Johnson himself and others that It
was a question of big purses which the
National Sporting Club of London would
not stand for. and a a result brought
on the agitation against the match.
This may be true In a sense, hut from
information I have at hand It seems
more plain to tne that the real cause
waa the color question, especially where
th principals wer so well known and
wher th Interest waa even greater
than moat big affair In th European
countries the past year.
mall Bewta l'aatfred.
Where small contests of this kind
hav been arranged, nothing haa been
raid for the simple reason that they
did not attract the attention of the
general public. The agitation has been
taken up In America, and boxing pro
moter all over the country have been
shy In arranging matches between
colored men and white men; In fact, it
Is understood that the New York pro
moters have been given to understand
that such matches are not to be toler
ated Now the agitation has spread to
Australia, wher the boxing game has
thrived for many years and the people
love It as much aa th people of Amer
ica lov baseball.
However, all this talk in England and
America haa had considerable effect,
and Hugh Mcintosh, the Australian pro
moter, who has conducted some of the
biggest matches In the world, and was
the first to pay out an enormous purse
for a boxing contest, cables me that In
the event of Johnson going to Australia
thla year he will In all probability be
matched against colored men only, Mr.
Mcintosh Is on of th shrewdest pro
moters In the business, and be no doubt
understands that If he were to try and
get over the heads of the people while
such feeling exists he would be the
loser, and he has very wisely decided
to keep within bounds.
This would mean that Johnson's op
ponents In the country of the Southern
Cro.is would be Sam McVea and Sam
Langford two of the best heavy
weights In the world today, outsid of
Jack Johnson himself. It all depends
upon Johnson's position in the case. If
the champion la willing to be reason
able In his terms, then he will have an
opportunity to visit Australia again and
fatten his already well-filled purse.
But If not, he will find that Promoter
Mcintosh will arrange to go along
without him.
A match between Johnson and Mc
Vea would be interesting, not only to
th colored followers of the sport, but
to all classes, as they are evenly
matched and would no doubt put up a
great contest, with Johnson on th long
end betting.
Reports of the contest between Bom
bnrdier Wells, the British heavyweight
champion, and Fred Storbeck. the South
African, whom Wella defeated In 11
rounda. does not show Wells in any
more favorable light than he was six
months ago, when h was being
groomed for a meeting with Jack
Johnson. I have a letter from one of
the attendants at th bout In which
he saya that Well waa fearful all the
way through that Storbeck would get
to bis stomach and put him out of busi
ness. That was Wells' weak spot when
PORTLAND BILLIARDIST
SEEKS CUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Henry Soloman Challenges Joseph Carney for World's Three-Cushion Title.
Fred Beel May Meet John Berg in Portland.
BT ROBCOE FAWCETT.
EN'KY SOLOMAN. Portland's crack
three-cuxhlon billiard expert, as
pires to world's championship
H
honors, for hardly had th wires
brought in reports of Jo Carney van
quishing of Champion AJfred De Oro
In Denver on Thursday night than Solo
man's defl went spinning over the con
tinent. Soloman recently defeated Car
ney In Portland for the championship
of the Pacific Coast, score 100 to .
and he believes be can duplicate this
performance and gobble in th world's
title while be Is about It.
Carney score in th three nights
against De Oro was 150 to 148. the San
Francisco man overtaking the Cuban's
100 to ta lead at the close of the second
block and running th last (2 points
whll De Oro bit off 4S. Th Carney
Soloman match In Portland waa of only
two nights' duration, Carny leading
at the half-way point BO to 43. Solo
man ran oat th last 30 points in 30
Innings, an averag of on point per
frame.
"I am ready to post th stipulated
3250 is soon a I hear from Carney,"
said Mr. Soloman last night. "If he
does not car to com to Portland to
play. I will meet hlra either at Denver
or In Chicago or New York some tlm
late in February or early In March.
Carney will probably want to hold the
title for a few weeks without having
to defend it. I expect to go Eaat in
about four weeks, and hope to meet
several of th top-notcher on Eastern
tables."
Soloman has met John Daly on two
occasions. Daly defeating him both
times by the narrow margin of one
point. Daly beat De Oro a fortnight
ago In an exhibition match.
Although reports from Chlcag-o are
rather vague. Portland mat fans may
be given the privilege of seeing Fred
Beel. the wonderful light heavyweight
wrestler, and John Berg, the Portland
bone crusher. In a match settling finally
the light heavyweight championship of
tha world. Th till I now claimed
by both stellar performers, following
the recent elimination of William
Demetral by Berg in this city.
Emil Klank. manager for Frank
Ootch and Yousouf Mahmout. th Turk,
Is the man who believes Beel can de
feat Berg and in a letter received by
th writer yesterday Klank declared
that he would bring Beel to Portland
to meet Berg If the Swede was willing
to put up a substantial side bet.
Berg lias been trying to Inveigle
Beel Into a battle for several months,
but his telegrams have gone unan
swered, according to hl own state
ment He Is now In Spokane dickering
for a match with Jess Pederson. the
Dane, when he comes through on .his
Northwestern tour, but It Is believed
he will be willing to raise any amount
of money demanded by Klank as a side
wsaer. A Sroksne man, Engstrom by
mnip, acknowledges willingness to back
Berg for any amount up to 500(, and
U9 Berg is possessed of a considerable
amount of thl world's goods he will
undoubtedly be willing- to augment the
. v TinuTT ir' -T A r A TJ V 14. 1912
he fought Porkk Flynn last March, but
he managed to keep out of harm s way.
He certainly looked good otherwise and
th general Impression among boxing
critics was that If he could strengthen
up In his lower body and be able to
take a punch there he would prove a
wonder, for there Is no doubt about his
cleverness. However, If h cannot get
away from body punches there are
several of the second-rater here who
will "get to him" and that would bo
Just what Jim Flynn would delight In.
While the Bombardier can box at
long range he will make th other man
look foolish, but once let his opponent
get to the middle section and It Is all
off. At that rate what would Jack
Johnson have done to the Bombardier?
And during all, the trouble at the
National Sporting- Club In London the
famous Kid McCoy was there to chal
lenge the winner and announce that's
had "come back." But the foxy Kid
will have to show even the tolerant
Britishers, for they are next to the fact
that the Kid has passed beyond the
Dr. Osier class. Despite this fact the
Kid could defeat most of the heavier
about the country, that is where he
would not have to go longer than three
rounds for beyond that period it would
be all' off with the much-married
Hoosler.
Leper Colony Has Fire.
NEW BEDFORD, Mass.. Jan. 13.
The administration building at th
Massachusetts leper colony on Penl
kesee Island, at the entrance to Bus
sard's Bay. was burned today, causing
a loss of J10.000. Nona of th other
buildings was in danger.
side bet to a 38000 or $7000 total If
Beel wishes to go that high. '
v .
Beel, though hardly 170 pounds in
weight. Is one of the greatest mat
prodigies that ever lived and a match
with Berg would draw probably th
largest house that ever turned out In
Portland. Beel for years was aupreme
In the middle and light heavyweight
classes and has the distinction of being
the only man to win th world's heavy
weight championship from Frank
Gotch. Gotch subsequently regained It
at Kansas City.
"That match would be worth going
hundreds of miles to see," declared
Eddie O'Connell, of the Multnomah
Club, yesterday when told of the ef
forts to bring Berg and Beel together.
"I traveled on a vaudeville circuit with
Beel several years ago, meeting all
comers, Beel In the light heavy and
middle class and I in the light and
welter divisions. I look upon Beel as
the greatest wrestler for his size that
the world has ever produced. Beel and
Berg have never met, but those who
have seen both men in action believe
that Beel would prov Berg's master Is
a finish bout."
t
Klank, In his letter to the writer,
gives an Insight Into the switching of
the Pederson-Mahmout bout from Chi
cago to Kansas City or soma other city,
Mahmout' peculiar looking bout with
Zbyszko months ago caused th ban
to be promulgated by Chief Mc
Weeny. 'Mahmout was undoubtedly mads to
lay down to Zbysxko," deolarea Klank.
"He should not have come out and made
the charge after the match, though, for
now that he wants to b on the square
the Chicago authorities are afraid to
trust him. Mahmout, I believe, can
beat both Pederson and Zbyszko and he
says If he ever gets in the ring again
with the Pole he will cut him in two
with his leg scissors.
"I posted 31000 for Mahmout after
the Pederson-Coordrelll bout, and John
Moje posted a similar amount for.4
Pederson," added Klank. Seventy-five
per cent of tha wrestlers' share Is to go
to the winner. It will be two falls out
of three."
Klank confirms tha report that
should Pederson win from the Turk, his
man. Frank Gotch will be forced from
retirement to defend the title one
again.
Asked the other day for a synopsis
of big league pitchers, Jo Tinker de
clared, with remembrances of several
White Sox victories over the Cubs, that
Ed Walsh, of the Chicago Americans,
was the hardest to hit. Of the famous
heavers the former Portland star thinks
Jack Coombs, of the Philadelphia Ath
letics, the easiest.
Tinker places Mathewson at tha pin
nacle of greatness, but says Mordecal
Broifn. of th Cubs, is by far th best
fielding runner in the major show.
'I don't think much of P.ube Mar
quard. of New York," Tinker la quoted
as remarking. "Rube hasn't the men
tality that will place him on the
Mathewson plane. He has the arm.
but not the head. Rucker. of Brook
lyn, makes an awful hit with me."
added Joe. "Chance would pay 135,000
Co et Aim for t&e Cuba."
ROSE IS MAINSTAY
OF AMERICAN
Giant Shot-Putter Expected to
Prove Bulwark in Com
ing Olympiad.
HAMMER EVENT IS SAFE
T. Morris Dnnne Thinks United
States Will HaTe Little Trouble
In Taking Principal Weight
Bventa In Sweden.
That America has a cinch on the
hammer throw, shot put and the Jave
lin throw at the Swedish world s
Olympio games is the belief of T. Mor
ris Dunne, member of the board of di
rectors of the Amateur Athletic Union
of Portland, member of the Western
committee which will make choices of
America's representatives at Stock-
kMr Dunne believes that Matt Mc
Grath, of New York, will hurl the 16
pound hammer close to 190 feet by next
July 6, when the track and field events
are scheduled to begin at the 1913
Olympiad. His last throw of 187 feet
Is by far the best ever done with the
big globule. Snedlgar, the San Fran
cisco Javelin thrower. Is expected to
win the spear event. He Is improving
all the time. He won the event at the
Pittsburg National championships and
later at the Pacific Association games
hurled the Javelin 16S feet He should
do more than 175 upholding- the prowesB
of Uncle Sam across the pond.
Rose America' Bulwark.
"Stlffer competition will be met In
the shotput and discus, to my way of
thinking." said Mr. Dunne. Still I
think Ralph Rose will be there with
bells on In the pinch In the shotput, I
understand Rose weighs close to sis
pounds now. against 250 when he broke
the world's outdoor records, so I was
surprised to read today that he had
"come back" with a vengeance. I look
forward to seeing him In action at the
Western trials In Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco."
Ralph Rose, Olympic Clu'j. San ran
clsco; McDonald, of the New York Irish
Americans: Beattle, of the New York
Athletic Club, and Coe. of Boston, are
said to be the foremost shotputters of
the country. Rose Is quoted by William
Unmack, of the San Francisco Call, as
saying that Beattle has the best chance
of the trio.
In the discus the French have been
forging rapidly to the front and Martin
J Sheridan, the best of the American
experts, probably will be hard pressed
to win. Several Frenchmen have,shoved
the disk out nearly 145 feet-
New Events on Programme.
"Copies of the official programme re
ceived by me a few days ago furnish
interesting reading," said Mr. Dunne.
"For one thing, I note that there are
to be two separate competitions In the
shotput. Javelin throw and discus, one
for the best hand and one for both
hands. The latter event Is not used in
America Ralph Rose will find this
Just to his liking. He has done better
than 47 feet with his left hand. In
this event the distances of the two
hand puts are averaged.
"I want to call the attention of
Northwestern clubs to another feature,"
added Mr. Dunne, who Is also secretary
treasurer of the Paclflo Northwest As
sociation of Amateur Clubs. "The
wrestling tryonts are not to be held In
San Francisco with the track and field
trials, as several of the clubs seem to
think. Wrestling trials probably will
be held In one city, Chicago, Kansas
City or New York, because otherwise
there would be no basis of ascertaining-
the best men. In track and field
we can gauge by the records. Another
thing, all wrestling is Greco-Roman
style which is vastly different from
tha catch-as-catch-can In vogue In
America."
The weights for the Swedish Olym
piad are as follows: Feather, 133
pounds: light, 149 pounds; middle (a).
100 pounas; miaaie
and heavyweight, 182 pounds and over.
The maximum number of competitors
from each nation In each different class
is limited to 12.
ROWING OUTLOOK IS CHEEKIXG
Tr airline at Portland Rowing Club
Will Start In Two"Months.
Training for the 1912 crews will start
at the Portland Rowing Club In about
two months, announces Captain Allen.
It was his plan to have two new shells
for the coming- Beason, but the lum
ber arrived only recently from the East
and so it Is improbable that more than
one will be finished befor late this
Fall. Members of the club Intend to
build the shell themselves.
All the boats used last season have
been overhauled and are ready. The
club now has a good assortment of
boats, from the single shells to the
family cutters.
Captain Allen is very optlmlstlo over
the prospects. At the close of last
Summer ther were more aspirants for
rowing honors at every practice than
could be riven boata If the most of
these turn out again, he Is sure that
the club will make a fine showing at
the races with the Vancouver Rowing
Club next July. The date has not been
decided as the final details of the af
fair rest with the Canadian organiza
tion. Two senior crews and probably
three is the present outlook, besides a
number of strong Junior crews.
After the Willamette Rowing Club
went out of commission some years
ago. Interest In the water sports be
gan to wane, but last Summer it was
revived. Many of the members of the
old club, who were waiting for a pos
sible rejuvenation of the Willamette,
went over to th Portland Club, help
ing to swell Its membership to more
than 400.-
Chairman Newell, of the house com
mittee. Is planning to have the club
rooms In good shape for the Summer.
The dance hall will be put in shape for
the dances, which are one of the social
features of the club every Summer. The
weekly Friday night dances will con
tinue as heretofore, but the place will
be open to tha members all the time,
and after an evening- on the river, the
night may be concluded by a dance in
the room overlooking the river.
The club Is In a better condition
financially than it has ever been. The
boathouse for the benefit of members
owteing their own boats has been re
pair;! Canoe trips, which were so
successful last year, will be made more
often this year, and some will be as
long as a week, but the majority will
be only from Saturday until Sunday
night.
Brief Sporting Notes.
Ed. Frank, of the Multnomah Club, is
nuoted as saying that Ned Cheely's
. J with Tark TiTr will
TEAM
Jmko him ineligible to compeu wltajaam position, for Nob Hill.
the mitts for Multnomah Club. Sounds
rather strange, as Lester was then an
amateur boxer for the Spokane Ama
teur Athletic Cluo.
Tom S. Andrews' annual sporting
book for 1912 haa been received by the
sporting editor of The Oregonlan, Jim
my Clabby'a physiognomy supplanting
that of James J. Jeffries and Battling
Nelson on the cover page. Some of
the new fighters listed are the three
Browns, Chicago K. O.. New York K. O.
and PaL Mike Gibbons. Jack Lester,
Jose Rivers, Dave Smith, Young Saylor,
Digger Stanley, BUly.vvells and Jack
White.
The Oregon Yaoht Club, spurred on
by the success of the annual ball on
Thursday night, is planning for a sec
ond event at Christenson's HalL The
second will be a colonial affair and will
be held, during February.
President Baum, of the Coast League,
says that Walter McCredle's published
declaration favoring Perle Casey as an
umpire had absolutely no Influence In
the ultimate appointment. "I always
liked Casey and believe he will make
ftuld Baum. "I wouldn't handi
cap an umpire by letting It be under
stood that some manager wanted htm
appointed." , .
' In San Francisco on Wednesday
Walter McCredle gave utterance to the
statement that Jack Barry was the
wisest ball player in the Pacific Coast
League last year, bar none. Mac still
insists, howaver, that Barry did not
purposely block the ball that caused
the near-riot-against George Hilde
brand on the local lot toward the close
of the season last Fall.
The Cincinnati Enquirer quoted J. Cal
Ewing as saying that the San Francisco-
Club made 360,000 last season.
Ewing refuses to name his profits when
Interviewed on the Cast, but he was
probably not over estimating the total
to the Middle Western scribes.
Patsy O'Rourke, of the Sacramento
Senators, will use Chris Mahoney as a
pitcher next season. Mahoney. Lerchen
and Catcher Thomas have been turned
back to Sacramento by Boston. Patsy
says Miller, the first-sacker secured
from Philadelphia, will prove the class
of the league.
H. 3. Miller, a member of the Spo
kane Athletic Club, writes in a boost
for Oecar Wassum. the Wichita wrest
ling wonder, whom Miller thinks should
be considered In the eliminations for
the world's light heavyweight cham
pionship. Wassum wrestled a five-hour
draw with DemetraL .
SOCGEUlfPOSSIBLE
LEAGUE LEADERS TO BATTLE
THIS MOKXTXG.
Independent and Mount Scott Nearly
Together in Race lor Oregon
Association Honors.
Oregon Association League.
W. L. P. C-
Mount Scott I
Independents W
North Bank J J
O.-W. R. N. 0 4 .000
In the Oregon Soccer League this
morning at 10:30 the rival railway
teams. North Bank and the O.-W. B- &
N., meet on the Columbus Field, at the
same time that Mount Scott, on its own
enclosure, Is battling with the Inde
pendents. This latter game should be
worth going some way to see, as a win
for the Independents would put them
level with the leaders. The lineups:
Mount. Scott. Indepenr.d,e.IitB';en
krSonfev:v.v.VKVv":.v::.;:
W. strader-Huntley.L B. .. .
Fuller-Bayliss
Gunn-Raupaca - i ti-. -G.
Drynm .......CHB-...
R. Robaon LHB....
McOUverle O RF
Wallace
W. Robson CP....
F. Drynen ...... .1 LF. .. .
J. Robson OLF. ...
Referee aiffard.
North Bank. 1
R. M. Karr O
R. Karr RB
Stllman L B....
Barteta
Bryce
Tufts
Titley
. . . Wempner
Wells
, Grier
Ritter
-W. R. N.
W. Gavin
. . Chamberlain
, Struble-Tead
Biselow
Webiter RSB-
BalUngale
c wr T.lnd-Wrlirht
spooner .
Drlscoll
Francis .
Manning
Crosby . .
Patrick
Referee-
L HB Bergsvlk
GRP.. J. Garvin
.1 r p Maglus
CF Johnson
"i LP. . Robertson-Morris
OLF Voss
Ingles.
SPOKAXE DEMANDS SMOKER
Proposal to Call Off Meet With Mult
nomah Is Rejected.
Edgar Frank, chairman of the box
ing and wrestling department of the
Multnomah Athletic Club, received a
telegram from Spokane yesterday aft
ernoon declining to call off the inter
club smoker, scheduled for January 19
at Spokane.
Spokane finally accepted the weights
proposed by Multnomah and the local
representatives will be: Wrestling. 13o
pounds. Trainer; heavyweight, Davis
court; boxing, 125 pounds, Somervllle;
145 pounds. Madden.
"No date has been set for the Se-attle-Multnomah
meet originally sched
uled for February I?3 in Portland." said
Mr. Frank. "Wo will hardly be set
tled in. our new building then, so a
postponement had to De asaeq iur.
PORTLAND will not b represented
at the Northwest Amateur Wrest
ling tournament which tha Tacoma
Y. M. C. A. expects to hold. Th prin
cipal organisations of the Northwest
were asked to sent representatives, but
Physical Director Lee, of the Portland
Y M. C. A., does not think that he haa
any team strong enough to compete.
-Thirteen
entries for the six-day
Marathon race to be held in February
have been signed. They are Fleming,
Brockman. Savage, Gaynor. Martin.
Fadden. Mann, Rooney, Starr, Masters,
Havlick, Nutting and Sontag. The
course for the affair will be about 14
miles.
A swimming contest between Sell
wood Y. M. C. A. and Portland Y. M.
C. A will be held at the latter's tank
tomorrow night. The programme will
consist of diving, racing and a game
of water polo. Marton will do stunts
above and under the water. Tait. the
Y. M. C. A. champion fancy diver, will
perform, while Balbach, a hew man
here, will do some speed work.
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The Lincoln and Jefferson second
basketball teams played a practice
game at the Y. M. C. A. yesterday. Lin
coln winning, 20 to 15. Both teams
played a consistent game. The game
gave the two coaches, Lee and Dake, a
chance to view prospective material to
fill vacancies on the first team.
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A city championship game of inde
pendent football teams will be played
today at the Columbus Club field be
tween the Nob Hills and the Columbus
Club. The Nob Hill team is composed
of almost all the all-star men of Lln
Washington High schools.
i while the Columbus Club will have a
number of the Jefferson all-stars m its
lineup. Moyer Cole will play quarter
for the Columbus Club, while Patter
nn. of Lincoln High, will play the
amateur athletics
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IliHI UL
GENIUS OF ITCH
San Francisco Looks With Dis
favor on Johnson-Flynn
Championship.
SMALL HOUSE PREDICTION
Otto Berg, of Astoria, Seeks Bouts
Around Golden Gate Kaufman,
Not Convinced Hs Is Down and
Out, Would Meet Palzer.
BT HARRT B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Jan. 13.
(Special.) it looks very much to a
man on the fence as If Jimmy Coffroth
Is to be the guiding spirit of the Johnson-Jim
Flynn farce if that pair of
worthies ever manage to get together
for their promised heavyweight cham
pionship?) The last news from the
East was a statement from Jack Cur
ley, who up to date has been acting
in the dual role of promoting the fight
and managing Jim Flynn, to the effect ;
that he was convinced It would be the'
best policy to ask James Waldorf Coff-:
roth, of San Francisco, to act aa man
ager of the club giving the show.
Coffroth, when he was interviewed
as regards that end of the affair, coyly
admitted that he had been in corre
spondence with Curley.
"There are several little matters to
be adjusted," he said, "and in case they
turn out all right I probably will han
dle the fight, but will have no Interest
outside of that."
San Francisco Not to Be Scene.
It is rather bard to size up the situa
tion, but it looks to me as if the propo
sition were to interest either Salt Lake
City people or some of the men inter
ested in those two small towns in Ne
vada. If they could be persuaded to
post the $30,000 that Johnson requires.
Curley would very likely be willing- to
take a chance as regards the end that
Flynn will draw down and Coffroth:
might be willing to work lor a per
centage of the house. j
One thing is absolutely certain -that
match 4sn't coming to San Francisco.
The sports have been guying the card
as a lopsided affair and Coffroth .the
other day admitted to th newspaper
fraternity that he didn't believe it
would be good policy (for several rea
sons, none of them stated) to try to
land the match for San Francisco;
The press of San Francisco has not
taken kindly to the fight and most of
the sporting writers have openly de-1
clared it to be a bout best unmade.
Small House Predicted.
To date there hasn't been any charge!
that the match Is "fixed," but, as the!
newspapers mold public opinion, it la :
sure to be a small house. The sports ;
of today are not paying their good i
money to see that sort of card and !
particularly when they would be
obliged to take the long trip to Ne
vada. Th most reoent dispatches Indicate
that both Johnson and Flynn are con
sidering other matches In advance of
that July date of their own and possi
bly they want to see how the card la
going to take with the public. For
that reason I wouldn't be in the least
surprised to learn at any time of the
bout being declared off.
The latest arrival in the boxing col
ony is One-Round Hogan, the San
Francisco lightweight, who has been
in the East with Gil Boag, his manager.
Hogan was due to reach home last
Monday, but his Overland was some
thing like 24 hours late and it wasn't
until Tuesday that he put In an ap
pearance. Otto Berg, the Astoria middleweight,
also arrived the first of the week. Berg
Is accompanied by his manager, Charles
Hanlin, and Intends sticking here un
til he gets a trial. He Is a likely
looking lad and as he comes well rec
ommended by Peter Grant, he shouldn't
have so very much trouble In landing.
There are already a couple of good
middle-weights. Sailor Fetroskey and
Frits Holland, In San Francisco and
that will make it better for Berg.
There are two clubs In Oakland going
full tilt, with shows every month, and
Berg. If he fails to catch the eye of one
of the San Francisco promoters, may
connect across the bay.
Kaufman Not Convinced.
Word has com from Al Kaufman
anent the beating that he took at the
hands of Al Palzer. Kaufman hasn't
written himself, but a friend sent a
letter th other day In which he said
that the Californian was trained down
altogether too fine. This coincides
somewhat with the views of some of
the New York experts, who said that
Kaufman showed very plainly the ef
fects of being too long out of th ring.
At all events, the friend adds In his
letter that Kaufman might have won
had he continued to use the left Jab
that he worked effectively at the outset-
However that may be, Albert
wants another match with Palzer and
thinks he can come back. The con
sensus of opinion of Californians who
know Kaufman best is that he ought
to be through with the game for good
and alL
LUMBER PROBLEM TOPIC
Pacific Coast Shippers Hold Conler
ence at Seattle.
SEATTLE. Jan. 13. (Special.)
Wholesale lumber and shingle dealers,
as well as a large number of manufac
turers, were In Seattle yesterday In
attendance at the annual meeting of
the Pacific Coast Shippers' Association
This is the only general meeting held
by the association In the year.
In his report Mr. Fairbanks pointed
out that reduction In rates on shingles
to Denver points from 60 to 60 cents,
recently announced by the railroads,
will also mean reductions In rates to
the western half of Texas, and very
likely to Western Kansas, due to th
fact that the combination of the new
Coast-Denver and Denver-Texas rate,
will be more than permitted by the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Mr. Fairbanks declared that in his
opinion general reductions in freight
rates to the Middle West are not at all
Improbable.
That curtailment will not solve the
problem of lumbering In the Northwest,
but that new markets must be created,
was another point made by Mr. Fair
banks. , ,
An amendment to the by-laws was
submitted, creating the office of man
ager F. D. Becker will fill' this posi
tion, as well as that of secretary.
F A. England. C. R. Roy. E. L. Con
nor of Seattle, and C. E. Hill, of Ta
coma. were elected trustee.
The earliest record of rubber shlpmsnts
from the Congo was In 1SST, 'hn It
amounted to 2u0,0OO pounds, but la 180 It
reached 8,000.000 pound.
COFFROTH
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