hlE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. JANUARY 21, 1912-
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NEWPORT'S RIVAL
Point Judith Country Club
Seeks Honor of Entertain
ing Tennis Players.
PORTLAND ASKED TO AID
Larned Talked of mm Probable Sno
- cwwir to President D-wlgbt, ot
National Association John
ston Porter Wont Ran.
BT RALPH H. MITCHELL.
" That Newport 1 going to have
strenuous time trying to hold tha Na
tional lawn tennla tournament mla
thla year la evident from tba fight
which baa already reached aa far waat
aa Portland through a com muni cation
received by F. H. V. Andrews, former
chairman of tha Irvlngton Club tennla
committee, from tha Point Judith Coun
try Club, located at Narragansett. K. L
which la a candidate for tha honor.
Philadelphia, where the woman's Na
tional championship matchea have been
held for the paat few years, la also
"open to engagement." In part the
letter follows:
. "Our purpose Is to Inform you as to
the claims of the Point Jodlth Country
Club, as a place to hold the National
tournament. The tennla committee of
thla club la In possession of Informa
tion which leads them to believe that
the ail-comare tournament will not be
held at Newport this year. We believe
that we offer an unequaled list of at-
tractlona and accommodations for the
players In this tournament, and. there
fore, are entitled to consideration,
rropeeltloai la Extensive.
"The proposition which we are pre
pared to make to the national Assoua-
tlon Is as follows: First, the use of
our clubhouse, tennis courts and golf
links free of chares during; the time of
the tournament, and for a week before
hand, if desired; second, reduced rates
at all the hotels at Narracansett pier;
third, entrance fee to the Casino (ad
mission ordinarily $1): fourth, the use
of the Narragansett Pier reading room.
the local (itnUemaa'i Club, free of
charse. during the time of the tourna
m.nt: fifth, free bathhouse and suit
during the time of the star of the
entrant.
- - -We propose to" add to this, free
transportation from the center of the
town to the club and return, running a
bus Una back and forth. We are ne
" jrotlatlng with the Point Judith Polo
Club la the effort to make an agree
went by which the entrants In tha
tournament will have free admission
to their grounds at any time, enabling
them to see polo matches every aay it
thev so desire."
The letter then concludes with a re
quest for tha club's proxy If a repre
sentative of the Portland organisation
Is not personally at the meeting, which
' Is to be held February 9. according to
n call which baa just been Issued from
the office of Secretary Hosklns of the
National Association.
From all appearances It Is likely that
Champion Larned will be the next pres
ident of the United States National
" Lawn Tennis Association, as President
James Dwlght. who realdes In Boston,
has declined absolutely to be a candi
date for office.
As several clubs have voiced their
' sentiments in favor of Larned. It la
most probable that ha will be elected,
tor he Isn't yet In America to enter
protest, though he may use wireless If
he finds out It Is the only chance to
save himself.
Several Important matters are to
come before tha organization at tha big
meeting February . but the most Im
portant Is trie ranking of players, elec
tion of officers and choosing the place
Tor the next tournament.
Parter Refaaes) ta Ran.
Though there has been considerable
talk of electing Johnston P. Porter, ot
the Irving-ton Club, as president to suc
ceed President Woodward, the former
' has declined to allow the directors, who
win meet soon to elect a neao. to use
his nam. According to Information
from clubmen yesterday It seams that
- President Woodward will succeed him
self. The "early bird catches the worm."
' ta the old saying, which might be ap
plied to James fchlvea, well-known
Portland tennis player who was busy
' about town yesterday trying to find an
" opponent to meet htm la the first tennis
' play of 191:. out of town. At last ac
" counts he had been unable to find tha
ana who would dare the Wintry blast a
with him on tha cement tennis court of
Irving ton Club. What "worm" Shires
'would find we know not.
According to the latest word from
New Zealand. Champion Larned very
much opposea tha view of Harry Wald.
' aer that tha Australians must coma
- over to America before there will be
another International match for the
lMTli trophy. Larnad'a viewpoint will
carry much weight, for apparently tha
Chicago man and Northwesterner
ehamplon, la little learned la the rules
affecting tha trophy play or ha Is of
light weight on the executive commit.
- tea.
TRIAXS TOO SOON FOR HEfRT
Champion Sprinter Will Be la Ool-
- leg When Olympic Team Picked.
NEW YORK. Jan. 2a. Gwynna
. Henry, tha National champion sprinter,
.says in a letter to the Olymplo commit
. tee headquarters here that he will be
unable to compete In the Olympic try
outs next Spring. Tha champion la
attending college at BlackwelL Okla.
and will not be able to start Bast until
June S.
Henry Is much perturbed over the
outlook. He is anxious to make the
trip- to stocknoim. ana says ne la in
' good condition. He la confident of his
ability to beat Ralph Craig, the Inter
collegiate champion of the University
- ff Michigan. In both dashea He hopes
the Olympic committee will consider
" him for the team If he Is unable to try
for It.
MIKE MCRPHY IS RECOVERING
Veteran Athletic Coach Not to Re-
" sign as Head of Olyniplo Team.
. PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 10. Michael
C. Murphy, of the University of Penn-
- sylvanla. selected to coach the Ameri
can team to be sent to the Olympic
came In Stockholm Sweden next July,
lias so far recovered from his Illness
- that he expects to resume his duties
soon.
- He denied today that he has any
- thought of resigning as coscb of the
- American team. The team will not sal
. from this country until the latter part
ox Junes
COLLEGE YELL LEADER MUST BE GOOD
NATURED, PSYCHOLOGIST. GENERAL
Rooter King Eu Hard Job and Every Bit of Tact Is Required to Keep Crowd Feeling Eight He Must Himself
Be Noiaenuker, Clothes Model and Musician.
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U Seattle. Jan. 10. (SpeclaL) Get '
together a few screaming steam j
..nn-.t n auorted hUd-
picked gross of howling drunk Co
manche Indians, turn loose seven bras
bands of tha most demonstrative type
In a building with a tin roof and you
have a vague Idea of the amount ot
noise required to win a modern Inter
collegiate football game.
From the very nature of the tnmg
It Is evident that there mart be some
one in control Of this VOlUme else it .
might go off at the wrong time and nlm ls lo8t Ha 8tarts a yell, has to fin
blow the opposing aggregation over the j lsn tt nmself and Is in the air. He gets
goal for a touchdown and victory. the big laugh and his control over the
Desperate characters have been tried rontera for that dav. at least, la e-nn.
eut at the position of yell leader by
agonising student bodies, but not even
train robber has had me nerve to
face that tremendous song of victory
that college men are wont to sing at
each thud of colliding bodies.
College Men Only Seed Apply.
To hold down successfully such a Job
as this, a fellow must first be a college
man In toe strictest sense or tne wora
and be must further be capable of get
ting down on all fours, looking like be
could bite a 10-penny nail In two. and
of convincing 2000 bloodthirsty under
graduates that their only nope of vic
tory Ilea In throwing wide open their
lung valves and spreading tneir mourns
until tbey look like caverns In the side
of a back mountain, tie must no aoie wltn tn -team"; ha knows how to
personally to give forth sounds thst ido a half mile of reeling serpentine
would make tha leather-bound, hand- ! through tha crowded streets of a me
engraved pocket edition, wild West : tropolls without breaking any windows,
cowboy yell seek shelter under the ; raiding theaters or dumping streetcars
nearest spreading chestnut tree or such ofr lh. tracks. He has in mind tha
a volume that tha suffering spectators
who had been cajoled by tha football
game to coma and hear ins yelling. ;
could not distinguish It from the mass
movement.
In soma -aolleges the Rooter King
must be so good natured that ba will
suffer pies, apples and funny remarks
to bo thrown at hlra with impunity. Ho
must do tha snake dance, the hoola
hoola. the Individual serpentine and
achieve contortions which If done on
the stage would net the contortionist
1100 a night each twist.
lie Mast Ba Clathea Model.
Tha latest fashions In clothes are
tried out on the college yell leader. In
the more barbarous countries, since
that person la not supposed to hare any
feelings to hurt and tha experiment
furnishes information to the teeming
thousands of bleacher and grandstand.
Anything from a mother hubbard to a
dress suit and a silk hat Is permissible
to this oscillating satellite of the col
lege sporting world. He must scintil
late, flash and glow at the same time
and he is assisted materially In this by
the cut of his trousers.
A Yell Leader bears the same rela
tion to football that a pig does to Its
squeal. NO pig. no squeal. No Tell
Leader and no football worthy of the
name. It takes the heart-rending,
piercing, sympathetic cry of the hard
ened Cheer Csar to awake In the thous
and frigid college men perspiring en
thusiasm over a near defeated gridiron
contingent. Irony, pathos, humor and
tearing satire must ba playthings for
dim as ha feels the puLse of his mighty
throng, to catch their slightest whim,
and at the same Urns watchea the visit
ing team tear the home players- Into dl.
geatlble chunks and kick them over the
field fence.
Few Deaira Jo.
Few men hanker after tha position
of yell leader unless they are prepar
ing for a Job as train-caller or ser-grant-at-arms
In a water front saloon.
However, yell leading develops longdis
tance runners, cosilo vaudeville artists,
ward politicians and glee club members.
It also develops a public that could
stand all day on a railroad track listen-
f . a .k i. I . 1 a . a tnln n
enjoy It, A peculiarity of yell leading Is
that It Is funny for everyone but the
man who has to stand out In front and
u - .
lege men who have given the best ot
their life to this form of enterprise and
have martyred In the course, say that
the only thing that even equals It In
solemnity and delicacy Is the act of
getting married.
That thera la a ftrlence to vail lead
ing was well attested at tha Oregon-J
Washington football game played In
Portland. November IS. The rooter king
Vh. ennnnft tret tha ernwt t n a with
or It may be that he tries to continue
a yey too iong an( dlsguats tha fellows
who wish to watch tha game rather
than his waving arms and lega
Psychology Plays) Part.
If he gives an unpopulsr yell and
receives support. If he mistakes the
name of a player In doing the Individual
cheering. If he loses his countenance at
some sharp witticism. If he appears too
elf conscious or talks too much, tha
best lunged man that aver lived Is lost
to the rooting profession.
In a word a good yell leader Is a
psychologist and a general. He Is able
to devise ways of getting several hun
dred poverty-stricken college men to
raise ISO In 10 minutes to send the band
,err movement of a large band that
muat , kept organised else It will
break up. Hie Importance cannot be
overestimated, for while a struggling
team may not hear tha yells of the
rooters tt very quickly hears tha ab-
TEAM WHICH WON FIRST PRIZE AT LOS ANGELES AND WHICH WILL PERFORM AT THE
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sence of them and by the testimony of
veterans of the moleskin, silence has a
disheartening effect on men under such
high tension.
Rooting Part of Game.
From a minor result of a victory or a
good play, organised rooting has come
to be a cause and a part of the game It
self. Men once cheered good plays
from enthusiasm over them and from
admiration of the player. When "col
lege spirit" came Into vogue in its new
meaning followers of football, crew,
track and baseball began to cheer be
cause of loyalty to their Institution and
It soon became a matter of good form to
cheer louder than the man under op
posing colors.
There was so much difference of
opinion as to what wa-a good time to
cheer, when there was nothing but loy
alty to cheer over, that a young man,
who passed his Sundays at church and
had for years watched the undulating
limbs of the choir director, conceived
the Idea that a musical director might
be the solution of the cheering prob
lem. Thus began the beginning of the
modern Cheer Cxar.
Now there Is scarce an Institution
that does not have Its organized yelling
department to dispense the right kind
of noise at appropriate times.
Denvcr Awarded Golf 3Ieet.
CHICAGO. Jan. 20. Denver Country
Club got the Western Amateurl Golf
Championship contest for 1912; the
Idlewlld Club of Chicago obtained the
Western open championship and John
I. Cady, of Rock Island. III., was
elected president by the Western Golf
Association st the annual meeting here
tonight. Discussion of the proposal to
abolish the stymie end to standardise
the balls used resulted In no official
action.
Glover and Mathlon Draw.
PARIS. Jan. 10. Mike Glover, of
Boston, fought ten rounds to a draw
with the English pugilist, Mathlson
here tonight.
Cavalryman Is So tight.
Any one knowing the whereabouts of
J. F. Gllmartln. late of Troop K. Four
teenth Cavalry please write Mrs. Tlllle
Anderson, 26S Second street, Portland.
SCANDAL 111 BOXING
KEEPS CROPPING UP
Johnson-Corbett Controversy
Brings to Mind Confes
sions of O'Brien.
ORGANIZED GAME IS URGED
Suggestion Made That National Com
mission Take Charge of All Ring
Katohea and Forever Bar All
Fakers Thompson Confident,
ttv TOM 8. ANDREWS.
""MTLWAUKEE, Wis., Jan. 30. (Spe
cial it seems almost an impossi
blllty to keep the boxing game free
from allea-ed scandal, no matter wheth
er there Is any truth to such reports
or not. A few years ago tne ooiihb
world was startled by accusations
.j. w . Jak O'Brien, of Philadel
phla. In which he said he had faked
certain bouts witn proniiunui "uDi
Some of his statements were Incorrect,
but ha tried to make It as sensational
as possible, and In doing so did not
stick to facts.
For instance, he said he had agreed
to let Tommy Burns stay six rounds
with him In Milwaukee, when the truth
nr the matter was he could not help
himself, for It was In that bout that
Tnmmv became convinced he could
whip the Phlladelphlan In a longer
to-fit Ha areued with Burns over
the weight question for three hours
and finally showed that ne reaiiy coma
An th . miaaie-weiarni limit ui
pounds. There was absolutely no rea
son for Vlther one to fake In that con
test, and . they didn't, but It sounded
fine In the articles which Jack per
mitted to go out,
Corbetf Statements Crude.
Now James J. Corbett and Jack
Johnson are having a war of words in
tha nanera. Corbett attacking Johnson
because he does not defend his title of
champion for reasonable purses and
the latter coming back at him with
the claim that Corbett and others tried
to get him (Johnson) to fake a fight
with Al Kaufman and Tommy Burns
for 2100,000. Johnson makes affidavit
to the effect that Corbett. and Harry
Frazee-. of Chicago, approached him
after the Beno battle with Jim Jeffries.
It Is hard to believe that a business
man like Frazee. a man who has been
mixed ud In big theatrical deals, shoald
stoop to such dealings In the boxing
game. Harry Frazee really Denevea
that Jeffries could defeat Jack John
son and he felt so confident that he
had planned a world's tour for the big
fellow In case he whipped the colored
man. Up to the day before the fight
Frazee was sure Jeffries wouia win.
as be had shown splendid form, but
two days before the big contest Jeff
began to go stale and the day betore
the battle Frazee lost heart. He had
spent over 15000 making arrangements
for the tour, but at tnis junoture re
marked to roe at Jeffs training quar
ters:
FTasVe Oat of Heart.
Tom, I don't feel quite right on
Jeff todav. and for the first time. I
do not care about the tour and would
gladly forfeit the 25000 I have spent
If only Jeff could whip that black
man."
That did not sound like a man who
was trying to have Johnson fake
fight or anyone else.
The boxing game gets some pretty
hard raps, but it seems the hardest
raDS come from the boiers themselves.
And still tbey expect to sit around and
have promoters offer fabulous sums
for them to fight for. There should
be a National commission to handle the
boxinar affairs, the same as in baseball,
and when men connected with the sport
are found faking or being connected
with anr crooked work they should
be forever barred from the game. It
may take some time, but It will come
in the end. the legalizing of the sport,
the same as other branches, and then
It will be possible to protect .It the
same as In baseball, racing, etc
Cyclone Johnny Writes.
Cyclone Johnny Thompson, of Syc
amore. 111., who sailed for Australia
last October, writes from the land of
tha Southern Cross that he Is located
safely in Sydney, at the old training
camp and enjoying nimseii gTeauy.
flan Johnnv:
"Friend Andrews: Just a few lines
thla time to let you know that we ar
rived safely and found everybody well.
We had a delightful trip across tne
Pacific and my wife and children had
the time of their lives.
"There was an Immense crowd at the
docks to welcome me back again, and
they certainly gave us a fine reception.
It was like coming home. I obtained
training quarters at the old place in
waverlv. where Jimmy Clabby and I
located before wo left here a year ago,
T have a fieht on with Bandman Rice,
the English Hgnt heavyweight, but I
am giving away considerable weight.
(Since this was written word came that
Rioe was given tne aecision over .i nan
ny on points).
"I im matched to meet Dave Smith,
BAIXtX, ROSA KI.EI", ANNA
BUCK AND HAZEL HENRI'S.
my old opponent, again, and this time
I expect to turn the tables on him.
You. know he was the only man to get
a decision over me while I was here.
After I meet Smith I will be ready for
any ot them. Sam Langford Included,
and don't Imagine that the negro is to
have a snap. I will keep him busy,
and he won't need to look for Jack
Johnson.
"The .boxing game Is booming here,
and big crowds turn out at all the
shows. Clabby drew big with Smith.
You can also tell those middleweight!
back home that when I return I will
meet any or all of them, for I still
claim the title at 158 pounds, ringside,
the weight I beat Billy Papke at when
I fought him here. They never cov
ered my J1000 forfeit In the States
while I had it up, but challenged after
I sailed for Australia. Vwell. I will give
them a chance when I return. Best re
gards to all. Johnny."
Fencers to Go to Olympiad.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. (Special.)
America will be represented at the
Olympic games In Sweden next year by
a fencing team. This will be the first
time In the history of the tollmen that
the United States has sent a team to
compete against fencers from other
countries in a meet of this character.
The Amateur Fencers' League of
America Is back of the move, and the
chief spirit is Dr. Graeme M. Ham
mond, president of the National asso
ciation. Before the team Is selected a
series of bouts will be held at the New
York Athletlo Club. These series of
bouts will determine the makeup of
tha team.
INTEREST IS TOO LAX
JOHNSON-FLY"X SIATCH VTIL
NOT DRAW CROWD.
When Black Champion Met and De
feated Jeffries on July 4, 1910,
Situation Took Xew Torn.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Special)
If the promoters of the proposed John-son-Flynn
bout, scheduled for decision
somewhere In Nevada next July, are
of the Idea that the contest will ap
proach in popular Interest the Reno
battle they are likely to have an un
pleasant awakening within the next
few months. Viewed from any angle
except that of the negTO champion the
match appears to be one that holds
forth little financial or spectacular re
turn. From the evidence available at the
present time Johnson's ring career
may be said to . have reached its cli
max when he met and defeated Jeffries
on July 4, 1910. The situation that
made it necessary to resurrect a re
tired champion after almost six years
of absence from the pugilistic arena
has changed but little since that date.
Scores of "white hopes" arose with
the downfall of Jeffries, -but without
exception there Is not one who today
is In a position to give real battle to
Johnson.
Al Palzer and Carl Morris, the two
most promising of the new heavy
weights, are far from being ready to
face the black lord of pugilism. Tom
O'Rourke, adviser of Palzer, and Tex
Rlckard. who considers the Iowa boxer
a most promising ring man, agree that
at least fully two years must elapse
before Palzer will have the experi
ence necessary to cope with Johnson.
No Money in Black Match.
The title holder has shown a disin
clination to meet pugilists of his own
color In the ring, but has always been
frank in stating that this was be
cause there was no money in such a
match. Rlckard and other-shrewd pro
moters hold similar views. Johnson's
rise to the position he now holds was
an exceedingly hard struggle and he
Is fully determined to reap the bene
fits now that he is In a position to
dictate.
He has repeatedly stated that he was
ready to defend his title for a guaran
teed sum of $10,000. This was the
price set by Tommy Burns when he
defended the championship against
Johnson, and the negro has often said
that Burns, and not he, fixed the price
for such a bout to a finish and there
was no reason for breaking the pre
cedent established in the Australian
battle.
Thus it came about that the pro
moters pf the latest match were forced
to give Johnson $31,000, training ex
penses and one-third of the moving
picture profits to induce the heavy
weight title holder to sign. Flynn's
share was not announced, but it Is
certain that the "forlorn hope" will
not reap heavily by this secret agree
ment. Neither is there reason to be
lieve that the promoters of the bout
will enter the millionaire class via this
route.
rtgbt Receipts 276,775.
The paid attendance at the Johnson-
Jeffries battle was 15.768 and the gross
receipts 1276.775. Tha admission
charge ranged from fo to S50. No such
bonanza can be expected at the con
test next July. It was estimated that
6000 spectators from east of Chicago
witnessed the Reno battle. Not 600
would travel to Nevada to see John
son and Flynn meet. Any point that
might be selected in Nevada for this
bout would be approximately 3000
miles from this city. The round-trip
railroad fare to- Salt Lake City, with
berth. Is about $130. Local rates over
the Nevada roads are 3 cents a mile.
Such a trip from New York with
incidental expenses would cost close to
$200. Including a seat at the ringside.
Very few Eastern pugilistic followers
would care to pay that sum to see
Johnson and Flynn battle.
Neither Is it likely that the Pacific
Coast devotees of the ring sport would
travel In large numbers to see such a
contest. A gathering of 12,000 spec
tators from the territory adjacent to
the ringside would be an extraordinary
attendance and an average admission
charge of $5 about all that could be
secured. The real profits would come
from the movlng-plcture receipts, and
if such should prove the case, John
son can be counted upon to furnish a
neat bit of acting in return for his
$31,000 and film perqulsltles.
'OUTLAWS" ARE NOT AFRAID
Columbian League) Will Fight Trust
With Sherman Act if Necessary.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 20. Organized base
ball will be fought under the Sherman
anti-trust law if it attacks the new
Columbian Baseball League, according
to John T. Powers, president of the
new organization, who is here today.
"We are not fighting capital with
capital, and don't Beek a fight with
any person or combination," said Pow
ers. "On the contrary, we have the
statutory right to exist and compete
with the "baseball trust," and we intend
to take advantage of our rights. We
have the Sherman anti-trust law at our
disposal if we are attacked.
"We have most of our players lined
up, and will be in a position when the
season opens to give high-class and
popular-priced baseball."
Penn Baskct-Tossers Win.
FHILAPKLPHIA. Jan. 20. The, Uni
versity of Pennsylvania defeated Prin
ceton at basketball here tonight, 24
to av
TURNERS AREiUSY
Men, Women and Children to
Be Seen at Heilig Soon.
EXHIBITION DUE JANUARY 29
Athletic Show, Fourth Annal Affair,
Promises to Be Unusually Inter
estlng Pantomime Baseball
Game Is Novelty In Itself.
The fourth annual exhibition of tba
Portland Turn Vereln is to be held on
Monday, January 29, at the Heilig The
ater. AH of Professor Genserowskl's
pupils, from the six-year-olds to the
women's and men's classes, will do
various stunts illustrative of the Ger
man system of physical culture on the
stage that evening. One of the great
est features will be the two teams, the
women's and the men's, which won the
first prize at the recent congress at
Los Angeles.
The overture to the regular athletic
show will- be a selection from "Tann
hauser," given by the Choral Society
of the Turn Vereln. This band of sing
ers Is a treat all by itself and has al
ways enjoyed a good share of the ap
plause at the former exhibitions of the
club.
One of the new events will be a pan
tomime basebal game. All the move
ments used In a full-sized baseball fray
will be portrayed by a band of little
fellows whose ages range from 6 to 11.
This is an entirely original Idea of the
club's instructor, who believes that the
motions of the National game make the
best kind of physical exercises when
applied to Indoor work.
Difficult steps will be executed by a
troupe of girls, the oldest of whom are
10. The floor they will use will only
be about six inches wide and be rather
unstable, as it is the regular balancing
board. The Gilbert system of fancy
stepping will be portrayed by the same
women's class which made a name for
Itself at the Los Angeles tournament.
The men's prize team will have a wand
drill.
Boys younger than 10 and the Junior
men's classes will do apparatus work.
The little fellows will perform on the
hanging poles, while one section of the
juniors will perform some rather dif
ficult whirls on the horizontal bar.
Another Bectlon of the same division
will work with the parallel bars.
The receipts from the affair are to
be used In defraying the expenses of a
team which will represent Portland at
the next Congress of American Turn
Verelns, which will be held at Denver
In 1913. The original pennant whloh
Walter McCredle brought home with
him for coming out ahead in the Pi-
8iflo Coast League the past year will
e on exhibition during the baseball
exercises.
GUEASOX TO COACH SOLELT
Sox Engage Smiling Flayer aa "En
ergy Man" of Team.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. (Special.) When
the good-natured face of "Kid" Gleason
is seen on the coaching line for the
Chicago American League team this
season It will be the Inauguration of
a new custom In baseball.
The smiling player, who was once
among the best of the major league
stars, has been engaged as the "energy
man" for the Sox. It is not expected
that he will do much playing, but It
is possible that he will be able to get
in the game on a pinch and bat the
ball now and then, it the occasion
should arise.
He knows professional baseball so
thoroughly that he will be valuable as
a teacher for some of the younger play
ers of the team. More than that, he
will be able to take his turn on the
coaching line and handle the base
runners. Often these situations arise
in a ball game where It Is more than
handy to have a player of experience
at third base to direct the runners
properly. This is an item in which
Gleason should prove his efficiency. A
good base-runner himself, he Is also
endowed with the faculty of handl'ng
men on the lines In the way that they
should go, and quite frequently It hap
pens that correct coaching at third
base means the gain of a run.
The position which Latham has held
so long with the New York National
League team has been something on the
order of that which has been planned
for Gleason In the season to coma.
It has been the theory of more than
one baseball manager that a clever man
with a great deal of personal magnetism
can go further toward keeping a team
In act'on than a very capable player,
who is almost perfect in his own game,
but who lacks the Initiative to bring .
out the best in the players who sur-1
round him.
If the fashion -which has been set by
the New York and the Chicago clubs
-is to spread in the future, a good
"energy man" will be as much an ac
cessory to a team as a good utility
player.
The new departure will be watohed
with Interest by some of the old ball
players whose ability to '-Jolly'" their
fellow players has not flagged, even
If their physical standard Is not quits
up to what it may have been In the
past.
Hogan Begins Training.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20. "One
Round" Hogan moved his trunks across
the bay to San Rafael today for two
weeks more of full training before
meeting Tommy Murphy in this city.
He will do his first gymnasium work
tomorrow and expects also to do con
siderable road exercising there. Mur
phy left New York for here last Wed
nesday. English Henley Set for July 3-6.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. (Special.)
The dates for the annual English Hen
ley regatta have been set for July 3.
4, 6 and 6. The closing day will fall on
a Saturday and will give ample oppor
tunity for oarsmen and rowing en
thusiasts to make the Journey to
Stockholm for the Olympic regatta,
which will be held July 18 and 19.
Eugene High 10, Albany High 9.
ALBANY. Or., Jan. 20. (Special.)
By the margin of one point, the Eugene
High School won from the Albany High
School In a hard-fought basketball
ball game in this city last evening.
The score was 10 to 9. The score at
the end of the first- half was 6 to 6.
Root Throws Xclson.
In a wrestling match at the smoker
Kiven by the Volunteer Fire Depart
ment of St. Johns last night. Jack Root
won over J. Nelson in two straight
falls. Root won the first fall In 23
minutes and the second in four minutes.
The family horse was shedding- his coat.
"Oh. mamma." exclaimed small Sadie, "di
come and look at old Dobbin. I believe he's
all raota-eate" "'