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K NORTHWESTERN
10 H1T.3Q0DR
Fielder Jones, President, Com
piles Official Averages
for 1912 Season.
CHICK HARTLEY IS BEST
Spokane Outfielder in 45 Gaines
Docs .389 Slugging Performance.
James of Seattle Leads Pitch
ers, With Xojet Next.
The Northwestern League bad 10
legitimate .300 hitters during the 1912
season, according to the official aver
ages issued by Fielder A. Jones, presi
. dent of the league. Chick Hartley,
Spokane outfielder traded for Ten Mil
lion, led the league with an average of
.389 for the 45 games he participated in.
Jones' figures give "Hap" Meyers, of
Fpokane. a record of 115 stolen bases,
the record for the league and the first
time the 10') mark has been passed and
a batting average of .328.
ritandlng of Clubs at Close of Season.
Won. Lost Pet.
tU 68 .H'lO Portland
H." 72 Victoria
........ tH 73 -ubj Tacoma
Seattle ...
epokane - .
Vancouver
Individual Bat tine
Name and Club.
o.
Hartley, Spokane 43
M?k. Victoria 102
Wiis-m. halite ................. !A
Lucwig. laioma ............... 11
Myrs. FiK.t.an. . ..l.',li
ctn:iier. .--tattle St
Wuwii, Spoi.ano 3i
Nihbor3. iacoma ............ .161
William. Tacuina .............. a
tiowtfll. run. J. i.l 101
Jloijor, peruana 36
Strait. I'ortiana-St-'aitle 1U
Iann. Seattle lH.t
Kruk. Vancouver ........12
VeJ. seatii-Vlctoria 150
Kennedy. Victoria .Ki'J
ro4i, . Spkalte . I. H2
LaL.oi.ee. TftLoma 2M5
Cmicksnank. tortland 122
Gordon. Tac.-Sattie-Spokane ... at
Altruaa. Spokane lilt
Mill. oil. Tai-oina 30
Lyncii. Tacoina . . .' .......10?
Benntrtt. Vancouver ............. ltt-S
Kpear. Port. and 133
ifnaw. Spokane-Seattle ......... .1.10
Doty. Portland 43
Kullerton. Seattle 7
ltyiam. Vancouver .............. 27
Melcnoir. Spokane .l."l
Jackson, battle S3
Mauoiiy. I'ortland .............. 80
Kibble. Portland 119
Klppert. v an. ouver 13
Kn,. Portland 14
Ftelcer. pirl.aad 'lit
1'ersona.' Vancouver-Tacoma ..... 11
Nlll. Tacoma-Scattle 147
Abbott. Tacoma 1'3
I'lemtrntson, Victoria M
Zimmerman. Spokane ........... 124
Whaling. Seattle 1:18
Lewia. Vancouver 1 14
Kastley, Portland ............... 48
ttraahfar. Vancouver ........... .122
Tonntiion. PortlanU ............. -3
Hunt. Tacoma 71
James,' Seattle St
Dulln. Spittle 13
Cooney. Spokane ltlrt
Mrritt. Vancouver ''S
llwdman. Tacoma-Vancouver .... 8
Jamea. Vancouver I"i
MiMuI ln, Seattle-Tacoma H'
Stioello. S-.at.-Tac-Victoria K'l
Yoke, i- toria-Tacoma ........... ib-
Fcharnineo'T. Vancouver ........134
Mmari. Seattle l-'l'
William. Portland 188
M.r. pnrt'nnd 4.t
fhi.k. Stattie-Tacoraa 138
Etola
Portland 13
PeVost. Sea'tlc-Spokane 119
ptrennan. Vlc:oria-Tacoma 63
Kellar. Victoria 1ST
'ameron. Tacoma S3
OM.ln-K, Spokane tt
Hurch. Portland 43
Ravmond. Seattle 1
Smith. I'ortiai.d 1"
rtrooka. Seattle-Victoria 124
Ooltrin. Portland 133
Crittenden. Tacoma 8;t
DrMaggio. Vancouver ........... 44
linrse. Tacoma 8W
Hall. Taccma 37
Callahan. Portland 13
Wallv.- Seattle SI
Kricce. Vancouver 32
Harmon, Victoria 26
Clark. Vancouver 34
Harris. Portland .110
Hausman. Portland 13
Math.-s. Portland
Seaton. Vftrrouver 11
tirtndle. Victoria p
lav!5. Spokane 2rt
Kawllncs. Victoria 16s
Churchill. Tacoma 8
Willis. Spokane-Vancouver 3S
Concannon. Vic.-Seat.-Tacoma ... 42
Kraft. Spokane 4S
Jer-.o-n. Tacoma 61
l:elforii. ancouver-Tacoma 3S
Thompson, Seattle 4C
Smith. Vancouver 8
Wiis ,n, Victoria 43
Strand. Spokane 10
Jarr..r.kainp. Seattle . ........ 16
ilervais. Vancouver . .......... . 43
StarkelT. Tavoma 6
Xarve.on. Victoria .............. 30
lanl-!. Victoria 24
llloori. field. Portland 30
tares. Vancouver
Noyei.
Spokane 47
Sh a. Seattle-Vancouver
Smith, Vancouver
Mdvor. beattle
Troeh. VI -tona -
Hanofsky, Victoria-Seattle ...
Knel. Vancouver ...........
Adams. .'!ctoria
Kaifman. Victoria
Meikle. Tacoma
Sheeley. Spokane ...........
Irtcersoll. Seattle ...........
catir-nu. Spokane .
Stanfieid. F'ortland
C.irot. Portland
Schmutz. Tacpma-Vancouver
McCreery. VI torta ...
criy-r. Tiiromn-Vancouver ...
I., i-a d. S;oka
Kant:ehncr. Victoria
Apnew. ancouver-Portland
Vearv. Portland
I-irow a. Van -ouver
rtKhrane, Spokane
17
24
A
19
14
13
51
40
6
47
S
21
34
30
37
19
13
2
17
3
16
Club
SeatT
Srnk me . ...... ...............
Vancouver
rm'and ............'..
Victoria .
Tacoma
Club
Club
Vuifiuvtr
fecAU.e ...
O.
17-I
I f
lo7
PO.
4.V.0
441.-1
4.itiii
Name and club
Mc(r. -at : r ............
James. Mttl-
,nv f n, S; kank ...........
riark. Vnt ouvr
Thompson. Sauie
Ca !rf iu. Fn-.Kene
I-"ui!Ttn. Seattle
K.rirl''. Vancouver
vram. V.incuvi-r
J.eornrd. 5"ilc;in
Wil 's. Si'rant'-Vapc'uver,
Ci.pJon, Tac.-tfpo.-SCiiltIe. -
Toner. ?: fikar.e
Smub. Victoria
Cirnt. Portland
U l nn V.clOi 1.1
RinonifieM. Portan! 35
Oervais. an.ouver ....
A K" '' Vncuver-Port-.
S-nird. PjuKane
Tonn'-Mi.. t'irt;and ....
Fa-i-rl. ponland
eu.ffr. TtrtLird
KncKler. Sraille
lJo:y, Portland
Kratt. ?;okne
liunt. Tacoma -
IcCrr. V.cloria
tSoi.muti. Tarnrr.a-Vanc.
MiWl- Tacvmt
l'hurchi!l. Tjcima
Ca lahan. Portland . . . .
Nrvecon. Victoria . ....
Kaufman. Victors
Criger. Tacoma .
Hall. Tacoma . . .
Helford. Vnc..Ticomi ...
( oncanr.on, Vtc.-Seat.-Tac. .
Siarfce.I. Tacoma ....J
I r. rsi L Seattle
k foli rare, sj-okare . J;
Kuniubm-r. Victoria
V-asv, p.rt!ird
S-utn. Vancouver . .
iarrepia:np. Senttle ......
ManfiId. Portland . .
Umllne. Portland ........
fcmlth. VaJicouver
McDowell and Mensor were the only
Portland batsmen over the .300 mark,
each hitting ball for marks of .302.
Mensor played In only K iwwi
against 108 for McDowell. Strait, the
outfielder traded to Seattle for Nor
man Cruikshank. batted .301. while
Crulkshank hit only .2S5.
James 1hU Pitcher.
Bill James, of Seattle, topped the
pitchers winning 29 and losing seven
games. Noyes. of Spokane, wai . sec
ond '6 won and eight lost, with Clark,
of Vancouver,-third. 23 won and nine
The official figures are herewith
given.
SIX-ROCXD BOUT MAY RULE
A.jnntcnr Clubs Propose to Change
Boxing Regulations.
' Portland fiBtic fans may have a
chance to see six-round amateur bouts
at the city tourney at Multnomah Ciub
on November 29. If the Amateur Ath
letic Union officials. In their meeting
at New Tork on November 18, adopt
the man v recommendations for a
change in the boxing rules, the six
round style of amateur milling will
prevail.
Under the present rules four rounds
are permitted, the first two three min
utes each, the third four, and the fourth
or extra round called for a decision,
two minutes. The Northwestern clubs,
however, call for four three-minute
rounds, for a total of 1J minutes of
boxing. The proposed six rounds
would be only 12 minutes long, with
two minutes for each round.
Miebus. middleweight, and Williams.
115-pounder, leave Portland Sunday
.ight for Los Angeles to participate in
..e Coast boxing tourney on Novem
cr 14. 15 and 16. Boxing Instructor
i'racey or Edgar Frank will accompany
the men.
Won. Lost Pet.
. 74
. 72
. 62
15 .457
K3 -4:it)
1,04 .3 3
BB. Pet.
13 .39
17 .31-;
3 ..ii.
3!J !3-6
0 .811
2 .306
23 .SOS
1 .304
33 .Ml
37 .H02
22 -3ol
0 .300
36 .2.9
6 .297
16 .296
21 .290
18 .2H3
15 .2S3
1 .2S3
20 .2S3
4 .2S7
20 .24
69 .2S4
17 .2X3
12 .2M
0 .280
0 .2S0
0 .270
60 .278
8 .278
8 .277
37 .275
44 .274
23 .274
1 ,2S
4 .2 70
85 .271
7 .268
11 .264
30 .264
8 .204
22 .263
5 .263
43 .263
1 .262
6 ,26il
0 .259
1 .259
85 .255
1 .253
8 .252
03 .252
22 .230
9 .2.')
19 .249
18 .240
14 .24a
27 .245
10 .245
8 .239
0 .239
13 .238
5 .237
16 .238
8 .236
16 .235
4 .233
11 .233
4 .233
21 .232
81 .229
7 .227
13 .226
13 .226
0 .226
0 .226
1 .222
1 .215
1 .213
1 .219
18 .209
8 .208
0 .207
2 .207
1 .204
2 .2o3
9 .200
0 .200
0 .196
0 .196
0 .191
11 .1X9
8 -18S
0 .1S9
1 .19
0 .1 Srt
13 .184
1 .184
1 .182
0 .181
0 .177
2 .176
4 .174
22 .10)
0 .105
0 .163
0 .161
0 .154
4 .134
1 .131
1 .151
4 .147
2 .14S
1 .141
2 .137
0 .133
0 .13
1 .125
1 .122
1 .100
0 .105
1 .101
1 .097
0 .095
2 .078
1 .06S
1 .066
0 .054
AH. Ft. H. SB. 4B. 3B. 2B. Sac,
162 22 63 T 0 3 T 1
4J2 .a 170 7 14 3 23 B
212 42 10 3 0 i 2
2T 2 1 1
6t 122 2S 113 t) 4 21 14
74 14 3 0 S . 1 J J
16 :t3 60 8 1 2 11
.'T S3 1111 29 11 2 17 16
23 0 T 0 0 0 0
3M 3u 115 22 5 1 2u 12
ls:t 55 22 0 8 10
fiW i 160 36 21 6 33 6
6J7 1H5 1.S 27 23 8 28 20
.-a 105 174 1 8 29 23
3H 7S 177 18 1 2 -
624 155 30 13 6 26 It)
342 46 V 21 4 5 8 13
24 1 33 71 8.1 2 0
434 66 124 15 1 3 lj
t'2 VI 26 O 1 1 T 1
329 30 t.3 28 0 1 8 12
171 21 49 7 0 4 7 B
620 73 174 17 10 6 24 16
B3 107 12 46 6 6 27 3a
S44 81 134 30 6 11 2j 23
629 03 174 41 8 2 14 IT
I09 9 2S 2 2 O 4 8
196 St 53 2 2 1 5
US 5 19 0 0 1 2 4
.129 74 147 21 1 2 23 11
324 57 9U 21 2 1 12 11
322 43 i)9 6 6 7 12 8
410 52 118 8rt 1 6 18 16
5'WI h9 145 43 8 3 27 22
6i 9S mi 18 2 6 23 2l
71 7 19 2 1 1 i I
37 8 10 4 0 0 0 3
B34 100 145 24 9 T 23 33
372 47 100 16 2 2 IT 17
204 40 75 16 6 3 8 11
:i3 57 115 30 1 2 21 20
39 59 1J1 10 10 1 12
330 37 92 16 0 2 8 5 .
133 19 35 2 3 2 4 2
468 45 123 14 1 3 IS 15
61 lo 16 0 1 0 3 0
223 IS 68 4 1 8 8 4
112 15 84 2 2 0 5 3
54 7 14 2 1 0 5 0
fli'T PS 135 60 4 8 17 22
13 23 49 9 6 0 12 4
260 -..9 67 8 2 T 10 6
36" 611 141 28 2 0 26 8t
4ss i la 16 6 1 21 24
364 55 m 15 3 3 10 12
615 7 153 24 1 8 1 18
4SH 59 jj0 24 3 2 21 18
430 70 107 24 9 4 11
511 58 123 14 1 2 IT 6
loO 11 IS 2 OO 4. T
" 53 111 .21 ' 1 1 9 10
40 6 11 2 1 0 I
21 42 100 12 6 S 14 18
114 28 46 10 1 1 S 8
31 71 137 39 13 5 25 11
178 ;o 42 7 2 1 4 S
213 25 60 18 1 2 9 8
132 19 81 2 1 12 6
617 S3 144 29 3 4 16 81
73 8 IT 8 0 0 4 8
50 13 10 4 6 12 18
SI3 43 lis 9 1 2 13 11
22 19 64 4 1 2 10 12
Hi a JS S 1 8 8 4
3o3 30 69 15 2 4 9 16
f- 14 19 0 8 1 1 1
27 2600011
14 15 23 1 1 0 7 5
1T 12 23 3 8 8 2 3
75 11 16 2 0 1 8 0
00 14 19 3 1 1 4 8
87 S 37 79 8 0 8 14 23
3 11 It 1 0 0 0 2
29 6 6 0 1 0 2 0
29 3600010
113 s 23 4 0 0 8 0
69 12 14 0 0 0 3 2
BUS 70 J26 26 8 3 19 49
25 4 5 0 O 0 0 1
87 6 17 0 0 0 4 1
07 7 19 1 0.2 3 2
SO 16 17 0 0 0 1 1
23S 31 45 4 6 0 T T
9 B 17 0 0 0 0 9
K'8 IS 20 O 0 0 2 6
16 2300000
102 7 18 1 8' 0 0 8
49 s 9 0 0 2 3 1
34 6703000
99 518 8 0 2 1 7
11 0 2 O 0 0 0 0
79 7 14 1 1 1 O 8
74 9 13 S 0 0 1 8
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243 30 41 8 2 0 10 9
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53 510033
33 3 5 0 0 0 2 3
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22 1 3 0 C 0 1 0
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Battlns;.
AB. B. H, SR. Rac PC.
C'7S MS ir.f)3 24,-, 190 .29
.V.76 742 14M 4o. 190 .fll
.VM0 TS5 ll'S3 2H6 2u3 .23
."irtl4 .". 13M) 12 241 2.12
JVit.3 672 124T 1H4 160 .-'32
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22SS 2WS .1'5S Portland 16 43S7 234 32S
2157 321 .1'54 Tacoma 168 421U 1257 821
2204 328 .933 Victoria 167 4360 1017 833
Pitcher' Record.
Opp.
G. INN. W. L. PO, R H. EB. BB. 80.
S 35 2 0 11MXI 19 82 1 11 17
4i :i24 29 T . .806 122" 203 11 84 212
47 810 26 7 .763 107 207 14 31 152
31 275 23 9 .710 10S 190 9 48 78
46 2.'7 23 11 .676 118 270 1 66 157
46 :io9 21 11 .II5: Ill 245 14 34 100
44 287 2 1 13 .3 224 243 6 80 137
14 87 7 4 .6;;0 34 56 0 13 20
15 147 11 7 .611 49 113 6 25 86
19 !" 6 4 .00.) 4t 78 10 6 4S
S46 13 9 .591 103 2"T 7 89 45
3 220 IS 13 . 580 113 18 10 59 . 79
17 116 7 5 .583 43 104 3 25 37
20 no 111 8 .556 ,1 127 6 23 53
21 109 G 4 .556 47 84 3 33 44
43 274 2 0 16 .333 l'UJ 2-U 12 90 123
354 217 17 14 . 548 104 178 9 83 85
41 227 18 15 '543 101 1S7 2 41 82
2 1.i2 14 13 5;S 89 1S1 13 41 59
15 125 8 7 .6.13 54 113 " 9 111 - 64
22 134 lo 7S 134 11 41 1)0
36 252 15 15 .5o 106 241) 12 05 lici
13 85 i 3 ,;ou 44 !." 0 20 30
F2 106 7 8 .467 91 170 2 62 82
40 214 13 1J .4t; 120 1!14 7 3S 100
45 261 14 17 .45; us "35 13 45 luS
30 220 13 n .449 180 221 8 44 73
37 249 11 14 .419 18'1 212 4 95 141
S3 201 13 17 .423 107 194 3 57 94
10 811 14 18 .42; 127 25S 8 28 1S7
8 60 , 2 3 . 4110 41 61 8 1H 22
10 64 2 3 .400 28 66 8 11 36
25 179 - 9 14 .35.1 102 186 8 48 112
47 331 18 24 ,3s3 178 S2S 6 46 PS
S6 231 11 19 .37) 115 189 8 89 B9
22 142 10 .873 68 107 2 43 42
38 213 10 IS .857 158 227 9 - 87 106
36 222 9 17 .810 131 231 2 107
3 27 1 2 .333 10 21 0 8 8
5 39 1 2 .331 27 24 8 19 16
16 ln6 4 s .:;:i 41 at 7 is no
n 70 2 5 .2-0 47 54 3 33 46
IT 121 3 8 .272 62 72 5 59 54
7 43 1 3 .250 23 22 1 15 13
13 SO 8 10 .2I 36 70 2 61 48
7 44 1 8 133 28 22 1 22 17
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; , TTTF. sryPAT OREGOXIA?i. PORTLAJm, yOVEMBER 10. 1912. . . ;
FOUR WATER CHAMPIONS WHO WON THEIR TITLES AT THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST ASSOCIA
TION'S MEET AT THE MULTNOMAH TANK, FRIDAY NIGHT. !
w r - t i , i - .' .yV
: r il I - ill'" J .VS" '
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ORllli" II OSS, PORT L AK D S VV I MM I ' G ASSOCIATION, TWO-HUNDRBD-AKD-TM EXTV AND EIGHT.
IIINDRED-AND-EIGHTV-YARD NORTHWEST CHAMPION.
GIVES
HQUGK
BETTER
Portland Pitcher Makes Good
With Athletics and Wins
More Than He Loses.
NINTH INNING IS HOODOO
McCretlie's Scout Reported to Have
Landed Gifkin, Big University,
of California Pitcher, as
Member of 1913 Beavers.
Byron E. Houck. Portland lad rated
as one ot the distinct finds of the 1912
American League season, arrived home
yesterday to spend the Winter. He la
lonkine- for a clerical berth to last
until time to report to Connie Mack's
Philadelphia Athletics for 1913 Spring
training.
I Rtiess I made good all right Con
nie Mack', the greatest leader in the
world, offered me a better contract for
1913. which certainly shows that he
thinks I did not fall as a major
leaguer," said the husky former Wash
ington High School lad yesterday.
Houck did not work In many full
games, but finished the season over the
.600 mark, winning five games and
losing four. However, he was worked
frentienilv durinir the later part of tne
season, when the Athletics were out of
the race and Mack relt tnat ne couia
experiment with his youngsters. Tne
best proof of his success Is the fact
that .Mack used him in one of the big
games against the Phillies in the city
series at the close of the major league
season. " m
Although Houck Is a product of Ore
gon diamonds, he has never played
with a professional fiaseball club In
this state. He played with Washing
ton High School for several years, then
went to Oregon University. He de
veloped a sore arm there and per
formed with Indifferent success. He
tried out for McCredle, but the sote
arm hurt his .chances and Joe Cohn.
the lucky Spokane magnate, finally
grabbed him late in the 1911 season.
Houck looked so gooo. to mnn inai
he advised Connie Mack to draft him
that Fall, and after only a month's
exDerience in professional baseball, the
LPortland youngster was drafted to the
majors, and world s cnampionsnip team
at that
"The nlnth-lnnlng has always been
my bugaboo." says Houck In. comment
ing on his 1912 efforts, "but they
slippfd one over on me at Philadelphia
during the city series. I was named
to pitch and went along fine. When
I thought the ninth inning was due
the boys said it was tne eigntn. so i
went in and retired the batters In
quick order. Imagine my surprise when
the players hiked off the field at the
end of the period. They had the laugh
on me all right.- as the inning was
really the ninth ana tne game was
over.
Houck pitched several low nit games
for the Athletics, among them being a
victory over Ray Collins, the Boston
southpaw, for the only Philadelphia
victory over the Red Sox hurler during
the season, lie tangiea- tip witn. na
Walsh in a tie game, and relieved many
pitchers after they had lost games.
Houck nas oeen visuins mo iuhvb m
Auburn. Wash., for a week, but ex
pects to stay in Portland this Winter.
rjlfkin. a red-haired 205-pounder
from the University of California. Is a
pitching prospect for tne 1913 Beavers.
K.ilv one of McCredle's scouts,. Is
looking the husky lad over and la re
ported to have inaucea me coneKian iw
sign a Portland; contract
Gifkin stands wen over six icet, i
a legitimate -wmie uupo uum
poundage angle, and' has terrific speed.
Walter McCrediev Portland manager.
left Friday night for the Milwaukee
meeting of the minor leaguers sched
uled for next Tuesday. "Mac" will at
tempt to pull on a coupie or craaes at
Milwaukee and continue back to Cleve
land for a -taikrest with cnaney
Somers, of the Naps,
Manager Walter is not an intense
partisan or tne xvorinwesiern league,
and Is not likely to assist the managers
in their fight for an A classification.
...
Patsr O'Rourke. deposed manager of
the Sacramento Senators, Is now being
prominently mentioned for a manager
ial berth in the Northwestern League.
CONTRACT
OHX M 'MURRAY, M. A. A. C, HTODBBp-TABD WIJHBR, Gil TS MANIC ERT Z, M. A. A.
vDKV.vAnrk ril 4 MPIOV 1
Charley Graham Is trying to fix Patsy
at Victoria or Vancouver, according lo
the latest reporta H has an offer of
a bossing Job at Peoria, in the Three-I
League, but is looking towards the
Northwest first 1
Lou Nordyke has been promised the
Victoria management' for 1913, but Bob
Brown has no leader for his Northwest,
era Beavers.
Bill Speas, Portland Colt player sold
to the St. Louis Cardinals, Is breaking
Into the football game at Toledo. He
writes to "Doc" Ackerman, the Colt
trainer, that he plays football .every
Sunday and is rolling in two bowling
leagues.
Bill has a combination pool hall and
bowling alley at Toledo and Is re
ported as making a barrel of money.
...
Jess Garrett and "Curley" Wilson, the
latter the backstop who tried out with
the Colts last Spring and finally landed
with Garrett at Pendleton, returned a
few days ago from a long hunting trip
near Jacksonville, Or. A' few birds rep
resented their success with firearms.
BASKET TOSSERS ACTIVE
OREGON' EXPECTS TO HAVE
CHAMPIONSHIP FIVE.
Hay ward Has Only Place of Captain
Jamison to Fill Freshman Ma
terial Is Excellent.-
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene.
Nov. 9. (Special.) With only one
member of last year's championship
five missing, Oregon's .chances for the
coming basketball season are con
sidered good by Coach "Bill" Hayward
and the students.
Captain Homer Jamison, of last year's
team, who was picked as forward on
the all-Northwest five. Is the absentee.
However, in view of the large number
of candidates, including both old men,
who have not yet won their letters, and
freshmen, it is expected that this sea
son's quintet will be fully as strong
as Its Immediate predecessor.
.The five wearers of the "O" who. are
In line for first team positions are
Captain Sims. Kuard; Bradshaw, guard
Fenton, center; - Walker, forward, and
Rader, forward. It is possible that
Sims, who Is an expert at tossing bas
kets, will be shifted to Jamison's old
place at forward, and the second guard
recruited from the other candidates.
Among the old men likely to be called
on to till the breach are Brledwell. a
second team man of last year; Boylen,
who was chosen for guard on the all
fraternity team last year; Stevenson,
Parsons, Brooks, Vosper and numerous
other stars of the inter-fraternity and
lnterclass leagues.
These organizations have proved
mosfvaluable as "feeders" for the first
team. Every year a sertes of games Is
played between the four-classes, fol
lowed by a longer series participated
in by all the .fraternities and clubs, a
cup being offered for each championship.-.
As a result a large number of
good players are developed,' many . ol
whom were previously unknown and
might never have been discovered, and
from these Hayward draws the material
for his first team squad.
The lnter-class league season will
start soon after December' 1, and li
will then be possible to discover what
latent ability there is In the freshman
ranks. .There are a number of men-in
the beginners' class who have good
high-school records and -should boost
the varsity stock considerably. Among
these are George, a former Washington
High School captain; Kirk and .Kaiser,
from Salem; Fee and Hampton, from
Pendleton; Bigbee form Albany; Bean
from Portland Academy; Billings from
Olympia. Wash.; a.nd McCown, from
Vancouver.
Captain Sims and Rader are the only
first team men who have been out on
the floor thus far, Fenton, W'alker,
Bradshaw and Brledwell being mem
bers of the football squad.
The schedule Is still In process of
evolution, but Graduate Manager Geary
declares It will be more satisfactory
than last year. It is not likely that an
other squabble over the championship,
such as that of last season, will arise,
for Oregon will probably meet every
other team in the conference. At least
two games will be played with the Ore
gon Agricultural College, one in each
gymnasium.
Geary strongly favors the proposal
of Whitman College that two triangu
lar leagues in basketball be formed
from the six schools composing the
conference. The plan Is that Washing
ton, Oregon and Oregon Agricultural
College are to be members of one di
vision, and Whitman, Washington State
College and Idaho of the other. Each
division would settle the championship
for Itself, and the two survivors would
meet to decide the Northwest title.
Whitman Intends to withdraw from
the conference If this arrangement Is
not made, because that institution
found difficulty In meeting expenses in
basketball last season.' The same
trouble is experienced by all the col
leges, on account of the long trips
necessary to the bringing together o;
teams on opposite sides of the moun
tains. At Oregon the management re
ported a deficit on all the games except
those with the University or vvasning
ton. Geary favors the new plan, not
only because It will keep Whitman in
the conference, but also because it
should reduce the expenses of all the
colleges.
f ENDLETON, the great Princeton
" athlete, is to turn professional
when he finishes college this .year,
and has promised Clark Griffith that
he will give the Washington Senators
the first crack at his services. Pendle
ton is a clever shortstop as well as
star football player.
...
A report from Chicago says that Ping
Bodie is to be traded or sent back to
the minors. Ping acted as agent for a
arewery company last Winter and re
ported to the White Sox as fat as a
pig. He performed indifferently dur
ing the season and made such a poor
showing during the Chicago city se
ries that Callahan Is ready to dispose
of him for little or nothing.
...
"Jerry" McCarthy, the mascot of the
Boston Red Sox, has retired from base
ball with $2100 and expects to go Into
business. At the close of the recent
world's series he was given $100 by
John I. Taylor, former owner of the
club, and $50 by each of the players on
the team. Jerry's nine-year-old brother
is an aspirant for the Job of mascot
next season.
One rumor has it that Boss Murphy
of the Chicago Cubs made his recent
trip East in an effort to trade Frank
Chance for Nap Rucker, the great
Brooklyn hurler.
.
The French military system has
claimed a world's champion tennis
player. A. H. Gobert. who won the
amateur tennis title at the Stockholm
Olympic games, is the man. He Is
due for two years' service with the
French army.
...
Chicago friends of Ad Wolgast, light
weight champion of pugilism, declare
that AcTs -mania for betting on himself
particularly on the number of rounds,
has caused his decline as fighter. His
eagerness to win fights in the early
rounds In order to cash bets has caused
him to fight himself out in the early
rounds and be unprepared to meet the
vicious assaults of the fag end of the
fray.
Harry Hutchens' long standing rec
ord of 30 seconds for 300 yards, estab
lished back in 1884, is to be tackled by
Jack Donaldson, the great English pro
fessional. Donaldson will make the
record-breaking effort at Cardiff,
Wales, on Christmas day. Donaldson
recently ran 130 yards In 12 3-16 sec
onds. -
Joe Mandot earned $25,000 with his
fists in the last three months. He
started with Pal Moore and ended with
Ad Wolgast He met Redmond, Moran.
Abel, Sawlor, Trendal, Joe Rivers,
Ritchie and Temple twice. x
-
Johnny Evers, new Cub manager,
was banqueted at his home in Troy,
N. T.. the other night. Not overly
popular at tne start ana nanaicappeu
by -the feeling for Frank Chance, Evers
is due for rough riding at the Chicago
helm. A banquet or two at the start
will give him something to rememDer.
Hal Chase had an all-star ball team
playing In New Tork last Sunday,
weeks after the world's series had been
relegated to the records. His lineup
read like this: Kriachell, catcher;
Chalmers, pitcher; Chase, first base;
Simmons, second base; Zimmerman of
the Cubs, shortstop; Hartzell, third
base: Daniels, left Held; Joe LaKe.
center field; Fallon, right field.
...
Grantland Rice says that the old
league (meaning the National- League)
is nothing but a series of squawks.
charges of crookedness and roughhouse
mixups. Me also says ini me league
will never rise above this swampy
lovel aa lonir as people like Murphy
and Fogel are permitted to hold rank
as first line officers.
Eopa Rixey, - the Philadelphia Na
tional pitcher, has returned to the Uni
versity of Virginia, where ne is piay
,ng basketball on the college five.
"Well. If I had .a bank account a?
big as your nose I would quit playlna
ball," said Rollle Zeider to Bill Donovan
in a game between the Sox and Tiger
last season.
"Yes, and If I had your nose filled
with nickels I would have more money
than Rockefeller," retorted Donovan. .
. .
Mike Donlln has gone back to the
tage. Eddie Mensor does not believe
that Mike will ever play ball again.
IMPORTING SPARKS
IIIIIVIUI' I L 'U U
DUMiiU nuuma
HAY EE CHANGED
New York Commission Would
Adopt an . International
Ringside Scale. '
JACK DILLON WANTS FIGHT
Few Take Seriously Announcement
That Packey McFarland Will Re-
tire Soon He Is Looking for
Stiff Game Still.
BY JAMES H. CASSEtL.
The efforts of the New iork -State
Athletic Commission to establish an In
ternational scale of boxing weights
swings the spotlight upon that section
of fisticuffs which contends that tnere
is an arbitrary scale of weights in ex
istence, and that unless bout be at
these weights, titles cannot change.
While the frequent efiorts to establish
weights is an acknowledgement tha
no such weights exist, an investigation
of the records further discloses the piti
ful weakness of the contention.
A boxing champion is the custodian
of the weight scale. A Nelson say
"make 133 pounds ringside" and 133
pounds ringside 13 the official light
weight poundage during the Nelsoi.
reigme. So with other classes.
In every fistic division except the
lightweight, the champions have in
creased boxing weights. This, of course,
bars the heavyweight but startinfe
with the bantams and going up tt
feathers, welters and middles, the
poundage allowances have Increased.
Take the bantam weight class
George Dixon fought Nunc Wallace in
London in 1890 at 113 pounds, the scale
going up until Dixon graduated int.
the featherweight class. Jimmy Barry,
who succeeded him, never weighed more
jian 112 pounds, but fought at 115
pounds. Terry McGovern rougnt no
championship bouts under 116 pounds,
and in only one bout did he weigh in
at the ringside. In this ringside affair,
with Pedlar Palmer, the men scaled
under 116 pounds but the fight was
postponed a day. They unquestionably
weighed over 116 pounds wlien they
fought yet it was a championship
bout.
Frankle Neil set the bantam limit
at 116 pounds, but not ringside. Coulon
first demanded that opponents make
105 pounds but gradually increased it
to 116 pounds ringside, .although, ac
cording to precedent he had no right
to demand ringside weight.
George Dixon demanded 115 pounds
when he invaded the featherweight di
vision in 1891, and defeated Cal Mc
Carthy at that weight He went to
117 for two'other men and to 122 for
Erne. McGovern fought Dixon at 118
pounds ringside and won, and finally
lost the title to Young Corbett at 126
pounds, 10 o'clock, with the famous
fight at 3 o'clock.
The lightweight title has changed
hands only twice at 133 pounds, ring
side, Gans to Nelson and Nelson to
Walgast. These men were small and
forced the weight down from 136
pounds, the Eme-Gans weight which
was at 7 o'clock on the night of the
bout. McAuliffe fought at weights
ranging from 134 to 137. not ringside,
while Lavigne fought Burge of Eng
land at 128 pounds. In the afternoon.
The welterweight class opened at 142
pounds and Jumped to 145. Dempsey
and Fltxsimmons fought at 154 pounds,
ringside, for the middleweight title in
1891, but Fltissimmons Jumped the
weight to 163 pounds against Hall in
1893. The weight fell, to 168 pounds
in the Papke-Ketchel regime, and re
mains there today.
The great majority of great ring
battles were not decided at ringside
weights, but were fixed by tire champ
Ions. Precedent does not entitle
champions to demand weight at ring
side, but the precedent which gives
champions the right to dictate, per
mits them to enforce that which the
public will permit The public gen
erally permits what the champions will.
The old- so-called scale follows:
Bantam, 116 pounds, ringside: feather,
122 pounds, ringside; lightweight, 133
pounds, ringside; welterweight 142
pounds., ringside; middleweight 158
pounds, ringside.
The new scale of weights proposed
hv the New Yorkers, all ringside. Pap
erweight. 108 pounds; bantamweight,
115 pounds; featherweight 125 pound3;
lightweight, I3a pounas; wenei weim
145 pounds; middleweight, 158 pounds;
lic-ht .heavyweight or "commission"
weight, 175 pounds; heavyweight, 175
pounds and over.
.
Few take seriously the announcement
that Packey McFarland, the great tjni
raeo fluhter. will retire - soon. H
wea kens his declaration by saying thai
he would like to meet Wolgast, Brit-
ton and Nelson before he quits.
"I have made about $200,000 in thf
last five years, and with the constant
and rigorous training requirements
there is no reason for me to continue.'
savs the stockyards idol. "My best
uurse was with Matt Wells, when I
drew down $10,000."
"Packey says he Intends to buy 10
more apartment-houses, three gas com
panies and six blocks of real estate on
Michigan avenue before he quits." com
ments one Chicago writer a few days
after the announcement of the retire
ment stuff.
The efforts of the sporting world to
Dlace the heavyweight crown on
straight-hnired Individual received no
.ndorsement when It was reported a
few davs :igo that Hugh Mcintosh had
sla-ned Joe Jeanette-ror a tive-ooui- en
gagement in Australia for $25,000. As
Mcintosh expects to use tangrora ana
McVey as Joe's chief adversaries, the
white hope cause does not appear par
ticularly bright.
.
voono- .lack O'Brien seems to be a
coming lightweight. He has been clean
ne- ud the Easterners in quicK tasnion.
Ha nolished off One-Round Hogan like
a veteran, worsted Ad Wolgast, and is
willing to take on McFarland tr packey
will weigh 138 pounds ringside.
...
Knockout" Brown, the Chicago mid
dleweight is willing, but that ends .a
uescription of his ability. Buck Crouse
had no . trouble disposing ot mm at
Pittsburg recently.
...
The National Sporting Club of Lon
don is trying to arrange a 20-round
bout between Dave Smith and Eddie
ilcGoorty. Eddie knocked out Dave in
one round not long ago. McGoorty also
has a chance to meet Frank Klaus In
France. -
Kid Williams, the bantam who shaded
Johnny Coulon not long ago. Is In great
demand now. The Baltimore lad, meets
Patsy Brannlgan at Pittsburg on No
vember 16.
The great December middleweight
ard is the McGoorty-Gibhons affair at
New York on December 6.
Jack Dillon Is hot on the trail of
Eddie McGoorty and Mike . Gibbons.
Eddie wants to fight so that he can
enter the ring at catch weights, or
ibout"164 pounds, while Mike would
nolo Jack to 152 pounds. Neither, weight
.8 satisfactory to the Indianapolis mid
Jleweight .
Eddie Murphy, the Boston lightweight
las. quit the ring. . The recent beating
administered by Jack Britton discour
aged him.
...
Monte- Attell Is still performing with
indifferent success in the East. Patsy
Brannlgan outpointed him in 12 rounds,
it Youngstown. Ohio, a few days ago.
Clarence (Wildcat) Ferns, the prom
ising welterweight from Missouri, meets
tommy Howeil, of Philadelphia, on No
vember 13 at Indianapolis.
Dan Morgan keeps pegging away at
Packey Mcbarland, anj hopes to nama
.he stockyards lad into meeting Jack
3iitton.
Rat Velsnn la rMimImIoH irk' m.At
Tommy Gary at Cincinnati on Novem
ber 11. Bat is still equal to the 10
. ound engagements.
The Flynn-McCarty bout at Los An
cSeles on December lo, followed by
f'alzer meeting tne winner, should do
much towards producing a while heavy,
weight champ.
' '
Tom Chlvlngton, American Associa
tion heaa, thinks that the tirn is ripe
tor every team in orsniseu ball to
place anti-booze clauses in all con
racts. Karl H." Behr, former Yale tennis
champion and survivor of the Titanic
disaster, has married Miss Helen New
man, who was tanen uff the sinking
oinp in the same lifeboat.
During the last 12 years of baseball,
Pittsburg, New xork and Chicago have
.nonoi.ol.zed the pennants of the Na
i.onal League, each winning four. The
.'irates lop the list .n average per
cent, 21, with the Giants third, 582:
j. ne Pirates have won 1202 games and
.ust 732 in 12 seasons.
Barney Oldfield, Just 36 years old,
.as. been racing automobi.es for 11
jears and predicts that he will die of
old age.
...
Tesreau, Hendrix and Cheney, leading
.atonal League pitchers ot 1912, are
j.11 spitball artists. All of them were
uecidedly wild.
t
Before, the Princeton-Harvard game,
rlarry Schumacher wrote the following
anent Wallace DeWltt, Spokane High
and W. S. C. football man, now Prince
ton fullback. "Princeton Is already
talking of him as all-American ma
terial. Certainly no other fullback has
shown as wide a range of activities,
and none promises more unless It is
Lefty Flynn. of Yale. Flynn may out
rank him in time, but Just now DeWitt
will stand comparison with any of
them."
NOTED CRICKETERS TO COStlJ
Portland Club Plans to Bring Team
From Australia in 1913.
The Portland Cricket Club is to
make a strong effort to have the
Australian cricketers, rated among the
best in the world. In Portland for a se
ries of matches during the coming sea
son. This was decided at the annual
meeting of the club held in the Mar
quam building last Wednesday.
The past season was a most suc
cessful one, but the presence of out
side teams Is needed to give the game
a further Impetus and the 1913 cam
paign will be devoted to securing tal
ent calculated to bring the sport bo
fore the public.
A number of British Columbia teams
will visit Portland as a resmt of the
sending of a team to the Northwest
tourney at Vlctorta.
The Portland Cricket Association,
owner of the club grounds, has taken
over both tennis and cricket activity,
handling both under the one set of of
ficers. The election of captain and
vice-captain will be held early In 19U.
SPOKANE . BOXERS ARE NAMED
Director Bulllvant Picks Men to
Compete at Pendleton.
SPOKANE, Wash., Nov. 9. (Special.)
Cisco Bulllvant, physical director at
the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club, to
day announced his boxers for the Pen
dleton lnter-club boxing meet, which
will be held Frloay night, Novem
ber 15.
The following men have been named
to represent the club in the main events:
Ellingson., 115 pounds; Christof ferson,
130 pounds; Spencer, 125 . pounds;
Reager, 135 pounds, and Jack Morris.
The preliminary events will be:
Jones, 158 pounds, vs. Jermond, 158
pounds, and Holcomb, 126 pounds, vs.
White, 126 pounds.
With the exception of one wrestling
match, which Bulllvant says will be a
uanoy, the meet will be devoted to
boxing events.
In entering Reager to represent the
Spokane Amateur Athletic Club, Bulll
vant will give Evans a chance to see
Lhe old-time star. Reager has been In
Jalgary for the last two years, and
immediately after his return to Spo
kane bulllvant started him training
for the coming meet "
VARNELL COMMENTS ON GAME
'ffnrilost Fons-ht Contest I Have
Witnessed in West," Says Referee.
BY GEORGE VARNELL.
Referee WaalilugtOD-Ort-gun Aggie Game.
Everything considered the Washing-ton-O
Al C. game was one of the hardest-fought
contests I have ever seen in
the Northwest. The element of luck
broke with the Seattle team In the
final minutes of the game when Doble's
pupils pulled a well-executed forward
pass that changed the entire look of
lhe game, and put the team in an easy
position to score the winning touch- .
down.
The teams' battled for every Inch of
the ground and at no time was there '
any great show of superiority In either
offense or defense between the teams.
The elements made it a hard proposition
for the players to deliver their best line
of goods as the wet and slippery bail
was mighty elusive and caused many
fumbles.
O - A. C. showed a wonderfully Im
proved game over, the contest with W
S. C and refused to admit Washing
ton's superiority until the final whistle
was blown, xne game was naro
fought every minute of the way, but
clean throughout
SOUTH DAKOTA IS VICTORIOUS
Heavy North Dakota Cnlyersity Is
Defeated, 4 4 to 0.
SIOUX FALLS. S. D., Nov. 9. The
University of South Dakota defeated
the heavier team of the University of
North .Dakota by brilliant strategy. The
score was 44 to 0.
World's Strong Man Is Dying.
MONTREAL. Que., Nov. 9. Louis Cyr,
who for 20 years was champion strong
man of the world, defeating such well
known weight lifters as Samson. Cy
clops, Sandow. Decarte, Barre and Ken
nedy, Is dying of Brlght's disease at the
home of his son-in-law here. Cyr's
greatest feat was lifting on. his. back
a platform on which stood 25 men.
totaling In weight about 4oo pounds.
Baker Theater Team Seeks Games.
Tha TtaUpr Theater basketball team i;
looking for games and would like to
hear from any team averaging about
135 pounds. For games write or phune
William Krause. 325 Thirteenth. Phone
Main 436L