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VOL. XXXI.
PORTLAND, OREGON. SUNDAY MORNING. DECE3IBER 13. 1912.
NO. 50.
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CHILD REAL MARVEL
Eight-Year-Old Marie Strube
- Is Water Nymph. .
GIRL IS EXPERT SWIMMER
"Stunts" Performed by Her Make
Older Persons Gasp In Amaze
merit I Soys of Her Age No
Match for Speed or Ability.
Some 10 or 12 years from now fond
parents who like he water may be
naming their daughters "Marie," In
honor of a woman champion swimmer.
Nearly everyone who has seen 8-year-old
Marie Strube, the daughter of
Charles G. Strube. of 1134 Hawthorne
avenue, perform Jn the water, predicts
a brilliant future" for the little nymph.
At the Gearhart excursion of the
Multnomah Club last Saturday and Sun
day she and her antics formed one of
the sensations. The little girl has alt
the fancy dives, flips and difficult
styles of entering the water down to a
fine point ad those that she does not
know she -will learn In a short time as
nothing is too difficult for her to try.
The child began swimming a year ago
under the direction of Arthur Cavill,
swimming Instructor of the Multnomah
Club, when the organization was using
the Portland tank, onae a week.
Even with the Infrequent lessons the
girl showed wonderful aptitude as a
swimmer and learnad the simpler
strokes after a half a dozen times in
the water. Then when the club moved
to its own beautiful quarters, she spent
to Us own beautiful water. In fact the
warm tank seemed to hold a strange
fascination for her.
Now she has mastered the aide stroke,
crawl and several other methods of
getting through the water. She has
the speed already and can out-swlm
any boy her age at the club, without
any exertion.
At Gearhart she showed more spirit
and daring than many of the older wo
men, doing all the stunts In the surf
and tank that everybody else tried. As
a diver from the pedestal - and the
board she "showed-up" the majority of
the men In the party.
"We can t keep Marie away from the
water, so I Imagine that she. will be a
swimmer, whatever our wishes may
be. says the father. "Ever since the
first lesson she has been simply crazy
to go In the water, so I guess we will
help her to become a swimmer."
"If she continues to work In the
water the way he has in the past, a
future as a swimmer is the only thing
open to her," says her Instructor, Mr.
Cavill. "It Is her determination and
fearlessness that have made her the llt
JJe swimmer that she is."
Only on one occasion was the girl
known to lose her nerve. However,
that was just for a minute -and the
river was cold and shore seemed a long
distance off. This lapse occurred dur
ing the Oregon State Swimming Cham
pionships In the Willamette River last
June.
On that occasion she was billed to
swim out a short distance from the
barge and cry for help as the model In
Cavlll's life-saving "stunt." She swam
a little further than, she Imagined and
when she began treading water, be
came frightened and shrieked for help.
CavllJ had to do some real life-saving
instead of merely giving an exhibition.
With the added experience and pro
flclenrv thfi llttl wnnHer has con
quered all her qualms and attempts
feats that the older swimmers shud
, der at.
' The next big water event to attract I
the eyes of tha Multnomah Club and
We Call Your Attention
D.oub 1 e - Pag'e
eho.uh ce m ent
tTMerdiandiso of cMerit
swimmers of Oregon in general will be
the annual Christmas day swim In the
"Willamette River. Frank E. Watkins,
chairman of the Multnomah Club swlm
ming'commlttoe, predicts at least 25
starters for the mid-Winter, "bath this
year. ,
The majority of the men will be
those -"Who swam last year, about the
'only man missing being Lonls Thomas.
SCENES FROM THE MULTNOMAH CLUB MIDWINTER DIP INTO
1, Mna R.lllrkjDc la te Sort. 2,
Konnaa Rut 3, L-ft to Right. MUa
Farrell; 4, Worth Archer, Midget
to Our
ection
OnV
Thomas has been so tit t up in business
practice and-dflW'not care to enter.',
of late1 that he . has been unable to
Several new men will, be in the start.
Norman Ross,228 and 880-yard cham
pion of the Northwest, will be one of
the most notable entries. Other prom
inent men will be Colltster Wheeler,
outdoor-60-yrra-champlon; John Mc
Murraj, "100'yard Northwest ; record-
Left to Riga. C. . Strobe, Jack Fnlton, John BIcMnrray. Ed filoa. Marie
Grace OW'elll, Daa O'Xelll, Ed Morrta, Worth Archer (Above). Mlsa Johnson,
t the Excuraloa 5, Marie Strube, the
holdcr. and Claire Taite, leadingdiver
of the city. I
Frank (Gross is an entry of whom
much is -expected.
Mcllurray atad Wheeler are outdoor
swimmers: 'They go over the course
three times a week. -
Tho course will be practically the
same as that over .which the entrants
swam last year. A big barge will be
placed just north of the Hawthorne
bridge. This will be the starting
point and the finish will be at a rope
100. yards downstream.
Don Vickers, the crack, swimmer of
the Eugene Y. M. O. A., has also en
tered. He took second place last year.
He is looked upon as one of the prin
cipal contenders.
The. Multnomah board of directors
met Wednesday and decided to get out
suitable medallions for first, second and
third place-winners. The first will
be- gold and the other two silver. All
the officials have not been selected as
yet.- Frank E. Watkins will be starter.
Arthur Cavill will be directly In charge
of the meet. The race will start at 11
A. M. - ,
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"AGGIES"
TRIP CANCELLED
Basketball Squad Will Not Play Out
Eastern Schedule Planned,
w OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis, Dec. ' 14.T-(Special.) Pros
pects for the Eastern -lp to have been
made by the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege basketball team during the holi
days, went glimmering last night when
the faculty committee on athletics dis
approved the plan. This action, which
was taken after a full and careful con
sideration af the whole' question,-' in
structs the manager . to cancel the
games scheduled.
There is much disappointment among
the students in general, and among
members of the basketball squad in
particular, over this sudden and unex
pected termination of the plan.
Games had been scheduled with both
state institutions of Montana; Allegheny
College, Rochester University. Cornell,
Syracuse, St. Lawrence. New Hamp
shire, College lof the City of New York,
The Navy, Georgetown, Notre paine,
Nebraska, and just this week' con
tracts were signed with Chicago, Uni
versity and the University of Minne
sota. ,
POUR GOLF SIATCHES PLAYED
Special Piny Starts Today for C. H.
Davis Trophy. "
The first of the match games for the
J. -Wesley Ladd golf trophy were
played at the Waverly Country Club
yesterday. The four men who were re
turned victors and who will play in
the semi-final matches next Saturday
are: A. W. Peterson, Russell Smith, H.
B. Davis and R. Wilder. The results
were as follows: Peterson defeated C.
Wernicke, 3 up and 2 to play; Smith
defeated E. Whitney, 4 up and 3- to
play; Davis defeated Norris Gregg. 9
up and 4 to play, and Wilder defeated
J. H. Lothrop, 3 up and 2" to play. -
Today the first, of the 'recently an
nounced special matches will take
place. The winner of the matches will
receive the C. H. Davis special trophy
and the second best man, will receive
th?wo. -dnreW'o'rf balls offered by
J. Gillisori.
THE PACIFIC OCEAN AT GEARHART BEACH LAST SUNDAY.
BeaaasBai tt-xear-uia awmunc, -
VERNON IS ERASED
FROM LEAGUE MAP
Happy Hogan Told to Transfer
' Franchise to Some' Othsc
' Nearby City.
VENICE' MAY BE CHOSEN
Interests of Eddie Maier at This
.,- Beach Resort Give Place Lev
erage Pasadena Also Is lu
'Line for Club.
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Dec 11. (Spe
clal.) Vernon no longer Is on the Coast
League map. Although not a matter of
general information, the Coast League
directors have effaced the name of
Vernon from Its circuit and when the
1913 season opens Han Hogan's Tigers
will-represent some other city in the
Southland and will plav its Sunday
morning games on new grounds.
, Official action in forfeiting the fran
chise at Vernon was taken at the meet
ing of the directors shortly after the
Coast League season 'closed, but lor
obvious reasons that action was. not
made public. It leaked out todtfv in
an Inadvertent manner, but the In
formation is absolutely official.
Eddie Maier,. Hap Hogan and their
associates still hold a Coast League
franchise, but they will have to transfer
It from Vernon to some other city In
the Southland. They have not decided
upon the location yet, but undoubtedly
it will be either Pasadena or one of
the' beach cities. ' '
. Venice C'lalmn Strong:.
Owing - to the interests owned by
Maier at Venice, it is regarded as
probable that this beach city will have
a stronger leverage than any rival city
that may bid for the location of- the
club. - v
The transfer of the franchise was
decided npetr bj( a'majority vote, of the
league directors, fo ir voting -in favor
of it and the Los Angeles and yernon
clubs voting against it. The action
was'taken after the other four clubs
had registered many complaints against
the location, transportation facilities
and attendance at Vernon and after
President Baum had made two or three
trips to the Southland to investigate
conditions at Vernon. . .
.Complaints became ' so numerous
coming from visiting teams that the
Friday- afternoon game was cut out of
the schedule a year ago and. only Sun
day morning games were played there,
This game was retained on the schedule
merely to hold the franchise and keep
up appearances of two cities instead of
one for the two clubs, complaints last
Strube. Arthur Cavill, Arthur AHea and
ailaa C. Ellcry, C 11. Bell and Bert
season did not diminish although only
one game was played there.
The directors held an informal meet
ing shortly after the season closed and
it was voted to transfer from Vernon.
It was put up to the Vernon manage
ment to obtain' another location before
the opening of the 1913 season.
Eddie Maier would like to devise
some means whereby a diamond could
be built on the big pier that he is
building at Venice. He thinks he can
do it. That would surely settle the
location and also dispose of the ground
question. However, neither he nor
Hogan have made any decision regardv
lng the location of the club and neither
will discuss the transfer at this tlme
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Football Warriors Hold Pour-Wow.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis, Dec. 14. (Special.) The
Anal 1912 pow-wow of the. Oregon Agri
cultural College football warriors was
held last night at the home of "Big
Chief Samuel Michael Patrick Dolan,
when the members of the Beaver ma
chine tried one of their gridiron forma
tions on the coach's residence. After
replaying the important games of the
past season the real occasion of the
visit was made known to Mr. and Mrs..
Dolan by the presentation of a mantel
clock to the man to whom the boys
give the -credit for the games won by
this year's team.
E DEAL DRIED"
FIELDER JOXES RETCRXS FROM
liST; TALKS BASEBALL,
President or Xorthwestem League
Says He Received Several Offers
but. West "Looks Good."
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That the peculiar major league
switch, whereby Frank Chance Jumped
from the Chicago National management
to the leadership of the New York
Americans was all cut and dried long
before Chance's J1500 sale to Cincin
nati, Is the belief of Fielder A. Jones,
president of the Northwestern League,
once famous boss of the Chicago White
Sox.
Mr.. Jones reached Portland last
night after a six weeks' tour In the
East, during which time he attended
the session of the minor leagues at
Milwaukee and the American League
conclave at Chicago. .-
"Sentiment in Chicago is strong
against Owner Murphy for letting
Chance out. Personally I don't see how
the National League could afford to.
permit Chance to go to the younger
circuit," said Mr. Jones. "Chance,
however, has been exceptionally well
treated by Murphy. He was given a
block of stock which netted him $12,
000 or 314,000 every year, and this,
with his salary, brought his earning
capacity up beyond the 320,000 mark.
The bead of the. Northwestern
League laughed when queried about
his widely rumored prospective return
to baseball.
"I have repeatedly said I am out of
baseball and have not for a moment
considered a return," said he. "I :
eelved-several offers in the East, but
I like this country too well to leave it.
Mr. Jones says -Joe Tinker, recently
named manager of the Clncinnatis, will
be In Portland January 1 for a visit.
Tinker has interests - near- Newberg.
Billy SullHran, the Chicago Sox catcher,
will accompany him and will remain In
Oregon during the Winter, reporting to
the Sox in California in the Spring.
President Jones says "Iron Joe" . Mc-
Glnnity's proposal for four-day series
In the Northwestern League might be
a good thing, but it would be almost
an impossibility to carry it out owing
to the dovetailed schedule.
"The scheme could hardly Include
Spokane, owing to the long Jump over
there," said he. "Here on the Coast
other difficulties - present themselves.
Vancouver and Victoria do not coun
tenance Sunday ball and Portland can
only play during the absence of the
Coast League. I'm afraid it cannot be
worked out practically."
FARRELL TO TALK TO CHANCE
New York Magnuto Invites Chicago
Player to Visit Him.
NEW YORK, Dec 14. President
Frank J. Farrell, of the New .York
American League club, intends to open
negotiations with Frank Chance short
ly after the holidays.
In a statement made tonight iouow-
ing his return from Chicago, Mr. Farrell
inuicated that he hoped to sign (.nance.
and expressed gratification that the
way seemed open for the ex-leader of
the Chicago Nationals to take up tne
managerial relna here.
While, of course. It Is taken lor
granted that Chance's release will be
turned over to the New York club,"
said Mr. Farrell In his statement, "it
Is true that I have received no official
notice of his release by President Herr
mann, of the Cincinnati club. Until I
have been notilied that Chance is elig
ible to consider an offer from me, I
shall be compelled to remain inactive.
Nothing will suit me better than to
have him manage our team."
LOS ANGELES, CaU, Dec. 14. Frank
Chance received a telegram today from
President Frank J. Farrell, of the New
York Americans, asking him to come
to New York at once to talk over the
managership of the Highlanders.
Chance said he could not leave hla
orange ranch in Glendora for a time,
and telegraphed to Farrell asking that
more details be sent regarding his
proposition, and for more time before
starting East.
FOREST MOVE PROTESTED
Mayor Asks That Bull Run Reserve
Be Retained as a Whole.
Hearing reports that a move is under
way -for the Introduction of a bill in
Congress to remove about 38 square
miles of timber land from the Bull Run
National Forest, Mayor Rushlight yes
terday sent letters to' the. members of
the Oregon Congressional delegation
asking them to fight the bill. Protec
tion of the reserve is considered neces
sary for the preservation of Portland's
pure water supply.
Reports, which seem to be well
founded, are to the effect that lumber
interests are responsible 'for the bill
and hope to have part of the ground
cut off the reserve, -holding that it Is
not a part of the Bull Run watershed
and is jiot necessary for the protection
of the water supply.
In his letters of protest Mayor Kusn-
light not only objects to the removal
of any part of the forest reserve, but
also to the construction of any, more
wagon roads In the reserve.
Mexican Cattle Shipped Here.
ONTARIO, Or.. Dec 14. (Special.)
John Stouffer shipped in 1500 head of
cattle from ' Old Mexico to stock the
range around Jordan Valley. Charles
Kenyon and Baker Ball are now at El
Paso arranging for cattle to stock
other sections of this county.
GRAP SHOOTING
IT
McCredie Tells Why He Traded
Twirler to Vernon for
Al Carson. i
"SPHINX" STILL GOOD MAN
Soon as Train Is Boarded "Elmct
Gathers Bunch Around Him and
, Begins Shaking Dice," Says
Portland Team Manager
BY ROSCOE FAWCETT.
Elmer Koestner, the veteran Portland
pitcher, was traded to Vernon for Al
Carson because of his crap-shooting
and card-playing proclivities. Walter
McCredie, manager of the Beavers,
thinks the "Sphinx" is. still a good
twirler.
"But I wouldn't have him around
another season Inveigling his team
mates Into games of chance on any con
sideration," said McCredie last night,
when asked If he thought he got the
best of the recent David llaruin dicker
ing with Happy Hogan, ,
- "Carson ought to make a good man
for- us," continued the Portland man
ager. "Unlike Koestner, he takes ex,
cellent care-.of himself, and I think
was worked a little too hard by Vernon
in the Spring. - I was the one that put
him In the big league, drafting him
from Tacoma in 1909. The Cubs drafted
him from Portland In 1910 and sold him
to Hogan.
Money Lost to Negro,
"Personally, I have always liked
Koestner; but he will not take care of
himself. No sooner do we board a
train for one of our Jumps than Elmer
gathers a bunch around him in the
smoker and begins shaking dice. - He
seems to have a mania for the "bones. "(
One time in the Los Angeles clubhouse
he began rolling Hap's negro trainer.
The negro told him he had only SO
cents, but Elmer didn't care. The up
shot of It was, after two or three hours
of Incessant hard luck, Koestner lost
375 of his own money and 325 more
of borrowed kale,"
Koestner starred as a pitcher with
Los Angeles fop two or 'three seasons,
being purchased by Cleveland for 1910.
He stuck one season in the big show
and came to Portland In 1911. Oddly
enough, Hoth twlrlers were among the
very topmost winners in 1911, Carson
finishing third with a percentage of
.650, and Koestner a few points behind
with .625.
The records of the two men for the
past two seasons are as follows:
W.- U P.C. TO. BB.
Koestner. 1012 1 24 .40(1 11 3 13
Koestner, 1911 ..25 15 ..-'5 11
Carson. 1912... 12 11 .522 1.1
Carson. 1011 13 T -650 18
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Carson's Record Better.
It will be observed that Carson had
a much better record last season than
Koestner. but he had a better clu&
behind him than Koestner.
While Portland fans as a rule are
satisfied that Portland got none the
worst of the barter, many will be sorry
to see the silent man go. Koestner
showed rare mettle In the trying period
last Spring, going into the. box regu
larly twice a week for nearly two
straight months. It was the hard work .
that really started him on the down
grade.
He Is wintering at nis nome at i iper
City, 111., and may come .back strong
next season. In 1911 he stood right at
the top with Steen and Henderson and
probably did Just as much as either of
these men to bring the pennant to Port
land. -
napps Not Yet Landed. '
I have no Idea where Bill Rapps will
ultimately land next Spring," said Man- .
ager McCredie last night. "I have
received no offers for him, although I -have
notified all the Texas League
owners. I don t seem to oe aoie 10 uis
pose of him very easily." .
"Chlmmle" Richardson, a former
Portland sport writer, signed up a new -California
busher for the Beaver train
ing camp. His name Is Harry Heile
mann and he is a third baseman. Harry
Is 18 years old and weighs 185 pounds.
At the recent Sacramento session of
the Coast moguls the waiver price was
Increased from 3600 to 3750 so as to
make It uniform with the scale In
vogue in the other big Class AA
leagues, the International ana tne
American Association.
The Increase, too, came at a psycho
logical time for McCredie, as it pre
vented Happy Hogan from slipping one
over on Portland. Mao had already sold
Hank Butcher to the Denver Western
Leaguers and had announced the sale,
subject to securing waivers. Hogan'
refused, at first, to let-Butcher go.
probablv figuring It might be good
business to Invest 3600 and then dis
pose of the mail himself. Or perhaps
Hap Intended to keep him. Anyway,
when the waiver scale was elevated
Hap withdrew all objections and gave
Butcher clearance papers. s
McCredie also secured waivers on
Speck Harkness, Harry Suter and Bill
Amateur Athletics.
Th. Alhlna Homestead grammar
school basketball team Is looking for
games with teams averaging about 110
pounds. The manager can be reached
by writing to 798 Rodney avenue.
Had the Grand Rapids. Michigan,
team landed a game with the Waaning.
ton High instead of the Wendell Phil-
tips, Portland .football fans would cava
seen a high school team which Is heav
ier than some of the college elevens of
the' Northwest. It averages exactly
170 pounds. It is also the only team
which could defeat the Muskegon High
echool. a team which rolled up a total
of 491 points and never naa its g'i
crossed until defeated by Grand Rap-
Ids. .
mm
The Jefferson High School basket
ball team has secured a game with tha
Clatskanie High for a Saturday fol
lowing Christmas. Clatskanle Is also
Tooking for. a game with some other
school. Kit C. Conyers Is manager of
the team.
Entries for the Portland Basket
ball League closed last night. There
will be eight teams in the organiza
tion and the games will be started
about the second week In January.
KDES