THE SUNDAY. OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 9, 1913. WATCH TOWER TALKS BY ROSCQE FAWCETT "Sixty-Five Days More and D. E. Dugdale, of Seattle, Will Begin Searching for a Manager to Succeed Tealy Raymond Next July" Abe's Philosophy. aARRT B. SMITH, the clever eport- ra ing editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, fired this question at 14 fistic experts the other day: "Who is the greatest fighter of all times Ir respective of weight conditions? and the replies were as variegated aa the attire of a so-called Victorian English man. They bobbed around with all the elasticity of a cork in a bathtub of mercury. James W. Coffroth and seven others chose Bob Fitzsimmons, three picked Joe Gans and two lit upon Corbett, while Peter Jackson, Kid Lavigne and Abe Attell drew one vote apiece. Such a comparison as Smith's query BUggests is a streuous bit of mental contortion. It Is an easier task even to compare Napolon with modern gener als than it if to draw a parallel be tween the great warriors of the past and present, because so many more angles must be taken Into the pugil istic symposium. Had Smith divided his field Into its three foremost sections and taken separate votes on the greatest heavy weight of all time, the greatest middle weight of all time and the greatest lightweight, it's a safe guess his enter prise would have been rewarded with sv much more satisfying hunk of dope. Considering even the bygone warriors of each separate disvlsions is no mat inee dream, Inasmuch as one has to consider times, places, quality of ad versaries and fighting rules. William I'helon attempted to review the heavyweights in a recent magazine, end found himself in a sorry puzzle. Such famous names as Tom Hyer, Char ley Freeman, Tom Spring. Tom Cribb, John Heenah, John Morrisey, .Tom Say- era and Jem Mace, iron men of the London prize ring days, simply refused to slumber quietly in their sepulchres when tagged with a steerage ticket alongside me more moaern exponents of pugilism. John L. Sullivan. Peter Jackson. James J. Corbett, Bob Fitz simmons, Jim Jeffries and Jack John son. rHELOX picked Hyer and Spring as WT supreme among early day glad I a tors, and Sullivan amd Jeffries as en titled to the palm among the modern graduates. Compare Phelon's latter day choices, then, with Smith's miscel laneous list of all-stars, and you'll have before you a sample of the wide diver sity in opinion as to the greatest men who have strutted their little hours before the admiring populace. Not one of the 14 San Francisco ex perts chose Sullivan, and not one cast a vote for that man of tremendous physique and punch, and limitless enduranc.. James J. "Jeffries. In stead, we find Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Corbett recipients of a scattering vote, with even Sam Berger, Jeffs for mer' manager, a deserter in favor of "Pompadour Jim." Not one aye. mind you, in all that flock, for Sullivan yet Sullivan has always been undoubt edly the greatest favorite of the fight ing constituency for the coveted title of chief boxer of all times. AT his weight, Fitzsimmons, middle weight In avoirdupois, heavyweight in height and reach and hitting powers, was a logical capsheaf to this strange procession. But as a contestant for the greatest heavyweight fighter's crown, tbe Cornishman could hardly be classed above either Sullivan or Feter Jack son, or perhaps above even Jeffries, lacking though Jeff was in that indom itable spirit that made Sullivan the ter ror to all adversaries. However, the placing of Corbett above the mighty John L. is the more grievious travesty on athletic perfec tion of the two. "Sullivan may have lacked science and precision, but every member of the distinguished assem blage had his obvious defects. Corbett lacked a knockout punch; Fitzsimmons lacked the weight to brace his spidery legs against the Jeffries onslaughts; Jeffries lucked the fire and courage of Sullivan; Jack Johnson lacked Fitzsim mons whiplike punch and Jackson's footwork. There has been no perfect champion. Corbett whipped Sullivan, but It is not Justice to the veteran to compare that fight with what might have hap-i stuffy office buildings should be al lowed to unloose their enttiusiasm,one day a week." declared one minister. Simultaneously a Xew York sky chauffeur. Rev. Frank O. Hall, thus de livered himself of his theatrical dis criminations: "I hold no brief for the theater ex cept that I am a lover of the theater and I believe it is a better Institution today than It has ever been in the his tory ot the world. There are better p. ays and better actors than ever be fore." Truly, as someone remarked in a Gotham column. "What sweet relief from the ordinary sensational utterances." THE German Army Is using ski for Winter Army maneuvers. In the I'nlted States kl finds much favor both Summer and Winter. And you don't have to belong to any army either, except the consumers'. MC GRAW says he has the only In dian battery on record in Thorpe and Meyers. Wrong. Portland had two full-bloods In 1912: Freckle-In-The-Fuce-Speck-Harkness and Heap-Much-Long-Legs-Dan-How. ley. pened had Corbett run afoul of . the lithe and agile Sullivan of eight or nine years before. When Corbett beat Sullivan, Jim danced around him and pegged away until nature threw up the sponge and the old demon pugilist Ban exhausted to the floor. The actor man was, perhaps, the fleetest man who ever performed in the ring, but the one vital flaw in his armor, inability to deliver a crushing knockout blow, relegates him to sec ondary honors among the ranks of those competing for the supreme title of the profession. O the writer's mind, Sullivan Bhould have clear claim to that mysterious superlative: "Greatest Fighter of All Time." Sullivan found boxing an out cast and left it a sport of National recognition. He was a terrible man to meet. Grim, ferocious, relentless, he fought with a rush that carried his op ponents off their feet. He was the in carnation of the terrible fighting spirit for ten long years, until finally, those three relentless combinations, age, dis sipation and competition, wrenched from him his xealously-guarded title. In all respects save science, he was a fighter without a peer, a champion of champions. AJOR league magnates must groan with envy when they learu that the teams in the Pacific Coast League went through last sea son with but one postponed game," says a writer In the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Pacific Coast Is willing to stand for almost any form of prudential pub licity, but that one postponed game computation sounds too much like an apotheosis of aberration to get by without further social survey. Exca vating to Intimate facts, let It be whis pered that Portland alone had just an even dozen postponed games In 1912. But 10 or 12 bad days in seven months isn't so bad after all. PICTORIAL INTERVIEWS WITH LIVE FIGURES IX REALMS OF SPORT. ous offense Is thus briefly exposed to the public optic: "Helster, the Sacramento inflelder, purchased by Vancouver, batted at a .245 clip in the Coast League, which should make him hit around .290 In the Northwestern." There can be but one interpretation to that bit of perfidy Vancouver Is housing a traitor, a Judas Iscarlot to the cause of preferred Class B. the only man In all that favored section of bilk and money who has yet to learn that the Northwestern League is away above and beyond the majors. F. A. Jones has not yet Informed his afternoon Publicity and Development confidants just what line of drastic endeavor will be launched Vancouver- wards, nor have the boys at Seattle and Spokane had time to jab their fusillade of verbal bombs at the cross. the monthly salary stipends, may play I nautical vocabulary, for it will never V VANCOUVER. B. O, baseball ex nert Is Hue for a shower of thor- oughly mortuarized herring from those S"nfdha,7 HS ?5,m,: peevish pets who pound the prattling t0o good' for such ubiquitous Infidelity, be tossed into a discarded clgarbox mill at Seattle ana spokane. iis nein- The Coast League may ooze out twice I along with other foolish flings at to twice the crowds In cities twice as large yet what's the significance? Merelv proof that the Northwestern is, and alwayg will be, superior to hypo thetical Class AA. Ug h I The ennui of such argument Those Class B boys do certainly hate themselves. THE Intercollegiate Association ot Amateur Athletics of America plans to follow the example of England in the way of fixed hurdles and an in crease In the weight of the IS -pound shot to 21 pounds with a shorter handle. At least such is the recom mendation of its executive committee. For the sake of the overburdened sporting writers the association should begin the shortening process on ilf own hlccoughy handle. And, that out of the way. the other suggestion can be missed. A1 T South Bend, Ind., a hotelmen's college Is to be established. Lib eral instruction will be given to all employes, from the lowly call boy up through the ranks of the chamber misses, to the hostlers, the pot wres tlers, the dining-room dames, the clerks to the sub-manager, the manager, and even to his nibs, the bartender. The college yell of the clas of fu ture S. T. T's meaning Scientific Toddy Traducers will need no classroom re hearsal. It will undoubtedly be "Hie! Hie! Hie!" BATTLING NELSON has had several narrow escapes from the dungeon on charges of cruelty to his typewriter, but the newly wed dashed off a most sensible Interview when he gave' ut terance to this commentary on the present-day pugilistic compilations: "A fighter's list of ring achievements is his monument and should stand tor many years. When you strike his name out of the statistics you are tak ng awav from him his most cherished possession. Tou are tearing down his mountain of achievement that required some years to build. There is some thing in the old game besides money, after all, and a fighter is human the same as other people. Nelson is eminently right. It would seem that a book of records should furnish enlightenment on the per formances of such famous rlngsters as Joe Gans. Young Corbett. Tom Sharkey, Terry McGovern and others whose careers are constantly provok ing arguments wherever boxing fans are gathered in discussion. Tet these boxers of the past have been discarded In the 1913 manuals, and in their niches we find such lum inaries as Leo Houck, Harry Wuest, Sammy Trott, Sam Robldeau, Paul Sikora, Frank Plcato and Jake Barada. A hypodermic of that mysterious ele ment classified as common sense should be injected into the statisticians. Otherwise they are a pretty good sort. CHATTANOOGA has been dickering for several weeks with, Joe Conn, of Spokane, for Outfielder Watt Powell. All Joe asks is a right eye and three players In exchange. Pitcher Grover, Catcher Hannah and Third Baseman Massed Albeit a good spender, Joseph Is one of those philanthropic fellows who would give a 10-cent piece any day for a dollar. MAHMOUT, the Bulgarian wrestler, advises us - he will return to America in the Fall, If he escapes death In the Turkish-Balkan setto. Let's hope for the best. MOST waiters vote against the stand pat tickets. They believe in change. MASSACHUSETTS newspapers are meeting: with great success in their rrnnnnlFii for Rundav baseball. selves fairly In favor of baseball as a bunday arternoon recreation. "It's wholesome and healthful and the men who are shut up all week In TORN by the pangs of jealousy, no doubt, some ardent sport lover has written in tor advice on this In ternationally morbid query: "Is It right for a man on a small sal. y to make a bluff that he is prosper s. so as to be able to stand In with e fat boys? Or, is It right for him -o attend a certain church for social reasons?" Let us see what nature teaches us, for nature, we are told, "never did be tray the heart that loved her." There are a godd many insects who put up a good bluff. One of the neatest of these Is that made by the bee fly. The bee fly is nothing but a fly and a silly one, but he hungs out the prong of a wasp or a bee sc as to avoid being snapped up by spiders, toads and birds. "I wish there were fewer wasps about," says the little tomtit from, bis perch on a tree, as he surveys the gar den buzzing with bee files. Moths and caterpillars put up a bluff that they are withered leaves and flowers so as to' escape being eaten. The caterpillar of the puss moth, when born, looks like a tiny scor pion and no respectable spider or ich neumon attempts to attack it. As it grows bigger it develops a violet sad dle down Its back and a decoration around Its face that resembles a monk's cowl. When approached by an enemy, or touched by human hands, it instantly sits bolt upright, turns its dreadful- looking face on its tormentor, and shoots out of the top of each horn a scarlet, sting-llke thread. As a rule the enemy retreats in great alarm. Yet this caterpillar is the worst kind ot a false alarm. It couldn't hurt a plant louse. In nature bluff seems to be a valu able art. Perhaps we wrong the man who can't sing, but thinks he can, and makes a bluff at It. Perhaps we wrong the other bluffers we know. It may be merely the means of self-protection against the world, a factor hi the strug gle for existence, just as It is with the moths and caterpillars. But, by all means, put up as good a bluff as you can. Pretend to under stand music and painting. Put on dog and warm dog at that. But if you do, do it right or the crowd will get onto you and eat you up. And that will be unpleasant. GEORGE PARKER says every day is groundhog day. If this gets by the business office it will be recorded that George conducts a meat market. "0 NE Million, Two Hundred Thou- Caught In One Day at Cowlitz," penned the headllner In an afternoon news, paper. If you don't believe It, count 'em. . HEW ERA PREDICTED Government Regulation Is Ex pected to Revive Racing. EAST RENEWING INTEREST iioorge V. Kulglit, Secretary of American Trotting Association, Says Xeed of Good Animals for Army Will Have Effect. Horse-racing trotting, pacing and running is due for gigantic revival In the Tutted States under Government regulation, is the prediction of George V. Knight, secretary of the American Trotting Association, who was a Port-, land visitor last week. "Running racing, the competition of the thoroughbred and the "sport of kings,' will never be revived in this country on anything but a shoestring scale In isolated sections until the Gov ernment steps in and regulates it," de clares Mr. Knight. "But the rehabilitation of the thor oughbred is coming, forced by the cry ing need of the United States Army for horses. As long as the Government needs horses for Its army, steps must be taken to foster the breeding of horses. "Experience teaches us that the best way to foster the breeding of horses is through speed competitions, or racing. Thus the Government Is going to re vive a sport under the ban in prac tical ly every state in the union. Gamblers, Politician Blamed. "Running racing was killed by gam biers and cheap politicians. These peo ple secured a strangle hold on the great sport and carried their pernicious ac tivity of crookedness to such an ex treme that the public revolted and legislative enactments doomed racing. "But in removing the source of in come from the cheap politicians and gamblers, the horse became the vic tim. So to save the horse, and at the same time eliminate the unsavory hu man factor. Is the tasK the Government has before it. "Harness racing is on the upelimb in the East, and In a more healthful condition than out here in the West. I'm not complaining of the number of meetings you have out here or the class of racing, but the public does not support harness racing as it should. "Trotting and pacing will continue to crow ia popularity without the as-, slstance of the Government because it is not under the blighting influences which caused the downfall of the thoroughbred game Mr. Knight is not an enthusiastic admirer of the three-heat, every-heat a-race system of competition, figuring it out that there is greater opportunity for crooked work In the short races than In the five-heat affairs. Keasonn Set Forth. "In the every-heat-a-race contest the wagering would be keen on each heat. Instead of on the result of the race, as at present," argues Mr. Knight. "Thus owners who want to 'shoo in' a horse can send the Ion ca hot in first and so pocket the public's money. This would be much more difficult in a five-heat race, with the bulk of the money wagered on the final result. Then, too, where good horses make poor showings under the present system, it is not an uncommon occurrence to have the pre siding Judge place a disinterested driver behind the animal under suspicion. This is not so likely to happen in a thre beat race. "Horsemen generally do not think much of the three-heat race, because It enables the 'dog' to win. The tracks of the country have many horses which are good for one heat and no more. These are called 'dogs and the aver age horseman would hate to Pee a dog win one-third of a purse against animals capable -of sustaining a high rate of speed for five or more heats. Then j-ou mustn t overlook the ex pense factor in the situation. Three heat races must be more numerous than five-heat ones, with the associa tlons, which have trouble now hanging up purses, forced to pay out more money to meet the demands of public and horsemen. WILSON REAL PRIZE Portland's New Southpaw Has Record With Knoxville. 21 OF 31 GAMES ARE WON Most Notable Feat Performed in Ao giist, When in One Day Two Shutouts, One for Xo Hits, Are Hurled by Big Heaver. F1ACASTIXG CONTEST IS PLAN Panama Fair Folk May See Inter- national Sport Event. Tbe San Francisco 'Fly Casting Club will hold an international fly casting contest in San Francisco during the Panama-Pacific Exposition If they are able to succeed in bringing about the organization of fly casting clubs in other cities on the Coast. F. J. Cooper, president of the San Pranclseo Fly Casting Club, is of the opinion that anglers from many parts of the Cnited States as well as Ger many. England and Scotland will par icipate in the contest should the event be arranged. Mr. Cooper has written a number of Coast and Western cities and has promised to do everything pos- ible in bringing about the organiza tion of an angler club in every city. First Abe Attell went down and out nd now "Special Delivery" Hirsch, the lad Abe touted as a featherweight comer, has been undone. Johnny Dun. ee is the chap to turn the latter trick. beating Hirsch all the way in ten rounds at New York. Hirsch forgot all of Attell'a advice when ha atepd into the ring. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 7. (Spe cial. Finis E. Wilson, Portland's new southpaw, joined the Knoxville club of the Appalachian League in the Spring of 1911 and finished the season with a percentage of .600. When he rejoined the team at the beginning of the 191: season he was in better physical con ditlon than ever before and won the first seven games in which he worked on two occasions letting his opponents down with two nits in each game. During the season just closed he won 31 games and lost 10. earning a percent age of 667. In the 31 games pitcnea ne was scored upon 83 times and allowea 172 hits. He struck out 191 men ana he gave only 37 bases on balls. His most notable pitching feat while with the Knoxville team was pert formed on the afternoon of August 22, 1912, when he pitched two shut-out games against the Johnson City team. In the first game he gave up no safe hits, whil') in the second he allowea only six safeties. On the following Saturday, in six Innings against tho same team, he allowed only four hit. and one run. Physicially Wilson is a tine specimen of manhood. He Is 6 feet 1 inch tan and weighs 18 pounds. He is 24 years of age and played his first profession al ball with the Knoxville team. Be-' fore that time he had played college ball near his home, town in Kentucky. He is a native of Greensburg, Ky., and is a civil engineer by profession. The two Camnitz brothers, of the Pittsburg team of the National League, hail from the same town as Wilson and formerly played on the same team. ITKSVERElJf TO GIVE SHOW Fifth Annual Class Exhibition to Take Place February 24. Tbe fifth annual class exhibition of the Portland Turnverein will be staged at the Heilig Theater, Febru ary 24, under the direction of Richard GenserowskL A Russian dance by the women s class will be the new feature of the coming-exhibition. The boys' senior team, which carried off first honors at the National Turnfest meet held in Los Angeles last year, will give an exhibition on the horizontal bar. The proceeds will go to defray the expenses of sending a team to the In ternational Turnfest, which will be held at Denver, June 25 to 29 in elusive. I fcfc S . 4 J rlC-A i'v- 4 J:: S 3 McCredie, Happy, Assured Receiver Will Do. EASTERNER IS LAUDED F. K. Wilson. Knoxville SoHtfc- paw, AY be Joins Beaver Viing- I ins Staff. 4 ...... ............. Though Light Hitter, New Recruit for Beavers Is Good Receiver. Judge McCredie Sees Defeat for Nolta's Measure. BY KOSCOB FAWCETT. Frank Brady, catcher drafted by Toledo from Albany in the New York State League and sold to Portland Tuesday for the Beavers, is only a youngster. Manager McCredie wae first tipped off to him when In the East last November. He says 1912 was Brady's first season in pro fessional baseball ami he expects him to develop Into a second Walter Kuhn. "He is a tall kid with a swell arm," opined Mac last night. "I'm not wor rying about my catching staff. If one of the trio, Loan, Riordan and Brady, doesn't materialize into a good second string man to assist Gus Fisher, I'll lose my guess. Jim Wiggs, Harry Krause and all those experienced bat terymen in California this Winter de- clare young Riordan, the college youngster, a corker of a prospect." The following dispatch from Toledo yesterday explains itself: "Toledo, Feb. 6. (Special.) Catcher Brady, drafted from Albany in the New York State League last Fall, and turned over to Portland, is a good receiver but a light hitter. He was taken on the recommendation of the Cleveland scouts, but released because Manager Hartsel has three other good catchers. 'According to word from head quarters today Harry Krause, the southpaw, is not likely to be with Toledo this year. The story about 1000 for his own release is all bunk. Each National' Association contract contains a personal relief clause." I don't think the anti-Sunday amuse. ment bill fathered by Representative Nolta at Salem stands a ghoet of a show for passage," declared W. W. Mc Credie, president of the Portland Athletic Club, upon his return from the State Capitol. "It would put every theater and baseball company In the state out of business. Imagine baseball in the various smaller cities of Oregon barred on Sunday. There would be no base ball at all. That's the sum and sub stance of It. I look for a f'"i of telegrams to pour in on the legislators from their home towns knocking the high-handed measure. "Personally, I have always respected the churches. Aside from Sacramento, which can ill support two Sabbath games, Portland is the only Coast League city without both morning and afternoon games on Sunday. I think the Ministerial Association should come half way on this matter. There are thousands of baseball fans who are entitled to see their favorite pastime Sunday afternoon and who will be de prived of this privilege it Kepresenia- tive Nolta's bill trickles tnrougn tne Legislature." ... Williams, the Washington American player upon whom Portland refused to waive under the new reverse waiver scheme, is a shortstop. Manager Mc Credie of the Beavers does not expect to secure a man in the batch which the majors have evidenced a desire to dispose qf to the minor clubs, although he refused to waive on five, Druhot and Williams of Washington, and Bates, Betts and Wilson of Cleveland. "The majors have asked for waivers but that doesn't mean they have to let them come to us," explained Mc Credie. "All will get good trials likely at the training camps and this prelim inary skirmishing is simply to find out if there is a market for them. Then, as fast as they are weeded out. they will be offered to the clubs which won out in the lottery drawing. "Even if I am offered one or two I mav not take them." added the Port land leader. "That all depends on how I am fixed at the time. "If I could get Catcher Betts now I would take him, and Pitchers Druhot and Wilson also look good." . An examination or tne list or waivers reveals that every Pacific Coast League club waived on Catcher Agnew, of Vernon. The new ruling provides that the drafted players shall go to the claiming clubs at the draft price, and, evidently the Coast magnates do not look kindly on forking over $2500 fur Agnew. Under the rules Hogan gets the preference if he desires Agaew back, but Happy now has two ex-Southern League -receivers in Tonneman and Elliott. SOCCER SHOWS GAIN Enthusiasts More Numerous In Portland Schools. HUNDREDS WITNESS GAMES Fans Predict English Sport Will Take Place Among Important Events on Calendar of Inter, scholastic Field Athletics. WILLAMETTE 5 WINS 2 GAMES Alumni and Chemawa Indian School Teams Are 1efeated. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem. Or.. Feb. 8. (Special.) The Willam ette University basketball team ne feated the Alumni on Friday evening by a score of 21 to 14, and the Chemawa Indian School five, tonight, by a score of 18 to 8. Both contests were hotly- contested and marked by good work. In each game the work of Homan was a feature of the playing. The Chemawa lineup was: Jim and W'ilcox. forwards; Slllen. center; Clements and Dunbar, guards. Willam ette Dlayed as follows: Pfotr, center; Homan and Tallman, forwards; Hepp and Young, guards. If Portland interscholastic soccer football gains in popularity in the next few years as it has during the present 1913 season, fans of the game say the sport will become one of the most im portant on the Portland interscholastic sport calendar for some time to come. During the 1911 and 1912 season stu dents took little interest in tbe English game and the managers of the different interscholastic soccer teams were kept busy keeping 11 players interested enough to play the season through. Many would become disgusted and quit before the end of the season. This is not the case now. Five teams are in the 1913 interscholastic league and the games draw an attendance of 300 oi more spectators no matter what the weather conditions may be. During the soccer game between the Columbia University and Jefferson High School teams, which was played early in January, more than 200 enthusiasts braved the rain and cold to witness the game. P. Chappelle Browne aided in forming the Portland Interscholastic Leaguo and introducing the game in the gram mar schools of Portland. He super vised a league of 10 grammar schools during the seasons of 1911 and 1912. The season that Just ended found 35 schools competing for . championship honors. During the first season of soccer at the grammar schools in 1911 a schedule was formed of 10 schools. About the time the opening game was to be played five other schools wanted to be admitted to the league, but owing to the fact that the rearranging of the schedule would cause delay, their re quests were not granted. These schools later played a number of games among themselves. Vernon won the opening championship and Portsmouth won the second championship. Mr. Browne Is organizer of the Ore gon Soccer League, of which he Is pres ident. The league Is composed of five teams, St. Johns. Portland Heights, Mount Scott. 6outh Portland and the Cricketers. This league opened its I if