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.
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McCredie, Happy, Assured
Receiver Will Do.
EASTERNER IS LAUDED
F. K. Wilson. Knoxville SoHtfc-
paw, AY be Joins Beaver Viing- I
ins Staff.
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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