THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTUAND, FEBRUARY' 16, 1913.
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AGGIES" TO PLAY
Winged M Basketball Team to
Meet Corvallis Tomorrow.
GOOD GAME IS EXPECTED
Contest to Mark Introduction of In
tercollegiate Style of Play In
Portland Multnomah Man
ager Seeks Other Dates.
Portland basketball enthusiasts will
get their first glimpse of a Northwest
ern conference squad in action totnor
row night at the Multnomah Athletic
Club gymnasium, when the clubmen
will line up against the Oregon Agrl
cultural College quint at 8 o'clock.
The Aggies played in Seattle against
"Washington Friday and Saturday nights
and will stop off In Portland enroute
back to Corvallis. They defeated the
Multnomah stars several weeks bac
at Corvallis by a score of 19 to 19, bu
the locals believe they are playing
much superior article now.
Monday's game will be important.
aside from the mere settlement of su
periority, for it will mark the Intro
ductlon of the intercollegiate style o
play into Portland. The Northwestern
colleges play intercollegiate rules, with
the Amateur Athletic Union out of
bounds, and the combination has proved
a happy one.
"Next year we will try to have all
tne nign schools and local independ
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Captain Fischer, of the winged M'
squad, last night. "In our various
games with the colleges we have been
handicapped through lack of practice
at their dribbling game."
Charles Mackie, Multnomah manager,
is trying to arrange games with the
McLoughlin and Amicus Club quintets.
and expects to play the former Wed
nesday night. Following that the
clubmen go to Astoria Saturday night
against the Collegians. The trip will
be made aboard the Gearhart swim
rpecial chartered by the Multnomahs.
Tomorrow's Oregon Aggie vs. Mult
nomah lineups will be
Oregon Assies.
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Hurdick, Capt F"
Darling C...
Mays G....
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Masters
. .Fischer. Capt
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Allen
King G.
. ..Vlarick. Sharp
The officials will be Dr. E. J. Stew
art and Charles Mackie.
CLASS I LEAGCE YET IX AIR
All Depends on Matter of Getting
Leases for Ball Parks.
LOS ANGELES. Feb. 15. (Special.)
The fate of the proposed Class D league
depends entirely upon what the Pa
cific Electric Railway, of Los Anerelea.
has to say in regard to leasing the
paries in t resno, San Jose and Stock
ton.
What their answer to propositions
already made them by Maler and Berry
will not be known until Monday. If
it Is a favorable reply the new league
win be organized next Wednesday in
San Francisco; if It is an unfavorable
reply, all plans for organizing the baby
league win do aDanaaned.
The only available sites for ball
parks in these three cities are con
trolled by the railroad company. If
they will not consider the lease propo
sition made them by the promoters of
the new league those three cities will
be deprived of league baseball for at
least another year. It has not been
made plain Just yet what difficulty has
been encountered In negotiating the
leases.
Hen Berry received a telegram today
irom ai uaum, president ot the Coast
League, saying that he and Cal Ewing
would visit San Jose and probably
Fresno next Monday and would return
to San Francisco the following day.
BERRY WILL. LOSE VERXO.N
'Righthander Cnablo to Leave His
Mother in East.
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Feb. 15. (Spe
cial.) Henry Berry it on the verge
of losing Harry Vernon, the right-hand
er who finished last season with the
Angels,
In fact- Berry has about sriven nn
hope of getting the fo..er Amherst
man into a Los Angeles uniform again
ana is trying to put through a trade
with one of the International League
teams, wnicn win permit Vernon to
play in the East.
Vernon has no objection to playing on
the Coast, but his mother cannot ac
company him here and he will not leave
her. his home is In Boston.
"I dislike to lose Vernon, for he
certainly looked like a comer." said
Berry, "but I would quit the baseball
business rather than stand in his way
under the conditions. I regarded him
as one of the most promising young
pitchers seen in the Coast League in a
cumoer oi years.
AMATEVR KYLE TURNED DOWN
Law a Tennis Men Decide on Chal'
lenge for Davis Cup.
NEW YORK. Feb. 15. A challenge
for the Davis international cup and
Important changes In the regulation of
tennis tournaments in this country
were decided upon late last night at
the annual meeting of the United
States National Lawn Tennis Associa
tion. The most radical of the proposed
changes, however, which would have
barred from the amateur class all
players who accepted board and lodg
ing or transportation from hotels and
clubs in connection with tournaments,
failed to receive the necessary two
thirds vote.
Robert D. Wrenn, of New York was
reelected president of the association.
M'GRAW SIGNED FOR 5 YEARS
Giant Manager Said to Have Salary
Contract for $20,000 Annually.
NEW YORK, Feb. 15. John McGraw,
manager of the New York National
League champions, signed today a five,
year contract to manage the team for
the seasons of 1913-1917 inclusive. Mc
Graw was working under a five-year
contract, which had two years to run.
The old contract, however, was abro
gated and the new one gives McGraw
a substantial, increase in salary. It Is
said that McGraw's old contract called
for $18,000 a season and that his sti
pend has been Increased to $20,000 a
year.
Manager McGraw will leave here to
morrow for Marlin, Tex., where the
New Yorks have their training camp,
to look over his young players.
Mathewson, Hartley. Thorpe. Goulait
and Evers, the latter a young brother
of Johnny Ever, of Chicago, will c-
company him. Mathewson has asked
permission to train with the young
iters.
Y. M- C. A. Notes...
The T. M C. A. Cometa won the first
junior Indoor track meet yesterday
afternoon. The Comets bad 20 points
to their credit, the Competenta were
second, with 14 points, and the Ami
catians were a bad third, with 8 points.
A basketball game that will decide
the championship will take place when
the Y. M. C A. Athens meet the fast
Oak Grove players Wednesday evening
on the Y. M. C. A. floor. The game
will start at 8 o'clock.
By a score of 24 to 18 the Amicatians
went down to defeat at the hands of
the Competents yesterday, afternoon in
a came ot indoor uaseDau.
Track aspirants of the Y. M- C. A.
are practicing dally in preparation for
their indoor track meet with tno fa.
ciflc University team on March 2. The
best material that Is to represent the
Y. M. C. A. team will be selected on
February 24 when a thorough ryout
will be given each candidate.
Telegraphic Sport Briefs
OTTAWA. Ont.. Feb. 15. The MInto
Club, Ottawa, made a clean sweep at
the annual figure skating champion
ship meet. Their only competitors in
the International championship for
fours were from the Skating Club of
Boston.
Lincoln. Neb. What is claimed as
one world's record was made In an
indoor athletic meet at Nebraska Uni
versity. In the high kick, Meyers, a
sophomore, succeeded in elevating bis
toe 9 feet 9 inches.
San Francisco. One world's record
and three Pacific Coast records
were broken at the annual Indoor Track
and Field Meet of the Pastime Ath
letic Club.' Ralph Rose threw the 24
pound" shot 39 feet 1-4 inches. Robert
Vlught. of St. Marys College, did the
1000-yard run in 2 minutes 20 seconds.
and Oliver Millard, of the Olympic
Club, was the first in the five-mile run
in 27 minutes 2-5 seconds. George Hor
ine. of Stanford University, made 32
feet. 6 1-4 inches in three standing
broad jumps.
Chicago. Chicago will ' entertain
trottlnar horse enthusiasts this week
Fanciers from Maine to California ana
from Northwestern Canada to Texas
will join In the deliberations. The
American Trotting Association convenes
Tuesday. Stewards of the Great West
ern circuit will meet Monday to deter
mine the 1913 Itinerary.
Chicago. President Johnson, of the
American League, will investigate
device of a Medford. Mass.. man who
claims by its use umpires can make no
mistake on their decision as to balls
and strikes.
San Francisco. Chairman James,
of the Pacific Athletic Association
says that Forest Sraithson. the hurdler
recently suspended by the registration
committee of the Southern Pacific Asso
elation, will have to abide by the de
clslon of National Secretary Sullivan
of the American Athletic Union, and
appeal for reinstatement as an amateur
to the organization in Los Angeles.
London. Oxford and Cambridge
played their annual association foot
ball match Saturday on tne wueens ciud
grounds. A score of two goals each
was the result.
London Percy Lambert broke all
world's records in a motor car by ac
complishing 103 miles in an hour.
He covered 50 miles in 29 minutes 2-5
seconds, and 100 miles in 67 minutes
9 3-8 seconds. His car had a motor of
only 25-horsepower.
Philadelphia The 11th annual re
gatta of the American Rowing Asso
ciation, known as the American Henely,
ill be held on the Schuylkill Klver,
Philadelphia, May 31.
Pasadena, Cal. The Pasadena polo
team defeated the Santa Barbara ag
gregation here Saturday, 12 to 5,
Hawaii and Boise will play Monday.
Boston Manager Stalllngs, of the
Boston Nationals, is arranging for the
team's Southern trip. He denies rumors
of trades with New York or other
clubs. At his home In Haddock, Ga.,
be will be Joined in a few days by bat
tery candidates.
New York Manager Dahlen. of the
Brooklyn baseball club, has left for
Augusta, Ga to prepare for the train
ing camp of the team.
Chicago Twenty-five players of the
Chicago National League baseball club
started for Tampa, Fla.. Saturday night.
Champaign. 111. The University of
Illinois track team defeated the Uni
versity of Chicago 59 to 27.
Dave Skeela, the Indian pitcher signed
by Joe Cohn for 1913, is boxing daily
at the Spokane Y. M. C. A. as a part
of his preliminary training for the
coming diamond season.
DRIVIXG CLUB PRESIDENT
HAS PILOTED HORSES
S3 VF.ARS. .
A. C. Lobmlre.
A. C. Lohmire. president of the
Riverside Driving Club, Is the
oldest member of the old Mult
nomah Driving Association still
piloting harness performers about
the dirt tracks.
When the Riverside Driving
Club was organized 17 years ago
Mr. Lohmire was one of ttfe men
prominent in its formation. He
has been driving horses for 26
years, and plans to compete In
the club matinees this season.
During the 17 years of the River
side Driving Club he has held
some office every year but one.
and baa always been a bard
worker for the success of racing
In Portland and the Northwest. -
Mr; Lohmire owns three horses.
Borena D, a trotter with a mark
of 2:17; Ikey. by Everget by
Prodigal, a green pacing geld
ing, and The Arc Light, by
Searchlight a green pacing stal
lion. The two first named are
now at Pleasanton under the care
of Dick Wilson, and Lohmire
hears many flattering reports of
their workouts.
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HOLDOUTS CAUSE DELAY
TACOSLfV AND VICTORIA EACH
HAVE FOUR OX LIST.
Kennedy, of Vancouver, Refuses to
Play Cnless He Gets More Pay. .
McGtnnity Signs 22 Men.
While Nick Williams; like Walter
McCredle, is devoting bis spare time to
plans for training camp games and
the judicious decrease of his rather
unwieldy staff of players, several other
Northwestern League managers are
still worrying over the problem of
player-signing.
Latest accounts from Tacoma are
to the effect that Joe McGinnlty, the
new Tiger boss, has four holdouts,
four Victoria players are demanding
more money, while Ed Kennedy, tn
Portland jailer, is one of the .Van
couver recalcitrants.
Kennedy has returned two contracts
to Bob Brown without affixing his
signature. He had a good year In
1912, and Is after a commensurate in
crease in pay. Pitchers Kaufman and
Wilson, Shortstop Rawllrgs and First
Baseman Brooks are the Victoria
holdouts, while McGinnity's squad is
composed of Pitcher Concannon, Out
fielder Stidello, Pitcher Crlger and
Catcher Siebt. McMuIlen asks that he
be given a part of the purchase price
BASEBALL IS THE MOST UNCERTAIN
AMUSEMENT BUSINESS, SAYS EXPERT
Judge McCredie Says Theatrical Man May Present First-Class Production and Gate Receipts Swell, but Not So
With National Game.
. BY W. W. M'CREDIB,
President Portland Pacific Coast and North
western HaseDall C1UDS.
ARTICLE III,
BASEBALL is the
most uncertain
and fluctuat
ing business going.
The theatrical man
presents a first
class production
and the gate re
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ceipts w e i L Not t
only
ball
ner,
lem
which
tal one, enters into the situation.
Give us a winning team and good
weather in Portland and there is money
in baseball. But give us a mediocre
team and bad weather, centering on
Sundays, and asset becomes a liability.
The margin between success and fail
ure Is not large, despite popular be
liefs to the contrary. Several years
ago we had seven Sunday games post
Doned on account of rain or wet
grounds. Add to this a few holiday.
dates and profits are erasea irom mo
balance sheet The element of weather
must not be overlooked by those fig
uring wonderful profits from baBebaU.
Year's Attendance 203.401.
The public Is not a good attendance
expert I have had people estimate
last year's attendance at Vaughn
street Park' at 80,000. As a matter of
fact the paid admissions totaled 203
491, Including boys, bleachers and
grandstand.
This figure, based on 90 games,
makes an average of under 2300 - a
game. Week day crowds range from
300 to 1000, with even as low as 50
on decldely bad days, while Sunday
crowds range from 2000 to 4500 outside
of the big ones. The opening day of
the season, with the first Sunday,
draws from 8000 to 11,000 people. Ask
the average fan what a Sunday crowd
Is and he'll glance at bleachers and
grandstand and swell a 4000 gate into
an 8000 one.
The average fan has little or no Idea
of the money involved in a baseball
club. He read the papers, listens te
a
must the base- &
team be a win- r ; -"Mt
, but the prob- t- &
of weather, t tt "K .
is a most vl- fc. . ...A- th,...jJi
if sold or drafted.' but McGinnlty
refuses to enter into such an agree
ment. " Otto Moore, the Vancouver. - Wash.,
boy who caught for Nick Williams'
squad part of two seasons, has been
signed by Bob Brown, of Vancouver.
Brown thinks Moore will make a
good -player.
McGinnlty has the contracts of 22
men in for his 1913 Tigers. The pitch
ers are: Churchill, Boise, Welcher,
Kurflss. Bedford and Walernous; out
fielders. Neighbors, Cox, Fisher and
Harris; in fielders, Keller, Nordyke, Mc
MuIlen, Jansen, Chick; catchers, Crit
tenden, Foley, Elbert. Crowel. Joe
will lead the pitchers while he is
angling for an old Newark receiver.
"Spike" Shannon, veteran outfielder of
the majors and American Association,
who has been out of the game for
two seasons, will be given a tryout.
No sooner had Mike Lynch signed
up Burrell, of Vernon for third base,
than he announced the prospective
purchase of an outfielder from the
New York State League. The man
hits around .350.
COAST SWIMMERS TO MEET
Championships to Be Held at San
Francisco July 4.,
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 15. San Fran
cisco is to have a championship swim
ming meet next Jul, 4. Invitations
were sent out today to Wallace L.
Robb, president of the Soifthem Cali
fornia Swimming Association, and to
the numerous baseball arguments, and
estimates the salary cost of a team
then figuring all as profit above this.
But he overlooks the fact that there
is an additional cost of from 35 to 40
per cent Including purchase of the re
leases of players, railroad fare, hotel
expenses, ground rent, baseball equip
ment gate men, ticket sellers, ground
keepers, guards .etc.
Beavers Prove Costly.
Last year the Beavers cost us nearly
160,000. exclusive of money for ground
rent or purchase of releases of play
ers. So, you see, that before we begin
to place money In the bank to the ac
count labeled "profits," we must take
In more than $60,000 as our share of
the gate receipts.
Based on five trips from Portland a
Beason, we pay 85000 to the raliroa'l
companies for transportation, berths
and meals. Other expenses on the
road, chief of which are hotel bills, add
$6000 to this. The only expense the
player has on the road is the purchase
of shoes and gloves. We furnish suits,
alls, bats, protectors and other equip
ment
"You have a splendid park out here;
one ot tne best In the country, lou ii
have it paid for .this year," was a re
mark I heard from many sources last
season. Instead of paying for that
830,000 park, we were unable to make
a payment on it last season.
We have a lease on the ground at
Twenty-third and Vaughn streets for
ten years, .t the end of that time, or
as soon as the city sees fit to put a
street through the property, we expect
to move to a permanent location. This
means another big outlay, but before
that we should lay aside 83000 a year
to pay for the present plant Add to
this $2000 Interest and there Is $5000
additional which must be earned year
ly, to say nothing of rent and Interest
on our property in South Portland.
Losing Team Fatal.
However, the public goes to see a
team win. Is willing to sit on hard
benches for from 90 to 120 minutes if
the expected reward is in sight But
it won't sit for half an hour In the
beat opera chair in the world to see a
losing team in action.
Each year baseball becomes more
complicated and the expense of man-;
MEETS OEEGON AGRICULTURAL
NIGHT.
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LOWER HOW, LEFT TO H1UUT,
swimming clubs at Portland. Seattle
and other Coast cities. Duke Kahana
moku, the Honolulan who carried off
the swimming honors at the last Olym
pic games, and other celebrities will
be asked to participate.
. The meet, it was announced today,
will- be sanctioned by the Pacific Ath
letic Association. It will be the first
championship swimming event held on
the Pacific Coast in several years, and
the promoters are planning a compre
hensive programme.
There will be races for women and
for schoolboys under 1 years. Miss
Dolly Ming, champion girl swimmer of
Southern California, and other women
prominent in sport on the Coast are ex
pected to take part.
The meet will be held In a tank that
will be especially equipped for cham
pionship races.
GEORGE CORNWALL IS ILL
Portland Boy Unable to Pilot Craft
In California Races.
OAKLAND, Cal.. Feb. 15. (Special.)
The eight, representing the Senators,
upset all dope on the estuary today,
by taking two races straight in the
annual interciass regatta. The sopho
mores came in second in both places.
The winning boat contained Arthur
Eaton, varsity captain, and three others
of the men who will row against the
University of Washington and Stanford
in April.
George Cornwall, the Portland candl
date for coxswain on the freshman
boat, was on the sick list and was un-
able to pilot the green craft.
agement are greater. In 1902, when
Joe Grimm had a championship team
in Portland, he carried 11 men and had
a monthly salary roll of $900. Last
year we carried about 20 men and paid
out in salaries nearly $6000 a month.
That's quite a change in 11 years,
isn't it?
Every year I have been in baseball.
with the w 'ollowlng the San Fran
cisco earthquake and fire of 1906, It
has cost more to run the baseball
team.
This Is due to two things growth of
the city, which entitles It to better
ball, and increase in salaries of players.
Cleaner Players Nowadays.
With the increase in salaries has
come a cleaner and more temperate
class of baseball players.
I heard a woman say once that she
was opposed to Sunday baseball be
cause she was afraid that her boy
would become a professional baseball
player.
If her boy has the talent becoming
a professional baseball player would
in nine cases out of ten. be the best
thing in the world for him.. If he has
the ability to rise In the profession he
can educate himself and save enough
money to give him a start in business
wnen he la ready to retire from active
participation in athletics.
Eighty per cent of the ball players
of today save money. I am confident
that that percentage holds good on trie
Portland Coast League team. It's easy
to tell the boys who save money by
the kind of reports Walter turns Into
me. If they collect much money on
the road It's almost a sure sign that
they are not thrifty. The man who
gets a full check when he gets home is
the one with the big bank account
The man who saves money Is, as a
rule, the one who causes us least trou
ble. He seldom worries about bis sal
ary, and very infrequently asks for
more money than that to which he Is
entitled. On the other hand, the man
who spends every cent Is often dis
gruntled and has an inflated idea of
his value to the club.
1913 BASEBALL IS ON
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Season Open Here Today With
Workout by Players.
WILLIAMS ISSUES CALL
Terry JfcCune May Manage Pendle
ton Western Tri-State League
. Team Local Diamond Per
formers to Sec Wolgast Fight.
The 1913 baseball season will be in
augurated this afternoon at Vaughn-
street Park, when more than a dozen
players, major and minor leaguers,
gather for the initial workout of the
year.
Nick Williams, manager of the Colts,
was infected with the diamond germ
by yesterday's balmy weather and is
sued the call for a workout. Not a
ballplayer approached pleaded previous
engagement to keep hi-n from the lot.
Among the men who will be seen in
uniform are: Walter McCredle. manager
of the Beavers; Nick Williams, manager
of the Colts: Eddie Mnsor, Pittsburg
outfielder; Eastley, Doty and FItchner.
Colt pitchers; Pearl Casey, Northwest
ern League umptre; Maxmeyer. pitching
free lance; Bladen, Colt catcher; Jack
son, form-r Colt catcher, and Terry
McKune, former Coaster Infielder. In
addition a number of other men are
expected to don uniform for the first
time in 1913.
Batting fungoes, playing catch and
rejuvenating the baii-ng eye will be
the features of the day, while Bladen,
Williams' receiving recruit, will be giv
en a chance to show his ability in peg
ging about the bases.
Terry McKune, who has played sec
ond base and shortstop on several Pa
cific Coast League teams, appearing in
a Leaver uniform at second base in
1911, when Bill Rodgers was on the
hospital list, will wear a baseball suit
again this season. Terry has several
offers for 1913, including Missoula, Vic
toria and Tacoma.
Terrv may manage one of the West
ern Tri-State League clubs this sea
son, Nick Williams recommending him
for the Pendleton berth. He has had
mnnv vpars' exDerlence in tne game.
Cliff Blankenship. of Missoula. Is par
ticularly anxious to land McKune. writ.
Ing to Williams to use his influence in
securing Terry's signature io ."
nf ihA Union Association club
Cliff says that, he will look to Nick
to furnish him with a couple of pitchers
when the season opens.
v.a nntT. Colt Ditcher, expects to
leave Portland Monday or Tuesday for
San Francisco, where he win root ir
Ad Wolgast to whip '.tommy Murphy on
Saturday afternoon. Ed. as well as
Ad. Is a MIchlgander and is sure that
the Cadillac boy win win.
"no,." Sr-hmleder. the Beaver train
er. is another player who will be on
hand to watch Wolgast ant iuurpiijr
change wallops.
vifir William rece ved a telegram
ii.at.rav from Charley Graham, the
Sacramento baseball man, asking that
an answer be made regarding training
season dates wUh the cons. xwck.
received no wora irum v,i ..... -
no- slimes, the former message eviuc
ly being sidetracked. He is not sure
ko h .on nrransre meetings with the
Senators, but will open negotiations
with Graham immediately.
Billy Smith, manager of the Atlanta
club, of the Southern League, is trying
to sell a catcher named Pat Graham to
Williams. He asKS ir mo
he purchased from Rochester last sea
son.
SPORTING SPARKS
THE first fatality or me uo
ball season occurred at Mlllvllle,
N. j., last week, George Sharp, a 10-vear-old
boy. being killed almost in
stantly when struck on the head by
a bat in the hands of a schoolmate.
iliir Tlues-lns is still having trouble
with Ed Konetcby, the Cardinal first
sacker. Ed is holding out for a stiff
price, and the new manager of the St
Louis Nationals says he'll not get the
coin.
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Dnn rumor has it that Johnny Kllng
will lead the Topeka club this season.
Hans Wagner's basketball team has
won 46 games this Winter.
0mm
chief Bender, the Indian twlrler of
the Athletics, is the only pitcher who
has led his league tor two years.
wlf of the managers In the National
League will be new men this year,
and three of them will be managers
for the first time. Stalllngs, Kvers,
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Dr. Jack M. Yates, newly elect
ed commodore of the Portland
Yacht Club, has been an aruent
member of the Oregon Yacht
Ciub for the last five years. This
is the first office held by him J
since connected with the club. I
"Judging from the present in- I
dications I look for a very .pros- i
perous year for the Oregon Yacht J
Club," said Dr. Yates yesterday.
"I will do everything in my power
to make a success of anything J
that the club may undertake to i
do. It wfli be several months I
.before the club will begin its ac
tive work."
Dr. Yates Is the owner of two
fast motorboats, the 'question
Mark" and "Billlken."
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Hug-gins and Tinker are the men,
Stalllngs being the only one with ma
jor league managerial experience.
Chance, of New York, and Birming
ham, of Cleveland, will be the new
American League managers to start,
but both of them have had experience.
Chance piloted the Chicago Cubs and
3frmingham had much experience in
1912. Stovall might be listed among
the new ones, but he started early last
year.
Princeton has tentatively arranged
for six football games next Fall. The
prospective schedule: September 27,
Rutgers at Princeton; October 4, no
contest arranged: October 11. no con
test arranged: October 18, Syracuse, at
Princeton; October 23, Dartmouth at
Princeton or New York; November 1,
Holy Cross at Princeton: November 8.
Harvard at Princeton; November 18,
Yale at New Haven.
The English polo team, which plays
the Americans on June 10 or 14, will
leave for this country early in May.
W. s. Buckmaster. F. M. Freake. Lord
Wodehouse. G. Belvlile, Captain Ritson
and Captain Cheape are among the men
who expect to leave on May 10. Thirty-five
ponies will be shipped to the
United States for the matches.
An official Invitation has been sen
to the United States Golf Association
to send four professionals to play
against four French "pros" on the La
Boulie links, near Paris, from June 24
to July 1.
While the Yale rowing officials have
decided against the English coach and
boat rigger for the season, the "Oxon
ian swing" will be developed. The com
mittee gleaned several valuable points
in its close-range study of the Oxford
crew at work.
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The warm sunshine is rapidly melt
ing the snow in the foothills of Mount
Hood. E. Frangettl, proprietor of the
famous Rhododendron Inn. was a Port
land visitor yesterday. Ho says there
is less than a foot of snow at his place
now, although the covering was four
or five feet deep when the local ski
clubs went through a month ago.
Johnnv Bender, of the Washington
State College Is recruiting men for his
athletic teams from Seattle, hoping to
beat the Washington boys with men
from the very doors of the rival campus.
Next week a carload of blooded dogs
will be shipped East by San Francisco
kennel fanciers to compete in the big
shows across the Rockies. St Joseph,
k-ansaa Citv. Dallas and Fort worm
are four cities which will be Invaded.
The object Is to advertise the big ken
nel show, which will oe nem aunng
the exposition in 1915 at San Francisco.
D. O. Lively already has sent out let
ters to the parent kennel clubs asking
them to suspend their rules so that
these dogs can compete.
In a Seattle Interview Rube Mar
quard says Zimmerman, of the Cubs,
and Hans Wagner are the hardest men
he has faced. Zimmerman likes 'em
anywhere between his shoo tops and
his hairline, while Wagner can get
more stuff behind a wild pitch than any
other batsman living.
Mike Yokel, the Salt Lake wrestler
who defeated Eddlo O'Connell a couple
of years back, won straight falls from
Walter Miller, the St. .Paul middle
weight, and now claims the middle
weight championship. The match was
held In Duluth and the first fall went
considerably over one hour.
Glenn Warner, athletic head at
Carlisle, denies that he received $2500
from New York for signing Thorpe to
a Giant contract A rival scout was
responsible for the story that Thorpe
cost McGraw $6000 in salary, a $2500
bonus to Warner and a $500 bonus to
the Indian.
Interscholasb'c Notes
CHARLEY MORGAN, member of the
Woodlawn Grammar School football
and basketball team last year, has be
come a student of the Jefferson High
School. Morgan turned out with the
Jefferson basketball team recently and,
although he was out with the team for
a few days, he showed up in great
style. Morgan will try and make the
baseball team as well as the 1913 foot
ball eleven,
Jake Rlsley, star center on the 1912
Lincoln football eleven, has left Lin
coln and Joined the. Hill Military
Academy. While at the Lincoln school
Risley played fullback on the soccer
football team.
If the weather conditions are favor
able for the holding of baseball prac
tice next week more than 50 Lincoln
baseball aspirants will be out for the
tirst practice.
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Chick" Driscoll, former Christian
Brothers' Business College baseball
player, is now attending Lincoln High
School and hopes to be able to make
the Cardinal nine.
Coach Lee, of the Portland Academy
basketball team, will do everything in
nis power to have the interscholastlc
athletic directors vote to hold an inter
scholastlc swimming meet. The direc
tors ruled, seven months ago, not to
hold an aquatic meet "I think that,
an interschulaatic aquatic meet ought
io be held in preference to the cross
country run that Is now being held an
nually," said Coach Lee yesterday. "The
cross country run does more bodily
harm to an athlete tnun some people
imagine and I think that an aquatic
meet should be held In its place. 1 will
go before the next meeting of the In
terscholastlc athletic directors and try
and have the directors withdraw their
ruling, made several months ago, to do
away with the swimming meet."
Heine Wilson and Johnny Tllford, two
star baseball players on the Washing
ton High team last year, returned to
B-hool for the February term. Wilson
was captain of the team last year, and
his catching was of high order. Til
ford was one of the regular pitchers,
having a good record. The return of
these two players should strengthen
the championship chances of Washing
ton. Faul Adams, manager of the Wash
ington High basketball team, has ar
ranged for a game witl- the University
of Oregon Freshmen to be played on
the Washington gymnasium floor, on
March 1. The Portland boys are
anxious to gain a victory over the Uni
versity quintet, having lost the first
game to the Bugene boys recently by
an overwhelming score.
New tract mid field material was
discovered in the Washington February
Freshmen class In Al v tide, who halls
irom British Columbia with a record as
being a last lOu anc 2110-yard dash
man. Wlide has bee- out for Indoor
practice and has ehowi up well.
VVa'ter Powers, the sensational Wash
ington High one-hunded pitcher was re
turned to school to tak a post-graduate
course and will be seen again In a
uniform this season. Powers' pitching
was due greatly to the success of the
Washington nine last year.
Coach Fenstermacher. of he Wash
ington basketball quintet is not cr.
t'ident that his players will be able
to defeat the Jefferson quintet Friday
and until that day he will put his
team through hard practice