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MISHAP IRS BERT
Colt Pitcher Slated for Athlet
ics When He Hit Nadeau
in the Head.
CONTROL STRANGELY FLITS
Young Hurler Expects to Get in
Shape Again and Is Sure He
Will Get Over His Only Dia
mond Fault, AVildnewj.
Bert Fltchner, the knuckle ball artist
who Is expected to prove one of the
stellar mound performers of the North
western League this season if he can
curb his erratic tendencies, lost his al
most perfect control and a chance to
play last season with the Philadelphia
Athletics when he "beaned" Phil
Nadeau at Chehalis on July 4, 1911.
From a sensational pitcher, with a
Jons string of victories, due to con
trol of a fast one, curve and a knuckle
ball, Fitchner quit pitching for the
reason after the incident which kept
Nadeau in sljmberland for several
days. He went to the outfield for the
remainder f the season, and when he
started in again last year he found
that his once-vaunted control was
missing.
Mack Quits Deal Suddenly.
"Dusty" Miller, former Chicago out
fielder, who was at the head of the
Chehalis club In 1911. had practically
closed negotiations for the sale of
Fitchner to the Athletics a day or two
before July 4. Connie Mack requested
Miller to work his pitcher bard and
often during the remainder of the sea
son, and when Bert's nervousness
forced him to abandon the mound Mack
refused to continue dickering with
Miller.
This fellow Fitchner would be one
of the best pitchers in the country if
he could control the ball." says Walter
McCredie.
The Portland boy thinks that he will
recover his control this season, and
Nick Williams Is going to give him
every chance to prove it. Bert is only
22 years old and has been pitching but
three years. He has splendid speed, an
asset valuable enough for a winning
pitcher, and in addition has a good
curve and the knuckle ball, sometimes
called the "dry spltter."
Start Pitcher Dramatic.
Fitchner was working as a fireman
iu the terminal yards of Portland a few
years ago. One day "Whitey" McBrlde.
"who has caught for Bert for two sea
sons, invited him to watch a game at
Oregon City between the Albina ani
Oregon City clubs of the Tri-City
League.
The pitcher failed to show up and
Bert was Invited to "toss them over."
He did with such effect that the Albina
stiuad won. 18 to 9.
In 1911 Fitchner won nine games and
lost one for Chehalis before the Na
deau incident. In 1912 he and Mc
Brlde jumped Chehalis and went to On
tario. Or, of the Snake Valley League.
Fitchner won 12 straight games under
the name of "Mysterious" Morse, and
then, when the Washington State
League broke up, went to La Grande,
where he finished the season. He re
ceived a tryout with the Beavers late
In the season and got a Northwestern
League contract for 1913.
Fitchner Is a good outfielder and a
fair infielder. In addition to being a
pitcher with wonderful possibilities.
He played the outfield for La Grande
when not pitching and hit over .300.
In 1911 be batted .153 for Chehalis.
When he quits pitching the Portland
boy expects to become an outfielder.
CLAIM TO nTCIENKIl ASSURED
x Board of Arbitration Awards Dis
puted Player to Portland.
AUBURN, N. TM Feb. 22. John H.
Farrell. chairman of the board of arbi
tration of the National Association of
Professional Baseball Leagues, tonight
announced the following decisions:
Awards Clarence V. Marshall to
Dallas: Bert Fitchner to Portland, Or.
Claims disallowed J. J. Farrell,
against Dallas; H. Slner, against Se
attle. The Texas and Oklahoma League has
reorganized with the following cities:
Wichita Falls. Sherman. Dennison,
Bonham, Paris and Texarkana. Tex.;
Ardmore and Durant, Ok la.
CHICAGO DOG WINS HONORS
St rath ways Prince Albert, English
Bulldog, Best at New York Show.
NEW YORK. Feb. 22. The West has
cored heavily at the big dog show of
the Westminster Kennel Club here.
Etrathways Prince Albert, an English
bull dog owned by Alexander S. Stew
art, of Chicago, who won over six im
portations which Arnold Lawson, of
Boston, recently acquired for about
J 20.000 in Individual contests, has re
ceived the award of the best dog in
the whole show, out of 2500 other ex
hibits. It is the first time that this
coveted distinction has been won by a
bull dog. In 1912. Kenmore Sorceress,
an Airedale, won, and in 1911 Tickle-Km-Jock.
a Scottish terrier, was placed
drsfc
The reserve honors in this best of
all-breeds exhibit was also taken by
a Western entry Vlckery Estelle, a
wire-haired fox terrier, owned by
Verry & Crawford, of Chicago.
"Amateur Athletics.
Jack. Day. who made the all-star
RTGHNER'S GHANGE
1912 Portland lnterscholastie football
, a a m inim-o h1n ankle In track prac
tice recently. The star football player
will try and represent Hill in the hur
dles In the coming track meets.
The newsboys' basketball team de
feated the Sunnyside quintet, 12 to 6,
Friday night, adding another triumph
to its long string. The newsies lay
claim to the 115-pound city basketball
championship and are willing to meet
any quintet at that weight. Games can
be arranged by calling Max Lewis.
Main 163.
The Jewish Boys' Athletic Club sec
ond team would like to hear from any
local team with an average of 125
pounds. The Jewish boys' first and
second teams have made a record this
season and lay claim to the 140 and
125-pound championships, respectively.
Reginald Prideaux, football star on
the 1912 Columbus Club eleven, will be
out for baseball this year. He may
turn out with the Columbus team.
Ray Henkle. sensational local semi
professional twlrler, has declared his
Intention of playing with the Harrlman
baseball nlne this season.
M'CARTY TALKS TO Y1LLAKD
Champion Tells Contender He Will
Fight Hlin if He Wins Bont.
CHICAGO, Feb. 22. Jess Wlllard, the
big Kansan, was told today by Luther
McCarty, the white heavyweight cham
pion, that if he would defeat "Gun
boat" Smith er Bombardier Wells, he
might have a chance at the champion
ship. McCarty told Wlllard that even
if he did obtain a shade in their fight
in New York, he had done nothing
worthy of notice in the fighting line
since that time, and Willard bad to
admit the champion was right.
"Suppose Willard did shade me In
New York," McCarty said. "X was then
a green fighter. Since that time I have
whipped the best white men in the
ring. Wlllard has defeated no one of
note. I think it only fair that he win
a good fight or two before be asks an
other chance with me."
McCarty admitted he had no great
desire to meet Jack Johnson, but said
that if the public demanded such a
match he was willing to fight.
BAD TRACK HURTS CAUSE
UNIVERSITY OP "WASHINGTON
MEN DISINTERESTED.
Loss of Ira Courtney and Don Evans
Seems to Have Had Depressing
Resnlt in Athletics.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON,
Seattle, Feb. 22. (Special.) If the
turnouts of the University of Washing
ton track team are Indicative of the
interest that Is displayed here this year
it is certain that Washington will not
occupy a potent place in the Northwest
conference this season.
So far men have apparently been
averse to donning the spikes for hard
training, despite the unusually favor
able training weather. Dr. D. C Hall
is "up In the air" regarding his men,
and although Glen Phlbrook, one of the
Olympic weight men of Notre Dame,
has signified his willingness to assist
the weight men, there seems to be a
total disinterest in cinder and field
sports.
The loss of Ira Courtney, Washing
ton's crack sprinter; Donald Evans,
high jumper, who have always been
hightpoint winners for the varsity,
seems to have had a depressing result
on the purple and gold athletes.
Dr. Hall hopes that with the regis
tration of Kltt Carr and Paul Clyde,
who will handle the sprints and dis
tance events, the Washington chances
will be slightly boosted. Both of these
men were Lincoln High School athletes,
holding the Northwest records in their
departments.
As yet there have not been sufficient
candidates on the field to justify actual
hard work. Poor track conditions are
largely responsible for the lack of in
terest. MARSHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
ENVIABLE EE CORD IN
Rack raw. left to rlzfct Jrasea.
tackle; Lerocq, guard; Walters, tackle; Cnrtla, guard; Kelgard, student
maaaaer. Middle row G. Johnaon. end; Noble, nard; Clark, fallback;
Crania, roach; Iaaaeson, left half; Krone, right half. Lower row Fair
chllda, tjnarter; Captain Stataman, quarter; Haines, guard.
The Marshfleld High School football eleven has not met with a single
defeat since the season of 1900, when it first organized. Owing to the
lack of traveling facilities, the team has been handicapped In extended
trips through Oregon to meet other fast teams.
Judging from the past record of the team, the Coos Bay eleven might
win laurels should a trip through other parts of the state be arranged
next season.
A number of alumni of the school who played on college teams have
made good records.
THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. POKTLAND. FEBRUARY 83,. 1913.
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TO BE BIG AFFAIR
30 Teams of Five Men, 50 of
Two and .150 Individuals
Expected for Event.
PRIZES ARE ATTRACTIVE
Large Entry List to Assure Sub
stantial Sums for Winners Ef
fort Is Made to Keep Teams
From "Breaking Up."
Thirty five-man teams, 50 two-man
teams and 150 Individuals, is the mark
J. W. Blaney, of the Oregon Bowling
Alleys, has set for the first annual
Oregon State Bowling Tournament,
scheduled for the Seventh street alleys
on March 24-29, inclusive.
Portland alley enthusiasts who met
with Mr. Blaney last week to discuss
plans for the coming state competi
tions promise from 15 to 20 teams from
Tortland. The six clubs of the City
League, eight of the Commercial and
four of the Big Four League are ex
pected to fall into line, while the Colum
bus Club promises to enter three or
four teams and the Multnomah Club at
least two. Then a number of inde
pendent rollers are talking of organiz
ing fives for the meet.
As the tourney Is open only to bow
lers who live in Oregon or have lived
here until recently. Vancouver and
w.ahincrtnn tnwnn will tin barred
from the meet. It was at first decided
to Invite bowlers from near-Dy siaies,
but the promoters do not wish to fight
the Vancouver, B. C, affair of April
7. However, teams are expected from
Astoria, Tillamook, Rainier, Hood River,
r nu Aihanv Salem. Euaene.
Pendleton and other o'regon towns.
Figuring prizes on a uai m m
entries listed above, with 40 per cent
of the total entry fee to the winners,
and so on down the line until the fund
Is exhausted, tne top team of the five
man squads will receive $180, the two
man winners 120, and the individual
champion $180. Entrance fees are to be
$3 a man each event.
Mr. Blaney has already sent posters
announcing the tourney to practically
every town and city in Oregon, and
will follow this up by communicating
with the owners of alleys with the re
quest that they boost for the state
tourney. '
. i .i hnivWo have decided
against the breaking up of organized
teams to dowi in me nmm
Just how successfully they can enforce
this remains to be seen, but every
city league squad is pledged to enter
as it rolled in the circuit schedule, and
many of the Commercial League quin
tets. The idea is to insure a big en
try list by preventing the dissolution
of more than half of the teams in the
city.
n , thA Portland bowlers in
advocating secession from the West
ern Bowling uongress ana me 'b
izatlon of the Northwestern Bowling
Congress is a most radical one but
is the logical outcome of the Vancou
ver embroglio and the events leading
up to it.
For years, ever since the "Western
Bowling Congress was organized, the
West has had annual tourneys, but
really one every two years for North
and South. One year Northwestern
bowlers are in the throes of a big
alley tourney and the next are repre
sented by perhaps half a dozen teams
in California. So with California when
FOOTBALL TEAM MAKES AN
SOUTHWESTERN OBEtiOW.
eadi Lyons, veateri A. Johnaon,
BOWLING
OURNEY
the meeting Is staged in the North
west.
The Northwest Bowling Congress un
doubtedly will be organized at Van
couver in April, during the indepen
dent Northwest tourney to be staged
in that month. Then the bowlers of
the Northwest will be assured of an
nual tournaments in cities within reach
of all.
Portland is after the 1914 Northwest
Bowling Congress tourney. When dele
gates gather at Vancouver in April the
claims of this city for the first annual
gathering the alley experts will be ad
vanced by a squad of from 10 to 20
men.
With the opening of a new set of al
leys, nine drives in all, this city has
the facilities for the staging of a big
bowling meet, and steps will be taken
to place Portland in the vanguard of
bowling cities on the Coast
The Oregon ' Bowling Alleys, which
will be the scene of the state tourney,
will be thrown open to the public Sat
urday night if present plans do not
go awry. On opening night a city
championship meet in singles will be
staged, with the crack bowlers of Port
land in action.
Another contest is proposed between
the champion Meier & Frank team and
a picked team, while one plan is for
the first two City League teams, Meier
& Frank and Dwight-Edwards, to
meet two teams containing the pick of
the Commercial League bowlers. Prizes
will be awarded In all events.
A clothing league, composed of four
or five teams representing Portland
clothing firms, is one of the prospective
Summer circuits of the Oregon alleys.
Ben Selling. R. M. Gray, Rosenblatts
and Lion Clothing Company are among
the entrants.
Bowling Averages
THE following are the individual
and team standings of the Com
mercial and Big Four Bowling Leagues
to date:
Commercial League Standings.
W. L. P.C.
Honey man 3fl 9 .00
Foreater 28 18 .0-14
White Crows 22 13 .642
Wright & Ultion 19 19 .500
City Hall 1H 21 ,4-JS
Lanir & Co 15 27 .3r4
Dooly A Co T 33 .iua
Individual averages: Scharpff 181,
Capan 176, Dillinger 180, Moore 177,
Tonsing 176, f ink 177, Nell 177, Woldt
177, Frost 174, McGinnls 173, Fint 174,
Heffron 173, Meister 174, McMahan 173,
Martin 176, Fisher 172, Kellar 172, Phil
ips 173, Cook 170, Krause 171, Rice
170, Anderson 169. Barofsky 169, Fran
cis 170, Howard 167, Deaver 166, Hing
ley 165, Terry 166, Baird 168, Mahoney
164, Driggs 168, Chatry 162, Ditmar
162, Cregor, Sr.. 162, Elgar 164, Arma
tige 161, Dooly 163, Owen 156, E. F.
Peterson 160, Wilkinson 169, Richards
163, Smith 153, Behr 167, Russell 157,
Henderson 157, F. E. Peterson 155,
Whiteside 156. Turnkey 155, Glover 154,
O. Shroyer 153, Aaron 151, Cherry 152,
Dargon 161, Grego, Jr. 150, Richardson
146, Werschul 145. H. S. Shoyer 140,
Wohlfeil 151, Gruman 153, Sawyer 170.
BIk Four League Standings.
W. L. P.C.
Imperials 35 7 .777
Telegram
Shoe" Do'gV.'.'.V.V.V..'. 10 32
Individual standings Miller 173,
White 184, Neil 167, Stever 170, Philips
163, Bartle 163, Brunvold 158, Camptsll
158, Chaterton 159, Gavin 160, Jones
ten IT P Potornnn 159. Garrett 153,
Cooper 163, Babb 150, Winter 149, Wurz-
Wellder 149, Johnson 11. Btone it,
lie DiirlhilM . 4R Rutta 143. W.
Peterson 142, Smith 141, McClelland 156,
Pike 141, Gotch 132, Wellington 162, and
Deppe 142.
H'BERNIA WlliS TROPHY
SAVIXGS BAXK BASKETBALL
FIVE LOSES NO GAMES.
For Second Consecutive Season Team
Takes Bankers' League
Championship.
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Hibernia 3
Ltumbermens ...........
U. S. National 2
Ladd & Tilton 1
L. Pot.
e 1.000
1 .760 i
1 . .Obt
2 .833
4 .000
First National . O
The Hibernia Savings Bank basket
ball team has cinched the 1913 Bank
ers' League championship for the sec
ond consecutive season, and won the
silver trophy donated by the Portland
Chapter of the American Institute of
Banking.
The Hibernia Bank quintet Is corn
nosed of the best local amateur talent,
and had little trouble in repeating its
performance of 1912. The Lumbermens
National Bank five were the runners
up in the league, with three wins and
one defeat. Tne lrst isauona; Das-
ketball team played only one game
this season, losing to the Hibernia
players and forfeiting the remaining
three scheduled games.
It is probable the American Banking
Institute will direct all athletics in the
future. There will be a strong base
ball league, representing nearly all the
banks of the city in the field this sea
son.
BOAT CLCB ARRANGES SMOKER
Programme Prepared Includes Box
ing Contests and Music.
"Talkalogues." "gab-fests," songs,
music and punch, both liquid and fistic,
are promised at the first smoker of
the Portland Motor-Boat club on Feb
ruary 27. The entertainment commit
tee has been working hard to arrange
for a good time for everybody.
The smoker will take place in the
Portland Motor-Boat Clubrooms.
Tom O'Rourke won his libel suit
against a London newspaper, the
Judge awarding him damages to the
amount of $250 and costs.
L
REVOLVER EXPERT
Average Score 224 21-23 Out
of 250 Possible 200
Rated as Good.
CAPT. MOORE RANKS HIGH
Feat of Slaking 200 Average Con
sists of Hitting Within 2 3-4-Inch
Circle Every Shot From
Distance of 60 Feet.
W. H. Hubbard, for many years a
member of the Portland Revolver Club,
of the National Revolver Association
League, finished the. 1912-1913 season
with the highest average, and Captain
J. T. Moore, who equaled the world's in
dividual 25 revolver shot indoor record,
a close second.
Hubbard took part in 23 of the 25
matches shot by the local team in the
National Revolver Association, and his
score for the season was 224 21-23 out
of a possible 250. In order for any
shooter to make a score of 200 he must
be able to average a bull's-eye 2
Inches, shot from a distance of 60 feet,
free from any brace. In this bull's-eye
are possible scores of 8, 9 and 10. Re
volver experts consider 200 a good aver
age, and the fact that every member of
the Portland Revolver Club who took
active part in the shoots, with two ex
ceptions, have finished the season
which closed recently with an average
better than 200 shows that the Portland
team were crack shots.
. Moore Is Rated High.
Captain J. T. Moore, rated by his
team-mates as the deadest shot, took
part in .23 matches, and finished the
season with 222 5-23 average. In his
last shoot against Boston he equaled
, . .-in. inriiviHnnl indoor 25 revol
ver shot record, when he scored 237
points out of a possiDie sou.
Ufa fnit onnfiistpll tl f hittine a bull's
eye 2 inches in diameter, 25 consecu
tive times, with a revolver free from
.. , .. r,,. , t rr.t-n n rfintATice of 60 feet.
M Abraham, governor of the Port
land Revolver Club, is of the opinion
that had it not been for illness that
befell F. Sanders early in the season,
keeping him from taking active part
in the shoots, the Portland team would
have finished the season iar u
KnnHors took Dart in
two matches and made an average of
220.
It cime-n Good ShOtS.
The first night relief of the Portland
Police Department nas
crack revolver shot in L. K. Evans, mo
. ..ni. niinQmnn who made a won
derful record for a beginner. Evans
took part In seven matches, and made
an average or zis z-i p tom- -t
, ia onnthpr new man who is
worthy of mention, having made an
average of 212 5-6 in six
The Olympic Revolver Club has is
through George Arm
strong, member of the team, to meet
any revolver team in the United States
. 1, niaa at th Panama
Pacific Exposition in San Francisco,
and the Portland team am ut
to accept the challenge, and will meet
the Caliiornia men i o."
choose. , , .
The following are the individual
i tH t,rtiTid Revolver Club
averages .
members who have taken active part in
the shoots: HuDoara, a
222 5-23; Sanders, 220; Hansen,
. r AAr-ir sis 20-23: Clifford,
21 2-5; Evans, 213 2-7; Prescott.
212 5-6; Abraham, zii-; ui.
209; NewhalL 197 4-9; and J. O. Kler,
195 2-3. ,
Sporting Sparks
HUGH DUFFY will De out oi signt m
a few years at his present clip. In
1911 he managed the White box, in
1912 the Milwaukee Brewers, and this
year he will lead the Portland team of
the New England League.
Umpires are going to tog up like
battleships this season. They will
Diagram of Bollseye Showing
Captain Moore's Markamanahlp.
wear aluminum rib-protectors, concrete
knee-caps, leather toe-guards, blinders
and a bustle.
Jimmy Callahan, Clark Griffith and
John McGraw have figured it out that
by the use of five dozen baseballs, wise
ly distributed, Connie Mack has se
cured $50,000 worth of ball players in
HUBBARD
o
the last five years. Connie has habit
of sending baseballs to the smaller
colleges for the important games of a
season. As a result he always gets th
first tip on young stars. They say that
be considered Eddie Collins high priced
at $1.25.
The Central League of 1913 will be
composed of Dayton and Springfield,
Ohio; Fort Wayne, Terra Haute and
Evansville, Ind., and Grand Rapids,
Mich.
Charles Hillard. a member of the
George (Honey Boy) Evans Minstrels,
has been signed by the Pittsburg Pi
rates. He attracted attention as an
outfielder last season, when his com
pany was not playing. This is the first
time an actor has forsaken the foot
lights for the diamond.
The members of the Cincinnati club
of the United States League, who sued
for salaries due them after the league
broke up, won their cases and got their
money.
Pitcher Leonard, of the Spokane club,
the red-headed chap they call "Tiny,"
weighs 228 pounds. He was farmed
out to Walla Walla last season, but is
due for another chance with the In
dians this year.
National League clubs will travel
84,239 miles this season, against 84,850
for the American.
Hans Lobert, famous Philadelphia
thlrd-sacker, expects to buy land near
Chlco, Cal., and turn ranchman.
Glen Warner, the Carlisle Indian
coach, thinks that he has a coming
athletic marvel in the 14-year-old
brother of Jim Thorpe.
The Phoenix, Ariz., dates of the
Great Western trotting circuit are from
November 3 to 8.
Wftppr Rresnahan savs that he would
like to catch in 100 games for the Cubs
this season. However, it Arcner signs
up, which is probable, Jimmy will do
the bulk of the work.
Denver bowlers are planning for a
big city tourney the last week in March.
"Juarez race meeting, now on last
lap, is cleanest ever given there," says
the Cincinnati Enquirer. Other reports
would indicate that previous meetings
have been more than tainted.
Arlie Latham, the veteran player and
coach, is working in a New York bowl
ing alley.
Jim Thorpe says that his Indian name
is "Drags-His-Ropes."
Secretary Foster, of the New York
Club, rises to remark: "Does it seem
reasonable to strip Thorpe of his prizes,
title and records, because he was paid
for playing baseball, and turn them
over to a policeman? What's the dif
ference in the way Thorpe and Matt
McGrath make their living? One
swings a bat and the other swings a
club."
'
Charlie Murphy, who dubbed Chance
"Peerless Leader," says that Johnny
Evers is to be called, "Keystone King."
Oscar Vitt says that he has received
a letter from President Navin of the
Tigers that he cannot raise salaries as
he must have Ty Cobb at any cost.
A Washington critic says that
Hughey Jennings looks more like an
actor than any ballplayer he has ever
seen on the stage. Rube Marquard Is
a good ballplayer. Blossom Seeley con
cedes this.
GEARHART LIVELY PUCE
MULTNOMAH CLUB , SPECIAL
CARRIES 150 TO SHORE.
George Washington Dinner Followed
by Ball Formal Attraction With
Variety of Sports on Side.
GEARHART, Or., Feb. 22. (Special.)
The Multnomah Club special arrived
on time with 150 members and their
friends. Including a few from Astoria.
This number was augmented by 50
coming on a later train.
The afternoon was divided between
swimming and playing golf. Except
for the George Washington dinner and
grand ball at the Gearhart Hotel no
regular programme was carried out.
Following the ball most of the visitors
enjoyed another plunge in the tank.
The club basketball team accompany
ing the excursion went to Astoria and
came back to Gearhart for the dance.
Although it snowed as the train left
Astoria, two men tried the surf. To
morrow the handicap golf tournament
for a cup donated by O. W. Taylor, of
the Gearhart Hotel, will be the feature.
Beach sports, surf bathing and an ex
hibition at the tanks will fill out the
day. The special leaves at 5 o'clock
for the return trip.
Gnn Clnb Notes.
With E. L. Mathews, superintendent
of the Kenton trap shooting grounds,
who was injured recently, again in
charge, the largest gathering of trap
shooters of the present season is ex
pected to be out for practice today.
Many Portland trap shooters have
applied for membership cards to the
Portland Gun Club. The applications
will be acted upon at the next meeting
of the club.
m
TV, a Tnrtlnnri Police Dftnartmpnt in
contemplating an open challenge to
the police departments of the United
States for a five-team revolver indoor
telegrapnic suuuu
M, .Abraham, of the Portland Re
volver Club, has written George Arm
strong, of the Olympic Revolver Club,
asking him to try and arrange for a
shoot with the Portland team, to take
nlace in the near future. Should the
shoot be arranged, it will be of 10-men
teams and the shoot will take place
OF 1913
t iss "ofa.
Bll-scw$2iM lira
out of doors. The Portland shooters
are .confident that they would be ablo
to give the California team a hard
run.
The Portland Revolver Club will have
two teams in the field this year, headed
by two captains, to be elected in the
near future. Both teams will be pitted
against each other every Sunday and
the losing team will be compelled to
dine the winners.
New York The National Class A
18-2 balkline ' amateur billiard cham
pionship tournament was awarded to
Philadelphia. The tournament probably
will be held late in March.