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Newspaper Page Textt -ttTE SUNDAY OREGOSIM. FOKTLAKD, BKlTJSMHlfiK 28. 1913. , HARVARD PRESENTS POWERFUL ATTACK Maine University Eleven Crushed Under Score of 34 to 0. Is TIGERS DEFEAT RUTGERS Princeton Displays New Formations, Pennsylvania Team Is Strongest ' In History Tale Is Held by IToly Cross. - CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. Sept 27. Har vard's varsity football eleven presented a powerful attack and an impervious defence today in Its first gam of the season, winning "from the University of Maine 34 to 0. A complete team of FUbstitutrs was called Into play for the crimson in the closing periods. Line, up: Harvard 34. Position. Maine 0. O'Brien L. K Bei-neiicisel H Urn cock L. T .Murray Weston L. G Fipping Soucey C -'a,ker rowan R. o v;Guiver fstorer II. T Ruffner foolidse K. E I.o,ran Q. B Cobb Frickley I- H. B ...Fox Mahan H. H. B Donohue Bettlwe F. B Martin Referee R. TV. Okeson. Lehigh. Um pire F. W. Burleigh. Exeter. Head linesman G. V. Brown, Boston Athletie Association. Time of periods 12. 12. 13, 10 minutes. Harvard score Touch downs. Lonn. Mthan I. Brlckley. Mc Kinlock: goals from touchdowns. Storer. rriaretna. 14; Rntgera, 3. PRINCETON. X. J.. Sept. 27. Prince ton defeated Rutgers College today la the opening football game of the sea son here, by the score of 14 to 3. The good showing of the New Brunswick team was due In a measure to the weight of the men. but the Tigers off set this with a series of formations not expected by the visitors. Lineup: Princeton 14. Position. Rutgers 3. Olirk I K KOCKeieuer Phillips L.T .Nash Hevingers L. G McOillum Semmens C W hite W Swart R. G Talman Balton R. T Toobey Ttrnwn R. K McDougal S. Baker Q. B Todd H. Baker L. H. B .tiay Law R. H. B Harker F. Trenk man F. B Bracher Referee Croll of Brown. Umpire Fultz. Brown. Head linesman Whiting of Cornell. Time of periods 10 min utes each. Princetons score Touch downs. H. Biker. Glick: goals from touchdowns. H. Baker 2. Rutgers' score Goal from field, Talman. Pennsylvania, 63i Gettysburg, 0. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27. Pennsyl vania showed better form in her open ing football game of the season today than the Red and Blue has displayed in the first game In several years, de feating Gettysburg College 53 to 0. Pennsylvania defeated the same team last year 35 to 0. Lineup: Pennsyl'a 63. Position. Gettysb'g 0. Kelly L. E. Albert Carter L. T. Dreibilbls Russell L-G McCollough Simpson C ...Wltherow Journey R. G A01:?1 Harris R. T i,Be??le Koons i R. E Buehler Marshall Q. B ;,H"ar Young L. II. B . ..Hatch Averv R. H. B Scheffer Mind's F. B Poffenberger Referee Taggart, Rochester. Um pire McCarthy, Germantown Academy. Head linesman Tyler, Princeton. Time of periods 10 minutes each. Pennsyl vania score Touchdowns. Minds 2, Marshall 2, Avery, Young, Kelly; goals from touchdown. Minds 3. Marshall 2; goals from field, Marshall 2. Yale, lOj Holy Crow, 0. NEW HAVES, Conn.. Sept. 27. Yale defeated the Holy Cross eleven this afternoon, 10 to 0. The Blua team scored In the first period on a field goal from the 20-yard line by Guern sey, captain of the freshmen eleven last year. In the second period Holy Cross attempted a drop kick from the 30 yard line, but it was blocked. Lineup: Yale 10. Position. Holy Cross 0. Avery L. E McCabe Talbott L. T Ostergren Marying L. G Haggerty Ketrham C Brawley Pendleton R- G Hunt Warren R. T Cahlli rater R E Metivier Wilson Q. B Mullen Ainyworth L. H. R O'Brien Knowles U. H. B Carey Guernsey F. B Donovan Referee Langford. Trinity. Umpire Williams. Pennsylvania. Head linesman Murphy. Brown. Time of periods 15 minutes each. Yale score Touchdowns, Wilson; goal from touchdown, Ketch am; goal from field. Guernsey. Cornell, Oj Colgate, 0. ITHACA, X. Y., Sept. 17. History re peated itself today when the strong Cornell eleven for the second successive year failed to win its opening game against Colgate University. The fast little eleven, which last year sprang a surprise bjr defeating the Ithacans, to day battled for four 15-minute quarters without allowing their heavier op ponents to score. Cornell was on the defensive most of the game. In the fourth period Cornell had the ball on Colgate's one-yard Una, but lacked the necessary punch to shove it over. O'Hearne and Swarthout were banished from the game in ths third period for fighting. Lineup: Cornell 0. Position. Colgate 0. Roes L. K McLoughlin Collyer L. T Abel M units L. G Brooks Cool C Peterson K. Mi-Cutcheon. . R. G Sullivan Mallory It. T Parker O'Hearne K. K. Huntington Barrett Q. B Edmunds Phillippi I- II- B Neilson Frits R. H. B Doam Mcllvaine F. B Swarthout Referee F. R. Oilllnder. Pennsyl vania. Umpire J. A. Evans, Williams. Head linesman Hinkey, Yale Time of periods 15 minutes each. i Amateur Athletics. The first real accident among the local interscholastic teams wag re ported from the Lincoln High squad. Whiie attempting to tackle a player on the second team, Peterson, a prom ising halfback, twisted his ankle and had to be carried from the field. The Honeyman Hardware baseball team will battle with the Sellwood nine today for the championship of the city in the semi-prof essional ranks. Hi 1 lie Lewis will likely do the hurling for the hardware team. For a game with the Bradfords, call or write John Swint, care of D. B. McBride, in the Royal building. Swint claims the city championship and Is out to meet any of the fast teams of the city. .lames Hope-Xelson Marries. ST. LOUIS, Sept. 27. James Hope Nelson, eldest son of Sir William Hope Xelson, of Moreton-in-Marsh, Leices tershire, tngland, and a member of the Hurllngham polo team that toured India in 1909, married Miss Isabell Val la at the home of the bride's father. Dr. Jules Felix Valla, toda .. . : ' I I t r- FOOTBALL STAR UPON WHOM YALE UNIVERSITY DEPENDS FOR GRIDIRON VIC- . j TORIES AND HONORS THIS FALL. t at; T IV CAPTIf KKTCH W, OF YALE, (RIGHT). WATCHIWO WITH CRITICAL EYE THE PLAYISG OF HIS "RrB TttM, WHICH HE Alio TRAINER JOHXXV MACH (LEFT) ARE WHIPPING INTO SHAPE. IETH00 SEEN Coach Stewart's Work Being Watched at Corvallis. AGGIE PROSPECTS HOPEFUL While- Several Veterans Are Left to Support Football Team, Early Season Uneups Will See Many Xeiv Men at AVork. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Sept 27. (Special.) At the end of the first week of football prac tice on the Oregon Agricultural Col lege campus this year, comment heard among the members of tha student body is In the main favorable to Dr. Stewart who is opening his first season in the West as a football coach. For the past two years Dr. Stewart has been director of athletics at Ore gon Africultural College, and last year acted as assistant coach under Sam Dolan. His coaching methods are ao different from those employed by last year's coach, however, that he was not able to accomplish much, and It was not until this Fall that the fans were able to get a line on his methods and ability. Training Effects Koted. One factor which has contributed to Coach Stewart's popularity this Fall Is the undoubted success of the New port training camp. The effects of the two weeks passed In working out on the sands at the beach, under strict training rules, are evident to those who have observed the men in action on the local field this week. Not only are the players who were at the camp In good physical condition, but they have been taught many of the rudiments of the game. Instead of devoting the first week of practice to teaching the new men how to tackle, put, and fall on the ball, the coaches this year were able to start immediately with signal practice and scrimmage work. The freshman class this year con tains more men of athletic ability than any class has In the history of the col lege, and the fans give credit for this to the efforts of the new coach. Of tha men who are showing up well are Abrahams, an Albany youth with four years' experience, who weighs 178 pounds and is 6 feet tall; Hayes, of Pasadena. Cal.. 165 pounds; McCord, 180, and Finch, 182. both of Baker City; Btldd, 185, of Fort Collins, Colo,; Camp, 15. of Washington High School, Port land; Graham, 220, of Pendleton; An derson, of Albany, and Moist, 162, of Lebanon, are others of the heavy weights on the Freshman squad. In addition to these, Scott, of Aberdeen; Ashcraft of Ashland; Yeager, of Cen tralia; Lutz, of Santa Ana. CaL; Al ward. of Boxeman, Mont.: Weeks, of Baker City, and Russell and Williams, of Jefferson' High in Portland, are showing up well. The average weight of the 17 most promising of the new men is 164 pounds. New Faeea Will Be Seen. Although there are 12 monogram men registered, it appears that during the first part of the season, at least, about half of the varsity players will be ne men at Oregon Agricultural College. May, Blackwell, LarsSn, Ras mussen. Captain Shaw and Laythe are on the injured list and will not appear in any of the early season games. Chrisman, MacKenzie, Moore, Robinson, Dewel and Huntley are In good condi tion. Upon these veterans will fall the responsibility of holding together and steadying the youngsters in the early games of the season. Lincoln High to PJay Centralia. CEN'TRALIA. Wash., Sept. 27. (Spe cial.). Tha manager of the Centralia High School football team is in receipt of a request from the Lincoln Hign EW! f- n ir ' . . . J? Kehnm in Portland for a game on Oc tober 4. The local schedule probably will be shifted to accommodate the Portland team. CHEHALIS EXPFXTS GOOD TEAM High School Boys Face Hard Games, but Squad Is Formidable. CHEHALIS. Wash., Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) Chehalis High School expects to have a football team this year that will give a good account of itself. Five of last year's players are in the lineup, which is being carefully coached under the direction of B. A. Leonard. Twenty men are being worked out nightly. The probable lineup for tne season is as follows: Ends, Mulford. Palmer and Prewitt; tackles, Hamil ton, Chilberg and Summerset; guards, Ross, Jastad and Given; center. May field; quarterbacks, Huber, Dorsey; halfbacks, Giblin, Nicholson; fullback, Hansen. A strong schedule has been arranged as follows: October 4, Aberdeen at Chehalis; Oc tober 11, Hoquiam at Hoqulam; Octo ber 18, Kelso at Chehalis; October 20, Centralia at Centralia; November 1, Olympla at Olympia; November 8, Cen tralia at Chehalis; November 15, open date; Thanksgiving day, Cushman In dian, of Tacoma, at Chehalis. L PORTLAND HIGH SCnOOL TEAM DEFEATS ASTORIA, 6-0. First Game of Season Brings Ont Good, Scrappy Contest, With Asto rians Handicapped. ' ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 27. (Special.) The first football game of the present season on the local gridiron was played today between the Lincoln High School of Portland and the Astoria High School teams. It resulted in a victory for the visitors by a score of 6 to 0. The game was a good, scrappy con test and was hotly fought from start to finish. . The Lincoln team put up a splendid game and was in much better form than in previous years when that school has been represented on the lo cal field. The Astoria lads, although much lighter than their antagonists, made a good showing, but were handicapped by the fact that five members of the team had never played the game before. Tha one touchdown of the game was made near the close of the second quar. ter. Astoria fumbled the ball after Lincoln had punted and the latter re covered the ball close to the Astoria line. SEW DEVICE TRAIN'S QUARTERS Harvard Coach Installs Apparatus to Speed V Pivot Men. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) A new piece of football appara- . . ,nnAM,a.l wl 4n ul a Di'H at tus nas Deen - Harvard, by Derric Parmeter, coach of the centers. rr - . A,,tAA la tmllt sfmilar to Alie new ' . v - an easel with an oval hole in the mid dle of it tha siae of the football. This hole Is at the height a kicker would receive the ball in his outstretched hands irora me cenver u - e" - Th. r-nitur at,rH In their or a tuiih - positions and toss the ball at the open space Just as they would if a fellow player were there waiting to receive it The machine is expected to train the pivot men to more accuracy when they relay tha ball from center for kicking. Pennsylvania System Held Best. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27. (Spe oial.) The University of Pennsylvania has the finest system of athletics in the world, according to Carl Diem, gen eral secretary Of the German athletic committee, who has visited and in spected the athletie systems ot five great American universities during the last few months in an effort to get new methods and Ideas for adoption in German athletic circles. Mr. Diem was much pleased with the American game of football and said he intended to introduce .the game in . Germany. - i i -i 4 " - -r, . .-'4UujU : '.V- -v , y .... K LINE EVIDENT Bezdek' Finds No One to Take Mighty Eailey's Place. BACKS AND ENDS STRONG Return of Veterans and Good Turn outs for Practice Cheep Foot ball Railblrds, but Mentors Still Not Satisfied. iiKtvF.RSITT OF OREGON, Eugene, Sept. 27. (Special.) With every avail ted for except one, and more than 50 candidates for the team reporting nightly. uregon ,i,.neo In football look somewhat fat- tec than a week ago. At any rate, they appear so to the students ana vn. bird3. . . T3 to Coach Hugo Bezdek ana Trainer "Bill" Hayward. Both mentors take fully as pessimistic a view a .. did last week. Bezdek refuses to Da comforted. He says ne is sin. hind In the development of his team on account of the tardy arrival of many of his stars. His particular complaint. however, is that tne men u ...ii.riv No excuses are ac cepted for this offense, even when the plea' of physical incapwii -The irregularity of his players, Bez jv -otrc, la further handicapping a team alre'ady off to a bad start. Minor Hor Nnrsed. o,t a.i,vimn cr work has been the order almost every night this week, culminating in. the regular contest be th varsity and the freshmen elevens this afternoon. Although no serious injuries nave as yi icou.i from the gruelling regime, almost v. nr Vi anuari is nursing minor hurts and bruises. Caufieid. the big center, retired Thursaay evenms with a broken nose, and Spellman. a i i , fwnm fnliimhia. Unl- versity. is carrying a badly lacerated upper lip. . vi-1, m "Dnti-Vi" Anunsen. change end of last year's team, reports for prac tice, which ne intenas iu uu m - f i. . nmincr WAPk. PVfTV old let- b n . - - ter man who was counted on at tha be ginning of the season will be on band. Cook, fullback; Holden, tackle, and Hall. end. all joined the squad tha first of the present week. From the showing made oy tne squau .ki. .....V- nraitiiA. it is evident that Bezdek's chief problem will He in his line. Good backs and ends seem ti.,,1 Annnirh. hut so far no candi date showing any possibility, of filling the void left by the departure of the mighty Bailey has been unearthed. Bezdek has been trying Fenton, the big guard, at a tackle position. Fen- k ,v,a urn v ia nuntins in great LUIl, JJ " ' ' form, averaging 10 yards more to a icK than last season, ahuhiki- I, lllralu in tha shifting of Hall, an end of last year, back ot tackle, here he playea m season Mneh "Beef" Available. wh.n it rnmna to beef there is no shortage among the new men. "Tub Easterwood and "Buster" Brown are two young giants who have been sta tioned at the guard positions, but neither has any football erudition. Diok Nelson, the promising husky from La fayette, who was compelled to return horns with a bad case of tonsilitis. will bo back on the squad in a few days. The feature of the scrimmage work has been the scintillation of the fresh men stars. The backs and ends espe cially have shown varsity class. Beck ett, from Washington Hisrh, at fullback and Huntington, from The Dalles, and Malarkey, from Columbia, at the halves have been rooting up the tentative varsity line in a way that is annoying to the men who held the backfield jobs last season. Varson Blgbee, at quar ter, promises to give the clever Cornell a run for his position. UVEA AGGIES AND ALUM PLAY NO-SCORE TIE Stewart's Men Fumbte at Crit ical Moments in Game Fea- . tured by Kicking. LUTZ IS STAR OF 0. A. C. Dewey Makes Sensational Run of 80 Yards Veterans' Goal -Often Threatened but Young Play ers Fall to Cross It. ' OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallis, Sept. 27. Special.) The Oregon Agricultural College var sity and an aggregation of alumni stars, under the captaincy of Tub Wolff, fought to a 0-to-0 tie in a loosely-played . game this afternoon. The contest had little to Interest the crowd of fans and was marred by the tendency of the ex-stars to grab and by the large amount of fumbling by Coach Stewart's huskies. Much time was taken out and long waits were occasioned by the reported question ings of Referee Harding s decisions. During the second half Stewart re vealed the formation which he has been teaching the squad in practice. Instead of snapping the ball back In the usual manner, the center turned and tossed the sphere to one of the four backs, who were lined up four abreast This formation proved some what more effective than the old style of play had been, and during the last quarter the. Aggies were continually threatening the alumni goal. This quarter wtts lcuiuicu uj " " line smashing of Lutz, the Pomona College recruit, who repeatedly made from 5 to 15 yards. Three times Lutz, aided by Abrahams and Schuster, car ried the ball to within five yards of the coveted goal, but each time the alumni held and Wolff punted out of danger. The game ended with the ball on the tjirge-yard line. Wolff Tries Place Kirk. The varsity kicked off to Evendon, playing full for the alumni, and the old-timer returned the ball 10 yards. The ex-stars then began a series of line smashes, which, coupled with a pretty forward pass, Wolff to Knapp, the only successful pass of the game, brought the ball tothe O. A. C. 35 yard line before the Aggies held. Lutz punted 55 yards to Wolff, who returned the kick, and a fumble gave the alumni the ball on the 30-yard line. Wolff attempted a place kick, but the ball fell short, and Dewey, playing quarter for the varsity, skirted the alumni left end for a beautiful run of 80 yards, being nailed on the 25-yard line. ' The second quarter was featureless, except for the line plunging of Abra hams and the punting of Lutz and Wolff. Both booters averaged 50 yards. Larsen tried for a drop kick from the 30-yard line at a difficult angle and missed it by a matter of inches. Fumble Is Costly. Tn the second half Stewart's boys began to show some pep, which had been absent in the opening periods. A recovered punt by Larsen gave the Ag gies the ball on the 30-yard line, and two .end runs by Lutz brought the players to within 10 yards of the goak giving the locals their first chance to score. A fumble was covered by an alumnus and a varsity player at the same time, and Referee Harding brought down the wrath of the fans on his head by awarding the ball to the visitors. Wolff punted out of danger. In the final period the ball was al ways in alumni territory and the All Stars were lucky to escape without a touchdown ' having been registered against them.' Line smashing by Schus ter, Abrahams and Lutz kept the alumni continually on the defensive. Twice it seemed that a touchdown was certain but each time the old-timers held and Wolff punted out of danger. In the last three minutes of play Larsen twice attempted drop kicks for goals, but failed both times. The star of the game was undoubt edly Lutz, although Abrahams and Schuster played excellent games on the halfback berths. The lineup: Mackanzie, Christ man C Blackwell Laythe RGL O. Sltton AnderBon, Finch. ..LOG C. Sltton Chrisman RTL Hawkley Mopre, Finch L TK Penderuast Bennett Huntley, Hayes. . .R EI,. .Bodle, Pendergant Veaeer, Lttrsen. . . .L E R McHenry Dewey Q Wolff Robinson, Mc Cord RHT, Knapp. Finn Lutz LHB Richardson Abrahams F Evendon Referee. Harding; umpire. Brodie. Eastern Football Results. Tale, 10; Holy Cross. 0. University of Pittsburg, 67; Ohio Northern University, 6. Pennsylvania, 53: Gettysburg, 0. Harvard, 34; University of Maine, 0. Princeton, 14; Rutgers, 3. Des Moines, 6; Grinnell, 0. Central College, 0; Drake, 24. Minnesota, 14; South ' Dakota, 0. Cornell, 0; Colgate, 0. Dartmouth, 13; Massachusetts Agri cultural, 3. Bucknell, 34; Hlllman Academy, 0. Carlisle, 25; West Virginia Wesley an, 0. Amherst, 10; Rhode Island State Col lege, 0. Springfield Training School, 22; Wor cester Poly. 7. Syracuse, 41; Hobart, 0. University of Cincinnati, 46; George town, 0. Williams, 14; Rensselaer, 0. Brown, 0; Colby, 10. Lafayette, 7; Muhlenberg. 7. Bowdoln. 17; New Hampshire State, 0. Case. 6; Buchtel. 27. Otterbein, 15; Wesleyan, 7. Oberlin, 45; Heidelberg, 0. Indiana 48, Depaw 3. Christian Brothers College, 44; Chris tian College, 0. Omaha University, 6; Nebraska Wesleyan, 53. Lehigh, 64; Albright, 0. Tufts. 15: Bates. 7. MANAGER GltlDU'lTH. oi tne Wash ington team hates to think of parting with the veteran Nick Altrock. He is useful along with Griffs policy of developing new material ' even though not tne Dest piayer nimseit. t," ,i,i n.mrmv a trvinfl- hard to ka- cure a Turkey day bout between Willie Ritchie and rreoaie weisn in oan Francisco. t I WAtr.rfAn 1 -1 milt thft V.nftt nuiijr hui.c.vv.. - - - r nA -'. m. and .lack Atkin of the Senators have opened a place of busi ness to keep tnem Dusy in me winter months and Wolverton has written East for his loins. mm tjji. Dl.nl. ili. fl-rost left-hander. Ulll . i u 1. 1 c- ' figures baseball should be talked to tbe rising generation as a profession. Sporting Sparks He figures that it is better than West Point or Annapolis to make men and money. Tom McCarey's troubles probably will be Increased when he gets that letter from Tommy Burns in which the latter accuses him of underhanded work with Pelkey. McCarey has had things coming his way for some time and is now under the physician's care. Jack Hayden, manager of the Louis ville Colonels, was married recently and tried to keep it secret until the close of the season. However, some thing leaked and he was made aware of it by a hint in the form of a gift from the players. For some reason or other Oakland Is in favor of having Salt Lake made a part of the Pacific Coast Baseball League. Letters to the sporting edi tors from fans indicate the desire. . Although but 14 persons witnessed the first baseball game in Paris the past Spring, the game gained a strong hold and before long had a fairly good attendance. The first team was com posed of American Jockeys in Paris, but it was not long before Parisians took to the game and played and watched. .The field is several miles from Paris, but the crowd has fol lowed it. . California Wins at Rugby. BERKELEY, Cal., Sept. 27. The Uni versity of California defeated the Bar barian Club of San Francisco in a fast game of Rugby today by a score of 21 to 0. California used a 14-man team while the Barbarians used 15 men. G EVERETT HOLDS WASH1XGTO.V TO TWENTY-SIX POIiVTS. Doble's Men Make Poor Showing, and Weight Alone Declared Respon sible for Result. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, Sept. 27. (Special.) Univer sity of Washington today put up a Door exhibition of football when it was able only to roll up a score of 26 to 0 against the Everett High School. The only thing in which Washington outclassed Everett was weight, and the difference in this was considerable. The high school lads held the northern champions In the . first quarter to a single touchdown. In the third quarter the Washingtonians failed to give any scare to the youngsters. From the be ginning Washington played exceedingly weak on the offense, and repeatedly the less experienced opponents tore up plays and ripped up Doble's 4efense- chl.i n, fullhanlr Millar at rifrht half and Young at quarter were the only men wno snowea any louioau ui last year. There was utter lack of the machine work on the part of the Furple and Gold ' Dobie used 15 men, while Everett utilized only two substitutes. c t - , WrthmGt Hicrh School id gia i"c -.. -. ' championship is concerned, it appears that Jiverett nas anoiner cincu. oumc account for Washington's weakness Is attributed to the inexperience of the varsity line. Until the third quarter Sutton and Dorman were absent from the line, and recruiting them made some difference in the aspect of af fairs. Seeing this predicament, Dobie sent his men on the field immediately after the game for a workout until aark- . ... Next week will see some of the hardest work ever seen at Washington. EBBKTTS WILLING TO SPEND Brooklyn Club Owner Counts on Great Team for Next Year. BROOKLYN, N. Y., Sept. 27. (Spe cial.) President Ebbets, of the Brook lyn National League club, arrived home recently from a four of many Western . c .(.;.. in orh nf new Una SUUiUCUl ... playing talent. He formally an nounced the purcnase or riituen imci Brown, of Montgomery; Schmutz, of Vancouver; Pfeffer, of Grand Rapids, and Altchison, of Newark, representing, . v.ia wnv of fiirurinir. an outlay of 130,000, with another pitcher "The BrooKiyn uiud win openu ... nnn ..or nlnvura thin vear." said the Brooklyn magnate. "We own the Newark club ana we couia imvc sold Aitchison to at least two major yet to come. .. league clubs for Jlo.oou. we paia cash for Brown, outbidding the Giants, Pirates, Cubs, Cincinnati Reds and the Boston' Red Sox. For the release of i. .1,,,,.,., ... a oirf -,4nn and Pfeffer cost $3000. Taylor, of Oshkosh, and Mowe, of Troy, both shortstops, also nave oeen purchased. We intend to repay Brook lyn fans for their loyalty by going to extremes to provide a winning team. "I was tipped oft about Cook and H. Williams, now with Chance's team, but my offer was too late. The New Yorks got ahead of us in the scramble for i , U IfaUimnroa fillH CTfinriPr. .viaisei, ui me uaii"""- of 'Petersburg, but that's all in the game. Dahlen was in uoiuitidus recem i.. lAnirin niD, c v . iii 1 men. and I ex pect to have a report from him soon. Reulbach will help us in me oox ue- , . win nf Htmht- He was dis satisfied in Chicago because he couldn't get enough worn. ..-r.j .. .v.- .tnrv Ihnf Harrv L.1U J " li wvn " " Smith, of the Newarks, might succeed Dahlen? liboets was asncu. "I did, ' but this is not the time to talk about a new manager for the .Ai m PprKonallv I da not oruuaij" . " - - place the blame for our team s drop Into the second division on Dahlen's shoulders. He has had many things to contend with. If our best men had not been crippled from time to time we . . .. i tli. . ,lt now would o wen up m " vision. Ever since the last of June the breaks have been against us." OKEGOX KID COMES SECOND Biiby Reliance Given Great Race by Portland Boat. KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept 27. The Baby Reliance, driven by Jay Smith of .1 .r:i. Air won Hm National Aiunac, .yiiiiii., Liji" " . speed contest, a seven-mile motorboat race, the feature of the Kansas City Yacht Club's regatta. Her time was 11 i n ,nnri. Tha rrn-nn Kid with S. W. Brock of Portland, Or., at the helm, was second. The Tango .iic.hi hi- striking driftwood and was unable to finish. The Baby Reliance won Decause me could make the turns in the course better than her fellow contestants. The .1 I... f t tr a nil pilots were ooitine" i lattt inn th Tantrn ruooisn aim i'1" ' struck a log, puncturing her bow. She had. to oe toweu iw The race between the Reliance and .-. T.-; A nr. a rorv rlnoa an.l the uregon jviu - j - - according to the officials of the Mis sissippi Power Boat Association, the .V- . .. i-..., Viu.1 thla VAar Thu threp oesi uiey hi v - - boats were off together and it was a seesaw race until the last lap when the Baby teuam; i"'s-vi uucau. Tango wes lapped by the two other boats before she was disabled. The Oregon Kid made an average of 50"i miles an hour, while the best the Baby Reliance could do was 49 4-5. Customs Men Seize Brewer's Trunks. NEW YORK, Sept. 27. Twelve trunks belonging to Henry Nicholaus, a wealthy St. Louis brewer, and his wife and daughter, were seized today by the customs officers. It was charged that the owners failed to declare du tiable gowns and jewelry valued at $1000. Mr. Nicholaus . and his family arrived today from Europe. BOM DOE TO LOSE, SWEETLAND SAYS Teams Evenly Balanced in Northwest This Season With Advantage in Oregon.- EXCITING RACE PREDICTED Luck Bound lo Swing Away From University of Washington, Says Expert, Who Attributes Much to Clmncc in-Contests. BY DR. G. J. SWEETLAND. JR. Coach Willamette University Athletic Team - WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem. Or., Sept. 27. (Special.) The race for football honors this year In the North west College Conference promises to be the most exciting in many seasons. The high-grade brand of football played by the different teams last Fall Is in part responsible for this increase of interest, along with a more wide spread knowledge of the game among the public at large and the sports manship shown in the past by the Northwest College men in th'eir con tests. These are all factors which have added thousands of friends to the game in the states of Oregon, Idaho and Washington. It seems to the writer that more thorough and definite plans were laid earlier at the various conference insti tutions for the turning out of a strong team for the present season than ever before. In a legitimate manner the high school material was carefully looked after and directed in the right way. Spring practice was given a more thor ough workout than in the past. At the Institutions where a change was to be made in the coaching, this was done early, and in one instance the coach selected had handled various ath letic teams at the same college for .the preceding year, while in the Instance of the other change, the man chosen had also previously coached the same team. Coacho Know Conditions. Thus no coach has been added to the conference corps who ia not familiar with conditions as they exist in the college football camps of the North west. No two sections of the country are exactly alike In the conditions that govern football, and a coach going into a strange region has added burdens to bear in comparison to the one having worked before in the same locality. All the teams will be" stronger than in the past season, every one of the conference institutions has enough of the old men back to form a good nu cleus to build around, and. added to these veterans is a numerous array of high school players, some of whom will make the varsity. The high school teams are advancing in the knowledge of he game, being much better coached than a few seasons back. From the second teams of a year ago and sub stitutes, good material will be drawn. Among the larger teams of the East it lias been proved again and again that too much old material on an elev en has not been conducive to the re sults as obtained where there Is a good sprinkling of new blood. Of course, the new material added to the team must be good or this does not hold true. This Fall at the Universities of Idaho, Oregon and Washington togeth er with the Oregon Agricultural Col lege and Washington State College, along with Whitman College the ma terial is good. There is at these insti tutions good old material and good new. The coaches are reluctant to ad mit this and they are all sincere. Every coach the country over unconsciously sizes up his men In September by the standard of the team he was associated with In the closing days of the pre vious season, when the best men in tho best possible condition were in the game. Tennis All Well Handled. The Northwest Conference teams will iviiat vnr. as in the past, be exception ally well coached. One will look a long time before ne nnas in iuj ,i,A fn.ihflii tpiimn as well handled as in these six institutions. The coaches are wnnoui hard working and hard-thinking foot ball men who have proved their worth by their past successes. No where In . i . . - I .h-A n roarh of the ins coniui i:ni-c w ,.... .- novice order but all have been in the game for many years. tha tin ui five seasons the Uni versity of Washington has won the Northwest College conrerence cnn.ini i ipkt. i. o prnni of which any IU1101UV. 1 llio " one connected with the Sound institu tion has every rlgrlit to leci proua. Tin. -,.,-ii ham boon made through the medium of three agencies, namely: good coaching, good men. goou uwn. . , - ,AOm Itnai llPC tl 11 fl - I ne waaiuiiKwn usually fortunate In the past to have been ame aimosi aiw&o m v1". , i . i 1 1 ii 1 1 .i ,,f pvprv it n m r . DesL men in vnc n- vi' - - - This may be due to tho handling of the men, but allowing ior inia ma of luck must also be a factor. The University or wasningion u 3 destined to lose. No one team can ...., I., u. inHpflnltelv Tlie same factors that have been winning for Washington win, wnen wunvms another institution, win for it. Then the niversity of wasnmgton nno . . ,K11 onrl nnw eVftrV OD- ponent realizes this and expects notn- ng else, so tne teams ui.kubiub ina iorthern eleven prepare for this kind f contest. WaNhlnaton Farina; Defeat. . i v. ,. IntitrpatR nf football at r or tuts " i large in the Northwest the strength of e conference elevens miuum ,i,.if n tpnm ainons: the six should head the list for two consecutive sea sons. It now looks as if the day of any one team winning for several years in succession was a thing of the past. No one has ever seen a cuii.-&c win without the poorest player on the team being at least an average football man and In addition to this some of tn men either in the backfield or line must be of unusual strength. The writer believes that the Uni versity of Washington team this year while a little stronger than that of last year, will not have improved enough to win the championship. The absence of powerful defensive tackles which have always been the backbone of tho Northern eleven will be felt. Also no lmckfleld man of the Miicklestone type to advance the ball will be In their lineup. Neither can freshmen material make up these losses nor come near it when they face other veteran confer ence elevens. Oregon Tennis Have Bc Chance. It looks now as if the teams having the best chances for the championship l tho two from Oregon with that of the State University in tlw lead for reason of better material at the Eugene Institution The team defeating the Ore gon State University this year will be an eleven far and away stronger than anv in the conference last season. The writer believes that the football world at large little appreciates the high grade brand of football played In the Northwest. New football in all Its various angles has been mastered In tho Northwest and not In New England. i -1