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THE" SUNDAY OBERONIAN. PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 2,
STEWART, IGNORING
RUMOR, WORKS Of
0. A. C. Football Coach Hard
at Task of Shaping Squad
for Oregon Game.
STUDENTS SHOW LOYALTY
Resolutions of Confidence In "Doc"
Are Expressed Players Hope to
Hold University to Small .
Score at Least.
OREGON" AGRICULTURAL. COL
I.EGE, CorvalltB. Nov. 1. (Special.)
With the air full of unpleasant rumors
that the O. A. C. Varsity la torn with
dissension and handicapped by the In
ability of its members to harmonise
with the coach, the situation in foot
ball circles at O. A. C. Is still unsettled.
Dr. Stewart is ignqring the charges
which have been brought against him
and is hard at work whipping his men
Into shape for .the fracas with Oregon,
now but a week distant, i Resolutions
and expressions of confidence have
been presented to the coach by the
Orange O Club, the Student Body' and
other organizations.. The rumor will
not down, however, that all Is not well.
That there is - a faction on the
campus that is not friendly to rr.
Stewart Is admitted, but it is held that
this faction is not representative, and
that "Doc's" adherents far outnumber
his opponents. Every member of the
squad has expressed his allegiance to
the coach in the face of the attack now
being: made apain?t him. The team
appears to be united, and If there is
any. lack of harmony it is not notice
able to the outsider.
Aggies Still VnfinfMheil.
Local funs are wishing that the Ore
gon game were two weeks distant In
stead of seven days. A week seems too
short a time for the coach to round his
injured players into shape and to in
still the pep and aggressive speed into
the team, which ' will -be necessary
against an eleven like Bezdek's. The
Aggies are still rough and unfinished.
There is not the snappy, smooth, machine-like
work which comes only after
the members of the team have worked
together for weeks. Injuries, the loss
of Bhaw, and the failure of some of
the more promising new men to de
velop Into varsity caliber, have made
It necessary for "Doc" to make numer
ous and repeated changes in his line
up. Even at this late datd It Is not
"known how the players will be ar
ranged when the whistle blows next
Saturday,
The Injury to Chrlsman has proved
more serious than was at first thought.
Stewart is working desperately to find
a man to take his place in case he is
unable to play against Oregon, as
would now seem to be probable. Finch,
the most promising line scrub, is out
with two ribs caved in. McCord, next
in line, has left college. There seems
to be no other man available who is
equal to the task of blocking Oregon's
Beefy, front rankers. To meet the
rmergency, Stewart has shifted Smart
to Chrlsman's berth. Smart has been
substituting for May at end, during tho
latter's period of convalescence, and Is
equally at home anywhere on the line.
Although he is by no means the equal
of Chrlsman in strength. Smart has
been putting up a good game since
Tuesday night, and in all probability
the tall Californlan will be seen in
action at a tackle berth next week.
Some Features Rncoarnglng.
The work of Robertson and Abraham
at the fullback positions, and the good
footwork of Blackwell and Larsen, are
the encouraging features of this week's
practice. Robertson was slow in round
ing into form this year, but has now
struck his stride and Is putting up a
game that is pleasing to the coaches
and fans. Schuster pnd Hayes seem to
be the best available halves, although
both are new at the game and lack ex
perience. Corvallis dope artists do not pick O.
A. C. to win the cominir hnttie Th
fear that the advantage of a heavier
line and a faster back field on the part
of the Oregon Varsity will be too great
to overcome. It Is expected, however
and the work of the team this week
Justifies the hope, that the Aggies will
put up a game much better than that at
Seattle, and that Bz.lek will not be
able to run up a score of more than 14
points.
Every O. A. C. fan Is confident that
the local team will fight hard Satur
day, that the men will work together
and with their coach, and that after
the game there will be absolutely no
room for charnres such as' were made
after the Washington disaster
IDAHO
TEAM
GETS
REST
Whitman Game Expected to See Men
in Best of Condition.
MOSCOW. Idaho. Nov. 1. (Special.)
The Idaho football team is getting a
much-desired rest, and Coach Griffith
has been applying very light workouts
this week in order to get his men Into
good physical trim again before put
ting them through s.-rimmage practice.
The Oregon game following the W s"
C. battle wiihin a week's time found
practically every player In a more or
less weakened state and unable to put
his full force into the fight.
Coach Griffith predicts that his war
riors will be In top-notch condition by
the date of the Idaho-Whitman game
on November 15. and that at that time
they will put up a much better fight
than in either of the previous games.
Scrimmage work will commence again
next week. B
KEEP
UP GAMES is CRY
Herrmann's Scheme to Drop World's
Series Opposed.
NEW YORK. Nov. 1 (Special )
President Thomas J. Lynch, of the Na
tional League, and Manager John J
McGraw. of the Giants, both have come
out strong against the proposed
scheme of August Herrmann, of Cincin
nati, to do away with the "World's se
ries and sinstitute an interleague se
ries, including all the teams of both
major leagues, during the last few
weeks of the season. They both de
clare that the presenfc arrangement is
the best and only plausible way of de
ciding the hase!a!l championship of
the country.
President Lynch says: "I am strong
ly opposed to doing away with the
world's series. The plan which is sug
gested as a substitution would tend to
decrease rather than stimulate interest
in the National game. The. world's se
ries today is the biggest event in
In American tporls and arouses country-wide
interest. There Isn't a city,
town or hamlet In this country where
the series desnt stir up great "excite
ment. sn lnterriuo arrair would bo so
long, drawn out that Interest would lag
and the game would become merely
local contests, instead of contests of
National importance."
Manager McrGaw is even more
strongly outspoken to Mr. Herrmtnn'i
plan. He says: "The clubs which fight
their way through a hard season for
the first honors in their respective
leasues settle thee hampionship ques
tion in those leagues beyond the
shadow of a doubt. All the clubs have
a chance for the pennant in each
league. They play 2 2 games with each
other, and if that isn't enough to de
cide which is the best among eight
clubs I fail to see what plan could de
cide it as definitely.
"This interclub series." continues Mc
Graw, "has been the argument for sec
ona division clubs for several seasons.
Tou wouldn't hear a protest from any
or these clubs if they happenecr'to win
a pennant. They hate to see the vic
tors get the spoils they justly deserve,
and want to declare themselves In on
the post-season harvest. There isn't a
chance of the world's series being
dropped. It is too great an event in
baseball. I am not saying this because
the Giants have been in the last three
world's series, but I would say it no
matter which club in tho National
League won the pennant. I am strongly
opooaed to the interclub plan."
Mr. Herrmann's radical plan is to
shorten the National League season to
about 10U games and during the last
few weeks of the season have each club
of the National League club play each
dub of the American League a series
of games. Mr. Herrmann and the club
owners who favor this plan argue that
this would be a much better way of
deciding which was the championship
team. They arprue, for example, that
some of the other clubs in the National
League would have given the Athletics
a closer battle this year than the
Giants did. The fact that the Giants
defeated every other National League
club in every series of 22 games, how
ever, proves conclusively that they'had
the best club on the older circuit. The
same -may be sajd of the Athletics in
the American League,
BOWLING LEAGUES GAIN
X11KKE ORGANIZATIONS ROLL
ING 'ON PORTLAND ALLEYS.
Scores of Initial Series Are Better
Than Expected Players Are
' Showing Consistency.
With three full-fledged bowling
leagues, Portland will take a place on
the Winter's bowling map. There are
but two leagues In operation, but the
third will be launched tomorrow night
fat a meeting of the Portland Bowling
Association at the Oregon alleys.
The Class A League has operated for
the past month and already Several
high scores and averages adorn the
record books. Cla. A is supposed to
embrace all those bowling better than
160. The players are doing consistent
work.
Section A of the Class B, or Commer
cial League, finished its first week Fri
day night. The averages were better
than expected.
The averages In the City League fol
low: "Dad" Meek, 194; Meister, 193'
Ahrens, 193; Krune, 192; O'Donneil, 191;
Raymond. 190; Gilroy, 189,; Base, 188;
Bechtel, 188; Houser, 187; Franklin,
180; Heffron, 183; Schachtmeyer. 183;
Baker, 182; Abel, 182; Hansen, 17;
Tint, 178; Arens, 177; Bishop, 177; Sla
ter, 177; Speas, 176; Edgar, 175; Wood,
175; Chitry, 175; Melvin, 174; Osterhaut,
172; Capen, 171; Tonsing, 171; Al
Meyers, 171; Leap, 170; Babcock,
10!) ; Christian. 169; Napier, 168; Major,.
167; Reese, 1S5; Freeburg, 163; Myers,
162; Harrington, 162; Durston, 161;
Martin, 156; Eckelman, 152; Kelly, 150;
Shepherd, 150, and Hartman, 148.
The first week's averages rolled In
the Commercial League show the dif
ference in the caliber of the men. The
averages of the big and minor leagues
of baseball show little difference on
the whole, but in bowling there is a
wide gap.
The highest man of the Commercial
League is Al Meyers with an average
of 203. The next high man is McMa
hon, and he ranks 182.
The complete standings of the men
on the six teams which have rolled
follow:
Al Meyers, 203; McMahon, 182; Bar
tie. 177; Woldt. 176; Chatterton. 175:
Meier, 173; Franklin, 171; Gavin, 169;
Harcort. 1G9; Anderson, 166; Deppe,
163; Campbell, 164; Shannon. 162;
Weaver, 158; Krause, 156; Meilson, 156;
Moore, 152; Finck, 151; Herget, 151;
Berthold. 150; . Bracker. 149; Mount,
147; Van Carey, 146; Cochran, 143;
Moritz. 1S7; Pike. 136; Wellington, 134;
Montgomery, 133; Boudette. 115, and
Betts, 107. "
" .
Owing' to a. misunderstanding, the
Jaeger Bros, and Gerraanla Life teams
of the Commercial League have never
met in the schedule. They will meet
for the first time on the Saratoga al
leys tomorrow night. The weekday of
the bowling of the Commercial League
will be Wednesday from now on. The
standings in the Commercial League
are:
W. L Pot. I w. U Pet.
Clideon 0 1.0iriiCrane Co... 1 a .333
Ka'n'r Brw. 8 O l.tmoiBrunawick .. o 3 .out)
Columb. CI. 2 1 ..7;aakur Shoe O $ .01)0
All firms wishing to enter teams 'n
this league are requested, to send their
bowling captains to the meeting to
morrow night, when the second section
of the league organises.
The City League standing tocay are:
W. L. Pct.l W. L. ret.
Ore. Alley .11 1 .SRtTlHop Golds.. 5 3 .;0D
Imp'! Hotel.lO 3 ,33 Mult. Hotel. 3 9 .:;
J. E. Kolly. 8 4 .0(17 Z j bp Ida ... JO .1UT
M. 1.. Kline 7 0 .563f elephone . 1 11 ,ut3
The Kelly team expects to find it
self leaving the ground very sudden
ly, aa it has in its ranks "Dad" Meek,
swat king of the Northwestern League.
He also holds the bowling lead.
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The ragtime bowling contests rolled
on the .Portland alleys ended Friday
night with Chitry and Martin the pos
sessors of first place. Al Areas and
Bechtel took second. The finals were
for the first four:
Chitry and Martin. 1146; Al Arens
and- Bechtel, 1286; O'Donneil and
Schachtmeyer, 1229; and Babcock and
Heffron. 1224.
.
C. H. Ball came within two pine of
making a perfect score on the (Sara
toga alleys, Friday night- He rolled
29-5, which almost gives him a strangle
hold on the pair of bowling shoes put
up by the management. The Saratoga
alleys have started several contests as
follows: The man making the most 200
scores gets $10 in gold, ' 85 ' for the
highest score of the month, and a pair
of bowling shoes for the highest score
each week.
Mrs. Pike, claimant to the women's
title of the Portland skids, la cut to
settle matters' once and for all. She
will bowl any woman three games,
the winner to have clear title to the
championship. m
Pe Ell Man Champion Hunter.
CHE HALTS, Wash., Nov. 1 (Spe
cial.) Chauncey Damitz, of Pe Ell,
is probably entitled tothe champion
ship as the best hunter in this part of
the state. Incidentally, he Is 826 to the
Kod as a result. Sunday he killed two
wildcats and later this week killed
three more. Win Mauermann accom
panying him the second trip.
Southern California Season Opens.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1. The first im
portant football game of the South
ern California season was played on
Beer Field here today between Occi
dental and Whittler Colleges, the for
mer winning hy a score of 6 to 0. .
ANTHROPOMETRIC CHART AND PHOTOS OP MULTNOMAH CLUB YOUNGSTERS WHOSE DEVELOP
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ach Uevelopmen. No. 3 Heavy Line Indicates Ratines of Raymond's
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GYM WORK 'IS AID
Raymo.nd Douglas Is Nearly
Perfect for His Age.
LAD " IS ALWAYS HEALTHY
Exercises Prescribed by Instructor In
Multnomah Club Develop Boy in
Whatever Detail He Falls
Short of the. Standards. .
While doctors, mothers, old maids
and bachelors am making all this fuss
over perfect babes wearing clothes or
going without them, there are In the
gymnasiums of the city boys and girls
wno nave gone oeyona tne toddling
stage, but are yet able to lay claim
to some of this glory. One of the best
is Raymond Douglas, the 12-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs, Patrick Douglas,
of 777 Overton street. "
This ' boy has been working in the
gymnasium and the swimming pool of
Multnomah Club for the past two years.
He never was sickly, nor did he ever
show any" particular need of a milk
and toast diet, but is just a natural,
healthy, robust young American, who
rinds enjoyment in romping with the
other boys of Multnomah Club, and is
benefited by the systematic work pre
scribed first by Professor Robert
Krohn, and now by his successor, J.
Lee Thompson.
"This uoy is one of "the best I have
met.' in my career," says Mr. Thomp
COAST MANAGERS GIVEN
TIPS ON TEAM BUILDING
' ' Spark Plug' ' Suggests Getting Some Live Home Talent Instead of Crip
ples From. Big Leagues With Strings on Them.
Los Angeles Times.
SPARK-PLUG wearily mopped his
brow.
"Fer the luv of -Mike, leave ol
Hen Berry come home," he said, flop
ping Into a chair In the sporting de
partment.
The sporting editor looked up in
quiringly and Spark-plug continued
protestlngly, "It's too dern hot fer this
work."
"What work?" asked " the sporting
editor. .
"Takin' Henry's meals to him," said
Spark-plug. "Hen's men bldin' out in
the mountains, waitin' fer the torm to
pass. I have to take his meals to him
in my automobile. If you guys would
only stop hammerln in the pink sheet3,
he copld come home agin."
"Who's been hammering him?" de
manded the sporting editor Indig
nantly. "Well, there ain't been much ham
merln' to speak of," replied Spark
plug sarcastically.
"Nobody ain't hardly said, a harsh
word. Only when Henry steps proply
from the train with his plans for the
eomin' baseball season. The Times
takes a poke at his floatin' ribs; one
of them Sari. papers bites him in the
son. "Ha ie not perfect. There never
will be one, as the standard will change
witn the times and as the tables to
which all measurements are referred
will differ with different authorities.
However, Raymond is Just one ex
ample, of whom there are probably
more in our own gymnasium. The
graphic representations of his points
of excellency and shortcoming show
him to be well up toward 90, taking
100 as perfect. That's good enough
for any boy."
The method by which the standing
of any particular boy is derived is a
rather long process. There are several
systems in vogue. That which Mr.
Thompson uses is known as Dr. Jay
W. Seaver's Anthropometric system.
The table from which the value of
each particular part of the body is de
termined is scaled from the average
obtained by laking the measurements
of a great number of well-built and
well proportioned boys.
The table in this case was derived
from the measurements of 150 well-de.
veloped boys of the McDonogh School
in Maryland. Their ages ranged from
13 to 14 years. . .
Raymond Douglas Is larger than the
average boy of his age. Although but
a little over 12, he compares almost
with the average of the 14-year-old.
The boys from whom the average was
made were students of an academy
known for its adherence to books. That
accounts for the fact that the head
measurement of Raymond falls a little
short of the table established in the
East. However, he would stand high
in an average made up of, say, Port
land schoolboys.
In the case of his knee and ankle,
they are both small. To be in keep
ing with his general physique he
should have registered about 75 in the
percentage. His knee "measured 29.2
centimeters. It should have been about
31.7 centimeters. This gives him a
percentage of 40 on that score.
This discovery gives Instructor
Thompson a chance to give the proper
work to develop the knees. He will
be given work at Jumping, and in six
mocths of work In the gymnasium he
will very probably have brought the
knee to the ri-ght proportions.
oar and this here Beaney my Gawd
Magi
"When Hen seen what Beany said
about him, he rings me up on the
telephone and he says, saya he, 'Bring
yer wagon and git me out of here
quick," says he. 'I don't care where
you go," says he, as long as yer in
enough of a hurry," says he. So Hen
and I beat It fer the mountains."
Belief la Renewed Ananally. '
The sporting editor cleared his
throat. "I think that Henry has been
treated outrageously," he said. "He
has just been telling me over the long
distance telephone about his alliance
with the Washington Americans for
next year."
Spark-plug raised a protesting hand.
"Hold on," he said. "All I ast you to
do was to leave Hen come home. I
don't ast you to believe all the bull."
"You don't believe it?" asked the
sporting editor.
"Sure I believe It," said Spark-plug.
"I believe It every year about thia
time."
"Well, at least Hap Hogan is going
after the players," said the sporting
editor. "Sure he is," said Spark-plug.
"Hap's goln' after them and he's goin"
to keep on after them at a respectful
distance until they get so old they
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teams; then he'll pick them up."
"Every year," continued Spark-plug,
"Hap spills a lot 'of talk about how
Eddie Maier lust hates monev and is
Boln' to loot the big league like a
pirate boardin' one of them old Span
ish galloons I ust to read about in dime
novels when I was a kid. In the Fall,
Hap talks like John D. Rockefeller
has went into baseball and is goin"
to back the Venice team right across
the boards. Then In the. Spring, Hap
comes creakin' out leadin' a bunch of
respectable aid . parties, held together
wit bangages. Hap divides his time
fifty-fifty during the Winter. One
half the time he is snoopin' around tne
alleys behind the other baseball clubs
to see .what's been throwed out. The
rest of the time he is tryin' to patch
up what he's got wit arnica."
Rellea Are Veterans.
"What about Henry Berry?" asked
the sporting editor.
-"Well, Hen honestly tries to buy ball
players from the big leagues, and is
sometimes willing to pay a little some
thin'. But when the big leagues gits
through wit a guy, there ain't much
stuff left that's good fer anybody.
Onct In a while you git a guy like
Johnny Kane, who's a bear cat, uut
generally you come back wit some
thing that looks like a parade of the
veterans of Gettysburg."
"You seem to think Hap is just about
as bad as Hen, and Hen Is about as
bad as Hap," said the sporting editor.
'But different." said the Spark-plug,
grinning.1 "Hen pays real money and
gits players and can't make them play.
They lay down for him like Maggart
done. Hap don't spend no money fer
players, but he collects a lot of old
parties and makes "em play their heads
off. Hap ain't got nothing and Hen
can't do nothin' wit what he'a got."
"It's wonderful that Hogan can do
so well with the players he gets," aald
the sporting edtior.
"And still wonderfuller that Hon
can't do better wit them.be gets," re
joined Spark-plug.
'But they gay they can't' get play
ers." said the sporting edtior. "They
ay there are none In the market."
"Walt McChedie seems to find plenty
of them," retorted Spark-plug. "That
old Portland team looka like a chicken
coop near an I. W. W. camp every year
when the big leagues git through
cleanin' it. But Walt alius manages
to bob up wit a pennant winner the
next year."
"The Cleveland club sends them to
him," said the sporting edtior.
"Bull," snorted Spark-plug. "Cleve
land gits more live ones from Mc
Credie in a year than McCredie gits
from any big league In a century.""-
"How are they going to get players
then?" asked the sporting edtior. .
"What's the matter wit . grabbln"
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some of these college boys?" asked
Spark-plug. - ,
The sporting editor laughed deri
sively. "Your remedy would be to sub
stitute a lot of green college boys for
seasoned players. A great team you'd
have! Bushers. Ha, ha."
Bubrri Ha! Ha!
"Ha! ha!" mimicked Spark-plug.
"Don't laugh yourself to death what
ever you do. These here green college j
boys ain't fast enough fer Hap Hogan
or Hen Berry; they're just good enough
fer a few rotten, second-class teams
like Connie Mack's Athletics and the
New York Oiants. j
"When M jGraw was out here In Los i
Angeles on a vacation, he seen a coupk
of kids playin' In a sand-lot game on
the St. Vincent's College team, and
when he went home he took Snodgraai
and Artie Sbafer wit him. The"y wasn't
good enough fer Hap or Hen. This
poor, miserable busher. Walter Johnson,
wanted to git a Job wit the Angels
when he was playin" on a hick team
in the oil wells, but Dillon looked him
over and said he wouldn't do."
"What's the answer?" said the sport
ing editor.
"The answer is that there won't
never be good ball teams on this Coast
until Berry and Hap Hogan stop hang-'
ing around the back doors of the big
leagues wit. their hats in their hands
watin' fer a lot of busted-up ball
players to be passed out wlt"i strings
tied to them, to be took back if they
ever show signs of life.
Home Talent Wanted.
"They won't be no good ball "teams
until the managers develop their own
stars. They had rotten theater shows
in this town until a guy named
Morosco stopped renting second-hand
stock Junk from the East and berjan
givin' the hand-picked, home-made au
thors a chanot.
."Berry and Hogan will have rotten
ball teams until they go prospecting
fer baseball stars around home parts.
"The greatest athletes In the world
are eomin' from California. All the
tennis players, high Jumpers, runners
and ballplayers are raised here. That
little town of Santa Ana Is a regular
athlete factory.
"The next Christy Mathewson will
come from a sand lot or a college cam
pus in Los Angeles. But instead of
Hen or Hap gettin' him, he will be
grabbed and gent East by the scout
of some big league ball team that ain't
subject to fainting fits at the sound of
real money. Then we will stick around
here wit our tongues hanging out of
our mouths until he gits old and crip
pled and Hen or Map will buy back
the fragments of him."
THORPE SHOWING FORM
M'GRAVV'S IXDIAX RECRUIT EX
. PECTED JO BE IX 1914 TEAM.
Sac and Fox Athlete's Main Weak
ness of Taking Swing at Every,
thing Rapidly Being Overcome.
NEW YORK. Nov. 1. (Special.) Jim
Thorpe, the Sac and Fox Indian, of
Olympic games and football fame, who
has spent the Summer learning pro
fessional baseball under the tutelage of
John J. McGraw, is beginning to- show
signs of developing into a big league
player. Although he did little to
ward "aiding the Giants in winning
the National League pennant of 1913
since he signed a New York club con
tract, Thorpe has not wasted his time
spent upon the players' bench. Ac
cording to other members of the club,
the Indian will be ready to break into
fast company before the middle of the
1914 season if he continues to improve
next Spring at the pace he has been
maintaining in the past few months.
Thorpe proved abHolutely green, so
far as big league baseball was con
cerned, when he joined the Giants'
training squad at Marlln Springs, Tex.,
early in the Spring. Aside from' his
National athletic prowess and the abil
ity to drive out tremendous hits when
he could hit the ball, he was the veriest
kind of a "rookie." He showed McGraw,
however, that he was willing and eager
to learn, and he has been one .of the
hardest workers during all the prac
tice sessions of the Giants. He de
veloped surprising speed on the bases
and fields and throws in excellent style.
His one weakness Is inability to waif
for a good ball when at bat. Thorpe
as yet has not overcome the fault of
swinging at everything.
One of the veterans of the team. In
discussing Thorpe, said recently: "The
Indian is a wonderful natural athlete,
a fine, companionable teammate, and
has the making of a great ballplayer.
He has learned a lot during the sea
son on the bench and has shown more
improvement than any of the green
recruits. Just as soon as he learns to
make the pitcher put the ball In the
groove before hitting at it, he will be
ready for ie big game."
SPORT. NEWS
EARLY in the year Dr. G. J. Sweet
land, Jr., the crafty football men
tor at Willamette University,
Salem, sounded the swan song over the
hampionship aspirations oi tne uni
versity of Washington. He predicted
victory for one oi ine two uraguu -u-
leges. And, Dr. Sweetland still sticks
to hit oracle ship.
"The University Is
nownere uea-r ,..
strong as its 47-0
-rrn over the Ore- Wtjer
gon Aggies might
lrt,4irnt" Raid he.
yesteroay in Salem.
"Conve r s e 1 y , the
Oreiron Assies are
not as weak, and l
look for a great
battle at Albany
ovember '8.
'H-owever, 1
ratched the Uni-
Dr. Swretland.
toy with the University of Idaho last
eek and was amazea oy me sireneiu
of
uregou. xuu.no, .in ittci, kvl uil iutnj
th a 27-0 score. 1 look for Oregon
defeat Washington in Portland No
tit
to
vember 15.
"So far as the Oregon Aggies are
.. . f r an u.Hflu in Thn
Oregonian the other morning that was
the moat pregnant wiin iruin j. nave
er reaa in any newspaper, auueu
- cw..tlani1 1 1 wnM a. word of ad-
Vice to the Corvallis people to "saw
wood ana neip, not Kiiuca, tta uuie
of them haye been doing, according to
a time-honorea custom.
Down in Los Angeles the District
Attorney evidently never was a spec
tator around the. ropea arena, tie ac
cuses Jess Wlllard of being a prize
fighter.
Ping Bodle spurned the opportunity
to circumnavigate the globe with the
Chicago Sox and New York Giants.
Ping is not a good student of goog
rfiphy. He waa likely not aware that
his beers are peddled at 3 cents per
schooner In Munich. '
Michigan tried six forward passes
against Vanderbilt and gained on all
of them. Five were completed and the
Commodores were penalized for inter
fering with the other. Yost must have
a beauty of a pass formation.
Here' are the new basketball rules:
Center men must face their own bas
ket; center men not allowed to catch
ball; must hit it with hand; ball out
of bounds If man overruns line and
TIME'S DIVE IS NEW
Multnomah Man's Trick Win
ner, Says Cody.
PROSPECTS ARE COACHED
Club Instructor Begins Early on
Boys He Expects to Carry Away
Honors at Panama Meet in
1915 Polo League-Forms.
That Claire Talte. Multnomah Club's
fancy diver, .could have won the diving
meet at the Portola Festival swimming
programme in the Sutro Baths last
week, is the opinion of Johnny McMur
ray, the 100-yard man, who returned
from the South a few days ago.
"The- list of events which the com
mittee sent out scared our divers," said
McMurray. "There was every imagin
able combination of twist, flip and dive
on the paper asking for the entries.
There "were so many things that more
than half of them were never tried by
the swimmers and of those that were
tried, more than half were unsuc
cessful." Taite has a new dive which Is prob
ably not duplicated by any swimmer in
the United States. It is a double flip
and a spiral done in the same move
ment. "I have never seen anyone attempt
such a dive in all my years of swim
ming." says "Jack" Cody. "It is safe
to say that the feat would get an
award in tho free event at any meet
on the Pacific Coast."
Instructor Cody is to begin coaching
the men he expects to rank high in
the championships of the world at the
Panama Pacific Exposition In 1915,
Says Cody:
"It may seem early, but development
watched through a period of two years,
was what made McMurray Northwest
and Ireland 100-yard champion. Ross
220-yard champion, and Colly Wheeler
500-yard title owner. None of these
boys is at .ls prime yet. With
proper coaching we ought to have some
world-beaters in Portland.
"However, from the times made In
the South by all but Duke Kahana
moku, we will send a team to the next
meet with some assurance of getting
some of the medals."
The Multnomah Club cafeteria Is al
most ready for business. That will
mean a boon to the members who wish
to spend the noon hour and a few
minutes after work In the evening on
the gymnasium floor or In the tank, as
the club Is a little removed from the
restaurant district. As soon as the
new feature Is well under way, a noon
day business men's gymnasium class
will be started.
The Multnomah Club water polo
team will play Its first game on Fri
day night when it meets the Portland
Baths five. With the Y. M. C. A. the
three will form a league, game start
ing in about two weeks. The Portland
lineups will be Ross Roller, Jesse. Per
ry, Leonard Ketchum. Albert Lossen,
Frank McHale. Ernost Rosengreei and
Percy Bowen.
Multnomah Club has two new swim
mers who are expected to be stars In
coming tournaments. They are Kler
nan and Lindstrom.
AUT0-PATR0L CRIME LURE
Wisconsin Indians Commit Mlnol
Ofrenses to Get Hide.
MARINETTE, "Wis., Oct. 26. Sher
iff Jorgenson, of Crandon, used his
automobile to carry prisoners from his
northern woods district to the county
Jail. Last week he arrested three In
dians for drunkenness and took them
to Crandon in his machine. They en
joyed the trip so much that on thelt
return they told their tribesmen.
An epidemic of minor criminality has
resulted. The Indians commit any
small offense which' gets them arrest
ed, all for the official ride In the auto
mobile. The Sheriff said today that his next
prisoner will walk to Jail.
- Aid for Eskimos Asked.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. Captain Bal
llnger, of the revenue cutter Bear, at
Nome, telegraphed to Washington to
day asking for $2000 to aid Eskimos in
the vicinity of Nome, who suffered
severely from the recent cyclone.
POT POURRI
fails to withdraw foot immediately;
player returning ball from out-of- '
bounds must be given a free throw;
ball shall be held by the hands only.
If any other part of the body Is used
it is a foul.
The University of Washington foot
ball eleven Is of practically the same
weight as the University of Pennsyl
vania eleven. The Penn line averages
184 pounds and the backfield 166 for an
aggregate average of 178 pounds.
Dobie's athletes are about one pound
under this and Oregon three or four.
Oregon's line is a trifle heavier.
Golf is losing caste as a sport for
the highbrow and effete. Packey lie
Farland and Willie Ritchie are the'
latest to essay the links.
"Doc" Shaw, former Multnomah foot
ball athlete and an official in the in
terscholastlc football league, leaves for
Chicago within the next two days.
"Doc" will be absent for several weeks,
necessitating the appointment of a new
league umpire.
According to rumor in the south.
Dickey Bayless, of Venice, is to be sold
to Cleveland. Bayless led the 1913
Coast Leaguers with a batting average
of .325. He finished .318 in 1912.
Tom Hughes, the Washington pitch
er, is not capable of holding down a
job as umpire in the American League,
saya Ban Johnson, This is the worst
knock 'on record.
Nick Williams Is improving as a
manager, according to Heinle Mol-
chior. one of his sterling outfielders.
Heinle and Nick used to play together
on the San Francisco Seals, so Heinle
should know. iSays he:
"I hadn't been with Portland a week
last Summer before I pulled a bone
head play. You should have heard
Nitk shout. He culled me everything
under the sun, but, unlike most man
agers, he did not fire ma. He is a
great manager to work for."
The miracle epoch!
The mountain will come to Mahomet;
The White House will rot Into junk;
Professor Ty Cobb will be minus a
job,
And Gil Dobie will cut out the bunk.
' Seattle business men have guaran
teed the expenses of the Washington
crew for the trip to Poughkeeiisie
again next year. This crew rode across
the continent last Spring.