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Newspaper Page TextTHE STHTDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLA2!,, DECEMBER 21, 1913. GYMNAST REOUiKES HASTEN J. Lee Thompson Tells Why Spectacular Feats Now Are Left to Circus. APPARATUS WORK IS TOLD Multnomah CInb Physical Director Says Beginner 6 boa Id Study Un der Experienced Instructor In Good Gymnasium. ARTICLE FOURTH OF SERIES. Tm Is the third article of ths series on Crmnulun work br J. L Thompson. In siructor of the lloltnomsh Club. This article Is not so much a treatise on bow to do the work as to explain briefly the benefits to be derived from some oi the heavy ap paratus. BT J- LEE THOMPSON. Physical Director Multnomah Club. The old order of things in regard to Teats of strength and daring in the gymnasium has passed, so far as gen eral exercise Is concerned. They have been made specialties and are seen in circuses and on the vaudeville stage. The physical directors of today .deal with apparatus work differently. A dudII Is led through simple exercises to stronger ones, so that in a course that,. extends over a penoa or tour years he becomes master of his mus cles and can perform what at one time seemed impossible. He is then ready to enter the be ginner's class of the circus. In all apparatus work co-ordination and. bal ance movements play an . Important j.art: however, the strengthening of the larger groups of muscles is the main idea. Athletes are taught to han dle the whole body Instead of some particular part, as when light ap paratus Is used. The horizontal bar is the most pop ular piece of heavy apparatus. It is used to develop the chest, arms, shoul ders, upper back and abdominal mus cles. "Giant Swims" far Ambitions. It Is the ambition of every pupil of this piece of apparatus to be able to do the "giant swing." by taking an ordinary grip on the bar and swinging around it with arms, body and legs ex tended. I daresay there have been more tumbles as a result of trying this trick than any other. On the other hand It is easy enough If one goes through the necessary exercises leading up to it. I am not writing a book, so will not give many exercises on any piece of apparatus; what tew I do give will be explained. Thepull up on the bar with palm front grasp is a very beneficial exer cise for the arms, forearms, chest and upper back. (The picture on the bar illustrates this position.) The upstart, or kip. is a fine exer cise also; it strengthens the abdom inal walls as well as the chest and arms. The parallel bars make a very valu able piece of apparatus on account of the varied number of exercises which can be done on them. There is hardly a muscle that cannot be brought Into play by some exercise upon them. Among the star feats among the am bitious Is the hand balance, or hand stand, combined with walking and turning around. The pushups are a fa vorite exercise and develop the triceps, subscapilarious. trapesions and flexors. Exercises of the horses are mostly of a balancing -nature. They teach the use of weight to the best advan tage. The greatest benoiits. I be, lieve. are received in the wrists and forearms. The transversalus muscles come In for their share of the work also. The half back-lever is easy enough for one who has strong wrists and good abdominal muscles, but quite hard otherwise. All manner of vaults are executed on the horse. Riajcs Exhilarate Gjinil. The rlng.are popular. The pleas ure and exhilaration of traveling through space Is experienced. Like the horizontal, one has to be able to handle his entire weight most of the time, i There are a number of exercises that are simple and do not require much strength, such as putting legs through rings and swinging as in ordinary swing, hanging by knes. forming bird's nest. etc. The most fun. though. Is Just to Jump and awing from hang ing position. This deepens the chest nd demands deep breat:i:rr. The picture shows a back lfvcr. This Is quite hard until one hns developed a coud set of back and shoulder mus cles. It is not the hardest trick on the rings by a long way. Thi cross Is one of the most difficult tricks. This In done by spreudlng both arms out straight parallel with the floor aid supporting the body at rijsht angle wllh arms. In the gymnasium there are many other pieces of apparatus on which ex ercises may be dime to helo put the body under control. The stall bars, or ladder wall. Inclining ladder. ver;I cal ladder, horisrntal ladder, tumbling mat. buck, ropes, poles, traveling rings and pulley weights are but a tew pieces found ;e.i well -appointed gymraslum. like the Multnomah. The first lessors on all heavy anoar ttus should be taught br an instructor of -physical training, whether ir the gymnasium or on the playgrounds. Notable Bowling Records MUSCLE LL.GONQUIN CUE. New York. 1175. Team George Sv.ilt'.-. F. L. Died erick. "Jamie" Watt. F. V. Moynah.tn and M. C. Wvman. Pp tiled with lig n um vane wofKf balls on the Columbia alleys. JTew York. . I'cwarJ Majors. Chicago. 111.. 120. (leaded balls. Bikes. St Louis, Mo. 127. 1900 (loaded hMls. Brooklyn Interstate I.rague team, four games. 446 (averatre . !'. 24: Orar.d Central aMevs. Brooklyn, N. Y. Mal'.hops, Rochester. N. Y.. three games total. 3197 (nve-aac. 1165): rr.nde at Syracuse. N. Y Jenuary 21. 11S.' Orad Centrals. Rochester. N. Y.. three games, total 2997 (sve-eo. !: N. B. A. tournament. Patersnn, N. J, ISii Three-Man Team Bwrd. Mortimer Lindsay, Ale-tender Pun bar and Glenn Itidell. 77: Columbia alleys. N. Y.. 1 '.'. Tno-Mas Team Keeerdn- K. L Plederlck. 277: il. C. Wyman, 2"S: total. 6S5. Columbia alleys. New York. 1904. McGuirk and Grady. Pateraon. 523: N. B. A. tournament. Rochester. N. Y.. l0i. George C. Keisey and Charles John son. New Haven (three games), total. 1355: N. B. A. tournament. Buffalo, N. Y 1911. Individual Record. William E. Roach (three games), 300, tJ. 29: total 169 (average 289.2); Ademy alleys. Wilmington. DeL. 10. Lee R. Johns. New York (six games). :;. 268. Sis. 277. 277. 2T9; total. 1621 (average. 271.1); 61 strikes. spares, no breaks: Oxford alleys. Newark, N. J.. 10. (A Greater Ktw York in dividual series. "Jamie" Watt was Johns' opponent: Watt lost.). M. C. Wyman. New York (six games). 245. 278. 257. 280. 257. 226; total. 1443 (average. 257.1): rolled with wooden ball on the Columbia alleys. New York. 1904. . Charles Schaeder (three games). 267, 27S. 268: tots!. S14 (average. 271.1): Amphlon alleys. Brooklyn, N. Y. Larry Sutton. Rochester. X. Y. (three games). 279. 2 ST. 25: total, 798 (aver age. 264); State League tournament, Syracuse. N. Y.. 1013. "Jimmy" Smith. New York (three games), total. 771 (averages 2"7): C. B. A. tournament, Hamilton, Canada, 112N George Kaumpf. buffalo, N. Y. (three games), total. 712 (average. 237.2); B. A. tournament, Rochester, N. Y., 1913 Mortimer Lindsay, New York (three games), total, 708 (average. 236.2); Metropolitan Championship. Grand Cen tral alleys. Brooklyn. N. Y., 1911. Mortimer Lindsay, New York (nine games), total. 203 1 (average, 225.6); N. B. A. tournament (all events), Pat erson. N. J., 1912. Otto Kulusch. Rochester, N. Y. (high single game). 288: N. B. A. tournament, Buffalo, N. Y 1911.- Fred B. Kgelhoff (76 games), aver age. 230.29; Palace alleys. Brooklyn, N. Y 1906. John Koster, New York, has the dis tinction of having made the perfect score (300) more times than any other bowler in captivity, he having achieved the maximum score no less than 15 times. "Jimmy" Smith, world's champion bowler, has won every time he start ed In the Greater New York and In-ter-Clty Individual Championship tour nament, setting the pace for the lesser stars during the seasons of 1906, 1907, 190S. 1909 and 1913. G0AGHIN6 SYSTEM HIT PRINCKTOX FAXS THISK SKIAD NOT FILLY DEVELOPED. 1913 Tiger Team. Potentially Strongest la Years, Falls. te Make Shnwins Expected Change Wanted. NEW YORK, Dec. 20. (Special.) The Princeton coaching system in football has been the target for more than a little heated criticism since the closing of the gridiron season for the Tigers. For several seasons dissatis faction has been growing, and the feel ing is strong that the eleven has not been developed to Its fullest strength. Criticism Is not. and never has been, aimed directly at the coaches, for. In every Instance they have done all that lay In their power. It is declared that nothing can be more unreasonable than to put absolutely green men at the head of the field work and expect them successfully to vie with coaches who have had the advantage of from two to five or even 10 years' actual experience at the task set before them. Haugbtons and Cavanaughs are not made In a single season, is the conten. tlon of the advocates of a new system at Princeton, and it is thought that no season is better proof of Princeton's need of sucb men than the one Just closed. Rarely have the Tigers had greater potential strength than the season Just past, and yet they were beaten by Dartmouth and Harvard and outplayed by Yale. The Dartmouth and Yale games are taken as the most glaring examples of this year's coaching fail ures. The Yale game was a particu larly keen disappointment, and has heightened the spirit of discontent with the present system. Nobody knows Just where the responsibility lies, and that leads to the most severe criticism that can be made against the system the utter lack of leadership. A Princeton man. who has been closely identified with athletics, said a few days ago: "The most urgent demand In foot ball at Princeton is for an experienced head coach of commanding personality, who will take entire charge of the work of the season and shoulder the responsibility for the policy adopted for the team. A multitude of coaches, all equally responsible or irrespon sible, has done more than anything else to block the effectiveness of the grad uate coaching system, and It Is to avoid this line that the undergraduates are demanding a change. "The opinions of a woman who has played with the team he is coaching, and who has to look up more or less to a committee of five other graduates, few of whom agree, can scarcely be as Impressive as those of a coach who has proved his Judgment and is fri to work out a definite policy. Con pro mise amounts to a jumble and cannot bring out the best there Is In a team. Authority this year was divided among at least three men. and no one could be sure who had the final word." Hungarian Pheasants to Be Tried. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Dec. 20. (Special.) Twenty-four pairs of Hun garian pheasants, recently received from Europe, will be sent to this coun iv soon. Tliev are about the size of the ordinary pheasant but are believed to be hardier and more capable of car irg for themselves than the Mongolian pieasant. Several shipments of the latter have been made into this sec tion and they have been well cared for each Winter, but so far they have made little increase. The bob white quail does not seem well adapted to this sec- ticn either, as they show little Increase i though protected by law. I COMMERCIAL BOWLING LEAGUE BOWLERS, WHO ARE TERRORS TO THE ALLEY BOYS i t i. -' S . t , a UEFT TO RIGHT O. SHAVB. TRIAXCI.E COLLAR CO.t S. PARTI. E, MAIMER BREWERY t H. G. B.4ROF SKV. BRl In ICK-ll ALKE-CO LLEM DER COMPAlfT. A.VD CHARLES B&RTUOLD, JOE GIDI30SS. J. LE THOMPSON. PHYSICAL PAETS OF BOWLERS BU5f HOW No Postponement Before Con ference Is Plan. HOLIDAYS' LETUP" LIKELY Class A Tournament, in Which 20 Teams Are Entered, Planned by Association on Saratoga Alleys This Week. While the holidays will put a damper on most of the bowling leagues, the Commercial has decided to roll its regular games on Tuesday night to keep the time before the Northwestern Bowling conference from 'getting too well filled with postponements. The Oregon Alley and Saratoga Alley house leagues will bowl their regular games. However, this does not mean that there will be nothing doing on the skids, for the festival week will be an extremely busy one. On the Saratoga Alleys the associa tion has arranged a two-men class A tournament in which 20 teams have been entered. The entrance fee Is $2 and the resultant sum has been di vided 15. $10, $8. J5 and S2. This will mnke a real nice little present to the winning team. The games will be rolled on six al leys, one game on each and total pins will tell the score. The teams of two men have been made of a high bowler and a low bowler, so that the general average does not vary five pins. It was the aim of the schedule committee to have the average of the two read about 160. The teams are: 1 ODonnell 197 Shepard 155 S52 2 Meek h Duraton ltK 838 S Kruse 1M Xaper 14fl 30B 4 Ahrcns Cr '. .1HS Mvers "Dad" 17 8G0 5 H outer 310 Berthold 107 357 H.rhtcl 18U Major .- M7-357J 7 Raymond iw Fro'jst !': 3o8 S Franklin 1SS NIelson 171 359 9 Case 17 - Binhop 171 338 19 r;llro- 1S3 BVjcock 171 351 11 S'ctf- , 1S3 Capen 172 .1.15 s -ncntneyer -. . , 1K3 i'rancis - 17 3.-i5 rS e j . r - " i - h f;-f W I kv ; " :u " r Vt " i . 4 f v ii 1 4 ' - . hj - - K r I f ,v1 1 1 W 1 l - - L Arm and KtssMe, Development oa &J3 v l" -itL I (he HorUoatal Bar 2. the Horse Fur- """-L A ' - -.TJ , p Jt Biskra Good Work for the Legs, Ab- i ' - ', "i S (Kf - fj domea and Hips 8, The Hand Stand. i 111 iff W One of the Points to Wbleh the Amlil- aaJflj A t I 1 ir" " A tlon of Every Gymnasium Worker - m 1 irrttis .5 txf k' f Points V . .l J -. J A la Directed. ; 11 S A U 1 : -tf-yv DIRECTOR MULTNOMAH CLTJB,ILLTJSTRATINQ; SOME OF VALUABLE WOKK OH HEAVI uimjiA&iwm 13 Meister .... usternauic 14 Hanson Wood 10 Abell Christian . . 1(1 Melvln Freeboroush 17 Ahrens Al. . Baker . . 18 Heffron ... Leap ...... lfl Meyers. Al. Blaney '. . . . 20 Goldsmith Ball , 1S1 174 33 1S1 175 358 , 1711 178 357 17S 17S 35 17S ,..17S 356 .....nt ...... .ISO 353 C.' H. Ball and Al Myers played two series of four games each to settle their long-standing tie of one of ths weekly series. - However, they both won A set, and will have to settle their grievance at another meeting. Ball won his with a total of 869, and Myers took the first with 772. s Harry Meek is organizing a "south paw" bowling team to represent the Saratoga alleys as, a standing deft to all comers. . Some of the members will be Deppe, of the Baker Shoe Company: Goldsmith, Gus Ahrens, Meek and Paul Knisey. s s Ojendyke looks like a winner in the most 200 score contests for December. He had nearly 50 of them yesterday, and was still going at last report.8 . m Fisher and Babcock are leading the Saratoga ragtime contest. Their best mnrlc la 1217. which gives them some assurance of winning the event. Ber- thold and Goldsmith are secona wnn 199 tw1 Mr'Mnhnn and Berthold third with 1221. One hundred and fifty teams have Dowiea - in mis contest uaws, with three days more to go. . s Ball rolled the high game of the week on the Saratoga alleys, spilling 253 in one of the games. Krause holds the high score for the month, 269. Ojen dyke made 10 consecutive spares on Thursday night, winning the special prize for the first man able to roll the r.bove. The House League 6n the Oregon alleys is making a lot of smoke and causing, good matches. The Friday night games brought out some good totals. The men, although classed as C Leaguers, are playing over their heads, but seem to have the ability to keep It up from week to week. . On Friday night the Olds, Wortmen & King team defeated the Ballou & Wright five, two of three games. The Columbus Juniors took all three from the Portland Sign five, the second by a difference of one pin. The scores were: Total. Portland Sign Co.. ..731 766 675 2152 Columbus Juniors. ..741 757 839 2337 Second match: Olds, W. & King... .758 E31 865 2464 Ballou & Wright... 763 72S 792 2183 In the Oregon Alley Duckpin League the Blaney five defeated the Bailey team two of three games. The- scores were: Blanevs 446 418 421 1283 Baileys .'423 457' 404 1266 1 rij I ArrABAiua CLASS IMPENDS Northwestern Magnates to Meet Here Tomorrow. More "dates is demand Portland and Taooraa Demand Open ing Game at- Seattle McGinnlty Thinks Tigers Should Play More Batt at Home. Some lively skirmishing Is expected at the annual meeting of the North western League, which convenes In Portland tomorrow afternoon. Fielder A. Jones, the man whose personality and baseball experience brought the Class B League out of a bad tangle a couple of years ago and gave it prestige all over the coun try, was elected to a three-year term in 1912, so the presidency will not be a moot topic. But. with all the delegates barking about more home dates, and Portland and Tacoma both lined up for the open ing date in Seattle, there likely will be enough excitement and talk to keep up former records. "McGinnlty is howling about a better deal at home," commented W. W. Mc Credle yesterday. "McGinnlty had about 85 games at home last year and an equal number abroad. What Is he kicking about? Tacoma split Its series with Seattle, but It makes no difference to the rest of us whether they are split aeries or run the entire week through. That Is his business and he can have it that way if fc wishes. "So far as the opening date muddle is concerned it is Portland's turn to open at Seattle and I intend to see that we do. That's all I have to say." FOUR TWiRLERS AT TOP AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ISSUES ITS HONOR ROLL FOR 1913. Flene. McQuillan, Cutting and Clemons Make Good Records -"King" Cole Is "Iron Mam" of League. CHICAGO, Dec. 20. Pitching honors so far as proportion of games won and lost determines them, went to Fiene of Minneapolis. McQuillan of Columbus, Cutting of Milwaukee and demons of Louisville in the 1913 American Asso ciation season, according to figures an. nounced today by President Chivington. Fiene is credited with seven victories snd two defeats; McQuillan, with 12 victories and four defeats, and Cutting, who took part altogether in 39 games, won 21 of the victories which gave Milwaukee the pennant. He lost nine games. Clemens was credited with seven victories and three defeats, though he was on the slab in 23 games. "King" Cole, who was drafted by the New York Americans, where he will play under Frank Chance, his captain when he was a cub, ranked among the "Iron men" of the league, pitching in 46 games for Columbus, with a record of 23 games won and 11 lowC -His record gave him sixth place. Eayres, of Columbus, was fifth, with nine wins and four defeats. Louisville and St. Paul tied for team fielding honors with .964 each, and Milwaukee's champions ranking third, with .960. Clatskanie .DefeRts Astoria. CLATSKANI2. Or... Jec. 20. (Spe cial.) The local high, school basket ball team won one of the hardest and closest games ever played on the local floor by downing Astoria High. 18 to 17. last night. By virtue of this vic tory Hie home quintet is the undisputed champion of the Lower Columbia River. Harvard Honors Lewis H. Mills. Lewis Hunt Mills, a Portland boy, has been appointed third marshal of the senior class at Harvard University. Toung Mills is a member of the Insti tute of 1770. and made his "H" in var sity football in the game against Tale November 22. . REAL SPORTSMEN NOW BEING BRED Game Commission Sees Far Less Trouble in Enforcing Laws of State. CLUBS HELP IN WORK William L. Flnley Xotes Hopefnl Signs Pump Guns Thought Men ace to. Best Interests and Un written Law Discussed. The State of Oregon has witnessed a remarkable change in the class of sportsmen who take advantage of the game resources of Its fields and for ests, in the opinion of State Game Warden Finley. The Game Commission has had less trouble in enforcing the laws this year than before. Part of this- can be attributed .to the organization of sportsmen's clubs in different cities of the state on the order of the Multnomah Anglers' Club, of Portland. Through these an extensive aduca tlonal campaign has done much good. At each meeting of these associations soma, of the prominent hunters and anglers talk of their experiences and occasionally officials of the state game protection departments explain - the laws, their functions and how the en forcement will benefit the hunter. Better Sportsmen Developed. In speaking of the condition, William L. Finley says: "One of the most hopeful signs in fish and game protection throughout Oregon is the rapid development of a better class of sportsmanship In an gling and hunting. The protection of game and the enforcement of game laws are matters of growth and edu cation. Formerly game was abundant. The country was unsettled and little or no attention was paid to game laws. This is the case even at the present time In some sections of the state. Yet in the advance of civilization it be comes necessary to have game laws and to live up to these laws. The effective ness of game protection is governed by the interest of the people and the spirit of those who hunt and fish.' "Many people wink at the tales of an angler when he continually boasts of the number of fish he catches and the size of the big ones that get away. They also look with suspician upon the hunter who brags about tne numDer of birds he shoots. The majority of people know that a true sportsman does not judge the success of his hunt by the size of his game bag. "There are certain things in the ad vance of civilization and in the rapid development of firearms that help to discourage .good sportsmanship. The modern, up-to-date gun has it over the old-style because it is a cheaper in strument with a far' greater killing ca pacity. The substitution of the pump and automatic shotgun for the single and double-barreled shotgun encour ages a great deal of carelessness among hunters. It takes a deal of training to make a real sportsman out of a hunter with an automatic gun. It is like try ing to-make a useful American citizen out of a boy whose father has left him a fortune. Doable-Barrel Gun TTrged. "The modern rapid-fire guns encour age hunters to take greater chances in killing and to be less careful in their shooting. A hunter who knows he has but one or two shots is more carelul In aim than if he knows he can fire from five to ten shots as rapidly as he can pull the trigger. A man with an automatic often begins shooting before his birds are within range and continues shooting until they are far out of reach. As a result a larger number of birds are wounded to get away and die in some fence corner. With high-powered rifles many a deer hunter "takes absurd chances and many an animal is wounded, never to be found except by a predatory cat, cou gar or wolf. ' "Organizations of sportsmen should commend the use of the double-barreled shotgun in preference to the pump or automatic in wild fowl shoot ing. The smaller bore, close-shooting shotguns are also to be recommended. A true sportsman frowns on potting a sitting bird rather than giving It a flying chance." In speaking of hunting conditions on the Columbia Kiver where the ducks are each year becoming less numerous Finley says: "The Joy of the hunt comes to the amateur and not to the professional. A certain amount of duck shooting along the Columbia Kiver and a good number of duck hunters are not so much In the amateur class as they are professionals. By professional we mean they are too much interested in the killing and in the amount of game killed rather than the true spirit of sport "There is a great deal of overflow COLUMBIA UXIVERSITY HALF BACK ELECTED TO CAP TAIN 1914 TEAM. ' 0 t 4 tidaiTton'ii iihiriirvf-" George Mxon. At a meeting of the letter men of the 1913 football squad of the Columbia University, George Nix on, selected for a halfback posi tion on the 1913 all-star team, was chosen to lead the 1911 ag gregation. This is Nixon's third year with the university and as a reward for his faithful serv ices the captaincy was bestowed on him. Leland Seufert, the lit tle end who had his leg broken in two places in the last game of the season.' was chosen as al ternate captain. In case that Nixon fails to return to school in. the Fall Seufert will step right Into the vacated position. rf. i f " 'la land along the Columbia Kiver. There are many small and large lakes, ponds and sloughs which are ideal feeding and resting places -for ducks. As pop ulation increased and more people be came interested in duck shooting -the owners of the lowlands along the Co lumbia rented their lakes and ponds for shooting privileges. They have asked higher and higher rents each year until 'their prices have become unreasonable. ' Need 'for Leaders) Shown. "In addition to this, as the number of duck hunters Increased and ducks became less In number, the baiting or feeding of lakes and ponds became a common practice. Hundreds of tons of wheat are fed to wild ducks along the Columbia River each season to decoy -the Viirds to the blinds. "The high rents that are paid for shooting privileges and the large amount of wheat that is fed places a money value on many ducks -of from $2 to $5 each. It is this excessive cost and these conditions that make many duck hunters feel that they have a right to kill a large number of birds because they are paying out a big amount of money. The sport, therefore, is reduced to a money basis. It is but natural that certain of these duck hunters are asking for the priv ilege of selling their ducks. "For many years it lias been a sort of an unwritten law with the best class of sportsmen along the Columbia to shoot but once a week. Certain hunters are overstepping this rule and shooting twice and three times a week. The Federal law for the pro tection of migratory birds lays down a rule that Is fair for one and all no shooting between sunset and sunrise. Yet there is a certain class of sports men who cannot withhold from pot ting birds before the legal time ot shooting. "We desire to call the attention ot those sportsmen who are interested in duck shooting along the Columbia to the facts and conditions as they exist today. The time has come when the better class of sportsmen must assert themselves and when the spirit of real sportsmanship must be shown." SOTO TO TRY AGAIN WILLIE HOFPB3 TO BE TAKES O.V ONCE MORE FEBRUARY 3. Coming Match Will Make Sixth Time To Have Met. Champion Being Consistent Title Winner. NEW YORK. Dec. 20. (Special.) Willie Hoppe. the billiard champion, has inserted a bright spot in an other wise dull and drab billiard season by accepting the challenge of George Sut ton, the Chicago expert, for a match for the 18.2 title. The match will be played in New York on February 3, probably at the Hotel Astor. , This will make the sixth time that these two billiardists have met in title matches. Hoppe has been a consistent winner, but Sutton has been Just as consistent a challenger. The prent champion easily defeated Sutton in their last match, which was held in this city, but Sutton, who is one of the most experienced players in the country, is dangerous at any time, and when playing up to form is liable to get away on a high run at any time. There was considerable discussion over the place for playing the coming match. Sutton wanted the contest staged in Chicago, and in this was backed by a large following of the game in the Windy City. But Hoppe htood on the rights of the champion to dictate the place for the match and insisted on New York. The Chicago en thusiasts claim that Hoppe's insistence on playing all of his matches in New York does not tend to promote the best interests of the game in other parts of the country where the billiard fans are also anxious to see title matches. This match will bridge over what otherwise promised to be a slow year in billiards. The postponement of the Hoppe-Iriman match for international honors left nothing on the card except a proposed tournament for the 14.2 title, which may be held some time in April, until the next tournament for the 18.Z title. Koji Yamada, the Japanese billiard player, who made such a good showing, in the last championship tournament in this city by defeating Hoppe on one of the nights of the contest, is preparing to stir things up in the next tourney. He has been touring the country and has been a hit everywhere he has played. Just now he Is showing his talent in Boston and has won the ad miration of the Hub fans for his abil ity to nurse the ivories for high runs Yamada has announced that he doen not intend to challenge Hoppe for a titlH match but will probably be content to wait for the next tournament, when h hopes to have improved his game enough to step out with a title. Sutton to Meet Hoppe. CHICAGO, Dec. 20 George Sutton has accepted an offer of Willie Hoppe for a 1500-polnt IS. 2 billiard match for $1000 a side. Sutton challenged Hoppe for a game for 9250, but the champion insisted ou the larger amount. It will be played in Chicago next February. De Oro to Play Morin.v CHICAGO, Dec. 20. Alfred De Oi, of New York, champion three-cushion billiard player, accepted today the challenge for the title made by Charles Morin, of Chicago. The match will be played here January 6, 6 and 7. GRUETTER WIXS PAPER CHASE Hunt Club Programme for Spring Months Prepared. Walter Gruetter on Lady Myrtle cap tured first honors in the paper chase held yesterday by the Portland Hunt Club. Mr. and Mrs. James Murphy were hares and they picked out a course of seven miles over somewhat rough territory, but at that the foot ing was good. Several stiff Jumps wera included in the trip, which ended neat Raleigh. The paper chase was carried out by the new officers of the club and start ed from Fairvale at 2:30. Chester Murphy came in second on Ella Hart and Mrs. W. L. Wood was third on Johnny. The next paper chase will be New Year's day, when the annual cup chase is scheduled. The outdoor programme of the Port land Hunt Club for the coming Spring has been made up and all the events ot the season, with the exception of the annual Spring meet, have been set. A. M. Cronin was recently selected as "master of the fox hounds" and the first event of his programme was yesterday's paper chase. Events for the New Year are: January 1, 1911 Open paper chase, New Year's cup. January 10, 1914 Paper chase. January 17, 1914 Paper chase, foi children.' January 24, 1914 Paper chase. February 7, 1914 Paper chase. February 21. 1914 Open paper chase, Washington birthday run. February 28, 1914 Paper chase, for children. March 7. 1914 Paper chase. March 21. 1914 Point-to-point rate. April 4, 1914 Paper chase. April 18, 1914 Ladles' paper chase. May 2, 1914 Paper chase May 16, 1914 Gymkana and barbe cue. Date of Spring m will be an nounced later.