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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 18, 1914. CODY TELLS HOW TO SAVE Multnomah Instructor Ex plains Handling Distressed Person in Water. TOWING ON BACK IS EASY Ke.-.ii.cliatioii Possible After Victim Has Dccn Vndcr Surface Half an Hour Above All Do Not Quit, Advises Kspert. vvhile this in not the time of the year when drownings and water acci dents are most frequent, it is a good season to learn to prevent accidents ana to acquire resuscitatory informa tion. itecoras or tales or accidents on water in the Summer often end with the plaint that the rescuer was forced to struggle loose from the victim to keep from drowning. J. C Cody. . Bwimminsr instructor .of Multnomah Club, by virtue of having a record of 41 lives saved in one Sum mer, is well qualified to talk on th subject of saving life. Cody saved that number of lives while instructor of the Kansas City bathing pavilion. Cody says: 'In approaching a drowning person come up from the rear. That will stop him from getting any dangerous hold on the rescuer. Place the left arm around the neck, under the chin, with the left hand resting on the right shoulder of the victim. Victim Towed on Back. "In this manner the man in distress can be towed In on his back, allowing the rescuer to swim the side stroke without any trouble or Interference with the legs. "Try to quiet the person in distress. If necessary choke him a bit with the strangle hold. When he finds that he is not going under, it becomes easy to tow him quite-a distance. The hold can then be released and the towing done by means of the clothes at the back of the neck. "If the man is overcome or uncon scious when pulled ashore, place him flat on his stomach. Straddle the body, placing both hands under the dla phram and raise the middle of the body, pressing on the stomach a few seconds to rid the body of the excess water. "Then turn the -patient on his back, and pull out the tongue. This can be held with a dry handkerchief. "An unconscious drowning person's Jaws naturally try to close and a pieoe of wood the size of a chair rung will serve to keep them open. This must be done, for in the majority of cases the jaws will lock if not watched, and can only be opened with difficulty. Ite.tiNcltnf lent Work Dpmcrlbed. "Then start the work of resuscita tion. Bring the arms to the side of the body and raise them up and over the head. Then back to the first posi tion through a horizontal movement. "This should be done 12 or 14 times a minute. This should be kept up in definitely. Don't give up hope. When the arms are at the side of the body, press gently but firmly upward on the lower ribs. "While this is going on, have assist ants chafe the ankles and lower limbs to restore circulation. Send for a doc tor. That should be attended to first of all. "Above all. don't quit. Persons have been revived after being under water the greater part of half an hour. That, of course, is unusual, but there is al ways a chancn of bringing back life." BALL TEll W WEAK STI DESITS LKARV OF WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY BASKET QUINTET. Five lit Shot to Pieces by Students Leaving; College, Bat Contest tor Places Are Strong WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem, Or., Jan. 17 (Special.) That the Wil lamette University basketball team will be far weaker than for several seasons past is the edict of the studenva and others who have watched the five in Its practices for the last two weeks. But one man. Homan, who played last year is certain to play this, although Tall man may get into the game after re covering from a severe Injury Incurred last December. Hepp. the star guard of last year, left college, failing to graduate. Young, the other -guard, has entered Wesleyan University, Middle town. Conn. The loss of these two men leaves the-guard positions to be filled by new material. Ffaff. the cen ter of a year ago, is in college, but work prevents him from reporting, leaving another position vacant. Drake! last season's substitute guard, who would have been a great assistance to the team this season, has left college and gone into business. At present the lineup consists of Ho man, forward, and last season's cap tain, who is one of the strongest all around athletes ever representing AVil lamette. and who a few days ago was elected to a Rhodes scholarship at Ox ford, and Shisler. a Harrisburg lad. Rowland, fullback on the varsity foot ball team, and Flegel, right end in football, are at present a little ahead In the race for guards, with Gates, a varsity baseball man. crowding each hard for a place. Adams, a freshman from Idaho, and Carson, a Salem High School product, are the leading candi dates for center. With the exception of Homan none of the more prominent present candidates are at all certain of their places and dark horses may develop within a few weeks, replacing them. The first game of the season w-111 be played with Multnomah Club team in Portland Saturday evening. January 24. A return game with the club men will be played here later. The University of Oregon team will be met in Salem, as will be the University of Washington five from Seattle, along with several local teams. Always in the past the basketball season has been prolonged Into the Spring weather and has interfered with track and baseball work so as to pre vent early work in these lines. This year the basketball season will close in February and not be extended over Into March, which, three seasons out of the past four, has been a splendid month for outdoor work. LARSON'S BLANKET IS VN'IQCK Graduate Manager of Idaho Athletics Achieves Rare Honor. MOSCOW. Idaho. Jan. 17. (Special.) Prominently displayed in a show window here is the red Athletic Asso ciation blanket of Gus I. Larson, the popular graduate manager of athletics DROWN 1NG at the university. Mr. Larson's blan ket has a unique interest, in that ii bears more stars than any other Idaht blanket has ever had or can have again. Each year the Athletic Association buys blankets for those seniors who have won their varsity I's during three years of their college course in any one branch of athletics. For the win ning of each letter a star is placed upon the blanket. Orange Indicates football; slate, track; preen, basketball blue, baseball. The stars are arranged in an arc 12 inches above the center of the great "I" which occupies the middle of - the blanket. If a man elected captain he receives an addi tional star of the color proper to the sport in which he received his cap taincy. and it is placed in the center of the great "I. Mr. Larson's career as an athlete came before the days of the four-year conference rule. He played in inter collegiate games seven years in all During his first year in the prepara tory school he was merely a substi tute. but the next two years he was on the regular varsity team and won I's both in track and in football. He also won them in both sports each year of his college course. His record of 40 feet and 11 inches in the shotput has never been equaled here. The 12 stars on his blanket form not an arc, but a complete circle, a distinction which no future blanket can have. CREW GALL THIS WEEK COM BEAR, AT WASHINGTON, SEES STRONG VARSITY EIGHT. Material Available In Abundant and Promlxlnit;, and Seattle Support and Confidence Increase!. UNIVERSITY OP WASHINGTON, Se attle, Jan. 17. (Special.) Despite the fact that the University of Washing ton's first varsity crew will not meet any Western college in "a regatta for mere than four months Coach Hiram Connibear will next week Issue his initial call for veterans to compete for seats on the 1914 eight. Unusually promising oondltions face the Washington varsity. This is be cause Connibear will not suffer by the loss of many veterans. Competition promises this year to be far keener. owing to the increased interest at this university, and owing, too, to the fact that the Seattle busi ness interests and those support ing Coach Connibear have voluntarily come forward in his support, to send the varsity East to compete again on the Poughkeepsie course. The fact that the Washington eight made such a favorable showing last year has given the crew supporters confidence. Among the 1913 crews expected to be out when the call is issued are ex- Captain Ed Taylor, ex-Captain Harold Waller, Max Walske, chosen last year as one of the ail-American crew; Ed ward and Elmer Leader, Wilson Lee and Henry Zimmerman. Competition for the position will be unusually keen with eight varsity men in the race. Connibear is especially pleased with the proEpects of a strong freshman crew. For the past two months he has hed four full crews rn action. The coach Is looking forward to the completion of the Lake Washington canal, which will give him, probably. the best course in the country. , Stories About Stars BY BILLY EVANS. In his day Nick Altrock w-as one of the greatest southpaws in the business. Pitchers with more stuff there were many, but few pitchers could win with the consistency of Altrock. Nick: al ways pitched with his head as well as his arm. He had a heart of " oak. and motion to first base that kept the runner hugging the bag so closely that n was next to Impossible to steal on him. To sum It all up, Altrock knew how to pitch Pitchers with all kinds of stuff often fail, simply because they don't know how to pitch. lo the average fan of today. Altrock means nothing as a player. Nick to him is purely some amusement with antics on the coaching lines, and his comedy style of playing first base. They regard Altrock purely In the light of a baseball comedian. The public, of course, cannot be blamed for such an opinion, for it is only in the comedy oles now that Nick shows to advan tage. Manaager Griffith, however, car ries Altrock for more than his coaching ability. There is no denying the fact that he aided much in the develonment of Joe Boehllng, the sensational young southpaw. He has also been of much value in taking the rough edges off the other young pitchers. Altrock during his entire career has always been a good fellow. He has perhaps been his worst enemy. Always willing to lend aid, always a free spender, always enjoying life, Nick found it a very easy matter to get rid of his bank roll. There are some play ers who, if they had made as much money as Nick, wouldn't need worry. but Nick will never rival any of the great capitalists. ' Perhaps nothing bet ter illustrates this point than a remark I heard Altrock make last Summer- Jack Egan and I were strolling down Pennsylvania avenue in Washington. v e bumped into Nick, who ioineri n After walking a few blocks we halted in front of a fortune-telling place. A fat greasy woman attired in a dress of a million colors, for two bits agreed to ten your ruture by reading your palm. oeuer arop in, Nick, and have hr tell you your futu re.' suggested Rpnn Nothing doing. Jack." reDlied Nick 'My future is behind me." That re mark made a deep impression on me. I recalled the days when Altrock was the Idol of the South Side fans in Chi cago, of the day he beat Mordecai Brown in the opening duel of the 190 world's series. Nick was probably thinking of the same thing, when, in tones touched with sadness, he re marked. "My future is behind me." PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN WHO WERE CHOSEN TO HIGHEST f; .'-V I . , -gpJWA . x r m F v si'"" 'VcNv v M:tt 11 I " - I ZCs4Gf &2f 9maitmatntthmiriiiti fti j.ltjjtx PROFESSOR CODY, OF MULTNOMAH CLUB, ILLUSTRATES HIS If? ' t f " v ' , V' 1 - , f J f. 2zC,i - X, B i , DATES MAY CHANGE Bowling Congress Put Ahead One Week Is Report. PORTLAND JV1AKES READY Local Association Prepares to Han dle Several Hundred Entries and .More Home Contestants Are Wanted by Leaders. The Northwest Bowline- Con Prp.n tournament has been shifted nhnH , week, according to an unofficial re port, and there is little doubt now that the week of bowling to he silii by the special meeting Tuesday night will be April 6 to 11, Instead of April 11 to 15. Just what this will mean to Port land bowlers is best shown in that the association is preparing to handle BO five-man teams, 80 doubles and 160 bowlers In the singles. The ma jority of these men will be from cities of the Northwest, and in this connec tion the best brand of entertainment that Portland bowlers can extend the visitors is generous representation on the entry list. The Portland association is trying to secure more entries from the business houses and commercial concerns of the City of Portland. It is good advertis ing for the firms and means a lot to the bowlers, usually employes of the firms. In speaking of the congress, Diad Meek, bat king of ihe Northwestern Baseball League and incidentally a leading bowler, says: "The various social and fraternal organizations should and undoubtedly will take part in the bowling. Almost every lodge and club has some excel lent bowlers and should have a team in the congress. "The teams will be composed of some of the city's best men and women. Those entered, will be bank ers, doctors, lawyers, other profes sional men and employes of the com mercial houses." The games wrfl be rolled on the Oregon alleys, recently Installed, and enough new balls and pins will be furnished to give .the bowlers the best and most convenient surround ings in which to seek new records and some of the prize money. The lighting system on the Oregon alleys is being improved. That inter est will, not be slack is shown in the fact that the Vancouver, B. C. Bowl ing Association will have five five man teams entered in the Portland con gress. On Friday night Wedell surprised the gallery when h rolled a score of 286 in 10 straight strikes. This was the highest score" of . the month on the Saratoga alleys. In the Saratoga ragtime contest which-closes tonight. O'Donnell and Al Arens seem to be the winners, with a total of 1229. Chitry and Meek are second, with 1212, and Raymond and Wood are third, with 1210. - Eighty-six teams have so far tried ViiUJSa UUitXJNtx WEEK. r It . " 1 , ... . v ... . ..." . ;l A or. their hand at making the high score. Last night a delegation swooped down on the skl4s at the last moment, and the winners may be other than the above when the smoke clears from the tracks. The Saratoga alleys are now being managed by A. E. Francis, who for the past two years has been an active follower and participant in the game around Portland. He is hailed as a good fellow, and is popular with the knights of the ten-pin. Next Sunday the Oregon alleys will stage a marathon bowling contest, in which any number of two-man teams may enter. The first ball will be rolled 12 noon by one of the contestants. The total pins will count. The entrance fee will probably be $5 a team. When the first man of the team gets tired the second takes his place and so on. One of the duo is al-niays bowling. This will continue until midnight, and total' pins will determine the winner. A drop-out elimination contest will be started this week. A ragtime duck pin contest Is another event for which bowlers can prepare themselves. The Imperial alleys on the East Side are turning out some good bowlers, and this region will be represented by an able body in the coming tournament. BATTING I'lfiCHT'.S ARE GIVEN American Association Pitchers of Today Compared Vitli 1902. Are American Association pitchers of today a better brand than those who pitched in 1902, the league's initial season? A glance over the "flggers" shows that the highest team batting each year is gradually diminishing, - although twlrlers in "Prexy" Chivlngton's league had a poor season in 1911. That year the Millers, pennant winners, ham mered the choice offerings of all -twiners for a team average of .301. Al though Joe Cantillon's warriors won the pennant again the following sea son, their batting lamps were not so well polished and dropped in team bat ting for an average of .281, losing 20 points. In the season just closed, and the Brewers winning pennant, and for a great time leading the league for nigh est batting honors, fell down in - the closing days of.the race and were beaten by SU Paul, second division fin ishers. This same St. Paul bunch ap pears to have a gang of good swatters on the team at all times. Four times the Saints have held highest batting honors. Louisville and Minneapolis have each held It three times. Judging from this, then, batting is not the only important essential for a team winning pennants. The follow ing are the figures of the highest team batting by years in the American As sociation: lf02 Louisville ' 2n, 1003 St. Paul -28l JS04 Louisville ; 2S4 lOO.- St. Paul issy 1908 Louisville "in 1H0T Toledo ...'.'..'-27a 190R St. Paul 264 r.. .247 , .272 301 . .. . .281 - - .287 1909 Columbus . 1910 Minneapolis lttll Minneapolis 1912 Minneapolis 1813 St. Paul ... ." Oregon Postmasters Appointed. OREQONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Jan. 17. Three Oregon post masters were appointed today as fol lows: Robert J. France, Fish Lake. Linn County, new office: Miss Maud Nail, Odessa, vice Junie Currs. resigned; Will J. Gallenkamp. Viewpoint, vice B. .C. Hach, resigned. OFFICES OF THREE PORTLAND Afzrr-y 3fg?jz.&-&JZ Sir-ex r mX. MiMMimiiMtAa6aB Q METHOD OF SAVING LIFE AND 4 SEASON IS SCANNED Dr. G. J. Sweetland, Jr., Has Retrospective Vision. SPORTSMANSHIP IS LIKED Conference Football of Past Year Put to Sleep Finally and Pre liminary Ola noes Towards 1914 Year Are Made. BY IR. Ii. J. SWEETLAND. JR. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem, Or., Jan. 17. (Special.) The football season that went into retirement Jan uary 1, when the Multnomah Athletic Club team administered a decisive de feat to the State University of Idaho team, was a pleasing one to the follow ers of the game in the Northwest. No fatalities or serious injuries marred the game among the colleges and, best of all. the standard of play and sports manship exhibited by the different teams was of the order to elicit admi ration from the most exacting. The University of Washington won again the Northwest College Confer ence championship from the other in stitutions comprising it, consisting of the State Universities of Idaho and Oregon, the Agricultural Colleges of Oregon, at Corvallis. and Washington, at Pullman, with Whitman College, at Walla Walla. The going was not easy for the Seattle team and had it pos sessed just a little bit less strength and its opponents a little more the results would have been different. At the opening of the season, and even later, the writer was one of those who picked the University of Oregon team to win the conference title over all others. Two Reasons Help. Washington won and won because of two reasons, and there two reasons alone, namely, because the Seattle team knows the rudiments of straight call it old-fashioned football, or what-ever-you-please football and this term means a great deal - more than many believe. In all-around defensive play. In blocking, charging, tackling and in every man- doing some real work on every play, the Seattle eleven is strong. Then the other reason for the winning of the northern eleven is the fact that this team has mastered the use of the forward pass to the extent that when ever hard pressed this play is unlim bered and effectually used. The University of Oregon had. a strong team with a heavy lot of line men, a wonderful punter, place-ktcker and passer in Fenton. With a back field made up of Parsons, Malarkey, Bryant and 'Cornell, four of the best and fastest backs the writer has ever seen on the same team, an ideal com bination for the new open game, at the same time possessing great plung ing power, the Eugene team was a powerful one. Oregon had in Captain Bradshaw at end .a splendid player and one of the cleanest sportsmen the writer has ever seen work In the Northwest or elsewhere. With a strong - lot of linemen left over and with a veteran backfleld and a coach better acquainted with his men, the writer believes that next year will be the best in the history of the University of Oregon from the stand point of football and is the writer's first choice for conference champion in the 1914 race. The Oregon Agricultural College had a most satisfactory season. Of course the Aggies lost to -Washington, ao did J - s . hV I ft 4 I all the rest, and the writer has never been able to understand this Washing ton score. After this game, surrround ed with a team loyal to their coach and imbued with a spirit of loyalty for their Institution. O. A. C. finished the remainder of the season without a defeat and for the first time in years was undefeated by the State University team. The Agricultural College has every reason to be proud of its team and the coaching of Dr. Stewart. The other Northwest teams, Washington University included, need to look out for ttie Aggies the coming Fall. The State University of Idaho had a successful season. They always do when they win the game over Wash ington State, which means most of all to them. The team seemed to gather strength as the season advanced and were truly formidable at the close. On New Year's day in their game with Multnomah. Idaho played high-grade football, doing what no other college team has been able to do this year against the club men. and that is to score on the Portland team upon their own grounds. It now looks as if the University of Idaho should be excep tionally strong next season. The Washington State College team seemed to have another off year, and while heavy and strong, did not pull together from the standpoint of team play enough to defeat any of the con ference teams with the exception of Whitman. However, the prospects for a better team next year at - Pullman are bright and Washington State is sure of being stronger. WThitman fought well in an uphill struggle, having little good material to select a team from, and, as is espe cially the case with the smaller insti tutions, cannot except to turn out a team of strength each year. Whitman, however, is always a factor to be reckoned, with in conference circles and may any year come through, de feating the best. Dow Walker Prabcd. In reviewing the work of the season the writer has been greatly Impressed with the al-d given college athletics in the Northwest by Dow Walker, the splendid sportsman and superintendent of the Multnomah Athletic Club. Mr. Walker's interest in athletics and his strong stand for the best in games and contests has greatly aided this section in keeping sports on a high plane. The work of the officials handling the football games has, in general, been goon. The one mistake that is the most evident Is the tendency of some interested in football willingly to offer to make martyrs of themselves and the game by trying to officiate In contests without the proper amount of recent experience in this line. In order to officiate efficiently training is needed just as badly as upon the part of the player, although in differ ent lines. In order to handle games well obtain officials who are in train ing and working In games two or three times a week throughout the sea son and they will handle the game so as to help it. In closing this brief review of the season's work In football the one thing that has most impressed itself upon the writer's mind, after visits to Eugene and Corvallis, is the splendid spirit of love and loyalty to their team and institution manifested by the stu dent body at these places. Now the En velopment of this spiTlt within college halls at the time of college contests will, I believe, be a lasting factor in after years in loyalty to the support of law and good citizenship long after the winner is forgotten. This. I be- nve, is a vital factor not to be over- looked in athletics. relation to intercollegiate SCOTTS TO MEET BEAVERS Championship of Oregon League May Be Settled Today. The second soccer game of the Mount Scott-Beavers series will be played today on the Mount Scott grounds. At the iirst meeting Mount Scott won, 6 to u, and should the team win today Mount Scott will be declared the 1914 champions of the Oregon Soccer League. The match will start at 2:30 P. M. Both teams have changed their line ups since the last meeting, and the strength of the Beavers cannot be es timated, as the team has not been able to do much practicing. If the Bea vers win the game, the final contest will not be played for some time, as the Mount Scott eleven will play the Columbia University squad on the uni versity campus next Sunday, and the following Sunday it is probable Lincoln High will play Mount Scott. Following Is the prospective lineup for tomorrow: Mount Scott. Position. Beavers. Rankin G Riiey Duncan R B Cameron R. Robson L, B Lassen Morris R H B Dunran Bryce C H B Bloor Kinsr I. Tl R West Graham O R P FarKUCH Young- I R F Pawrie Weston C F Alblnson Stewart I L F Lind J. Roson O L F tl. Gray Subutitute.6 W. t,ray and W. Wright. "Bluebeard"' Sentenced to Death. FRANKFORT - ON - MAIN. Germany, Jan. 17. Sentence of death was pro nounced here today on Carl Honf. a local druggist, nicknamed the Blue beard of Germany, on a charge of mur dering his first wife and attempting to murder four other persons, includ ing two of his children and his second and third wives, in order to obtain their insurance. COMMODORK OF OREGON YACHT rLI B RECEIVES AP POINTMENT OF YACHTING COMMISSIONERS TO PANAMA-PACIFIC KX PO SITION. Dr. Jack M. Vates. , Dr. Jack M. Yates, a member of the Oregon Yacht Club and the Portland Motor Boat Club, was honored last week when he received the elaborately en graved papers of commission to the post of yachting commission io post or yacnting commission- of the State of Oregon for the f mama - Pacific International t xpositlon. Just whether or not t ortland will have a boat In the I er of the State of Oregon for the Pa Portl 1915 12-meter races Is still un- I decided, but if Dr. Yates can in- fluence any of the present build- ers to change the plans of their J boats enough to enter the class. Portland will be represented. : ' f . : 4 - ? - s"B'o : It!'"" ' " v SECRET AT LAST Billiard Wizard Who Aspires to Reclaim Title Has Re incarnation Theory. FLASH RECENTLY SHOWN Cue Artist Who Tew Xights Ago W on From Demarest, 400 to 143, in Six Innings Believes He Embodies Ives' and. Schaefer's Spirit. CHICAGO, Jan. 17. (Special.) George Sutton's secret is out. He let it out himself one night last week, during a spell of intense enthusiasm caused a half hour before through a splendid victory over hie townsman, Calvin Demarest. Sutton had just fin ished beating Demarest by the de cisive score of 400 to 143 in an exhibi tion match of 18:2 balkline billiards at the Hamilton Club. The veteran had run out the game in six Innings for an average of a fraction better than 66. He had scored 131 from the bank, come back with 77, and gone out with 137 unfinished. It was mas ter billiards, sure enough and at the conclusion of the game the club mem bers who had looked on and marveled at the wizardy of the great player flocked to his side. "How do you account for your sud den return to form. Mr. Sutton?" asked a middle-aged enthusiast who had seen Sutton set the world's record average of 100 flat against Hoppe in a tournament at New York yearB ago and who had since seen Hoppe trim him several times when George's ef forts were well nigh pathetic compared with his work of bygone days. Sutton a Theorist. Sutton is a theorist. Every year he has a theory which, if It materializes, is going to bring him back to his old form and make him champion of the world once more. Last year it was the Ives mushroom tip he was usinK. the year before it was something else! and each time the theory was exploded. But listen to hi3 latest and most as tonishing theory: It Is that he is the reincarnation of those dead idols of the game Jacob Schaefer and Frank. (Napoleon) Ives. Sutton did not answer his questioner in the words used herein. He did not actually say that he was the reincar nation of Schaefer and Ives, but he did say. by way of explanation, that the game he was playing now was practically a combination of the best billiards of the late heroes coupled with his own, which was more perfect than either. And when his questioner suggested that he was then realiy the reincar nation of Schaefer and Ives. Sutton nodded in the affirmative. And to say that he plaj'ed as if he were just what he imagines he is, draws it mildly, for such billiards as the veteran put up against Demarest. the latter a former champion, in this particular exhibi tion, has not been seen in Chicago in many years. Veteran' Work Avouuerful. Sutton had the speed of the tHi.le gauped to a nicety. This delioa-y of touch was like that of the famous Wizard Schaefer and his drivinw and manipulation of the dead ball, strong and accurate, like that of Tves. II in method was his own and it is better than that employed by either Schaefer or Ives in their palmy days. His gather shots, draws and masses were perfect and he played the line nurse with a deftness of precision that made his audience stare in amazement. Confidence stands out these days in every stroke of Sutton's cue. This is due to his new theory. The Schaefer Ives combination "stuff" came to him one afternoon about two months ago while practicing quietly in his own room, he declares, and he says he has succeeded in maintaining It ever since. Now the fans throughout the coun try will know why Sutton has been camping persisently on Hoppe's trail for several weeks past, the veteran offering to wager Willie anything from chalk to Confederate money in order to get the champion to play. His plead ings have been answered, too. as Hoppe has agreed to play him a lSOO-point match at 18:2 balkline for stakes of J2000 in Chicago on the nights of Feb ruary 23, 24 and 25. The Hamilton Club will stage the match and it will be played In a publlo hall, so that all the fans may get a chance to see it. Chicago A. A- Loses Rii? Matrh. The Chicago Athletic Association was anxious to secure the match, which Is to be the most pretentious contest be tween two great players here since Schaefer and Ives met In their various matches at old Central Music Hall more than 20 years ago, but had the ( A. A. landed the prize the public would have been excluded and neither Hoppe nor Sutton would agree to such an ar rangement. So much for them. Already is the great match the chief topic of conversation among billiard fans and it is safe to say they will play to a crowded house. The game is in a healthy state here, as was shown bv the excellent attendance at the recent De Oro-Morin three-cushion champion ship contest which De Oro, playing one of the finest matches of his long and honorable career, won by the one-sided score of 150 to 113. Regardless of the longer contest later, Hoppe and Sutton will meet at Hotel Astor, New York, on the night of February 3 in a 500-polnt match for the world's 18:2 balkline crown. Sut ton is confident he will win the em blem, but pins more faith to the three nights" battle. Price-Fixing Case Appealed. WASHINGTON. Jan. 17. The Wal tham Watch Company appealed to the Supreme Court today from the de cision of the New York ederal courts, which held that its contract fixing the re-sale prices of watches by retailers violated the Sherman law. Bennie Allen World's Pocket Billiard (Pool) Champion vs. Henry Solomon Pacific Northwest Champion TUES. AND WED., JAN 20-21. McCredie's Billiard Palace Second Floor of the Yeon Bldsr. Admission Free SUTTON'S IS OUT