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IT THE SUNDAY OREGON IAN, PORTLAND; FEBRUARY 15, 19 14. SWEETLAND GOES MULTNOMAH CLUB'S NEW MEN ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PLACED AT ANNUAL MEETING TUESDAY. NIGHT. SAILORS EYE SKIES FOR SIGH OF SPRING NEW OFFICERS OF THE OREGON YACHT CLUB AND BOAT WHICH BECOMES THE FLAGSHIP. . . RIVER REGATTA MAY BRING CON N1BEAR TO COACH HOBART Willamette University Loses Portland Water Enthusiasts Plan New Crafts for . Coming Season. Washington Coach's Attend ance Here in July Is Not Probable. Athletic Director Who Has Made Good Record. CHANGE BLOW TO SALEM YACHT CLUB IS AT PEACE DATES DO NOT CONFLICT n i la fr A-l X , , m':A f:J 1 Mentor Also to Act as Instructor for Girls at William Smith College, n Affiliated Institution. Salary to Be $3000. BY ROSCOE FAWCETT. Dr. G. J. Sweetland. Jr.. athletic di rector at Willamette University. Sa lem, for four years past, has accepted a similar position with Hobart College. Geneva, N. Y., and will take up his new duties In the Fall. He will also have charge of the physical training of the young- women of the affiliated school, "William Smith College. Coach Sweetland's salary will be ap proximately $3000 a year, it is under stood. "While it has been known for some time that Eastern institutions have been trying to attract the veteran men tor away from the Northwest, the news of his acceptance of the Hobart offer will be a severe shock to Salem. Dispatch. Coitrnu Rumor. Telegraphic dispatches from Geneva last night confirmed the rumor, as fol lows: "Geneva. N. Y., Feb. 1. (Special.) That Dr. G. J. Sweetland, Jr., of Salem, Or., has been engaged as physical and athletic director at Hobart College next year was the announcement made by President Lyman R. Powell today. His salary win be in the neighborhood of 3000. "Hobart's new head is sparing no" ef forts to make the college one of the best in the United States and he is se lecting on his faculty the strongest men that can be obtained." Dr. Sweetland has achieved remark able success everywhere he has coached, In the East, Middle West and Pacific Northwest, and the school on Seneca Lake is to be congratulated. For three years Coach Sweetland's high school eleven at Ishpeming cap tured the championship of Michigan; following that his University of North Dakotans won three state champion ships in four years, defeating Juneau's South Dakota n varsity the only time they met, SC to 6. Orchards Attract Coach. The veteran then became interested In Orchard lands in Oregon and came "West, coaching Kverett High for one season and losing only one game. In four years at Willamette Dr Sweetland has done wonders. He has put Willamette on the map in everv branch of athletics, particularly, foot hall. During his regime Willamette has administered defeats to the Uni versity of Oregon and to the crack Multnomah Club, while his basketball and baseball teams have won victories at various times over all the strong Northwest colleges. Willamette's football eleven wal loped Montana a year ago. 30-9. Last Fall Willamette exerted a strong claim on the state championship by virtue of Its 6-3 defeat of Oregon, which later tied with the Oregon Aggies, 10-10. Dr. Sweetland is a hard worker, an expert in every line of physical train ing, is a graduate in liberal arts, in medicine and holds a master arts de gree. While Hobart is a trifle too small to successfully cope with Yale, Harvard, Syracuse and other top-notch Eastern colleges, its teams can count on the best handling to be obtained. The Episcopalians, in fact, will be fortunate if they hold the Salem wizard more than one year, for it is known that some of the big Northwest schools are after him for 1915. OI.I GKEEK TESTS REVIVED Discus Throw and Javelin Hurl to Be Part or College Athletics. BERKELEY. Cal.. Feb. 14. The an Ment Greek athletic tt sts were revived today by the Bib C Society of the Uni versity of California, which has the direction of the Pacific Coast Inter scholastic field day that will be held here in April. The two events are the discus throw and hurling the Javelin. Although both are recognized Olympic game events, they have not been at tempted heretofore by preparatory school athletes in the West. One reason' given foe introducing these events aside from the possibility of developing Olympic material, Is that they will be included In the 1915 pro gramme at the Panama-Pacific games. For the first time in these inter Bcholastlc meets, the fourth place man will score a point this year. He also will receive a bronze medal. Centmlia Bowler Breaks Record. CENTRAL1A. Wash., Feb. 14. (Spe cial.) William Leftwich. a Centralia , bowler, performed an unusual feat last night, when twice he broke the city record for a single game. Early in the evening Leftwich hung up a mark r -77, and a little later came back with 2T-,. Leftwich is a member of the team that will b-; sent from Centralia to the coming Northwest tournament In Port land. Boston Signs Ray .Collins. BURLINGTON, Vt.. Feb. 14. Ray Collins, pitcher of the Boston Ameri cans, signed a 1914 contract tonight after a meeting with Manager "Bill" Carrlgan. Both Carrlgan and Collins said the terms were satisfactory. With the exception of Tris Speaker, who is with the world baseball tourists, Col lins was the only reserved player un signed by the Red Sox. Gruman to Meet Kendall. Word from Ralph Gruman, the Port land featherweight who has invaded the South, says that he will meet Dick Kendall on Friday night before Nell Duffey's Club in San Francisco. Gru man has been sparring with Al Kauf man, and Gruman thinks that the for mer aspirant to the world's heavy title is a "dub." Sloose Tausig will be in Gruman's corner on Friday night. Centralia Defeats Rainier. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Feb. 14. (Spa tial.) in a one-sided game of basket ball In the High School gymnasium yesterday, the Centralia High School five defeated Rainier by a score of 38 to 11. Grimm, playing at center for the locals, was the ttar of the game, throwing nine field sroals. Delhi's Claim Allowed. AUBURN. N. Y., Feb. 14 The Na tional Board of Baseball Arbitration today allowed the claim of L. W. Delhi against Great Falls. Norway compels rclati-atlon and oT;ell examination of all moving picture lma IB tended fur public exhibition. 1 M'tfl - - - Prediction Is Made He Will Head Multnomah Club. BANQUETS ARE PROPOSED Move on Foot to Have Monthly Win ners in Order to Arouse Renewed Interest in Club Work Di rectors Meet Tomorrow. R. W. Wilbur, vice-president of the Multnomah Club, will in all probability be elected president at tomorrow night's meeting of the new board of di rectors. Mr. Wilbur has in the oast years been one of the club's most active members. He is one of the men who helped pull the club through its finan cial difficulties and has at all times carried Ills executive duties in a capa ble manner. Upon the departure of George Simons on his tour of the world. Mr. Wilbur became the real head of the club. T he first meeting of the new board may decide some matters of importance to Multnomah Olub. The question of having an athletic director, a general orpanizer of the club's activities will probably be settled. The question of having monthly ban- nuets to create more interest in the club is another matter which will re ceive consideration. The appointment of the many com mittees for the ensuing year willfol- low the election of the president. in nis annual report. Vice-President Wilbur made the statement that he hoped to see the club make some more practical use of the property on Chap man street There is a strone sentiment aaainst the club selling any of It. Mr. Wilbur, believes, however, that' the club should do something: with It. The matter of rhansins the fiscal year from January i to uecemoer s, is a detail which will be discussed. BEAVKU GUAR I J IS DISABLED Asgie Trainer Gives Up Hope of Using May Against Seattle. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Keb. 14. (Special.) Thu Beaver basketball team has been sent through a series of fast practices this week In preparation for the Washing ton University game scheduled for Sat urday nlgrht here, and the wnistle - will find all of the members of the team, with the exception of Captain May, in prime condition. May injured 1:1s knee tn the Multnomah scrap last Saturday and has been out of a suit all week. !r. Stewart lias about given up hope of uslntr the big guard against the Seattle five. Wiisliougal Teams Victorious. WASHOUGAL. Wash.. Feb. 14. (Special.) In two of the fastest bas ketball games played on the home floor this year the local teams wn last night. The Cape Horn Athletic Club whs defeated by the Washougal "Hat beene" by the score of 13 to 9. The Washougal High School team won from : -v " y if - - t-:4i "I1! A-? ft jr 1 WILBUR PICKED 1 ''1 Br H' i A?v?a the Red field High School quintet, 22 to 15. This game was hard fought throughout, the first half ending 12 to 8 "in the local's favor. Weber, at cen ter for Ridgefield, and Goot, forward, and Clarke, center, for Washougal, were the stars of the match. AVood, University of Oregon, refereed. TEXXIS. MEETS ARE AWARDED Pacific Coast Championships Are Left to Executive Committee. NEW YORK, Feb. 14 Awarding of the National championship tournaments was taken up by the United States Na tional Lawn Tennis Association at its session tonight. The men's singles Went to the Casino at Newport, R. I., the women's tournament to the Phila delphia Cricket Club and the men's and women's indoor tournament to the Seventh Regiment Armory in this city. The National doubles championship, except the Eastern and Pacific Coast, action on which was deferred for a time, were awarded as follows: South ern, to New Orleans Lawn Tennis Club; Western to Onwentsia, Chicago; Pacific Coast to the disposition of the executive committee: the sectional dou bles final, to Onwentsia and the chal lenge match to Newport. The proposed amateur rule by which it was intended to prohibit the pay ment of expenses to players in all but a few lawn tennis tournaments in this country was defeated at the annual meeting of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association tonight. The vote favored the amendment, but as it was carried by only 82 votes to 79 and a two-thirds majority was required for its adoption, the proposition was lost. P.ELLAH GOIXG BACK TO SCHOOL Famous Olympic Pole Vaulter Will Not Assist In Coaching Aggies. Sam Bellah, famous Olympic pole vaulter. will not assist in the coaching of the track squad at the Oregon Agri cultural College this Spring, but he may enter college next Fall to finish out his engineering course. The former Stanford star arrived in Portland yesterday for a brief visit. He is employed on an engineering corps near Clatskannie, Or. "Several months ago I contemplated entering the Oregon Agricultural Col lege, but gave that up until next Fall," said he last night. "1 have two years to go. Whether or not 1 shall turn professional and assist in the coach ing or whether I shall retain my ama teur status is problematical. I would have to be there one year before I could participate, under the conference rules." Bellah formerly starred for Stanford and was a member of two American Olympic teams. He competed for the Olympic Club at London In 1908 and for the Multnomah Club at Stockholm In 1912. He is now a member of the Wlr-ped M track squad. II. E. 'Smith Defeats Roy Brlggs. H. E. Smith had little trouble in de feating Roy Brlggs 100 to 68 in the only scheduled pocket billiard match of the McCredle House League Friday night. Briggs made runs of 13 and 14 bulls before missing, while the best the winner could do was 12 at one time. The next and last match of the schedule will be played tomorrow night with Carl Mays opposing Tave Bancroft. Should Bancroft win the leadership of the league he will be in the three-cornered tie with Bancroft. Smith and Bi-isgs, the cream of the league. 1 Answers to Qneriea. Let r Buck. Pendleton If you will send In your name you will be given the desired Information. Line Officers Xow In Control or Or ganization J 2-Meter Boat to Race at Panama Pair in 19 15 Is TTnder Consideration. BY RALPH J. 8TAEHLI. With the Portland Rowing Club out and drilling for the ' Northwestern Re gatta, the Portland Motoboat Club dis banded and reorganized as a purely sporting incorporation, and now the election of the Oregon Yacht Club past and with a set of live yachtsmen in control, the sailors of every type of boat are watching the skies for the first break of real Spring so that they can begin the painting and over-hauling of their crafts. The Yacht Club elected a week ago T. J. Mendenhall, owner of the Virginia, the new type of sail boat which has become popular the-. last few years, is the commodore. Other officers of the club were elected In opposition to the ticket put up by the nominating committee, ap pointed by ex-Commodore Jack Yates. Chauncy Hastorf is the new vice commodore; Dr. R. M.. Emerson, sec retary; J. J. McCarthy, treasurer, and Duncan Irwin, port captain. Captain H. F. Todd, C. W. Raynor, A. G. Ram sey and Lou West were elected di rectors. ' Hatchet Burring Season Open. This is looked upon as the time to bury the hatchet in the Yacht Club, an implement which has been flaunted once or twice in the past years. The year 1911 will be one of con struction. The range of the boats to be built v.ill be wide. The smallest will be combination power and ' sail dories, being talked of by several, and the larger will be successors to some of the present day sail champions. C. Hastorf is talking of a boat to succeed the Spendthrift, the hand some 30-footer of which he is now the owner. The new boat will be of the Bear Lake type, which Is also the model of Mendenhall'a Virginia and H. F. Todd's boat. Whether or not Astoria makes a place for sail boats will have little or no effect on the Portland builders' plans. Portland - will have the best season ever, regardless of the fish metropolis. A 12-meter contender for -the 1915 races at the Panama-Pacific Exposi tion is another possibility which may result from the rejuvenation Portland is experiencing. That ' would indeed be an advertise ment for Portland and the state. San Francisco is now building several of the type of boats called for In the challenge which Sir Thomas Lipton issued on his visit to the Pacific a year ago. lU-Meter Boat Poaxible. A 12-meter boat is not beyond the seppe of the Portland builders. It would probably be too small for much use on the Willamette, but would serve well as a Columbia River cruiser. Several Portland men are now talk ing of building better boats than have been in vogue before. If several of them get together they could give Portland a new place on the map. . Tacoma on the Puget Sound is build ing a contender for the annual' San Diego-Honolulu race. Portland has had big cruisers in for mer days. Some of them may still be seen on the Lower Columbia, converted to fish packets or serving freight barges. Yacht building did not keep up at the pace it started in this country. Now there is a chance for It to make its "come-back." The tendency to put more money into boats was shown in the few ex pensive motor craft built since 1910. The Portland Motorboat Club will have its adjourned meeting on Wednes day night. This will be followed by a special social session in the nature of the -monthly" Indoor cruises. Ring and Mat WALTER MILLER, welterweight wrestling champion of the world, writes from Vancouver, B. C, that he would welcome a match in Portland with any local or outside wrestler. Mil ler will wrestle Hatch, a brother to the Vancouver amateur, February 27. Mill er is not particular regarding weights and will accept any mrddle or welter. He is beipg managed by Art Moeller and telegrams or letters addressed to theHbtel Strathcona, Vancouver, B. C, will reach- him. Hudson, Wis., seems to be suffering no dearth of boxing under Btate legisla tion. Promoters are about to erect an auditorium seating 6000 and costing $5000. The Wisconsin Commission has the right idea. The men are capable judges of boxing and ring affairs and any time the management of a show does not suit them, order the money refund ed to spectators. One bunch recently over-sold the seating, capacity of the house and the "Cornish" decided It was good form to return .the cash paid for "S. R. O." If Ritchie meets Wolgast in Mil waukee, the weight -will be 133 pounds at S o'clock. Three weeks ago Wolgast was claiming the title because he was the only man making 1S3. Charley White, a promising light weight of the East, will go over the ten-round route at Buffajo on Fcbraury 17. His dancing partner will be Kid Kansas. White was first matched with Jimmy Duffy, but Duffy's digestion is out of training. RITCHIE-MCRPHV DATE SET April 1 1 Is Day Chosen and Cham pion Will Meet Wolgast March 12. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 14. Willie Ritchie, lightweight champion, and Harlem Tommy Murphy will fight 20 rounds here the night of Friday, April 17. This decision was reached tonight following a conference between Ritchie, his manager and a prize-fight promo ter. The champion has reserved the right to engage in one ten-round contest in the meantime and suys he will go through with the contract to meet Wol tcust in Milwaukee on March 12. Marfchfield 2, Riverton 8. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Feb. 14 (Special.-) The Riverton High School bas ketball team was defeated here last night by the Marsbfleld High School five, 26 to 8. - . - l;.' v. I nnnnfc n!x I w k I-iSii I k ; r lV v. Jin . t&t Voa Y -x 'v-- -Jvw.-jn9paa a -J&v. ... OAKS TO BE STRONG Devlin Expects Team to Be 50 Per Cent Better Than 1913. AL COOK .CHOSEN CAPTAIN Only 18" Players Have Signed but 25 Are Counted On at Training Quarters Manager to Play Third Part of Season. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 14. (Special.) Arthur Devlin, manager of the Oak land club, just off the train from a long journey, across tho continent, put his shoulder to the wheel today in whipping- baseball affairs into shape across the bay. He went over the play ers on the club roster and found that he had 18 men signed, with seven still out of the fold. Devlin expects to have 25 players at the training camp, eight of them being pitchers, four catchers, seven infielders and live outfielders. "I believe the team will improve at least 60 per cent over last season's form," said Devlin today. "The new spirit of the men alone will make a big difference, and there will be im provement in the outfield and the pitch ing staff that will be noticeable. I was disappointed in not getting many of the players I was after, but I feel that we will have a good fighting team. "Our infield and outfield is com pleted and I expect to have the battery men lined up In a few days. Malarkey, Christian and Geyer have practically agreed on terms. Alexander is the only catcher signed, but If we can get Mitze to return it will mean a. lot to the team. Roberts is a peculiar holdout. In that we do not know what he wants. They tell me the pitchers were away off form last season, and I am looking for them to come back in 1914 and show the stuff they did in 1912. "On first will be Jack Ness: at sec ond, Murphy or Guest; short. Cook, and third. Hetllng or myself. In the outfeld Middleton. Zacher, Coy. Kaylor and Quinlan will have to fight for berths." Al Cook, the shortstop, has been ap pointed field captain, and will act as first lieutenant to Devlin. "I was after an old catcher in the Kast to assist the Oaks in the capacity of coach, but I was not successful. In Cook I have a player who Is always In the game fighting for victory, and he will make an .deal captain," said Devlin." - MOTORCYCLE CUB RENAMED Kose City Organization Elects and Becomes "Portland" Organization. At the annual election of the Rose City ' Motorcycle Club In the Union block Thursday night It was decided to change the name of the club from Rose City to the Portland Motorcycle Club. New by-laws and a constitution were drawn up and it was sanctioned to take part In the Rose Festival parade next June. A hill-climbing and road race was suggested. to take place some time around the middle of March, but final settlement will not be made until the .,, M next meeting. Twelve new members were taken in, bringing the total of membership to about 200. Following Is tlie result of the elec tion: Charles W. Howard, president; C N. Luck, vice-president; A. C. Knight, re-elected secretary; A. G. Ounnlsan, re-elected treasurer, and P. 1 Erwln, sergeant-at-arms. Board of directors. P. L. Abbott. U. C. Marks. H. E. Meeds and J. P. Schantin; H. Eppen stein, road captain; H. Meyer, tirst lieu tenant; P. B. Erwin, second lieutenant; hall board, a new office just created, John Carlson, Herbert Yost. M. K. Kuhns and Archie Rife. The hall board will have charge of the clubrooma In the Union block. AMICUS CLUB WINS, 22 TO 19 Zephyr Basketball Team l'alls In Closely Played Game. The Amicus Club basketball team downed the Zephyrs 22 to 19 in the winner's gymnasium Thursday night. Van Hoomisen and Sharkey starred for the winners. while Heinschmidt and Anderson were the best players on the losing Quintet. Following are the lineups: Amicus ?2). Position. Zephyrs (10). Van Hoomisen F Hon Karly P Heinschmidt Sharkey C Anderson l-e?b G MacKenzie O'Leary G Driver TENNIS SEEN IN ISLANDS BRILLIANT (JAMES PLAYED BY TWO STARS FROM VISITED STATES. Kottrell and Johnston Defeat Cracks of Orient Japanese ut Finished Product of Court Game. "The most brilliant tennis ever seen in the Philippines"; "a treat to the lov ere of real sport and society of Manila," were but a few of the phrases applied to the visit of Elia Vottretl and John ston, the latter of whom won the ten nis championship of the Orient in Jan uary. Some interesting facts of the games were received by Fred Andrews, the local expert, -in a letter from Lieu tenant Vincent Merer, a Phil innlno fol lower of the game. Lieutenant Meyer! writes: "One of the greatest matches ever seen here was the one in which Ella Fottrell defeated Kumagae, the wizard racket wlelder of Japan, for the title of the Orient. "Play in this match started on Jan uary 7 but had to be called before the sets were all over. When darkness in terfered, Fottrell had the set 2-1. and Kumagae had the games of the fourth set. 5-2. "That match was wonderful, but ac cording to previous agreement, was to be played over. The next day Fottrell kept the big gallery on the alert with the many and devious shots which he used so skillfully in defeating Kuma gae. 6-2." Johnston's defeat of Fottrell brought out the bisgest tennis crowd ever gath ered in the islands. The Governor General and other prominent citizens were interested spectators. The playing- of the Japanese students from Keio Kumagae. Nomura, Ichi kawa and Misuhashi was another treat. The Japanese are not finished masters of tennis. Joola! Swim Is Tuesday Xight. Multnomah Club's February social swim will be held on. Tuesday night. The next appointment on the water calendar will be the Gearhart dly. probably the first week of March. PacHic Northwest Association or Amateur Oarsmen to Stage Event on Willamette in July Col lege Sixirt Ciossip.- It is not improbable that Coach Con n I bear, of the University of Washing ton will take a hand in the coming re gatta of the Pacific Northwest Asso ciation of Amateur Oarsmen on the Willamette River in tlic first two weeks of July. The annual trip East of the Washing ton rowers would not conflict with tlie Portland date and the collegiate re gatta on Puget Sound will be held ear lier in the season. Four-oared boats are a little out of the college's sty!e. but four of the men from an eight-oared boat could easily be trained to use the four oars with credit to themselves. Washington's crew Is said to be as . strong as the one that ran away from Stanford and California and made such a sensational mark against the boats of the big circle back East. While Yale is having columns print ed regarding the change of stroke, and all that, Washington is quietly practic In gon with the stroke so successful last year. There is no real name for It. Connibear says its only name is the "get there." The name seems filltins enough, and it would seem foolish to let the stroke agitation get the best of anything like that. Yale took the English system as its standard in 1913. It had the English stroke, English boats, by style and build, and had the English rigging. Now it will have the American stroke and will row the American stroke in Arnerlcan-built and rigged boats. The University of California tried the English stroke last year, but its posi tion in the big race told with what suc cess. It probably will make a change, along with the others which took on the important method. Spring baseball practice has been un der way at the University of Virginia for several weeks. A squad of more than 40 candidates are in training daily on the varelty field under the direction of Coach Jack Kyan. of the Washing ton American League club. 0 The colleges and universities of tlie Pacific Northwest are planning the formation of an Intercollegiate soccer league. A movement has been started at Har vard University the object of which is to award suitable letters or emblems to the substitutes of the various varsity teams who do not succeed in winning varsity letters by being sent into the big contests as relief players for the fir string men. It is pointed out that these substitutes are of great value in tlie development of tlie teams, acting both as trial squads and substitutes as the occasion may demand. The Har vard Crimson In an editorial on the subject states: "The rules governing athletic sports at Harvard contain the following pro vision: 'Such substitutes on the base ball and football teams or crew as shall be designated by the captain of the team or crew, and approved by the graduate treasurer, may use the letters H. A. A.' So far as we know no insignia has been granted under this rule. At present the baseball or foot ball substitute clauses neither with the first team nor the second, though of more ability than the second team man who wins an 'H2d.' receives no recog nition; the member of the second four oared crew, in spite of working down to the eve of the race with Yale, re ceives none a condition very evidently unfair. We beg. then, to suggest that separate insignia for substitutes be es tablished in each sport perhaps H. F." in football, H. B.' In baseball. 'H. U. B. C as formerly In crew and 'H. H. T.,' for since hockey has ascended to a seat among the majors It should be included. The form of Insignia 13 a detail, however; of real importance Is a material recognition of some sort for the substitute." The recent agitation relative to the college student playing "Summer" baseball has led to many Interesting proposals offered as a solution of the so-called evil. A number of the leading Eastern college team captains have an nounced that they are in favor of the collegian being permitted to play for money or other Inducements during the vacation months without affecting his amateur status In college sports. Fac ulty opposition Is likely to prevent the adoption of any such rule, but Dr. Young, of Cornell, has advanced .an idea which may receive more consider ation. It is to grade the college teams according to the degree of the strict ness with which they observe the ama teur rule in baseball. "The remedy for the present unsat isfactory state of affairs." writes Dr. Young, "lies in the hands of the Na tional Collegiate Association. Let It appoint a baseball committee, which will get a positive (tatement from each of the institutions represented in its body as to the question, and publish . the list, classifying the colleges per haps as A. B, C. Then when an Insti tution belonging to class A. which stands for a rigid adherence to ama teur principles, plays an institution in another class, the conditions of com petition are known to everybody and the result judged accordingly. In de termining the final rating of the va rious teams, of course only those col leges could be considered for the in tercollegiate championship which com pete on a strictly amateur basis, their games with the Summer hotel and semi -professional players being in the na ture of praettce games, the same as games with out-and-out professional teams." AUTO SERVICE PROMISED West Stayton to Have Truck for Car. rying Crops to Market. WEST STAYTON, Or.. Feb. 1 4. (Special.) The regular meeting of the Weejt Stayton Commercial Club Thurs day evening was one of the largest ever held here, fully 75 attending. John H. Hartog, from Portland, was the speaker of the evening, and on behalf of the Willamette Valley Irrigated Iand Company promised to install an auto truck daily service next Summer to take their produce from the receiv ing warehouse of the West Stayton Canning Company to the Salem canner ies at a special rate, thus placing the Irrigation project virtually alongside of the canneries. Another subject discussed was good roads, and the new plan of bonding the county for 850,000.