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THE SUNDAY OXtEGOXIAX. PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 23, 1914. STATE UN1VERS1TT BALL TEAM STRONG Nine Letter Men and Several 'Youngsters Sought by Pro essionals Available. ' EARLY PRACTICE IS BEGUN Thirty-Odd Candidates Report for First Workout and Few of Last Year's Players Are Missing From IJezdek's Squad. UNIVERSITY OP OREGON. Eugene, Feb. 21. (Special.) Thirty-odd candi dates for the University of Oregon . baseball team reported for the first workout Thursday afternoon. With nine old-letter men and half a dozen youngsters who have . passed up Chances to enter the professi al game, the lemon-yellow squad is touted as the strongest which has ever turned out here. Only three men who earned their let ters last season are missi..T. They are ex-Captain Chandler, left-fielder; Mount, center-fielder, and Keed, catch er. The first two passed out by the diploma exit and Heed is now attend ing Amherst. This leaves the team practically as strong at the start of the season as last year in all depart ments, with the possible exception of the outfield. Here the absence of Chan dler and Mount, both four-year veter ans, may be felt. Pitching Staff Intact. With the registration of "Johnny" Welch, premier heaver of last year, the pitching staff remains Intact. Bigbee and Tuerck are the remaining pitchers who composed last season's trio. Flem ing, a fourth pitcher of last year' string. Is also trying out again. Motschenbacher, who shared the catching duties with Reed last year, is again available, and there a -i several new men who covet his position. One of these is Carson Bigbee, from Al bany, who cam handle the mitt or play the Infield. This is the young ster who has been' repeatedly tempted b.- Northwest League managers to en ter the professional game. Captain Carl u'enton is the present Incumbent of the first-base office, but be will have corn-petition in the person of Dick Nelson, a strapping freshman who has had much semi-professional experience. Nelson is another of Coach Bezdek's pupils who has had opportuni ties to turn his baseball talent into cash. Last year's inftuid is preserved un blemished .with Cornell at shortstop, "Buck" Bigbee on second, Anansen on third. Two Outfielders Upturn. Until two weeks ago it seemed that all three outfield -ositions would be open to newcomers, but with the Feb ruary registration two old gardeners 'returned to try for their former posi tions One is "Josh" Billings, from Olympla, Wash., who covered right field part of last-season. Billings' regular position is at first ba.--, .0 ut he devel opened. Into a good outfielder under Coach Ayer." Uhe other veteran is "Red" Van Martyr, who saw his last regular, service three years ago. Van Martyr was not in college last year and has not frequented the diamond lately, but he has not - forgotten his knowledge of the gam. and looks like a first-team possibility. Coach Bezdek has his hands full with his basketball t .m now. 1 ut with the close of ' e season for the indoor game Only two weeks a ay, lie will soon be able to give Lis undivided attention ' to the embryo leaguers. Bezdek is fully as well qualified to teach base ball as he is to coach football and bas ketball. Captain Fenton is another important figure In the local baseoal' world who . Is temporarily alienated from the game by basketball. He will report as soon as the conference r..ason in the latter port Is ended. The date of calling the first practice this-year was the earliest in college history here. Bezdek took advantage of the first cessation of rain to launch his Spring training, with the idea or forestalling any danger of backward development. OLD TRACK PASSES AWAY ) NEW CINDER WAY PROVIDED AT ITNIVERS1TY OK CAI.IKORxIa. Walter Chrlxtle, Coach for Several '.. Years," Telia of Wonderful Per formances of Protest" BY EARL R. CRABBE. Captain University of California Track Team. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berk eley, Feb. 21. (Special.) California's future stars of the cinder path will no longer be able to work in the shade of the giant eucalyptus trees, and the Immense foothill oaks which shade the present track, on the lower campus. The tract for the new stadium up near the Greek Theater has been acquired and the meets of this season will be the last to be staged on that famous track. Many Olympic athletes, holders of world's records, and other famous ath letes have trained on the old track. Witli that path will always be con nected the name of Walter Christie. California's present track coach. The moving produced the following from Christie: "My knowledge of the University of California cinder path dates buck 14 years. "We have the best athletes of the world competing and showing marvel - ous "performances, among which were Tony Cadogan,. the fastest amateur sprinter I ever saw; Billy Tirum, a sterling sprinter and 4:40 man; Doc oolsey, . all-around man; Al Flaw, hammer, who threw the 16-pound hammer ten years ago, 191 feet 4 inches In practice for me. The world's record is 189 feet 10 inches,- made only last year. "The high-jumper, Clmnning Hall, could do 5 feet, 11 inches, in a ten-foot run. Billy Powell was a grand hur dler. Herb Cheek was next to Kranz lein, the fastest hurdler the world has ever known. "We have seen Eddie Beeson, with his sterling hurdling and tieing the world's record. We have seen the pres ent track captain. Earl Crabbe, give us heart disease by two races. Wo have seen Harry Wood do fine work many times. The old track has seen many Incidents that could be traced to college spirit many kind acts, many self-denials, many successes, many disap pointments. More victories than de feats have been the lot of our Alma Mater. Great teams have been de veloped and their memory will be ever cherished. "To give the names of the outsiders that have been on the track would be Impossible. It would mean slighting those whose names have not been men tioned. Hundreds of the world's best have been bur guests and our compet itors. If we could gather together those who have been here and have them In the proper condition, again, why, America would not have to worry over any Olympian games, for dozens and dozens of our athletes and com petitors would win for years to come. "Our track has been small and our numbers getting larger. Now we have outgrown conditions, naturally we must move." M-COKMICK HITS BAD LUCK Itecord in State Meet Followed by Iefeat at Coronado. McCormicR. the California high -school tennis star, who won the Oregon state singles championship here last Sum mer, did not fare so well in the recent Coronado tournament. He entered the doubles as teammate for Barber, also of Los Angeles. They lost to Griffin and Strachan, 6-2.. 6-1, 6-3. McCormick also lost out In the single championship. Strachan win ning that event from Griffin, 7-5, 6-3. Griffin opened strong in this match, forcing him to a third advantage to win. AGGIES FEAR VARSITY IMMINENT CLASH OF" TEAMS MUCH SPECULATION. STIRS Selbert. of Portland, One of Dependable-, for CorvaHls, While Dewey Sfcowi Good 1'orna Lately. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, Corvallis, Feb. 21. SDecIal.) With the culmination ot basketball hostili ties with the University of Washing ton for this season there comes to Oregon Agricultural College fans vis ions of a great series with Oregon Uni versity. In Thursday night's game the Aggies showed symptoms of form and speed and fight which cheered the Beaver rooters and inculcated into tlieitj hearts the hope that there is a possi bility that Coach Bezdek's Eugene bas ketshooters will have their hands full when they mix with the locals' in the series, beginning this week. The first game of the series will be played in Eugene on the night of next Tuesday, February 24. A large delega tion of fans will accompany the team on its pilgrimage Into the territory or the wearers of the lemon yellow. Wednesday night "the two teams clash again in Eugene, and Saturday night resume the scrap here. The fifth and sixth games will be played on the even ings of March 6 and 7 at Corvallis and. Eugene respectively. Should the score at the end of six games stand at a tie, a seventh game will be played to decide the state championship. The advent of Selberts. the ex-Chris tian Brothers basketball star of Port land, into the ranks of the Beavers has boosted the chances of O. A. C against the university. Seiberts proved ef fective against Bezdek's team in a game played between the university nd the Christian Brothers early this season.- He is husky and scrappy, and in Thursday night's game with Wash- ngton University played a sensational game during the half in which he was entered, despite the fact that he had entered college but two days 'previous and was Unfamiliar with -the style ot play advocated by Dr. Stewart. The steadiness with which Admiral Dewey - had been converting foui chances- of late Is another reason for the somewhat rosy visions of O. A. C. dope artiste. Dewey threw 12 "out of 15 shots Thursday night. IiAIX STOPS SOCCER COSIEST Beavers Win Half Match. 2 to .1, from Washington High School. Because of the heavy rain only one half was played in the Beavers-Washington High School soccer game .on the Jefferson High School grounds yester day. At the call of half time the score stood 2 to 1 against the high school team. The field was heavy and the ball was so wet that it could not be handled properly by either team. The high school team scored the first point by a well directed shot by Center Forward Paddy, but soon after that the Beavers equalized and Just before half time another goal was annexed. "Scotty" Duncan, Lassen and Alnslte played well for the Beavers. Captain Hazlett, Rudolph Duncan and Camp bell starred for the Washington High School. The lineup: Beavers 2). Washington (1). Ainslle Oo al Johnson Lassen ...KB... (Capt.) Hazlett Gray LB R- Duncan Graham R H B Miliary Williams C H B. . Wanless Kins LH B Johnson Riley O R F. Thayer Pasquill ........ .1 R F. Williams Scotty Duncan... C Fr.. Paddv Bloor ILP Carroll Foster O L F Campbell bammie uuncan. reieree; isurgara, ol Jer ferson High, and Hoffman, linesmen.' Spares and Strikes A class C ragtime bowling contest started, on the Saratoga alleys last Thursday, to last 10 days, and another ragtime started last night, to last nine days. The one that started last night is an open double affair and as it runs but nine days the prospects of some of the best bowlers in the city participat ing seem bright. Four men tied for first place with 246 pins for high games last week, Eldon, Ball, Finnigan and Bechtel be ing the lucky bowlers. In the playoff r inmgan ran away from the others and finished the game with 207 to his credit. - The high score for this week is held by Kelly, who made 256 pins in one game. By scoring his 256 Kelly is now in third place for the high score of the month. Brooke is leading the race for first place in high scores with 289; CMtry is second with 269, Kelly third with 256 and fourth place is held by Chitry, who registered 255 pins in a game last -week. FolOwing are the standings of the bowlers in the Commercial League, also the standings of the' teams: Commercial League. G. Ave.i G. Ave. Meyers 4B 18OJandyk 4 Flnck 4S JH.il.Xielsen - 4 170'Anderson 47 Tint Fisher 44 a(7tuavin ....51 Shannon rl 1 1 JI.Merrlclt .... Brother a:: 172Hlrrel ... Bnrthold, 51 72:M-Mahon .. Wascher 1- IT'-iOoppe ..... Moore 48 17tlJye Snilner IS 171!Kraua ... Pembrooke ...47 171: stmts .... McOltinis ....4--' 170rreyruss .. Wohtnll 44 170lMontKomery Morlts 31 17MCochran .. Kldon ... -4 169Dlbbern Hartle 4H 16!tS-hvab ... Koldt 4r, JBU'Van Carrv Snider 15 lB7;Mlller ..... Harbert ......47 167ilrancis .... Team Man rtl iif. Name W. Co.. 41 Rrunsu-lck-Balke-Collander Columbus Club Old Joe Old t-on Wh t sHy Rainier Brewery Crane Company Baker Shoe Company Triangle Collar Company -. . . . Oermania Life Insurance Co.. In order that policemen may take shatter from snow and rain, the city of Brussels Is erecting large sine umbrellas around, street lamp posts. . 3 46 .048 TWO TEAMS OF THE PORTLAND INTERSCHOL ASTIC SOCCER LEAGUE WHICH PLAYED THEIR ANNUAL GAME LAST THURSDAY. -.v : fWNjr,.: $ y : lift. MS;iV'viZ W.: -J-WeW .? .:? $ I ie sn yNrVrrf '"fetr tsA . . ? f . . ' '.- : --f- i1 i vr -T'" ? m . 1 pr . V Lin colli High Eleven (Reading Left to Right. Bottom Row) Robbie. Wolvertnn, Xoffke. Captain Wvlter Tanirn aee and Luckeyj (Reading Left to Right, Standing! Trainer Joe Celeatine, Frank "Hercules" Bunch. Merle Rounaellot. Who Waa the Star of the Iy for Lincoln) Coey. Paget, Preaton Holt, mills and Manager Earl K. Goodwin. Columbia l nlveraity Sqnad (Rending hsdy, Columbia's Star? Jacobberger Philbin, Bernhofer and Faculty Mannger and Coach J. H. Bach. DELAYING GAME-UP Jefferson High and Columbia - Coaches Seek Time. POSSIBLE TITLE IS STAKE Soccer Contests Between Washington High and Portland Academy and ' Jefferson and Lincoln Are Scheduled for Week. Although the Jefferson High-Columbia L'niversity basketball game is scheduled for next Friday, tne coaches of the two schools are trying to set it ahead- and in all probability it will be played Tuesday in the Washington High School gymnasium. Definite ar rangements have not been completed, but the East Side school likely will be the scene- of the annual affair. - Jefferson High quintet is the only obstacle that the Columbia. University aggregation has to pass, and if a vic tory is chalked up for the collegians, the leadership of the Portland Inter scholastic Basketball league will be in a tie-anJ post-season games will have to be played to settle the 1914 title. The only other basketball game of the week will be played between Washington- High School and the Portland Academy, in the Portland Academy gymnasium, Wednesday afternoon. This game Is practically conceded to the High School team. Lincoln High plays the Hill Military Academy quintet the last game of the season, but Coach Borleske, of Lin coln, and Coach Earlywine are trying to put the game ahead so that the championship can be eettled before the JEWISH BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM WHICH WILL MEET CHRISTIAN BROTHERS WEDNESDAY. , if?. -L- ' w : h pst.U 1 tr wp fcrsJ , lo-Qs t .2S 26 .4t0 t I ' ' - - .11 i-5 .814 ' V- -r .12 87 .235 ' RKAUINCi, LlitT TO RIKHT KDD1K COHEN, LOUIS GOLDSTONB, CAPTAIN JA51ES GILBERT, MANAGER IIVMAJI - SCHWARTZ,, JI LILS HERZOG, MARCUS WEI N STEIN, MANUEL WEISER AND -COACH NATH-W COHEN. Left to Right, Front Ron) J. Murphy, and "Sonny4 Q,uinx M (Standing, Left track and baseball season opens. Com paring scores, the Hill team is due for a defeat and in this event Lincoln will have four -wins and one defeat. Two soccer games are on the pro gramme this week. Washington High is to play Portland Academy Tuesday, and the second affair will be Thurs day afternoon between Jefferson and Lincoln. Both games will be played on the Jefferson High grounds and will start promptly at 3:15 o'clock. Last week the Columbia University team scored only five points agafnst the Lincoln High's 0 and- this made the lowest score the collegians, have reg istered so far this season. The first game of the season the Washington High team was defeated, 13 to 0 and then the Portland Academy team was defeated, 7 to 0. M'jnXXVILLE COLLEGIA WINS Cliemawa. Indians I-ose Basketball Game, Score 30 to 22. M'MINNVILLE, Or., Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) Last night's basketball game here resulted, McM: nville 30, Chemewa Indians 22. Two fast teams and a slip pery floor, which, had been used for a dan.ee the night before, made an ex citing game from start to finish. Mc Minnville College took the lead from the blow of the whistle. In this league Pacific University has won three games and lost three. Cbe mawa has won three and - lost three. Pacific College has lost three and won two, while 1 McMlnnville CoHege has won three-and lost - two. Only one more game is to be : layed, that be tween McMinnville College and Pacific College at Newberg next Friday eve ning. XORTir ' BESD TAKES TITLE Victory Over Coquille Gives Lead to Visiting Team, NORTH BEND. Or, S"eb. 21. (Spe ciaL) By winning last night at Co quille. the North Bend High School basketball team got t strangle hold on the county championship. The score .was IS to . North Bend chartered a special train for its team and the following fans It has won five games and lost none. Cannon, Captain George Nixon. Pea- to Right) Bilodeau, Leonard. O'Brien. WINS; 57: LOSES 5 Jewish BoysV Athletic Club Basketball Team Fast. NEW SERIES IS ARRANGED Christian Brothers College Quintet "Will Be Taken On for Two Best in Three Games, First to Be Played Wednesday ITight. Fifty-seven victories and but five defeats In the past four years is the remarkable record of the Jewish Boys Athletic Club basketball team. Four members of the present quintet were membecs of the original squad and of the five defeats chargred to the team four were received in the campaign of 1911 and the fifth was against the fast Mount Angel College aggregation last Spring-. The local team has met and defeated some of the fastest teams In the state. A three-game series Is being arranged with the Christian Brothers Business College. The first match will be played Wednesday night in the Jewish Boys' Athletic Club gymnasium and Leon Fabre, Jr.. will officiate as referee. The second game of the series will be -played on Friday night wltM the Christian Brothers Business College gymnasium as the scene of the fray and Nathan Cohen, coach of the Jew ish boys, will direct the play' of the two squads. Should the extra game be necessarv to decide who is the best, a neutral floor- and a neutral referee will be thosen. The Young Men's - Christian Association gymnasium is the mosl likely place. The Jewish Boys' Athletic Club has been trying to arrange a game with the Washington High School team for thia coming Friday night but as the proposed Jewish Boys-Christian Broth ers Business College melee is almost certain, the high school game will have to De taaen lor some other date. Mr. Cohen has been coaching the Jew ish boys for the past two years, hav ing taken up the work of Manuel Wei ss, wno piays center on the team. conen s proteges have lost but one af fair since he took the reins last Spring aim ma. inKun waa lost oy one point. The annual contest between the Mt Angel College and the Jewish Boys' Atnieiic uiub will be held soon after March 1. in the Young Men's Christian Association gymnasium and A, M. Gril ley. of the local association probably will referee. following are the names of the original squad: Manuel Weiser, Mar cus weinstem. Louis Goldstone and Manager Myman Schwartz. Captain Jimmie Gilbert joined the team in 1913 Louis Herzog in 1914 and Eddie Cohen in ii). COLUMBU MEET IS ARRANGED Xew "System of Scoring Will Give Weaker Teams Chance. Arrangements have been made to hold the eleventh annual track and field meet of the Columbia University in the Columbia Coliseum Saturday, April 18. Last season 184 entries were received by Manager Bach, of the local ' school, and this year's mark promises to surpass the 1913 event. Heretofore the scoring has been done with only three positions counting, but a new system will be tried out at the coming affair. First place will count S; second place. 6; third place, 2, and fourth place, 1, thereby giving some of the weaker teams a chance at breaking into the score column. In previous meets several Olympic athletes, including Gilbert. Kelly, Smithson, Hawkins, McClure and Del lah, have competed, and this year Hawkins, Philbrook and McClure, are likely to be seen in action. The meet is open to all amateurs in good standing of the various high schools, colleges and clubs, and invi tations will be sent to all the prom inent institutions of the Pacific North west to send entries. Twenty-eight events, including the semi-finals and the finals of both the open and academic events -are on the programme. Twenty-four different schools, colleges and clubs sent in en tries lor the 1913 meet and the highest number of athletes to represent one institution were from Multnomah Club and Oregon University. Each had 19 entered in the meet. Following is a complete list ot the organizations who had representatives at the tenth annual meet in the Columbia University Coliseum: Cor vallis High, Estacada High, Woodland High, Vancouver High, Lincoln High, Washington High, Jefferson High, Portland Academy, Columbia Univer sity, Hill Military Academy, Ridgefield High, James John High. As.toria High, Oregon City High, Eugene High, But ler Training School, Portland Y. M. C. A., Willamette University, Columbus Club, Multnomah Club, Oregon Univer sity, Oregon Agricultural College. Beaverton High School, and two unat tached ahtletes. 3 YACHTS TO PARADE MAASQIAX, COMFORT AND GOLD EN WEST ENTER UOCK FETE. Yacht Club Begins Spring Activity and Among Other Things Plana to Add Featnrai to "h'lrrt Street." The Oregon Yacht Club will have three boats in tomorrow afternoon's dedication of the municipal boat land ing. Commodore Mendenhall will be there in the Manasquan. J. J. Mc Carthy's Comfort wll be in the parade and the Golden West, Robert Bain's cruiser, will be the tnird boat from the yachtsmen. The new board of directors Is very active in hunting solutions for several minor problems. One Is the re-arrange ment of the houseboats on what is known as "Fleet street." The Oregon Yacht Club's boathouse colony is one of the unique sights of Portland. The Idea now Is to make it one of the neat est and coziest. "Fleet street" now has an eight-foot board walk laid on float ing logs. The Oregon Yacht Club will soon furnish transportation to and from the club. To put that Into effect the club is now purchasing a motorboat which will make trips between the club and the municipal boat landing. On Friday evening Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur Brown gave a fancy dress party at the clubhouse. All of the "float"' was there and a good time was en joyed by all. An excellent orchestra furnished music. The hall was pret tily decorated and colored lights were used, which, with every one In cos tume, made a picturesque setting. Mr. Brown as "Mutt" and Jack Griffin as "Jeff" furnished plenty of comedy. 100,000,000 BIRDS KILLED Great Number of "Migratory" Speci mens Only Clay, However. Millions of migratory "birds" are be ing "killed." but don't go to the trouble of informing your game warden; he would probably give -you the laugh. Yet, these birds are as truly "migra tory as any that come under the pro tection of the Weeks-McLe-n law. Why would the game warden laugh? Because these are "clay birds. And why shouldn't clay birds be protected? Because they are not birds, and. more than that, they are not. clay at all, rather, they are made of river silt and tar, shaped like a saucer, and are the targets used in the growing American sport of trapshooting. And low they do migrate! As a inaiier ox iaci, mey migrate t.o more different places and with greater fre quency than the fellow who finds it cheaper to move than to pay rent. From two or three factories these "birds" migrate to every state in the Union and to every country, both sav age and tame. The term "clay bird" had its origin when clay pigeons were clay pigeons, but even the most relent less pursuer of "nafure fakers" would admit that a target of uniform shape and hardness is decidedly more satis factory than the old-style target that showed not only variation in size and shape but ranged In hardness from sal mon brick to arrowhead flint. Taking as a basis the number of clay pigeons trapped during 1913 and the rate of increase of trapshooting clubs, the number of birds that will be "slaughtered" this year will approxi mate 100.000.000. ALL HAIL TO BUDDY RYAN! POET; FANS START CRYINT And While the Baseball Season Brews, and Rhymes Take Space of Newsy News, What if, Instead of Clout, Buddy Striketh Out? WHEN the . columns of The Ore gonian were offered to the poet fan of Portland, such a flood of material as has been sent in was hard ly expected. The trouble with the ma jority waa that they were too long. The first week's prize of tickets to the Coast League opening game was awarded to A. Schneider, 473 Cardlnell Drive. " . . His offering is a creditable effort and one which ought to have a place in the baseball almanac Such a mas terpiece was hardly expected. It Is printed In full: BCD RYAN BAT MATADORE. Tale of a He-Cow.) You. who are steeped In love of our "Na tional pastime LUt to this tale of .an A. T. C. Bovine. On an ad-space In our ball park. Is a llfe-slae work of near-art. Painting of a He-Cow riant Old Bull Durham, bold defiant. A noble beast, fit for the priae ring-. But sacrificed to advertleinit. His masters being loyal funs. On profit bent but pity sans. Made known to all this standing; offer; We'll pay from out our well-filled coffer Full fifty hones to any slug-Mr Whose batted ball does hit this lugger. Old B. D. stamps, and snorts derision. Does it get his goat? Oh, no, not his' a. No cause for fear has yet arisen. His only care Is food provision. But comes a day.- Wlth it a fellow; AH fandom cries) Bud Ryan! Hello! Bull Durham gasps ; His heart is Jollo. His very vertebra turns yellow. He strives to bolt to Jump his contract. But paint and board form too much con tact. There's naught to do but stand and bellow. Save. oh. save me from this fellow! Kind masters pity thou my state. Your bonus plan is tempting fate. Please put that offer on the rack. Cause Buddy Ryan's coming back. i And they did.. .-4 HORSEMEN LOOKING FOR GOOD SEASON Harness Racing Prospects for 1914 Never Better, Say Men Prominent in Sport. INTEREST IS WIDESPREAD John McClintock, Editor or Pacific Horse Review, Says "Radical" Changes of Year Ago Now Proved to Be Good Ones. While no Portland men asked for a fair date at the Vancouver, B. C. meeting of the North Pacific Fair As sociation two weeks ago, the follow ers of harness racing are looking for the best season ever, outside of Port land. That is a trite expression, but nevertheless very applicable to the sit uation. Portland Is the very center of- the sport. On all sides will be seen some of the fastest harness meets the state and the Northwest has had. The opening of the training season may show several smaller meets not many miles from Portland and later in the Fall the State Fair meet and " the races of the Clarke County Associa tion, in Washington, will furnish Port- iana ians witn their share of the sort. John McClintock. editor of the Pacific Horse Review, looks at the season through colored glasses. He says: "We have never known of so much widespread interest in the sport as is exhibited at this time and this taken in connection with the general business depression which has prevailed for some time indicates on what solid foundation our sport stands. Last year at this time and by the same men who are meeting this week, a new principle was inaugurated, one that as long as It Is in effect assures character, sta bility and success. That principle was co-operation between horsemen and fair managers and a determination on the part of both to find the truth and be governed by it. "At last year's meeting radical changes in the method of conducting the sport were made that is the changes were considered radical at that time but since then all of them have been proven valuable, many of them have been generally adopted in other parts of the country and today ' are considered conservative in char acter. "This year it is unlikely that any radical changes will be originated at this meeting; sufficient changes are to be made in the racing rules by the parent bodies to satisfy even the most progressive horsemen and racing of ficials; these with the proved successes of last year assure us all that we need in that respect. Consequently we can see nothing but another extremely suc cessful season of racing in the North west. Last year was the most suc cessful in our history; if this year is as good and we have eery reason to believe It will be we will have noth ing to complain of." "Gym" at Normal Soon Ready.' MONMOUTH. Or., Feb. 21. (Special.) The new $8000 gymnasium of the Ore- gon Normal School will soon be ready for use. With its opening a new period will begin In the athletic work of the schooL A winning basketball team has been developed, and during a schedule of games has so far met with but one defeat. Basketball has beeu the center of interest also among the girls. Recently the junior girls' team defeated the senior team for the sec ond time. Keen rivalry in all branches of athletics is shown between . thetie classes. Yakima Signs 1 8 Players. NORTH YAKIMA, Wash.. Feb. 21. (Special.) Receipt of the contract of Nick Fuller brings the total number of players so far signed by North Yak ima to 18. as follows: Pitchers, An sell, Logsdon, Black. Fournier, Kile. Peterson and Jones; outfielders. Hall, Anderson and Plantz; infielders. Bates, McKnight, Ford. Harrod, Fuller. Krauau and Cohn; catcher, Taylor. Nez Perce 3 7, Lewlston High 34. LEWISTON, Idaho, Feb. 21. (Spe ciaL) Last night at the high school gymnasium the Nez Perce High School basketball team defeated the Lewiston High by a score of 37 to 34. The game was witnessed by the largest crowd that ever turned out to a game here, and there was not a dull moment dur ing the entire play. Marsh field 2 3, Myrtle Point 18. MARSHFIKLD, Or., Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) Marshfleld's High School bas ketball team was defeated last night at Myrtle Point by the High School team of that city, 28 to 18. Joe Harlow, of Carson. -Wash., came through with the following, which was very short and right to the point: I'm not much on songs or sonnets. But I'll tell you one and all. There will be two Halley's comets. When Buddy hits the ball. Miss or Mrs. Mae Celeste Post cannot see the occasion for all this fuss. Her contribution follows: POOR BUDDY! 'Cause Collins coins queer lyrics on "Buddy at the Bat," And Lampman warbles In his glee 'cause "Buddy's Coin In' Back," Because they swash and slosh in Ink, Because they rave and rant. You know somehow or other, to save niv life. I can't See any reason good or bad. none what soever, that The paper should turn loose its poets In a pack ' To hound poor Buddy just because They're glad "He's Coming Back:" They'll slop him o'er with printer's Ink, and jab him with a pen. And slush and slam, and rave and jam. and shout Unholy gibberish of the "Almighty Clout." Until I'm sure, 'If Buddy Is like all modest men. He'll dodge the rusty adjectives, and then He'll flay the musty rhymes, embalmed. . And sneak off to- some Hof Brau Joint to get his system calmed. And there he'll pray to find the way To adequately cuss the day. The day when he came back. It seems to me. If they're so glad that Buddy's coming back. They'd meet him with a big parade, a lot of bands and things. And fans would fan their fanciest. They'd load him down with necktie pins and shaving soap and gold-filled rings. That girls would giggle little gigs, and mammas smile their blandest. And rooters root, and horns would toot. That all about, small bovs would shout. "Hurrah, for Buddy's Mighty Clout." But. oh: Lear me! Alas! Alack. The poet's silly twaddle will welcome Buddy back. I