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THREE FOOTBALL SQUADS i i I - i : . ... i - : . - 1 ii i i ""'" STRONGER TEAMS Oil GRIDIRON DOE Washington Yet Must Be Fig ured In,-but Others Also May Wield Power. DOBIE LONG IS SUPREME Witli Bezdek and Stewart at' Com mand of Varsity and O. A. C, and With Great Material at Hand, Oregon Should Advance. BT ROSCOK FAWCKTT. Football in the Pacific Northwest for the past six years has been much like the Battle of the Meuse a lot ft fighting but nobody getting any where that is. nobody but the Uni versity of Washington. This Fall, however, unless we are greatly mistaken, three teams and pos sibly four will be much in the running from the sound of the opening whistle. Washington, with her 1913 champion ship team practically intact and with six years of haughty suzerainty egging ber onward, will have to be figured as strong as ever, but, in the University of Oregon and the Oregon Aggies and possibly Washington State College, Xobie this Fall will meet rival elevens that will test his machine to its fullest capacity. Doble Long? Relgrna Supreme For several years back both the big Oregon institutions lacked what might be termed "constructive coaching." 8am Dolan got good results at Corvallis during his regime, but In the main the coaching at the university and the agricultural college has been illy-prepared to cope with Gilmour Doble. Oregon now has Hugo Bezdek at the coaching helm and the Aggies Dr. E. J. Stewart, and, after watching both mentors In action for a year, we be lieve that no better . selections could have been made by the Oregon institu tions. . . Last Fall both officials had to take what was handed them and do the best in a limited space of time. With their respective systems now fully es tablished, and the tares weeded out from the wheat, the brand of foot ball out should show material im provement. "V Loses Veterans. Hugo Bezdek at Oregon faces per haps the hardest task of the two be cause of the loss of such veterans as Fenton, Hall, Bradshaw. Holden and other on the scrimmage line. His back field is intact but he has some gaping holes in the line which will need some air-tjsiit, plugging. In Philbin, the 200-pound Columbia Interscholastic star, Oregon has easily the most premising, recruit in the Northwest conference and he is sure to prove a bulwark at a tackle or guard position. Coach Stewart's task has to do more with the backfield than with the line. Chrlsman, a big fellow and an all-star tackle. Is his only loss in the line, but his backfield has been shot full of holes with the loss of Blackwell, star punter; Everett Mays, Robertson and others. He has a. corking line, however, and Some high-class backfield timber in l.utz, Newman, Hofer, Groce and kin dred other huskies. . Do hit's Backfield Weighty. Neither of the two Oregon backfields will compare in beef and brawn with the champion Washingtons. Dobie will have a backfield averaging close to 190 pounds. Miller weighs 205. Noble 190, Bhiel 190 and Quarterback Smith about 165 pounds. But, In the line, we believe that TWO GREAT COACHES, WHO ARE tiH-'wuj,'i'i.iyit!ij'iij'.'';i!?L 1 h- 2' ' Washington will meet foemen worthy of her steel' this year. Her linemen are for the most part veterans and they proved Impregnable last year to all as saults; yet this fact must not be over looked, the two Oregon teams are. go ing into the fray this Fall under vastly different mental conditions. There will not be a surfeit of blood in the head this Fall, with a corre sponding drought in the heart. Washington State College will have a lighter team than usual. If we are to believe the reports emanating from Puliraan. Johnny Bender, however, al ways can .be relied upon to have his men righting about two touchdowns over their heads, and that is why we always have figured Johnny a 'mighty valuable coaching adjunct. Archie Hahn Optimistic. At Whitman, the popular Archie Hahn faces his usual difficult task with more optimism than usual. And that is going some for Archie. He will have a fairly heavy line once again, but he will be woefully weak in substitutes, due to the size of the institution. Two years ago Coach Hahn sprung the surprise of the season, walking hands down over everything during the first six weeks of the cam; rn. He may have something up his sleeve again this season, but, as to that we will know more on October 10. when Whitman opens the conference year at Eugene against Oregon. The University of Idaho is always to be reckoned with, but it is said that Coach Griffith has lost the bulk of his veterans. Phillips, Lockhart And John son were the mainstays of his eleven last Fall and the job of developing men to fill their places could hardly be called a pleasant pastime. LIE IS PASSED BY PROMOTERS Coffroth and Graney; Formerly Old Friends, Cross Svords. . SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 26.' ' (Spe cial.) Coffroth and Eddie Grahey had one of their outbursts a few days ago! It happened at a meeting of the police committee of the Board of Supervisors when the rivals were contending for the October boxing permit. 'You're a liar," said - Graney to Coffroth. after a heated discussion over conditions, . "You're another," retorted Coffroth, and Chairman Oscar Hocka had to call a halt and let the matter under debate go over for one week. .As time goes on the bitterness be tween these two men, who were for merly not only partners, but close friends, seems to increase. The chances are, as a result of their row. that no ' October permit will be issued, CHAMPIOX FAX CALIFORNIAN Gus Woerner Attends 176 of 180 ' Games of Seals In Season. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) In the person of Gus Woerner, the baseball enthusiasts of San Fran cisco claim possession of the world's champion baseball fan. Woerner at tended his first game in 1886, when he climbed a fence to see the Cin cinnati Reds in action. . His record is 26 years of attendance at games, always every Sunday and holiday, and whenever possible, week days. At 180 games this season, with the exception of four when Oakland was playing some other team than the Seals, Woerner has been the first through the gate and the last to de part. - . CLARKE STREAMS ARE CLOSED Angling In Several Stopped Until 1916 for Fry to Develop. VANCOUVER, Wash., Sept. 28. (Spe cial.) The Clarke County Game Com mission has closed to fishing a num ber of streams until September 18, 1916, to enable the fry planted in them this year time to develop. Among the streams are Salmon Creek, Whipple Creek, Lackmas Creek and the Little Washougal. Gee Creek some time ago was ordered closed until May 15, 1916. J. M. Hoff, Game Warden of Clarke County, today said that if women de sire to hunt they must first procure hunting licenses, although they will be allowed to fish without license. DRILLING FOOTBALL MACHINES NORTHWEST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP. TOE SUNDAY onEOOJflAJT. PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 27, 1914. OF PORTLAND 1 -MR?'H"$' 1 IS'. ' . .- i FOOTBALL IS NEAR Double-Header Is Planned for Saturday by Coach. ' LINCOLN TO MEET ASTORIA Every Squad In Portland Inter ecliolastic League Is Being Driven Harder This Season Than Ever Before by Coaches. BY EARL B. GOODWIN. The 1914. football season will begin on , Multnomah Field, . in Portland next Saturday afternoon, and If Coach Borleske, - of the Lincoln High School footkall - squad, has hia way two games' will be provided- for the one admission'. The main attrac tion will be the Astoria High-Lincoln affair and Coach Borleske Is angling for a game with his second-string; men as a curtain-raiser. Every coach of the Portland Inter scholastic League has been driving hia men harder to get them In condition this year than ever before. The open ing game of the local academic sched ule has two of the strongest teams of the league in action, Washington High and Columbia University, on October 7. Two days later Jefferson High will hook up with Coach Graham's Hill Mil itary players. 1013 Supremacy Unsettled. The gridiron supremacy of the Inter scholastic League . wag never settled finally last, year, the .season ending with Lincoln High winning four and Columbia University making the same record. Columbia University lost its first -match of the year to Portland Academy and then came back and took all the rest. It was Just the oppo site with the Railsplitters, for they took the first four matches and lost to the 'varsity, 7 to 6, November 21. Little is being said by the various leaders this campaign although each evening the squads are being drilled longer than usual. From present Indi cations the greatest year of the Port land Interscholastic League is on tap, although most of the- aggregations are without the customary latter and ex perienced men. Thirteen Shutouts Recorded. ' Thirteen of the 15 games last season were shutouts, two of these being 1 to 0 forfeits by the Hill Military Acad emy. The largest scare, 63 to 0. was made by the Columbia University against the cadets, and the least num ber of points annexed, in any one con test was the Washington High-Portland Academy, when Coach Earl's men triumphed over the Academy 2 to 0. Two 7-to-6 games were recorded, both going to Coach Callicrte's - 'varsity eleven. Because he has slated a game with the Hoqulam High warriors for Novem- IN HOPES OF ANNEXING THE INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE 3 ber 14, Coach Borleske has arranged with -Coach Graham, of Hill Military Academy, to play the Hill-Lincoln tus sle Tuesday. November 10, instead of the following Friday. IDAHO FISH PLANS BACKED Landlocked Lakes to Be Planted With Fry of Onananlche. LEWISTON. Idaho, Sept. 26. (Spe cial.) The Lewlston Gun Club is much interested in the project which the state game department has taken up at the suggestion of Governor Haines. The plan is to stock the land-locked lakes of the state with fry of the onananlche, more commonly known as the land-locked salmon. There are hundreds of these lakes throughout the mountainous portion of the state which apparently have no outlet, and some even have no inlet, being fed by snow- water- and- by springs. It is in these places that the salmon will be planted. .Trout have been raised in these lakes at various times, but trout, while they grow to good size and fare well, do not propa gate, and if, there is any fishing done there, they are soon all taken out, The salmon, on - the other hand, does propagate In this kind of water, and after onee planted and cared for dur ing its early growth, will keep the lake well filled with its kind.. JOB AT FAIR- IS SOUGHT FRIENDS BACK J. J. M'GOVERX TO SUCCEED J. E. SULLIVAN. Candidate for Place aa Head of Ath letics at Sail Francisco la on Job Handling; Affairs There. While James E. Sullivan's successor as secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union has been named, his place as head of athletics at the San Francisco exposition still is unfilled and North western athletic heads are pulling hard for J. J. McGovern for it. . Mack, as he is familiarly known to thousands of friends over the country, was Mr. Sullivan's secretary for several years and has been on the Job handling the exposition affairs for nearly a year. "He Is popular and efficient and has the Inside workings of the situation at his finger tips," explained a well known local official yesterday. McGovern was with Sullivan during the handling of the games at the St. Louis world's fair in 1904. In 1906 he handled the details of the Olympic trip to Athens, Greece, and also accompanied the American team to the London Olympiad in 1908. McGovern visited Portland two or three months ago. It was here that the six separate athletic associations west of the Rockies were brought to gether into one body, the Far Western. AMERICAN SPORTSMEN LAUDED Postponement of Yacht Races and Concessions Appreciated. NEW YORK, Sept. 88. (Special.) In a resume of the English yachting season, cut short by the war, an au thority in commenting on the America's cup races, postponed until 1915, wrote "The outstanding feature of the sea son was, of course," the preparation of Sir Thomas Lipton'a America cup chal lenger. Shamrock IV. Her trials with the 23-meter cutter Shamrock aroused the greatest interest, not only in yacht ing circles, but also among the general public. The steady improvement shown by the new Nicholson yacht was em inently satisfactory, and when she sailed for New York It was the general opinion that she was the most promis ing boat that had ever left these shores In quest of the illusive trophy. The postponement of the contest until next year Is a great , disappointment, but with most of the world at war we can only sympathize with those concerned in their desire to put off the event until happier days. "We understand that Shamrock IV and the yachts built in connection with the .defense will be laid up in New York until this cloud on the horizon has passed away, and so neither party will reap any advantage from the de lay. At the same time we should like to place on record the thanks of the British yachtsmen . to the New York Yacht Club for the sportsmanlike man ner in'whlch tbey-offered to postpone the contest and also for their conces sion to. Sir Thomas Upton in permitting the towage, of the Shamrock in any weather -in view of the danger of cap ture." v 5 AH ill Tf-r v 4 V t, ----- jVTj 8 Freshman and Varsity Teams to Vie for Interest. LINEUPS ARE IN DOUBT Coach Has Great Array of Good Men to Choose From, but Says It Is Too Early to Predict YJio May Make Stars. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis. Or., Sept. 26 (Spe cial.) The s Varsity and Freshmen teams will compete for the Interest of Oregon Agricultural College football fans next week. Both have games scheduled for next Saturday, and both will be sent through a hard week's work. The Varsity team, of course, Is being closely watched, but inasmuch aa all the new men, several of whom are regarded as potential stars, have been kept on Everett May's rook squad the yearlings are being made the sub ject of much attention. Dr. Stewart refuses to prognosti cate. "To attempt. . to dope out anything about the team this early Is foolish ness," was "Doc's", reply to a well meant question regarding the best place to hang, the Conference pennant. Bis Games Too Far Away. "The big games are too far away. Men that look good now may be rele gated to the discard within a month, and somebody wo know nothing about now may be the star of the season. The men aren't In shape yet and we hon estly do .not know what they can do. Take the matter of weight, the heav iest men are losing every day, and the lighter men are building up. "Walt until this exchange of avoir dupois is complete and I'll tell you how heavy our team will be this Falk. Lay the looks like a mountain now, but within a fortnight' he will have shrunk 15 pounds. Huntley is thin, but tough; he has to push down to make 160 pounds, but he will take on a lot-and may be bigger than he waa last year. "I will say this: We have got a nice looking bunch of Freshmen on hand this year. Most of them I have not seen work, but I think that the material available this year is excel lent. We have seven of last year's men back, but it is too early to tell whether we can fill out an eleven," and the guider of Aggie athletic des tinies repeated himself for the rest of the interview. . Candidates Are Listed. The leading candidates after a week's draft on the gridiron are the following: Center, Anderson, and Dewey; guards, Laythe, Moore, Thomp son, "Dad" King and Chenault; tackles, Hofer and Smyth; ends, Huntley, Bll lle Markham, Allworth . and "BUlle" AGGIE GAMES NEAR TWO HUSKIES OF THE WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY ELEVEN WHO - ARE EXPECTED TO DO VALIANT SERVICE THIS FALL. ff .1 - V -3? f .A i 4 j jam? . !-. .w. IN FIRST REAL WORKOUT f? I King; halfbacks, Lutz, Hofer, Allworth, Yeager 'and Camp; fullback, Abraham. Should a quarter be used, Dewey has the edge on other candidates. "Stewart has been uslng a direct pass formation largely, but has given enough attention to the old style game, in which the quarter handles the ball, to indicate that thla formation may be used at times. Dewey has worked some at center also. Allworth Is a hard working lad that will figure this season; he weighs 170 and is in every play, whether he starts at end or in the backfield. The question of a punter still wor ries "Doc." Lutz has rot been kick ins much, as it -hits his game shoulder. Billie shows some promise, but he is erratic, varying from 50 . yards to 50 feet. "Hungry" Smyth has "a terrific wallop in his boot, but is painfully slow In getting it away. Allen is per haps the most promising of the fresh men bootors. I.lnenp Worries Stewart. Inasmuch aa every freshman who shows any signs of knowing any foot ball will be engaged in the battle with the University Fresh next Saturday, Dr. Stewart will have to rely solely on his old men for the first Multnomah game, scheduled for Corvallis next week-end. This predicament embar rasses "Doc." particularly as Billie Is out with a broken nose, and Hofer and Lutz are in none too good shape. His lineup will not be selected until after the last practice. The freshmen game at Eugene prom ises to be a glorious fray. Credited dop'e from Eugene has convinced local fans that the university eleven will be superior to the last year's freshmen bunch. A cursory' glance over the lo cal recruits is enough to convince the ardent Aggie enthusiast ' that such Is the case here. So a mighty battle Is expected. May's freshmen are admittedly husky. For ends he has "Bump" De Losh, for mer Aberdeen High School star, who though not a big man, is fast, heady and clever with the ball; "Sap" Wilson, one-time Corvallis High star; "Caesar" Miller, of Newberg; Van Orsdale, of Dallas, and Hulbert, of Aberdeen Guards and tackles are numerous, and the four not used finally In these post tlons may be utilized elsewhere. List Is Given. The list Includes Selph, 185, Santa Ana, CaL; Watson, 174, Centralla; Cole, 183, discus' thrower, from Kansas; Butt. 165, of Newberg; Allen, 176, of Salem, O.; Anderson, 170. of Astoria; Brooks, 177, of . San Francisco, and others. At center May will .use Bissett, of Newberg; Wilson, of Corvallis, or possibly Pine, a big man from Eureka, Cal., who has had considerable experi ence at the pivot position. In the backfield Groce, Newman and Knouff, all of Portland, seem to be -the best halves. Hoerllne, of Hood River, and Henry, of Pullman, Wash., look best at full. May plans to use a quarterback part of the time. Groce and Knoufa' loom for this Job. Groce has been call ing Bignals in a manner which May likes. "Jim" Evendon, freshman coach last year, has been in town for several days getting ready for the alumni game, and has been assisting his old teammate in the handling of the rook squad. Ralph Pavey. the new assist ant coach, who will have charge ot the freshmen team will arrive on the campus Monday. L.ie Santlsenttc Lotion arter snavlng. Adv. l it.-.. . t I - -cre?- yojrf Ccrretzzr 1,- - - vat - v WHITMAN ELEVEN BUSY COACH EXPECTS TEAM TO BE TS SHAPE FOR OREGON GAME. Several Ckuiei Made In Llnenai t Try Out Material One Star Ab sent, but 8ud Shows Speed. WHITMAN COLLEGE, Walla Walla. Wash.. Sept. 28. (Special.) Coach Hahn, of the Whitman eleven, expects it to round into good shape in time for the game with the University of Oregon on October 10, barring acci dents. Although disappointed with the fact that Utter, one of his star line men ot the 1912 eleven, may not be able to enter school in time to play against Oregon, the coach is working hard with the material at hand, and the men are already beginning to show signs of future speed. fc'everal changes have been made In the lineup to try out all the material, ahd as a result Coach Hahn has de cided to use Clarke, who has played guard and tackle during the past two years, at right end and ha probably will have a steady berth at that posi tion. He has shown himself to be good defensive man and is rapidly do veloping into a fast offensive- player. Hanson, the former Wliltworth Colleg center, is playing a consistent game at that position, and Neiswanger, Young, Berney and Traut show promise of be ing stronger than ever in the guard, and tackle positions. These four met. will average better than 5" pounds, and In Neiswanger. Coach Hahn has a tackle who bids fair to be a strong contender for the all-Northwest hon ors. Captain Slover will be used at left end. The backfield probably will be com posed of Hoover, at quarter; McDonald and Clancy at the halfback positions, and Bishop at full. Male probably will be used as a substitute quarterback. Hoover has been displaying ability as a dropkicker. Bishop is punting con sistently 40 yards. AMERICAN OARSMEN MISSED Australians Rejrret Absence of Har vard Crew From Regatta. NEW YORK, Sept. 26. (Special.) Australian oarsmen, writing to frienda in this city, express keen regret that the Harvard University second crew, winner of the grand challenge cup at Henley, could not accept the Invitation to row at the Henley-on-Yarra regatta next month. It was hoped to have tl Americans enter for the errand chal lenge cup or the stewards' cups. Aus tralian rowing enthusiasts take great pride in the Yarra regatta, which is au annual affair and takes place in Octo ber, in the Australian Spring. Since its inception the function has grown steadily in popularity, and i' witnessed by a tremendous gathering, second only to the crowd which at tends the Flemington race course ot. Melbourne cup day. This latter drawer some 80,000 spectators. As a spectacu lar display, it may fairly be compared with the English Henley, and although the Yarra course lacks the historic en vironment and the daintiness which characterizes the Thames course, th Melbournltes have done much to beau tify the banks of their river by land scape gardening. Since the Australians won the Hen ley meet in 1912 the Yarra regatta authorities have endeavored to impart an international aspect to the affair, recently tried, but unsuccessfully, to Induce both English and American eight-oared crews to compete. It is hoped that within a year or two the famous crews of both the States and England may be pursuaded to make the long trip as the Davis cup tennis teams have done in the past. ALL OARSWOMEN MUST SWIM "V. ot AV." Co-Eds Not to Bo Ex posed to Drowning Dangers. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. Se attle. Sept. 26. (Special.) Not unk&sa the women of the University of Wash ington can display ability to manipulate the Australian crawl sufficiently to guard them against the dangers of drowning will Miss Ethel Johnson, physical director of the university, per mit them to turn out next Monday in the first crew workouts for women on Lake Union. Throughout the Autumn Miss John son will instruct the university co-eds in the art of handling the oar. She ex pects that more than 30 women will report at the crew quarters. Believ ing that the exercise is beneficial she wTll have the co-eds work in all kinds of weather. Pay $1 per week. Flayer Pianos or Grands, $1.50 or $2. That is less than rent. Read page 14, sec tion 1. -mm
