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TTTT? SFVDAT OBKCOXTAy. PORTLAND. DECEMBER G. 1914. ." 21 Z t FHDCKEY SEASON IS ! TO OPEN TUESDAY Game Will Be First of Pacific Coast League to Be Played in Portland. I SYSTEM IS LIKE BASEBALL Eigli - Priced . Players, National Knles, Keen Rivalry and Intense Interest Are Features Welch Stand Out Prominently. - ' 1 ' T ! BT EOSCOE FAWCETT. j Portland will witness its first Ice I hockey game Tuesday night at the j Hippodrome when Vancouver crosses ; sticks with the Yankees piloted by Pete 1 Muldoon. A great many Portland i people don't appreciate what this means ; because they don't know what ice I hockey is or the system on which the ; sport is run. I Hockey in Canada -is conducted just , as organized baseball in the United ; States. To get representation in the I Pacific Coast Hockey league it was t necessary for the Ice Hippodrome here. . to purchase outright the franchise of J the New Westminster club, which , faced a bad year on account of the war. ! The sport in Canada is operated under 1 jsational rules and plagera are sold and I drafted and territory apportioned just ; as in baseball in this country. It's J no child's play, this ice hockey. The J Portland men, with the exception of I Mike Mitchell, the youthful goal tender, have all been in the game for years ; earning their livelihood at it. : Bis Salaries Are Paid. Moose Johnson, the famous cover-point, draws down about $1000 for the "three months' season. Oatman is paid -about 1200, Ran McDonald fSOO and a bonus of tlOO if Portland wins the pennant; Throop $900 and a bonus of $100 if Portland wins, and so on through the entire list. This salary standard is higher even than Northwest league baseball al though the season is much shorter, of course. Just now Portland folk don't know much about the rival teams but they'll learn hefore the year is out. If the men in charge at Victoria and Vancouv er were shrewd on publicity matters they would have been flooding the local newspaper offices with "dope" long ago as is done in baseball on .this side of the boundary. But that will all come in time and it will not take tlie spectators long to learn the players and their habits, particularly :in view of the fact that the hockey magnates long ago adopted the same 'numbering system that some of our lig Eastern football teams are buck ing against. Mae Games to Be Played. All hockey players wear large num bers on their backs and by Judicious collaboration with the score cards. spectators can always know who's who on the ice. Nine games will be played in each city around tho circuit during the season. Hockey is fairly well understood by most of the sport lovers in Portland but some are yet in 'the dark. As a game it greatly resembles polo. Kach team is composed of seven players and it is the aim of these seven men to drive, worm, coax and otherwise cajole the rubber puck into the opponent's goal net. The goal posts are six feet apart and tour feet high. Four of the seven players on each toam are forwards to do the attacking and the other three are defense men the goal tender, the point and the coverpoint. Play is begun by facing the puck a. rubber disc one inch thick and three inches in diameter between the sticks of the two center forwards. Whenever a foul is declared the puck is called dead and faced again near the spot as in basketball. Kicking; la Illegal. The main difference between hockey and basketball is that the puck can not be passed ahead to an offside player except in the center of the rink, which under Coast rules, is divi ded into three squares. In either .square at the ends it is illegal to pass .the puck to a player of the same side closer to the opponents' goal. Forward .passing is allowed only in the center section. It is illegal to kick the puck with the skate, to trip an. opponent deliber ately, to kick an opponent, to hold an opponent or to body check an opponent close to the aides of the rink where a player might be Injured. For the more severe fouls the referee is privileged' to rule offending players off the ice for from three to 10 minutes. J. George Keller, secretary of the Hippodrome, expects a big crowd for 1913-14 PORTLAND INDEPENDENT BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS, WHO AGAIN WILL BE IN TTTT! FIELD IN THE PORTLAND BASKETBALL LEAGUE THIS SEASON. iMmmiHsmiw r, nn,,...'!,.,-,, , 1..,., --m-m-nrisisV.s --rrrrn ri ni-mii- - n msr mr sitt fi fi ni Arrher A IVlgiclus Wmm, Kront R (Rpadinx Left to Rlghtt. Blsehoff. Keasetk Irle mad Croofehani Back Row I Left to Kightt. Mitn:iurr t rltehlow. Uaunlcr, Goode and teach Lee Walters and TwinTac Were Absent When the Picture Was Taken. With a record of havinjr tucked away the independent city championship last year, the Archer & Witrgins Weonas are again in the field. Two regulars have been lost since the last campaign, but Manager Critch low is scouting around for material to fill the vacated berths. Several practice games have been lined un that the players will be In the best possible condition when the regular schedule starts soon after the first of the year. the hockey debut Tuesday night. The rtink company is entitled to the bud port of the public, and it is to be hoped that the occasion will be no piker's ouaay. GRIJUX MAY ACCEPT OFFER Portland Boxer Awaits Manager's Decision on Australian Trip. Ralph Gruman, the Pacific Coast lightweight champion, who lives in Portland, is awaiting word from his manager. Harry Foley, in regard to the offer made by Snowy Baker for a so journ in Australia. Snowy recently offered a round trip ticket and 25 per cent of the gate receipts to Gruman if ne would go to the Antipodes. The correspondence was turned over to Foley, who is In San Francisco. A letter received yesterday by Ralph from Foley intimated that if a guarantee was forthcoming they probably would sail lor Australia the latter part of . the month. i NOT TO PLAY THREE POST-SBASON FOOTBALL CHALLENGES REGISTERED. Considerable Surprise Expressed Everett's Assertion to Right of Title. at HOQUIAM, Wash., Dec. 5. (Special.) Hoquiam's High School football team, interscholastic champions of the state, has been challenged to a number of post-season games, but all have been turned down and there is no like lihood that a post-season game will be arranged. The three most notable challenges came from The Dalles High School team, champion of Oregon, which sought a game with Hoquiam on the local field to decide the Northwest championship; Everett High asked for a game with Hoquiam at Everett, both i tuese cnaiienges Deing lor games to day, and-a challenge came from Seattle tor a game here either at Christmas or New Tear's between the Hoquiam team and an all-star team picked from the teams of the various nigh schools of Seattle. The State High School Athletia As. sociation rules do not permit of post season games, and the local school au thorities have avoided studioualv nv. Infraction of these rules. Besides this, the Hoquiam school officials do not be lieve & post-season game should be played. Considerable surprise has been ex pressed here by the recent claim made by Everett to the state championship title, as it as declared Hocjulam'o title is as Clear &S a football rhamnlnn'a well could be. It was a basis of defi nitely deciding this question that Ever ett asked for a post-season game. The record of the Hoquiam team for 1914 is:' September 26. Honnlam S7 Montesano 7; October 3. Hoauiam as. Chehalis 0; October 17, Hoquiam 87, Centralia 6; October 24, Hoquiam 69, Olympia 3; November 7, Hoquiam 28, Vancouver 0; November 26, Hoquiam 7, Wenatchee 3. SAL-EM WIXS HANDBALL MEET Albany V. M. C. A. Players Defeated in Their First Tourney. ALB ANT. Or.. Dec. 6. CSnsnioll Salem Young Hen's Christian Associa tion defeated Albany Tounar Men's Christian Association last night in the first handball tournament ever held be tween the two cities, winning nine of the 15 sets played. . The local players are pleased over the showing they made, for regular handball practice was taken up at the Albany association only recently. Al bany won only four of the 13 sets of singles, but won the only two sets of doubles played. Results follow: Singles Nutting, of Albany, defeated Wallace, of Salem, 21-19, 21-17; Far rar. of Salem, defeated Bain, of Albany, 21-6, 21-14; Compton, of Salem, defeat ed Foster, of Albany, 21-15. 21-14; Bishop, of Salem, defeated Dohnert, of Albapy, 21-10, 21-15; Anderson, of Sa lem, defeated McDonald, of Albany, 21 13, 21-10; Marr, of Salem, defeated Mc Dowell, of Albany, 21-16, 21-17; Bain, of Albany, defeated Utter, of Salem, 21-6, 21-14: Dohnert, of Albany, defeated Moore, of Salem, 14-21, 21-4, 21-14; Schram. of Salem, defeated Flnnerty, of Albany, 21-5, 21-12; Young, of Sa lem, defeated ICnotts, of Albany, 21-17, 21-15; Gingrich, of. Salem, defeated Minton, of Albany, 21-8, 20-21, 21-18; Torbet, of Albany, defeated Talman, of Salem, 21-8, 21-13; Staley, of Salem, de feated McDonald, of Albany, 21-13, 21-8. Doubles Snyder and McDonald, of Albany, defeated Young and Farrar, of Salem, 21-18, 21-12; Torbet and Foster, of Albany, defeated Talman and Comp ton, of Salem, 21-7. 21-16. ANNAPOLIS GETS NEW COACH Lieutenant Ingram, ex-Star Athlete, Succeeds Lieutenant Howard. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec 5 Lieutenant Jonas Ingram has been appointed head coach of the Naval Academy football tean for next season, succeeding Lieu tenant Douglas L Howard. Lieutenant Ingram was one of the Academy's star athletes during his midshipman days. HOQUIAI THREE PROMINENT MEMBERS OT THE PORTLAND ICE HOCKEY TEAM WHO WILL BE SEEN IN AC TION AT THE ICE HIPPPDROME TUESDAY NIGHT. ' ' ' rL " " :- - J it - - STANFORD IN FIGHT Students' Joy at Revival Hope of American Game Great. WRITER ASSAILS RUGBY English Professor at Head of Fac ulty Athletic Committee Blamed as Chief Obstacle to Return of Intercollegiate Sport. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Dec. 3. (To Sporting Editor of The Oregonian.) -There is a large bunch here at Stan ford greatly pleased with the fight for the American intercollegiate game in California. Anyone who has seen a real intercollegiate game under the new rules is a "non-admirer" of Rug by and its style or play. An English professor at the head of the faculty athletic committee here is the chief ob stacle to the return of the American game. I merely wish to state a few reasons (as we see them here) why the California schools should return to the "old" game (as they call it). (1) The fundamental reason is that it is the recognized and accepted Amer lean college game. Rugby is making no expansion; on the contrary, is los ing ground every day. having been re pudiated in Southern California and by the Northwest conference. It is con fined to the. "bay cities" almost exclu sively. (2) Rugby is not "per se" an open game and many "forward" plays are more dangerous than the old line plunging. The American rules allow you to open up the game as wide as you please and give you the definite possession of the ball. The forward pass, the "loose interference, the lat eral pass and running back of punts give a wide range lor open-field run ning and trick work. Stanford's great rear in every "big game" is that Uni versity of California forwards will keen the ball in the pack and not allow open wors:. Rushy ot Less Dsmsreroos. (4) Rugby is not less dangerous man tne American game even by sta tistics. I call your attention to two news items the death of J. H. Hoff man, '17, University of California, who died from injuries received while play ing Rugby, and the death of a young high school player. Peace, of Santa Cruz, from a kick in the head during a Rugby game. A large number of men were knocked out in the "big game" this year, even in their prime condition, and some even made a trip to the hos pital. Veterans like Gard. 'Wylie. An drews and Reeves took the count. Joe urDan retired to the hospital aftsr ward, and Charlie Autsin is threatened with water on the knee. What if they played a schedule like the Eastern col leges? The preliminary games here are isrcea, uitvepi ior me aanta Clara game, which was more of a free-for-all" and which, if played under an old game referee, would have seen many more gracing the sidelines for rough and dirty play. (4) Rugby as a game is none too popular, as the infinitesimal crowds out to preliminary games show, even when season tickets are sold and two or three games scheduled for the aft ernoon. Of course, the , big game is a social event, a reunion and a trip to San Francisco, as well as a game, and doubtless would draw just as big crowds or bigger if we were playing ine American game. The paltry crowd that greeted the Ail-American team in its game November' 21, even after all the write-ups and the sale of tickets by the Belgian Relief and Red Cross (at cents and 50 cents each), was striking evidence of how the game stands as a game. Rugby's so-called popularity is largely a . "newsDaner1 popularity. It can take no credit for the support it has by those who never saw an American game. (5) The claim that Rugby is a game which can be better played after leav ing school was forcibly refuted by the fact that on all three appearances of the combined Stanford - California alumni team, undergraduates had to be put in to fill out the 15 places. There are three clubs in the City of San Francisco playing Rugby to six that are playing the American game. The strong athletic club teams in the North west show that the players of the old1 game play it because they like it, not Just when they are in. college. () The Rugby Union of - California has been repudiated by the two large universities ana has been a failure in its avowed purpose of supplying referees and spreading the popularity of Rugby. It is also none too sound financially, in spite of the "popular ity(7)" of Rugby. "Old Game" Plays Bleachers. n -me surprising tning - that one notices in Rugby is that it is the "old" game runs that bring the bleachers to their feet and not any brilliant kicking or "hooking" the ball on "lineouts." Joe Urban's plunging, twisting runs with a straight arm here and there showed by the cheers he got that the "old- game spirit -was there,- even if the large part of the bleachers were totally In the dark, as to what a real intercollegiate game looked like. There are not the tense moments on the goal lines that feature the other game, for a score is Just as liable to be made from a rush from the 90 as from the 10-yard line in Rugby. (8) Past actions have shown that whatever the glaring defects of Rugby rules, the schools are afraid to violate their English sanctity by remedial changes. The repudiation of the new scoring (four for a try and one a con version) and the "imaginary line" through the scrums ehow that Rugby will not be changed. The hurdling, smearing a fair catch, shoving, dirty tackling and kicking a man when he is down in the scrum are countenanced by Rugby rules and referees. It is obvious that one referee is not enough for 30 men. anyhow. The Santa Clara game clearly demonstrated that. Brilliant Formation Plays Lacking. Rugby lacks the brilliant formation plays, the versatile interference and attack, the unexpected trick plays and the individual runs of the "old" game. There is not the man-to-man conflict. wnere tne righting spirit counts for the most. Rugby supporters think of the old game as a series of "wedge" plays and totally overlook the wide repertoire of plays that a quarter back may call for (even including their beloved Rugby pass, which works sn well against a slower Sack-field, but wmcn. as Harvard showed Yale most conclusively, will not work against an equally fast back-field). California has turned out nnmA aF America's best athletes in tennis and track. Why not put us on the foot ball map. which doubtless is a far big ger sporting card than anything but baseball? If they want to play basket ball, soccer or track, O. 1C But don't mix them up and hand them to m n football. If the Intercollegiate game is o persistently popular in all other parts of our wide-awake land. thr must be some merit to it, even if they can't see anything beyond their "bay region" here. Head on, put California back on the football map. It would be inadvisable for me to reveal my identity, so if I have given any new ideas on the game I hope you will take them for what they are worth. ffln. cerely, STANFORD. '14. GREEK WINS SIX-MILE RACE New Time for Xew York. Course Set In Junior Croes-Country Run. NEW YORK, Dec. 5. Nick Gianako- pulos, a Greek runner, wearing the em blem of the Milrose Athletic Club of this city, won the. Individual honors in the Junior National crose-country championship run of the Amateur Ath letic Union over a six-mile course to day. His' time. 33:43, i8 a new record for the course, as the initial contest, the Metropolitan championship, run over it three weeks ago, was won by A. J. Fogel. of the Illinois Amateur Athletic Club in S4:ll. COLLEGIAN OUTRUNS BAKER Ted Meredith, of Pennsylvania, Wins Hair-Mile Race at -Boston. BOSTON, Dec. S. J. E. ("Ted") Mere dith, the University of Pennsylvania athlete, defeated Homer Baker, of the New York Athletic Club, In a half-mile match race tonight. The college man led from the start, but was forced at the finish by Baker's burst of speed. The time was two minutes 3 2-5 seconds. - Baseball AVriters to Meet. PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 5. The an nual meeting of the Baseball Writers' Association of America will be held in New York next Tuesday afternoon, ac cording to announcement made today by William Q. Weart, secretary of the organation. I. i TITLE PLAY IS Willie Hoppe Will Meet Slos son in January. MINNEAPOLIS IS SCENE War Emergency Act Has Imposed Tax of $3 on Each Billiard Table and Bowling Alley In Use in United States. George F. Slosson," of New York, for mer balk-line champion, has challenged Willie Hoppe and posted his forfeit to play for the worlds i.z title neid oy Sir William. The match will be played in Minneapolis in January. Slosson is in his 61st year. In the old days it was a toss-up as to whether the famous "student" or Jake Schaefer was the better player. They fought it out for many years, playing In all about 40 match games. Each is said to have won 20 times from the other. Slosson de serves credit tor offering to tackle the mighty Hoppe. The veteran recently beat the speedy French champion, Castjigruol, and this may have increased his desire for one more whirl at the 18.2 crown. The war emergency act has imposed a tax of on each billiard table and bowling alley, in use In the Unitsd States, which will mean a revenue to the Government of approximately $3,000,000, as statistics show that there are more than 86,000 billiard rooms and nearly 16,000 bowling alleys in the country. This i a pretty stiff assess ment when one considers that both billiards and bowling are National in door sports. The billiard and alley men have met the tax without a mur mur. They are true patriots. There are said to be 1218 billiard tables in Chicago and nearly 3,000,000 players in the United States. It has been figured out that 100,000 play the game dally and nightly in this city. while 30.000 play in the loop during business hours each week day. Chicago certainly deserves the palm when it comes to turning out youthful. yet great, billiard players. First we "sprung" Calvin Demarest, then Welker Cochran, and now we are about to present August Bloese, a 19-year-old wielder of the cue, who bids fair to become as great as either of the young stars mentioned. Al Mannassau, crack billiardist and Federal League umpire, discovered Bloese. whose full name rings like that of a German General, while Mannassau was acting as in structor at the Hamilton Club. Under Mannassau the lad, a natural player, has developed astonishingly fast. It took Marcus Catton's best billiards to beat him in a match game of 18.2 balk line a few nights since, Catton averag ing 17 and young Bloese 13. There is talk of Bloese's entering the next Na tional amateur championship tournament- He- looks like a comer of the first watar. Harmon F. Davenport, who has a penchant for originating clever ideas which tend to make billiards more and more interesting, has hit upon a plan to speed up the three-cushion game. Mr. Davenport has suggested a rule which, if adopted, will all but eliminate safety play. The latter, when prac ticed too closely, frequently makes weary the spectator. His idea is to give the player whose turn is to shoot the option of using either of the white balls. Mr. Davenport has sent out let ters to various room-keepers seeking their opnions as to the advisability of changing the rules and asking that they have their players try out the innovation.- While the amateurs may be glad to make the change for the fane' sake. It is scarcely to be expected that the hardened professional who banks on his "oil" will agree to it. However, such an alteration in the game would be bound to increase its speed and at tractiveness not a little. The value of the prizes in the Inter-1 THE DALLE 3 HIGH SCHOOL mi, . i ujw,u. FT.-. . . SOON i III III I II II i i ii i ii iiiii m m jiiimii.il I' ' - -" j , J ' E . ti f j - N. s , ---w r- ,'t;wrSi? t., 'j&i-V-Wsjfc tarTft, I lTT f , . v fc. .:r, T.i, -a Z " -! , x j : iinriinimininnii nanmiiniTi rill H lir in mi n rmniriiri rr.r,T.i,rv - , iiMMn..iii.ii , ,.-.-..a.to jj BAI'KPIEID (RE.UXCi PROM IBPT TO RIGHT), C.tfTAIX HARniMAV, QUARTER t IMLFBUK COHEV, FULLBACK STEEHS, HALFBACK HUNTINGTON LINEMEN, BERNARD, DUFFY, PHItPOT, EGBERT, GIBSON, GANGER, ELTON. state League competition is proving an Incentive to the players, and all are fighting tooth and nail to win their games. The first four at the close of the season. April 23. will pull down $1,500. divided 1600. 1400, $300 and $200. while the next three plavers in order will annex $375, split $150. $125 and $100. Three men are now tied, with a score of eight for high run. They are Kling. of Kansas City; Kieckhefer. of Milwaukee, last year's champion, and Cullen. of Buffalo. Kieckhefer is also leading his rivals for the best average prize, having one ai-inning game to his credit. Kling has surprised the fans by taking the lead in the race. The old ballplayer is surely a star angle expert. SEALS TRANSFERRED TO BERRY Papers Are Signed Delivering Base ball Club to New Owner. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 5 Papers were finally signed today which trans ferred the ownership of the San Fran cisco baseball club, of the Pacific Coast League, from Frank Ish and J. Cal Ewlng to Henry Berry, ex -owner of the Loe Angeles club. THE DALLES LAYS CLAIM OREGON TITLE BASED ON REFUSAL OF ASTORIA TO PLAY. Champions of Idaho, Eastern Washing, ton. Northern California Would Conaaer Pacific Coast. THE DALLES. Or.. Dec 5. (Spe cial.) The Dalles High School football team claims the interscholastic cham pionship of Oregon since Astoria, which demanded a game, refused to play the contest offered by the local team. Coach Murray's men also lay claim to the title of champions of Idaho, Eastern Washington and Northern California. The Astoria game which was pro posed has fallen through. Having won the ohamplonship of Eastern and West ern Oregon, Coach Murray's men thought they had a clear claim to the Oregon title when they defeated Ash land HigtT, champion of Southern Ore gon and Northern California, Thanks giving day, 58 to 0. However. Astoria demanded that The Dalles defend its title. The locals considered Astoria with out legitimate claim to the champion ship because the Astorians had been defeated by Vancouver, one of the weakest teams in Washington. 27 to 6, and by Lincoln, which finished the Portland interscholastic season in the cellar. But Astoria insisted and the local management offered to play As toria here December 4, paying all their necessary expenses and the fur ther expense of bringing in neutral of ficials. Astoria declined the offer, leaving The Dalles gridiron warriors the undisputed championship of Ore gon. Baker High won the championship of Idaho by defeating Narapa, 13 to 0, but lost the title when she played a no soore same with Walla Walla, whom the locals defeated at the Washington city. 27 to 13. No post-season games will be played by Murray's men unless the California champion will take The Dalles eleven south during the holidays. The chal lenge has been issued. If it should be accepted. The Dalles team will attempt to bring Hoquiam, the Washington champion, here aa soon as possible. Should it win these proposed contests it would be the Interscholastic cham pion of the Pacific Coast. The Dalles record for the 1914 sea son follows: The tralleg 34, Portland Academy 0. The Dalles 27, Chemawa Indians 0. The Dallo SO, Washington Uleh. Port land. 0.' . - .... The Dalles OS. Pacific University 7. The Dalles 21. Walla. Walls 13. The Dallas CS, Ashland 0. CUBS SEEK SECOXD BASEMAN Bresnahan and Thomas Plan Trade on Evo of Trip to Meeting. CHICAGO, Dec 5. Plans for a trade which will bring a star second baseman to the Chicago Nationals were made to day by President Charles Thomas and his manager, Roger Bresnahan. Both leave tomorrow for New York to attend the National League meeting Tuesday, when they hope to obtain the player needed to fill the hole made vacant by the trade of Johnny Evers. Neither would discuss the player they had in mind. Fred Clark, manager of the Pittsburg Nationals, arrived In Chicago-from his Kansas ranch and stopped over for a day on his way to New York. B. B. Johnson, president of the Amer ican League, and Charles Comiskey, owner of the Chicago White Sox, left today for New York, where Johnson is to meet with the National Commission Monday. Princeton Water Polo Season Near. PRINCETON, N. J.. Dec. 5. The Princeton swimmers and water polo players will open their season on De cember 18, when they will oppose the college of the City of New York in the local pool. STANDINGS OF ARCHER-WIGOIN8 LKAGCES. Lightweight Section. Won. Lost. Pet. Wentern A. A. C. S o l.poo Albina 8 0 l.oon Lenta a 1 .6tIT Overlook 2 1 .nrtT Wabash 1 2 ,33a Arleta 1 2 ..t:M Pel I wood 0 3 .000 Westover O , 3 .000 Heavyweight Section. Won. Lost. Tied. Pet. Columbia Park . ... a o 1 l.noo East Portland 2 1 1 .er.7 Oregon City 1 1 2 .5x uo&awKB o u ,ouu Where the Teams Flay Today. Albina vs. Lents at Lents. 2 o'olock. Wabash vs. Arleta at Montgomery Flats, 1 :30 o'clock. Western A. A. C. vs. Overlook at Western A. A. O. Field. 2 o'clock. Weatover vs. Seiiwood at Sellwood. 2 o'clock. Columbia Park vs. Mohawks at Columbia Park. 2 o'alook. TEAM THAT CLAIMS INTERSCHOLASTIC MAJOR ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE IS AT HAND Chances for Success This Year Appear Rosy With Strong Team in Sight. VANCOUVER IS FIRST FOE Portland to Have World's Title Men Playing in Position While New Material and Veterans Give Enthusiasm to Fans. FORMKR HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS. Facifle Coast Leasue. land)1"13-NeW WatlnuMter (now Port-1U12-13 Victoria. 1013-14 Victoria. World's Champions. mh'ster2-ctawa" by defeating New West- Jf- 5 by defeating Victoria. 1S1J-H loronto. by detaaiiu Victoria. Portland may have to wait ten years for major league baseball, but the era of major league ice hockey is close at hand. On Tuesday night Portland Ice hockey enthusiasts will witness a con test between two crack major league hockey :lubs, the opening game of the 1914-15 season of the Pacific Coast Hockey League. Vancouver will be the visiting attraction. The lineups will be as follows: Portland. Mitchell . Tobin Johnson . . Oatman . . Throop . . . McDonald Harris . . . ' Vancouver, B. C. O.T. (1) Lehman i-D. 2) Griftio "-D. (3) coolc R. 4 Taylor -,i McKay R.W. () M alien L. w. (7) Neighbors , Portland' Chances Bright. .., "hoso words, "right defense" and left defense" and the numbers in dicated after each position are new features which will be lntroduoed here Tuesday. Left defense Is the point and. right defense is the cover point. The numbers on the players' backs will correspond with the numbers in the programmes. Vancouver will be Portland's first opponent in the new hockey league, and the team probably will arrive here tomorrow in charge of Manager Frank Patrick, of the Vancouver Ice Arena. Last year Vancouver finished second and New Westminster, now Portland, third. Tho- Portland team, however, has been strengthened by Muldoon and his players are enthusi astic. There are only two major league hockey leagues, the same as in base ball. They ate the National Hockey Association of Canada, which takes in the professional clubs of Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal. Berlin and Quebec, and the Pacific Coast Hockey league, composed of Vancouver. Vic toria and Portland. There are. however, scores or minor leagues in hockey, and with the excep tion of one or two outlaw organiza tions, all come under the jurisdiction of the National Hockey Commission. This latter board performs the same functions in hockey as the National Baseball Commission does in baseball. Drafting rules are on the same pattern and players are sold and traded In the same manner. Portland to Wear Flag. The Pacific Coast Hockev League was organized in 1911 with New West minster. Vancouver and Victoria as members. The first season was vic torious for the New Westminster play ers, and the Patterson trophy, the per manent property of the league, was won. This cup was offered by Lieutenant-Governor Patterson, of British Columbia, and agrain will be the bone of contention in the Coast League thi3 year. Vancouver finished second and Vic toria third that year. The following season Victoria finished first wth Vancouver taking second honors. Tho third season resulted the same way. This year the New Westminster team will appear in Portland uniforms, which will be old gold and navy blue, with a large P and an American flasr on the sweaters. Mitchell and Harris, however, are late additions to the local team. When the Coast League was formed. In 1911, the Patricks found that It would be necessary to have major league players to get a major league rating, and to get the necessary 25 or 30 players for the three clubs, Savage, Frank Patrick and Lester Patrick toured the East and raided the various major -league clubs of Canada. '"Moose" Johnson and Captain Oat man, of Portland, were secured as a result. Both are World's champions, Johnson of the Ottawa and Oatman of the 1911 Quebeo club. Oatman first played with Otterville, Ont., and later he enlisted in the major league club of Berlin, and in 1910 he went to Quebec. 1VAGXEH NOT COT PIRATE LIST Hans Delays Signing, but No Fear Is Eelt, for He Always Holds Off. PITTSBURG. Dec. 6. -The Pittsburg National League baseball club an nounced tonight that it has 44 players under contract for the 1915 season. The list Includes seven catchers, 15 pitchers. 11 outfielders and 11 lnrtelders. It does not include the veteran "Hans" Wagner. President Barney Dreyfuss and J. H. Dalley, business manager Of the local club, will leave tomorrow night to at tend the annual meeting of the National League in New York. No fear Is felt that Wagner will not sign with the Pirates. The veteran al ways waits until the team leaves on its training trip before signing. 4 k 4 4 4 t 4 TITLE Or OREGON.