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J&tttlfctft SECTION TWO Pages 1 to 12 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SPORTING AND MARKET REPORTS VOL. XXXIII. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1914. NO. 52. CHINESE IS NOT TO JOIH BEAVER TEAM Akana Released by McCredie Because of Objections of Other Players. SKIN TOO DARK, THEY SAY Manager of Portland Champions, in Making Announcement, Asserts That Negroes Should Xot Bo Barred From Baseball. r7 BT ROSCOH FAWCETT. Discard all those "Ah Ell" and other chop suey flavored Jokes, for there Isn't jroing to be any "heathen Chinee" with in the civilizing: influences of the Pa cific Coast League next year. "Walter McCredie, manager of the Portland ball champs, exploded a bomb shell several weeks ago by announcing the signing of Lang Akana. a half Hawaiian, half Chinese outfielder. Yesterday he plucked another out of the ammunition case, took cool aim, and then during the uproar vouch safed the "Info" that he would have to release his Chinese horticulturist be cause of strenuous objection from pros pective teammates. "His skin's too dark," explained the Portland mogul. "The Coast Leaguers who played at Honolulu on that recent barnstorming: trip came back vowing boycott. I have received a couple of letters from players telling me Akana is as dark as Jack Johnson, so I guess I will have to give him a release." White Box SiKn Chinese. This leaves the Chinese field clear to the Chicago White Sox. The Sox re cently signed a full-blooded Chinese, whoso mission in life will be to com bat Buck Weaver for the J.ob of short stop. In announcing the release of his pol eating prodigy. Manager- McCredie took occasion to exude a few remarks rela tive to baseball's attitude toward col ored ballplayers. "I don't think the color of the skin ought to be a barrier in baseball," de clared big Mac. "They have Jim Thorpe, an Indian, In the big leagues; there are Cubans on the rosters of the various clubs. Here in the Pacific Coast Ieague we have a Mexican and a Hawaiian and yet the laws of baseball bar negroes from organized diamonds. "The crack negro ballplayer should not be thus discriminated against. He Is welcomed In nearly every other branch of competitive athletics. . Champion Sprinter Is Nrgro. "Howard Drew, the world's cham pion sprinter. Is a negro and Is in great demand all over the country. He Is a student at the University of Southern California. Negroes have held down regular positions on some of our big college football teams. "If I had my Bay the negro would be welcome inside the fold. I would like to have two such ballplayers as Petway and Lloyd, of the Chicago Colored Oiants, who play out here every Spring. I think Lloyd is another Hans Wagner around shortstop and Petway is one of the greatest catchers In the world. "Petway used to play Winter ball In Cuba and Muggsy McGraw once signed him and tried to palm him off as a Cuban. But It didn't work. "I have been severely criticised by Cal Kwing and other Coast League powers for tackling the negroes In ex hibition games every Spring. Notwith standing, I Intend to keep right on playing them as long as they make this Western trip. Week's Series Planned. "If we train at Tucson, Ariz., ar-a It begins to look that way, I expect to have them there for a full week." Incidentally, plans are already laid for another Invasion of the Northwest by the Colored Giants next Spring. No games will be played in Portland this year because of the transfer of the Colts to Everett, so the Northwest League series will begin at Tacoma on March 27. Under tentative plans the negroes will then Jump to Victoria for a. three-game series, March 31, April 1 and 2, returning to Seattle for Sat day and Sunday games, April 3 and 4. They will appear again in Seattle April 10 and 11 and will conclude the tour with games at Spokane April 16 and 17. Fill-in dates with Vancouver and Everett are being threshed out. Van couver wants April 8 and 9 and Everett Is in with a claim for conflicting days. SrCXTXOMAH TO PXiAY WAVER LY Amateur Ice Hockey Game Will Take Place Wednesday Xlght. Multnomah Club will send Its hockey team against the Waverly Country Club team in the Portland Ice Hippodrome "Wednesday night. The match was originally slated for Tuesday evening, but was postponed. The contest will start promptly at 7:45 o'clock and last an hour. The reg ular skating session will start imme diately after the close of the Portland Amateur Ice Hockey League game and will last until 11 o'clock, according to J. George Keller, secretary and treas urer of the Portland Ice Hippodrome. The Waverly team has been strength ened by the addition of Ellis Bragg, while the club seven are without the services of Goalkeeper Irvine for the time being. Irvine is out of the city during the holidays and may not be able to get back in time for the affair. HEIXIE GROII-MAY GO TO CUBS Lavender and Leach Slay Be Sent to Cincinnati in Trade. CHICAGO, Dec. 26. A trade, which It was hoped would bring Heine Groh, second baseman of the Cincinnati Na tions, to the Cubs, may be closed Mon day by Roger Bresnahan, manager of the Chicago club, who will leave to morrow night for the Ohio city. Presi dent Charles Thomas, of the Cubs, said the Cincinnati club wanted Pitcher Lavender and Outfielder Leach, but in exchange did not offer "much that we want." "The man we need is Heine Groh, but they are still shy about throwing him Into the pot," Thomas said. STILETTOS WIX THREE GAMES Pacific Hardware Basketball Team to Seek Independent Title. Three straight victories are credited to the Pacific Hardware & Steel Com pany's Stilettos after the defeat of the Baraca Club at Willamette, Or. Man ager John D. Dwyer, of the Stilettos, announced that he was going after the 1914-15 Independent basketball cham pionship of Oregon. The team work of the hardware quin tet is what causes victories to come to the Stilettos, according to the follow ers. All the players are well-known former high school and independent stars. Ernie Spamer was the high point scorer against the Baraca Club. A return match is being sought by Manager Dwyer. Following are the lineups: Stilettos- (25) Baraca (19) Edwards .......... .F. . .Hawkins, Schmeer Ppamer F Miller Hummell ( ' .....Green. Xing Wirt G Mllikns Woods G McMuntly Referee, Manager Dwyer. WEOXAS BEAT ACADEMY TEAM Archer & Wiggins Basketball Men Score 78 to Opponents 16. Another victory has been added to the long list of the Archer & Wiggins Weonas. The Portland Academy bas ketball team was defeated in the school gymnasium last night. The Weonas scored 7S points to the Academy's 16. Billie Lewis, former Lincoln High all around athlete, was the big star for -the Weonas, and Billie Lewis was a shin ing light with Coffey for the hum bled aggregation. The Lewises are no relation, but each play a. forward posi tion. The Weonas will meet the Philomath College quintet in the Sellwood Y. M. C. A. gymnasium next Wednesday night. Coach Poling, of the visitors, was a member of the Weonas until re cently. Following are the lineups: Weonas (78) Port. Acd. (16) Goods F CofTey Billie Lewis F Billie Iewls Walter C McClintock Eckerson l Martin Irle Q iSbinn JOHXSOVS $6000 IS REFUSED Federal League Cash Pajment to Xoted Pitcher Goes Begging. . CHICAGO, Dec 26. Six thousand dollars, which nobody seems anxious to keep, today started on a return Jour ney to Coffeyville, Kan., whence it was recently mailed by Walter Johnson, the much-sought oaseball pitcher. to Charles H. Weeghman, president of the Chicago Federals. The despised $G000 was originally paid to Johnson to bind his contract to play with the Federal League, and its transmission to Weeghman came after Johnson had reconsidered his determin ation to play with the Federal League and had again agreed to play with his old teammates in the Washington American League club. The registered letter containing the money was refused by Weeghman on the advice of counsel and probably will figure in the legal proceedings which, according to the Federal League chiefs, will be brought to prevent Johnson from voiding the contract he signed with them. COOS PRESERVE IS PROPOSED Opposition Develops on Plea Thut Only Rich Could Hunt. MARSHFIELDr Or., Dec. 26. (Spe cial.) An attempt is being made on Coos Bay by Deputy Game Warden Thomas, of North Bend, to create a game reserve of all the area of Pony Inlet Inside the bay shore, and about all the mud flats in the upper bay, comprising in all over five square miles of water. Mr. Thomas is enlisting the City Councils of North Bend and Eastslde and will ask them to pass ordinances protecting the territory in question. The plan is being fought from many quarters and its opponents say it would deprive the hunters of small means of their opportunity for sport. Friends Sorry for Bud. VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec 26. (Spe cial.) Regret has been expressed here by admirers of Bud Anderson concern ing his defeat by Barriaux, at Wallace, Idaho, last night. It is generally ac cepted, however, that Bud nas seen his best days and that he will never regain the prominence he once had before he was compelled to submit to two serious surgical operations. Flynu Knocks Out George Davis. BUFFALO, N. Y.. Dec. 26. Fireman Jim Flynn knocked out George (One Round) Davis, of Buffalo, in the seventh round of a ten-round match here to night, Flynn weighed 186 and Davis 185. Davis took the count of nine four times in the first round. WRESTLER'S MASK CALLS UP VISIONS OF A GIRL Ed White's Announcement of "Man of Mystery" Reminds Roscoe Faw cett of Excitement in Stockton When Woman Appeared With Shield. BY ROSCOE FAWCETT. TWO years ago the Portland ball club drifted into Stockton, Cal, on the fag-end of Its training tour, but the diamond Cossacks didn't attract as much attention as a mule in a circus menagerie. A neatly-tailored bit of femininity hidden behind a silk mask was hogging about all the excite ment the little Durg of bughouse fame could handle in one short week. She was "some skirt," to use the ball stars' diction. Some of them nearly looked their eyes out. It developed afterward that she was an operatic singer out of work and getting by on the small time by Injecting a little nov elty into the game. Perhaps she looked better behind a mask. Anyway, Zig Schye, a former Portland man and one time trainer for Tommy Ryan, was her manager, and, by creeping up behind the quarantine officials in the land of the spree and the home of the knave, Zig was enabled to grab off a lot oi pub licity in the San Francisco newspapers. Zig, being a smooth worker and be ing possessed of a Krupp-proof con science, finally landed his star over a California vaudeville circuit and he was busy dodging the cold slaw of the eleemosynary lunch emporium when those Beavers of ours caught up with him at Stockton. All of which is recalled by a letter In today's mail telling of a "Man of Mys tery Rassler," who has been brought forth to prey upon the succulent suck ers and bibulous boobs of this three-per-mlnute world. Leave it to the "rasslers" to devise new ways of Jimmy Valentinlng the Bono Publico, with ac cent upon the Bono. This "Man of Mystery" is sponsored by a Chicago galoot named Ed White, who is possessed of a rapid-fire, self ejecting dumdum vocabulary. White says he Is willing to bet $5000 wres tling money, which is equivalent to J2.50 in Confederate coin, on his masked piano-mover against the world, but that no promoter shall advertise this modern Gyptheblood to appear ex cept behind a shrouded map. "Who is he? What is his name? His nationality?" asks White, and the en- !J L BOILOtHG I sfS7SsSK 1 53 ' BO UOt tC 8UI 016 C? ' tsf SWA- VJ wr kJ revex srooe o i r BEAVERS TO TRAIN AT E McCredie Favors Idea of Put ting 22 Men Through Sprouts in Arizona. CAMP CLOSE TO OTHERS More Than Score of Men to Be Taken South Xext Spring Accord ing to Announcement Made by Manager Walter Mack.' Portland's Coast League ball champs will go into Spring bivouac at Tucson, Arizona, or elsewnere on February 25. instead of March 2. as In former years. Only 22 players will be asked to re port. ' - - - . Thi3 much of the 1915 programme was given out by Manager - McCredie yesterday at ball headquarters. Mack also gave out a list of some of the men who were sure of making the trip. Also. he announced that Southpaw Evans was in deep .repent ance and might be signed to a non skylarking contract for next season. Trio Doomed to Go. Hi "West. U. S. Smith and McCorry are doomed to go to some other club, however, and as Portland has 15 pitch ers on the list, two or three others of the squad will not be asked to show trp in camp Here's the squad as it stands today: Catchers, Fisher and Murray. Pitchers, Lush. Martinoni. Higgin botham. Krause. West. Evans, Rieger. Eastley, Leonard, McCorry, Smith, Sal veson. Bishop, Callahan, Barnes. Infielders, Derrick. Davis. Coltrln, Reed, Murphy, Naughton. Outfielders, Lober. Ryan, Doane, Speas. Pltchlne Certainties Seven. "The pitching certainties are Lush. Martinoni, Hlgginbotham, Krause. Cal lahan, Bishop and Barnes," said Mc Credie. "Rieger Is only 24 years old and ought to be a corker. He had all sorts of stuff when he broke in with us last year, but he wilted toward the close I think that was due to his Winter baseball. This year he hasn't played any Winter and may be strong enough for our long grind. "When he takes care of himself ! . : - t at v Masked Wrestler, Who la Trylnip to Barnum the Public tire world trembles In the balance, awaiting answer. Frankly we do not know. From his photographs we Judge fcim to be emi nently fitted for his station in life, as he appears possessed of a bulging set of biceps and a weak mind. Lair Greg ory suggests that he may be a reincar nation of Robin Hood. Jesse James. Dick Turpln. Harry Tracey and Cain combined. Perhaps so, but even as the first boob salts bis sweat stained shekel at the wicket, our guess is that this Jolly Roger with a Harveyized Ingot for a heart is none other than Tousiff Bull, the well-known Spanish athlete, and that one month hence will find him earning a precarious living selling as bestos ankles for fireproof kewpiesl TUCSON MAYB I;' SALT LAKE BALL PARK LOCATION AND ITS TEAM MANAGER. rvsr Meutn 1 1 t - -t 4 ' v jp iitm.i.tit.iat8t. J Top Diagram Showing; - Where Mormon City I" a no Will Sfr- Game In Heart of Business District. Below Cliff Blankenshlp. . Evans is a great southpaw and unless I get a good trade on him I likely will bring him along, provided he signs a contract to take good care of himself. I intend to trade Hi West. IT. S. Smith and McCorry, so that leaves only Salve son. Eastley and Leonard. Salveson showed a lot of speed late last Fall, but I guess he needs one more year in the Northwestern League." Mac hasn't done anything toward trading Derrick or Ryan, but says he has several deals pending. Third Baseman Guignl, of the Colts, will not be asked to report, as he was sold to Spokane with Pitcher Sutherland. It Is believed that Portland has strings on both of thess crack youngsters. Mac Reeds o Help. "Are you slated to receive help from Cleveland?" was asked Manager Mc Credie. "It doesn't look as if I needed much help," he replied. "But if we train at Tucson I intend visiting the Naps' camp at Houston, Tex. It will take only a night's ride to put me in the camps of several big league clubs." The early call to training camp is necessitated by the early schedule opening. The league directors have willed the official openings for March 25 instead of one week later. While the Beavers will assemble on February 25, the Portland delegation, consisting of McCredie, Fisher, Evans. Ryan, Lober, Naughton. Eastley and Doane, will leave about February 21. BOB SHAWKEY APOLOGIZES Athletics' Twirler Halts Wedding Trip to Tell Indian His Denial. PHILADELPHIA. Pa.. Dec. 26. (Spe cial.) Bob Shawkey, pitcher for the Athletics, is greatly disturbed over the alleged knock on Chief Bender. Halting his wedding trip, Shawkey hastened to this city the other day to square matters with Bender. "I never said that you were all In," said Shawkey, apologetically. REQUEST FOR KISS JAILS Divorced Wife Accuses ex-Husband of Striking Her. A desire to kiss his divorced wife, Mary Boss, the police say, resulted In the arrest of Marinus Boss, a long shoreman, on a charge of assault and battery last night. The Bosses were divorced some time ago. Mrs. Boss reported to Deputy City Attorney Stadter yesterday, and Boss has been going to her home at 172 M Derby street to visit their children. When Boss arrived for his Christmas visit, he met Mrs. Boss in the street near the house, Mrs. Boss said, and asked her for a kiss. She refused. Then, the woman complains, her former hus band grasped her by the throat and struck her. Boss was arrested by Patrolman Riley. He was released on J100 bail. Club Trustees AVill Be Guests. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Nlshet will enter tain the trustees of the Progressive Business Men's Club Tuesday night at their home in Laurelhurst. There will be a short business session early in the evening, after which there will be 600 and other diversions. Mr. Nisbet is one of (fro trustees of the club. II Sol ffbtFt 3. suifinc & 1 1 r 1 -x :H."-ti. BALL INTO MEET Coast Directors Will Reorgan ize Next Month. VERNON MAY GET IN AGAIN Proposal to Shift Venice Franchise and "Work of Schedule-Flaking to Get Attention From' Coast League Heads. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 26. (Spe cial.) The directors of the Pacific Coast League will convene at a special meeting in San Francisco January 4 or 5. President Baum received a tele gram today from Judge McCredie to the effect that it will be necessary for him to return to Portland on January 10 to attend to some pressing business, and the Coast League executive figures that the fourth or fifth will be an acceptable date. This meeting promises to furnish some important developments. For one thing the directorate will have to be reorganized. Three changes will be made in the board. Henry Berry will change from Los Angeles to San Fran cisco; Tom Darmody will take Berry's place as Los Angeles representative, and a new magnate will come from Salt Lake. Baum and Berry were anxious to have the Salt Lake Club perfect its organization by the time of the meeting, so that the president could come and get an idea of how Coast League affairs are handled. However, if the club is not organized, a repre sentative will be sent to get acquainted and take part in the discussion. Leajal Flight May Be Topic. The awarding of the forfeited fran chise to Salt Lake is a formal matter, for the franchise committee has ar ranged all details of the transfer to the satisfaction of the directors. Harry Wolverton and Lloyd Jacobs' attorney has announced that he will take some THE WHITE SOX MANAGERS Manager. Year. Clarice Griffith 1901... Clarke Griffith .1902... Jamtit J. Callahan 1U03.. James J. Callahan and Fielder Junes 1904... Fielder Jones ..1!H:.. . Fielder Jones ...l!"tf... Fielder Jones i 1!07... Fielder Jones ..1908... William J. Sullivan .. Hugh Dutfy lKlo Hugh Duffy 11M1.. . James J. Callahan ......1911;... .lames J. Callahan ...1913... James J. Callahan 1914... Clarence Rowland .........1915.. Tied for sixth with New York. legal action to protect his clients rights when the franchise 1b awarded and that may be discussed by the magnates. The switch of the Venice franchise back to Vernon, as has been proposed by Henry Berry, will be acted upon. The consensus of opinion seems to favor the move and that will be an lm-! portant step in the shakeup of the j circuit. Vernon is looked upon as a much more desirable place for the franchise, because of its close location to Loss Angeles. Schedule Making; In Task. Mapping out a schedule for next season will also be taken up. Judge McCredie may steal a march on hie fellow-magnates, as usual, by coming to the meeting with a schedule all ar ranged. Lining up the season's play promises to be more difficult than in years gone by, when the circuit re mained Impact. Then it was only necessary to switch the opening games and a series here and there and the matter was attended to with all hands getting an even break. With far-away Salt Lake to be con sidered, the schedule makers will have to do some extra figuring so that the teams can move from week to week and still arrive in time to open a new series on Tuesday. Salt Lake is some thing like 23 hours' ride from San Francisco and about as far from Port land. It is a shorter trip to Los An geles, but even so the jumps are pretty long. Managers May Be Picked. While the magnates are debating on league business they will likely take up the question of who will be man agers around the circuit next season. Much haa been said and intimated that Del Howard and Frank Dillon will not be seen at their respective places next season. This will pave the way for some new leaders. Harry Wolvertor has been forced out and Clin: Blanken ship has been picked to take his place. Walter McCredie. Hap Hogan and Tyler Christian are reasonably sure of their berths, but the possibility of three new skippers forecasts one of the big gest shakeups the league has ever ex perienced. Just who the newcomers will be. out' side of Blankenshlp, has not been an nounced. PHILOMATH TEAM IS COMIXG Christian Brothers' Basketball Squad Sets Game for Thursday. The Christian Brothers Business Col lege has scheduled a basketball game with the Philomath College quintet, to be played in the local gymnasium next Thursday evening. The local team has been meeting and defeating all comers so tar this year, and it is trying for the state title. The. visitors are being coached by Charles Poling, who was a former player of the Archer &. Wiggins We onas. He was chosen as all-star cen ter In the city during the 1913-14 cam paign and he was one of the mainstays of the 1914 champions of the Archer & Wiggins League. The college representatives will play the Weonas" in the Sellwood X. M. C. A. gymnasium Wednesday night Deaths in Sporting: World During: 1914. Balke, Charles, motorcycle, Chicago, June 3. Canfteld, Richard, sportsman. New York, December 11. Carter, Alec, gentleman jockey, St. Poi, France, November 22. Cavill, Arthur, swimmer, Seattle, March 1. . Cole, Joseph H ex-pugilist, Utica. N. Y., February 3. Crabtree, John C, sportsman, Taylor ville. 111., August 2. Crawford, G. Lacy, ex-baseball mag nate, Springfield. Mo., February 28. Dearborn, F. H., motorist, Brighton Beach, November 3. Fleager, Arthur B., football official, Sheldon. 111., June 1. Folansbee. John G., turfman. Summit, N. J.. December 15. Green, Daniel N-, ex-ballplayer. Cam den, N. J., November 4. Haggin, James B., turfman, Newport, September 12. .' Huggins. M. II., ex-quoits champion. Old Ford. England, December 16. Hunter, John, turfman. New York, January 4. Jenter. John, motorist, Elgin, Au gust 29. Kavanaugh, Dudley, first American billiard champion. New York, March 12. Lakeland, William, turfman, Brook lln, February 20. Latham, George W., ex-ballplayer, Utica. N. Y., May 26. Loder, Major Eustace, sportsman, London, July 27. Lord. Charles M.. ex-baseball mag nate. Milwaukee. September 19. Kelly, James, ex-pugilist. New York, June 20. Kiley. Thomas, ex-Jockey, St, Louis, March 11. Knight. Thomas, Jockey. Kansas -City, December 2. M'Clung, Lee, ex-football player, Knoxvllle, Tenn., December 19. M'Cormick, Dr. Olin, ex-football player,- Chicago, March 20. M'Cauley, Phillip, turfman, Lafay ette, Ind., March 25. M'Glnnls. James, golf starter, Chi cago, April 19. Moffat, Alexander, ex-football play er. New York, February 24. Naughton, W. W., sporting: writer, San Francisco, March 10. Oritz. Jose, Spanish billiard cham pion. New York, April 15. Pate, R. O.. sportsman, St, Louis, Sep tember 3. Reltz, Henry, ex-ballplayer, Sacra mento, November 9. Rigby, Benjamin, Jockey, St. Louis, December 17. Stanton. Thomas (Buck), sportsman, Chicago. March 10. Sheridan, John F umpire, San Jose, CaL. November 2. Simmons, William L., sportsman, Lexington. Ky., August 6. Sloan. Fremont, ex-jockey, Chicago, November 9. Snow. Neil, ex-athlete. Detroit, Jan uary 22. Spink, Charles O.. sporting news publisher. St. Louis, April 22. Sullivan, James E., sporting author ity. New York. September 16. WaddelL George E. (Rube), baseball player. San Antonio, Tex., April 1. Walker, Fred (Mercedes Fritz), mot orist, Galesburg, 111.. October 22. Weaver, Samuel H. (Buck), ex-ballplayer, Philadelphia, February 2. Wlshart. Spencer, motorist, Elgin, August 22. AND WHAT THEY HAVE DONE. Games. 186 134 137 W. 83 74 60 R9 92 93 67 88 78 68 77 73 78 1. P.C Pos. 53 6' 77 65 60 58 64 64 74 85 74 76 .610 .552 .488 .r.78 .605 .616 .578 .579 .613 .444 .509 .5U8 .513 154 ....152 151 151 l.-2 ....J52 153 ....151 154 . . ..152 74 84 .154 70 .Last year manager 1'eorla, 111. UNCLE SAMS TRIM CANADIAN CHAMPS Portland Professional Hockey Team Takes Second Game in City, 8 Goals to 1. VICTORIA" IS OUTCLASSED Oatman Scores First Goal Past Lind say and Patrick Makes Single Tally for Visitors Many Society People Present. 4 COAST IJ3AGIK STADi;:uS. Won Lost Vet. . . . .3 O II. Oil . . . 1! .rt ....0 3 0v Vancouver Portland Victoria Portland's heavy hockey artillery operated against the Victoria champn last night at the Ice Hippodrome and as a result Portland licked the Ca nucks, 8 goals to 1, in a lightning fast game. The game was the second pro fessional hockey game in Portland ami nearly 2000 of the social elect and thi unemployed sat around the amphithea ter thrilled and enraptured by the spec tacle. Portland did not show a thing except terrific speed and superb skating, great back-checking and excellent combina tion work. Just as Vancouver out classed Portland in the opening mati nee a fortnight ago, so Portland turned on the other British Columbia septet and held the upper hand throughout. Oatman Mikr Klrnt UoaL Oatman poked the first goal past Goaltender Lindsay in a little morn than seven minutes and that was tho signal for a procession. Lindsay found himself in a cloudburst of rubber pucks. They rained all around him most of the time. The first period end ed 3 to 0. the second 20-minute session 5 to 1 and the third 8 to 1. Lester Patrick, the slant Victoria, coverpolnt, scored the lonesome Canuck goal after a sensational dash down the ice. Lester is said to have a reputa tion for this Paul Jlevere stunt, but he averred he was 111 yesterday. Time and a.ain the spectators gasped In terror as rival players came together with an Impact like two runaway en gines In head-on collision. Penalties Are Few. There were few penalties, none in the first period. In the second Harris, and Johnson, of " Portland, and Patrick, of the visitors, got three-minute vaca tions on the penalty bench. In the fourth Poulln took an enforced leavj after a Jab at one of the blue-jerseyed locals. Poulin, number 4 in reality, but wrongly numbered on the programmes, has the reputation of being the most aggressive player in the league. Ho lived up to his reputation. He got away with a lot of rough stuff. If he had been playing football he miht have been hurt. Oatman. Harris and McDonald all played great offensive ball for Port land, with Dunderdale the Victoria star. Manager Muidoon used Tobln for all-around purposes, sending him in whenever any of his men showed signs of fatigue. Benson Shows t'p Well. Benson, the Boundary League young ster, showed up well at point. Mitchell and Johnson also aided in the local victory. GOAL. SUMMAIIY. First Period. Time. 1 Portland: Oatman on rebound 7::i0 Portland: Throop on rebound i:l- 3 Portland: Oatman to AlcUonald ,:.",." Second Period. Tim. 4 Victoria: Patrick, unassisted -1:15 5 Portland: Throoii, unassisted 6 Portland; Oatman, unusulstcd .S:lj Third Period. Time. 7 Portland: Johnson, unassisted ;s:n 8 Portlanu. Tobin. unassis.d :00 U Portlai.d: McDuualu, unassisted .... 1 u :uo Penalties Second period: Harris and Johnson. Portland, and Patrick, Victoria, three minutes each. Third period: Poulln, Victoria, three minutes. Tho lineups: Portland Victoria Mitchell G Lindsay Tobin L, D jen'3 Johnson It U i'atricU Harris t Pouitu McDonald C Dundeidabi Oatman H W Rowo Throop L W Smaill Substitutions iFiist period) Portland. Benson for Throop, Throop for Tobin, Tobin for Benson. Victoria: Kerr for Kowe. (Second period) Portland: Benson for Har ris, Harris for Benson. Victoria: Rowe for K.orr. (Third period) Portland: Benson for McDonald, McDonald for Benson. Officials Mickie Ion. referee; Tom Phillips, Judge of play; Don Walker and H. G. Beckwith, timekeepers; Frank K. Watkins, penalty timekeeper; Blaney and Overdorf, goal umpires. COUNTESS AMONG MISSING Following Operation, American Girl Drops From Sight in Brussels. WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. Secretary Bryan is endeavoring through the Ger man government to And Comtesse de Buiszret, formerly Miss Caroline Storey, of this city. When last heard from she was n Brussels. The Germans, in control of that city, would not permit her, it is said, either to Join her hus band, who is Belgian Minister at Petro grad, or to communicate with her mother lr this city. Mrs. Storey recently received through friends information that her daughter is dangerously ill in Brussels, as the result of an operation. Since that time nothing has been heard from her. The Count de Buiszret was at one time Belgian Minister to this country. RESEEDING TO BE NEEDED Cold Wave Likely to Force Umatilla Work to Be Done Over. PILOT ROCK. Or.. Dec. 26. (Special.) In the last 15 days the temperature has been above the freezing point only once. This condition seems to have been the same all over Umatilla County, and while many believe the heavy land will not need to be reaeeded, it is generally-conceded the light lands must be. At Nye, eight miles above here, and in the light land district. Pearl and Dan Russell dug through the frost, and found it to be eight inches deep. A report from the reservation carried tie same information. Unless a heavy snow should fall and remain on the Erround long enough to draw out tho frost, it Is certain that most of the Fall seeding will have to be done again.