TTfT, SUNDAY OliEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, ' JANUARY 7, n 1917.
BRQN5QN WILL BOX
MADDEN FOR TITLE
TWO YOUNGSTERS WHO WILL APPEAR AT ROSE CITY ATHLETIC CLUB NEXT FRIDAY NIGHT AND
EX.WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION WHO HANDLES MONPIER.
CUE GAME THRIVES
them In clean-cut style which gave him
the league title. Later he made his
triumph complete by defeating Ellis
BIG YEAR FORESEEN
for the world championship, wnicn
lost to the first challenger. Hugh
Heal, of Toledo.
IN AMATEUR. SPORT
Sportsmen Feeding Klamath Quail.
Year 1916 Eventful in Billiard
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Jan. 6.
(Special.) The feeding of quail In
Circles of Country.
Klamath Countyhas been begun by the
Klamath Sportsmen's Association. The
deep snow has made it practically im
Portland Lightweight to Try
Again to Wrest the North
west Championship.
District Associations Report
possible for the quail to tlnd reea ex
cepting as It is given to them by the
farmers and the Sportsmen s Associa
tion. The feeding is being done under
the direction of Henry Stout, game
warden.
Increased Interest in
Athletic Events.
H0PPE IS YET SUPREME
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MONPIER MEETS MITCHIE
Trncey's Star PnplI Scheduled to
Appear as Attraction at Rose
City Athletic Club's Bouts
Next Friday Night.
Weight
"Muff Bronson. .. .135
Vincent Monpier. . . 140. . . . ,
Weidon Wine 119
?ammy Morris 12T....,
Art Wilson 190
'Buck" Smit-h 130 .
..Lloyd Madden
Pete Mitchle
Joe Hill
.Frankle Hueiat
. . .Ben Bordsen
....Jack Hadley
Four headline bouts are scheduled to
take place at the Rose City Athletic
Club next Friday night. "Muff" Bron
son. of Portland, will make another
effort to grab Lloyd Madden's title of
Northwest lightweight champion.
Those on the inside were not con
fident of Bronson's ability to beat the
Seattle lad at their last meeting.
Muffy was stale. He had been box
ing too steadily, but now that he has
had 10 days of rest and will start ac
tive training tomorrow following a
fishing trip today, the "wise head's"
figure that he will be the lightweight
champion of the Northwest next Friday
night.
Madden claims that he did not put
up his best engagement when here
December 28. If he did not then Bron
son will have to step lively to defeat
him despite the Portlander's wonder
ful boxing ability. The weight this
time will be 135 pounds at 6 o'clock,
giving Madden further advantage. They
boxed at 135 pounds ringside on De
cember 28.
Tommy Tracey's star pupil, Vincent
Monpier, will make his first appearance
here in a long time, taking on the "fast
coming Pete Mitchle. The -eteran
Tracey ha s been preparing "Monty"
for the last six months for this "step"
and thinks that Monpier will be clash
ing with the best welterweights in
the game before long.
Sammy Morris. San Francisco 125
pounder, has agreed to box Frankie
Huelat. Morris goes through his paces
like the real McCoy. He takes great
care of himself going through daily
exercises with his training.
Little Joe Hill, of Tacoma, will meet
Weidon Wing, who bids tobecome a
beter boy at the featherweight pound
age than Billy Mascott. Hill is the
toughest fellow Wing has ever met.
Jack Grant will referee the three
main bouts, with Joe Sax handling
the preliminaries. Sax looked good
at thj last Rose City Club show, and
is an excellent official. Jack Fahie
will keep time.
Eddie Pinkham, the flashiest dressed
boxer in the United States, may soon
appear here against Vincent Monpier
or some other good welterweight. The
Seattle boy can hit hard and has a
great reputation.
9 V
"Muff" Bronson and Paul Bauer will
Xlsh today in the Clackamas River,
see
Harry Anderson, who looked prom
ising a few months ago, is slipping
fast, according to reports from Seattle.
Lloyd Madden took his title awh-le
back at the Puget Sound City, beating
htm in four rounds.
Archie Wyard, of Seattle, shaded
Anderson on December 22 in Seattle,
although the bout was called a draw.
Jonn Viedhof and Eddie J. O'Connell
have signed to wrestle at the Rose
City Athletic Club February 2 for a
purse of $500 and the entire gate re
ceipts. Both are local men. They are
welterweights.
i.
An Anaconda. Mont
promoter hasi
offered Eddie O'Connell a match with
a wrestler named Gebhart. who hails
from Minnesota, to take place at Ana
conda January 26. Eddie has accepted.
Eddie O'Connell has received an in
vitation to take part in a wrestling
tournament in Chicago to determine
the world's' middleweight champion
ship. He received this invitation some
time ago and as the entrees have al
ready closed will not compete. He
could not get away that long from his
duties at the Multnomah AmateHr Ath
letic Club.
Ty Cobb Bats Average
.369 in 12 Years.
Of
Wonderful Detroit Player Starts) In
1905 With Two-Base Hit Off Jack
Cheabro.
AN AUGUST 30, 190S, a tall, angular
W youth, aged 18. walked to the
plate In a Yankee-Tiger game.
"Who is he?" asked one fan of an
other.-
"Oh, some rookie that Bill Armour
dug -up," was the reply. "Name is
Cobb. I think Ty Cobb. Comes from
the South."
"Any good?"
"I don't know. This Is his first game
as a big leaguer. He's supposed to be
something of a hitter. Here's his
chance to show."
The busher walked to the plate, took
his position and faced Jack Chesbro.
then in the hey-dey of his wonderful
pitching career. Jack looked over the
kid and decided it was fairly easy to
fool him with a straight fast ball.
"Bushers," you know, are a bit afraid
of the whirlwind heaves of the big
league twlrlers.
So Chesbro shot the ball to the plate
with all the speed he could master and
the blonde Southerner hit it for two
bases, scoring two tallies.
Since that time Cobb has hung Tip
a grand batting average of .369 for lii
years.
Delegates Start for Olympia.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Jan. 6. (Spe
cial.) Lewis County's lawmakers left
today for Olympia for the opening of
the State Legislature Monday. The
delegation includes Senator A. E. Judd
and Representatives J. E. Lease. H. H.
Swofford and J. S. Slier. Senator Judd
is a Democrat. Representative Slier is
the only one of the quartet who was a
member of the last Legislature.
' Wanderer Sent to Asylum.
CENTRALJA. Wash, Ja.n. 6. (Spe
rial.) Wandajlng around in an aim
less manner and imagining that some
one was following Him. J. L. Thompson
who says be recently came here from
Nebraska, was-picked up in Centralia
yesterday and taken to Chehalis, where
he was examined by a sanity commls
sion and ordered committed, to the asylum-
Thompson Is 32 years of age.
Rich veins of zinc are said to exist
in all parts of Japan.
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INUIANbbHII-l LINbUI t " V- S3v
Chapman at Short Forces Bill ?70?i.' , 'X : ' j In A . Jl 11
Wambganss to Second. tt, --- '' It fl
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FIGHT FOR PLACE IS DUE
Ivan Howard and Terry Turner Also
Are Candidates Unless More Deals
Are Completed by Cleveland.
Howard Slay Kill Emergency.
CLEVELAND. O., Jan. . 6. An an
nouncement coming from President
Jim Dunn, of the Cleveland American
League club, to the effect that Ray
Chapman will play shortstop for the
Indians next season means that Bill
Wambganss will be shifted to second,
where he will have to tight it out with
Ivan Howard and Terry Turner, unless
a deal or two is made prior to the start
of the Sarins training trip wnicn
would leave Wamby practically the only
candidate for the keystone sack.
Howard was sent to Portland, Or.,
last season in the deal that brought
Louis Guisto, the sensational first
baseman, to the Indians. But Presi
dent Dunn and Manager Fohl realized
the big loss they had sustained after
Howard had departed for the Pacific
Coast. From the time that Howard
left, the Indians' heretofore rosy path
was beset with thorns and they started
to slip. While not a great hitter.
Howard was a good ball player" and
was probably the brainiest man on the
team, with the exception of Speaker.
The Indians' infielders commenced to
flounder about like a ship without a
rudder. Howard will be welcomed back
by Cleveland fans, who are of the one
voice in hoping that he will not be put
on the block again. In the event Wam
by land Ahe second base Job and Chap
man deliver at short. Howard might
be retained for emergency purposes
alone, as he doesn't measure up to re
quirements at third. There's a possi
bility that he might fill the bill at first
base, for he did some good work at
that station for the St. Louis Browns
in the days gone by, but he'll have his
task cut out for him, for his rivals
for the first basing job will be Louis
Guisto and Chick Gandll. The latter
did great work afield last seasons but
didn't measure up anywhere near his
h,g goods in onv a few rames. He was
forced to the bench by illness. He has
fully recovered, however, and during
the off season has been playing ball
In Honolulu and hitting the pill smack
on the nose. The big Italian youth
Insists that he will win the first sack
Job away from Gandil, but Chick is
equally determined to stick with the
Indians, as he says it s the only ma
jor league berth he he ever really en
joyed. If Howard is given a chance
at first he may hustle both Chick and
Louis. That brings the final infield
dispute down to the ' far corner. For
third base Manager Fohl will have
several candidates. Terry Turner heads
the list. Joe Evans, with Portland
last reason, and alter Barbare, who
shortstopped for " Little Rock, Ark,
are the other candidates. Turner gave
his employers value received last sea
son and the chances are he will be
equally as good in 1917. But even with
these three at his beck and call it's
certainty that Manager Fohl wouldn't
object to having another player added
to the Indians' roster: There have been
whisperings to the effect that a deal
is pending between the Cleveland and
New York clubs whereby Fred Maise
might become a rromber of the tribe
and should the 1- go through Fritz
would make ther- .1 hump, and that
goes for Turner, -uo, to keep him out
of the regular lineup,
In addition to those mentioned Man
ager Fohl has two other men who
might blossom into real "helpers." They
are Marty Kavanaugh, who was pur
chased from the Detroit Tigers last
season, and Harris, who was a mighty
handy man with the Chattanooga team
of the Southern League. With 11 or 12
men lined up for duty on t- Inner
works only one man Is cer i of
regular Job right now, and, angely
enough, he s the player who ; an in
and-out performer last season, Ray
Chapman. Chappie will play short,
come what may. according to President
Dunn, while the others will have to
fight it out between them
CLATSKANIE FIVE IS FAST
VAKVOLKINBl'RGH'S OVIST WINS
. DESPITE RAW MATERIAL,
Victories Scored Over Rainier and Al-
I Stamp Team ate Be-in K aa
Good aa la Other Years.
CLATSKANIE, Or.. Jan. 6. (Special.)
Although a month ago prospects for
a championship basketball, team at
Clatskanie High School were-very poor,
three grames have dispelled all gloom
and show that the local school la rep
resented by the lightest yet one of the
fastest teams in Its history.
Graduation of Eilertsen and Larsen
and the failure or u. van to turn out
left Coach Vanvolklnburg-h with but
two letter men with which to start the
season, the others of the squad having
had but little experience outside , of a
few nterclass games.
With but one week of practice, fol-
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lowing the long football season. Coach
Vanvolklnburgh chose his lineup to
open the schedule at Rainier against
the fast team of that place. With ap
parent defeat staring them in the face".
the Clatskanie team played their more
experienced opponents off their feet and
emerged from the game on the long
end of a 20-14 score.
The following Saturday Vanvolkln-
burgh's proteges again proceeded to
upset the "dope" by downing the fast
alumni quintet. 17-16. after the hard
est fought game ever seen here. The
alumni with one exceptio was made
up of the same five who two years
were claimants for the state-title and
their lineup included such stars as
Larsen and Willie Eilertsen, now of
O. A. C.-r Meiers, K. Conyers and
Hap" Eilertsen, the greatest athlete
on the Lower Columbia.
However on December 28 the locals
SNOW THAT FELL DURING THE HOLIDAYS AFFORDS EXCELLENT COASTING.
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One of the favorite sliding places was the Tenth-street hill. On the "bob" at the top are. left to right Georgia
Richardson, James J. Richardson, scout for the Beavers; Wallace Hughes. Dr. Leo. McKenna. John J. Higgina,
"Muff" Bronson, sensational Portland boxer; "Spec" Harkness. former Portland pitcher, and Walter H. McCredle.
manager of the Portland baseball club. Below, little Ruth Richardson is enjoying a ride on the back of "Muff
Bronson. Ruth kept her small, sled busy New Year's afternoon, using Uuffy's back for a seat.
Soma of the bobsleds on the Tenth-steet hill coasted from Tenth and Jackson streets to Sixth end YamhlU
streets. - . k .-.
v O
were defeated for the first time
Pacific University freshmen. 14-8.
"Nig" Smith, the sensation of the
football season, had been counted on
for the pivot position, but an Injury
nlurlng practice has kept him from the
lineup. The choice now lies between
Kelty and "Shad" Austin, with the lat
ter having a slight edge.
Among the candidates for the for
ward position were Conyers, Mclntyre
and Erlcson. Mclntyre has shown
the most class and seems to have
clinched the position, the other wing
position being taken care of by the
old reliable Captain "Dutch" Van.
At guard there are Lewis, an all
star selection last year and one of the
best defensive players in the state, and
McGllvary, a new man. who Is playing
a bangup game. Orwig. Koberstein and
Pulliam are also making a strong try
for a guard position.
Next Saturday Clatskanie High will
meet the Sunset Athletic Club, of St.
Helens, here.
I
Girl Slakes Big Record With Spuds.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn, Jan. 6. Miss
Ruth Ehnstrom. 18 years old. of Carl
ton. Minn.. Is the champion potato
grower of Minnesota. Miss Ehnstrom
raised 65.12 bushels of potatoes on one
eighth of an acre.
This Expert Holds Championship In
All Balk-Lino Games Only One
to Try Iinck Is Sutton and
He is Badly Defeated.
CITE CHAMPIONS OF 1916.
Balk line. professional, all
styles William Fv Hoppe. New
York City. '
Three-cushion, professional
George Moore. -New York City.
Pocket. professional Frank
Taberski. Schenectady, N. T.
Interstate Three - Cushion
League Charles McCourt.
Cleveland. Ohio.
Balk line, amateur Edward
W. Gardner. Montclair, N. J.
- Pocket, amateur J. Howard
Shoemaker, New York City.
The old year has marked, an event
ful era In billiards, its close nna
lng the gentleman's game In a. health
ier condition than ever beiore in ms
iAra Parham the Quotation "variety
Is the spice of life" happily fits the
king of Indoor pastimes, but whether
it is variety, competition, organization
or Just plainly the game Itself, that
v. . ..n.ri lt boom, the fact remains
that billiards is at the height of its
noDUlarltv.
William F. Hoppe enters upon an
other year champion of the profes
sional balk liners, as usual holding the
titles at all three styles 18:1 and 18:2
.nd 14-1. His old foe. George B. Sut
ton, of Chicago, was the only player
wh H n rhullcnee him and button
. hi customarv defeat at St. Louis
in their match on October 29 and SO
and November 1, the score ending 1500
to 508 after a one-sided contest.
In sharp contrast to the Inactivity
nf th balk line experts, the three-
cushion and pocket champions and
challengers were busy as bees, the ti
tles in both classes changing hands
with such frequency that the average
farw could scarcely keer track' of them.
Th performances of George Moore,
of New York, and Frank Taberski. oi
Schenectady, respectively three-cushion
and pocket world's cnampiona. oimm
out brilliantly end mam me mie
hnMrii n r rhamiions ofthe hlghes
Hoe-ree Moore restained the coveiea
Brunswick emblem he lost to William
B. Huey. of Chicago, a little more than
a vmt xa a from Hugh Heal, or 1 o
Iedo, who had von it from Charles
McPniirt. now of Cleveland, after the
latter had cantured it from Charle
Ellis, now of Milwaukee. Ellis having
v.n it from De Oro. who got it
through Huey's forfeiture. De Oro
tried to come back recently and lift
the title from Moore, but George beat
him soundly, forcing the famouB Cuban
into temporary retirement.
Taberski. after winning the pocke
championship from Jack Layton. Lm
mett Blankenship's conqueror, at Se
dalia In sensational fashion, ovcrcom
Insr Lavton's lead of 117 points at th
opening of the last night of play, and
later trouncing two other challengers.
Ralph Greenleaf and E. I. Ralph. In
much the same manner, has stamped
th "Silent Pole" a player possessed
of rare gift and generalship, destined
to hold his high place in the profession
a Ion ir time.
Charles McCourt made a name for
himself when he beat Ellis and Mau
oome out In a driving finish for
the Interstate Three-Cushion Leagu
championship. All three were practi
callv tied when McCourt went on th
road for his final and most lmportan
wlni around the circuit. He had fou
games left to play and he won all of
. Chess
E. H. BRYANT. Editor.
Phono Tabor 6213.
Contributions of sanies, endings, problem
or items of Interest, criticisms snd club
notes solicited. Send direct to Ho EMt
Thirty-fifth street.
(Tba Oregonian. January T. lvii.t
PROBLEM NO. 1T4.
By A. J. Fink. San Francisco. Cal. (Com
posed ror 1 ne uregonian.;
Black two pieces.
I I J T- . ( ,1 m
i " - "' ':
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"" JT '
Tr?r T"" "3 - '
1 -M M
Effl
LllL 1 m I: - j 1
""hlte IS pieces.
Whit inatea In three moves.
White kins on QKtaq. rooks on QB3 and
QR3. bishops on Kaq and 37. knlsht on QJ.
pawns on KB. KB6, KB3, KK4. QB4. QKl3
ana UKtu.
Slack kins; on QTvta. pawn on
PROBLEM XO. 1T3.
Rv A FlnkL
Comoosed during the P. P. I. E. Pawn
problem In 11 moves
A. 23.. JWJO.
TlmT0 win nl.f.M Wh it A n 1 H PleCeS.
Whit kins- on KR3. nawu On KB2, KB4,
KBO, Q3. QB2. QKt2. QK15. QR4.
w 1 ..... if v na on cja. nawns on A.O-. nxv-t,
KR3. Q2. Q3. Q4. QKl2. QKt3. V. bits to
move and win.
PROBLEM NO. 1TB-
nv Tei- rlaudianoi.. San Ouentln. Cal.
tfpeter fx editor of the rhcM department
In the Bulletin, Issued monthly at tb prison
Tr I. rlvniH to th welfare OI tne lnj in-
miii . it la educational ana creatiy nrneu
by the editor. The article. "The Better
Freedom." In the last Issue, by C. N". O..
2SS13. the editor wishes' thousands could
Black nine pieces. White eight pieces.
Whit, tn nlav and mate In two move.
h.v. fna nnvi .kh ni rr.u nn. i
White kins; on Q". rook on KKU. bishops
on 3R and QR7. kniithts on KB2 and KBS.
pawns on QB3 and QKt2.'
is rK Kins; on wm. ruow on vfi- ..-",
i WKtpq. knight on Q3, pawns oh K.3, KB-,
KKt-l. OB2 and QKtS.
ITT?
PROHLK.U U
t la i.rm.rl I'nrn.nif r'ii famous rx4 mate.
It had Its run In nearly all tbo Eastern pa-
PeBl"aclc four pieces. White five pieces.
White mates) tn two moves.
White klnir on QKtS. queen on KRT. bishop
on QKtS. knights on Q5 and QKtS.
Black king on VJ. pawns va xv-,
and Q2.
Contributed by a. a. Aii"iti,
Diego. Cal.
COMPOSER AND SOLA ER.
A chess problem to compose
I suppose everyone knows.
That patience and skill are required.
Before making it sound
So no cook can be found. -
Else It surely would not be tamlrea.
A chess problem to solve
Makes frray matter revolve
Be It hard or an easy affair.
But often they make
The cranium ache
Before finding the piece and the square.
A. J. Fink. San Francisco, cal.
Janowskl came out ahead in his HV0
match with the ex-c"nltet States champion
Show-alter et Linton. Ky. Janowskl won
' Joseph Droullard. leading in the chess
tournament at the Mechanics Institute, san
Francisco. Cal.. . and the checker champion
of the Pacific Coast, who recently defeated
J. Hansen In a .'.o-garae match, winning 5
and losing 4. called on us New Year s. He
Is a genial good fellow, and we certainly
enjoved the brief visit. He left the same
..... .k he will remain only
a few hours, ta'klng the return boat for his
home In San Francisco.
GAME NO.
Phllldor's Defence.
Inter City Chess Tournament.
ir t- TXrown. White. Fred Kruger, Black.
White.
1 P-K4
2 KI-KB3
3 B-B
4 P-OS
B B-KKt
ft aKt-Q-T-P-KRS
8 P-KKtl
O Kt-R4
10 QKI-B5
11 B-KS
12 Kt-Kt3
13 P-KW
14 Q-Q2
15 B-K6
n'.r. nil" .
P-K4 17 KtPxB Kt-RS
P-Q 18 P-Kt3 Kt-Kt3
VI.KM 19 P-R5 Kt-Kt4
B-K2 2(1 Kt(B8-R K-R2
O O 21 P-KB4 P-Q4
B-Kt5 22 PxKt BPxP
B-R4-"-':i Kt-Kt R-B3
B-Kt3 2-I 0 0 0(B B-RV-h
wo. u-.tft T' - O "i
P-KR.1 26 B-B2 Kt-R3
Kt-R2 27 Kt-K3 Kt-B6cli
Kt-02 2S K-R Q-K4
p.v-mi'n Kt-B4 B-KtTch
P-B3 30 KtxB OlP
Kt-B4 Mate.
16 B-B5
A This was the first piece removed from
the board. B This was fatal, ana oiacs;
announced mate in six moves.
Th. Inter City Chesa Tournament la la
..n ..in.. ...I. after the holiday respite.
ti,.m i. nn foolishness about It. and the
rlubs and the players inmtiuuii) aii
i ... ..t.ru I h.r. la .naUCB PHHI
power being eyended to run the City ct
portiana. it is n.o .i.-n.. ..i -
m,. a.iio--- msntsl recreation and add to
theli efficiency for bn-lnesa transsctlen-
Profes.r R. E. Stafford. Walla Wall
Tx- v. ufnmatlnn form-arded you.
s t Adams. 53S Pine street. San Fran
cisco. Cal. Ierge cuts furnished any time
The National Worrespondence Cheas Av
snclatlon Preslflent. W. N. Woodbury. 1003
Henry street. Roanoke. Va.: manager. Her
man Helms. ISO Naeau street New Tnrk :
secretary. treasurer. R. E. Brlgham. One
onta v Y Announcement Is made for tne
fourth championship tournament, commenc
ing January 1. 191T. Player, urged to reg
ister at once. Contestants on the Pacific
Slope will be grouped together, as well m tne
Southern States. ' Sections In preliminary
round will consist of seven plavers eacn.
F.ntrancs fee. plus II annual dues, by new
members. SOo by old. A 5 prise for each
section winner. In addition, hooks or other
souvenirs will be presented. Five prises for
leading players, first prise not ls than ;
Special brilliancy prise for the most brilliant
game Minor tournaments aa preparation
for major event, for those who wish games
of lea formal character, will be arranged.
Fee SI In addition to regular membership
dues The association's activities will be
printed in the "Amerlcsn Chess Bulletin.
13 veara. old. The "Chess Correspondent
published by Dr. W. C, Brown. Burnslde.
Pa, merits the support of gll players. A
fine gam of chess Is acceptable in all parts
of the world, and the "Correspondent has
them. Printed coplei of constitution ana
rules, score shee's. etc.. mailed on receipt or
stamped envelope, addressed. Members, am
tho managing director. Herman Helms. l-y
sending in names of acquaintances who
might be Induced to Join the organisation.
llfadlng.our column net Issue will appear
a verv neat problem, composed by a Port
lander. Portland has the talent and com
positors should be numerous.
Jose Capsblaflca is In Cuba for an Indefi
nite stav with his family.
Eduar'd "Leaker, of Chicago, former cham
pion of London. New York and Chicago, and
present holder of the championship title
of the Western Chess Association, was the
guest of the Chess Club In St. Louis, peeem.
ber 30 and 81. Hs gave exhibitions at blind
fold, simultaneous ana crmio.i
r.AME NO. 1S2.
Irregulsr Opening.
From Oiobs-Dcmocrtt
Showalter. white: janowski.
black.
Black.
P-R3
Kt-R4
Q-K2
Q-Kt
P-KP4
R-KB
P-B3
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Joseph TrouUlard. while on a business trip
to Los Angeles, one week ago. piaved J.
Uoughertv. editor of the checker depart
ment of ths Tlmea, four same, winning two,
losing two. He also played M. Lotkowsid
two games ef chess, winning on, losing one.
Lotkowskl Is soon to play a chess match
with Rubsnstsln, who Is now proprietor of
the Commercial Cafe. In the Germanic
building, between Second and Third, Los
Angeles, CaL
GAMES ATTRACT CROWDS
Among Big Contents Scheduled for
This Year Are International
Boxing Matches. Which Will
Take Place In Boston.
BT FREDERICK TV. RTJBIEX.
Secretary-Treasurer Amateur Athletio
Union of the United States.
NEW TORK. Jan. 6. (Special.) All
signs Indicate that 1917 is going to be .
a very active year in the sports under
the Jurisdiction of the Amateur Athletic
Union. The various district associa
tions report an increase In the number
of Indoor meets scheduled for the Win
ter and keen competition will result.
The indoor national championships
take place in New York on March 17.
and the best athletes In the country
will compete for these honors.
The outdoor National championships,
all-around championships and relay
championships will take place at St.
Louis in September and increased In
terest in the section of the country
that developed Robert Simpson the ath
letic marvel of the year, is looked for.
St Louis plans to make these cham
pionships the equal of any held here
tofore and owing to Its central location
It will be possible for athletes from any
part of the country to make the trip
in a few days.
International Contests Due.
International boxing will take place
as the result of an Invitation from tho
Scandinavian countries and it is likely
that the winners of the National box
ing championships to be held at Bos
ton in March will be selected to rep
resent this country. The small team
of track athletes consisting of Mere
dith. Loom is. Simpson. Murray and
ward made a very favorable impres
sion abroad and another team will be
sent to represent America this Sum
mer if It is found impossible for the
Scandinavian athletes to leave their
countries on account of military duty.
These countries deserve great credit
for their initiative in inviting our
prominent athletes to visit them, and
our boys are loud tn their praises of
the splendid reception accorded them
abroad. Large crowds attended thi
games In spite of the frosty weather
and the athletes abroad realize the ad
vantages of seeing our stars In com
petition.
Swimming Is In Its Infancy In this
country and this accounts for th
number of records broken during tho
past year. Judging from the demand
from all parts of the country for the
privilege of holding championships for
men and women, an even greater on
slaught on the records will take place.
These championships will be distrib
uted so. that all sections of the coun
try will be benefited. .
Mere Districts deeded.
The territory covered by the district
associations Is too large and the num
ber of our districts should be in
creased. AH cities having a population
of about 600.000 people oucrht to be
made centers of athletic activity. If
this plan is carried out there would
be district associations with head
quarters in Cleveland. Pittsburg. De
troit, Buffalo. Milwaukee, Cincinnati
and the twin cities, Minneapolis and St.
Paul, in addition to the present head
quarters. Athletes find difficulty in
attending local championships and
meetings held several hundred miles
from home and by Increasing the num
ber of district associations and making
it possible for the best athletes in each
district to attend the various National
championships our sports will be fos
tered where at present they are not
receiving the encouragement they
should receive.
tompnlsory Athletics Foreseen.
New Vork State has adopted com
pulsory athletics for Its schools and
undoubtedly the plan will be followed
throughout the Union when its bene
ficial effects are realised. With so
many plans for preparedness betng
considered would it not be proper et
this time to throw open our armories
during the Winter months to the many
thousands of our working men who
greatly appreciate being able to run
or exercise on our large armory floors?
without Interfering with regimental
drills and be the means of bringing
men to our armories Instead of com
pelling them to Join regiments to ob
tain this privilege. There is a great
demand for this privilege, for with so
many of our people taking up outdoor
exercise during the Summer months,
the need is felt for adequate places f
continue this work during the Winter.
Stadiums More In Demand.
With the increase In athletic Inter
est comes also the demand for more
playgrounds, tracks and stadiums. The
colleges throughout the country are
showing the lead In this respect and
are building or advocating" the build
ing of more appropriate seating ac
commodations or stadiums.
The United States Government has
become Interested to the extent of ap
proving of a development of East Po
tomac Park. Washington. and the
initial appropriation for beginning
work on the field and field house has
been made. The project provides for
all kinds of sport and Includes a track
and stadium. An additional appropria
tion will be requested of Congress this
year to rush the work to completion.
New York City has long been In
need of a field for National and Inter
national contests and Park Commis
sioner Whittle is developing a project
to have at Van Cortland Park a track
and stadium the equal of any in the
world. The trsck and field will be
completed this year.
This privilege can be permitted dur
ing the hours of 5 P. M. to 8 P. M.
when the armories are not In use.
20 Hours Work Net Vean
Gregg About $17,000.
Ex-Portland Pitcher. Wished on
Red Sox In 1014, Does Little bat
Norse Arm and Draw Salary.
VEAN GREGG. ex-Beaver. Is another
of those 'lucky guys." He was
wished on the Red Sox late In 1914 by
the Indians. Then his left fin lost Its
wiggling power and Vean did little else
than nurse it for the balance of the
year.
In 1915 and again last season Gregg
was almost useless to his club. The
main chores he performed were those
of the relief variety. In XS15 he worked
In only six games: lsst year it was five.
For performing in 11 complete com
bats In two years Gregg got r reg
ular salary, reported to be tsOOj a sea
son, and two cuts of the world's series
melon. That means approximately
$17,000 for working about 20 hours la
two years.