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4 TJTK SUNDAY OEEGOXIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 14, 1917. LES DARCY TAKEN FROM HERO CLASS New York Writer Objects to Paying Tribute to Man Who Avoids War. SHARP CONTRASTS DRAWN AVllding, Who Died In Trenches, Is Held "Up as of Far Different Type Carpentier Should Not Fight Him, Is Contention. "While the American fighting fans are making a hero of Les Darcy. the Aus tralian heavyweight, a sane view of the pugilist has been taken by Jimmy .Ninnott, of the New York. Evening Mail. Sinnott says: "I have seen Lea Darcy, of Australia, I saw him in a Broadway restaurant. He was with Tex Rickard. He was laughing and smiling at the men and women who made the place gay. Everybody was pointing him out: 'There's Darcy,' they were saying, 'the great Australian fighter." "I didn't go over and meet him. He looks like a pleasant sort of a fellow, a good-natured boy, who has the. phy sique that would seem to indicate great prize ring possibilities. Picture of Wilding Rises. "I didn't meet Darcy, because as I watched him there rose up before me another picture far different from the one he made. It was the picture of another man. an Australian. His name was Anthony Wilding, and he was one cf the greatest tennis players in the world until he went to his death In the great war abroad. "All I could think of as I looked at Darcy was Wilding lying dead. Wild ing, of Australia, a gentleman of edu cation and refinement, doing work that meant something In the cause of civ ilization, and withal one of the world's greatest athletes, answered the call of his country and was killed. The news papers ran accounts of his death Glow .ing eulogies were printed. But the death of Wilding did not begin to create the furore that the arrival ol Darcy has. and Darcy has run away, not from military service, for there is no conscription in Australia yet, but from the possibility of being forced to make the sacrifice that Wilding made voluntarily. - Heroics Are Criticised. "There Is no great reason to censure Darcy for not enlisting as long as there is not conscription in Australia. Even his running away might be condoned in a measure, for he Is very young and may have been advised. There Is every reason in the world to censure the at tempt to make a heroic figure of him. If this is suffered to be done, it is in deed a sad commentary on the spirit of the American people. "Hundreds of thousands of Germans. Frenchmen, Englishmen, Russians, Italians, Canadians, Australians, Irish men and Bulgarians He dead on the battlefields of Europe or are in the trenches men of brains, great artists, literary men, men from the ranks of business, lawyers, doctors, engineers, every type of professional man known. Darcy is a young man whose contri bution to the advancement of civiliza tion is ability to fight in a roped ring. His profession is supposed to be fight ing, and he would not even stay in his own country and obey a law made nec essary by. a great war in which his fellow Australians are fighting. And some would make blm a hero! "It is said now that Darcy will go into vaudeville. He is not even going to fight in the ring for a while. Jeorge Carpentier Different. "In sharp contrast to the case of Darcy Is that of Georges Carpentier, heavyweight champion of Europe. He has been in the French army since the outbreak of the war. Twice he has been decorated for bravery. "If Carpentier does come to this country on furlough to raise money for the Red Cross relief work, Darcy should not be allowed to meet him. It does no t matter that it would be a wonderful fight card. There are few thngs less important in life than box ing, .anyway. "Georges Carpentier has done too much real work to have him Indulge in any such bout. It is true that if ht retains his boxing skill after his serv ice in the war. the French champion would be favored to beat the Austra lian. But perhaps he has lost his form, or much of it. There should be no chance offered a Darcy to defeat a Carpentier. "The stereotyped speech that Darcy made upon landing in this country about going over to fight after making money enough to take care of his fam ily, even if true, is an Insult to the In telligence of the American public. "in a way I feel a bit sorry for Les Darcy. He is young. I Imagine that he is not overgifted beyond the prize ring. I do not say that he should en list if he doesn't want to. He should be made to understand clearly that the public will not suffer him to be ex ploited as a hero in this country. "In passing it might be remarked that Tex Rickard's chaperoning of Dar cy Is not such a boost for Tex as he may imagine. This goes double If Rick ard matches him with Carpentier." Sidelights in Sport of Inter est to Fans. OH. HE'LL GET HIS! Ninth Inning; home-town club at bat: Up comes the valorous mim Slat; The riva! club's one run ahead: Bases are full, two men are dead; And so. you see, It's up to Slim His face is Fet. determined, grim; He knocks the pill clear out the lot. And four of our boys homeward trot; And then tho umpire calls It foul; I'll bet the ChHese heard us how We chased that umpire down the road 'Twas fair enough, as we all knowed At Last ten mi'es- he got away He ain't been punished to this day; And et wme fel.ers try to tell, And tnak us think, there ain't no hell' UNDERSTAND that Benny Kauff Is saving his energy to use In pasting the pellet, instead of expending it all wagging his Jaws. Uncle Wilbert Robinson, pilot of the Dodgers, is said to be the politest man in baseball. He has been known to get 'IP in a streetcar and give his seat to three ladies. ' Hotel keeper who has to feed the Giants at the training camp Is said to have considered taking time by the forelock and going Into bankruptcy, when he heard that Jim Thorpe was V be In the party. "Baseball Bug" writes to inquire If there was ever a prominent baseball pitcher named Cy Toung. Yes. Bug, nd there was also a President of the United States named Roosevelt, and a Queen of Great Britain named Victoria. Always glad - to spread knowledge (tmong the masses. There couldn't be anything; worse .4 GLIDING. f," W- r r s , i t v ? ''4 I NEW YORK, Jan. 13. (Special.) The latest craft to be seen speeding on sled is about the swiftest thing on the Ice at present. The owners say they can It requires quite a little experience and daring to "hit it up" on the Ice swerve from Its course, and that would mean a bad tumble for the occupants. Ice sports are known to be the moot invigorating of outdoor sports, and the greatest height. than a six-day bicycle race, except a seven-day bicycle race. J. Ersklne Mayer, although he got away to a bad start last year. Is still considered one of the best bets of the twirling staff of the Phillies. This is the birthday of J. Erskine, who is 28 today. Mayer is one of a very few Hebrews to win distinction in the American game. He was reared in Atlanta and made his first baseball reputation while studying- chemistry at Georgia Tech. In 1910 he was tried out by Atlanta, but was shipped off to Fay-etteville, N. C. He returned to Atlanta the following year, but was soon released to Albany, Ga. He donned an Atlanta uniform a third time In 1912 and won three straight, when he was turned over to Ports mouth, Va. The next year the Phillies got him. Mayer was Alexander's right paw man in 1915, winning 21 games to 15 lost, but last year he started badly off form, and got no better rapidly until the Summer was well advanced. THE REAL ALL-AMERICAX. Walter Camp's Ail-American eleven of all time, based on the number of years the players have been selected for the fa mous mythical team: End HInkey. Yale, four years. End. Gelbert, Penn; Campbell, Harvard; Shevlln, Yale, three years each.' ' Tackle Newell, Harvard, four years. Tackle Dea, Princeton; Hogan, Yale, three years each. , Guard Hare, Penn, four years. Guard Brown, Yale, four years. Center Lewis, Harvard; Over field, Penn; Holt, Yale, Ketchum, Yale; Peck, Pitt, two years each. Quarterback Daly. Army and Harvard, three years. Halfback Wendell, Harvard. three years, . Halfback Brewer, Harvard, three years. Fullback llahan, Harvard, three years. when he climbed back into the first line trenches and was of considerable assistance to the tribe of Moran. How It Started. Back in a prehistoric age, when men were In the monkey stage and by their tails from fam'ly tree swung to and fro quite merrily, the while they chat tered of their fights, their loves and hates and skeeter bites, an ape-man wiser than the rest one day was sud dently possessed by an idea, new and great. Ah, 'twas, indeed, a day of fate, for they had eaten, loved and fought, but ne'er before had man-monk thought! And all that men were yet to gain from Edison's most fertile brain and Shakespeare's genius, Voltaire's wit yea, all-were to grow out of it! What was the mighty thought was thunk by this inventive man-like monk? We've never known, we never shall, but still I'd make a bet, old pal, that what he thought on that great day was some kind of a sport to play! The Grent Jimmy Colltna. What Eddie Collins has been to the present crop of baseball fans. Jimmy Collins was to the bugs of the previous generation. Born in Buffalo 44 years ago today, Jimmy made his first repu tation in his native city and In 1895 Joined the Boston Nationals. After a trial in the outfield, he was loaned to the Louisville Nationals and he was tried out at third by the Colonels. He was soon the big sensation of the game, and Boston recalled him. In 1901 he jumped to the American League, be coming pilot of the Boston club. Jimmy copped two pennants for the Bean City, but in 1905 the team hit the slide and the following year Jimmy was canned. He was traded to the Athletics and finished his big league career Just when the great Eddie Collins was be ginning his with the same club. In Pugilistic Annals. Next Tuesday will be the 26th birth day of "California Frankie" Burns, for several years a popular lightweight contender. Frankie was born on a raisin ranch near Fresno, but at the age of 15 removed to Oakland and it was while he was a high school student in that city that he took up boxing. In 1908 he turned professional and a coupla of years later he was taking on the best of 'em. He was matched for the title in 1911. when he took on Ad Wol gast. but' Frankie wasn't quite good enough and after a game fight he was knocked out in the 17th round. After that Tie did pretty well until he met Tommy Murphy in 1913. Again the 17th round was his hoodoo and the Harlem Terror put him to sleep In that chapter. H. W. Libby Recovering. EUGENE, Or., Jan. 13. (Special.) Co.unty Surveyor Hollls W. Libby, who was taken to the hospital critically ill with pneumonia, and whose wife's life less body was found in a bathtub at their home the following morning, has sufficiently recovered to leave the hos pital. It was announced that funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Llbby's death occurred Decem ber 30. SPEEDY AUTO-SLED IS NEWEST ICE j2E A v ' ' -v. WEST IS RECOGNIZED New District Created in Col legiate Athletic Affairs. . DR. BROWNE WINS POINTS Dyment, Bohler and Browne Put on Rales Committees for Soccer, Bas ketball and Track, but Foot ball Bias No Representative. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallis, Jan. 13 (Special.) Recog nition of the West as a factor in Na tional collegiate athletic circles was secured at the National collegiate ath letic conference recently held in New York City, from which Dr. A. D. Browne, director of physical education at the Oregon Agricultural College, has Just returned. As a member of the advisory board of the Pacific Coast conference,' Dr. Browne represented that body, as well as the Pacific North west conference and the Rocky Moun tain conference. Up to this year only that country as far west as Minnesota has been rec ognized by the National conference, but the stand taken by the Coast repre sentative, that there should be a dele gate from each district upon the rules committee, resulted in the addition to the conference of a ninth district, to be composed of the states of Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho and Mon tana. The ninth district is now com posed of three conferences the Pa cific Coast, Pacific Northwest and Southern California conferences. Three men were named on th rules committee from this district Dyment, ANOTHER SWEDISH FLIER WILL VISIT AMERICA THIS SPRING. 7-.'. . ' 1 r - I fir lt NEW YORK CITY. N. Y.. Jan. 13. (Special.) In return for the visit of the quintet of American athletes. Loomis, Meredith, Ward, Simpson and Murray, several prominent Swedish runners- will invade the United States within a short time. A. Bohlin and John Zander already have signified their intentions of coming across the At lantic -They have hopes of entering many of the track and field meets held under the auspices of the Amateur Ath letic Union. J 1 s r p 1 -4 f ' x P S ri i I4- 4 ' - r . A n: CRAFT. - i - - - . - - - " i- - - 3 , ,-. - - - -?'- $ ' - I the Shrewsbury is the autosled. The make, and easily, a mile a minute. with this craft, for It is likely to autosled brings this great sport to its , of the University of Oregon, for soccer; Bohler. of Washington State College, for basketball, and Dr. Browne, of the Oregon Agricltural College, for track. Owing to the objections raised by rep resentatives from Eastern colleges, no man will be named to represent this district in football until next year. One of the most Important steps taken by the conference was the re vision of the amateur ruling. The new ruling makes positive statements rather than negative, as In the past, and reads as follows: "A student shall take part In athletics only for the physical, moral, mental and social benefit to be derived therefrom." The wording of the new ruling shows that Summer baseball, which was the cause of much discussion, among Eastern col leges last Spring, or any other form of professionalism, will' be left up to the Individual college or conference to decide upon. Major Pierce Is Head. Officers of the National conference who were elected for the coming year were: President, Major Pierce, United TROTTING AND PACING MARKS OF A SEASON. Trotting Lee Axworthy, mile by stallion, 1:684; Real Lady, 2-year-old filly, 2:04; Volga. 3-year-old filly, 2:04 H: Mary Put ney, 4-year-old mare, 2:04; St. Frisco-Mabel Trask, dead heat. 2:07. Pacing Directum I, half mile. :55; Directum I, 11-16 miles. 2:09: Directum I, 1 miles. 2:16Vi: Peter Look, 3-year-old colt. 2:03; Young Todd, 4-year-old gelding. 2:02; Miss Harris M.. 4-year-old mare, 2:01 "4; Helmet Queen, yearling filly, 2:lti)4. States War. College: vice-president. Berry, Iowa State College: secretary, W. A. Nicholson, Wesleyan University. The time and place of next year's meet ing of the conference will be deter mined by the executive committee at a later date. Recommendation was made by the retiring executive committee, however, that the following places be considered in the order named: New York, Kansas City. Chicago and New Orleans. While In the East Dr. Browne also took opportunity to attend the confer ences of the College Physical Direc tors' Society, the Athletic Research So ciety and the Academy of Sciences. Box of Tennis Facts. Number of tennis players In 1918. . . 500,000 .Miraoer in lvoa 75,noo Number of clubs In 1916 8(0 Number In llM)tt ss Number of tournaments in 1916. . . . 295 Number of tournaments in 19013. .. . 4.1 Number of clay courts In 191S 150.000 Average cost of clay courts $ 125 Clay court Investment, 1916 1S.7KO.0O0 Investment In clubhouses. 1916 20.000.000 Annual equipment cost per player. . 25 Annual equip, cost, 500,000 players. 12,500.000 Here are the principal cities that have municipal tennis courts: Somer vllle, Mass. ; Cambridge, Mass.; Boston, mass.; r an Oliver, Mass.; sew Bedford, Mass.; Bridgeport. Conn.; Worcester. Maes.; Hartford, Conn.: Borough of Manhattan, Borough of Bronx, Borough of Brooklyn, Borough of Queens, Roch ester, N. Y. ; Buffalo, N. Y.; Jersey City, N. J.r Camden, N. J.; Wilmington, Del.; tteaaing, fB-.i Baltimore, Aid.: Washing ton, D. C: Atlanta. Ga.; Birmingham, Aia.; ixasnvute, Tenn.; Houston, Tex.; Pittsburg, Pa.; Cincinnati. O.: Toledo, O.; Cleveland. O.; Dayton, O.; Detroit, Mich.; Mllwaukie, Wis.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Chicago, 111.: -Kansas City. Mo st. Louis, Mo.; Minneapolis, Minn.; Des Moines, la.; Denver, Colo. :' San Fran cisco, Cal.; Oakland, O.; Salt Lake City, Utah; Spokane, Wash.; Tacoma, Wash.; Portland, Or.; Loe Angeles, Cal. BUDDY RYAN'S FATHER DIES Ex-Beaver's Dasb for Parent's Bed side AVins Over Death. Patrick Ryan, father of "Buddy" Ryan, ex-Beaver and present Salt Lake outfielder, died in Denver at 9 o'clock Friday night. He was 70 years old. Mr. and Mrs. "Buddy" Ryan, who left here last Wednesday night In their mad dash to reach Mr. Ryan's bed side, got to Denver at 7 o'clock Friday night. Just two hours before his death. Mr. Ryan is survived by four sons and two daughters, all of whom were with him when he passed away. Dan Ryan ex-Portland pitcher. Is among them. Pendleton High Girls Win. LA GRANDE. Or.. Jan. 13. (Spe cial.) The Pendleton High School girls' basketball team here last night defeated the La Grande High quintet by a score of 24 to 11- Co-Eds Taught to llecord Expenses. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene, Jan. 13. (Special.) Miss Elizabeth Fox. dean of women and instructor of social ethics, has Installed a new fea ture In her work, by requiring each co ed of the university to keep a personal account book. DARCY ONCE BEATEN Jeff Smith Tells of Knocking Out Australian. FOUL ENDS' RETURN BOUT Xew Jersey Boy Says When JLes Started In lie Was Easy to lilt and Poor as Boxer Re sult Not Satisfactory NEW YORK. Jan. 13. Jeff Smith, the New Jersey boy. knocktd out the much heralded Les Darcy In the Syd ney Stadium January 23, 1915. Here Is Smith's story: "When I was first matched with Darcy I was regarded as the world's middleweight champion everywhere. with the possible exception of the United States. I had won a 15-round referee's decls'on over George Chip; knocked out Jim O'Brien, the champion of Ireland: knocked out Adrlen Hogan, the champion of Europe; won two de cisions over George Bernard. th French champion: two decisions over Mick King, the Australian champion: won over Harold Hardwlck, the heavy weight champ of the Antipodes, and de feated McGoorty and Clabby In 20 round bouts to a decision. "Darcy had just burst into the lime light. He was the newest Australian sensation. The match was for the mid dleweight championship of the world. Darcy Easy to Hit. "I found Darcy a good fighter but a rather poor boxer and easy to hit. Along about the third and fourth round I began to get to him heavily. He walked unsteadily to-his chair at the end of the fourth round. Along to ward the end of the fifth round I ducked a left swing and brought up a right-hand uppercut to his solar plexus. Darcy fell to his knees, mum bling something. Harold Baker, the referee, instead of counting over him, told him to 'Get up and fight.' After about four eeconds Darcy aroae and slid along the ropes complaining that he had been fouled. I was bewildered. Al Llppe, my manager, kept shouting to me to hit him, but I dldn t. I could have knocked him cold then and there, but didn't like to hit a fellow who wouldn't put up his hands or stand up and fight. Suddenly, Darcy let fly a right-hand swing which caught me on the side of the head. We went at it hot and heavy until the gong rang. "When the bell sounded for the open ing of the next round Darcy wouldn't get up. The referee walked over to him and told him that there was no foul and to get up and fight. When Darcy refused to leave his corner, Harold Baker began counting him out. During the count. Dave Smith, Darcy's manager and chief second. threw a towel into the ring In token of dereat. However, Baker counted him out. Dairy Clalma Pool. f'That's all there was to it he. simply quit! Dave Smith was disgusted with him and told me after the fight that his man quit cold. Not a soul in the house showed by words or gesture that Darcy was fouled until Darcy himself indicated it. Darcy exhibited to me a dented protector. Such a protector couldn't have been dented with any thing but a hammer In the dressing room. It is an absolute Impossibility to d-ent such a cup with a six-ounce glove, and It Is also an impossibility for a man fouled as badly as Darcy claimed he was to have stood up and fought out the remainder of the round. "The second fight I had with him was the worst robbery ever perpetrated. It seemed to me like a deliberate at tempt to take my title away from rrre before I left for America. We had al ready engaged our passage for home, but canceled It to accept the match. "The first round was very tame. 1 was cautioned once for fouling and Darcy also fouled and apologized for it. Ve were Just starting up the sec ond round when the referee, Harold Baker, suddenly stepped between us and. tapping Darcy on the shoulder, said, 'You win!" I was bewildered. Darcy ran to his corner, laughing. "What Is the matter?' I said. 'You fouled!' said Baker. That ended It. Jnrr Vpholda Boxer. "They refused to pay me my money on the ground that I deliberately fouled -Darcy. Can you beat It? Why. Darcy never even complained of a foul. He admitted on the stand when I sued for my money that he didn't even know that he had been fouled. It was out rageous. Naturally I wasn't able to prove that Wrenn and the two Baker brothers were In collusion. I lost the case, but the Jury made It plain that their verdict simply meant that they thought Baker was honest In his opin ion that I fouled and not that they thought I fouled. "You can't imagine how a foreigner is treated when they meet Darcy. Darcy was an Idol. Why, when I fought him they would hoot me for doing the very same things that they applauded him for. Everything he did over there was right and everything I did was wrong." Checkers Headquarters Portland Chess and Checker Club, 101 Washington building annex. Fourth and Watihlngtou streets. A welcome for all. Communications and contributions solicited. Send to 142 East Thirty-fourth street, Port land. E. H. BRYANT, Editor. Phone Tabor 6213. (The Orejronl.n. January 14 1917.) rROJiLEM NO. 379. By J. B. Plerson. BLACK MEN ON 20, 20; KING ON 26. ; - - ,' - "s ! ' . i ' - 'J -' -. --: ; -T -r- ' 1 H U1 I: :Q I WHITE MEN ON S4. 27. 32: KING ON 18. Whlt to play aud win. 1'ROBt.liM NO. SS0. By James P. Reed. Black men on 1. 12, IS, 23, 26; kins on 27. White men on 0. IT. 20. 21, 2b; kins on 11. Black to play and wr.ln. PROBLEM NO. 8S1. B J. T. Hennlgan. Black men on S. 7, 11, 12, 13, 27. White men on 14. 18. 19. 20. 22, 24. White to play and draw. PROBT.EM NO. 82. ByPr. H. A. Whltflcia. Black men on 7. 8. 12. 20. 21: kinr on 18. White mm on 24, 25, 2C, 27, 20, 32; kins on Is. White to play anil win. MDtt-TIONS. Problem No. 374 Black klnn. 1-4. 22. 27. White. 24: kings, 1!. -". Black to move: 14-10 11-ltt 10- 7 1H-12 7-10 10-16 18-14 16-12 82-2S 24-20 22-18 16-19 15-11 24-19 K2-27 16-11 14-10 12-16 2S-82 B lac K 10-15 llt-ia 27-S3 20-24 wlnetA. A Critics, te this j!a eoundT Problem No. 875 Black. 3. 13; kins. 26. White, 5, IS: kin. 11. Black to play: 7-.0. 18-19. 10-15(1. 10-24. 15-1S, 24-27. 30-26. 22-31, 19-23. 27-32, 21-17, 31-27, 23-26. 2. -24. 26-23. Drawn. Variation 1. 10-14, 15-82. 14-9. 83-3T, 9-13. 27-23, 51-1T. 23-18. 17-14. 18-9, 13-6. White wins. Problem No. 878 Black. 1. 11. 13. 15. IS. White. 20. 21. 24. 25; king. 5. White to draw: 5-'J. 1S-23. 0-H 23-2T. 25-22(1, i,-S2, 22- 1S. 15-22. 24-19, 12-25. 14-1S. 25-oU. 10-lt. 40-2 it. Drawi. Variation 1. 14-10, 27-32. 10-19, 82-2S. 23- 22, l-, 22-18, -9, Black wins. Problem No. 377. Black. 3. 6. 7, 14, 19: kin. 20. White. 13. 15. 26, 27. 30; kins". 4. Black to draw: 29-25(A SU-21. 14-18. 21-17. l-22. 27-2.".. 22-S1. 2:i-l. 7-11. 10-7. 8-1'J. 17-14. 31-20. 4-S. 26-22, 8-11. 22-16, 14-9. 6-10. Drawn. A In actual play. -Mr, Maxwell lost very nearly, as follows : 7-11. 25-8. 3-12 4-6, 12-16. 8-11. 16-20. 11-15, 19-24. 13-11. 24-31. 30-25. Reed won &olutloi-s this week have been received from Ira Wl'hrow, B. B. Alexander. W. L. Bryant. Isaac Creenbaum. C. i. Glvens, A. C. McCutcheons, Orcgun, W. C. Daniels. 916 Sth St.. Seattle. Wash.; A. Hart. Georse McDonald, Harry Baker, A A. Simmons. T. Graham. Harry Glbbs, F. E. Berg. J. Wark, J. Graham. Bill. A. P. Jones. Hankinson. 2. Dakota.; Lurut-r Jack and W. L. Stewart. GAMK NO. 2!3. liristoL" From "Lee's Guide." both the old and new editions. Contributed by "BllL' 11-16 24-20 3-14 4- 12-lrt T-10 31-26 2- 6 26-22 S-918 5-2 40-15 22-17 -lo 27-24 -11 82-27 8-13 17-13 1- 5 24-22A 14-18 30-25 22-17 10-14 17-10 7-14 26-22 3- 7 22-17 16-19 23-1 12-1 22 1H 0-1 18- 9 29-25 A The loser. B It leaves It here for a black win. 1 has a sound draw. Sub believe the whit mitted t-j The Oregonlan .Titles- "Bill." A. " C. MeCutrticon's answer to Harry Baker's position: Black. 6, 8. 12. 13. 14. 15. White. 20. 21. 23. 30. 31 ; king. 3. White to play. 20-16. 12-2J, 3-12 6-, 31-22. 14-1!-. 30-23, 18-2:1. 12-16, 23-26. 16-11. 15-19, 11-13, 9-23. 22-18. 2-3iA. 15-10. 23-27. 25-22, 27-31. 10-14. 30-25. 14-5 31-27, drawn. A very pretty ending and this man McCutrheon has certainly got some head on him and Is able mentally to execute gymnastics of a high order. He has got his grip on Problem No. 366: bl.vck men, 3, R: kings, 15, 26. White, 13. 32; kings. 8, 17. By Robinson; black to play and win: 26-23, 17-14. 23-1U. 14-17. 5-9. 17-13. 9-14. 82-27 19-16. 27-23. 16-20, 8-4. 15-11. 23-19. 14-18 I A, etc.. draws. A 20-24, 4-8, 24-15 or 11-4. 13-9, white wine. PROBLEM ITO. 383. By Lumber Jack. BLACK VEX ON 3, 21: KINGS. 4. SL j 1;VV ,.', I - :, .;;'. ; 'I WHITE MfvX ON 11, 12; KIVGS. 18. 30. White to move. Can black draw? G AM K NO. A game played between Alfred Jordan and .Toeeph Droutilard In San Francisco, Cal., in th year 1011. Iirou tllard's move. 11-15 11-1S 12-18 ls-23 24-2) 3K-26 2:-1 19-lrt S-ll S-ll 9-14fC 10-14 4- 8 IS. 25 2S-2:UD 23-17 23-19 29-22 22-13 11-7 15-1S 1 1 - J 15-1S 3-1(1 22-1.-, 27-23 24-l! 16-11 11-1S 9-l:i(A 18-27 27-31 26-22 32-28 31-24 19-16 7-11 6- 9 14-18 Xil-26 22-15 19-16 16-11 . 11- 7 V-ll 1H- 7 14-17 1U-1T - 7- 3 C -?'; 2S -24 24--15 &- 0 13- Drn, A A rood line here, for black Is the fol lowing:. I-14. B. 2-7, 14-1S. IM-14. 10-17. 19-10. -15. 22-13. 12-19. 2G-2i, etc. Drawn. H ."12-2S, 15-18. strong for black. C 11. Henderson played 2-H here against me In a 8rotih championship match. 1 replied 10-11. U-14, 24-1U, etc. Drawn. 1 Sound. hut tint winning. J t waa played by the late H. Jacob against Richard Stewart and result' d In a draw. The hook plav la 2-. 24-1'-, 1.V24. US-H. 10-15. 1U-10, 6-15. 1;-11. 5-9. 31-27. 15-1V. 23-16. 1-5. 21-17. 14-21, 22-1S. etc. Drawn. Alfred Jordan. Attention, very checker plarer In the tate. Remember the datea, January 29 and There are hundreds of players who should respond to thla call and aid In or ganizing the association at the Portland CI fM and Checker Club, southeast corner of Fourth and Washington treeta. Play to com mence 10 A. M.. January 29. The commit tees are working to complete all arrange ments. The Eugene Club. he tSalem C"uh. th Marsn field and all individual cannot afford to neglect thais opportunity. Do not reiterate "I am too poor a plaver," for it is not true if you knor how to play, and if you like associations and will help by your nreenc nnd plav, come. C. K. Den holm, K. E. Berjr and the edi tor are the committee on arrangements and will so classify the players that no. time will be lost In the state tournament. Jan uary 29 and 3. Two (antes to be played between nlayers. In problem No. 3ft8, a variation was omit ted, an Important one, as follome: Black 3. 23. kings. 19. 24. White 11. 13. 21. 3o. 31: 21-17, 24-20, 13-9. 20-16, 30-27. l-7. 27-1S. 19- 23. 1S-14. 23-18. 17-13. 7-2. 32-28. 3-7. 28-24. 7-11, 24-20. 2-7. 9-5. 1S-9. 1X-6, 1-2. 0-1. 11-33. 20-16, 15-1S. 1-11. 19-23. 11-S. 23-28. 8-4. 23-31. 4-8. 23-31, 4-8. 3l-2, 8-11. 20- 22. 11-lfl 22-17. 16-19. etc.. forms te No. 11. This will be sufficient answer to A. C- McCutcheon and N. E. Kama worth. Oregus. Plajr commenced January 8 at losr Angeles between the grent checker gladiators. Newel Bar.ki and Alfred Jordan. There are no in dividual st axes, but a good -si zed purse has been raised by the clutw of the elty. This 1m the seventh meeting between these great plas. In the tlx previous encounters out of M pames played, Jordan won eight. Bank three, with 73 drawn. In what are called "a minute to move pacing matches 22 games have een contested, the score be ing Jordan four. tnK three, drawn ia. This match Is held under the auspices of J. Dougherty. checker editor los Angeles Times and former checker champion of Kansas. FEWER DEER ARE KILLED Game Survey Sliows 750O Are In County and Elk Increase. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Jan. 13. (Spe cial.) Deputy Game Warden Thomas, in making a January report, included in it a game survey and estimate of the number of various species now in the county. The total number of li censes, combination and single, issued in 1916 waa 3111. The estimated num ber of deer killed in 1916 Is 318. a noted decrease, the " game warden declares, from the bag in 1915. Warden Thomas estimates the -total number of deer In the county at 7500, but some say there are at least 12.000. There are probably 325 bear in Coos County and the panthers are listed at 135. It Is held elk are increasing and number 80.. Five calves were seen in the Tioga country this past Fall. The flight of ducks this year as com pared to 1915 was In the ratio of nine to one. Chinese pheasants and Hun garian partridges, although not doing so well as in drier sections of the state, are increasing, and bob white quau are also growing more common. SOTIIOROJf AXD XOYES BEST Houck Only Other Beaver Able to Stem Tiger Batters. Of Salt Lake and Portland pitch ers, Fittery, 'of Salt Lake, with six wins and Sothoron. Houck and Noyes, of Portland, each with- Ave wins, were the most effective against Vernon. Fit tery won six and lost six. Other Salt Lake pitchers made the following rec ords against Vernon: Piercy won four and lost three. Hall won two and lost five, Hughes won one and lost two, HoftT won one and lost none, Grefrory and Klawitter each won none and lost two, Warhop won none and lost three. Gardner and Park each won none and lost one. Of the Portland pitchers, Sothoron and Noyes each won Ave and lost four against Vernon; Houck won five and lost three. Hagerman won one and lost one. Reuther won one and lost two, H'.gSlnbotham, Williams and Louder milk each won none and lost one, Kelly won none and lost five. TRADE UPSTAIRS, SAVE $10 Men. come upstairs, where you es cape the high-rent profits. $25 men's suits and overcoats for 115. and 330 values for $20. Jimmy Dunn. 2nd floor Ellers building, cat-ty corner from Pantages Theater. Adv, TRACK ENTRAINING Coach Hayward Begins Work on Recruits at Oregon. SEVERAL STARS ABSENT Development of "Dark Hore' to Fill Place of Chet Fee on Varsity Is Biggest Problem at Eu gene Mulrhead Still Out. UXIVKnSITV OP OREGON'. Eupenr. J2n" 13- special.) With the arrival of the new year. Tm.-w rn..i, Km Hayward is now working on his pros- tor m coming- season, whicli is only a few months away. Several of the prospective varsity track men have been working out all Fall for exercise under the direction of Captain Martin Nelson, but now that Hayward is through with the gridiron heroes, he expects to devote considerable time to developing a disheartened squad. Cross-country runs have been the prin cipal line of workouts, with sprints each night in the track sheda. The blg-g-est problem Bill Hayward will have will be to develop some "dark horse" te take the place of Chet Fee, who graduated last Spring. Fee waa one of Oregon's strongest men and his place will be hard to fill. "Moose" Muirhead has not reported as yet. If he returns, the brunt of the work will be left to him. Along with Fee's contribution of several points from practically every field event. Muirhead kept up his end of the "two" man team in the tprlnts and Jumps. Lee Bostwick, two-miler, and Bert Peacock, of the sprints, are two letter men who have not returned this year. Mose Payne, of Athena, Or., the two mller who broke tho Northwest record In the conference meet at Corvallis in 1915, Is expected to return this coming semester, in which case Bostwtck's shoes will be filledv. Oscar Goreczky. Floyd Westerfield and Harold Brock, of last year's wad are on deck for the sprints. Goreczky having won hi letter in the 10. Kent Wilson, in tho 440, and Captain Nelson, in the half mile, are working out with Don Beld tng. training for the one-mile grind. Robert Case. Carl Hansen and Robert Atkinson will be strong contenders for the tape in the runs. Oregon will be lacking In men for th field events. Ken Bartlett, with the discus, is the only man who has done Justice to himself. For the pole vault and Jumps Hayward intends to make winners of Pete Jensen. Jil' Blacabv and George Gates. The first meet iso be held at Corvallis May w. and the following week the University of Washington will appear at Eugene. Personal Touches in Sport. DID you ever hear about one plnch hltter who retired two pitchers with one swing of his mace? His name is Tom Clarke, the Rhine lander backstop. On June 13. 191S. the Reds and Braves battled to a 16-inning scoreless tie. Toney started the yme for the Cincinnatians and Rudolph did likewise for the Boatonians. But neither finished it. because Clarke fin ished both of them in the l'-'th. The Reds got a man on the haqr in the 12th session and Cholly Hersoir. then piloting the Red skiff, decided to send Clarke to bat in place of Toney. That removed Toney from the battle field. Rudolph served up a twister to Clarke and the catcher at once whaled it right back at Rudolph. The drive hit the bald-headed flingor on his op erating fin and he went uway in search of a doctor. e e A game of checkers was the starting point of Billy Miske's career as a bat tler. And his rise has been meteoric. A few months ago he was a compara tive unknown. Today he is regarded as the logical foe for Les tarc. Five years ago Miske played check ers with a chap named Harry Pren- ton. In some way or anomer uj got into an argument. It was decided .tl it with lists. They got busy but the battle didn't last long. Inno cent bystanders rushed in where an gels might have reared to ireauauu stopped further Diooasneu men. a short while later me two rcnun.d their battling. Once again it was a draw. "That got me peevish!" reiaiea mis. "I felt I was better than Harry. And so we kept on fighting. We mixed it 10 times before I was able to really beat him up the way I wanted. And I won $1.60 the Bide Dei we nao maue. Miske's success against Frenton caused some of his pals to tell him he had In him the making or a real pug. "So I took some boxing lessons, got fights whenever I could and here I am." asserts the new wonder of the flghtdom. Miske is 23. In his younger days he was a blacksmith. That's why he has such huge hands and wonderful muscles. He's six feet tall and weighs around 160 to 165. Miske has taken on the best men In and beyond his division during the post three or four months. He spot ted" Battling Levinsky 20 pounds, fought him twice and won. He gained the popular decision over Jack Dillon a month or so ago and doled out to Bob Moha one of the worst beatings that have been doled out since Simon Legree quit business. Once upon a time Louie Cohen and Benny Kauft were as chummy and lov ing toward each other as Damon and Pythias. But now a chasm has opened between them a 300 chasm. "Whaddaya think of that stiff tryln" to do me outa 300 bucks?" wails Louie. In the bygone days, when Louie was press agent, valet, manager and many other thlnars for the "Shrinking Vio let" and Benny was a Fed, Louie said to Benny: "Say. I think I can getcha a Job with John McGraw." "Bravo! Bravo!" ejaculated Benny. And then, according to Louie, that dear Benny added: "Louie, ol' dear, if you put that over I'll put 1500 right in your lily white hands." And now harken again to Louie: "Well. Benny, the old stiff, he's a Giant now, ain't he? He gave me J200 of that $500. But he ain't given me the rest- Last Spring when he went south he to.d me he'd pass over the $300 s soon as he got bade When be returned he refused to speak to me. And that's why I've filed suit against him for $300. And you can take it from me, I'll collect or there'll be a scandal. Yessir a scandal." Meanwhile Benny is spending the Winter attempting to manage prize fighters and .seemingly happy despite the certain loss of Louie's aUection ai.d the possible loss of $300. Kennewtck Has Mad Dog Hunt. KEXXEWICK. Wash.. Jan. 13. (Spe cial.) A mad dog which had been run ning at large here for several days was run down and shot last night by Chief of Police Copeland and others who Joined in the chase. The dog had been seen in several sections, and had been shot at a number of times. As a result of this Incident it is probable that an order to shoot all unmuzzled docs .will be strictly enforced.