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Golden West Athletic league Will
Have Six Bouts for Edification
of Boxing Fans, According to
Promoters' Announcement.
BT HARRT M. GRATSON.
' If Harry Pelsinger. shifty little 125-
pound San Francisco champion of the
Pacific Coast, loses to "Muff Bronson
at the Golden West Athletic League's
show at the Kose City Athletic Club!
Tuesday night it will not be because be
was badly advised.
In the lad's corner will be "Moose"
Taussig, one of the wisest seconds and
conditioners In the business.
The same "Moose" took Ab Attell
out for his first fight; whispered ad
vice in the ear of Willie Ritchie In all
of his big Californa engagements; ad
vised Packey McFariand when he de
clBioned "Harlem Tommy" Murphy in
Can Francisco In 1911; combed back tht,
hair of Stanley Ketchel in all Ms big
settos and nursed Sailor Petroskey
along until he became a dangerous
middle-weight contender.
Th same "Moose" made "Red Wat
son, a lad with only a fighting heart,
a. capable lightweight; seconded "Bud"
Anderson In all of his engagements
when he startled the pugilistlo world
In Los Angeles three years ago; made
"Gunboat" Smith beat Jess Willard in
20 rounds and wallop Frank Moran;
started "Fighting Bob" McAllister on
the high road to success and handled
Al Neil when he was in his prime. He
seconded Frankle Neil and Tommy
Murphy In many scraps.
It was "Moose" Taussig who carried
Ralph Gruman in the ring when he
first went to San Francisco and beat
Bally Salvadore. Johnny O'Leary and
Dick Kendall. It was "Moose" to whom
Billy Gibson came in New York last
Winter to. have the famous San Fran
ciscan second Benny Leonard the night
Toe beat Johnny Dundee. Taussig was
In New York with Meehan and Miller.
Taussig is a credit to the boxing
game. He Is a gentleman always, quiet
and soft spoken. Just now he is han
dling Pelsinger, Willie Meehan, heavy
weight; Frankle Jones, welterweight,
and Eddie Miller. Last Winter he took
Willie Meehan and Eddie Miller, feath
erweight. Fast.
Mehan won 14 straight battles.
Harry Pelslngef and Jimmy Duffy
liave been working out under the eyes
of Trainer Taussig and are in wonder
ful condition. Sammy Morris also has
been in this stable.
...
Following Is the Golden West Ath
letic League's full card for Tuesday
night: Featherweights. "Muff" Bronson
vs. Harry Pelsinger; 118 pounds, Wei
don Wing vs. Jimmy Duffy, of Oak
land; 160 pounds, Valley Trambitas vs.
"Young Jack" Johnson; 125 pounds.
Sammy Morris vs. Shel McCool; 135
pounds, Frank Huelat vs. Kid Irish; 130
pounds, Jim Moscow vs. "Buck" Smith.
....
"Moose" Taussig returned from a
trip to Australia in May, 1915. after a
three months- sojourn there with Eddie
Miller, Frankle Jones and Willie Mee
han. He saw Leslie James Darey in
action several times, and his opinion
coming from one of the shrewdest
. judges of boxers In the game, goes for
something.
"Mike Gibbons or any other clever
middleweight will beat Darcy decisive
ly in ten rounds," said Taussig last
night. "But he will beat any man in
the world save Jess , Willard in 20
rounds." I
Taussig la a gTeat admirer of the
present heavyweight champion. "Wil
Jard's too big to get beat soon," Is the
way "Moose" puts lt
Harry Pelsinger, who meets "Muff
"Bronson Tuesday night, has, like Bron
son, lost but one decision In his ca
reer. He has been boxing two years.
Among the boys he has defeated are:
Jimmy Carroll (twice). Frankle Ma
lone. Frankle Farron (ex-amateur Pa
cific Coast bantamweight champion),
Jimmy Fox. Joe Hill (twice), Walter
Fouth. Al McManus. Billy Hughes,
Bobby Johnson and Billy Alverez.
"Muff" Bronson will box Frankle
Sullivan four rounds at Tacoma Feb
ruary 7.
On January 28 the Moose Club at
Seattle will present a card. The main
event will be between "Oakland
"Frankle" Burns and "Sailor Eddie" Mc
Larney, while the semi-windup will
feature Chet Neff against Eddie Pink
ham. Personal Touches in Sport.
The Holdout.
WE NOW are drawing near to that
sad season of the year when we
shall be quite sure to hear the hold
oufs dismal sob. A lodge of sorrow
he convenes, and wails that fifteen
thousand beans hl boss must dig up
from his jeans, or else he'll quit the
Job. He says he'll never, never play
unless he gets a boost In pay, and
maybe he'll quit anyway he's tired
of the old game. He weeps and wails
and rants and raves, and saye ball
players are but slaves, who'd better
much be in their graves oh. It's an
awful shame! His woes drive us al
most to drink, and we're so sorry for
the gink we lie awake o' nights and
think and worry o'er his lot. Yet he
frets dollars for the dimes a guy can
earn in writing rhymes yep, he will
grab at least ten times as much as we
have got.
...
The Baffling Question.
Th gxie who dwelt on Olympus heights
i wd oft to gatner on rainy mgnts
To spiel of politics, sport and war.
And love and scandal and fig-hts and core.
They argued Ions; and they argued loud.
And some were humble and some were i
proud.
For this pans; of rods were much Ilka men.
And they punched each other now and then.
And ro. with much argument and fuss,
Many the problems they settled thus,
Tut one there wae they could not decide.
Though with mouth and fists they often
tried. m
Ir the rods still lived it's one rood bet
They'd be squabbling o'er that question yet
What rot the roats of the rods on hirh
Vas. "What is an amateur and why?'
.
Boxers nowadays pay a lot of atten
tion to footwork and head work, but
the fans would like a little more band
work. "Kitty Bransfield used to speak
plain English, but now that he is to
j be an umpire, he'll probably soon for
get it.
The European war Is costing a lol
ef money, but lust think what It would
cost If they had to pay
Jess Willard I ji
rates for their fighters!
...
This Is a punk world. Eggs are
highest in price just when bum boxers,
wrestlers and actors are most preva
lent. Basketball's Birthday.
Basketball's 25th birthday finds the
game flourishing as never before, and
crowding baseball and track athletics
for popular favor. It was Just a quar
ter of a century ago that the first
match game of basketball was played
In Springfield. Mass., between - two
class teams of the Y. M. C. A training
school. The sport was invented by Dr.
James A. Naismith. then of the Spring
field institution, but now of the Uni
versity of Kansasa. It Is estimated
that at least a quarter of a million
persons now play basketball as mem
bers of regular clubs, and the sport
has spread all over the United fetatea
and Canada, and to Europe, South
Africa and the Far East. In the early
daye of the game there were as many
as 20 men on a side, but since 1896
there have been five to a team. The
rules have Seen standardized of late
years, and basketball, in its improved
form, promises to become the great
American Indoor sport.
Although he did not do very well In
1916, Ray -Chapman, the great short
stop of the Indians, is expected to come
back strong this year. Raymond is
26 years old. as he was born in
Old Kentucky, at Owensboro, on Janu
ary 15, 1891. He is now at the age when
he ought to be at his best, and the fact
that about 15 major league clubs have
been trying to get him Indicates that
there is no lack of faith in his -ability
to regain his 1915 form, when he was
hailed as the best shortstop in Ban
Johnson's little old ball league. Chap
man broke into professional ball in
1910, playing with Davenport. Ia.. and
bpringrield and Kewanee, 111. In 1912
he was with Toledo, where he played
a great game at short and batted .310.
Toward the close of the season he was
turned over to Cleveland, and won
regular berth with the Injuns right
from the Jump. Last year he broke an
ankle, and that put him out of the
game for some time. He was tried at
third and second last year, but did not
show up well.
Thirty years ago Harry Gilmore, the
clever Canadian, atempted to wrest
the lightweight laurels from Jack Mc
Auliffe at Lawrence, Mass., and he gave
Williamsburg Jack a run for his money.
The bout was for the championship
belt and Just think of It! $500 a side.
The men fought with skin gloves.
Twenty-eight rounds had been fought
when . Gilmore' s backers tossed up the
sponge, Harry having sustained a
broken nose and several other injuries.
McAuliffe was also pretty much bat
tered, and both of his optics were al
most closed. He afterwards admitted
that he Was mighty glad when Gilmore
gave in, because he couldn't have kept
on much longer with his bum peepers.
McAuliffe retired from the lightweight
championship undefeated, and has since
been making a living on the vaudeville
stage. Gilmore, when he quit the ring,
settled down in Chicago as a boxing
instructor.
Grandvlew Boy Shot by Accident.
GRANDVIEW, Wash, Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) Edward Kagrsdale. son of Mr.
and Mrs. S. B. Ragsdale. was accident
ally shot in the side Thursday while
driving in a buggy. The jolting of
the vehicle discharged the gun, which
was standing beside the boy. The
wound is not regarded as serious.
RITCHIE SAYS DARCY'S IDEAS OF WORTH AS
ATTRACTION HAVE RISEN IN LAST 12 MONTHS
Willie Tells How, Year Ago, Australian Was Willing to Accept Contract for $35,000 if He Could Have Gotten Out
of His Native Land, but Now He's Here Offers of More ' Cash Cause Him to Spurn Former Terms.
BY HARRY B. SMITH.
AN FRANCISCO. Jan. 20. (Spe
cial.) Willie Ritchie this week
told a story of lost opportunities,
a chance to make a ionune ana me
chance that went to pieces. It's all
about Les Darcy and a scheme that was
planned a year ago to bring the muchly
advertised Australian to America-
Ritchie and Leonard Hicks, a personal
friend, and Chicago hotel men were in
on the deal and now that the dream has
been spoiled they are quite willing- to
let friends in on the proposition.
Just a year ago this February, when
Ritchie was still in New York, Hicks
conceived the idea of bringing Darcy
to America. He opened negotiations
by mail and proceeded to the point
when it was apparent something might
come of the proposition.
Then he took Ritchie into his confi
dence and the pair became equal part
ners in the proposition. It was Ritchie
who suggested they should offer Darcy
two round-trip tickets and a guarantee
of J30.000 for three fights.
Dairy's Term. Accepted.
Th sent the offer and Darcy re-
nlied. this time by cable, that he fig
tireri he OU eht to receive S35.000. He
explained it would be necessary for
him to put up a bond to insure his re
turning to Sydney within six months
and also that he would be forced to
give a certain share of his earnings to
the war relief fund.
Ritchie and Hicks snapped him up.
hut tnlrl Darcv that It must be contin
rent rfnon his reaching the United
states not later than last November.
Thev also advised mm ii possioie to
arrange his leave of absence so that
he could remain within me Doraera oi
this country six months.
And Just about the time they were
beginning to count their future profits
come a disheartening letter. Darcy said
there was to be a vote on conscription
.tvri that at all events he didn't dare
make a move to leave Australia. He
said their offer was O. K. and that he
would have enjoyed making tne trip.
Which was rather slim solace to a
nair of Americans who had twice for
warded transportation to Australia and
also had spent something like 100 in
cftbleerrams.
However, there was nothing to do
bat grin and bear It.
Darcy Kleea From Country.
Later came the word that Darcy had
fled from Australia. Ritchie, Just about
ripe for his yearly Winter campaign
in the East, postponed his departure,
because he figured Darcy would be
coming this way and he wanted to be
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WALKER REAL STAR
Seattle Player Likely to Be in
Line for Prize.
AMATEUR BOXERS PASSING
.Non-Professionals, Particularly In
Seattle, Seem to Be on the To
boggan Northwestern League
Season to Be Short.
B'r PORTUS BAXTER.
. SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 20. (Special.)
When the official statistician of the
Pacific Coast Hockey League tries to
figure out the player who is entitled to
the "Legion of Honor" for special
achievements during the present play
ing season one of the names before hin
will be that of Jack Walker, Seattle's
brilliant defensive star.
Early in the season it was announced
that a prize would be given to the
player whose work stood out in bold
relief. The official scorer of each club
will name one candidate for the honor
and then the statistician of the league
will make his selection from this list.
It may seem a trifle premature to
pick Walker as the selection from the
Seattle club, but general gossip has it
that he is leading and when I talked
with Royal Brougham, who takes care
of the statistics for the Seattle club
I did not have much trouble arriving
at the conclusion that Walker was
really as good as a cinch.
Walker is the inventor and most suc
cessful user of what is known in pro
fessional hockey circles as the "hook,
check." Seattle fans believe that
Walker has stopped more rushes with
his patented maneuver than any other
player in the league. He is also fairly
prominent in the matter of scoring, but
after all is said it is his defensive work
that gives him the lead for the prize.
...
Amateur boxing In the Pacific North
west, and especially Seattle, appears to
be on the toboggan. With its disap
pearance has come increased interest
and rivalry between Seattle and Port
the first to greet him. Willie was pre
pared to go to Honolulu or to the Pan
ama Canal if that be necessary.
But his waiting was all in vain. Dar
cy reshipped to a Standard Oil tanker
in Chili and went directly to New York.
Hicks rushed to Gotham, but it availed
him little. Darcy was gracious and
appreciative, but the best he could of
fer Hicks was a chance to bid for his
services.
By that time the promoters had gone
crazy with their offers. Ritchie and
Hicks realized there was nothing doing
and they dropped out of the negotia
tions, regretfully, but none the less
definitely.
And now within another week Willie
is going to start on his delayed trip to
Chicago and New York. He will be
both manager and fighter.
The former lightweight champion has
under his wing Georgie Thompson, a
bantamweight of San Diego, who had
previously made one Eastern trip. He
boxed with Ritchie when the Califor
nian was training for Johnny Dundee
and Ritchie thinks he is a comer. He
will endeavor to work Thompson along
to the point where he can secure a
match with Pete Herman, the lad who
recently wrested the bantamweight ti
tle from Kid Williams.
Ritchie Prepared to Fight.
Ritchie. it should be explained.
doesn't intend devoting all of his timo
to the managerial end. He Is prepared
to do as much fighting as he can. Pri
marily he has his eye on the welter
weight championship which has been
abandoned for many years. Jack Brit
ton is the present claimant of that di
vision and before the last Britton fight
it was announced Ritchie would meot
Jack for the title in a 20-round bout
in New Orleans.
That is rather stretching the truth,
although Ritchie admits he would be
inclined to take on sucn a match pro
viding there is sufficient "kale" in
sight.
"I've already enjoyed one champion
ship," said Willie, the other day," and
now that I am heavier, if there is a
chance to annex another, it would be
fine the ambition of my life."
As was announced some time back
there are now two bills before the Cal
ifornia Legislature . with reference to
the boxing game. Assemblyman Hawes
wants to ' submit a - constitutional
amendment that will permit of ten-
round bouts.
A Sacramento Senator wants to safe
guard the four-round game and calls
for a State Athletic Commission that
would have the abbreviated sport in
hand. Inasmuch as the present legis
lature does not seem to have a ten
dency to slacken In reforms, neither
Above. I.pft to Right Jimmy Daffy,
"Moose" ThuMk and Harry Pdalm
gcr. Below "Moose" Taussig.
land boxers who do not pose as ama
teurs. One good feature of the new or
der of things is that there is no occa
sion to worry ove- the "purity" of the
contestants. The public knows that
they receive money instead of medals
for their services, and it should be
matter of supreme Indifference as how
much they receive.- That a large per
centage of the so-called boxing news
deals with the amount of money fight
ers are to receive is an undeniable fact.
but that does not make it news. It is
simply a feature of commercialized
sport that has been thrust upon the
public, with an idea of inflating the
value of .the performance. The same
criticism might be made about baseball.
The managers thought to advertise
their wares by naming big prices in
connection with the sale of players. At
the present time the public discounts
any announcement about fancy prices.
The Northwestern Basebr.ll League
will not get around to worry over its
schedule until the early part of next
month. Despite the mystery as to the
probable length of the playing season
the probability Is that it will not ex
ceed 20 weeks, and may be only 18.
The elimination of Monday baseball
will make it a trifle easier to figure
a schedule, as this will give the clubs
time to travel from one city to another
after the end of a series. Last season
several games were postponed because
the clubs could not make the Jumps
from or to Montana cities after the end
of a series oi. Sunday. Under the new
system clubs will have from late Sun
day afternoon until Tuesday to reach
their destination. This is the first
time in its history that the Northwest
ern League has cut the number of
games in a series from seven to six. In
the past it has been figured that it
cost no more to play seven games a
week than six and that what money
came in for Monday games was just so
much pick-up. From a financial view
point it remains to be seen how the
league will fare by losing the Monday
games.
JACIE STEER WILL PLAY AGAIN
Washington's Hopes for Tennis for
1 9 1 7 Are Now Brighter.
Washington High School's hopes for
a championship tennis team in 1917
have been strengthened by the an
nouncement that Jacie Neer. who last
year managed the Washington, racquet
wielders. will return to school after a
term's absence.
The coming team will be built around
Jacie Neer and his younger brother,
Phil, who showed remarkable form in
the Murraymead and Laurelhurst tour
naments last Summer. With Fred
Kerns, Phil Neer won the junior tennis
championship of Oregon and now ef
forts are being made to secure a part
ner for Phil because of the fact that
Kerns is out of the city. The student
body at Washington High last year
awarded monograms to the tennis play
ers who competed in the annual Port
land Interscholastic League tourney.
St. Regis Hotel, at Seattle Sold.
SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 20. Negotia
tions were completed here today for
the sale for $250,000 of the St. Regis
Hotel, at Second Avenue and Stewart
street, according to Silas Archibald,
the owner. The purchaser is H. F
Ostrander. of Seattle, prominent in
shipping circles.
measure is considered as having much
of a chance to pass.
The wrestlers appear to be getting
back to their old ways and as a result
have been called down by San Fran
cisco sporting writers for their actions
Strangler Ed Lewis, who appeared to
be a high-class sort of chap has been
hippocroming in Los Angeles.
tie nas Just had his second match
with Gus Kervaras. a Greek who does
not figure in the upper flight and they
are already matched for a third en
gagement in the city of Angels. The
second Lewis-Kervaras bout was a
rcigh affair with biting, goucrinsr and
other foul tactics in use.
But for all that. Southern fnn am
falling for the old line of stuff.
Kervaras argues that he can beat Lewis
on a fair basis and the Los Ansreiea
Athletic Club has rematched the men.
Nor is Santell, the hero of San Fran
cisco altoeethfr fr,A frnm n.lt1Al.
tion" match in Fresno with Nick Davis
court, one of his trainers and close
ui, ail
friends. Davlscourt wrote the Fresno
people issuing a challenge to Santell
and explaining how he figured to win
from the German. In the Raisin Center
they were quite excited until they read
in San Francisco papers of how Santell
had previously won from Davlscourt
and that another bout would be noth
ing more than a Joke.
vnen Santell was gathering In the
small money, it was all very well for
him to go from town to town, getting
the cream. But now that he figures, as
ne unquestionaDly does. In the cham
pionship class, it s a different story. He
cheapening himself and cheapening
his profession. However, wrestlers do
not seem able to learn the lesson and
Just when they could put the game on
a nign level, tney slip back.
Stecher Will Wrestle,
In spite of Eastern reports that Joe
Stecher, of Dodge City, Neb., would be
unable to wrestle for two months, hi:
manager, J. F. Hetmanek, wired Pro
moier ocnuier tne otner day that so
far as he is aware, Stecher will be able
to fulfill his engagement to meet San
tell on February 22 at the Civic Audi
torium. Stecher, according to his busi
ness representative, has been improv
ing rapidly since the Olin match in
which Joe virtually quit to the Finn,
refusing to continue wrestling.
T Onhii).. fall. ' thl. V. t
card it will be throusrh no fault of hio
nwtt At th unma tim it oti.
stitute a setback to 'the wrestling tuing the censorship committee of the
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GUN CLUB IS ACTIVE
Everding Park Grounds Will Be
Best in Country.
IMPROVEMENT TO BE MADE
Contracts Are Already Awarded to
Bnild Concrete Walks, Shooting
Stands and to Make Entire
Grounds More Attractive.
When plans of the 1917 board of di
rectors of the Portland Gun Club are
completed, the best trapshooting
grounds in the United States will be
situated at the Portland Gun Club's
Everding Park trans at Jenne Station.
John G. Clemson, president of the club;
Homer A Pollock, vice-president:
Henry R, Everding, secretary-treasurer;
Allan W. Strowger and William C.
Bristol, directors; C. C. Kelly, consult
ing engineer, are out to make history
in the trapshooting world.
The consulting engineer Is a newly
created office of the club and Mr
Kelly is the first man to hold the posi
tion.
Improvements to Be Made.
Already contracts have been let for
$1600 worth of improvements, and ac
tive work will commence this week.
Of that sum $1200 will be used to build
concrete sidewalks and shooting stands
from one end of the trap stands to
the other. Concrete roofs on all four
traphouses will be erected and the
ground leveled so that all the traps
will be the same height.
The grounds will be beautified with
shrubbery, lawns and flowers accord
ing to present plans.
H. A Pollock, manager of the club s
teams at out-of-town competitions, is
now acting president, as President
Clemson is in the East on a business
trip, and will not return until late nXt
month.
The first big tourney to be staged un
der the auspices of the Portland Gun
Club will be that of the annual North
west Sportsmen's Association. It will
take place early in June and in July
the annual conclave of the Pacific In
dians will be held at Everding Park
trans. It is planned that everything
will be ready within six weeks. The
money for all the improvements was
donated bv one of the wealthy mem
bers of the club.
Susdar &bootlnsr tot Be Allowed.
The Pacific Coast handicap tourna
ment will be held in May at San Jose,
Cal. This will mean that nimrods along
the Pacific Coast will have plenty of
transhootiner during the coming Sum
mer. One bier registered tourney each
month will be on the schedule. The
Interstate Association, through its pop
ular nresident. T. E. Doremus, of Will
mington, DeL. has announced that Sun
day shooting will now be registered.
The Western trapshooters have been
seeking for Sunday schools for years
without result, so It was planned to
give the idea a tryout during the 191
rainnaielL
The weekly shoot at the Everding
Park traps will be held as usual today,
,irtlnr at 10 o'clock and again Wed-
T,oaHv afternoon. The clubhouse is
nneri to club members and tneir tnena
at all times. Complete renovations are
planned for the clubhouse, but nothing
will be done along those lines until the
weather moderates.
I Movie Produces Pledge Decency
1
NEW YORK. Jan. 20. Twenty-fire
nroduceri of moving pictures, const!
1 and the association here to aid In the
i prosecution of every producer of In
decent or obscene pictures.
Ballon & Wright
Broadway at Oak
WESTERN FOOTBALL SAID TO
BE ENTITLED TO RECOGNITION
Oliver B. Huston Declares Oregon's Victory Over Pennslyvania Absolute
Demonstration Eastern Elevens No Better Than Pacific Coast.
BY OLIVER B. HUSTON.
Captain Oregon Track Team, 09.
N view of the thorough trimming
which the University of Oregon
football team gave Pennsylvania at I
Pasadena on New Year's day. which I
was fortunate enough to witness, fol
lowing the notable- defeat of Brown by
Washington State College a year ago,
it seems a fitting time to make a com
parison of Eastern and Western foot
ball by one who knows, or thinks he
knows, something of the respective
merits of both.
As to being qualified to ludare. I will
state, without intending any self-
praise, that I had considerable football
experience at Pacific University and
the University of Oregon, and in 1910
went East to Yale Law School for a
period of three years. During my stay
n the fc,ast I saw practically all the
big Eastern teams in action. Including
Yale. Harvard. Pennsylvania, Cornell,
Army, Navy, Brown, Colgate and vari
ous others, and will say unaualif iedlv
that I never saw a team In all that
time which I think could have beaten
Oregon as she appeared in the game
against Pennsylvania.
No doubt this statement will collide
violently with the preconceived notions
of some Eastern college men, but their
opinions have been sadly warped for
good many years and the time has
now arrived to attempt to straighten
them out.
Penn Lacks Alibi.
While Brown, in 1915. had the ex
cuse of wet grounds for her defeat,
and stuck to It industriously, Pennsyl
vania was absolutely without a valid
excuse, though the Eastern sporting
writers have, since the game. Invented
enough excuses to account for the loss
of 20 such contests. In fact, with all
the excuses brought forth, it seems re
markable. If 60 per cent of them are
true, that Oregon should not have run
up about 100 points Instead of a
measly 14.
The fact of the matter about the late
surprising victory (more to some than
others) was that Oregon outplayed
Pennsylvania in every department of
the game. She was superior in straight
football. In the working of fake olavs
and in all the clever Inside stuff which
the Easterners were touted to display
to great advantage.
Almost Perfect Game Played.
With the exception of one lone fura-
Die Oregon played an absolutely per
fect game, the nearest to such that I
ever saw. Her men never missed
signal, never fumbled a punt, every
tackle was perfectly executed, there
was not the slightest sign of a bone-
head play and the field generalship
was without a flaw. I remember vari
ous games between Yale and Harvard,
Pennsylvania and Cornell, and others,
in which the fumbling of punts, the
missing of seemingly easy tackles and
the failtng to get the signals were
sickening to one who had expected
much more polished exhibitions.
The Pacific Coast has had a grievance
for years as to the choosing of the All
American team. Of course, when our
Western boys would go East and rep
resent some college within the charmed
circle, they would be at different times
placed on the All-American teams, as.
for instance. Dick Smith, of Eugene,
and Chauncey Bishop, of Salem, who
played on Columbia, and Martin Hes
ton, of Grants Pass, who payed on
Michigan. Smith and Bishop played
several years at Oregon and Willam
ette, respectively, but were never heard
of in all American circles until they
left the wilderness and went East.
Likewise, with Dan Pullen, who played
several seasons on the Washington
team, but was never All-American ma
terial until he played later with the
Navy.
Western Men Ignored.
But as far as members of Paciflo
Coast teams having a cbance to be
placed on the All-American team, their
members might as well have) been play
Hottentot college In
There is no question but that Par
sons, Huntington' and Beckett should
have been placed near the top in Ail-
American circles.
Certainly they made
their Ail-American opponents at Pasa
dena look like mere tyros. Also it is
my opinion that it would have been
exceedingly difficult to have kept
Mitchell. Tegart and Bartlett and
others off of any team In the country
had they been trying out for the same.
In conclusion I want to say that the
Pacific Coast not only requests but de
mands better recognition in the choos
ing of Ail-American teams in the fu
ture, and if we do not get it I suggest
that we start a subscription list and
purchase an Immense periscope, by
looking through which Walter Camp
and other Eastern football authorities
will be enabled to see over the Rocky
Mountains during the football season
and so get a more proper idea of what,
the Far Westerners are accomplishing
on the gridiron.
When Oregon, with 450 men from
which to choose a team, can vanquish
Penn, which has 4500, or 1Q times that
many. It is time some of the other
parts of the country, older, but not
necessarily more advanced in all lines.
Including football, should realize that
we excel in other lines of sport than
shooting Indians.
DEL BAKER REAL DIPLOMAT
Seal, Member of Fraternity, Says
He Hasn't Heard of Strike Order.
Del Baker, former Detroit catcher
recently turned over to San Francisco,
is a. member of tne baseball fraternity.
hut is too much of a diplomat to de
clare himself on the strike matter at
this time.
"I believe in the fraternity demands,
said he yesterday. "When a. ball player
extends himself and takes chances of
injury in a ball game, he certainly
should be paid his full salary should he
be injured. This is one of the fraternity
requests.
"Personally, I have not heard from
President Fultz about the strike or
any probable strike order, and I do
not care to discuss that angle of the
affair now. I am glad to be out on the
Coast with San Francisco and hope
the squabble between fraternity and
magnates will be adjusted amicably."
Baker predicts a good year for
Erickson and Oldham, two of the
twirlers) of Harry Wolverton's corps.
Germans Take Roumanian Town.
BERLIN, Jan. 20. (By wireless to
Sayvllle, N. Y.) The town of Nanesti,
in Rouraanfa, on the Sereth, was taken
yesterday by German troops, it la an
nounced officially.
Tues.,23
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