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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX," PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 4, 1917. STRIKE WILL HOT BOTHER BEAVERS Portland Coast League Club Already Has Twelve Players Signed. OTHER TEAMS PREPARED Justin Fitzgerald, of Seals, Only Athlete Who Has Taken Public Stand In Favor of Action by Players' Fraternity. BT ROSCOE FAWCETT. "With Just an even dozen qf the so called regulars of the Portland Coast ball club already signed and not one whimper about fraternity from the others, it begins to look as though the Pacific Coast is fairly well vaccinated against the threatened strike. Most of the other clubs are signing their men without much difficulty, in fact, Justin Fitzgerald, of the Seals, is the only athlete as far as we know who has made any public stand for Dave Fultz. Paradoxically, too, Fltz was on the hospital list for many weeks last sea son and all the time the San Francisco club paid him his salary In full. This Is one of the demands that the frater nity heads have leveled against the minors In the present trouble. r Marshall, the young catcher obtained from St. Paul In trade for Hagerman, is the latest Beaver to board the band wagon. Marshall is anxious to make the Honolulu training junket and says he can play either behind the wlndpad or in the outfield. Fisher and O'Brien are to go along to do the backstopping so Marshall may have to do his train- " ing at Stockton unless Walter McCredie finds himself shy on gardeners. Magnates to Sleet Tuesday. Manager McCredie departed by boat for San Francisco yesterday to attend the league meeting set for February 6. The entire fraternity dilemma likely will be threshed out by the Coast mag nates at this session. A schedule also is to be adopted and it is probable some further action will be taken on the "Four-Busher" rule passed at the Salt Lake meeting and afterward declared Illegal by the National commission. President Murphy, of the -Salt Lake club has a scheme to thwart the Na tional Commission without robbing the rule of any of its effectiveness. He would change the obnoxious clause to read something like this: "That each club must abide by a player limit of 14 men, but that each club may carry four additional men at a salary not to exceed $200 a month." Murphy's big idea is that this would gain the desired end without discrim ination against veterans. On the eve of his departure "Walter McCredie was asked if be favored opening the season in Portland on April 17 or on April 24. Heretofore the lid has been pried off locally two weeks after the opening in California and at Salt Lake. This date is April 3 this Spring, and unless some change Is made In the schedule the opening game here will be played April 17. Maler Charges to Re Dropped. "Oh, It makes little difference to me one way or the other," remarked Man ager McCredie. "One or two of the di rectors of the league believe it might be well to wait three weeks to dodge the rainy weather of early April. I believe three weeks away from home would help me to get my ball club in condition." It is hardly likely" the charges brought by Eddie Maier, former Vernon owner, will even be mentioned at the annual league meeting. Even Maier's players have discredited his "bomb shell," and Maier now stands in the light of a di.sgruntied muckraker. His absurd accusations may prove a boomerang, too, for there is talk in the Texas League of refusing to sanc tion his ownership of the Dallas club. Maier bought this franchise recently so as to have some city in whtch to place the players he had out under se cret agreements. Texan I.eafrne Hostile. The annual meeting of the Texas League is set for this week. News paper stories give credence to the hos tility of the Lone Star state moguls to Maier. They say they do not wish to associate themselves with a man who makes charges In the public press that baseball is crooked and who breaks faith with his business associates. Maler and Ham Patterson are still stirring up friction around' Los Angeles. According to Tom Darmody, the new Vernon owner, Patterson is doing . everything he can to make difficult the signing of the Vernon players. Among other things, Darmody alleges that Patterson attempted to double cross him in the case of a young catch er named Coleman. When Patterson got the tinware Darmody asked him for Coleman's address. Patterson replied -that he did not know it. He then "beat" it out immediately and at tempted to sign the youngster to a Dallas contract. OREGON'S ONLY HOPE FOR THE 1917 BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE PACIFIC COAST INTERCOLLEGIATE CONFERENCE IS IN OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE SQUAD. 5 ? ? y - ? . ' t . - I I f' ' ! " j '' ' 'r Q-' ' " t . ' r ' - r ' i r v 'A "1 -t ol . - I K 5. -.x - r -3 2" .f 4 i : ! -1 Capo Zs. . Crc-z:s-cf' MS I M i ill r J xs - - il t Silt II SPORTS SLUMP IS ON Seattle Too Interested in Other Exciting Matters. BOXING ALONE IS TO FORE Many Persons Are Hanging Out on Outskirts Awaiting Chance to Garner Easy Money Without Helping Glove Game. BY PORTTJS BAXTER. SEATTLE, Feb. 3. (Special.) With a Federal grand Jury grinding out in dictments against high officials and minor fry, a bank failure that made depositors nervous and in some cases hysterical, rough and tumble weather calculated to decimate woodpiles and coal bins the budding season of sports came near obliteration this week. We are thankful, however, for small fa vors under the stress of circumstances and are confident of edging into the limelight when Old Sol's rays temper the agitated currents. The threatened ballplayers' strike may loom big in the eyes of Dave Fultz, the illness of Peter Maher revive thoughts of days when Bob Fitzsim mons' mighty fist was carrying top line punches, and the shakeup of the University of Washington basketball team before visiting Oregon suggest the humiliation of four consecutive wallopings at the hands of Washington State College, but we have no time for such trivial matters. Our moral and financial affairs are uppermost in mind. IteqncKt for Delay la Fortunate. Fortunate indeed was the request from -Great Falls for a delay in the schedule meeting of the Northwestern Baseball League. If President Bob Blewett had gatehered the "magnates" about him to solve the problems of series and railway connections he would have hard nothing but speculation as to Hi Gill's batting slump in the Saloon Smashing League, and inquiries as to whether the pitchers were "rough ing" the ball to produce unfavorable "breaks." Hi does not hesitate to accuse the op position of illegal delivery, and the forces rallying to his defense shows that many of the heaviest hitters In the "dry league" are sharing his opinion. All things taken into consideration the "lineup" is something unique and startling. Few cases are' on record where so much excitement has been worked up in so short a season, and box seats will be in great demand when the deciding championship game is played, with Judge Neterer "calling 'em," in the latter part of February. Boxlmt "ot In Turmoil. So far boxing has wagged along without a suspicion of turmoil. That this condition could last long seemed impossible. There are always those who hang around on the outskirts wait ing for a chance to butt in and grab some easy money. They are the kind that lack the initiative and ability to help a sport, but are jealous of other people's success. Every city where box ing thrives intermittently faces the same problem. Just now Seattle is threatened with an invasion of boxing promoters. The end will probably be a curtailing of the privileges of those who have done well to build up. SANTEL WILL NOT GET MATCH WITH STECHER FEBRUARY 22 Champion First to Pick Up What Easy Money Is to Be Found on Coast. San Francjsco Has New Four-Round Club Coast Leaguers Signing. NIAT3 HOLES TO BE CLEARED Tualatin Country Club Will Uet Con tract In Few Days. A contract for the grubbing and clearing of the new nine hole3 at the Tualatin Country Club is to be let within a few days. Work is now being done in a desultory manner, but with in a few days it is expected a large corps of men will be at work hewing fairways through the woods to the west of the present nine-hole course. Several new traps and bunkers have been planted on the present course, adding to Its plcturesqueness. One of the deep pits closely guarding the eighth green has been filled and a new trap installed some 30 yards from the green. Tennis Meet Postponed. CHICAGO. Feb. 3. The annual meet ing of the Western Lawn Tennis As sociation, called for yesterday, has been postponed until Monday, February 5, It was announced today, on account of the inability of a quorum of the members to be present. Fireman Killed In Wreck. SAN BERNARDINO, Cal.. Feb. 3. John Davis, a fireman, was killed; J. H. Dalzell, engineer, sustained a fracture of his right arm. and the Santa Fe Missionary train from Chicago was de layed more than eight hours when a Salt Lake route engine was wrecked near Keenbrook. Cal.. in Cajon Pass last night. Tho engine tore up" the track for a distance of nearly 200 feet. BY HARRY B. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Feb. 3. (Special.) After all. the talking that has been done about a match between Joe Stecher, so-called wres ttling champion of the world, and Ad Santel in San Francisco on February 22, it seems we are slated for a dis appointment. Promoter Frank Schuler and Manager J. F. Hetmanek have been in communication for some time now and the upshot of it all Is that Stecher doesn't feel quite fit to taking on Santel. Hetmanek has written to explain that Stecher has not recovered as rap idly from his attack of neuritis as was hoped for him. and he doesn't feel quite capable of meeting so tough an opponent as S,anteL What he suggests is that Stecher be permitted to take on one or two "easy" matches here in the West, and after that he will be willing io meet Santel. The suggestion has not met with any great amount of favor. Sporting critics have declared most positively that Stecher wants a "sucker" match In ad vance of Santel and that he should not get this privilege. .The truth is that Stecher, in common with many wrestlers (most of them, we might say), wants to make as much money as possible. He Is smart enough to realize that a bout with Santel would end it alL No matter whether Stecher won or lost, he would be through for keeps. As a winner, there would be no one else for him to meet. Equally, as a loser, Stecher would hardly be a card. Therefore. Stecher has telegraphed, through his representative, that he must have an easy match to test him self out. If he discovers after such a bout he is fit for a hard struggle he will consent to the Santel engagement. Schuler, for all the opposition that has been aroused, has agr.ed to go through -with the plan suggested. A man to meet Stecher is still to be named, but consent to the scheme Is the chief thing. "Stecher Is reoognized as the cham pion," said Schuler. "We must give him some consideration and must con cede points to him, even though we may not agree that he is right. Pri marily, I want to see that Stecher is brought to the Coast. Once he is in San Francisco I think that we can Ikeep him herav He can hardly afford to run out on Santel after he arrives. We will not fool the public We can advertise such a contest as no more than an exhibition match, and they can go or stay away accordingly." So it begins to look that some meek and mild opponent will be named for Stecher on February 22. with San tel as a later possibility. ' Incidentally, Santel is not at all pleased with the ..situation. He knows . that Washington's birthday is a big date for a match and ho hates to see that money getting away from him. Th Coast hero has been quoted on many occasions as saying that Stecher must be afraid of him. Santel would like to win the title, but should anything of that sort happen, he wouldn't be long for San Francisco. Already Ad has had several offers for theatrical, work, and the first thing he would do would be to leave this city for the Middle West. Santel is the backbone of the San Francisco wrestling game, and ochuler Is eager to retain him here as long as possible. Hence the promoter feels that he must cater to Stecher, and If possible persuade the Dodge City scis sors marvel to come to the West, whether. for a hard match or an easy one. Wrestling, after having been quies cent for several weeks, is to enjoy a partial comeback next Tuesday night, when Demetral meets Ad Santel in a 2V4-hour contest at the Civlo Audito rium. Demetral wrestled Santel sev eral months ago and was beaten. At that the Greek proved an exceedingly J rough customer and came Just about as close to fouling Ad as could be the case and still get away with it. The return match was allowed be cause Schuler ran out of suitable op ponents for the German.. At the same time Demetral, who arrived in San Francisco this week, has been warned that rough tactics of the same sort will not be permitted and that he will be promptly disqualified If he attemps anything of the sort again. The four-round boxing game Is In for another bit of competition in this city. The Parkslde Club has had things pretty much Its own way the last year. The owners of Dreamland JAPANESE TENNIS MAN COJIIXG . ' Ichlya Kumagae Hopes to Get An other Leave of Absence for Play. NEW YORK, Feb. 3. Ichlya Kuma gae. the Japanese tennis champion, is . expected to compete in the 1917 Ameri can championship tournament, accord ing to word received by the National Lawn Tennis Association. Kumagaw proved the sensation of the season in . this country last Summer and was fa . vored by some as the winner of th National singles title until put out o - the tournament at Forest Hills b ' George M. Church, now playing in tn't . Orient. ;. The Japanese racquet expert, who It employed in a Toklo bank, hopes to get , a leave of absence next Summer, as he did a year ago, when his playing in ' this country earned him the honor or being ranked No. 5 in the list of Amer- ican stars. Aberdeen Schedule Not Made. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Feb., 3. (Spe , cial.) Little progress is being made b the Aberdeen High School in drafting up Its 1917 football schedule. So fat J games with Everett and Hoquiam are the only ones secured. Usually the next season's schedule is complete this early. The Hoquiam-Aberdeen game will be played as usual on Thanksgiving day. ! The Everett game will come in the middle of the season and will be played In Aberdeen. ; Dryad Organizes Athletic Club. CENTRALIA, Wash., Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) An athletic club was organized at a big meeting held in Dryad Tues day night. R. E. Bennett was elected ; president and chairman of the board of "trustees; Miss Laura Barner, vlce i president: Miss Selina Laughlin, secre .' tary; O. O. Phelps, treasurer, and Carl Staeger, George Fleming, Mrs. L. R. ' Warlord and Mrs. W. W. Benson, trustees. , HIGH SCHOOL OF COMMERCE BASKETBALL SQUAD WHICH IS PLAYING ITS FIRST SEASON IN PORTLAND INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE. f - ! fir ,;v 'i -v 1 1 r , a tr .1.1. 11 III III I B I ,,.--,,..,. ..,,,. ,.,. MM I,,,.,, j Pszzsx '. ::..w.m.-r;-- , , v.mmW 1 'm :, ,,; ':',' ,V."1 LEADING FIVES TO CLASH THIS WEEK Washington and Columbia and Jefferson and Franklin to Play on Tuesday.. CLUB TO MEET PULLMAN Rink have beeen shrewd enough to oar all the other would-be promoters and in this way peace has been kept. But now comes Charlie Cleaver, old time manager and promoter, to rent Republic Theater, a building close to Dreamland Rink that has been given over In the past to moving pictures. Cleaver proposes to conduct boxing matches and there is no one to say him nay. He haa a regular theater, with theater seats, and intends to sell coupons, so there will be no mistake as to the seats the fans are to occupy. He will show on Tuesday night of each week. It looks to be a case of the survival of the fittest. Two fight clubs a week Is just a little more than the game can stand, and sooner or later one of the two will have to fall by the way side. Hardly a major leaguer of all the California contingent but is to be reck oned a holdout. Most of the boys. In eluding old-timers as well as the chaps who are just going up the ladder, think they should receive more money than has been promised to them, and as a result they are awaiting developments. It Is, possible in some cases that loy alty to the Baseball Players' Fratrntr has something to do with the attitude, but chiefly it Is a case of more coin. Here are some of the boys who art standing still, marking time, as it were: Duffy Lewis, Boston Americans, who feels he has been fairly treated in the past but that he is deserving of more money for the coming year. Dutch Leonard, of the Boston Ameri cans, who is coaching the St. Mary's brigade, and stands out for more coin. Rowdy Elliott, of the Chicago CuTn.. who declares he will stick by his Colusa prune orchard and manage a trolley league team sooner than sign for his present contract. Oscar Vitt. of the Detroit Tigers, and leading third sarker of the American League, who confesses that his contract is not pleasing to him. Swede Risberg, formerly of the Ver non Tigers and now of the Chicago White Sox. who says a salary has been offered by Comlskey that is little more than an Insult. Ping Bodle, of the Seals, who Insists that he can do far better to remain on the Coast if Connie Mack, of the Athletics, doesn't come through with more cash. Speed Martin, young Oakland phe nom, who belongs to the Chicago Cubs, but is not satisfied with the terms that have been presented to him. There are a lot of other fellows who might be named If you cared to con sider the list of Southern Californlans. It merely goes to prove that baseball owners the country over have come to the conclusion that excessive salaries have been the rule in the past and that there must be a change. Duffy Lewis, who was quoted In Sporting Life as declaring he was for tbe fraternity through thick and thin, wants a correction made. Duffy ex plains that he made no such statement. He says that if the ballplayers go on a strike It will probably be that he will have to stand with them. At tbe same time, Duffy doesn't hesitate to let it be understood he has been fairly treated by his club owners and he doesn't think It fair to them to make it appear otherwise. As a matter of fact, that's the at titude of a whole lot of the major league players. They don t feel the public is in sympathy with their strike and accordingly they don t want to force the Issue. Many of them feel that the strike has been threatened primarily to help out the minor leaguers. As a matter of fact, many of the minors are thorough ly satisfied with the present state of affairs and. at least so far as the Coast League is concerned, they are signing up. Just at this present writing Wolver- ton has five of his veterans signed to contracts and he does not expect any great trouble in reaching terms with the remainder of his men.. Aberdeen Schools Plan Activities. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) Eight class teams began con testing for the grammar school basket ball championship of the city here this week and will keep up a regular sched ule of -play for the next three weeks Following the close of this schedule 28 volley ball teams, 13 for girls and 13 for boys, will be organized In the grade schools to compete for the grammar school title. After that the grade schools will have a good deal of track work. The present half year, under plans perfected by Superintendent George B. Miller, will witness mure outdoor sports for school children than have ever been conducted here pre-. viously. Multnomah Quintet Scheduled to Play Washington State College Five Saturday Manager Masters Is Confident. ' Interscholastlc Basketball Standing. Points W. L. Pet. ForAirt Jefferson Hlrh a o 10O0 8il 4J Columbia University ...3 O 100O PI 4 Washington High :l lOOO lis :W Benson Terh 2 2 .500 8rt 11 Lincoln High 1 2 .3S.T 5 vt Kranklln High 1 2 .33:1 79 '.. James John High 1 3 .R:i;l U Commerce Hljh 1 3' .."iO SJ ISO HIU Military Academy .0 4 .000 2 so lo7 Next Game.. Tuesday Jefferson vs. Franklin. Tjssdiiy Wtahtngton vs. Columbia. Wednesday Hill vs. Commerce. Thursday Benson va James John. Friday Washington va Jefferson. BY EARL R. GOODWIN. This will be the week of upsets In the Portland Interscholastlc League, for the undefeated basketball teams of the) circuit will be pitted against each other. Tomorrow afternoon was supposed to be the Washington High-Columbia Uni versity game, but it was postponed un til Tuesday in the Y. M. C. A. Jefferson High will battle Franklin High Tuesday afternoon, probably in tie Washington High School gynasium. Both games will be called at 3:15 o'clock. No changes took place in the team standings because of last week's play, and Jefferson. Washington and Colum bia still are tied with three - victories and no defeats. Hill Military Academy is the only quintet which lias not won a game. . . Washington State College's", basket shooters suffered a 28-to-20 walloping at the hands of the University of Cali fornia delegation Friday night) but this does not mean that the Pullraanites will not put up a desperate' battla against the Multnomah Amateur Ath letic Club team here next Saturday night.. ..... Manager Masters, of the clubmen, is confident that his team will be in the best of shape to give the Washington Staters a real lacing. The match will be called at 8:15 o'clock, and in all prob ability a preliminary game will ba played. - s Manager Cohn. of the B'nal B'ritK five, would like to arrange a game with, Peninsula Park and Columbia Univer sity before he finally claims the 1917 independent championship of Portland at his weight. Manager Poplck. of tha George Washington Camp "Wows." is trying to arrange his schedule to take on the B'nal B'rith later In the season. It may be that a championship game featuring the B'nal B'rith will be played as a preliminary next Saturday njght. Earl Cross. Instructor at the'Albina and Sellwood community houses, called off the proposed game between the Sellwood boys and the Broadway Ath letic Club 125-pounders slated tor to morrow night at Sellwood, because of I V. 1 4 . .. .n rr r Vi i n Tilauoru Af Cthftr in iiiau.iiij " j - - time. A match may be played later in the season. Manager Scott, of the Ath letic Club, will obtalit a game else where. The Oregonlan basketball team will meet Benson Tech in the Peninsula, Park gymnasium tomorrow afternoon, starting at 3:30 o'clock. The Christian Brothers Business Col lege Is looking forward to ita annual clash with the Mount Angel College In the C. B. B. C. gymnasium next Sat urday night. A preliminary affair will be held according to present plans. - Two games have bee . played In the Night Owls' League, and the. senior circuit at the Peninsula Park gymna sium. Captain Webb's quintet lost to Captain Roper. 5 to 28. and 14 to 15 to Captain Cole's squad, both of the Night Owls. In the Benior. Slass Cap tain Weston trimmed Captain Nelder meyer, 14 to 13, and then Neldermeyer took it out on Captain Quinolo, 18 to 11. The lineups follow: Colo (15). Webb (14 . Rookllrige (2) K. ... ..(8) O. Reynolds Duval (4) .K (4) Webb Cole .-C Var Vlert Ryan (0) G ....... C' Reld Hubbard O Stavcr Referee R. H. Henderson. . Webb (5). Roper 2S. Reynolds 12 F b ,CoJ? Webb 4) Elliott Van Vleet 1) C (12) Anderson N. Whiting 2 a. 4... (All Roper Reid G ; Ryan Referee R. H. Henderson. Weston (14). Neldermeyer 3. re Young (10) ,F S Hn"; Weston K - -. Liebold Otlerstrom (4) C (6) Neldermeyer P.allingston G . dTg Halvorsen G Ellison Referee A) Bartholemy. ' ' Neldermeyer (IS). Quinolo fll. Hanson 1) F (0) Mathena trcy 1) F Raven Neldermeyer C (2) ,Lln,. Farnham (2) .O ,-,3ulnt Ellison (4) .G C4 bauvU Referee Al Bartholemy. Dnst Not Disturbed. London Tit-Bits. Caller That new girl of yours seems nice and quiet. Hostess Oh. very quiet! She doesn't even disturb the dust when she's clean ing the room. Read The Oregonian classified ads. Left o Right (Kneeling;) -Henry Pander. "Sun" Tcsalcr, Captain Milton Alarguils and Harry Zalknrta. Standing I Left to Riicht) Jack Solyau, Morns Rogoway. August Belch and Manager Prasa. Tae Team la Without the Service of a Coach, but Despite Thin It Has Given m Good Account of It self so Far During; the 1017 Season. Saxon Motor Plant Destroyed. DKTROIT. Mich., Feb. 3. Fire of un determined origin early today virtually destroyed the plant of the Saxon Motor Car Corporation - here. A temperature of 2 below zero hampered the firemen. Twelve hundred men are thrown out of emDloyment by the destruction of the plant. The loss will amount to upwards of J250.000. Aberdeen. Enlarges Elks Club. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Feb. 3. (Spe cial.) Entensive improvements are being made to the Aberdeen EJks Club, these including the building df a new annex to te usea as a javaipry and the enlargement of the present kitchen. A new heating system also onay be installed. I ii i unii I MT Eddie V BUSINESS MEN'S A. C. CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING CAMPI Tho California Boxingf Wizard vs BillyMASCOTT Two-Time Conqueror of Johnny Coulon. Valley . . ' Al TRAMBITAS SOLDIERS Nicholas Frank SBIPS0N WALDORF English Champion. of Frisco. Four-Round Fame Three Other High-Class. Preliminaries. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 PRICES i 50S Sl.OO 81.50,.a.t.. Tickets at Rich's, Sixth at Washington! stiller 'a, Broadway at Stark-
