TOE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 9, 1917.
ROUMANIAN RISES
FAST AS FIGHTER
PORTLAND'S ICE HOCKEY STARS WHO WILL PLAY - EXHIBITION GAME TUESDAY NIGHT FOR BENEFIT OF COMPANY B, THIRD OREGON INFANTRY.
PITCHED BULL FAST
Speed Is 2.4 Miles Per Minute
Tests Reveal.
Alexander Trambitas.Although
Only 16 Years Old, Has
Good Ring Record.
OTHER DATA COLLECTED
4
0
' '--l:. V.w ' WC'V fac?. ' wA
17 BOXERS ARE FOUGHT
Portland Youth, Born In Bucharest
tn 1901, Is Developing in Fast
Style and Success Is Predict
ed for Him In Ring.
Little did the natives of Bucharest
in faraway Roumania think that the
dark-eyed urchin who first saw the
light of day in the Roumanian capital
on May 14, 1901, and who was christ
ened Alexander Trambltus, would some
day become a contender for the light
weight championship of the world.
They may have heard now of the
prowess of Alex, who although Just
past 16 years of age, is considered a
remarkable fighter.
Alex came to this country with his
parents 11 years ago and the family,
which consisted of Mr. and Mrs. Tram
bltas and six children, settled in South
Portland. Alex is a brother of Valley
-Trambitas, the middleweight boxer,
who is now in San Francisco. He has
three other brothers and a sister
younger than himself.
Six years ago Alex's father died and
the responsibility of supporting the
large Trambitas family fell on the
shoulders of Valley and Alex. Valley
was a headliner in Portland boxing
circles for a while. One day after school
Alex wandered down to Second and
Oak streets, where Valley was train
ing. He wanted to box with his
brother and, although he had .a lame
shoulder, he showed wonderful natural
ability.
Fable Likes Lad's Loolu.
Jack Fahie. who has seen most of
the best boxers in the country since the
days of John L. Sullivan and Peter
Mitchell, was a visitor at Valley Tram
bitas training quarters that afternoon
and saw Alex mixing with Valley. . Be
ing an expert at Judging the ability of
fighters, Fahie immediately saw the
wonderful possibilities in Alex and
called him aside for a quiet little chat,
which resulted in Alex' placing himself
under Fahie's management.
The rapid rise of Alex Tramitas is
best told in Fahie's own words. "I
saw the youngster boxing with his
brother and he appeared to me to bo a
natural boxer, but his shoulder was
bothering him. 1 sent him to a doctor
for treatment. He was very young, but
I saw the natural ability he possessed
and decided to assist him in any way
possible in order that he might prop
erly display his boxing ability.
"He was a young schoolboy and
graduated from the Creston Grammar
School. Owing to the large Tramitas
family, be was forced to go to work
to assist in their support. He devel
oped boxing so rapidly for a youngster
that I allowed him to go on at the
Armory, where he boxed a four-round
curtain-raiser, getting a decision over
Kid Brookes.
Record Is Good.
"He weighed 93 pounds the night he
boxed Brookes, but he took on weight
rapidly after he was in training a while.
He has been resting around the 133
pound mark and I think he is destined
to finish his ring career at that weight.
Alex has had 17 fights and his last
one with Muff Bronson gave Port
land fight fans an inkling of his abil
ity as a boxer.
"1 will look after him and see that
he is not shoved along too fast. Every
penny he nas received so far has gone
toward the support of his mother,
brother and sisters, and he has been a
good example of what all young boys
fchould be.
Trambitas' ring record follows: Kid
Brookes (decision), four rounds: Sam
my Gordon (draw), four rounds; Sam
my Gordon (draw), four rounds; Sam
my Gordon (draw), four rounds; Kid
Pluto (decision), four rounds; Joe Sax
(knockout), three rounds; Sammy
Bloom (knockout), two rounds; Earl
Zimmerman (knockout), two rounds;
Kid Weston (draw), six rounds; Wel
don Wing (draw), six rounds: Eddie
Gorman (decision), eight rounds: Jim
my Moscow tdecislon), six round; Lee
Johnson (draw), 10 rounds; Joe Gor
man (decision), three rounds; Peter
Mitchie (decision), six rounds; Chet
Neff (draw), four rounds; Muff Bron
son (decision), six rounds.
WILLAMETTE TEAM PRAISED
Coach Mathews Proud of Record of
Salem School's Eleven.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem,
Or., Dec 8. (Special.) Although Wil
lamette's football season was short, it
was successful. In the last game of
the season the heavy Post Hospital
Corps team, of Vancouver, was defeated
by 20 to 0.
Coach Mathews said that he was
more proud of this team than any he
had ever been associated with, because
the men were hard workers and fought
every minute of every game. .
Motorboat Club Notes.
Martin Shea, social editor of the Mo
torboat News, Is now with the quar
termaster's department at Camp Mills,
Mineola, L. I.
. . .
Four new members have been voted
Into the Portland Motorboat Club. They
are Lester P. Graham, foot of Aber
nethy street; C. A. Puarlea, Columbia
Contract Company; J. A. Keller, 506
Marguerite avenue, and Alfred Swan
eon, 754 Kelly street.
The Ladies' Auxiliary o-' the club is
preparing a Christmas box for the boys
of the Third Oregon.
...
Len Myers, death on stubborn ma
rine engines, is now affiliated with the
new Y. M. C. A. automobile school,
demonstrating the gentle art of mak
ing decrepit gas engines operate.
Walthour's Fall Breaks lieg.
NEWARK, N. J.,-Dec 8. Bobby Wal
thour, bicycle rider of Atlanta, Ga., fell
on the slippery pavement here today
and suffered a compound fracture of
the left leg. Walthour received a frac
tured skull last August in a fall from
his machine while lacing In Paris.
Immaculate Heart Is Victor.
The Immaculate Heart juniors com
pleted their third consecutive victory
Friday by defeating the St. Francis
basketball team, 33 to 17. Hirby starred
for the winners, scoring 16 points. Ha
gan did the fast work for the St. Fran
cis quintet, making 6 points.
Banks Beats Bcaverlon, 3 0-2 9.
BANKS, Or., Dec. 8. (Special.) The
Banks basketball team defeated the
Beaverton High School five in their
second game in Banks Friday evening.
The score was: Banks 30, Beaverton 29.
J. Ireland was referee.
f's' : ' " ' 1 i z i v h 1 i x " 1 i
TO BE SEEN
Star Hockey Player Will Par
ticipate in Benefit Game.
TEAMS EVENLY - MATCHED
After Match There Will Be Races
and ' General Skating, All Pro
ceeds to Go Into Fund for
Buying Medicine Kits.
Manager Bryan, of the Ice Palace,
nounced yesterday that "Smok.ey" Har
ris, one of the ' star Portland hockey
players, would play with either one of
the two hockey teams at the Ice Palace
nexi Tuesday night for the benefit of
the Women's Auxiliary of Company B.
The hockey game will be the main
attraction at the Patriotic Ice Carnival,
the entire proceeds of which will go
towards purchasing medicine kits and
other necessaries for the soldier boys.
Hockey teams captained by "Moose"
Johnson and Charlie Tobin. of the
Portland Rosebuds, recently played aii
exhibition game which resulted in a
tie score at the end of the third period.
The referee called for an extra five
minutes of play, 'during which time
neither team scored, and the referee
called the game with honors even.
With the exception of Harris the
personnel of the two teams will be
practically the same. During periods
between hockey there will be races for
boys and girls and some attractive
prizes have been donated for the win
ners. There will be general skating
after the hockey game.
The officials for the game are: Jack
Herman, referee; Deo Mallett, umpire;
Judge Arthur Dayton, timekeeper;
William O'Donnell, scorekeeper; Fred
erick Harvey Harkness and "Tick"
Malarkey, goal umpires.
Chess.
B. H. BRYANT. Editor.
Phone Tabor 6213.
Contributions of games, endln&s. problems
or items of Interest, criticisms and club
notes solicited. Send direct to 143 Kast
Thirty-fifth ctreet, Portland. Or.
PROBLEM NO. 300.
By C. F. Putney, Corvallls. Or.
Mr. Putney writes that this problem was
composed since the publication of No. 302.
The study' of that- suggested the 'rearrange
ment, which, the editor believes, the solvers
will consider a decided Improvement.
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tern -, iSvA
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q .f-'y" '';v.
g L
. Wh.lt e mates . in three moves.
White king on QB. Rook on KR. Knight
on KH. Bishops on QR and KB. Pawns
on QB6 and KKtD.
Black king on K. Bishop on QKt2. Pawns
on K2. KR2 and KB7.
PROBLEM NO. 310.
By Link Burnham. Urbana, Ohio.
This was published some time ago in the
Globe Democrat. It demonstrates an in
genious line of play that catfnot fall to
please the solver.
BLACK 2 PIECES.
WAV: I") -Ai,.J. ,y.-7.. iftf,
-T-T, -r; . .,:,.y
, tw? oaa
yy, vs p-.
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m n - M
"J"" v-JSi WWA - ..WVJt nag
White to play and mate in thre movea.
White king on K. Rook tn KBi K.night
on KKt4 and Q7. Pawn on QR2.
Black- king on KT. Pawn on Q5.
SOLUTfONS.
Problem No. 30-1 Key, Q-KKtS.
Problem No. 30o Key. P. B4.
Solutions have been received from A- J.
Garver, Charles Williams, C. V. Putnev, H.
Oobrlan, Mrs. Harriette Ehricko. George
Griffith, C. G. Glvens, L. E. Smith, D.
French, J. Kane.-J. S. . Smith. Robert and
Unmniirov Kvonri Hsn 1 1 Xt CamnYtM "Mr r,
Deatrlck, C. F. Keed, Charles Benson, is! U.
i 3 "Smokr;" HirrU. 4 Tom Mar- &it l1
I ray. S Charlie Ukalla. "Mook"
I . Johnson. 7 Charlie Tobla. '
-I'-W-
Dickens. Raymond Lewis. George Lee. J. B.
Brldgford. A. Kumsey and L. Relnholt.
The chess contest between some of the
teams In the inter-city chess tournament Is
very close and It is Impossible to predict the
winning team.
Write or call up if you'wish an opponent
at correspondence chess.
Mr. 'Alexander In the Correspondence
Chess Association divisions are made ge
ographically; the contestants on the Pa
cific slope are grouped together. Northern
states, Southern and Canada. In the final
round there are no restrictions, as each of
the section winners meet the others. I be
lieve they are limited to seven players in
each section In the last round. The en
trance fee is $5 plus (1 dues. Prizes are
given at the completion of the final round.
The American Chess Bulletin la their of
ficial organ.
We remind solvers and other correspon
dents that contributions should reach us
by Wednesday if possible, to insure pub
lication In the following Sunday Issue. It
is very difficult to add it later, and is often
held over for two weeks.
GAME NO 266.
This game and the one following are
tournament games of the Correspondence
Chess League of America. Contributed by
Peter Claudianoa.
White. P. G. Pearsal. Chula Vista. CaL
.tsiacK. tjan wuentln.
1 P-K4 P-K4U8 KR-K K-B2
2 KI-KB3 Kt-QB:liI7 R-K3 KR-K
3 P-Q4 PXPI18 P-KK14 P-KKt3
4 KtXP B-B4ilt) QR-K Kt-Kt
fi B-K3 Q-B3120 R-K5 Kt-B3
6 P-QB3 KKt-K2i21 PXP PXP
7 B-K2 P-Q4i22 P-B3 QR-Q
8 O-O 0-0123 R-Q R-Ktch
U B-B3 PXPj24 K-B2 R-Kt4
10 BXP BXKt23 K-K3 Kt-Q4ch
31 BXB KtXB2o KtXKt KtXKt
12 QXKt QXQi27 K-B4 R-Kt7
13 PXQ P-QB3i28 B-Kt3 R-Q3
14 Kt-B3 P-KB4I23 RXB RXR
15 B-B2 B-K3I30 R-K Resigns.
GAMB NO. 267.
White, San Quentln. Black. F.
White. Black. I White.
1 P-K4 P-K410 Kt-Q2
2 P-KB4 PXPlH Q-K12
G. Pearsal.
Black.
P-Q4
Q-K12
P-Kt3
KtXQBP
Q-ROch
3 Kt-KB3 P-KKt4!12 O-O-O
-P-R4
P-Kt5;13 Kt-Ka
:t-Kt5
Kt-B.T
P-Q3
Kt-B:i
KtXKP
y-B3
14 PXKt
15 Kt-Kt
1(1 Kt-C!3ch
17 Kt-Kt3
l Q-K5
6 P-Q4
7 Kt-Q3
8 P-B3
8 BXP
B-B4ch
K-Q
Kt-R4
Resigns.
GAME
NO. 208.
Kings Gambit Declined.
This game was . played In the
tournament, England. In 18l5.
Tschlgorin. Pillsbury.Tschlgorln.
White. Black-IWhite
1 P-K4 P-K4I27 B-Q2
2 P-KB4 B-B4 28 R-B3
3 KKt-Bls P-Q.t 20 K-B
4 BB4 QKt-B.'i 30 B-B3
5 Kt-B3 Kt-B3 31 QXP
6 P-Q3 B-KKt532 Q-K7
Hastings
Plllsbury.
Black.
R-Q3
Q-R5ch
QXRP
R-QB3
P-Kt4
Q-Kt
P-R4
K-Ktii
QR-R3
RXR
R-QB3
Q-R3
P-Kt5
PXBch
Q-R8
QX Pch
Q-B7ch
Q-QSch
Q-Ktch
Q-B7ch
Q-BOch
Q-B3
Q-R3ch
Q-Kt2ch
Resigns.
7 t-K.3 33 K.-U2
8 QXB
Kt-Q5 34 R-B5
9 Q-Kt3
10 K-Q
11 QXP
12 PXP
13 R-B
14 QXBP
15 B-KKI5
16 Q-KOch
17 B-KR6
18 QXP
1 Q-KR5
20 B-Q5
21 K-Q2
22 KtXKt
23 P-KKt4
24 KtXB
KtXPchf33 B-B5
K-TXRI3H P-Kt5
K-Q2I37 QXR
PXPI3H Q-Q.T
B-K2I 3U P-Kt
K-B40 P-K17
R-BI41 PXP
K-Ktj42 P-Kt8(Q
R-K43 K-K2
Kt-Q2i44 K-B3
Kt-Kt:l4. K-Kt3
P-QR3I46 K-R4
KtXB47 K-R5
R-Kti48 Q-Kt4
B-Kto h!4! Q-BS
Q-Q550 K-Kt4
KtXKt 51 Q-Kt5
25 Kt-B2
26 KXKt
C. G. Givens. Salem. Or..
-Tour analysis is
splendid.
A letter from Harry Grayson to a friend
states that they play chess and checkers
on board the ships. We state here for the
benefit of those who are sending chess and
checker material that the boards for ships
should be much larger and the men .the
largest size.
GAME NO. 269.
"French Defense."
Mechanics Institute tournament. San
Francisco, Cal., Aug. 11. 1017. White. Dr.
Haber. Black, E. J. Clark. Mr. Clark held
the championship title for some time and
has been - a frequent visitor to the San
Quentln prison, where he has given simul
taneous exhibitions. San Quentln Bulletin.
White. Black.l White. Black.
1 P-K4 P-K3I13 R-K Q-Kt3
2 P-Q4 P-Q4 14 B-Q4 BXB
3 Kt-QB3 Kt-KB3 1 5 QXB P-QB4
4 P-K5 KKt-Q2lfl Q-KKt4 BXKt
15 Kt-B3 P-QB4I17 RXB O-O
6 PXP Kt-QB31S QR-K KR-QB
7 B-QKt5 BXPI1U Kt-Kt5 P-R3
8 O-O P-QR3I2D Kt-R3 P-B5
9 BXKt PXBI21 Kt-Bl PXP
10 Kt-K2 P-QH4I22 RPXP Q-Kt5
11 P-QKt3 B-R3I23 P-B4 PXP
12 B-Kt2 QR-Kt24 KtXP PXKt
followed by QXPch. K-R: 2B. QXKt, PXP;
27. P-K6, P-Kt7. white resigns.
The editor withdrew his mailing list for
the chess and .checker department was
omitted for December 2, 117. This will
be sufficient in response to those who have
written, and all others. The publication
of some contributions will be delayed, as
well as the complete solution to the prize
problem No. 300, which should appear in
this issue. The key is B-QKt7. We have
submitted the different keys and analysis
to Mr. Putney for his judgment as to the
winner of the prize. They will also be
passed upon by the old veteran editor and
player. C. S. Rorer, of Portland. There
were but three t-hat gave the right key out
of the many solutions received. It is Im
possible tto study such works of chess art
without enlarging your capacity for prac
tical cross-board play and developing and
strengthening your perceptions for better
work in analyzing critical endings and prob
lem compositions. Mr. Putney, we all Join
In extending to you the right hand of chess
fellowship and wishing you a merry Christ
mas! .
Jfew York Defeats Princeton.
PRINCETON, N. J., Dec. 8. The soc
cer team of the college of the City of
New York today defeated Princeton by
1 to 0. The game was played on a
field of snow and slush.
1 TamnT Dnndm'diil.. P Al llarhnnr. 1 K I
COAST ATHLETIC CONFERENCE .
IS VERBAL SPARRING MATCH
Representatives of Different Institutions Wrestle Long Hours Over Prob
lem of Arranging Satisfactory Football Schedule.
BY HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRAl
cial.) I
cific Ci
AN FRANCISCO, CaL, Dec. 8. (Spe-
Faculty members of the Pa-
Coast Conference want it
distinctly understood, that in elevating
wrestling to the level of other major
sports, they are by no means throw
ing the hooks Into boiMng, which is
still a minor sport as such sports go
in colleges.
Some of the learned gentlemen, who
met in secret session in San Francisco
one day this week, on announcement
of the increased prestige that will ac
crue to wrestling, explained the situ
ation. It seems that boxing, except with the
University .of California and Stanford,
Is taboo. So the conference folks could
hardly make it a major sport.
But the boxers can hope for the best,
since one of the faculty men re
marked: "We are not- as yet able to make
much of boxing. Perhaps some day it
will be one of our sports. Our plan Is
to . elevate sports as they come up in
prominence. Hence the move on be
half of wrestling. We are also boost
ing soccer football in the Northwest
and that may sooner or late be made
a major sport."
Which settles the question once for
all as between wrestling and boxing.
From a professional standpoint, boxing
of course has the call, but not so with
the colleges of the Pacific Coast.
It's a liberal education to get into a
meeting of graduate managers and
coaches of the Conference colleges
when they' are in the throes of naming
football dates. Such a gathering took
place at the St. Francis Hotel this
week and it was full of fun if not re
sults. And here is the way it lookd:
Hunt, of Washington How about it
Stroud, are you going to bring your
California team to Seattle for a
Thanksgiving day game with us?
Stroud That's the agreement . of
course, but I don't see how we're going
to make any money. Why don't you
come to Berkeley again In view of war
conditions and all that?
Hunt (veering off to an oven more
delicate subject) Well Tiffany, does
Oregon want a date with Washington?
Tiffany (with frozen politeness)
Sorry, old man. but I don't see how
we're going to make It. We have con
tracts that call for other games and
our hands seem full for. the season.
Bohler, of Washington State Well,
well. Here, we are the champions of
the Conference and we can't get any
games. 'Looks as if we are going to be
up against it for a Thanksgiving day
game. Honestly we've got a lot of
criples and nobody needs to be afraid
of us. .
It was diplomatically suggested that
perhaps University of Southern Cali
fornia would be open for bids and
Bohler was headed off.
Then followed a clash between those
two old rivals, Oregon and the Oregon
Aggies. This year the teams played
In Portland. O. A. C. wants the game
on home territory next FalL
Coach Pipal I don't see how we can
have the nerve to charge our students
$5 ' per. season ticket unless the big
game is played this year at Corvallls.
! BEAVER CAPTAIN LEADS SEC- $
0D BASEMEN. I
if?- ' Vv It
- .,.7--rCl ji
It; ' - V 1
i -'- o
n - . 'it
Bill Rodgtrl.
SBill Rodgers, captain and sec- I
ond baseman of the Portland 2
! Beavers, was high man at second
base during the 1917 season. In
158 games he made 320 putouts
J and ED3 assists, with 36 errors, t
I for an average of .958. J
t .....i
We folks must have a break now and
then.
Tiffany No argument a-talL If we
play at Corvallls there isn't going to
be enough money to pay streetcar
fares. Take the game to Portland and
we'll all be fat.
And so it went for the better part of
two hours.
After which Stroud, of California,
suggested a postponement of. further
hostilities until the next morning,
thereby giving the managers and the
coaches a chance to study matters out
for themselves.
.
Some of the enthusiasts seem to feel
there is a chance for California and
Stanford to get together for football.
They point out that Coach Wilson, of
St. Mary's, the chap who was success
ful in taking a small amount of ma
terial and winning from California, has
quit St. Mary's and that he did so be
cause he saw an opportunity to get a
job with the Cardinal. '
"Do you think Wilson would have
come north or that he would have quit
at St. Mary's without knowing what
the future has in store for him," is the
way these folks argue.
Wilson already is the basketball and
baseball coach at Stanford, and doubt
less this employment has given rise to
the story that he is to take charge of
an American football team for the
Cardinal.
Of course we have had denials on top
of denials from the Stanford faculty
men, and personally, I doubt very
much whether there is any chance for
American football at Stanford. Par
ticularly does that appear to be the
case with the country engrossed in
war.
tIf It were not. for the war some of
the Stanford grads might interest
themselves to the extent of bringing
about a resumption of athletic rela
tions. As it is, there are so many mat
ters of bigger moment that interfer
ence of the necessary- sort is not apt
to come.
Nobody seems to know what is going
to happen in baseball; not even Henry
Berry who returned the forepart of
the week from a trip to his brother's
shooting preserve at Live Oak. Sacra
mento has failed to make answer on
the question of taking over the Port
land team, and Fresno, waiting on Sac
ramento, is naturally keeping quiet
about future promises.
"I don't know what will happen,"
said Berry. "Personally I do not be
lieve that Portland will be in the
league, but I question whether any de
cision will be reached before our meet
ing in Los Angeles December 17. Sac
ramento is unreasonable if it expects
to get the franchise for nothing. It is
true the league might grant a fran
chise, but it certainly couldn't take
Judge McCredie's players away from
him, and players now cost money.
"I would not favor voting the fran
chise away from Portland if the Mc
Credies object. If they want to stick
in with us and take their percentage
of the losses, I am satisfied. I know
Cal Kwing feels the same way about
it; so I don't believe there is any
chance of McCredie losing his rights.
"A letter has come to me from
Fresno that looks mighty encouraging.
The Fresno folks tell me they are pre
pared to go ahead in case Sacramento
balks. Fresno has always looked good
to me."
Portland folks may have a chance to
see Battling Ortega in the ring soon.
Tommy Simpson has despaired of land
ing sufficient matches to keep his
welterweight busy in this section and
is considering an offer to send the
Battler into the Northwest for a few
matches. Tommy declares he is going
to be mighty reasonable on the score
of "medals."
There is just one thing that may
interfere. Harry Fol?' is trying to
figure out a scheme to match Ortega
with Joe Rivers for a battle in San
Frajicisco. While Rivers would be giv
ing away a lot of weight. Bob Laga
says that he Is willing to concede ten
pounds. I don't see how Rivers can af
ford to do that, especially as he has
not been going well. Joe lost to Johnny
McCarthy at Reno and after that lost
on .-. foul to Bobby Waugh in Silver
City, N. M.
Ortega is going great guns these
days and it will take more than Joe
Rivers to beat him.
R. M. Hardy Joins Marine.
Robert M. Hardy, a Portland boy,
son of W. H. Hardy, now in Japan lec
turing, the last living living survivor
of the Perry Expedition to Japan in
1852, has joined the Marines.
Mr. Hardy won the welterweight
championship of the state in 1914
when he won the decision over Frank
Parslow of the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic Club in three rounds.- Hardy
lft last night for the marine training
camp at Mare Island, CaL, with thirty
six others-
I
SCHEDULES ARE STUDIED
IAiTKRCOLLEtilATE BASKETBALL
AND WHK9TL1.G NEAR.
Baseball M ill . Not Be Played Extern
Ively This Seaaon, According
to Present Indications).
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallls, Dec. S. (Special.) Sched
ules for this year's intercollegiate bas
ketball and wrestling are now being
considered by the various boards of
control and will be arranged on the
championship basis. Oregon and Wash
ington state champion teams will play
after the University of Oregon and Ore
gon Agricultural College have met and
Washington State College and the Uni
versity of Washington have had con
tests. The Northwest will not play the
California schools.
No intercollegiate baseball games
will be possible for Oregon Agricultural
College with the exception of one. per
haps, with the University of Oregon.
Washington State College and Wash
ington will not compete in intercol
legiate baBebalL Dr. A. D. Browne,
who has just returned from the annual
meeting of the Pacific Coast confer
ence, states that California and Stan
ford will have no Intercollegiate games
in baseball. He also says that there
has been a great curtailment of sports
by all schools owing to war conditions.
However, Intramural games and games
with Army and Navy teams probably
will be played by the schools.
Dr. Browne visited at Stanford and
the University of California before re
turning north. He found that Oregon
Agricultural College has better equip
ment for general work, excluding
bleachers, than have the southern uni
versities. The gymnasium space and
Armory are larger at Corvallls. Much
reorganization of athletic work has
been necessary at all of the Pacific
Coast schools since last year, and as
time goes on it is expected that the
conditions will be modified still
further.
GAMP LEWIS WINS, 53-0
FORT STEVENS ELEVEN WHOLLY
OUTCLASSED IX CONTEST,
McKay la Star. Maklnar SO-Yard R
Shortly After Opening of Game.
Sharpe AIo Plays Well.
CAMP LEWIS. Tacoma, Wash., Dec
8. The Camp Lewis all-stars easily
trimmed the Fort Stevens, Or., eleven
at Camp Lewis here today 5a to 0. The
game marked the dedication of the new
Lewis field. The game was a Camp
Lewis procession from start to finish,
with Fort Stevens making first d,own
but twice.
"Midget" McKay opened up with an
80-yard end run- shortly after the first
whistle, that scored- the first touch
down. He was injured shortly after
and Roy Sharpe, ex-California "U" half
back, took his place and proved a reve
lation on the offensive. He tore off
many long gains. Lowell Romey, for
merly of Utah, played the full game at
right half for the winners and his
dashing end runs were a feature of the
game. The Camp Lewis team eased
up in the second half and Coach Stan
ton had a string of substitutes in the
game at the final whistle. Summary:
Camp Uwli (5:i) Pos. t. Stevens li)
McKinney
....UK
LT...
LG...
O
Rfl...
RT...
Newman
Cook
Pnyder . . .
Russell ...
Chrlstensen
Bartlett. . .
T Rr ...
.J.
Crosaxnan
Pohl
Cropsman
. .. itavis
. . . Johns
HE
Oillam
Kapple Q-.. Watson
McKay 1. H ........... . Kalslon
Romney ; . R H Sortor
Crsljt F B Lelsmun
Score hv quarters:
Camp Lrwli 14 20 7 12 .13
Fort Stevens O 0 O i 0
Officials Referee, Rlsbers:. Franklin Hlch.
Seattle; umpire. L. P. Kelley. Dartmouth:
head linesman. J. K. Metzxer. Fort Stevens;
timekeeper. K'idle Klenhols. Camp Lewis.
Substitutions Ninety-first IMvlsion. Mnn
telth for Cralft. Sharp for McKay, Green
for Snyder. Keck for Montelth. Rowland
for Kapple. Craig for Keck, Hunter for
Bartlett. McGuIre for Sharp. Quill for Mc
Rae. Bynon for McKenny. I.uis for Row
land. Lynch for Cook. Fort Stevens, Tracey
for Sortor. Madden for Pohl.
Camp Lewis scoring- Touchdowns. - Mc
Kay. Romney 2, Sharp 2. Montelth: goals
from touchdowns. McKay 2. Romney 3.
Time of quarters. 15 minutes.
Henigan Wins Cross-Country Run.
BOSTON, Dec 8. James Henigan. of
the Dorchester Club, the Nation '. ama
teur cross-country champion, today
successfully defended his title as New
England amateur 10-mile champion. He
led a field of eight runners over the
course in one hour 5 1-5 seconds. Heni
gan -nnouneed that this was his last
appearance In athletic competition, as
he inten ed to enlist in the Army.
President Hadley. of Yale, predicts a
series of wars if the allies do not win
the present struggle.
Experiments Show Batsmen Begin
to Strike at Ball When It Is
9.24 Feet Distant Swing
Requires .042 Second.
Frank B. Gilbreth, an efficiency ex
pert of Providence, R. I., recently made
some tests as to the speed of a thrown
ball. The results of these tests show
that the average speed attained by a
fast pitcher is about 2.4 miles a minute.
Previous experiments in baseball
speed have been conducted along the
line of electric controls. Mr. Gilbreth
devised something entirely new and it
is probable that his work will be
greatly extended.
Behind the catcher he had a black
board measured off in squares. There
also was a clock with one hand which
made six revolutions a second. Moving
pictures of the various stunts wero
then taken and the position of the
clock hand on the blackboard enabled
him to count the time required by
noting the difference in the position of
the hand.
Gilbreth found some exceptionally
fast pitchers, who delivered the ball
at the rate of 2.88 miles a minute. In
that case the batter occupied .042 sec
onds in swinging at the ball, but the
most surprising point is that the photo
graphic machine showed that the bat
ter began to swing on that fast one
when it was 9.24 feet away from him.
When the . mathematics of pitching
are brought home in such forcful man
ner the wonder is not that there is so
little hitting but that there is so much.
When the major league -club owners
get together shortly to consider the
future of baseball, they will vote not
only for the 140-game schedule, but
also for a new form of player's con
tract. It is the plan to reduce the term of
the contract to five months, covering
the period from May 1 to October 1.
This means that a player who re
ceived $5000 for six months' work this
year will be asked to sign a new con
tract calling for J4167. By cutting
J down all the players in this manner
each ciud will lop on irom io,uuu to
$20,000 from its salary list and the
major leagues combined will save more
than $300,000.
William (Baby Doll) Jacobson, out
fielder for the St. Louis Americans,
has joined the colors at the Navy-yard,
Norfolk, a., and is now a full-fledged
yeoman in the United States Navy.
Secretary Willis Johnson, of the St.
Louis American League club, has re
ceived word to that effect.
Lefts and Rights.
"Kid" Williams, former bantam
weight champion, has recovered from
a recent illness and has signed ar
ticles to box "Kewpie" Ertle 10 rounds
to a decision at Baltimore on December
17. An effort will be made to match
the winner with "Champion" Pete Her
man. Johnny Ertle received a surprise
package in the person of Johnny Wolfe,
a Cleveland bantamweiaht. in Cleve
land the other night. Wolfe was sec
onded by Johnny Kilbane and. accord
ing to the reports.' Wolfe handed the
championship claimant a nifty lacing;
in 10 rounds of milling.
Joe Rivers is headed for San Fran.
Cisco. Joe has been sojourning for sev
eral weelts at Camp Cody. Demine. N.
M.. where he was the guest of Major
General Todd. While in Deming he
fought Bobby Waugh. the lough Texas
lightweight, winning a decision. Rivers
has receied temporary exemption.
There is a possibility of his being made
boxing instructor at Camp Cody in the
near future.
"Irish" Patsy Cline won his second
knockout in six days at Providence. R.
I., night before last, when he stopped
Jimmy Paul, of New York, in the first
round of a scheduled 12-round bout.
Cline will meet Benny Leonard, light
weight champion of the world. In a six
round bout at Philadelphia on Decem
ber 12.
The fistic fans at the Butler Club
smoker Friday night were cheated out
of a great bout when Ted Hoke un
intentionally fouled Joe Hoff in tho
second round of their match. These
two boys put up one of the best pre
liminary bouts ever witnessed here at
the Columbia Club show last month,
and the fans were all set for an ex
citing return match between them, the
first bout ending in a draw. Another
fight between Hoff and Hoke would
b welcomed by the fans. Both boys
weigh around 125 pounds and will give
anyone at their weight in their class
a hard bout.
Mike O'Dowd. the middleweight
champion. Intends to gather in the
shekels while the going is good. His
manager. Paddy Mullins. has set his
price at $4000 . for his end, with the
privilege of 40' per cent of the gross
for a 10-round contest with Harry
Greb at a St. Paul boxing club.
The Gibbons boys, Mike and Tom, and
Packey McFarland have started on
tours by which they hope to make
enough money to build nd equip a
gymnasium at the respective training
camps.
McFarland will don the mitts for the
first time since his bout with Mike
Gibbons at Brighton Beach. N. Y., sev
eral years aco. boxing in Detroit next
Saturday. The bars temporarily have
been raised in Detroit for the exhibi
tion. The stockyards boxer Is now In De
troit, having arrived from Waco. Tex.,
where he has been instructing the sol
diers of the Wisconsin and Michigan
National Guard. He will box three
rounds each with Jack Skelly. a Cin
cinnati pugilist, and Frankie Brennan.
of Detroit. The proceeds of the match
will be turned over to the athletic
fund of the camp.
The Gibbons boys are now giving ex
hibitions in the big cities of Iowa, and
reports say that they are playing to
packed houses.
George Brandon, the fast Portland
bantamweight, who has fought nearly
all of the best boys at his weicht on
the Pacific Coast, including Charley
Moy. Buddy Erne, Spider Webb, Jimmy
Volgast. Danny Edwards. Willie Coul
stlng, Billy Mascott, Abe Gordon. Sam
my Gordon. Weldon Wing, Alex Tram
bitas, Johnny Conde. Jimmy Duffy and
a host of other good boys, has started
training analn and is getting in shape
for all comers. "Shorty." as he i.s
called by his friends, is out claiming
the bantamweijrht title of the Pacific
Coast and is after a match with Char
ley Moy or any other bantamweight
in this part of the country. H prob
ably will meet one of the best boys
on the Coast at the "next boxing show
here.