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SECTION TWO Pages 1 to 14 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING AND SPORTING NEWS VOL. XXXVI r. PORTLAND, OREGOX, SUNDAY 3IORMSG, FEBRUARY XO. 6. 'JlillSl" B Lower etter Furniture- Prices Liberal Credit - Call and compare values. Inspect our tremendous display of new home furnishings. Be suited perfectly. And then use the charge account that has already been opened for you. Pay for things as you use and enjoy them. Spread the expense orer a year. A small amount will be enough to deliver most anything immediately, right into your home. No red tape ; no delay ; no embarrassment. We invite your account. , Then a trifle each month takes care of the bill. You never miss the money that way. And later, you will return for more and more things. - But start now Monday. ' Let us show you how wonderfully easy we have made it for folks to have cozy homes. ' , We welcome visitors. You will not be urged to buy on your first call. We 'know that ninety-three out of oite hundred people always come back to Gadgbys'. '' . Gadsbys' Special Bedroom Outfit' $55 This special 'Bedroom Outfit consists of Solid Ash Dresser, Chiffonier and heavy 2-m. post Steel Bed, with.' Chair and Rocker to match. ' Spe cial price. .... .55.00 Terms, $10 Cash and $2 Weekly Here Is a Pretty Dining-Room Suite Complete for $59.50 This Solid Oak Dininfr-Room Set, consisting of coo beaatifur buffet with fu!l-Icnfrth French plate mirror, silrer drawers (lined), larjte linen drawer with double-door cabinet below, six solid oak chairs with irenuine Spanish leather seats and Iarg dining table with heavy base, extends six fct when open. This set is a bargain. Special, $59.50. GADSBYS SPECIAL JLATTRESS $12.50 $14.00 COTTON" FELT MATTRESS. SPECIAL THIS CIO rf WEEK AT GADSBYS' Ol.OU STURGIS Luxury Go-Cart S Our Special Sale This Week t2S Carriafres now at ICO Carriages now at $1(1.45 $15 Go-Cans now at '.$11.1)0 $12 Go-Carts now at $ O.OO $10 Sulky now at 9 8.75 $ 9 Sulky now at $ 7.75 $ 6.25 Sulky now at 9 5 .50 OTHER SILKIES AS CHEAP AS $1.2.$ WE ARE AGENTS FOR STURGIS LUXURY GO-CARTS Sale of Odd Beds Odd W ood and Iron .Beds S 6 values now $ 5.0O $10 values now 9 H.S5 $15 values now $)4J0 $25 values now., SU2.50 !0 Mahofr. Wood Bed..$I7J0 ROOM-SIZE RUGS !t12 Velvet Ruirs $:Vi.OO I12 Axminrter Rues on sale now at ... . &C2.75 9 12 Seamless Tapestry Ruirs priced at. $27.50 9x12 Tapestry Ruirs on sale now at $17.50 5x12 Wool and Fiber Rups on sale at 9I5.0O Us Your Credit Liberty Steel Range Reduced to $45 , The Range we are offering for your approval is a guaranteed baler. Large firebox, cut-out linings for water coil, wood and coal-burning grates, drop feed door, 18xl4-inch oven. Clear ance price, $45. Sold on easy terms. - . . . $2.50 Delivers This Rocker Home Then $1 a Week WITH HIGH BACK This large, high-back Rocker is up holstered in brown imitation Span ish leather on soft springs. Its ap pearance and style are almost in distinguishable from the genuine. SPECIAL, $11.50 Columbia Graf onola Outfit Including Six Double. Faced 10-Inch Columbia Records $89 $9.50 Cash, $2.00 Weekly We charge no. interest. This beautiful Columbia Grafonola may be had in golden oak. mahogany or burl walnut. Columbia , Grafonolas are priced from $18 np and sold on easy weekly and monthly payments. . j. f- f Hi i i Linoleum A. wide range of entirely new, handsome patterns, suitable for halls, bed rooms, kitchens and dining rooms. ' 95c' grade Linoleum re duced to, square yd., 79 75c grade Congoleum re duced to, square yd., 59. $1.50 grade Inlaid Lino leum, square yd., $1.32 "Congoleum Rugs to fit all size kitchens. Ask to see them. Use Our Exchange Dept. If j on famitur tht dwo'l tuli lf ptinaff o r.d r".l n4 Mmpf teat nmn to It mrtA rrrr 1 thw Wm ll tr Tom I b- yja pw rm!tur t lrw prr. Tb fum t-rfv 1. 1 h prompt T d.t"rl. 'rirhuit r burnt t or Wm. Gadsby & Sons Member Greater Portland Association Corner Second and Morrison Streets BASEBAL POWERS L ADOPT NEW RULES Changes Made in Agreement for Government of All Or ganized Baseball. REVISION SEEKS REMEDY Legislative Faults and Abuses of Rules to Be Abolished, Is Plan of New Regulations Commis sion Not Solo Arbitrator. R. S. Stewart, vice-president, and For rest J. Alvin, general manager of the company, who headed the sales force of the company at the show, made, the announcement. - - Mr. Cochrane was for about six years sales representative of the Haynes au tomobile Company on the Coast, and then became branch manager for th Oeneral Motors Truck Company. Me made the branch eo grreat a" success that it was sold to advantage, and Mr. Cochrane took under consideration sev eral offers and, after investigation, took the position offered ' bv the United States Motor Truck Company, for whom he will open an office at San Francisco and with a sales force cover the Coast. His knowledge of the Coast 'trade and successful connection with the truck neld for many year will xiake him an invaluable man to the Cincinnati com pany. The Oregon Aggies wilt play the University of Washington at Corvallis next Friday and Saturday. Captain Ray will take the Aggies to Eugene on the 22d and 23d and play Oregon two games. SIGLINS SITUATION MAY BLOCK PLANS Liability to Draft Puts 'Paddy Out of Running as 1918 Baseball Pilot. E NEW YORK, Feb. 9. A new Na tional agreement for. the government or organized baseball, recently promul gated to all leagues and clubs, has become operative throughout the coun try. It has been signed by Presidents Tener and Johnson, of the major leagues, as party of the first part, and President M. H. Sexton, of the Na tional Association of Minor Leagues, party of the second nirL Th wn-ir of revising the former agreement was cmeny none by Chairman Herrmann, of the National Commiesion. Legisla tive faults nd abuses of rules which nave Deen uncovered during the last 13 years are sought to be remedied in this revision. Hereafter all disputes between major ana minor league clubs will be ad lusted bv th inmmla.n. V, Mt league president and the secretary ofljm; ?" the National Association. Formerly !:"..," me national commission was sole ar bitrator. The period for drafting players from minor leagues will be from September 20 to 25, five days later man formerly, and cancellation of any draft must be made within 24 hours. EIsM Players Limit. Clubs cannot have more than eight Players out on option at any time, in eluding those sent out for a second time. A player purchased from a class AA league may remain with the minor league until the close of the season. instead or reporting immediately. In eluded In the agreement are several concessions made to the players' or ganization in 1909 by the baseball pow ers, summarized as follows: Ten days' notice in writing must be given to a major league player, and five days to a class AA or class A player when unconditionally released. , Written notice of conditions of trans fer must be furnished to any player released to another club. A player shall be declared a free agent in case all conditions of a play er's contract, as agreed to by the par ties, ara not written into the contract, and the offending club or its manager shall be fined in amounts ranging from flOO to $500. Expense to Be Paid. SPOKANE WAXTS OD PILOT BACK THIS S EAR. Traveling expenses Including sleep ers and meals en route, must be paid major league players from their homes to training camps. ' A player who has been In the major leagues for 10 years cannot be re leaved to a minor league, except he is willing to make such transfer and all other major league clubs have waived on his services. Two new (sections cover the provi sions restricting the sending of a play er to a lower league before he has been offered to class AA and class A feagues, thus keeping him in the high est classification his skill may war rant. , A copy of his contract, which shall be considered an original, must be fur nished the player. Hereafter when either major league certifies that amendment to the rules is necessary the National Commission shall set a flate not later than March 1 of any year for a meeting of the rules committee consisting of three members from each of the major leagues and one from the minor leagues. A majority vote shall be nec eseary to adopt, review or repeal a rule. Place and date of such meetings shall be arranged by the major league presidents, who shall act, alternately, a chairmen oi me ranmuut I0.A.GI0 MEET 1HL5. G. AGGIES BASKETBALL RECORD FOR SEASON CLEAN. Contract Sent by Crmident larr. and N Former Leader I Expected to Sign. SPOKANE, Feb. 9. (Special.) To R. L. (Nick) Williams, for two seasons manager of the Spokane baseball team, has been tendered a contract to lead the Indians again during the 1918 sea son, and Boss Farr does not expect any stumbling blocks to stand In the way of Williams' signing up again. Some time ago Williams expressed a willingness to take another chance at the managerial end of the Spokane team, and as a- result President Farr contract and forwarded it to Antioch, Cat, for the blonde leader to sign. - "If Nick wants to come back here as manager, all he will have to do is to sign the necessary contract, and I be lieve he will do so,' said Mr. Farr today. McCREDIE RECEIVES WORD Long-Expected letter From Second Baseman Arrives Infielder May Get to Play at Second Before Being Called to Service. ( WIIXIAMS LEAVES , FOR EAST Clever Portland Lightweight Has Bouts Lined ' Up in Wisconsin. Billy Williams, the clever Portland lightweight, left for the East Friday, where he has a number of matches in view and has three already lined up for this month. Williams is the first Portland boy since Ralph Gruman tha nas guue LU mane ni uiu lor laiue ill the big leagues. Billy is a heady boxer. and will make a lot of the boys at his weight in the East step to beat him. Without a doubt there is not a cooler boxer on the Pacific Coast than Will iams, and with a few scalps under his belt he will prove to be hard to abeat in 10 rounds. " Billy is not entirely a stranger in Eastern boxing circles, having made a trip to Superior, Wls. last July to visit a cousin. While there he met George Kelly in a 10-round bout on the Fourth of July and won an easy decision. His first fight will be in Superior. Wis., on February 15; on February 20 he will battle in Iuluth, and on Washington's birthday Billy is booked to battle Johnny Schauer In the seml-windup to the Mike O'Dowd-Harry Greb fight for the middleweight championship of the world. In St. Paul, L. A. McDonald, a well-known Superior sporting writer, has arranged the bouts for Williams, and believes that the Portland lad has a fight future ahead of him in the East- era boxing ranks. WaahlBtrtoii Quintet, to Invade Cor- rvallla Tomorrow and Tneaday N(ghts, Is Near-Champfony Washington State College basketball quintet will Invade Corvallis tomorrow night and Tuesday for two games with the Oregon Aggie hoopers. Coach Ray's licle ouintet has won Xou straight games and has yet to bite the dust of defeat this season. The Aggies won two games from Washington at Seattle and took the University Of Oregon quintet down the line for a pair of victories, which gives the AggleB an unblemished record of wins for the season. There Is a great deal o enthusiasm in Corvallis over the fine work or ine DasketDaii team. CaDtaln-Coach Ray has been lnstru i mental In bringing out one of the fast est teams the Aggie institution has boasted for many seasons. . Fred Boehler's Washington Staters were looked upon as the championship team of the eastern division until Idaho took them down the line. The Pullman lads broke even against Washington at Seattle In the two games played there last Thursday and Friday nights. Had it been possible-tor the Pullman lads to Journey to Corvallis with a clean slate of victories, the champion ship of the Northwest conference would be settled in the two games to be I played at Corvallis. According to advices irom corvallis the largest crowds of the season are expected to attend both games between O. A. C and W. S. C on Monday and Tuesday night. George A. Anderson, of Portland, was selected to referee the contests, but finds It impossible to get away long enough to officiate. COAST SALES MAXAGER NAMED W. B. Cochrane to Head U. S. Motor Truck Company Organization. DETROIT, Mich., Feb. , S (Special.) Announcement has been made of the appointment of W. B. Cochrane as Pa cific Coast sales manager for the "Blinkey Ben" Written Up by "Beanie" Walker. ' Unique Philosopher Fill 79 Pages With Wit and Humor. BT JAMES J. Have you ever RICHARDSON. met met "Blinkey Ben?" No? Well, you must know him, and through the courtesy of the author, H. M. "Beanie" Walker, one of the best and most favorably known sporting writers on the Pacific Coast, it is a pleasure to introduce "Blinkey. Ben and His Wit, Humor and Philosophy" in a delightfully interesting, claverly writ ten uniquely illustrated booklet of 79 pages, which holds your Interest Irom "civer to civer." The little book is copyrighted by the Los Angeles Examiner and is illus trated by B. G. Seielstad, but you have to read it to know "Blinkey Ben." He's some philosopher. Mr. Walker opens up with the following preface: "I first met Blinkey Ben at the Corbett-Sulllvan contest in New Orleans on .September f 192. He was employed in carrying 'Uncle Bill' Naughton's overcoat to the ringside chair. ' "Later Blinkey showed up in the training camps at Jacksonville. Carson City, Goldfield, Reno, Colma and Ver non. In recent years the old philoso pher has been dropping in almost daily for a morning smoke and chat. Low in voice, a kindly twinkle in - his eyes. Blinkey is forever seeing that which is best In life. To show, what a philosopher Blinkey Ben is, here follow a few lines from him as the author has put them down: "There are times," Blinkey Ben be gan, ' there are times when I feel that in posin' as a wise guy I'm a sad fliv ver. Tes, sir, times when I m willin to admit that I don't know a thing worth repea.tin" 8000 SEE CADDOCK VICTOR Zbyszko . Disappointed at . Losing Wrestling Match 2 J Hours Long DES MOINES, Feb. J. Nearly 8000 persons paid more than $24,000 to see the wrestling match here last night in which Earl Caddock, of Anita, Ia Na tional Army party, was awarded referee's decision over Wladeck Zbyszko after they had wrestled two and a half hours. Each man won a fall, but the referee gave the match to the champion on points. Caddock took the nrst fall in an hour and 22 minutes, and Zbyszko the second in 31 minutes. The giant Pole' was disappointed 'in the decision, claiming that. trie contest should have been called a draw. The match was witnessed by Gover nor Harding', of Iowa, and his staff, and Brigadier-General Getty and the offi cers at Camp Dodge. Vnit A i&Lea iiotor Xrucb 'Cojftpaaj. for. Uie losera. Crusaders Win Game. The Crusaders defeated the Arcadian team of the Y. M.. C. A. House League by the score of 24 to 10. It was rather an easy game for the victors. Bennett and Gowans both played a fine game for the Crusaders, while L Joe starred BY JAMES J. RICHARDSONi W. P. (Paddy) Slglin's long-looked-for letter made its appearance at base ball headquarters yesterday, and after Judge McCredie had "lamped It for about an hour he said he knew as much as he did before he had glued his optics to the three pages Paddy scrib bled to him. Siglin advised the Portland magnate that he was in class A-l. but does not expect to be drawn in tne first call. Paddy based his statement on the au thority of one of the members of the exemption board in his home town, Aurella, la., who informed Siglin Just before he wrote Judge McCredie that Paddy might be able to play the entire season before being called. . Judge McCredie wants Siglin as man ager, but as long as such uncertainty attaches itself to Paddy's being called in ,the next draft, it is probable that the former Portland star infielder will be passed up as manager, buc will play second base until such time as he is drawn in Uncle Sam's lottery. While Judge McCredie will make no definite statement regarding his plena at this particular time, every indication points to Billy Speas eventually being named to manage the Portland team. Good Start Wanted. The Portland Impresario wants his team to get off to a good start, and does not take kindly to his having to switch pilots in the middle of the sea son, just when the team would be run ning along smootniy. Outside of the shortness of the play ing schedule, Siglin was entirely sat isfied with Portland's offer and will be ready to report at the training camp as soon as the Portland mogul names the site and date. Siglin Informed McCredie that he was much heavier than last year, weighing 170 pounds, and never felt better in his life. He is anxious to start the season, and hoped Portland would be able to win the pennant. The fact that his appointment as manager met with the approval of Portland fan was commented on by the red-faced, peppery second-sacker. While Siglin was jotti.ig down his predicament, he mentioned to Judgo McCredie that he had a right-hand pitcher he wanted to bring to the Coast. Siglin's protege is 20 years old, stands 6 feet 2 Inches, and, according to Paddy, he ought to make good. He is well recommended, and is one of the Jest semi-pro slabsters in Paddy's ter ritory. Xew Player Suggested. While he was on the question of talent, Siglin wrote he knew a good in fielder who played with Newark, in the -International League, in 1916, and went from there to the Hew York Americans, where for a while ho had "coffee and with the Athletics. The player in ques tion wants to come to the Coast, and Siglin asked the judge to make him an offer. With the arrival of Walter McCredie next week the personnel of the Port land team ought to shape itself, so that the fans may get a line on what sort of an aggregation Portland will have to reresent it in the league trhs sea son.' While Walter McCredie is reported to have no financial interest in the Portland team, Judge McCredie deems it advisable to hav,e Nephew Walter's Judgment on most matters appertaining to the personnel of the club. Judge McCredie yesterday received the signed contract of Roy De Grief, Whitman College pitcher and all around star athlete, who enjoyed a brief sojourn with the Beavers during vacation time last season. " De Grief has been playing basketball all season. and is in great shape and anxious to take another flyer at the game. De Grief is a strapping young, fellow, with a powerful physique, and, accord ing to Walter McCredie, he had a world of- "stuff" last season, but was too in experienced to get by in fast company. De Grief was recommended to Portland by Otto Mikkelson. Walter McCredie wrote Judge Mc Credie when the former was in Chi 'cago and advised him to sign up a promising young pitcher named Jimmy Stowers, of Dennison, Tex. The Port land magnate Immediately got in touch with Stowers and mailed him a con tract. Yesterday a letter .was received from Stowers saying he had signed with Dallas in the Texas League. Judge McCredie is angling, with a former Oakland infielder, who wants to sojourn in the Pacific Coast Interna tional League.' With Speas lined up for first base, Siglin at second, Hol locher at. short, the former Oakland in fielder the judge may land cavorting at third, and Lee and Cox .in the out field, besides what 'talent Judge Mc Credie expects from Salt Lake, he seems to have a better lineup than any of the other P. C. I. L. teams to date, STAXFORD ATHLETE Y7ILL FLY George Bihlman, Shot-Putter, En- ters Berkeley Aviation School. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb! 9. (Special.) " George Bihlman, one of Stanford University's best, known athletes who has been the hero of many track meets. enlisted in the Aviation Reserve Corps nere today, tie win enter tne aviation ground school at Berkeley without de lay. Bihlman s fame Is founded chiefly on his ability to put the 16-pound shot. During his four years at Stanford Unl- ' versity no shotputters were able to beat him. His high mark of 47 feet 8i Inches stands as the Coast intercol legiate record. . Beside being a shotputter. Bihlman is a football and baseball star. He is 23 years of age. His home is in Live Ouk, Suiter, Cpuut