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SECTION TWO Pages 1 to 14 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SPORTING NEWS VOL. LVIII. TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. AUGUST 4, 1918. NO. 31. i!!I!I!!IIiI!IIlIII!!I!I!lIIII!III!l!III!!ll!!!!!ll!lIIII!i!I!llllliIII!IIIII!!l!II!III!I!IIlII!!II!I!n COLLEGE FOOTBALL I obtained with great difficulty and. as you might suppose, not very well. Only a few of these 400 survived, so I was later told. Thirty-one were in their peaceful lasting sleep before our jour ney was finished. I hope never to be In such a journey again and don't be lieve now that the Hun will ever causo such a retreat again 'during this war." PROSPECTS LOOM mm EL 1SSn ' FW.'nVfflOB Wit ' WM Mid-Summer Clearance Sale Fit up your porch or Summer living room with a few pieces of our dependable Willow, Reed or Fiber Furniture and a Fiber Rug". This popular furniture is now on sale we are not going to carry them over this Winter. Just remember our usual credit terms are decidedly unusual when compared to the terms most stores offer. You cannot get easier terms or more liberal treatment than Gadsbys' offer that's positive. Both Oregon and Aggies Have Good Material for Teams This Fall. to WAR'S EFFECT IS NOTED 1 Bedroom Outfit at $37.50 The biggest outfit this or any other store has to offer. The dresser has large bevel plate mirror and three deep drawers. Roomy chiffonier, four large and two email drawers. Steel bed with brass trimmings, guaranteed construction, and one bedroom chair all fin- flM ished in a rich golden oak. This is some outfit for so little O I ti V CASH $7.50, $2.00 WEEKLY 1 This Dining-Room Suite $64 3jl Pictured here is an up-to-date Dining-room Suite large Buffet with mir ror, six Dining Chairs and Round Pedestal Extension Table all solid oak, finish either fumed or golden oak wax. $04, f 10 cash, $2 Weekly. This Columbia Grafonola Outfit . including 12 selections of your choice $79,50 $9.50 Cash, $2.00 Weekly We charge no interest. This beautiful Columbia Grafonola may be had in golden oak. Columbia Graf onola are priced from $1$ up and eold on easy weekly and monthly payments. New Process Print Linoleums for Kitchen and Bathroom This Three-Piece Overstuffed Suite, Special $135.00 Carload of New Process Print Lin oleum just arrived on sale at 90c per square yard, laid on your-floor. Heavy Print Linoleum $1.25 square White, Enameled-Lined Refrigerators $16.50 Up We are closing out our refrigera tors, not going to carry them over this Winter. This 3-piece overstuffed suite, consisting of a full-size davenport 6 feet 4 inches long, with loose cushion seats and covered in an excellent grade of tapestry in pleasing colors; large arm chair and rocker to (PI QK match. Special , iDLOO Sale of Odd Beds $ 6.00 Values now $ 5.00 $ 9.00 Values now $ 8.00 $12.00 Values now $10.50 $15.00 Values now $13.45 $30.00 Values now $22.50 $28 odd wood, mahogany. .$18.75 Three-Burner Gas Stoves with oven just right size for Bun galow or Flats. Gadsbys' price, $22.50 "connected. Trade your old gas stove in at Gadsbys'. Exchange Department GADSBYS SELL FOR LESS 1 Porch Swings at S4.95 Complete with chains and hooks, ready to hang. Regular JA Qff $7 value. Special MmVO jl ESS IB Use Ocr Exchange Dept. If yon have furniture that doesn't suit es want something mor, up to data and bet- tr phona as and we'll send a competent man to It and arrange to take It as part payment on the kind you want the Uadvbr kind. We'll make you a liberal allowance for your roods and we'U sell S3 rou n-w furnHnro at low prices. The S3 new furniture will be promptly delivered. S33 Exehansa cooria can be bourht at our 33 Warehouse, First and Washington Sta. Wmnu Gadslby SlSokis MEMBER GREATER PORTLAND ASSOCIATION Corner Second and Morrison Sts. We are agents for the Great Ma- Eiz jestic Range, Liberty Ranges, 333 Wedgewood Gas Stoves and EE Ranges, Whittall's Rugs, Colum- 33 bia Grafonolas, Sturgis Go-Carts -EE and Carriages, De .Luxe Bed EE Springs, Goodnight and Sleepwell rr Cotton Mattresses. : i!ill!llll!!i!!lll!lll!llllllllillli!lll!lll!!llllllillll!l!illllllllllin CALIFORNIA REJOICES OVER VICTORY OF JACK DEMPSEY Not Since Jim Jeffrie Was World Champion Has Golden West Had Burly Heavyweight to Be Proud Of. By HARRY B. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO, CaL. Aug. . (Special.) Great is the Joy in California particularly In this central part of California. And all be cause Jack Dempsey. who claim! the nolden West aa hl place of habitation, cleaned Fred Fulton in 33 seconds, and la well on his way to fame and glory, aa near to the heavyweight champion shin. If not already arrived. It'a been some time since we've had a heavyweight of any proportions to whom we could lay claim, and now mat one haa aDneared on the horlxon. even though his home ta in Salt Lake, and Denver likewise hails hiro as a real dent, we In California are inclined to make our own little assertions. -Not since James Jeffries was cham pion of the world haa the Golden West had a burly heavy who would' figure. It's been a little more than eight years since Jeffries last succumbed to. the powerful punches of one Jack Johnson. And even long before that Jeffries had retired, so he could hardly be claimed as a representative of the pugilistic game. When Johnson came Into his own, California was left In the shade (no pun intended). After Johnson there was Wlllard. who could hardly be Called a Westerner. Desspaey Startra la Oakland. Dempaey started to attract attention from his fights here in the West, and more particularly In Oakland and San Francisco. Me started In Oakland, but It was In reality bis performance with Gunboat Smith and later the way he showed op Carl Morris that caused us to open our eyes. The fact, too, that Jack Kearns. of Oakland. Is his manager has had some thins to do with local prldo In the bout.' Outweighed by Fulton. Dempsey showed mighty good headwork in beating his man to the punch. He didn't give the plasterer any chance at all to use the advantage in weight that he held. He fairly bewil dered Ferocious Fred, and beat the Mlnnesotan before the latter hardly knew the opening gong had sounded. Dempsey proved two things. One. is that he is equipped with a punch and the other that he can lay claim to a cool head. Title Stin Afar Off. About this claiming the title, I am rather skeptical. Other fighters have claimed titles where champions have apparently been unwilling to defend their possessions. But the claims have gone for naught and they have been forced to fight to make good their assertions. We'll grant that Jess Willard doesn't seem to want to do any fighting and that he la inclined to belittle Dempsey. But all the same, until Dempsey fights Wlllard. I doubt whether people gen erally are going to hold him as the title-bearer. Personally, if Wlllard continues to stay retired for a few months. I don't think it will be any trick at all foi Jack to put on the finishing touches. Even Kearns, according to the dis patches, seems to realise this, and in a sense is Inclined to apologise for claim ing the championship. He says, in making his argument, that Dempsey is willing to fight Wil lard under any fair conditions, and that all the proceeds can t;o to any charity the authorities desire. Credit Gives) Wkere Dae. There's one thing about Kearns and Dempsey that entitles them to credit I've rousted Kearns in the past and will likely censure him in the future, but want to compliment him on one score. When Cof froth gave his first big benefit with Benny Leonard, Jack Dempsey wasn't available. When Cap tain of Police O'Brien staged the Red Cross show Dempsey was still away. But when Kearns and the scrapper ar rived here for a short vacation Jack went to Cof froth and .promised that Kearns would be willing to donate his services for a big performance. Coffroth replied that he would like to figure on a show in September, end there the matter ended. Now, with Dempsey really worth while, Kearns has proved that he hasn't forgotten his promise. The first of the week Jim Coffroth received a dispatch in San Diego that Dempsey would be on tap for the September show. And Coffroth, on receipt of this news, started pronto for San Francisco. His scheme is to put on a big show, prob ably on Labor Day, either that or Ad mission day afternoon. If necessary, he can land the ball park, since all the outdoor arenas have been destroyed. But, with Dempsey a near-champion, even though not the title-holder, and some good boy, say Willie Meehan. Sunshine Jim ought to be able to pack 'em in. Willie doesn't stand any too well hereabouts because be didn't battle at the Red Cross show, but this may be the chance given to square himself. And you can bet your life against a doughnut that Sailor Willie, who wants to break back into the San Francisco fistic world, will grab at the opportunity. Battling Ortega's Mother Dies. Battling Ortega, the Oakland middle weight, won his fight In Butte, when Leo Benz was disqualified in the fifth for fouling, but that was all the in formation we have received. The chances are that Simpson would have wired us further particulars save for an unfortunate happening. While Or tega was In training in Montana for this battle his mother died In Los An geles. The word was kept from him until after the fight. Then Ortega and Simpson hurried for the Southland to ujteud the funeral' services, that were postponed pending their appearance. Spider Roche Blacklisted. Spider Roche, once ordinary San Francisco four-rounder and now sailor man, didn't fight Johnny McCarthy as had been planned last week at the Dreamland rink. The Spider, you may recall, failed to show for the Red Cross fights staged under the auspices of the police. That put Roche on the blacklist and when the allied promoters submitted their list of scrappers to police head quarters a line was gently but firmly drawn through his name. Perhaps at some future time the Spider may be back in good standing with the author ities but not now. Frankie Denny, a whirlwind scrapper of Oakland, was substituted. And be it said that Denny put up a good fight and of strong-hearted opposition.' It wasn't enough, however, and McCarthy won ae he pleased, almost knocking out his opponent in the closing round. Hoppe Oat ef Hospital. Willie Hoppe, the Butchertown light weight, who has been out of the hos pital a few days, insists that he is as good as new and ought to be allowed to fight. Fact is, Willie went to Harry Foley the other night and pleaded his own case. Foley replied with a decided no. "3fou may think you are just as good as ever, Willie," said Marry, Dut tne truth is you're not. You've been through the mill and what is more, you've had a lot a' accidents. Any boy that comes along is likely to knock you out or lAirt you and we can't afford to take any such chances." Brandon New Flstlc Star. A new star shines on the fistic hori zon. George Brandon, a sailor lad who, I understand, has boxed in . Portland and other Northwestern cities, is clean ing 'em up In this neck of thewoods and doing good work at that. George started with a rush when he beat Shell McGool, knocking him out. Then he was signed with Charlie Moy, who ha also done a lot of Northwest ern boxing. Referee Toby Irwin called It a draw, though as a matter of fact, Brandon was the victor. So they were rematched And in the sseeoud bout Erandou won away oil by himself. There was no agreement as far as this second contest was con cerned. Now Brandon and McCoot who plead. ea lacK or condition when be was knocked out, have been resigned and are to go the route again. Sailor Georgia is In great favor with the gallery gods, and I wouldn't be sur prised at all to see him a headliner. Stars are none too common and Bran don appears to be working in that gen eral airection. GOLF CHANGES ARE NOTED Donald Ball, Professional of British Columbia, Goes to San Francisco. Donald Ball, one of the best-known golf professionals in the country, ar rived in San Francisco last week from British Columbia to take up his duties as "pro" at the Burllngame Country Club, succeeding Tom Hughes, who re cently went to the Spokane Golf and Country Club, to take the place of Findlay, who came to the Tualatin Country Club, this city. Ball, who is a cousin of the famous John Bail, six times winner of the Brit ish amateur championship, was born in Liverpool, England, and after play ing some years as an amateur came to the United States to the Philadelphia Cricket Club. WRESTLING J BOUT PLANNED Aberdeen and Hoqniam Policemen to Meet on the Mat. ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 3. (Spe cial.) Negotiations are on for a wrest ling bout between George Reed, of the Aberdeen police force and Tom Jack son, of the Hoquiam force. Both men have shown prowess. Reed having thrown Kali Pasha, with the Wortham carnival show here as a professional, in six minutes. Jackson, at Hoquiam, earlier in the Summer, during the Wortham exhibition in that city, threw the "Terrible Turk," and won the of fered purse of $100. The match probably will head a Moose smoker card in the near future. the negotiations now being in progress., Bezdck to Return to Coach Eugene Squad Matthews, of Willam ette, May Succeed Plpal as Corvallis Mentor. BY JAMES J. RICHARDSON. Football prospects for the coming season at the University of Oregon and Oregon State Agricultural College are commencing to loom brighter. A few months ago it looked as if the present world-wide conflict would play havoc with collegiate football, especially In these parts where the cream of the var sity elevens enlisted in the various branches of the service, but develop ments during the last few weeks have caused football followers to view the approaching gridiron season with satis faction. Hugo Bezdek will be back at Eugene to coach the University of Oregon. Bez dek at this writing is managing the Pittsburg Pirates -in the National League and has his team in third place and fighting tooth and nail to oust the Chicago Cubs and New York Giants from the two top rungs of the ladder. "Bez" will leave Pittsburg immediately after the National League season closes and he cleans up his business affairs. He is expected to arrive in Eugene about September 15. The Fall semester will open October 1. Applicants for Plpal's Job Many. No successor has been appointed to succeed Joseph Pipal as coach of the Oregon Aggies. Since it was first an nounced in these columns last Decern ber that trouble was brewing between Pipal and the student body and that the gray-haired coach had practically been asked to resign, scores of appli cations have been received at the Ag gie Institution from well-known grid iron experts eager to land the Corvallis berth. Since it was announced that Pipal had decided not to return to Corvallis but, instead, confine his athletic actlv ities during the period of the war to Y. M. C. A. work, speculation has been rife as to who would be named to suc ceed Pipal. One of those prominently mentioned as having an inside track on landing the job is R. L. Matthews, for the past three years athletic coach at Willam ette University, Salem. Matthews is a former football, baseball, basketball and track star of Notre Dame Univer sity. He came West to succeed Dr. Sweetland and, considering the mate rial he has had to contend with at Wil lamette, has made a wonderful showing. Matthews Is Good Tutor. When trouble was brewing in the Aggie's camp last season previous to the Oregon game Matthews was asked to assist Pipal and many were the sto ries that went out from Corvallis that it was due mainly to Matthews' tutor ing that the Aggies defeated Oregon for the first time in years. President Kerr, of O. A. C, who was a Portland visitor last week, said that no successor had been selected to replace Pipal,. but that numerous applications were on file for the position. According to Dean Walker, assistant football coach at the University of Ore gon, the Eugene institution is bound to have a representative eleven this sea son. Letters have been received from all Btudents who played with the fresh men team last year and they will be on hand this coming season. If Bezdek has his entire freshmen squad intact next semester he Is going to make the opposition step lively. Three Oregon Veterans Return. Three of last year's Oregon varsity gridiron aggregation will be back at Eugene when college opens October "Doc" Medley, Wilson and Leslie are the trio of varsity men who have prom lsed to return to the fold. Medley was one of Bezdek s shining lights last sea son and was a bear on forward passes. Leslie was Oregon's center. He played a heady game and his passing was ex cellent. The Aggies have some promising ma terial with which to start the season and whoever is delegated to replace Pipal will find a likely looking band of youngsters aching to make the varsity. FLYWEIGHT GOING TO BCTTE Three Gordon Boys Leave for Visit to Montana Home. Hyman "Aviator" Gordon, manager of Abe Gordon, Pacific Coast flyweight champion, and Sammy Gordon, also a flyweight of fair reputation, is leavlnp: for Butte, Mont., with his two brothers. All three have been In Portland six months, working In the shipyards, and are now going home, with a few lib erty bonds attached. Some discussion of late has been heard whether Abe Gordon is the real flyweight champion. A few months ago in a bout with Eddie Murphy, a clever Seattle lad, the latter won front Abe on points, but it has been claimed, even by the Seattle papers, that Mur phy was too heavy for the Gordon boy and could never make the flyweight. MOTOR CRUISE TODAY PARADISE POIXT, OST LEWIS RIVER, IS OBJECTIVE FOIST. More Than 20 Craft Will Take Trip, It Is Expected More Xann Added to Membership Roster, The cruising committee of the Port land Motor Boat Club announces Para dise Point, on the Lewis River, as the objective point of today's cruise. This is one of the prettiest trips on the cruising schedule for the season. Paradise Point is located on the eat fork of the Lewis River, about three miles from the mouth, and Is guaran teed by "Cap" Ernie von d5r Weilh aa absolutely free frem mosquitoes at oil times. In addition, the close proximity of La Center and Woodland make It easy for the skippers to obtain supplies In case the lunch basket was unavoid ably forgotten on the club float. Those of the skippers who are in clined to think themselves fishermen are always sure of some kind of a catch at least, and the lucky Individual usually takes home quite a string. The committee has obtained promises from more than twenty of the fleet to be on hand, and It Is expected many more can make arrangements to bo there. Some of the boats left yesterday afternoon and evening and will return some time this afternoon. The membership committee reports good progress and is doing well to wards filling up the gaps caused by Uncle Sam's needs in the membership roll. As the greater portion of the men enlisted from the club have entered the mechanical end of the service, there are crtain to be some fearful and wonderful conflcts of opinion as to the best ways of repairing motorboat engines once the war Is over and all that tribe comes back again. GAMES ARE LOOKED FOR McIRVIN, OF ASTORIA, VISITING IS PORTLAND ON BtSI.VKSS. Rodger Shipbuilders' Team, Winners of Pennant In Lower Colombia League, Want to Cross Bats Here. RALPH DODSON OVERSEA FORMER OREGON GRIDIRON STAR WITH HOSPITAL UXIT. In Letter to President Campbell Officer Describes Work Among Wounded on Western Front. EUGENE, Or., Aug. 3. (Special.) Ralph Dodson, famous varsity end and probably the best the University of Oregon ever had. who graduated in 1910, is Berving as a Captain in the Harvard hospital unit with the British expeditionary forces In Flanders. Dod son was graduated from Johns Hop kins Medical School with honors and enlisted in the hospital service soon after the United States entered the war. Dodson in a letter. to President Camp bell, of the University of Oregon, de scribes work among the wounded on the western front. He says: "When the Hun first attacked on March 21 I was sent up with a team to 34 C. C. S., where we worked almost night and day, getting three to four hours' sleep out of 24. We stayed here for four days until the Hun line was near enough to hear their machine guns and the small artillery took up a position, retreating just in front of our C. C. S. (50 yards) and. began blazing away. Of course there was soon a return from the Hun side of the same billet doux,' breaking too near to be comfortable. This was 4 P. M., and we had over 1500 cases in a 300-bed hospital. "Clearing began at once by box car trains, the last one of which had 400 hopeless cases, on which medical offi cers were also put to take care of them as best we could. The railway was so crowded it took us 24 hours to make a four-hour trip. During this time the poor fellows only; were fed once, which A. O. Mclrvln, manager of the George V. Rodgers & Co., shipbuilders of .A- torla, baseball team, winners of the pennant in the Lower Columbia Ship builders' League, was a Portland vls itor yesterday in quest of games for his speedy organization. The Roger:) team played great ball all season in the Lower Columbia and has In its lineup some of tms best-known players In this part of the country. The Lower Columbia Shipbuilders' season ended several weeks ago, out the Rodgers team has kept in shape by playing exhibition games on Sunday with various other Shipbuilders' teams in Astoria and service teams, such as the Coast Defense and Spruce Division outfits. Mclrvln had a conference with Gus Fisher, captain of the B'oundation team, and President Fred N. Bay, of the Columbia-Willamette Shipbuilders' cir cuit, regarding the Rodgers champions clashing with some of the leading Port land Shipbuilders' teams, possibly next Saturday and Sunday. Dick Mitchell, the former Buckaroo and later St. Helens pitcher, is now twirling for the Rodgers team, and Is going in great style. Pitcher Morton In Hospital. Harry Morton, the red-faced young ster who pitched creditable ball for; the Portland Buckaroos, is recuperat ing in a San Francisco hospital from a recent operation for rupture. Morton was signed by the Portland Beavers in the Fall of 1917 and re ported to Walter McCredie, manager of the Salt Lake Bees, at the Portervilla training camp last Spring. He stayed with the Bees until the Pacific Coast International season opened, when he was sent to Portland. Morton pot away to a poor start owing to his wildness, but later gained control. Morton has been in the hospital o is week and expects to be there at least another week. Although he is married Morton has been reclassified and placed in class 1A. 2 GAMES TO BE PLAYED INTERCITY LEAGUE CONTESTS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY. Coopers Will Tangle With Journals at Columbia Park Soldiers and Boilermakers to Battle. Inter-City Baseball Standlnan. W. L. Prt.l W. L. Pet. Klrknatr'ks Jl 1! .S4I1 Squadron. .. 4 8 ..TM Journals.... 10 3 .7rtMaroons. . .. 4 .Ss JIaccabee. . 10 8 .7"l'oopers 4 10 .2tl Bollerm'k'rs 7 7 .SoOIHIbernians.. ill .101 Where the Teams Play Today. 3 F. M. Journals vs.' Coopers, Columbia Park. 3 P. M. Boilermakers vs. Regiment, Co lumbia Beach. The Journals will tangle with the Coopers in the Intercity League today and they may receive eome stiff oppo sition, as the Barrelmakers are a great ly improved nine. The game will be played at Columbia Beach. Columbia Beach win be the battle ground of the Soldiers and the Boiler makers. The Maroons and Hibernlaua are not scheduled to play today,