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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING,
SPORTING NEWS AND
MARKET REPORTS
VOL. XXXVIII.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1919.
NO. 4.
Gadsby's Clearance Sale
Furniture Stoves Rugs
REDUCTIONS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT
We Are Overstocked and Must Unload
"CASH or CREDIT"
Sale of Library Tables
At Big Reductions
This great, big, massive Library Table, finished golden
oak, is an exceptional value. The Clearance 50
Dining-Room Suites Now on Sale
Here we show one ef ear ran ay William and Mary Dlalac-Rasra nlte. Solid Oak.
Buffet, regular $37.00 value, C.Ck I Chairs, leather seat, regular C
0 tS xjyj IS. SO value. now... P I J
now at
Eite nsion Table,
$30 value, now
regular
$25.00
18.00 value, now.......
Arm Chair, leather seat,
lar 810.50 value, now. . . .
reKU: $9.00
Bedroom
Furniture
Ivory Enameled Dresser, reg
ular $33 value $29.00
Ivory Bed, regular $19.50
value, now $17.50
Ivory Dressing Table, regular
$26 value, now $22.50
Ivory Chiffonier, regular $30
value, now $25.00
Larger Redactions on Odd
Pieces and Broken Suites
Linoleum on Special Sale
Beautiful patterns suitable for living-room, kitchen or bath.
Special genuine Linoleum Rugs; no seams, will fit room as
large as 12x15, tor J&ZU.OU.
Inlaid Linoleum,
Regular $2.50; now $2.10
Inlaid Linoleum,
Regular $2.00; now $1.75
Inlaid Linoleum,
Regular $1.75; now $1.58
Printed Linoleum,
Regular $1.75; now $1.48
Printed Linoleum,
Regular $1.50; now $1.20
Printed Linoleum,
Regular $1.25 ; now 98
New Process Linoleum,
Regular $1.00; now 80
New Process Linoleum,
Regular 90c; Now 70c
New Process Linoleum,
Regular 85c; now 67
Sale of Good Heating Stoves
S nil I, Mi 'I W IIPMI
$35.00 Wood and Coal Heater
reduced to $31.50
$33.00 Wood and Coal Heater
reduced to $28.85
$30.00 Wood and Coal Heater
reduced to $24.00
$27.00 Wood and Coal Heater
reduced to $22.00
$25.00 Wood and Coal Heater
reduced to $19.85
S20.00 Wood Heater $10.00
$18.00 Wood Heater $14.85
$15.00 Wood Heater $12.00
$12.00 Wood Heater $ 9.85
$10.00 Wood Heater $ 8.00
Other Heaters as cheap as $4
Ask to See Our Slightly Used
Heaters
Sale of Room-Size Rugs
Whittall's Anglo-Persian Rugs, 9x12, regularly $115, now $89.00
Whittall's Anglo-Indian Rugs, 9x12, regularly $95, now $75.00
Whittall's Royal Worcester Rugs, 9x12, regularly $85, now. . .$05.00
Royal Worcester Rugs, 8:3x10:6, regu
larly $75, reduced to $58.50
Wilton Velvet Rugs, 9x12, regularly $65,
reduced to $55.00
Wilton Velvet Rugs, 9x12, regularly $60,
reduced to $49.00
Axminster Rugs, 9x12, regularly $50, re
duced to $41.50
Other Axminster Rugs, 9x12 $:I8.50
Tapestry Rugs, 9x12, regularly $39.50,
reducedto $:.. "iO
Tapestry Rugs, 9x12, regularly $35, re
duced to $27.75
Tapestry Rugs, 9x12, regularly $30, re
duced to $25.00
Grass Rugs, 9x12, regularly $22.00, re
duced to $1.50
Wool and Fiber Rugs, 9x12, regularly
$18, reduced to $15.00
Sale Cook Stoves
No. 7 Cookstove, reg. $19 value, now $16
No. 8 Cookstove, reg. $25 value, now $19
No. 8 Cookstove, large oven, reg. $30, $25
No. 8 Cookstove, 18-in. oven, reg. $35, $29
Steel Ranges
$79.00 White Enameled, Polished
Top Range $69.00
$70.00 White Enameled, Polished
Range, now $59.85
$65.00 White Enameled Range, pol
ished top, now $56.00
$60.00 Polished-Top, 6-hole Range,
now $53.50
$55.00 Black Top 6-hole Range
now $49.85
$50.00 6-hole Range now. .$45.00
$45.00 6-hole Range now. .$38.50
Some slightly used Ranges as cheap
as $22.50. All guaranteed.
Buy Her a
Kitchen Cabinet
NOW
You should not be without a
Kitchen Cabinet. They are
so great a help to the mod
ern housewife, and at the
special price of
$27.50
everyone can afford to
have one.
This is an especially
popular number. Built
of oak, sanitary. Has
sliding aluminum top,
and has ample space for
flour, bread, spices,
sugar and all kitchen
utensils. Worth not less
than $45. ,
Wm. Gadsby & Sons
CORNER SECOND AND MORRISON STREETS
Goods Bought Now Will Be Held for Future Delivery if Desired
W. S. C. MEN COME
TO DIETZ' DEFENSE
Unjust Notoriety Declared to
Have Been Given Coach.
RETRACTION IS DEMANDED
Eight Football Players on Marine
1 Irion May Not Return to
Pullman lu-lltution.
BT JAMES J. RICHARDSON.
Sergeant Dick Hanley. captain or
the famous Mare Island Mjarines foot
ball team. v. as a Portland visitor yes
terday, en route to his home in Spo
kane on an indefinite furlough. "
Hanley la one of the Washington
Stats College gridiron warriors who
enliated In the "devil dogs" in 1917.
He was elected captain of the 1318
football team at Washington) State, but
his engagement with Uncle Sam's ag
gregation made him unavailable for
gridiron honors at Pullman last year.
Before leaving Mare Island. Hanley
and seven other former Washington
State College football warriors dis
patched a telegram to President Hol
land, of Washington State College.
protesting against what Hanley and
the players claim was unjust notoriety
for William "Lonestar" Dietz, former
Washington State football coach and
the chap who tutored the Mare Island
eleven this past season.
Slacker Charge Made.
Dietz was accused of being a slacker
by a member of one of the Spokane
exemption boards because he petitioned
for a different classification other than
class 1A or deferred classification until
such time as he might conclude nego
tiations for a position as athletic of
ficer in the Marine Corps, accordin
to what Hanley said yesterday.
"In view of the unjust criticism
which has been directed at Dietz. I
doubt if any of the eight Washington
State College football players who
were members of the Marine eleven
last season will return to Pullman."
said Hanley. "unless some reparation
or retraction is made to Dietz. The
boys all are anxious to get back to
Washington State, and we would have
one of the best teams next year that
ever represented the Pullman school.
"We know that Dietz is no slacker.
He offered to go down and coach the
Mare Island team before the draft age
limit was raised to 46 years. He also
opened negotiations with Lieutenant
Potter, of the Portland Marine recruit
ing station, to see if it was possible
to get a commission in the Marine
Corps as athletic director. Lieutenant
Potter took the matter up with Colonel
Karmany. commanding officer at Mare
Island. This could not be done, since
the Marine Corps appoints no such of
ficers. The Mare Island officials then
decided to hire Dietz as football coach.
'oa-h Popular With Men.
"Dietz was asked for his lowest fig
ure, and went to Mare Island for about
one-fifth of what he received as coach
at Washington State College. He is
no more slacker than the athletic of
ficer at Camp Lewis or any other
Army cantonment.
"He tried hard enough to land a
commission as athletic officer, but
they were not making any appoint
ments to those Jobs in the Marine Corps
and he went down as a civilian.
"Tou can imagie what discipline
Dietz. had he been a slacker. Would
have been able to get from the thou
sands of men at Mare Island. He was
one of the most popular men on the
island."
pitched, on every play made. Very often
the slightest fraction of a second, when
one's attention Is not on his work
proper, may prove fatal.
see
From the umpire's point of view I
like ball clubs that have pepper and
life on the bench. I don't like to see
a team line up on the bench as If all of
them were mourners at a funeral. The
difficult thing is to keep ball clubs, in
their enthusiasm to win. to refrain
from indulging in personalities. Some
times these personalities are of such a ;
nature that It la hard to take excep- .
lions; tuey border on the humorous or
are clever bits of repartee. More often.
however, llicy are of a nature that
stirs up 111 feeling, resentment and
sometimes trouble. To keep such sit
uations from arising the umpire must
always be careful not to let the actions
of the men on the bench get beyond his
control.
The Boston clubs In the two major
leagues have always been more or less
serious offenders in this respect. Sev
eral members of the Boston Nationals,
whom I know very well, have openly
boasted to me that they beat the Ath
letics in 1914 as much with their
tongue lashing as they dtd with their
bats. It is a favorite diversion in
baseball to dig up the past history of
a player If he has ever done anything
on or off the ball field that won't pass
muster, and to refresh his memory on
that subject at some critical time dur
ing the progress of the game.
The Boston Americans have often
said in the old days that they outtalked
many a ball club in some important
battle. The expression "dust him off."
now a popular cry of the ball field,
originated with the Boston Americans
of five or six years ago. It was a
shout that usually greeted some good
batter as he stepped to the plate, and
meant that it would be a wise move
for the pitcher to throw a fast one. so
close that the batsman would seek the
dust to avoid being hit. While none of
the players for a minute wanted to see
the batsman hit, they hoped by their
talk to intimidate him to such an ex
tent that his batting ability might be
affected either because of fear or an
ger at the threat.
see
In this respect I will always recall
a very important game that I worked
between Boston and Cleveland several
years ago. Fur always flics when
these two clubs get into action. The
game hadn't proceeded more than a
couple of Innings when personalities
llew thick and fast from bench to bench
Said personalities carried messages of
threat, of laughter; carried the thought
that this or that fellow was not game:
that this or that fellow would explode
in the pinch.
WHITMAN ADOPT!! SPORTS
INTRAMURAL ATHLETICS ARC
IX CHARGE OF BORLESKI
Varsity Ontlook Improve- With Re
turn of Former Players From
Army Camps.
WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla,
Wash., Jan. 26. Whitman College
has Joined the other colleges and uni
versities of the country in promoting
Intra-mural athletics for the upbuild
ing of the men who ordjfriarily do not
enter any branch of atsjjrtu-s. I'nder
the leadership of Lieiitenant "Nig"
Borleske. well-known physical direc
tor, a programme of intra-mural sports
has been started which will bring
every man In college into some form
of athletics and at the same time pro
mote, a spirit of rivalry and. competi
tion between the contenders.
The varsity outlook is not the least
bit dimmed by th,e introduction of
intra-mural athletics. With the return
of Coach "Nig" Borleske, new life and
spirit Is apparent. Several old men
are back, including Captain Wilson.
Carver and Gus Clerin, of last year's
team, and Cutler, who played two
years ago. and Frank "Sticks" Dement,
all-star center of two years ago.
The conference season will open for
Whitman next Thursday when Idaho
comes down for two games. Dates for
games with U. of O. or O. A. C. and C
of W. here and games with Idaho.
W. S. C. and Gonzaga away from home,
are uncertain as yet but will soon be
announced.
RIDING of opposing players from the
bench, to my way of thinking, has
no place in baseball. Vet that one fea
ture makes more trouble for officials
in charge of the game than any one
other thing. Tou will perhaps say that
umpires should have no trouble sup
presssing such tactics, but there you
are wrong. Seeing that proper disci
pline Is maintained on the bench to
ward the opposition Is the hardest part
of the umpiring Job. from my view
point. Connie Mack has never stood for
such a system. Mack Is of the opinion
that umpiring plays an Important part
In the winning or losing of every game.
He also believes that an umpire cannot
do himself Justice or the contending
teams. If his mind is constantly being
taken from his work to handle some
other situation. There Is no doubt that
efficient umpiring demands concentra
tion to the highest degree on each ball
THOMAS BILLIARD ' KING
CLASS B PLAYER SENSATION OF
rmn b-ctohion series.
OREGON BOXING BILL
PASSAGE IS ASSURED
Multnomah County Delegation
Makes Prediction.
EVANS MEASURE OPPOSED
Final Matches Are Expected to Be
Played In About Three
Weeks.
The games being played in the first
annual three-cushion handicap billiard
tournament on at the Rlalto Billiard
Parlors are turning out beyond all ex
pectations, and the fans have been
treated to many a sensational match In
the three weeks that the tournament
has been running. Forty-seven cueists
are competing In the three classes, and
at the present rate the final series of
games will be played in about three
weeks.
Ira Thomas continues to he the reign
ing sensation of the tourney. Last
week he marked up a run of 25 bil
liards in 34 innings and Friday night
ran 25 In 45 Innings. Although ho is
playing In Class B. if he continues he
may be able to defeat any man in
Class A.
George Hart and Joe McClusky are
playing a brilliant game in Class A.
and ma v be the men in that class to he
reckoned with for the title. B. Wils..n
is putting up a steady game in Class C.
No matches are being played Satur
days or Sundays in the tournament,
but play will be taken up again tomor
row with four or five matches on the
boards. George Hart may take on some
opponent tomorrow and McClusky is
about ready for another game.
W. R. Selbert. In charge of the billiard-room
in the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic Club, has a record to the credit
of Multnomah that he believes has
never been equaled anywhere else.
On the first two days' play In the big
billiard tournament, which opened Mon
day. 36 tournament games were played
off on five tables without Interfering
with the regular run of play.
T never saw that many games played
under similar conditions In my life be
fore." declared Selbert.
Following are the entries and handi
caps in the various classes:
Class A Mikkelson and Hecox. 100;
Dennis. 80: Myers. White and Chalfant.
60: Wllsey and Faust. 50.
Class B Burley. Robinson. Walker.
Koerher. Oldand. Gray. Sr., Knight. Kp
ping and Gray, Jr., 50.
Class C Ott. Anderson. Kennedy.
Knudsen. Redman and Barnes. 40; Ruff
and Smyth. 35.
Class D Weiss. O'Donnell. Mallet t
and Luckey, 35: Frederick. 3ft; Burness
and O'Reilly, 35; T. Steffen and Hoff
man. 30.
Class E De I.ashmltt and T.lnd. 25;
Paget. 20; King. 25; Powell. 30; Bump,
20; Kuehn. 3ft. and Gram. 25.
McFarland Bill Similar to Regula
tions Governing Sport in City
of Portland.
According to a number of the Mult
nomah County Legislators, as well as
members of the House and Senate from
outside counties, the In-round boxing
measure as proposed by Representative
K. C. McFarland. of Multnomah County,
probably will be passed by the Legis
lature. The measure, known as House bill
No. 146. Introduced by Representative
McFarland. Is an exact duplicate of
tho rules and regulationa by which
the Portland Boxing Commission con
trols the fistic game in Portland. The.
net proceeds of all boxing exhibitions
are given to the Oregon Boys' Emer
gency Fund. The McFarland measure
has the support of the Portland Boxing
Commission. Mayor Baker and all
lovers of good clean boxing.
Another 10-round boxing bill has
made Its appearance in the House, be
ing introduced by Representative B
K. Smith, of Portland, and is sponsored
by Dudley Evans.
Private Promotion Opposed.
There has been opposition to private
promoters again taking hold of boxing
affairs in Portland. A copy of tho
Wisconsin bill which It was at one time
intended to ask the Salem lawmakers
to legalize, would have called for ap
pointment of three men well versed in
boxing to act as commissioners, but
that plan was dropped. Portland box
ing followers are so well satisfied
with the manner in which tho local
boxing commission, composed entirely
of representative business men. are
conducting fistic entertainments that,
it was thought best to mold the bill
legalizing 10-round bouts after tho
rules and regulations of the local com
mission.
If the measure fathered by Dudley
Evans Is enacted Governor Withycombe.
Secretary of State Olcott and State
Treasurer lloff. would constitute the
State Athletic Commission and would
appoint a secretary at $2400 a year.
A person conversant with boxing
knows how much time any of the three
state officials suggested as commis
sioners would be able to devote to
Issuing permits to athletic clubs, sitting
as a body and listening to any charges
that might be preferred against a
boxer for alleged infractions of the
commission's rules, together with many
other problems which are sure to arise
In connection with boxing.
A bill along the lines of those in
operation in all other states where
boxing is legalized and which call for
a commission of three or more capablo
men. should have been Injected into
Evans' bill If he hoped to get it by.
7MAN HOCKEY FAVORED
W I BH UN STYLE OF PLAY MORI.
POP1 I.Alt THIN BAST! UN .
Fans Ride Hal Chase.
NEW YORK. Jan. 25. All too late It
has been discovered, in Cincinnati, how
the Reds could have won the pennant
in the 1918 .teason. They would have
finished far ahead of the Cubs, say
members of the Playing It Over So
ciety, if Christy Mathewsnn had started
the campaign with Sherwood Magee at
first base.
The dope bears out the belated plans
of Redland's second guessers. for when
Hal Chase played with the Cincinnatls
this year they moved along only at a
.384 gait, winning 28 games, losing 45
and tying one. When Chllde Harold did
not play with them they traveled on
high, conquering their opponents 40
times, being conquered In 15 games and
having the extremely fashionable per
centage of .727.
The Cubs qualified to meet the Red
Rot In the world's series by playing
.651 ball, the Reds going along .676
better when either Sherwood Magee or
Jimmy Archer (generally the first
named) covered first and when Hal
Chase was not present In their lineup.
Chase played his last game during
1918 with the Reds on August 6 In New
York, Matty's team then reposing in
fifth place, with a record of 43 tri
umphs and 52 reverses; percentage. .453.
When all the returns were in the Ohfo
ans were on the third rung of the
championship ladder, earning that perch
by having won 68 out of 128 games for
an average of .531. Cincinnati, during
the time Chase was under suspension,
won 25 out of IS games, which was .758
ball.
Vani'ouver. Victoria and Scalile
Rci-ord- Arc Presented as
rgumenl.
BT G. C. MacLEOD.
VANCOUVER. B. C, Jan. 35.
Pacific Coast hockey fans believe
that the showing made by the play
ers in all three teams of the Coast
League this season is in itself a big
argument for the seven-man game a-s
against the six-man system used In
the East.
The missing position In six-man
hockey is the rover, who takes up
position behind the center and be
tween the defense and the front line
when the puck is faced off. In the
National League, the East's "major
league," there Is no rover. In the P.
C. H. A., the West's major, there is.
Who are the rovers on the Vancou
ver, Seattle and Victoria teams In the
Coast League and what are their rec
ords? Mickey Senatleaal Aa Ever.
Mickey Mackay. the sensation of
present-day hockey, according to To
ronto papers when Vancouver played
in the East last Spring, is the Vancou
ver rover. If anything. Mickey is more
of a sensation this year than last, and
he is still young and should have
yearn and years of good hockey left
in him.
"Hook Check" Jack Walker plays
the pivotal position for Seattle, and
those who have seen Seattle play this
year arc almost unanimous in saying
that Walker is probably the most
valuable man on the Metropolitan
lineup. He was generally given credit
for winning the first game of the sea
son. Eddie Oatman. former Eastern star,
is the Victoria Aristocrats' rover. He
is also captain of the team. Victoria's
first win this season was on January
3. at Seattle, when the Aristocrats won
by 1 to 0 on Seattle's own Ice. They
ail said Eddie Oatman did it. Any
way. Victoria had lost the two pre
vious games one at home with Seat
tle and Oatman had been In bed with
the Influenza.
Rovers Are All-Star.
Right now the three rovers of the
Coast League are perhaps the three
inaivldual stars of the three teams.
Certainly taken all together no three
men In any other one position would
compare with them. What a pile of
speed and all-round hockey anility in
those tine. Mickey Mackay. Jack
Walker and Eddie Oatman:
The question Is. would this trio of
stars scintillate as brightly If the po
sition of rover were done away with"
If not. then the game would lose some
of its speed and attractiveness If there
were but alx men on each side at the
games.
Ed Sweeney Bark From Europe.
NEW YORK. Jan.. 25. Ed Sweeuey.
former catcher for the New York Yan
kees, and later with Roger Bresnahan's
Toledo team, has returned from service
in France safe and sound, with the
rank of sergeant. Sweeney had thre.
brothers in service. One was wounded
in action In France and sent home an
invalid, another Is abroad and the third
is at a training camp In this country..