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THi: SUNDAY OllEoOMAN, PORTLAND, .1 A M A It Y G. 1919. BENNY LEONARD, WORLD'S LIGHTWEIGHT CHAMPION, AND FOUR LIKELY OPPONENTS ON HIS PACIFIC COAST TOUR. BASKETBALL SERIES OUTLOOK IS BRIGHT Coach C. W. VanderVcer to Start Work Soon. Hard-Fought Game Expected During Third Week. SOLDIER WELCOME PLAf THREE TEAMS NOW LEAD Pacific C hamplon-hip fiam t Tentatively Scheduled at l"l crsiiy in June. Jrrrcrson. Lincoln ami Franklin Maintain Perfect (Score in Games Played. 2 WASHINGTON TRACK KEEN RIVALRY MARKS m j fit 4 j Tnteif,crolai,tlr rtaekethall UM Sandimt. W. I.. Pet. I W. t.. Pet. Jcffer.on.. 3 H II 1 1 .SOU Lincoln.... 2 0 1.000 Christ ian Br. 1 1 .'00 Franklin... 2 O 1.000 .las. John... O 2 .0041 W.-ishinirton 1 1. .WNIC(mm,rrf.. O 9 .Ml Columbia.. 1 1 .500. Benson 0 2 .000 BY RICHARD R. SHARP. The third week of the 1919 Uiter scholastic basketball season will Bet under way tomorrow with Franklin High School meeting the James John High quintet at the Washington gym nasium. On Tuesday Columbia will meet Christian Brothers, Wednesday Benson Will play Commerce, Thursday Lincoln will meet Jefferson and on Friday Washington will meet Hill. The Franklin-James John game should be a close afTalr. Franklin has won both of its games this year, de feating Columbia 25 to 21 and Chris Man Brothers 40 to 4. James John has lost both of its contests this season, but lias been improving and is about due to put up a hard battle. The Columbia-Christian Brothers game should furnish plenty of excite ment, although the former team should not have a great deal of trouble win ning a victory over Christian Brothers. Both teams have lost a game and won one so far this season. The Columbia quintet lias been coming along in great shape and if it keeps up the stride set last week will give all of the teams in the league a battle before the sea son is over. Lively Game Ilxpccted. Benson and Commerce, the Wednes day attraction at the Washington High gym, should put up a lively game. With Scott and Baker, of last year's team, now in the harness, the Tech school basket-tossers are playing a much stronger game. Commerce lost to Lin coin by the score of 40 to 11 last week, but is undaunted and and still in the running for the title. The great annual battle between Lin coln and Jefferson will be fought Thursday. It has not been decided where the game will be staged, but it will be either at the Washington gym or at the Y. M. C. A. Jefferson razzed Lincoln in football last year, winning the title from the Railsplltters In the Jast game of the year. On paper Lincoln has the best basket hall team, but after Jefferson's great showing against the fast Washington team last week, it is hard to tell what It will do. The best thing about the Jefferson team is its defensive play, and whether it can hold down Jack Ourian, sensational. Lincoln forward. like it has been holding down other men. Is a question. Norman Youmans and Louis Coulter, guards for Jeffer son, are small in stature, but how they do stick to their men! Coach Quigley has two good centers In Anderson and Tousey, and both are fighters. Froude is a classy little for ward atid is in the game from start to finish. Lincoln Has Strong; Tram. There is no getting around the fact that Coach Dewey has a wonderful aggregation of hoopers at Lincoln. Every man on the team is a top-notch player and works in perfect harmony. Jack Gurian, th.e left forward, is prov ing himself the best basket-shooter ever developed in Portland inter echolastic circles, and is the one to be watched at the Lincoln-Jefferson game. Leggitt, Cole, Sanders and Dubinsky also are good shooters. Although Du binsky is playing guard and is one of the best men at that position in the city, he also can always be depended on to register his share of the points In a game. Washington and Hill will round out the week's play next Friday. Hill has been coming along better in each game. Washington received a setback against Jefferson, but is far from beaten yet. The Columbia University Juniors would like basketball games with teams averaging 120 pounds. The boys from down the peninsula have a fast quintet. Any teams desiring games call O. Coffey, Columbia 563. MEIER STAGES FARCE GAME O. A. C. FOOTBALL STAR WRITES OF FRENCH CONTEST. 'With Due Apologies- to France,'' Say a Writer, "ill Take Mine Out in Oregon." OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. Corvallis. Jan. 25. (Special.) How Ser geant Meier ("Darkhorse") Newman, lamous O. A. C. football star, and Lieu tenant Dick Werner staged a football game in France that proved a farce comedy in one act, was told by Newman in a letter to Dr. A. D. Browne, of the college physical department. "The game was between myself and Dick Werner who refereed, and a husky bunch of truck drivers who had among i hem a few pretty good veterans." writes Newman. "After teaching my men the signals I told the referee that J was ready. Well, Dick and I had pretty good team work for a while. 1 would make a few yards and Dick would penalize them a few yards. "Things went along mighty fine for a while. Somehow or other it was re ported along the sidelines that I was an all-Amcrican. so when Dick made a de cision in our favor over which a discus sion would arise my interpretation was held final, but we both weakened. Dick slowed down, and I gave out trying to find out whether my team was in the field, or on the sidelines, and Dick and 1 lost, T to 6." "Have been in France long enough to get a service chevron, which time is long enough," continues the letter. "With due apologies to France I'll take mine out In Oregon. The way the na tives soak us is the limit." ERA T SERIES HARD FOUGHT University Doughnut League Play Develops Rivalry. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON", Eugene, Jan. 25. (Special.) With but onj more week to go, before the basketball cham pionship series, the rivalry in the inter fraternity, or Doughnut League, is growing keen. The Phi Gamma Delta team won a hot game from the Delta Tail Delta team Thursday evening, which probably will make them cham pions of their section, as the Delts were their chief opposition. In the other league the Phi Gamma Delta quintet and the Kappa Sigma team are tieii, for first place and will meet next week to settle the question of who is league champions. StassMMssk mHB Mm ' THOROUGHBREDS WIN WAR 1 V WB MIYV YKAU TO BE MO lit: SUC CESSFUL ON TRACK. Performance of Animals on liuttlc fk'ltls of France Shows Value of Breeding. Harry X. Williams, noted racing ex pert of inc1 New York Morning Tele graph, has written the following to Robert A. Hiiler, well-known racing promoter, of Seattle: "The new year is bound to be a better one than ever before with the great big war at an end and, what will be of great interest to you, is one of the good things that came out of all the misery in Europe. Knowing your devotion to the thoroughbred horse, you may not know away ouZ where you are as well as I do the big part the thoroughbred played in the great conflict. F. Am brose Clark, who has been doing big things establishing a breeding system for our Government, made a close study of the war horses and he said that it had been found that those with a big i percentage of the thorough blood were the best for war purposes. "Where this will have an immediate benefit is in the racing throughout the world. The race courses are the only testing grounds of the thoroughbred horse and even before the armistice was signed both England and France were making their plans for increased sport in 1919. All through the war racing was continued in Kngland and it was more or less of a war idea, for it Insured the preservation of the thoroughbred horse." SC11 MAN DT LIKED ARMY LIFE Peace Came Just in Time to Deny Him Officer's Commission. BROOKLYN. N. Y., Jan. 25. Ray Schmandt, young Brooklyn inftclder. en thuses over Army training and its bene fits and his attitude is that of most ball players who, once they got Into service admitted they like it, whatever their feeling might have been at the start. The youngster, now at his home in St. Louis after being released from service, has written his views on the subject In an interesting letter. "I wouldn't take Cobb's contract for the time I put in for Uncfe Sam." That's how much Schmandt enjoyed the Army life. These, few words are part of a letter sent to President Charles H. Ebbets by the young player He showed the same enthusiasm In Ifls letter over the Army life and. baseball prospects this year as he did in every game when he was cavorting around the keystone sack out at Ebbets Field un til he broke an ankle last Summer. One thing that didn't exactly please Schmandt was the untimely quitting of the Huns. Cnttmely. In that it robbed him of the right to sport a bit of jewel ry on his shoulder and receive. Instead of give, salutes. He was just complet ing his course for a Lieutenancy at Camp Pike when he was discharged He is looking forward to a big season this year. AT BOSTON READ April (10). (19) April 23. 24, 23, June 2. 3, 4 Kept. 27 BiloOKLTN April June Sept. 28. 2, .10 27. 28. 30 23. 24. 20, 26 NEW YORK. May 20 30l, (30). 31 July 1. 2. 3 Sept. 4. o. 6 PHILADELPHIA May 17. July 17. Aug. 13. 10. 20, 18. IP 14. 15 PITTSBURG Mav July Aug. 22. 23. 24 S. 0. 10. 11 20. 21. 22 4 CINCINNATI Mav 20. 27. 28 July 12. 14. 15. 16 Aug. 23. 25. 28 CHICAGO 1 4 Mav 13. 14. 15. 10 July 21. 22. 23 Aug. 1(5. 18, 19 ST. LOUIS. . 11 Saturdays. Patriots' Day. Memorial Day. AT HOME. . . . FIGHT INTERESTS SEE CLASH OVER SAN FRANCISCO DATES Jack Dempsey. Now Interested in Eastern Theatrical Productions!. Expects to Return to Pacific Coast at Early Date. BY HARRY B. SMITH. SstN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25. Jimmy Coffroth, who is temporarily back in the fight promotion game, and the allies of Dreamland rink, who have had more or less of a monopoly on the four-round game in San Francisco, are due to clash in the near future. At least, that's what Frank Lawlor, one of the -promoters, says. He insists they are not going to let Coffroth have the game to himself and they insist they are going to give him some opposition. When Coffroth announced first of all that he would handle a benefit show for Willie Meehan. it was sup posed that would let him out. Then came the knowledge that it wasn't a benefit, as we understand the word. Meehan received a percentage of the receipts, as did Fulton, while the other boys were paid for much of their services. Then came Coffroth with a story of four, or possibly five, matches to be staged in San Francisco: one week after the other. At the outset he said he would lake some other night han Friday, which from time Immemorial has been dedi cated to Dreamland rink. However. the allies, for the Meehan show, de clared they would lay off. , But if Coffroth is going ahead to handle other matches and that Is ex actly his plan he will meet with op position, so they tell me. "Wny should we hold off and let Coffroth go ahead and become the San Francisco promoter?" declared Lawlor. "Of course, we will fight him and with cards just as strong as we can possibly make them. Jim has just as much right to promote fights as we have, but that doesn't mean we should quit entirely. For Meehan we were disposed to giM him the right of way." The next Coffroth show will be Benny Leonard and the winner of the Duffy-Benjamin battle. The fight card will be held Friday night. Jan uary 30. Leonard left New York with Billy Gibson, his manager, on Tuesday last and was due here Saturday. Coffroth half-way promised Olbson in a telegram that he would give Leon ard two bouts. AnJ now he Is rather AT BROOKLYN AT NEW YORK Mav . 2, . n July (4). f4), 5. 7 Aug. 27. 28 May 6. 7. 8 July 24. 25, 26 Sept. (1), (1), 2. 3 THE May 29. (30). (30). 31 July 1. 2. 3 -Sept. 4. S. 6 May fl. 10. 12 June 24. 25, 26 July 28 Aug. 12. 20. 30 OREGONIAN May 0. 7. 8 June 27. 28. 30 Sept. 1, (I, : May 1. 2, 3. 3 June 2. 3. 4 Sept. 27. 29. 30 Msv 22. 23. 24 July 8. 9. 10. 11 Aug. 20. 21. 22 Msy 26. 27. 28 July VI, 14, 15, 16 Aug. 23. 23. 26 Mav 13. 14. 1.1. 16 July 17. 18. 19 Aug. 16, 18. 19 Mav 17. 10. 20. 21 July 21. 22. 23 Aug. 13, 14. 15 Mav 17. 19. 20. 21 July 21. 22. 23 Aug. 13. 14. 15 Msv 13. 14. 15. 16 July 17. 18, 19 Aug. 16. Iff 1U May 26. 27. 28 July 12. 14, 1A. 16 Aug. 23, 25. 2(1 May 22, 23. 24 July 8. 9. 10. Tl Aug. 20. 21, 22 1 1 Saturdays. t.abor Day. July 4th. 11 Saturdays. Memorial Day. Labor Dsy. 1 Sls regretting that promise. He is quite willing to go ahead with two matches, but is Inclined to figure that talent will be short. If Leonard licks his man next week that Ieta him out. A fight, say with Frankle Ferron, would no longer be a big drawing card. So It Is by no means certain Leonard will have a long visit here. m r It Is quite likely that Jack Dempsey will come to the Coast shortly. Jack; Kearns wrote Coffroth the other day that he and Dempsey are interested in a theatrical production, and that it it makes good they will not be able to come to San Francisco for some little time. If it should prove a "flivver," however, they will be rushing West ward as fast as a train can carry them. And when Dempsey does come he will be sent against the winner uf Fulton and Meehan. Meehan, of course, has a four-round decision over Demp sey, and Jack would like to wipe out that stain on Ills record. Fulton was knocked out by Dempsey in a round, and Fulton thinks he can reverse the ruling. So either one of the two matches would be well worth while. Krink Pnxter Olvmnli' Club trainer recalled old times the other day. tie was on hand with George Green for the finals of the service boxing champion ships at Dreamland rink, and It brought to his mind the other days. "Just 30 years ago this month." he said, "I was climbing Into the ring In San Francisco as a second to this same George Green, the night he stopped Billy Kramer in five rounds. And here we are 'once more together and both of us climbing Into a San Fran cisco ring. Rather strange, isn't it?' see Ernest Smith, one of the Olympic 'lnK kivimm.rs ,i 1 m lad who went In as a private in the ambulance service and rose to a Captaincy, is at home again. One of the bitter things In war history to Smith is that he didn't have the chance for any fighting on the other side. But he has done his bit just the same. He drilled 2200 men who were In the trenches In France, and that seems quite worth while. Captain Smith, who received his honorable discharge from OFFICIAL NATIONAL LEAGUE SCHEDULE, 1919. AT PHILADELPHIA AT PITTSBURG Msy 9. 10. 12 June 23. 24. 2 July 28 Aug. 20. 30 June 18. 19. 20. 21 Aug. 1. 2. 4 Sept. 8. 9. 10 April 38. 29. .10 July 24. 25. 2 Sept. 23. 24. 25. 26 June 10. 11. 12.13 Aug. 8. 9 Sept. 15. 16. 17, 22 April 23. 24. 25. 26 July (4 1, 14). 5. 7 Aug. 27, 28 June 5. C. 7. 9 July 29. 30. 31 Sept. 18. 19. 20 June 14. 16. 17 Aug. 5. 0. 7. 11 Sept. 11. 12. 13 FOR May 1.1. 11. 15. 16 July 21. 22. 23 Aug. 16. 18, 19 THE May 26. 27. 28 July 12. 14. 15. 16 Aug. 2-J. 25. 26 Mav 29. (.TO). 30). 31 J utie 27. 28 July 25, 2i Aug. S. 341 May 22. 23. 24 July S. 0. 10. 11 Aug. 20, 21. 22 Mav 1. 2. 3 Mav 12 July 3, (4), (4). Sept. S. 6 Mav 17, 19. 20. 21 July 17. 18. 19 Aug. 13. 14. 15 Msy s. 9. 10 June 30. July 1. Julv 7 Sept. (11. (1). 2 15 Saturdays. Memorlsl Day. July 4th. Labor Day. 11 Saturdays. July 4th. C'vnflictll At CbicusTu. J uly 6 and September B a the Army in the East, Is here to go into business with his father and his brother. Fred Purner. well known as a San Francisco sports writer, who Joined the Navy and was a member of the-? Navy Intelligence bureau located in San Fmnclsco for a number of months, is leaving the newspaper game. Purner has accepted a berth ns di rector of publicity, handler of sports and advertising man for the Hotel Del .Monte. He went to Del Monte Ihe Tlrst of this week and expecta to spend most of his time there. it will be a good field for Purner and he should prove successful. OPEN-AIR SIM IS STARTED Drill Shed at University lo Contain T 1 1 r cc Courts. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene. Jan. 25. (Special.) With the start of actual work upon the old drill shed at the university to make it into an open-air gymnasium for the members of the faculty and the students. Ore gon is taking Its first step toward Its programme of "athletics for everybody and everybody for athletics." As a result of the action of the uni versity board of regents, which set aside $2500 for this purpose, there will be three additional basketball courts provided. MY KM I (After Kipling.) B Sleepy Steve. I go In tournaments galore 'What profit Is In these?" I play alone In sunken trap. And In among; the trses. The Incense that should (low for ms They burn before His shrine: Became He plsys a thirty-four And I s forty-nine. I esnnot check my fiendish slice By change of stance or pose; I mset tho ball the best I csn. But seldom on the nose. Yet he sends drives where drivea attould go. Sinks putts where pulls will shine The miss thst enunta in thirty-four Is lost In forty-nine. . I wiah I had Hts conatsnt grip; J wish that 1 could awing A brale through with all my might. And hear ths ball go "sing" My shots are Juat s trifle shy. And never quite in line; And so Hs plsys a thirty-four. While 1 tske forty-nine. The csddles come, ihe caddies go. "Bach pink and white and nest." He's older than their fathers, but They grovel at His feet. They lovs to lug His csnvss bsg Nons ever carry mine; Becsuae He makea a thirty -lour. And I a forty-nine. He drive a full tno hundred yards; He lays His second desd: While I am chopping In ths long. With gnats about my head. I'm lucky If I hrr a hole; He has the Indian sign Hung over me from head to foot O Bssstly forty-nine! lis cslls ms "comer." "pesch." and "kid." And "promising youac lsd": Not once does He forget to sak How many strokes I've hsd; He compliments my puny drivea. Back-handed. I opine; At sixty. He plsys thirty-four Against my forty-nine. AT CINCINNATI AT CHICAGO June 14. 18. 16. 17 July 29. 30. 31 Sept. 12, 18. 14 June 6. 7. 8. 9 Aug. 5. 6. 7 Sept. 19. 20. 21 June . 7. R. 9 Aug. 5. 6. 7 Sept. 19. 2D, 21 June 1. 19. 2ti. 21. 22 July 3". 31. Aug. 1 Sept. 12, 13 June 10. 11. 12.13. 22 Aug. A. 2. 3 Sept. 15, 16 June 14. 15. 16, 11 Aug. 8. 9. 10 Sept. 8. 9. 10 Juno 18. 19. 20. Aug. 8, 9. 10 Sept. 8, V, 10 June 10. II. 12. 13 Aug. 2. 3. 4 Sept. 14. 13. 16 April 27. 28. 29. 30 June 1. 26 July . 27. 28 Aug. 31 April 23. 24. 23. 26 May 11. June 2. 3. 4 June 20 Sept. 7 SPORT Mav 8. 9. 10 June 30. July 1. 2 Sept. (1). 111. 2. 3 Msy 4. 5, 6. 7 June ". 24. 23 Sept. 2. 27. 28 NEWS April- 23. 24. 25. 28 Mav 11. June 29 July 3. (4). (-1). S April 27. 28. June 26. 27. July 6 Auic. :ai. 31 29. 30 28 in Saturdsya. 16 Sunday a. July 4th. 11 Saturdax. 13 Sunday. Labor Day. 7 MEET BLANKS ARE ISSUED OOIiLBGE STARS to BE 51 I N l.VOOOH TKU K. February I . anil March 8 Inn - of Eicnts at Thirteenth Regiment Armor in Brooklyn. NEW YORK. Jan. 25. (Special.) Entry blanks for tho National junior and senior indoor track; and field championship.-, which are to be held at the Thirteenth Regiment Armory. Brooklyn. N. Y.. on February IS and March 8. respectively, were mailed yes terday to every Important athletic club and college in the United States. Many of the leading Eastern col leges have notified Frederick W. Kubtcn. chairman of the A. A tJ. cham pionship committee, that these cham pionship meets have been included In their track team schedule for the-sea-son. which means that the college stars will be seen in competition npnintt the .-Itih rmi'l jit the blue- ribbon athletic events of the indoor track season again this year. Last year the University of Penn sylvania captured the team champion ship in the senior meet with a team of five men, and' Cornell annexed the title in the only tsam race on the programme, the Medley relay cham pionship of the United States. The complete list of events on the progrsmmer for both titular meets is: Sixty-yard dash, 300-yard run. 00 yard run, 1000-yard run. two-mile run, two-mile walk. 70-yard high hur dles. Medley relay race, standing broad jump, standing high jump, running high Jump and US-pound shotput- Relay race, teams of four men First man to run 440 yards; second. 220 yards: third. 880 yards: fourth, one mile. Batons will be used in the relay i ace. A gold medtv emblematic of the Indoor champlonshfo of the United States, will be given to tho winner of each event: a silver medal to second, and a bronze medal to third. A hand some silver cup will be given to the team of any athletic cluh. college, or military unit scoring the highest num ber of points five points for firsts, three points for seconds, two points for thirds, and one point for fourths. rhe A. A. U. does not require an entrance fee from officers anil enlisted men In the United States service, but for all others an entrance fee of 2 per man will be charged in each in dividual event, and $5 for relay teams. No entry will be considered as having been received nor will same be ac cepted unless tho fee accompanies it. This rule will be strictly enforced, snd blanks sent in without the fee will be considered rejected. Entries will positively close on March 1. 119. with Frederick W. Rubien. lialrtnan of the National championship committee. 290 Broad way. New York City. The National championship commit tee consists of Frederick W. Rubien. New York. chairman: Edward B. Babh, Boston: Everett C Brown. Chi cago; Robert W. Dodd. San Francisco: Joseph F. Conway, Boston; T. Morris Dunne, Portland: L. di Benedetto, New Orleans: W. S. Haddock. Pittsburg: Herman Meyer. Philadelphia: M. J. Slattery, Philadelphia George J. Turner. Baltimore: Bartow S. Weeks, New York, and Robert 8. Weaver. Los Angeles. AT ST. LOUIS June 10. 11. 12. Aug. 8. 9. 10 Setft. 15. 16. II Sun July 4 Labor I Sat urdays, ." Sundays. Memorial Day. Patriot's Day : Boston. June 14. 15. 16. 17 Aug. 2. 3. 4 Sept. 8, D. 10 June 18. 19. 20. Aug. 3. 6. 7 Sept. 12, 13. 14 I- Saturdays, ."i Sunday. July 4th. June H. 7. 8. 9 July 30. 31. Aug. Sept. 19. ML 21 12 Saturdays. I Sundays. Memorial Day. Kiibor bit). Msy 4. 5. 6 June 22, 23, 21, 25 Sept. 26. 27. 28 S Saturday. 1 1 Sundays. May L June 2, Sept. 5 3 4. 5 1" Sr urdays. 1 Sunday. lfmoriaI Day. Iaror Day. May C.Ol. 30). 31. June 1 July 23. 20. 27. 28 Sept. 23. 23 V- Saturdays. 4 Sundays. Memorial Day. July 4th. OF 1 1 Saturdays. .". SuiHi.i , July 4th. Labor Day. 1'J Saturdays. 12 Sundays. Memorial Dy. TODAY UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. Se attle. Jan. 26. Indications that Wash- I Ington will have a track team and th.it I workouts will begin In about thre j weeks are contained In a letter from I Coach C. W. Yander Ye, r. who is fin I Ishina his Winter's work on his farm tin the San Juan Island district. "Vnd" .-ays he Is chopping enough wood last the rest of his life and wilt put hi ihat time. If necessary, giving the pur ile and gold a winner on the track ar.,1 field. The Pacific Coast championsh.p ggvSJSSSI are scheduled tentatively fa the WHshlngton oval, and 'laude .1 Hunt, dlreetor of athletics, is now mi work on a 'plan which will combine these game with a monster homeeMg. ing for Washington soldiers and sailors. June 7 lisle tk'-lr(l. June ? has been suggested as the date, but this probably will in" lp feasible because of the close pro to final examinations. Coming at the sam- time would be the dual crew race between California and Washing!,,, and this programme, if carried out. will give the university one of the bigg..-; athletic week-ends in its history. v t- want to welcome our retunieu men in a manner that will do their hearts good." said Hunt, "and a fine programme of athletic events is ths besi thing to show that the spirit c just as much alive as when they lefc for the war. Many of the returning Igjp are former star athletes then selves and they would bo most inter ested in the sports." The basketball season and prepara tion for the wrestling season are utnlei way. meanwhile, and the tosscrs are preparing to meet the 4'ntverslty of Oregon here, Friday and Saturday nights of the coming week. The gsausw opened Friday with a two-game se ries between the varsity and State Col lege five from Pullman and with si u dent interest given an Impetus with those games. Oregon is certain t, draw heavily. Ilnlcotn -mil, in Manager. Coach Hunt has named Marfield Bol OOlIt, of Seattle, as student manager In basketball, and he is already workiio; with Yell King Hopper to make tku Orcgrfti series a big one. The lemon greens have a bunch of supporters in ill,- i iinrisii, Mill aiiu i-ici, indication points to a bang-up two gumceries. Jimmy Arbuthnot. wrestling coach, is putting his grapplers through hard daily workouts, and practice meets will i b.e held shortly to determine what I met. shall represent the varsity. Thre. places virtually' are filled. Masui and Gibson, letter men, having first call at 115 and 125 pounds, resiect i vely. and Hardason. being the class of heav -weights, has little serious opposition. FIAT CARS TO ENTER RACE ITALIAN CABS WILL TKY TO TAKE INDIANAPOLIS 1 VLSI. Trio of Machine-. 1110101 by Loin Wagner and Jack scales. Promied . INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Jan. 21. Fist will signalise Its comeback in American racing by making its first concerted attempt to win Ihe Indianapolis 50 mile race. That the revival of the In dianapolis Speedway's classic with the running of the liberty sweepstakes Sl.n 31 means the rebirth of auto racing is shown by the Flat attitude. The Turin factory has ndYlseri Y. K l!r:i,i ley. In Paris, European representati v. of the Indianapolis track, that Italx colors will be represented by a trio ' its fast cars. If present plans hsM Kood. The most Illuminating part of Brnd ley's message was that Louts Wagtict will llkelv team with Jsck Scales as .i Flat driver. This will be the third ap pearance of the famous Frenchman in America's blue-ribbon rscea, as WatTJrl won the 1806 Yanderblit with a Dat rncq. and the first grand prigc In H08. driving a Fiat. It will also be th ft rat time that ht has raced lor the 'Western funs, the two previous victories being: scored on the Lung Island and Savan nuh courses, respectively. This will be the second time that the Flats have started for ludianapoli. Yhen the 1817 500-mlle race was an nounced, the Turin factory entered in curs and started them for Ameriii. When this country went to war. tlo speedway ownership decided that it would be unpatriotic to run its annua, speed classic, and called off the event The Turin factory was cabled of th" cancellatlons and was able to locate the racers before they were placed on board ship for the voyage across tha Atlantic. Since that time the cars hsve been covered with tarpaulin and stand ing in the Fiat s racrng plant wallinc for the day when peace would come an,: Indianapolis resume racing. Wagner replaces the late Antonio Fssnnno on the Fiat team, as the Istte, died last Fall after a Bhort Illness. Jack Scales la 411 KngliBhman. who has been .1 Fiat engineer for years. If the thre fastest of the five Flats built for the 1017 race are shipped across, it is probable that a third driver will re signed after Scales reaches America. A former American race driver, now si engineering officer In the Air Servl, e. is known to be negotiating with rMM 1 ir t ,B thml tncnii.t an. I ! Ml cessful. That the Fiats will hsve to be reck oned with on May 31 is a ertainty. An American, who. as an Army officer, inspected the Fiat plant, took It upon himself to learn something about its race cars when they were shipped ba k to the Turin factory In 1817. staler that the Flats to be raced here are noi the cars which started In the 1914 grati.i prlx In France, but new "Jobs." Th new power plains are said lo hav shown a test speed on the roads around Turin of more than miles an hour. Scales told the American that the pres ident or the Fiat I'ompany stipulated that if the plant could turn out a 30" inch engine riat would show bene, than 90 011 the road, the cars coul.i come lo America. That figure on 1I1 roads In France means tbat Ralpt, IePalma's record : v'Mite of 89. S4 to 500 miles at Indianapolis will be shai tered May SI. It the Fiats get any 01 the "breaks" sftet the race starts. Pearl Caaej Get Letter. There is a letter or. the sporting adt tort Jak for Feri Cai;v.