The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 25, 1920, SECTION TWO, Image 22

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX. PORTLAND, JANUARY 23, 1920 LIGHT-HEAVIES ruin TRAINING FOR McCormick and Roper Tape Off for Milwaukie Go. CLASH SHOULD BE FAST Chicagoan Will Enter King: With Advantage In Poundage Feath er Match Promises Well. 3T DICK SHARP. Boy McCormick, light heavyweight champion of England, and Captain Bob Roper, heavy weight champion of the United States army, will wind up their training- tomorrow afternoon and rest up Tuesday, outside of some light gymnasium work, for their ten round bout In tne Milwaukie arena rext Wednesday night. McCormick has been training hard for nearly three weeks for his im pending match with Roper, who bids fair to be the toughest proposition that Boy has tackled since his arrival in the United States. The winner of the battle will be rewarded with a ten-round bout with Tommy Gibbons of St. Paul, the leading claimant of the light, heavyweight championship of the world, at the Milwaukie arena, J'ebruary 11. Roper has greatly im pressed the fans who have watched him in his daily workouts with his sparring partner, Marty Cutler, and he shapes up to be a likely-looking performer. Roper bats Cutler from one end of the gymnasium to the ether and delivers a punch from any angle. He is agile on his feet and will have a big weight advantage over McCormick. All of this, coupled with his reputation .gained in the east, speaks wall fo:- a red-hot contest. Only a little over a month ago Ro per gave Frank Moran a terrific lac ing in- ten rounds at Saginaw, Mich., and is also credited with a fast ten round mill against Tommy Gibbons at Waterloo, la. Roper gave Gibbois a tough fight' throughout the ten rounds, according to newspaper re ports of the contest. McCormick is by far the best man at his weight that has boxed in this section of the country for years, and the same statement might go as to his popularity. As a rule, the fight fans do not like to have any boxers introduced between bouts, but they raise the roof whenever the fiery maned Irishman pokes his cranium through the ropes. Harry Pelsinger, San Francisco's best featherweight bet, will try to up set Karl B.iird of Seattle in the semi windup of ten cantos. Pelsinger has been training in Portland for a week, and he and Neil Zimmerman have been putting up some spirited work outs. Pelsinger is about as clever as they make them at his weight in the west and can hit as well. Baird. who is the former national amateur feath erweight champion, is as formidable nn opponent as could have been se lected for Harry and the bout should be a whirlwind affair. m m Tommy Hayas, the rugged San Francisco welterweight, who will make his debut in this neck of the woods in the six-round special event next Wednesday night, against Mike Pete of Seattle, comes north with the reputation of being one of the best men at weight in California. It will be the first time that Hayes has ever fought away fro-n the bay city re gion, his home. Nearly every one of his nearly 200 battles within the past five years have been fought in San Francisco and the rest of them in Oakland. Ir. will also be the first time that Hayes has traveled over four rounds. He does not expect any trouble going the added two cantos however, as he works out as many as 10 and 12 in the gymnasium. Hayes has victories over Billy and George Shade, regarded as two of the best mittmen in the south, and whom Tommy Simpson is figuring on using sgainst Battling Ortega. Hayes has also defeated a number of other well known boxers. He served in the navy during the war and was boxing in structor at the Goat Island yard. Hayes has been training with Boy McCormick and is the only one yet around here that has been able to give the English champion a real workout. Mike Pete is a tough, boring-in fighter and ha3 been going at a fast clip of late in Seattle. Pete can hit like a mule and is a fairly clever boxer. Dan Salt will bring Mike down from Seattle. Another bout that is attracting a good deal of attention is the six round tilt between Niel Zimmerman, the fnst-coming young Portland featherweight, and Lackey Morrow, the Tacoma battler. Morrow is the best man that Zimmerman has met in the local arena for some time. Zim merman will be in excellent condi tion, while Morrow has been training in Tacoma for the match. Johnny Boscovitch will meet a 150 pounder named George Fiddler in the curtair-raiser. Boseovitch is eager to get higher up on the card and will be out to polish Fiddler off in short order, if possible. "Denver" Ed Martin and Roy Ken dall will referee the matches. Seattle fans are clamoring for a return to three-minute rounds. Six rounds at two-minute session are not in favor. They'd rather have four ac cording to Hoyle. Two-minute rounds don't permit the action that is allowed in rourids that go a minute farther. Just as the thing gets interesting gong! "LACE" SPUDS XOW POPULAR Boy McCormick Pulls Good One on Defenseless Waiter. Boy McCormick. light-heavyweight champion of England, walked into a Broadway restaurant the other day and dropped into a chair at the same table with George Larkin. the mayor of Newberg. "What are you eating?" asked Mc Cormick. "Steak and potatoes." replied George. "The potatoes look very appetiz ing,' remarked McCormick. "What do you call those kind of potatoes?" "Shoestring potatoes." replied George. The next day McCormick dropped Into the same restaurant all by him self. "Bring me a eteak." he said to the waiter, "arid potatoes. You know the kind lace potatoes." I x a sue Honors Unsettled. The American league pitching aver ages do not give the number of game won and lost by each twirler, and this fact makes the table less inter esting. Walter Johnson is the recog nized champion, according to the earned run system, but Stanley Cove leskie of the Cleveland Indians, is the real champion in the matter of games won. Johnson won 19 games and lost 14. while Coveleskie hung up 24 vic tories to 11 defeats, according to un official record.. BOXERS WHO SB iiii f - . LIEU fpp. .r - - ' ""C"":::; BOUT hf'essb ' ifZj ' fsm vlr-'s liN tfsEi I K-.' I V; xsi' V?q - - - rajs if fif 1 m ' - - '-?- h' "-v H W! ri r .-iKwwfrfl v. - 4m DEMPSETS SISTER BOSS CHAMPION' ADMITS GIRD HAS HIS NUMBER. Elsie and HerJVfother ArriTe In Los Angeles to Take Charge of Fighter's limine. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24. There Is one person in the world, at least, who has Jack Dempsey's number. He ad mits himself that if it ever came to an argument of any kind he would certainly stand for a fall. No, it isn't a Frenchman, nor an Englishman, nor any other kind of a man. She is his sister. Miss Elsie Dempsey. This charming miss, who is some half dozen years the junior of her big brother champion, has just arrived in Los Angeles, together with Jack's mother, Mrs. Celia Dempsey, to take charge of the elaborately furnished Dempsey home. "I am quite sure she will get just about whatever she wants, as far as I am concerned," remarked the cham pion heavyweight fighter. "She is a mighty fine girl and I guess with mother to back her she will come pretty close to being the boss of the house." Miss Dempsey says that she doesn't know much about her brother's box ing, but judging from a few report she is quite sure he must be some what of a fighter. "I never saw Jack fight," said Miss Dempsey. "I don't think that I would care to see him in the ring. But I have seen him act in the movies and I really believe that he is a good actor.. "No, I don't know what makes him such a wonderful fighter. It must be that he enjoys it so. It seems that he goes about it with all his heart. I have watched him about the moving picture studio where he Is now engaged, and he seems to get into his work there with just the same enthusiasm. It must be rather a habit with him." Miss Dempsey and her mother came to Jack's home in Hollywood, where he is living while engaged in acting for a series of moving picture plays featuring him, from the Dempsey home in Salt Lake City. They will remain in Los Angeles throughout the winter and have in timated that this may possibly be made their permanent home, Slender and with a clear, glowing I complexion. Miss Dempsey is an out door girl. Apart from the time she gives to her music she is a golfing enthusiast and an expert horse woman. WHESTIIB5 TO GET TEST STANISLiAUS ZBYSZKO WILIi SETTLE TITUE ISSUE. Contenders In This Country to Be Given Chance to Meet Pol ish Grappler. , CHICAGO, Jan. 24. Who Is the world's heavyweight wrestling cham pion? Don't crowd or push, gents; there's room for all. First, there's Earl Caddock, the Anita (la.) farmer boy, with a strong claim to the title merely a claim, y'understand. Then there's Joe Stecher of Dodge, Neb., who asserts he's the real champion and that Caddock doesn't know what he's talking about. Next in line is Ed t SPORTING EVENTS THE FANS ARE WATCHING. . j )m0ti ' American i 5pii I XZcLr, I AT THE gUUT- i Win. START Tfc BALU ;. ifT " Satokoav NMHt m. I 3& fine east flytoMtft.es J :.yC- :.,rT ONE c!i6 KCTQKY p i 4AN-.3 I J HAVE BEEN TRAINING HARD "Strangler" Lewis of headlock fame. Lewis is " firmly convinced that he should be considered in the champion ship dispute. Comes now Wladek Zbyszko with a roar to be heard. Then there is Marin Plestina. who insists that nobody will wrestle him. Trailing in rear" of the long proces sion is John Pesek. Ad Santel. Jack Taylor and a score of lesser lights, all claimants of the championship. When byszko returned to his na-1 tive Poland four years ago he left a string of bewildered wrestlers behind in this country, all of them glad that he had departed. He had defeated the whole string of them. Including virtually all of the present-day stars of the mat. He waded through the entire list, the late Frank Gotch be- ( ing the only man in the country to upset him. Gotch, then the undisputed world's champion, met Zbyszko in their mem orable match at the Coliseum in Chi cago. Zbyszko advanced to the center of the ring with a friendly hand ex tended to Gotch, who. Instead of grasping it as was the custom, dove for the Polish giant's legs and pinned him before he had realized what had happened. Gotch considered himself lucky to get away with the trick. Ef forts to get him to meet Zbyszko in a return match were unavailing. He refused absolutely to go to the mat with him again, although he was of fered 30,000 for his share. Zbyszko is acknowledged to be the master wrestler of the world. He is scientific to the highest degree, pow erful, tricky and a marvel in physi cal development. Caddock, Lewis, Stecher, et al. may consider tnem selves as champions, but in their hearts they are willing to concede the Pole's superiority. Zbyszko promises to settle the championship dispute rather, begin the task of settling it within two weeks after his arrival in New Tork. He notified Ills manager. Jack Her man, to arrange matches at once with Cadddck, Stecher, Lewis. Plestina, Pesek and tf!e rest of them. He is anxious to meet them all. with no ex ception aa regards weight, color or affiliation. Drives and Putts. NOT so long since the chief slogan of the golf links called for the replacement of divots taken in the round of the course and green com mittees at various clubs metaphori cally "tore their hair" at the way the suggestion was disregarded by care- less ones. Nowadays these signs are just as much in order, but have some how or other been relegated to the background in favor of a "keep mov ing" campaign. The story concerned a four-ball match caricatured in such summary fashion that it made all who read it smile their appreciation at its trueness to life. The story had to do with four men who simply wouldn't let anybody go through, and has finally borne fruit, as may be gathered through the fact that many green committees are tak ing official cognizance of slow-moving matches. Several clubs have made hard-and-fast rules which they feel sure will curb an evil which slows up play on the links. The primary rule prescribes that a four-ball match using cards and pen cils must allow any other combina tion not using the card-and-pencil system to go through upon request. It is pointed out in explanation that a four-ball match with no side issues is realy but little slower than a sin gle match; with individual scores it is slower than a steam dredge moving up a 20 per cent grade. It is to discourage four-ball parties, with side issues, that a rule is being adopted in many places, for it has IN PREPARATION FOR THEIR BATTLES IN MILWAUKIE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. t . : . - - ' i A - 4 : P ? come to general realization that golf was becoming too slow for modern requirements. The increase in play ers accentuates this condition and ag gravates it too when it is considered that newcomers to the game con scientiously imitate the veterans in their Hnks etiquette as in their actual golf fbrm. The four-ball affair which slows up the field behind is largely of two varieties. There is the match which is naturally sluggish either through the inability of the players to go faster or by reason of the fact that the crowd is just out for a good time, regardless of others. Then there is the match in which not so much time is lost on the greens but on the tees, where scores must be written down, usually after a lot of questioning, and where players, having learned the habit of delay, grow careless of time in every other direction, such as washing their balls, practice swings and so on. Three or four minutes actually wasted on a tee by a four-ball match of this char acter is most common. That means about an hour wasted on a round. Rutgers Nine to Play at Penn. NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J., Jan. 24. The Rutgers baseball team has scheduled 15 contests for this spring. The season will open here on April S against Cathedral college of New York. Penn will be played April 10 at Philadelphia; Princeton will " be played at Princeton April 24. Harry Fraiee for Evans. Harry Frazee. owner of the Bos ton Red Sox, suggests that Johnson be pushed out of his job and Umpire Billy Evans be given full charge of the indicator handlers. ANOTHER CHANCE ASKED FOR O'BRIEN IN FIGHT Biddy Bishop Is Appealing Urgently That Heavy Who Made Miserable Showing' in San Francisco Get Match With Some Other Scrapper. BY HARRY B. SMTH. S' AN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Jan. 24. (Special.) Biddy Bishop, once San Franciscan and after that Northwesterner, but more recently of Cincinnati, who brought Dick O'Brien all the way to the Pacific coast only to have his heavyweight make a mis. erable showing in the bout with Carl Morris, wants another chance for his scrapper. Biddy has made a pathetic eppcal for what he insists is right. He declared he Is willing to wager anywhere from S250 to $2500 that O'Brien can IIck Willie Meehan. "I have watched O'Brien in every one of his 31 contests," writes Biddy, "and believe, after all, I am the better judge as to his fighting merit. If I recall rightly. Jack Britton was hoot ed out of the ring right here in San Francisco: yet he had enough ability later to win the welterweight cham pionship and no man familiar with boxing can deny that he is a postmas ter at boxing. "Others of the better boxers have made poor showings at intervals, so I see no reason why O'Brien should be criticised too severely for his show ing in one match. He is. at least, en titled to another chance. "Boxing four rounds is a far cry from the longer distances in the east and O'Brien did not have the angle of your game when you saw him. An other thing, Carl Morris is one of the hardest fellows In the ring to make a showing against because of his style of boxing." All of which sounds logical, though I question very much whether this is going to give O'Brien the chance that he craves. O'Brien, by the way. Is not the only heavy who Is gunning for Meehan. Gunboat Smith, who in still with us. insists that above all things would he welcome a chance at Meehan. Some little time back these two were al- ost matched for a four-round ses sion in Oakland. But, as the Gunner himself expresses the situation, 'all that Willie wanted was Oakland, the city hill, the auditorium building and the lake thrown in for a chaser." Smith savs it would be quite an henor to fight the chap who beat Jack Dempsey. Meehan is still in our midst and has nothing to say about leaving for other parts. Neither does he Intimate that he has the slightest desire for a fight. Mare Island will follow the lead of the Presidio and Mather aviation field in Sacramento and stage ten-round contests, beginning some time in Feb ruary. Captain Ben Barthalow, com mander of the receiving ship at Mare Island, is the instigator of the new move. The captain is a strong be liever In sports for his men and he believes he can work up a lot of in terest In the long-distance contests. As yet he is not in a position to an nounce any matches but within the next few days he ought to be able to give an inkling as to his plans. Bob Martin, the American expedi- tionary force champion In France, who is under the management of Jim my Bronson, one-time fighter, will likely be seen at the Oregon build ing in a ten-round match. Captain McEntee. who is handling the fight- ing game at the Presid o. has been in correspondence with Jimmy Lronson and the latter has indicated they will nave some open time in March. The Presidio authorities suggested Sergeant Bunker, the heavyweight put forward by Louis Parente, as a suit able opponent. Bronson, in his let ter, asked a lot of questions concern ing Bunker, which is a proof that he doesn't propose tc carry Martin along loo last Bunker is quite enough of a novice so that he ought to be able to satisfy Martin. McEntee and Clifford McCarl who is doing his matchmaking, are in high glee at having landed such al card and no doubt they will be able to fill their fight arena to capacity. fllartin has been made a card very largely due to the drive of some of ine American legion posts on Demp- ses'. He has received a lot of public ity throughout the country and the fight fans sre coming to know who he is, even if they have nothing con cerning nis record. Bobby Evans, here with Billy Mas- cott and Joe Gorman, is beginning a drive on Bud Ridley, who has been styled by FYed Winsor as the fly weight champion of the Pacific coast. "Up in the northwest," observed Bobby, "some of the fight managers have a habit of naming a champion overnight. Ridley hasn t cone any thing that would warrant his claii ing this title. Joe Gorman is every bit ks good a boy as Ridley, and if we have the chance we can prove as much. Nothing would suit us better than to settle the argument in a ten- round go." After their evidently pre-arranged match in San Francisco on New Year's day. Jack Thompson and Harry Wills tooK up the same argument in Tulsa, Okla. Their match was a 15-round affair rnd Wills gained the decision. According to newspaper clippings. Thompson was credited with a knock down in the sixth round. From that point on Wills came fast and won go Ing away. tTharlie Swineheart. man ager of Thompson, who sent the Tulsa clipping, thinks this proves that Thompson Is a better man than he was given credit for and that Wills is not so good. It doesn t necessarily -prove any thing of the sort. Perhaps the two blacks were trying to put the same stuff over In Tulsa, and if co, it is evident they were more successful in fooling the public Evans' two boxers are to appear at the Oakland Auditorium show this coming week. Joe Gorman is to box Tommy Richards, although at this writing an opponent for Mascott has not been named. If the boys go with a iiasn. jirvans win prolong nis stay ' in the bay region OREGON'S 1920 LINE IS CAUSE OF y Six Football Stars of Last Season to Be Gone. IBACKFIELD IS CRIPPLED Huntington May Shift Steers From Quarter lo Half .and .Maneruil to Signal Position. UNIVERSITY OF OREHOX, Eugene. Jan. 24. (Special.) With football togs laid away for the season and Bill Steers, all-coast selection for quarterback. named as captain, much , speculation is rife concerning the chances of the lemon-yellow for a re peat next year of this year's suc cesses. Before the return of the Oregon eleven from Pasadena, Coach "Shy" Huntington announced his intentions of making a strong try to be the western representative in another sec tional contest next year and since his return has repeated the assurance that Oregon would be among the top- notehers in ihe conference next year. Old Lady Luck, formerly named the Oregon Jinx, seemed not to 'be with the Oregon varsity during the past season, for with one of the best teams in the history of the school, the lemon- yellow suffered two defeats, at the hands of Washington State and of Harvard. The breaks of the game. so otten favorable to Oregon, tnis year were passed over to their op ponents. Many a time when the lemon- yellow seemed due to suffer defeat at the hands of a rival, especially the Oregon Aggies, after entering the game against a team backed by heavy odds as the favorite, Oregon has emerged a victor. OregOM Want Jinx. Boy, page Old Man Jinx. Oregon wants him again next year. At the present sitting Oregon stands to lose six of the biggest stars of the season and Old Man Jinx is the only one who can successfully fill their places. Those who are to go are: Hollis Huntington, fullback. the hero of the Harvard game at Pasa dena: Ken Bartlett. an all-coast se lection for tackle; Bas w illiains. Ken's sidekick, and like him, a three- vear letter man: "Brick" Leslie, who played his second year on the varsity as center, and received mention ln some selections of the all-coast team; Carl Mautz. Oregon's heaviest lines man, and Stan Anderson, right end. Huntington, Bartlett and Williams will be lost to the university through sraduatlon, Leslie intends to leave hool for a Ume and Mautl nns an nounced hig intention of attending medical school, should he get through his required pre-medic work here in time. The loss of Huntington leaves a big hole in the backfield. which may not be easy to fill. The consensus of opin ion here is that Coach Huntington will shift Bill Steers, captain-elect, from quarter to half, and play little "Skeet" Manerud at the signal-calling position. Vincent Jacobberger. Ever ett Brandenburg, Francis Jacobber ser and Nish Chapman are old men who could be used to fill the other I holes. Ilne to Have Holes. i The main difficulty will be in plug- I ging up the holes in the line left by the retiring members. The center po sition, left vacant by Leslie, can be filled by "Prink" Callison. a regular, who made his letter this year. Al Harding will be the only guard left on the squad, owing to the loss of Mautz and Williams. Harding made his letter this year and is a guard I well fitted to hold down a berth. On the opposite side of the center. Ed Ward seems a likely candidate. Ed is one of the biggest men tatcen along to Pasadena, but he was late in enter ing school this year and consequently did not succeed in working in regu lar harness. "Spike" Leslie, should he return. will be the only tackle out of which to mould a . strong line of defense. There is considerable talk of "Spike1 leaving school with his brother, and if he does, it will leave considerable tore of a hole to fill. Mart Howard will be the only re maining member or uregon s last pair of ends of the. season just over. Stan Anderson has completed two seasons on the varsity and his loss will be keenly felt. To fill these vacancies, there is i strong crew of this season s suo ititutes who will return for next sea son and practically the entire fresh lan line, so Coach Huntington will not lack for material out of which to build a new line. 1 Receive Letters. Sixteen men received letters in foot ball this season and of these 10 ex pect to return for football next sea- eon. They are: Ex-Captain "Brandy' Brandenburg. "Jake" Jacobberger, "Vine" Jacobberger. "Nish" Chapman, "Skeet" Manerud, "Bill" Steers, captain-elect, "Prink" Callison. "Spike" Leslie. "Al" Harding, and "Mart" How ard, end. Of these men, six are back field players and only four linesmen. Coach "Shy" Huntington s hardest job. then, would seem to be to create prac tically a new line to meet the other conference teams during the season of 1920. TURKEY DAY DATE MISSIXG Washington, However, Hopes to Play Dartmouth Week Litter. SEATTLE. Wash., Jan. 24. (Spe cial.) Washington's football schedule still has a gap on the Thanksgiving day date and according to present in dications the 120 season will find itself without a Turkey day match. Though this date will probably be vacant. Washington is planning for a big match on the following Satur day with Dartmouth college, which institution turned out an eleven In 1919 that was defeated only once and then by a 7-6 score against Brown.i With the entry of the new possi bility, Dartmouth alumni of Seattle are making every effort to obtain the consent of the college authorities for such a trip. According to those who have kept in close touch with conditions at Dartmouth, it is fairly certain that Washington s orrer ror such a game will be accepted. Man ager Darwin Meisnest of the Univer sity of Washington has received the assurance that the matter will be decided in the very near future. IVTRAMUTtAI, PLAYIVG ENDS Reed Daydodger Quintet Defeats J Dormitory 21 to 8. Intramural basketball at Reed col lege came to a climax Friday evening with 'the defeat of the Dormitory by the Daydodger hoopers, score 2.1 to 8. Reed campus dwellers went against stiff opposition in Kenneth Irle. Had- Rockhey. Emilio Piluso and WORR Arthur Bennett, all regular T. M. C. A. teammates, and Clyde Foley. The Dorm crew played fast, snappy ball, but poor luck in finding the basket and close guarding accounted for the two lone field goals made by Captain Wilson-and Brockway. Daydodger offense centered around Kenneth Irle. the best basketball player Reed has ever had who was high score man with ten points. He graduates this semester and his ab sence leaves a big hole In Reed varsity prospects. The game from the viewpoint of & large gallery of college spectators was full of thrills. Careful refereeing by Bruce Shumway kept roughness at a minimum. Playing for the Daydodgei's were Kenneth Irle, center? Foley and Rockhey. forward: Piluso and Ben in ett. guards: Dormitory. Osborn, cen I ter: Her.ny. Swett and Brockway, for I w ards; Stone and Wilson, guards. Referee, Shumway; timekeeper, How ard Hopkirk. GYPSY GIRL. FIRST IX CUASK Mrs. Madeline .Mitchell Rides Win ner in C"lo!-e Kinisti. Mrs. Madaline Mitchell, riding Gyp sy Girl, won the closed paper chase held at the Portland Hunt club yes terday afternoon from a field of 15 riders. Miss Mania Babb. on Chetra. finished second, and Miss E. McKl- hinny, on Spider, was third. The trail. which was laid by H. M. Kerron, was the same as that over which the rid ers rode on New Year's day with the exception that the start and finish were reversed. The finish of the chase was very close and exciting, with the riders bumhed. Only a head separated the first, second ami thirii riders. 3D TRACK MEN TURN OUT WASHINGTON SQUAD STARTS LIGHT PRACTICE. "Swampy" Duvis of Port land Leads Distance Runners; Several Letter Men Join Squad. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Seattle, J.in. 24. (Special.) More than 30 aspirants for cinder laurels have answered the call of Coach "Hec" Edmundson. Initial workouts are being held in the reserve officers' training corps armory, now equipped with a straightaway ior the sprinters, a jumping pit nd a sawdust box for the weightmen. Oistance men are jogging over the roads, under the direction of "amp" Davis of Port land, star two-miler. Practice will be light until next month. Then the men will be orderfd I into intensive training, in preparation I for the spring season, to be opened on 1 b' "t with Pullman. The University of Oregon will pit cii.der and weightmen against the University of Washington May 8. It is expected that "Crum" Daily, Washington's crack sprinter, will re port for work soon. The captain of the 1919 football team also will lead this season's track squad. Ray Eck man, who won fame by his perform fince in the California game, is also slated to fill a varsity track uniform. He is a sprinter. Kd Prep. a member of last, year's relay team, will run the quarter-mile event. Pratt, a member of last season's freshman cinder team. probably will dash the 440-yard dis tance. Gus Pope has appeared for weight events. Ernie Goodner, letter man. will do the pole vaulting skit. and McGaffey and McDonald, two let ter winners of last year in the dis tance runs, have reported to Coach Edm undson. O. A. C. RIFLE CLUB FORMED Affiliation With National Associa tion Being Completed. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis. Jan. 24. (Special.) An Oregon Agricultural college rifle club has been organized here with 4S members and affiliation with the na tional intercollegiate rifle association is being completed. The purposes of the club are to afford target practice for its members and to enab'e the college to compete in the national matches. Three groups have been formed from the membership, each shooting one night of every week. Three nights are devoted to target practice beside Sat urdays and Sundays. As soon as the regulation target parier arrives, the range west of town will be used and regular Enfield rif'.es will be fired. Records of all scores will be kept. MERCHANDISE SHOOT TODAY Three PrUesWilI Be Awarded for 50-Targe Event, The first merchandise shoot of the year will be held at the Portland Gun club today. The shoot will be a 50-targct event with three special prizes up to the high guns. The targets will be shot under the added bird handicap system each shooter to try for the number of tar gets in the handicap. Rain will not stop today's affair at the Everding park traps, as two of the traps are protected from the elements. With any kind of decent weather at all in vogue the opening shoot is bound to attract a big turn out of nimrods. Today's merchandise shoot will be the first of a series of 12 scheduled by the Portland Gun club officials for this season. Pacific Five Is Victor. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove. Or.. Jan. 24. (Special.) The university basketball five won their third victory on the local floor last night when they played Pacific col lege of Newberg in the first game of the conference series. The Forest Grove team was in the lead 14 to 3 at the end of the first half but the visitors starred in the last half so that the final score was 24 to 16 in the university's favor. The game was fast and playing clean. The lineups: Pacific College. Pacific University. H. KiUot . F. Cook . . P. Elliot . Colrord . . Armstrong F. fioodman . . . K . ..C . . .G . . -O Todd FenertRa . .. Wolf Graham Centralis Ousts South Bend, 19-1" CEXTRALIA. Wash.. Jan. 24. (Spe cial.) The Centralia high school bas ketball team won a hard-fought game from South Bend last night on the local floor by a score of 19 to 17. Overtime was necessary to decide the contest. Tonight South Bend plays Olympia in the latter city. The Win lock town team won a fast game from Onalaska by a score of S7 to 31. The count at the end of the first half was 14 to 14. Higgins. Winlock forward, threw 11 field goals. Oiehalis Defeats Olympia. CHEHALIS." Wash.. Jan. 24. (Spe cial.) Chehalis high school basket ball team won its second game of the season in the Chehalis gymnasium last night, defeating the Olympia high schriol team by a score of 17 to 13. The game is said to have been the fastest ever seen locally. Olympia won half its scores on fouls.