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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. -PORTLAND, DECEMBER 2G, 1920 .1 3 PI - .4 'i . ''I f -1 V 4 ..1 1 1 r mm SCRAPPERS T D GET MORE BOUTS QUARTET OF WELL-KNOWN RINGMEN WHO ARE DOWN TO BOX ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S CARD AT ARMORY. Afl Boxers Have Headlined Bills in Past. FARMER LODGE ARRIVES Bobby Evans Has Several Middle- weights Lined Up to Meet Victor In Contest Here. BY DICK SHARP. The winners in Wednesday night's bouts at the armory will have some thing: to hitch their wagon to besides a star, as every boy on the card that gainr a verdict will be featured on fc:lhcoming shows under the auspices of the Portland boxing commission, according to Bobby Evans, match maker. Every boxer on the card has boxed Eioie than one main e-ent in his day a-nd most of them are still in that day: in fact, all of tnem are. Lang- ford. Barry. Egan, Darcy, Lodge, Her man. Vernon, Blue, Kose and Simmy Gordon are all recognized as main- event boxers west of the Rocky mountains. Langford has been boxing main events for 18 years. Jim Barry the young California heavyweight, who will battle Sam in the main go of ten cantos Wednesday night, nas been boxing main goes for two years; Joe F.san. the Boston boxer, is rated as one of the best middleweights in the WRESTLING CHAMPIOX GATH world: Jimmy Darcy is a main eventer in any city on the coast; Farmer Lodge fights on top of several cards a month in Minneapolis and fat. fau:. Tiny Herman has fought two main events here within the past two months, and so on down the line. Farmer Lodge, whom Mike Collins, former manager of Fred Fulton, is grooming for a crack at Jack Demp- soy's heavyweight crown, arrived here yesterday and worked out at the Lon don club. Lodge is a strapping young fellow and a likely-looking contender 1 I I T, 1 Chicago Lands National Championship Series. Left to right Jimmy Durcy, - Jim Barry, Joe Egvn, Sammy Qordon, STECHER MONEY 1KER ERS COIX QUITE OFTEX. Lesser Luminaries Make Smaller Sums Than Champs but Are Always Busy. The average reader of the sport pages has an idea that a champion pugilist, such ,a the world's title Collins has been bringing him along holder. Jack Dempsey, is the one slowly for over a year and sent him great money-maker. It may occasion out here purposesly to get a little some surprise to hear that several more seasoning before sending him lesser sporting luminaries are in line after the front rank of the country's I to make more money, or as much at heavyweight boxers. I least. To be sure, they do not make Herman, who is the best heavy- it in big lumps, but thev are more we.ie-ht nrosnect that the northwest I consistent .collectors of the coin. can offer, will give Lodge a thorough I Take the case of Joe Stecher, heavy tryout and if the Minneapolis jobber I weight wrestling champion. There is can get over Tiny he will find plenty little question that this athlete is get of work here. I ting more money and has a bigger The winner of the ten-round semi- hank account than DemDsev. elim- final between Joe Egan and Jimmy inating the fact that Dempsey has Darcy will be given a crack at one had to spend a big sum in his various of the best middleweights obtain- ha w suits in connection with thn able in the main event of the Jan- slacker charges preferred against him uary 19, card. I some time ago. -Matchmaker Evans has Battling While DemDsev trets bie- sums for Ortega, George "Knockout Brown hIs contests, he fights only a few and Marty Farrell under consideration I times a y.rr. On the other hand, to form the opposition. Stecher wll engage in as many The two preliminaries stick out wreatline matches in niu month with fight. Tex Vernon is down . to Dempsey takes on fights in a whole Dame f u ' ruuimo. ... year. Stecher does not get as much Sammy Gordon and Ray Rose are monejr for each appearance, but in the slated to travel a like number. These loDg ru it ,s quUe probabie he accu. four boys do not shirk work for a mul!lte. mor- thft v.r ri.a Dempsey, notwithstanding the big purses the latter is awarded. Hence. jaeK -K-earns, wno is aDoui tne dusi- while Demnsey is idle for months at est fight manager in America, has a time, there are few months in which English pair won 66, lost 21 and tied or halved four. This makes a per centage won of 72.7. When it is con sidered that they met the best pro fessional and amateur golfers of the United States, it is -evident that we have a considerable distance to do before we may consider ourselves ,in the same class as the best the old country is able to produce. Goflers of this country who were enabled to follow the play of this British pair are unanimous in their estimate that their visit did much to inspire American players and that it will tend to bet ter the quality of play. TY T COAST TRIP GEORGIA PEACH PROVES SUCCESS. minute. More Than One Hundred Thousand People Attend 15 Games in 1 Which He Appeared. u There is no question that Ty CoB is one of the most popular Players who ever trod a diamond. He came to this coast on a contract for a se ries of J 5 games, each , of which was to net the Georgia peach 31000. That the undertaking was a success is best exemplified in the fact that in the FOUR-ROUND AMATEUR BOUTS PLANNED BY SAM GOODMAN President of Pacific Association Believes Boxing Tournaments Can Be Arranged on Strictly Non-professional Basis. SAN FRA cial.) J which ti BT HARRY B. SMITH. . AN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25. (Spe- Plans are under way by which the Pacific association of the Amateur Athletic union, the gov erning body, of amateur athletics on the Pacific coast, will dabble in the four-round fight game. Sam Good man, president of the Pacific associa tion, is sponsor for the movement. He believes the sport-loving public of San Francisco wants to see boxing and thinks that it can be handled on a strictly amateur basis. Also Sam thinks that money can be made through the profits of the shows for the purchase of athletic equipment for the various play. grounds in this city. The idea is to call for entries from boys who are registered as -amateurs. There will be a series or elimination contests, and then the finals. The tournament. according to plans, would extend over a matter of five months with the win ners given a chance to make the east 15 carries nlavpii Cohh wn.a looked at by considerably more than 100.000 ' ern trip for the national champion- people, all anxious to see this wizard , ships. Stecher and other wrestlers are not pulling down good-eized purses for their efforts on the mat. , . . With only one Intersectional foot ball game remaining to be played taken time off to spend the holidays with his mother who resides in Oak land. CaL Tony Melcholr, the Chicago heavy weight protege of Sam Langford, may join his former tutor here within a I this season, that between the Uni very short time. Barney Furrie, who versity of California and Ohio State Is looking after Melchoir at present in university at Pasadena on New Tear's the wmdy city, is willing to allow his day, preparations already are on foot charge to start west. for east-versus-west-cdntests in other lines of sDort. The Universitv of Cat Al Sommers, the Portland middle- hfornia and the Universitv of Illinois weight, who put up many good fights are negotiating on a date for another nere ana surprised tne ians oi tne annual track and field meet euch as norinwest Dy oeieaung uoraon aic- thev held last sDring. nd it is nossi Kay at Pocatello. Idaho, a few weeks bie that the date will be announced Back, nas purcnased naif interest in in the verv near future the uate city Atnietic club of Foea.- jn thcir iast meet, held in Berkeley, tello, and when not actually taking the Californians won out only in the part in the contest will share in the last event, when they took the relay K'uwio vi. Lite iv micu uuici uyjA- i rnoe fhA fins! result hpinp- KQ in ers are catching and pitching before points. Tnis meet was held on Satur- uia tiuo. i dav Anril 3. The teams were m. stricter to 15 men on each side. Bill Tate, the giant negro sparring partner, has been offered a match A summary of results of all the with tne winner or the Jim carry- games played by the British profea- tam Langiord contest. Tate is one sional golfers, Vardon and Kay. dur- of the finest built boxers that ever ing their recent trip to this country appeared in the squared circle and shows that they are entitled to all capable of giving any boxer in the I the enconiums lavished on them but. land a, tussle. Wrestling is going big In New York and this is the opinion of one scribe of the recent Lewis-Stecher bout: "Strangler Lewis is the wrestling" champion of the world, having won the honor from Joe Stecher in a bout which had every sign of being abso lutely on the level. Quite a number of followers of the sport took the stand that Lewis' victory practically was foreshadowed, as 'it was his turn to take tht title.' However, those who saw the bout last Monday night and were in a position to analyze the moves of the contestants came away with the impression that they had seen a rara avis a bona fide mat battle. "Lewis and Stecher now stand alone. Wladek Zbyszko is going bad! very fast and no longer is in 'a class with the top-notchers. Stanislaus Zbyszko is not quite as good as his younger brother. He is too old. Earl Caddock, is making a comeback cam paign and we may look for a Lewis Caddock match in the near future. Plestina may be good, but he cannot break into the charmed circle and get a match with Lewis or Stecher. The time is ripe for the entry of some new sensation. Joe Pecok of Ne braska, who gave Stecher a terrific bout last year, may develop into a first-class man." i This In a Chicago paper: . "Dis patches from St. Louis that Eddie Shannon beat Charley White there in eighth rounds' last night are contra dicted by 'Chicagoans who returned from the bout today. White adherents cay St. Louis promoters are trying to make a big card of Shannon and that the referee allowed the San Francisco ioy to use the heel of his glove and his elbows. White claims he scored two knockdowns one in the thiru vod the other in the fourth round." Jackson May Face Perjury .Charge. If Joe Jackson attempts to deny that he confessed to throwing games In the 1919 world's series' when he is brought to trial in Chicago next month on the indictment growing out of the ecandal. he will have a tough time of it, according to officials of the state's attorney's office. When it was learned in Chicago that Jackson had issued a statement at Greenville, S. C, denying that he had ever con fessed, it was pointed out that his testimony that he had received $5000 for throwing games had been made under oath before the grand jury and that he would be liable to prosecu tion on a perjury charge if be denied It in court. at the same time, are far from being invincible. of the game. More than half of this total was in the larger cities and covered only six games. It made no difference if Cobb played at San Francisco, Los Angeles or San Diego, or if he was up hi the "bush" country and played the little towns, everyone for miles around wanted to see him and made it their business to be at the place designated for the game. A man must be pos sessed of something to be such a magnet. True, every little boy knows the name of Ty Cobb and said boy's father has known of Ty for a great many years, but while his ability as played is a dirawing magnet, his own personality has made the Georgia peach an asset that any promoter has always been safe in taking a chance on. Cobb is never happier than when he can mix in with a bunch of school boys and show them something about the game. In all his tour of the coast the great player endeared him self to thousands of school boys and his talks with them wherever he went proved the' happiest moments he spent, from his point of view, on the tour of this coast, which he is just closing. James Zerver, Henderson, Ky., tackle, was chosen 1921 captain of the University of Kentucky football team at' a banquet, when letters were Of a total of 81 matches played, the awarded to 16 men. OUIMET ANALYZES FAMOUS PUSH SHOT FOR GOLFERS Ball Is Struck Just Shade Below Axis in MucKSame Manner Billiard Player Would Play Draw Shot. Goodman will give the victors .only trophies and will see to it they are suitably engraved to lessen the op portunity for the sale of the same. i The. schenje,.is a good, one if the professionalfpur-rounders are to be suppressed for all time to come. At the same time, Goodman is laying himself liable to a lot of grief. It's not the easiest thing in the world to separate the sheep from the lambs. In short, it is hard to find out just which are the simon-pure amateurs and which are not. Even though "medals" are not to- be awarded the fighters -or boxers if you please there is much in the waj of expense, and these fellows who have never done any promoting will find plenty of obstacles. To myt way of thinking, there, is a question whether the public will care for the four-round fights of the ama teurs after the professionals, but pos sibly that will be better than nothing. In the meantime, we are being fed up on wrestling and the fans seem to like the sport. A week back Cad dock took the decision from Jimmy Londos. The early part of this week the Omaha grappler with a thousand falls took the measure of Ad Santel. Caddock, Tiever in danger at the hands of Sarttel. took the first fall In little more than an hour and a half, worked the remainder of the two- hour limit and won the decision. When we look back on the old days when Santel "owned the town," and recall the ease with which he j clamped his arm scissors on his op ponents, we realize that most of the boys were "prants" for the Dutch man. Santel was an idol and about 90 per cent of the people thought there was no one in the world to equal him. But with Caddock it was a different story. Santel tried time and again for his arm scissors. Generally speak ing it was blocked. Just once during the evening did Santel get his hold and that time it was broken. Caddock didn't linger after the match. He wanted to be in time to spend the Christmas with his wife and babies. Then, too, on December 28. he has an engagement to wrestle John Pesek in Des Moines. Possibly he will return here for New Year's day, though that is a point not as yet definitely arranged. Schuler would like to stage this match provided he can get Strangler Lewis. Uie new champion, but it will take a day or so to decide. Our own champion, Lewis, got home for the hofidays. He was met at the train by his wife. Dr. Ada Scott Mor ten Frederick of San Jose. Cal., and their five-months-old baby. Then the story leaked out that the Strangler is a daddy. The little girl is named Bobada, a combination of the first names of , her father and mother. Lewis admits that Stecher put up a hard match and was r.ot easy to beat. " But I made up my mind that either I was going to win or he would had trained all summer with this match in view, and was never in bet ter condition. Stecher did clamp on his body scissors and he hurt me, but I managed to break his holds and finally pin hi.n to the mat. Of course I'm ready to defend my title and there's no reason why I can't start the first of the year. Schuler is planning quite an ex tensive wrestling programme for the coming year. He has the promise of Joe Stecher to come here the first of the year for two matches in January, and Wladek Zbyszko has also tele graphed that he is open for an en gagement on January 14. Schuler would like to use Zbyszko with Londos, but Is also anxious to make sure of Stecher. who is considered a stronger card hereabouts. Word has just been received from Manila that Lew (Packey) McFarland formerly an Olympic club boxer, who turned pro, was stopped in the sixth round of a match with Denein Cohs nela, the Filipino lightweight who has been making such a hit Dencio, 'ac cording to reports, opened no on his man in the fourth round and in the sixth round Manager Art O'Connor, acting for MoFarland,. tossed in a towel in token of defeat. SAN FRANCISCO LOSER I BY FRANCIS OUIMET. AM not certain whether it was Duncan or Campbell who first dis covered the push shot, but I do clearly recall the first time I ever saw it played. At the time I did not under stand golf ery well. I looked only for results. The reasons for them were beyond me. It so happened that I went out to see Nipper Campbell, the old Brooklin Country club pro fessional, in a match. He was called upon to pitch to a severely trapped green and I noted that he chose a mashie niblic with which to play his shot. I saw his ball leave the club head on a low trajectory and strike the green. I think nearly all of us expected the same result that comes when a fellow tons a ball. We looked to see Camp bell's ball bound on and over the green -"nto one of the yawning traps. To our amazement it took just one bound -and then died as though the life had been taken completely out of It. It was evident that Campbell had planned it all in advance. Afterward I asked him about this shot and he told me that it was called the push shot. It was a long time before I saw it used again success fully. In fact the next time I was fortunate enough to see another golf er Dlav it with confidence was when I watched Harold Hilton during, his American invasion which brought him our American title. At the time Hil ton used it very frequently. On one occasion at Apawamis in 1911 he played this shot to one of the greens In such a manner that it looked for all the world Hke a half-topped stroke. Those of us near the green expected to see his ball go scooting across it and into the deep trap beyond, so low was it flying. But, like Campbell's ball the first time I ever saw this shot played, it took a long bound and then died. Later, that same year, I saw the present British open champion, George Duncan, play an exhibition match at the Wollaston Golf club "with Mike Brady. It was a windy day and on many holes the wind .was at its 1 height and dead against the players. What I remember most clearly about that exhibition was the phenomenal way in which Duncan played a low flying ball into the teeth of the wind and in such a manner that it stopped dead after striking the ground. Since those days this shot has taken hold very rapidly in. this country. It can readily be seen what a valua ble shot this one is for a windy day. No other approach can be handled with such telling effect, for the high mashie with all the back spin in the world is a questionable attempt on such an occasion. The push shot is not. But we have discovered since those times that the push shot has other uses as well. It stops a ball betfer than any shot I know of. That means its mastery is a wonderful thing to possess. To execute the push shot the ball is struck just a shade below the axis in much the same manner a billiard player would play a draw shot. This causes a terrific back spin to be im parted, which causes it to stop im mediately upon coming into contact with the ground. And as it is played low, such a ball simply bores its way through space, almost uninfluenced by the highest winds. The hands are in advance of the ball when it is struck and this tends to turn the face of the club over the ball. This is done to smother the height that the ball might otherwise have. Then the arms are held stiff so . that the ball can be punched away from its resting place. As the body has to be slightly ahead of the ball as well, the whole tend ency is to crowd the ball down, to keep it low. As I said last weeje. this shot is an other product of climatic conditions. The British players simply had to solve an approach other than the high pitch with backspin to the greens on account of the high winds prevalent on their courses. The push shot is the result. It has proven a big boon to golfN The reason why it is a recent product or the game is because of the rubber-cored ball. In the old days such a stroke was almost useless. (Copyright, 1920,. Sol . Metxger.) ' GRID STAR IS BILL CtrXXTXGHAM "WRITES VERSE AXD MUSIC. Dartmouth Football Player Chains Fame With Pen' as Well as Ability as Athlete. HANOVER. N. H., Dec. 25. "Texas Bill" Cunningham, crack center of the Dartmouth college eleven, is known as "the musical football player." When off the gridiron Cunningham plays the piano and writes music as part of his football training. Music gives a new punch to Cunningham s football tactics. In addition to being a writer for magazines and newspapers and having a one-act play now tveling on the Keith circuit, Cunningham is a musi cian of no mean ability. He has been assistant to the professor of music at Dartmouth, playing the big organ in Rollins chapel. He also gives recitals in many cities of Texas and in Cali fornia. As a member of the Dartmouth Glee club the Texas wizard has sung his way over a good deal of country, and as a composer has contributed various bits to college and town entertain ments. Perhaps his greatest triumph as a song writer came last summer. when he won from a field of 50 competitors the $250 prize offered for a song for the great Texas state fair. Bill, however, is inclined to think that "Honey, Pray for the Lights to Go Out," which he sold to Irvln Berlin, was a better song. While serving with the American expeditionary forces in France Cun ningham supplied southwestern news papers .with war correspondence, which gave him a high rating as a keen observer with a fine sense of se lection, and discrimination and ability to paint word pictures of the sort for which his idol, Richard Harding Davis, was famous. Last summer he made a thrilling trip into Mexico, where he interviewed President Obre gon for a group of newspapers, r Cunningham began his literary ca reer by translating Latin poetry Into Transfer of Tourney Will Prevent Multnomah From Competing , In Xext Great Events. 1 Amateur Athletic' union officials have changed several of the award of national swimming events made at the annual meeting at New Orleans last month. At the time, the award were considered final, but now comes the notice that the national water polo championship has been trans ferred from San Francisco to Chi cago. With the exception of last year. when the polo games were staged at San Francisco, it has been customary to hold this aquatic classio In th east, generally in Chicago or New York. Illinois Athletic club held the rhamnionBhin for four years, unt'l defeated by the Olympians oi m Francisco last year. ' s The change will cause disappoint ment among local polo players, for had the games been held in tne soutn ern city. Multnomah club would un doubtedly have been represented A it is, the club will not send a team to the national event and the Olym Die club will be the only coast team making the eastern trip. About six polo teams will compete in the na tionals. Olympic club swimmers have been in training for several weeks and personnel of the seven who will make the team has been announced. They include Jim Keseluere, Be orge Schroth, Preston Stiger. ' Jack Col lins. George Mitchell. Ernie smun Lester Smith and Jimmy Carson. It is possible that Portland fans may have a glimpse of the present title holders, for they expect to return from the windy city via Portland Multnomah club could assemble a wa ter polo team that would make it In teresting for the southerners should they care to come this way. Atlantic City ha won the national fancy diving championships for worn en. This event was scheduled for Detroit, according to word from the convention, but this has been changed. Portland is interested, for Thelma Payne of Multnomah club is the present title-holder and will Journey to the east coast to defend her title. Detroit has held the diving cham pionships the last two years Before hat, the . event was held for sev ral years on the coast, Los Angeles nd Portland staging it. New York was expected to.get the award, having bid for it several times, as has also Philadelphia, but Atlantic City, located between thse two cities, finally was chosen. While no date has been set, the event will be staged between February 25, and March 25. The Australian-bound swimmers, Ethelda Bliebtrey and Warren Kea loha. both performed before their de parture for the antipodes. Miss Blieb trey was unable to break any rec ords. She confined her efforts to ex hibition work at Chalmers. Van couver, B. C. where the swimming elite of the north watched the per formance of this American and world champion swimmer, who wrested the world's title from the British.' Warren Kealoha, before leaving Honolulu, set a new record in th century back-stroke of 1:06 2-5, breaking , his own record made at Detroit early this year. Victoria, B. C, swimmers will break the mid-winter calm that has settled down on the swimming game in th northwest by staging a Christmas swim in the Gorge. Swimmers from Vancouver will join them. This i the only event of the kind in the northwest and the first since Mult nomah club put on mid-winter swim several years back. The Olympic club of San Francisco breaks th New Year with a cross-town mara thon, and a dip in the Pacific in the shadow of the Cliff House. Iln 23S. Kruif 212. Mormon 104-213. Prrrr 21. Wood 2 IS, (Joodvrtn BOT-S1S, Alliitry L'4H.ja. Wood 2lo. Ulnlr 221-SU2, U.Hani 201, Kalk 201. Tram Standings for City Imkui. W. I., ivt. Av. Hadlpy-SMver Tallorn 20 18 wi Boanl of Trade Bar. 8hop.2ll ) "! Mi.H ZHIerbarh l'aper Co I 14 67 Km Toke Point Oyaler Grille. .1 17 4k.' M'4 St. .Nleholaa Cafeteria IS 20 3II4 7 nooaKiv.BlueIXatnonda.il 22 3S3 UTtl Htfrh team, three game. Board of Trade Barbara. 2fMt; hlKh team, alnicle a-aiiie. Zellerbach Hapor Co., 1U21; huh Individ ual g-ame. Wood. 2M: high Individual, three gamea. Anntey, rl4; nlffh Individual average. Perry. 102; aecond hlch Individ ual average. Bell, 1H0; third high Individ ual average, Goodwin. 188. Individual Average for City League. (Including e-amifl of Dewmhrr 20. 1 ame. Perry Bell uoodwin Kruse . Kranklln Raymond Kalk Henry Hood " Blaney a t Xellson Anatey Flavin Kons . Wilson , Sholan Heffron Banks Oallant Montton Blair I.und Kneyae Johnaon .......... Melater Kreer Sherrell House Uearv De Witt Flanagun Coe. A. E Sheeta MINOR'S PRESIDENT IS CANADIAN PASTOR Oregon Mollne Plow Co. International Harveator Mitchell, lewla. Slaver John Deere Plow Co... Individual averages l.und i;inesn Hagan Kt m-aid Smith Taylor VVIertman. Peakn. , Toason (irania. Whalen Freehorne Rleger Sarictiant. Moaner. Hutler Foley , Froltag Groat , Highest single game score. 2ftt. rolle-d oy Air. i.und. also taking the highest throe-game score of 41. Mr. tllecson promises to give him a close race for high honors. In the two hundred club are L,und, HagAn, ;ieeson, Klgr, Klncald. Gins. Pins. A. . SS 6:i.'.2 1!2 . SO MM 1W . 83 ' lx , H3 B1IMI lt , 33 812 1A . 27 4l'!0 1S . 26 4711.1 1M , 21 8MII , 33 H 1M2 10-6 11 , 33 M'.'iO lw . S3 r.l'.KI li , 8.1 l'l . 33 5117 17'.l . 21 37(1.1 17!) 8 1(107 17 . 83 HHM 177 27 471"! 177 . 21 371 177 S3 r.Sltt 17H SO S2S.1 17ll 6 HIST 17H , 27 4724 17.1 1 832T 17.", 15 2(131 17.1 2T 4711 174 .10 61K.1 173 32 4!1 172 M."i2 1T2 211 4!H3 17(1 .12 ,13!i3 1iW 1H 8U47 Kin 24 4(l."3 lt.U nlrment league. Won. Lrftsl. Avge. ... 8 4 .!3 Co. 7 6 .(I7 L'o.. 8 T .11.(3 ...4 11 .2..H Avge. Pins. Todil 1R 2231 173 I. '..V.I : 170 2U3.1 MS IMI4 1.14 23 1 1.14 2313 147 1324 14H 2111 14.1 2173 14.1 173H 142 42ii 141 2111 13S 1(1.11 , 13 IH'il , 137 2"li2 , i:i 2(M.i 130 4(1 134 12(12 131 11X.II R. Pearson Most Picturesque Figure at Confab. YEARS LIVED IN TRENCHES llby Clik-flaln of Ilnx-ball To -More Than six IVet III Air mail Weighs 210. JOHNSON EASILY HURT white sox iiEcnviT Fit ;i i.i-; PLAYER. Lack of Ability to Stand PhjMcal Strain Keeps Player Out of 51 any Game. On the Alleys. Eng-llsh and astonishing- the academic highbrows who had been deceived by his physical appearance. Though long a member of the- Arts, Dartmouth's club oi soft-handed undergraduate poets, musicians, artists and writers and also a member of Round Robin, a senior literary society, which debates matters of great moment, the profes sors still are discussina- him an nn of the puzzles that bob up once in sam' every generation to upset all labora tory dope. Another thing to Bill's long list of acuviuej is tnai ne is a rider. With a Miss Robertson of N e w York he won the prize for officers and ladies at the American expeditionary forces horse show at Ltmans, and on Jerry, General Pershing's horse, carried off the honors in the half-mile race for orncers' mounts. From the time that he broke into tne iimengnt as a football player last year Cunningham has claimed a cood deal of attention from gridiron en thusiasts, and since his great play against Alexander of Syracuse, a few weens ago, nis name has been nrnml. nently mentioned for all-American honors. "Texas Bill" is 24 years old, stands 5 feet 10 inches in his' football shoes and weighs 177 pounds. The race In the City league continues to be a close affair. The Hadley-Silver Tailor team and the Board of Trade Barber Shop live are In a tie lor first place, with tbj Zellerbach Paper company team but one game behind them. The Hood River Blue Diamond team lost two games last week to the Zellerbach Paper company team. The Hadley-Silver Tailors won all three of Its games with the St. Nicholas cafeteria five, and the Board of Trade Barber Shop team won all three games from the Toke Point Oyster Grille team. FOOTBALL CHAXGES FLAWED Washington and Jefferson System to Undergo Reorganization. Reorganization of Washington's and Jefferson's football system is planned for 1921. Coach Morrow, who has had charge of the red and black for two years, has served notice that he will not again tutor tne Presidents. It is also understood that Graduate Manager Miller has had enough. The indications are that Robert M. Murphy, who was for 11 years man ager of Washington and Jefferson's football, and under whose regime the Presidents achieved their greatest football renown, will next year be at the head of affairs. ' Th athletic council within the next two weeks will take action which is expected to result in a readjustment. It is known that Murphy- is willing again to as sume the rerhB of government, and should he be retained, as is confi dently expected, red and black sup porters look for a new era in Wash- infftoa and Jefferson football. Charley Kruse and Charlie Bell were the only members of the league to get by witnout a miss. Lund made the S-T split In his first "Silver Fox" Kom Is gradually working back to his old-time form. He hit 'em for a 190 average. "Lefty" Monson also had a good series, getting an average of lui. Charley Bell, the old "reliable" at the Toke Point team, was high for hit team with 56S. "Flavin and Franklin turned In nice counts for their team, with 582 and 662. Both had but one miss apiece, Blair, with 600, and Gallant, with BAA, led the attack for the St. Nicholas Cafe teria team. "Duke" Goodwin Is again displaying bis bowling medal. He rolled but. "Pop" Anstey broke all league records thus far this season for high three games when he rolled OCA. The previous high three games was 636, which was held by Walter wood "Bags" Raymond and "Chesty' Sheets have Just returned from a two weeks' trip through the east. While In Chicago they tried to arrange a special match with Jimmy Smith and Count Gengler, but tbe latter two told them to go get a reputa tion and then come back. Last week's honors: High team, three games. Hadley-Silver Tailors, 279; hlah team, single game. Board of Trade Barbers, 977; high individual series, Anstey, 6H4; high individual game, Anstey, 248: Two Hundred club, Flavin 213, Konz 224. Frank- TURKEY SHOOT NOW ON AMERICAN RIFLE RANGE 430 WASHINGTON STREET. BETWEEN 11TH AND 1ZTH LADIES' PATRONAGE INVITED. POPULAR PRICES. ' EteHena' Public Amuemnt Eaterprlaem. If Ernie Johnson could stand the physical strain of "bearing down" every day he would be the greateot shortstop In the game today. A sen sational statement, when one consid ers that it is made by mnny of the most prominent baseball men in the country. Last Reason's Salt - Lake anager, who will All Charley 'Swede" Rleherg's shoes with the re constructed Pale Hose, has but on fault his inability to be always I the fray. Johnson is what is know as a fragile pastimcr. lie's easily In Jured. Ernie Johnson is a marvelous short fielder. No one can dig them out the dirt in a more finished manne han the player who once shone so brilliantly with the Angels. lies worthy successor of Rlsberg. Fielder A. Jones, the old White Sox and St. Louis American and Federal league manager, declared that John on is one of the brainiest baseballera e has ever met. Johnson spent sev- ral seasons wth Jones In St. Louis, How Eddie Herr pried him out of the American league In the winter of 1918 will always remain a mystery. Johnson finished third among Coaht league hitters during 1920, only Earl Shecly, his first baseman, and Hack enschmidt Miller of the Oaks topping him. He took part in 161 exhibitions hotfotted it to the rubber 647 times, mauling the agate for a .337 percent age. Earnest Ernie scored 115 runs and socked out 219 base hits, tnclud ing 39 doubles, seven three-baggers and two Babe Ruths. His 52 stolen bases brand him as one of the fastest cowpath artists In the minors and he'll kep American league catchers in hot water Just as sure as the sun win rise. Tou're a marvelius athlete, Ernie Johnson. Rest up this winter, "bear down" in every game with the White Sox in 1921 and they'll soon list your John Hancock right along with those of Roger Pecklnpaugh, Everett Scott and a few more. BY .MALCOHM XIacLEA.V. CHICAGO. Dec. 25. (Special ) More than 250 baseball magnates, of ficials and managers, attended the minor league meeting at Kansas CHy recently, including a luigc number from the majors. And the most In teresting person among them all was not Han Johnson, or Uarrv Herrmann, or one of the other big liBlits. It wu '"earson of I'alaaiy. the "Iml.y" president of the Western Canada Ion Kile. When he went to Kansas City he had been president of that far-awi.-oi'Kanlsatlon exactly nine days. It was hiH first venture In rnrsionH 1 spurt, but he Is an old-timer aiiiona the amateurs. The story of his llfo reads like a romance. K. Pearson towers in th. uir several inrliea over 6 feot and weighs i'4il pounds. He served over seas for yeurs as an Infunirv of the third Canadian division, was seventy wounded in anion and In pnvau lire is a minister In the Methodist church. So far s I learn II. lv,r.,.. u the first clergyman who has been president of a profebslonnl baseball cHgile He la an outstanding charm--er. A person's eyes can't lulu fol. lowing him. Onre, when walking at .' l a nirlle, miiliHi v nolice had to keep a largo crowd of lieinian kids from following him. On returning to the front from home, he walked down Wall street In New York wearing his somewhat battered Canadian uniform, so I am told, and Mlirsi-t.-d an enormous amount of attention. As a oiing man he went to rolleae at Toronlo unUerslly. and played first nase on ine tune, lie was laier promi nent mm un oflieial lii Hiiialeur hockey and in the m til. tic union. Although a minister, he was an Infantry lieutenant In the mllllla In the Canadian northwest, and was among the first to go overseas. He ould have been a chaplain, but stuck with the infantry as a company com- mnniler. n his division was another famous minister. Ralph Connor, the novelist. Twice II. l'carson reached the tank of senior raptain of his company (the unauiuns having two contains and four lli-uteniinls in each rompnny). He might have reached his majority but for two facts. Oner he was wounded In the shouloer and sent back to England. where he. recovered lie In it absent rom the front more than three months he lost his rank as senior caplaln. Working up to It again, he was one of two men overseas elected to the provincial legislalure from Al berta by the soldiers a most dis tinguished honor. e Having been at the front about' I wo years at the time, serving In a part of the Vpres battle, at the Homme and other noted fights, he applied for leave to attend the session of the legislature back home, and received It. He then went buck overseas and once more rose to be company com. mandcr. He was at I'arls the day before the armistice was signed and there met Jack Hendricks, manager of the Indianapolis rluh, who whs serving wlih one of the outfits con nected with the I'nlted States army. "I didn't know at the time it was the same Hendricks who played ball In the States." said H. l'earson. "So 1 was somewhale surprised to see him at Kansas City among the base-, ball lights. I stopped hi in. and he recognised me Instantly as the man he had met in l'aris two years ago to the very day. Wasn't that quite a coincidence." FOOTBALL FAME LINGERS Star of Other Days Is Coach and Popular as Ever. From 1893 to 1920 Is a long cry, hut John Richards and George Bunge were then, as now, football heroes of the first rank on the campus at the University of Wisconsin. John Rich ards in his day was one of the best plunging fullbacks in the West. And many a time the way was cleared for his drives by George Bunge, who nlaved guard. That was in the days of three downs, five yards to gain. Today Richards is coaching tne Badgers, and George Bunge Jr. is playing center. The younger Bunge nlaved his father's position (guard) iof ir hut this season was shifted There are as many to the middle position to fill the va-' place at Oak Ridge, and rumor has cancy left sy unucx tarpenier, an- n turn mm ina Kmuua conference pivot man last season. good chance of being selected. Ii.-ing goes nnother tradition, that-of Barbara Krletchie. who waved the American flag at Frederick town: Who touches a hair of yon gray head, Dies like a dog. March on. he said. Magnate Smith of Frederick, Md.. a member of the Blue Ridge league, at tended the meeting of the minor leaguers at Kansas City. His father lived three doors from Barbara Frlotchle's home. Said Smith: "Stonewall Jackson and the confederates dldn t march past her home, which was about half block from the corner, nut It is very possible that she could have waved the flag from her window. and that It could have been seen from he street where the soldiers trudged. Many Golfers Seek Job. Although golf courses are heconr Ing more and more numerous the race or good Jotis among ine proiession- als is as keen as ever. In .New York, where It Is known that vacancies xlst at Oak Kidge and '.rest Neck, nnllcatlons have been pouring In. Something like 128 "pros." Including Scots, Britons and homebrecls. are seeklnf to fill the shoes of George McLean, rerently engaged by the Grassy Sprain club at Kronxvllle. more arter r ox s "You may be Sure says the Good Judge That you are getting full value for your money when you use this class of tobacco. The good, rich, real to bacco taste lasts so long, you , don't need a fresh chew nearly as often nor do you need so big a chew as you did with the ordi nary kind. Any man who has used the Real Tobacco Chew will tell you that. Put ufi in two styles W-B GUT is a long fine-cut tobacco , RIGHT CUT is a short-cut tobacco 77 . I- c 1 . ..' Ir r. i : t I. '' I ' t 'l l, r 1 -. i S ' . . I . 7? mm 'l, a ,