THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX. PORTLAND. JANUARY 9. 1021
2
IK STII
COUGAR CHASE TOLD
Animal Treed After Wild Hunt
Through Storm.
CEERS ARE REVENGED
H. C. Hayes, Hi reliant of McKen
zle Bridge. Relates Capture
of Predatory Beast.
Tollowtnr 1 an Interesting account of a
couiTMr hunt wad? hv H. ; Hmy proml
nent merchant of McKensle bridge. Or.,
and one of Oregon's beit-known guides:
BY H. G. HAYES.
I-ast December X I started Into my
winter hunting; and trapping camps
from Mc Kenzfe bridge and before ar
Tivinff at my 20-mile cabin near
the South Sister mountain my Nor
wegian beaa ilog found where a
cougar bad cmss our trail some fire
or six hours ahead of us. The dog's
excitement denoted some animal of
amount before I reached the track:
a cougar," I remarked to myself, and
a fair-sized torn. As it was snowing
fast I was compelled to follow U some
little distance before I could tell
about how old the track was. but
as the dog had already taken the
tracK up over a steep mountain, cov
ered with brush and deep snow, there
was nothing else to consider but fol
low.
I Lad a pair of snows hoes, but the
mountain was too steep and cliffy to
us- m em on. 1 climbed higher and
the snow got deeper. It took me
ovt-r nn hour to make the top of the
mountain, which was not over a mile
from where the dog found the track
on the trail. It was snowing so fast
the cougar track was getting dim in
places, but the dog s track bt ing
fresher I could keep the course and
direction fairly well.
Upon reaching the top of the
mountain the cougar had begun to
' maneuver and follow a large deer,
judging from the tracks. Tins suited
me, as 1 then knew he was hungry
and was going to make a kill instead
of traveling through the country.
The cougar wound around over the
top of the mountain for some time,
crouching and sneaking after the
deer and as I followed I noticed the
big deer's tracks coming back up the
mountain from over the other side,
partly running, partly walking. There
was considerable blood on the snow
in its trail, but the cougar's track
was not following it. There were
other small deer tracks about, but
this big buck was badly wounded
ami bleeding, judging from the bloud
on the snow.
Dog irtm Cougar Trail.
I was expecting the dog to tree at
any minute, but I had not seen him
since he first took the track down
on the trail over a mile back and
near an hour and a half past. As
the cougar's track was getting dim
In the fast falling enoW md coming
darkness, 1 followed the dog's track,
which took down over the steep
mountain on the opposite side from
where we first found the tracks. The
deer tracks were thick in the snow,
borne very fresh. The dog's track
went some 200 feet down the moun
tain and picked up the cougar's track
where it was zigzagging along on the
side of the mountain among the deer,
trying to get one. which all indicated
that unless it should, turn on the dog
I would likely soon have him. I then
followed the dog's track where he
was running down the mountain and
as he v as not on the lion's track I
knew he was running by scent and
was near it. I stopped and listened
and could hear him treeing away
down the mountain.
This sounded good, as I was far
from any of my camps and It was
getting late. In following the dogs
track down the mountain I first
found where the lion had caught an
other deer on steep gound. The snow
showed where they had both rolled
down the steep mountain in the snow
together There was lots of blood
and the brush was all mashed down
and the snow knocked off. and I
coulj see where the deer had got up
with the lfon. apparently, but had
gone back down and a little farther It
was plainly shown in the snow where
the deer had gotten up and walked
away bleeding.
I followed the dog's track to the
tree. There the cougar wa. The
dog had apparently had him for
some time, as the dog had the snow
all patted down on the logs around
there under the tree, where he had
been jumping around on them bark
ing up at the big cat. I shot the
cougar between the eyes, burst'ng its
BKun ana cringing the big cat to
the ground. The dog chewed him
for some time, and 1 began skinning
It. It was getting night. I was
miles from any camp, my macklnaws
Were freeging where they were wet.
but 1 was happy and whistling and
the dog was just as happy as 1 was.
It is great sport.
Deer nl Injured.
1 skinned the cougar out bv candle
light, lit my "bug". (a lantern made
with a can and candle). After put
ting the hide in my packsack. 1 be
gan the long climb back to the top
of the mountain.
In going up past where the lion
had made Its last attack on the last
deer 1 examined it carefully and un
doubtedly the dog happened to over
take the lion just in the act of
killing or trying to kill this deer.
The deer was rescued frrm the
-ougar by the attack of the dog.
The tracks showed that the lion had
run directly down the mountain from
the deer, likely not even resisting or
showing fight upon the arrival of
the dog. How 1 wish I could have
eeen this chase down the mountain to
where the lion treed, nearly a quarter
of a mile from Ihe deer.
t'pon skinning the cougar f found
five distinct bruised and bloodshot
places on its body and limbs which
were recently done. Evidently one
of these deer had hurt the lion some
1 have chased several cougar from
a warm deer carcass and followed
them where they had attacked deer,
but never before chased one off of
the deer, with the deer getting up
and walking off alive. The first deer
likely lived, but as to the last one it
Is doubtful.
I climbed back to the top of the
mountain and down to the trail In
the night, but did not make it back
to my 20-mile cabin that night. I
was too tired. 1 camped for the,
night and went on next day; then
took a day's rest; then on up onto
the summit on the west and south of
the Three Sister mountains to my
traps. I was gone from my home 12
days; got six marten, two otter, one
lynx cat and the cougar, saw several
more cat tracks, hut did not have
time to run th.-m that trip.
Fis-li Problem to Be Discussed.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Jan. 8. (Spe
cial.) State fishery problems will be
the subject of a conference here Jan
uary 15. when L. H. Darwin, state
fish commissioner, will confer with
the chamber of commerce on invita
tion of that body, extended some
THRILLING
IP TITLES AT STAKE
ARLETA AND SOUTH PARKWAY
BATTLE ON WEDNESDAY.
Undefeated lioncyman Hardware
Quintet and Aggie Tossers Meet
Two Strong Fives.
Among the many basketball nmfi
scheduled for local floors this week
are some which should develop into
real "big-time" contests. Wednesday
night the championship of the Tort-
land Basketball association will in
all probability be settled, when the
two strongest quintets of the circuit,
Arleta Athletic club and South Hark
way, meet on the Washington high
floor.
The two contenders are at present
tied for the leadership of the league.
and in all previous games have out
classed their opponents. with the
championship at stake a great battle
is expected.
Manager Peanuts Pander or tne
Parkway hoopers has hl squad
working out three times a week at
the Neighborhood House. He expects
to have his players in the best of I
shape for the contest.
Saturday night will see two great,
battles, one on the Young Men s i
Christian association floor and the
other in the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic club gymnasium. At the
Young Men's Christian association
the undefeated Honeyman Hardware
quintet will meet the North Pacific
college five, and at the Winged-M
club the Oregon Agricultural college
tossers will be entertained by the
Multnomah Amateur Athletic club
team.
Tomorrow night the championship
of the Bankers' league will be de
cided, when Hibernia and Ladd &
Tilton meet on the Young Mens
Christian association1 floor. Both the
quintets have won four game without
a single defeat in the present season,
and tomorrow night's affair will
leave the wtnner the undisputed
champion of the circuit.
Prior to the postponement of
bankers" athletics during the war the
Hibernia tossers had a record of four
sri-aiarht championships, and so far
this season they have been winning
The team Is com- !
K. l..rA acres.
pesed of Ray Toomey. manager and
coach of the Multnomah Amateur
thletic club team; Chet Hughes, for
merly of Christian Brothers Business
college: Al Emmons. Percy White,
Verle Rice and Bob Deagle.
Harry Fischer, basketball expert of
the Multnomah club, will referee.
e
Manager Lakefish of the B'nai
Brith club quintet would like to
schedule a game for his tossers Tues
day night on the B'nai Brith floor.
The clubmen will meet Vernon on
januarv 18. and the Willamette Inde
pendents of Oregon City on January
"5 Team, desiring to schedule games
may reach Lakefish at Main 4036 or
Broadway 136.
The Jewish Boys' Athletic club five
seems to have the number of all other
flyweight quintets In this vicinity.
Tomorrow night the Jewish boys ex
pect to make it 12 straight, when
they meet the B'nai B'rith Juniors
on the Neighborhood House floor.
Schwartz Rossen. Phil Unkeles. Kod
Inskv Jacobson and Sax are Ihe mem
bers of the Jewish boys' team.
The South Parkway team will meet
the Chemawa Indian on the Ne'sh
borhood House floor Thursday. Jan
uarv 27, Instead of January 18. as
th,."game was originally scheduled.
Parkway will also meet the Honey
man Hardware company quintet In a
three-game series the early pMt ?
February, the exact date being unde-
LlThe Olympic club basketball team
defeated 'the North Portland aggrega
tion Thursday night on the Franklin
high floor, 39 to 8. The passing and
teamwork of the winners was too
much for North Portland.
Bojs Rout Married Men. i
VLBANY. Or.. Jan. 8. (Special.)
Because' thev defeated the single men
of the First Methodist church in a
baseball game last summer, the mar
ried men of the church tackled the
boys in a basketball game here this
week but lost out 10 .
team, w'hlch included star
rled men's
players
of a few years ago. handled
the ball well, and kept it in tneir pos-
session the major portion 01 tne
game, but they found tney oouia not
locate the basket easily without j
practice and the younger team, com-
posOd largely of college and high
school players, had no trouble at all
winning
COUGAR HUNT AND GAME REGIONS PICTORIALLY RECORDED BT
MURMUR NEVER HEARD FROM
GREAT PLAYERS, SAYS EVANS
Umpire Often Forced to Swallow Words When Some Player Tries to
Use Official for Alibi.
BY BILLY EVANS.
H
OW do you feel when some ball
player is trying to alibi at your
expense : 1 v as aaivcu letcunj.
If it were permissible to get pro
fane 1 could answer the query most
decisively. However, I compromised
by admitting it usually made me
"darn mad." The degree of anger al
ways depends on one's positiveness
as to the correctness of the decision.
People often say to me that noth
ing would please them more than to
be in a position to overhear the dia
logue that often seems to be taking
place between batsman, catcher and
umpire. 1 don't want to throw cold
water on any such desire, but the
conversation is not always as inter
esting as it may seem. J nere are
times that it is worth while and the
repartee is fast, furious and tobasco
like.
Old Man Alibi has been flourishing
a long time in baseball. The question
PACIFIC COAST BASEBALL LEAGUE 1920 PITCHING RECORD.
NAME.
2!Dailey. Seattle
1 Cole. San Francisco...
8;scott. San Francisco..
2sNiehaus. Sacramento..
8i 46S
'51 2
5 1
23114
16
354 ',
5,5
61 6
4 W. Mitchell, vernon...
34SV.2o:i3
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168 ill: 8
"Mctiuaid. San Franciscoj40Jl?9 I 81 7
. .i38l232'.i;l3!lfl1
. .146:279 ,20116
. ,i32,25H4!16!ia
Piereev. Vernon
Gardner. Seattle
Demaree Seattle
Houck. Vernon
.41,243-- 10 17
UIasfv Seattle
49 352,i22:i4
44 Love. San Francisco..
39 Fromme. Vernon ....
l"'sutherland. Portland.
lOiShellenback. Vernon..
14 Couch. San Francisco
4!Ross. Portland
22Pertlca. Los Angeles.
20;Schorr. Seattle
ISiAldridge. Los Angeles
.i44l2901, 112:19
.l21107j! 6i 8
,451352 121117
j47!298i;lS!12
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24 Thomas. Los Angeles. .!49:304;21
47 Brooks 1 ortiana inT oiiv,
li Keating. Los "Angeles.. 37 292 flSa4;
35 Fitter" Sacramento ... 461331 lSlSl
S'5..iT.V' a.i. ,4S'M14 S!12.
29prough Sacramento. .. .148 347,'20I20
50 Poison. Portland !41'2B5I1I19;
50 Poison. Portland 41. 'i5"-!
JSiHolling. Oakland 48 367
5lBrown. Los Angeles.... 33 228 '3
36!KaIlio. Portland 33 211
37 Penner. Sacramento .... ,48 379
22 20
7!14
910;
19123
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!JS!227!13!14;
33196 HillllS
6 Hughes. Los Angeles. .i2i: 94 1
7 4
51 5
18113
ll.Lerevenx. Salt Lake. . .41i2774
53 Johnson. Portland ..
45 Faeth. Sacramento..
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31) Bromley. Salt Lake..
42 Krause. Oakland . . .
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. . 43il644:10!10
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..,21,140V, 11 8
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41 Thurston Salt Lake.
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. .191 71 U i 311
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43 Relger. Salt Lake 1171 88 I 41 6
Explanation. First column of figures represents standing of pitchers for
games won and lost. G games pitched in: TIP total Innings pitched:
W won: L lost: HBO hits batted off: TR total runs scored off: RRF
runs responsible for; SO strike outs; BB bases on balls: HB hit batsmen;
WP wild pitches; SHO shutouts pitched: 1st pet- percentages of runs per,
game of nine innings; 2d pel. percentage for games won and lost.
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V''lV"
Dlaver is making him look foolish ,
was caused by a discussion of one of
games gf thg recent worl(, serieVl
between Brooklyn and Cleveland. It
was the sixth game of the series, In
which the recruit Malls scored a 1 to
0 verdict over the veteran Smith. It
was one of the finest exhibitions of 1
pitching I have ever seen In a world.
series. Both Smith and Mails per-1
formed in a masterly style. Smith In I
a way spoiled his remarkable work by
his actions. At least a dozen times
he so conducted himself that he made
It evident to the crowd he was not ,
Dleased bv the decisions of Umpire
Connolly, who was working the plate.
I was sitting directly back of the
plate in the press box. I don't want
you to get the impression that it is
possible to umpire a game from the
press box. but one can tell whether
the ball is over the plate or not. It
is impossible to judge the height of
the ball with any degree of accuracy,
because of the peculiar angle at
which you view it. 1 feel I am able
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OREGON GUIDE.
to pass judgment on the work of an
umpire and I would say Mr. Connolly
umpired an excellent game. As I
have said before, far be it from me to
try to pass an opinion as to whether
a ball was too high or low, from a
lofty perch in the press box. How
ever, I do know that Pitcher Smith
gave Mr. Connolly the stony stare on
balls that were six inches inside or
outside the plate. I was surprised.
Mr. Smith proved conclusively to me
that he had all the attributes of a
great pitcher. And the great pitchers
like Alexander, Johnson and the rest
never look at an umpire. You could
miss half a doxen perfect strikes in a
row on Stanley Coveleskie and you
would never hear a murmur from
him.
I happened to bump Into Mr. Con
nolly that evening. Like my fan
friend, I asked him whether he ap
proved of Mr. Smith's behavior. I
will let Tommy answer the query of
the fan as to how an umpire feels
when he is being made the goat.
'T was never quite so mad in all
my life," said Tommy. "If that had
been a game in the regular season
Smith wouldn't have lasted an inning.
Being the really crucial game of the
world seres from a Brooklyn stand
point, I was forced to swallow hard."
That is one of the things an umpire
Is up against In a big series. No um
pire who is working in a series cares
the slightest who wins. If he is sit
ting in the grandstand as a mere
spectator it is ten to one he is pull
ing hard for the team representing
his league. However, when he is in a
series as an official he is a mere
judge of play, performing his duties
as he sees them in a'l automatic way.
t l . 1 T , Alil.i ...- m.l-.c tl.ir.o nn.
pleasant for the umpire and forces board of governors to serve until suc
hlm to swallow words and actions cessors are elected to fill their
that would never pass muster in Places; Immediate organization of a
everyday life. Particularly is this
true in a world series.
(Copyright by W. U. Evans.)
PACIFIC II, QUINT LOSES
NORTH PACIFIC DENTISTS WIN
GAME, 32 TO 10.
Heavy Schedule of Basketball
Ahead for Portland Aggrega
tion Honeyman Next.
t FOREST GROVE, Or., Jan. S.
I (Special.) The Pacific university
I basketball team lost a fast game on
its home floor Friday flight to the
' North Pacific college team of Port
I land, 32 to 10. Hoar of Pacific uni
I versity scored all the points for his
; team, while Captain Estes and Gooch
for North Pacific college played a
strong game. Manager Grove is well
j pleased with the team's showing and
expects -soon to have one of the
! strongest Independent college teams
of Oregon. The lineup:
M("lhiln,
North Pacific (32). Pacific U. (10).
"J
V. . .
Fiske
F. ..
10, Hear
Mace
Snyder
Fowler
Taylo-
Sheolv
j Gooch. 6 C. ..
I Kntlaad S a"
j ppppj,,, 4' .'gj,are.'
I Bottler, 6 Spare.
Keleree, Ireland,
The North Pacific college team has
a heavy schedule ahead. Saturday,
January 15, it meets the Honeyman
Hardware team on the Y. M. C. A.
floor, while the freshman team will
P'ay the Honeyman second team. In
the m ddle of the next week they
play the Mount Angel college team
at Portland and the Chemawa Indians
at Chemawa January 21. On January
39 it meets the McMlnnville college
team and on February 11 plays Pa
cific college at Newberg. Return
games with- Pacific -university. Pacific
college, McMlnnville college. Chema
wa Indians, Newberg American Le
gion and Albany college will be
played in Portland.
HORNSBV OFFER CONFIRMED
Rickey Declares Judge M'Quaid
Made Bid for Giants.
HOUSTON. Tex., Jan. 8. Informa
tion received late today from Orange.
Tex., confirmed the report that the
St. Louis Cardinals received an offer
of 1300,000 for Roger Hornsby.
ORANGE, Tex.. Jan. 8. Branch
Rickey, manager of the St. Louis Car
dinal, who passed through here late
today en route home, declared that
it was Judge McQuaid, speaking for
the New York, Giants, who officially
offered $250,000 for Roger Hornsby. (
Albany Basketball Team Wins.
ALBANY, Or., Jan. 8. (Special.)
Albany high school defeated Stayton
high school 42 to 18 in a fast basket
ball game in this city last evening
It was Stayton's first defeat this sea
son, the team having won five straight
games previously. For the first five
or six minutes of the game the con
test was nip and tuck, the score be
ing tied at 4 to 4, 6 to 6 and 8 to 8.
Then the Albany lads began to draw
away from their opponents and the
score at the end of the first half was
18 to -8 in favor of Albany. Albany
excelled in the second half, 24 to 10.
Wilson Signed to Fight Chip.
PITTSBURG. Jan. 8. Johnny Wil
son of Bqston, middleweight champ
ion pugilist, has been signed to meet
Joe Chip of Newcastle, Pa., at Motor
Square Garden here January 17, in a
1.1-round bout. John McGarvey an
nounced tonight he had completed
the arrangements.
Wisconsin Quintet Victorious
ANN ARBOR, Mich., Jan. 8. Wis-
consin s DasKetDaii team aereatea
Xlil. n ti In thf nnpninp mmt nf
the season here tonight, 27 to 24.
Fordham Defeats Princeton.
NEW YORK. Jan. 8. Fordham de
feated Princeton 2 to 0 at ice hockey
here tonight.
RADICAL OLYMPIC
REFORM "EXPECTED
Committee to Profit From
Past Experiences.
ROME FAVORED AS SITE
Permanent Working Basis Likely
to Result From Meeting to
Be Held in June.
NEW YORK, Jan. 8. American
Olympic plans for participation in the
1924 games are expected to be placed
upoi a permanent working basis be
fore the international committee meet
at Xucerne next June to select a site
for the eighth revival of the world
sport carnival. The foundation for a
far more elaborate and effective sys
tem of preparation will be laid at a
conference of the American Olympic
committee to be held in this city Feb
ruary o.
Profiting by the experiences gained
in handling the i92fl team, which pre
sented problems never before en
countered in Olympic games of the
past. President Kirby has appointed
a special committee consisting of
Colonel A. G. Mills, Hon. J. T. Mahoney
and Robert S. Weaver, president of
the Amateur Athletic union; Colonel
William Llbbey. president of the Na
tional Rifle associatfon; Dr. G. M.
Hammond, president of the fencers'
league; Julius Barnes, president of the
National Association Amateur Oars
men; General Palmer E. Pierce, presi
dent National Collegiate Athletic as
sociation; Hon. Bartow S. Weeks, in
ternational Olympic committee; G. T.
Kirby. F. W. Bublen and W. H. Booth,
president, secretary and treasurer, re
spectively, of the American Olympic
committee, to prepare and present a
comprehensive scheme for the reor
ganization of the American Olympic
committee.
Radical Reforms Expected.
While this committee has not as
yet filed a formal report it is expected
that its recommendations will include
some radical suggestions and proposed
reforms. A number of proposals were
laid before the committee by Presi
dent Kirby In a recent communication
which may result in their being in
corporated in the plan of reorganiza
tion. These suggestions include:
A permanent American Olympic
committee consisting of three dele
gates from each and every sport as
sociation affiliated with the American
Olympic association; a permanent
definite system for participation In
1924 meet with commi.Lee to attend to
preliminary details as they may arise
a quartermaster's department with
full authority and cont.-ol over trins-
portation, housing and equipment
finance committee to take the form
of an American Olympic club to begin
a finance campaign at least two years
previous to the next international
meet, this club to have the same num
ber of delegates and voice on Ameri
can Olympic committee as other af
filiated Bodies; that all funds derived
from Olympic try-outs and exhibitions
be pooled in a general fund instead
of applying to such teams or sports
as create the gate receipts.
Permanent Staff Predicted.
It Is considered probable that should
the proposed scheme for reorganiza
tion be adopted it will result In the
establishment qf a permanent office
and clerical staff to handle the
various matters In connection with
the Olympic games as they develop.
This would obviate the necessity of
undertaking what is really a colossal
task within a few months previous to
the actual staging of the meet.
While the International Olympic
committee will not meet at Lucerne
until next June the site of the 1924
meet is .generally understood to have
settled down to a choice between
Rome, Paris, Pasadena and Copen
hagen. Of the four cities Paris is
conceded to have the best chance
with Rome second choice. With the
scene of the eighth Olympi-d known
several years in advance; a compre
hensive plan of operation and a per
manent force to operate, there would
be little opportunity for the errors of
commission and omission which inter
fered w-ith the complete success of the
1920 American invasion of Antwerp,
SPORTS ARE EXPANDING
EVERY" STUDEJfT AN ATHLETE
IS WHITMAN SLOGAN.
Intramural System of Physical De
velopment Affects Every Man
at Great College.
WHITMAN COLLEGE. Walla Walla,
Wash., Jan. 8. (Special.) "Every stu
dent an athlete."
Tl)is is the slogan adopted by the
department of physical education at
Whitman college, as a basis for
athletics and gymnasium system here.
More than 90 per cent of men
students registered at Whitman
participated in football games of an
Intra-mural or varsity nature at
Whitman last fall, as one result of
the system. Every man received com
plete football equipment. The system
also brought out "dark horses." No
student at Whitman is excused.from
Dhvsical exercise unless he gets a
physical examination by the college
physician. Dr. John Lyman, and is
pronounced unfit, or has been excused
by the board of deans.
Not only did this vast number of
students play football last fall, but
they are now inducing In basketball,
and when basketbali is over, there
will be indoor and butdoor baseball,
and tennis. Here again equipment
is furnished to every student, with
the single exception of tennis shoes.
In basketball, every man In every or
ganization, fraternity or club, plays.
Each team plays from two to three
games a week.
Because of this system Athletic
Director Borleske has seen nearly
every college man playing basketball,
with a view to his possibilities as a
varsity player. No other Institution
in the northwest has worked the Intra-mural
system of athletics to such
a fine degree as Whitman. It is an
extensive system of athletics between
groups, w-ith the fraternity as the
group. The championship is decided
not by one sport, but by a series of
contests extending throughout the
entire year. In the fall, series in
football, tennis and handball are par
ticipated in; in winter, series in bas
ketball, indoor baseball and wres
tling; in the spring, baseball, tennis,
track and swimming.
Seattle .May Train at Pomona.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. 8. Pomona,
1 Cal., will probably be the 1921 traiu-
Ing camp of the Seattle club of the
Pacific Coast baseball league, accord
ing to Manager Bill Kenworthy, who
returned tonight from several weeks'
sojourn in the south. Business Man
ager Fred Rivers left tonight for the
south to complete arrangements for
the training camp of the Rainiers.
Ice Skating Programme Out.
NEW YORK. Jan. 8. The Lake
Placid Ice Skating association today
announced the programme for the in
ternational amateur ice skating cham
pionship on the Mirror lake rink,
Lake Placid. N. Y., February 10 to 12.
Senior events will be 220 and 440-yard
dashes, half mile and one, two and
three-mile races.
3 FRJiHISES ARE PLACED
OUTLAW LEAGUE PRESIDENT
INSPECTING PARK SITES.
Installation of Negro or C'ubau
Teams Is Being Considered
for New Organization.
NEW YORK, Jan. ?. George Her
man Lawaon, president of the recently
incorporated Continental Baseball as
sociation, was here today inspecting
park sites for the league club which
he hopes' to install la or near this
city. He said he expects to place the
state franchises for New York, New
Jersey and Maryland.
The promoter of the new "outlaw"
league said three of the eight fran
chises for the eight-club league had
been granted as follows: Indiana
with the state club playing at In
dianapolis; Massachusetts with, the
club plajing at Boston; Ontario, play
ing at Toronto.
In connection with the New Jersey,
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts
franchises LawKon stated he was
strongly considering installation of
negro or Cuban clubs.
He pointed out that there were at
least 100 negro baseball players in
this country who equalled la playing
skill the best average of the major
leagues.
Law son intimated that the conti
nental league would sign desirable
players without regard to their for
mer league affiliations, except that
all major league players involved in
the recent expose in Chicago were
automatically barred. There will be
no salary limit or limit on the num
ber of players a club can carry and
the contracts will have no reserve
clause. A player will be signed for
one full season and at the end of this
contract will become a free agent
Application has been made, accord
ing to Lawson, for an American Fed
eration of Labor charter for each
club, the players thus becoming un
ionized. He said that while the league
had been incorporated less than two
weeks 50 per cent of the franchises
had been placed, $75,000 subscribed,
several prominent players signed and
arrangements made with umpires. '
WATER SPORTS PUNNED
INTRAMAN UAL MEETS IN SIGHT
FOR AGGIE SWIMMERS.
Diving and Polo lo lit; Featured
When Great New Tank Opens
for Student Activities.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis. Jan. 8. (Special.)
Plans' are being formulated by the
physical education department of the
college for coaching and Instruction
work in swimming, diving and water
polo.
Ralph Coleman, director of intra
mural athletics, will arrange for a
series of meets to be held among the
various clubs, fraternities and inde
pendent organizations of the college.
Final arrangements will be made as
soon as the tank is completed, and it
is planned to make swimming and
diving part of the regular intramural
contests which are held by this de
partment each year. Water polo also
will be introduced if competition war
rants it.
Oregon Agricultural college now
has the distinction of having two
world's aquatic title men enrolled.
Louis ("Happy") Kuehn, holder of
the world's fancy diving title, and
Clarence Pinkston, holder of the
world's high-diving title, have both
enrolled at the local institution.
Lessons for beginners as well as
lessons in tancy diving and swim
ming will be taught as soon as the
new pool is completed, according to
Coach Rutherford. Another feature
to be introduced will be the social
swim which will be held one night a
week.
Jimmy Richardson, general man
ager of student affairs, is working on
some plan for the opening; and dedi
cation of the new tank, which is pro
vided with a balcony that will seat
nearly 6P0 persons.
MATTY'S RECORD
STANDS
Defeats Handed Cardinals Unique
in Baseball History.
Christy Mathewson's record of hav-I Rifle club during the year 1920, ac
ing beaten the St. Louis CatUinals In j cording to reports made at the an
every game he twirled against them nuna!( meng of the club held re
for five seasons stands alone. He lost j "J" cjub sts,rts the new year with
a game to them in 1904 and wasn't , an actVe membership of 230. 25 of
conquered by them until half a decade j which have qualified as sharpshoot
later. It was generally thought that ers under the National Rifle associa
Matty's best record was against Cin- lion rules, while twice that number
cinnati, but that is a misconception. have gained the distinction of marks-
Big Six lost to the Reds in 1908,
gouged them on every occasion in
1909 and 1910, but dropped a battle In
the next year. In 1908-09 he did not
lose a game to the Superbas. and
1909-10-11 the Braves could not take
a game from him.
His record number if victories
against a single club Is eight. In 1903
he defeated Fred ( lark's Pirates that
many times. The Cubs were his
Nemesis, and in 1906-7 handed him
five defeats per season.
Old Dan Griner Slippiug.
nsiTi nrinpr. former National leasrue
pitcher, has slipped further away
from the big show. Last season the
big hurler was a member of the St.
Paul club of the American associa
tion. Next summer he will perform
as a jnember of the Memphis club
of the Southern association, having
recently been sold to that club by
the Saints. Griner was once a mem
ber of the Cardinals and later was
tried out by the Brooklyns. Hie last i
year in the big shdw was in 1918. i part of Marcn or tne tirst oi reoru
That season he pitched one brilliant ary, will be started shortly In tin
name It was against the Phillies at i
Ebbetts Field. With two out in the
ninth Cravath drove a single over
second base and the blow robbed Dan
of a no-hlt game.
Greb Refuses Gibbons li. mi.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. Jan. 8. Edward
Kane, St. Paul, manager of Tommy
Gibbons, light heavyweight boxer, to
night stated that the match between
Gibbons and Harry Greb of Pittsburg,
curded for Madison Square Garden
January 31, had been called off. Greb
refused to meet Gibbons at the weight.
170 pounds. Both men are contenders
for Jack Dempsey's crown.
OPEN LEAGUE Ji 18
Franklin and Lincoln Fives
Matched for First Game.
HILL, COLUMBIA OUTSIDF
Three Contests In Week WOT Be
Played If Principals Ratify
Tentative Schedule.
BY GEORGE COWNE.
Basketball In the Portland Public
High School league will get underway
Tuesday afternoon, January IS. If the
schedule drawn up by the coaches of
the high school quintets at their
meeting yesterday is ratified by the
directors of the league.
Only seven teams are in the prep
school circuit this season, the public
schools having withdrawn from the
old interschotastlc league to organize
a new association of tneir own. This
left Hill Military academy and Co
lumbia university out of the present
organization.
Three games a week will be the
order of the new league which leaves
one team idle one week of tho sched
ule. Games will be played Wednes
day, Thursday and Friday of earn
week and it Is expected that the ma
jority of the contests will be staged
on the Young Men's Christian associa
tion floor although the Washington
school gymnasium may bo used for
some of the games.
Kranklln. Lincoln to Open.
Franklin and Lincoln drew the
opening game of the season and these
iwo quintets will start things off on
Tuesday. January 18. This game was
switched from Wednesday to Tuesday
for the benefit of the Franklin team
which meets tho Oregon Agricultural
college freshmen on Wednesday
that week.
James John and Commerce, accord
ing to the tentative schedule, tangle
in the second game of the week on
January 19, while Washington and
Jefferson bring the first week of
intersi-holastle basketball to a close
on Friday, January 21. Benson Tech
is the only school which does not
swing into action the first week of
the schedule.
The schedule as drawn up by the
coaches is, of course, tentative as
yet and will have to await the offi
cial sanction of the league directors,
who arc the principals uf the high
schools. The directors are. expected
to meet tomorrow to either ratify
I or reject the schedule and to settle
I other matters pertaining to '.
basketball league affairs.
l'nbre Hill Heferrr.
Leon Fabre, who for several years
has officiated as referee in the inter
scholastic basketball league, was un
animously approved by the coaches
as referee lor the 1931 season. The
final decision in the selecting of a
referee is another matter which rests
in the hands of the league directors.
The coaches at their meeting
yesterday also went on record as
being In favor of establishing a rul
ing which will prohibit players on
high school teams from participating
In contests as members of team
other than their own school quintets.
The complete tentative schedule
follows:
January 18 Franklin vernna Lincoln.
January 11 Commerce veruua Jamct
John.
January 21 Washing-ton versus Jeffer
son. January J.i Commerce veraua Benaon.
January 27 Kranklln veraua Jefferaon.
January 28 James John veraua Lincoln.
February 2 Commerco vorsua Washing
ton. February 3 James John versus Frank
lin. February 4 Lincoln 'versus Benaon.
February 1) Jamea John veraua Jeffer
aon. February 10 Commerce versua Franklin.
February 11 Washington versus Benaon.
February 10 Commerce versua Lincoln.
February 17 Jefferson veraua Benaon.
February 18 Jamea John versua Wash
ington. February 23 Franklin versua Benaon.
February 24 Commerce versus Jeffer
son.
February 25 Lincoln veraua Washington.
March 2 James John versua Benaon.
March 3 Uncoln versua Jefferson.
March 4 Franklin veraua Waahlnfton.
RIFLE CLUB PROSPERS
L.- MEMBERS NOW ARE SHARP
SHOOTERS. MA.Y MARKSMEN.
Organization is In G4od Financial
Condition and Part Is to
Be Taken In Contests.
Rapid strides in all branches. or its
activities were made by the Portland
men.
I Owing to the fact that the mem
bership of the club was depleted to
a great extent by the world war. In
which more than two-thirds of the
members participated, the organixa
tion was only able to muster 18 active
members at the start of 1920.
The club Is also well fixed finan
cially, having more than 1500 In cash
on hand and a like amount of equip
ment. The officers elected at the annual
meeting were E. D. Whitney, presi
dent; George R. Herd, vice-presldeni;
E. S. Minchin. secretary; Gus Welgle.
treasurer: E. D. Ritter, range master.
George Norcrosa was also voted a
life membership in the organisation
In recognition of his services.
The outdoor range of the club la
located at Clackamas, while the in
door range Is In the basement of the
Ftnton building.
Elimination shoots to determine a
squad of ten members to represent
the local club In the national Indoor
rifle contests, which will be held
throughout tne country me latter
national inaoor evem. ui en, tin.-
inir a rifle club holds a shoot which
usually lasts for several weeks. The
targets are then sent to Washington,
D. C, where the winners are decided
a
Nebraska Footbull Arranged.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Jan. 8. The Ne
braska football schedule for 1921 was
completed tonight when Director of
Athletics Luehrlng announced the
Fort Collins to Lincoln for th
Thanksgiving day game. The Ne
braska schedule comprises eight