TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN. PORTLAND. NOVEMBER 27, 1921
PUGILISM EJUflUUIIK
FOOTBALL TACTICS
IMPROVED IN 1921
HAT PI IS SECRET
OFJIRST BASE OUTS
saw correctly. "What Is he signaling
for?" the pitcher asked Schlmmel.
"A curve ball," replied the ump.
SKIPPER OF 1921 ARMY FOOTBALL TEAM.
NOTRE DAME'S STAR LEFT END.
"Shake your head for me, wll
you?" asked the pitcher.
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Two young athletes were discuss
lng the merits of boxing, one belm
for the sport and the other takln
the opposite view. "Well, it's bad fo
your eyes," said the latter one finalb
Brothers by Threes and Twos
Earning Weekly Pay.
Forward Pass and Trick Play
Developed in Season.
Trick Worked for 2 Years by
"Bad for your eyes, where do yo
get that stuff?"
"You're apt to get a black ey
Harry 0'Hagen.
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FAMUES
CITY OF ROSES HAS 'EM
There's the Trambltas Clan, the
Gordons, the Zlmmermana
and the Sliirleys.
BY DICK SHARP.
Speaking: el brothers, not the
brother act. In boxing-, there are a
number of families that are earning
their weekly stipend or monthly one.
inn . n .3 a ma vis, j luva i)uci.
The best known family of three
fighting- brothers now boxing- before
the public Is that of the fighting
Shades. There have been and still
are plenty of families with two
brothers In the boxing- game, but
only recently have families -of three
fighting brothers come to the fore.
BlllyGeorge and Dave Shade are
a formidable array of f Istlo flesh and
at least two of them, Billy and Dave,
should make their mark In flstlanla.
Both have done fairly well since
making their debut In the big time.
Only time will tell what they will
really accomplish. Billy created quite
a sensation In Aus-trala by going over
to the antipodes and garnering every
title that could be garnered.
His Immediate family probably ex
pected him to create more of a stir
in the east than he has done to date,
but evidently his handlers are sat
lsfled. Billy Is yet but a youngster
and has his career In front of him.
Dave Is only a kid. It will be several
summers before he will even be old
enough to vote. George does not
possess the class of Dave-fend Billy.
But he Is a tough, rugged mauler who
should make enough money In the
game to keep him through his old
age if he la of a saving disposition.
Fighting- Families Here.
Leaving the Shade brothers and
striking closer to home, Portland has
several families with three fighting
constituents. First, there is the
Trambltas clan, aamely. Valley,
Alex' and Johnny, a middleweight,
welterweight and lightweight respec
tively. Valley, fighting under the
alias of Jimmy Darcy, is busily piling
up the well-known bees and honey.
Valley has the earmarks of a cham
pion. But many fighters have cauli
flower ears aad some champions
haven't. He has never burnt up any
leagues or created any wonderful
sensations, but is a good, hard
plugger. He may not win a great
many fights but will at least be there
battling when the gong rings in the
last round.
Alex left Portland about a year ago,
a good looking prospect, considering
his age and experience. He is said
to have Improved wonderfully, which
means that he must be a front rank
performer by this time. Johnny has
displayed streaks of class at times
and may develop. He can sock, which
Is something the. other brothers
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Gordons In Game.
Then there are the Gordon broth
ers, Abe, Sandy and; last but not
least, Solly. Solly Is just a young
punk, as Sammy would express it
He is etill boxing in the amateur
ranks and needs a lot of seasoning
before he is ready to make his pro
fessional debut. Solly looks good
and fights just like Sammy. When at
his best It is doubtful if there was
a 108-pounder In the world who had
anything on Abe, the eldest of the
Gordons. He was as clever as they
make them and could hit with both
hands. , Abe still is a good boy and
capable of holding his own with any
one at his weight in this part of the
country. He does not get much
chance to show his ability, owing to
the lack of boys at his weight.
Sammy is one of the most popular
Portland-born mixers. He never
fails to put up a fight and is game
to the foundation. Sammy got mora
money than ever before in his life
for boxing Bud Ridley In Idaho last
Labor day and has been taking life
easy since.
Zimmerman Roys Three.
There are three Zimmerman boys
who can fight, but only two of them
have taken to the ring to earn or
rather help earn a living. Neal and
Earl are well known to Portland
boxing followers.
There are plenty of brothers in
the local Shirley family, known in
the ring by the name of Dempsey.
They are all youngsters. Mickey is
the only one who has boxed profes
sionally here. The youngest brother,
Charley, is fighting as an amateur
under the colors of the Multnomah
club, while Art. who is a year or so
older than Mickey, Is training with
the latter and may decide to take
a whirl at the squared circle in ear
nest. Leaving Portland and casting a
gleaning optic on the City of Des
tlny, more commonly known as Ta
coma, one will find the three Jones
brothers, every one of them a first
class fighter as first-class fighters
go In this neck of the timber. Harold
is the eldest and once held the north
west lightweight title. Morgan Jones
is the best bet in Taconra today and
is a big card. Ludwig, the baby of
the family, has shown as much stuff
as either of his brothers and has
been boxing for several years.
Seattle Is almost brotherless in the
fighting ranks. There are three pug
nacious Petes, but only two of them
are generally known to ringdom.
They are Mike and Frank, both of
whom have fought here. Peter Pete
is the third and he can lick either
of his brothers but doesn't elect to
do any fighting outside the family
circle.
That's about all the northwest can
muster. There are three Veirras, in
Oakland, which lets that out.
Prince Hires Yankee Turfman.
William Duke and Guy Garnen,
American trainer and jockey, respec
tively, for the stable which the Aga
Khan, an Indian prince. Is getting
together for 1922, will receive the
largest salaries ever paid on the
French turf. Duke, formerly trainer
for the W. K. Vanderbllt string, is
said to hare signed a cantmct with,
the prince calling for a guarantee of
500,000 francs, with a percentage of
20 per cent of the stake winnings.
Gainer's retainer is made up In dol
lars and Is said to top the amount
paid by Vanderbllt to Frankie O'Neil.
St. Louis, who up to this year was
reputed to be the highest paid jockey
on the continent.
Eby Starts Training.
Earl Eby, intercollegiate half-mile
champion, has started training and
is running over the Falrmount park.
New York, cross-country course every
day with the University of Pennsyl
vania squad. Eby plans to retire from
the game soon but wants to add a
fuw more laurels to bis credit before
he does.
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F. M. GREENE, CENTER, WEST POINT ELEVEN,
MINERAL WELLS, TEX., UPSETS
THEIR PLANS.
Chamber Laconically Informs
American League Champs Deal
Made With Reds.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26. The Yan
kees, despite the fact that the offi
cials in charge of their destinies had
fixed upon Mineral Wells, Texas, as
a training camp, are still without a
place in which to fit themselves for
the season of 1922. It happened in
this wise:
Having decided that it would be
desirable to take the American league
pennant winners to the Lone Star
state for the spring workout and
practice games, not only because the
Union's largest commonwealth offers
climatic and other advantages but
also because Babe Ruth and his com
rades would "draw big" in this terri
tory still untrodden by them, Colonels
Ruppert and Huston, by and with the
advice and assent of Ed Barrow and
Miller Huggins, took- a blrdseye view
of various points down there and
came to the decision a day or so ago
that Mineral Wells, a town Just west
of Fort Worth, would serve their pur
pose best. A concrete proposition from
the chamber of commerce of that
community was in the hanlls of the
New York team, with the clear un
derstanding that it amounted to an
option and that the would be no dick
ering with any other club unless
and until the Yankees wired a negative-southward.
Colonel. Huston, vice-president of
the team, telegraphed to. the Mineral
Springs Chamber of Commerce ac
cepting the outlined terms. Later,
however, he received a return wire
from that body to this effect: "Sorry,
but have already reached agreement
with the Chincinnati Reds." Thus
coolly did the Tcians lunch frugally
off their own words. The Texas cli
mate is exceedingly good for the
nerves, and nerve tonics are seldom
required In that region.
So the Yankees are devoid of a
spring home. The big Babe and his
little pals will, nevertheless, go to
Texas for their conditioning work.
GRID COACH NEVER CAN TELL
WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO TEAM
Mentor Can Draw Safe Breath Only When the Schedule Slate Is
Wiped Clean for the Season.
BY SOL METZGER.
THIS alibi stuff that comes from
the various football camps is
mostly gospel truth, although it
would take more than a jury of 12
good men and true to convince tire
football public of the fact. . Of course,
a lot of bunk Is sent out by the press
agents of many a coach and team, but
more often the truth is told. As a
matter of fact, many injuries are cov
ered up. Many a wise football mentor
prefers to keep the enemy in ignor
ance of the condition of his 'team
Like a good general, he Isn't exposing
any weaknesses. But more of our
coaches follow entirely opposite meth
ods. They have yarns sent out that
make you weep for the poor crippled
boys who are to play the big game
for this or that college on the ensuing
Saturday.
There are, in the nature of things,
many football Injuries. Some are un
necessary, some accidental and some
just pure hard luck. Most of the first
kind are the result of overworking
players or of trying them In scrim
mage when they are not fit to play.
A bunged-up star often goes through
a game without getting a setback, but
it you put him in a practice scrim
mage the odds are against his getting
by without a hard crack on the injury.
Fortunately, most Injuries are acci
dental. They Just can't be avoided.
It's tough luck to have them come
your way, but they do come and a
coach must be prepared for them.
Fortunately, again, they are not as
numerous as we are led to believe
from all we read. Coaches like to
have it known they are up against
tremendous handicaps. As a matter
of fact, they are.
Team Morale Hit.
Now and then a coach meets a
death blow because of Injury. Usu
ally one or two men on a team are
vital to Its success. And often these
men may not tie the outstanding stars.
They are Just hard pluggers, have
grit and something which makes
them stand out as leaders. When
they are in a game their teammates
have high morale. Lacking them, the
eleven fails to swing together. As
proof, let me cite a few examples:
Three days before a big game at
West Virginia in 1915. Rip King, now
a baseball catcher, was talking with
his coach in "his fraternity house
about t o'clock one evening. He was
enjoying the best of health and had I
come through the last scrimmage of j
that week, held the same day in fine I
and there -will be a hundred welcom
ing portals yawning for these notable
guests, for that is a great baseball
state and the fans there are anxious
to see the champion slugger In action.
While in training camp or imme
diately after leaving it the Yanks
will hook up with the St. Louis Cardi
nals in at least three exhibition con
tests, and perhaps five of them. On
the way north the American league
champions will probably renew their
annual spring warfare with the
Brooklyn Robins, picking them up
somewhere in their flight from
Florida.
POLO RULES MAY BE SIMILAR
Changes Being: Made-In American
and British Codes.
NEW YORK, Nov. 26. Another sea
son may see the polo playing rules
of England and America identical in
every respect. . The differences be
tween the two codes have gradually
diminished until now the chief po-ints
of dissimilarity concern the matter
of penalties. In an informal confer
ence with the polo leaders of Great
Britain last summer Immediately fol
lowing the challenge matches at Hur
ingham, American officials expressed
the hope that the rules would become
uniform throughout the world before
long. They promised to take the
matter up with the executive commit
tee of the polo association, and It is
understood that it will be the chief
topic of discussion at tbe committee
meeting to be "held here late this
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Hurlingham is credited with Intro
ducing the idea of allowing free trys
at goal as penalties Instead of de
ducting half a point or a quarter of
point from the score of the team that
has committed a foul. The British
system has been tried here the last
two seasons . and appears to : have
found favor.
Golf Association Has 529 Clubs.
There are now 29 clubs members
of the United States Golf association.
Fifteen have recently been trans
ferred from allied to active member
ship. Including Canoe Brook and Es
sex county of New Jersey and Wee
Eurn of Connecticut. Among clubs
hereabouts just elected active mem
bers are North Hempstead, Fairfield
and Woodland New allied members
are Hempstead, Linwood, Roselle ana
Woodhaven. '
fettle. The coach walked Into an
other room after telling King good
night. In 15 minutes he was sum
moned to King's bedside, where he
found the latter groaning with pain
from an injured thigh. It already
was swollen to twice Its normal size
and the trouble. had started from no
apparent cause whatsoever.
A doctor, summoned immediately,
pronounced the trouble a bad case of
"Charley horse." It was ten days be
fore King resumed practice. In the
Interval the team played Its first big
game and came out of It with the
score tied, -all due to the loss of this
sterling DaCK.
Fallback Wrenches Knee.
This Sams' college sent its eleven to
Charleston, W. Va., the season pre
vious, to play Washington and Lee.
The team was in fine shape and had
run through its signals before the
game started when the fullback 'and
punter thought he would try a few
kicks. Three minutes before that
game started this fullback, in punting
a ball, wrenched his knee so badly
that he did not play football again
for years. His Injury caused the
team to lose that game 8 to 6, as one
punt from the five-yard line by West.
Virginia went straight up into the air.
Out in Oregon the Oregon Agricul
tural college team, some ten years
ago, was all set and primed to break
Gil Dobie's long run of consecutive
victories at the University of Wash
ington. On the night before the
game the Aggies, running from the
field to their dressing room following
practice, lost Walter Keck, one of the
best fullbacks they ever had. Keck
stepped into a hole and twisted his
ankle so badly that he was unable to
play for a long time. His absence, the
shock to the morale of the team, was
too much to overcome.
You never can tell what will happen
in football. The coach, knowing all
these things, has something to keep
him worried all season. Tbe only
time he can draw a safe breath is
when his team has wiped the slate
clean, there are only two minutes
left to play in the final game, and his
proteges have a three or four touch
down lead. So you can't blame him
for magnifying his list of cripples. To
be sure he hopes to have them in the
lineup the following Saturday, but he
is taking no chances about it. He
knows there is many a slip between
the first and last whistle of a big
game, even when his team is better
than the ocher, even though his men
are all in tip-top condition.
DEFENSE ALSO BETTER
Discovery That Back Field Men
Are In Need of Quick Percep
ception Keeps Down Scores.
BY WALTER CAMP.
(Copyright. 1921. Jr The Oreeontan.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 26. (Special.)
The football season of 1921, the cur
tain on which was rung down today
east of the Rockies, showed more real
progress in the scientific development
of the game than any season in the
last decade. It produced a far more
rounded-out attack through the com
bination of three factors the shift,
the forward pass and the run from
kick formation, than has ever been
seen before.
Shift plays in some former seasons
have worked havoc with a defense.
The writer has seen the forward
pass highly developed, putting the de
fense in an extremely uncomfortable
position. He has seen the threat from
kick formation puzzling more than
one team in the past but never before
has he seen these all combined as they
have been this year. There have been
shifts of all inds line shifts, back
field shifts, whirls and turns and even
at times what looked like a "march
around" by linemen.
Forward Fmi Improved.
The forward pass has been far more
delicately timed than in the past and
used with methodical precision. It
has been "screened," and by that is
meant the charging down the field of
linemen, eligible and ineligible, who.
while conforming to the laws so far
as running into the defensive backs is
concerned, still cause a considerable
"f lustration" in attempts to get the
receiver or to the pass.
Another development has been in
the protection given the forward
passer, enabling him to delay his pass
until his men get down the field. Also
the receivers of the pass have ac
quired much greater dexterity, show
ing ability to turn and take the ball
on the run, interposing the shoulder
and body at the same time to the de
fensive back. '
The run from kick formation has
been built into the shift plays so as to
cause more hesitation by the opposing
linemen- and ends, who are left in
doubt as to where the play is to
strike and whether it is to be a run, a
kick or forward pass.
Quick Kick Used.
The quick kick from close behind
the line of scrimmage has been re
introduced, deterring the far-back
defensive man from stealing up and
making himself an extra defense man
to take long forward passes.
Ability to make long passes has befen
greatly increased. Several men in the
game can hurl the pigskin more than
half the length of the field. Decep
tions and false motions, concealed-ball
plays and other tricks have appeared.
All this on the attacking side.
The defense usually has been forced
to extraordinary anxiety and has
shown improvement also. It has im
proved very largely against the for
ward pass, but has not yet caught up
with it. If it had not improved there
would hjive been more scoring. The
defenseTias learned that the forward
passer must be hurried more and more
and that the back-field men must be
of extremely quick perception and ac
tive enough to cover a large radius
and bat down the ball.
Various Plana Formed.
Some teams have drawn more men
out of the line into the backfield to-
guard against a forward pass, while
others have depended on hurrying the
passer. The latter method has been
more successful. If the passer can be
so hurried that none of his men can
set far down the field, then the pos
sible danger zone is confined to the
ten or. 12-yard shorter passes, more
readily defended against. The rather
short flat pass across the end of the
line toward the outside has been a
terrible boomerang to some teams. Its
probable gain is only seven or eight
yards if successful and if intercepted
it may mean a touchdown for the op
posing team.
The lesson has been pretty well
learned and any team making these
passes now in another year will either
send the passer out wider or protect
itself against disastrous result in
some other way. '
Notre Dame carried the forward
passing game to a high degree of per
fection, based on a very clever and
scientific timing. California had one
of the longest-distance passers in the
country in Muller. But almost every
team had a fairly well developed at
tack on the aerial side.
Game Played isl Mod.
It was a great pity that the Penn
State-Pittsburg game was played as
last year, in a sea of mud. The game
promised to be one of the best of the
year. Two first-class backflelds
would have come together, showing
whether one Including Klllinger, Wil
son and L'ghtner, was better than
Glenn Warner's star backfield, which
includes Davis. The game was as
much of a joke as that of last year
in footing and handling the ball.
Those who went to Philadelphia
on Thanksgiving day to see Cornell
defeat Penn had the satisfaction of
seeing a walkaway. The writer was
surprised to find many Penn men
who thought their team had a chance.
Penn was simply outclassed and the
Ithicans took sweet revenge for many
trimmings administered by the Red
and Blue. The Penn team was too
light. It is seldom that a team can
afford to carry two light men in the
backfield. . The great treat of the
day was to see Kaw of Cornell handle
a slimy, wet ball as though it were
dry.
Navy to Oppose Penn State.
Naval academy wrestlers will op
pose Penn State In the latter's gym
nasium on March 11. 1922, -it being
the first time the representatives of
the navy have met an opponent ex
cept at Annapolis. Penn State's box
ers will battle at Annapolis on Feb
ruary 25. These events are of first
significance in the two sports in col
lege circles, as for twd years Naval
academy teams have taken the first
place, while those of Penn State have
been the next strongest contenders.
The wrestling match at Penn State is
in line with a liberal policy which
has been adopted by naval officials
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Swimmer Has Appendix Removed.
Arthur Crawley, captain of the
Northwestern un'verslty swimming
team and for the last two years the
"Big Ten" conference fancy diving
champion, recently was taken to a
hospital and operated on for appen
dicitis. It was announced that his
condition was satisfactory.
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ROGER KILEY.
New photo of Riger KIley, left end of the Notre Dame football
team, one of the strongest elevens of the mid-west. Klley was
placed as an "all-western" end in 1920.
CLUB TOSSERS LOOK GOOD
MULTNOMAH TO START PRAC
TICE IN FEW WEEKS.
Star Quintet Expected, With Four
Old Players Back and Star
Material in Eight.
Practice for the Multnomah Ama
teur Athletic club basketball team
will start the second week in Decem
ber. The team this y.ear will be
coached by George ("Ad") Dewey,
who starred at Oregon Agricultural
college and later played several years
with Multnomah.
Ray Toomey, the manager, has not
scheduled any games for the clubmen,
but expects to clash with several of
the northwest college quintets Just
as soon as the Pacific coast and
northwest conference meetings to be
held in Portland, starting December
10, are over. Until that time the
colleges wilL not know what their
schedules for the season will be.
It is practically certain that games
between Multnomah and the Spokane
Amateur Athletic club. Walla Walla,
Y. M. C. A., Gonzaga university. Whit
man college. University of Idaho.
Willamette university. University of
Oregon and Oregon Agricultural col
lege will be arranged for this season.
Oregon will make a Darnstorming
tour of the Willamette valley during
the Christmas holidays. Coach Bohler
has practically assured Manager
Toomey of a game then.
Astoria, the team which defeated
the Walla Walla Y. M. C. A. last year,
has .written for a game.
Coach Dewey should have one of
the strongest teams in the northwest
when the clubmen get under way
next month. From last year's team
he has Clarence Twining, guard, Gus
Clerin. forward. Bob Morton, forward,
and Campbell, gflard. Manager Toomey
will be in condition in case he is
nnpdeH in a Tlnch.
Ned Fowler and Jack Askey of last
year's team, will be missing from the
lineup this season, as tney are ooin
attending school In the east.
New material which Dewey will
have to work on consists of Paul
Wapato, Willamette university star,
Francis and Vincent Jacobberger,
Clipper Smith, -who played three years
as a guard on the Notre Dame quin
tet, and Bob Pelouze, ex-Stanford
nnivornitv forward and one of the
best that ever played in the Pacific
coast conference.
Dewey also has a new forward
named Evans who shows promise of
developing into a whlrlwina. rrc
tlrallv every player who intends to
try for the Winged M first team is
playing in the house basketball league
now in progress, xnis playing snouia
have the members or tne warn in
first-class shape for the etart of the
season
If Carpentier Fights Again
His Life's in Peril.
Tronhlr la tinder Right Rtbn
Where Dcmpey Landed.
BY SPARROW McGANN.
TEW YORK. Nov. 26. (Special.)
XM if Georges Carpentier ever fights
'a good man again, he will do so at
the peril of his life.
Word to this effect came from Paris
today from a man whose information
Is always reliable. Down under the
right ribs the trouble lies. It Is the
spot where Dempsey hit the French
man about 40 seconds before he deliv
ered the knockout, which, according
to Dempsey's own testimony, was not
a real knockout. In other words,
Dempsey always has believed that
CarpentieVs hash was settled before
he landed his right on the Jaw. Lots
of others agree with him.
The writer was seated Just under
the ring at the spot where Carpen
tier received that body blow, and at
the time he marveled that the for
eign fighter could stand It. It was an
awful wallop. The fact that it touched
none of the nerves that momentarily
Induce insensibility need not be re
garded! as Important. Men, mortally
shot, have walked a quarter of a mile
or so. So with Carpentier.
And here Is an interesting thing.
It was the only really hard body
blow that Dempsey struck. In fact,
he attempted none. Practically all of
his hitting was confined to Carpen
tler'a head. Why? Well, here is one
reason. Perhaps it Is the only reason.
Dempsey was told by at least one
expert in physical science that Car
pentier was poorly protected by flesh
and muscles in the region of the vital
organs, and that care should be taken
in attacking the Frenchman's body
lest the bout end in a mortal injury.
At least this Is the story that was
whispered around the day after the
fight and has since been repeated by
men who should know what they are
talking about.
Descamps keeDs Insisting that his
man will come over to America to
fight Tommy Gibbons. Rickard had
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but this will be believed by certain
men close to' the fight situation In
this cltyonly when Carpentier arrives
here and starts training. The Paris
Informant, above referred to, says
that Carpentier will not fight Gib
bons and that It is evtremely doubt
ful If he ever fights anybody save
some second or third-rater of light
hitting power.
Maybe Tex Rickard wasn't such a
come-on In the matter of Johnny Wilson-Bryan
Downey fight In the Jer
sey City arena as some persons have
thought. There is a story going the
rounds that the great promoter did
not attempt to swing the battle by his
lonesome maybe he wasn't permitted
to do so but that a certain group In
Jersey City declared themselves in on
the show, when they .saw the poor
attendance and realized that their In
vestment was going flooey. It is al
leged they ordered Wilson's money
held up in order to save their bank
rolls. If this Is true, then Wilson's
purse is not in existence at the pres
ent time. Perhaps this Is the reason
why the cheese champion is not suing
for his money.
When a prize fighter comes out
and decries the growing importance
of the gambling element in boxing it
would seem that things are getting
to a pretty bad pass. Benny Leonard
is the boy who made the crack and
he gave this as one of the reasons
why he does not care to box to a de
cision in New York. He has no de
sire, he said, to run a chance of being
framed out of his title. He added
that where betting is a strong fea
ture of the preliminaries of an im
portant bout and judges selected for
the occasion are of an unknown char
acter the champion would be a fool
to accept. Benny Is right. Gamblers
have killed boxing In New York state
several times and their present activ
ities may well lead to another death
blow.
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HEN the conductor and the grip-
man on a homebound cable car
on the Portland Heights line decided
late one night to come down town for
just one more drink, with the result
that the power house was kept work
ing overtime and the superintendent
had to send a special crew to re
claim the lost car? H. D.-M.
When E. H. Thomas had the South
Portland Oregonian route?
PIONEER. "
The lumber yard on old Ninth street,
now Eleventh? M. J. C.
. When the little German band would
stand on the corner and play "Red
Wing?" S. A. G.
When we used to pick Damson
plums on Council Crest and what de
licious preserves our mothers madt
from them? MRS. S.
The school for colored children at
the northeast corner of Fourth and
Columbia? . . It. J. H.
When you were a kid and the boys
spat on your new shoes to christen
'em , J. W. K.
When Pantsey Patterson, who ran
the Canyon Creek laundry, wore trou
sers with 24-lnch legs, because of his
extreme baw-leggedness? R. S. F.
When Mayor George L. Baker put
out the Are in the Opera laundry with
a can of rusty water, but spoiled th-3
people's clothes? B. F. D.
When C. E. S. Wood was orator at
the dedication of the Skidmore foun
tain on North First street? J. B. H.
WASHOtTGAL HIGH VICTORIOUS
CamaS Students Lose Grid Game
.After Five years' Lead.
WASHOUGAL, Wash., Nov. 26.
(Special.) In the big game of the
season, Washougal high school de
feated Camas high school today by
the score of 7 to 2. The game was
played in a sea of mud, which pre
vented forward passes and open play.
In the second period Washougnl
recovered a fumble on' her opponent's
15-yard line and by three end runs
punt, but fumbled, recovering the ball
Camas was the aggressor in the third
quarter and by a series of off-tackle
plays worked the ball down to the
15-yard line where the visitors were
held for downs. Washougal tried to
put but fumbled recovering the ball
back of their own goal line for a i
safety, which gave Camas her only
score. The remainder of the game
was played in Camas territory.
This is the first football vlctory
for the locals over Camas during the
last five years. The stars of the
game were Weidman, fullback, and
Spear, halfback, for Camas and
Jones, halfback, a:d Erickson, quar
ter, for WashougrL "Moose" John-
son, O. A. C. refereed.
STORY TOLD BY COLLINS
Member of Waterbury Nine Ilad
Remarkable Success Catching
Runners Off Base.
BY MALCOLM MacLEAN.
CHICAGO, Nov. 26. (Special.)
John Collins, the popular outfielder
of the Boston Red Sox. began his
league playing Vlth the Springfield,
Mass., club. He tells a story on Harry
O'Hagen, a member of the rival
Waterburys.
"For two years O'Hagen had won-
derful success catching a runner off
first base, where he played," says
Collins. "He didn't make the effort
often, but whenever Waterbury sim
ply had to nip a runner Harry was
there with his trick. It got so that
men became superstitious about it
all, because O'Hagen rarely failed.
"It happened, so we learned later,
that Harry kept a hatpin hidden on
his person. When the game got close
and exciting he'd slip that hatpin in
his glove.
"The runner would take a slight
lead off the base and Harry, on
catching the ball, would Jab the rival
slightly as he returned to the bag.
The pin would stick him slightly and,
nine times out of ten, he'd jump a
bit in surprise, forgetting to keep
his foot on the bag. Then Harry
would tag him again, and he'd be
out.
"For two years Harry got away
with it, showing that he worked it
pretty cleverly."
Dumpling McMahon, an Jld-tlme
New York Giant scout, has been
called one of the greatest "ivory
hunters' of all time. , He rarely rec
ommended a player, but when he did
the recruit had something weli worth
seeing. McMahon had been a pitcher
with the old Orioles when McGraw
played third base for them.
One spring McGraw told McMahon
to go out and stay away a whole year,
if necessary, but to bring in "one reai
ball player. "Dumpling" left the of
fice and for months scouted around In
the minor leagues.
One afternoon, late in the summer,
he strolled into the park and said to
McGraw: "Well, I've got your man."
"Who is it?" asked McGraw, much
interested.
"Burns, the Utlca catcher."
"Catcher? We don't need a
catcher," replied McGraw. "We're
loaded up on them now."
"Yes, I know," said McMahon, "but
Burns can do anything play the out
field, run the bases, hit; he's an all
around star."
Of course, after this recommenua
tion. Burns got a chance and has been
one of the leading outfielders of t:.e
country ever since.
Schlmmel, an ex-left-handed pitch
er of considerable class, was "umpir
ing a game In Iowa one day. One of
the pitchers had been on a tear the
night before and still was somewhat
under the weather.
This fellow's team took the 11. :j
for the first Inning, and the pitcher,
slightly reeling, ascended the mound.
Schlmmel stood behind him, as they
had but one umpire.
The pitcher looked at the catcher.
T-Te wasn't certain whether or not he
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aren't you? You can't call that goo
for the eyes."
A recruit, a rather likeable chai
went Into the dining-room at th
training camp. It was his first ex
perience, and he sat with one of th
veterans of the club, who had sor
of taken him under his wing.
The old-timer swiped the kid's fori
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PESEK
IN
BAI
Wrestler's Manager Says He'll Cn
Him Adrift.
NEW YORK. Nov. 26. Larne
Llchtenstein, Chicago manager c
boxers and wrestlers, whose licena
with that of John l'esck, Nebrask
wrestler, was revoked by the stai
athletic commission as a result
Peaek's objectionable tactics In t-h
bout against Marin Plestina, denlr
any responsibility yesterday for th
actions of Pesnk in the ring last Mor
day night. Llchtenstein is the mar
ager of Pesek and handled the Nt
braska wrestler In the bout itgainr
Plestina.
In denying rowponslblllty for Pe
sek's wrestling tactics, Llohtenstel
professed his own approval of th
commission's disqualification of Pese
and exhibited confidence that th
commission will clear him. as mar
ager of Pesek, of any responsibillt
for the wrestling fiasco.
"I am going to try to dispose c
Pesek's contract and have so notifle
the commission," said Llchtonstel:
"I consider that my own reputation i
at stake and I will not be associate
with anything questionable In th
game. I have been to the commlssio
and have laid my cards on the tabl
If anything questionable was con
nected with the recent wrestllm
match between Pesek and Plestina
declare I was not a party to It.
"I expect the commission to clea
me, as my Instructions to Pesek wer
to wrestle cleanly and to win. It 1
apparent he disregarded my Instruc
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