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THE , SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 10, 1023 COLUMBIA DEFEATS VANCOUVER LEGION Score of 25 to 0 Rolled Up - on Multnomah Field. AERIAL ATTACK IS USED Reautiful Play Used by Preppers for One Score; losers Put rp Hard Fight. Columbia university's great foot ball team won from the eleven of the Vancouver, "Wash.. American Legion yesterday on Multnomah field by a score of 25 to 0. The Irish kicked off and Van couver put the ball into scrimmage on its 16-yard line. Making no progress in two attacks on the uni versity line, the legionnaires tried to punt. The preppers broke through and blocked the kick, the ball roll ing out of bounds on the 16-yard lin-e. where they recovered it. I Columbia started to buck the line. The defenders were penalized five yards for -being offside on the first down, tout Columbia lost this advan tage on a similar penalty the next down. On the third play Cudahy made a successful forward pass to Col line, who carried the ball to the one-yard line. t'ndahy Crosses Goal. Cudahy then plunged over the groal line for a touchdown. Colum bia failed on a try for point. Score, Columbia 6, Vancouver 0. The university kicked off again and Vancouver after three off-tackle smashes again punted the ball, go ing out of bounds on the legion's 47-yard line. Schulmeric made 12 yards around left end, and Collins advanced eight more on two diag onal line crashes. With the horse hide on Vancouver's 27-yard lin, a prepper fumbled and an ex-service man recovered. The soldiers punted as the quarter ended. Shortly after the second quarter opened Columbia punted 50 yards to the Vancouver five-yard line. Vancouver kicked back butUost 20 yards on the exchange. Each side fumbled in succession after Colum bia had sent Schulmeric and Collins up the field to Vancouver's 35-yard line. From this point Cudahy, on a 'fake end run formation, passed the bail 20 yards to Schulmeric, who took it over the goal line for the second touchdown of the day. Co lumbia failed in an attempt to kick goal for a point. Another Chnnce Is Missed. After the university had kicked off again the ball see-sawed back and forth in legion territory until i he end of the half. The Port landers missed another chance for a touchdown by fumbl'ng. The Co lumbia punter had kicked to the legionnaires five-yard line, forcing the soldiers to punt from behind ilieir own goal. The ball went out of bounds on Vancouver's seven yard line. The prep school backs tried to shove it over in two plunges and they never gained an inch. On the third attempt Vancouver's full back, Cwiedack, recovered a fumble and ran to the middle of the field, where he was downed as the half ended. Score: Columbia 12, Van couver 0. , No scores were made in the third period, Columbia having the ball in opponents' territory most of the time. ' Columbia kept up a continual aerial attack in the last quarter, interspersed with wide end runs and delayed line bucks. Schulmeric made the third touchdown for his team after the ball had been passed by Cudahy and Schulmeric to lougherty for short gains until it rested on the four-yard line. From here Schulmeric skirted right end for a touchdown and the goal was kicked. Score: Columbia 19, Van couver 0. Brantlfol Play Is Made. ; The next score was made on, the most beautiful play of the game when Schulmeric stood on his own 49-yard line and threw the ball 35 yards to Logan, who ran 15 yards across Vancouver's goal. The try for point failed. A few plays later Columbia's kicker booted the" ball 60 yards, and when the Vancouver safety failed to hold it Dougherty. Columbia end, scooped it up and ran for a touch down. The score did not count, as the referee ruled .he had blown his whistle just as the Columbian picked up the oval. -Final score: Columbia 25, Van couver 0. The legion team fought hard, but they were outclassed in all de partments of the game. The lineups: Columbia (20). Vancouver fOl. f."rrl'' ' T,E HafOv JmiOrden 1, T Nnrnren MrtClhejiey ...... I, o Dlerlin- t avenaUKh C Morris J Kk" R Parker HanMvass RT rav r,,it.1"' : Bowman pcnumieric I, H Armstrong Johnson R H Cwiedak -""" Harper Kiiosiiinuotu Columbia. Hainer for nstmi tor Mcisineney, Logan fur Johnson. Genty for Collins ConW fur Van Orden. Vancouver. Hobart for "'"""""s. ueers ior barker. Shattock for Preister, Lyness for Harper Ma polo for Deets. Winkler for Bowman. Mromnauyn lor Cwiedak. Galboth for fitiuiis, jtiiarews ior MatTev. ' Officials Keferee. V. Jaco'herjrer- um-t're-, ,c- -"- Watts; bead linesman. J. fcuckley. CTBS LOXG OX CHAMPIONS "Hack" Miller, ex-Coast Leaguer, Held Strongest Man In Baseball. : CHICAGO, Dec. 9. Chicago's Na tional league baseball club is long on champions. It claims to have the tallest and shortest men in tha. major leagues ana also the strong est player. Ernest Osborne, a pitcher, stand ing 6 feet 5 '.4 Inches in his stock ing feet, undoubtedly is the tallest player in the majors. Earl Adams, who came to the Cubs from Wichita Kails, Kansas, is a second baseman, and measures only 5 feet 4 inches. Lawrence "Hack" Miller, who came from the Pacific Coast league. is saia to be the strongest man in baseball. He' is the son of Sebastian Miller, who for years was known about Chicago and the middle west as the "strong man." and whose tests of strength are well remem bered by the old-timers. Hack in herited much of his parent's make tip, but he prefers playing baseball to touring the country exhibiting his strength. However, for the edification of his teammates, "Hack" has picked i:p a horseshoe and, taking hold of the heels of the iron shoe, straight ened it out. He also will push a noil through a two-inch plank with his thumb. He is a hitter of the f lugging type, his blows having plenty of strength behind them. 4. From the squad shown fn the picture The team had only seven points scored against it In all the games played, and it rolled up more than 20" points against opponent, 'i ae teams defeated were Cbemana, McMinnville. Brownsville, Salem. Eugene, Lebanon. Cottage Grove and Albany. DEAD HEATS RARELY RUN TIE HORSE RACES EXCEP TION', NOT RTXE. Wool winder and Old Honesty Forced to Start Second Time in 1909 at Iyatonia. Dead heats are the exception, not the rule, on race tracks, and when ever one occurs it always occasions much talk. The last time a dead heat was run in Kentucky and the race run off was at Latonia October 30, 1909. "Woolwinder, owned by the St. James stable, and Old Honesty, owned by A. J. Gorey, finished on even terms. The race was run off and Woolwinder won all the way, finishing fix lengths in front of Old Honesty. Bookmaking was in vogue at Latonia at that time and the bookies made a separate book on the run-off. In bookmaking the bettor gets one-half the face value of the ticket in case of a dead heat. In the race referred to the bet ting on Woolwinder was 7 to 5, mak ing the face value of a $5 ticket $12. Holders of $5 tickets on Woolwinder got $6 back from the bookmaker. Old Honesty was 5 to 1 in the bet ting. A $5 bettor had a ticket call ing for $25 to $5, making the face value of the ticket $30. He received $15 for the ticket. In the run -off .the bookmakers made Woolwinder a 3-to-5 shot and laid 6 to 5 against Old Honesty. In all dead heats run in Ken tucky since the mutuals have been installed the money has been di vided except in one case. May 5, 1913, at Lexington Rudolfo, iowned by H. H. Emmons, and Yankee No tions, owned by H. K. Kriap-p. fin ished on even terms. Mr. Emmons insisted on running off the race, but Trainer W. Karrick of Yankee No tions refused to run off the race and gave his portion of the purse to Em mons. Since that time the owners have always agreed to . split the purse.- It is quite likely that Judge Young and Will Perkins 'had some idea in their mind that their wagers on the race would be decided on the run-off, but the stewardsi ruled that the mutual betting had nothing whatever to do with the run-off, that simply 'being a method- by which the owners were dividing the purse. , Ex-Portlander Is on First Yale-Harvard Eleven. Frank W. Vaillr of Honolulu Ik Football Fan. HONOLULU, T. H Dec. 9. (By Mail.) When Yale plays Har vard back east around Thanksgiving day, there will be one man in Hono lulu who will be much more inter ested in the result than anybody else in the world. He is Frank W. Vaille. one of the few living who. was a mem ber of the first Yale football team that played the first game with Harvard November 13, 1875. Vaille is chief clerk of the United States railway mail service here and at one time was stationed in the northwest in connection with mall service, spending some years In Portland. The game in 1S75 was played wTlth 16 men on the team, Vaille said. He declared that the rules were even a greater Jumble, in those days than they are now. As to rough play he inclines to the belief that football now Is just as rough as it ever was. Speaking of the forward pass, Vaille 'declared he likes that and other - intricate plays. They add considerably to the attraction of the game, he admitted. The ball was not oval in those days, but was more like a soccer ball, and drib bling was one of the favorite ways of making yardage. Vaille is a regular attendant of interscholastic games and also of the big senior games here. He saw th University of Oregon play the University of Hawaii here last Christmas and commented on Ore gon's prowess favorably. ANTELOPE HERDS INCREASE Protection for Game Proving to Be Successful In Canada. LETHBRIDGE, Alta., Dec. 9. Government plans to prevent the extinction of the antelope in west ern Canada are proving successful and the reserve created at Foremost, Alta., in 1918 with 50 animals in captivity has now increased to 130, representing an increase of SO head for the past year. The reserve, known as the Nemi- skam park, comprises nine square miles, and the steady growth of the herd and the absence of disease is considered good evidence that the experiment is likely to result in saving this species from the ex termination that otherwise awaits it. Swifter than the greyhound in flight exceedingly graceful and beautiful, the antelope has for many years been a prize for the big game hunter and its numbers have been diminishing of late years with a rapidity that has aroused the con cern of all lovers of wild life. Ten years ago Dr. W. T. Horna day. the distinguished American naturalist, estimated that there were 1000 antelope in western Canada. CORVALLIS HIGH SCHOOL WINS VALLEY CHAMPIONSHIP. an eleven that took on eight tough FOR PURE BLUFF, FOOTBALL YIELDS TO NO OTHER GAME Draw Poker Permits of No More Psychology Than Gridiron Sport, Declares Sol Metzger. BY SOL METZGER. THE typically American game of draw poker permits of no more psychology than does football. For pure bluff, for putting it over, for squeezing out the other fellow, our annual fall sport yields nothing to any game ever invented. No finer rexample of bluff ever existed than the stunt of the old Yale elevens, vhen Yale was in her glory, of running on the field be fore contests bedecked in big blue sweaters which were emblazoned with the shining white "Y." ' The prestige of Yale for all time seemed back of the "Y's." Teams which had good fighting chances quailed. They might come to New Haven certain of victory, but the white "Y" licked them on sight. That blufr worked for many a year. Then teams began to break through. Yale now fights on even term3 with her foea. Princeton WIn by Psychologry. Back in 1903 Princeton was to play Yale, a team that had been rather too free in the use of Its hands on attack, a procedure banned by the rules. Evidently Yale had been getting away with it in her minor games. .The result was Yale was going farther and farther into this land of trespass. Then came the Princeton game. The Princeton coaches won that contest before it even began by a neat bit of psychology. The first thing they insisted on was that the umpire, who penalizes for holding, be a man of unquestioned character who would stick to what was right under all conditions. They obtained Jack Minds, ex-Penn captain. And Minds probably never knew that lie was the victim of all this plot ting. Yale, of course, readily agYeed to him. Then, when the officials gathered on the field to toss the coin and have their confab with the repre sentatives of the two teams, the Tiger coaches sprung their plot. Mr. Minds," they are reported to have said, "the Yale forwards have been holding a great deal all this season and getting away with it. We suppose you will penalize them if they do so today." Minds reacted as per schedule. He told the Tiger coaches where to get off, for he was naturally in censed at this shaft aimed at his honor. But he did watch the Yale line, watched it like a hawk, and he caught it holding several times when that fine Yale eleven was marching to victory. Princeton won in the closing moments with a long field goal by DeWitt, and by f. maigin of Just a few points. But down Nassau way those in the know attribute the victory to their coaches because they forced Minds to keep his eyes on the Yale for wards. Little Thine Torn Tide. Little things often turn the tide. The unexpected pops up and rattles team. We quite upset a very good Dobie team in the northwest in this way. Dobie had overlooked a rule relative to the position of the Dan held by the center before it is snapped back. The rule clearly reads that the ball must be at rest EX-WHITMAN TRACK STAR " - - - , -"-rS!?' " ' if: Bill Martin, who has been conditioning athletic team at Penn State for a number of year, and track eoark. aa -well, has accepted a itmiiar berth with the I nivrrsiry of Pennsylvania. mm 1? 4' wr games and won them all in the football season just ended wan molded. on the ground with its long axis parallel to the ground. Dobie's cen ter was standing it on its nose be fore snapping it, as many an Eli team did after that until we men tioned it in a newspaper article. . A chat with the referee before this particular game called his at tention to the error in the Wash ington attack, and when this eleven was constantly penalized for put ting the ball in play in the afore said manner, the result was rather astounding, as a team which was really some 50 or 60 points better than the other succeeded in making only three touchdowns- Perhaps the most unexpected and upsetting play ever spring in foot ball was the quarterback kick. Woodruff, Heffeltinger s running mate at guard when an undergradu ate at Yale, went to Pennsylvania as football coach and really revolu tlonized the game. Today the in fluence of Woodruff on football is seen everywhere. He was the man to modernize football, as he first launched those successful principles of attack and defense which are now standard. rfevr Invention Saved. Penn was to play Princeton that year, so Woodruff saved his new invention the quarterback kick- for this big contest. He was clearly within the rules in perfecting the play, but as he was the first to fig ure it out and as nothing even re motely like it had ever been seen before, the launching of this play, the first open play of football, met quite an odd reception. The offi cials were so nonplussed they would not permit it. Fortunately Penn got away with the game in spite of the adverse ruling of the officials on their "ace" of attack. One cannot let the quarterback kick pass without comment. It must take rank as the most daring football play of all time, far more spectacular than the forward pass of today, all because the ball was passed from one player to another running at full speed down the field by foot instead of hand. Re lentless practice for months was necessary to perfect it. The play was run from a regular scrimmage formation, the quarterback receiv ing the fall from the center and then kicking punting it from his position high over the two rush lines to a spot some ten yards down the field and some ten yards out from the end of the scrimmage line. The other backs, starting when the ball was, snapped back, ran paral lel to the scrimmage line until the ball was actually kicked in order to be ohside, that is, back of the ball when it was kicked. This per mitted them to catch it in flight. No play ever worked such havoc in old time football. Then the de fense was compact, the defensive backs playing within a yard or two of the scrimmage line. It was rare for one of them to run back in time to break up this play. All things considered, it has a record of more touchdowns year in and out than any other play ever used by a team. Unfortunately, it is an impossible play today, as the defensive is now so arranged as to break it up with out fail. IS SUCCESSFUL TRAINER. safe: i t 'BIG THREE' MIES CUT HARVARD WILL PLAY EIGHT TIMES NEXT SEASON. Schedule Will Be Adjusted Meet. Demands of Annual "H-Y-P" Competitions. to BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 9. Infer ences that Harvarcrs varsity eleven will play only five gamed next year ap'parently are without basis of fact The shortening of the practice sea son by .the new Harvard-Yale-Princeton agreement doubtless will mean the elimination of one early game, but that is all. This year Harvard plays nine games. Next year the list probably will contain eight games. An'd the task of the schedule makers is to obtain, oppon. enta of average ability so that the process of building the team for the major contests will not be thrown out of kilter. In other words, an effort must be made to avoid mental hazards so that the team will be alert by the time of the Princeton game. College will open next- year on September 24. This means that foot ball practice cannot start until Sep tember 17, or one we& before col lege opens. This year practice started a week after Labor day; so that the new plan will cut Harvard's practice by one week. It is appar ent, therefore, that the coaches will not have, sufficient time to prepare a team for a game on the first Sat urday after college opens, which will be September 29 next year. ConseT quently the first game will be elim inated. However, games will -be practicable on October 6, 13 and 20, with the closing half of the schedule being as follows: October 27 Dartmouth at the stadium. November 3 To be fined. November 10 Princeton at Princeton. November 17. Brown at the stadium. November 24 Yale at the stadium. Nothing will be done regarding the 1923 plans until after the end of the current season, but the- wonder ful backing Dartmouth received and the fine flavor left by that hard- fought contest leads to the belief that the Green team will trek from Hanover to Cambridge against next season. Whether such a scheme is feasible year In and year out is en tirely problematical, for it cramps the Harvard schedule makers in that it permits of no chance to book Penn State, Cornell or any other strong eastern team because of lack of time to prepare for such a game. The plan does seem reasonable for. next year, however, a the new "Big Three" regulations must be tested before it can be definitely deter mined Just how much the limiting of practice will hinder development That Harvard will play Prince ton next season goes almost without saying. Any possibility of a rup ture over Lothrop Withington's re marks at the Princeton smoke? were averted by the statement from Har vard that the remarks did not ac curately express Harvard official opinion.. Now that Princeton has beaten Harvard for two successive years, after a pair of tie contests, Har vard will be particularly eager to oppose the Tigers next fall, and nothing occurred in their recent game that would cause a change in plans. College opens at Cambridge on the Monday preceding the last Wednes day in September and the Yale foot ball game will be played, as usual on the Saturday preceding Thanks giving. As Harvard, Yale ana Princeton will be on even terms as regards practice, there will be no problems in preparing for the objec tive games' of the season. But If care is not exercised in arranging early games- the "Big Three" teams may encounter early-season reverses from teams which will have more time to prepare than the Harvard-Yale-Princeton, squads. Alex Has Great Pitching Record for 12 Years. Great Player One of Pew to Win . 30 Games in Three Seasons. G ROVER, ALEXANDER has set no particular goal for the finish of his major league career. The daddy of big league pitchers is Denton Te cumseh Young, who was a major leaguer at the age of 44 and who saw service for 22 consecufve sea sons. Grover Alexander was born at St Paul, Ndb., February 26, 1887. To tie Cy's record of pitching when 44 years of age, Alex will have to wear the uniform when the. 1931 season opens. "And don't be so stirs that I won't be around" with a block of young sters that- spring, either," mused Alexander. Alexander is one of the few major league pitchers- to win 30 or more games in three successive seasons. Ht3 remarkable record follows: Tear. 1S11 1912 1913 1914 1915 1919 11T 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 Ings.W. Ij. Pet. SO. BB. 367 28 13 .6S3 227 129 310 19 17 .543 19( 107 306 22 8 .733 159 75 355 27 15 .642 214 76 376 31 10 .756 241 64 3S9 33 12 .733 167 ' 60 3S8 30 13 .698 201 58 26 2 1 .677 21 ' 6 235 16 11 .593 121 88 363 27 14 .659 173 69 2.12 15 13 .538 77 33 260 17 12 .580 119 40 A..48 ;..48 ...47 ...- ...49 ...48 .,.45 ... 3 ...30 ...48 ...31 ...S5 In service. HIGH SCHOOL FIVES READY FOR SEASO Practice Begun by All Ex cept Franklin Tossers. COMMERCE NEEDS FLOOR ack of Place to Practice May Cause Team to Drop Out of League, Says Principal. AH of the high school basketball teams except Franklin and Com merce held their first practice last week. Coach Meek at Franklin will call out his team tomorrow. Com merce, according to J. F. Elton, principal, may drop out of the bas ketball league. The school has not yet selected a coacK. Because Commerce has no floor it has received permission from Principal Boyd of Washington high to practice in the Washington high school gymnasium every aiter- noon after 3 o clock. As soon as tne season starts, however. Commerce must give up the floor at least three times a week, for an or the nign school games are played on the Washington floor. Much Practice Needed. "We have only a couple of letter men," Mr. Elton said yesterday, "and unless we find a floor where we can practice every day and get a good coach Commerce win not nave basketball team this year." Last year the team practiced a few times- on the B'nai B'rith floor and at other times on the Knights of iColumbus floor. There is not much chance of getting the B'nai B'rith floor for steady practice this year, and the Knights of Columbus floor is longer than the regulation size and much narrower than any other floor in -the city. - Lincoln Tossera Out Lincoln held its first practice Friday in the Washington high school gym under its new coach, Ray Brooks, who also is managing the Arleta professionals. Brooks has been managing and coaching semi - professional and amateur teams for several years and at on time coached the Franklin high school five. With- five lettermen back in school Lincoln's prospects- for a championship team are exception ally bright. Chiles. Hughes, Leo Faust, Johnny Faust and Flynn of the 1921 team are practically cer tain to again make the team, al though several promising second- stringers and new men are out in suits. As Washington high school uses the Lincoln gym for its gym classes every afternoon, the Lincolnites have received permission from Mr. Boyd, the Washington principal, to practice in the Washington gym every afternoon from 1 to 3 o'clock. Washington Begins Practice. Washington's team started prac tice Thursday under Dr. W. A. Fenstermacher, coach. Only two lettermen, Lady and Nelson, for wards, reported. Buono of last year's second team also was out in a suit. Although Washington had practiced only two days, Buono has shown so much class that he may earn a regular berth. At Friday's practice, according to Dr. Fenster macher, nearly 40 players turned out. f Franklin-high will make a strong bid for the championship. Coach Meek will have five lettermen around whom to build his team. Kropp, Walgren, Klippel, East and Scallon of the 1921 team and Har- kins and McCallan of the second team will report to Coach Meek Monday. Scallon, if he plays as well as last year, undoubtedly will be the best forward in the league. Four Xtetterxnen at Jefferson. Coach Qulgley at Jefferson has four of the team that won the 1921 championship back. They are West- erman, Hutchinson, Blazier and Broughton. Anderson and Mim- naugh, the other two 1921 letter men are not In school. As last year, Quigley plans on using only six men throughout the season. At a meeting of the players last Wednes day Howard Green was elected manager. Harry Craig is coaching Benson and Harry J. Campbell James John. Both schools held their first prac tice last Monday. Campbell had suc ceeded Professor Kalmbach of the school faculty, who had Tesigned. Football Facts. (Copyright, 1922. Sol Metzger.) Q. Team A made a fair catch and elected to try for goal by place kick. Player holding ball accidentally permit ted it to touch the ground, but kicker made no attempt to kick it, claimin-g he had right to another try from a point five yards further back. Is t-hijf correct ? A. iNo. Aft-er the referee blows nis whistle signifying that play may start no player of the kicking side ehall let the ball touch the ground !n the field of play without immediately thereafter put ting it in play by kicking it (Rule 11, section 3.) Q. Team scores a touchdown and trys a drop-kick for extra point. Ball is blocked by opponents and bounds back Into kicker's hands. He runs with it and scores a touchdown. Is his team given the try-for-polnt after touchdown for scoring in this way, or was the ball dead when kick was blocked by oppo nents? A No score is allowed. The moment the ball is blocked, unie&s after being blocked it passes over the crossbar and between the uprights. It Is dead. Neither the offensive nor defensive team can score. (Rule 10, section 1.) Q. Is it permissible for the center to pass the ball back, bold it between his legs bemna mm ana men cave a tackle run by him and take the ball? A, No. The ball is put in play only by snapping It back from Its position on the ground with one quick and continu ous motion, the ball actually leaving the hands on this motion. (Rule 6, definition of snapping the ball.) Q. A player on line lea-res line of scrimmage before ball is snapped, run ning toward -his own .goal. Before he has reached a point fire yards back of scrimmage line an opponent cnarges off side and center snaps the ball. Is de fensive team penalized for off-sldo play, or is ball played over becauso both teams fouled? A. Play is made over again. Both teams have violated- a rule on the same play. (Rule 23. section 8.) Q. May the 'runner push ono of his interferers into a tackier? . A, Tea The man with ball can place his hand on a teammate to push him into an opponent, but he may not grasp him so as to be pulled by him. (Rule 15. section o.) - Q. If a play is under way when the timekeeper notes that time is np for the game, is the team given another play If the aerensive eleven commits a foul on this nlay? A. No.' Time la up when the referee sounds his whistle when the hall is downed. But should the team make touchdown on the play the offended side has the -privilege of waiving the penalty and taking the touchdown. Rnle 23, section .10. Q. Head linesman reports 4o referee tltat more than one man was in motion before ball was snapped. Referee would j not give decision on piay and waived it I aside. What can a team do to protest such a decision? A. Rule 25, section S states: ' "In mak ing; his decision the referee must recog nise and allow precedence to any penalty . will listen to a word from every official in tne game, Would recommend that you take up the matter with central board on officials. Q. Team carries ball over opponents' g-oa! line and referee blows whistle. Im mediately, player on defense picks up ball and rnns it Into field of play. Ref eree allowed run to count and wonld not give touchdown. What is proper pro cedure for team for protesting this er roneous decision? A. Rule 6, section 14. covers the ease cited. Referee should have sounded his whistle the instant the man with the ball crossed the goal line. That would have stopped play. Your team certainly, scored a touchdown. Make an appeal to cen tral board on officials. Q. Our half back was thrown in cor ner of field so one foot went out of bounds on tie one-yard line as the ball, in his possession, touched goal line. Is this a touchdown or out of bounds on one-yard line? A. out 01 bounds on the one-yard line. Rule 6, section 9. The ball is out of bounds when either the ball or any part of the player who holds It touches the ground on or outside the sideline or side line extended. Q. A team had ball on our five-yard line on fourth down when a substitute reported to referee, stating he was going in at fullback. He then walked to posi tion ten yards behind his center ana pat out his hands to have ball passed to him. No signal was given and this luni mart a. rirnn-kirk whirH won the gaaie. Would this be Interpreted as com- j munocating from side lines? A. It is up to the judgment of the ref-) eree. .So far as 1 can discern, tbe man coming into game from sidelines did nothing more than hold his hands up for the bail. Inasmuch as a majority of kickers do the exact same thing when about to receive the ball, I don't think a penalty could be inflicted for the act Rule S, section 2. GREAT ARE 1.QT SO GREAT GRAND OLD DOPE SPILLED BY COLD STATISTICS. Take Frisob, for Instance, and "'One Finds He Managed to Steal Exactly 31 Bases In Year. Drape a New York uniform around some guy's portly chest and- let him sit and bask In the idolatry of ths Manhattan fans and the wide, wide world is informed that he is about the last word in his chosen profes sion. For instance. The newspapers that cater to the highly spiced and lowly trained intellects of Gotham have been raving about the Ford am Flash. Otherwise the F. F. Is Frankie Frisch, which makes is F. F. any way you choose to write your ticket. One reading the very ornate and dashing items regarding the Giants would imagine that Francis, of Fordham was a daredevil of the dia mond, a Wefers of the spiked class and an Arthur Duffey of the base lines. Well, we propose at this stage of the game to. wield the hammer and knock some of this dope into a cocked chapeau. If you will con sult "the very elaborate statistics furnished by the Sphinx of baseball. AI Munro Elias, you will find that Frisch has stolen exactly 31 bases this year. That's the record alight amid the dust, the grime and of the Fordham flash jiow let us nop tne rattier ana the smoke of Pittsburg, and what do we see once we have wiped the bituminous from our aching eyes We behold one Maximilian Car- narius, better known as Max Carey, as the leading base stealer of the league. He has had 51 thefts, which makes the record of the Fordham flash look anemic and pallid. Carey, too, has been in the majors for more than ten years aad his record for stealing bases has always been elaborate. He gleans no med als for his performances, . but you ask any catcher in the National league the name of the best base stealer and he'll say Carey so quick that you will think he never saw Frisch. So while Manhattan is raving over r . F. will string along with the old statistics and reveal Maxi milian Carnarius as the real speed boy of the National league. Fourteen to Get Letters. UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, Mos cow, Dec. 9. (Special.) Fourteen letters will be awarded to players on this year's University of Idaho football team. The recommenda tions have been made to the athletic committee by Coach Mathews. Those who are receiving their last award are Captain Babe Brown, fullback; Beany Brashears, halfback, and Jim Neal, guard; Dale Vohs, tackle, and Abe Goff, center, are receiving their second, while Cobley, end; Kline, center; Quinn, tackle; Hausen, tackle; Vesser, end; Stivers, quar terback; Kleffner, halfback; Kinni son, halfback, and Tapper, guard, are receiving their first. With 11 of the 14 letter men back next year, prospects appear excellent. GOLF SHOTS WITH MY SERVICE DEPARTMENT JTIST INSTALLED I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT "EDDY" AT THE BENCH I Can Wow Offer Golf Players the Following; Professional Services! The best golf repair bench In the city. We will duplicate your favorite club. Specinl clubs made to order. We will make up your fit on your clubs. Golf shoe repairing- golf cleats and calks made on your shoes. ' Bring in your golf troubles, and let us servo yon. Any infor mation that you desire is gratis. I have engaged two leading "PROFESSIONALS" MR. EDDY NUNN MR. FRANK JpHNSON who will give real "GOLF SERVICE" Watch for the opening date of my new Golf School. The largest and best indoor space in the west. BILL FLEMING THE SPORTING GOODS MAN Fifth and Washington Streets " WHY SKID WHEN YOU CAN BUY VACUUM CUP TIRES ' At these new low prices: 30x3'4 Cord.. $13.65 31x4 Cord. ... $15.90 Other sizes in proportion. Prices on, application. - A. J. WINTERS CO. 65-67 Sixth St, City Phones: Broadway 0391; Broadway 3992. For a limited time, with each Vacuum Cup Casing purchased, a corresponding Tube is given FREE. GAME REFUGES LEASED NEW MEXICO GETTING READY FOR NEW IiAW. Protective Association Is Hold ing Property , Anticipating Government Purchase. SALT LAKE, Dec. 9. Awaiting the passage of the public shooting ground-game refuge bill, sportsmen everywhere are mentally picking out suitable places that should be es tablished under this measure when enacted Into law. The Albuquerque branch of the New Mexico Game Protective association has gone even farther. These men are leasing property which they think the gov ernment should own and in the lease is a purchase clause in order that the areas in question may be ac quired by the government at the earliest possible time and at a cheaper price than possibly would be the case if the United States gov ernment negotiated for the prop erty. Other sportsmen are writing to the American Game Protective asso ciation telling of good water areas that should be acquired and of others that furnished excellent breeding grounds in the past, which have been sacrificed by some un wise drainage scheme and are now unfarmed and of small value to any one. It may be possible to reclaim such properties for the birds. Below are printed excerpts from letter just received by the asso ciation: "Here in Portage county, Wis., an area of approximately 56.000 acres of marsh land, known as the Buena Vi-sta marsh, was drained some ten ears ago and since then has been known as the Portage county drain age district. Large fine-looking farm buildings were dotted over this area and a campaign was com menced to sell the property to farmers from distant states. Local people, knowing conditions, would not buy. Crop failure -has been the rule. Most of the . buildings are now empty. The writer has personally seen very hard killing frosts on this marsh in every month of the year. Corn, buckwheat, beans and potatoes have been frozen and left brown on the ground during July and August. The soil consists of from one to three feet of decayed vegetation lying on clean, white sand. This top soil Is called 'rub ber.' There is no subsoil. "Parts of the marsh are nearly al ways afire, as the' decayed vegeta tion burns readily. In its natural state this marsh grew the finest kind of wild hay, blue-joint and redtop in limitless quantities. Farm ers from miles away secured all the hay they wanted and thousands of acres were left. "In the old days ducks and geese were here in countless thousands. As a breeding ground it could not be surpassed. This year, on ac count of the lack of forage, farmers in this vicinity were compelled to sell their cattle at from 1 to 2 cents per pound on the hoof some thing which could not have hap pened if the marsh had been left in its natural state. Farmers tell ma that they can only raise tame hay in scant quantities and that it is hardly fit to feed to stock. The greater part of the marsh is grow ing weeds and goldenrod at present, and is a sorry-looking sight. "Of course, the waterfowl are ab sent. It cost more money to fight fires in this county last year than in any county in Wisconsin, and all fires were marsh fires on drained areas. The ground was literally burning. When the public shooting ground-game refuge bill is passed we hope that dams can be put in these ditches and the marsh re stored. "Id would not be difficult to get the signatures of a big majority of the land owners in this district and have the marsh returned to its nat ural state. There are at present many cases in the courts of people suing the promoters for misrepre senting conditions. 'People have come in with carloads and gone out with wheelbarrows' is the common slogan here." ' DAYTON, PIERCE AND HUDSON BICYCLES PRICES CUT TO PIECES Now Is the Time to Select Your CHRISTMAS BICYCLES $25.00 to $45.00 Indian Motorcycle f Bicycle Co. NZsr 209 THIRD ST.