THE OKEGON SUNDAY JOUKNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1908.
Y2
SOUTHERN
PREPARE CAMPAIGN
STATE LEAGUERS SHOO DOVE OF PEACE
By Will J. Slattery. ; .
San Francisco, Dec !. The Inevi
table baa happened. The rival baseball
forces have thrown down the- gaunt
let and the Ion expected war will be
wared with all the bitterness at the
command of the Pacific Coat league
and the California Stat leagua- eext
season. All the diplomacy and th , tact
which President Johnson and Pulllam
f tha National and American league
respectively could bring o bear upon
tna outlaws, rauea to accuniyuau no
thing and the two biggest men In base
ball departed from San Francisco, dis
couraged and crestfallen at being thus
thwarted by bush organization.
Now that the dove of peace has flown
and the war clouds have gathered In
the baseball sky. the rival powers are
beginning to make ready for next year's
campaign of strife. It Is an open sec
ret that there will be a contest on
every California diamond and therefore
' the Portland fans must consider them
selves lucky In being out of the mud
dle. ,,
Cy Mooring," the manager of the
champion Stockton club and the power
behind the Btate league throne, has
signified his intention of Invading Los
Angeles and San Francisco, as well as
- Oakland, Already, he has options on
grounds In each of the large towns and
if he gets the money which he says Is
at his command, he Is liable to give
the big leaguers a fine time before next
; season has run Its course.
It has been Practically decided to
shift the great Stockton team to Oak
land, where continuous ball will be. In
order. 1 According" to rumor.. : Danny
Shay will handle the 'new Los Angeles
-club, while the story is 'going the
rounds that none other than the great
and mighty Frank Chance will be at
the helm of the San Francisco aggre
gation when It Is formally Installed in
its new grounds, the location of which
will be named shortly.
Sacramento will retain Its last year's
team, which will be handled as usual
by Charles Graham. The latter held
out for peace. tUl .th. last 'minute and
the majority of the Sacramento fans
seemed to line up with him, but when
Graham, saw. that Mo ring would have
nothing but war, he was forced to sub
mit to the Inevitable and cast his for
tunes, with the majority. Graham-says
he has . been pledged plenty of money
by- the sport loving people of the capi
tal city and that the team will go as
far aaa.ny.0t them.-,.' ?.,;..
.' .ivft, ' - .-
The general opinion l that the State
league will Immediately, get busy and
make overtures to the best men. of the
Coast league in an endeavor to Induce
them to jump even before the coming
season opens. ' The magnates of the out
. law organization have as much as ad
mitted this. They figure that so long
ss they can keep men like Benny Hen.
derson. Shay, Chase, and Moskimaa they
will be able to wade In and gather other
lars who will gladly forsake the or
ganized field for more money.
The Coast league people have also
decided that the best thing they can do
will be to make " Wholesale' raids upon
the outlaws. As the most bitter feel
ing exists between . the rival leagues,
the fans can readily imagine how the
warring managers will go right after
one. another and do everything In their
power to break uo their teams.
Before they ' departed for the east
Johnson and Pull lam served notice upon
the outlaws that the forces of organ
ized baseball would be united for the
purpose of fighting them to the last
ditch. With this end In view the two
big fellows will make this Issue their
special hobby at the next meeting of the
natloaal commission early next month.
Johnson . has promised the Coast
league all the aid within the power of
the nationalorganlzaton. Every player
who can be spared from the big leagues
and the Class A minor league teams
,ext year will .be hurried on to the
Coast league so that our teams may be
strengthened. If it comes to a ques-
. Coast league can have all the money it
needs from Its brother leagues in the
east Anything to beat the outlaws Is
' the motto of the head of the American
league. . . v
The only question to be agreed upon
now by the Coast magnates Is the num
ber of clubs which shall comprise our
' circuit next year. The schedule commit
tee, after several days of labor, drew up
. schedules that will work either four or
six teams and Just as soon as the circuit
lies beeri decided upon the magnates
will be ready to go right ahead with
' their active preparations for the bitter
war which la sure to be wsged.
. It Is not likely that the circuit will "he
agreed upon till after the return of
president Ewing from the national com
mission meeting. While in the east
, Kwlng will make arrangements for more
p la vers snd will also act in conjunction
with Johnson and Pulllam regarding
the extension of the circuit. Nobody
csn tell yet whether four or six clubs
will be In.. It looks Hie an even money
bet either way, with opinions evenly
divided. . f ,
' San Francisco h gone wild ovr a
; new king of th prize ring, Sam Iang
ford of Boston. Most everybody who
caw the formidable black crush Jim
Flynn In the first round the other night
at once Jumped to the conclusion that
fam can clean them all. Including Burns.
Johnson and Ketchel. Not in years have
' the fight fans of this city fallen for
a boxer as tney nave lor me oig smoae.
He is the reigning sensation in pugdom.
. At that. Langford did not perform
such a Wonderful feat. All he had to do
was to stall around a bit and cut loose
with Ills mighty rights and lefts to
- the jsw. Flynn rushed In wild eyed,
without the slightest excuse for a de
fense and those who have made a stuy
' of Ketchel" a actions In the ring are cet
tain that the middleweight champion
would have trimmed Flynn quite as eas
ily, though possibly not so gracefully.
As was expected, Langford Is out mith
a challenee to fight any of them, barring
Jim Jeffries. He will not even stop at
Johnson. Though tie makes his chal
lenge a very sweeping one, Langford
takes special pains to have It apply di
rectly to KetcheL - This ts the match
" that he Is after and if there be any
chance to hound the middleweight champ
Into meeting him, the Boston shine will
leave nothing undone to accomplish hli
Iang ford has many, sympathisers in
this respect. In fact, everybody who
takes an Interest In the affairs of the
ring Is yearning for a. chance to 'see
h bis fellows hook up. The lery fact
that Ketchel drew the color Una some
months sgo will make life all the more
untM-arablff for him inasmuch as he la
far from telng a populsr champion, due
I rlncinally to the crabhing tactics pur
k ir-r) iii the past by tils manager, Joe
0 jvoiior.
Ketchel pmhablv will do the best he
can to weather the storm of adverse
j uivli,., criiicism for a while and patiently
pw ait i' e arrival rf Tommy Burns from
A imt rfiila. An tte latter Hnnounred some
n --(, sen tfiat lie would come to the
1 'iiie.i Mates n,1 take a whirl at Kct
r, t-i. mtliilfcplslit champion i be
OUTLAWS
lieves that the best thing he can do is to
stiok around for a while and grab off
tne oig money wnicn ne sees in ma
dreama. ..,...',,.
Unless some live one Is dug up for
Liangford this month, it looks as though
the fans will have to content themselves
with a bush attraction or perhaps, they
will not have anything - in store for
them. Good talent is very scarce In the
pugilistic woods at the present time and
whan a star does show up. he wants
everything In sight in the shape of
money. ..
. e
The outlook for the boxing game is
none- too bright now- at its beat The
supervisors are beginning to show signs
or disgust at tne way tne sport is
progressing and the general Impression
prevails that It is on its last legs. If
it is killed, the promoters can blame
themselves for the tragedy. Nobody
else can possibly be held responsible.
When the time for the granting of
the January and February permits
came up Derore the supervisors the
otner aay, supervisor center tossed a
bombshell Into the tight camp by an
nouncing that the best thine- that could
be done would be to postpone the mat
ter for another week so that, as be ex
pressed it, '"the cases m!gh.t be thor
oughly gone into."
At the same time Center, who Is strong
for reform, told those In his confidence
tnat ne believed that the game had
gone far enough, and that the best
thing for every one concerned' would
be to put an end to it before more scan
dals cropped up. He and several of his
associates stated that they were tired
of being bothered by crowds of pro-
of the supervisors believe that tne game
of politics Is being played too strongly
by the men who pull oft fights and
that unless a ston is nut to the evil
now, It will become more serious later
on... .
The level - headed business and sport
ing men xt the city cannot understand
why there should be such a scramble
among the promoters for the privi
leges of bringing off fights. Everybody
who knows the game is aware of the
fact that there was no money made out
of it during the last year, and that sev
eral of the - promoters dropped juicy
bank rolls instead of reaping the rich
harvest that they believed to ba In
store for them. - .
With all his .maneuvering and stall
ing to hold the Iangford-Flynn mill,
Sam Berger dropped about $1500 on the
venture. Much to-his disappointment,
the fight drew only S5100. He had al.
ready guaranteed Langford $3000,
Flynn $2250 and Walsh and At tell, his
ring warming performers $500. After
paving all the expenses of nrnmntlnv
and advertising the battle, Sam woke
up to find himself stung to the quick
and now is talking of quitting the
game.
There Is no doubt but that the days
of big houses in San Francisco havs
passed.' possibly forever, but at least
till such time as the game has been
regulated and reformed. The public is
beginning to tire of the tactics of the
crafty promotera and the hoggish fight
ers. There Is too much commercialism
la the game now. The hen that lays
the golden eggs will either commit sui
cide or be murdered shortly.
DIAMOND T0SSERS
, WORRY OVER WINGS
Addie Joss knows what he is saying
when he states that one constant w6rry
to a ball player is the fear he has of
losing the strength of his arm. .
A ball player's arm Is a peculiar thing.
There Is never any way of telling when
it Is liable to go back on him. Many a
player who used to be able to throw as
hard and often as any one has gone to
bed at night In first class shape and
awakened in the morning minus the
services of the throwing member..
Take the case of Terry Turner of the
Naps. "Tuck" up to the time he hurt
his arm had as fine a whip as anv one
playing the - Infield In the American
league. .
He went out on the field to practice
before the game one day and soon came
in to the bench complaining that his
arm hurt him. All the rest of the play
ers took It as a "kid' when "Tuck"
told this, as no one ever dreamed Tur
ner would have a sore arm.
His arm was not right again the rest
of the season, although he did every
thing he could to restore the Injured
member to its usefulness. '
Jesse Tannehlll Is another player
whoae arm went back on him, though
"Tanny" worked a few games last -fall
and said It felt as good as ever.. .
There was a case where a certain
pitcher was out of the game for nearly
two months one season with a bad arm.
He tried every method ever suggested
to bring It back without getting any re
sults. .
He was In the habit of pitching to the
batters in practice every dav before the
game, and one afternoon, after warming
un a bit, he noticed an Improvement la
his fllnger.
. This was on a Saturday. ' The follow
ing Monday he asked for "a chance to
work, saying he thought his arm waa all
right again. His confidence la his whip
ass not misplaced, as he won a 1 to 0
game, holding his opponents to five hits
and having everything at his command.
H i i i ii
This Date la Sport Annals. ,
1S78 At New York: William Sex
ton defeated George K. 81osson In three
ball billiard match ' for championship
medal and $1000.
1890 M. F. Dwyer paid $26,000 for
Potomac and $7000 for Raceland, part
of the racing establishment of the late
August Meimont.
lel colonel W. ft. Ckurcblll, a
prominent turfman, died at Louisville.
1897 At Chicago:;., Joe Walcott and
rom -tracey fought aix rounds to a
a raw.
1900 At San Francisco: Eddie Han-
lon defeated Frankie Nell . in four
rounua. .
BEST WORK OF AMERICAN ATHLETES IN J903
"
.
100 yard dash R. E. Walker, South Africa
00 meter run M. W. Sheppard. Irish-American A.- C
1600 meter run IS. W. Sheppard, Irish-American A. C
110 meter hurdle; Forest Smithnon. Multnomah A. C;
120 yard hurdleA. B, Shaw, Dartmouth .i...... t ,. t'0:16 1-5
Two mile run M..P. DrlacolL JMercury A. CS ............... .V ;28 S-5
Five mUe run T. J. Collins, Irish-American A. C .'.,... .25:10 25
Pole vault W, R. Dray. Tale .'. s. U ft M In.
Broad Jump F. R. irons, Chicago A. C. ... i ........... .. 24 ft. t In.
Discus (Greek) M. Sheridan. Irish-American A. C. ,i.,..124 ft. 8 In.
Khotput. 12 pound) Ralph Rose. Olympic A. C. 5T ft. 3 v In.
Shotput iit pound, for. height) P, McDonald, lrluh-AmC." 16 tC In.
HUNT CLUB
Dr. Wt L. Wood and Dr.'Emmett
WoodBtock. line.
JEW YEAR CHASE
FOR HORSEY SET
Nearly Score of Crack Riders
Will Ride for Wort
man Cup. "
Preparations are being made by the
Portland Hunt club for the biggest
paper chase of. tha winter season, the
event to take place New Tear'a morning
at 10:30 o'clock. Over 15 riders will
take part In the chase, and the prise
will be a handsome cup donated by Mrs.
H. C. Wortman, to become the perma
nent property of the winner. The dona
tion of the cup has created more en
thusiasm tnan at any meeung sincv
the big chase of Thanksgiving day.
Rna-innlnar near the Clinton-Kelly
school which is easily accessible by car
or carriage, Dr. Emmett Drake and Dr.
W. L. Wood will lay the course. Both
are experienced as hares and may be
counted upon to lay an elusive track for
the hounds. Home eignt ana a iih.ii
miles will be covered with about 20
jumps to. be taken. ' In addition there
will bejiffmerous blinds to throw off the
pursuiltg horsemen.
It will take something like 80 minutes
to cover the course, the finish being In
plain view of the spectators who as
nemble at the end of the Woodstock
line. Owing to the fact that we coun
try la more or less open a close,' fast
inlsh may be expected. Many thor
oughbreds have been entered In the
chase. C. W. Carruthers and G. A.
westgate will be the Judges at tha fin
ish. .
. . Some Who "Will Jtlde.
-Among those who will probably be
In the chase are: William-Alexander' on
Call Bond; William Walters on Frank,
the famous Jumper; James Nicol on Will
Wehrung: Ambrose Crontn on Brussell,
R. M. Lazarus on Marengo... William. Al-
bee on Rocket, William M. Davis on J.
H. Bennett: Thomas McGrath on -his
new Caloflrnla racer, , Ray Day- H.
H. Herdman on Bob Crawford, - Joe
Muehe on Lady Myrtle. Harry .Skuse. on
Budget. Eugene Oppenheimer,- Sidney
Ijoewenherg on Oregon Maid, Ralph Jen
kins on Mowltaa, Joe Cronln on .Rattler,
Harry Corbett on Blue Eyes K. R. El
dredge on Uncle Paul. R, B. Lanson, -Dr.
R. J. Chlpman, and T, T Strain on
Anlipope. , -.
Race Results at Arcadia.'
T,os Angeles. Dec. 2. Results at Ar-.
cad la:
Seven furlongs Black Matu won:
Pretension second, King Of th . Mits
third; time, l;55. " :
Five and a half furlongs San Nich
olas won. Ravaria second, Bemay third;
time, i:u. i;. l-- , .,:.... .
Five and a half furlongs Chapultepee
won, Melic second, Gollydlag third; time,
1 -nR. . -i v.. ... ' : -.. .
One mile Woodcraft won. Tony B$-
nero secona, rveva iee tnira; . time.
Mile and three - sixteenths Animus
won. Gold Way- second,- St., Ilarlo third;
time, 1:681-5. .
Five and --a naif "v furlongs Mollie
Montrose won. Kscalante .second, Antlgo
imra; time, i:ua i-b. -y ' , , '
Finishes at Emeryville. , .
Emeryville, Dee. St. Results: -
Six furlongs Knight Deck won, Pros
per secona, turn, ana uira; time,
1:1 2-5. - .
Five furlongs-i-Z,Ittle Sis 'Won," Gar
'iinaa secona, . Kosevaie . intra;, time,
i.oi 4-5. . - -.--r-.
Six furlongs Miss Highland' won.
Saraclnesca second, curriculum third;
time. 1:11 4-5. - '
One mile Light, -Wool won. Collector
jessup, secona, mnoriage-third; time,
1:48.-. r .: V- r.
One mils snd 70 yards Colonel White
won. Captain Kennedy second, Billy
Pullman third: time. 1 :4 S-K. . . . .
Five furlongsBill Raton won. Ham-
pass second. Bartnei third; time, 1:02 1-6
0:0 26
1:52 4-5
4:03 2-6
.0:15
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RIDERS IN NEW YEAR'S
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Drake, who will lay the course from
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Death's Harvest in
World of Sport
Chicago, Dec. 26. In the year now
drawing to a close death haa reaped un
unusually heavy harvest. In the world
oT sport. Baseball, pugilism, , aquatic
sports, football. cycling, auto racing
and the turf mourn' the loss of many
prominent leaders who lately were fore
most In the ranks. What deep loss Is
there in the deaths of auch well known
figures as George Slier. Henry Chad
wick, Virgil Garvin, Riley Gran nan, Pat
Cavanaugh, Ike Weir, George Dixon, Ed
ward Hanlan and Frank de Haas Rob
inson. The following la the death roll
for the year, chronologically arranged:
Jan. 4 At Toronto: Edward Hanlan.
ex-champion oarsman of the world, .63.
Jan. 6. At New York: George Dixon,
former champion featherweight pugilist,
Jan. 7. At 'Pl'ttahnr! T Palmer I
0"Neil. former owner of Pittsburg base
ball club, 64. i
Jan. 14. At San Francisco: Henry
M. Krug, baseball player. 31.
Jan. 17. At New York: Dr. W. A.
erica, 87.
Jan. 23. At Amltyvlllev L. L Joseph
F. UUman, famous bookmaker, 61.
Jan. 23. At Newark. N. J.: James
McLaren, former Muoitm champion, 7S.
Jan. 24. At New York: John
Hammond, court tennis professional, 29.
jan... z. ai cnariottesvllle, - va.:
Francis Trevelyan. turf writer and r a fl
ing Judge. i.
Jan. 26. At St Petersburg: T. F.
Tchlgorin, noted chess master, 5 .
Jan. 30. At Frankfort. Ky.: W. H.
Lewis, breeder of trotters.
eb. . At Uetrolt: Samuel F. Ani
gus, former owner of Detroit baseball
club. 62. ' '
Feb. 11, At Denver: Patrick Lynch,
former-well known ball player. 40.,
Feb. 25. At Aiken.. 8. C; John W.
Rogarev turfman, 69, -
Feb. 26 At . Irving. N. Y.: Frank
Pierce, noted Indian long distance rvn
ner. :i.
March t. At Jollet. Ill Matthew
McClung, football player, 36.
- aiarcn a. ai janesvuie. wis.: jonn
Kelly, . trainer and driver of harr.es
horses, 62. . -
March 8. At Dallas Texas:: Charlaa
Jarkson Van Dusen, once faraoua jockey.
Marcn i ai bi. xxuib: ueorge
Munson, former manager of the St
Louis Browns,
March 17. At Phtladelnhla: Willie
Robinson, pugilist, killed in bout.
March 18. At Trenton, N. J.s . Pat
Cavanaugh, noted long distance pedes-
trian. Oi.
March 18. At Baltimore: Colonel
Robert Hough, well known turfman, 67.
March. 29. At Austin, Texas: For
rest M. Crawford, shortstop of Provi
dence baseball club.
. March 80. At Newark, N. J.:' Charles
J. Sweasy, old time baseball player, 41.
April- 3. At Rawhide. Nev.: Rllev
Grannan, well known sporting men, 47.
..April io. At uuca, iv. y.: Micnaei
J. Griffin, vformer well known base-
ballplayer..
Apru is. At ratterson, n. j.: jonn
Kelly, former well known 4 baseball
player, - 48.
Anrll 16 At Philadelphia: William
W. Blair, trainer of Maud 8., 6. '
April is. At Los Angeles: Billy oai
lngher, old .time welterweight pugilist,
April JO.-'-At Brooklyn: Henry Chad
wick, "the father of baseball," 88.
May 3. At Oxford, Ohio: James 8.
Stell, Kentucky turfman, 68.
May 7. At Brooklyn! Jerome Flan
nery, authority on cricket 43.
, May 18. At Chicago: Harry Spence,
former baseball manager. 62.
May 29. Killed on Plmllco track:
Emanuel Cedrino, automobile racer.
June 13. At Chicago: George Siler,
veteran referee and sporting writer, 62.
June -16. At Battle Creek, Mich.:
Theodora F. Noble, president Lake Brie
Trotting circuit ,
Juna 22. In California: Virgil Gar
vin, once famous baseball player, 86.
June 22. At Newark, N. J.: Everett
Mills, former well known baseball play
er. June 24. At Des Moines: William F.
Traffley, ; former baseball manager, 48,
July Tv-At Kansas City: John C Curry,
Kentucky turfman.
July 12. At Columbus, Ohio: Thomas'
J. Bryce.- preaident of Columbus base
ball club.
July 12. -At 8t Paul! Frank Karris,
pitcher of St Paul baseball club, 21,
July 19. At Seattle: Willie Holmes,
former well known Jockey, 36.
July 22. At Cleveland: J. A. Sora
mer. veteran major league pitcher, 43.
July 30. At Philadelphia: . Robert
Smith, noted single sculler.
Aug. 6. At St Louis: Henry 'Cart
wright, : veteran English .middleweight
78.-
Aug. 8. At Saratoga: Ernest Broad
well, jockey, killed In race, 20. . '
. Aug. 8. At Baltimore: Albert Mott.
prominent In League : Of American
Wheelmen, 4, . , : - :
Aug. 16. At Patterson, N. J.: "Sonny"
urirgs, notea, motorcy-cie riaer, z.
Aug.. 19. At Brooklyn:
Dr. Albert J.
PAPER CHASE
'11
:.5:-.-;?-'::
he : TVortman trophy, and
Clinton - Kelly school to end of the
' . : r.-'
UIIIORS TO ENTER
BOLTERS' FIELD
Eastern League and Ameri
can Association in Dan
ger of Big Invasion.
(United Ptfm Leawd TTire.f
South Bend, Ind., Dec . 26. That
other minor leagues are preparing to
fortify themselves in" the event'of a se
cession from the National association, of
professional baseball clubs by the east
ern leagues and tha American associa
tion was tha' statement of : President
Carson of the Central league I todav. "
Incidentally. ' Carson
should the leagues secede, tho other
minor leagues, backed by the majors,
will, immediatelv invade East lumn
and American association territory,
a u . . i j , t v i . . . , .. . . .
wiw nun iu piuce, - ne saia.
"there will be an immediate scramble
for players. The bolters will undoubt
edly go after the stars of the . major
leagues, and with tha backing, of the
majors, we will tempt their stars into
our leagues. . , .
'It Is altogether nrobable, too,, that in
the event of a baseball war the minors
will invade tha bolters' territory and
the central league probably will place
a team In Toledo and American associa
tion cities."
FAMOUS JOCKEY XOW
NERVY AUTO RACER
' Arthur Redfern, premier Jockey a few
seasons ago, has the automobile speed
ing erase in its worst form and nothing
will make him happy now but the earn
ing of International laurels, at the
wheel of a big racer. For soma veara
Redfern has been a devotee of the mo-
lorcycie ana in a recent meet in New
Orleans he defeated Russell Smith, one
"i io iioveroi motorcyclists oi tne
country, and the former Jockey also
guided a motor car to victory.
Redfern Is now training In Lbs An
geles for tha races to be held -tin the
old Ascot Park course, which will be
cemented for. the auto races. He will
also take part in tha Mardl Or as races
at New Orleans In February. Lewis
Strang, the famous auto driver, is
coaching Redfern in the motor ear sport
and he predicts a brilliant future for
Redfern at tha wheel. Redfern was al
ways noted for his nerve, and it will
serve him well In his new sport. , ,
Jefrs Opinion of Sharkey.
'Los 'Angeles Dec.'U. Jim Jeffries
doesn't think that Thomas Sharkey has
any chance of defeating Johnson. - Re
ferring to Sharkey's statement that he
intended to . re-enter . the ring; within
three month and try to take the title
away from the negro, Jeffries said:
'-. "Sharkey can't fight any more. Hs
wouldn't have a chance." When shown
'John L. Sullivan's statement that the
Johnson-Burns match was a mere box
ing match, Jeffries said;
"Well, i didn't think much of that
fight myself."" . . ' . t .
Bushong, once famous baseball catcher,
62. --.- t
Sept. 8 At New York: James H.
Gilford, poted long distance runner. -
Sept 14. At, Nasua, N. H; Charles
I. Vsn Zant, forme basebalr player, 88.
Sept. 23. At - laeramento: Harry
Maynard. former' well known pugilist
Sept 24. At Sommervllle, Mass.: Ike
Weir, former featherweight champion,
41. ' - - . "
Sept. 25. At Kansas City; - Henry
Baker, one noted heavyweight pugilist,
42. ' t '-.av:. '- A
Oct. 11. At New London, Conn.; Al
bert Lv Paige, baseball manager.
Oct. 1 At Lexington. Ky.: Thomas
C. Jefferson, prominent turfman, 67.
Oct -29. At New- Tork: . Edward
Brown,, former .well known pitcher, 71.
Nov. 3. At " New York: Henry C.
Crlokraore, authority on turf matters,
TO. :
Nov. 5. At Springfield Mass.: Pat
rick Hannifin, veteran baseball plaver.
Nov. 6. At Austin, Texas: Ernest
Dlckaon, college football player.' 21.
Nov. 17. At Birmingham, Ala.: Em 11
Strieker, automobile race driver, killed.
Nov. 17. At New York: Samuel J.
Montgomery, once famous Ice skater, 43.
Nov,. 26 At San Francisco: Martin
Carter, trotting horsa breeder.
Dec 2. At Philadelphia: John B.
Taylor, former champion quarter mil
runner. .
Dec 4. At" S4n Francisco:' '"Clerd"
Jenkins, famous jockey. 34. i k
Dec. 6.At Leominster, - Mass. I'.
H. Murphy, baseball pitcher, 24.
Dec. 12. At Chicago: , Phelns B.
Hoyt, former western golf champion.
,U.j.C.
TO AWARD GAME
Directors in Special Session
Tomorrow Night 0. ' A.
.' C.-U. of 0. Is Wanted. '
i : t j By Sportsman.
Tomorrow night tha Multnomah club
dlrectora ' will meet - In special session
and decide, whether next year's Thanks
giving game wni go to OVA. C. or the
University of Oregon. It, seems to be
the general opinion that as a matter
or justice to the Heavers tney sriouia
be given next year's choice data. O.
A. , C. has . -shown areat consideration
for Portland not only by sending its
team to compete on Multnomah field,
but by bringing f the- largest . band of
rooters ' that ever followed a team of
football gladiators to any contest in
the northwest.. The university has re
fused to day the Beavers in Portland
next . fall and tUe stand taken by- the
Eugene authorities seems not only il
logical but unfair. They insist that a
campus game is aue tneir siuaents ana
townspeople and in he same breath in
tlmat that they will play. Idaho In
Portland next year.- Idaho Is an alien
and while a rival, cannot arouse the
Interest of Portland, as a mighty con
test between ' the two great state edu
cational institutions surely does.'.
. O. A. O.-Oregon Gam in Portland.
Portland Is full of aluinnl and friends
of both institution the student bodies
follow tha teams en masse- to the Rose
City, and It is only air,;' In' view of
the fact that tha university contem
plates playing one game in Portland,
that that contest ' should be between
the two great schools that tha city and
state are most interested In. O. A. C
is willing and anxious that next year's
game oa piavea in jroruana ana it i
Hoped ' that Eugene will . comply. .
Multnomah ravors O. A. O.
In view of these fact regarding th
next year O. A. C-Oregon game th
Mutinomah directors feel that, tha state
college Is Just in their demand that
next Thanksgiving; should ba the date
Klven to tnem. TDanxagtving aay t
unquestionably ths choice date for a
gridiron contest ana -tne proposition
maue by the O. A. C management, that
th date should ba-given to them on
at least - alternata - yeare, - seems em
inently fair. The club seems kindly
disposed toward this arrangement O.
A. C. haa furnished many, of the club's
star athletes. In gmlthson they have
at m.nl A ' aa . uias.1 K aaa 1-a In tha Vi I a-ri
X. wvi tu ss swi vs iiii vnnvs as . v ajii
hurdles and both Walker and Pllklnrf
ton do magnificent work on the grid
iron. The nreaent aeneratlon of loot-
ball players at the college have many
warm menas in tne ciuo no uimoi
less after graduation such men as Wolf.
Brodle and Hastings, whd are Portland
bovs, will be seon wearing the "winged
rom purely a business standpoint
a game, with O. A. C. should be better
tnan one witn tne universny. J. a. j.
has nearlv three 'times as many stu
dents aa Eugene and they follow their
team to-a man. in tne u. A. u.-ure-gon
game plaved at Portland this fall,
the college sent over twice as msny
rooters. Tha nlan of alternating the
Thanksgiving date with both schools
win be good lor atnietes ana give ooyi
team an equal chance., . i ... t ( -'
Michigan Alamnl la Arms. '
Most sane followers of Intercollegiate
sport have flt that-it would only be
a question of - time before Michigan
would knock at the door of the west
ern conference and he for admission.
The time has almost arrived and if
irate alumni angered by three years of
football dereat nave any lniiuence tne
bans on the door will be prompt and
forceful. Michigan's natural field of
endeavor Is In the middle west and it
was a grave mistake for the old heads
to ba swayed by - the. hot heads and
seek new athletic foes. The whole
affair hinged upon a little rule hitched
nnin a lnna- BTlat of reform legislation
enacted at the conference meeting four
year ago. - The rule stated that all of
tne legislation snouia ne rrirontvm.
This retroactive clause barred out sev
eral of Michigan's stars and the stu
dent body rose in wrath and rejected
the regulation. . ' , i,,
The-conference stood firm and would
nnt rhinir. the rulina- and Michigan
went east for three years of distressing
defeat Defeat has doubtless been a
good thing for Michigan for they are
now really to return to the fold. Most
of the conrerence colleges win m. im
to welcom her back, , (
Haa Tost Sen His ay -.
Michigan alumni are also criticis
ing XOSt and aeem nis raeinirai hivihic
mr,A hi man nf the new arame and its
possibilities lacking in comparison to
his mastery of old style football. The
writer believes that th critics aro
wrong and tha Tost is as able a coach
as at any time in his career. It get
back to tne - oia propusiiiuiiu
hn't mt the man vou can't win. In
the old days Yost canvassed tha coun
try and brought to Michigan men that
were giant In build and marvel In
speed. His team in 1904 averaged 211
pounds and was lightning fast. Yost
Is watched too cloaely. -today by the
Michigan faculty ana ny.nvai cones,
i. mMtlnr his rivals on even term
and while sUll a great coach, most of
his rivals are hot far his Inferior and
have had- the -added aavaniage oi su
perior -material. - ' ; 4 ;-;?J ';'
J0UNS0X BETTER THAN
PETER JACKSON WAS
-','.;.-;--. ' V-- '
Chlcago,DeC; 26. Tjhat Jack Johnson
is much better than Peter Jackson ever
waa In his palmiest days. Is the belief
of Joe Choynski, who was Jackson
pairing .partner for .years.
Choynskl -said thla evening that he
believed Johnson was In a class by him
self at present and - that - there Is no
hop that he will ever be defeated un
less James 3. Jeffries returns to th
ring. Choynskl says th only living
heavyweight fighter who has a chance
with Johnson is Sam Langford. ;... ,
, packy After Dick llyland. -
Chicago, Dee. 28. Packy McFarland
will -leave for the Paciric Coast tomor
row night to fight Dick Hyland. It Is
also- expected that , before he returns
east be will have arranged a bout-with
Freddie Welsh, with the understanding
that the winner shall challenge Battling
Nelson.'
; Pyle's Last Home Ran. , t
lOslted Frees -t eased "Wft.
Readlhg. Ta.. Dec- 2. Hsrry T. Pyle,
in old-time baseball player, formerly of
the Minneapolis American association
club, was found dead in bed here today.
Clsrk Griffith Is to receive M560 per
for leading- the Cincinnati Redlegs on
and off he field.
. . : i - ',
What will -fRugs" Raymond do for
New York, r what will New York do for
Rubs?" . . . .1 .
BOARD HI 11$ SL1ASII
. CATHOLIC JEM
Cliemaira Redmen ? Shoiv
Great Class and Defeat
liocals, 21 to 0.
;, Outplayed at all stages of a gruellins
game, : tha Catholic Young Men'a clui
yesterday afternoon Vent down to da
feat at th hands of tha Chemawa In
dian choolT21 to 0. Th Catholic wer
outplayed from start to finish and wr
on the defensive most of tha time. There
waa no stopping the rushes of Chem
awa' s big tackles and her fullback, -nor
the end and tackle runs of Sortor
and Graham. Time and again Dlllstrom
and Burke, th tackles and Quehaphma,
the fullback, went ripping through tha
Catholio Una for long gain a, often much
over the 10 yards required to make first
down. '.. ... ..'. .?
For the Catholic eleven there is lit
tle that can be said. They war simply
outplayed. There was not a man on the
team whose position waa sot vulnerable
to the attack thrown at It by the In
dian aggregation, ' and although ther
were times when, they seemed to brae
and hold the Indians, another time they
would lose this advantage and their po
sition would be pierced or in the esse of
tha ends, circled for largo and consec
utive gains. On offense they lacked th
concentration which characterised their
play against Multnomah last week. The
splendid interference given by tha back
against Multnomah was also lacking.
. The Chemawa team showed what wis
probably the beat team work of any
eleven that haa nlavad on Multnomah
field this season. Every - man waa in
every play and In this they especially
outclassed th Catholio boys. It was
not at all uncommon to see a Catholio
back watching his teammat try
to mak gains without any interference
or help. .
:.:,'..... Carliil Han Stars.
One man who especially starred on
the Chemawa team was Smith, the big
center, formerly of Carlisle. Smith Is
a tali, well-built athlete- with curly
raven locks. In evr play on could
see hi black head bobbing about and
always right after th ball.. He fol
lowed the ball better than any center
who has appeared, here this season and
his aggressiveness had much to do with
the Indiana', success. With, the excep
tion of a pass, which he made for a
place kick,, his work Was steady and
fast. ., ...
Dlllstrom and Burk. the big tackle
on tha Chemawa team, were veritably
fienda when It came to eating up the
white chalk marks. - Both men got out
of their places .fast and. aided by. the
almost 'perfect-- Interference gtvn- by
the Indian back, usually went at ! least
6 yard bafore being downed. Their
plunging-completely wore,-the- Catholio
backs and linemen down and at the
end of the game they were playing like
dead men. -v '-.., -.v . ,-
Captain Graham, Sortor, ' Wilson and
Quehma were also especially bril
liant lii their playing. Graham did th
punting for the team and had a great
advantage over Crowley at this and of
the game. 41 rah am bratight the crowd
to Its feet 'In the' second half when he
picked a partially blocked punt out from
tha midst ef a big crowd of players and
ran 45 yards down the field before be
ing brought to the ground, It looked
several times as though he was sure to
be tackled but he straight-armed several
would-be tacklers, and dodged another,
but was finally brought down by Zander
on th 18 yard line. u.
Quehaphma was usually able to make
any yardage needed by hi team and
did especially well on giving Interfer
ence. Wilson was probably the fastest
man on tha field. Sortor played a fast,
dashing game during the first half bwt
was taken out after that
Two touchdown wer made by th
Chemawa team In each half and Graham
converted the first on Into a goal.
. Xxoks XOka Catholic.
At the start it looked aa though th
Catholics" were due to win, for after
recovering a kick-off of 16 yards they
managed to make yardage twice before
the Indian defense stiffened and' they
were stopped:
After that, however, 'there was ha
doubt as to how the game would end,
for the redskins started a march down
tha field which was not stopped until
the goal waa reached. Quehaphma, Sor
tor and Oraham, with Dlllstrom as an
alternate, simply tore tha Catholic lln
to pieces and went from the center of
th field to. tha 10 yard line in six
downs. , t ....-.-. ., ', 5 .
- Her Corter on a delayed pass nego
tiated six yards more, but on the next
play some one fumbled, and for a short
tima it looked as though a Catholio
player had recovered the ball, but when
the pile of players was "pulled apart, the
ball was found snugly held In Souveg
nlr's hands.,, Quehaphma was then
called upon and in two downs-made the
touchdown.. Graham kicked the goal.
The same tactic soon carried the ball
deep Into Catholio territory again, and
tha Catholics, who by-this.' time were
putting up but a very weak defense,
seemed to . lose all power to stop the
rushes of the Indian backs. Quehaph
ma. again made the touchdown -after
three -slaahlng bucks. The ball waa
pretty soggy by hla time and Graham
missed the goat !
The Indians came- back remarkably
strong in - the -second ; half and again
rushed the -Catholics' Off their 4 feet
Again and again, time had to betaken
out for an injured Catholic . while th
Indian mad the remarkable record of
never delaying' th game. Dlllstrom
anf Quehaphma wera specially strong in
this half and made even more effective
gains in this half than they did in the
first ' ' ; . :-. ' .
Two more touchdowns were negotiated
during this half, but Graham could not
control th slippery ball and failed to
kick .both'. goals. Two blocked punt
had much to do with Chemawa touch-
one of thesey- . ...
-.The lineup was as follows:
Chemawa. ; . C T. M. C.
Larson ...! EL.. Zander, Patty
Dillstrom R T L. . Barr, O'Neill
La Chappelle... ..R.G L, ..Carroll, Bums
Smith. C. ......... Klump
Majors. ,, ..L OR......... pueher
Burke. ..... .L T R. ., ..... Quillan
Wilson .......... .Im YZ R. ,. ........ Kock
Souvegnlr.. ,......Q B.....i... Crowlev
8ortor. Melnilnger.R H L... ... . Gianellt
Orahim (r.)..,XHR..;i,' Hatch c.)
Quehaphma. F B. ...... .Hall, Barr
Referee Hockenberry. Umpire Dow
ling. Head linesman Moors. -
Barr. th Catholic fullback, wss th
only man on the team who could be
said to have played any kind of ball
He was In the game trying all the ttm
but as he had but little support Yrom
the other men In the back f iold could do -but
little toward gaining ground. Once -or
twice he made three or four yard
but lack of Interference laid him open to
the first Chemawa msn he came to and of
course ha soon stopped; Crowley did
t.t.j -t. c i ,i. iumiiiiik; ill pun
bdr spoiled his good work by running
bark twice In succession 'and by tha
mediocre punting fhat he did In Y the
second half . .