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T POTEST SIPOlFSTrillWS Field t Diamond PROMOTERS NOT ASSURED A Dcllcnto Operation Performed by Famous 5ureoni ML OUT FOR BIG DIP M where fight VJILL BE HELD WILLAMETTE XPJI AS Dl NEW Ring i Track I Mi- . . .. ... - 11 I . San Francisco, Dec. 14. After all. I plac. or anything else, we may Jet tha Tax' Rlckard may know what ba la talk- toa of a coin decide for ua, .t wiaoe Volts OUason. "As to Salt Lake. I hare never said positively that tha fight would not go tng about when ha tells ua In mournful numbra that Bait Leks will ba tha Jeff rles-Johnson battlo ground. When Rick ard ctmt out with his announcement 1 there. If w can be shown that Salt that tha Mormon metropolis would get La will do better by ua than San tha bit battle, tha governor of Utah Francisco. It would be foolish for us to declared In moat emphatlo terms that P?" UD- Howvr. my oontantlon aU ha fight could not ba pulled off In along haa been that San Francisco Is the Halt Laka or any other city In Utah, K'"v"-'"r J"" V""7" Now, however, he baa changed bla tune. ?n Francisco csn and will do, while on I do not think the fight will take - ... --- . place in Salt L-ake, ' lie la quoted aa say Ing In a, dlapatch from Phlladelphl "Besides, Jeffries haa ben accustomed to fighting n San Franclaco 'and I do that Salt Lake can do nearly aa well Information waa obtained today that throwa new light on the - manner In which Oleason and Rlckard -got tha not think that he would be able to fight match,, or rather how . Oleason got In In th. hih .lHt.M. nf fi.it ij.it." on It. aiaaeon waa closest to the wire Th. k. v.. r.r o.t tv. I throughout the race for the plum and and other Utah cities are overwhelming- botl1 Coff roth i and Rlokard knew It. Jeff, V in r.n nf hnMin-r t.h th.r. i. rise being ' Oleason a most Intimate indisputable ' and that they may have friend nd Johnson also being Inclined , When Oloaaon doubled up with Coff- roth all partlea were sstlsf led and the exerted their Influence with the gov ernor In favor of Rlckard Is not at all Improbable, Rlckard aeems to ba so sure of his ground that It Is safe (o 'wo S"1 Franciscans hsd the fight as assume that ba "knows something." Xss Wealthy Backers. Among his backers are aom of the good aa won right then and there. They had the money, they hsd the permits and they had the sites. Thst In Itself was enough, but to make their hand atronger most Influential and wealthiest men In they stood ace high with the fighters, uwn ana u is m cmcn mat iney are going to leave no stona unturned to bring the biggest thing In pugilism to uait iaxe. Mow a lesson flkt Xn. i When Rlckard came along and asked uieason to go In with him on the 1101,' In the meantime Jack Oleason contln- I 000 proposition, Jsck realised that the ues to plug for San Francisco, declar- I fighters were bound to give It considers. Ing for this city just as emphatically as I tlon. As both Jeffrlea and Johnaon were nia reuow promoter is declaring for I egreea mat unaer any ana ail circum Self Lake. Rlckard Is expected here I stsnoes Oleason must be one of the pro- Oleason will' thresh the . matter out after securing Coff roth's consent to the Oleason today denied that one object of I new alignment , iticaartrs mission to this, city is to talk with the local people who promised toi aid Ooffroth financially In case he In this connection. It Is stated. Glea- son's bold wss so strong that bad he not Joined hands with Rlckard. the flxht lanaea tne match. Oleason also denied I would nave gone to the Gleason-Coffrotb that Rlckard holds the biff end of the maicn. combination, despite trfe fact that Rick arda bid was the best. , Johnson and "It's a straight case' of half-and-half Jeffries did not feel that Rlckard alone witn us," ne said. "As to the story thatioouid Handle the battle and make a suo- tne vzo.ooo put up by the promoting end cess of. ft, because of his lack of experl- wben the final articles were signed be- ence. sod as they were favorably in- longs to Rlckard In Us entirety, I will dined toward Oleason for other reasons leave that to Rlckard to answer when than his experience, then practically In ns arrives nere. we are going to carry I sis ted that Oleason must have an equal this thing out N In a businesslike way share In the promotion of the fight, and will talk things over like business J whether It went to Rlckard, Coff roth or men. x wi im 10 agree on in time or someone eisa. SO BKSPORT derbies CONCH HOLD ON LADDER Cricketers and Multnomah Club Elevens Lineup Be fore Critical Americans. , -The Portland Cricketers and the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic club have sift ed "out their best elevens, for the Son test on Multnomah field Christmas af ternoon, when a demonstration will be given Americans who do not coma from ' districts where soccer is played what the bard, fast game originally Imported into tn is country from Europe is like. The regular soccer following is also likely to be out in force, if weather permits, for the Crloketers and Mult nomah are two exactly matched teams, which tied qne another In their first meeting this year. - - Professor-Robert Krohn,-physical di rector in the public schools, has ac cepted tne invitation to sue up asso Dougherty Plays Hard but Can't Win Game for Team. George IMlworth'e "Derbies" cinched their hold on the first round of the percentage ladder last night by defeat ing "BUI" Dougherty's nail keg rollers by the decisive score of 18 to 10. ' The Columbia Hardware boys played a fast, aggressive game of indoor ball, however, and it was only the hard hit ting of the "Derbies:' that did the busi ness. Stubbs, who started for the Derbies, retired in the fifth Inning after being touched up for four In a row, and Mo Kensle was sent in to finish the game. Eight hits and five runs were made off his delivery, the same number made off Stubbs. Backus, who twirled for the Columbias, pitched his ' average game, but used I t ' I . UPha l-sva,- L M-A i - J 1. W- - , " T W '9 ST. r I I I lr, ' - IT -i Fz ?i-r- vr T m m siJBTAvati.1 m . b - s -s'-si s. i s ' . ' sis ,. vo-POHt-1 vra ii . II. I ! 1 PEELAMM . S'y. 4 --v X I I .... - I I its" . . avr s s a m a . i 'i I . . i -i .1 u . i y ' i i v . i rw . , ii I II. I ' l an MlU: ( .X. sf U 5 : '. V. ' ' . .. I I . I : I' Sr 1r . -: : - - " ;: l jmW J Ws I.I i v.v.,.yv- m m mm i v.w. OVERALL GETS BONUS PRESIDENT LUCAS STILL PURSE OF $5000 PUT UP Ala bsbjA a 4 a A am a A - savsaaaAaiasj aaVssavA skvaaiA sa as saw m 'a kUk WIMv xll I'AMf-VI LvIIIINL' MIWI'AI HvlWI'l HV ALU MM VP W ii iil iiiMu uu uniiiLu imiiinu i uivunLLiiiiiu ui m iviumi ui umuiiiLm i rrof. Csvllls little bsnd of fortltu dlnous (found that in an old history about O. Washington crossing the Rubi con) dippers are ready for their Yule tide plunge Into tha Willamette at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, when , they will attempt to swim from the Morrl son' pontoon to the Burnslde causeway This is tha first swim that has aver been projected In Portland for Christ mas day, and originated In the fertile brain of tha Multnomah club swimming Instructor, who has found tha Oregon ellmate similar to that which hovers over desr ole Lunnon. whnre the Eng Ush distort themselves every Christ mas morning in the hlstorlo Thames. It wss this similitude (that's going some) that led Prof. CavlU to plan the Chrlltmas swim which takes place to morrow morning. (Don't forget the hour.) The swim is expected to adver- tlse tha facility (an easy one) of Port- Isnd's mild winter, climate. (Tne snow killed all the roses, ye recollect) ea St rrom the Docks. Ssectstors ars reauested to find vant age points to witness the swim from tha docks that front the liver. Morri son and Burnalde bridges will bs kept clear, the officials fearing a repetition of a former breakdown that occurred soma years since during a boat race. Launches will be brought into play, their uses being eleemosynary (another easy one). They will transport the swimmers, to the dressing rooms, tns atartlne- nlaca. and then stick around the emersency points. After they fin ish thev. tha swimmers, will be han dled by the trainers ana ruuoer. many of the Portland ball playerar-who are reerulsr bear cats when it comes to playing water polo, will keep their eagle eyes on the swimmers to succor them should they be distressed by the H-l-O (that's water, gentle reader. Anotner word for water Is aqua. To elucidate, the first term Is a chemical term and the second belongs to the pharmaceu tical family.) Aftr th swimmers complete the 250- yard race for a trophy they will quaff hot toddy through a straw. Charles Armbruster. of the ball team, will have charge of the aythepary (not so easy, had to sjet It out of our system sum how), . , XrOok Oat Below. Here comes a whopper, riace fiv pehhlffs in your cavity a la Pemoatlu-n- . wiggle your tongue three times to t r right, owe to the left,' and ttifn dmrry a parabollo gyration, and you Imve pro nounced potanonpnnglae. In onlrr to avoid such a' catastrophe the swlmm-nt will anoint themselves with balm or Ollead. Isn't that poet I o, ClarlceT The palevsolc Zeulodon will have noth ing on the Xmaa swimmers, no lr.-. Whoever heard of a prehistoric memb. r of the genua cetacea plowing throuKH the aqua (Bee. there s that word iu i again) for a silver gohletT ' Let us hope thst the swim will ! a huge success, but let us fervently pray that there shall be no pollomjlliH (guess thats going some) ss a result of the festive (going down) exercise. Plans School for Umpires. President John Spinney, of , the Vir ginia Valley Baseball league, plans a school for umpires. Forty lessons win constitute a course, end graduates will receive a diploma. There will be four Instructors, of which Bill Carpenter, who umpired In the Southern league Inst season, will be the chief. The orgmii- t ion will have headquarters in Cin cinnati. . ' ; ThJa Date Jn Sport Annals. 17 At New York. Maurice Vlgnau defeated Joaeph Dion, three-ball bil liards, 11000. 600 to (18. im At New Tork, J. B. Clark, ama teur, walked J miles 1163 yards in four hours; 1880 At Paris, Maurice Vignaux de feated George F. Slosson in champion ship billiard match, J0OQ to 2961. 1892 Chester Goodwin, pugilist, born at Chelsea, Mass. , 19GS At Philadelphia, Terry Martin knocked out Harry Bchiimacher in ilia fourth round.: - ' Ottawa football team winners of tho Inter-provlnclal championship of Can- ada will be presented with gold watches as souvenirs. The executive, has do- Honestly, sythepary is not tha most fas- Inated $1000 out of tha club's treasury tldlous word for the sentence, but welto meet the expense.. AMQUS FIGURES CALLEOBYDEATH ATTELL IS COMING NORTH ON SUNDAY elation football from the viewpoint of r.r tVm";" l-if i. .H.nt.hiii. .. w eK.ii , his. famous slow ball too often, the y- -c,,rr;'K"i,. itmg on him for six hits and tVr. " tr". I ' runs in the ninth. - The feature of soccer as their standard game, tew of M'"tfnl ?r' K.m tn.,i.i.. i t.n. '... I fy " around playing. He seemed to r.n.iti. , Tx-i JtTh P8 bout th only aerioua thing about ..,,-fU8y untU tne 'acn the place. Bill swatted 'era like a three ' - I time champion and was In every play in Wo Off at las. (the back field and some that he Kkkorf will be at 3 1:45 and W. S. shouldn't have been In. But he was Richmond, a Scotch expert and a prom- there like Hans. Wagner with all bis , Inent playsr last year in the San Fran- feet and hands. ' clsco Bay Soccer . league, will acf as ' Benny Biiggs carried Off the batting referee. ; The lineups will be as fol-1 honors or the evening, securing five lows: I nits out or six times up. Baker & Mc Af. A. A. C. Goal. Barton: right back.lConnell were even for second place, each .Buchan; left back, Pyment; right half, j securing four blngles out of a possible gammons: center hair. Hushes: lert i six. Chicago, Dec. 14. President Murphy of the hloago Cubs, announced today that he has promised a 8500 bonus to Orval Overall if the big right hinder wins no games next season. Overall drew down an extra check for his work last season, and President Murphy i promised htm another If 80 games fall to the Cubs through .-"Big jens - - efforts, -- inasmucn ss rew or tne cubs , are worked for 80 games.' sports here do not believe Overall will rest, contented with 8600, and look for bim to demand a larger sum. James R. Schaef f er has been unani mously chosen head coach ' of the Uni versity of California. He was a former baseball and football star of that insti tution and held the same position this year., ' . . ., . . "Until we hear officially from Cal Ewing, the ex-president of the. Coast league, to whom the matter was re ferred concerning the reentrance of the Northwestern league Into Portland, there will be nothing doing" was the expression of President Lucas this morning. "However, we hope that Mr. Ewlng will get-around to this little mat ter without any delay, for it is getting time to talk over our plans and fix-up our schedule for next year. "Just what this expansion talk of the Coast' league means I am not pre pared to , say. Everything looks good for the same circuit we had last year, unless, -of course, the unexpected hap pens, it was lert to Air, iuwing to de cide whether we were to remain in tha coast territory, snd we can hardly do anything but wait until he says some Sheedy, Smith, Pony Moore, Bantam Champion Will Have McDowell and Billy Hogg Hard Match With Jimmy Are Gone. s Carroll. Through the agency of the British South African company, represented by Guy 'Nlckalls, the great English oars man.' a Wrse of 86000 haa been sub scribed by African sportsmen ana nnan clers for a sculling match for the world's championship between Richard Arnst of New Zealand and Ernest Barry, the English champion. The match will probably take place next August over a S-mlle, course on a part of the Zambesi river near iu viumna cwi. rwufiiiiiou as one of the finest regatta courses In the world, and the winner will receive 83760. It is announced that Tom Sulll. van. late of New Zealand, and ex-cham- plon of England, has consented to ac company Barry as adviser and trainer. Guy Nlckalls will also go out to control the race and assist bout competitors. Football alone paid at Purdue. SOME, DIFFICULT SHOTS IN CHINESE, POOL SOCCEEEEFEEEE half. Bennett: outside right and captain. I Score by Innings Kydd; inside right. Dick; center, Young; I Dllworth & Co....0 2404011 6 Inside left, Harry Matthew;- outside left, Andrew .Matthew. Cricketers Goal, Kerr; right back. Pratt; left back. . Ban ham; right half and captain. Eyles; center half Stew. "art; left half, Naylor; outside right, -18 Hits ......... .0 S S 0 6 0 8 2 8 20 Columbia Hdw..,2 0 0 8 1 2 0 0 810 Hits ........ ;.J 1 1 4 2 0 1 2 818 Errors Derbies 6, Columbia 4. Bat tarles For Derbies, Stubbs, McKensie and Barrell ; for Columbia, Backus and Copnjnger; inside right. McNtcholas; I McCohnell. ' Struck out By Stubbs 8, by center, Alblnson; Inside left. Gray; out side left. Kendall. FAMOUS CYCLIST a McKensie 10. by Backus 17. Two base hits McConnell, Welsendariger, Dough' erty, McKensie, Baker, Brlggs. Time of game One hour and 20 minutes. Um pires Mackle and Washburn. REtTHOTGOSSIP FOR RABID FANS Vermont hunters have already paid over 818,008 Into the state treasury for licenses to shot game. Minneapolis high schools are consid ering the -advisability of abandoning baseball and substituting . lacrosse as the spring scholastic sport. . j .i C. T. Holway. the : Rhode Island sprinter who won many important j races in Kngland this year. Is going to soma Ainca wiu nis swecer. Lee Talbot, the former Cornell weight thrower, is getting the Pensj- Rutt. the German, who finished I sylvsala State college wrestlers In ftr.t 1. hm.1 i. A.- j snspe ror tne winters scneauia. V a I a . wno win aiso rae in ucrmany. a Winnipeg msn .thinks enough af t Fhmbb to bet !! that Alfred Tne etknal Roller Polo lag-ue efltwat anybody In the world Is a ten ew Eagtand ana the Empire State mile race at the Winnipeg arena, V i x -, t. ft-., Pe4o leaame formed an agreement for I gnmbb to run the last' lap backward. thm protection of players of earh leaaue akmg the lines of the national agree ment In baseball. - V s Pool Champion Thomas Haaetoa will This act of pictures shows soma of tha Intricate shots performed in Chinese pool by Charles E. Blodgeft. the. world's champion at the game. Blodgett ia now In the city and may glrs several exhi bitions here. Is the picture that haa the balls as tha table they art all In motion, having A Valuable Present. will b g1rs every patrna ef The Kxposlttea Rink mi Cbrlstanas 1rit. ! ot-h r, Iwtr H. Ixrrt tre. he;fB!!T &rrftl C-m op snd t -f lam tn kt, fi'tmi rnc Vt tr t- I. v-'.t'i i,f nrt-j S defend his title sralrst Bnnle Allen I been rolled off the two cos sr4 backed f Kansas City tn Barton. Dx-ember 21 1 on tha ball t be strwek. The her to tt. The series will consists of three plctsr shows the manipulator Jurgltrig !a-polnt blocks. lone ball on th two rtVrka, baring the wiver to mats It l)artar. The draw- Mager-CsrtaN FVed Clark, of IKellng ahws a rpmdirton f the rn worltf s rhamron Pittsburg baaehatl J f rmt bttrVaJ f trta made 4 years team. a patented em-ertn for' a I before Cbrtst. K.h! f"l4 ftw stormy wearier. It 19 f'-M e-t.-.-e and ..w'r.s ait I las ll-ie, k Fcr'ltli t.crr rhm- ' " Tlv Manhattan. I With Jimmy Carroll and Franklc New Tork, Dec. 24. The year which j Edwards training hard for their bouts will and In another week naa, removea 1 BiDer w .w neia, um from the ranks of sportdom aome of Its J Rose City Athletic club affair Decem best known members. . ber 80, and Monte Attell due to depart The last to pass away was Pat Bhee- I r norm ounuay. inings iisuc J.. m.m whrt mMA Tn. WOni ""T va" w h.iu. I. ,. - n.,f n. maker Grsnt made a good atroka when "square" famous, who m& half a mil hs tlgBea Jimmy CarroU t0 box wltll lion in touring John I. Sullivan, ana Monte AMea They have had four wha won and lost a score of fortunes whirls at each other and honors are at faro. .. even, each having taken a battle and Al Smith, next to Sheedy, was perhaps drawn one. the best known sporting man who also Carroll Is still working out with answered the last great roll call this Edwarda at the Catholic club gym, ami yttitw - " uiiie ciiap rouKU ' cacn uiner up Then there was Pony Moore, father-In- every afternoon as if they were In law of Charley Mitchell, the prise fight- real go. Edwards, who made a good er. Although an American, Pony's fame Impression on tha fans at the Oregon was bounded only by tha confines of our olub's smoker last Tuesday night, will little Planet " I BO sinm i v mi mu, n oy wnti Judge McDowell, a turf man known earned quite a reputation inr in Canada to everv track from Sheepshead Bay to nd who look, well in training Oakland, also repUed to the ultimate I mflltmZ ll Arnn, the lesser lights there was ?u f" i Pi diii- ixk. th K.ohH nltcher who I D,m nero ,n . picmy 01 umo 10 jt i leans, - Billy nearly won the pennant for To Tracey's gymnasium and will i the Hill Top team against the white I Ifh'WK?m. box once upon a. uiuc rrom Old Chicago Oang. I dt-ODoed into the Albany bar last night and greeted, by chance, one of the old cronies of Pat Sheedy. I learned many interesting things, soma of which I will hereby relate! Sheedy was one of two survivors of the old Chicago gang of sports who put the Windy City on the map a score of years ago. The other is "Parson" Davles, who is now running a theatre In New Orleans. The old bunch consisted of "Jere" Dunn. Al Smith, George Han kins, Jlmmle Elliott and Mike McDon ald. For yeara these men were the tars In all the sporting events at Salt Lake City. All of them graduated from the same school the faro bank. 8ttar Oama Was rare Sheedy'a star gams waa faro. Ha was playing In a club In Hot Springs, Ark some years sgo and In a short time had dropped 834,000. Turning to Charley De Milt, who was running the game, Pat said: "Say. Charley, I'm busted, but rve got a picture painted by a cull named Ru bnsthafs good for a bunch, and my shsre Is 815.000. Can I play it Inf "8ur." replied De Milt. Pat loat $?000 more, and soon sfter- ward the famous panning was sold in Detroit. The first thing Sheedy did sfter getting his Shkre waa to pay De Milt. Sheedy never followed the races. He called it a sucker's game. William S. Richmond of Dur l Fo-ir years sgo tha four best hockey ee tens MiK fnr he huml Ah I I Scotland, famous association f of how determined the club is to hold I ball player who will referee t' the championship cup may aa nao: rrom 1 row,1 game on Mnltnoaiah fi tha fact that Bruce Stuart, one of the tween Multnomah and the C, stars, haa been set up la business there. He will receive about 21(08 and captain I era. the team. Marty Walsh Is to get 8l and Taylor, the same. Kerr and Lake! pugilist Parky McFar!ar4 U will receive 2i:es and Bruce Kidpatn 1 hroad. lasa. Ken Mall en and Harby Shore, I q tlltty iiim, will get !$ acb Lea Johns, the well known Newark owler. established a world'a record by rolling an areraae Of 272 2 for six games! la the New Tork Individual chamr on-, bis against Jlanrey Watt of New Tork 1 on tke Oxford alleys. Newark. Johns ' wna the snatrh with a wiantala f 411 j rlr.a He aid rnt have a break In the' merles and made 81 atrikea siwl sparer j His rllre total w ITS. His evre-i r t;. :. ::r. 2:7 and 1:1. If F inBM !.' n TP4LI.! M. A A t-T Meet Me Tcnteht S H ft' A !iT ' - t I r 1 ( t T St t