' THE : OREGON DAILY-- JOURNAlV PORTLAND, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2; 1912; . .... . iMtMi mmiimmi mm nr '... i a ss aii ., 4 i ir .: nnAiiA iiiin tr r 1 1 iri i . a r MKWIIWMU SEAPf MANAGER Officially Takes Position With Dugdale's Bunch; Mc Credie Leaves Sunday. 'Jack Barry, the brainy utility man of the Beavers last year, has officially . signed up with the Seattle club of the Northwestern league aa manager for next season. It was announceJ exclu sively In The Journal iome time ago taht Barry was belna- considered by President Dug-dale f Seattle. Barry was negotiated with, and upon Portland waiving all' claim to Jack, he was signed up by Dug-dale at a salary said , to be In the neighborhood of (400 per month. -Barry Is now In Los Angeles and Is , keeping In pretty good shape, -Whether he will play actively has not yet been , decided. However, Jack can Jump Into ' any position at any time and will like ly exercise the utility roll for the portly ewnerof the Seattle team. Barry ought to make a successful manager, for he knows the game from soup to, nuts. He has all kinds of nerve and Is popular with the players on every club he has ever been asso ciated with. It Is expected In a few days that : official announcement will be made of 'Tommy Bhsehan's elevation to the man agerlal position on the Victoria club of the same circuit CONLEY HRPLESS IN THE Elffl Breaks Thumb on Rivers' Head and Battle Is One Sided to Finish. leaves' for South Sunday. Walter McCredle will leave next Sun day night for his-annual trip to Calf ' fornle in quest of a training camp, and while in the south will visit all of the - cities that have offered inducements to him. Manager Mao is pretty sore right now on 8anta Maria because, after 'training there two years and being sat .... isfied to return, the president of the Commercial club sent him a. telegram demanding that he Immediately sign up .with .Santa Maria for a return engage- - ment or else five way to Oakland, which, he said, wanted, to train there. 'Of course McCredle will visit Santa Maria en his trip south, but also will . thoroughly Inspect the other cities be fore he makes a final ch.plc, . Ralacfor Rapps. Because he was faithful laxt year Bill Rapps will get a salary Increase when his contAct is tendered him. On the other hand, McCredle has deter- -Tninea ' to""etit ths salary of "Artfe" Krueger, the nlg-hest priced man in the league last season. Rapps had a pretty good year with the stick and. McCredlo Tthtnlnr "far deserves a -rals. (Unttod rYeas VtmA Wirt.) Los Angeles, Jan. J. .With his right hand in surgical splints, the result of a broken thumb, and a cut In his scalp that gttes to the bone,Frankls Conley, battered and bruised. practically knocked out yesterday by Joe Rivers, today Is clamoring for another match with his conqueror. Conley was hang ing helplessly on the ropes In the eleventh round and the referee declared him out. ' i "If I hadn't hurt my hand I would have licked the Mexican sure," Conley said today. , "I broke my thumb in the first round when I knocked him flat with a right hook, to the jaw. Then again landed on Joe's head with my right hand in the second round and felt (hen that It was useless. After that I could not do much. The fighter does not live who can whip Rivers with ene hand. AH I want Is another chance en a wlnaer take all basis." The battle was- all Rivers' from the first round, except for flashes br Conley. LITTLE STORIES OF THE MA T i BY LLOYD KENYON JONES Olympic Clubmen Take Swim. - j ... (Uoltod Pron Learned Wire.) -. San Francisco. Jan. 2. AH San Fran cisco is talking today about the hike of 900 .Olympic clubmen to the ocean beach, their daring plunge Into the sea, and Walter Pomeroy's plucky swim around the Seal Rocks. It was done to call the . attention of tbs . east to California's midwinter climate. OREGON BASKETBALL . LEAGUE STANDINGS Chemawa, Or., Jan. 2.' Standing of the teams: Won. Lost. P. C. Chemawa Indians 1 0 1.000 Pacific College 1 1 .600 Philomath Co ere .1 1 .500 McMlnnvllle College 0 1 .i)00 Pacific University 0 1 .000 The Oregon Intercollegiate Basketball league has opened for this season. The race for honors Is expected to be a close one this year because of the with drawal of the Dallas college players, who have won the honors for the past two years. Games played so far this season have resulted as follows: Pa-, clflo college victors' over Paclflo univer sity; Philomath walloped MoMlnnvllle 46 to 16, and the Chemawa Indians scalped Philomath on the homs floor last Friday evening by the close score oi 28 to 25. FINN IS WINNER OF ----r CLASSIC MARATHON (United' Press Leued Wire.) Edinburgh, Jn. 2.-KoIehmalnln, " Firm, won the classic Powder Hall Mar athon here today, beating Hans Holmer by 10 yards after the most spectacular finish in the history of the race. Holmer and the Finn ran practically even to the stretch, far In advance of the other contestants. Then the Finn developed a burst of speed vwh1eh Hol mer was unable to duplicate, and came home only a few yards winner. Coal $6.00 up. Edlefsen Fuel Co. The Smoked Gorman-, . "Cast up by the sea," with numerous other foreign ' wrestlers. Is ons fellow as blaok as the right bower when spades are trumps. He styles himself Ilia Vincent, and Is proficient in German and French. In fact, he 'comes from .Germany, and handles the tongue of the Fatherland with fine abandon, mix ing with It the rich southern accent of the negro. Going has not been precisely easy for Ilia,' because the -color line prohibits long chances when It comes to the rep utations of the Caucasians. Still, Ilia Is persevering, and whenever he hears of a likely chance fur a match he hikes thither. For a period Vincent tried to fool the natives in the' states by affecting the headdress of the Oriental, and pa raded with a raudv turban ndornlns- his cranium. , But the moment he broke loose in a pure Teutonlo strain stuff was off. . During one of the big cards in the Coliseum in Chicago Vincent-was talk ing .excitedly, telling his compatriots what he could do to any of the con testants if he only had the chance. At that moment two Irishmen en tered the building and loitered in the fringe of the crowd to converse with some political friends.' Finally Mike caught the notes issuing from Ilia's throat, and his hair stood on end. In an attitude of intense eaves dropping-he bent hearer and ,. the color fled from his face. Stepping lightly to where his part ner was talking with friends, Mike touched him softly on the shoulder. "Wist!" he called excitedly, "come here." Pat obeyed, and when ; he had oome within earshot of the voluble black man he, too, was seised with appre hension. "Doyou hear th" same thing I hear?" aiiKe asKea increauiousiy. -Pat nodded thoughtfully, and then began to back un. "By the saints," Pat breathed fever ishly, it's either a Dootchman dyln' 0' the black death, or else It's a flttln' punishment for lettln' Tim Malone talk us Into drinking that kummell' "It ain't althar one," Mike corrected. as they hurried from the scene. "It's nothln' but Lew Dockstader havln' fun wld th' bunch by tryln to ring In. I'm goln" to look up Jawn Rooney." CANADIAN POLO TEAM DEFEATS COR ONADOS (United Press Leued Wire.) San Diego, Cal.. Jan. 2. With a hard earned defeat over the crack Colorado polo team to their credit, the members of Calgary team are today preparing for their match with Pasadena to be played at Coronado Friday. Although the championship tourna ment is not to be held until March, practice games will be played there dally until that time, insuring plenty of sport for the polo enthusiasts. The Coronado team, lea oy ivra Tweedmouth, gave - the Canadians a hard contesti losing by a score "of 6H to 6H. The game was replete with spectacular, plays and a big crowd cheered the players. , . , Leo Ilouck Quits Cold. (United Pren uttu4 Wlr. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 2. Leo Houck of Pittsburgh is In the Julna bone" class here today aa the result of a cold quit at the beginning of. the seventh round 01 nis right witn Jack union of this city. Houck, who had been badly punished, declared he had a broken rib, but a physician called in said he found no trace of a fracture. BASKETBALL EAGUE 1 STARTS JANUARY 15 The City Basketball league will like ly get started about January IS, accord ing to the present plans of Physical Director Lee of the Y. M. C. A, It is understood that the T. M. C. A. Spartans will not be In the league this season. The Spartans won the cham pionship last season in a walk,' and several of the teams did not wish to compete against them this season. . On this account the Spartans have agreed to drop out. . - It is said that at least six teams will be In the league this season... The teams that have already entered the league are the Multnomah club and the Dental college. The Christian Brothers entered, but withdrew. Now that the Spartans have quit the Chris tian Brothers team will likely reenter. Knockdowns Every Round Sacramento, Cal., Jan. 2. In one of the bloodiest fights ever seen here, Joe McGum earned a 10 round decision over Rufus Williams of Ban Francisco here. There were knock downs in nearly every round. Williams carried out his threat of knocking out one of McGurn's gold teeth. SICK .SCHOOLMATE IS TURNED DOWN Friends of Gillespie Say Car negie Might Have Saved Life of Boyhood Friend. (United Press UiM Win.) Los Angeles, Jan. 2 Turned down, It is alleged, by his boyhood companion and schoolmate, Andrew Carnegie, whom ho had asked for aid, James Gillespie, 80, is dead here today for lack of proper medical attention. Friends of Gillespie declare that If he had been able to reach Carnegie's heart his life would have been prolonged. It is declared that Gillespie needed the skill of a New York specialist, and that when he asked the stee! king for the passage money It was denied. ' ' Young Gillespie told a friend here that Gillespie Senior had lent 110 to Carnegie's father many years ago, and he could not recall that It had ever been paid back. The compounded Interest on the loan would nave amounted to about 211110. , - rr- UISDMON Young Editor Says He Took Drink in San Francisco, Woke Up in Alberta. TWO ELEVENS TIED . WHEN TEAM FORFEITS The Vernon football ' eleven 'forfeited to the Mohawk team yesterday afternoon by the score of 1 to 0. The Verpon team failed to get together and Manager Kll- gore refused to play the game. - ; The Mohawks and F. is. w. teams are now tied for the leadership of Sec tion 1 of the A. ft W. league, and the game for the championship of this sec tion will be .played Sunday afternoon en Columbus club field. The F. E. W.'s protest against player Magius has been disallowed. A vote was taken on the matter and the result was two In favor of allowing the pro test to three against. Alblna's protest against the White Caps has been allowed, the referee's de cision being upheld. . . (United Preee LeuM Wire.) Uklah, Cal., Jan. I Telling a story of having been given knockout drops on the San Francisco waterfront and of having awakened somewhere near Cal gary, Alberta, With 4B0 gqne, Charles O. Halllday, a young Uklah editor who disappeared In San Francisco December T, after going there to pay bills for his paper, is home today. He walked the railroad -ties most of the way. Halllday said he met the-mysterlous man ho spoke of lnr?ostcards to friends in Uklah before -vanishing. They met an other man, who bought drinks.- Halll day says he flashed 120 when his turn to buy came, and the next thing he remembered Is seeing the train disappear in British Columbia. TO SEE BG BATTLE Nevafla Town Gets Proposed Johnson-Flynn Fight Next Summer. ' MULTNOMAH ELEVEN CRICKETERS TIE AND Morcan Makes Hit. (United Prert Leued Wire.) New York, Jan. 2. Morning paper critics here today are divided in their opinions of the new year bout between Marcel Moreau, the French middle weight champion, and Jack Denning here. The majority, however, declare that Denning easily outpointed the Frenchman, - Moreau - failed to make good his reputation for cleverness, but his gameness made a general htt Ritchie In 12 Round Draw. (United Preu Leued Wire.) Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 1. Willie Ritchie, the San Francisco boy who made such a good showing against Freddie Welsh when he substituted fOr Ad Wolgast at Los Angeles, fought Paul Kohler 12 fast rounds here last night. The fight was called a draw. The Multnomah and the Cricketers soccer teams played a draw game yes terday on Multnomah field. -The Cricket ers scored two goals In the first half and the club team equalled the Cricket ers score by sending over two goals In aulck succession In the second half. . The club team was weakened by the loss of seyeral of the regular players, but In the second half with full strength they played a good offensive game. Alblnson, Stewart, Creasy and Benham were the stars of the game. Several other players on both sides played great ball. La Grande High Win Enterprise, or., Jan. is In a hotly contested game the La Grande high school basketball team defeated the Wallowa county ' high school of this city b a score of 24 to 21. Both teams showed good speed. PLANE'S PROPELLER SMASHED ON YOUTH'S HEAD; KID ONLY (United Press Leased "Wire.) Alameda, Cal., Jan. 2. Knocked down by the propeller of Aviator Frank Bryan's aero-' plane as the blrdman was pre paring to leave the ground, little John McDonald picked himself up, felt of the small bump on his head and grinned. But the pro peller was splintered and flight had to be abandoned. (Pel ted Press Leued Wlre.1 .Chicago; Jan. 2.- Champion Jack Johnson declared today that he had practically promised to meet Jim Flynn in either June or July the fight to ' takk place (at Windward, Nev 100 miles west of Salt Lake. Johnson said he was! to get $20,000 and a third Interest In tlie pictures - for his services. Jack Curley Is engineering the deal with the "big smoke," but refutes to consider the match as agreed upon until Johnson actually signs the agreement. , Johnson declared that, even If he did agree to fight Flynn, It would not neoes-' sarily Interfere with, his proposed trip to Australia. He said that Flynn match, or no, he will -try .to go to fulfill a tentative agreement with Hugh Mo In- ' tos that he shall fight Sam MoVey In Sydney probably early In tu springy CHICAGO K. 0. BROWN V LACED INTO DISCARD ' w, (Fn!id. pr"" Ied Wire. ' ' Oakland, Cal., Jan. 2 Chicago Knock out George Brown today is hi the. pugll- ' lstle discard as an attraction here, as a " result of being outfought and outgamed by Sailor Kd Petroskey, who handed him as a New rear's gift one of the prettiest lacings presented In a 10 round bout for many a day. Battling - turlously Ifirougnoul "ther" event, neither man showed much finish, but Petroskey was on top-in the mlxup throughout, ,'and was only prevented , from winning from a knockout ihranrii : his own Inexperience. Several times Brown was on queer street, but Petros- : key either not knowing enough or nav- ' (nor ft heftlthv resrnrfl tn Rmw,', mnlljt swings, failed to follow up and .finish his man. Petroskey's manager expects to match hi. man with YYnnlr VTlnna In t)M mmm future as, a result of the win. AUSTRALIAN GRIFFIN AFTER FRANKIE BURNS 8an Francisco, Jan. 2. Charley Grif fin, the Australian lightweight, is here ' today, and wants' action on. Frankle N Burns, Griffin ohallengea. tha Oakland-. scrapper for a 10 or '20 round bout for a side bet. He agrees to make 133 -. ringside. : will be matched here for this or next s month. Ffttlrhff thin. Griffin an .- manager, Harry mlson, will hike for ' Los Angeles to try to start something there. 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