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in i'HE . OREGON -DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1 2, 1912. BlBfEli II Full Jlffilf In Last Three Seasons Cham ' pion Batsman Has Made Some Money.., Every time Ty Cobb made a fcase hit during the season of 1912 ho earned J39.65. In 1910 h was paid at ths rate of $45.29 per safety, while In, 1911 ; toe made J3S.29 per swat, fielding and base ruMilnjr not being considered In flgur-. Ir.g his coiapenseLtlontf'iJfM'';fi-'':st Does it pay to play baseball t , Tyrus Baymond has been drawing a salary of $3000 for his services each of the last three, years. Now, Ty'8 contract is run out and he wants another, call ' lug for J6000 more, and probably win - got it, as without him the Tigers would Craw very small crowds. - la tlio last three years Ty has made 671 hits, while' his salary for the samu lenth. of time was 127,000. If Cobb were get ting, paid for malting hits alone, he would have received mors than $40 lor each safety, which Is some payment for swinging a bat and bitting the ball J'where they ain't." j If ,Cobb wore gettlrig paid for this alone; his most profitable year so far would' have been .1910. In that season he roadei '19) 'bits at a salary of $9000. which would, have given hfm $48.98 fr each blngle.' That's a whole lot more than the average worklngman, receives for a . week's - hard "ytork, so It can be seen at a -glance that It pays to be the best ball player living. ! MOreEits, X.sss Cola. " In 111 Ty mads 248 blngles, for which ha received an average of 3fi.2 each. This was his poorest year, when the amount of stipend Is taken Into consideration, but at that It Is a very nlc. litUe sura. For each hit In the 1812 campaign be gathered In 139.65. All in all,. ha received for each blngls In the last three seasons the wee sum ; of 40.25 each. ' The demon Tiger outfielder started bis professional baseball career In 190, for the Annlston. Ga., team and swatted ,370. He then went to Augusta,, where he stayed until the windup Of 1905, when he went to the Tigers, and with which team hs has dons such" wonderful work with the bat ; . Hs batted .309 bis first year Jn the msjors and then Just kept getting bet ter all the time. His best year with the bat was in 1911, when hs led the laguo-with20 JLest-seasoa- .be hit .410 and also topped the bstters in the 1 Ban Johnson organisation. The demon Tiger has led the league In hitting the last six years straight. Ills grand aver 1 age sines bs baa been playing baseball is .361. j Cobb batting and. fielding. marks sinqe h started playing professional baseball; ' rTear Team, dames. B. A v. T, A v. ' AUtUBU, vim... 1904 -Augusta, Ga.. 87 19C5 Augusta, Ga.,,103 1105 Detroit ....... 41 J9UJ Detroit ......150 19C8 Detroit ..... 150 j09 Detroit , 158 1910 Detroit .......140 3911 Detroit .......146 1912 Detroit ....I ..140 .270 .237 .326 .300 '.360 .324 .377 .386 .420 .419 .946 ,927 .958 .961 .944 .946 .958 .957 .940 ' Toronto' New Hockey Arena. Toronto. Ont. Dec. 2. Toronto's new hockey arena, possessing the largest in door lea surface ofti the American conti ' nent. Is completed la every detail and ' will bs opened to the public this week. The building is a fireproof structure of stone, steel and concrete. Seating accommodations- will be provided for 8000 spectators. The building will be available not only for Ice sports but for horse and automobile shows and similar exhibitions, . , May Sell New York Giants. ''; '.'V (United ftess Leased Wire.) ' " New York. Dec. tZ. .That the heirs of the late John T. Bush, president of the - New York Giants, may sell the club is the current report here today. Edward T. Tipton, It is said, has opened nego tiations for the purchase of the club. Associated with Tipton in -the-deal is C, K. Ot. Billings, horseman of Xexlng- ton, Ky. - - SCVX TX,..'1.W fcw HMriMM HPHE best tobaccos blended to suit the taste1 of those who know, accounts for the enormous sale of FATIMA Cigarettes. We can give you that extra- quality be-' cause wthe pack age is simple and inexpensive. M V .m iii ,, i i ii in it i " notrsMii Blackwell' Pofls as .Many for . .AINNorthwest but They " Are Split Only one football player In tha north. west was the unanimous choice for hia position on the vote of seven critics and football coaches in the northwest thlfc season; and that was Wayne Sutton. the great Washington end. ; Another player was given seven votes and that was Blackwell, the crack halfback of the Oregon : Agricultural cellesre. but one voter, Bender of Washington state, placed him at fullback, which marred his record. ;;. .:. ..','. Toung, ; the sensational first vear quarterback ' of Coach Dobie's crew, polled six votes, the only dissenting one Being coiver of Spokane, who selected Perkins ; of Idaho as they hest ; pivot Bailty '...of Oregon was given six votes, but .they ere divided equally between tackle and guard. , Parsons; ths young University of Oregon half, polled five votes, and so did Kellogg, the O. A, C. end. -, .Nlles of Whitman drew five fojf thsoTnllback position, and Bliss of Washington four for tackle and one for guara, ihe vote" for tackle was even between the two Washlngtonlans, Bliss ana Patton. The greatest divergence of opinion wa's on the guards. i Tbs Seal Team.' .: . The' conbosite vAll-Northwest team reads - like this: . i,nds Sutton and Kellogg. 'TacklesBliss and Patton. v Guards Bailey and Fen ton. Conter Presley. Quarter Young. Halves Blackwell and Parsons. Fullback Nlles. Ths vote of ths various critics and coaches resulted as follows: , li.nds Sutton 7, Kellogg S.VTyrer a. Tackles Patton 4. Bliss 4. Bailey 8. neiu z, May l. " , Guardr-Balley J. Fenton I. 3. Harter z. urirrun z, Moors l, Bliss 1, Kennl On""' 1. 'v'-.''. '. ..i - - ,' Center Presley 4, G. Harter J, Chris- man;!, '.; :.' ... .',,'..,..'..; Quarter Yonng (. Perkins 1. : Halves Blackwell 6, Parsons B, Blomqulst 1 Niles 1. ' , Fullback Nlles , Blackwell 1, Ehlel 1. :' .... ,- ..' . The selections mads wars as follows: Rosooe Fawcett in Oregonlan. Ends Sutton, Washington; Tyrer, Washington stats. Tackles Patton, Washington; Bailey, Oregon. "Guards K'ennlson, '. Idaho; Fenton, Oregon. r Center Chrlstman. Oregon Aggies. Quarter Young, Wsshington, Halves Blackwell, Oregon Aggies Blomquist, Whitman. ; ' Fallback Nttes, ; Whitman; r' George Varnell In Spokane Chroniole. Ends Kellogg, . Oregon Aggies; Sut tor. Washington. Tackles Bliss and Patton, University of Washington. Guards J. Harter, Washington Stats; Bsiley, Oregon. Center G. Harter, Washington State. Quarter Young, Washington. .Halves Blackwell, Oregon Aggies; Parsons, Oregon. Fullback Nlles, Whitman. J, Newton Colver In Spokesman-Review, . Ends Kellogg, Oregon Aggies; Sut ton Washington, Tackles Bliss, Washington; Nelll, Whitman. - Guards Fenton, Oregon; Ballsy, Ore gon. . Center Presley, Washington. QuarterPerkins, Idaho. Halvos Blackwell, Oregon Aggies Parsons. .Oregon. - Fullback-nNiles, wnitraan. B. A. Cronin in Journal, "Ends Sutton, Washington; Kellogg, Oregon Aggies. - Tackles Bailey, Oregon; May, Oregon Aggies. , Center-rG. Harter, Washington State. Quarter Young, Washington. Halves Parsons, J3resn; Blackwell, Oregon Aggies. Quarter xoung, wasningion. Halves Parsons, Oregon; Blaokwsll, Orogon Aggies. Fullback Nlles. Whitman. Gllmour Dohle, University of Washtng- ton Coach. Ends Kellogg, Oregon Aggies; But ton, Washington, - Tackles PatU i and Bliss, Washing ton. - Quards Harter, Washington Stats; Moore, Oregon Aggies. Center Presley, Washington. Quarterback Young, Washington; Halves Blackwell, Oregon Aggies; Parsons, Oregon. Fullback Nlles, Whitman. John Bender, Washington Btats Coach. , Ends Kellogg, Oregon Aggies; Sut ton, Wsshington. Tackles Patton and Bliss, Washing ton. Guards Anderson, Washington; Bai ley, Oregon. Center Presley, Washington. Quarterback Young. Waehlngton. Halves Nlles, Whitman; Parsons, Or egon. Fullback Blackwell, Oregon Aggies. Bill Hayward. Oregon Trainer. Ends Button, Washington; Tyrer, Washington State - t Tackles Bailey, Oregon; Neill, Whit man. Guards Griffiths and Bliss, Wash Ington. . Cunter Presley, Washington. Quarterback Young, Washington. Halves Parsons, Oregon; Blomqulst, Whitman. Fullback Shiel, Washington. K 10 (TnltM Pre Lee Wlre.t Los Angeles, Dec. 2. Jim Flynn, as plranffor the white heavyweight title. Is the happiest mitt wlelder todafr, for In addition to receiving the congratula tions of his friends on his marriage to Miss Fannie Vedder, Jim Is in receipt of a telegram announcing that his bride Is coming to Los Angeles to give him encouragement while he trains for his bout December 10 with Luther Jdc- Carty. The fighter announced that he was secretly married in Hoboken, N. J., Oc tober 12. to Miss Vedder, who is a bur lesque star. i "Old married man stuff for me here after." Flynn explained. "I sure will win McCarev's heavyweight belt with that little girl to help me." Mnltnomah Basketball Games. The basketball ' games of the Mult- nQroah .Ieagua.jr era-close, and writing yesterday. In the first game Q Han Ion's team defeated .Welch's fits by the score of 12 to 11. Dent's team captured the game from Fischer's quintet by ths score of 10 to 8. Last Friday night, Bert Allen's crew defeated MasVcrs M SECRETLY MARRIED ACTRESS team 1$ te I. s . ,.'. . .... HIAH BILLIARD Ti T Flay in ths Multnomah- club handicap billiard tournament will begin tonight Thirty players ar entered In the tourn ament, and Chairman "Dunlway has classed them In flvs classes, six plsyers in each class. The winners of each class, with a r arrangod handicap, will play for ' the championship, and tha gold medal and cup offered by Dr. A. D. Walker, Ths players and their handicap are: First class, 100 points Dudley R. Clarke, W, M. DeonlsK. Fenton, C. R. Hansen Jr., A. W. Morris and W. S. Walter. .'.' f ;:'i--'-"v . vv;-r,''f ,,'f; Second class, 78 points H F. Curtis (60), II. Hurn, P. B. Myers. J. K. Ma- honey (60), J. B. O'Shea and J: C. Prig, more (60). : I., - : Third class, 60 points E. E. Young. H, D. Pugh, R. W. Clagett. T. H. Cle- laind, L. F. .Buck and E. K. Burton. - Fourth, class, 65 - points Graham Glass Jr., H., T, Jftvanordj,, 0. R, Knight, Edward Morris, W, p. Smitf and Dr. A. D, Walker. -;.v' ,.-.; ''.r Fifth class. 60 points J. B Edrar JT. J, Cahaiin, A. A. Murnhy. J. .F. Rellly. G. R. Scharpff and F. C. Warren. Wolgast W illing to Box IUrem Cnlted PrcM Lued W!f.l Los Angeles Dec. 3 Ad Wolrast Is willing to meet Jos Rivery afc Vernon February 22. . The former champion is in Los Angeles today, and his first dec laration, after explaining, his defeat' by Ritchie; was to announce his willing ness to meet the Mexican. He will con fer with McCarey tonight. Wolgast will remain hers until time to return to San Francisco to condition himself for his New Year's day match mere, nis prooaois opponent being Frank! Burns. Corbett Admires Alike) Gibbons. New. York, Dec. 2. "Mike Gibbons Is til A SVTB t AH tntr1t1aaUkt etUA s)tvnvfcnt iHiuuivn Vigil A i II KVk liave ever seen." , ; This was the tribute oald to tn fit. Paul boxer hers today by James J. Cor bett, former , heavyweight . champion, who predicted that Gibbons would beat Eddie McOoorty of Oshkosh when" the pair meet nere Wednesday night Others Think Same Way. (United' Plata lmmA Uri.. , Chicago, Deo. 2. Prediction that he would be lightweight champion of the world within a year was made hers to- oay ty Jack Brltton. Tm not bra--, glng," said Jack, "but I can lick Ritchie any time we step into ths lng ! Minor Football Games A place kick by "Mush" Mumford in ths Jhlr4duarter-netted ths Hollsday Athletic club a, victory over ths Colum bus club eleven yesterday afternoon. I to 0. The contest was played on a very uppers rieia ansmany tumbles were made in the shadows of ths goal posts. Holladay's line, reinforced by an Ore gon city piayer, Held like a stons wall Dueber, a McLoughlin club man, was the only Columbus club player who could break through the line with any BUCCCBS. Mumpnrey, Holladay's quarterback, was ths star of the une. . He made a 15 yard run in the second quarter, whloh was ths longest run of the same. Campion, Cummings and Donaldson played best for thsColumbus club eleven. The fast Oregon City team, which Is coached by "Sap" Latourette, will make Its first appearance on the local field Sunday afternoon, against ths Columbus club eleven. Most of the Oregon City players witnessed yesterday's gams on the Columbus club field to get an Idea of the Columbus attack. The Alblna and McLoughlin teams of ths Archer-Wiggins league claim vic tories over the Watklns and South Port land teams, respectively, beoause of the failure of the latter to appear on sched uled grounds. The Mohawk-Lents game will be pre tested at the next league meeting. The game ended with the soore of 1 to 7 in favor of Lents, but Manager Crowe of the Mohawks olalmed the center "car ried the ball over the goal line, making the touchdown Illegal. The Piedmont Stars defeated the Sellwood team yesterday afternoon st Peninsula Park by ths score of 10 to 0. The East Portland team, formerly of the A.-W. league, was defeated yester day by the Vancouver Soldiers by the score of I to 7. Football Star Plays DURNAMEN OPENED and Never Gets Scratch in Games Soven years on the gridiron without an Injury. Tliut is ths wonderful record of Dex ter Very, the speedy right end of the Pennsylvania State college eleven, who Is being mentioned as an All-American end. lie found his way on many of the critics' first teams last year, and his playing has been even more sensational this season. Very plays football because he likes the game. No player ever got Into more scrlmmnges. Even in 1911, when he captained the State eleven, he would not rent as is customary in some of the early week scrimmages, lie insisted upon getting in every play. Three years st Mercersburg academy put him in excellent condition. In that time ha never missed a gams and went through each season without so much as a severe bruise. Then he started his college career at Pennsylvania State in 1908. From the very first he made the varsity team. His playing soon attracted attention all over ths country.' Very not only has the knack of play ing his own end position in amasing style, but the eoaches have always placed him on the weakest side of the line in order to strengthen ths tackle. In many big ames he has virtually played both positions. - Very has gone, through his seven If you drink because of a craving for stimulants if you're reached the stage where nothing will satisfyr excepting rough, high-proof, strong whiskey our story is hot for you. -But . if it's mellowness, age and flavor you're looking for you'll like Cyrus Noble. kecanst yon don't have to dilute it with , water to be able to swallow it It costs no more than any other g-ood whiskey. W. J. Van Schuyver & Co.;. General Agents.' Portland. Or. UNIVERSITY PLAY ,.vr.....T ;rr- Varsity Expects to Get Good Material From Intra-Col-, legiate Games. k University .of Oregon, Eugene, Or Dec. J. Several weeks will elapse be tween ths clogs of football season and tbs opening of basketball praotlcs. Dur ing- ths . Interim lnterolass and inter fraternity basketball .will flourish. These intracollegiate games will serve as ths regular practice and, from ths stars tha material for ths varsity team will tnlran - 1 -' : Of last year's team but one man, Captain Jamison, all-northwest forward, is not on hand.' To till his vacancy is host of preparatory material, some of which Is of ths first class , order. Thus the competition In the coming games will;-be of the ' liveliest order. When practice is called five wearers of ths basketball "O" will report. Thess are Captain Blmms, guard; Bradshaw, guard: Fenton, center; walker,; for ward, and Rader, forward. The latter was a first team recruit last year rrom the Second team. Other members of the 1911 second team available are Bried well, Vosper, ParsonsI Brooks nd, Stev enson. ' i Bill Hayward. who for the past three or four years has turned out champion or near champion teams, will again coach the squad. Assisting him will be Ed- Shockley, well known in Portland basketball circles, who is now assistant athletlo director at the university. In ths meantime, not waiting tor tne olose of the football season, ths co-eds have made lntersorortty basketball the all absorbing talk of the campus. The series is well, along toward the excit ing part where teams are eliminated, and the race narrows. The Gamma Phi Beta and Lambda Rho teams have been eliminated. whUe . the .Kappa Alpha Theta, ; winner of the cup last year. stands at the head, but nara presses, oy all three of the other remaining teams. More girls are interested in baskst ball than ever before at tne university. SILVERTON'S T0SSERS : BEAT AMICUS QUINTET in SUverton, Or., Dec 2. The Silverton Commercial club five won the second basketball game of the season over the Amicus club of Portland, Saturday evening. It iwas the prettiest exhibition as -well as ths mostr hotly contested game ever witnessed on the local floor. At ths elose of the first half the score was sven. each team having 10 points to its credit During ths final half the playing was fast and furious, each aids being determined ta winit posslbleVand when time was called the score stood Silverton 26, Amlous 25. Another game has been arranged for Friday night, December 6, to be played in this city with ths O. A. C five. Msnsger Earl Wood has Issued a challenge to any team in the state. FENNER AND COOK ARE WINNERS AT BOWLING In the two-man team tournament at the Saratoga alleys yesterday after noon, Fenner and Cook captured first nrlse with the score of 1925.- Arens and C. Kelly won second prize, having the score of 1919. The scores of all teams are! Fenner and Cook, 1925; Arens and Kelly, 1919; Bishop and G. Kelly, 1831: A eras and Baker, 1831; Probst and Hauser, 1832; Leap and Heath, 17S0; Melvln and Osterhaut 1767; Anderson and Goldsmith, 1754; Moore and Napier, 1743; Franklin and O'Donnell, 1717, and Becthek and Myers, 1693. K0JI YAMADA TO PLAY BILLIARDS IN PORTLAND Kojl Yamada, the Japanese billiard expert will likely play in Portland sometime during this season. Yamada is playing exhibitions games in the east with Hopps and'Slosson, and after praying in Pittsburg and Chicago will I. start for the coast, playing exhibition games in all large cities. , Yamada won third money In the world's championship billiard tourna ment, and was ths only player to defeat Champion Hoppe. Sixty Australian women have been locked up for violating the menace of the hatpin ordinance. They do some things very well in AustralCleve land plain Dealer. Seven Years years of. football Without wearing any heavy armor. He does not believe In shlnguards, headgear or heavy pads, He is a wrestler and . Is unusually strong.- His playing In the Cornell -and Penn sylvanla games this year almost as sureoV him of a place when the All American selections are made. Wrestling Match Oregon Hall, 86 7th St. (near Osk Street) Wednesday, DecM4, 1912 at 8:00 P. M. JOSEPH FRANKENSTEIN Le Crcsse, Wis. - VS. OSGAR WASEM t St Louis, Mo. Prices 75c. $1.00, $1.60 and $2.00. Tickets for sale at Oregon Cigar Stand, Fourth Street, at Washington. HE HOPE U PASSE IN A MONTH Tom McCarey's Elimination -Contest at Vernon Will Give Over Champion: Los Angeles, Cal.rTJecTJ. In the course of the next four weeks the Iden tity of the world's best white heavy weight boxer will have been established and the term "White Hops" dismissed from all discussion. , The. clearing up of the situation will take place In the Vernon ring. Here, In N active training are : Jim Flynn of Pueblo, Colo., and Luther McCarty of Goose Grade, Neb. . Riding across the continent at, the expense of Promoter Tom McCarey comes Al Falser of New York, accompanied by Manager Tom O'Rourke and a sparring partner guar anteed to live through camp training. First Boat December 10. 1 Flynn andMcCarty meet in a sched uled 20-round affair before the Pacific Athletic club at Vernon on the night of December 10. The winner, providing he is still strong Of limb and body, will entertain Faizer in the same arena on the afternoon of New Year's day.' This will , finish the ; heavyWels-ht roundup so far as the Los Angeles pro moter is concerned; To the survivor will be given the McCarey belt and It Is some expensive . girdle . and permission to go'forth and set tbs world on fire. "I must ask the winner never to allow the belt to be contested for by a negro," says MoCarey. . . -My sols Idea In starting this thing wss to determine which of three men, Gift Safety Razor TO the man you have in mind, a Gillette Safety Razor will be a Christmas remembrance of peculiar value and service. Whatever the importance you attach to your gift, you will find a Gillette Safety Razor set of appropriate value and design: Forty different styles $5 to $50. Everything from silver-plated to solid gold. ' 9 If he already owns one of our Standard sets, give him a gold-plated one; or a Pocket edition; or one of our Travelers, or Combination sets. Of one thing you may be suretie will use your gift, and praise the good sense that . prompted. so. practical a selection. ; v . , V . : Look for the Holiday displays of Gillettes in the dealers' windows. Make your selections where the assortment is good. , For a small gift 0c. ift, Gillette Blades 5 GILLETTE SAFETY: RAZOR COMPANY, BOSTON Flynn,', McCarty and Palzer, Was the best boxer. The winner can go his way. All that I ask Is that he stick to the straight white way., ' 1 Colored Hast Stay to Xhsmsslyes. , "It is not my Indention to bar; negro boxers from the ring but they must box among themselves. It has taken years for us to get over the effect of the Jeffries-Johnson battle. I pledge my word to my patrons never to match a white man with a black boxer and I hope every promoter In the country will take this same stand. , "When we ring down on Flynn, Mc Carty and Palzer, we should have a white champion that we can feel proud of. If a man Is developed Who can beat the new champion so much the better for the boxing game. Think of the heavyweights of the past, Sullivan, Corbett Fltsslmmons and Jeffries; isn't it about time we had another of this kindr . .' Xi FORMER F00TBALLISTS TO PLAY RICHLAND TEAM . (Rpciil to Tbs Journal.) '' " '-'J! ,' . White Bluffs, Wash., Dec. 2. Several old. football stars, now following the peaceful occupation of fruit farming in the valley of the White Bluff coun try, have accepted a challenge of the Richland football team for a game on the White Bluffs grounds about Christ mas time. Among the players here are McCord Taylor;- formerly' captain of the University of Kentucky eloven;J71nfleld Shew, fullback of the famous pld Ho qulam. Wash., teanMn its palmy days; Robert iW.acDonnel, tackle on the champion Memphis, Tenn., college team; James E. Sells, formerly a quarter on the Seattle high, and other players of equal experience in other strong line ups. Practice begins Monday, and the, forthcoming contest has aroused , the entire country from Richland north 60 miles to the head of the valley abpve White Bluffs. Suggestion for His Christmas--a Gillette every Gillette user will or $1.00. S-aietyoRazor KNOWN THE RLOOVER CHICAGO ELEVEII MAY COME DEC. 25 '; T "l I Easterners Want Three Games and $2500 Guarantee for Western Trip. ' ' f It is said to be reasonably certain that the Wendell - Phillips high school team of Chicago will play on the local field during the Christmas vacation. The Chicago school wants a 12600 guar antee for- three games and it Is said games In Spokane, Portland and Eu gens or Astoria would be able to draw enough people to glv the' Windy City scholastics their guarantee, r ' -The game Played In Spokane Thanks giving day netted each school close to $650 and the Washington-Lincoln game, played here on a Friday afternoon net ted each school about $320. If a game can not be arranged with Eugene: or 'Astoria, the Boise , high school would no doubt play the Chi cago eleven,-' Boise -js supporting its team aS the northwestern champions and. would no doubt jump at the chance to play the Chicago eleven. ',' The game here would be an excellent game for Christmas day, as no other big contest is scheduled for that day.; Several of the players of ths Wash-. lngton, team are n favor pf the game, sod, It would no doubt be as great a drawing card as , the Oak Park-Washington game of two years sgo The 'Washington high school Has re ceived -ja number of ; telegraphlo chal lenges, but the only one It will eonV elder is- the game with the Chicago team. Definite plans tor the games are expected within a couple of days. ;1 welcome a packet of 'I.