THE OREGON DAILY , JOURNAL,: PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY
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AD WOLGAST SIGNS Q M
anyone in' the crowd $50 w ho eould turn
the. trick. W. E. Crowfoot, a photo
grapher, ? accepted the challenge, and
caught, the first; ball thrown. Rube
paid him the $30. and disappeared dowr.
the street with the derisive hoots of
the crowd ringing In his ears. i '
one ot their demands for his'.ier salary
was granted. '
Not even a whisper has come from
Manager Jennings. Jt Stanage remains
out the club will be without a regular
catcher. ; . .. , - . .
report that he will attempt to maUc Hal
Chase over into 'a Feeond baseman, tit-s
Indicating that lie will gt back into the
game at first base himsetf.-
BEAVERS GET FIRST
Chicago Mayor Stops Uout.
. ' (lultfJ I're Leaaedf Wlre.t
Chicago, Feb. 7. Btcause Wrestler
George Lurich Is believed to be manag.-U
by parties partially responsible for the
Gotch-Hackenschmidt fiasco here. May. ! . .
or Harrison has virtually prohibited tha
Lurlch-Zbyszko bout," e'cheJuled to be --f '
staged In Chicago. "No permit had been
Issued fo this affair," declared the ;
mayor. - .. , T - ' v
EX-CHAMPION GETS ?
BIG MONEY FOR BOUT
Four Tigers Holding Out.
failed Frew Leased Wlre.k
Detroit, Mich., Feb. 7. Ty Cobb, Sain
Crawford,- Oscar Stanage and. Pitcher
Dubuc, all members of the Detroit
Americans, are the latest recruits in the
"hold-out league." It is said this quar.
tet got together and promised not to go
back into the fold unless each and every
CLanc Leaves tor Gotham.
. (United Preu Vntci WJre.) . y
Los Angeles, Feb. 7. Frank Chance,
new manager of the New Tork Ameri
cans Is en route to New Tork today to
take command of last season's tail end
ers. ' Chance Is optimistic over - his
chanees to pqJl the club Into the firt
division thlsyiar. He confirmed a
CHANCE AT
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COmE TOGETHER OVER
LONG DISTANCE WIRE
WHITING AND DOUGLAS
. TOO MUCH FOR JONES'
QUARTET
MAJOR
DRAFTEES
Former Champion, Who Is
Now in Portland, Will Leave
. for California Monday,
Talking over the long dlstarice tele
phone from San Francisco, Aa Wolgast,
former "champion ol! the world, and
James Coffroth, the San Francisco pro
moter, came to terms at lt;80 o'clock
. this niorning. by whicli the San Francis
can ttrp tn jrivB Woleast a guarantee
of $90011 and an option1 of 50 per cent
or the gross - receipts. w oigasi ww
leave Monday or Tuesday for San Fran
cisco to prepare for. the fight with liar.
lem Tommy, wurpny, eDruary a.
When Joe. Mandot developed a case
nf tiiU t-Hn nt New Orleans and informed
-.Coffroth that lie could not leave for
San. Francisco to light Murpny, im
' promoter. .immediately Wired Wolgast,
offering him a flat guarantee of $6500.
' This was yesterday afternoon. Wolgast
Hired back that nothing leps than J10,-
: (00 would" tempt him back into the ring.
V Coffroth Wired again raising his ants
to 17500, but Wolgast told him that
there was nothing doing. Seeing the
chance for the Washington's birthday
date slipping ut of his grasp Coffroth
struclt the telephone this morning and
had a long conversation with the Cadil
lac wildcat Wolgast plainly told Cof
froth what he. wanted and after the
usual fencing. s Coffroth said that he
would not quibble with Adolph, giving
him 49M0 and an1 option of 60 per cent
of the gross gate receipts, win, lose or
draw.- 1 ' '' '
just what Marpny is pulling down U
not known. It Is probably less than
$4000. ' - Wolgast Js confident that the
receipts will be In the neighborhood of
18,000, which should return Coffroth
a nice profit. ;-, - -s- t : '
' "I shall leave for San Francisco Mon
day or Tuesday," said Ad this morning
after he had "hung up on the Coffrotn
conversation." "I think that I struck
r..t h,rniln and an did Coffroth. He
knows that I am the greatest Crawtng
card in the , World among me itguv
weights. I ' have put on about eight
pounds' --of weight in .Portland and am
feeling fit for the greatest, fight in
my life. -.- ; ,
, Two Days to 3Iaico Fight.
tt'nlted Pre" Leal Wire.)
Snn Francisco, Feb, 7. After negoti
ations extending oyer two days, fol
lowing Joe Mandot's announcement that
he -would be unable-to' fight Harlem
Tommy Murphy here February -2a. Ad
Wolgast and Promoter - Jim Coffroth
tame to terms today,' Wolgast agreeing
to substitute for Mandot. Coffroth re
fused to make the terms public.
Mandot Is "Improved." .
(United Preu' Leaved Vi'rt.
Xew Orleans. Feb. 7. Joe Mandot U
"much Improved", today. This was the
word given out by relatives, of the local
scrapper, following his announcement
that he had cancelled his February 2!
fight with Tommy Murphy in Sat Fran
cisco on account of a severe attack of
grippe. .''' v?-
, Mandot spent Monday night In a Turk,
lsh bath, where it is claimed he con
tracted a severe cold. Local sports say
the cold, however, never had a chance
to even reach his knees.
Races at Juarez
(United lr Luied Wire.)
Juarcs, M?x., Feb. 7. Results yester
day: . First Race: Minnie F. 10 to 1, 4 to 1.
2 to 1, won; Stare 8 to -5, 4 to 6, second;
Lily Paxton 1 to 10, third. Time 1:14
4-5. ' . '
Second Itace: Free Will 80 to 1, 12 to
1. 8 to 1, won; Gift 2 to 1. even, second;
Judge Walton. t 6, third. Time 1:3S
4-6. Scratched, Ihlgh.
; Third Race: Transparent 10 to 1, 4
to 1 2 'tol, won; Pedro, even; 3 to 5,
eocond; Mazurka, even, third. Time 1:13
2-5. ', -
Fourth Race: Furlong, 15 to 1, C to
1, 2 to 1, won; Just lied 4 to 5, 1 to 3.
ttcond; Parlor Boy S to 1, third. Time
' 1:11 4-S. Scratched, Suffragist, Seneca.
, Fifth Race: Cogreve 7 to 2. 7 to 5,
7 to 10, won; Wilhito '4 to 1. 2 to 1.
tecond: Balronla even. Third. Time 1:31
2-5. Scratched. Holabird. Zlnkand.
Sixth Race: Fern L. 8 to 5, 4 to 6,
2 to 6. won; Bit of Fortune 7 to 1, 3 to
I,--second; Bonnie Elolse 1 to 2, third.
Time 1:29.
K strong movement Is being mado by
the West Virginia Woman Suffrage as
sociation to have the suffrage bill
passed by the state legislature now in
session In Charleston,
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Since ; my customers have
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about the
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Log Cabin Cigar Store
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Adolph Wolgasjt, who forced Pro
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with $9000 and 50 per cent option
on gate probably . the greatest
amount of money an ex-champi6n
' ever got for a fight.
JOHN COULON ACCEPTS
M'CiEY'S TERMS 10
FIGHT BANTAM BOOT
Chicago Boxer Says He's Been
Sick From Ptomaine Poison
mg, Causing Delay,
v (United Frew leased Wire.)
Los Angeles, Feb. 7. Los Angeles
boxing fans were assured today of an
other world's championship battle when
it was officially announced that Johnny
Coulon has accepted Promoter McCarcy's
terms to meet the winner of the sched
uled 20 rouffd bout between Kid Williams
and" Eddie Campi February 23. The
championship affair probably will be
staged early in April.
"I have not been treated right by the
presB,t Coulon wjote McCarey, in ac
cepting. "I have been very sickpto
maine poisoning. I have been confined
to my rooms for a long time, but now
I:am really, recovering. I'll go to Los
Angeles and If Williams ' beats Campl,
his match with me will be to' his sor
row." Campi and Williums cpntinued their
training today before larga galleries.
Bptting on tiie result of their meeting
remains at even money.
BASKET BALL NOTES
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will be resumed tonight, when the Chris
tlan Brothers team meets the- Archer
Wiggins Weonas and the Mclaughlin
players clHSh with tho Columbus club
tossers. Both games will be played on
the Christian Brothers' floor, the firnt
starting at 8 o'clock. A preliminary
game between the O. B. B. C. second
team and the HooBlers will be played.
This contest will start at 7:15 o'clock.
The Hibernla team won its second
straight game of the Bankers' Basket
ball league by defeating tho LadJ &
Tilton uuintet last night on the V. A
floor by the score of 23 to 10. The
playing of Chet Hughes featured tht
contest. The Lumbermen's National
bunk team defeated T;iC United States
National bank quintet by tho score of
24 to 15. The rough playing of the
Lumbermen's team marred the game
from the start to the finish.
P. W. Lee of the Y, M. C. A., has an.
otln-r team that h would like to sen 1
against the crack J. B. A. O. quintet
Ue has gathered the Brownies under
his wing and Is confident that his new
proteges can defeat the Jewish boys.
l.co wants two games, the first on the
V. M. (.'. A. floor.
W ooc burn. Or. Feb. 7. The Wood
burn high school quintet will meet the
Independence high school basketball
team tonight at Independence and an
exciting game is expected, both teams
having made Rood showing this season
nni each claiming superiority over the
other.
The Oregory Athletic club basketball
team wn seheduled to play the Y. M.
O. A. M'atchus Wednesday night, but the
latter did not how up therefore for
feiting the game to Gregory. The Greg
ory xecond team defeated the Amicus
seeonds. 27 to 15. The game was a fast
one from suit to finish. Mears and
Meyers flowed up well for the winners.
The University of Oregon Law
Department team held its last practice
aM nisht before the game with The
Dalles, Oregon, scheduled for Saturday
" veum win oo made up of
Bilnkerhoff, jjess, Jensen. Huckbody.
ami Dwyer. Coach BoTleske will also
niHke the trip. Captain Dwyer will have
fharge of the team hereafter as Man
ager Qliiard surprised his .many
friends by entering the ranks of the
benedicts. .
O'CONNELL RETURNS
FROM WRESTLING TRIP
Instructor Eddie O'Connell returned
esterday rrom eastern Oregon, where
he was one of the principals In two
wrestling bouts. The first was held
Tuesday niirht in' i..ji.. . n..
against Jack Kennedy and resulted In
ii-lT 10 nown or Krappllng.
I- ' mgni. o uonnell Journeyed
4;.h.Vrfdjd
blKTaniilHiTwrestler. ino ,
-'I m je minutes and O'Connell
toon the seeond and thlAl' falls In 14
nd J minutes, respectively. .
McCredie -Luckiest of Minor
. League Magnates on New
Ruling in Baseball,
President W. Wr. McCredie of the
Portland Coast league club last night
received a wire from Secretary" Farrell
of the National association, stating that
Portland had been lucky in drawing four
drafted players that It had put in
claims for If they are returned , to the
minors, by. the major league dubs. The
only player Portland lost out on was
Pitcher Drohan. who will go to Colum
bus, of the American association. If he
comes back. : Sacramento gets first
chance at Shortstop Berghammer, tak
en from Lincoln of the Western league
by the Chicago Nationals. ,
Portland's four players are Pitcher
Wilson of Knoxville of the Appalachian
league, lnfielder Bates of Newport News
of the Virginia league, CaUmer Belts
or san Antonio or the Texas league, all
drafted by Cleveland, and lnfielder Wil
liams Of Newark of the Ohio State
league, drafted by Washington. .
They Ma Hot Come Back.
Of course these players may not be
sent back to the minors after their
month's trial In the major league train
ing camps, but of those who are re
turned the clubs drawing them will get
first chance at their services. If they
are not then needed another drawing
will, be held by the clubs that lost out
In the original passing of the hat. Of
the others drafted and claimed by more
than one AA club Dolan will go from
Philadelphia to Rochester and ,Beall to
Chattanooga from Cleveland.
Here are the records of the four whom
Portland stands the best chance of get
ting If they are sent back to the min
ors: , , .--
Wilson was in 39 games, went to bat
101 times, made 10 runs, and 25 hits
for an average of He had a per
fect fielding average In 33 games, set-
tlng 15 putouts and 68 assists. He
pitched In 32 games, winning 21 and
losing 10 for an average of .678. He
twirled 261 innings, allowed 182 hits
and 86 runs. He fanned 198 batsmen
and allowed 39 bases on balls. Six wild
pitches were chalked against him.
Raymond Bates played third base in
127 games and made 141 hits out of
476 times at bat for an average of .291.
He scored 73 runs and stole 37 bases.
His extra basehits were 19 'doubles, 12
triples and one homerun. His fielding
average was .921, making 30 errors, get
ting 189 putouts and 263 assists.
Extra Bass Bit Beeord
Charley Betts who caught and played
In the outfield hbs a tremendous ex
tra basehittlug record despite his aver
age of .279. He hit -for a total of 229
bases in HI games. 49 of his bingtes
being for extra bases. He scored 69
runs and 148 hits. He stole 12 bases
and made eight sacrifice hits. Ife reg
istered 30 doubles, six triples and 13
homo runs. In '44 games behind the
bat he had a fielding average- of .974,
n 100 games in the outfield his field
ing average was .956,. , As -a catcher
he had 53 assists and 206 putouts, mak
ing seven errors,
E. Williams In 76 games at shortstop
went to bat 289 times, made 85 hits
and scored 43 runs. His batting aver
age was .294. He made 19 doubles, three
triples and one home run. He stole
eight bases and made 15 sacrifice hits,
He had the fielding average of .886. He
made 49 errors in handling 43d' chances.
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MURPHY FOR 'BUDDY'
March 17 Date Depends Upon
Whether Knockout Brown
' Wants Second Match,
, Cnlt'd rrejs Let a Wirt.)
Los Angeles, Feb. 7. Promoter Ton
McCarey is ronsldering an offer to
Tommy Murphy to meet Bud Anderson
at Vernon March 17. Anderson has been
promised a match on that date with the
winner of the February 23 encounter be
tween Joe Rivers and Knockout Brown.
McCarey will make the Murphy offer in
case Brown, if ho defeats Rivers, turns
down the Anderson match.
In view of tho fact that Anderson
will perform for him here in March, Mc.
Carey appears hesitant of releasing the
Vancouver boy from his promise to box
three successive matches here, to per
mit him to appear in San Francisco
February 22. less than a month prior to
his match here.
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MultnomaH .Club Fans Witness J
Great Match -for -Honor of
Playing Semi-Finals. '
In a rattling, good doubles handball
game last night at Multnomah club.
Bert Whiting and Sylvester Douglas tri
umphed over Dick Jones and Arthur
Jones, present holders of the doubles
title. The match was exceedingly inter
esting from the start to the finish ana
was full of sensational "gets. The vic
tors showed excellent head work in their
playing, while the Joneses seemed tc
fade as the match grew longer.
One of the features of the match was
the excellent " work of 'Whiting, who
played up. Whiting made several neat
kills, which netted points. He "had great
trouble in, keeping his feet, but man
aged to cover a lot of ground. Syt
Douglas was all oven the entire court
and had his left hand drive working in
fino shape. He was mostly playing tint
back : wall, but- occasionally he would
get up to the front wall and stibot in
a kill. - -.V, ;
Douglas and Whiting won tha first
game 21-8. .' .. . '
With the "score 8-all, Douglas and
Whiting got started and scored 8 points
In a siring. On their serve, the Jones
brothers were unable- to score a singlo
point and Douglas and Whiting started
another rally and scored 5 points, win
ning the game.
In the second game, Douglas and
Whiting had a tough uphill battle all
tho way through and tied Jones anu
Jones at 19, but luck broke in favor of
the club champions and they won the
gam?, 21-19. . it .-. ; '
The third game was an exciting one.
Douglas and Whiting started, out scoring
on their second serve and ran up five
points. On their fourth serve, four
more points were added, while the
Joneses' had but four points. On the
next two serves Douglas and Whiting
scored five points,! making the score
14 to 4. On their seventh serve, Jon e
and Jones mado a wonderful spurt ami
jumped into the lead by two points. On
their serve Whiting and Douglas scored
one point and Jones and Jones were re
tired with a point' on their next serve.
AH players were pretty well tired out
and with the score 16 to IS In favor of
Jones and Jones, Douglas and Whiting
started & rally which netted them six
points and the right to appear In the
finals of the tournament.
. Haffenden and Gross will play Dunne
and Holbrook in the second round to
night and another good game Is ex
pected. The winner of this match will
play Jones and Smith in the seml-f Ijials.
; Marquard Gets the Laugh.
Spokane, "Wash., Feb. 7 After missing
two balls thrown from the top of the
Old National Bank building today and
being unmercifully joshed by the large
crowd, which had , gathered to witness !
the performance, Rube Marquard, fa
mous New York Giant twirler, offered1
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YOU KNOW that the idea of this store js to give value iiv every
piece of merchandise we se 11; that, whatever the" price, to see
that you get full worth for your money. ' In other. words, the
money you spend here for clothes to wear represents, .at our regular
price, a good profit to you. , . ' , - -
If you want to save money, right now is your chance.' We are tak
tmg chunks off the prices , of 1 all our Winter Suits and Overcoats, and
at the same-time we are adding to your' profit.' " ' . ; :
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Northwest Comer Third and Morrison Streets
This Store is the Home of Hart Schaffner & Marx Fine Clothes
Saturday, February 8 and Monday, February 10,
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Never'again a chance like " thisl These two last days of
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great saie win De recora DreaKers.
Hundreds satisfied customers have already secured free pants
with some of the classiest, made-to-order suits and overcoats ever
tailored. Representing $30 and $35 value and quality.
b ;.: Bargained to you at tho'almpst give-away" price of $15,'-.. ' " "
what we've done for thousands
y. Monday, February lUthtne great last dayl ,. ', , '
'. rinn't wilt .till ttia lct Atwm Cnmtt Kf.r . rUnnmt.
I crowd comes Har our Union Tailors, Cutters and Fitters take your meaiure today. . .
Consider that you get a petfectly made.suit or overcoat ot $35 value lor $15! Saving 20.
extra pants worth $81 ,. -.. : , v...
Get that? "Then come and get suited. We guarantee satisfaction or return vour money,
and Morrison STORES i ' Between 3d
- :tb - Your '--Profit
A Genuine Cleanup Sale of
Hart Scliaffner & Marx
Suits and Overcoats
Regular $20.00. Sale price $14.95 Your
Regular $25.00. Sale price $18.75 Your
Regular $30.00. Sale price $22.50. Your
Regular $35.00i Sale price $26.25. Your
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profit $5.05
profit $6.25
profit $750
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