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SECTION)THREE - SPOUTING NEW8 FROM ALL FIELDS.' CHESS ' AND CHECKERS NORTHVESTERNERS TO Bob Brown and Dave Dugdale Out to Hog Most of Games and Others Wondering. ' ALL COAST TEAMS FILE1 CLAIMS ON DRAFTED MEN Did We Say AllYes All but One Mr, Happy Hogan, The Northwestern Baseball league schedule will be framed tomorrow at the annua meeting of the club owners with President Fielder Jones at the Oregon hotel. Those who will be present are: Robert P. Brown, Vancouver.; H. C. Farr, Spokane; D. E. Dugdale, Seattle; Joe McQlnnlty, Tacoma; 43d Wattelet, Victoria, and W. W. McCredie of Port land. It Is likely that Managers Nick Wiliams of the Colts, Raymond of Se attle and Lynch of Spokane will be around the hotel lobby before the pow wow over the schedule starts. The Seattle. Vancouver and Tacoma Clubs want a larger number of games than they were accorded last season Dugdale la quoted as saying that he wants 17 weeks of baseball and Brown wants half of the Vancouver' games played In Vancouver. McGinnlty wants more games than, were playod in la coma last season. If these three teams get their demands where will the Port land, Spokane and Victoria teams get ftT It Is not likely that Seattle" will get 17 weeks of baseball. Portland se cures 15 Weeks of Coast league baseball and the Northwestern season is not as long as that of the Coast league, which means that Seattle wants nearly two thirds of its games on its home field. The Portland team is only allotted ten weeks of baseball here, but that is be cause the schedule is arranged to fit the Coast league schedule. There will be no trades among the managers this season, as far as known. It Is expected that several of the club owners will W' able to announce the names of some players that have been secured In deals. President Wattelet of Victoria bas several deals pending, one of which will send Pitcher Alberts to the Central league for a second base man and one which will give him a good catcher to replace Jerry Meek. 1 if a . . Cnnm with 11.. ,..winn nf Vonie nave niea J.I1CU l claims with Secretary Farrell of the Na- I tlonai association, for players arartea by " 'the major leagues, who may be turned tack after a .spring trial. Manager Walter McCredie of the Port land Beavers has filed a claim for eight players, three more than any other in dividual . Coast league manager would like, to secure. Del Howard of the Seals is after five players, including James and Ilellman, former Portlanders, Los Angeles and Oakland have each filed claim for two players and Sacramento for one. . . That McCredie Is after a catcher can be told by the way the Beaver leader has fllod claims. He is claiming four catchers and is ta 4an4 one put of the bunch. The class A clubs have until the first of February to file their claims. The lists arc: Ti,r Portland: Pitcher James, drafted from Portland by St. Louis (A). First noaomAn Ilellman, drafted by Detroit from Portland ti. w. '-'-"" drafted by Pittsburg (N) from Butte. Catcher Jenkins, drafted by St. Louis (A) from Keokuk. Catcher Wiley, drafted by Philadelphia (A) ftwBMJ mont Catcher Brennlgan, drafted by Pittsburg i; " r' ' T First Baseman Mollwlti, drafted by Chi cago (N) from Oreen Bay. First Base man Kraft, drafted by Brooklyn from New Orleans. By San Francisco: Pitcher James, drafted by St. Louis (A) from Portland P C Pitcher Barham, drafted by Cin cinnati (N) from Victoria. Outfielder Johnston, drafted by Chicago (N) from 6an Francisco. First Baseman Hellmann, drafted by Detroit (A) from Portland (N. W.) First BaBeman Mollwlts, draft ed by Chicago (N) from Green Bay. By Oakland: Catcher Jenkins, drafted by St. Louis (A) from Keokuk. Out fielder Messenger, drafted by St Louis t a. from Birmingham. By Loa'Angeles: Outfielder Howard, draftea by St. Louis (A) from Los An- teles. Pitcher Barham, drafted by Cln- By Sactamento: catcner Karora, drafted bjr Pittsburg (N) from Butte. HannV Hogan. owner of the St. Louts American league baseball club, sounds pretty nice and may .become a reality, according to a dispatch printed under a Milwaukee date line. The dispatch is: , ! Milwaukee, Wis. According to a well known ' National league baseball man, "who was here,- Happy Hogan, one of the best -known baseball' managers on the Pacific Coast, may secure control of the St. L6uia American league team. It Is understood ' that Mr.: Hogan' Is being backed by Eddie Maler, of Los Angeles, a wealthy brewer, and that negotiations have been -carried on for some time for the purchase of . the club. ) 1 POST : OFFICE a Mr iia ' a BAN JORNSON'WSfHIScSUeeESSTO0WNINGbUBS it at ft ft 'ft. ft -ft 'ft ft- Mil ft. "ft ft ft ft ft ft ' ft ft ft .ft ft GOVERNOR TENER SHOULD j I President President of American League Rules Magnates With Rod of Iron in Conduct of Game, By II. A. Cronln. One man rule has made the Amerl can league me greatest oraanizaiion in baseball; admired, respected and sup ported: divided authority has caused the national league to become the laughing stock of the country and the medium for questioning the Integrity or the national pastime. For 13 years, the junior league, once branded an out law, ras progressed under the good management of one individual and for a certain reason. The senior league, dominated by baseball politicians in stead of baseball sportsmen, has sent one president to his death via the sui cide route, has steadily lost ground with the public and finally In a des perate effort, has- gone out and gattv ered in a governor of one of the great est states of the union to be Its leader foi the next four years at an outlay of 1100.000, according to-report.- Why is the American a better league than the National? Because it has the dominant figure in baseball in Byron Bancroft Johnson, Its president since its organization. Johnson was the big man in launching the league and he has been the big man In all the years that It has been organised. Several years ago the country was astonished when It was announced that Johnson had been given a contract for' 20 years at an annual salary of 125,000. There was no need for catching a quick breath. Byron Bancroft Johnson IS the American league. Comlskey, Navln, Somera, Hedges, Farrell and others are only necessary units. Brain and Money. It was the dollars of Somers and the brains of Johnson that launched the American league. It has been the brains of Johnson that has madV it the success it Is. Club for club It has outstripped tho National league, be cause of Its organisation. One never hears of Frank Navln at swords points with Frank Farrell. Why? .Because Ban Johnson will not permlt.lt. There is nobody In the National league who can put his foot down firmly on the dispute of Charley Ebbetts ahd Charley Murphy. WhyT Because there Is no organisation. Governor Tener will be a godsend to the baseball . world If he can snuff out the petty bickerings In the National league, aa Ban Johnson did at the start In the American. He may never be able to do It, for the prime reason that Johnson was In on the ground floor, while Tener' comes after the magnates nave too long had their own way. Had tte lamented Harry Pulllam lived long enough he might by this time have made the Na. tional league a dignified organisation capable of coping; with Its sturdy young opponent. Let it be hoped that Tener possesses the brains, firmness and tact to finish the work left by the untimely death of Pulllam. Tener career as business man, a congressman , and governor Indicate that he Is the right man at the helm. At this point let us go Into some of the unwritten, history of the American league and the wonderful forethought and influence of that magnetic person- GAmmOrders sJUflT OPPOSITC") , t PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, J. K. Tener, .National league, on left, Tom Lynch' Parting Shot. - ; "In choosing your next president, gentlemen, you have gone on record as wanting. a man who wilHend dignity and prestige to the National league. In your election of Governor Tener for the position you have the right man. I hope you will inject 6ome of that dignity expected of him into yourselves and be a help instead of a hindrance to him. In leaving office I want you to know that there is no ill feeling on my part and I recog nize it as a business proposition. I wish the National league and its new president all the success in the world." are. Ban Johnson. When the Amerl-1 can association invaded the territory of tne National league in iuuu ana cnangea Its name to the more imposing one of American league, the dominant factor was Ban Johnson, a baseball writer who saw the possibilities of an Invasion of territory long held to be Impregnable by the National league and Its presi dent. Nicholas Young. Johnson had no money, but he had many friends of wealth and tie naa an aounaance oi gray matter.. He went td Charley Som ers, a Cleveland millionaire and a in cr ouch BDortsman. He laid the matter before Somers and got his consent to invest. He interested men of lesser means In Chlcngo, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Buffalo, Minneapolis, Milwaukee and Detroit The league was workea ovtr, when Johnson saw that some of the smaller cities were noi lupporung the srame aud gradually it was woven into the present cities of Cleveland, Chlcasro. Nfcw YorK, wasnmgion, ei. Louiu, Boston, Detroit and Philadelphia. It In said upon gooa auinonty inn with possibly one or two exceptions, every franchise in the American league is held in the name of Byron Bancroft JohKson. That Is why Johnson Is su preme. That Is why he has been em ployed for 20 years as chief executive of the circuit. That Is why ne rorcea the Detroit club to pay Tyrus Cobb the fabulous salary of $16,000 a year. That, also, is why he forced James MoAleer to sell his stock in me dohioh awu- can league club as a reprisal ror caus ing the resignation of J. Garland -Stahl as manager. That. ko, is w reasons why Frank Chance, deposed by chrlev Murrhy as manager of the Chicago Nationals," was made manager CANADIAN FIGHTER ILL 1 Frenchy Vaise Threatened With Pneumonia; Look ing for Another Go, San Francisco, Del. 20. Threatened with pneumonia, Frenchy Valse, light weight champion of Canada, who was matched to meet Johnny O'Leary In a IS round bout here next Friday night, was compelled this afternoon to call off the match. Vaise halls from Renton, Wash., and O'Leary from Seattle. When -Vaise reached here late last night he waa hurried to bed by his man ager, Joe O'Connor, , and a physician called, lie said Vaise was threatened with pneumonia. Valse was suffering from a cold when he started for San Francisco and on the trip down a high fever developed. Promoter Gregory Mitchell attempted to substitute Al Rogers of New Tork and Antone LaQrave of San Francisco, but LaQrave refused the match. "Cosy" Dolan. who went to St Louis In the big trade between the Pittsburg Pirates and the Cardinals, may play With the Atlanta team of the Bouthern league next soason, , CANCELS 0 EARY BOUT BE BIG HELP and President B. B. Johnson, American of the New York Americans by ade vlous trade of players, Involving Cht- cugo, Detroit ana Cincinnati Worked For Stronger league. Johnson has always worked to make his league stronger In every city, and probably the only disappointment of his career was the failure of Fielder Jones, former manager of the Chicago Americans, to be put in as president of the St. Louis club of the American league. Jones bad secured the backing to purchase the St Louis club, andhad proceeded far with the negotiations, but they were suddenly halted. Jones has always laid It to John, son's door, but the writer has lnforma. tlon to lead to the belief that Charley Comlskey, Jones' former employer, and not Johnson, was the stumbling block. Comlskey, an intimate of Johnson, doubtless persuaded him out of his Idea to strengthen the Tak St. Louis club with Jones, because of the effect that the employment of Jones, provided he was successful, would have on the Chicago supporters of the American league. Jones. It Is well known, wished to purchase stock in the Chi cago White' Sox. but Comlskey refused to sell, although he offered Jones a princely salary. Concessions To Tener. Already the National league has made concessions to Tener that no other president has received In recent years. One of the amendments passed is looked upon as an instance of the broader scope of power of the president Governor Tener will have author ity to arbitrate a dispute between two clubs over the waiver price. Provided a club has paid out several thousand Report Says Conquerer of Gim' Jeffries Will Show in Flesh and Bone. San Francisco, Cal., Dec 10. The "Terrible Boxer" la the way that Jack Johnson Is designated in a Koumanla newspaper, received by Charley Miller, the local heavyweight Johnson, it seems, was one of the main features of a circus showing In i the Roumanian capital, and was given space in toe newspaper, along witn the rhinocerous and the sacred blood sweat ing cow from India. - "Jack Johnson," the newspaper went on to state, "is the man who- reoelved 11,000,000 for whipping 'Qim' Jeffries In the prise ring and was directly re sponsible for the Civil war In the United States between the blacks and the 'whites." - . ' ..The newspaper then went 'on to an nounce that Jack Johnson ' would posi tively appear In the circus "In the bone and flesh." . ; ' San Francisco light harness promot ers have begun the construction of the track to br used at the ltlfi exposition races for big purses. , JACK OHNSON APPEARS ROUMANIAN CIRCUS DECEMBER , 21, 1913. TO NATIONALS league. Placing of Fielder Jones at St, Louis One of Few Disap pointments of. Career, dollarg for a youngster, and, finding him wanting, decides to let him go, the club will not have to dispose of him at the usual waiver price of $1600 to another National league club claiming him, but can demand a' higher price. Tener will have power to strike a medium by which the purchasing club must abide. This concession to power does not seem unusual on the surface, but it presages better things in the future for the president of the National league. Although he will never have the power of Ban Johnson, Tener or his successor will be In a position to transform the National league into a dignified body commensurate with the great sport from which it draws Us sustenance. .rao. 'sX-V me 1 I Bought Out This Store With a Firm Determination to Crown My Efforts With Success Here Is What I Have Done--- 1 I I I 5 : $( I- if ' v w ' 1 i . v Mi"ti i TWELVE PAGES CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 1 , MARINE NEWS' BUD ANDERSON GETS READY FOR CONTEST 1 New York Hebrew Boxer Also Open His Camp Fight , Fans Today, . to DONALD SAYS RIVERS MUST MAKE 135 POUNDS Vancouver Boy's Manager Speaks of Weight if His Man Wins, (9ptMal to Th Journal.) Log Angeles, Cal., Dec. 20. Leach Cross returned today from Wheeler Springs, where he has been breaking records In mountain climbing for sev eral days, and he and Bud Anderson will start training tomorrow afternoon for their New Years day scrap. Koutlne work will start Monday, with each boy using his own training quar ters. Anderson will oo his prepplng at the Vernon Arena and Cross will re main at the Doyle camp. Both boys have their training staffs already or ganised and are prepared to make the short pftrtori nf work a mont strenuous one."' They will have about eight days in which to whip themselves into proper condition and they regard this as am ple for ell their needs. Bud's boxing partners will be Floyd Mclrvln, Harry Atwood and Fred An derson. Dick Donald, manager of Bud Ander son, when asked what weight he would allow Bud to make for Joe Rivers in case Bud whipped Cross, quickly re plied: "The lightweight limit The new lightweight limit Is 135 pounds. No one Is making 133 pounds any more, and why should I let Bud make it for Rivers. Everybody knows that Bud is a big boy, and I myself admit this. I can't see why Anderson should be forced to make 133 pounds when Ritchie, Cross, Rivers, Murphy, Brltton and the rest are boxing at 135 pounds. If Joe Levy holds out for 133 pounds I guess Bud Anderson will never bo Rivers. That is all there Is to It." The work out Sunday very likely will be light, but even at that It should give the fans a chance to size up the men. Anderson is confident that he will beat Cross on the afternoon of New Tears day, and already some of Ander son's friends are betting on htm. WILLIS BUTLER'S WIFE GETS DIVORCE DECREE Spokane, Wash., Dec, 20. On grounds of cruelty, Mary K. Butler, wife of Willis Butler, formerly of the Portland Coast and the Southern League, an 1 recently signed by President Farr to play with the Spokane club next season, secured a divorce In Judge Sullivan's court here today. A divorce was re fused her two months ago because the plaintiff had not been in Spokane one year. Mrs. Butler declared that a year ago In Portland her husband, after bett ing her, drove her from home and tha; she took refuse in Spokane. Butler probably will play shortstop on the local team next season. eaur WITHCROSSJANUARY Started with one tailor now in my establish ment there are 46 tailors, cutters, trimmers and designers, which constitutes the strongest organized force of trained tailoring mechan ics in this city, Every one of them is se lected from the most experienced men in their line. Why I Have Succeeded BECAUSE I give more for the money paid. BECAUSE my workmanship is the best BECAUSE I give you quick service. BECAUSE I have the largest assortment of woolens. . , ,''''".,: BECAUSE everyone knows my work is done in my own shop. s ' ; BECAUSE we never allow a suit to leave our store without satisfaction. BECAUSE of dozens of other good reasons. AND, LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, my price is ALWAYS low and the standard of . woolens and workmanship highi ; -: 4 J " I will build you a Suit or Overcoat to Order tor $20 2,f CORNER SIXTH AND STARIC STO. oivbSV Portland's Leading Tailor FIFTH ANNUAL SWIM Hi SEE CLOSE FINISHES Men Swimmers Should Come Near to Record While Wo men Race for First Time, r TAIT AND PREBLE WILL RIDE "SURFLESS SURF" This Exciting Event Will Be New to the Devotees of ' Aquatic Sports. The fifth Christmas swim, the classlo aquatio event of the season, will be held Thursday morning on the west side . of the river, south of the Hawthorne N bridge. The midwinter program thin season will consist of more than one event. The first event will be a "surf-less-surf board" exhibition by Clair Tait and Ted Preble, two members of 1 the Multnomah club. A SO yard ladies race, in whleh -eight ladles are entered, will be the second event and the last one will be the 100 yard race between the crack swimmers of the northwest. The winner' of the 100 yard race will become the holder of the beautiful Spalding trophy for one year. It Is expected that the events this year will be witnessed by several thou sand people. . Last year the people crowded on the Hawthorne bridge and all along the docks near the course. The first event will start promptly at 10:30 o'clock. The "sunless" surf board exhibition Is a novel sport introduced for the first ' time In Portland last summer. Clair Tait and Fred Falling became experts ;. in riding the boards. Tait volunteered to give an exhibition during the Christ- mas swim and secured Preble as a partner because Failing is in the east Preble is also expert at riding on the. plank behind a speeding motorboat . ,. The ladles' GO yard race is another new feature this season. Those' en tered are Mrs. Bess Moorenouse, . Mis Ella Bauman, Miss Martha Holden, Mrs.. A. C. McCllntock, Mrs. Constance Mey- ers, Mrs. John G. Seed, Miss ' Lucille Bronaugh and Miss Marie Feldenheimer. The ladies have been swimming In the, river about once a week for the past month and have became accustomed to V the water. - - ' To pick a winner In the 100 yard race -is impossible because there are , six swimmers entered-who can-awlm the distance In time that Is near the Pa cific northwest record, .which' is held ' by E. Crueger, one 'of the cn.trents. It there Is but a little current, the : finish will be the closest of any pre vious event, but If there Is a fast cur-' rent some of the slower entrants will lose by about 20 or 25 feet. Johnny McMurray, winner ' of last season's event and Norman Ross, both of the Multnomah club, look like possible win- . ners. Ross has been making better time than McMurray recently and If r he secures a good position he will un doubtedly take first place. Don Vlck ers, of Eugene, who la a member of (Concluded on Page Two, This Section) Christmas mm AgiQ)
