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
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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.
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GOVERNOR TENER SHOULD
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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.
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I Bought Out This Store With a Firm Determination to
Crown My Efforts With Success
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BUD ANDERSON GETS
READY FOR CONTEST
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New York Hebrew Boxer
Also Open His Camp
Fight , Fans Today, .
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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.
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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
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