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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL,"' PORTLAND THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29. 19l4. 15 A HA! KING WINTER GETS WALLOP FROM GOTHAM'S GOLFERS New Yorkers Get Out Sticks and Practice Indoors; Use Canvas Shield. Big teen old time ball teams war reprs- J B- senteq at 4be gathering'. ! Ralelgb Atchison, star twlrler of the International league, who balked at sis-nine; a contract with Brooklyn last fall, has fallsn In Una. Ha has signed with the Superbas for one year. A young pitcher whom the Federal leaf u has been trying to sign has written to an American league club as follows: "I had soma of those April fool red magnates talking to me about signing up, but t refused to take any chances with leagues With nervous Day day and who sign their checks with vanishing Inks." Cottage Orove. Or Jan. . 29. The Cottage Grove basketball team has re turned from Its tour of southern Ore gon, having won two games and lost three. It won from Central Point by a score of 26 to and from Uedford by a score of 19 to . The Ashland team defeated ' them twice and they went down before the Roseburg quin tet Now York. Jan. 21. All ye golfers who pine away and wither up during the winter because the elements are so inconsiderate as to freeze up things ana generally make play out of the question may take hope. The problem ueing woivea m New York with an indoor golf links. Jerry Trayers is keeping" in shape for his matches next summer on one of these "courses" nd professionals are doing a land office .business breaking in "duffers." The indoor courses are so arranged here that a man can swat the ball Just as hard as he would out in the open. The earn sort tof clubs are used, regulation balls' and all that sort of thing. The only difference is that nets are put in place to catch and stop the balls, ao that the building and the general neighborhood may be sved from being badly punctured. ' There are four driving tees on the fhdoor courses. A big canvas shield well reinforced, hangs suspended from the .celling about to feet from the tee. The shield is divided into square with a bull's eye in the middle. A bull's eye shot represents a drive of : 200 yards outdoors. The side walls of the room in which the course is laid out is well protected so that slice and hook shots are looked after. The canvas shield is marked off to measure clean, mid iron and pitch snois. There is an excellent chance to keep up on your putting game on the Indoor courses. Several irn about 25 feet long, made of green felt ana. sana are kept busy. ' They com pars favorably wtlh a fast outdoor green and give every opportunity for keeping up in this delicate feature of me game. Nick Young, forme president of the National league, and a prominent ng ure in baseball for 40 years, is re ported to be seriously 111 at his home In Washington. The addition of Toronto and Erie to the Canadian league circuit will place that organization in class B. The to tal population of the league circuit as now formed IS close to 900,000. C. J. Miles, of Hastings. Neb., sue ceeds A. C. Felt as president of the Nebraska Stats league. Tha Nebraska circuit comprises Kearney, Hastings, Grand Island, Beatrice, York, Superior, iremont and Columbus. BASEBALL CHATTER yvwara Melkle. the giant twlrler from Seattle, has signed with the Bos ton Braves. Melkle la 23 years old and stands 6 feet 3 Inches. Baseball fans of Marinette, Wis., are raising a fund with which to buy the rona au ljlc franchise in the wiscon sin-Illinois league. Tommy MeDermott, an old baseball player of Bridgeport. Conn., has been elected to manage Pougbkeepsie. Manager Jennings of the Detroit Tl gers believes he has signed a real ball player In Marty Kavanauh. Marty starred last season with the York team inline xn-state league. Although the Red Sox are a bit slow in getting under cover this year, Manager Carrigan is confident he will have all his men in line before the first of March. A reunion of men who olavert bane batl 40 years ago was held recently in Arlington, a suDurb or .Boston. Four The Weona basketball quintet of the City league kept up its winning streak last night by trouncing the McLaugh lin team by the score of 29 to 11. Tha Winners scored 1? field baskets and out of 6 fouls, while the McLaugh' Una scored 4 field baskets and S out of 11 fouls. Tha Weonas have oinched the league championship. Tomorrow night the Harrlman team will meet the C B. B. C. team on tha Christian Brothers' floor. Last night's lineup: Aooordlng to reports from Seattle. Jimmy Agnew's arm is still On the blink. This means that ha will not play ball any more. "Bill" Goodman, former Victoria player, has refused to sign tha con tract offered him by tha St Paul A. A, club. Bob Brown of Vancouver has signed another California phenom In Byron. Tha latest addition to Vancouver's staff hails from San Diego. Spokane has signed Pitcher Kelly, who had a tryout with the Chicago White Sox last season. Races at Juarez. Juarez, Jan. 28. Results yesterday First race Ed Howard, 9 to SO, out. out, won; Superhuman, 7 to 10. out, second; Busy Edith, out, third. Time :40. Second race -Anar, to 1, 6 to 2, to S. won; Lemon Joe, B to 2, 6 to second; Right Little, to t, third. Time 1:01 1-6. Third race Zulu. 4 to 1, S to 6. to 6. won; Tildy Wolfarth. 4 fo 1. 2 to 1, second; Auntie Curl, even, third. Time 1:00. Fourth race Bob Hensley, 6 to 1, to 1, even, won; Manganese, - 6 to even, second; Scarlet Oaks, 4 to third. Tim 1:14. Fifth race Dusky Dave. 4 .to 1. to 6. S to 5, won; Thistle Bells, 2 to 1 even, second; Buck Thomas, 7 to third. Time 1:0L Sixth race Falcada, to 6, 1 to out. won; Phi Ills Una, 8 to 6, 1 to second; Florence Birch, 2 to 1. third. Time 1:55. BASKETBALL NOTES EXTENSION Weonas. Pfaender Ooode .. Poling .. trie .... Twining Position McLaughlins. ..F.. Barnes, Hickson . . F . jC . .Q . ...a... Boynton . . Elvers Toomey O'Hanlon The Portland and Hill academy teams of the Interscholastlc league will play for tha cellar championship tomorrow afternoon on the P. A. floor, The game will start at 3 o'clock. Tha J. B. A. C team defeated the Harrlman quintet last evening by the score of 40 to 14. The second J. B. A. C team won from tha Lincoln lead ers, 19 to 8. The Jewish boys second team would like to arrange games with any ISO pound team in the city. For dates telephone Joe Farnesa, Main 6228, be tween 7 and 8 o'clock. The Jewish boys first team will play a return game with tha Camas, Wash., team on tha J. B. A. c floor on February 11. The Weonas and McLaughlin teams of tha city league wil play tomorrbw evening- on tha Christian Brothers floor. Oregon Normal School, Monmouth, Or., Jan. 29. Tha normal school basketball team opened Its season Friday night and suffered defeat at the hands oi the Pacific college quin tet from Newberg, 34 to 28. This Is tha first appearance of a normal school team since the school was closed five years ago and they are badlv handicaDDed. having had no opportunity to develop team Work- Boxing for Chehalls Fans. Chehalla, Wash., Jan, 29. Two very classy boxing matches are scheduled for the Eagles' next smoker, whioh Is to take place in this city on the night of February 6. Jo Hill of Taooma will meet Archie Stoy of Chehalls, and Claude McQuillan, tha sensation of the northwestern ring, will hook up with Johnny Moran of British Colum bia. The bouts are both listed as a double main event and are scheduled for, six rounds each. Jack Little, chair man of the Eagles' committee, reports that all four boxers art in good shape and training faithfully. Washousal. Wash.. Jan, 29. The Washougal high school basketball team went down to defeat against Camas high school Friday night the Camas floor by a score of 31-12 The visiting team played against heavy odds, the Camas quintet out weighing them about 20 pounds to the man. Washougal expects to giv Camas a return game here later in the season. The CaDltal Business college of Salem defeated the Sllverton high school quintet on the Y. M. C A. floor, 43-20. Tha college boys snowed per feet team work and owe their victory to their excellent passing. This makes the third consecutive victory for C. B. C. W. A. Welst refereed the game and not once was there any dispute. Journal Want Ads bring results. GRAND I P. N. & S., SEASIDE Decided Also to Open New Street for Company Tracks. SPORTS OF ALL SORTS Ex-Heavyweight Boxing Champion Tommy Burns is reported worth 5ao. 09 due In a large measure to his profitable real estate deals In Canada, e e Michigan this fall for the first time will hold lnterclass soccer football sod eroea country races In tha Ann Arbor athletic fields. GOLF-Nfen With the '.'New Club" Habit (BpceUl to Tb Journal.) Seaside, Or., Jan. 29. The city coun cil Tuesday voted an extension to December 11 this year, of tha fran chise for the construction of the Port land. Nehalem & Seacoast railroad through tha city. Tha council also by a unanimous vote passed a resolution to open a street parallel with the S. P. A 8. railroad for the purpose of allow lng the road to build thereon Instead of on Main street as was originally granted In the franchise. The delav in allowing the extension of --the franchise was caused by a pe tition of remonstrance signed by 117 property owners who at the time the paper was circulated understood that the road wag to be built on tha only street through the city running north and south. In voting to extend tha time In which the company is to commence operations the members of tha coun cil expressed the opinion that In ex tending the franchise, though voting directly against the wording of the remonstrance, they were In fact voting In strict accordance with the wishes of the petitioners, as in not extending the franchise as granted about one year ago. it would compel the railroad company In order to hold Its rights and not forfeit Its bond or isgoo. to Immediately commence the construe tion of their road on Main street as the time limit was March 1. During the time the matter of the franchise has been before the present council the railroad officials have sig nlfled their willingness to be entirely fair in the matter, and t all times have signified their intention of as sisting In every manner possiDie xor the future prosperity of Seaside. Now that another street la to be opened there Is a general good feeling between the citizens, the council ana tne rau road officials. Georgetown university will play Its first baseball game against Mt at. Joseph's team on March SI. e Joseph Wright, ex-captaln and new coach of tha Argonaut Rowing club of Toronto, has been elected president of the Canadian Rugby union of foot ball teams. e e It Is interesting to note that Fran cis Oulmet's 70 is tha record for the course at Manchester, Vt, in view of the fact tii at Ekwanck has been as signed the amateur golf champion ship for 1914. e Prominent Canadian horse breeders are to appear before parliament and ask for a change in tha law which limits trotting to three daya a week. a e The Queen City (Toronto) Yacht club has commenced tha organisation of a $50,000 company to erect a new clubhouse on the club's :new alte near Ward island. Work on the bulldlnc win uxeiy m commenced next fall. a Jimmy Collins, tha old Red Sox can- tain and third baseman will coach the Boston college baseball candidates. One of tha most dlsooaragtag aset denta that can happen to a golfer Is to gat tha "new club" habit. By this I mean tha man who buys new clubs every few days la a vela effort to get tha one be wants The mora ba buys tha more ha want ta buy. Ha la seakiag tha fmpeaelbls j avte- metic club that will give perfect re sults every time. lie does not prac tise with any dob until ba kasws it and can ua It with, confldeoos. Ha no sooner gets a fair abot with a club tha drivers on another, and so on than ba oommtneu ta sal cu late how much better he "might do with another. He tries another, and a bad shot usually results. Tha net result of his efforts Is dis appointing, and when he gets home ha begins another line of thought that eventually finds htm decided to buy a club at such and such a sporting goods house that ha knows will ac complish ust exactly what ba desires. THOUSANDS OF BOATS MAY FOLLOW RACERS According to government figures, more than 25,000 vessels between the Virginia Capes and Cape Ann are suit able to go outside and follow the yachts In the International contest, and, judging by the interest now being taken In that series of races, the roa Jority of the fleet of motor vessels will be seen outside of Sandy Hook next September when the contests for the America cup occur. Football Men Flay Baseball. Two famous halfbacks of last sea son's gridiron battles are trying for positions on their respective varsity baseball nines this spring. At Har vard Captain Brickley may do the catching while Spiegel of the Wash ington and Jefferson eleven, who scored most points, is after the short stop position. An acre of wheat needs M tons of water a month. Carpentler Has Grown Rich. Al Llppe. tha American manager of coxers, wno is on bis way to Australia, says that Georges Carpentler. the French heavyweight champion, has made $100,000 out of hla fights in tbe last six years. Carpentler began fighting in 1907, and five years ago worked in the mines of France at 1 4 a weeic Triangular Race Arranged. Arrangements have been made for a triangular race between the Princeton. Cornell and Yale varsity eights May zi. Tne race will be rowed on Lake Cayuga, at Ithaca. ONE WOMAN FILES AT ABERDEEN FOR COUNCIL Aberdeen, Wash., Jan. 29. The first woman to file for public office here 1 Mrs. Caroline Wiley, who wants to serve on tha council from tha Second ward. News of Arrest. Pendleton, Or., Jan. 29. News has been received here that Bruce B smith, iormerly a well-known young clothing salesman of this olty, haa been arrested In San Francisco on charge of embeizlement Smith left fenaieton ror Portland about a year ago, and on his departure, hla wife obtained a divorce. Brent Boosts Grant County. John Day, Or., Jan. 28. Many bom. seekers for the John Day valley next spring is predicted by K. H. Brent, who haa returned from the trip east, where ha spent two months boosting Grant county. Mr. Brent distributed nearly half a ton of literature through th middle west He was Sent east by th county and farmers cooperating. He visits the shop, bat la mad ided as t which ef two or three eUt to buy so, ts be eat a. awrtiasae tba lot. So It goes, until hie front bail closet and his bedroom gradually aasasM the appearance af tba golf dsaartasat la oo of tbe shops. One saaa 2 know ta report 4 t have evr ti hand red clubs. Another te has upward of eighty .clubs, aad fre QUaatly musters tba stock la his frost hall all tha aaasale a on a shair. all through tha dlffereet else, and goes over tha bunch ta an effort to aelert tha on ba will asa on bis sext rswad of tha links. Ha has dabs from evey known maker that be can dig up: ne has light, heavy, and madlsni weight of all clubs, sad of varlsve lengths. Aawag the lot be has so any remark ably fine clnba, bot mystified ad as certain regarding any ens of them, he la really worse off: so tar as good golf Is aopienwA ba im were ott thmm If be merely bad a bag taint g fWe . sticks aad Vero is ta tbeta r ragslar practice watU b ooald f-lar Ibrra sltk eMflMsra TRA1CHT DF4YX. MICHIGAN'S STADIUM ' GOING UP GRADUALLY MkAlgaa university Is Ike latest erf tbe big eduoattoaat mailt nitons t aa noaaos plana for a big aUUsttas -Slum, fhaas for a etrt aad o-acrete structure) far Perry field, M b tnUJt aa needed, bate Wra draws. Tba first awctloa will U i trt ataae la rrpi' te prroeot eoulh a (ana. It will t-e built before tbe iet football aaaaca and will IstreMt tha avail ag aaftastty about le ta 2t.aae. Wh th entire struct ure la caaBpletad U will . Haras a priartsal teraslaal railroad win be electrified. J" ' - JI1I.W.J JLt.."ll:!UJ.9 ' 1 ; ? Ts Iy3eB I t ervice ti Hotel Benson Formerly New Oregon s r vice. UP RE M E in equipment, fur nifking's and Absolutely fireproof. New agfement. 1 he excellent diningroom i r neretorore. man- ame Manager Drvrp, Amu Manager Carl Stanley, Manager ' J G. Kirke Drvrp, AtsL Manager , BROKERAGE u M .1.1 M 9 rw vi IVtai Uotmisfo lb uarenstae gs9 .nlSlt s aeo moes in Svf.-d5S3" TME OLO LOUVRE LOCATION fSSJ Dollars ancl cents will count more than double for you in your purchases at this, the greatest and most mammoth sale of Men's Wearing Apparel ever held in the city of Portland. Stein B loch's and other well known makes of Men's Suits, some Alfred Benjamin Overcoats, Manhattan Shirts. Ide and Standard Shirts, Arrow, Silver and E. & W. Collars, Regal and other good quality Shoes, Cooper's Underwear, are all included in the4 4 BIG STOCKS PURCHASED FROM REPUTABLE PORTLAND MERCHANTS BY MR. D. SONDHEIM, THE STOCK BROKER, TOGETHER WITH PART OF THE BARDEE LEVITT, SALEM, ORE., BANK RUPT STOCK AS PURCHASED BY MR. SONDHEIM THROUGH THE IBAJIKIRTLJIPTrCY - (COTUIRT Competent Salespeople will be on hand to wait on the crowds. There will be no reserve, buy as much as you like. Never before and never again will the men of Portland have the opportunity to buy such high class of Merchandise at such low prices as this sale offers them. Dealers Wiring to purchase in quantities please ask for merchandise man. ' lVIEN'S CLOTHING $15.00 MEN'S SUITS, Now ST. 6 5 S1S.OQ IVIEIr23 OVERCOATS G8.75 S18.00 IViElM'S SUITS, Now $9.75 S2S.OO MEN'S SUITS, Now S12.SO HATS and SHOES S2.00 Cloth Flats 93c S4.00 Regal Shoes $2.69 S3 and S4 Lien's Hats Gl.SO E. &We, Arrow and Silver Collars Ea. 5c 15c IVlen's Socks, Pair 9c C9 RATVyfonKotfon CKIntc O BAJRGAIMS IM BROKEN LIMES S52 Gantner Mattson Underwear 95c SS IVlen's Trousers $2.65 G3.50 and S4 Coopers Union Salts G1.9S and S3.SO Mnnsings Union Suits $1.95 $4 and $5 Manhattan Shirts $2.35 Cluett and Star Shirts 49c Mr. D. Sondheim, the Merchandise Broker, begs to announce that thousands of dollarsof Men's Wearing Apparel which is offered at this sale comprises the highest grade of merchandise, both in quality and make, he has ever had the pleasure of placing before the pubHc at such low prices. Signed, D. Sondneim. i IMS E, ; Corner 4th and AI der TEE (ML N Ea Corner 4tli and Alder