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21 r Bill used to scriven But if old Bill Was indoor sports, and writing now he'd outdoor stuff as well; surely Findithel. . Glrassossian's nw Invention of natural ' energy, "Garabed, should first be tried on lazy, duffers at fur nace time earn morning. Fred Fulton's manager can't : get him a Tight, but Cnele Sam ran, and he asks no percentage. . , ' HOCKEY HERE'S SOMETHING ONE DOESN'T SEE IN BALMY OREGON SHIPYARDS' MANAGERS ASKED TO AID W BALL WAS'''GIVEN ITS START ' IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN LEAGUE FOR THIS YEAR Canada's Grefat Winter Game Was Amateur Sport Until Copper President Bay of Intercity Circuit Spends Time in Preliminary Organization of Semi-Pros for Approaching Season; Ques- -tion of Grounds Believed Solved for New Circuit. - v Region Rivalry Began to Crop Out and Towns Wished, to Outdo Rivals; Sport Was Inaugurated in 1887. THE - OREGON ..SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, ; SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY ; 3, 1918. SPEEDING up the ice game has always been the endeaVor of the professional magnates in the hockey world. . Hockey has made worideifful progress during the past 'few years, vvnen tne game was nrst started' in mc ruics governing it were very crude compared to the rules of the pres ent" day.; The fiumber of men used in the game at that time depended upon the size of the ice area. Often as many as 12 men would be playing on a side. A pass could be made forward with out Offsides being called. "Shinney on your own side" was the 'prevailing motto. Instead of stick handling and advancing the puck as players of the present day nurse the little rubber disc, a "Jong, healthy swipe toward the opponent's goal served the purpose. The year following its invention the lovers of the ice sport called a meeting at Montreal and a schedule was arranged and a set of rules drawn up to govern the game. The league at that time was represented by three Canadian cities Three Rivers, Quebec and Montreal. Large crowds braved the stormy elements to witness the contests. Montreal' was the first trophy winner. In order to develop hockey a mass meeting was called at Mon treal in 1890. At this meeting a project was started to finance an enclosed area with seating capacity for hockey purposes. A building TO feet wide and ISO feet long was erected. This building was the first of its type in Canada. Seating accommodation was arranged for 2000 people. The rules drafted called for seven men on a side and the offside play came into its own. The success of the newly rgan . ixed Montreal Athletic club proved to b the forerunner of a great maliy a other clubs.. In 1891 a great many new clubs sprang Into prominence. Toronto organized a city league, and in. the days when hockey did not haV the movies as a competitor to attract - the attention of the amusement loving people, the seat ing capacity of the different rinks was at premium whenever a game was played. ( Ontario Starts In 18M In 1895 the Ontario Hockey asso- elation was rormed. mis league was divided Into three- classes: senior. Intermediate and junior. The Junior league was composed of small town and villages tortunaie enougn to have a couple of players of class and would fill In with, material of lesser ability. The intermediate league players were often not in a class with some of the Junior clubs. Knowing the possibilities of winning the championship of their different classes, a successful team would not leave the Junior ranks, preferring to , bo the big fish in the small puddle. Later a governing board con trolled the" status In this respect. The Junior league was made up of players. who had not, reached voting age. The Intermediate league was open to any club and the senior league claimed all clubs which figured they outclassed the Inter mediates. Leagues were organized wherever the weather permitted the playing of the now popular winter pastime. The west became one of the important factors In the hockey world. In "Manitoba, Saskatchewan and .-Alberta, whereT the winter season extends over a period of five months, many' crack players , were developed. Every year found ' players developing ways and means to offset an opponent's effectiveness. Thea the Light Went Oit In the early, days when the light ing appurtenances of the different Tlnks consisted of coal oil. lamps covered with a mesh netting jto keep the puck from breaking them or prevent an accident such as break ing 'the lamp globe with the stick, when the advantage was - to be gained by causing a delay in the ' game, the referee had his hands full in giving decisions. Often a player would deliberately break a lamp In front of his own goal when It was being attacked. Time would; be called and a new light commis sioned. The lamps were generally hung, about eight feet above the Ice surface so that It was not hard for the player to "alibi" that the break ng of the lamp was an accident. Owing to the low ceilings the puck was "lofted" or, as Americanized, 'lifted.' That is, the plffyer, Instead of shooting tho puck a the present day, stars do, would try to get the . disc standing on edge and with a ; lifting movement hurl it above the lights and wooden cross pieces or beams, trusting that It would land In or near the opponents' goal line. Nets were unheard of previous to , I960. The goal consisted of two posts, generally Iron pipes set up , light, six feet, apart and four feet hlghV l The goal umpire took his i position directly behind the goal and ; off "the Ice. When the rivalry be-' ,'tween competitors was keen and considerable money had been , wagered on the results, a goal um- XORTHWE8T A. C. Wed. Eve., Feb. 6 FeatariLg . ' Frankie Farren Paelflo Toast Lightweight ' Champloa ' . :ir,1:.;;;..v.,;Ts. Muff Bronson Portland's Premier Lightweight Jimmy. Ds'fy vs. Fraakie SalUraa Bea jam's vs., Jack Labell Billy William t ti. Willie Hsaefeld ' It - r Eleventh St. Playhouse " - 'Prises-I LMt Lis, $:. , ' Seats os Sale Kiel's asd 8tmrs BOXING Pendleton Has Made No Formal (ftf er to Judga Pendleton, Or Feb. Xo formal proposition has yet been made by Pendleton for bringing the Portland ball team here for spring training, though prominent fans have dla cnased the situation with H. W HIcki, traveling passenger agent of the O-W. B. X and expressed readiness to make a reasonable guar aatee of expenses! To Hicks they suggested they would gaarantee a lamp snm to Me Credle and take chances of being re imbursed through the receipts from exhibition games, So far no direct negotiations have been made with McCrcdie, but some proposition Is expected to be received from him. Among those who are taking active Interest In the matter are H. W. Collins, B. W. Bitner and Carl Cooler, an of whom were backers of the Western Trl-Stat league. plre was the Important cog and the one best bet in winning the game or losing it. The referee was not given the same protection then that he gets now. Often the official would -be. greeted by a mob when leaving the rink and on many occasions the back door was found to be the most convenient way of leaving. Michigan Starts Professionals In 1902 the Copper Country league was organized in Michigan. This was tho beginning of professional hockey. The following year the league expanded and was known - as the International league. The Can adian 8oo, Houghton, Calumet & Pittsburg were .represented In the organization, "Cyclone" Taylor and Bobby Rows of the Vancouver and Seattle clubs, respectively, played in the league at that time. Another was Kenny Mallen, last year with Spokane. In 1905 the league dis banded and no more professional hockey was played until the Na tional Hockey association was or ganized. In 1912 -18 an agreement was reached whereby the Coast league and tho N. H. A. would play off for the world's championship emblem, namely the "Stanley cup," at the close of each season. The rules governing the play In the two leagues are qulto different. In the east a six man game is played, the rover being eliminated. In the. Coast league the old seven man game Is stUI played, although the rules have been greatly changed. The dividing of the ice In three equal parts, making the center Ice space neutraj whereby a player may pass the puck 'in any direction he wishes to a fellow player who . is .Inside of the neutral territory without an offside being called. This rule has Increased the speed of the game, and at the came time the public, which pays good money to see speed Is not , encumbered with the monotony of watching the ref eree stopping plays and breaking up wonderful combination attacks when the offside occurs In the mid dle section. Gaines Are Shortened The eastern game requires aboift two hours' time for completion anil the Coast league games are in variably played In 1 hour and 40 minutes. The old timer who saw hockey 20 years ago and who witnesses one of the Seattle-Rosebud .tilts, opens his eyes with wonder and, turning to his . neighbor honestly says : "Those fellows travel at a much faster pace tan when 1 played the game." Colorado Springs ToLift Boxing -Ban t Colorado Springs, Col Feb. 2. CI. N. S.) Fred Fulton may tbe .used to tllt tho boxing lid here, enforced for the past .18 months. Fred Dixon, - local fight promoter left -for Denver today and will make, an effort to secure Ful ton for a three round exhibition with "Topeka Jack"' Johnson,, tho Utlo con tender's sparring partner, for next Wednesday night, - , Dixon already has a . card arranged for a show to follow th Fulton ex hibition. Boxing has been a banned In "UUle Lunnon" since the Welsh-White championship fight, here,5 Labor day, 1916. . when ; several casualties resulted from a stand collapsing, ' t vy ' Wbea vrltliis te or Arms tm adtorUmi pem ui7. 7 ad , to Tb JoamaL vir rTMiffHrmsiaaw i lamttimwiiitir r rc7v'n'V'v--r ''rs'$"'A " r '- xiSXr-v : ':t w - - v 1 . i . - .sr,.? .h , sass7 m&90 -mmMmfi i - I ' , - x " - 1 - i; 2 1. i " ' : "nW " t C-'Hr p W- j&t r: ?:'!- I j v , -4 V' -1 : - i;' " 4 I ; ytS ,.;''' f L, J- ' ? ' v 'Ai ,v ' A 1 : I mi " M " "" ' :;. .,-(:lt,,,rr hi. , miImhim yy' ,l ,m- i s 'fj ' -"1 " V" : : , . 8 Er5?rrr yf - --- - v- ,?-s t- 'f C?rs I More Money for Ken on Coast -,t BROWNS OFFER $2100 JOB Byron Houck in Same Boat By It, Cronln K THEY'D cut me up to one half what they're cutting Walter Johnson' down to, I'd be the happiest guy m the world and I'd guarantee Fielder Jones that I'd bust the knots out of half the fences in the American league." The author of those succinct but hope ful words was Grants Pass' most prom inent son, baseballically speaking, the champion home run hitter of the Pacific Coast league, the go-gettum kid, Ken neth Wallop Williams. Tlsltlsg on Broadway Kenneth Wallop is brushing aside the atmospherid molecules of Broadway and Washington streets for a few days, while he awaits for Fielder Jones to finish a bridge whist series started some weeks ago. He has been able to Interrogate Jones at brief periods In ' the elevator while the latter Is en route from the whist room to the dining hall at stated periods daily. "The ways of the big leaguer are be yond me," continued the man from Grants Pass, who is sporting a new elk tooth on his vest, which (the elk, not the vest) his father and uncle killed In Marlon county In 1868. Judging from the size of the molar, the Willlamses must have been daring, hunters to have tackled the Job without calling-on the Indian War veterans. Offered Contract for 13108 "Tep, the ways of the big leaguer are peculiar. The St. Louis Americans of fered me a contract for (2100 a season, which la less than I got In the Coast league when you consider having to pay my way back to Oregon from St. Louis. I'd rather play in the Pacific Coast league than to go back there and I'll O. K. any deal that Is put through to keep me on the coast. "If I'm .ever going to be more than a minor leaguer, this is the year, but It's hard to make the major leaguers see it that way. I don't know whether I'm a hold out or not, but the high cost of living' must be combatted, you know, and I'm out to swing a' rapid jaw. ' Jones Sot Signing 'Em "I had a talk with Jones and Fielder says that he has shifted the burden of signing up the players on Bobby Qulnn, the new business manager. Fielder says that he wants no dissatisfaction on his ball club In the future, and the best 'way to do it, in his opinion, la to let the club owners dicker with the players. In that way, none of the players will have grievance 1 against the manager, and that's a nice, way of looking at it. How Aggie Basketers Prepare for Army at st t : ' . at st st Quintet Has Good Cliance at Title Oregon Agricultural , College, Corval lis. Feb. 2. With the possibility of en trance in the : service within the very near future loorrfing up before -them, several, members of the Aggie basketball squad are playing the lndoor game in the local gymnasium for probably their last tuna for some years. Two of the members of the squad have already passed their preliminary, exami nations for entrance into . the aviation corps-rHubbard and Reardon. How many of the men will enter- the service is not as yet known Captain Ray is already getting into, practice for an ex Swimming Experts ' To Tour Country .Miss Fanny Durack. holder of a num mer of world's swimming records, who will appear In Portland July 29, in an exhibition meet, will be accompanied on her tour of the United States by MIna Wiley. Miss WBey- holds tho women's breast stroke record and is second only to Miss Durack In free style swimming. Miss Durack will arrive in San Fran cisco, June t, and after particlpaUng in a number of exhibitions In San . Fran ever, that drfesn't keen the old elk tooth polished up, or pour gas into the flivver. I think I can hit up there as well as I did in the Coast league last season. Its going to be a great year for young, ball players, with so many of the good pitchers going to war. I think Fielder feels that way, too.' Also, I see where Fitzgerald turned down the Phillies' of fer, so I guess the boys going up are getting It all around. One of the things the player Is going to kick over Is tlie monthly instead of the season contract, but Jones assures us that it means the whole season. Expenses Lets Out Here ."You play six months in the majors and seven months in the Pacific. Coast league for the same salary but you don't have the expenses in the Coast league and therefore it Is more attractive out here. "I hope Walter McCredle talks Jones Into sending me to. Salt Lake, If, the Browns don't kick In with a little more dough. I'd make a new home run rec ord for the league In that town. I'll bet. When I made 25 home runs in - Coast league fSarks .last year, I worked under a bigger handicap than Bunny Brief, who holds the league record with 33 homers. "When they rebuilt the San Francisco park this year, they moved the plate, farther' back and stuck about 30 feet of wire netting on the right field wall. More Screen at Seal Park "I hit a lot of them against the wall In right, but of all tho home runs I gott would you believe that I made only one on the San Francisco lot. I'll bet Bunny hit a dozen over there. Several years ago, on the old wall, before they put any wire to speak of up there, they used to make three or four homers a game over right field. "I ,hit seven homers over the right field fence at Salt Lake last year and by playing In the high atmosphere up there for 15 weeks instead of three, a fellow ought to make quite a few circus clouts. . . Honek Paddles With Ken Byron .Houck, with whom Williams roomed last year on the road, is in the same boat with the Beaver outfielder. The eminent spltballist says that he Isn't going to sign with St. Louis until "a few. things are cleared up." . Thii means, no doubt, that Houck was of fered the same kind of a contract as Williams, and as both have done the major circuit and have lamped every thing from Grant's tomb to the Ford factory, it will take more than a promise of glittering, travel to tempt them from the Pacific coast, where it is not too warm nor too wet In summer. pected , departure .; for American Lake next' month, while several of the others are expecting a summons from the same place. -, ,r : Present indications are, however, that the squad .will remain intact until the season la completed. .-If -so,-they stand a good chance of coming out at the top ; t not. they will be confronted with the same,: problems which will be facing the xrther, basketball squads in the various colleges, and : will have probably an equal chance under those conditions as other schools in the race for the) North v cblci ii cmiinpioiisnip. cisco and Los Angeles, will come to Portland. She is booked to appear all over the country. . " Answer to Boxing Query Oregon -City. Gr 'Feb. 2. Sports Ed itor of ' Tho . J ournal In - order - to set tle . an argument please tell what flay, month and : year Dave s Campbell and Jack Dempsey f fought - on the Lewis river. What was Dempsey s real name? , . y i 1 RUCO.N'ICft , ' - , Dempsey knocks. dve Campbell out in three rounds- on , the Lewis river Washington . territory. November -1, 1885. Dempsey s real name was John Kelly. - - . Two views of ice boating on the Hudson river. The "close up" view shows the evident thrill the riders are getting, while that of boat In full sail, shows something of the speed. It is said that with proper wind age, these boats will make 100 miles an hour on the steel runners. ROSEBUDS WILL PLAY B. C. TEAM Big Entry List Expected to Par ticipate in Merchandise" Shoots; Many Prizes Are Offered. THREE games will be played in the . Pacific Coast Hockey association this week. The schedule is as follows: Monday night Seattle vs. Vancouver, at Vancouver. Wednesday night Portland" vs. Seat tle, at Seattle. Friday night Vancouver Vm "Portland, at Portland. Lester Patrick's Seattle septet is lead ing the league by a margin of one game over the Vancouver team as the result of three straight victories, two over Vancouver and one over Portland. All three of these games have been decided by one point, Vancouver going down to a 5-to-4 defeat January 22, Portland los ing 3-to-2 January 25, and Vancouver dropping last Wednesday night's game 4 to 3, after the ' longest game of the season. Foyston Helps Champions The addition of Frank Foyston to the Seattle septet has made a wonderful Im provement In the playing of that team and the Mets are going to make a strong bid to capture the championship of the league again. Manager Pete Muldoon is not disheart ened by .the two defeats his team suf fered during the past week. In the game at Seattle next Wednesday night. "Moose" Johnson will be in the line-up, and this will give the Buds a substitute player, which they have been lacking since the Injuries to Johnson and Harris. Taylor Leading League "Cyclone"' Taylor the Vancouver won der, is leading the league in scoring with la points to his credit, three points ahead of Bernie Morris of Seattle, who passed his team-mate, Roberts, by scoring a couple of goals and an assist in last Wednesday' game. Following are the records of the players: Vancouver Player Gol. Assists. TI. Taylor 11 4 15 Stanley 8 .'J. 6 McDonald 2 S 5 Mackay 4 4 Moyoes ' . . 1 . 2 3 Cook 1 1 2 Griffls . 1 1 2 Totals 23 13 3U Seattle Morria'..., 3 12 Itoberta 1 10 Wilaon., 4 3 7 Patrick 1 4 6 Koyston 2 3 ft KUey 1 ,1 2 Rickey . . . : O 2 2 Kqm o 1 1 ' Total ... 20 17 43 , Portland Tobin ' 7 1 8 I Htnderdale 5 1 ihuman ............... 4 1 5 Harris I f 2 0 WobnMia ................. 2 2- -4 Barbour 1 1 2 Lvuchlin .............. I . x Total 23 ' 8 31 The American association, dubs will follow' the example of tho American league and have military drills for the players. $ - v . , . y WANTED MACHIKI8TS 'AXD 1 TOOL MAKERS Perma'aeat Work ': r :' : ' jt Good Werklag Coaditloas -,1 4 COI3T MACHIKR MATTCFACTUBIKO - COMPANY PULLMAN QUINT WILL PLAY HERE SATURDAY NIGHT Washington State College Bas ketball Team to Play Multno mah Club Aggregation. Washington State college basketball players Win appear against the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic club quintet on the "Winged M" floor next .Saturday night: The Pullmanltes are the pres ent champions of tho Pacific coast and the Northwest conferences. Accompanied by Athletic Director Fred J. Bonier, the Staters will leave Pullman next Wednesday. They will play the University of Washington at Seattle Thursday and Friday nights. After playing Multnomah, , they will go to Corvallis for a two-game series with the Oregon Agricultural college five. An effort is being made to line up a couple of games with the University of Oregon team. Manager Clayton Sharp has a fairly strong team this year and he hopes to get revenge On the W. , S. C. play ers for the defeat handed Multnomah last season. The club five has de feated the Seaside Athletic club and he University of Oregon- team "and played the Willamette university team last night. Grre'n May Be Boxing Instructor George Green, boxing instructor of the Olympic club of San Francisco, will accept v the berth as chief boxing In structor at the Mare' Island marine barracks, provided ho can . obtain a leave of absence from the Olympic chib. Mle dollar are slacker dollars. 1 mre: In War Raxing Stamra, They pay interest. I THE ON SHIPBOARD YOU GOT TO BE NEAT! CHEW W-B CUTAN0 YOU WONT MUSS m mmm, saaaai aa a S a S '1 f . ! - .. - -. -. -. . -: . j. .--.. . - . . : . ' i ' ' - ' . . - . ' , TXURIXG the course of the wceK President Fred N. Bay of the' Intercity Baseball league, managers of all local shipbuilding plants regarding the feas ibility bf organizing a shipbuilders baseball association. ' The St. Helens Shipbuilding company of St. Helens, Or!, and the Stnfndifer plant at Vancouver, Wash., Will be given opportuni ties to pbtain franchises in the association. Edward Ballagh, for- -mer manager of ihe St. Helens team bf the Intercity league, who is mayor of St. Helens, is said to be in favor of putting a team in the league. ; . Enthusiasm is running high among the semi-pro players,' who , are in the employ of local yards, and every indication points to : the organization of a six or an eight team circuit. - ' - , , The lone drawback of th nmni.. ationi-the lack of grounds could easily be overcome in the opinion of Presttent Bay. With the Vaughn street grounds available for Satur day jtnd Sunday games when the Beavtrs are on the road and the north grounds at St- Helens and Vancouver there is need for but two more parks. Arrangements could be made, it Is believed, for the use of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club (rounds for Saturday afternoon contests, and it is possible that the' grounds at East Twelfth and Davis streets: may be fenced. two Are Ready to Go. Th jkorthwest Steel company and the .Columbia River Shipbuilding company, are ready to organise team! for the league, according to infornatlon received from players, who .performed with these teams durirg the 1917 season. The Penin sula .Shipbuilding company could easil . organize a team, and this wouli .add another ball park to the list ' tvailahle and games could be staged , at the St. Johns park every Sundiy, while the Pactfic Coast In ternational league teams were play ing I ere. No effort will be made to organise the. iterclty league this season. This decision was' reached at the annUil meeting of the directors a short time ago. The reason for hot continuing after three successful season is because so many of the ' players have gone into Uncle Sam's service, and that more Interest would be displayed in a shipbuilders' leagUs, j Population Intaret Saerest. "W.th the 15,000 employes of the local tards and the' hundreds of other iport followers to draw from, there is no reason why the league sh6uld: not be a success," said Bay recentV. "I am willing to do any thing (n my power to bring about the orf anliatlon of the league, which 1 believe should be equally as suc cessful as was tho Shipbuilders' as moclatton in Seattle last year. The attendance at the game In Seattle was greater than In ihe Northwest league contests, because of the in tense rivalry worked up. High School Skaters To Meet on I Tuesday Manager Pete Muldoon of the Port land hotkey team will meet represen tatives (of local tnterscholastic league teams 1 ext Tuesday afternoon to make arrange nents for the! staging of the ice ska Ing relay championships. Four schools- -Lincoln, Jefferson, Washington and Coumbla have signified their ln tcntionf . of entering teams. The Allowing are available for the varlocs teams : Linco n Bingham, Steffen, Bradley, Robinscn, Kfflnger, Witmot and Barton. Wash ngton KldwelU Kennedy, Gray and Class. Jeffnon Greer and' Andersori. Columbus Collins, and McCusker. Fortiier Intercity Star to Join Tigers ! i Hernan Plllett. former star twlrler of tho'Woodburn team of the Portland Interety Baseball league, will don tho TacottB. Tiger uniform next season. Pilletiwas sold last year by Tacoma to thq Cincinnati Nationals, but he did not cdnjs up to the major league stand- -r- OUT SAILOR AND THE REffiUIT fiNn THEN YOU DON ON'Tl ACE j MUSS UP YOUR FACE WITH A BIO WAU either, r r aanBaaBBBBBBBBaasaB a m ar will address, letters to the general Non-Skid Chains (: On Golf Balls in i Vermont Mounts -. j - Two golfers were- playlsg Iks after effects at tbe Blaeteesth hole. The nan from Vermoat said In reply to a question. "Yes. yon bars a -pretty hJIIy coarse, bst yo rsaly osght to see some of oar liskt Is the Green monntala. In some plates the fair green Is so steep yosr left foot Is from two to three feet higher tban yonr right. "How do yon keep yosr ball from rolling down backward!" "Oh." easaally replied the man from Vermoat, "we pat elalns on 'em, Jatt like yoa pat ob astomoklle tires to keep them from skidding," after which one by one the aadleaee tllently melted away. ATHLETIC EVENTS TO BE STAGED First Lieutenant Joseph Domkrf Named Athletic Officer; Plans Are Laid for Meets. ATHLETICS will be conducted at the , Vancouver barracks along tho same ' tCamp Lewis and ths other coast cantonments and barracks, ac- '"5 01 P'ns of First Lieutenant I Joseph Doman. K. R. c. athletic off!- ' . v . One of the first things accomplished , by Lieutenant Doman was ths organi sation of an athletic committee, of which he is chairman. The other members of -the committee are: First Lieutenant B. -a Snowden. B. R. C. ; First Lieutenant i William Hunicke. A. S. 8. C. ; Charles t Z' Z- M" C' A- director; 2?M-JJJ.Z52rn- a8,Btnt T. M. C A. ' athletic director, lB-ttm.m!U.? wm oPrvlnlon -over alt athletic contests In tho bar-": k- w' n-d' accordln to Present plans, baseball teams will be organised and a schedule of games will be played. . A track and field meet which will In clude military events, has been sched-v uled for Saturday, March S. Plans for the meet will be made, at a meeting of tho athletic committee tomorrow night. The committee will also consider the scheduling of other athletic events. ins Vancouver barracks basketball team defeated the Washington Stats School for the Deaf last week um ooro of S5 to 1. There was a big Im provement in- the team work of ths sol- dlera. . . : 'At tho present time there are about J 4000 soldiers , aT' Vancouver. They ars connected with the engineers and " the 1 aviation section of the signal corps. ; ' ard and was released to ths Richmond " club of tho International league. - The disbarment of tho Richmond team of- fered Manager Russ Hall of ths Tigers a , chance to grab him and Russ Jost' t no time ' in doinar an. Trail la to get Stevens, the Tiger catcher 'who ' finished last season with ths San Frao- ctsco Seals, Into his fold this year.' I THAT'S THE IDEA SATISFYING; AND r CLEAN, CHEWJ
