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THE OREGON . DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1918 The Annual 'yp(broibdlI''Alibi8''.Will Be Declared Of f January 1 Ym huf ef let af mnjor taagtMrt in tht , army But yav 4an'( haar of any major laaguan whe art major.:,.. ,; ' v1' - "Waotf Crrtf Rot Raa4y far CKarUr." dnaa a toartlhM, ahawlna aamattloaa ara tmaravHif inea taa ha4 a acfc In our tatran cortf. - 10 SAYS JESS, WILL GRAB AT CHANGE Fans Believe There Is Some. Jdker in Move Inaugurated . By Friend Monihan. By Jack Yeiock NEW YOUK. Dec. 27. (I. N. S. Jaclt Dempsey may get a .crack at Jess Wlllard's heavyweight title before the 'New Year Is many months older. According to Servant Walter J. Monihan, former sparring partner of the Ms; Kantian, Willard stands ready today to sign articles for a battle with Demp- ..... i m w . 1. 1 1 n t m (ha Yin 1 1 1 It r Wmj II IIIC ULM ...... . ' some promoter gets the right inspiration. The. fistic public is greatly interested Jn Monihan's announcement made to a friend In Philadelphia, that Willard will really (lght. ' But the boxing fan fa already asking hlmBelf whether or not there is a Joker somewhere in Wll lard's offer. Jark Made to Order . Willard says Dempsey Is made to or der for him and Monihan Infers that the . big Ivansan is not afraid of Dempsey for -a minute. He may not be. but consensus of opinion here is (hat it - will take a promoter with extraordinary nerve to get the two men Into the "ring, because Willard is expected to make demands that would cause most - promoters to turn tall and run. That a bout between Willard and Dempsey would be popularly received goes without question. he promoter, . the place and the purse a now needed i to bring them together. Take Monihan's .word for It. Marines Not New To Big Contests At Pasadena Park It is feared that a toveli of in flaraza Has weakened Captain Dick Hauler of tbe Mare Iilaad Marine o that he will not gire the strength he has been- showing nil winter to the big game against the Great Lakes, aaral training station at' Pasadena next Wednesday. Coach Bill Diets of the. Marine has won this East vs. West elassle before, having taken It with the Washington State college champions of llli, when they beat Brown, 11 to . Dick Hanley, Benton Bangs, Koy Hanley and. Clarence Zimmer man, all of W. S. C, played against Brown at Pasadena. Jake Klsley played center when the famous Or egon team beat, Pehn In HI, and BUI Steers was on the sqnad, so that the Marines will not be nnfa miliar .with the big crowd that gathers there. REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION if tt HI -m CLl 1 ' 1 San Francisco, Dec. 27. (U. P.) The . tall and ferocious Fred Pulton and the . fat and cullahed Tham Lang-ford will t battle a four round go here tonight at - the municipal auditorium for the benefit of a kiddies' fund. . Baltimore, Dec." 27. (I. N. S.) Joe ' Burman, Chicago bantam, today holds ' a decision over Eddie Wlmler of Pitts burg as a result of their 12-round bout here last night. THE Pitt football team has refused to schedule a game with Georgia Tech eleven for 1919 until it has been given the assurance that Guy on will be dropped from the Tech lineup. George Galas, former star outfielder of the University of Illinois football team, has signed with the New York Americans. John Martin of Memphis has been elected president of the Southern league. The player limit for 1919 was fixed at 14 men with a salary limit of 92000. Taking players from major league clubs under optional agreements will be done away with during the coming season. Women Foiled in Dash for Liberty .Seattle, Dec. 27. (I. 21. S.) Ten women are In Jail here today following their desperate attempt to escape from l he Interment ward of the city hospital. Overpowering the nurse In charge. throwing a blanket over her head and chloroforming her, they obtained her keys. But the plot was frustrated by other Inmates of the ward who began " to scream and a policeman at the outer , door refused to allow the ten to pass out until he had Investigated the dis-turbance. The U. S. Naval Academy football team has left a place on its 1919 sched ule for the contest with West Point. Although eight of the regulars of the 1918 squad will be missing next season. Gil Dobie is hopeful of turning out an other strong team. There Is some chance of the Boston Americans training in California feext spring, according to a statement made Thursday by President Frazee. ,v f,.. ! M p jJ&w W: wff- Club Juniors Have A Christmas Party That Crowds 'Gym The annual Christmas party of the junior class of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club held Thursday night In the j club house was a huge success, one of ; the largest crowds that ever attended a iuncuon or mis mna oeing present. The athletic program,- staged under the supervision of Professor O. C Mauthe, was well received. The leaders of. the various classes were presented with emblems following completion of the exhibitions. An informal dance was held after a short address by President W. W. Banks. Marines on Job; Great Lakers at Secret Practice Pasadena, Cal., Dec. 27. fU. P.) The marine corps, football team ar rived here this morning, ready for the New Year"s day classic with the Great Lakes sailor eleven. ' Owing to the Illness of Dick Han ley, quarterback, and the Injuries of Roy Hanley and the general con dition 'of the team as a result of their crowded schedule during the last two weeks. Coach Dietz was not optimistic today. . N ' The Great Lakes sailors are under going dally practice, specializing in secret signal work. CORNELL IS MISSING AT "RAH-MEET STATE PHYSICAL DIRECTORS HOLD TWO DAY SESSION Athletics Will Be Theme at Audi torium at Lincoln High School. 'Babe" Reames, former Portland .Northwestern league baseball play er, said to be among American cas ualties in France. The Bethlehem Steel company's soccer football team cancelled Its trip to the Pacific coast to play California soccer elevens, when the latter failed to put up the guarantees they had agreed to. They were to 'have played the Union Iron' works and other teams. A; E. F. Grateful to ! 'Y. M.' Says Pershing , Paris. Dec. 27. (I. N. a.) "The American- Expeditionary forces are l deeply grateful for the enormous contrl v button of the Y. M. C. A. to their moral and pyhaical welfare," General Persh , Ing states in a telegram made public 1 today by 'Carter Y. Head, Paris repre ' tentative of the organization. "All ranks Join me In sending heartiest Christmas greetings and wishes for a . happy New Year." , - Flu Cases Declining New York. Dec. 27. (U. P.) Two ; hundred and fifty, new cases of Influ ' ensa are being reported dally In New . York, according to an announcement ' made at the health commissioner's of , flees today. Health authorities declare the disease " has passed the epidemic , stage and the ' number of cases is de - clinlng. Thieves Get $61,000 In Clever Bobbery 'Greeley. Col., Dec. 27. (I. N. S.) Greeley postoffice today is short $61, 000 In War Savings- Stamps, Liberty bonds and currency.. Thieves late last night got away with that amount from the office safe, while half a dozen clerks were scrambling for the lights in adjoining rooms. The robbers cut the electric light wires Into the post office, : and in the confusion that fol lowed, slipped Into the building and carried away the- contents of an open safe. Bolshevism Declared Destructive Element Boston, Dec. 27. (1. N. S.) "Bolshe vism is a destructive, element and will only retard civilization. What is need ed now is construction and not destruc tion,". Cardinal O'Connell declared in a letter to Rev. Dr. Samuel Buchler of New York, chairman of the executive committee of the Jewish Ministers' as sociation of America. In the letter, made public today, Cardinal O'Connell expressed sympathy with the efforts of the association to eradicate Bolshevism from all the nations struggling toward the right and regretted his inability to address the association's convention. GEORGIA TECH team was organized by General Leonard Wood in 1892 when - the Georgia school was only two years, old and college football was a stranger to the south. General Wood was founder, coach and player, and many are the tales of his gridiron powers. For nine years before Heis man's advent Georgia Tech had won just one game in more than 60 combats. But in Heisman's first year Georgia Tech played nine . games and won eight of them. In 1905, Heisman's second year, Georgia Tech won all of Its nine games to the amazement of the southern foot ball world. And then began the "golden football era" for Georgia Tech. Year after year Tech scheduled games with tougher and tougher foes. Soon It became looked upon as a college that turned out the greatest football teams In the ' south. Its fame soon spread beyond the Mason and Dixon line, but It was not until 1915 that Tech began to attract national attention and took a ranking with the greatest football teams In America. The Tech teams of 1915, 1916 and 1917, although pitted against the most power ful foes that It could schedule, did not suffer defeat In 25 clashes. In those 25 combats it scored 1129 points, against 61 by Its opponents. - Japanese Discuss Question of TJ. S. Letting Down Bars By Ernest W. Clement Special Cable to Tha Journal and Chicago Daily News. (Copyright, 1918, by Chicago Daily New Co.) Tokio, Japan. Dec 27. The Yorozu Choho professes Ignorance as to whether the Japanese delegates will raise the Hv4 problem of Immigration. The paper says that America should come out squarely and make her posi tion clear. It affirms that unless Amer ica exhibits a Bense oY right and Jus tice in her own country, her position with regard to humanity, justice, the league of nations and the permanent peace of the world would be inconsls tent. Eeport Babe Reames As 'Killed in Action' Recommendations for Several Changes in Sport Rules Ap pear to Be in Prospect. On tbe Oregon alley: Special Hatch, G. S. Co. League ZOCAVES "Batae" Reames, former University of California football and baseball star, has been reported killed In action. After his graduation, Reames became con nected with teams in the Pacific Coast and Northwest baseball circuits, but tired of professional baseball and en tered business for himself. Efforts to get him to return failed, although he used to knock around the sand lots of Sacramento a great deal. AMERICAN SOLDIERS TURN MAXIM'S INTO ,N.Y.,CAFE Physical education in the public schools will be the theme v of state in structors and coaches at the two-day meeting to be held today and Saturday at the Lincoln high sencol auditorium. Saturday at 12 :30 p. m. a luncheon will be given athletic directors and coaches at the Multnomah -club. Tlie program ' follows : Today 2 p. m. "Normal course in Physical Training for Teachers," Miss Taylor, Monmouth Normal school. 3 p. m. Round-table discussion. "Re quired Physical Training for Oregon Public Schools," led by Miss Mabel L. Vummmgs, university or Oregon. 4 p. ' m. Discussion of state and na tional physical training bills, types of variation from the normal, with refer ence to changing our methods of physi cal examination. Dr. A. D. Browne, Ore gon Agricultural college. Saturday: Physical training program for public schools (minimum essentials of public school physical training.) 9 a. m. For high schools. 9.30 a. m. For grade schools. 10 a. m.-For playgrounds. 10:30 a. m, "Practical Conduct of Play Activities for Public Schools," Miss Mabel Lee, Oregon Agricultural college. 11:15 a. m. Report of -committee on the proposed legislative bill for required physical training In Oregon public schools. 11 :40 a. m. Business meeting. Meeting for discussion of high school athletij problems. 12.30 p. m. Multnomah Athletic club luncheon, H. W. Hargiss, chairman, professor of Intercollegiate athletics, Oregon .Ax. icultural college. Round-table discussion "Methods of organization and administration of inter- Bcuciasuc and intramural athletics." 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Maxim's the first place in Paris re introducing dancing since the- signing of the armistice, resembles a Broadway cafe more than- It does the Maxim's of ante-war days. American members of a jazz band from a nearby music hall provide the music, strumming out made-in-Amerlca tunes. The dancing begins at 4 o'clock In the afternoon and ends at 7 In the eve ning. Only habitues of the restaurant known to the management are permitted to participate. , American army officers predominate among the male dancers and have in troduced the latest New York steps to the French girls, whose terpislchorean educations terminated in August.. 1914. Cocktails, champagne and tea are served " during the dancing. Martinis and Bronzes concocted from French (very bad) gin, cost five francs each. Sweet Tlzane champagne costs 45 francs a bottle, and tea without cream, milk or sugar, costs five francs per person. Spanish Influenza Spreads at Toronto Toronto, Ont.. Dec 27. (L N. S.1 The Influenza epidemic in Toronto con tlnues to spread, according to reports made public today by health officials. More than 100 new cases developed over the holiday at the Sacred Heart orphan age' alone. Steamer and Cargo Damaged by Fire Baltimore, Dec. 27. (L N. S.) Fire early today badly damaged the steam ship Florence Luckenbach and tbe ves sel's cargo of foodstuffs and gasoline. The ship was lying at Locust . Point and was loaded and ready, to sail for France today. Four soldiers stationed along the waterfront were injured in helping to fight the flames. Three city firemen were overcome by gasoline fumes and taken to a hospital. The loss will run Into thousands of dollars. Boy Tries to Save Gifts, Dies-in Fire New York. Dec. 27. (I. N. S.) Peter Mirabello, 14, was burned to death early today when he returned to his fire-swept home to save his Christmas presents after escaping with his parents. Several women and children were res cued from the apartment house by sol diers ana sailors who were attending a holiday celebration In the neighborhood. By H. C. Hamlltom NEW YORK. Dec 27. (U. P.) Col lege athletics went on a hunt here today for the old pep that disappeared almost two years ago when Wllhelm began his long skid down the greased ways. The annual meeting of the National .Collegiate association convened at the Astor. The only college of Importance which was not represented was Cornell, which is having some trouble recovering from the inaction forced by war. Indications were recommendations for changes in sports rules would be many, It Is quite probable certain recommenda tions regarding football will be made that will provide for no change in the position of the ball between halves. . Will DUeisjlrmy Athletlca The effect of the returning army's devotion to athletics will be an im portant subject for discussion. Plans were to be made for opening as early as possible competition In all forms of sports formerly Indulged in by the schools. It is possible some acUon will be taken to insure the annual in door track meet, abandoned since hos tilities began. Recommendations also are expected to place the dates for boat races under school term3. Instead of after the close. TI. S. Must Help to Feed Europe for Six Months Hoover Food for the war stricken countries of Europe will be needed for six months more, according to Herbert Hoover. In a cablegram received by Acting Food Administrator "W. K. Newell from Wash ington Thursday. "Europe will be another six months in recovering from its main food diffi culties and thus some task yet remains before us," read the message in part. Christmas greetings were extended to the staff and to state and county ad ministrators and appreciation expressed of the great contribution to winning the war that the teamwork and devotion of the food administration made possible. A number of posters have been re ceived by Mr. Newell from Washington, to be hung in railway stations, post offices and other public places, quoting Wilson and Lincoln. Twenty million tons of food have been promised Europe. Pettit Ohoa VrWy Peterson Downes l.t. id. Tot. At. 146 12 g 4SO 1S3 JO 4 204 198 0(1 202 154 164 159 477 159 183 13S 490 183 102 488 102 W. MEEHAN TOO LATE AT LONDON BUT FULL OF GO Frisco Phat Boy Wants Them to Save Fred Fulton for Him. ... . XI 184 14 ToUla ChrfetiamoQ Holmgren . . Afper ..... Nucent Stryker , 860 821 840 SB31 1MPER1AIJJ lt. 21 191 186 147 169 179 143 234 173 144 Sd. 148 132 1HS 163 140 Tct. 618 443 668 50i 4 66 At. 173 148 189 170 153 ToUU 863 877 770 2302 Zouaves won the match bj 19 pin. Family Burns to Death OleajB. N. Y., Dec 27. (I. N. S.) Six persons were lost in a fire " which destroyed the home of James Dempsey, an oil driller of Prentissvale. 14 miles from Olean, this morning. Mrs. Demp sey. 40, and five little children were burned to death while the father and two older sons were away drilling a well. Extra gas pressure, it Is thought. was th cause of -the fire.. . Harold UcCorniiek. President Chicago, Dec. 57. (U. P.) Cyrus H. McCormlck today was succeeded as president of the International Harvester comVany by his brother. Harold F. McCormlck. The former company head became chairman of the board of directors. Chicago, Dec. 27. (I. X. S.) "Tell them to hold Fred Fulton on the coast until I get there." . j Willie Meehan. the' rotund San Fran-" Cisco heavyweight, wearing a badly scuffed ear and the uniform of the United States navy, gave off this terse message as he paused here today be tween trains on his way back to Cali fornia. Meehan left here at 10:30 o'clock this morning and expects to be In California next Monday. Meehan was very regretful that he did not arrive In London In time to enter the big army and navy boxing tourna ment held there eary In the month. He . declared his confidence that he could have beaten any heavyweights in the London show. United States Golf, association meets in New York city January 24. Honor Flags for W. S. S. Chehalls, Wash., Dec 27. Figures compiled to date on the war savings records in Lewis county Indicate that the Llttell district and the Women's Relief corps society of Chehalls have won the county honor flags for districts and for societies. Honor flags will be presented to these at the big banquet here Monday evening, unless some other more opportune time is found before that. Come in and ooen. n. Snow Shoes and Skis We have a good supply at present. Also the Maine Rub ber Sole Packs to wear with them. 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