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15, Asothcr g eaUemaa has beea ixmiUA You'll Never Hear of Umpires Incautious, Enough to Ride Around in Aeroplanes TM fcort h tun th Wlllar-Dmp fight will ke to WMh down ihMr irwatt witn U, tti fight Bains schedules far Ihr eayt after the Went of July. -. fee msrder, that wring that ; so kodr Is always ttkiir the Joy eat of Ufa. ... THE OREGON -DAILY JOURNAL, PO RTLAND. THURSDAY. MARCH , 6, 1919. PORTLAND WITH ALEXANDER ALONG THE RHINE Sergeants Chuck Ward and Win tion and Don't Know Wheth er They'll See a Game of Ball This Summer in the Old Home lnd. By Junius B. Wood - , BpecUt Cable to tba Journal and tba Chicago Dally hews r' Copyrisht, 1849. by Chlcaao IiaDy News Co. GOBLENZ, Germany,!. March G."A man can t play baseball all his life and I wish I could get back in the game while I hitr tl- ctuff in - trie ' otrl 'sprnrpi nf CZmvmr C' AlevanHcf ,as he sat on ja "wooden bench in village of Holsthun, inRheinish the National league pitchers gazed pensively through a window while his comrades were, hurriedly gulping down I their noonday mess of the invariable stew and coffee. The day was anything but suggestive of the national game, yet at that moment his thoughts were far away with the surging bleachers of a great city and with his wife in their quiet I Then his thoughts snapped back to the present. He had a let ter tp his pocket from r red Mitchell, president of the Chicago Na tionals, sayirig that the old place at last year's salary awaited him and that a contract for his signature had already been sent to his "wife. t "No, a man can't play ball all his life. He must make hay while the sun shines. The pitchers especially must do so. If the gov ernment is going to muster out the United States army this sum mer I hope it will do so within the next few days, so that I can go home and get time to get into shape this season. Our team starts training on March 16. All the other players here are in the same fix as I -am. I talked with our colonel yesterday and he said that the rules were against applying for a discharge at this end. This ties our Viands and any work to get it back must come from the other end. Possibly I can get home some time in May and then I will need a month's training before I cant into shape to go on the diamond. That means tough sledding, for nobody has time to bother much with late comers." "" Alexander waa not whining and he made no complaint against the clr ', curastances. He merely atated what ' seemed to hlra to be a fair case ' He haa been a member of battery F : of the 342d 'field artillery which ia part of the 89th division since he left the United States. His faithful work with the artillery caused film ' to be advanced to the grade of sergeant. ' , "What did youv do in the great war?" I asked him. t. Was Famplng la R. E. "I was a gunner tba day the ar mistice was signed," he replied proudly. "I had charge of the fir- Ing of one of tje guns of our battery which was sending over shells toward Germany. Ia fact, I took it all Via way through. I did pretty near ev erything In the battery. I was made a sergeant in October, wasn't I, sergeant?" addressing one among a group of fellow noncommissioned officers. About half a dozen who were seated. on table and chairs in -the-Ttttle rodm vrtf led the-fact that Ootober was the momentous date when Alexander attained a salary of ?44 a month and "beans and boots." "Have a cigarette?" he asked." his . spirits brightening up as he produced a battered pack and deftly struck a match. "I was a non-commissioned officer . most of the time, I also went to school and studied for the job. None of our men was gassed and none was -wounded, though we' went, through some heavy shelling at times. But X guess it wasn't heavy compared . with what some of tie others got. The Ume went faster than I thought It would at a time when .the end might be near for any one of us. I. stood it better, than this waiting. " That is what is tiresome." Has Sehedale With Him , The lure of hot chow. In the dril ling rain was stronger than, te nov elty of .hearing Alexander, give an:: Interview. At last the sergeant rat tled a mess kit and .departed. .Alex ander folded up his letter and gave Ungertng look at the worn clipping of this year's National league ached- ( ule, then grewpenslve again.. - He is only one of many ballplay ers In the different regiments of the ' expedition in the same situation. When Major General Leonard Wood was organizing the Eighty-ninth di vision ai Camp Funston" last year, - Major Malcolm Andrus, commanding the 3 4 2d regiment, an enthusiastic fan, decided to corral as many play ers as possible. .Sergeant Charles W. ("Chuck") Ward, shortstop, was from the brooklyni Nationals. He was in Battery A. Sergeant Otis Lam beth, pitcher of the Cleveland Ameri- cans, was in Battery D. Sergeant Winfred Noyes. pitcher of the Phlla- ' deJphia. Athletics, was In the First headquarters battalion, and Clarence Ask for To Secure Our Service From Bell telephone: Ask your local operator for "NORTH-WESTERN LONG DISTANCE." - . From Home automatic: . Pull the dialmarked "Lonr Distance." Long Distance Specialist We are exclusively a lone distance telephone - utility. ; V We connect with all Bell' and Independent telephones in ! Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, . Cbehalis, Centralia, Aberdeen and the other , principal cities and towns in the Willamette : ; Valley and Western Washington. '' Northwestern Long Distance Telephone Company . Execuiiie Offices: Portland,; Oregon.- STARS Noyes Are in Army of Occupa the orderlies' room in the dismal Prussia. The one-time leader of home. in Newport, Ky. Mitchell, first-baseman of the Brook lyn Nationals, was in another bat tery. Ward and Lambeth were gun ners. Noyes was a battalion ser-' geant, and Mitchell had the banker's job of being stable sergeant. Natu rally, the regiment had a team whlc was never beaten. Has Track Team How . Lieutenant ' Thomas B. CrewsV of St. Louis, regimental athletic offi cer, is now organizing a track team. Ward and Lambeth are throwing a discus made of two tin frying-pan .lids filled with sand. Noyes has rheumatism and Mitchell has a sore throat and they are unable to com pete. "Sherwood Smith, our left-handed pitcher, is now on the military po lice In Paris." sail Ward, -one night I had an impromptu sparring ' match with Lambeth, greatly to the edification of the natives. In the middle of the street in the village of , Irrel. Maybe I won't kid Jim wien I get him ion the diamond again ! This soldiering has taught me a lot of things even not to kick in a hotel when the eggs are not boiled two minutes, or In a train when I get an upper berth. I am able to eat eggs so long as they don't bite me. and I can sleep com fortably in-the aisle of a car. Once when on the line I went seven days with only carrots to eat. Finally X sneaked away, found the Salvation army and stuffed myself with dough nuts before X came back with my courage restored. But what is the chance of getting home instead of staying here and playing for the expedition championship?" Haak Most XMctsreiq.se Perhaps the most picturesque of the coterie of players is Hank Gowdy, catcher of the Boston Na tionals, now color sergeant of the 166th infantry, an Ohio regiment. In the Forty-second division. Hank enlisted when war was declared and went through all the hard fighting' with tiat regiment. Before Major Bowman Bulger, who was In charge of the press section of the expedi- " tion, and Damon Runyan, a New Tork newspaper correspondent, both baseball men and manipulators of the English language, left Coblenx, Sergeant Hank was a frequent vis itor. Last week ho again arrived in Coblens and got 10 days' leave to go to Nice. . "The fellows say that our regi ment is going' home soon by way of Rotterdam," said the uncomplain ing Hank. "I hope to get home In time to see a ball game this sum- mer. Middies Not Defeated The Annapolis academy basketball team won 16 consecutive games without a defeat in the season recently brought to a" close. Northwestern Long Permanent Independent Plant and Ball Holdouts Are Thinning in Big Show Ranks Hew Tork, March v (I. K. The raaks of baseball holdosts are rapidly tslsslsg esU Flayers who refased to accept tera whea eoa tracts were seat oat a little more tbas a month -age are rapidly com ing tato the fold as the time for' spring tralnlag draws Bear. ' Herbert Taermahlea the yesag left-haider, aad Jack QbIbb, the veteraa mlaor leagae pitcher eared from the Coast leacae, have' slgaed Taakee contracts. It was aa. .Boa seed today, manager Hagglas still hopes to sigB p Frank Baker, despite reports to the eoatrary. HUNT CLUB TEAM PAPER CHASE SET FOR SATURDAY Big Field of Riders Expected to Start in Annua! Event; Interest Is High. The Portland Hunt club will stage Its annual team paper chase next Saturday afternoon. There Is a great deal of en thusiasm in this event. Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Martin have been named as the harea for this chase by Natt McDougalL master of fox hounds, and they are devoUng consider able time and thought to trail hunting, and they promis$ to give the riders a good course. The team chase Is considered quite the most exciting event of the season, as it is necessary for partners to cross the line together In order to draw down the trophy. This makes a speedy fin ish aad does not necessarily mean that the first in is the lucky one on the con trary, the luck may be with the last two crossing the line, which feature causes enough suspense to make, the finish extremely' interesting to the gal lery. The winning team will be the guests of the other riders at a dinner which will be served in the club house at . 5 :30 o'clock. Members and friends are in vited to attend the chase and the dinner. Five Boxing-Bouts On Card to Be Held At St. Johns Tonight Everything' is In readiness for the staging of the smoker and entertain ment of the Knights and Ladles of Se curity in the skating rink at St. Johns this evening at 6:30 o'clock. The program is : Boxing Pat Bradley versus B. O. Rooney, three rounds. Lee Johnson versus George Deenar, three rounds. Joe Gorman versus Nell Zimmerman, three rounds. Sammy Gordon versus Johnny Segar, three rounda. Joe McCarthy versus Johnny Tram bitas, three rounds. Wrestling Leb Carlson versus Bert Smith, heavy weights. The Western A. A. C. quartet will render several selections and the- Kilties dancers will appear. James McDonald and James McGregor will play on the bagpipes. March 12 and 14 Are Set as Dates for the " Final Hockey Series Seattle, Wash., March 6. (I. N. S.) Seattle's Metropolitans established them selves safely In the play-off for the Pa cific coast hockey championship by de feating "Victoria here last night, 3 to 1. With the three teams in the league bunched, the race is the prettiest ever seen in hockey. Wednesday, March 12, and Friday, March 14, have been fixed as the dates of the home-and-home series between the teams finishing first and second, to decide which shall represent the league in the world's championship series with the National Hockey association. Brill Will Help Yell Palo Alto, Cal., March 6. Selling Brill of Portland and W. T. Martin were elected assistants to Yell Leader W. A. Antrim at a meeting of the Stanford student council Saturday. Brill- is a member of the Theta Zl fraternity, man ager of the 1920 Quad,-junior year book, and plays on the varsity soccer team. Distance if For 13 years we have rendered quick, cour teous, competitive Jong-distance telephone service In our field. For five years we have connected with all telephones in the prin cipal centers of our territory. Not a share of our stock, nor a dollar of our securities is held; by any other telephone company or by any officer or director of the Bell Telephone Company. Equipment Our lines are of heavy copper and our plant and equipment is of the highest order which insures a first-class service. DIRECTS SPORTS IN ENGLAND '' .-'1'.-pL '' ,-V r. mmrni7,T r irr m ' ' -1 mmmmmmmmmemKmamm J " -.X ' 3 ' i - 4 . , t x- - - - 111 7s ' ' A " f as " f .... Lieutenant William H. Royle, former Multnomah club swimmer, who Is now athletie officer of. base section No. 3, of the A. E. F., being sta tioned in London. AIRPLANE MAY CARRY N. Y. TEAM Curtis Factory Would Transport Ball Club From Giants' Home to Philly. NEW TORK. March 6 (U. P.) John J. McGraw of the New Tork Giants has often been "up in the air," but' he has never before volunteered to take his entire team with him on his aerial expe ditions. Usually when McGraw's balloon ascen sions occurred on or near the coaching lines he "Impressed it upon his teammates that they must keep their feet on the ground and play ball. If anybody "went up," John usually said ho would do the ascending-. But McGraw has changed. Today he wants the entire crew to fly with him. However, they will use air planes. McGraw has received and is consider ing an invitation from J. P. Davlea of the Curtiss airplane - corporation, in which the Giants' leader is urged to fly to Philadelphia with his teammates for the opening game here April 23. Mc Graw has indicated his desire to accept the invitation. BOB BENJAMIN, the perennial press agent and manager of Willie Hoppe, rubber-heeled Into town this morning with the announcement that Willie and the nonetheless well known Mr. Sutton would be with the billiard fans of Port land next Monday and Tuesday for ex hibitions with the three little balls and the leather tipped wand. "Willie is playing a greater game than ever." asserted old Bob, who is a regular manager. "He averaged 180 in 900 points at one town in the South and 150 points in a 600 point match in another place. At Monroe, La., he ran the 300 points in one inning. Tes, Hoppe is playing a great game. Sutton is also playing great billiards and is really better as an exhi bition player because he is under no strain as in a match." Portland Gun. Club Will Stage Shoot in Honor of Pollock .A 2 3-target trapshooting event In honor of Homer A. Pollock, the late secretary of the Portland Gun club, will be staged on the club traps ac Jenne Station, Sunday morning, in con junction with a class shoot of 60 tar gets. This event will be shot under the yardage handicap rules and the winner will receive a handsome trophy offered by the directors of the club. The club has offered a pair of. cuff links for the ; winner of the shoot, the high gun in j each class to shoot off under the added bird system for the prise. 4 It is expected that: a large crowd of shooters will be in attendance at this event. 1 . Shcepshead Auto Dates Sheepshead Bay (I I.) will stage automobile races July 26. August 23 and September 30. 1 DAULO. "EacA Ciaar in its own humidor" Judge Knows says.- Most dshqhiful zroiaa " - si 'THE James John high school quintet played in championship form Wed nesday afternoon on the Washington high floor and spoiled what little chance the Jefferson High school had of gain ing its tie for the league championship, by administering a 26 to 20 defeat. The Double-J boys were on their toes throughout the entire contest and ove came a six-point lead hung up by the Blueand Gold team in the first period by a great rally. The score at half-time was 11 to 11. In the second period. James John scored 15 points to Jeffer son's . Johnny Wuff starred for the winners with a dozen points. Toole scored 8. Hammett scored 6 points for Jefferson and Coulter and Anderson put over 5 points each. Jefferson's defeat gives the Lincoln High , school team the league champion ship title, making the second successive time that the Cardinals have won the honors. The. lineup James John (26) Jefferson (20). ...() Hammett (4 Froude .,.(5) Anderson . .... (5) Coulter ., . . . Toumans Girt 4) P.. Toole. (8) .-. -P.. WuffJa2) Johnson (2) .3.. Hiatt ! .: .3.. Referee, Botsford. Chicago, March 6. .The University of Chicago basketball quintet suffered Its first defeat of the western conference season here last night at the hands of the Minnesota team, 15 to 12. i Philadelphia. March 6. The Univer sity of Pennsylvania basketball five de feated Swarthmore last night, 30 to 16. Albany, Or., March 6. The Albany high school basketball five won from the Corvallls high last night by the score of 21 to 17; T Lawrence, Kan., March 6. The Kan sas university basketball team triumphed over the University of Nebraska team here last night, 31 to 17. OAKLAND, Cal., March 6. Oakland has purchased Harold (Rowdy) Elliott from the Chicago Nationals. Elliott formerly, managed the Oaks. He was recently discharged from the navy. Los Angeles, 'Cal., March 6. Howard Emke, former star of the local Pacific Coast league team, has signed his 1919 contract with the Detroit Americans. He was discharged from the navy yes terday. - Los Angeles, Cal.. March 6. Manager Bill Essick of the Vernon team haa sold Outfielder Mathes and Catcher Moore to the fort Worth team of the Texas. league. Seattle, Wash., March 6. Lyle Blgbee, who played with the Spokane team in the Pacific Coast International league, has signed with Seattle for the 1919 Coast league season. New Tork, March 6. Hal Chase. for mer-Cincinnati firstbaseman,- signed a contract to play with the New Tork Nationals yesterday. : Los Angeles, March 6. Joe Pepe, third baseman of the Los Angeles club, has been released to the Fort Worth club of the Texas. league. ; Athletics Have Battery By signing. Pitcher Perry and Catcher Perkins, the Athletics of the American league have one of the best batteries in organized baseball. Perry won 21 games for Connie Mack's tail-enders last year. CASCO-2Jr Arrow COLLARS' iJf pi I lbs zJL Brown Star Dies In the Hospital At St. Nazaire Bestoa, March U. - 3T. - .) LleateaaBt Davis Hesry, former Brown University star baseball aad football athlete, died la the base aospital at Stt 2?asalre, France, ac cord is g to word Jast received by Ills pareats here. Henry's best athletie work at college was la It IV when lie Bitched Brown to victories over Tale, Princeton, PeBasylvaaia aad Holy Cross, After leaving college lie spent 'a short time with the FIttiDHrg clab of the Katlonal leagae. OREGON TEAM IS WINNER IN HOOP GAME WITH U. 0. Lemon-Yellow Players Come From Behind and Trim Blue and Gold Five. Berkeley, Cal., March 6. University of- Oregon basketball players won the first game of the series with Vie Uni versity of California for the champion ship of the Pacific Coast intercollegiate conference last night by the score of S9 to 87 In an overtime., contest. The score at the end of the regulation time waa 34 to 34. Eddie Durno, the sensational forward of the Oregon team, scored the winning points. ' The Blue and Gold team started oft like winners and were leading at the end of the first half, but in the second half tie combination playing of the Eu gene players enabled them to tie the score. Symea, the California forward, scored 19 points, leading Durno of Oregon by one point. The second game of the series will be played tonight, and if a third contest is necessary it will be staged Friday night. General Wood Not Official in Boxing Chicago, March 6. (U. P.) "General Wood is interested in seeing boxing lifted to the plane of other standard amateur sports, but he has accepted no office with any boxing commission," Captain A. B. Bristol, the general's aide, said today. "The general will not be connected with any organization seeking to control commercialized boxing." Harvard Can't Play Army, Says March Cambridge, Mass.. March 6 (I. N. S.) The proposed Harvard-West Point football game In the Stadium on Octo ber 25 has been called off, it was announced today. : General Peyton C. March, chief of staff of the United States army, withheld his sanction of the game, it Js said. Morley Back in Baseball Los Angeles, March 6. (Ui P.) Ru mors that Jim Morley is coming back into baseball as business manager 6f the Angels were' confirmed in an official an nounoment today. New Spring Hats New Spring . Shirts mm ' I ll r MASCOTTr LN FEATURE BOUT FROM BUD RIDLEY Portland Bantamweight Splits Dome in Fall to Concrete Floor, - but Brings Claret arid All Into Ring and Insists on Finishing; Gorman Scores Only Knockout of Night ' ' . . By"R. A. Cronin , GAME little Billy Mascott would that there were more like? him is Northwestern bantamweight champion again, and he is nursing the sorest head that he ever carried atop his sturdy shoulders. But it wasn't put on him by Bud Ridley, the Seattle crack. It is a relic of a fall from the ring to the cement floor in the sixth round, a large gash in his scalp failing to smother the fight that is in him. He came right back, the claret bbed and the round finished up, the South-Portland Frenchman getting a well earned, decision froni Referee Grant. Mascott was out afteMhat title, and a little thing like a creepy two rope ring could not stop him. He was not the only one who hit the concrete, for Kid .Herman and Sid Mitchell went out on their heads and the Mexican? was knocked as cold as a dornick. However, he too, insisted ongettin,g back into the ring mid finish ing up a tough battle with the Seattle man. It was a big night for the fans and probably the largest crowd yet to attend a Dout nere was in Mascott and Ridley were easily the cream of the, show and they stepped off six of. te fastest rounds that have been clocked in these parts, Mascott . was battling away - for all that was In him, trying to reverse, a decision rendered against him at Seattle a fortnight ago, which he thought an injustice to himself. r , ' ., Fonght Game Battle ' There have been exhiblUona of gameness, but none greater than Billy showed. He was piling up a lead on Ridley, when he .fell through the loose ropes. When he got up ha v looked like the BatUe ' of Verdun. But he Insisted on getting back, while Jhe fans pleaded with Referee - Grant to call it a drawl Grant let the bout go on and the fans foresaw a knockout tof the local lad. But he fooled them all. " He not only out gamed ; Ridley, but he iput up a , greater scrap after his Injury than before, winning the round; by a. wide margin. . There will be exhibitions of game ness In the future but none will be more outstanding than that of the little Frenchman. Osly One Xaoekoat There waa only one knockout dur ing the night and that came when the Spanish battering ram,-Joe Gor ; man, hung a heavy fist cm the Jaw of Hefetor St. John in "the third round. . Gorman showed more skill than for some little time and has now i amassed a record of seven straight, victories against a flock of good boys along the coast. St. John should have - known better than ' to carry a name like Hector' into the ring against a bruiser like Spanish Joe. . . .! : .More Action Tnsa All - Another spectacular bout was that between Herman and Mitchell.' In .fact It looked as if the bouta tip ahead should have been . switched . with the two. the commission, selected , They 're Arriving Almost Every Day the boys from "over there" and elsewhere, and the - " New Spring Suits from! leading v American makers in the JEast Speaking of -clever styles and materials. -you never enjoyed see ing such an "inspiring" variety. : ; Young men's models with mili tashap:rThmore conservative style jdeas for men not so young in years';---',-''!,'a'" . ..;'. - . KuppenheUfier Spring Suits $30 to $60 Other Makes at $17, 520, 525 Eveithing for MORRISON WINNER tne armory. as the wlndups. from the standpoint or interest and action. , Although Herman and Mitchell were not aa classy a pair of perform ers aa Mascott and Ridley, they gave the fans more diversified acUon than all tho other bouts combined. Herman scored a flock of knock downs, -Jut he waa too weak to fin ish the game Mitchell, who bounced right back off the floor like a rub ber, ball, and with more fight than a couple of Salem legislators. ' Wearly Swaag Off At times the pair nearly dropped from exhaustion and when they took the dive to the cement. It looked aa If somebody'd have to ring for a coupla coffins. . The Mexican wsa underneath and got the worst-of it. He came too In a brief period and insisted on trying to annihilate Mitchell. It was a good draw. . Tha Peter Mitchte-Oeorge Drew bout was a disappointment In a way, as It takes two to make a fight. Peter was willing, but the ebony brother evidently figured he had signed up for a footrace or a wrest ling match Instead of a fight It, too, ended In a draw. Alex aad George Braw Alex Trambitas and George Ingle were back in the resin dust .again. It was a draw. A better bout, prob ably, than the other time they mixed, but a poor match, as these boys do not box well against each other and should' be sent against Strangers' In the future. - In the curtain raiser Soldier Billy Nelson gave Jack Wagner about 10 pounds and got a nice draw for him self. The smoker- waa well handled by the commissioners and the size of. the crowd la further proof that some good outside boys are wanted to tangle with, Valley Trambitas. Mas cott. Mltchie and Joe Gorman. The " Fordbam ' university baseball team's schedule contains 2 2 contests. Men to Wear; at FOURTH wurmeiMEX Baoa Baltimore. Mix 7T