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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORT LAND, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 12, 1920. Redord Crowd Witnesses of Beaver Contracts Are Forwarded 14 - Milwaukie Card Last CHICAGO WRITER IS FAVORED Harvey Woodruff May 'Succeed Garry Herrmann; Minors in Conference With Majors. MAJORS ADVASCE ADMIS8IOK pniCES Chicago. Feb. It. The H. C. of L. ent the prlee of banebalJ tickets for the fomlng ifaaon touring today. Be for adjournment for the day the ha e ball tnagaate voted to boost the price of bleacher, paTllllon and grosd Rtaod eat. The prices heretofore have been I cent, ii cent and 8 rend, war tax Included. The new ra.le will be SO cent. 74 cents aad II. OAKLAND", Cat, Feb. 12. Althougn 'outweighed by many pounds, Billy Mascott of Portland, Pacific coast ban tamweight champion, won a four-round decision over Lee Johnson, colored, here last night. Mascott was - master of Johnson throughout the four rounds. Joe Gorman. Maaoott's stable mate, and Jimmy Dundee boxed a four-round draw, although the former had a alight shade. Jimmy Duffy beat Harlem Ed die Kelly handily add Frank! Farren and Allie N'ack fought a draw. - Roseburg, Or, Feb. 12, Rowbwt may soon have a boxing commission. The city council has been asked to with draw the ordinance against boxing: and wrestling. If this is done a petition for a boxing commission will be circulated. CHICAGO. Feb. 12. (U. P.) Ichabod Baseball was still pursued by the headless commission today. The two major leagues left the selection of Garry Herrmann's successor to the presidents of the two leagues. Presidents Ban Johnson and J. A. Heydler have a list of five approved candidates to pick from, but there was no indication of quirk action. The five candidates are Harvey T. Woodruff, Judge Kenesaw M. Landis of Chicago and William "Edwards. J. Conway Toole and State Senators J- E. Walker of New York. MINORS WAST VOICE The major leagues yesterday suceeded In Ironing out a lot of wrinkles In what was once dirty linen. At Inter and Intra meetings they settled affairs so as to start the 1920 season without and Jang ling. Ban Johnson and the American league settled their affairs on a "peace without victory" baslit. giving the New York Yanks third place money for last year) and adopting a rule to prevent tne arm ing of another Mays cane. Johnson will see to It that the Yanks are permitted again to use the Polo grounds when In New York. The majors were to meet with the minors today. Having arranged the national commission to their own satisfaction, it was presumed the majors would have to convince the minors their affalrtt will best be left to a commission of three. The minors have asked repre sentation. MAY RAIHK DRAFT PRICK Among the differences to be taken at the meeting of the majors and minors arc the setting of a new draft price. said to be $5000. and a request of the ( minors ror representation on the national baseball commission. A harmonious ses sion was looked for as the meeting started. Scholastic -Mat Meet SeJ Washington High and Franklin High will' send their wrestlers together in a dual meet next Wednesday afternoon In the Quakers' gymnasium. Leon Fabre, physical director for both Institutions, has been working on the proposition for more than a month, and he is almost ready to select the grapplers to repre sent the schools In the various weights. The program will call for bouts from the featherweight to the heavyweight class according to present plans. While no referee for the occasion haa been an nounced as yet. Bill Hlmple, former Lincoln high-Columbia university heavy weight champion a' few years ago, will handle several of the contests. Stanley Willis, who battled Harry Casey toe to toe for eight rounds at Milwaukie Wednesday night, has an other hard task ahead of him tonight, He and Manager Hill left for Bend this morning, where he is scheduled to clash with Fred Gilbert, the welterweight who showed such class in Portland until he forgot to duck one of Johnny McCarthy's swings. Willis is giving away weight to Gilbert. The Zimmerman boys, Nell and Earl, who were to box In Seattle Friday night, will not make the trjp. Neil's ear was severely cut at Milwaukie Wednesday night and Earl's lips are none the bet ter for wear, so their father canceled the matches. Toledo, Ohio. Feb. 12 (U. P. Pro moter Ad Thatcher of the Toledo A. U. selected Friday, March 12, for the 12 round bout here between Jimmy Wilde, world's flyweight champion, and Frankie Mason of Fort Wayne, American chal lenger. Both boxers will weigh In un der 108 at 3 o'clock. Pipe Laying Job Awarded Monmouth, Feb. 12. The contract for laying the pipe line for the new gravity water system from Teal creek, some 11 miles from this city, was let to Charles T. Parker of Oregon City for $15,600. New York. Feb. 12. (I. N. S.) Jimmy Wilde, flyweight champion of the world, haa today arrived here to start training for his bout with Mickey Russell before the Newark Sportmen'B club next Wednesday. Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 12. (U. T) Mike O'Dowd, world's middleweight champion, has signed an agreement to fight eight rounds here with Benny Leonard, the lightweight champion. Pro moter Dave Driacoil announced today. Leonard has not signed. Its inventor haa obtained a patent for ...i nHii that occupies a space Imt fo'ir tact square, yet includes stove. Ki'ik tabic, set of shelves and stand of drawers. DEMPSEY HEARING IS OPENED Committee Will Confine Scope to Question of Evasion of the Draft Uncle Sammy Is-Some Collector JTew York, Feb. L IT. 8.) A I40M0S rhampionihlB fight will net Jaek Dempsey only $lH,Ut. A representative of the world's cham pion made Inquiries of William H. Edwards, collector of Internal reve nne here, regarding the amoant of Income tax on half minion dollars and the collector Informed him that the normal tax Is S4S.84S, and the snrtax I9IS.610, a total of $S04,Si. NEW YORK, Feb. 12. L N. S.) Various posts of the American Legion, who hare adopted resolutions condemning Jack Djempsey as a slacker, and othera who have joined tn the movement against the world's cham pion, will be given an opportunity to present evidence to substantiate their charges by the army, navy and civilian board of boxing control. The hearing of evidence in the Demp sey Investigation has today been held up pending the arrival of' Dempsey's draft questionnaire and other docu ments. Members of the investigation commission of the boxing board said that charges against the world's cham pion, so far as they have been able to discover to date, have been based on hearsay. All future sessions the committee will be open to members of the press. In case some of Dempsey's accusers appear before the board to present evi dence. It Is believed the champion will be required to come to New York and state in person his aide of the contro versy. At a preliminary meeting of the spe cial committee here Wednesday after noon, the members decided that the scope of their Investigation would be confined only to whether Dempsey had evaded the draft laws. The special committee Is made up of the following men: ' Alfred L. Marllley, a Wall street law yer, chairman ;' Major Anthony J. Drex el Biddle of Philadelphia; Gutroir Borg lum. sculptor; Dr. Joseph E. Raycroft, R. Breckenridge Steele and Adam Em pie, secretary of the boxing control board. FEDERAL AUTHORITIES MAY MAKE ARRESTS SOON reported that several arrests in connec tion with the case would be made shortly after the inquisitors had finished their probe of the case. Knowledge that the federal authorities were in possession of such evidence, it la said, was responsible for Mrs. Dem psey repudiating her affidavit In which she gave the champion a clean bill of health and expressed regret at having done him what she termed an injustice. The "proofs," which Mrs. Dempsey claims she has and which will show the champion to be a draft evader, are let ters in the handwriting of the champion, it la said. Kearas Denies Paris Report Los Angeles, Feb. 12.(1. N. S.) Dis patches from Paris declaring that Tex Rickard had signed Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion of the world, for a title bout with Georges Carpentler in America were emphatically denied by Jack KeSrns, the - champion's manager. "Dempsey and I signed articles with no one for a contest with Carpentler," Kearns said. "I do not know how Des champs or Carpentler came by their in forrrfation, but it Is wrong." Whitman Cancels Hoop Series With ' Idaho Account Flu Walla Walla. Wash., Feb. 12. Be cause of the influenza epidemic at Mos cow and among the members of the Whitman college basketball squad. Coach Borleske of the Missionaries has arranged with the University of Idaho basketball management to have games with the ;Gm staters, scheduled for Wednesday and tonight, postponed in definitely. Negotiations 'are also under way to . secure a postponement of the games with the Washington Aggies, scheduled to be played at Pullman on Friday and Saturday nights. This is the second of a series of games which have been interfered with by in fluenza in this section, the Whitman Montana games having been canceled last Saturdy. The Idaho game will be played at a later date, as will the W. S. C. games in case of postponement. The Montana games, however, are definitely canceled. Dement. Whitman center, who was ill with influenza last week, is well enough to take the trip to Pullman in case that journey is made. San Francisco, Feb- It. The United States grand Jury is In possession of corroborative evidence of existence of the "slacker letters" which Mrs. Maxine Dempsey, former wife of the world's heavyweight champion ' Jack Dempsey, claims involved the heavyweight king in charges of having vaded military duty, It became 'known Wednesday. It was 1IIM1IIIIIIIIIIIMMII fflMM 'MM "With Malice Towards None and Charity For All" ABRAHAM LINQOLN. Central Europe Facing Starvation Food, Not Money, Is Needed FOOD SUPPLY now available in Central Europe is insufficient to keep the population alive THE AMERICAN RELIEF Association 'is stocking its warehouses in Poland, Austria, Hungary, Czecho slovakia and Germany with, provisions to relieve the situation. FOOD DRAFTS can now be obtained which, upon presentation to the nearest central warehouse of the American Relief Association, entitle the beneficiary to the food designated on the draft or food of an equal value. Food Drafts Ate Issued Free of Charge By T The Northwestern National" Bank PORTLAND, OREGON ' ;V "Services Cover the Northwest and Encircle the Globe" Ml Chehalis-Aberdeen Lead Hoop League Cehtralla, Feb. 12. But two games were played during the week-end in the Southwest Washington high school bask etball league, owing to J he cancellation of the game .scheduled to be played at Montesano on account of the closing of the schools there. With one -of the two scheduled games cancelled, the South Bend team remained at home and will make the trip later, meeting both Aber deen and Montesano. The Raymond team, crippled by the Illness of three regular players, suffered two defeats, the firs! Friday night at the hands o Chehalis. 87 to 12. and the sec ond Saturday night at Olympla, 27 to 12. Cbehalls and Aberdeen remain at the head of the league, but Chehalis has one more victory to her credit. The stand ings to date follow : Won Chehalis S Aberdeen 2 Oljrmpia 8 Fabre and Gawley to Handle Hoop Games Between Rival Teams James J. Richardson, manager of student activities at the Oregon Agri cultural college, completed arrangements whereby Tom Gawley, physical director of the Portland Y. M. C. A., and Leon Fabre. one of the official referees of the Portland Interscholastic league, will handle the annual state basketball cham pionship between Oregon Agricultural college an dUnlversity of Oregon. The first two contests will be played this week-end at Corvallis, with the other two being set for March 5 and 6 at Eugene George A. Anderson, former manager of the . Multnomah Amateeur Athletic club quintet, refereed the college matches at Eugene and Corvallis last week, but he left Wednesday for his new home in San Francisco. The se lection Gawley and Fabre to be ref eree and umpire was sanctioned by both Institutions. T. GIBBONS IS LUCKY IN BATTLE Clinches Enable St. Paul Boxer to Get Draw With Boy McCormick. Central! 2 Raymond 1 South Bend 1 Montesano 0 Ixwt 0 0 2 2 . a r 2 Pct 1.000 1.000 .600 .500 .2.10 .250 .000 Sacramento, Feb. 12. (TJ. P.) Mule Watson, big leaguer, will pitch for the Sacramento Coast league club next sea son. Lou Moreing, owner of the club, announced today he had received Wat son's contract from Manager Bill Rodg ers, who is now in Chicago. Watson was a free agent. Edward Spencer, mainstay of the Salt Lake catching staff last year, has been purchased by the local Coast league club for a cash consideration and Elmer Reiger, a pitcher. The purchase of Bruce Hartford, shortstop of the Dei Moines club of the Western league, was also announced - First Baseman Lee Dempsey, 'who, is on the suspended ' list of . the Portland Beavers, has been offered .-to the pjaar lotte team of the South Atlantic league. Herb Murphy, who is mahaglng the Charlotte club, asked for a price and Judge McCredie has quoted one. Pitcher Harry Morrison, who was purchased from the Moose Jaw club of the Western Canada league by Port land last fall, is wanted by the Evan 9 ville team of the Three-I league. Yacht Cup Races July 15 London, ' Feb- 12. The Royal Ulster Yacht club, announced tonight the re ceipt of the acceptance by the- New York Yacht club,, of Sir Thomas Upton's chal- Llenge for;Amerlca's cup. The first race is to tax piace July la, over tne Sandy Hook course. Dwyer Beaten by Stecher Springfield, Mass Feb. 12. (U. P.)-. Joe' Stecher, world's wrestling champion, won his match with Jack Dwyer, -Michigan, In two straight falls hero last night Move to Make Tart U. Bead ' Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 12. TJ. P.) A campaign was under way here today to bring William H. Taft, former presi dent, back home as president of the University of Cincinnati to succeed Charles W. Dabney, retiring; executive. By Bob V- LET us pray. ' Thank Ood for elbows and shoulders and clinches. They cover every sin and blow between the decalogue and Boc caccio. This ought to be the prayer of-one well known member of the Gibbons fam ily Tommy, the shadow, the spirit and, last, but not least, the turtle. Let's give the title of light heavy weight shell champion of the world to Tommy. He crawls in when the sides are cloudy and he comes out when the sun am shining OPINIONS DIFFER Well educated elbows and shoulders and supremacy at clinching and hold ing were all that saved Mike's brother from annihilation Wednesday night at the hands of Boy McCormick, boss, of Ireland and Great Britain and almost of St Paul, Minn. The way Tommy held on reminded me of how a promi nent local postmaster la clasping to a Job. There will al,ways be a diversity of opinion regarding Denver Ed Martin's decision of a draw. But this is nothing unusual. Difference of belief makes horse races, political candidates, mar riages and divorces. Many backed Gib bons to win easily. They lost the same way. Consequently they are naturally sore. A draw decisidn did not hurt the favorite in the betting. Had I been in the ring and been forced to render a verdict I should have raised McCor mick.'s hand. GIBBONS WAITS I do not believe lovers of boxing go to matches to see one antagonist con tinually waiting for his opponent to lead and perpetually covering up and clinching after delivery of love taps. That Is what Gibbons did., Such stuff Is fine In agymnasimu fbr amateurs, bat it's mighty poor food for right-hungry fans. I saw Qlbbons In rounds two, four and five. In all other rounds I saw him as part of McCormick. In one, three, five, six, seven and eight the Irish man fought him all over the ring. Nine and ten, for charity's sake, might be called even. The. eighth went to Mc Cormick by a margin stretching from here to Jericho. A straight right sent Gibbons three feet back to the ropes and I expected the referee to begin to count, but a clinch, an almighty clinch, did rescue work and Tommy went to his corner kidding himself into the belief that he was doing well. 18 PAST MASTER In the fifth round the men were mix ing so furiously that they fought after the bell had rutig. Gibbons, at times, dltfn't seem a bit disinclined to use hwmmerlocks, wTlst holds and other wrestling bon mots which the Marquis of Queensbury for got to put in his rules. There were times when It seemed to me that McCormick was Actually outboxtng the St Paul skipper. One thing certain. Gibbons was the first to run to the covert when things got Interesting and he was always the last to come out for air. Gibbons best work was done In close by short overhand chops to the side of the face and head. But they car ried no more steam than a furnace in the good old summer time. I am con vinced that, so far as heavy hitting is concerned, he can lick his weight in young kittens. He Is a master crafts man of. the ring art as it pertains to trickery, to blocking, to ducking and to foot work, but I don't believe he would have any business in a ring with the 20-year-old McCormick if he was forced to entertain the crowd. CASEY AND WILLIS DRAW McCormick landed the first blow at the fight a smashing left to the stom ach. He repeated this often and still oftener did his right crash past the educated elbow and find a resting place onGlbbons" side. He experienced none of the difficulty which it was pre dicted he would find In reaching Gib bons' face. Tommy left the arena with a beautiful black eye. Gibbons' surprise was plainly written on his face when he found that he was face to face with the most furious and strongest and most invulnerable fight ing machine he had ever met Y?I"G WINS EASILY ' Harry Casey and Stanley Willis went to a draw In the seml-windup. Casey at the bat had nothing on the Seattle Casey, so far as fanning the air was concerned. The Seattle Caley started 81$ swings all the way from Puget Sound, and someone must have told Willis they were coming, for he got out of the wav of most of them. In the fourth one of these swings struck Willis' Jaw and he began to hear the canary bird chorus, but the bell hushed the birdies, and he came out after that and outsmarted the plunging slugger. Weldon Wnig and his little lope went down the pugilistic road to an easy victory over one George EagleB. Eagles' boxlngr Is doubtless like that of the pugilist whom Noah took aboard to keep boxing from drowning. Wing hit him with everything in the auditorium except .Manager Hill and his seconds. Why he didn't put him out belongs to the .mysteries that lie beyond human ken.' Eagles would make a dandy anchor for a ship his clutch is deadly when It once takes hold. zucmerAaxs lose The Zimmerman family. In the persons o'f Earl and Nell, were not fortune's favorites last night They both drew boys who were too bis; and too strong for them. Earl bit the oust by tne de cision route- At the hands, of Leo Bell, and Neil lost a close- decision to Jack Barry of Oregon Cty. Barry out- .tK v(l Atvht ni ten nnundn and nci(iiTn4 ....... p r towered over tiim by naif a head. He nut Barry down In the first round ana had him groggy more than once after that He In turn. r was all In three or four times. Barry carried a guard like a quarter to six at times. . At that he is a promising; boy and will bear as much watching as professional poli ticians give prospective candidates for office. It was the biggest crowd that ever turned out for a boxing card here. Many were sent away for want of seat ing -capacity. Everything went smooth ly and the decllrkras of Denver Fd Mar tin, who-refereed all the fights, were well received.- . ' Moonshine Explodes at Trial Spokane, Wash., Feb. 12. fU. P ) There was some kick In the moonshine J. R. Brown made. A bottle of It blew up while Brown was being tried. AN toroeys retired to wring their clothes out ; , UNDERESTIMATING the ability of the Benson Tech basketball players, the Lincoln High hoopers went into Wednesday's game against the Mechan ics in the Washington high gymnasium a little bit over confident When Ref eree Leon Fabre blew the final whistle the 1919 Oregon State champions were on the short end of a 24 to 21 score. It was a great game. Only once during the match were the Rallsplltters In the lead. Coach Billy Bryan's athletes worked like Trojans, passing the bah- at all times and keeping their minds on team work rather than on individual starring. Winifred Scott was the high point man of the afternoon, the diminutive Benson forward getting 11 markers while hts teammate, Kleinau was good for five field baskets. Dave Wright was Coach Kenneth Irle's bright star with 10 points, and every member of the West Side combi nation scoreed at least one field basket. A big crowd was on hand to greet the two quintets and the result of the match put the Benson Tech aggregation at the top of the Portland Interscholas tic league with three wins and no de feats so far durinar the 1919-20 defeat The Mechanics are schedule) to play their next contest against the High School of Commerce representatives in the Washington high gymnasium next Monday afternoon. The lineups follow: Benion (25) Scolt (11) F. BenU (2) F. Klelnsa (10) O. Hill (2) G. Getney O . Lincoln 124) .. (4) Lecsitt (4) Back (IP) Wright . . (4) COlS (2) Miach Ref tree. Leon Fabr : scorers. McLAuchUn And iuin ; tinier, worth, jol and Ktwmui. The girls' freshmen basketball team Of Reed college defeated the junior women, 11 to 10, while the sophomores won from the seniors 25 to 20. Mlas Opal Welmer was the scoring sensation for the sophomores. KALMO'S CONTRACT IS MAILED Will Former Tiger Hurler Join Holdouts? Record Not an Impressive One. By George Berts PXDOE WILLIAM WALLACE Mo CREDIE who Is having as much trouble with holdouts as the allies are having with the Russian Reds will know within a couple of days whether Rudy Kalllo will come Into the Beaver fold at the salary offered. It Is reported that Kalllo would reject any contract offered him. unless it was up to the major league standard. Rudy has a high value placed on his shoots, bat where he gets It is what a number of close followers of the sport would like to know. When he was ' with San Francisco a couple of seasons ago, Rudy made a fair record. He was taken up by De troit but during the past two years hts rtltrhlnr a v- oat ia nAivu M w " , . . av av ,VW.I. a,v py mm of: in fact, he did not get into enough games with the Tigers last Season te be included in the averages. ' . The old B. B. record book reveals that In 1916 with the Seals. Kalllo won three and lost one game out of eight starts. He pitched 39 2-2 Innings, a little over four full games. He was responsible for 19 out of 21 runs scored off him in the S9 2-S Innings, or an average of 4.22 runs per game. Judging from past performances and the fact that the Coast league la getting faster every day. the writer does not believe that Kalllo la entitled to any big league salary unless he can deliver the goods. EIGHT IN ARMY The same is true of a number of other players who are holdouts. The holdout army now consists at Frank Walker, George Matsel. Frank Parmer. Pitcher Cunningham, Lew Blue, West Klngdon. George Wstersll and Clyde Schroeder. Word from Carroll Jones Is expected shortly and he, too, may be a holdout Portland is not the only club alone In the matter of securing signatures. BUI Rodgers of the Sacramento club has Malls, Prough. 8chang,. Larkin and Cafly on the unsigned list. Denny Wills , Is one of the Oakland players who Is seek-' ing more coin. Manager Jack Routledge of the Ma roon "F" basketball team will be In charge of the game against the Oregon City post of the American Legion, to be held In the Washington high school gymnasium tonight. The two aggrega tions met earlier in the 1919-20 cam paign. The Oregon City contingent comes to Portland with the record of not having lost a contest so far this year. The match will start at 8 o'clock. A Portland city basketball league game will be played tonight, in the Franklin high gymnasium between Ar leta and the Silent Five. The congest was originally set for two weeks ago, but illness caused a postponement until tonight Btartlng at 8 o'clock. Mexican Coril May Be Quarantined Washington. Feb. 12. (I. N. S.) I may be necessary to prohibit or restrict the movement of corn from Mexico to the United States In order to prevent th entry of pink boll worms In cottonseed mixed with corn, the department of ag riculture announced today. 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