Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon daily journal. (Portland, Or.) 1902-1972 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 26, 1920)
THEJ, OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 26, 1920. A- VAMlAVk NAViM WV A- W I A VVlkVVl W J , A A VWV-' AAAV:KVMibV ViAAVt NVA1AVJk X AAUi bVT A IWWVAJL New Team Is Planned for 1921 Season Manager McCredie Expects to Have Strong Aggregation of ' Players; Several Deals On, KIGLlSf TRADE IS DESIED BT BEAVEB BOSH, r ' Announcement that Paddy Slgl!a,' Portland second base ma a. had btes traded to Halt Lake for Marty Krng wai denied by Walter McCredie, manager of the Beavers, Saturday. The trade li being diseased bat hae not been completed, declared - Me . Cradle, , ',;..!' 0 UT of the wreckage of; the 1920 Portland Beavers will! arise a team that should be among the con- . tenders j for next year's Coast league pennant. Manager Walter McCredie Is going ,out after a win ner. Deals for the d 1 s p o s al of several. regulars, in addition to the transfer of George Maisel to the Chi cago' Nat ionali and "Tex" Wis- terzii to me Seattle Rainlers, are be ing considered. It is likely that they will be completed shortly 'after the first of the new year. When the wrecking of the club is completed there will remain ! but three or four regulars outside of the pitching corps. Although he would not be quot ed, it. is believed that McCredie intends to keep Dick Cox. right fielder ; Del Baker and Art Koehler, catchers, and Sam Ross, Rudy Kallio and Sylvester Johnson, pitchers. ;TIQEE8 WAST "STDS" I . Negotiations for the transfer of Har vey Sutherland, whom McCredie be lieves is one of the brainiest pitchers in baseball today, to the Detroit Tigers is tinder consideration. Ty Cobb, chief lieutenant for Frank Navin, has made inquiries about Sutherland, and, should acceptable players be offered for him, "8uda" will get a chance in the ma jor, otherwise he, will remain with the Beavers. i " -Paddy Siglin's future is undetermined. Salt 'Lake is anxious to acquire the services- of the Beaver second eacker. Paddy made a- hit with, the Bee own ers t when he played under McCredie during the 1918 season in; the Utah metropolis. . . Mroisos will co , " i i Harold Poison, the big right-hander who came out of the Texas league in 1S17, m'ay be shunted back to that or ganization. Information -f rpm . an out side souree indicates that Poison has been offered to the Beaumont club of the Texas league. i "Kibby" Spranger will walkthe plank ".before the call to arms Is issued next 'spring. Spranger will likely ba turned back to the Regina club of j the West ern Canada' league. I In addition to having deals- under consideration, McCredie intends to go into the open market and purchase a couple of promising players. Among them is an outfielder in an Eastern circuit who has been highly touted te the Beaver chieftain, but no mention 1 has been made of his nam a. , CTJBS TO HELP Mac hopes to land a high-class out fielder, an infielder and a pitcher from the Chicago Cubs. Just who these play ers will be may not be known until the training camp season opens. In exchange for Wisterxll, Seattle will give one and possibly two players who can cut the "mustard." I 'Mae says this, is .the reconstruction period for baseball in Portland. Ho in ; tends to give Portland a strong ball , club to determine whether lor not the fans will, support a good team. There will be .an entirely mew infield in the Beaver lineup next season. Blue and WIsterzil are gone. Spranger is ' going, and as for Siglin, if satisfactory , deals can be made, he will be missing. X(lngd6n,, who showed like a flasht at . the close of the 1919 season, will have to come through in good style If be ex. 'peets to retain a berth. j HAS MAX Y BOOKIES j Two new outfielders and at least three new pitchers will ba secured. The catching staff will remain Intact Out of the big bunch of youngsters . enrolled on the Beaver roster to date Maq hones to develop several good play : era Genin and Wilson, outfielders, of ' the . Racifio International league, are . promising players. Bourg. 'another P. 2. recruit, has a bright future. Toung twlrlers, at least a dosen of QUINTET OF STAR PLAYERS OF OHIO STATE FOOTBALL ELEVEN A ' r Itt . ' ' ' , : : -7 -. 1 V I 'YjP h b i: Seen by Sox feff 1 In P. G; Case IsTOKT ; - Tpf Life?fzi,. l lteissj them, have put .their "John Henrys" to . Portland contracts. Two of them, Jimmy Moore, a right-hander, and Ed Zink, a southpaw, came out of the Middle West Nebraska, to be exact. Down in California there are several young phenoms awaiting the call. Sure ly, out of the bunch signed, Mao should uncover a consistent burler. . IS SOT WOBBTIKO - Mac is not worrying this year he- did last at least, he does not show It. He feels that he wiU get the right sort of treatment from the Cubs, and also from Seattle,- in the ceals - that have been closed. Then he 'has his old friend, Frank Navin of the Detroit Ti gers, to fall back upon, despite all that has been said to the contrary. It is Irue that the alliance between Portland and Detroit has been cast aside, but that will not 'prevent future deals, pro vided both parties can be benefited. Along with Mac's' desire to win is the good Judge McCredie, who la doub ly anxious to give the Portland fans a strong team next year,; Oswald West Named Hunt Club President Oswald West, ex-governor of Oregon, has. been, named . president of the Port land Iunt. club, and W. U. Sanderson, retiring president, was elected vice president for 1921 at the annual 'meet ing. The other officials selected were: W. E. Prudhomme, secretary and treas urer; Harry M. Kerron, master of fox hounds; -Paul E. Proelich, i Charles C Fagan and J. JL Beckett, directors. Reports of the retiring off joers showed the club to be in, a flourishing condition, bqth financially and other wise. Plans lor the coming year will be formulated at the first gathering of the new board of directors. Harry il. Kerron, master of fox hounds, was re sponsible for a Christmas day ride, which started from the Portland Riding academy. Twenty-first and Johnson streets, Saturday morning and took the riders to the Garden Home club 'house in time for breakfast Stanford Rugby Team Beaten by B. C Stars Vancouver, B. C, Dec. 25. (TJ. P.) University of British Columbia Rugby players on Saturday afternoon battled their way into the hall of athletic fame when they defeated the Stanford uni versity squad by a count of 12 to 0. It was more than s victory on a field of victory tt was the achievement of a purpose to which this young acad emy of knowledge has struggled to attain since organisation the realisa tion of that spirit that makes college life the factor it la in the lives ' of men.-: 4 ' - To Ixro Hunter, the flaxen-haired flash that performs on the three-quarter line, goes the laurel wreath for Indi vidual performance, for Hunter's deadly toe shot three drop goals for every point In the victory. CHICAGO. Dec. 25. TJ. P.) Members of the White Sox team Which contested in the 1919 world series, and who have been Indicted on charges of "throwing games" in the series, tonight took new hope from the ruling of Judge .Frank R. Willis of Los Angeles, superior court, who held it was not a felony to con Bplre to throw a baseball game. " The decision of Judge Willis was handed down in dismissing iridictments of players in the Pad fie Coast league on charges of conspiracy to lose games. PLAX TO FIGHT The Indicted White Sox have been planning to make their strongest fight for acquittal on legal grounds. That the state's attorneys are not entirely sure . of their ground was indicated when .Just after the Indictments were returned,5 Macleay Hoyne, at that time state's attorney for Chicago, Issued a statement saying he doubted if there was a basis in law for . such charges. Later, he said, he believed the indict ments would hold and made arrange ments for the prosecution. Arrangements have been made by the Sox for a strong array of lawyers to conduct their defense. Several of those who testified before the grand jury are reported to have repudiated their alleged "confessions' and have taken other steps to lay the groundwork for a strong defense. IA1TDIS MAT DECIDE If the indictments against the Sox fall through, as did those against the Pacifio Coast players, the question of whether or not they will be allowed to play professional baseball again probably will be up to Judge Land is, the new ruler of baseball. The. attitude of the judge toward the Indicted players "has never been made known. He has never issued any state ment dealing directly with the indicted men, although he. has condemned gam bling on baseball games. .. However, from the judge's attitude en the federal bench, which ha holds down along with his Job on the baseball bench, it Is known he is a stern ad Tennis Play This Week The ' Davis cup tennis matches at Auckland December 29 to 31 will be the fifteenth for the international trophy. The Australians have won the prise six times, the English five and the United States three times. Forming Polo League An indoor polo association may in clude Yale, Harvard, Princeton. Penn and West Point. Initial tests In the great equestrian sport gaining popularity in the colleges may occur in New York city in the near future. Store Open 11 A. M. Tomorrow (Monday) First Day of Meier & Frank's Clearance ary Sales rticle Reduced (ContnictIihea and Groceries-Excepted); - . - ' SEE THE BACIC PAGE OF THIS SECTION Charge PurchaseM Payable Feb. T f5 -f f -in-. . Fife members of the Western conference of champions who will bo seen In action against the University of California team New Tear's day at Pasadena. Reading from the left, they are: Above Nemeck,' center; Stlnchcomb, the brilliant halfback; J. Taylor, guard, the big gest man on the squad. Below H. Workman, tlie brainy field gen ' eral, and 10 Willaman, the big line plunging fullback. 3 t&Q X 3s V 4 East to Meet West on Grid Once More By G. B. TAST meets West on the gridiron again Saturday" at Pasadena."" Ohio State, unbeaten champions ot the "Big Ten" conference, will be the eastern standard - bearers, while th University el California, undefeated title holders of the Pa cific coast, will endeavor to uphold the" West's reputation. ' ' No intersectional clash has created as much interest as has this game. The demand for seats exceeds that of the Harvard-Oregon game of last season. BEAKS ARE 'SCOBEBS Dope from the rival camps and from followers of the game, who have seen both teams in action, Indicate that the two squads are evenly matched. The Buckeyes will have an advantage In weight on the line but this is offset by the Bears' backfield Quartet to a cer tain margin. The Calif ornlans have a wonderful scoring machine. Coach Andy Smith has developed a Varied attack that promises to give the -Ohioans just as much trouble as will.be the far-famed aerial attack of the Eastern invaders. Climatic conditions have to be taxen Into consideration in selecting a winner. There is no doubt to the tact that a typical California day will . favor the Bears, as would a rainy day. A wet, slippery ball would likely play havoc with the forward passes of the Ohio ans. Should the weather be similar to the kind that greeted the Harvard-Oregon players, there should be no kick from either aggregation. WEST IS RECOGSIZED 1 deresUmating the strength of Western rootDan. ue witnessed the last Pasa dena classic and has a pretty good klea of the strength of the Bear line-up, aa well as a good idea of the style of play that will be used by Andy Smith. The Californians . will go into the battle as one of the best coached grid-; iron aggregations on the- Pacifie coast. In addition to the regular assistant coaches of the 1S2Q season. Coach In gram of the Pacific - Fleet eleven has been aiding Andy Smith In perfecting the Bears for the battle. In the writer's opinion, provided neither eleven, the team that wins will be thi team that takes advantage of the breaks of the game. rVOBKMAV A STAR There is no great difference in the lines, California having a well balanced line and will only be outclassed in one position and that Is center. Neraecek, the 203-pounder. will undoubtedly have it over Latham of California, a he best bets on the extremities of either team will be pitted against each other, Muller ef the Bears being opposed by Myers of the Ohioans. Workman, the Ohio' quarter, probably has a slight edge over Erb, the Call fornian. Workman Is an Ideal field gen eral, possesed with speed and brains and Is a wonder at forward passing. Stlnchcomb : will probably find his equal In Sprott. the big star of the Bear backfield. : Stlnchcomb is a remarkable receiver of forward passes. He la fast and a hard maa to tackle. Toomey, the other California halfback, will measure up well with Blair, Bliss or Henderson, brother of Coach Henderson of U.I S. C, who have been used a C right hall dur ing the season by Coach Wllce. . . . Willaman and Morrison are about equal, judging from reports. Both teams have strong substitutes and it may be that eom of them will get an opportunity to dlsplayl their wares in the contest. -;r . - George v M. Varnell --of Spokane has been selected to referee the gams. Peninsula Eleven To Play Kerns Team In Soccer -League . F. . P. A, Stasdtur l;anaaiin . vttmns. ........ 8 Ptnuual Park.,....,'..... 8 Clan Macleay 2 Multnomah Guard ......... 2 Standifar .. 2 Kerna .................. 1 T. Pta 1 111 a 2 S B California Has Even Chance S ? ! t t S . s K ' t Buckeyes Have Great Passes ITtie fouowisa articla wax written trr IimM a. Sheahy, former member of Tha Journal Uff and M-uoiiemij oi Oregon oaseoaij liar. J By James 8. Sheehv TENVER, Colo., Dec 25. California is at least an even bet to win the in tersectional football classic from Ohio State at Pasadena New Year's day. This is the opinion formed after view ing the Buckeye eleven in -a strenuous practice session Jast Monday in a Den ver snowstorm and having seen Califor nia defeat Oregon Agricultural college 17 to 7. MEASURE UP TO BEARS ' One is impressed. Immediately by the -roggeanesa and set-up of the middle western team. They strikingly resem ble the 1919 Washington State college team both In appearance and execu tion of plays. Vertical cloth stripes, two Inches in width, are sewed on the front of their maroon jerseys. Man for man they measure up to Andy Smith's team. Ohio State's line is said to average 183 pounds. It appears heavier. The middle of their line, composed ef the giant Ne- mecek, six-foot-four-inch center; Left Guard Weiche and Bight Guard Trott, will average close to 205 pounds. But they charge hard despite their bulk. Cal ifornia's line is more uniform in height ana w eigne ana no count raster. Ohio State showed a double shift. backfield criss-cross followed by a for ward pass attack that may mystify the Bears. Two distinct backfield and line shifts are executed before the ball is finally passed by the center. If a forward pass is to follow the ball Is snapped to Willaman, fullback, who criss-crosses to Quarterback Workman, who In turn forward passes the oval to Halfback Pete Stlnchcomb. Or to keep the opposition guessing. , either, Stinch comb or Willaman can drive through an opening In the line following the two shifts in the line and backfield. Hen derson, brother of Coach Henderson of the University of Southern California, is slated to play the other halfback posi tion. " . Jhlrtfc tKiMl M IS GREAT PASSES Can the Bears break up Ohio State's aerial attack? If so they should win at Pasadena. Even without prior knowl edge of the middle westerners forward passing ability one could readily realize oii seeing "Hoge" Workman in action, the destruction that can be wrought on an opponent by his passes. He is "Hoyle when It comes to directing an ozone at tack. ' It Is said that bis right hand is so . large that he can wrap it around the center of a football much - aa a pitcher would a baseball. Three times, standing from punt formation, he huxlel the snow-smeared ball distance of from 15 to. 40 yards Into- tha arms ot the flying Stlnchcomb. Next be fired a short pass to left end Myers and again a bullet-like shot to Stlnchcomb, who had raced to the sidelines but a few feet beyond the line 1 of scrimmage. HATEorvnro power Workman to Stlnchcomb may prove as much of an enigma to California as. Fel ton to Casey did to Oregon in Harvard's 7 'to 6 victory over the lemon-yellow in the last east versus west contest, -Toomer, and SprotJ - California back field stars, should rot suffer In com parison with the two Ohio backs despite Workman's acclaimed passing ability, and the fact that Walter Camp picked Stlnchcomb on his 1920 All-American team. The writer believes that the Cal ifornia duo is equally as fast and per haps Is possessed of more actual driv ing power, stlnchcomb, heralded as a great open-rield runner, may find It dif ficult to dodge Berkey and Mueller, the Bear wingmen. And Morrison's high, quick kicks, allowing the-linemen to get down the field with the ends,' may pre vent Stlnchcomb from returning the oval, any measurable distance. Andy Smith's use of this play is particularly adapted to prevent a man like Stlnch comb from getting away, Sprott can likewise throw a forward pass with ac curacy when occasion demands as evi denced by his shots to Mueller In the Oregon Aggie game. ; GOING TO DO BEST 'We're going to Pasadena to do our best'" was the only comment Coach Dr. John Wllce would make regarding the outcome of the game. "I know well the caliber of coast football I saw Oregon- play Harvard last year, Not having seen California play it weald be folly for me to predict the result." Dr. Wllce impresses one as a close student of ths game firm and fair in directing his men, , yet free from any czar-like or tiding tactics. In practicing his complicated shift play Workman be came mixed in the signals. Immediate ly there was a chorus of voices from the entire line and backfield. Out of the storm ef words came the quiet voice of Coach Wilce s - "Gentlemen, you are all a little nervous and over-anxious. The play is simply a right guard shift the same as we used all year and that wo talked over on the train last night. Bill Mascott Will Box for Elks' Club Joe Riesch, chairman of the enter tainment committee of the Elks club, has provided an after-Christmas en tertainment for the a P. O. E. mem bers. The affair will take place Thurs day night, December 80, after tha regu lar lodge meeting. - . As a feature for the entertainment Riesch has arranged for a four-round boxing : exhibition between Billy Mas cott, Pacifio Coast bantamweight cham pionand Joe Miller, who at one time waa a member of Billy Gibson's stable. The bout Is scheduled for four rounds. ' ; There will ba three other four-round events, which will be followed by a number of vaudeville acts. . ADDITIONAL SPORTS WILL BE FOUND ON PAGES 4 AND 5 IN SECTION SIX Owing to the fact that severajj mem bers of the Standlfer Shipbuilding Cor poration eleven will be unable to play today, only two games are on thej sched ule of the Portland Soccer Football as sociation for this afternoon. The Ship builders were scheduled to meet the league-leading Canadian VeteraM, but the match has been postponed until after January 1. I. -'- The. two contests billed are: Penin sula versus, Kerns at Columbia Park and Multnomah Guard versus Clan Macleay at Franklin High bowl. Last Sunday's play caused several switches in. the team standings, the Kerns team beingj forced to take the bottom rung of the ladder. Peninsula Park humbled the Cana dians, the first time any squad has been able to administer a drubbing I to the league leaders. It was a close ind ex citing game and the outcome was not certain until the final . whistle was blown by Referee Frank Billington. The score was 4 to 8. Despite this toetback it is not likely hat the Vets wlllj be de prived of the 1920-21 championnhlp of the - association, inasmuch as Peninsula will have to win all of the remaining games while the Vets are dropping all en their schedule. v J A meeting of the association Is billed for Monday night at. Judge George Cam eron s office in the Chamber of Com merce building, starting at 7 :45 and at that time it will be determined whether or not an all-star game will be played on Multnomah Field New Year's flay, o'clock. Ford to Take Charge Of Gun Club on Jan.1 O. N. Ford, one of the bes -known trapshootlng stars of the count -y, will arrive in Portland January '2 to as sume charge of the Everding park trap ef the Portland Gun club. Ford will leave San Francisco next Thurs day. In accepting the Portland position, Ford rejected offers from all parts ot the - country, including one . from the Olympic club of San Francisco, which he managed during 1920. - Oregon Hoop Team to Play Multnomah JESS.than two weeks of practice remains before the Multnomah Amateur. Athletic club basketball squad' will appear in the opertfpg game of the 1980-81 season in the Winged "M" gymnasium, i Coach Mahager Ray Toomey received word from Jack Beneflel, assistant graduate-manager at the University of Oregon, to the effect that the Lemon-Yellow quintet will be on hand to oppose tha cjubmet January 8. t-m One week later the Oregon Agricul tural college tossers will battle the club team. : Whether or not return contests will be staged remains to be seen. In asmuch as both college quintets are, in line for a hard conference schedule It may be that they will not ask the club representatives to Journey to- Eugene or Corvallls. ' i PLAKS6jr TEAM WOEK The 1920-21 Multnomah lineup Is going to be different In one respect from others that have represented the organisation in one respect, especially Manager Toomey plans on using only the players who reside in Portland. He doesn't want to develop teamwork and at the last moment have it broken up because of the failure of one or two to put Jn appearance. ; On the other hand, past seasons have shown that an athlete who Is out of the town most of the time vcannot find time or make train connections for prac tice. This makes the team look like a bunch of Individual stars, besides caus ing loss of points when a pass or two would put them in a better position to score. MAKY GAMES IV SIGHT The club schedule this year promises to be heavier than usual and efrorls ; are being made to perfect team P'y.,' Sessibna are held Monday and Thura- day nights and Sunday mornings, last f Monday's workout being the best yett held. j ... January 28 the Oregon Aggie fresh-; men will oppose the Multnomah Inter- mediates, and January 29 has been of fered to the Spokane Athletic club. The ' Walla Walla Young Men's Christian As- : sociation has written for a date In Feb- ' ruary and it is almost certain the game : will be scheduled. Coach Vincent "Nig" Borleske and his Whitman college ath- letes will be touring Oregon the latter part of February and they will stop off for a fracas in Portland, February 29.' The showing made by the club team? in the contests already scheduled will , determine whether or not the Portland, ers take in the first annual Pacific Northwest association championship ; tournament under the auspices of the Young Men's Christian Association at . Seattle. The tourney is slated for early In March at the conclusion of the con ference matches. . r '- - ' Pennsylvania State wrestlers. In ad dition to the dual matches with lows gtate university at Ames, March 21 next, may also clash with Indiana a few days later. ' Monday Opens This Sensational Annual Pr e - In ventbr y Sale igh-Grade I Jewelry 'As is our usual custom, directly following: Christmas each year, we inaugurate a STOCK REDUCING SALE,,offering at astounding reductions almost our entire line of jewelry , This is done for the sole purpose of REDUCING OUR STOCKS TO THE MINIMUM, REGARDLESS OF tOSS TO US. . : . j Examples of the Savings You Make: ALL La Tausca and La Grace Imita ALL Bead Necklaces r.v . . . ro'Vr ALL Cameo Brooches and Rings. ., . ALL Ladies Umbrellas a ion Pearls Silk Cost 'Off 25 on ALU Imitation Pyralin and Dubarry Ivory on ALU Ivory 5ets in cases on ALL Gentlemen's Solid Gold and Gold Filled Link Buttons. 5'Off . on ALL Novelty Bracelets in Jet, Jade, Sterling Silver, Gold Filled and Stone Set Effects on ALU Ellc an3 Masonic plati num knd" gold "Emblem Rings, Link's, and Buttons, r: We are not going out of btutness and can assure you of genuine reductions on every item mentioned in this Great, Annual Sac rifice, N. SOEOMON 333 Morrison Street "For Novelty Jewelry See Me" Portland Hotel Is Opposite
