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THE. OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND,' OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1922. Kansas Giant Will Appear in Exhibition Tonight . for Title Bout Here Is Made IS Offer Chance for Title Bout . Here Small " By George Bcrtz i Q.MALI U the chance of the return , O match between Jack Dempsey, !; fu a vy weight ' champion of the world, " at i Jess Willard, behemoth of the f f srtic world, in a 10 round champion- e'.xl'.i contest in the Portland baseball I phi k nextlndcpendenee day, for which j v.illam II. Kterner. president tf the I li-wt-rs, tel;grsi plied an offer cif J35Q. . j t".') Monday; , !' ta tlys first place, it Is doubtful if Us Portland box ins commission would i? nction such a contest. The fact that t; t Portland commission would not 3 rojntenancd the appearance of the big I Kaimn In an exhibition contest re ) r uts In the opinion that a champion j hi ip contest ould not be officially ap jr:':'ved. , V .ST HAS PUtFKEESCE S" Viin' Jack Dempsey appeared hers !f;j' 121, a similar movement was started t- btage the battl-.- of the century here, . fc if it met with opposition on all sides J ?tT chances are that the proposed S Ijmpsey-WHlaril contest would be f I- -ated ; Similarly. The offer for the contest, as made by K!pier and hit associates' Is a bona f,j one but wii.'it chance ha Port !at.d to land the bjitt, which would f'-r-lw a i,i;ich larger gate in the Kast. . ,1 no one expei-ti DemBStSy, or even uV !frO, who, it i-J claimed, seeks no r.-.t- cenary j,:iin in going after another s-iile with the ' Utah Mauler." SVtlUrds "plight is the saipe as Jim Jef ries. lis haw bean out of active eomnetitlon 4br a perlad ofHln-ee years. Hance what chance has Jess' to- get into the pink for Dempsey? HeVover- eight. He admits that touch. Xii APPEAR TOSIttHT J: Jess could got down to weight alrrfht,, but would he be able to get r ( of. the fat that lines the interior of his st.mafh to; be in good f:ij" ring trim? s'loJiight - at the iiiiwuukie boxing , i'vinmbsion arena, the former champion f ;!! attempt to phow the fans that he Jiuttte logical battler to get a return , I out with the tltleholder. I V -,c3 Willurd will appear against two j otiiijunentji.' The first will be Jim Eor I I'm,' a 195 pounder. Who's Borden? I Wo don't know, never having heard of turn until Willard hit town! The second opponent Wiilard will iacfc will be Scottv Meaner, a young Siant irom the - nuimo'jK country. AUVaer has engaged in two bouts. He looked pretty good in a gym, but does he.-' know enough tc sidestep and force Wiilard to-show what he has to offer the fans in hi Mix round - exhibition ? Wiilard. no doubt, could knock these iv.u ' heavies for a row within one round, but' chances are that? "Wiilard . lU only spar. Jess has to show some t jig tonight to convince the fans that ;i Is good enough, for a return bout.. TUBEK lS-ROUSDKRS tn addition to the Willard exhibition. Tha topltno bout wili tie between Joe Ir.'gran' and Jimmy Darcy. It is sched- r.eti to go 1ft roundly ,,Kgan appears to be confident of his ability to out-smart JJarcy for the second time. r Gordon McKay and Tom Kins are I hilled to travel the same distance, al though It is reported that McKay is suffering from an Injured hand. , : jttill Bletsch and Bill McDonald, who have met twice,will -meet- in their lirst I id round bout. , Chances are that both I wiir ben-Xhe floor at the end of 10 t loiinda . if they -.exchange'. punches in 1 he same" manner taat they have in eir; previous meetings, ' :.. v . v J Criqui Signs to - Meet John Kilbane In Title Go May 30 Paris. Dec. 19. Eugene Criqui, the leather we ight champion of Europe, has signed a contract authorizing his New York agents. McKettrick and Kearns, o match him for a fight with Johnny KHbane on Memorial day. May 30, in .New York.'-TSo far as Crlqui's consent la concerned, ' this amounts to a con tract for the fight, giving Criqui a chance at Kilbane's long sequestered featherweight title. The Republic A. C. of New York, with a boxing lease on the Polo grounds, claims to have Kilbane's sig nature for this match. Kilbane is barred by the present boxing commis sion of New York for failing to accept challenge filed with the commission, but, he expects to be reinstated by the new board of the incoming Democratic .state 'administration. HElSMAJf 'OT TO COACH Philadelphia, Dec. 19. (IT. P.) Dr. John W. Heisman, head football coach at Pennsylvania for three years, hae declined to continue as active director of football, but will remain at the uni versity In an advisory capacity. , BftKEDKR OF TROl'T DIES fa Grande. Dec. 19. Peter Westin kow,!..who died Saturday at Imbler, was noted as a breeder of trout and had , well equipped hatchery at his home. - 4 , . " . i - . La Gran Marca - s . s "Mild Havana Cigars POPULAR HOLIDAY PACKINGS . HABANA SIZE Boxes of 12 $1.5g Boxes of 25 3.00 Bozo of 50 6.00 "STRAIGHTS SIZE Boxe of 10 $1.00 Boxes of 50 4.7S t , 0 Sale B AU Ogar Dealers - Also at Factory Store, 72 Sixth St., Near Oak- . t 'Keep th Workers Basy and Happy by Buying Products of Portland Payrolls ; "3 ; ; ,MASON EHRMAN & CO; --""''-, Ttrl!ators of - -. j ' . J. ;r. -The Nation's Fiaet Cigar" " Bascetbmi M IILr CITY, Dec. 19. The Mill City --"-- Athletic club basketball team gave the Arleta Athletic club ; professionals of 'ortland their hardest "game of the 1922-23 season so far here Saturday night, the visitors winning 48 to 19. It was the great work of Cttptain Harry Craig, who scored 20 points, which kept the Portlaraders in the lead throughout, Evans wa3 secon'i high point man for Arleta. while Hatch. Quinn and Cox played fast ball for Mill City.. Quinn, although closely guarded, scored 10 of his team's points. f Mount Angel College, St. Benedict. Dec. 19. The Portland Alumni associa tion basketball teatr. lest to the Mount Angel college qumjet Sunday afternoon by a score of 20 to 14.' A crowd esti matecj at 20 saw the game, " It was the first same the Mount Angel hoopers had played this season. Henry Kropp. star center for Mount Angel, mada the first basket after about three min utes of play. The first half ended 10 to 6. The second half was doggedly fought but despite very effort to hold their opponents, the :tlurnni could not overcome the gains marie by. the lo cals. Henry Kropp and John Afrighi were h'gh point men for the locals, while i.ixlwig Rassier and Harold Schroeder starred for the alumni. The following is the lineup : Mt. Angel f2) Pos. Alumni (14) Movers (2) . . F . . . . . (4) Schroeder Fruity V.... () R-iissier Kropv 9) C 2 ftupfer Crrsnston 2) G , . . . (4) W. Ra5sier S'jtar G ....... . Terheyden Arrishi (7) S..... 't.. ililler I'loyhart S Referee, Joe Kasberger ; timekeeper, Fred lOhlruss ; score keeper, Joseph Kou tek. Helix, Dec. 19. The Helix town bas ketball team met its first defeat 'of the season Saturday evening at the hands of the strong Athena high school toss ers. Through the advantage of being on their n floor and through the fine playing pi Kretzer and Harden, the high school piled up a 52 score to 22 for their opponents. La Center, Wash., Dec. 19. In a fast game of basketball last Friday evening in the La Center gymnasium the La Center high school team defeated the Vancouver twenty-sixth Tigers by a score of 20 to 28. , This is the second Vancouver team they have defeated in the last two weeks. Silverton, Or., Dec. 19. Silverton high defeated the Willamette "Frosh," 22 to IS, in the local gym Friday night. The game was clean and fast, few fouis -being called on either side. Moser wS high point man for the winners and Robertson for the "Frosh." Sil verton high plays Benson Polytechnic school of Portland here, next Friday. The line-up : Willamette (18) Silverton (22) Robertson (S) F ........ McKee Erickson (4 F Hoblitt Wright(4 C. ........ 6 Taylor Stolzheize (2 (?--- .-. (2) Benson Blatchford ...G. ...... .. (8) Moser Hyday Spare., (6) Wrightman Morbry '; J, ; . . . . . Spare ......... Larson Chapman .. . . ... . .Spare ........... Torne Ridgefield, Wash., Dec. 19. The Junior class quintet of the Vancouver high school went down to defeat Fri day night, SS to 20, at the hands of the fast La Center high school hoop ers on the high school gumn&slum floor at La Center. The game was bitterly fought from start to final whistle by both quintets and was featured by much rough playing. It was the sec ond Vancouver high school quintet de feated by LaCenter this season. The senior class hoopers were set back, 36 to 34, about a fortnight ago at La Center. Manager Oiler has arranged to have his Portland Independents play the; Community Service five in the Davis school gymnasium Wednesday nisrht starting at 7 :30 o'clock. On Friday nignt tne Independents will meet the 135-pound Columbus club aggregation In the Williams Avenue and Stanton street gymnasium. For games call East 8430. John Heuer has a 130-pound basket ball team at the Portland Young Men's Christian Association which he would like to send against any light high school or heavy grammar school quin tet in Portland, v E. Cox and Hatton Star at Pendleton Pendleton, Or., Dec. 19. Two former Portland boys are showing up well among the candidates for the Pendle ton high school 1922-23 basketball team. The sport has taken a great jump in popularity here! since Coach Homer- C. Taylor was placed. In charge and already he bas class squads play ing, ten games a week and fnore. He has ofrily three lettermen on hand to develop the first stringers but there is a wealth of promising', material which Includes Ray Cox.: formerly of the Rose City and who is a fresh man but despite this " handicap has been able to make the strongest bid for a regular position ; Harold Hatton, Multnomah Amateur : Athletic club's Btai-diver; Planting, Johnson, Despain, Adkinson and Hunter. , Tbe lettermen are : Holmgren, Heyden and . Gillette. Cox and Holmgren are. the ' leadnig scorers in the class league. ., Box of 10; Smoker" 50c - - if r t fit f ii'!:; S ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES ' ' ' ' .; . J Smith Out of Running for Title Bout By West brook Pegler International News Staff Correspondent JERSEY CITY, N. J., Dec. 19. Two tiny men fought a 12 round scrap here Monday night unilar story-book conditions which made their bout a big ger thing than the patrons paid to see. Irish Johnny Curtin of Jersey City, a boy with a pair of bunged-up ears, a bunged-up ncse and a , gold semi circle covering numerous bunged-up teeth, took on Midget Smith and gave him an efficient pasting. CURTIS" LACKS CLASS ' Thereby he knocked Smith out of line for a fight with Joe Lyiuh at. Madison Square Garden? n r Friday night for the bantamweight" championship of the world. But ho did no exactly qualify himself for an immediate match with Lynch, because Lynch's manager isn't speaking to Curtirfs ; manager. except in terms of picturesque reproach; The background of the fight made it large. The Midget hasn't been tak ing care of himself for the last year or so, but he is a good fighter just the si me. He pretended to be training very hard- foe jthe Lynch fight and. Lynch is such itt in-and-outer that the people M-ho follow' prizefights were figuring on Smith aa a now champion .St he should be fit himself and catch Lynch on one of his bad nights. On Monday, however, the New York commission forbade Smith to meet Lynch in New York until he should first comply with an old contract to, fight Curtin in Jersey City. ' Curtin was to have fougjit a boy called Sammy Freedman in Jersey City Monday night, but late Monday afternoon Freedman cut ' his left eye in training and called ofl the match. ASXIOUS FOR LYNCH, This was. Smith's gambling chance and he took It : He offered to fulfill his contract In jersey by fighting Cur tin in Friedman's place, expecting thereby to remove his disqualification. "I'll cut his ears off, or something to that effect was Smith's resolute communication to the press. But he ran into a clever boxer and a lusty hitter in the Irish person from over the river, who first glimpsed a large crowd when he fought one of the pre liminaries to the Dempsey-Carpentier bout. Curtin beat his .left side absolutely raw, cut his left eye open and slashed his left cheek to the bone. He was in side of Smith's attack all the time, and thte only two rounds the Midget -captured were the fourth and fifth. And the weights belied v Smith's claims of close training, for, he weighed in at 124 pounds several hours before the belL It will not be known until Tuesday whether Curtin gets Friday night's bout with Lynch In place of Smith. After beating Smith he said he would be more than frantic, to asso ciate with Lynch four days hence and would knock him over. if tiiey should meet. Paddy Muffins Is Eayoed in Third "By Billy "Wright Walla Walla, Wash., Dec. 19. Three knock-outs in four bouts represents fairly the speed and the class of . the boxing card staged here Monday night by the W. O.1 W. athletic club. The fans acclaimed it the beet that has ever been - staged . here, ; Billy Wright, 152 pound, of Tacoroa. -won a technical knockout from Paddy. Mut lines. 155 pounds, of Portland, when Mullina seconds threw a towel Into the ring after the third round. In the semi-final Danny Needham of Spokane won every round of his; six against Lstarwater of Walla Walla while Walter Woodfin of Baker, Or landed a right cross on the jaw of Windy Knight of Yakima, which rang down tne curtain on that bout, in the second round. Mike Brotherton. of Walla Walla , kayoed Billy . Bordeaux of Baker, Or, In the sixth rotund. Two Walla Walla lightweights young Jack Dempsey and K O. Fortier.' bat tled four two-minuts round to a draw. PES31- STATE TJ5AM ESTR&ISS s State College, Pa., Dec. 19. (U. I Perm State's, football squad entrained today for the trip, to "Pasadena' where they are to engage the University of Southern California on New leafj day. ; With tho mercury round scero and several inches of snow on ' the -The Journey II Lucky He George Burns to Box "Kid" Herman Thursday Night AD MACKIETS illness has resulted in a change in the Portland boxing commision's card Thursday night in the Armory. -George Burns, who gave Joe Gor man . the hardest bout he has had in a number of years, has been substi tuted for Mackie in the six-round event against "Pekin Kid'' Herman. Burns has been training with Weldon Wing, who meets Danny Kramer in the main event, and is in excellent condition. Kramer appears to be in better ehape than he did when he faced Danny Nunes. He is confident' of winning from Wing, although he is not -bank?' ing oh knocking out the local battler. Wing, in his first bout in the ! tour nament, knocked out Matty Smith, who came to Portland with a string of victories as long as the O. N. ; Ford trapshootlng record. The other bouts billed for the card are:- v . . r- - Richie Davis vs. Jack Griffin, wel terweights, six rounds. Chuck Hellman .vs. Billy Ryan, lightweights, four rounds. Benny Dotson vs. Young Tom Ross, bantamweights, four rounds. The proceeds of the smoker will go to newsboys educational fund. Boxing TULSA, Dec. 19. (I. N. S.) Fred Fulton, heavyweight, scored a technical knockout over Carl Mor ris in the fourth round of a scheduled 10-round bout last night. New York, Dec. 14. (U. P.) Fran kie Jerome, New York, won from Ja beat White, Albany, on a foul in eight rounds last riight. ' j Indiana; Harbor, Dec 19. (L N. S.) Jimmy Clabby defeated. Patsy Rooco last night in 10 rounds. Kewpie Trim ble beat Scrapiron Unger in eight rounds, and Pete Harris stopped Young Golitz in five. ' : Mliwaukie, Dec. 19. (I. N. ;S.) Jimmy Nuss stopped Eddie Mulaney in seven rounds last night Jack Zwick knocked out Bill Burns in four rounds. ZanesvOle. Ohio, Dec. 19. (I. N. S.) Speddy Parks, Cincinnati won from Chief Half Town, Jamestown, N. Y., in 12 rounds last night. r ' Canton, Ohio, Dec., 19. (I.. N. S.) Jeff. Smith, Bayonne. N. J. lightheavy welght, knocked out Clay Turner, St. Paul, in two rounds last night,- Cincinnati, Dec. 19. (I ... N. S.) Billy, Ryan, Cincinnati middleweight, last iiight won every round of a. 10 round bout with Johnny Riley of Wilkesbarre, Pa. Lansing. Dec. 19. (I. N. S.) Bert Palmer, Toledo, wno a. technical knock out, from Art .Madden, Kalamazoo, in the: ninth round last night. Detroit, Dec. 19.-t-(I. N. S.) Ted Joyce' of Toronto won from Joe Cot ter of Philadelphia in the third round last night. Meriden. Conn.. Dec. 19. (U. P.) Babe Herman, California feather weight, "won a 12-round decision ; from Kid Kaplan; Meriden, last night.: Buffalo. Dec 19. (IT. P.) Teddy Myers, Buffalo lightweight, defeated Harry Cook, Iowa, in ten rounds last night, . ' ... ... "-' !.'' Changes Expected In Bing Rulings of N. Y. Commission New York, Dec . 19. Boxing - pro moters are holding their punches until after Governor-elect Al Smith puts his new boxing commission into office. Although there Is no -definite .cine to the personnel of the new commission, it is expected that it Will be rather more tolerant, and liberal than the. Muldoon commission, ' , . Th:age limit rulings which barred Jess .Willard, and the forfeiture of the feather and middleweight titles will be reconsidered and perhaps rescinded. The "appointment" of Johnny Dun dee to the featherweight chomptonship for hla knockout of Danny Fjruah has never, taken hold - with the " public Neither ws Dave Rosenberg -regarded as the middleweight thampiorv al though the present commission pro- Imp,! ntmn uH - Had That Cane Along Bowling City Bowling League Standings W. L. Pet. Toke Point Grill 25 17 .595 Multnomah A. A. club 23 19 .548 Uncle's Pies . .23 19 .548 Zellerbach Paper Co... 22 20 .524 Hood River 21 21 .500 Kelly's Olympians ... 12 20 .375 THE- race for the 1922-23 champion ship of the Portland City bowling league hasn't been settled by any means, for there are five teams which have chances of becoming the leaders over night. The Toke Point Grill quin tet manages to keep in front but the lead is only four games over Hood River, which is in fifth place. Uncle's Pies went into a tie for second place with the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club by defeating the clubmen ;n two out of -three games on the Oregon al leys Monday, night and at the same time, the Zellerbach Paper company was winning the same number' from Toke Point and KeHey's Olympiaru? performed the same feat over the Hooa River fj-epresentatives. The scores : Hood River, 894, 871. 922. total 2687; Kelly's Olympians, 966, 842, 932. total 2740; ToK Point. 843, 1040, 907, total 2790; Zellerbach. 916, 941, 1501. total 2858 ; Multnomah club, 894, 975. 809, to tal 2678 ; Uncle's Pies, 910, 879, 987, total 2776. Perry of Zellerbach's was high man of the night, .rolling A .257 in ,his third game, against the Winged "M pin smashers,. Second individual honors went to Johnson of Toke Point with .222. The Toke Points rolled 1040 for high team game and Zellerbach went 1001 for second place. ANYWAY, IT BEATS 65 Prom the NashTilJo Tenne-aeean We have 65 per cent of the world's telephones and goodness knows what per cent of its wrong numbers. r IOU wfwM may wear Ground Grippers with, the quiet as surance of good taste. "Th Spirit ef Youth in Vour Feet" HS3 Haaftituf-SracmT 1 vs:k VJT7"HAT a token VV of Best Wishes is fin t h o s ex wonder' chocolates Tan Jar. fl.M the poaiMl wherfnrr tbry ell rood cmady. 1 I m Ji -r '- MIMii I 111 M hi i m ii L- lrarvJar J XMUjCbocoLalpffjf Brazif NuU 4 - J Echoes in ; the By Thomas L. Camtniftkey, Uuvenal Service Sportanc Blnor. TVKW YORK, Dec. 19.-And now JLl comes the woman . handicapper. The Metropolitan A. A. A. board of managers of this city will appoint a woman as official handicapper- of all events for women at Its meeting to morrow night. Best founded predic tions are nod that it vill be Mrs. Anna Paton, who has considerable knowledge of the art. . ; The difference between , sportsman ship, and good business is reflected in this story which was told at the recent meeting of the major and some of tbe minor leagues herei , ... "Zip" Sloan, a pitcher with Hartford in the Eastern league; is said to have been told that if he won 17' games last season he would get a bonus. On the last day of the season Sloan had 16 winnipg games to his credit. Hartford was going up against a weak club, Al bany, and he was. all set to chalk up No, 17 and get the prixe. ' But another pitcher was sent to the mound. Oh, yes, Sloan had let it be known before the game of his ambi tions. It waa no secret. Might have fared better If it were. There are more reasons than his marvelous performances for calling Ty Cobb "the Georgia Peach," Right now Cobb looks In the bloom of youth, of splendid healthful coloring and in fine condition. And yesterday he was 36 years old. As Tris Speaker, two years younger,5 stood beside him the other day -in the lobby of the Hotel Belmont, the contrast was striking. "Spoke" is inclined to bend forward, hunched about the shoulders and gray as a badger, compared to Ty, who is straight as a sapling. Well, probably that old Spaniard should have looked in -Georgia for the fountain of youth. Or have played baseball as long as Ty, If Jack Dempsey, doesn't go over to Europe after the Christmas season to introduce Joe Beckett again to the canvas, he may be matched to meet The O ' e WKy rack your brain for a suitable gift, when you know that anything manufac tured by A. G. Spalding & Brothers will al ways be more than acceptable? Basket Balls Golf Balls Golf Stockings Tennis Rackets Volley Balls Ice Skates1 Roller Skates Sweaters e Baseball Gloves and Mitts And all Athletic Equipment The Official Athletes' Outfitters' v -------- . . . ' . - ... . --i-J '- . ' Make the children's Christmas a' happy and healthy one by purchasing goods that are hot an experiment. A. G. : i 2 - "- . v V Sport Reahn Tommy Gibbons, in : Madison ' Square Garden Tex Rickard thinks this would be quite a bout. Dempsey has., met everyone having a ghost : of a chance against him thatthe law has allowed except Gibbons and Wills. With a big turnout assured, Dempsey might be in fluenced to take on the St. Paul star. ..., , '. .. . -. Going against a man with the kick Tommy has in his mitts it would be hoove the champion to be in better con dition than when he met Bill Brennan a couple of years ago in the Garden, and had a deal to u to bring down the Chicago warhorw in 12 rounds. -vv As for Harry Wills and "Dempsey that cannot be until the summer, if then, by all financial calculations, not to mention color complications. i .. It was learned at the Yankees of fices that announcement of the acqui sition of "Jake" May, the Vernon out fielder who won 85 games last season, almost winning the pennant from San Francisco was not yet ready. "He'll be ours in a few days," it was saidj "Only a question cf players we are to send." Four more Yankees and cash wilj go for May, Joie Ray Expects To Do a Comeback (By I'nited News Chicago, Dec. 19. Joie Ray, the Chi cago athlete, whose suspension will be lifted New Year's, plans to come back on the cinders, and will do the. half mile or mile in the 1924 Olympic games at Paris, Tom Eck, trainer of Chicago university, declared Monday after a conference with Ray. The famous middle distance .man, whose 11-feet strides has driven hlra into a tape a winner so many times, has given up his job as & taxi driver, which was said to be cramping his leg muscles, and is now driving a demon stration. - car for an automobile firm. (Igf Spalding Chris tmas A Few Suggestions Golf Clubs and Bags Footballs and Sundries Jerseys Striking Bags t Boxing Gloves Snow Shoes Skis Indoor Balls Elastic Exercisers Base Balls Spalding & Bros. Broadway and Alder Portland, Oregon Deal for, ; Jake May Is Being Held Up by New Draft Problem By Henry L. Farrell United Praia Staff Cormspondrnt NEW YORK, Dec 19. (U. P.) Days of the $75,000 and the 1(K,000 ball player have gone, with lots of other things of the good old days, in the opin ion of John J. McGraw, one of the champion spenders in the game. The leader of the Giants, who hand ed out approximately $150 00 In the last ' year for two players, Jimmy 0ConneH and Jack Eently, dcwR not . believe that the crop of good players has -been exhausted but he makes the point that he will not spend any more large sums for players and when he : stops spending, the spending stops. Along with some -other men in the business. McGraw says that the new agreement reached by the major" leagues . to force the minora who are bucking the draft "will result In the stopping of all high sales. Under- the. new plan of beating the draft, the majors have agreed not to send anyplayers to the minors unless it is agreed they are subjected to the draft.' -. -, ..-'"--:'-.; .'" It is the insistence of the New York Yanks to make the Vernon club of the Pacific Coast league agree to this plan that is holding up the sale of Jalcey May, the star little southpaw of the Coast. " -"'- - WKSATCHEE WASTS TILDES Wenatchee. Wasl.. Dec. 19. The Wenatchee Tennis club yesterday ad dressed a letter to William Tilden, tennis champion. Inviting him to" stop off in Wenatchee when he makes his Western trip next spring, which was announced in Philadelphia Saturday. The local club maintains some fine courts in the city and has a large mem' bership. He will make his first appearance fol lowing his retirement, wearing the col ors of the Illinois A. C. o o o o o o e SSf . e - - -