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FRIDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 14, 3023 THE OREGON. STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON RTS Here, There arad Everywhere RESTORE DRAFT Raising the Family Fisher We don't see why Uncle Pete goes to bed IHMTU PURTJ - - - E5 ivi in UIIKI Playersi Developed Through , - League Not Eligible to . . ; Draft Regulations CHICAGO, Dec. 13 Tlestor- atlon of the draft with a 'slight modification was accepted by two of. the class AA leagues of the nation, the Pacific league and the American association, here today, acting Independently of the Inter national league which refused to consider the draft proposal. - 'The American association and the Pacific coast league under the .new; management agree to accept surplus players from the major leagues' under condition that they will be eligible to the draft tor a price of $5,000, . After an all-day conference in .which the representatives of the Pacific -coast league fought for an increased draft price of $10,000. the proposal was accepted. Under the acceptance of the new plan, the major league players, re leased to i clubs in these two leagues . will be eligible to the draft, one player only to be draft ed from each club. The players developed by the club will not be subject to the draft, and will be eligible for sale. . -v Officials of the two leagues ac cepting the plan said their clubs would be benefitted inasmuch as players with major league train ing would be available. Oscar Rei m xrr hiked BvH.sy - I 9Xv v m ojtww ' . IW M" I " ' I - I I n ill ill - " 1 1 M" "' ' " ft." I . M I - - 1 (lMCM flnM TTLn .6h!r oteunors- I boxing ifviiiv rii Miiivii 1 1 rir iiuc,ue uovei1' 14 year oia s,s- --t- - with the exception of the one per taining to the player limit. KEhWORTHY WILL MHPOMD SCHEDULE READY BASKETBALL Suspended Manager Will Be Reinstated . by Beavers . for! l24?Season PORTLAND, Dec. 13. W. Chow of the Los Angeles club said Kenworthy, former manager J. of acceptance of the plan had be come necessary because of the scarcity of seasoned players for their, teams. The national association offi cials also adopted a resolution placing the minor league man agers In the same class as play ers as regards to their contracts. J. Cal Ewing of the Oakland club, was elected by acclamation to the board of arbitration to suc ceed William McCarthy, the de posed president of the Coast league., The association passed a resolution deploring the loss of McCarthy and expressing appre ciation of his services on the board. The minor leaguers while not taking any official action, oppos ed meeting In the future with the j major leaguers. - The minors accepted the amend ments such as had a bearing on minor leagues that were acted up- the Portland club, whose suspen sion from the Pacific coast base ball league expires at the end of the present year, will manage the Portland club next season, accord ing . to word received here from Fred B. Rivers, business manager who has been at Chicago attend ing the - baseball! meetings. Ken- worthy was suspended Jast year by Commissioner Landis following investigation of a deal Kenworthy made to go to Portland club while he was manager of the Seattle club. Rivers telegram read: "Nothing as yet has been done in respect to disposing of the ser vices of Jim Middleton who man aged the club last year. CHICAGO. Dec. 13. Al Dema- ree. former National league pitch er wUh the Philadelphia club to night was signed to play with the Portland club of the Pacific coast league. Demaree at one ume man- on by the major leagues yesterday aged the Portland club. WW 1 I i ? f-t VICK BROTHERS t Used Car Bulletin ---- $600 SEE THESE Late Chevrolet Sedan .... . . Runs like new. Overland 90, excellent shape!. ...$100 1922 Oakland Sport ...... ...:...-$650 1922 Oakland Touring, like new $750 Studebaker touring, new paint $300 Ford Truck with body and cab $275 1918 Ford Touruig . J.. $100 1918 Chevrolet Touring .... J. ...$100 Motorcycle Indian J ......$50 12 Ton Truck with body and cab v in good condition .. L.J.....$300 Terms to responsible parties - 1 ' ' -i ? - . : - . ' I . ' VICK BROTHERS High Street at Trade First Contest in New Gym nasium Will Be With i Alumni Aggregation First of the high school basket ball games will be played here in the new gymnasium Monday night when the red and black quintet meets a picked team from the alumni. Eighteen games will be played this season, nine of which will be on the home floor. Two letter men are being used as a nucleus for a team this year, atterson, captain, and Fallin. Some good material is turning out among the 35 candidates, and Coach Hollis L Huntington will have little difficulty in selecting h 8 forwards and guard. The lack of a center is causing some concern as there are only two con tenders for the position, Drager of Grant junior high, and Gould, who played end on the football team last Beason. Two days after the students ga ther following the holiday recess will see the opening game, with Salem playing Newberg at New- berg. One good trip has been ar ranged by Arthur Hamilton, man ager, when Salem plays The Dalles and -Hood River January 11 aud 12. - .-1- With the season rapidly ap proaching the opening contest, work of pruning the5 candidates will begin by Coach Huntington in order that he may be able to give his squad his personal atten tion. Games will be played as fol lows: December 17 Salem vs. alumni. January 4 Salem at Newberg. January 11 rAt The Dalles. January 12 At Hood River. iai'uary 16 -At Chemawa. .; ;mu,iry 1 8 SUverton here. January 19--Newberg here.f January 22 Eugene here. ' . February 1 -At Dallas. February 6 At 3ilverton. : February 8 Monmouth here. February 13 Dallas here. February 15 Stayton here. February 19 At Independence. February 22 Independence here. February 27 At Eugene. February 29 At Stayton. j man at Walla Walla, and Feb. 22. Whitman at Eugene; Feb. 23. Idaho at Eugene; Feb. 25 and 26, Washington at Seattle, and Feb. 29 and March 1, OAC at Corvallls. In addition to this schedule, Coach Rinehart will take his squad on a "barnstorming" tour during the Christmas holidays, and they will also tangle with several amateur teams in differ ent sections of the state. This will pive the men some valuable experfence, and also give the coach a chance at a line on the ability of his men, it was reported. Football Coaches Meet At Albany Next Saturday Football coaches from every school in the Willamette valley aro going to meet at Albany Sat urday to arrange 1924 gridiron schedules for their respective schools. . Last year this plan was first carried out by the coaches of the valley, who met at Corvall.'s and there arranged their schedules in stead of by correspondence. The games were decided upon and all teams were satisfied. As the plan seemed to be successful this year, the coaches are meeting again td plan their football schedules. Idaho Sheriff Ordered To Surrender Office SAND POINT, Idaho, Dec. 13. William Kirkpatrick was today ordered to surrender his office as sheriff of Bonner county, by dis trict Judge W: F. McNaughtoi after a hearing on the ouster suit brought by the county attorney to compel Kirkpatrick to accept dis missal by the county commission ers. Kirkpatrick was convicted in federal court recently of conspir acy to evade the prohibition laws. Fred A. Hanson of Priest river. appointed by the r commissioners several days ago, Is the new sher iff. TO SMOKER FREE Special Attraction on Boxing Program Tuesday Night, days Bums The next smoker at the Salem armory, according to .MatcnmaKer Paul Burris of the Portland box ing commission, will be ladies night. This will be Tuesday night, Dec. 18, and women will be admitted free of charge. As a special attraction for the fans of the fair sex a special at-tj traction has been added to the prograta, This will be an exhibi tion bout between the Fox twins oil Independence. The-maln event of the evening will be between Bill Hunt of Sa lem and Eddie Richards of Portland. DOTS LETTER IS on Insanity Expert Says Alton uovell Has Mentality ot 11 Year Old sister, telling her to tell nothing. Ivucille Covell, 14 year old sis ter of the 16 year old defendant, was the star witness for the prose cution against her brother. With out any emotion and perfectly self-contained, she testified that her uncle and brother had plan ned the murder and that Alton had killed his stepmother, Mrs. Ebba Covell, by strangling her with ammonia. She said the uncle, Arthur Covell, directed the boy how to apply the ammonia. The girl was unable to assign any motive for the crime and gave no excuse for not telling about the plans, which she said she had known for a month previous to the murder. She said she could do nothing to stop it. When the state rested,; Grant Corby, defense attorney, moved to quash the indictment. This motion will be argued tomorrow. Dr. S. E. Joseph, insanity ex pert of Portland, was put on the stand by the defense. He said he had examined Alton Covell . in Multnomah county some months ago and found him at the age of over 15 years to have the mental ity of a boy 11 years and that he was about 40 per cent deficient mentally. - PORTLAND, Ore.. ; Dec. 13. Frankio Murphy. New .Orleans boxer, won a foul over George Lamson, Omaha heavyweight, in the sixth round of their scheduled ten-roujnd bout here tonight. Lam eon was cautioned several, times for hitting low and in the sixth round the . referee stopped tfbe fight and-awarded it td Murphy. In the other ten-round, bout Joe Dunn, Portland welterweight, and Young Carmen of San Jose, Cal., went to a draw decision. ; TACOMA, Wash., Dec. 13. Johnny Trambitas, Portland light weight, and Johnny Jordan of Ta coma, battled a slashing six-round draw in the feature event of the Tacoma Elks Christmas: fund box ing show here tonight. ! George Sollis. Salt Lake featherweight, knocked out Jimmy Rivers of Ta coma in the third round of the other match scheduled for, fix rounds. - ' Frankie Britt. Tacoma feather, shaded Mike de Pinto in the top four-rounder and was awarded the decision. . " j. "Spark Plug" Boyd, Aberdeen 160 pounder, and Hank Rykor. of Tacoma, drew, and Doc Snell, Ta coma 122-pounder, and Eddie Neil A COQUILLE, Or., Dec. 13, In the'trial of Alton Covell charged with first degree murder in the circuit court at Coquille, the state rested Tts case late today, after introducing a written confession which the boy defendant had giv en at the time when the grand jury was investigating the case and also a letter be was alleged to have written while in jail to his THE XMAS STORE FOR MEN Let Us Help You Sekct His Gift Prom Our ' Large Showing THE MAN'S SHOP Zosel. Duds For Hen. Cooley. Z7 CUT OUT NEATLY The Oregon Statesman's Uig Automobile Prize Contest Good for 10 Votes For Address This Coupon, when neatly cut out and brought nr mailed to The Contest Department of THE WREGON STATESMAN, will count for the person whose name ife writ ten thereon.. . v ' Cut cut neatlyl Void after Dec 15, 1923. '- - Basketball Prospect at Oregon Strong This Year F.UGENE, Ore., Dec. 13. Bas getball prospects at the University of Oregon loom bright this year with seven . lettermen In school, and an intensive practice schedule has swung underway. The sevei veterans are Bohler trained men, and this year they are expected to develop into a for midable machine. George Bon ier, who resigned as coach 1 last year, spent two years in training this squad, and his system is be- 1 lieved to be very effective. This year William Rinehart. who learn ed the rudiments of the game in 1920 under Bohler, will coach, anl he is expected to follow out t he general program. Hugh Lath am. '24, of SUverton, Ore., is the only member of the famous 1920 3quad left, and he Is expected to be a great help in organizing the five this season. He was the un animous choice of all critics for the all-coast position of center. -Orepon faces a hard 13-game sohPdiiW thfrs yf.ir, of whf h six win hi: jliyed in Eugene. The ilft .M'biiulo fir it-mnn is as follows: . 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