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DMXUT CAPITAL JOUINAA, iALBM. OUOOll, 8ATUBDAT,. FEBRUARY 7, 1914.
Negotiation About Closed for Athletic
Director Who Ha Had Wonderful
Success at Willamette.
FACULTY'S ATTITUDE NOT
HELPING SPOKT MUCH
Salary at Eastern Institution Is Also
Much More Satisfactory Than One
Being Paid Here.
NewB leaked out today tlint a doal
was noaring Its consummation whereby I
Dr. 0. J. Sweetland, athletic director at
Willamotte university and recognized
as one of the bent coaebos in the north
west will take charge of athletics at an
eastern institution next year. The sal
ary offored is understood to be the rea
son for the change.
It has been known for some time that
Dr. Sweetland had boon receiving many
offen from institutions both on the
coast and in the east. The fact that he
had turned down so many inviting of
fers in the past and remained here led
many to form the opinion that he was
a permanent fixture.
Dr. Sweetland refuses to talk at pres
ent but he would not deny that a large
number of telegrams had been passing
back and forth between himself and an
eastern si'hool and that the deal was
practically closed.
While the increased salary is given as
the main reason why Dr. Sweetland is
planning to leave Willamette, it is un
dorstood that tho attitude the faculty
took toward athletics during thopast
football season has no small influence
in strengthening tho doctor's determina
tion to accept a new position for the
next season. Tho faculty passod a
ruling that no teams, athletic or Other
wise, shnulil trnvel nrl Rnnilnv nnA pa
a result tho Willamette football team have been found on tho oast end of tho
did. not lcnvo tho city Inst Benson, camptiB digging post holes for tho croc
I)r. Sweetland had worked very hard tioii of a fence that is to enclose add
to bring in good men and to build up itions that aro boing mndo to the nth
a football team ihut would be able to 'lotie field in order that a 220 straight
do tho school credit, and after having J away may bo laid out and tho sizo of
tho schedule nil arranged and tho team i tho baseball diamond increased.
whipped into condition he found him
i: Tt'. becii'i'" of tho faculty ruling,
only able to meet one tenni of the con
foreuco class hist season. Of course
Willametto 's defeating Oregon gnve
great credit to the doctor but that was
not nil he wanted. 11 o had planned t6
dofont other teams and was sorely dis
appointed in not being able to meet
them.
He Had Wonderful Succoss.
This is Dr. Sweetland ' fifth year at
Willametto university. When he took
charge of athletics hero he found all
branches of sports badly run down, a
poor gymnasium and poor athletic field. '
During the five years ho hns been hero
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tie hi worked marvels at turning o.it
good teams with scanty supply of ma
terial to choose from and has made no
end of permanent improvement to the
athletic field and the gymnasium.
His work at coaching the teams and
turning out such competnet contenders
for the highest honors in the different
sports has made his ability well knoivn
throughout te entire nortwest and he
is recognized as one of the beet author
ities on sports on the coast as well as
being placed by the Bide of Dobie as
one of the two best football tutors in
the northwest.
.Next year because of the increased
supply of athletic material attracted kv
his superior coaching Willamotte will
be in a position to make herself felt in
conference circles in every branch tn
sports. It is only a matter of the time
for meeting of the conference represen
tatives rolling around until Willam
ette will join the big ring and will be
classed among the best athletic insti
tutions in name as well as in reputa
tion. Many Improvement.
During the doctors stay at the local
university he has oy hard labor on the
part of himself and tho studonts, whose
co-operation he seems to have the fac
ulty of retaining at all times, mado
many important improvements at
a very small cost to the student body,
The gymnasium has boon remodeled
and a regular sizo basketball floor.
commodious locker rooms and a big
shower bath room added to its equip
ment. The football gridiron which was
I in miserable condition baa been tiled
and by next season it will be difficult
to find a field in tho northwest that
will equal it. A quarter mile track has
been constructed entirely by volunteer
work and it is recognized as one of tho
best tracks iu the state. Several coast
records have been equaled on it. Two
large grandstands have been built. Two
baseball diamonds have boon crowned
and when improvements now under way
are completed will be in the best of
condition. Four tennis courts havo
boon laid out and placed in condition.
An indoor track has been built in the
stadium, dirt from the basement of the
new supreme court library and student
labor boing used.
Dr. Sweetland, himself has done an
endless amount of hard work in getting
theso things accomplished. He may be
found almost any forenoon, rain or
shine, working some place about the
campus improving something connected
with the athletic equipment of the in
stitution. Always Busy.
Hud an interview with the doctor
been desired this morning ho would
After the athletic standards have
been raised as high as they havo almost
entirely by the personal effort of the
doctor tho students and nliinini aro
unanimous in their desiro to havo him
remain until ho has conched Willom-
otto teams with Willamette a member
of tho northwest conference.
They Wont Him Here.
Both the students mid alumni who
have been told of tho fact that the doc-
tor will likely not bo hero next Boason
say they will take every moans within
their power to prevent it. JuBt what
shapo tho action will take has not been
decided, the matter not coining up
until this afternoon. However, a dras-
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tic effort will be made to retain the
doctor and it must of necessity take
form immediately if anything in the
way of changing the doctor's deter
mination to go east is to be accomplished.
MILL CITY ATHLETIC CLUB
DEFEATED BY LOCAL TEAM
The Mill City Athletic club weut
down to defeat at the hands of the
Capital Business College Thursday
night in the fastest game of basket ball
played on the Mill City floor this Bea
son by the score of 23 to 14. The M. C.
club were all bigger and heavier men
than the C. B. C. boys, out-weighing
them by 35 pounds. The game was
rough at all times, but the superior
team work of the College boys won the
game. This makes the fourth straight
victory for the C. B. C. team. W. C.
McCloud of Mill City referecd the
game.
BUD ANDEBSON IS FAT
BUT STILL MAKES CLAIMS
UNITUD rXESS LEASED WIRS.
Medford, Or., Feb. 7. Bud Anderson,
the Medford fighter, loft hero yester
day afternoon for San Francisco, where
he is matched to meot Bed Watson in a
20-round bout the latter part of this
month. Bud is fat and looks to weigh
about 148 pounds, but has been doing
some training at Vancouver, Wash., and
claims to bo in good condition, with the
exception of a sore right hand, which he
hurt in his workout with a soldier at
Vancouver barracks.
B. A. A. GAMES DBAW MANY STABS
united press leased wins.
Boston, Feb. 7. Nearly four hundred
athletes, including stars from New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore are
entered in tonight's indoor games to
be Tield by the Boston Athletic Asso
ciation at Mechanics Buliding, Dart
mouth, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Penn
sylvania and Cornell have entered ath
letes. A foatnre will be the Yale-Har-vahd-Cornelfrelay
race.
HIT HER ON JAW.
UNITED PBESS LEASED W1IIE.)
Los AngeleB, Cal., Feb. 7. "A right
swing to the jaw was his favorite blow
and ho landed it whenever he felt like
it,1' was the assertion of Mrs. Elsie
May Aldridge, in Judge Monroe's
court, where sho sought a divorce from
Bill Aldridge, former fight promotor
at Venice Sho got the decree with
$500 monthly alimony. Aldridgo weighs
200 pounds and his former wife 100,
O'LEABY TO MEET BUENS.
UNITED mKSS LEASED W111B.
Seattle, Feb. 7. Johhny O'Lcary,
the local lightweight yesterday accepted
terms for a 20-round bout with Frankie
Hums of Oakland. The bout will be
staged in Sacramento, March 20.
SALEM DEFEATS ALBANY.
Tho Salem high school dofeuled the
Albany high school in a basketball gnmo
nt Albany last evening by a score of
!) to 11. Albany got tho first half by
a score of 11 lo 7, but Salem speeded
up in the last half and secured a win
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Los Angeles, Feb. 7. Manager Hap
Hogan of the' Venice1 Tigers is satisfied
with the progress he has made in sign
ing 1914 team and believes that thero
will not be a serious holdout in bis
camp. Signed contracts have been re
ceived from the following players:
Pitchers: Klepfer and Griffin, hold
overs, Henley, by trade from San Francisco;-
Decannier, free agent; White,
purchased from White Sox; Flaherty,
purchased from Nashville; Chellotte,
purchased from St. Joseph; Edmond
son, recalled from Stockton. .
Infielders: Leard, purchased from
Oakland.
Outfielders: Captain Bayless and
Kane, holdovers.
Players to whom contracts have been
mailed:
Catchers: Elliott and Sterrett, hold
overs; Stephens purchased from Buffa
lo. Pitchers: Ferguson, Harkness and
Hitt, holdovers.
Infielders: Borton, purchased from
Jersey City; Litchi, nosp, McDonnoll
and O'Rourko, holdovers.
Outfielders: Carlisle, Malone and
Wilhoit, holdovers.
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Some time this winter a baseball
player will bust into the first page by
announcing that ho has not been ap
proached by the Federal League.
Not knocking T. Needham, constable
of Stubcnville, O., but if we wanted
to start a P. G. that's the place we'd
go.
Tom Needham has one sure way to
stop a P. G.. 'All he has to do is to
sit in. You can 't play poker when
you're broke.
The Indianapolis team, a tail-ender
in a minor league, is sold for $145,000.
This shows that, there is no money in
baseball.
Far be it from us to( knock gentle
men who aro pursuing a perfectly
honest calling, but if we owned the
Federal League we'd buy a couple of
baseball parks.
Sy hanging around the great golden
West tor a few more months Tommy
Murphy will learn to cntch tho elusive
flea. And, having learned to catch
the elusive fjea with a boxing glove,
'ie may one day ca'ch Willio Ritchie.
Tho Federals glean a lot of advertis
ing when they offer Ty Cobb $""1,000,
but gosh n'lmight, what if ho accepts it!
You can't blame Cincinnati for flirt
ing with the Federals. It hns supported
baseball long enough to deserve a reg
ular team.
Charlie Dooin is one of our best little
hustlers. Therefore, it is expected that
he will have at 1 act nino men signed
up by the time the season opens,
"Baseball magnates earn little mon
ey," says one of them. This is per
fectly true, but think of all they make!
Charlie Weegham is a game guy and
a glutton for punishment, but he re
fuses to stand by and seo a whole
league feeding off his lunch counter.
The report that the Yanks will start
work early leads one to remark that
the Yanks need it.
"Mike Mowrey becomes a Pirate,"
quoths a headline, giving one a sus
picion that he has become a baseball
magnate.
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I do not know how long my life will
bo
For I have had an awful, drinkful
pnst;
t do not know how long the time will
last,
When Old Man Time will swing his
scythe at me,
But this I know, and this is real dope:
So man cau say I was a whito man's
hope.
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The knowledge among the crooks,
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These important elements were given
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All sorts of unique and different tests
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Greensboro, Pa., Feb. 7. The bodies
of John McFadden, aged 22, and Miss
Anna Lutz, aged 20, wore found sit
ting upright in an automobile two miles
east of Ligonier yesterday. Each had
been shot through the heart. Miss
Lutz's arms were about McFadden's
neeK.
The police believe McFadden killed
the girl and then shot himself but no
cause for the tragedy is known. -McFadden
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Washington, Feb. ".A conference
between several western governors and
heerctary of the Interior Lime will bo
held hero in the near f utiiro to discuss
tho irrigation situation. Secretary Lano
sent a letter yesterday auggcstiiiir such
n meeting to tho executives of Wash-!
ington, Oregon, California, Montana,
Nevada, Arizona, and other western
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Cashier company, for which a receiver
has been asked in Portland, yesterday
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