ISPORTS PORTLAND TEAM ISREADY TO BEG FORBERTH IN N. W. NOW

GARRY TRIES TOGET BIG LEAGUEHEADS TOGETHER

(Halted Vrrmn Lraard Wire.)

NEW YORK, Dec. 6. — TheJoint meeting of the major

league, propound in Chicago byGarry Herrmann, Is so far as Newfork 1b concerned, Just "hearsay•vldence."

Harry Hempstead, president ofthe Giants, and Colonel Ruppert,president of the Yankeee, pro-fessed the deepest ignorance re-garding Herrmann's plot to havethe leagues battle It out in thesame room. President Tener of theNational league, so far as heknows, has not been consulted

about it. They also hold thatGarry's plan to nhoo Uiem intoChicago Jaat after the Nationalleague meeting here next week,probably will strike a snag thatwill set the Joint meeting back tothe day of the national commis-sion meeting to be held in ChicagoJan. 7.

Trouble now seems' to circulateabout the player limit. Ban John-son and other American leaguerswant to slash it.to 18. The Na-tional league wants the heavierroster. Gov. Toner's idea in towait until something really hap-pens before crying.

BOXING IS GREAT AIDTO BAYONET TRAINING

SAYS WILLIE RITCHIE(Kditor'H Note—Tliis la the

first of a series of arHcles onthe value of boxing to tfimsoldier. They are preparedespecially for The 'Hun's byWillieRitchie, former king oflightweight)) and now boxinginstructor at Camp Lewto.)

BY WILLIE RITOHIK

r^jS/saine. The same

<^?1" rules hold gooda both. The soldier who Is afood boxer will be a good bayonetfighter.

It Is difficult to teach bayonetfighting. If two men are armedwith bayonets and told to thrust•nd plunge at each other the fearOf serious Injury makes the prac-tice ladylike, while If they fightwith a dummy the dummy has no

comeback and the practice is afaroe.

But in a good clean boxingmatch, there 1b just enough of theelement of danger to make a red-blooded man stand up and takehis medlc'.ne and do his best to re-turn the dose. He becomes self-reliant and quick on his feet andwhen be becomes expert at pro-tecting himself from glove blowsand returning them without losinghis balance you can be pretty surehe will be handy with a bayonet.

I have divided the work atcamp so that I give personal in-structions to every unit twice aweek and in the meantime otherboxers train the men accordingto the war department regulations.

By the time this division isready to move to the world's ringI hope to have every man able tohandle his fists in a creditablemanner. I know that if h* knowshow and knows that he knowshow he'll make it hot for someGerman when it comes to work-ing with the grooved blade.

IJETER'S QI IFFLE *l

BOXING FAN 8' RUBAIYATWake, for the time has surely come to quitThe ringsides where the burly hams, unfit,Have hugged and rassled for an hourAnd neither one has scored a decent hit.

Myself when young did eagerly frequentThis figbt and that and didn't care a centHow punk they were, but evermoreThey've got to show the goods to get the rent.

Old timers hark back into other years and tellOf those who fought their battles, fought them well.And didn't how) about a quarter pound in weightAnd at the guarantee they didn't yell.

But they are gone and with their going cameA brand hew pack to shuffle into fameWho care not for the public—Just the coin.Or give a whoop about the future game.

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l>las(«l all hope* of findingont about our neighbors."Who's Tour Neighbor?" hasbeon dynamited by OommbvRloner PeMK and his oemorboard.

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Modenty, by toe «aj, is also oneof the .Jiicf virtu**) of moot ringmjr*i#t±. "That guy coultln't lickme witli a nia( Imi. mm," «-w .. !\u25ba«•---lag tine favorite example thereof.

> • •If Benny Leonard doesn't

quit knocking out every op-ponent, there won't be aham in the country willing tomeet him pretty soon. Lookwhat he did to little GeneDelmont last night.

• • •A. 0. wants to know If Yost

•ones his Fortune when he takesfcts right guard out of a game.A. 0. might know that we don'tanswer that kind of questions.

• • •Someone touted a bonib

over the hark fence and

BEZDEKTOHELP TEAM

IVmUr4 Prt-.« I t-a.rd Wlre.lEUGENE, Or, Dec. 6.—Hugo

Besdek willleave for Mare Islandtomorrow to ooach the marinefootball team for the PasadenaCame with the AMentown ambu-

SUIT TO ORDER•10.00 —Union Made— I

When own goods are fumiabed. ;

GLASGOW TAILORS020 11th St.

*\u25a0— 'ALTHO MANY YOUNO BOX-ERS OF OUR FAIR COCtmiYBOAST OF THEIR BRAVERY INBATTLE. IT BEEMB TO B* ANADMITTED FACT THAT THEYHAVE A WONDERFUL TEN-DENCY TO KEEP AWAY FROMMACHINE GUNS AND OTHERSIMILAR IMPLEMENTS.

• • •Tin- A. A. V. is hmlng its pip.

It's actually going to allow aRprint record in whirh tfie tapeused was pink inst<.nl of tile con-ventional white.

lance corps el«vcn New Tear's day,he said today.

Immediately after the game hewill go east to lay plans for the1918 Beacon of the PitUburgpirates, of which he i« manager.

Steamers Tacoma andIndianapolis for Seattle

Lmt* Municipal Dock. Tarn.

• :••. T:M. »:ll p. m. usm%raalaat «»4 rlaaal M*«m*rm.

Single Far* «*c. Hound Trip Jia,•. •. Jium, Act.

OffloM Wuni<-lp«l l>o. It M. t4UL

$ \u2666'\u2666 \u2666 \u2666\u2666\u2666\u2666«>\u2666\u2666\u2666«>\u2666\u2666$> 4>••> HAINTS AND NINNKRB *\u2666 111,1,1* BOYM AT CAMP •«, 4><J> Soldiers of Camp Lewis \u2666'<• are beginning to benefit from \u2666••• that famous baseball game %# staged in Los Angeles a few \u25a0'•\u25a0

:•> weeks ago between a team *J•c of "saints" managed by Hilly -•>

" Sunday and a team of "sin- \u2666<S> ners" In charge of DougJas #<•\u25a0 FnirUuiks. . $

* A big packing box filled *\u25a0r with baseball and football \u25a0'-

i> paraphernalia was received f>

* at the camp yesterday after- •••<k> noon from the Sunday-Fair- **< banks committee, purchased \u2666

••\u25a0 with funds from the game. \u2666•\u25a0 Among other things, the box #•\u25a0 contained 10 dozen boxes of \u25a0•

\u25a0»\u25a0 baseballs, 89 bats, 43 base- •\u25a0•' ball gloves and mitts, :'.\u25a0\u25a0< i

<v boxes running shoes, and 22 •>

$ boxes football shoes. <t>

Stadium HighTurns TablesOver Lincoln

Lincoln high school, which hasalways held soccer honors in Ta-coma, got a rude jolt yesterdayafternoon when Stadium high wonthe first intersiholastlc soccorgame of the season, 2-0. TheStadium team showed the re-sults of hard practice and althothe field was a sea of mud, theNorth Bnders proved much fasterthan their rivals.

Players: Stadium — Hagoas,Aldrich, Berg, Becker, Kirkpat-ricli, Crusoe, <Holen, Washburn,Paullk, Wilson; bincoln — Fox,Hartley, Curry, Mullen, Oonrad,Morris, Brooke, Qaylord, Billett,Due vel.

Short Wall NoHelp to Yanks

(I nl>"ll I'rru I r>uD Wlrt. I

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—Figurescompiled here today show that sofar us the Yankees are concernedthere is no advantage to a homeclub in the short right field wallat the Polo grounds. VisitingAmerican league clubs made morehome runs on the Polo groundsthan did the Yankees.

Frank Baker and Wally Plppfound favor with the right fieldwall, but Tim Hendryx droppedfive balls in the left field bleach-ers.

Only nine drives were made intothe right field stands by Yankeesluggers. There were 19 homeruns credited to the Yankees to allsections of the field, while visit-ing players accumulated 23.

Tex Guinan InApollo Drama

Texaa (.uinan, in her latest

film micoesH, "Fuel of Life," at

the Apollo

Texas Guinan, the famous act-ress, has a big part in "Fuel ofLife," the strong Triangle photo-play which is at the Apollo. Sheis a beautiful actress and addsmuch to the success of this ex-cellent feature. Belle Bennett isthe starred actress, and she hasan especially strong role am thefinancial siren who Bchemes toget a mine away from Bob Spald-ing, owner of the Bob-Cat.

Co. E WinnerCompany E defeated company

D by a score of 21 to 19 In anintra-reginientail basketball gameof the 361st infantry yesterdayafternoon* Players: 00. E—Cave, Melcher. Hailing, Johnson;Co. D^—Beck man, Stecher, Cram-er, Schoff, Hamlet, Shelton,Jacobs.

ROSE BUSHESBWBET PKAB, GLAniOLCBOut Flowers, Funeral

DesignsNorthwestern Floral Co.

MAIN AASn.NORTH HTH M TADOMA avk

Spain has Invaded Broadway.No less than three companion ofSpanish dancers are showing NewYork "something new."

With the arrival of two newSpanish dancers in town, MinnaValieri, who has been dancing in"Maytime" at the Shubert theater,has Issued an invitation to herrivals, Li'Argentine, in the "Landof Joy," a new porduCtion at thePark theater, and Tortola de Val-encia, who has been engaged forthe "Miss 1917" at the Century.

Miss Valieri wants to arrange aspecial matinee at which she can Imatch her skill against the others—the contest to decide which isthe most graceful and expert inSpanish dancing, and which hasgreatest endurance.

At the top is Tortola de Valen-cia, on the right Is Minna Valieriand inset is L'Argentlne.

Division TeamPlays In RainWith a cold rain slapping

agaloHt them, making the ball andfield equally slippery and difficultto navigate, players of the 91st di-vision all-cantonment team wentthru a stiff practice yesterdayafternoon preparatory to Satur-day's game with the Fort Stev-ens team. Coach Stan-ton saysthe team is In splendid shape.

No definite information hasbeen received yet concerning theproposed trip of the team to Cali-fornia during the holidays.

Collins WillJoin Colors

tl'aKrd Crm l.M.rri Wire.)

CHICAGO, Dec. 6.—Eddie Col-lins, White Sox second baseman,will enlist In the army beforespring, according to Ban Johnson,president of the American league.Johnson said this afternoon he

Ihad received a letter from Collins,announcing such an Intention. Col-lias hn« a wife And two children.

THURSDAY. DEC. 6, 1917. - THE TACOMA TIMES - PAGE SIX.

AMUSEMENTSChinese or Not, He Has Inside

Dope on Orientol Mystery Lore

There may be Nome doubt in the minds of Pantngea au<li-cn<K'.s uhwlnr Neck Himmi In a regular Chinunum or not. Butthere is no doubt that he is a w ondnr at Oriental my?-t it-ism, re-gardless of liis nationality. Nee k Sum hat* a (lock of geese inhis hat and ducks galore in every door knob thut he tinu lion. Hehas been aomrctad headline honors on tiie new bill.

Spain Invades Broadway

Mclntyre MayGet a Match

(Suing to Portland tomorrowIto referee a boxing show there,Chet Mclntyre, athletic Instructorof the Smelter Athletic club, willtry to Induce promoters In theRose City to sign him up withsome fast heavyweight. Mcln-tyre Is anxious to continue In theboxing game, and there are sever-al heavies along the Willamette.Mclntyre will referee the JohnnyMcCarty-"Kayo" Gilbert bout Fri-day night.

Nutty Newsilnlird Preiw I rn.nl Ulrf.)

M.W YORK, I«v. (I.—llinnine leading teams in the an-nual six ilay Mrqrcle race a 1Madixon Hquaiw <lardrm hadtraveled 1,447 mtlf* >nnl onelap at the end of «*h- 81sthour, » it. m. today. l/inartwas leading.

The record for the timenimuiinnl to 9 a. m.. Is 1,6 1

wMm

BIG LEAGUE MAGSTRYING TO FIGURE

HERMANN'S PLAN

TODAY'S BILLSATTHE THEATERS: HKD <'KOHN DAY

; AH TmoniH ISI. .tin - will <l<>-; nut* tlie ktosn rc< <>i|>i*. of r>|.

; day's matinee, ittv. 7, «o *lieI IUmI (ihm for relief work ou

111 ' lMllli|.l-;ui hiilllf-rii'llls.I'ANTAOKR

"Hong Kong Mytiteriea,": «i'li \ ii.d. »in,-.

iiii-roiuiDMi;Aline Tedtly, famous boar;

"iili vaudeville.

MOVIESCOLONIAL

"I!.m. L.i.iK for 11..- Moon," '.M-ith Dourl&s Kairlutnks. :

AI'OLLO :"Fuel of Ute," with Bolle;

Itciini-11. \u25a0

MKLBOUnVK"The Flaming Omen," with

Mary Anderson. !LIBERTY :

"A Mtfht at the Show"; iwith Chaplin. <

Heart Throb InVitagraph Play

To find the suitor of his daugh-ter to be his own son was the ex-perience of an English merchantof wealth in "The FlamingOmen," Vitagraph feature, to beshown at the Melbourne for thelast time today. The wrath ofhie wrongdoing comm to him andth« eon, offspring of an Incaswoman, returns to his peop.loleaving h!s loved one behind.Mary Anderson and Alfred Whit-man play the leading roles in thisfascinating play of mysticism.

Fairbanks HasClever Comedy

Young Alexis Brown stood forbeing bombed, hurled into a capal,and plotted against every secoidby usurpers, but when they triedto ninke him marry a princesswho looked like a "comic valen-tine," as be termed, it was toomuch.

The American-born king wasforced to fight a duel before hegot away, but how he escaped isamusingly unfolded In "Reachingfor the Moon," the Douglas Fair-banks feature at the Colonial thisweek.

$> ANOTHEn VICTIM <S>\u2666 «<S> (By United Press.) <3><$> ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. G. *$> —"Now you'll stay down," Q><8> said Benny Leonard, light- I<S> weight champion, putting 4\u2666 over a left hook to the wind #\u2666 on Gene Delmont, of Mem- #4> phis, in the eightli round of ?><$> a scheduled ten round bout $<8> here laßt night. And Del- $><?> mont did—for the count. <$>

Asking $5,000For Hendricks

(United Vrrnm Ini-r.l 'Wire.)

INDIAAPOLIS, Ind., Dec. 6.—Jack Hendricks' chance of man-aging the St. Ixnils Cardinals nextyear depended today on the deci-sion of a group of Indianapolisbusiness men to accept the priceset by Owner McGill on hia ballclub. If the deal with the localmen goes thru it will be under-stood Branch Rickey can haveHendricks for |5,000.

Depot BrigadeHas Mitt StarsWlki, Wilii,-KltrhJe stage*)

bin all-rantonmont boxingchaniplon.Hliip tournament,the Hiiiih depot brigade willbe able '»> tin1 n n<«><l ac-count of Itself. Aim.in; thenew boxers entered in the de-pot brigade are Frank ieBurns, famous young light-weight of Oakland, Oal., Dan-ny O'Brien, and One I&oundll<>k;im. both of whom arewell known init isirrs on tliePacific coaxt.

348 th HoldsScore to Tie

Rain and a slippery field keptall but two football teams of theInter-regimental Reries at CampLewis from playing yesterday'sBcheduled games. The only gamewas between the 348th field ar-tHlery and the 361st infantry.The 348th was lighter than the361 st ,mii managed to play aclever defensive game and heldthe heavier, faster eleven to a6-6 tie.

Two former Tacoma stock fav-orites, Robert McKim and his wife,Dorcas Matthews, appear in sup-port of William S. Hart in "TheSilent Man," which will be offeredat the Colonial Sunday.

"The Silent Man" is a big pic-ture made for Artcraft by Ince,

COAL•WINGATE AND POCAHONTABWE GIVE 8. A M. OREEN

TRADING STAMPS

GriffinTransfer1080 Commerce «t.

Main 589

MOVIES\lt's Not True—About Charlie

Somebody has been trying to make the world lielieve that youwouldn't know Charlie Chaplin off the stage, or out of the camera —he's that serious. It isn't true. Either Charlie can make himselfluiißh, in real as well as in reel life, or somebody else can, M this pic-ture of him taken in Honolulu shows. Do the little Hawaiian, Chi- ,i.c.-.)' and Japanese boys like Charlie as well as Young America does?Answer quick.

Chaplin has just returned from his vacation In Honolulu, andthe picture came on the name steamer.

Former Tacoma Stock Co.Actors Appear With Hart

and Hart has the role of a mlnefdefrauded by scoundrels. Mowthe cheaters are worsted is thrill-Ingly told.

An added feature of the Sunday'billwill be the seat war film, "Th*Tanks in Action at the Retreat o(the Germans in the Liattle OfArras."

LIBERTY THEATER (Near Cor. 9th &Pac. Ay.)The Uiggest and It»-M Ventilated l'l> lure Houac on VaritU- uv.

FOUR DAYS, STARTING TODAYCHARLIE CHAPLIN

—I*—"THE CHAMPION"

Cttarita In a "White Hope" and with ihe aasifttance of hi*bulldog and the horacxlioe which he picked up (or go<xl lurk onhis way to tli«> prize ring, both of which he uw-d on ttie " lirnbe^*with the re«mlt that (liarlie in declared champion of the world.

Too funny to write about. Outne and nee him at the MbertjrThrmior. It Is a never ending line of fan that capture*, everyMrtienoa.

Warning: If laughing annoy* yon don't come.

A SharpshooterWatch for Announcement of Prize

Contest Open to All Men ofCamp Lewis Which Will

Appear LaterEXCLUSIVE MILITARYPHOTOGRAPHERS

Liberty StudioThe Only Studio in Tacoma That Has Two Operating

Booms. Money Cheerfully Refunded IfNotSatisfied.

13Hi & Pacific Aye.. French Block