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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX. 3IOXDAT, MARCH 29, 1DOO. 13 FANS EAGER FOR MEMBERS OF CASEY'S NORTHWESTERN TEAM WHO ARE PRACTISING AT MEDFORD. CASEY BUBS UP CRY, 'PLAY BALL' ffTTT. 1 ifDFORD AGA N Followers of Game on Tiptoe Because of Opening of Season Tomorrow. BEAVERS' CHANCES GdfJD Toast League Win Have Six - Club Circuit for First Time Since 1 S 0 6 McCredie Has Strong Team. BY W. J. PETRAIN. 'or th first time since 190 the Pa li fic Coast League will inaugurate a leason tomorrow in which six clubs will start on the long race for the iasebnll championship of 1909.- When the season of 1906 started the pros pects of a successful year were bright Indeed. In fact, the aspect looked ......... .... ii utilising ai mat time than durlnsr the nrpvinn. eaaaA f1" hl hardly started when the San . . eannquane shook the or ganization, to Its foundation. Seattle was in the league then, and had it not been for the foresight and quick ac tion of Judge VV. V. McCredie, owner of the Portland club, who arranged to bring four of the six clubs north immediately. thereby switching, the schedule. It is doubtful whether the league would have survived. At that time Jim Morley. then owner . Uua Angeies team, did every thing in his power 'to disband his club B nH V. V a n Lr . 1 1 . L eague. kubs Hall, Who had charm rf thA .i was also wobbly as far as a continu- -"- mn scneauie was concerned. J resno. with tUt f.n... 1 u nuisance. Mike Fisher, at the helm w .. ready to quit. In the face of these obstacles and with only the support of the San FranrfnM nnri 1 1 . 1 . agements. the two clubs most injured .iuiiy. ounge Mcuredie suc ceeded In brlnsrins- nr,ar r, 1 . i which was only accomplished by the uwuuiuun or Morley at Ios Angeles, and the welcoming of Henry Berry and Ills associates in charge at that point. The season of 1906 was completed, and successfully Teo the fa of the practical loss Thft next vpd t- hAtn,n. - .. " ci , rvuss flail threw up his hands at Seattle and quit I-i w notion ne is blamed only because he had attended the (league meeting and assured the other , 1 ? ' "o wouia nave a team 1 at the KIHnir r k ' wii ins return to beattle lie had difficulty in interest- ... ..,,, lD nnance the team, and therefore deserted h rv T : and as a reward was given the Butte "-ne Northwestern League then organized. Hall could not have -?m IV"1 a. Coa8t LBue team in Se attle himself, and when he threw up tils hands it was necessary, owing to the short notice, to cut the circuit to tour clubs, and as such the league re mained until last Winter, when -it again expanded to six clubs by in stalling u team at Sacramento and Klvlng Los Angeles continuous ball by annexing Vernon. With a six-team circuit restored and all of the clubs apparently strength ened, the Pacific Coast League starts on Its seventh season with better pros pects than ever before. In fact It looks as though the game was to 'ex perience the most successful year In the history of the sport on the entire Pacific Coast. Tuesday afternoon at Oakland Los Angeles and Sacramento, the usual opening of the season parades will take place before the game, and the umpires will be delegated to call the players to order for the initial con test. Portland arrays Its strength against the champion Los Angeles team in the opening series, and as to the outcome there is much speculation The fans entertain great hopes. Walter McCredie, with his usual perseverance, has arrayed a collection of lithe young athletes whose . work In practice has been of the most prom ising order. Will he be successful? Undoubtedly, although it is too much to predict that he will win the pennant for such predictions often require backtracking. That he will be among the leaders seems assured. At any rate the fans are pulling for him to a man. and the bulletin boards will be surrounded by en eager crowd about 4 o clock Tuesday afternoon. The Port land and Los Angeles teams will line up with the following batting order tomorrow. Portland. Position.. Lo, An Ryan r K "' , Olson ...... S s V. PHly i;h"" KennVdV-::::::::::!1:;;;;;;;;;;- Gl,To5. Tlreen MR . union Armhruster . . . . . . c r VI CTVB SHOOTS OX NEW GROUNDS Multnomah Marksmen Open Season With Good Sport. The Multnomah Rod and Gun Club held Its first shoot on the new grounds at Multnomah Station yesterday morn ing, and a fairly representative num ber of marksmen was on hand.- Ellis was high man with an average of 87. while Shangle waa runner up with SS Per cent. Xe.xt Sunday the club members will old the first shoot of the season for the Inman diamond medal. On Satur days and Sunday mornings, the club men will indulge m practice shoots. The new shootina- .., . adjacent to the Oregon Klectric line at Multnomah Station, and are within " "r Portland. All club mem her, and their friends are Invited V the grounds. The scores of yesterday shoot are as follows: Emn Wangle .1 Carlton i"".riers Hudson . . . . Jung Mierry Transcolt ....... Mhi-u-11 Xl-rrls K r ith Shot at. Eroke. P '. C. --a 87 's.t so 7S 7 7" 73 . 100 . 11 ! so . 1JS 3 7.1 " r S! till BO .1 2ilso !T.."lltKI . inn 71 no 60 County Ball League Formed. HILLSBORO. Or.. Man.h clal.) At a meeting of baseball men from Banks. Beaverton. A'erboort 1-armiiigton and this city, held here to day, a county league wn tnrma continuous baseball by home teams. --piiner rorest urove nor Sherwood WAn iriantAH . 1. . . 1 - ' t.uw i ' i i ii r-r oeing in the State league. An executive com mittee, consisting of William Schul morich. Karmlngton: A. C. Shute, Hills bo ro: Anton Hermens, Verboort: U. O. Anderson, Beaverton: Charles Barrett Banks, and Robert Banns. Banks, waa appointed for organization. MAT CONTEST OFF Urlacher Compelled to Cancel Bout With O'Connell. MATCH ON FRIDAY NIGHT Portland Sportsmen Are Greatly Interested In Roller-Berg Clash, and Both, Athletes Are In the Best of Condition. Eddie O'Connell's match with Joe Ur lacher. of Rochester, which was sched uled for Tuesday night, is oft for the present. The Rochester, grappler sent a telegram from Omaha yesterday, an nouncing that he had returned Eas't ow ing to illness In his family. He tele graphed O'Connell to cancel the date, but requested that he be considered for a match later. This makes the third postponement for O'Connell in the last few weeks. The first was with Carl Busch, then came the Indian, War Eagle, and now it is Urlacher. The calling off of this match, especial ly after there had been a most flattering advance sale of tickets. Is disappointing to the fans as well as the patrons, for it would have undoubtedly been a good bout. However, the wrestling admirers will have a chance to whet their appe tites on the Roller-Berg contest, which is scheduled for Friday night, and which is not likely to be postponed, as both principals have posted deposits for their appearance. Dr. Roller is probably the most famous athlete in the Northwest. He . has en Joyed quite a successful career as a wrestler since he turned professional about two years ago, and has met and defeated several good men. In fact, his only reversal has been at the hands of the champion of champions among the wrestlers', Frank Gotch. Qotch defeated Roller at Seattle about a year ago, and i that match is talked of today as the best I match the Sound City ever witnessed. Roller's previous matches resulted in victories for htm, and he is now starting out on a second campaign, whereby he expects to earn a return match with the famous Iowa man. Roller's schedule will keep him hustling to retain his prowess, as well as to be on hand at the different points at which he has arranged matches. Tomorrow night he meets HJalmar Lundln at Seat- tie, and comes to Portland immediately after that bout to meet John Berg, known here as Toung Hackenschmidt. Roller believes he can beat Lundln eas" ily, but is not so sanguine about his chances with Jiarg. He has never seen Berg in action, but appreciates that the latter's tour of Europe with the famous George -Hackenschmidt, the Russian Lion, must have improved him consider ably since he was a youngster about Belllngham. The Seattle medico is planning an ex tended trip through the East, during which time he expects to visit his mother and also to make, his debut as a grap pler before the wrestling fans of that section of the country. Berg Is working out at Eugene. He went to the university town last week to meet Joe LaSalle in a wrestling bout. After defeating the former Chicagoan. Berg arranged to work out with him both have matches scheduled in the near luiure. Lasaiie is slated to meet O'Con nell in the next two weeks, and Berg hopes to be In sblendld condition for a gruelling battle with Roller Friday night. He works out daily, and has tested his foot so thoroughly that he be lieves it to be as strong as ever. Both wrestlers will be in Portland Thursday. BUTTE GOES TO PEXDLETOX Inter-Mountain Team AVill Train in Eastern Oregon City. PEXDLBTON. Or.. March M(an cial. ) James A. Barnes, manager of the Butte Inter-Mountain League team, left for home today after arranging to bring his team to this city for ten days training before the opening of the sea son. The players are expected to meet here April 10. Barnes was delighted with the Eastern Oregon climate, and is also confident he has signed up a winning bunch of players. Games will be played with a Pendle ton team, while La Grande. Baker Cltv and towns in Southern Idaho will be given games as the team returns to Montana to open the season. PORTLAND WINS FROM MAIERS Plays Game in Santa Ana, and Score Is 5 to 0. SANTA ANA. Cal.. March 28. The Portland team, of the Coast League, and the Maiers. of Loa Angeles, played iiere today. Portland won, S to 0. Score: R-H.Ej R.H.E. Portland 5 8 lj Maters 0 6 6 Batteries Ratney, Harkness. Garrett and Armbruster; Murray, Smith and Hoffman". Three Ball Team's in Albany. ALBANY. Or., March 28. (Special.) Albany will have several strong baseball teams this season. The High School will have a strong team. So i '"ww" . i.i.un 1 Ii ! Sy l M-TT j will Albany College, and the Alco Club will probably have the best team in the city. COMPANY E WINS MEET Soldiers of Vancouver Barracks Par ticipate in Indoor Atliletlcs. VANCOUVER, Wash., March 28.-(Spe-clal.) In the first indoor athletic meet at Vancouver Barracks Friday night E Company, First Infantry, won first honors with 22 points, B Battery was second with 12 points, and G and K Companies tied for third place, with six points each. Nearly all officers of the post, in cluding Colonel McGunnegle, the com manding officer, were present. Colonel McGunnegle proposes to hold these In door meets at regular Intervals. The officer' in charge was Captain R- S. Offley, Thirtieth Infantry ; referee. Captain C. Game, commissary First In fantry; judges of events. Lieutenants E. Caziarc, First Infantry; T. J. Smith, Fourth Field Artillery, and F. L. Whit ley, First Infantry; announcer. Lieuten ant R. T. Coiner, Engineer Corps; time keeper. Lieutenant x. C. Spencer, First Infantry; clerk of the course and scor er, Lieutenant A. C. McBride, Fourth Field Artillery. There were 16 events; winners and records made follow: Standing broad Jump Stanley, E Company llret; Rowe. B Battery, second, 9 feet 9 inches. Fence vault Burnley. 80 Inches, flrst; Hen derahott A Battery, second. 73 laches: 'Wil son. I Company. 72 Inches. One-round boxing- bout between TetUilofl and Stanley; decision given to Tension-. One-round boxing bout between McCullom and Jennlnge; draw. Tug-of-war between the Hrst elx compa nies and the last six companies of the First Infantry: won by the former. Horizontal bar contest Stanley, first: Co hen, Company K, second; Kuckenmelster. C Company, third. Rope climb, regulation height Rowe. B Battery, first, time 5 4-5 seconds; Wilson, third mPany' "econd; Webb, I Company. Side horse contest Won bv Stanley Flying rtngs Stanley, flret: Robeiloskl. C Company, second: Frost. K Company. tHtrd Pole climb, regulation height Final heat. Brann, B Battery, 5 seconds: Adams. B Com pany, second: Watson. B Batter-, third. Parallel bars Contest won bv Stanley: Kuckenmelster. second; Frost, third Long horse Kuckenmelster, first: Stanley, second: Daly, third. Potato race Brann, B. Battery, flrst; Mc Kenney. K Company, eecond; Coe. C Com pany, third. Wrestling match between Hind and Oshen one fall won by Hind on a pin fall, eecond fall won by Oshen on rolling fall. Tug-of-war A team from the Fourth Field Artillery won the match over the team from the flrst six companies of the First Infan try, which latter team trad won the flrst heat, giving the Battery team the honors. Form, class and execution were taken into consideration In giving the deci sions to the contestants. It is likely that the open field meet will be held some time in May. FANDOM AT RANDOM THEY'RE oft tomorrow at Los An geles. Oakland and Sacramento. Here's hoping Jack Graney enjoys better luck than on .his. first appearance here last year. ' ' Pa Dillon and Hen Berry are some what In doubt as to the pitcher tbey in tend to delegate against Portland. Bris walter, Hosp and Toxer are being groomed for the occasion. Pearl Casey has eight pitchers now at J Medford, and two more are due to arrive shortly. Those on hand are Chenault, Ames, Carnes, Pender, Osborne, McFar land. Gardner and Coleman. Kinsella and Guyn are yet to report. ' Phil Pnnnov- n i Ti . t i ( ... c vi uiu late Saturday night and left last night for -.-u.w.u. .in- nine lenuw announces that he is going to go some for Manager Oasey. Cooney says that he does not like the idea of having to play In the short Northwestern season when he has two offers from other teams in the Pacific Coast League. He says Casey and the McCredies have always proven square with him, so he intends to do his best to help Casey's bunch prove a winner. . Howard Mundorf has been rapping the ball so frequently of late that the San Francisco sciibes have forgotten that he is not a native son and now admit that he has a good chance of making the team. Mundorf is also putting up a splendid game at third. Charlie Irwin's San Francisco team in the outlaw league does not seem to pre sent a pleasing front, even to the press agent of the California State League According to the San Francisco press. Charley has selected a bunch of anti quated specimens for his Bay City team. Eli Cates is the latest member of the leapfrog fraternity. Eli performed in a highly creditable manner for Washington last year, but Manager Joe Cantillon de sired to -strengthen his brother's Minne apolis club and delegated Eli to report to that team. Eli Jumped to California instead. Ho says he likes the Coast bet ter anyway. Portland fans, at least those who pat ronized the games during the season of 1902, will remember Danny Hupp, who played infield and outfield positions that year. Well, Danny seems to be down and out in baseball, for he is advertising for a Job, preferably In a Class D league. Catcher Fournier. who was ordered north by Manager McCredie, seems to have been sent from San Luis Obispo to San Francisco, for he has wired from the Bay City for a ticket to Medford With Fournier and Beaumont stranded at California points. Hugh McCredie had .S.OWn troubIes trying to get in touch with them Saturday night. Charley Mullin. Casey's husky young first baseman, gave the fans of Med ford a touch of high life as far as bat ting was concerned, yesterday. In ad dition to annexing a couple of extra base hits, he skied one over the inclosure for the circuit s' Manager Joe - Cantillon, of the Wash ington Americans, has announced that Bobby Groom and Dolly Gray will be re tained by the Washington club. Groom and Gray were recently beaten by De troit. Gray distinguished himself by rapping out a homer, while Groom al lowed only three hits to the Tigers. Gray lost the game in the first inning, when Detroit scored three runs. Judge W. W. McCredie left last night for Seattle, where he is to hold court for several days. Judge McCredie is to sit on a case requiring the services of a Jurist from another district. He expects to return to Portland Thursday or Fri day. He says he will look over Dugdale's team If he gets a chance. . English pumps at Rosenthal's. Gallant Hopefuls Scamper Over Bases and Bang Out 8 -to -5 Score. CASEY HELPS HOME TEAM In Last Round He and Mullen Tickle Fans by Letting Medford Get in Three Runs Whole Team In dulges in Batting Carnival. BY WILL G. MAC RAE1 MEDFORD, Or., March 28. (Special.) Medford again fell before the savage artillery fire of Casey's recruits and when the smoke of the battle cleared, the score stood 8 to 5. In the last round Casey foozled Miles' poke, made a bad peg to first and then to help out the hilarity, Mullen, in trying to shoot the ball to the plate, heaved it to the fence, giving Medford a chance to score three runs. All this sent the fans away highly pleased and laughing heartily at Casey, who, I believe, deefc down, made the boot on purpose. Portland had the same three pitchers on the mound, and until boots caused! ay the chilly wind took possession of the mati nee, the local lads didn't have a look-in. Casey opened the fun, duplicat-ng his feat of yesterday with a two-bagger, flrst time up. Risley singled and stole second, and Bassey fanned out. Mullen, wno was the batting fiend of the day. clouded out a two-bagger, sending home Casey and Risley. Snanton's long single scored Mullen, then after resting for two rounds, Mullen slammed out a triple ani wound up with a home-run oyer the fence in deep left field, thereby earnine a. fanrv vest given by a local toggery man. Swan- ion stole second and scored whea Mc Farland doubled. AH this bombardment was mad off Gardner, but during the next two in nings tne long fellow escaped without a scratch. In the sixth, Troech einglec and after working his way to third. sco:-d on Casey's -single. The eighth canto was a screamer. With one down, Casey struck out, Risley hit for two cushions and Bassey was safe on Eifert's error. Mullen .. then came along with his home-run, clearing the bases. While Pender was working, Med ford failed to hit htm and they fared little better off Rex Ames. Medford's flrst two came in the fifth. Two errors and a single by Elfert accomplished this. St. John was playing the right field with out a glove and he dropped a long fly in the opening of the ninth. Antle walked and Osburn, who succeeded Gardner in the box, hit for two bases. St. John took care of the second fly that came his way and then Casey let Miles' poke get away from him. letting in the three runs. This will give the fans some idea how Portland hit the ball. Casey got a double and a single, Risley three singles and a double, Bassey a two-bagger and Mullen two two-baggens and a home-run. Swan ton two singles, McFarland a two-base swat and Troeh a single. Manager Casey is going to be swamped with pitchers. With the arrival of C. C. Carnes and W. Chinault today it makes eight twirlers who have reported and sttll there are two more to come. Fournier has wired for transportation and when he and Beaumont get here, it will make six catchers. What Casey wants now Is his infielders and one man for the outfield. The score by innings: R. H. E. Portland 440001 03 08 IS 6 Medford 0 0002000 35 4 4 Batteries Pender, McFarland, Ames and Troeh; Gardner, Osburn and Har rlgan. WHITE SOX SO. t BREAK EVEN Beat Vernon and Go Down Before Los Angeles. ; LOS AJJGELES, March 28. Two games were played between the White Sox No. 1 and the Los Angeles ball players of this vicinity Today. In the morning the Sox trimmed Vernon 4 to 0 and in the afternoon the Los Angeles employes of Henry Berry got back at them with a score of 2 to L A feature of the morn ing game was a four-bag hit by Cravath. Score: Morning game R.H.E31 R.H.E. Chicago 4 10 OJVernon 0 5 1 Batteries Smith and. Owens; Coy, Hens ley, Hogan and Kinkel. Afternoon game R-H.Ej RH.E. Chicago 1 6 0Los Angeles -.2 4 1 Batteries Sutor and Sullivan; Koestner and Orendorff. WHITE SOX NO. 2 WIN GAME Beat Seals in Comedy of Errors toy Score of 5 to O. SA"N FRANCISCO, March 28. The Seals and White Sox No. 2 Indulged in a comedy of errors at Recreation Park today, the White Sox winning, 5 to 0. Today's game made the honors even In the five-game series, one of the matches having resulted in a tie. Score: R- H. E. R. H. EL San Fran. .0 5 5Sox No. 2... 5 9 1 Batteries Willis, Henley and Berry; Altrock, White and Payne. Albany Girls Beat Salem. ALBANY. Or.. March 28. (Special.) 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