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0 BATTLE GAUNTLET HURLED AT LEAGUE TWO ENTRIES IN PORTLAND FAIR AND LIVESTOCK RACES NEXT WEEK. Any Suit or Overcoat $15 Tfin National Baseball Commission Turns Down Demands of American Association. THE MORNING OKEGONIAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1911. Dumidee Any Suit or Overcoat $15 Woo lien BITTER FIGHT THREATENS AVestern Organization Granted Till September 10 to Return Answer for Peace or War, by Game's Governing Body. . CINCINNATI, Aug. 31. Whether the American Association will withdraw from the National agreement and de clare war on major leagues is now up to the members of that organiza tion, the National Baseball Commission having denied all its demands at meeting here today. The commission gave the American Association until September 10 to an swer whether it will operate under the National agreement and whether or ganlzed baseball will continue to flourish in the eight cities of the asso ciation. Before the commission went into ex ecutive session today to consider the demands for greater privileges made for the greater American Association, it was rumored -that it would not per mit any radical changes, but might see Its way clear to grant some of the claims made on behalf of the associa tion. Big Concessions Asked. Chairman August Herrmann made the announcement this afternoon that all the demands for concessions made by the American Association had been refused. "When President Chivington, of the American Association, learned that the commission had denied the demands, he said he would have nothing to give out to the public until he had read the full decision. The demands of the American Asso ciation are: Five thousand dollars for each player drafted from the association by the National or American leagues. A classification distinct from any league nowin the National agreement save the Eastern League. Only one man to be drafted from a club each season, as Is now the case. The right to take all cases or ap peals direct to the National Commis sion without interference ' or Jurisdic tion on the part of the National Asso ciation of Minor Leagues. Barrow Against War. Tn return the American Association will agree to regard contracts and res ervations of the other leagues and to waive the drafting rights on minor leagues now held by it, buying all players direct from major or minor leagues. Vague talk of a baseball war. if the National Commission does not grant all that is asked for was again rife to day. The ' possibility that the American Association will break away from the National agreement and institute a baseball war, however, received what basebal magnates consider a. death blow tonight when President Edward Barrow, f the Eastern League, issued a statement to the National Commis sion that the Eastern League did not join with the American Association in its demands. President Cavanaugh, of the South ' ern League, is on the way to Cincin nati. It is believed by those familiar ' with the situation that he will take a stand similar to that of the Eastern I League. v Baseball Notables Attend. It was shortly before noon when President T. J. Chivington, -of the American Association, and W. H Ar mour, president of the Toledo club of the American Association, were called , before, the National Commission and formally submitted the demands of the American Association. , Among the many prominent baseball men here now are: Charles W. Murphy, of the Chicago Nationals; James Mc Aleer, manager of the Washington club; Dr. Carson, president of the Cen- ; tral League; President Sexton, of the National Association of Minor Leagues, and J. H. Farrar, Its secretary; Tip O'Neill. Of thm W.tlfnrn TMtrn. m J. Chivington, president of the Amer ican Association. BOWLERS BAR 'DODO' - BALD Crooked Spbere Enables Player to Knock Down More Pins. CHICAGO, Aug. 81. The Windy City Bowling League abolished the "dodo" ball at its meeting last night. Efforts have been made ever since the close of last season to secure legis lation unfavorable to the trick ball, but no action was taken by the American Bowling Congress. The National Bowling Association, which controls the game in the East, put a ban' on the ball last Spring. The "dodo" ball is made by taking two halves of different balls and gluing them together, the heavier half en abling the sphere to take a sweeping hook and cleaning up more pins than an ordinary ball would knock down. BLANCHE VANCOUVER "WrNXER Bay Mare Pulls Away From Field in Exciting 2:C0 Pace. VANCOUVER; B. C, Aug. SI. Fair racing was seen at the exhibition grounds this afternoon. The final heat of the 2:20 pace was exciting, F. Childs' bay mare, Blanche, pulling iway from the field In the first lap and holding the lead to the end. Sum mary: 1 2:20 pace. $2500. the Cascade stakes Blanche won, William T. second, Kin ratal third: time 2:19. Three-year-old pace. $soo Miss Mercury won, Hal Gray second, Incle H. third; time 2:15 consolation pace, purse $1000 (Fran cis J. won, Alvis second, Thad Sumner third: time 2:21. Consolation trot, purse $500 Babe H. won. Zoxo second, Listerine third; time 2:31. Seven furlongs, running", purse $20 Lord Rosslnsjton won, Royal River second. La Camargue third: time, 1:32. Briton Tests American Sod. NEW YORK, Aug. 81. Harold H. Hilton, the British golf champion, had his first round of golf on American Boll yesterday. Mr. Hilton chose Gar den City for his first game, playing around the famous Long Island course twice. In the morning the champion vent around with his English friend, Philip Sampson, and despite rain and soggy turf, covered .the 18 holes In 75 strokesw ' i lff - "fe Vy, -'... Teddy Bear, the classy pacer, whio Is entered In the 2:08 pace, purse $500 horsemen are looking forward for torn The horse is owned by C. F. Sllva, of S Phyllis Wynn, a trotter, owned by Is entered In the 2:12 trot for the $10, the Salem, Medford and other meets GALL WAR LOOMS Prospects of Outlaw League Growing Serious. HIGHER UPS ARE IN BAD FIX Coast League Men May Quit Organ. lzed Fold if American Associa tion Wins Present Demands for Revised Classification. . BY ROSCOB TAWCBTT. Baseball fans a few weeks ago were Inclined to treat with ridicule the pos slblllty of the American Association se ceding from organized baseball. Now outlaw talk is rampant In the East, and a formal statement Issued by the Na tional Commission yesterday, refusing the demands of the American Associa tlon for equality, will not tend to apply the anti-wrinkle ointment. The fact that the National Commis sion called on every association club to send notification by September 10 if it intends to remain in organized baseball shows how really serious the situation is, and baseball men all over the coun try are now forced to admit that a third major league is more than a pos sibility. The conditions demanded by the American Association and Eastern League Include the creation of a Class A A, a grade higher classification than the Pacific Coast, Western and South ern Leagues, thus permitting the dou ble A clubs to draft from the latter class A. CaL Ewing. one of the prime movers in the Coast League, said in 'San Fran cisco the other day: "The Paciflo Coast League was guar anteed the1 highest minor league clas sification when it came under the pro tection of the National commission, and if the American Association or Eastern League is granted anw concession in class, the Coast league will positively go outlaw. "Outlaw ball will pay us better, and, as we are strongly entrenched out here, we could supply the fans with better baseball." This, with the known belligerency of the Western League, puts the National commission between the devil and the deep blue waters. Suffice to say the powers that be are in far better posi tion to fight the American Association invasion in their home territory than to carry on the war along the Paciflo Coast. . , Barbour sounds like the most prom ising white hope In the pugilistic lime light. He should be able to fight the black champion with his own weapons, Portland is getting an abundance of advertising in California through the medium of the $10,000 race purse hung up by the Fair & Livestock Association last Fall. The California State Fair at Sacramento followed suit, and results have been so gratifying that Portland's praises are sung in all the Golden State papers. Kingbrook, the Montana trotter, win ner of the $10,000 Governor's purse at Sacramento on Wednesday, previously proved bis worth by winning at Marys ville in 2:07tt. 2:07)4 and 1:0$H, which is the Paciflo Coast record for the three fastest heats ever trotted in a race. Kingbrook is owned by W. L Hig gins, of Deer Lodge, Montana, and is entered in the 2:1 Bankers' race for the $10,000 purse In Portland next week. - Coincident with tho splash back into first place by Hap Hogan'a tribe, a glance at Coast League batting for the season is doubly interesting. The figures show that Hogan's men are leading the circuit with a team batting average of .170, Oakland being second and Portland third, with .263. All down the line the batting seems h went the route In 2:05 at Sacramento, 0, at the Portland race meet, and local e Portland records to go glimmering, acramento. the Bonaday Stock Faftn, of Roseburg, 000 purse, and will also participate in throughout the Northwest. to have determined the position of the clubs, Oakland alone being a notch, lower than the bludgeon work would eem to warrant. This might tend to indicate that a pitching weakness has. been dragging on wolverton s club, but even that doesn't seem to fit the occasion. The Oaks lead in double plays and rank second in stolen bases and hitting. Batting statistics for the Coast teams to date are as follows: Clubs. Games. AB. R. 1BH. EA. Vernon 151 6006 666 1354 .270 Oakland 152 5133 620 1361 .283 Portland 141 4688 688 1282 .263 Ban Francisco. .. .151 4964 682 1303 .202 Sacramento 14T 4951 643 1283 .249 Log Angeles 148 488S 650 1212 .248 Totals 28,629 8549 T695 .260 The Oakes also lead the league in nome runs, witn 66, Vernon stands sec ond. The figures: SH. SB. 2BH.SBH.HR.DP.FP.SO. vernon ...209 Zl zll 61 44 102 1 10 uanmna 201 lg& 28 55 133 Portland .140 234 Z03 47 28 101 San Fran. 219 220 176 SB SO 113 Eaoram'to 185 151 20 3 S4 103 .Li. JLUg IS AJV 2bB 178 44 24 8 Totals 1066 1351 1155 279 215 640 " 6 81 AERONAUT FLIES WITH GIRLS Chivalrous Captain Honeywel Takes Four Tip in Balloon. KANSAS CITT. Aug. 8L In the Kansas City Aero Club's new s!vnrlri balloon Kansas City, Captain H. E. Honeywell, with four women passen gers, ascended from here today and after a flight of two hours landed near Liberty, Mo, 16 miles north of this city. The four women who accompanied Cnntnln Untiavw.il vr... , 1 -.i - " j " vr..v Miiaa isttiuer- lne Stlmson, Mrs. P. L. Williams, Miss juaoei x-oison ana jvliss Virginia Wei don. all of this city! Later th hallnnn a..n. . Cantain HnnevwAll havinw i - r ! - . Q k UIIOU- ioro ui ids Kansas juy Aero Club as GOTCH CAUTIOUS ABOUT RULES Champion Insists on Fonl Proviso in Hackenschmldt Match. HUMBOLDT, Iowa, . Aug. 81. Wrestler Frank viotch did - his last training in his camp here today. He took a road workout early this morn ing, following which he played hand ball for an hour tonight with his train ers. Gotch left Humboldt in a special car for Chicago. Gotch. in his forthcoming Labor dav match with George Hackenschmldt at Chicago, will submit to no rules formu lated especially for that occasion. He so informed Referee Edward W.- Smith at his camp here this afternoon. Gotch said the old rules would- be insisted on, particularly that . one which makes hanging on the ropes a foul. ' The champion asserted that in the last match Hackenschmldt resorted much to that practice. BOXERS MIX OX LABOR DAY Portland Fight Fans Plan to See . Vancouver Bout. Several scores of Portland boxing en thusiasts are figuring on a Journey to Rainier on the afternoon of September 4, when Frankie Edwards, the classy Oakland boxer, and Bud Anderson, of Vancouver, Wash., are billed to go over the 15-round route in the ball park. The popular Vancouver lightweight de feated Edwards at Klamath Falls re cently and the Californian is clamor ing for revenge. "Chuck" j Oonnell and several other well-known mitt wielders are signed for preliminary work. F. M. Walsh, a well-known promoter. who had the boys originally signed up for Centennial week at Astoria, is handling the Rainier event. Trains leave here at 1 P. IL, and the return trip can be made by 8 P. M. Gotham Bout Delayed. NEW YORK, Aug. 81. The ten-round boxing bout scheduled for tonight be tween Pal Moore, of Philadelphia, and Tommy Murphy, of New York, before the National Sporting Club, was post poned until next Thursday night. 1 . Any Suit or Overcoat $15. FOUR ENJOY TRIP One Far North Excursionist Chased by She-Bear. DEER SHOT. FROM AFAR Dr. Joseph. Sternberg, Dr. Andrew C. Smith, Dr. John B. Montgomery and A. L. Mackintosh Return From Outing In Wilds. Dr. Joseph Sternberg, Who returned last Tuesday with Dr. Andrew, C. Smith, Dr. John B. Montgomery and A. Lu Mackintosh from a hunting and Ash ing trip in Alaska, owes his life to hta good legs. Never, in his younger days, did Dr. Sternberg sprint faster around the diamond n the back-lot baseball game than Kb did Wednesday morning two weekf ago, when chased by a 6he bear. Br. Sternberg passed the remainder of the d: resting, after his exciting half-mile rjin into camp. The Joke of it all was that Dr. Stern berg was out bear hunting, and was taking aim at Mrs. Bear when she started after him. Dropping his gun. he "hot-footed" it into camp. Before he left Portland he selected a fine, brand new repeater of .35 caliber, with which he expected to hunt bears or any other big game. The doctor started out alone to try his luck at bear-bagging. Within five minutes from camp his dog scented bear and the doctor cautiously fol lowed the animal through the brush and trees. Soon Mrs. Bear, one of the brown variety, could be seen plainly. Takiner carefill aim, the doctor was Just about to fire, when she locked up and saw him. With a savage growl that sent a chill down his spine, she lunged toward him. The lunge be came a trot and the trot almost a gal lop. The dog was even more fright ened than the doctor and followed htm into camp. The bear decided to give up the chase. "All Enjoy Trip. Dr. Smith sprained his ankle early in the trip, and was compelled to con tent himself with fishing. He caught a SOO-nound halibut, and Dr. Sternberg caught one weighing ibo pounds, au four are delighted with the trip. They say the weather was ideal ana the camn life enjoyable. They left Portland August 3 ana went to Killisnoo, near 61tka. They then hired a gasoline launch an! pitched camp 25 miles farther south, on Admiralty Island. Thence they crossed Chatham Straits, seven miles, and returned south on the Prinejess May. On the boat was a shipment of moose and caribou neaas ana sicins, loaded on the vessel at Wrangel, as she came down the Stickeen River. The party had let the launch go, but kept a rowboat. Seeing a ship coming up the strait, Dr. Smith put out in the small boat and endeavored to obtain Dassage for the party across the strait. The vessel was the Philip Kelly, of Seattle, one of the tenders to the George T. Myers cannery. She had about 70 tons of fish aboard and the captain declined to stop. But Dr. Smith went 40 miles north on this ves sel to the cannery and a gasoline launch, the Mary B, was sent back for his companions. Across the strait on Baranoff Island are hot springs, which the Indians have made us of by constructing bath tubs. The water is about 110 degrees in temperature. Dr. Smith says Mr. Montgomery proved the best shot, picking oft a deer at 600 yards. The members of the party found more deer Just below the snow line in the mountains, where the grass was tender, than they did nearer the seacoaat. They Jerked soma of the meat, gave some to the Indians, and ate the rest. They climbed one of the mountains. 6000 feet high, and obtained a good view of the surrounding country. Law Protects Eagles. A great many eagles were seen, also geese and ducks, but it is against the Alaska law to shoot them. They killed many grouse. Many wild dogs, ugly, scrawny curs, were - seen. The dogs, wolves and eagles destroy many fawns, yet the eagles are protected by the hunting laws. 'East of the coast Kange are many moose and caribou," said Dr. Smith, but west of the range there is no big game. The Hudson s oay company has killed off many of the beavers. We could see immense beaver dams, and beaverdam land, but none of the little animals could be seen, the Indians trap many minks and lynx. We found the days long. It difl not get dark in camD until 10 o'clock and then It was not very dark. The weather was ideal. There was only one day's rain, and that was on the way up on the steamer. I would suggest to a party desiring to make the trip to rent a launch at Wrangel or Juneau. Then the hays Near Alder oXT 32 Third Stree Beg to Announce Their Opening, Saturday Morning, September 2d. Watch Friday Evening and Saturday Morning Papers and Inlets can be explored, and the monotony of camp life in one spot will be avoided." WAGNER QtTITS HIS CRUTCHES Great Pirate Star Chafes Over In jury That Lays Him Up. PITTSBURG, Aug. 31. Honus Wag ner, star shortstop and batter of the Pittsburg Nationals, Is impatient over his enforced Idleness, due to a dis abled ankle. He hopes to bring his DID YOU EVER TRY THE NEW WEINHARD "COLUMBIA" BEE 'V, ' - - ' i-' 2 -i - BREWERY'S OWN BOTTLING PHONE ORDERS TO HENRY WEINHARD MAIN 72 Fraternal Day Tomorrow ASTORIA CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION BIG FRATERNAL EXCURSION TOMORROW MORNING $7SO in Trophies for Championship Drills and Largest Attendance Grand Fraternal Parade EVERYBODY COME Get the Boys All Together Boost Your Lodge ' '" Arrange to Stay Over to See the Grand Spectacular Production "THE BRIDGE OF THE GODS" September 4, S and 8 ADMISSION TO THE GROUNDS IS FREE ii amor ankle to good enough shape to return to the game within a week or 10 days. Wagner has discarded his crutches. He has been cautioned against taking early' chances. The Pirates . returned today from the most disastrous east ern expedition in the history of the team as a pennant contender. Homing Pigeons Coming Sunday. EUGENE, Or., Aug. SI. (Special.) S. Roome, agent for the Wells-Fargo Express, will liberate 40 to 60 homing pigeons Sunday morning for the Port- -sg. . .ja. "niMisiAiiiisr ii?riiiiis9r-''r',-"--v-;r- -i-i r 'i-iiniin i a AT Near - Alder Any Suit or Overcoat $15 land division' of the National Amateur Homing Pigeon Association. The birds should make the 123 miles in a little over three hours. Grand Circuit Races Postponed. READVILLE, Mass., Aug. 31. Con tinued rainy weather caused the post ponement again today of the Grand Circuit harness racing. The Chinese government is planning to extend its merchant fleet of Chinese steam ers of modern build In the immediate future to the extent of 30 t&st steamships. FREE CITY DELIVERY BREWERY A 1172