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13 SMITH'S STATUS IS TWO STERLING TWIRLERS SURE OF BERTHS WITH BEAVERS. E giiiiniiiilfflijjn "SOMEWHERE NEAR Judge McCredie to Ask fori Star Athletes May Take Part in Games at Paris. THE WAR 59 Information. HUMMEL MAY BE ENTRANT p! FREE AGENT CLAIM MADE T1TE MORNING OREGONIAN, 3IONDAY, MARCH 31, 1919, MULT ilHlYO MAGNATE REPRESENTED ABROAD Flayer Sajs Contract Mot .Mailed Before March. 1 ; Two Beavers Want Apartments. Judge Williaim Wallace McCredie. president of the Portland baseball club. is doubly confused over the status of Clarence O. Smith, pitcher obtained from New Orleans In exchange for Outfielders Sullivan and Daniels. Smith, in a letter to Secretary Farrell. of the national association, claims to be : a free scent as the result of the alleged non-receipt of a contract from the New Orleans or Portland clubs, mailed be fore March 1. In a letter from A. J. Heinemann. president of the Pelicans, the Southern I association prexy merely advises the 1 good judge not to lose Smith, char acterizing Mm as a sterling heaver but a "peculiar" fellow. Both the local bar rister and his nephew know all about "United States" or "Pop Boy," as he is known in the south, and what they want to learn is whether or not New Orleans still has him in its possession. Judge McCredie previously had beea advised by President Heinemann that a contract was mailed to Smith by the Pelicans prior to Starch 1. Portland's contract to Smith was not forwarded until March 3. Smith is in Fort Worth, Texas, having come out of the wilds of ol' Kentucky. Judge McCredie will write once more to the head of the Southern association club in an effort to clear up the subject. Outfielder C. F. Walker wrote judge McCredie advising him that his ex penses from Rocky Mount, N. C. to Crockett amounted to 1142 and stamped the old "please remit" sign at the bot torn of the love letter. The Beaver prexy will check with the railroad . ; x - $ wv -Cr -v- 1 "V- ' ' l- ' .v - - i ,:- r -osv- 5-1 1 1 - V - WW" .j.u-ig-' wne.;';- r. - - . f ! - t f r ? ss vvi - f 1 PITCH fcRS (.EURl.i: PK.lGTO.'V ASU GUY COOPER paper. His hardest work was in making corrections. McOraw seems to figure that he will need a lot of managerial aides during the coming flag race. The leader of all company today, figure out the high the Giants yearns for one more pen cost of living and if the figures cor respond with Dixie's, he'll get a check pronto. Walker paid his own expenses. Outfielder Walker and Pitcher Ceorge Pennington have asked Judge McCredie to locate apartments for tbem In Portland. They have heard from the Portland delegation at Crockett that apartments and houses are hard to find here. All prospective landlords are urged to give the Portland magnate the well-knonwn telephone call. - A telegramfrom Frank Navin. Be troit. informs the Portland baseball company that First Raseman I .Co Dres sen wishes to play with St. Paul if he has to go to a minor league club. The Portland owners are not particular, al though they would like to have Leo, and Judge McCredie telegraphed Prexy avln iast night advising the Tiger boss that Porotland would make no further effort to oMain the veteran. Loads of mail awaited Judge William Wallace McCredie upon his return from San Francisco yrsterday. One letter came from Arthur Koehler, catcher and first baseman obtained from Detroit. According to the information Koehler gives the Jirdge. ho ought to be released from the army in which he is stationed in California within a couple of days. "My original application for discharge was disapproved but I'm certain I'll be mustered out within JO days," said Koehler. Thelctter was mailed March 21. so mathematically speaking, Mr. Koehler should be shoving into Crockett the end of the week for it will take him a couple of days to travel from his sta tion to Crockett. Koehler declares that he's in fine fettle and with a couple days- of hitting practice will be ready lor the opening of the season. Judge McCredie spent only a half day night before and all the boys were do- at Crockett Friday. It had rained the ing was a little fungn hitting. "No club wanted Paddy Siglin be eau2e they could not pay him what he demands and remain within the salary limit." said the Beaver prexy. "ft did not take me two minutes to get waiv ers on him. The report that Oakland offered him a better salary is ridic ulous. Cal Kwing told me there was no truth in it. 4 Judge McCredie says that the coast league schedule will be released within two or three days. Portland remains home three weeks after the opening of the season here Veunesday, April 23, Against Vernon. Seattle will be an opponent during another of the three weeks and then Portland will hit the road, but does not go to the Sound City onus 1 1 rat trip north. nant. ec he can step over to the mag rating end with a world's record for flag winning to his credit. Gcoree Gibson has been hired to coach the pitchers. Captain Mathew son is to serve as assistant manager until such time as McGraw names him boss. Th latest coach to be added to the Giant roster is none other than "Lib erty" Schacfer, formerly known as "Germany." admittedly baseball's great est comedian under wbatsover name he may choose to select. Every veteran player in the coast league this season is predicting that Clint Prouch will have a big season with Sacramento. .MORTON DEFEATS YANNIGAXS ritclicr IJclcased by McCredio Dem onstrates Ability. ALAMEDA, Cal.. March SO. (Special.) A couple of days ago Walter McCre die, manager of the Portland team, re leased Pitcher Harry Morton, a San Francisco sandlot product, because he thought he was not a real pitcher, but maybe' now McCredie wishes that he had waited a while. McCredie sent a bunch of Beaver yannigans here from Crockett to play Katto's all-stars, and they returned home with a 1 to 0 defeat tagged to them, because Morton pitched for the stars and allowed only one hit, which was made in the ninth inning after two were out. and two strikes were called on "Kettle" Wirts. Mor ton fanned 12. The run was made off Mitchell In the fifth inning. Boldt. another player released by McCredie, singled. Osgood sacrificed and Furrier singled to right, scoring Boldt. The score: Portland I All-Stars B If O AK Tobin.m. .. .1 .1 OiMong.s. .. 1 o l O u Aliens S il Boidt.l 3 1 o i Kxd.l.. . 2 1 0 Furrier.r. . 2 0 n Reab.r. ... 1 2 0 yuerolo.3. . 3 0 o Dormun.c. . 3 4 OtMorton,p. . 3 0 I 14 01 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 O 2 1 o 110 0 0 10 o 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 12 2 0 0 0 3 0 C(n.3 4 Omham.m 4 Pnner.2., 4 Rtlfr.s... 4 wirt.c... 2 .ewln.r. . . 3 Waltrra.1. 3 Jam.l. .. 3 Mitchell. p. 1 totals. ..23 Portland .... Hits All-Stars . lilts Lewis: first base on called balls, off Horton 4. off Mitchell 1; struck out, by Morton 1-', by Mlli-hell ": stolen base, Ooen; double plays. Rittcr to I'enncr to Walters; Con I'enncr to alters. l ime ol Kame, i:.j. Umpires. Nissan and Pssano. MICHIGAN CITIES ORGANIZED MOTOR BOAT CLUB TO IN T ATE First Ceremony Scheduled for Tuesday Evening. SECRET SESSION ARRANGED Public Dock and Landing Stage l'oot of Woodward Avenue Is Arranged For. Totals... 24 5 27 12 1 00000000 0 0 0 o ll o 0 o o 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 II 0 t 10102100 sacrifice hits Mongs. Ospood George S. Shepherd has been elected Ice-president of the Portland baseball company while Hugh McCredie has been named as secretary. Mr. Shepherd is an attorney in the same office with Judge McOredie and previously served as secretary. Governor Olcott has been asked to pitch the first ball Aprif 23. opening day. His battery mate will be Mayor .Bauer. William Shepherd, a sheep and stock buyer and brother of George S. Shep herd, and George L. Parker, well-known local sportsman, have purchased season noxes. Minor League, Known as Michigan- Ontario, Js Formed. DETROIT. Mich., March 30. Four Michigan cities are going to try minor league baseball again this year, forming half of a new circuit to bo known as tho Michigan-Ontario league. Michigan members of the league will be Flint, Battle Creek. Saginaw and Bay City. The Canadian group is made up of Hamilton, London, Kitchener and Brantford. It is planned to start the season about May 15 and close on Labor day or the Sunday following; Forfeits have been posted by all clubs as a guarantee to complete the season The committee of bunk-ancers hav ing officially completed their bunking, the first Initiation ceremony of the Portland Motor Boat club has been set for Tuesday evening, April 8, at 8:15 o'clock, at the ciubhousc. The ceremon;. very naturally, is to be a secret meeting, and club members only will be admitted by the guard Chairman George Kelly and his com mittee, Kay Neuberger, William K. Iove. Dr. Charles E. Hill, L. I. Myers, Marion Boone, G. L. Gade, R. If. Jame son and C. IL Johnston, have evolved several new events In tho way of initiation stunts, and by the time the prospective candidate has finished his examination he will bo fitted to navi gate anything from a coal scuttle to an 8000-ton steamer. The dock commission has completed arrangements for a public dock and landing stage at the foot of Woodward avenue, at the north end of the Motor Boat club's moorage, and river sports men very shortly will be able to load and unload their parties of guests with .minimum of trouble. This public andlng has been urged for years by the Motor Boat club, as it is the only public landing place on the east side of the river between Morrison street and Sellwood. Being accessible to the Brooklyn car line, makes it specially convenient. The overhauling season at the Motor Boat club moorage is on in full blast. The runabout "Rudy" is just off the ways sporting everything from a new coat of paint, inside and out. to a new propellor; and the skipper claims close to 19 miles per. The cruiser Sea Wolf also is being dolled up; the cruiser Spear IV soon will be in action; the runabout Peggy III is navigating with a new V-type windshield and various have seen for years. "fixin's"; the runabout Elne is run-about-ing. for the first time in two years; the runabout Neverin is once more disturbing the placid Willamette Swimming in the Willamette will be the next thing on the books and it will not be many more moons before the re sorts along the river will be open for business as usual. A number of out door wter events also are scheduled and, all told, there is more activity for Portland- this year. . chief among them the National A. A. U. one-mile marathon swim, the winner of which Hurdler Is In France, but Details of Whether He AVfll Take Part In Contests Are.Kot Known. BY EARL R. GOODWIN. While nothing definite has been learned, there is a great possibility that the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club will be represented at the athletic games of the American expeditionary forces in Paris next June. Letters have been coming across the Atlantic from the boya who are waiting their turn to return to the United States and several of the Portland com panies have star athletes who are said to be listed for the contests. Among the famous "Winged M" athletes over seas is Sergeant Walter A. Hummel, who made several national records and was national quarter-mile hurdle cham pion in 1916, which, honor he won at Newark, N. J. In 1917 he was in the army, and with but a few weeks' training went east to compete in the title events of the American Athletic union, taking third in the 440-yard hurdles. At present Hummel is stationed with the 364th field hospital company, 316th sanitary train of the 91st division, and several letters received by the writer from members of his old outfit state that Hummel may be one of the American athletes left in Paris to enter the cham pionships. Transfer May Be in Store. Sergeant Hummel is anxious to get back home to his old haunts in Port land, for he says that he has had enough of Europe for one long stretch, anyway. According to letters from Jimmy Vranizan and Leonard I. Kauf man and from Hummel himself, the winged "M" star was sent to Tours, France, to take charge of some of the athletics, and to those who know any thing about army "doings" it looks as though a transfer was in etore for the hurdler. In a letter received last night Hum mel stated that, after much maneuver ing, he had been returned to his com pany, much to hig happiness, and that ho is in line to return to America with his old organization, but stranger things than a transfer at the last moment have happened in the life of a young soldier. T. Morris Dunne, secretary-treasurer of the Pacific Northwest association. has been in communication with Secre tary Frederick W. Rubien of the Ama teur Athletic union for some time, Sec retary Rubien wanting to know what western, athletes are overseas at pres ent. Eastern men interested in the out come of amateur athletics are rather dubious about the chances of the United States making a big showing in the Paris games because the return of so many troops to this country is weak ening the American athletic team over there. There is talk of a movement being put on foot to have several stars who have returned to this side sent back to France to battle with the best of them on the track and field in June. Many Athletea Return. According to Everett C. Brown, pres dent of the South Shore Country club of Chicago and American commissioner to tho Olympic games held in Athens, London and Stockholm, in an article in eastern papers there is hardly a trans port docked at Atlantic ports that does not bring back athletes of national prominence. Mr. Brown believes that a strong team can be organized on this side in time to go to France, that is, if trials will be held in various parts of the country, just as they were for Olympic games. The winners could be sent to concentration camp in the east and shipped to France aboard one of the battleships or transports returning for more soldiers. Now that the government has taken over the railroads, Mr. Brown believes that arrangements could be made easily to transport athletes to the eastern seacoast training camp. Whether any trials will be held in the northwest remains to be seen and othing will be done until word Is re ceived from the east by T. Morris Dunne or A. DuBois Wakeman, chain man of the registration committee for the Pacific Northwest association, both with headquarters in the Multnomah Amateur Athletic club. Northwest Men Yet Abroad. In the 316th sanitary train, of which pKHE QREGONIAN Has assembled and published in book form ; under the title "Somewhere Near the War" the twenty-six letters from Edgar B. Piper, written from Great Britain and the war zone in October and November, 1918. The requests that the series be. issued in a single volume have come from many sources; and the result is a well-printed book of 150 pages, printed on Antique book paper in large type, witK wide margins and adequate illustrations. ! There is no material change in the text of the original letters as published in The Oregonian. But they have been rearranged and fully annotated. The nominal price of 50 cents has been fixed. Postage will be additional. The book may be obtained at the business office of The Oregonian or it may be ordered by mail. POSTAGE PAPER COVERS UNSEALED II: 1st zone.. 2d zone... 3d zone.. 4th zone. Sc 5c 5th zone 5c 6th zone 9c 6c 7th zone ., 11c 7c 8th zone .-12c Sealed Anywhere, 33c illll Straight, four up on 45 holes in their foursome match on the Waverley Coun try club links yesterday afternoon. The players were tied at 3t noies, and the extra nine were necessary to decide. The contest was an excellent Hummel is a member, there are several one and productive of some good golf. northwest luminaries who might be Rain dampened the ardor of a num induced to spend a few weeks in Paris, ber of the golfers yesterday, and the Kenny Bartlett, who used to give all large numbers who wolud have turned the boys a run when it came to throw- out if the spring weather had contin- Joe S. Jackson of Detroit has been I wm be sent east to compete in the Sidelights and Satire. WHO ever heard of a pitcher whose arm was ever sore enough to hold tip his salary. Fred Fulton is to buy a farm. That's Vetter than trying to buy his way into form. Fred should make good at rais ing goats. He made a good one out of bimself. rred Mitchell of the Cubs expects to stick with his club. Martin Is a good pitcher If he would take a serious view ft the pitching problem. This one from the south on "Rowdy" illiiott: "The hieh cost of living has hit baseball. Rowdy Elliott, for instance, snourns every time he hears the thud cf the ball in his new catching mitt. That backstopping utensil cost him $18 .no more and not a cent less. 'And not fo many years ago I used to get it tor S6,' he mourns. Shoes are coating the ballplayers 12 round wheels per pair. Rowijr showed up with a new set of coverings for his tedal extremities. 'Lookit" his mates ehcuted- The millimaire he can af tord 'em." - 'Huh-ah.' the famous Powdy One trrinned back. 'Just a pair I ve salted wy for m couple of years. Thought . the price might shoot up.'" Talk about your captains of finance! . Sammy Beer. , Angel pitcher, could hardly walk early last week. For the ajt )ir he has had one of those awii Ucotyp machine jcb on 4 weekly. named president of the new circuit and Fred Wilson of Toronto secretary. STERXAMAX GETS DISCHARGE University of Illinois Football Head Returns to School. VRBAN'A. 111., March 30. E. C. ("Dutch") Sternaman, star halfback oh the 1916 and 1917 University of Illinois football teams and who was elected to captain the 1918 team, has received his discharge from army service and has returned to school.- Sternaman, whose squirming, dodging runs enabled Coach Zuppke to keep in the running, left school last spring and has been acting as physical director at Camp Funston, Kan. He played on the camp football team last. fall. His experience and ability are expected to prove big factors in the building up of a backfield for his 1919 machine. DUNDEE TO HAVE OPERATION Xew York - Lightweight Will Meet Mitchell Upon Recovery. MILWAUKEE, Wis., March 30. Johnny Dundee, the New York light weight, who was stricken with illness on the eve of his scheduled ten-round contest with Richie Mitchell of Mil waukee, wiil . submit to an operation for the removal of hia tonsils. His con test with the Milwaukee lightweight has been set back to April 4. Dundee has called, off all Impending matches and will remain idle until meeting Mitchell. - - Phone your want ads to .The Orego nian, Faone ilain 1070," A 0?5, National A. A. U. 10-mile event in Phil adelphia. The one-mile championship will be held in the Willamette on Au gust 2. The next indoor swimming event will he the Pacific Isiorthwest association championships, which are scheduled to take place in the Multnomah club tank in May or June. The Pacific Northwest usao.-ia.tion outdoor meet again win oe held in Victoria. B. C the dates for which have yet to be set. . , Ferdinand Brooke, the former breast stroke champion of Michigan, has taken residence in Los Angeles and will wear the colors of the Los Angeles Athletic club hereafter. Norman Ross, of Portland, one of the greatest swimmers ever developed in this country and the holder of many records, will compete under the colors of the Illinois' Athletic club in future competition, according to word received from Chicago St. Louis 2, Kansas City 1 . KANSAS CITY, March 30. The St. Louis Nationals defeated the Kansas City American association team here today, 2 to 1. 7 he score: R. ti. t:. li. 1. ti. St Louis.. 2 8 3Kans. City. 16 0 Bellingham's Total Is 120. BELLINGHAM. Wash.. March 30. Bellingham trapshooters, contesting with Seattle in the northwest tele graphic tournament, scored a team to tal of 1-0 today. Individual scores were: George Miller, 24; Arnold Rath man, 24; W. y. Anderson. 24; Dr. H. W. SpraUey, 21; Jack .Converse, Zi. ( ing the discus, is top sergeant of the 361st motor ambulance company and Sam Cook, famous as one of the great, est football players ever developed in the northwest, is an easy bet to place in the shot-put event. "Big-Hearted Sam" always managed to come out on top when he was battling with the boys when Tie was in college at the Uni versity of Oregon. He also won the championship of the 91st division when the wild westerners were stationed at Camp Lewis. BILLIARD CHAMFIOX DEFEATED ued were missing at the Waverley, Portland and Tualatin clubs. Pocatelol Guarantee Secured. POCATELLO. Idaho. March 30. (Spe cial.) By Monday night suffneent money will be raised to send a com mittee of five intermountain men, head ed by J. Robb Brady, son of former United States Senator Brady, to .New York City to personally back Pocatel Io's offer of $160,000 for the Willard- DemDsey fight. The guarantee money was raised many times over in 16 min utes Saturday. C. J. Reid, Idaho FallB newspaper man, opened offices Satur day at Pocatello and will direct pub licity. Alfred de Oro Beats Gns Copulos In 177 Innings. DETROIT, March 30. Alfred de Oro, three-cushion billiard champion, easily defeated Gus Copulos, Michigan cham pion, in the final block of their title match last night, SO to 38, and took the series by a score of 150 to 94. Although last night's game, which Weill. 00 JiuiiusB. 01 x." "LT Van VleMr 1 match, the challenger was unable to V'"1 '"''.. n. who tort off with an Searie. z, r. fcaynor . advantage of ten points. De Oro made the high run of the match, a six, and his 1.11 was the high average. His grand average was .847 against his opponent's .531. Copulos' high run was four. The match went R, H. E.I R. H. E. Seattle Scores 121. SEATTLE. Wash., March 30. Shoot- ne against Bellingham, Seattle trap- shooters scored a team total of 121 to day in the northwest telegraphic tour nament, with the fallowing individual scores: Matt Grossman 25, C. L. Tem- R. S. Brooklyn 8, Xew York 6. JACKSONVILLE, Fla.', March The Brooklyn National league defeated the New York American! " -...w " - . - I . J .. ., q t C (.nl- 177 innings. It was refereed by Ora "i 30. team here Morningstar. Kelso Boys Turn Out for Baseball. KELSO, Wash., March 30. (Special.) Owing to the war it has been two years since Kelso high school put out a baseball team. With the coming of good weather last week the boys start ed unlimbering their arms. They are building a new baseball diamond at the Catlin school on the west side, where they will play their games. Superin tendent Peterson will coach the boys. There is good material among the boys, and Kelso will be represented by a strong nine. The boys are also plan ning for a- track team. WATSOX, WHITE WIX MATCH Extra Xine Holes Xecessary to De cide Golf Flaj. Forest Watson and Andy White Brooklyn.. 8 10 2NewYork.. 6 9 4 batteries Grimes, Pletrer, caaore and Krueger; Quinn, Brady, Schneider and Hannah, Ruel. Detroit Signs Earl Golding. DETROIT, Mich., March 30. Earl Golding, a left-handed pitcher who played semi-professional baseball in eastern Ohio before entering the army, has been added to the staff of the De troit American league club and will be given a trial with the squad at Macon, Ga tor branch houses or distributing ware houses in Mexico. Business interests here believe that within three months all special export restrictions will be removed and goods will pass into Mex ico as freely as before the Mexican disturbances began. The embargoes now cover only few commodities. Fox Farm Is Successful. ANCHORAGE, Alaska. (By mail.) After two years' operations, starting with eight pairs of blue and two pairs of black foxes, Claude Green of Peters burg now has between 250 and 275 blue and 17 black foxes on his fox farm in the Tongass national forest. The farm is on Sukoil island, which he leased from the government. A llsh house holding 16,000 dry fish has been constructed on the farm. SOLDIER PURSUED' BY FATE Missorul Youth Reported Dead In Two Official Messages. THAYER, Mo. FaFte has been pur suing Charles L. Burkett, 21 years old, of this place, recentlessly since he en tered the service of the United States his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Burkett, have given up hope of ever seeing him alive. The last report Is that he was killed in action November 4. Burkett enlisted at Tulsa, Okla., where he was wor k gnlkaitnght tdshrdluetacmfwyp working at the time, in February, 1918. He was first reported lost in the wreck, of the troop ship Tuscania, which was sent down by German mine off the coast of Ireland. Later it was learned that he was among those rescued. Next he was reported missing in action, but he showed up in a German prison camp, from which he escaped and returned to his command. Now comes the official announcement that he was killed in action. The parents, who have long given him up as lost, and have been torn with emotions by the conflicting re ports, still have a ray of hope that ho is alive.' Fate, which seems to have sot the seal of doom on his brow, may yet epare his life. Postoffice May Be Discontinued. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Unless someone comes forward to claim the Job of postmaster at Derby, Jackson county, Oregon, within a short time, the office will be discontinued, according to advices to Senator Cham- army at Tulea. Okla., a year ago, andherlain from the postoffice department. Mexican Boom Forecast. LAREDO, Tex. American business men have been preparing for a boom in Mexican business' since regulations governing exportation of food and gen eral supplies to Mexico have been mod ified. Representatives of scores of na tionally" known concerns have passed defeated Rudolph, wjiginj and J, R. J tUrough. this city, recently, .to arrange ' The dependable uniformity of VENUS Pencils, in every pencU of every degree, make them indispensable for exact work. :' " MI.HI.I Ml ' j." 17 Black Degrees. 3 Copying. ALL PERFECT Americsa Lead Pcncii.Co. New York