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THE 3IOUXING OKEGOMAX, THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1920 'BUSH' SCHEDULE TO WONDER VHAT AN EX-KAISER THINKS ABOUT THESE DAYS. BE MADE Tl " t HewSPAPens use Tfe haht ae. .U45H But "Dor vo s a See MBw3 ix; u. S. a " I AM onheppv - To HCFF -GOOT Titles- LOTS OP Fjm AmD LOTS LvoSH -suy MO MRI! " Ah - m vai t.' " STfKC TROUBLES J DK9 UNITED STATES? Q4-M - JT MAKES H" HEPPV - Ho MO MO Opening Ball Game Put Off Conference of Baseball Man Until Today at 3 P. M. agers Called. , ianvas covers infield SEASON'S PROMISE BIG 'round Ought to Be in Playable Condition If "Jupe" Will "Lay Off" This Morning. Strong Teams Both Outside and In side City Indicated in Reports Coming Into Headquarters. . 13 . DOWNPOUR OF RAIN f DISAPPOINTS FANS I . : UnSDAY f Pacific Coast League Standings. W. Pr-t.l , W. L. Pet. Portland .. 7 3 .7M Sacramento 6.7.442 ak;and .. 5.6t.Ta Luke., u "8 .."XS -an Iran.. 8 3 .H 1 5' Seattle .... 5 8 .3S.1 V ernon ... 8 7 ..-3i Lou Angeles 4 it .31)8 Yesterday's Result. At Portland Portland-Lna Annlu ni rtame; rain. At Seattle San Francisco 3. Seattle 2. A tLos Angeles Vernon 5, Sacramento 2. At aH Kranciwn flnL-lunH I n 1. - BZ ROSCOE CAWCETT. 1 Water is a wondrous blessing when applied to the neck and ears. -nt it makes-a mighty poor setting in hich to stage a baseball same. A steady drizzle that set in Tuesday Ig-ht and lasted throughout most of Wednesday caused a postponement ot he opening game of the Pacific Joast league set for yesterday, and, is a result, both teams Portland and :.os Angeles a flock if boosters and KhouKands of fans were disappointed. uovernor Olcott came down from Salem to be on deck to pitch, the irst ball and may be able to remain over for this afternoon. If the weather Is favorable the game will jo called at 3 o'clock and all the preliminaries originally scheduled will be carried out to the letter. A huge canvas spread has been 'aid over the infield at Twenty-fourth ind Vaughn so the infield ought to ie in playable condition If the rain .ays off this morning. The athletes of both teams snent jr.he day idling around hotel lobbies. ptaying rummy and attending movie matinees. Judge McCredle occupied limself writing salary checks for the Portland league leaders. The bova fare willing to play for the fun and Tiory hut the judge insisted on giving them enough to eat and sleep on and nuy a lew Fords on the side. Del- nar Baker has a pig farm and needs Dnoney to buy fodder for his stock. Kaker's hogs will eat almost anything nciuamg automobile tires and beer Dottles. Walter McCredie showed ud at headquarters In the Gasco building about noon dolled up in a Tuxedo f;oat and khaki breeches and his wife's canvas leggings. Mack is such good manager he can. dress up like U dude and still keep his club in first position. Later in the day he vlBited the Im perial hotel and conferred with Worrying Wade Killifer about Rhode Island Keds. Holsteins. Paddy Sielin ind other luxuries. Killifer is shy Infielder or two and It is whis pered around in basso profundo tones hat the Los Angeles manager would ike to purchase Infielder Siglin from Portland. Slglin Is at his home In towa holding out on the McCredies. iOetrolt turned him back several days ago so he has been sitting out long enough to start a couple, of fungi on .hb west eiae of his anatomy, facing wast. If Rudy Kallio Is feeling healthy land strong this morning he will be criven the assignment of twirling the opening game against the Angels. Otherwise the man in the box will be Southpaw Schroeder. Curiously. the three, best pitching bets on the Beaver roster are local athletes who learned to play on the back lots of Portland Suds Sutherland, Kallio and Schroeder. Pertica probably will pitch for Los Angeles. Carroll Jones hurt his arm making a quick throw on a bunt at Salt Lake and Mack told him to take things asy until he really needs him. Jones Tiitched a few innings at Sacramento Sunday. , v The Beavers spent Tuesdav at Corvallis. but the scheduled game with' the Oregon Aggies was not played owing to wet weather. South paw Durning one of McCredie's :adets was to have appeared against James J. Richardson's collegians. Coach Richardson accompanied the Beavers to Portland and spent the day scouting for a new cheer leader for next year s Oregon Aggie chess team. The only cheerful persons in town yesterday were those who sell soloshes, umbrellas, rubber heels and coffins. Coach Richardson almost met with a serious accident during the dsy. He was attacked by a "flu" germ at the rorner of Alder and Thirteenth street but showed rare presence of mind and stunned the germ with his um brella and then stepped on It. The germ weighed 18 ounces and is the largest one seen here this season. It will be preserved In alcohol until the price of alcohol advances to $35 per quart and then It will be released and allowed to do its worst for everybody nill be ready to die anyway. Manager Killifer of the - Angels tTiinks his awful Angels are improv ing because they didn't drop further in the percentage columns yesterday. The Angels are a consistent outfit. They were the only athletes In the Pacific Coast league to maintain their position last week. Portland went into the lead from second place and the Oaks traded places with them. San Francisco jumped from sixth to a proud position amongst the leaders, while Vernon and Seattle dropped lrplunk. The Pacific Coast league pitchers are having their troubles as is in dicated by the fact that 45 batters are swatting the $2.50 horsehide a, clip better than .300. Sixteen play ers made home runs during the first two weeks. Murphy of Seattle hav ing credit for two circuit clouts. Young Herb Cuyler, Portland out fielder, rejoined the club last week at Sacramento and came north. After a few days here the Los Angeles boy will be turned over to some Casaba circuit for mellowing. Mack thinks he some day will be a big league star as he is fast and can play al most all the latest song hits on the piano. "Speck" Burke, the Portland boy who has been trying out with the Angels, is to be turned over to the Reg-ina club with a string tied to liim. Al Bartholemy, the other Port land boy on the Angel payroll, was left in Los Angeles, but he gave Manager Killifer a lot of telephone numbers. OAKLAND SHUTS OCT BEES (core 3 to 0; Oaks Make First Run in Second. SAN FRANCISCO. April 21. Oak-j-nd shut out Salt Lake, 3 to 0, today. The Oaks scored their first run in VOOO AMD eveRVTHrOG iSS SCARCE in U S A HtGw Cost of living irCReAses Trouble. the second on singles, while a double by Miller and Reilly's muff of Knight's fly brought in the third- inning tallies. The score: Salt Lake Oakland B R H Al BR Mag't.ra S John'rus 4 Krug-,2. . 4 Ruml'r.r 4 Kheely.l. S Mul'an.3 3 Rellly.l. 4 Byler.c. 3 Reiner. p 2 .lenklna 1 Bro'ey.p 0 OjT.ane,m.. s 2 Ham'on.s 3 2lwille,r.. 1 OlMiller.l.. 4 l! Knight, 3 4 2IGul8to.l. 3 OIA.Arl't.2. 2 ; Mitze.c. StKrause.p 3 Si 01 Sands. 1 0 0 Totals. 34 O 7 24 141 Totals. .26 3 7 29 S Jenkins batter forReiger in seventh inning. Sands batter for Bromley In ninUi Inning. Salt Lake..." 00000000 0 0 Oakland .... 01200000 3 Errors Maggert 1, Rellly 1. Innings pitched By Keiger, 6. Stolen base Rum ler. Two-base hits Miller. Knight. Sac rifice hits A. Arlett. Base on balls off Reiger, 2: off Krause, 3; off Bromley, 2. Struck out By Krause, 3. Double play Krug to Johnson. Rung responsible tor Reiger. 2. - Charge defeat to Reiger. Umpires, An derson and tPhyle. CITY HALL MEN ORGANIZE Baseball Team Schedules Game With Woolen Mills, The city of Portland baseball team. made up of city hall employes, will play its first game of the season Sat urday at 2 P. M. against the Oregon City Woolen Mills. The contest will be played on the Holladay school diamond. -1 The team has been working out for some time at Multnomah club. The ; batting order probably will be as fol lows: "Billy" Powers, center field: H. A. Goode. second base; L. J. Bailey, right field; James Sheehy, shortstop; Blcky" Williams, pitcher; M. A. Ross. third base; Harold Holmberg, first base; Frank Bartholomew, right field; R. A. Berry, catcher. f W. C. Crider, C. , J. Kruse, F. W. Kichelaub. C. Barbur and others will be iji reserve. Bailey and Bartholo mew are relief pitchers, the former a portslder. SHAMROCK'S CREW TO SAIL 'Trial ' Horse" Leaves Dartmouth,' but Meets Bqd Weather. LONDON, April 21. Captain Turner and 23 members of the crew of the yacht Shamrock TV, Sir Thomas' Lip- ton s ohallenger for the America's cup, will sail for New York tomorrow on board the steamer Lapland. The new 23-meter Shamrock, which is to act as a "trial horse" for the Shamrock IV, and which sailed sev eral days ago from Dartmouth for New York, met with unfavorable weather In the Atlantic and had to put back to Dartmouth, where she ar rived today. The yacht has been or dered to remain at Dartmouth until weather conditions improve. DEMPSEY SIGNS ITOR BATTLE Fitzsimmons Negotiates With Ful ton, Miske and Brenan. CHICAGO, April 21. Jack Dempsey today signed for his first fight Bines he won the world's heavyweight championship from Jess Wlllard at Toledo last July. Manager Jack Kearns came to terms with Floyd Fitzsimmons. Benton Harbor (Mich.) promoter, for a match at the Michigan resort on July 5. Dempsey's opponent will be chonsen within ten days. Fitzsimmons already has opened ne gotiations with ' Fred Fulton, Billy Miske and Bill Brenan. Baseball Summary. National Leagne Stan dines. W. U Pet. I w. L. pet. Pittsburg, ft 1 .833ISt. Louis. . 3 4 ,4'J9 Brooklyn. 4 1 .soo'Boston. 2 8 .400 Cincinnati 3 2 .COOiNew York. 1 4 200 Phlla 3 2 .eoolChicaso... 1 5 .167 American League Standings. W. L. Pet. I Boston S 0 1000; St. Louis. . 1 2 .833 Chicago.. 3 0 lOOOiPhlla 1 8 .a.V) Cleveland 4 1 .SOOINew Tork. 1 4 .200 ui It n 2 x -olKliuetrolt. . .. 0 0 .000 How the Series Stands. . At. Portland no game, Los Angeles ne game: at Seattle no game, San Francisco 1 game: at San Francisco. Oakland 2 gamer. Salt Lake no game: at Los Angeles, cacrameuio x same, ernon l game. W here the Teams Play This Week. Los Angeles at Portland, San Francisco at Seattle, salt l.ake versus Oakland at San rancifcco. Sacramento versus Vernon at Los Angeles. - Where the Teams Play Next Week. San Francisco at Portland, Los Angeles at Seattle, Sacramento at Oakland, Salt Lake at ernon. Beaver Batting Averages. B. H. Av.l B. H. Av. Juney. ... 6 3 .oOO'Schaller. .. 43 0 .209 Sutherl nd 12 6 ..OOiSpranger. . 33 .182 Wistersll. 3l 17 .43d Schroeder. 6 1 .168 Koehler. . 24 10 -417IPolson 4 0 O00 1 Malsel 41 17 .415iBarnabe. . 2 0 .000 I Cox 3d 14 .3t! 5. Johnson. 1 0 .000 Blue 42 13 ,3.i7! Jones. ... . 3 0 .000 Klngdon. 34 8 .236!Kallo..... 0 .000 Baker. .. . 17 4 .2331 " OH' H - FlMC ' ArlO I am responsible t' all" ho -ho-ho -ha MITGHIE'S TALE WOEFUL FIGHTER, BACK FROM SOUTH, ' TELLS OF HARD LUCK. Decision in Mahoney Battle De - clared to Have Been Robbery. Trip Disastrous. Pete Mitchie is back from San Fran cisco with a tale of woe which rings true. Pete says that he got the worst of it all the way round and waa not only crossed up in his fight with Eddie Mahoney but was also crossed financially by his "manager," Dick Duszenbery, who went south with him. so. taking everything into con sideration, Mitchie had a very dis astrous trip. Niel and Earl Zimmer man, who also made the trip with Duzzenbery,. returned with Mitchie sadder but wiser boys. It was the first flurry away from home for all three of the promising Portland boxers and had they been rightly handled and sent in against a few soft ones as a starter, might have met with great success in San Francisco and Oakland rings. Mitchie engaged In two fights, los ing by a so-called knockout to Eddie Mahoney and a close decision to Joe Miller. In the Mahoney fight Mitchie was robbed outright, according to his version, and he says that the presence of Jack Dempsey and Jack Kearns in Mahoney's corner caused .the ref eree to raise Eddie's hand when Mitchie went down under a right hand wallop. After rising a few inches from the floor, Pete dropped back to his knees for the count. He had no sooner touched the canvas to get the benefit of the nine count when Referee Toby Irwin stepped in and raised Mahoney's hand. The fans, he says, did not know what had hap pened and .remained in their seats for 15 minutes after the bout, won dering what it was all about. Niel Zimmerman had two bouts, losing to Frankie Garcia and fighting draw against another boy in San Francisco. His match with Garcia was in Oakland. Karl Zimmerman had one fight, that against a boy named Derney.- Derney refused to fight and Earl could not catch up with him, so the referee called the bout no contest in the second round. At that the boys gained a lot of valuable experience and the next time they sally forth will know the ropes to some extent, anyway. RELAY CARNIVAL BOYS READY Coach Now Conducting Final Drive of Intensive Training. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. Seattle. April 21.: (Special.) "Hec" Edmundson Is conducting his final drive of intensive training before the relay carnival, to take place on Denny field Saturday. Relay teams were selected last Saturday by competition. Washington has four good men in Sum Crawford, veteran stagger, slum ming them out tor th Angels. I IT : "A "IOT ISS GOOT MtVOS. i Take it vce. unt easy HEfte A4p See PER REST Of7 pets. VORV.D UNHePPV Ant the 400-yard and 880-yard dashes. They are Captain "Crumb" Daily, Ray Eckman, Glen Conkey and "Jeb" Stewart. The mile relay will be run by Pratt, Perkins, Taylor and Porep. The two-mile relay will ' be run by Douglas, Geall, Calder and Wiggs Campbell or Marsh Davis or "Windy" Crawford. Davis has been laid up w-ith a bad case of shin splints. Bill McDonald, Allen Wright. Oswald Car lander and George Cuddy will run the four-mile relay. The Pullmanltes will encounter the northmen in Seattle the week after the relay. Montana has entered teams in the spring events. Montana Wesleyan will also be a contender. SUITS OFFERED GIRLS CORPS Company Would Give Bathing Togs to Life-Saving Unit. C. R- Zehntbauer, one of the owners of the Jantzen Knitting Mills, offers to furnish bathing suits to the first women's life saving corps to organize and apply for charter to the Ameri can Red Cross. The suits are to be the best of the Jantzen line and will have the Ameri can Red Cross life-saving corps In; signia sewn on them. This will be perhaps the first women's life saving corps to apply for a charter in this city. There are now six girls who have passed the Red Cross test and are qualified to become members of this corps. An effort will be made by the Red Cross Instructors and examiners to Instruct those who wish to become members of this corps. Free instructions may be received at the Portland natator lum and examinations will be made Thursday evening. This corps has received the ap proval of the local chapter of ths American Red Cross and will perhaps be followed by offers from other well known firms of this city to establish units of their own. U. S. SKATERS' CHANCES GOOD Competitors (or Olympic Cham pionship In Fine Trim. ANTWERP,' April 21. Nathiel W. Nilea and Miss Theresa Weld, the American competitors for the Olympic figure skating championship, went to Brussels yesterday for practice, as the Antwerp rink is crowded with hockey teams getting Into trim. Cornelius Fellows, president of the International Skating union, who is acting as manager of the American' skaters, expressed the opinion that Mr. Niles and Miss Weld have an ex cellent chance of success. Miss Feld's first test will come Sat. urday. Mr. Niles will compete Sun day and both will appear Monday. The hockey teams had a hard work out today. COLLEGE MEET DATE IS SET Independent Schools to Compete at Salem May 22. ALBANY, Or., April 21. (Special.) A big track and field meet for the independent colleges of Oregon will be held at Willamette university In Salem May 22. T,his meet has been arranged at the suggestion of R. W. McNeal, director of athletics at Al bany college, who received word to day of the fixing of the date. Besides Willamette university and Albany college, it is expected that several other Institutions will enter teams. Institutions which will prob ably enter are Pacific university Mc Minuvllle college. Pacific college and possibly Reed college. MARINES WILL BE ORDERLIES Corporals Also to Be Color Guards at Opening Game. Two local TJ. S. marine corps re crulters will act as orderlies to Gov ernor Olcott and Mayor Baker in the baseball opening festivities today. They are corporals John L. Poison and John E. Barrios. The two marines also will serve as color guards dur ing the raising of the flag at the ball park just before the game. Two airplanes owned by the Ore gon-Washington-Idaho Aircraft com pany will do "stunting" over the park and one of them will drop a baseball. Baseball Brevities. THE Pacific International league will open' its season May 5 with Seattle at Vancouver. Victoria at Ta coma and Yakima at Spokane. Brandan Grover, a University of Ohio infielder, who played with an in dustrial team in Akron last year, has joined Roger Bresnahan's Toledo team for a trial. The Milwaukee club has transferred Pitcher McWhorter to Richmond of t. Am SmTi .5ieD f . ... . . the Virginia league. He was the first of the pitchers on Jack Egan's squad to be discarded. The Saskatoon champions of the Western Canada league are doing spring training at New Loudon, Wis. . Marty Berghammer's decision to call off his "retirement" and report to the St. Paul club about fills out Mike Kelly's Infield, though he could use another man for safety's sake. . The list of managers In the West Texas league was completed when the Abilene team signed Robert Young of Fort worth. Young has managed sev eral independent teams in Texas. The Richmond club of the Virginia league has released Outfielder Tol bert, obtained in a trade with the Co lumbia club, to Cedartown of the new Georgia state league. The Oklahoma City club has s'gned Billy Kelly of East St. Louis, old bat tery mate of Marty O'Toole. Kelly quit baseball following the death of his wife, but has decided to try it again. , The Joplln club has released Out fielder Vic Ruedy to the Chlckasha club of the Western Association. He is a youngster from the Independent field of St. Joseph, a streak on ths bases, but shy at bat. MURPHY AND REED TO FIGHT Tacoina Eagles Club Arranges Card Tor Tonight. TACOMA, Wash.. April 11. (Spe cial.) "Spud" Murphy, San Francis co'a prize slasher, and "Wild Bill' Reed will fight the six-round main event of the Eagles' club smoker here tomorrow night. Murphy battled Frank Farmer here some time ago and put up a corking fight. Reed has been training with Joe Bonds. Others on the same bill are Lackey Morrow of Tacoma vs. George Har rihan of Seattle; Soldier Woods of Seattle vs. Ted Law of San Fran Cisco; Jim Smith of Tacoma vs. Ser geant Buck Howard of Camp Lewis jviitce uei-into ot Portland vs. Joe jjunn or lacoma. ANGLERS' CLUB TO MEET Superintendent of Fish Hatcheries to Be Principal Speaker. R. E. Clanton. state superintendent of fish hatcheries. vfll be the prlncl pal speaker at ths regular monthly meeting of the Multnomah Anglers' club, which will be held on the top floor or the Oregon building tomor row evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. Clanton will give a talk cn trout propagation and will explain the new policy of distribution. A membership campaign is being planned by the organization, the de tails of which will also be explained at the meeting tomorrow night. Racing Tax Protested. TORONTO, Ontario. April 21. Race track representatives today urged the Ontario provincial government to defer Imposing the proposed daily tax of 310,000 on race tracks until the Dminion government makes its decision .regarding taxing pa.ri mutuel machines at the tracks. A double tax.. they contend, would make It impossible to continue racing in the province. The government prom lsed to consider the appeal. Clabby Still Battling. The latest letters received from Australia bring the news that Jimmy Clabby boxed 20 rounds with Jim Tracey, the heavyweight, and that Jimmy stuck the limit, although he had to bring all his cleverness into play to 'do it. Clabby weighed 158 pounds and Tracey 180. Annapolis 3, Harvard 1. ANNAPOLIS. Md.. April 21. Harder and more timely hixting and superb work on the bases . enabled) the An napolis midshipmen to defeat Harvard at baseball here today, 3 to 1. Medford Chamber Elects. MEDFORD, Or., April 21. (SpeciaL) The last step in the reorganisation of Medford s greatly enlarged cham ber of commerce has been taken by ths recently elected directors select ing the following new officers for the chamber: President, H. L. Walther, local' manager of the California-Ore gon Power company; vice-president, Vernon H. Vawter, cashier of the Jackson County bank and retiring president or the chamber; secretary. C. W. McDonald, president of the Jackson County bank, and treasurer, II. O. Frobach, former secretary, o the Ashland Commercial club and un til recently secretary pf the Three ror vaoncj commercial oiud. Phone your want ads to The Orego man. Main 7070, Automatic 50-95. Every baseball, manager affiliated with the Portland Baseball associa tion, and they now number 39, will gather at bush headquarters in the Multnomah Guard dubrooms. Cham ber of Commerce building, Thursday night for one of themost important conferences of the yesr. At this time will be the final classification of the earns in the different divisions, the selection of umpires and schedule making. Two new teams have applied ror admission and there Is. the possibility of one or two more outside clubs being allotted berths in the Inter-City league. Yesterday telegrams were sent by Secretary Simonsen of the as sociation to the managers and pro moters in McMinnvllle. St. Paul, Woodburn and Forest Grove Inviting them into the fold that they might participate In the forthcoming cham pionship contests. At present Hills boro. Astoria. Camas and Sherwood constitute the out-of-town teams holding franchises. An equal number of city teams are to be selected for berths In the league; consequently should one or more of these teams reply favorably to ths telegrams ' there will be that many more berths allotted Portland. At present there are eight teams apply ing for these city franchises. A ten tative classification names the Kirk patricks. Central Door A - Lumber company. Multnomah Guards and Portland Iron works for the. Inter City league. Great Teams OraranlsesU Some of the greatest teams in the history of the game have been or ganised for this circuit. Take Sher wood, for instance. On this lineup will appear Chick and Tom Baker, brothers of Del Baker, now playing with the Beavers. A third brother, said to be a promising young twirler, also is trying out for a regular posi tion. Four Parrot brothers are pas timing with Sherwood. The name .of Parrott is too well known to the semi-pro fans to need any introduc tion. For years the name of Parrott has appeared In the lineup of some of the strongest teams in the northwest. The balance of ths personnel of the team Is not known, but from good au thority it Is learned that this team will be as formidable as any playing the bushes this season. The Hlllsboro American Legion is gathering together an all-star team of tossers. Manager Sexton and Sec retary Phelps were In Portland one day this week lining up players and attending to matters Incident to the opening of the season. Hlllsboro has an investment aggregating 15000 in this club and boasts of one of the best parks in ths state. Scouts have been combing the state for promising ball material, and that they have lined up some wonderful prospects la a certainty. "We are out to win the flag, consequently the best, and only ths best, will land with us," said Mr. Sexton. Astoria Baseball Ma. Astoria is baseball mad and the fans demand top-notch balL That they will get it goes without saying for they have signed up a. wealth of material and are still scouting. Yes terday they took on a catcher Just released by Seattle of the Coast league, and they have lined up at least two old leaguers for the pitch ing start. Astoria in years past h turned out several diamond stars and last year added) one more to the list in Libke. pitcher, who is now with Nick Williams in the International league. One hundred business men have guaranteed the expenses and salaries of the club, and great prepa rations are being made for the open ing gams of the season. Camas, as usual, will go strong. Citizens and paper mill owners are backing the team against all comers. Organization is proceeding satisfac torily andi workouts are held when ever ths weather permits. The Portland teams will be fully as strong or stronger thsn any that ever represented this city in an Inter- City league. That this is so was dem onstrated In the exhibition game staged by the lilrkpatricks and Mult nomah Guards last Sundsy. Heales. manager of the Klrkpatrlcks. has al ways turned out winning aggrega tions. That the Multnomah Guards defeated them was the surprise of the pre-season sassion. It only goes to prove the, statement that the sea son, which, opens May 2, is to be one of the best ever enjoyed by semi-pro rans or in is state. Baseball on tbe Inside. By Billy Bvauas. TTiDDIE COLLINS don't overlook XJk many bets on the ball field. He makes a careful study of every play that is out of the ordinary. If he has his doubts, nothing pleases him more than to bring it up tor discussion at such a time when he believes he can get an opinion from a number of different sources. Just to illustrate that Eddie is always wide awake heads up when anything ' unusual takes plaee. In a game at Detroit last summer Collins pulled a ball down the right field line a mile a minute. No one was on the bases at ths time and the base umpire was standing In his usual place about 10 or 15 feet back of first base and about 8 or 10 feet in foul territory. The drive of Col lins bugged the foul line closely and then struck the bag with a thud. The first baseman didn't have tbe slightest chance to make a play on the -balL After hitting the bag It veered off Into foul territory. Try as he might the base umpire standing In foul territory was unable to get out of the way of the ball. It struck his leg, rolled a short distance and went dead. Collins easily reached first on the play. Had not the ball struck the umpire, he -would have made' at least two bases and possibly three. The following day just before the start of the game, Collins sought me out for a discussion of the play. I told him that the moment the ball struck the umpire it became dead, that he was entitled to first base. That meant that had he been able to make more bases, he would not have been allowed to advance, neither would an out at first been permitted. Collins had evidently been giving the possibilities of the play considerable thought that evening, because he came back with the argument that I expected. It involved a peculiar wording of the rule, which in a sense did not cover the play as it had come up in the game of the day before. The rule of this play, that is the The Florsheim M EN who want 6tyle will find it in The Florsheim Shoe. What you prefer you may actually have there are styles in endless variety every model a specimen of expert designing and workmanship. Florsheims look good because they are good. FLORSHEIM SHOE STORE 350 Washington St., Near Park (opposite Majestic Theater) only rule that could apply, says: The batsman becomes a base run ner if a fair hit ball strike the per son or clothing of the umpire on foul ground." In this particular case the umpire was hit by a fair ball in foul territory. Collins was inclined to be lieve that since the rule did not ex plicitly cover the play In question. n argument might be made trial the ball was In play and the base runner could advance at his peril. . I -explained to Eddie that the rule on this play was made when there was only one umpire in charge ot the game. That since there was no chance for an umpire to be hit by a batted ball that was fair in foul territory, no thought was given to such a play since it was impossible to come up with the single umpire system. Now, however, with the double umpire system it can come up and as state it Is not definitely covered by the rules. By a process of deduction I tried to show Eddie why only first base should be granted the batsman. Sec tion 6 of rule 5a. says that tbe case runner shall return to his base with out liability to be put out, if the umpire be struck by a fair hit ban before touching a fielder. In which no bases shall be run unless necessi tated by the batsman becoming a base runner, and no runs shall be scored unless all the bases are occu pied. It will be noticed that this rule simply says, if the umpire is hit by a fair batted ball, and says noth ing ss to whether it is in fair or foul territory. There is in a sense a slight confliction. a chance for an argument as proven 4y this unusual play that came up in a game In which I was one of the officials. At the recent meeting of the rules com mittee In Chicago, this play was brought up for discussion, and It Is now definitely covered in the play ing code -as It should be. the ball being regarded as in play. Van Atta Wins Practice. Frank Van Atta turned in high gun at the Everding park traps yester day, shattering 48 targets out ot 50. J. B. Troeh bagged 47 out of 50 tar hawks, while C. B. Preston and Henry R, ("Hi") Everding tied for third honors, with 48 down apiece. The rest of the scores registered at yes terday's practice shoot follow: E. H. Keller. 43: A. A. Hoover. 36; a. K Weatherell, 38: J. C. Braly, 34, and L. R. Hubbard. ?4. Centra lia to Play Friday. CENTRA LI A, Wash., April 21. (Special.) The next game in the southwest Washington league will be played here Friday afternoon, with the Centralia and Montesano high school teams as the opposing aggre Look Out! SCARLET DAYS Coming No metal can "touchyou. give .satisfaction. t 2 "Carlton" - $16 SS-SS (5 Jl.si- 'sr-s-r.. X3.-jf;i.iSi.-i gations. Centralia has a percentage of .500 in the league, having defeated Chehalis 13 to 0, and lost to Olympia 9 to 4. only an OUR scattered here and there through his eight days' visit here. May 1-8. remains in which it will be possible for you to see the European ARTIFICIAL EYE EXPERT You'll have to hurry if you suc ceed In making an engagement. He makes them lifelike and natural, while you wait, and "no charge if unsatisfactory." 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