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TIIE SUNDAY OREGON! AN, PORTLAND, MAY "it. COLTS HAVE HIT BAIT THAT WINS SOME OF ABERDEEN'S HUSTLING PLATERS IN ACTION. OREGON VICTORY GREAT SURPRISE a AUTOMOBILE DEALERS AND AUTO SUPPLY HOUSES OF PORTLAND er--. , v Archer, Combs & Winters Co. AUTO SUPPLIES. 306 OAK STREET Have Crossed Bats With En tire League and Now It Is Case of Generalship. a Points Rolled Up at Tri-State Meet Due to Training of Bill Hayward. A Idanha Motor Car Company ITT lOkllT TfIHl F- w- VOGIXR. Gen. Mfr. SEATTLE TEAM STRONGEST VlrVJ VI 1L JLl WASHINGTON FALLS DOWN Tib. a4 Couch A2320.Mata. 4531 Mil 1 aVi Will Mae Kae Sizes Vp Situation on Northwestern Circuit and Says If Spending Monejr Will Do It. Portland Will Hare Flag. BT WILL G. MACRAE Not only have Manager Casey's Colts taken the series from Aberdeen, which by the way is the first series they have taken since the season opened. but they seemed at last to have struck their gait, anil from now on the team should become a factor in the race for the Northwestern League pennant. Af ter Casey's hired men had hooked up with Aberdeen last week his crew of baseballists had met all the teams in the league. He knows by this time the strength and weakness of the oppos ing teams and the pitchers his men have to face, so from now on It should be a matter of generalship. Judging all 'of the teams that have met Casey's Colts. It must be admitted that those Seattle Turks are the most formidable, and next to Seattle comes Spokane, who will appear in Portland next week for the first time. A lot of fans looked upon the rush to the front of the Seattle team as a flash In the pan. These were not critical fans, for Dugdale has surrounded himself with a smart hall team, and with Mike Lynch dogging at his heels, the fat Seattle magnate had plenty of nne material in reserve. While It Is true Seattle fattened Its percentage column right off the reel on Casey's Colts, and this lead gave the team a world of confidence. It Is no more than fair to say that Seattle has been playing con sistent and heady baseball ever since the opening day. The big lead Seattle has at the top of the percentage col umn means a lot to the team and It can take chances and get away with them, that a team lighting out of the cellar would not dare to attempt, for If it did the luck of the game would break against and not for It. Casey Will Xow Climb. It may sound like carping a bit to say that with any kind of baseball lu'-k. Manager Casey and his crew would have been camping close up to Seattle's figures. When the season opened Casey found himself woefully weak In the outfield and behind the bat. Swanton was an utter failure In the outfield and for a time It looked ss if Carry was going to fall down. The latter, since his home-coming, has struck his stride and from now on should Improve with every game. Signing up frank Adams has strength ened the team wonderfully. Ho hits well. Is fast on the bases and with Marty Murphy on the team. Casey Is assured of a smashing good Infield at all times. Adams Is an exceptionally good third baseman and Murphy can Jump in and play either third or first bane. What helped Casey and Is helping him a lot is the exceedingly clever work of Catcher Tommy Murra'y. Had Murray been with Casey In the opening series against Seattle. Dugdale would not have been so' lucky. When Man ager McCredle signed Murray he ex pected great things from him. because nls record as a catcher was good. Murray's showing while he was with the Coasters may have discouraged Manager Mac, but if he has been dis couraged he can forget It now. for no catcher wearing a pad and mask Is doing better work behind the plate than Murray. Aberdeen has some fast men on bases, but their attempts to steal on Murray have resulted In their being caught standing up. More than once during the past series Murray has sent the ball to second, where the runner found It waiting his arrival. Small Park Helps Seattle. If Seattle Is to win the pennant, two things are working In Its favor. First, Manager Lynch has a good pitching staff and a band of ballplayers who can come from behind. Several men wearing Seattle uniforms are capable of breaking up a game at any old time and once they start hitting a pitcher It Is -Kitty. Bar the Door." The sec ond and a very Important factor Is the fact that Dugdale has so many games at'home. Dugdale gets hot under the collar when fun Is poked at his ball park. Deep down, he knows the place Is a Joke, yet It Is the best he can do. at least for this season, so the rest of the team must be satisfied. When it came to making up the schedule the fat mogul managed to ge 14 weeks at home. Of course the tJay Seattle fans are supporting the games gives Dugdale the call and he is entitled to the great number of games, for the support of the league must come from Portland. Seattle. Spokane and Van couver. B. C Tacoma and Aberdeen can't be depended upon to swell the bank accounts of the visiting teams. What money there Is to he made must be made out of the four cities named. Dugdale reaps the reward for being located in such a good town as Seattle, for he Is not only making the money, but his team, knowing the park as it does, has the double advantage. Just how Seattle would fare with a four weeks' Junket on the road Is a question. So far It has had only a week away from its own chicken yard. It invaded Spokane and grabbed the scries from Manager Brown's hard hitting ball-tossers. so It would seem as If Seattle, at home or abroad, was capable of winning the major part of the games. To see this happen I must confess, surprised mc. not so mnrli because Seattle was able to turn the trick, as to see Brown's crew fall down the way It did. for I figured Spokane Just as strong In all departments of the game as Seattle. After playing against all of the teams In the league I still figure It to be the best as the teams now stand. Seattle Plays In Lark. Forecasting baseball Is like fore casting the weather. Ton never can tell.. Right now Seattle is going at top speed and couldn't play better base ball, or have the luck of the game break better. Kvery player that Dug dale decided to keep, or has added to liis team, has turned out well. Take McfJee. for Instance. Dugdale signed him as utility because he was weak on first base. McGee made good right off the reel and the initial sacker. Kennedy, whom Dugdale signed for the position, has never got a chance to show what he could do. His grab king Dan Shea was another stroke of C i a TWsrV S W t . m r ? J - ft ' ) - ) i-vry- il If rz"-T luck. Dugdale wouldn't have signed the Portland backstop but for Lynch. Lynch, once he learned he could get Shea, never let the fat manager rest until he had Shea In uniform. Ho. while Seattle is chuck a block with good players, all other teams In the league are scouting around for men to fill In the gaps. Manager Casey Is also In the scouting ranks, and should the coming trip away from home prove an unlucky one, several new men will be added to his payroll. Some of the local fans are of the opinion that should Walter McCredle set up a cry for help some of Casey's men will be shifted over to the Coast League team. Nothing is farther from Judge MeCredle's mind. If Manager McCredle needs to strengthen his team, or If Casey is In need of help, there will be no switching, but players wll be brought from the East. It Is Judge MeCredle's Intentlqn always to have two pitchers remain at home and what two these will be will depend upon now well the whole bnnrh Is going at the time either team takes the road. What the McCredles want to do. If the thing Is possible, is to win both pennants, and If spending money, within reason, can turn this trick, the fans can rest assured Portland will come home with both rags. Both seasons are still young and there Is plenty of time to get to the top before the final game Is played. COLD WKATIIEK MARS SPORT Few Oarsmen Oet Out on River for Practice. Rosin enthusiasts iav t n u - .-- little Interest In getting out on the water during the past week on account of the cold and cloudy weather. Even the arrival of the new shell does not raise the spirits of the oarsmen. Slt- 1 in IT In ft nhell u-llh nnl . costume on rijes not seem to appesl mj iiirUMn:iS (i i me rn iana flowing Club Just at this time. The date of the regatta to be held with the British Columbia crews at Seattle has been changed from July !3 and 14 to July and 10. Portland Is the only member of the association this side or the line and-the change seems to have been made bv the other three crews at Vancouver. Victoria and Nelson, to take ndvantage of the Port land crew's lack of preparation. Coach Dan Murphy will arrive, here the lat ter part of the month, however, and will keep the members of the different crews on the water rain or shine. I EWIXG GIVES HIS DKCIMO.N lepnies Protest of Oakland Clnb In Game With Portland In April. SAN FFIANC1SCO. May JI. J. Cal Kwlng. president of the Pacific Coast Baseball Leavue. denied today the pro test of the Oakland club inlnit the game woo by Portland, at the latter club'a home city, in the series which began on April 27. The protest filed by Hogan charged that the umpire would not permit True, dale to take first base when he was hit by a slow Pitched hall. It Is denied by President Kwlng because It questions the deci sion of the umpire on the ground that he was not correct In his conclusion as to whether the batsman did or did not attempt to get out of the way of the pitched ball. The I'nlled Ptatrs annaaMy produces mor oai, than eiiy other country In th mocid 7t.Oud.c,0 but of l.&sj.Obo.eoe bun.-Is. GAMES DRAW WELL California Supports League Better Than in Past. PORTLAND IS GOOD. CARD Vernon fcrrie With Reavers Has Larger Attendance Than Had Turned Oat for Five Years In Ixtn A nee Irs. BY HABRT B. SMITH RAN Fr.ANCIScO. Cal May Jl. (SpeclaL California has the entire Pacific Coast League at home again this week. However, the teams are better arranged, and by the last game, matters should be about where they stood a week ago. If there Is any choice. San Francisco has the beat of It. although tall-end teams sometimes surprise you. According to all reports, the attend ance is still keeping up. and Is 14 per rent better than It was last year. Happy Hogan. who brought Ms Vernon Villagers to San Francisco, reports that he had a big week with Portland. "We had the biggest week In at tendance that Los Angeles has experi enced for five years." declared the manager of the Vernon Club. Sacramento Drawing Better. That Is going some, when you re member that It was Portland against a tall-end team, and right In that second-division team s borne town. Sacramento, of course the weakest town on the circuit. Is doing far better than with the State league last season, and San Francisco Is keeping up to a good notch. Last week, notwithstand ing, the Seals were playing Oakland, down at the bottom of the heap, the attendance was the second best since the season opened- Ropes had to be stretched again In the outfield to keep the "stand-ups" within proper bounds. At the present writing. Baa Fran. Cisco is stlil out In front. They haven't very much to spare, however, and any day may see a change In the standing of the clubs. The Heals ought to bold that lead for s fair time, however. If they continue to hit the bail as they have been doing. WlggV "Almost" Record. Wlgr.. the Oakland twlrler. almost made a record last week. He was given errorless support, and but for the fact that he hit Kid Mohler. he would have tied tne world's record for no. hlt-no-run games, without a man get ting to first base. That was early In the week. Snnday afternoon, when It came to the decldlnr game In the e rie. it was a different story. The Seals hit Vlj at will, and his con trol was none of the bet which might also be said for his Support. Take It ail In all. It was the worst game that Portland and Oakland ptaied Isst week. Another State Uxurr has taken the hurdles. Ills name Is Sieve Hasan, and he halls from the Fresno Club. Oakland needed another Isfielder and made a bid for Ragan that caught him. Truesdale. who started off so well for Oakland at the outset, hss been suffer ing from malaria, and It does not look as If he will be of any use to the team. Kill Rrldy expects to make other manges berore he gels through shak ing tip the Commuters. Prnhot After Job. Colly Druhot. the Portland southpaw. Is here trying his hardest to Isnd a Job. He would have no trouble book ing up with one of the Coast League clubs If his release could be secured from Wheeling. That team does not want to let him go. and consequently iTuhot Is shy a Job. He can book up with the state League. If he desires, however, anu that la what I expect to see him do, as he can t gel along on nothing. Happy Hogan has a new scheme to submit to the basebsll authorities He argues that It would be a good thing for the umpire to know what kind of a ball the pltrhor Intends to throw. Hogan would have the catcher signal the umpire, who would know what to expect, and, therefore, be more apt to give a correct decision on belle and strikes. Happy says that Jack Mc Carthy tried the scheme In the Slate League last year, and that It worked to perfection. ROOKIKS WILL WRITK BETS Kind Oral Waters Too Kaeilr lor- rotten by Pikers who Lose. NEW YORK. May Zl. Racehoree mea were greatly cheered last night by the statement issued from the office of an attorney for the Jo, key t lub. In wr.U a it was declared that under the n sntl-bettlng taws It Is not Illegal to write down odda. It Is said that this statement will lead to more opea and general belting at the racetracks. The statement follower "It Is not lllesat to offer odds and mak wagers orally In an audible tone, and persons ho vtatt tne tracks should know it. Anybody can write the odds down as a means of keeping track of the merket. but nobody who accepte oral w agers can hold up a list of prices to attract speculation." Indian Guide for Auto. NKW TOKK, M.y For the long transcontinental automobile race f rota this city to eVaiile for the Ougcenheim cup. which stsrts June 1. L u. irr-imma has engaged two Indians to guide the Welih car acroes the far Western ststee. Hluehawk Jim" and "Longfcather Pete" are the guldca Walker on Way to America. SCLTHAMPTON. May J5.-R n Walk er, the sprinter, arrived here today from South Africa. He will compete In a Bum her of Summer meetings In the I'clted Kingdom, and will leave In August for the United Statee. li s first race la at Abergavenny next week. Walsh Make l ast Time. TOPKKA. Kan.. May : t-ergeant J. R- Walan. t. X. A. retlred. the pedes trian, who has undertaken the teak of overtaking Kdward parson Weaton on his transcontinental Journey, left To. peka at a. 3 o'clock this moratnar eeat bound. In Spile f Adtamase of I-arcer Sludent Bod. Winning Teams Are i:rrpiioB O. A. c. Has Good Material foe Kale re. "T THE AM AT ICt at Oreeon S everwh-lmirg vtrtnry In i irt-etate meet at Ihia-ena stoned Do little rarr-nae among Northwest ' enmuaiaeta. vi le it wee gen- I eraliy believed that the Kucene athletes I had a fair eh .nee to w in by s small mar. g:n. the clear majority of out of a ! pnealhle lr polnta Was not dreamed of ! even by the nmi sanguine supporters of j io- TFrnn Tarsity. The secret of Oregon's lor.g string of ! victories on the track la due to a I ber of cause, chief of which u the e'1- ". worm of Trainer ll:; llarward. Tear after year Mat-ward bae turned out ' winning teams at Kua-ena and haa efi.a I done so with the rawest kind of material. in ano oaa thn .Oron buaaled of u. t ' athlete as Kelly. MeKlnney. Hug and ' Moore the eeaaooi alwsjs oeened' with ' bright pmapevta. but during the last two ' yaata Hayward haa had to develop point. winners out of hie freehmen. end has done so In a meat rtMMN manner In 1 lavla. Hawkins. J-rr. ktd'anlels. Kel- 1 '" Means and WilMame. the Oree,.e trainer haa turned out a traneh of young, stars thst lake rack among the beet ath lete In the Malory of the university. ine work or Oregon's small handful of veterans. paUKtilarly Huston's eshthi- ! lion m the loo. yard dsah. was Inetru mental In prinsir-g victory to the wear ers of ihe lemon yrliow In the recent fe" The freehmen mede a bnliiani ouwuie. pui lne oicr men won more than their e h are of points. Oregon Alwas llc-aia Waahlnglon. A glance at the recorda of Ihe trl-slate meete ahowa that Oregon baa always wow over Washington and Idaho and baa al ways secured more points than Ihe com blr.rd total of the other two teams Idaho haa shown god form for a small Insti tution. eoer.al:y when one roneldera the great her.!.!.!; with whirh the i;n t:ate athlete have to contend during their training sesson. Westher eondl. tior.s In the Inland Kmpire are far rrora acreeaole during Ihe early goring months and Ihe lor.g Journey lint the Moecow men have aiwaa been compelled to take In order to attend the meets haa nad a telling effect upon Iheir nerve and endur ance. Iy all the rules of the game. Idaho le entitled to hold ihe trt-etale meet on her own campus neat er. The ami of Montaornery In the recent neeta at Fusene end Corvallta showed him to be a ery classy athlete. In each meet be won three first piacoa. beeide a r umber of seconds and thirds, and clear ly demonstrated his right to be rlaseed ee one of the Northwest's bean str.ietee. Idaho haa a phenomenal runner In Olar enoe F-dmuneon. nut th Nonhnet Con ference rule barred him from competi tion Ihta year, owing to the fact w.at he had already competed for four seasons. Had Kdmuneon been eligible to partici pate In the recent meets at Eugene and Corvallle. hla team would have made a still better showing than It did. Washington's weakness In track elh. letlce le pltirul when one conaaders lb I fact that the Krergreea t'nlverany has i mre times as many students as Idaho and twice ae many as Oregon, and also that Washington draws larger r laser a from high schools than doee any one of her Northweet rtvala. Tea years eso Waehlnstoa had creditable teeune on Ihe "s-h. but the quality of her athletics has showa no Improvement; In feet, it has deteriorated. la Ihe history of North west track athletic. Washington has de feated drerna only one in That wraa In the days of rav leant. Tom at c taansld. Grern. l-earsoa. H'.ll and others who composed the only championship team, ever turned out at Waahlngtoa. With her unsurpassed feciluie and her large suppiy of material. Washington ought to turn out a team now and then that would at least make things Inter esting for her i-ivala There must be something wrong with the coaching fore t Washington, or. perhaps, the students do not support track athletic with th same spirit that they back up their foot ball team a O. A. C. Has Good Men. . The Oregon Agricultural College ath. 'tee won a clean-out victory from Idaho last Monday and the day brought forth a numer of men that will be beard from later on. tVcott. a young sprinter on the - A. C. teeun, won the I'a.yard dealt fmm Montgomery In fairly rood time, and rw-rgman. another t'orvellle lad. nade a good run in the high burdlea. The Oregon Agrtru!:url College was weak la th long runs, but won 3 out of ?: points In the weight events. In which Wolff. Kndburg and Hall were the star performers. The annual dual meet between Oregon and cv a. -. will b held at CorvaUue neat Saturday, and If th!a season's reo- or.ia count ior earthing, loe oreAn ath letee ehould win. The score, however, promise to be rloae. and t'orvallis la said to have more than a fighting rhanoa. Comparing Oregon's records In Ihe trl. state meat with thoe mode by the Car. valiia men In their dual contest with Idaho, the Kugene athletes should take all the runs celt eVaturuay. Oregon la specially strong la tl.e long runs and t t relsy race, and ought to sor erconde or thlrda. aa well aa flra-.a. In both He half-mile and mile runs, aa well e la th quarter. Vvith euch apnntere as Hueton. Heed and Moon, caregon ought to show her beets to her rival la the dasl.e In the we:ht events, the roaditloa of affairs W!ll. no doubt, be reveraevl. Wolff will win the shot-put with ease, and Hall the hammer-llrow. and llietr I rain ma tea bid fair to a. -ore m both eventa Ti-.e ' -e la always aa uncertain event, but Wol looks I'ke a winner In thie aa well as la th a hot. put. . ttapman. of o. A. C. should take the l.!f!i jump, but le broad Jun.p is an uncertain quantity. Wriiama. of iH-eron. se-ms lo bsve ihe lead on ell the pole vaultere of tr.e eraaan and ous.' t lo win from IVnnonli wad Oleun. Hue ton and Hawa'.na ran b depended upon for good lira In the hurdle events, but Bergman Is a claaey hurdler, and. as thee events ere aiways uncertain, there le no assurance that ae.y forecast on them would prove correal. Oregon s a unia to be la l-ne to win more nrei placee than O. A. C. end if Hayward s protege raa carry off a majority of the seeonda and thirds they .i.onlj win the meet. The Agricultural Co-lee- haa not had a ehamr'or.ei in team s'n.e the da a of the late "I'ad ' Trine, but t ml mea are belr.g developed each or-. r. my u ( th c.U uUiiotaa rt haiMTxtavy au.4 t&frk- it m4-ucn r.v.vU, BALLOU WRIGHT Automobile Supplica 6 Sisth Sc. Maia lJ4; A 1S34 FORD it,- r-r'-- retone TIRES ValeaaUlaa at Reerewdtaa. P K. KEATS Auto Co. SEVENTH AND BURNSIDE Chalmer. Detroit 526 ALDER STREET fflclntyre IUGH WHEEL AUTOS OLDSMOBILEe MARMON and OVERLAND CARS CROWE AUTOMOBILE CO. S. E. Cor. 16th and Alder St. Automobile Row STUDEBAKER CARS Phot -B 3141 East 91 530 STEARNS At the Salesrooms of the a 5. E Cor. loth anal AJJer Sta. tfettt? Tourist Motor Gar Go. GOODYEAR. TIRES AND EQUIPMENT 31-33 taaaallnev Ueaalaa 4 l.Hkrkalu uu. WIMTON V I Ttl X Mtrrott C O. or Oox. leroottetret:on by Appointment. but Oreemn arrears to be t he favorite st tte present lira. urdfta to Coach I ilato. John 8. O roc an. of the North laahota As-rtcultural CoiVrc. has bee a rhoeea to srceevt John H- He ion as heed foot. bail enfh at the t'nlrersur of I lanv lie tt'.ll caemee uen La-( orer sll branrhe of atnleiir at tSe Mieroe in e'.ltutlon. rnmmvnrlng fftepiember I. iroaa hae been very lureewfvl at t He Ne.rth Iakrla coliese. not eeilr as a fxt ball roerh. but alea as a be all. basket ball and trark Instror-tor. lie is a s-rmdu. ate of Knot Oolles aarl le aa all-rxun4 attilete nf no re. atU-iy. lN.enne a n not: nor men t haa reus from Walla Welia Ihat J. alerr-.ll IUajvrhar-4 haa been retained aa hral fexVKell mtrh A NEW SHORT ROUTE The) rtinnin? tim of the Canadian Pacific train brtwrrn IVrtUn,! an.l St. Paul via th O. R. & N. S. I., C. V. anj So Ln ia DAYS ti AND 1G HOURS THE NEW TRAIN DE LUXE Kurt through a,.lii to St. Paul. Klrrtrir? lighted ; l.brarj- buffrt obseration cara. DinLxifr-car awrricr iinfxerllcHl. No examination of bapfaf-. 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