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TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 12, 1911. BEAVER PITCH NG STUFF PROMISING Outlook Now Even Better Than at Start of Season Last Year. NINE TW1RLERS IN LINE Amonc Men Signed Are Experienced Xox ArtUi. Majority of Whom Have Record Winners. tar May Be DevHoped. iKArti mrnnw HtXXHlf ui I tlR. lt. ii MLAUQHXTN CLUB FOOTBALL TEAM CLAIMS AMATEUR INDEPENDENT FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP OF PORTLAND FOR 1910 f . T - -a 1 ' . I . ! .ni 1 - ' J V. - j " -"X 1 " U - w -v . J" ;A J" -v ... I 5? I 71 FANS THRILL WITH SEASON SAPPRDAGH Ballplayers Find All Sorts of Enthusiasts Waiting First Big Game. Wen. . -1 .. i: Pitcher. -rafn. fiMv Prt a n.i .... Fort apd .. a;..?-', v. land . i .-.nrrnn. N (-.(f.rd I .fcc-hrr. lrrrt.... It I frC'J-n. I fi.-h"uT- . 14 I ni'rt.ia. H""i" . ' ' Arlii. la-l-rande-i. . . -4 S Saacriea. J n4.pol.ntL It 2 P f. .s;s. . .1 14 .Til ,:w.7 ..'.: . ".vrr Frrlng minor leagu baseball club ar forcet to whip te ethr prac II. allT new itff of tlrlr. for atar Mtrhr dlrl In th lr claa cmarliatlon ar lthr drafted or pur . .la-w I ht lh major laua tm, wJil. n f-Tt- th minor pllnia to airaln !v!'p tti biinnra In the art. Rkiuk of thta n"li: adan-o-m.rit of pltchr rach yr tfta llffrot miacr Wacu Iran: f'nd nmlr iarlln out In tr Sprira- wttb pracil ral'r a rr rorpa of pltrli.ra. Al la r U ta in ra villi rhamplooahip t-arru. ami P.rt nj coma un.lt-r thla la.il'lraiinn. Hin iie prarr wnl lo Santa Mi ll ;at CrTtna Uo'ritn had but on trt.4 anj true il.trr on hla lit. and an J.aaa OarrvtL Out of a bunch rf II or ti pltrhrra M.rdl rounded out a flaff wM.h dvlnpd thrv of ta ffrtiirit plti-liina; atara frtr an on im on rlub In lh faciric I oa laau b. fir. Th wr Van ir(t. riuf-ne Krapn anJ lull tin. hllo liarrrll. th ouly atar lft from tho prvitn I'lMti. provad ruor or Iraa i'f a dlaarpt'tnimattt. Mrtrn Only Old Mar lfU TMj .-an M--Ct.'Mo our mor alarta oat under a almllai; handu-ap. for Maan li tlir rtil rilab h bmm Ift. tfiourfh Torn tltaloa li rapabl of d llvcrtna; tiit a;oM!a if h ran rtd hlmarlf f fcla tajiar.a an J put mor enrrnr Ir.to tla taork. Il"wr. Stn la not I'aaly I. pr a i;arr--tt. for th llttl T.-tao wa. r( writ, which account frr '( poor aF.nwInc laul araann. whit ."m ta a h-althr and atmna; aa an M. CrantrJ lhat h will bo aa aHd a If not b(tr tian la.t araaon. and that tatcn wt'l ahow t bettor advantaa:. thta iltri f'ortland two rallablra out r atr.a twlrlfra now arrayad oa Ch M-ar t .at . of t:i ot.;r twlrl-rra. Klmrr Kooat nr loom up aa th mat liarljr of th -ineu for th rriion tliat h la an s pTtn.--rd ptchr and ha worked In t-la t-acu bfor. Ho arrrad with th !via.U club laat acaaon. but Ilk all ? inr.t!!il Juat braaklnai Into faat t-nrpany anl with a tram that la a -rrn 1 f1ivtatin rnlrn!r. h wa kept n In bnch In d f-rnr lo lh tr. ana n that rlub. Koratnrr pitched in TV fimfi. In which ba waa reroa;r.tard In lii, avoraaea aa twlrler. but tl urad In ; mni'i ail to I I. aa far a his tttln; iTj-t la roncrnd. Aa a twirlr h la rrrdlled with havlna; won ftvr and loat la a:ini,. but k rounded out a b.ittina: irrit. of .J1J for hlm- if wi'1 hla war rlub. Kordnrr'n bat tire will mak him a welrucn addition f th I'orttard tram, and h otistil to lo aa well for 1'ortJaod thla year aa ha did fr Loa Anreie in l-. " .T -a'- r . -. ..,-...' mm m - .r) w - .. ,: ,J T ' t.; 4 .- vr-. . i" ar fl . . I.HKT TO Mir.irT. TOP ROW P. I)K( II KR, I HTHKRIU, -APTAI.N" T. CROWIKV, It. TOO M Br, MAXAGBRi I.. Dt'BRR AD E. KIVKRS. .MID. in. i: how il biiim; ii. niiMimi. j. lavix, w, towkv a.nd v, o-hario. bottom row c. driscom., u. o hamo.v, j. kkllv, c. TW IT IIKI.L AM) F. M-KCOW 51. TWO MKX ARK ABM: NT. 1 COLUMBIA WINNER Lincoln High Outclassed and Outplayed at Soccer. SCORE, 8 GOALS TO NONE I'nitrraily Lad IMiay l ine Tram. work and Wonderful Pawning. lal. nakcr and Krllahrr Stars In Making Score. .rvlier Well Touted. Frank Rafa Arrhor. a aouthpaw twirlrr from th Iaenport team of th Thr-Be-irve 14iie. ifrmi t tx the only i' M-hnJrr M 'rr.llo hae lined up thla ean. i pitched f'r a club which ramo rlojr to ftnlhlrir laat than at t'e top of th heap, but aucreetlod I ritrhine; Itood en-uirh ball to attract n e of Jim IhOulre. mananer of th lT.land American, who tipped ale. t're.ll lu tfia ruumcateT. Th I'ort'.and maraarr thlnka a ureal deal of Uc t...lr a Jt!.!a;mnt. and took the tip by tirartina; Archer when that player had bn paaacd up by : tho other cluba. rcriar won II and loat l narnea for J'avenp'rt. and hla weaknraa aeenia In In firldina; M p.mltion. Aa lirrix waa aimilarlT ar.'ll- ted wlien h joined l"rttand. t"---r I no reaion for Archer rot bln- s.b'.e lo arqulr thla reqaiatta art In p:fMn. Fred lranion. th srouas; twlrler lrftd hi levelnn.l from th l.ynch bura tam of In iralnla Le, woa 1 and loat li praruca wltli that club lit year. II ta hertiMed on of Iho rooat protrltir.a; cr.lutea from Vlr lnu UvM'l circI- In yrar and la touted a.mojt aa hiahly aa Walter Ix-an. t.. yeuns fellow alao drafted Vy i :,t!,J. but whom 1'ortland failed t. a because flland waa unable to 't waiv.ra on him b-ror h could b turned over to Mcl'redie. I'allerton Ilaa Ixt of Seed. t' a Vullerton. of the Harerhlll club f the New Kraland Lea cue. I another l;Tr proape t who loma up a a tnoat likely addition to th atarf. I"ul I'rton I aald lo b a bl. huakr chap, w ho poe.sea plenty ef apred and Hood uree. He won M and loat 1 same lat aea.on. and comea to Portland with t.i brtcitt't of propcta. for he aTea to Cleveland if he it a lira a;ood during t.i comlna; araon. Kred Arlrtt. a vnj t'allfornta aemU proreeaional pUyer. la anotner arnuial tlon of w ora much la eipected. Arlett twirled for an Indepacdrnt tram laat and won Ii out of ; games Ilu-jrd- H beat auch teama aa th ban I'ranclx-o faclflc i'oaat team and th Oakland Plat Leasu team In ei MMtloa same laat Pprlnc aad main tained Ma jccr..fu recorl durlnc th ntlr aeaaon. Thr la aom doubt as to his rrporttn to Portland, for th reaaoti that al fJarant are aald to ob-J--t to hi, pltrlna; pros ,l nal baae talL but McCredl eip-cta to hold a ronferrac wltti Arlrtt and hla family whi e h la en root to fanta Maria. "Roddj1 Ranches, another rcrult from California. I the prtd of the 3tl-pros about Los Anireles, where It is generally admitted that McCredla put over a ten-atrlk, whea he lined up tr.e clever young- pttrber. Panches Is amlou to make good In fast company, for h Is ambitioua to a-et a berth la th bl leajuea. where he hopes to out shine Arreilanea. Krauia and the other California lads who have mad food la tn bl- brush. , Taklne- Trythlrs; Into conaldrratlon. VcCredle ems to have a fin bunch of )oupe talent from which to round out Jh 111 Braver,' pi t tun staff, and. besides, there I th.- possibility that :urn Krapp may revert to Tortland. I'alni; clever paasinaT coniblnatlona and handllns; the wet. heavy ball much better than lla opponents. Columbia tnlvratty easily defeated Uncoln Illsb School yeaterday afternoon at soeeer football on the Columbus Athletic Club (rounds. The score was t to o. Columbia's superior work In all de partment of Ilia kicking same en abled the men to score almost at will. A heavy, muddy Held and a wet. soggy j ball seemed lo make no difference In Columbia's playing, the men handling the ball with eusa. Its onret'ledneas mad the ram aome what unlntereating toward the 1st trr part. Uncoln not getting a alngl opportunity to score. Columbia's goal was never threatened and the (oa ket per had little work lo do. The play was almoit continually In Uncoln part of the field. Lincoln's men were prone lo leave their positions and follow the ball about the field, leaving- many open ings for Columbia's accurate passing. Heroic work by fullbacks Oreer and Rlaiey saved many goals for Lincoln. Lincoln had no combination work and showed the lack of passing-. Colnnihla'tt rnaar-t F-ffex-llve. On the other hand, Columbia effect ively used parsing and good combina tion play. Centering the ball from the outside lino, Davis. Baker and Kella her enabled the men In front of goal to place the plgakln Into the net. Davis' placing of the ball In front of the goal from the left aide of the field shone of the spectacular, and his shooting, like that of Baker, waa also productive of goals. This twain scored the major ity of Columbia's goals. nilladeau. one of the bcl defense men of the league, suffered a sprain of hla Injured knee and left the Odd aided by fellow players. The new hurt to the Injured member may Incapacitate htm for future games In the league. He played a good game. Kellaber. who took his place as extreme defense man, also shone with his work. Time of riay Shortened. Realising the strain of an hour and a half on a muddy field waa too mucli for the boys, the length of halves was reduced to 30 minutes from the old 4i-tnlnute playing periods. Next Satur day Washington and Jefferson high schools meet on the samo Held. The players you relay were: O'BRIEN RETURNS Clever Boxer Tired of Fighting for Small Purses. MILWAUKEE RECORD GOOD Portland Pugilist IIoV Offers for Jlntches With First-Haters, but Decides to I1 Kantern Pro motors Worry for While. J r FAWOI fPRINTKH WILL COACH I IVl;llMTY OK W .MIItG TOX TRACK TEAM. w " r "-.. . . I . ' V W 1 J. II. Maybarr. f X I V T. Iti-ITT OF" WAflllXQ. Tt.'N. rtealtle, Feb. 18. (Special.) James IL Maybury. formerly on of the world's foremost sprinters, who was secured by the Associated Htudents of th 1' Diversity o( Washington to coach th track team for this sraaon. will lssua his call for the Initial turn nut next week upon the opening- of the second semes ter. I ran see no reason why the sluJents and the track men of th University of Washington, should be so despondent about th track prospects for this sea son. I consider them excellent." salj Coach Maybury today. Maybury came to tiattle two years ago and commenced prac ticing law here. He has not been In athletics since his resi dence here. With medals from almost every big meet in th country during his time. Mr. Mayb'iry held world's record In the JOO.yard dash at - sec onds, and also In the ::0-ysrd dash at II 2-S seconds. Columbia. Poelllon, Lincoln. Bra. a il alrlukaor MHI.Urau. Kellaber. KB i ;! arm.xly H Rlalr Murphy 11 II pWrr! Mrauhal I'H .Nrlnnr Barry Mi Qooilwln Keliaher. Blllaueau. K. . . . Bract liaufurd 1 K Ilarkaoo I'erklne Tuaril Baker II Koua-ILiu; Zavla OL Urwi Hrfrree Andrew Matthew, Multnomah Amatrur Alhl. Uc Club. Linemen Frank Billinstun and Jam.a Towns. National Football Club. MEET SET FOR APRIL 8 rOLVMHIA TO HOLD AXXl'.Vli IX. HOOK TKACK CiA.MES. Invllations to He Sent (o All College, Athletic Club and lllpli Si-IkmiIh In Set-lion. The athletic council of Columbia Uni versity has selected beturdsy. April S. aa the most suitable date for the big annual open Indoor track and field meet. to be held under the auspices of the athletic association of that Institution, The coming meet win be the eighth conducted annually at the big college gymnasium. Other dates considered were April IS and April 22. Owing to the fact that Easter vaca lion beglna at Columbia on April 1: and contlnuea for a week. It Is Impos sible to hold the meet on April la. April 22 was considered too late in th season for an Indoor meet. Moreover. It was thought that this date might Interfere with th Berkeley Interscho lastlc meet, which I announced tor April 2!) and Si. As some of the col lege trams from thla section take part In the California meet, their partici pation In the Columbia meet only one week before might Interfere with their prospects at the Southern meet. The customary letters of invitation will be sent out to all colleges, high schools and athletic clubs early next week. The list of events this year will be th same as last, with the exception of the two-mile run, which It has been thought best to discontinue. Besides the big open meet, Columbia s also contemplating an open meet for the public and private grammar schools of the city. This meet- If it material ises, will be held In all probability a week or two before the big meet Giants Sail for South. NBW YORK. Feb. U.-Salllng on the Bout hern Pacific steamer Proteus for New Orleans today la the first contingent of the New Tork National League base ball team, on Its way south for the Spring training practice at Martin. Tex. Only few of the recruits for the 1911 season were aaslgned by Manager McOraw to start on today's steamer, the men sailing Including First Baseman Gowdy. Pitchers Rudolph. Clyde Kullerton snd Krnest Lush. The n-xt party of Uiants will eave on the steamer - Creole on Feb ruary St "If they get me away from here again they will have to use a derrick," ald lanny O'Brien, the clover Portland boxer, who returned home yesterday after enjoying a most successful career In Chicago and Milwaukee. O'Brien became tired of the stalling tactics of the Milwaukee fight promoters, a ho are righting among themewlves and who try to aign young lighters for little or nothing, and when they refuse, pass him up for some second-rater, and the Portland boy surprised the promoters by parking up and leaving for home. A he was leaving Milwaukee he was met by two of the club managers who tried to induce hlin to stay when they found that he actually Intended to leave, for O'Brien Is one oi the favorite entries at tlie Milwaukee evenuw, but Iunny re fus"d all their blandishments and Informed them that If they wanted him seriously they could send him a ticket and a fat guarantee which he might consider. "iney stall a young fellow all they ran. said O Brien yesterday. and stood It us long as I could, and then made up my mind to come home. When 1 beat Sihullx the last time I figured they would make good and give me main event that would net me some good money, but when I broached the mutter to the club promoters they com menced stalling again. I tig a red that I would be the drawing card if they matched me with Britton or any of the rest of the fighters they named, so whet they tried to put me on in a main event for the. same money I received for a pre liminary, I decided I could do better by coming home and let them do the worry Ing. I understand they want me to re turn Immeu.ately, but I guess Danny will keep them guessing for a little while anyway.-' O'Brien says he Is glad to get back to Portland and expects to go to work Immediately, lie Intends to keep In train ing and If an opportunity offers he will enter the Ting at Vancouver or some other adjacent point In the near future. He Kays he Is willing to take on Bud Anderson, Conroy, Morrlsscy or any of the other scrappers in his division at any time. the two recruita from Cleveland who are living at that place, have been noti fied by McCrcdie to come West on the "Red Sox Special." which will bring the Boston American League team to Los Angeles, and which leaves Chicago Feb ruary IS. Tacoma fans are rejoicing over a re cent order issued by the manager of the Tacoma Railway & Power Company to tne erreet that better car service will be provided for the baseball games. . Lou Child, a well-known Spokane norseman, has purchased Allerdaw, a fa. nious pacing stallion by Allerton, and will race the horse over the Northwest ern circuit this coming season. The for mer owners of Allerdaw were Al Russell and Donald Dlnnle, of Mlnot, N. D. Entries are coming in fast for the free- for-all swimming contest for the Elwood Wiles handsome silver cup. which event is scheduled to be held at the Portland Swimming Baths in the near future. Over 15 swimmers are already listed, and at least 30 starters are expected to com pete. a The annual election of officers to be held by tho Multnomah Club at tho an nual meeting of the club scheduled for next Wednesday night, is exciting con siderable Interest among the members of the Institution. All of the nominees are being vigorously backed by their friends, which means a most exciting election. 3 EACH HAS OWN ADMIRERS "Bag" Who Knows Diamond Heroes Is Source of Amusement to Latter. One Who "Knows It AH" Worst Pest of National Game. BT VT. J. PETRAI.V. Within the next 10 days between 100 and 125 baseball players, veteran and "busher," will either be actively engaged in preparing themselves for the coming season or will be occupy ing anxious seats in Pullman cars en route to the scene of Spring activity. Throughout the Eastern and New England States the Inhabitants are hugging the. fireside and compelled to remain indoors because of the icy Win ter blasts and accompanying flurries of snow and sleet, while here on the Pacific Coast the festive baseball fan is bobbing serenely about town minu his overcoat and enthusiastically dls cussing the pennant prospects though the baseball season were act ually under way. The aforementioned fan Is also pre dieting great things of every bal player Avhose name appears in th prospective lineup of his favorite team ana. just at present, there are more embryo Ty Cobbs, Hans Wagners, Ed die Collins', Larry Lajoies. Jack Coombs and 'XThlef" Benders than ca possibly be developed in the next years, but that makes no difference to Mr. tan. Xew Players All Have Friends. Ho simply picks out the name some highly touted youngster, wh will probably get a couple of cups of coffee with a sinker or two on th side as his portion of the pennant race glory, and then be relegated to th bush from whence he came, but to Mr, Fan this same young player is an idol If he fails to make good, the May day excuse Is that the manager failed to give him a chance. At least that is the excuse If the team is losing abou May 1. On the other hand, if the team win without the services of the dismisse phenom, Mr. Fan suffers a woeful lapse of memory about this particula player and denies ever having heard o the same man, and politely informs all persons Inquiring as to the welfare o his protege that they must have th busher confused with some other play er he has highly touted. Fans are peculiar. That is, the rabid ones are. Those who want to talk nothi ng but baseball from morning unti night, bore the manager to death, cause the sporting editor to dodge around corners, afford huge bunches of delight to ballplayers inclined to have a little Josh, for some ballplayers like Tommy Tennant, Ivan Olson, Harry McArdle, Bill Devereaux and others can stand by the hour and "kid" a fan without the latter ever guessing their intent, and yet furnish so much amusement for their fellow players, that, in order not to spoil the session, they are forced to disappear to avoid outbursts of laugh ter which would put the "goat" wise SPORTING BREVITIES DOl'R more players have been I daily offl- transferred to Portland by Cleveland, and while all of them have been announced heretofore, the final transfer Is gratifying news. The quartet comprises Elmer Koestner. Roger Peck lnpaugh. Jack Bradley and Frank Bran don. a a Elmer Koestner. one of the twirlers turned over to Portland by Cleveland yesterday, was the star heaver for the I -oa Angeles team in 19u9. and was drafted from that club by the Cleveland Ameri cans for the season of l'.M0. Koestner Is now at Los Angeles and will report at Santa Maria February 25. a a s Miles A. Nettel. the ex-Portland In- delder who waa sold by McCredle to Spo kane last year. Is blossoming out as a pool champion In Eastern Washington. Netxel recently played a match game with the champion of that section and lost by a score of 124 to Ua. and has signed up for a return game. Danny Long is figuring on two young sters to strengthen the Seals consider- bly. One of them is Harry Fielder, a pitcher, and the other is Fred Carman, a giant backstop. Fielder broke in with the Seals last Fall and showed conslder sble ability. PICKED ELEVENS A HE M ATCHED Columbia and Ileavcr Soccer Tennis Will Play Today. Two picked soccer football teams, the Columblus and Beavers, will play this afternoon at the Columbus Athletic Club grounds, Williams avenue and Stanton street. Some of the best players of the city will participate in the game. These elevens met last Sunday and the Colum blas won, but because the Beavers al leged they did not have full strength another game was granted them. Considerable rivalry exists between the members of the two teams. Last Sunday's-game was one of the best seen In the city, and with each team strength ened for this afternoon's battle an oven better game Is looked for. The game will be called at 3 o'clock. The lineup will be as follows: Bra-rrs. Buchanan .... Mackle JTatt, Stewart Krcdham Robinson ..... Stark Barbour ...... Ilk Blllinston (C.) A. Matthews Grey Referee Ben O R B. ... ...L B R C L H O R I R.... C , I L O L Oreen. Columbia. . . . . Duncan Buchan Dyment . . . . Towns . . . . Howard Drcnnen Alblnson 5ray , Ingles . .. Duncan .. Highett Players Like Fans. Players like Tennant enjoy stringing a fan more tnan they do their meals, and Danny Long says that they eat heartier than any ballplayers he ever met. However, as the fan enjoys It and seems to take a keen pleasure In sharing the views of such noted stars of the diamond, there is no harm done for the fan is hardly tver enlightened to the fact that he is being strung, so he furnishes a willing victim whenever he happens to meet the voluble ball tossers. This particular specimen of fandom seeks out the haunts of the players, and usually hangs on the outside of the crowds until he is noticed by some player, and on being recognized he is in the heydey of exaltation, for to have a baseball player recognize him with hearty "hello, pal," causes him to feel highly elated, and he forthwith launches into his experiences with some famous stars or tells of some won drous feat such and such a player once performed In a game witnessed by his wife s cousin s uncle.. The recital of this feat immediately brings forth wondrous tales of "actual happenings," in which one or more of the players present were participants, and each is a ready "affidavit guy," as they call themselves under such cir cumstances. By the time a bunch of players like those named above get through with Mr. Fan, he retires home ward so full of wondrous baseball oc currences that he dreams of them for weeks afterward. Some fans of this sort have been known to listen to these "fake" stories and a few days after- NEW PLAYERS COME TO COAST FROM MANY DIFFERENT LEAGUES. LOS ANGELES. Feb. 11. (Special.) Following are the 1910 records of some of the new men in the Coast League for the coming season: , PORTLAND. ward spring them on their friends as actual happenings at which they were present. Recitals Are Believed. Baseball has such a hold on fans of this kind that they cannot be blamed for their over-enthusiasm. They sim ply allow themselves to become so wrought up over the game that they look upon the player as a little god and accept everything he says as act ually so and let It go at that. They never take the trouble or the time to reason out the impossibility of the plays told of by the particular player whom they idolize, for no one could convince them that such and such a player would ever think of lying out right over the great National game. Such an Intimation would be set down as a downright lie. and the person so .informing Mr. Fan would immediately be classed in the Ananias Club or rele gated to the Knockers' Klan. However, this type of fan Is small compared with the sensible and appre ciative bug who goes to the game every day for the recreation it affords him, and who. whether he understands the technical points of the game or not, gets Just as much enjoyment out of a hotly contested game as though he actually understood every signal passed by the players of the rival teams. This latter class of fan is the most predominant, for he far outnumbers the radical specimen. This latter class comprises business men who go to games for exhilaration and recreation. ana quite a large percentage of them do not trouble themselves to study the technique of the game, being content to watch the progress of the sport and to roast the umpire whenever the oc casion demands. Some Fans Too "Wise." Then there is another class of fan. He is the limit of all of them, for th's is the bug who thinks he knows more about the game than the manager of the team, all the players, umpires and the National commission thrown in. This is the bug who sits at the game and explains to his neighbor Just what each particular player is going to do either at the bat or in the field. He knows, because he has "twigged" the signals of the different teams. V nether he calls the turn on the play, which ia about as ex-ldon-i as a "boob'' does when stacking his knowledge against a sharper's marked card game, he is always right, and bores every one in his im mediate locality with his insufferable harangue on how this and that play should have been pulled off. Last but not the least are the feminine fans, but, as the writer once tried to settle an argument over baseball be tween two of them and succeeded in pleasing neither, U i deemed best not to discuss their defects. Be it as it may. It is sufficient to say that the "dear girls' show a more apt disposition to learn the finer point of baseball than do their brothers, for the percentage of fans who really understand the technical points of baseball is greater among the fair fans than among the bleacherltes. Baseball is a great game and all classen of fans, big. little, fair or otherwise, will soon come into their own once more. CAMPBELL QUITS GAME NATIONAL LEAGUER TO ENTEiC BROKERAGE BUSINESS. Athlete Says Opportunity to. Become Successful in New Occupa tion Most Alluring. Roger PeckinoauKh and Jack Br Veasey. pitcher, Zanesville. Central League . (Won 2 and loat 5 names.) Koeatner. pitcher. Cleveland. American League (Won R and lost 10 m-a.) Pecklnbaugh. shortstop. New' Haven. Connecticut League (iouirh. outfielder. New Raven. Connecticut League ................ Kouaer. outfielder. Waterbur, Connecticut League Bradley, catcher, Johnstown. Tri-State League Ball, second boaeman. Cleveland American League SACRAMENTO. Pond, outflelder. Brockton. New England League (VRourke. second baseman. Albany, New York State League Duiln. third baseman. Brockton. New England League JacLeod, pitcher, Columbus, South Atlnntlc Leaeue (Won 17 and lost 6 games.) Thompson, pitcher, Lawrence, New England League (Won T and lost 9 games.) SAX FRANCISCO. Powell, outfielder, Roanoke. Virginia Leag-ua .. Schmidt, catcher. Koanokc. Virginia League McCauley, third baseman, Appleton. Wisconsin-Illinois League ..... Weaver, shortstop. York Trl-Stat League OAKLAND. Tl'leman. catcher. Norfolk. Virginia League Bannister, pitcher, Wateibury. Connecticut League (Won :i and loat 12 games.) , Knight, pitcher. Albany, New York State League (Won 15 and loat 17 games.) Pernoll, pitcher, Detroit, American League (Won 4 and loat 3 games.) Wlggs. pitcher, Montreal, Eastern League (Won 8 and lost 10 games.) Hoffman, right field. Providence. Kastern League Bowser, outneld, Flint. Southern Michigan Association . . . .- Manuch. left field. Rock Island, Three I League ., L03 ANGELES. Metzger. third baseman. Hartford. Connecticut League Cooler, outfield, Abilene, Central Kansas League Abbott, catcher, Toledo. American Association .". Akin, third base. Seattle, Northwestern League VERNON. eUlneon. second baseman. San Antonio. Texas League I'atteraon, second base, Chattanooga-Nashville Southern Association. . McDonald, third base. Terre Haute. Central League Bat. Field. Avg. Avg .OU2 .31S .30? .-.'S3 .2915 .ISM .137 .94; .2: .94 .11711 .!7H .U27 .899 JIM .H41 HO .U62 .2Sn .21.1 .X44 .2SU .211 .242 .9K0 .11(14 .911 -124 ..-,ri .JIH .150 .944 .127 .62 .2r, .342 .300 .237 403 .2 .24 5 .Kit .935 .ma .910 .944 .9K1 .SI'S .not .94S .940 ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11. (Special.) Vin cent Campbell, regarded by experts tho country over as the brightest young star in the National League last sea son, has decided to pass up an oppor tunity of becoming a great ball player to take a position with a local broker age firm. Campbell Is now Identified with Whitaker & Co.. and has an nounced that he will never again play with Pittsburg or any big league club. Campbell made the final decision to quit baseball today. His friends, who realize what a great future he has in the big arena, tried in vain to prevail upon him to stick, but he stoutly re fuses. He says he has a greater future n the brokerage business and intends to take advantage of the opportunity to make a name for himself. Although Campbell says he has quit baseball because of his preference for the brokerage business, the real rea son, his close friends say, is because he cannot maintain his social position and play baseball at the same time. Campbell is the son of Dr. A. V. Campbell, a prominent oculist of this city, and has always mingled In the best of society. He was graduated from Smith Academy, the preparatory school de luxe of this city, and later attended Vanderbilt University. Camp bell was a great football player. Coach Yost of Michigan declared, after Camp bell had ripped the Wolverine defense to threads, that Campbell was a hu man torpedo. He was promptly dubbed Torpedo" Campbell and the name has tuck. Campbell now has a desk In brokerage office In which are em ployed the scions of old and wealthy families Hugh Fullerton, the Chicago baseball writer, and who is considered a wise critic, said in a story In a magazine t the fag end of the 1910 season sea- on that campneii was tne greatest young player that had ever Droaen nto the big leagues. Fullerton also gives Campbell credit for being the fastest man In either .league at getting down to firsL Campbell has had a meteoric career baseball. After quitting Vanderbilt University in 1307, he was picked up by Manager Chance of the Cubs. Ho tarried with the Cubs as a catcher for the greater part of 11108, but witn Kling and Moran on the Job there was little for Campbell to do. Chance re leased the St. Louis boy to Decatur before the soason was over, but in making the deal owner Murphy got his fingers twisted, and at the windup Campbell was declared a free agent by the National Commission. Campbell then sold himself to the Aberdeen Northwestern League club. He finished his first season with a batting percentage of .290 in 168 games. He negotiated 77 steals and amassed 178 hits. His fielding mark was .82, representing 201 putouts, 14 assists and 26 errors. After this great showing Fred Clarke sent a scout after Camp bell and Vincent lined up with the bold Buccaneers In 1910. "Hap" O'Cqnnor Signs With Tacoma LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 10. (Spe cial.) "Hap oconnor, tne iormer tit. Vincent's catcher. It was announced to day, will be with Tacoma In the North western League this season. Prefer ring not to go East, O'Connor succeed ed In getting his release irom tne Min neapolis Club, with which he played part of last season, and followed this by attaching his signature to the Ta coma contract. Papke Beaten by Thompson. SYDNEY. N. S. W., Feb. 11. Johnnj Thompson, the American pugilist, re ceived the decision on points over Billy Papke. the middleweight fighter of Illi nois, in a 20-round bout today. Oxford Wins Football Match. LONDON, Feb. 1.1. Oxford defeatei Cambridge by a score of 3 to 2 In thi annual association football match play, ed at Queens Club today, ,