Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1912)
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 23, 1912. HOW 10 TRAIN Of! f FANS LIKE SPEED AND GOOD HITTING PRINCIPALS IN PACIFIC COAST FOIL CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNA MENT TO HE HELD BY THE PORTLAND FENCING CLUB. SEALS HAVE MANY FIELDERS ON US! WELL-KNOWN ATHLETIC TRAINER WILL WRITE SERIES OF TRACK ARTICLES. TRACK IS DETAILED ,1 F Trainer at University of Ore gon Gives Advice to Men Who Would Run. Managers Endeavor to Heed' Also Danny Long Seems to Overcome His Prejudice Against Southpaws. Cry for Better Base Running Today. PREPARATION IS CAREFUL GAME IS HARD TO IMPROVE N. WILLIAMS SAYS 'HOWDY' . . . . - . i . . .i.ii,. n. ...i- f, . suns inn., iiiuM ' j""' " ' X "kf ' - -: "J I A' . ' jt ' - . .-tsr..- X y ' x : : r ft i -. V- v I v " - i : , i . r . i ; -. : i i J i j I ipert'n ArfTlre la That Voting AUi- j lvtr should Learn Condition of IUmIj by I'hjtlra! F.iami nation Before Beginning IT Work. BT WILUAM K HATWAJtU, Idrector of AtMotWi at the University of l)m;i)n. For every Athletic event on the track and field calendar. wtether It be (print, middle distance, rrosa country. Jump, weight or any other erent tn which mental and muscular activity Is brought Into flay, training la th fun damental basts. By training Is nwtnt a rery careful preparation of the mua , rular. mental and nervoua system of the human hodv. When In strict training a track aspi rant must deny himself everything that Is detrimental to the laws of nature. I have known of a great many scho lastic athletes with seemingly bright futures who ruined their prospects of becoming stars In their specialties alm lity hn-aua thev did not have the knowledae of training. Instead of building up and developing themselve" slowv. thev have started out the first lav with more work than e-ven a fin ished welt-trained a:hete should under taken and continued the ordeal until their strength broke down under thei stress and strain which their Immature vitality could not endure The first thing an embryo athlete should do Is to develop the action of his hemrt and limits by deep breathing procMeses. t may mention here that It would be well to have the. heart and lungs examined before venturing Into too strenuous eecclse. This precaution might brlnir doubl benefit Indicate what kind of sport la best fitted for the upbuilding of th body and pre serve the health and life of the boy br preventing him from entering some of the more strenuous games In which lw might receive permanent Injury. I.eerw to Kaew wraelf. Should the examination show any weakness In either organ, do not be discouraged and give up In despair. for von are the verv one that athletics will benerit th most. If you will th moderate exercise undr capable super- tlon you will find that within a short time vour heart and lunc" will b strengthened and perhaps permanentiv nned. Then vou are at liberty to en ter events which had formerly been too trvlng for you. To you. a track athlete, your heart and lungs are what a boiler la to high speed engine No matter how well n machine Is constructed It will prove, inefficient without a good boiler. Track nfhletos. particularly mnners. are too ant to watch their well developed legs and rY little attention to their arms. shoulders, abdomen, bark and neck Remember, you are no stronger than vour weakeet point. Every successful athlete must learn to know himself and (olid up slowly on his weak polnta during the preliminary work. Then comes the second step, outdoor work. Be Rure to cover up warm so as to protect yourself against colds and strained muscles and tendons. See to It that the shoes fit properly, for vour feet are vour stork In trade. Jot; a quarter, half or a mil slowly each dav for a week or ten days without trvlng any speed work. Aim all your rfforts at a perfection of form and har monv of motion. Once you have mas tered form and acquired rhythm, speed will come as a matter of course. Pv this time the body will have been "toned up" for faster work and If the) weather Is warm I would suggest mak Inr starts from the hole) on the mark. The Instructions which follow will help athletes who have no coach to oversee their work: Mart la Mas laasvrlaat. The start of a sprint race Is most Important: tn fart. It la hora that the majority of d as Ives are won. It la Im possible to set up a standard distance from the ""scratch or between the starting holes, as this matter depends a great deal on the length of a sprint er's arms, legs and back. But here Is a general recommendation which I be lieve wtll be found to apply correx-tly In most Instances: TMg your front bole about six Inches from the ""scratch and place your left foot In It: then kneel with your right kne to a position even with the hol low of your left foot. Mark your right toe and dig; your bark hole not directly behind the front one. but about four Inches to the right- Tlx back hole should be not less than three Inches deep and the back wall of It almost perpendicular, so as tn afford a good "shove off. Place your hands on the scratch, being careful to keep them far enough apart so as not to cramp your position. Practice "setting" until you find a position that gives the full strength of your back leg drive. After this has been mastered, practice breaking away from the mark, easy at first, until you are warmed up thoroughly. Then you are rvady for the starting gun. M eight s-aeald Re niatrlbatee. At the command "on your marks" step Into your holes right foot first. After the left foot Is placed, put your hands on the scratch line, dropping vour light knee to the ground. At "get set" raise your right knee and go forward with the body to the post lion you have previously practiced. Try to distribute your weight between the hands and the left foot and hold the right foot snugly In the bark of the I10K ready for a shove off. At the crack of the pistol get a good shove away with the back foot and at the anx moment shove off with the hands as If to crowd the track from under you backwards. At this time your left foot. In the rear. Is getting ready for a f.it. vigorous "'pick up." Make sure that your feet hit the trark straight In front of you. So many beginners hit on the Inside of their foot, thereby shortening the stride. As the right foot hits the ground on the first step the left arm should be forward and the right arm to the rear. This will cause your arm and legs to work In harmony for the balance of the race. Ureal rare should be taken not to leave the ground In erect position, but rather to weds up gradually until about tlie third stride Is reached, when you should have attained yotir running position. I : I f 4 i I I 9' i ' t ! it ' i t i j i r r r s J i ---. ! t - i t fr X r. ' ( j S . ) ;- '--' IS -4 : :'-;; . 4.1 ' - ' J i r- '.- - . i - , II i "i WILLI M I. II WAR II, ATHI.KTIf IIIKKlfUH l.MVERSITV OK OKKI.O.V. William L. Hayward. one of the beat-known trainers of athletes In the West, has been secured to write a series of articles for The Oreiro rlan dealing with track athletics. Coach Hayward will take up the varloua phases of track and field endeavor, pointing out the successful methods of training and giving v I us hie pointers to the younger ath letes who are now entering their athletic careers In the high schools of the state. Mr. Hayward has been closely Identified with- athletics since 1887. branching out from Michigan, where he starred both In football and In the sprints. Fos six years he was Identified with Coach Christie at the Vnlverslty of California, and In thaf time California did not lose a single track meet. He coached Pacific I'nlverslty and Albany College before going to the University of Oregon in 1904. BASEBALL SCOUT A'HOP rixnixG nio lf.gie timbkk KEKPS OXK OX JCMP. Hobby Ixrwe'ii Itinerary AVlicn. Quot of riayers for Ictrolt Tl Krrs Is I.oop In Loop. in In the next article of his series Trainer Hayward will carry the three dastt events through to the tape and XEW YORK. Feb. 14. (Special.) fVoutlng for a big league club Is far from being; a sinecure. Aside from the responsihllit v of spend ing other people's money In the endeavor to obtain young but high- class diamond talent, there Is the personal Inconvenience of hopping from one part of the continent to an other on very short notice. Rumors of possible "finds" are constantly reach ing headquarters from every section cf the "bu.xh country. To run down all these reports Is a physical Impossibil ity, but there are frequent "leads" that look good and must be investigated. This Is the duty of the baseball scout, and It keeps blm on the Jump eight months In the year. Journeys of a thousand miles, many times useless trips, are common and the scout, pro vided he Is married, sees as little of his family during the busy seaaon as the commercial traveler, with a lung swing around the country to cover. Take the case of Bobby Lowe, the Petrolt Tigers' baseball talent searcher. Lat year Lowe traveled more than ZO.OOn miles. His Itinerary for 1911. a part of which Is appended, reads like a cross be tween a railroad guide and an atlas: Left Detroit March 27 for Hattles burg. Miss, 1000 miles; returned to Detroit: went to Macon. Ua., 1000 miles; returned to Detroit: went to Hattles burg, 1000 miles: returned to Detroit: went to Tasoo City. 100 mile; to Greenwood. 200 miles: to Mrtdian. 150 miles; to Savannah, ISO mile.: to Al bany, 300 miles: to Macon. :oo miles; to Atlanta. 100 miles: to Montgomery, ISO mile; to New Orleans, &00 miles; to Oxford. Miss.. &00 miles: to Pontlac, 100 miles; to Memphis, 100 miles; to Chicago. COO miles; to Ietrott. 28S miles: to Oklahoma City. i:0c) miles; to Tulsa, ZOO miles; to Coffeyville. 100 miles; to Port Smith. Jo miles; to Muskogee. 100 miles: to Hannibal. t00 miles: to Kewanee. in I lee; to Uales bur?. 50 miles: to Hannibal. 2 SO miles; to Ienver. "00 miles; to Butte. 1000 miles: to Boise. (00 miles: to Salt Lake City. 800 miles; to Topcka, 1000 miles; to Kansas City, 100 miles; to Waterloo, loo mtles; to Minneapolis. 200 miles; to St. Haul. 20 miles: to Chicago. JOO miles; to Detroit. 285 miles: to Chicago, JS miles; to Green Bay, 200 mtles; to Madison. 200 miles; to 8t. Paul. 300 mtlea; to Moose Jaw. 800 miles: to Cal- i gary. COO miles; to Moose Jaw. 600 miles; to Minneapolis. 800 miles; to j Chicago. 225 miles: to Detroit. 285 miles: to Springfield. 200 miles, and to Detroit. 200 miles. tracks in New York State Is through the appointment of a legislative In vestigating committee. This committee will be asked to devise a plan for per mitting hurse racing "in a manner satisfactory both to the track owners and those who fear the letting down of the bars against betting."' The .com mittee will confer with representatives of the Jockey Club, agricultural and county fair societies, the State Agricul tural Department and the Reform Association. Canadian M'ln Polo Cup. SAN SIATEO, Cal, Feb. 24. Aided by a handicap of six goals, the Canadian polo team defeated the San Mateo Slashers today nine goals to eight, and won permanent possession of the Wil liam II. Crocker cup, this being the final match of the tournament. Albuny High 32. Xrwborjr Illicit 17. ALBANY. Dr., Feb. 24. (Special. ) In a well-played basketball game in this city last evening, Albany high school won from the Newberg: hlfh school. 32 to 17. Hurler Who Come From Minors With Motion That Holds Itunncrs Close to First Arc Kaccrly Songht by Bascbnll Soouls. BT BILt.Y EVANS. Amsrlran League I'mplre. The cry for nrre hitting that has been raised annually for years has '. practically ceased. The fans seem t be ! pretty well satlsflid with the good old . game as played under present condl- tlons. There are mighty few baseball , enthusiasts who would prefer a sloppy ' 17 to S exhibition over a snappy 2 to 1 affair. You never hear the wise mara- j gers of the same offer any legislation i to Increase the hitting. Connie Mack has been pretty suc cessful In gathering an aggregation of players that will worry most any pitch er. Frank Chance's great Cub machine Is always regarded with much fear by the star twlrlers. John McGrax has a collection of athletes representing New York who cause many a t wirier to 8eiid a sleep less night. Hughey Jennings and his Tigers are always dangerous, and no pitcher feels certain of a victory over Detroit until the last man has been re tired. The managers of each big league team, in fact every minor league club, finds himself able to pick uj players wbo will make the going Interesting for the pitchers. iame Hard to Improve. It would be pretty hard to Improve the game of today. It Is a constant battle of wits, the pitcher always try ing to outguess the batter, the batter attempting to do the same with the plcher. The baserunner Is evor alert to slip one over on the battery men, while the battery men seldom-pass up an opportunity to make the base run ner look foolish. A hit means some thing under present condition. No man is supposed to step up to the plate and whale every ball to some far distant corner of the field. The fellow who can deliver on-e out of every third time he steps Into the bat ter's box Is considered a mighty valu able asset to his club. Yet withal there Is plenty of good solid hitting, enough to satisfy any fan. About the only fellow who longs for a lopsided score. and a game lasting between two and one-half or three hours. Is the chap who makes a trip to the ball park once year. HlKh-class basernnnlng appeals to the fan of today, just as much as the hitting end of the game. The fan revels In daring thefts that Invariably play a prominent part in the result of the game. Speed and the proper use of that speed Is something- aimed at by every successful manager of any ball club. The value and Importance of that one asset has been deeply Impressed on the baseball leaders. ' Red 8n Set League on Klre. Perhaps no better example of .this theory could be cited than the Boston American League team of three or four years ago. At the start of the season little consideration was given the Bos ton club. It was known to be a rlub of promising young players, hut no one figured It could cut any figure In the pennant race. Fred Lake, who was managing the team that year, realized he had a club of sprinters, mo.t of whom seemed able to use this natural asset to advantage. No doubt Luke and his players mapped out a campaign of speed, isever have I seen a team take such chances on the buses as did the Boston club of that year. Inside of a few short months they were known aa the "Speed Boys" all over the major league circuit. They literally ran wild. Often they took such desperate chances they were msde to look foolish, but a majority of times they profited us a result. It was only a very short time before the Boston team, regarded as an also ran In the ante-season dope, was looked on as one of the most dangerous clubs In the Johnsonian organization. Oppos ing; infields were always on edge, real izing a slip-up of the slightest sort meant the loss of the runner. Naturally working under such conditions caused them to lose a play that ordinarily would have been easy for them. In many different ways the Boston club profited because of the speed the team possessed, and the daring use It made of It. At the close of the season the club was picked as a pennant winner for the next year. A few changes' were made, a shift In the speed policy must have been made, for the club was not ?K - i if- UP' I k v I I I , -t f - ' i bw -A il ' l i f li J -J lit ill . ,.w aa-aae-''-r--aBBlBtt T m av yir v -UVit,jr I . Although more entrants are yet ex pected for the Pacific Coast foil cham pionship tournament to be held at the Masonic Hall, March 2. under the aus pices of the Portland Fencing Club, those signlnK up are Lieutenant Rob ert Sears, of Vancouver; Major Gustav Carl Von Eglofstein. of the Hill Mili tary Academy of Portland; Mario Mon trezza. president of the Portland Fenc ing Club: Gaston Moe.li, of Montesano, Wash.; Miss Lillian RoHland.and Miss Lydla Banmeler. Lieutenant Sears, of the Vancouver Barracks, learned under Professor Louis Valghtier, of West Point, who is con sidered one of the best masters in the world today. Major Van Eglofstein learned the various intricacies of handling the foil, the broadsword and the dueling blade while attending the German Military Academy and at the War School at Glogua, Prussia. Montressa Is a fencer of the Italian school and received his Instructions from Professor Eugeni Plnl, the Italian master, who held the world's cham pionship for a number of years. Moch. of Montesano. Wash., Is a pu pil cf Oudrat. of Fiance. Miss Rosland will be seen in several exhibition bouts with Charles Lampert, her Instructor. She Is considered an enua! to any of the women fencers. contender the fol- nearly so serious lowing season. High-class base running lias come to play such a prominent part In the game that the managers exert every influence possible to stop the mad ca reer of the athletes on the bases. The battery men try their best to break up the hit-and-run with the pitch-out; some catchers will go so far as to waste three halls in an effort to get some fast man stealing, while pitchers devote hours of work In an effort to develop a half-balk that will pass the muster of the umpires and Incidentally make the base runner look foolish. Welsh Devotes Time to Kill Runners. Ed Walsh is a truly wonderful pitch er. A mighty hard man to beat under any conditions, yet even as great an us.set as his wonderful spit-ball is the manner in which Walsh holds the base runner on. Tito base runner who steals with Walsh pitching and Billy Sulli van catching is entitled to honorable mention in the summary of the score. It is almost suicidal for a base runner to take much of a lead with Walsh workinp. His pitching move and his throw to first are so nearly Identical that It is next to impossible to dis criminate between the two. When a base runner readies first I with Walsh pitching, the fans may rest assured that Walsh will immediately start to devote a lot of attention to the runner. If he doesn't get the run ner he will so tire him out that an attempt to steal is foolhardy. On one occasion last Summer I saw Walsh throw to first base 16 times on one runner without delivering a single ball to the plate. All the plays at first were so close that the base runner was forced to resort to the fall-away slide at least a dozen times to get back in safety. The sudden starts, sudden stops, and almost continual hitting- the dirt tool a lot of the runner's energy. Then the foxy Walsh allowed the base runner to get a commanding lead. Billy Sullivan called for n pitch-out and the runner was flagged at second by a good 10 feet. There is no doubt that the pitchers with their half-balk movement have done much to cut down the base run ning. It Is not unusual now for i NORTHWESTERN" LEAGUE 1912. llore Kai'liir FrlrmK llaic I'lun. 1a!t evenis mrougn in ina tape and: AiH.(.M, l , ren. I. The latest discuss sprintln; in Its larger aspects, j schema proposed for opening the race t CU;:B" ' INFI ELDERS, OUTFIELDERS. CATCHERS. PITCHERS. . MANAGER. vei'iATeM fP Harrla . Bloomficld Daly rf. i cSuisrew Mtfor" Ku.tley I'urtlss PORTLAND, .""."rt,? lVni5r Tro'n Tenne.on Sharrow NICK '' 'u''." Kr?r Msckl. Uotr Thomas WILLIAMS Kibble Jo M.Th.. Ko-1m Henkel T.iti Malhai suobsrt Maxm.yer Thiele Seatnn Affnenr Cates rtrashear. lb . D . Kriger . olllns Bennett. 2b Lewis Slantleld McQuare VANCOUVER. S-harnweber. n S f. Clark Knirla M-rel.tnd KITTY James. 3b J, , sh' nervals Thompson URASHEAR. Augustus. 3b umngflo Sepluvlda .lurvls Se'del Helford F: ustcmeyer t'lsrk Rojshack Buckles Thornton. ID 'illls Ensehretson Shaw. 2b Zimmerman Ostdlek Schwenok Mauser SPOKANE. 'ooney. Melcholr HTankinterry Kraft Pitman itiubv SPOKA.NE. t .rtwnsht. 3b Martini. I'n Bridges Kelly aTnillC Wuffll McHuli (ones Leonard Po.lreau ObTDl EK. Tauscher Uraham Cochrane Tnrnbull Hcuck Fldler SEATTLE.-.., . . p TI.oinp.on Klein JACK BAHRY Lock 2 Householder ' Hamilton Wlsgs lioc :tt JVl''L . Warren-tamp MM crulksbank Wlllett c-imeron. It Kirk. 3b' Vosel. ib Peters, 8b Lvnch Spencer Schmtts SMrkell TACOMA. Sawyer. 2b Wilson. 3b Ahbott lellit Hall Helmecke MIKP- T YTH Morse. (Juyn. Sb NVIghbor. I.udwlg Hurclns liatohr fi.-.n llwre, Crittenden Butler Uordon MrMurdo. It Pawllnes. ss Kennedr Oevoct Xsverson Perger Norrtike. lb lirmnnn. "b r. -mention Irsnell I.nke 'lsrk VICTORIA. L'Tol'I'-K X-lck, :ih Pnll.ere ldd -Vll.on Kantlebn-r r von nvw n- e.elr. h AHmi Kaufman Concannon '''Jl- NORDTKE .'V? '- Tlco sinlili . livlflin t odofny. a jouon Ianlels base runner to start sliding hack into a base while the pitcher is delivering the ball. The southpaws with their peculiar jerky delivery cause the run ner to do this more often than the I right-handers. Surely a pitcher who can make a base runner start in the wrong direction as he pitches the hall to the plate has a mixhty deceptive delivery. There are any number of pitchers today who can boast of such a motion. I don't believe I ever saw a pitcher with a more baffling delivery than Bill Burns, who was with the Philadei. phia team in the National League last year. I have worked behind the plate in any number of xames in which Burns has officiated, and I must con fess that I was always puzzled Just as much as the batters and base run ners as to just what Burns intended to do with the ball. Time and tlm attain I have seen players at the bat begin to start their swing- while Burns was In the act of delivering the ball to first. Two umpires were absolutely neces sary with Burns working, as only one man might be looking in the wrong direction. Frank Smith, always a clev er pitcher, . lost many a ame because of the long swing he always took with men on bases. It gave the runners such a lead that it was almost impos sible to throw a runner out. Several years ago Smith developed a delivery that kept the runners on and increased his effectiveness ;io per cent. That managers look on the base-running game as an important feature iN proved by the fact that the moves of the recruit pitchers are always care fully watched in Spring practice. Any bush leaguer who comes to the. majors with a good move when men are on the bases. boosts Ills stock materially. Twirlei's who are weak on this feature are given Immediate instruction. A de cidedly strict interpretation of the balk rule would tend to make a lot of pitchers more careful, would inci dentally give the base runners muofi confidence and would greatly increase I the base running feature which is so decidedly popular with the patrons of the game. KISHKKMKX DISCUSS PLAN'S Body lo He Known as Multnomah Anglers" Club. At the second meeting of the recently organized Portland Anglers' Club at the Commercial Club. Friday night, the name of the society was changed to Multnomah Anglers' Club, as a great many members reside outside the city. The greater part of the evening was devoted to a discussion of the consti tution and by-laws reported by Dr. W. M. Campbell, DnJ Paul Semler and C. J. Cooke. A provision that no one engaged In the sporting goods business may be eligible to membership caused much discussion, although no vote was taken on the subject, the opinions ex pressed were mostly in favor of strik ing out that clause. The repbrt was sent back to the committee. . Game Warden J. P. Finley gave a short address on the work of. the State Fish and Game Commission. He ex plained some of the legislation pro posed by the commission and told of the work it has undertaken for the coming year. The club plans to extend its work to all parts of the state and suggests the formation of clubs of the same nature in other cities. After a number of other clubs have been formed, or ganization of the State Anglers' Soci ety, to include all the local clubs .is Intended. Fanning May Xot Play. SAX FRANCISCO. Feb. 24. Charles Fanning, a star pitcher who has just signed a contract with Manager Long, of the fcan rrancisco Coast League team, is seriously ill at his home in Canton. 111., and may be unable to play this season. Word to this effect was received here today from Fanning's wife, who telegraphed the manager not to send transportation. Long tele graphed back that he would bo willing to wait some days, in the hope that the ballplayer would be able to join the squad later. Manager of. Portland Northwestern League Team Greets His Base ball Friends In San Francisco, Oaks Are Active. BY HARRY B. SMITH. PAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 24. (Special.) It will not be many days now before the baseball clans are gathering for the annual Spring workouts. As a mat ter of fact, it will be just a week fronz Monday, March 4, when the Seals leave San Francisco for Paso Robles, while the Oaks start training at Livermore. These two clubs will he the first of the Coast League to get down to work, and that means they will have four full weeks of training before the season opens in April. The other Coaster clubs will very shortly follow suit and the papers will be full of baseball and of baseball prospects for the days to come. The Seals, who have been picked as having a strong squad during the com ing season, will be long in several ways. First of all, Danny Long will not be shy on southpaw pitchers. Danny has never shown a liking for left-handers in the past, but this year it would seem that someone high in authority has put a "bug" In his ear. Outside of that, the squad will be long on inflelders, as the club Is already certain of a baker's dozen with which to start the season. The last to join the squad is Dutch Altman. willed to the San Francisco Club by the Philadelphia Americans. Connie Mack telegraphed the local management this week that he had secured waivers on Altman and had released him to the club. Alt man is well-known to local fans, hav ing served part of the 19US season with Oakland. At that time he was hardly a class A player, but it is reported that he improved when "lie joined Spokane and for the past two years has been at third base for Memphis In the Southern League. Altman could not stand the climatic co'.nlitions Jn the South and for that reason refused to play there. While not a wonder or a sensation. It is said of Altman that he has lots of "pepper," which is what the Seals want. Wordy Wnr Is On. yuite a wordy, although a somewhat one-sided war lias been on for the past few weeks between the Bulletin and Danny Long. The Bulletin's sporting editor has been letting fly many a crit icism at Danny, although largely in a roundabout fashion. For example, some days ago. Long was quoted as saying that Harl Mag gart was not the kind of a player he wanted. This brought a hot retort from Maggart, which the Bulletin took ex treme pleasure in playing up. Maggart, who is spending the Winter in Berk eley, said the Seals were all right, but he couldn't say as much for Danny Long. He averred that not for a mil lion dollars a day would he play with Long and that lie was going to show Connie Mack, of the Athletics, that he was a well-benavea oaseoau piayer. Hary Wolverton, to the contrary, not withstanding. The second slap at Long was admin istered when Tom Tennant said his farewell, having secured his transpor tation from the St. Louis Americans. Tennant delivered a speech through the medium of the Bulletin in which he said he hadn't been treated the right way by the San Francisco Club and was mighty glad to get away. Inci dentally, when It looked as If St. Louis had turned Tommy back to San Fran cisco and that he" was to be sold to Spokane, the red-headed flrst-sacker didn't have too much to say. His spirits rose wonderfully when he learned that he was still to have a chance with the St. Louis Club to show what he could do. Kvidently, the Oaks are not going to take a very large squad into camp. Bud Sharpe believes that he will secure better results with fewer men to look after, and, accordingly, the Commuters have been releasing players right and left. All of the men who have been discarded are untried bushers. So far as possible, these youngsters have been placed with other clubs in smaller leagues, but, of course, there will be some of them who will not be so fortunate. Already some of the Oaks are get ting a little work. Sharpe, Izzy Hoff man and a tew or tne otners wno nave been Wintering in California, have been out at Freeman's park on several oc casions to get a little outside work to. fit themselves for Livermore. That means they will be so much advanced over their clubmates who will have to go through the limbering up process. Mck Williams In Town. Nick Williams, manager of the Port land Northwestern Club, is in San Fran cisco renewing old acquaintances. Nick: came here primarily to make arrange ments for his Spring training trip. Part of his squad will be found at Sacra mento and the balance of them will go to Marysville, where the Senators will be entrained. Marysville is build ing a municipal ball ground as a part of the attraction being offered to the baseball men, and the Northwestern, squad will be given a portion of the ac com modat Ions. It's getaway time for the major leaguers, who are also Californians. Oscar Vitt. who joins Detroit, and Billy Orr, who is going to the Chicago Cubs, left on Saturday night for their respec tive training camps. Harry Krause, of the Philadelphia Athletics, will go the first of the week, and so will Ping Bo die, of the White Sox, and Duffey Lewis, of the Boston Americans. There are any number of majors spending their Winters out on the Coast, and they are preparing to pull up stakes, if they have not already done so. Harry Suter is not the only San Fran cisco holdout. Wat Powell, the out fielder, has returned his contract with the intimation that he thinks he ought to have more money before he ties him self up with the season. Danny Long has not expressed any opinion other than that lie figures the club is pay ing Wat all the money that he is worth for his services. So far as I can learn, the Coast League clubs have been remarkably free from holdouts this year, and I don't suppose there will 'be any great amount of trouble bringing the recal citrants Into the field. Oscar Vitt and Billy Orr, both gradu ates of Wilmerding High School, were given a farewell banquet by the Alumni Association last Saturday night and presented with gold footballs as sou-venirs-of their athletic work in the school. Vitt's stomach, has not been troubling him and his friends predict a good year if he continues to feel well.