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THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 15, 1912. UJL. -: , . . : : . ., Mf . haavtr flat fAn tn thA T1 rt OI in QOU- 1 mmwm-m- - - - I i. I WATCH- TO W O B S E R V A T I O N S Material and Immaterial Sport Syllogisms by Rcscoe Fawcett 'It Is Not Known Exactly on What Ticket Some of the Candidates Are Kunning, but, Pye Crickey President .Taft Is Running on a Return Tickets-Abe's Philosophy. SEATTLE' newspaper poked a 7 tla fun at Nick Williams, of the t,iind Northwestern ball club, -' because of his nami w ni-... pitchers by -the hackneyed expression. "Datta boy!" . '"Evidence of 'what a college eduea ' tion will do for a man." remarks the .witty Ed Hughes. But the easy-going .'V Nicholas -ta. not the only Joy of the JokesmKhs. Ever watch Bill Speas In ""the act of catching a fly ball? Do so ' ' today perhaps It'll be your last chance " because the local favorite goes to St. Louis this Fall. ' ' - Bill holds hls: palms together, as u contemplating a high dive or divine prayer, until the ball flutters down al i most to handshaking boundaries. Then r.-th propeller-of a- 1400-revolutlon hy droplane has nothing on hlra for ac-- -tlon Both hands shoot outward In a lateral movement that resembles a 1'jBufaslde "uncle" trying to Induce you .' that your 345 Waltham -has gangrene and a face value of several cents be- low nil. The incoming is timed at a , psychological moment psychological Is ,riue word, for Bill Is seldom forced to r squint up In. the air. Indicating that a "-'bright sun-was tha cause of the bauble. ' Touve got to learn that habit, you know. if. you ever hope to become a big league constellation. ' Tes we all have our way of doing things" and" have worked out habit tracks In the cerebellum.. Red Dooln. . of the-Philadelphia Nationals, recently L. petitioned the powers that be to place - a ban on the use of the spltball. Con slderable sentiment swung around be- 'hind him .when Ad Brennan, one of mi pitchers, took sick.wlfh diphtheria after .... mirilne nme. Had he been a spit- . iwiruus --- - - - ., ball pitcher, it was argueu. n - two' umpires would have been exposed "''to the deadly germs. "Sure, the splt ' ball must go!", chorused the popular . demand. . - ' , And then It-occurred to Fred Clarke, " of the Pittsburg Pirates, to remark - that If the pitchers were deprived of the privilege of spitting on the ball, , the same ukase would have to be ap ' ' plied to the fielders who- spit In their gloves That squelched the excitement and boreG a bunghole In. the sluiceway ' down which the irrigated slant was ap parently doomed to percolate. There s that old habit angle again. Whoever "'heard, of .'a ball player that Is a good ball player--who could get along with out expectorating In his glove? Thos kind are In the same category with the speecMess politician and the ratless chorus girl. '" . : . - Everybody on earth has heard tne "' "story -of" -the Summer boarder whose - window- looked out upon the mountains ovr tha barnyard, wherein a Jackass w-s wont to breathe his sadness into the morning air. The boarder noticed Vrtiiat. as the .trademark of the Demo-i- erotic party was about to -permit his -'.soul to .overflow, a movement would begin to agitate the tip of his - tall. ' Gradually" the appendage would rise to "'about the .height of Portland .in the '" b :eball percentage column, the move ment culminating In an appealing out . -burst of -woe. akin to some of these ". curbstone arguments in favor of single tax. 'Next -night tne poaruer ucu - -HOWARD BATS .362 Heine Heitmuller Suffers Slump in Hitting. - KANE DROPPING BACK, TOO 'Pete Daley.'- Bayless and Hetllng Among Leaders of Coast Sluggers, i. jilawitter .Betters His Pitching "'. -' Record With Two Victories. ''- Heinle Heitimiller. the giant Los An , geles, outfielder, is enjoying a' tempor- ary slump; and this, coupled with a .series p(, swatting rallies by Del How ard.' has widened the gap between the two Coast League leaders. Howards " mark 'Is .32 and Heltmuller's .346. j.. rlv. of the Angels, clings tena ciously rear the top- with .335. while ' "' Bayless. of the Tigers, and Hetllng. of -tlte Oaks, are the other early season phenoms to continue their good work, ' Johnny ' Kane Is slowly slumping and - hi present mark of .307 presages a " drop below the .300 point soon unless ho- recovers his eye. . Ivan Howard, an - other rival for the automobile, seems , to be petering out entirely with the bat. for he has now dropped to .271. - Roy -Brashear. Sharpe, " Krueger and "Lewis are still over .300 and Heinle Zimmerman, -of the Seal. is again showing class with the bat. being at 1 the .317 notch. Norman Brashear. former manager of f the Vant'ou vers.- doesn't seem, to have i. found his stride for he is down to .200. rnere has been -no changes Vf mo '.oiont among the . pitchers. Klawltter has added a couple-to his string, while ; Arrellahes, : of Sacramento, showed a ' seriea iat explosions that put a. dent In his trmw.-.Veoion and McCafferty, the new Los Angeles pitchers, have proved . jrre-atdlsappolntments as. has Bud Per: noil at Oakland.. The Grants Pass i graduate's- record since, returning -from Detroit is. three" wins and . seven de feats with a first division club. . The batting statistics up. to the pres .' ent series are as follows:. Batting:.. . Player and club . AB R- 1BB BA B&kcr, Portland . . 3 . . 0 . 2 .667 "' Pope. Oakland H 1 -84 - -rr nM jun run 213 28 8s. .362 Hettrauller. Los An( 47s 63. 164 .845 ralej Los Angelea Ml 74 16S .335 '"BaTleka; Vernon 75 163 .3-4 Iclhl.- San Francisco.. .. 34 3 -11 - .SS-t Haillitr. Oakland ..-.. . .5:12 68. 171 .321 ., .Van Buren. Sacramento. 1162 ' . 3J 83 Nagl. Los Angeles 38 '6 12 Zimmerman. an Fran.. 79 A 25 .' T.inH.av Portland ..Sl 83 99 FltiseraloV Portland . 77 1 Krueger.. -Portland. .. .450- 60 . C. pauterson. Oakland. .444 , 72 Kane, vernon 453 K. Brashear, Vernon. . . ..MS Iwls. Sjicramento 4't3 ..rSHarpwi Oakland Ioane. .foruaaa heavy flatiron to the end of the don key's tall, and, unable to raise the same, the bray of the brute was nipped In tne bud and the boarder slept. When a rooster once acquires the habit of flapping his wings, much on the order of Bill Speas, just before emitting his crow, it takes only a strong rubber band around the body t" prevent him from articulating. The hens seeni to know something Is wrong with the haughty warlord, and the stringer biddies stamp on his feet and peck nun. It seems probable, too, th-t tha hens enjoy the noise made by the rooster, even as do fans enjoy the gut tural expressions voiced by the umpires, which have reached to almost the same stage of understanding. The little chicken fresh from the shell hears Its warm welcome. The pullet reveling In the ecstasies of laying her first warm egg, which will retail later at five cents, soothes- her dancing emotions In the music. The old hen, worn out by in cessant setting, has been encouraged and strengthened. These various ex pressions . of the self should not be thoughtlessly wiped off the curriculum. "Datta Boy!" may not be grammatically correct, but at least the habit makes it possible for Nick to abstract his mind and do other think-stunts that are badly needed on a club that is basking In the second division. THIS is the open season for college professors and baseball drafting. The latter assumption is ushered in today with the major leagues en titled to five days of star gazing along the outposts of the five minor leagues. We have had a number of Queries con cerning .the draft procedure. It's sim ple. .The draft copies Its prerogatives from that ancient precept originated by the elephant who exclaimed: "Every body' for himself," as he perambulated among the barnyard fowls. Drafting is fine frying for the big fellows. Sixteen major league clubs climb 'over the ranks of the Class AA, A, B, C and -D leagues with finecombs, and. then to prevent snarling and snap ping" in case -two or more of the 10 choose the same player, or more than one player from the AA or A leagues, the names are placed In a. hat and by this simple expedient title Is awarded. After five days of the gruelling the minors ara given a two days recupera tive period, and then the 22 clubs of the three Class AA leagues rake over the remnants, the only restriction being one man from each Class A dub from which- the majors did not draft, and one man from each Class B club. After five days of Class AA prying and the usual two days rest Class B clubs, of which there are several dosen scattered over the country, will prod around the embers of Class C and Class D looking for relics. And so it goes on down the line. If you have ever been alotted to the fifth table at a crowded boarding house you will ap preciate the outlook for the Cs and Ds. Still the drafting Is a necessary evil. It ' assists the smaller and Jeebler leagues financially and. it enables the players to advance in their profession Brooks. Los Angeles 209 Flher. Portland lf GllUgan, Port. 4 Sac Jl Gray, Vernon - " Page. Lo Angolea 1ZT Rrown. Vernon -e" Drlscoll. Lo Angelea.. Rapps, Portland ....... Gideon. Ban Francisco. Baker. San FrancUco.. Hoap. Vernon liurrell. Vernon Sheehan. Sacramento . Toier, Los Angeles -. Suter. Portland ...... . H. Miller, Sacramento. Cheek. Sacramento- . . Slagle. Loa Anseles. .. Lbr, Loa Angeles.... Helster, Sacramento . . Leard. Oakland ...... Rohrer. Oakland Orr. Sacramento ...... , Cook. Oakland H. Patterson. Vernon... 188 Schmidt. San Francisco. .277 Frtck. Oakland Martlnke. Vernon 1-J McDonnell. Vernon 11 Henley. San Francisco... Gregory. Oakland ...... 66 J. Williams Sacramento, eu Killllay, Oakland Boles. l.os Aiigi" HarteneES, rortiana . . Schwenk, Sacramento Bancroft. Portland . . Mitse. Oakland Stewart. Vernon BOSTON AMEBIC AN LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM WHICH VTTLL VIE WTTHNEW YORK NATION jiOblun .amxuia CHAMpj01fSHIp op THE WORLD NEXT MONTH. ! . ; . X p fT, cs ?&T c3 B - virmiHiKltR nnmRK. ST AH L. CARRICAJf, WAGNER, PIVUVS, cIdV, ZwZuMW&ioiir fyBRlETit BRADLEV AND LEWIS. LEFT TO RIGHT, YERKES, WOOD, BEDIEST, SPEAiUSH, draft prices, which go Into practice for the first time today, are almost double the former scale, and the majors will investigate fully before ' proffering 32500 for a draft from a Class AA league because there will be small like lihood of them being able to dispose of the player should he not make good, for anything near that amount. i-ne majors pay J2500 for each player drafted from Class AA; 31500 for each player from Class A. 31200 for each player from Class B, 3750 for each player from Class C and 3600 for each player from Class D. Class AA, September 22 to 27, must pay 31000 for each player from Class A. 3750 from Class B. 3500 from Class C and 3400 for Class C. Class A drafts. September 30 to October 4, can be made at the rate of 3600 for each Class B player 400 for each Class C player and 3300 for each Class D Player. This same scale applies for Class B drafts, October 7 to 12. and for Class C drafts, October 15 to 20. In the Coast Leagua the two most promising . stars. Miller. of the Seals, and Berger.-of the Angels, are already owned by the majors, so It is hardly probable- that we will lose more than three men by draft this Fall against the full quota of six In 1311. Mitze, Abies or Patterson, of the Oaks,, may fall Into the $2500 dragnet; Bayless, of Vernon, may go although his age Is against him; Los Angeles may lose Pete Daley and Portland either Klaw ltter or Doane. Henceforth the Pacific Coast clubs will be able to keep their lineups In tact, but a new danger now confronts the league, viz: the growth of the ma jor option system, which permits the majors teams to recall a purchased player in the Fall. President Baum could do worse than use his Influence against the practice. The Class AA clubs must necessarily secure reinforce ments each' Spring from the majors, but there's no reason why they should not buy their talent outright and dis continue, the practice of giving the seller the right to recall the man If he proves a star. Baseball, though, Is a strange busi ness. In the majors the cry Is, "Give us young blood." while In the minors it is, "Give us players of experience." Take the New York Giants for instance. Fletcher, Becker. Tesreau, Marquard, Meyers, Snodgrass and Crandall are still young players. Of the Boston Red Sox who will meet New York for the world's championship, Tris Speaker Is only 28 years old. Hooper and Lewis are a year older. The sensational Joe Wood Is only 23, the same as Bedient. Pape la 24, Collins 25 and Hall 26. Pitcher Buck O'Brien is 28, Catcher Carrigan Is also 28, but Nunamaker is only 22. The infield is old. Stahl Is I SI, Wagner 28, Engel 28 and Neal Ball 29. Gardner and ernes ara sun I young. THE tendency of the Christian, min isters to concern themselves with the material as well as the . spirit ual matters of life Is growing year by year. Dr. J. Whitcomb Brougher, pas tor of the Temple Baptist Church of Los Angeles, visited In Portland a fort night ago, saw the Beavers get trimmed a double-header by Vernon; and Imme diately upon his return home announced this absorbing topic: "Hens and Chick ens, or Scratching for a Living." Could anything be more apropos? Then take the subject billed by Rev. Horace George at Salt Lake a few Sab baths back. "Man Shall Not Live by Bread Alonn," was his text. Not with flour close to 36 a barrel. Doubtless at that very hour some of the Irreverent disciples of old Jim Patten, of Chicago, were enjoying the interval that di vides one trading week from another amending the text so that it shall read: "Men Shall Not Live by Bread at All." THE wild arum Is certainly a naughty plant. . Professor Bottomly, M. A., a professor in King's College, London, explains In a recent lecture how flow ers are dependent upon Insects for their fertilization, consequently the flowers develop in such a way as to attract bees, bugs, beetles and butterflies. Some flowers develop a beautiful pent an an attraction or a fascinating appearance, but the primeval means of coaxing and cajoling tne Insect worio, uvi Professor Bottomly, Is a very natural one and consists of providing free drinks. Every flower has se creted about its anatomy a store of honey to which the insect is attracted. But says Bottomly. the wild arum goes further than this. It secretes a hnnev that intoxicates insects. We know not whether the wild arum Is a native of the Oregon jack-in-the-pulpit patches, but. Imagine two roystering blades of bees disturbed In deep center field by a ball that Dutch Krueger has let get by him. They remark: ' "Let's go over to Wild Arum's and liavn n. drink." So they stroll stlng-a-sting across the lot to Wild Arum's place ana Bet zing full and thus open up a new field of-Mvltv tnr nur strenuous Governor. Doesn't the Immorality of nature shock you?" ' . LUCK breaks oddly at times. Harold Hil'.on, th English golf expert, had Just published a book on how to win championships, when an American second-rater bumped him at the Wheaton sweepstakes. Boasting Is exclusively a relic of barbarism, but that's what Hilton alleges cost him his title. The Britisher, who Is somewhat of a "spe cialist" on golf, by the way, says he couldn't stand the terrific heat which the weather man handed out. Obviously future championships should be held west of the Bockles, Waverly, for In stance, where - the mercury always knows how to behave, - Speaking of "gawf," we enjoyed a nice chat, with Koosevelt, when hero Wednesday, at a farewell tea given at the home of Thomas McCusker. Covers were laid for 60. Decorations and ap Dolntments were In red, jonquils and dictagraphs brightening tha porch. Don Kellaher poured. .Benjamin unman sent regrets. "Do you know." confided Teddy, dur ing a lull in the festivities, "when I was President I ordered the Panama Canal to be built from Colon to Semi Colon, or some such name: settled the Goldfleld strike: busted a couple of trusts and organized the Ananias CIud; yet all I can discover that Taft has done has been to promulgate an In dorsement of the Schenectady putter." Then Charles B. Moores sang "Whith er Away" In English accents, omitting the "h." THIS Is heyday for the Grammar School football kids. The new rules have eliminated a lot of the tech nicality and Intricacy of the gridiron sport by abolishing the 20-yard sons for forward passing, and the kids will now know what they are doing. When a youngster sets out to do a thing he generally gets there, but when he doesn't know what to set out to do he's In the same boat as a mine mule trying to meander righteously down' a rural roadway with no rails to guld him. The juveniles have not mastered the forward pass, except in isolated cases, because the rules have been too Involved with red tape for immatured minds. Under the denatured code forward passing will -be good for all distances, even over the goal line and ten yards b yond. But all the restrictions which applied in the 20-yard xone of 1911 still hold good, 1. e., they apply all over the field. For instance, no player of tho side which has made the pass shall in any manner interfere with an opponent after he has crossed the scrimmage line, except In an actual attempt to catch the pass himself, and no player of the opposing Bide shall Interfere with the men who have come through the line of scrimmage unless bound on tho same mission. The eleven making the forward pass is considered to be still in possession until the pass is declared incompleted or recovered by the opposition. Forward passes, as of old, "must be made from five yards back; only one pass can be made in each scrimmage; if the ball on the pass strikes tho ground, before or after being touched. the pass shall be declared mcompieiea; If the ball hits tho goal posts, strikes the ground inside the zone area over the goal line, hits any obstruction or spectator, or crosses the end lino or side lines extended, it shall count as a touchback to the defenders; If tho ball, goes out of bounds before touch ing the ground it belongs to the op ponents; after being passed forward it may first be touched only by those one yard back of the scrimmage line or playing at either end, and, finally, a player of the passer's side, legally touching the ball, is the only one of his side entitled to recover It until it Is touched by an. opponent. Now for the 6-yard passes. .155 .446 .372 . 63 .387 .496 .321 . 80 . 20 .467 .313 . 61 .425 .297 .465 .21)0 .183 .8S 60 51 415 295 ; 51 Howlcv. Portlana -TY Mnnsell. Sacramento -4 Pcrer.311. Oakland - N. Brashcar, Vernon J- McAvoy. San Francisco. 40 30 56 .268 23 61 .204 13 24 .264 7 16 .262 2S S3 .260 27 57 .239 21 40 .258 41 114 -257 35 ,-265 4 16 .254 34 98 .253 49 124 .250 24 82 .250 n 20 .250 1 5 .250 54 116 .248 S3 77 .247 6 15 .246 44 104 .245 27 72 .243 89 113 .241 j 48 .240 13 39 -239 8 21 .!) 57 124 - .238 64 133 .235 23 39 .232 17 64 .231 20 37 .231 2 3 .231 15 44 .230 7 22 .237 6 15 .227 10 18 .225 4 9 .225 5 13 .217 4 11 .i"16 48 89 .214 27 62 .214 7 11 .214 16 53 212 3 5 .208 1 a .207 2 7 .200 3 8 .200 PITCHER CLUB ' wrer. l.os Anrei" Wuftlt, fts Francisco. .3A8 - 29' . .3i. 4d .'.531 OO ..2! as 54 41 03 ..311 . .4!7 ..264 ..207 ..271 . .5.-.1 ..246 - i-nr rflk and - , w. VorflanM ....- Swain. Sacramento. ...,.279 ORoUrkc. Sacramento .. .'-! Plllon. l.oa Anceles.. - t:hadbourn, Portland . -Ttedetnann, Oakland -loore. l-o Anpeies... lrelan. Sacramento t.arirsl. -Vernon-; . - n mi . Vernon ...... Cnrhan. tan r nuici- f.ltscht. Vernon 316 - 'Eacher. Oakland 4B2 Madden.' --iacramento ..326 lundor'f. fan Fraucisco.371 Core. I.os Anseles. ...... l'"-5 I. Howard. l.os Anseles. 549 Butcher. Portland 17:V - Felts. San Francisco 39 HtSKlnboiham. Portland. 67 'shlnn. Sacramento 447 24 133 137 139 1.S 138 W7 110 1T.6 S.V 134 153 81 150 89 141 . 74 R9 75 152 . 68 60 14S 47' 1"9 67 13". :ta 125 .318 .316 .315 .313 .3! .309 . .309 .301 .so: .3(10 .300 .29S .294 .203 .29-1 .290 .290 2s .286 JM .280 .2S0 .276 .270 .273 .275 ".274 Olmstead. O. . Killllay. O leverenx. La. Hitt. V Arlctt. S. F Parkin. O Breck'dg-e. V... Castleton. V... Chech. Lb A Nasle. L A. . . . Klawltter. P. . Stew-art, V. Christian. O--. Malarkey, U'.. Raleigh. V Tozer. I A . . . Arreianea. S... HlKfEinbot'm, P. Abies, O Halla. L. A... Carson.. V Gregory. O. .. . Miller. S. F..-' Mecorry. a. f - Gray. V Greicr. P .... Pope. O.. 1! li . .12110 3! 1 a O .6 20 13 7 0 .6 20 13' 7' i7Uil a1 i5i a. s iniioj 2012! 81 23 13 H 2;13 9 24 1-4110 31'1S 13 19.li; S 33:18 15 23 12 10' 21 11,10 a: li ii 33'17;i6 22 31(11 18 9 9 4 2 VI l! 11 Fannlne. Harkness. P Baker. S. F. . . Baum. S F Sla,-le, U A... Koestner, J ... Williams. 8..... Munsell. a...... Gllllran. P. A S. Honley, S. F. -. Delhi. S. F Vernon. L. A . . . MrCatferty. LA Pernoll. O... Schwenk. S. - Fitzgerald, s Suter, P Bonner. B. r S. F. .181 8' 9 24,11(131 9 12 19! 8ill 5 10 15 33113120 21 8,13! ' 8' 3 12, 3 1 2' 3 7 5 12 5 13 1 2 01 1000' O 0 0) 0 o .833 1 0 0 01 0 .692' 5 10 12 .007 3 2 1 21 1 .667! 0 0 0 Oi 8 .630 3 0 10 4 .650 1 0 0 1! 2 .647 1 0 0 11 0 .645 3 0 O 0 3 .643 1 O 0 0 0 .630 4 0 2 0 2 .600 2 1 0 2 0 .am 4 l o o 1 .591 3 0 2 2 0 .591 2 10 10 .583 2 1 2 3 2 .581 2 0 14 4 .579 2 1 1 1 3 .54." 3 2 S 3 6 .545 2 O 0 1 0 .524 0 0 0 0 5 .522 2 1 1 2 3 .515 7 3 3 14 .50O 10 12 2 .5IK 0 0 0 0 0 .500 O O 0 0 0 .500 O 0 0 0 0 .471 0 2 0 0 0 .458 S 1 1 1 2 .429 2 0 10 1 .421 2 0 0 2 2 .400 8 0 1 2 3 .394 2 1 0 2 2 .381 2 0 C 1 V 1.375 0 0 0 1 0 . 34S O O O 1 O .8451 2 i 2 S 8 I.S33 0 O O O O 1.833 0 0 0 0 0 '.333 0 0 O 1 0 I.SO0 1 0 0 0 0 1.294 0 2 0 0 1 .278 2 0 1 O 1 .250 0 0 0 O 1 .000 O0100 ' '! y i,,-- a-rlflc hitters: Ber ber 37 Hetllng and Metiger 31 each. Ban froft 27. Corhan 26. Hosp and Heitmuller 25 each. Bavless 23. Kane. Lltchl and Daley "2 each; 5. Miller and Lewis 21 each, Rapps and O Rourke 20 eacn. K.A-felerfl J. HowBrd 54. Car lisle 5S Leard 48. Kan. 47, Daley 41 Doane and Chadbourne 54 each. Lewi. 82. h'nn SI Bavlesa 30, Berger 28, Hotline; and Cor han 24 each Heitmuller 23 Rodser, ana Gideon 22 each. Kmeser. H. Miller. R. Brashear and Moore 21 each, Bancroft and .-. ,n 4A H 'Lcadlns run-getters Carllse 125. I. How ard 99 Coy 98. Bergsr 90. Leard 98. Kane S8 Shlnn and R. Brashear 78 each. Bayless 7V Daley 74 C Patterson 72. Chadbourne and Hetllng 68 each. Zacner 87. cook 64. ORourke and Heitmuller -tw eacn, h.rue- ...... rnrhnll AO COCh. i two-base hltters-Hetllnjr 40. I. Howard. 35. Lltschl 32. Krueger. Coy, Zacner and C. Patterson 31 eacn. k. .nraanear v, Kane anil Daley 2S. Heitmuller 26. Rodgers, Rapps. Shlnn ana cook -o eacn. Leading three-base hitters Kane 13. I. iiurA 10. Rndrers 8. Doane. Krueger: Ban. croft. O'Pourke and Shlnn 7 each. LewU 6. Chadbourne. Swain, Coy, Mundorft and Da- Leading home-run ninera npumtiiier j-i, Carlisle 11. Coy lo; Zacner a, Lewis 8. R. Brashear. Mundorff and I: Howard 7 each. Butcher. Cook. Kane and Bayless 5 each. -Swain. Tiedemann - and' Berger a each. HARTLEY IN LEAD Spokane Fielder Tops North- . western Sluggers. JAMES PREMIER TWIRLER 42 42 30 4 32 a 4 36 15 24 50 a 28 5 4 20 17 . 3 - 4 85 108 46 122 17 19 ' 11 53 22 84 109 10 49 16 20 43 19 5 4 .232 .231 .230 .229 .227 .224 .220 .219 .214 .212 .211 .208 .206 .206 .204 .200 .200 .200 .200 Meek, of Victoria, Heaas nmcrs Who Have Played In Majority of Games McDowell Stands at Top of Portland Batters. if It is reasonable to place a batter ahead of men who have faced North western pitchers from three to tlve Hme more freauently, then unic Hartley, the new Spokane -outfielder, will undoubteaiy lead the slugsers of the Northwestern League by a big mar gin for the 1912 championship. The Philadelphia copper is lambasting the ball at a .407 clip, and what is better Is consistently keeping that pace, ir not outstripping it. . Wilson of Seattle is nanisms bravely at .352 and will probably fin ish ahead of "Dad" Meek of Victoria with his paltry .334. "Hw""'"'' Spokane looks like the fourth choice, kf. ...r. t nresent beinir .322. with Ward McDowell of Portland fifth, .319. Altman of Spokane is ciimomK, .. "Pug" Bennett of Vancouver has tum bled from the .300 division. Bill James of Seattle is i" .., mn.,nflmm with Clark of Van couver second and Noyes of Spokane third. James has strucs oui hj u.- ters this season, wnn - Seattle, second in tne list wnn n, though he ranks far down the column as a winning slabster. The batting and pitcningr -low; Individual Batting. 81 16 33 .407 Player and Club Hartley. Spokane ... Wilson. Seattle Meek." Victoria Myers. Spokane .... McDowell. Portland . Schneider. Seattle . . Kennedy, victoria . . Neighbors. Tacoma . Altman. Spokane . . . Bennett. Vancouver . Cruikahank. Portland Doty. Portland Weed. Victoria LaLonge. Tacoma . . Mann, Seattle ...... tfanrniint . - Melctiolr, Spokane 506 Strait. Seattle Hunt. Tacoma 20i Powell. Spokane -. 258 Jackson. Seattle 240 Shaw. Seattle Ktppert. Vancouver ....503 Fu Hereon. ... Gordon. Spokane .... Lynch. Tacoma Speas, Portland . . Byram. Vancouver . . Callahan. Portland - - Devost Spokane Clementson. Victoria . Nlll. Seattle T., Seattle (Bill) n-,.. Onrtlinil - James (Bob). Vancouver. 520 Eaatley. Portland 1-2 Yohe. Victoria ...... Caxtwright. Spokana Burch. Portland .... Lewis, Vancouver ... Coonev. Spokane Goodman. Vancouver Williams. Portland . Mihonay. Portland -Whaling. Seattle ... Holderman. iacom ..142 ..437 ..337 ..801 . 65 . .486 . .4S ..252 ..569 ..370 . . 83 ..520 ..226 . .542 ..527 ...176 ...85 ...563 ...473 ...66 ... 15 ...846 ...226 . ..466 . .109 .569 ...555 ...481 ... 89 .. .329 . . . 525 . .'.ISO ...430 . . . 231 ,-.;3l . .212 R. 16 23 57 107 88 11 77 77 21 10O 55 7 68 ?2 85 93 70 80 19 82 43 75 - 82 ' 26 13 50 146 173 86 20 149 149 75 168 107 24 160 65 156 150 143 137 56 71 66 142 137 48 23 70 152 71 130 3 15 0 4 44 92 85 . BO 88 124 Seattle ., Mnran. McMullen. Tacoma ... Strand. Spokane Sfharney. Vancouver .. Brlnker. Vancouver ... Chirk. Tacoma Johnson, Spokane-. Keller. Victoria .404 . 41 .422 .332 .402 .280 .621 lO aa 67 18 72 47 10 33 85 13 48 28 48 34 68 53 - 4 47 49 50 33 69 124 29 ISO 136 32 14S 124 23 84 133 48 108 .88 98 53 107 09 10 102 80 .852 .334 .122 .319 .808 .307 J00 .298 .295 .289 .289 .288 .288 .288 .286 .288 .280 .277 .275 .275 .273 .272 .273 .271 .270 .275 .268 .267 .266 .266 .266 .266 .264 .262 .262 .261 .258 .255 .255 - .253 .251 .252 .251 .251 .250 .248 .245 .244 .242 .242 Brooks, Victoria 867 Coltrln, Portland 467 Ostdiek. Spokane 196 Raymond, Seattle 684 Clark. Vancouver 75 Concannon. Tacoma .... 85 Stelger, Portland 50 Crittenden. Tacoma 242 Wally, Seattle 1JS Jansen. Tacoma 16o Rawllngs, Victoria 517 Bel ford. Tacoma 77 Cates. Vancouver .......238 Willis. Vancouver 18 Gervais, Vancouver ..... 98 Sepulveda, Vancouver . . .215 Thompson. Seattle 95 Harmon, Victoria ....... -5 Churchill. Tacoma 20- Pitching; Records. -1 -.1. W T. W M fio. BB. Av. JaniiS. Seat. 23' 7 108 225 172 96 .767 flarlE Van ....... i i oa am " - Engle. van " .. 8 8 34 93 31 40.727 Noyes Spot . 20 8 93 142 121 65 .714 Co?ea3:Ppo.....20 11 102 249 146 68 .645 fri.Amnu ! Vll I'' Ill Z-iO WW .-'- Fuller ton, seax. a ?'? "r WilliB. Vn 12 8 l Byram, Van 8 6 Smith, vie o o Y"'- ;:: . el Hi "5 35 .550 rtZr-A Kno 13 12 125 193 83 Eastley. port Bloomfleld. port. .14 13 Gervais. Vi Kraft. Spo Glrot. Port Strand. Spo Stelger. Port Callahan. Port Churchill, Tac Hunt. Tac Schmuti, van 91 52 45 35 87 96 .613 74 .571 27 .671 28 .671 23 .671 63 .36b 81 .520 81 172 114 11 -520 93 178 80 98 .619 .17 16 89 219 134 73 .515 14 14 103 it J 9 no ui 'yv 5 , 5 46 95 41 J .uim 8 8 - 43 92 86 13 .600 4 4 26 69 21 21 .500 a 2 18 34 22 11 .500 2 2 81 SO 23 27 .500 . .10 11 118 196 77 55 .478 i, 1.1 01 ino 195 45 .440 VarveVJn, VK .' -.10 is w5 iS 108 77 .435 McSreery-. 12 131 213 112 .429 R ..If orr, Tne ... 9 12 129 213 ISO 1V& &eat , , . 89 151 64 JO.jp ConcaJnoV Tac::. 8 14 110 216 107 TO .303 Melkle. Beat lu i '7;, Kantlehner. Vic . 1 6 89 65 47 29 .167 FAST BOAT RAGES LOOM mV.XERS OF MOTOR VESSELS TO VIE FOR HONORS NEXT YEAR. 96 :,239 67 .239 238 4 23 99 21 3 4 78 101 45 149 47 16 IS 120 .271 .271 .271 .270 .270 Clubs ' ' -Los Angeles'- ..- Portland - Vernon - Sacramento . . - Oakland San Francisco -. Gamea. 1.-.5- 139 ....151 148 ,.-,.156 157 AB. 6.037 4. 002 4.716 4.903 5.154 5.059 R. 1BH. 673 1368 606 658 1280 692 504 1229 1294 261 1320 1263 BA-' 263 267 23 261 256 2i8 247 184 193 209 155 178 235 197 186 Totals 29.471 3572 7764 League batting average. s 259 100 189 1375 203 198 . 687 76 239 39 38 125 16 221 48 30 122 1 241 38 42 124 S 218 35 28 96 8 258 21 3S 102 17 193 27 26 Til - 14 Portland Enthusiasts Plan to Build Craft That Will Win Coast Championship. Portland . boat owners expect the greatest meets next year ever held on the Coast. Championship races have been held every year at Astoria, but since the very successful regatta held at Everett last week, that city Is now enthusiastic and already has pledged 37500 tor prises and 33000 for enter tainment. A number of Oregon boats were entered and carried off all the The Vamoose, of Rainier, carried off 800, winning the free-for-all and. 26 foot class races. The Swastika won first for 20-footers and brought home J400, while the Oregon won, tne x-a-ciflc Coast champion, "won only second In the free-for-all and with It 3250.- The Oregon boats made the show and were in a class by themselves. Potlatch Bug of Seattle; High Ball, of Everett; Hat Tt II. of Vancouver. B. C; Pokey, of Seattle: Nahua, of Whatcomb, and Mi.. Vancouver, of Vancouver, ran in about the order named, but were far behind the Oregonlans. ; The great Invisible hoodoo that soars over every regatta swooped down on th- Oreeon Wolf nd for the first time In 12 years John Wolff couldn't outrun the hoodoo. It toreioose tne fed rjlDe the first day. tore loose the tiller ropes , the second day, but was shaken off the third day and the way the Oregon Wolf careened around the course, leading Vamoose in the final heat, awoke all tae enthusiasm of the spectators gathered on the shores. A subscription was started- to build a winning boat and two well-known citizens of Everett neaaea tne tisi with 31000 each. There Is promise of Seattle and Vancouver. B. C, follow lng Everett and each building a com n.tinsr boat. -The Oregon Speed Boat - Company, nwmr of the Oresron Wolf, expect to lay tho keel of a SO-mile boat early this Fall. It Is understood Captain Smith, of the Vamoose, will strive for 50 miles or better and Dixon Brothers, of the Swastika, are anxious to write "cham pion" after their own boat. BATTERS HOLD SWAY Boston and Giants Each Have Three .300 Sluggers., PITCHING STAFFS EQUAL Each of . Teams Likely to Vie in Pennant Race Has Two Crack Base Stealers, With Speaker , Head and Shoulders Above. The big league wreckers of pitching averages still hold sway, Zimmerman and Sweeney In the National, and Cobb and Speaker In the American League are th leaders. The figures give some food for world's series thought. Bos ton has three regulars over .300 In Speaker, Gardner and Stahl. New York has the same number In Myers, Doyle and Merkle. Among the leading 15 pitchers Bos ton has Wood, the peerless, with 29 wins and four defeats. Bedient, Collins, Hall and O'Brien, practically all the staff. New York has the slipping Mar quard, Mathewson, Crandall and Tes reau, enough for two world's series. It looks like a tossup. Take your choice. Each team has two crack base steal ers; Boston, Speaker and Gardner, and New York, Doyle and Merkle. The only choice Is that Speaker Is head and shoulders , above any man onthe two squads. The, leading batters In the major leagues are as follows; NATIONAL LEAGUE. - Players. Club. G. A.B. Zimmerman. Chi 119 471 Sweeney. Boston. .. .125 484 Myers, New York 112 350 Doyle. Near York 115 455 Konetchy. St. Louis. 123 459 Evers, Chicago 122 413 Kilns;. Boston....'... 76 235 Lobert. Phil 05 257 W. Miller. Chicago.. 55 145 Wagrner. Pittsburg. . .118 451 Donlln, Pittsburg- 61 191 Hoblluel Cin. .. ,. ..122 450 Paskert, Phil., 117 429 Wheat. Brooklyn.... 94 344 Daubert, Brooklyn. .117 452 Marsans, Cincinnati. 106 413 Klrke, Boston 75 259 Hugg-lns, St. Louis. .110 898 Merkle, New York. ..100 378 Titus, Boston Ill 402 Players. Club. G. A.B. Cobb. Detroit 119 482 Speaker, Boston 129 501 Jackson, Cleveland. .126 483 Collins. Phil 127 455 Lalole, Cleveland. . . 91 345 Baker. Phil 127 490 Mclnnes. Phil 127 468 Easterly Chicago... 82 213 Crawford, Detroit. ..130 613 Gardner. Boston. .. .128 466 Griggs. Cleveland 84 271 Gaud 11. - Wash.. 93 853 Pratt. St. Louis 123 460 Turner. Cleveland... 80 289 Stahl, Boston . . . ....81 283 , Multnomah Club Notes. Edgar Frank, vice-president of the Pacific Northwest Association of Ama teur Clubs, and T. Morris Dunne, secretary-treasurer, departed yesterday for Seattle to attend the annual meet ing of the organization In Seattle to day. ' ' Bert Allen, chairman of the enter tainment committee of the club, is fig uring on a dance for members on Hal loween. The ball will be held In the main-floor parlors.' - The committee meets this morning. . Lawrence Duff, end. on the football miad. was lounging around In the locker rooms during the progress of the gridiron election in tne trustees room Friday night, forgetful of the session. Duff Is a great admirer of Quarterback Rlnehart, and bad he been present the latter would have been re- H. s.B. P.c. 183 22 .189 178 21 .368 124 10 .354 155 84 .341 156 26 .340 138 13 .334 . 75 3 .319 82 13 .319 46 7 .317 142 22 .315 60 7 .314 141 . 19 .313 134 25 .312 107 14 .311 140 -27 .310 128 32 .810 SO S .300 123 31 .809 114 29 .802 . 121 6 .301 H. S.B. P.c. 197 46 .409 197 48 .393 178 27 .369 152 89 .334 115 12 .333 161 31 .328 155 18 .331 67 4 .312 159 39 .310 144 23 .309 83 10 .106 107 18 .303 141 20 .801 87 14 .301 85 14 .300 elected on the first ballot when a tie cornered tie cropped out. Seattle expects to stage an opening smoker some time next week, and Bill Inglis has written to Edgar Frank to send up a couple of boxers and a wres tler. "Fireman" Knowlton may be one to make the trip if he can. get away for this In addition to the Pendleton tnp.:- . , : . .;t - A la rir crowd of Multnomah boys have made "reservations for the Pendle ton' Roundup on the - special train chartered by Oliver ii. jeiiery anu others. The train leaves on a Thurs day night and returns the following Sunday, morning. CRICKET AVERAGES COMPILED Tarilton Leads Both In Bowling- and Batting in Portland Club. Portland Cricket Club averages for the season were compiled yesterday, by E. Fenwick, showing Tarilton to be the leader both in bowling and batting. The bowling averages on the whole are good, but the batting Is mediocre. Tarilton held the opposition to an aver age of 9 runs per Inning. The leaders follow: " Name Tarilton Thomas J. J. Churchley Fenwick ........ James .......... Gray , Smith Greaves ........ GJedsted , Bow Name Tarilton Fenwick Mallett Greaves ........ Thomas J. J. churchley James Not Innings, out. Buns. 23 7 426 ,... 22 3 4.".2 19 8 808 .... 24 6 272. .... 14 1 184 .. 6 .. M .... 17 2 191 . I... 19 1 215 .... 18 8 187 t Averages. Wickets. Runs. .... 30 270 88 846 .13 139 26 296 39 460 15 184 14 199 . 26.6 24.0 19.3 14.3 14.2 14.0 12.7 11.9 11.7 Ave. 9.0 9.6 10.7 11.4 11.5 12.8 14.2 COAST STAKS TO MAKE TOUR Ewlng Plans to Send Picked Team to Play in Australia. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept.' 14. A base ball team, to be composed largely of Pacific Coast League players, with the addition of a few major league stars, probably will make a tour of Australia next 'Winter, If the plans of J. Cal Ewing and W. J. C Kelley, of Sydney, who is also the head of the Australian baseball managers, besides being the representative of Hugh Macintosh and the otner fight promoters of Australia, materialize. It is planned to take 15 of the best known players who will consent to take the trip, including two extra pitchers and catchers, who are to be loaned to the Australian clubs In the games. The promoters of the Idea intenid to sail from San Francisco November 18 and return January 11, games to be played also at Honolulu.- AMERICAN RIFLE SHOTS W1X Both Canadian and United. States Teams Break Records. OTTAWA. Ont, Sept. 14. The Ameri can team won the Palma trophy, rep resenting the military rifle champion ship of the world, here today. Score: Americans, 1720; Canadians, 1712. Both teams broke the world's rifle shooting record." : The Canadians. won the first match today In the competition for the Palma trophy, -which represents the military rifle championships of the world. At the 800-yard range the Canadians made 593 points and the team from the Unit ed States designated as the "American" team, 690 points. ' The Americans made 671 on the 900 yard range to the Canadians' 661. giv ing them a net lead of seven points. Sanders Whips Jack Sulivan. SYDNEY, N. W., Sept. 14. An Australian heavyweight boxer named Sanders outpointed Jack Sullivan, an American pugilist, in a scheduled 20 round contest here today. The police stopped the bout in the 18th round. WINNING TEAM GOAL Chehalis Expects Champion - ship Football Eleven. MATERIAL APPEARS GOOD Men to Be Well Equipped for Hard ' Season in Hope of Repeating Suc cesses of Last Year Cousins of Vean Gregg in Squad. CHEHALIS TV-ash., Sept. 14. (Spe cial.) It Is not only possible but the way things are now lining up it Is probable that Chehalis will have a High School football team as good if not better than last year when the boys went through the season without meet, lng defeat. It was a remarkable record for a team to make when It Is taken into consideration that the coach, J. A. Wright, has been with .the boys but the one season. ; This year Coach Wright says that the prospects look brighter than ever before for another championship team. To be gin with he Issued a notice for all foot ball candidates to show up for a pre liminary tryout when he would pass Judgment and also get the 'names of those who would promise to stick out the season. The results were more than he expected as 33 of the boys pledged themselves to stay with the squad throughout the year. Five Home Games Scheduled. There are to be five home games this year of the first team and also several by the second team. The method of raising funds this year will be differ ent than heretofore. Season tickets, good for all the football, basketball and baseball games will be sold at the be ginning of the year.- This will insure funds for all the guarantees necessary to get other, teams here and a goodly sum besides. Coach, Wright is of the opinion that a team which Is well equipped can do better work than one poorly equipped and also that there is less probability of injuries. Following out this idea supplies have been or dered, not in a prodigal way, but all that are needed, thus insuring favora ble conditions under which to work. After the tickets have been sold it Is the desire of the team management that all the buyers see the games, aa this will encourage the boys to put forth their best efforts. Following Is a list of the candidates: For ends Howard Cole, Frank Mich ael, Boy Johnson, Walter Gregg, Schuy ler Saunders, Clyde Flood, Lloyd Mle sen, Clarence Boone. For tackles John White, Fred Ham ilton, Peter Summersett, Jr. For guards Vernard Nelson, Isaac Mayfleld. Alfred Gregg. Raymond Bar tholomew, Reuben Rasclike. For center Leslie Henderson, Percy Prewltt, Carl Huber. For backs Arthur Glblln, Walter Hansen, Lyman Ross, Temple Newland, Millard High, Harold Dorsey. Herbert Scott. Will Coleman, Rollo Mulford, Ralph Taplett, Fred Wenger and John Crockett. CreaB" Consins of Vean. ' The squad is not without Its distin guishing features, either, at least there is one. The two brothers, Walter and Alfred Gregg, are cousins of the famous baseball pitcher, Vean Gregg, and his brother, Dave Gregg. The two baseball slab artists were born In Chehalis and if the later generation keeps up. the athletic record, this city will one day be famous as the birthplace of the Greggs. So far games have been arranged with Centralia, Olyrr.pla, Aberdeen and Hoquiam. In a few days the complete schedule will be given out.