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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 1, 191?. .1 WINNER OF INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIZE AUTOMOBILE RACE, AND A CLOSE COMPETITOR BEAVER BOSS. OFF NTO THE DISCARD TO! &&od Tfljornmaf The First of March and Spring Manager Devlin Drops "Hope1 , After Second Meal at His ,. Training Camp. Manager of Portland Pennant Winners Is Satisfied With , Outlook for 1914. TIGERS LOSE FIRST BATTLE ALL HOPES GIVE PROMISE : - Youngsters' From liush Will Make Good if They Keep Up Record of Last ' 'Vear Krapp, Unsigned. Demands More Money. Young Pitcher, Signed by Seattle, Puts Crimp In Venire Club Seal Vans Defeat Regs in Game 1'ull of Tep" Wolves Warm Up. BUSHER GOES fill GAMP n W M ?J5 - rgJr S fJf' VK - - T 7 - J I i PLEASANTON". Cal., Feb. 28. (Spe cial.) Senator T-ieavitt and-Jack Cook, owners of the Oakland baseball team. motored over today to observe their fledglings perform. Both were gratl tied at the progress the men were mak ing. Arbogast will report Sunday morn ing. Devlin has practically ceased thinking- of Roberts. Loomis, the latest acquisition to the pitching department. showed to such good advantage he nn mediately displaced Mi mi, alias Mess- ner, who was sent "back to the brush iii mi ate only two wholesome meals In camp at the club s expense. The boys en masse have accepted an invitation to dinner Monday night. Mr. McKenzie, local millionaire horseman, will act as host. Devlin announced today that he did not know many men he would carry through the first month of the season, but after May 15 would cut down to three catchers, eight pitchers, six in fielders including himself, five outfield crs and possibly only four. PASO ROBL.ES, Cal., Feb. 28. (Spe cial.) White Sox players put in stren uous drills today preparatory to start ing their barnstorming campaign to morrow. The second squad worked un der the direction of Billy Sullivan, who appeared in uniform for the first time, and the main crew were directed by Acting Manager Gleason. The Yanni gans departed this afternoon for San Jose, where they tackle the Santa - Clara College team tomorrow. The first team is advertised to appear here " against the Paso Robles outfit. "Ping" Bodie, the Frisco fence buster, was the only regular to accompany the "rookie" team to San Jose. La- throp, Rogge and Jasper, all new men, wiil do the hurling at San Jose. In the game here Gleason will try . out "Scotty" Alcock at short. This is "Buck" Weaver's post, but ;Tthe ex -Frisco Idol is globe trotting. . I ' MARLIN, Tex., Feb. 28. H. W. I llempstead, president of the New York ,J National League club, arrived today jit the club training quarters here. He is expected to confer with Christy J Mathewson. who is expected tonight, with relation to the pitcher's future af- Tiliation. a Mathewson recently admitted receipt ef an offer to manage the Brooklyn team of the Federal League at his own j terms. ; ' Rube Marquard, pitcher, and Larry f McLean, catcher, were arrivals today j. at the New York Nationals' camp. 5 ; L08 ANGELES, Feb. 28. (Special.) The Venice Tigers were defeated to- day by a team of rough young fellows gathered from the hick circuits. This outrage was perpetrated by the Hoe J gee stars, baseball swashbucklers with f which Bill Cornett has been terroriz J Jug the outlying districts for more than two months. Score: Hoegees 3, Ven ; Ice 1. This was the first 1914 game for ; the Tigers. t t The Hoegees are a nifty collection - of honest-to-goodness professionals. Two things contributed to the down- fall of the Tigers. One of these was ' Pete Schneider, a young fellow from Calgary, who has signed a Seattle con- tract for next season, i . Roy Hitt's wldness after a Winter t of discontent was the other important ; factor in the defeat. J Schneider was invincible after the I first Inning. - Decannlere pitched five inning of f runless ball. Hogan then sent In Hitt. I BOl'ES SPRINGS, Cal., Feb. 28. J (Special.) Today there was a rip ;. snorting contest with the Seal Yans rrowding the Regs every Inch of an abbreviated game, the final score being t 1 to 0 In favor of the Yans. j" The opening practice game served to i show the pitchers in fine fettle and ! gave Joe Tobin a chance to pull a cir i cus catch and otherwise display speed ! in left field. Also Willie Hogan, Jerry J; Downs and Biff Schaller had some fun driving the ball around the lot. i About all the "pep" and spirit dis ; played on both sides was the outstand- ing feature. Every dinky grounder was f run out, and fielders cut the ball across i the diamond as if this was the Fourth ? of July. t '. MARYS VI LLE, Cal., Feb. 28. (Spe foial.) Pitchers were the chief object j.f Harry Wolverton's concern in train- lug camp today and all of the aspiring J slabsters received a stiff course of work f on the mound, turning loose everything fthey had in line of speed and feeding S them up to the hungry batters who 1 were enjoying their first day of bat ting against speed. With Tommy Tennant and Eddie Hal ,.Jinan on the sore-man's list, the work t of infield fielding practice was light, ! and Sunday will be a day of rest, ex i cept for a long walk to limber up the J sore muscles. f PULLEIM WINS GRAND PRIZE . - r . Continued From First Page.) forced out of the race in the 38th lap, 10 laps from the finish. De Palma . seemed to be having considerable trouble, and was distanced by the lead ers. The elimination of Oldfleld, who r was third in the 3Sth lap, left the race 'to Pullen and Gil Anderson, with Ful- ;' len half a lap ahead. Carlson, who won third money. in the Vanderbilt cup contest Thursday, broke a crank shaft on the way to tlia course today, and was forced to give up all ' thought of racing. - Wishart, going 84 miles an hour, lea .at the end of 11 laps. Verbeck. driving . No. 18, was declared out on account of 'engine trouble. , Cooper was having trouble with en gine valves, and seemed hopelessly out of It. Wishart. in the loth lap. was go- ing 81 ni'les. ' Tetzlaff broke a connecting rod In . the 18th lap, and was forced out of the race. A similar accident put Gfode out ' in the 17th. Muth, No. 15. went out of ' the race in the 13th lap. ' Oldtield, who had not showed ftr 17 i laps, drove into second piace in the "Oth lap. Pullen. who wus second be '. fore that, was forced to stop at the pits for repairs. De Palma. aain run ' ning a steady race, climbed up to the fourth place. Anderson was third. ; Pullen lost his place when ur Civil War veteran stepped upon the track at the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home turn and the racer swerved into a curb to ; save the old soldier's life. The swerve caused Pullen's machine to skid and throw two tires. In the 22d lap, Oldfield went back to TOP, GIL, A.NDICRSO.V, WHO RAN SECOXD UKTIIj COLl.tPSE OF HIS PULLEN, WINNER OF RACE. fourth place. Anderson took second. Wishart led the field by 11 miles and kept up a speed of nearly 84 miles an hour. Wishart, after leading by 11 miles in the 20th lap, went out of the race in the 23d with a burned bearing. Engine trouble eliminated Dave Lew is, driver of the car which killed a man last week during preliminary practice. He covered 21 laps. Gordon, No. 9, and Janette, No. IS. were "eliminated in the 23d lap, both retiring with broken machinery. This left only 10 of the original 17 starters in the race. , De Palma stopped at the pits in the 31st lap, the first stop made by him either today or Thursday, when his non-stop record won for him the Van derbilt cup. He and Oldfield left the pits together, roaring down the track derbilt cup. BASKET TITLE TIED UP INTERSCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP IS UNFIXED AND SEASON OVER. No Pout-Season Games Are Likely With I.lneoln, Waihlngrton and Co lumbia Tied for Leasue Honors. Just as in the 1913 football season. when the championship of the Portland Interscholastic League was in a tie between Lincoln High and the Colum bia University ,the 1914 title of the local basketball league is tied and no post-season games are likely. At pres ent the Washington High, Lincoln High and Columbia University quin tets are tied for the leadership of the league, and although the schedule has been completed no one can be awarded the trophy given by the Spalding Brothers Company store. Coach Callicrates, of the Columbia University squad ,has dropped basket ball already and now he Is turning 1ms attentions to track work. Yesterday marked the first turnout of the uni versity track athletes and from now on daily workouts will be held. Coach Fenstermacher, of Washing ton, and Coach Borleske, of Lincoln, may arrange a three-game series be tween themselves, but nothing definite has been settled. From all appearances the 1914 basketball title will go un claimed. The big soccer game of the year in the Portland Interscholastic League will be played on the Multnomah field. between Jefferson and Columbia Uni versity, Tuesday afternoon. The con test will start at 3:15 o'clock and James Mackie, of the Multnomah Club, probably will referee. The 1914 cham pionship is at stake, for should the Columbia University eleven take the game no other contests will be re quired to take the silver trophy. Both teams will go out for a light workout tomorrow afternoon to keen in condi tion for the annual battle. it is estimated that the crop this tteason will reach I uuo.ooo. Uruguay wool . value of S2o,- VETERANS CAR FEDS' CHIEF TOPIC Doings of Outlaws Interest Los Angeles Sports. MATTY TO RECEIVE BIG PAY Art Krueger Is Busy on Behalf of George S to vail Monte Pfylo Is Candidate for Job at First W ith Hen Berry's Club." BY ROSCOE FAWCETT. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 28. (Spe cial.) This mushroom burg always is about as chock lull of sport as a shad is of bones, but don't imagine the new Federal League has been lost in the mad shuffle of conversation. Spring-street denizens would rather talk "Federal" than chin over any other topic along the local rialto, barring, of course, the auto events of this week. So many ballplayers from so many leagues are quartered here that it's a dull day that doesn't bring to the sur face some new Federal scandal. Christy Mathewson and Jeff Tesreau are doing the pinch hitting just now. The two Giants jumped into 18-carat type a couple of days back with , ad missions of Federal flirtations. Christy admitted on the eve of his de parture for Marlln that the Federals had offered him the management of the Brooklyn outlaws at a salary close to $20,000. He also said he intended to thoroughly consider the matter before signing "his 1914 New York contract. It would never do for McGraw to let Matty get away, so, at this writing it appears as if the star pitcher is in line for a material boost in his monthly emolument. Monte Pfyle. sent to Chattanooga by McGraw, has written Henry Berry for a job. Pfyle wants to pfrolic at pfirst and pfeels as pfrlsky as a pfreckled gazelle, so he avers. In the absence of George Stovall, out law representative on the Coast, Art Krueger is the hokus pokus potentate among the buccaros. Not only has the Dutchman suc ceeded in holding Goodwin in line for the Kaws, but he is now working on Don Rader. the .dedford phenom who went to . Chicago last year, and on Hartman, a New York stater wintering here. Chadbourne, Kenworthy, Goodwin and Krueger will leave for the East AND YOUNG? TEES WHO WILL FIRE THE BEAVER BROADSIDES INTO THE COAST LEAGUE THE COMING SEASON. ' ISi'eZLiS'TZ y-STJ M-T NEAR FINISH BELOW, EDDIE in a few days. This quartet represents the raid on the Pacific Coast circuit by Stovall. Chad is hibernating closely at home but the writer saw Hi West yesterday and Hi said Chad is draw ing down around $3000 a year with the Feds. "Southern California irls," remarks a local sport writer, "are just as famous for their athletic prowess as they are for their beauty." And we had always rated the Sutton sisters as headliners in the tennis world. How these bubbles do burst! Frank Chance left Friday for Hous ton, Taxas, to renew the terrifying task of trying to manufacture a ball club out of the New York Yanks. Chance says he got mone enjoyment out of the deal whereby he sent Lelivet and Stump to Cleveland for Peckin paugh than from all other amusement sources combined during 1913. The former Portland shortstop quickly developed into one of the best infielders in the major leagues. He played in 96 games for New York, hit .268 and fielded .931. Frank thinks he will develop into another Joe Tinker this season. California poloists are preparing for a busy March at Coronado. The first trophy up for argument will be the California challenge trophy, in volving the state championship at Coronado. Play will run between March 2 and 8, and the entries include a British team, three Coronado teams, the Ninth United States Cavalry, River side, San Mateo, and Santa Barbara. If this ebony sprint demon, Howard Drew, doesn't tie Dan Kelly's century dash record of 9 3-5 seconds before midsummer, track dopesters in this vicinity will be mildly surprised. The negro has been plowing through sand, mud and cinders with equal celerity at every appearance, and 10 second seances have been about as com mon as bull-fight scenes in Plaza block "movie" picture houses. In' the Southern California-Occidental dual encounter a few days ago. Drew won the 100 in 9 4-5 and the 220 In 23 2-5. He has negotiated 9:4 several times in practice meets. Other marks in the meet were about on a par with those chalked up in the Northwestern track and field affairs. Ward won the high jump at 6 feet inch; Kelly the 120 sticks, at 15 S.-5, and the shot, with a heave of 39 feet 10 inches. The 'hammer went to Wieman, with 124 feet 7 inches; the broad to Cookman, with a leap of 20 feet 10 inches; the 440 to Laird in 52 2-5 and the 880 to Tipton in 2 min utes 5 2-5 seconds. 40-YARD DASH RECORD SET Interscholastic Mark of 4C-5 Made on Indor Track. BRUNSWICK, Me., Feb. 28. A new interscholastic record for the 40-yard dash was made at the Bowdoin indoor school track meet today, when Wey brant, of Brunswick High School, cov ered the distance in 4 2-5 seconds. The best previous time in an inter scholastic event was 4 3-5 seconds. Walter McCredie. unager of the ponnant-winnlng Beavers, left for Cal ifornia last night. He was accompanied by R. A. Cronin and Walker O'Lough lln, newspapermen. Higginbotham, Doane and Haworth will follow tonight. It is never McCredie's wont to boast about where he will land in the race nor what he will do to the others, but he wore a smiie of confidence last night. Though the draft and the Fed erals hit the Beaver lineup, McCredie ha. not waxed tnin from worry, and it is evident he does not believe the 1914 Beaver machine is the worst in , the league. Krapp is still among the missing. His absence does not worry McCredie. Krapp seems to be a popular lad with the Portland rooters, but his standing In black and white -does not place him among the top-notch l layers. More Pay Demand nefuMrd. Krapp asked for more money, but McCredie still insists that the duplica tion of Gene's salary- of last year win not be forthcoming. Whether Krapp will answer "pres ent" when the roll Is called at the training camp is matter for specula tion, but those intimately acquainted with the small pitcher are inclined to believe that he will saunter into the Beaver fold. McCredie will not be in Santa Maria before the middle of the week, so training probably will lag until then. His veterans are in good condition, and a lot of the builder's attention will be given to the crowd of youngsters. The manager say she never had a more promising group of hopes. The pitchers are particularly lusty looking boys, and when the boss gets them going he expects to show that Connie Mack has nothing cn the Beavers for making the stand with young mate rial. McCredie has been s nally success ful in his experiments with "bushers." New Pitchers Look Good. All Framback and some of the oth ers need to do is to keep up the work of their last season in the "bushes." With the proper amount of prodding, McCredie thinks he can pull his talent through. Peet, one or the hopes, has been pitching around Los Angeles and re ports indicate tha'. he will make good. Lawrence Byggs is practically un known in the West, but will bear watching on the strength of the cre dentials he brings. Nick Williams will leave for the South in a week. Several of the Colts are also in CaTTf nia, and it is prob able that the Majority of his team will be there long before he leaves. He will open camp the middle of the month. FULLS 24-13 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BASKET TEAM RETAINS LEAD. Unlvi-rxio- Uuint la Unable to Solve Alr-Tlfctat Playing of AeBlea, Who Now Have Serleo, 3 to 1. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE, Corvallis, Or., Feb. 28. (Spe cial.) in a fast, interesting basketball game the Oregon University quintet fell before the Oregon Agricultural College team, 24 to 13, here tonight. The locals were masters of the situa tion throughout and never once was the home team headed. Dewey and Siebertst the former star of the Christian Brothers Business Col lege, of Portland, again showed up to the best advantage, Dewey throwing three Held baskets anh 12 fouls out of 17 attempts. Sieberts annexed three field baskets. All the scoring was done by these two players. The Oregon players did not obtain one field basket until late in the last half, when Bigbee and Wolcott each threw one in quick succession. Fenton and Wolcott were the mainstays of the losers, although at throwing fouls Fen ton was not at his best. He converted but eight fouls out of 20 tries, while Wolcott scored the only foul he tried. The defensive playing of Captain May at guard for the winners was of the highest order. The series now stands three wins for O. A. C. and one for Oregon. Mix, of the winners, and Bradshaw, of the Oregon University, were taken out of the contest because both had made four fouls apiece, the limit one player is allowed to make in a contest. They were replaced by Billie and Sims, respectively. The lineup: O. A. C. (24) Oregon (13) King " Koch Sleberu ..F Rice Mir C Fenton Dewey G . Bradshaw May Q Wolcott p. tv. Lee, of Portland T. M. C. A., referee. Substitutes Oregon, Bigbee for Rice, Sims for Bradshaw. O. A. C, Billie for Mix. L Mill GAME WINS Australians Manifest Much In terest in Baseball. WINTER BASEBALL IS FAD Teams Organized in Schools and Colleges Draw Crowds bat lo Not Gain Speed of Players From Vnited States. BY U. W. AXELSO.V, Sporting Editor of the Kecord-Heraid. (Copyright. 1914. by Henry Barrett Cham berlin. i AT SEA, Jan. 9. There is no one better posted on baseball in Aus tralia than is E. A. Tyler, honorary secretary of the New South Wales Baseball Association. Mr. Tyler lives at Sydney and came to Brisbane to meet the White Sox and Giants, ac companying the jjarty on the boat to Sydney.. Through Mr. Tyler's efforts teams have been organized in several cities in Australia. In Sydney alone, largely due ft) his labors, there are now 57 baseball teams. In Melbourne there are probably 20 and in Ade laide 15 Mr. Tyler, who has made all the ar rangements for the tour here of the Sox and Giants, is an enthusiastic cricket player and has been a member of various clubs for many years. Just the same, Mr. Tyler thinks that base ball is the coming game in Australia and he has practically come to the conclusion that cricket is on its last legs. Not that it will entirely dlsap pear from the face of the earth, but he is sure that it is on the down grade. "I play cricket myself, practically every week," he said, "but I cannot for my life see how anyone can go out and sit in the broiling sun for five hours, and that is what they are doing at the cricket matches." Cricket la Too Slow. That tells the tale. The game is too slow for the hustling Australian, even though in the ordinary walks of life he fails entirely to display the speed of the average American. "I like to watch a match," continued Mr. Tyler, "but not for five hours a day for five days. That is the time which it sometimes takes to complete a match. As a matter of fact, the game has become slower and slower in the last few years. Now it is too much of defensive play. There is no fast work, which characterized the game formerly. That is one of the reasons why they are taking to base ball over here. The visit here of the White Sox and ' Giants will do us a world of good. We have our. own teams, but naturally they cannot show the speed of an American team. They will get pointers and they will learn, although I wish the trip of the teams There are a lot of men who delight in work ing in the garden, digging; planting, pruning, watching the young shoots starting from dor mant Winter trees and bushes watching the crocuses, daffodils and daisies that are already budding into bloom. They are the first concrete signs of delight ful sunshiny days to come of wardrobes that need replenishing. There is another garden Our Garden that has blossomed forth in all the beauties of Spring. . & arben of iHjtrte They come to us from the hothouses of the foremost shirt gardeners. They represent the choicest varieties in materials of woven ma drases and percales, in light and dark grounds, with stripes and figures that run the whole gamut of Spring colorings. Shirts made in plain and pleated styles, in both dark and light effects. Designed espe cially for the business man. Also shirts in all white in plain and pleated styles for the man who prefers a dressy shirt. Monday $1.15 You have our assurance that these shirts cannot be matched in quality fit, style or tailoring at our price elsewhere. First Floor. Wa&hinglon-Slrecl Entrance. here hadn't been of such a hurried nature. "After hard work we have succeeded In introducing the game in the schools and colleges. The university at Syd ney has a team of its own. The chil dren have taken to the game unusu ally well. They play It in the yards and on the cricket fields. We might say. as you do at home, that we have corner lot ball. We have 57 regular teams playin; a regular set of games. W have divided Svdnev int., eieht districts. Each district lias a regular schedule of games, and after each team has played every other one the first J four teams play among themselves ami I the next four play off for second ; honors. BaMeball Played All Winter. i "The majority of the Barnes are played on Saturdays and occasionally we squeeze in a contest on a holiday. We cannot play on Sundays, although in the outskirts of the city you will now and then see a game. It is erroneous to suppose that baseball games are played as curtain-raisers to cricket and football matches. Such is not the case, but it is usually neces sary to gauge our playing, as the cricket teams naturally have control of the grounds, and as we have no fields of our own we are compelled t use theirs. It Is true in Melbourne and Adelaide that ball games sometime serve as curtain-raisers, but not so with us. "Our season lasts for about the same time as with you, although it is a Winter game with us. beginning in April and winding up in September. This leaves cricket to the Summer months and we divide the season with soccer. "I have not the slightest doubt bin that baseball is the L-omin? game for Australia. It suits our temperament almost as much as it does the Ameri cans. We are not as speedy down here, perhaps, as you are, as the climate naturally tends to enervate us just ;i little. Now with the children enlisteii we will have easy sailing, and there is no earthly reason why in a short time we should not have intersection:!! matches with the United States." International Tilta Predicted. It was along the latter line that Sii Arthur Morgan, representing the Gov ernor of Queensland at the Brisbane game, spoke. He predicted that now that Americans and Australians are in close alliance commercially, and hope to be more so, that baseball teams from Australia will repay the visit here of the White Sox and Giants. It is not likely, however, that any team will ever make such a tour as have the Sox and Giants. It will probably stand as a record for all time to come. This is the belief of Mr. Tyler. "It is my firm opinion." said Mr. Tyler, "that no team or set of teams will ever make such a trip as have the Sox and the Giants. This journey is considered marvelous by us down here.- I do not see how it could be done, in the first place, both as to time and money. As far as the time is concerned, you are going too fast, but just the same it Is the greatest trip ever conceived, and I do not think that it will ever be duplicated. The very fact that It is unique will do base ball and the United States more good in the long run than If you had tarried longer. It is Jlke the flash of a meteor, here one minute, and gone the next. "There can be no chance for any body growing tired of the visit, no chance of outliving your welcome. It looks just like one grand whirl around the globe, only touching the high spots, as one of your men expressed it. I don't think Mr. Comiskey or Mr. Mc Graw will realize the importance of this trip until they get back home. They have done more for their country than most people realize. They are not only showing one of the greatest games to the world, but they are also advertising their country In a way that is not otherwise possible. Claim of Athletes Surprise a. "I do not think it will be long before we can repay this trip with a team of our own. Neither will It be long before we will be able to put up a pretty fair article of ball, and as for interna tional matches at regular Intervals, they will follow. "Another thing which has surprised ua is the splendid deportment of the players. Stories have floated across ' that the average ballplayer may be a diamond in the rough, but rough just the same. We have discovered that the opinion is absolutely wrong. This has also been a grand, good thing for me. as professionals of all kinds are slight ly looked down upon here, although, of course, not to such an extent as in Europe. We can now see on how high a plane is the game in America." A woman never has much use for a man that she can't teactf to be jealous.