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3 ; ZTZl' SECOND I bJiXJ I lUIN Medford Mail Tribune SECOND SECTION "V .WIT-MUST YKAIt. AllflnKOliO OltKdQN, H VrTUlM V, 0(!T0H1PR J K 1911, No. 177. p - .J- fat. :,', LOCAL EXPERT PICKS GIANTS TO WIN TOMMY CLARK TELLS HOW ATHLETICS WON PENNANT Will BE PITCHERS BATTLE FROM START TO FINISH Mall Trlliuno Succeeds In Inducing Local Ball Expert to Furnish Dally Article on World Champion Series Today Ho Presents tho First Or.o Thinks New York Pitchers Will Succeed In Holdlnn Athletic 3liii(jcrs In Check. (OwIiik In llio wl(ltir'iiil Inloriwt. In llio world ch.-iinplniuthlp Imiiohull w'rlcn tho .Mull Trillium htm mio leoded In ItltlllcllIK OIKi or I lin I it'll pimtitd ImHclmll fitim In Houthorn OruKWi to ftirulidi a dally article on tho kiiiiii'H. For IiIh own ioiimoiih ho wImIi.'k bin Identity to tut withhold. I'oIIowIiik Ih tlm flrnt of llio uitlelcri.) Hy noon indny Medford faim inter twtod In Ilia grout HtniKKl" or nu pritiuitcy between the Now York (iliiulh ami Philadelphia AthlotlcH Mill know thnniKh tho excellent tnl. i;mihlc Horvlro Nporlnlly tuMwrcil fur tho orcanlon by Tho .Medford Mall Trlhtliio whether tho (limits or Ath letic trluniiltoil at tho Polo grounds In Now York. All records for at tomlauco will ho nlmttoruil beyond iloiihl ami ll would ho liitoroxtlur. to know Jiul what walks of llfo aro mnnt roiromntoil In a nutltltiiilo of hacohall faim hiicIi a eoHiunpnlltnn city an Now York will turn out to wltuiiBH an exhibition of tho Kront national pittitlmo. .N'crtn Itacklur Slniuijlo Auroil. Whllo roiuinoutluR on tho lmt;o no wild who will fight their way Inch iy liifth Iw pcru rnivttl for- llio nur ifffiTo ofIfni'luiinK IK inijii TTtrlvliiK tholr tittiioHt to nuMitro victory for their rolntlvo toauu It may not ho luapitrnnrlnto to rouioiuhor tho men on tho field of Imttlo. What effect will tho huge coiirourno of people havo on tho two "nlnon" buttling for world houorit? Plrkeil men of tliolr clans, many of thoin votoraiiH In tho liiiHlnimn, thoy pay scant nltontlou iih; a rulo to tho iralno or JIIioh of tho experience will go a long way to ward deciding Mcdraw In IiIh ehnlro of pitchers for tho opening riiihc With .Mathowiiou al IiIh html tho Ath letics will find thoy aio not opponod lliln year to tho weak hurling Hlaff of tho Cull hiil faco to faco with mtuio of tho horil pitcher In tho United Hlnli'H. It doe not roiiilro any violent Btrotrh of tho Itnnglnu- iioii to pieiuro uio Athletics criim lillui: hoforo Matty and Mnruunrd four dari In iuk-ithMou. With tho exception of KIiik Colo tho (MiIchko Culm had no pitcher to hold tho hiiirkiiir .miickiiioii iiimi year and a very different talo may ho told when thoy faco two of tho bout of National league timber. Homier, I'lauk ami CooiiiIh. Tho Athletic will undoubtedly roly on HiIm trio of pltchortt to defeat tho (Hants. Can thoy hold tho flint Imno running (Hants to Iciih lilts than thoy did tho Culm? (Slvo Now York a rant mint perched on tlrt and tho pitching Ntaff of tin Athletic havo their work cut out for thorn to hold hlui there. A rant man on first or uroouil Iiuho In many cane Ih worno for tho pitcher than having onu Ktrlkn on tho butter ttRitlntit threo h"n)l5. To a groat extent ho mum roly on tho catcher and hero Ih whom Thomas of tho Athletics will havo ample opportunity to domoiiHtnito IiIh proweHH at ciittliiK off a utoal. I'ltdiem MaliiNtay llotli Team1'. Tho winner of tho World's Cham plouxhlp will ho that team wIiohc pltchurti aro In hotter trim than tho other during tho all-Important xerloH Mtart Jtiir today. Whllo Now York Iuih only two men who rank with I public. ICveu tho hardened veteran tlliu'itl'iir liilitllt Unit n fc'.irl.lM utiflna t....l.. tft..... I . ....... .. ......... ... ! I.Miiiii n iiiiru w.-Di iiitiii, un milieu IH foro they aro capable of wlmiliic tint doKtitto their hard hlttliiK opponeutH. On (ho other hand If Homier. 1'lanjc toi'H who were never known to hwIiir at aiiylliliiK ouUtilo of a miro utrlko, chop mivaKoly at a wide 0110. l'ltch er uolotl for control will aoroplauu without vUllilo rnimo. And ho on It BOOH. Sent Intent ('liaiiKt'H. A mouth n no puhllo Moiitluiout fa vored tho AthlellcN lo win tho world'n eliauiploiiHhlp. Today It Ih coiinIiI ered a i;ootl loKleal hot lo pick either loam to win. TIiIh cIiiiuko Iuih heen hiotti;lit ithoiit hy tho kooiI work of ChrlHty MalhowHon In tho pant five veekn. Mcdruw'rt III. 01)0 "lemon," Maritiaid, wiih tho only Now York pitcher at that I Into who uhowed any- thlux I Hut chtHH for world Hcrlca work but with the return of tho In vincible ".Matty" to form haitohall faim all over bt'itan to dope out auow Ihtt rvHpertlvo cIiiiiicoh of Philadel phia tiKiihiHt Now York. MnthowKon and Marititrd for tho (IIiiiiIh tipptiHi'il to lleudor. Coomlm ami I'lauk for tho AthlotlcH. TIioho men will coinprlHo tho maltiHlny of tho liurlliiK talent for both teaiim, Hy every precedent of tho Kmo "Matty" will hurl tho oIiihIvo pellet for llio Now Yoikera today. I.lko whio lleuder for tho AthlellcH Ih al in oxt miro to bo Hlatod (o hold tho (IIiiiiIh In cheek, I'ltchoiM Will Win or l,se. . Maritiaid Iuih inado a bolter nliov- aud CooiiiIih Hiirreed In IioIiIIdk tno (ilautn to a fow Hcattoretl hlta throiiKhout tho sorleH then It iniibt ho coucedud tho hard hlttliiK Mack men will triumph, 1 1 to t It Toiuiw llllVO Clllhl I.ooklni; hack over the ptiBt hoiikou It will ho noted tho Athletlco were hIow to Htrlko their Hlrlde. Their pitcnern early In tho hobbou wore not there. Ah tlmo wont on they im proved until they overtook Detroit for kooiI ' early In AiikuhI and wore uovor In duuKor from then on, Why? Their pltehoiH all nettled down to wlnuliu; form. Detroit would never luno heen overtaken by tho AthlellcH had they piiHseHHed anything llku a Kond coiihIhIiiiiI Htaff of hurlom. Tako a look nt Now York'H record In tho National I.eaKno and It coiuob iih a nurprlHO when you realize what they have done nKalimt tho top, notch hurl em of tho varloiiH teaiim tlierolu. With thoxcoptlou of (IroKK of Clove land, Mullln of Detroit, .IoIiiihou anil lluuheH of WaHhluKtou, Wood of lion- ton and WiiIhIi of Chicago none of tho other American l.eaftuo toaniH hud anylhliiK like tho ptlchliu; Hlaff of tho AthlotlcH to oppoHO Mack'H hIiikkoih. Tho National l,ear.uo had many cou HlHtaut liuiielH to tiond UKiiluiit Me- V' ' ?SIlAl TfiPHBrS f " " iF Life Mm 'Mr t JpsBmsL Wrap W y x Wt" -" -:' THA.: iSlJiHa .KMidlraSStt'. ItNaSBr- V sift , JBaWMmtn!7&mSk l& w nr. j8 m ..faV THW&xntim mhimHW l -,. iS5 ti'-l. f!. jaJ'si.1 v'tvnrn Tin.- ri- ,. i yl .-. ' i OP MACK IS BEST IN ADVERSITY: STI C K-TO-IT-1 VEN ESS WON OUT MANAQEE THE ATHLETICS AND SOME OF HIS ffAEBJ STAR BALL TOSSERS. hit; for tho (IliintH than "Matty," hut (Jiiiw'h petH hut to no avail. Tlmo ami again Now York won out with letm hlta than their opponeutH by reiiHou of upeedy Iiuho ru.ii norn ami if tho Athletics hopo to dofeat tho lilautH thoy must either keep tho Now Yorkeru off tho micka or hold thorn there when on. Hummed up, the opponltiK pitchers will win or lose tho Herles for either team. Whllo haltliiK uud bauo Bteal liiK will play JiihI iih important part In (IiIh Herles iih any other, tho burden reals with tho pltchera for reasons nlready rIvoii. Whntevor way It rooh let tho hoHt loam win, and hero In'hop. Iiik tho nerleii will requlro tho whole Boven RiimeH to decide tho houora. Niitituml ?, Hill Klein, one of tliu l.eaitue uuiDuen ehoseu lor work in (ho world's Hetiea, is retiriled us llio lies I man in the Lynelt ore;nui.a lion. I lis piirluer, Hill Hiviiniiii, wlio was elisoti will him, vastly improved town id Hie elose o' the season, ami was working well iurIi perfeel ames liehiml the !ul. Hrc'itiun was not lot at ways for a while, hut (here is no doubt Unit he enmu nloii lately. Hreunau has an oxehive copy right on (he cahsHicnio system of umpim on (he liases, (he Mime as "Sill." O'LoiikIiIiu has on the word "lull." He N a oh?, fine-lookinj? ehap, Riven to dress off the field, mill, while the election was directed hy rotation, Lynch eould not have picked (wo hotter men out of those ho has at hand. Connolly is ipiito n crusly individ ual when diroctiiij n. riuuo, but is considered n eoinpelent man, while Hill nineeii, Hie old piteher, is tiNo eonstnutly improviuf". lvlem is n ureal utiekler for eii quetle on (he field,, and insists on (ho players uddresiiiR- him ns "Mister," which is llio lido ho al ways Rives (hem. Ip times of stress they sometimes put.n e,uriois accent on llio word. One dny Lurry Doyle, captain of (he llianls, sdirted in lo wtird Klein, who wns workins; haok of (he hul, willr (ho iulentiou of considered much of nil uiuper in n spenkipR his mind in, the nmpirienl ear. Larry had his hend down and was roariiiR with ra,e. Bill prompt ly drew n line in the dirt in front of the plat with his toe. "Don't you dare cross that line, Mister Doyle," re warned. "Don't you do it I" Larry hesitated and considej-ed. If ho crossed tho lino he. knew ho would bo fined. If, ho didn't his self-respect would ho sorely ilmmiRcd. Then ho hastily hopped over into the forbidden territory with n meek: "I just wanted to speak to Mey ers, Mister Klein." And Hill could hardly dony such a pleasant desire. Connolly always views the pyra lions of "Germany" Sehaofer, the Washington comedian, very sourly. Ho doesn't get the Dutchman's hu mourous slant. One day "flennnny" found u Ioiir siring of -hair mid fas tened it lo his chin, so iliut it looked liko it slriiiRy Roatee. ' I'o advueeed just iihont to swing nt n hall when When Philadelphia Went West They Continued to Lose Fans Gave Up When Detroit Beat Tliem First Two Games but Mack Kept Hfs Team Plugging Away and They Came Back With a Vanrjcanc and Won Out. By Tommy Chirk: Although the American league season of 1911 was not nltoRcthcr devoid of sectional nnu individual disappointments, there wus probab ly not nn owner or official in the junior organization who did not feel that the 1011 campaign was as pros perous uud successful as uily of the previous years. Of course, there havo been no such monetary rewards reaped as those lend advantage it shrunk violently, HiigcriiiR quite n time around tho three Rtimc mark. But tho Tigers couldn't hold this lead, .And on J:ly 4 the champions of tho .world enmo to their own again hy assuming first place in tho Araoricnn league race after it had been held by De troit since the opening of the Rea son. The Mackmen didn't have the hon or very long. The very next dny of the years in which the American j thcy toppled out again, and Detroit (Continued on Pago 3.) league races were phenomenally close. There has heen nothing like the sustained interest of 1000, for instance, when the White Sox nosed out New York in the last week of the season, nor like Hint of 1907, when Detroit nnd Philadelphia fought it out almost to tho wire with the Sox nnd Naps hanging on until near the the finish. There has been nothing like Ihe intense excitement raised and main tained in 1908, when n presidential campaign was compelled to take a side street, while tho boulevards were monopolized by an unparallel racing almost neck nnd neck for tho wire and the verdict hanging on the result of the final'game of the sche dule between Detroit and Chicago. This year's race hns been a two tenm affair, Philadelphia and De troit monopolizing the gladness of the whole season. The Tigers started this season on a gallop and at the end of April held n big lend of twelve games won and two lost, while the Athletics were in the second division. During May the Tigers still held the big lend, and many experts predicted they would walk away with the gonfalon. But the more conservnativo thought that n lend was n handicap to Jen nings' men, which Inter results proved to he true. Tho early part of June, when ihe Tigers held a big lead over the Ath letics of twelve games, Mack's chances looked slim. Such n feeling was well justified. With such nn en ormous advantage it looked as if the Tigers could niirso their lead nt no great strain on tho players. They lied enough of a lead to sustain a slump and get back on a winning streak again. When tho Athletics wont on their first triu west they disappointed their followers. They didn't show anything until the trip was almost was back. They went west n train and struck a calamity in Detroit, which swept four straight games from their ancient enemy. There fore in little more than a week after Independence day Detroit had gain ed first place and was leading tho Athletics by five and one-half games. With the season more than half finished, tho Athletics' chances looked worse thnn ever, but tho Mack wrecking crew saved things. The team was soon back fighting again, and the lend worked gradual ly but steadily below tho fivo and onc-hnlf murk. The Athletics rctumed homo July 2 J to fight the "western teams. Thoy struck the westerners quick nnd hard. First it was Cleveland and then Detroit that wcro mado dizzy by the monarch's speed. Nei ther was St. Louis nor Chicago spared. Ou Aug. 4 the Athletics for tho second time this season had fought their way to first place, the differ ence being that this time thej' held it. During September their lend in creased steadily, nnd thcy entered the last week of the rnco practically eased up. In all but one department tho Ath letics aro n bettor ball club now than they were n year ago. Tho outfield, while it is not a wonderful trio by a long shoto, is a shnda moro rcliablo thnn thnt which bumped the Cubs last year. There aro two or threo sets of out fielders in the big leagues that rato higher than Lord, Oldring nnd Mur phy, but Muck's strength always hns been in his infields. Thero is no quartet in tho gnmo todny thnt combines with baseball such intelligence ns that of MoInniH, Collins, Barry and Baker. The four are wonderfully fast and aecurato fielders nnd possess great throwing oer. lioiroit was tne third citv in nnna. 'pi.a :,,r;..i.i ...-o e....i :.. im. n ....... ,t ...... ' I " .' . "" "" "" " wi - i.-i iin nicy cuueu. nut t is sneed er this season. T,nt I " year Harry Davis was on first, but last July ho was replaced by Molu nis. For nil his youth and inexperi ence Alolnuis is a big improvement Phutidclphin fans resigned all hope when Detroit bent tho Athletics in tho first two games. But it was tho old story of Muck being best in adversity. Ills team didn't quit. The IneJieiim whipped his players together tho very next day, when they started n sensational winning streak. Thoy took tho next two from the Tigers, bent Cleveland in the next four nnd then traveled east and continued their success. They won twenty out of twenty two games beforo thoy had a slight reaction. This spurt of tho world champions mndo big inronds on tho Tigors' lend. From n twelve enmo over Davis. Bight now "Stuffy" looks the equal of nuy first base man in tho American lengue, bar ring Hal Chase. First ntutioii hist year was tho only comparatively weak one, but it is now well cov ored. It is only iu llio pitching depart ment that Muck seems to havo fal len off from hist year. Neither Coombs nor Bondor has' shown tho wonderful formjofji year ago. Afor ContInuM"on"PaEr Threo) Rogue River Valley University Club Shows Solendid Growth in First Year Soiuo fourteen uiontlm ago, wneu u few college mini in tho valley woo talking of the possibility nf fanning a university club in llio Itogitu river valley, tho Mail Tribune, in mi un conscious tribute lo tho odiiciition:)) Hlmidiirds of the valley's funning community, observed lliui, "Medford needs a university club in older thnt tho fiiriueTH limy hiivo sumo place lo Hltiy when thoy come to "town." It wiih shortly after lids, tluil A. Miilhooul', (hen Hoorotnrv of the iioinmorcliil club, Hunt out a on II for u intuiting of college men mid u stunt dozen responded uml slutted ihe tie (mil iii'giini.iilioii, wiih from this beginning, with tho original :i!eu of meeting ocaesionully iu the rooms of the cnmmoroinl club, grow the present Kogito Kivor Valley University Club with its luxuriously cosy esl.ih'ish meut of ii library, a billiard room, n writing room, buffet uud Ktohui with its membership rolo of over one hundred, combining a lunch club, n social club uud something of it liter ary organization. Tho cosmopolitan nsicot of tho Boguo river valley can hu estubliih ed hy n more glance al tho club's membership list. For its memhciM have esluhlished their eligibility !iy tho iissoi'iiilioii of llicir mimes m students iu forty-four colleges mill universities, chiefly in America, but with n good sized sprinkling iu Eu ropean countries. At the annual mooting of (ho club held n weok ago, llio secretary's report showed that tho Yale delegation led numeri cally with eleven representatives, while Harvard enmo second with seven, although having mistaken noiso for numbers, tho members of ils delegation last spring formed the "Harvard Club" as an auxiliary organizalion of tho University Club mid assisted the progress of tho fruit growing industry by such in ventions ns llicir roiuiiiknhlo effi cient alcohol smudgo process. The University ot Minnesota come third nuuineriially with six; Wil liams (rails with five members, Illinois shows lour, while Cornell, California, Stanford and Michigan each contributed three alumni to the club role. Wellington State, Ore gon, Missouri, Wisconsin, Columbia, Washington and Lee, Hohart, No hrus, nnd West l'oint euoh have two members, while one represents Cor by (Kngland), O. A. C, Wesleyan, Virginia, Svarllunoro,(leorgo Wash ington, Miiryland, Pennsylvania, Military College, Massachusetts, Tech., Louisiana, Chicago, Perdue, Trinity, Ohio, Northwestern, Christ iinia (Norway), Colby, Bowdom, Bethnmy, and Michigan Agricultural College. Besides tho representatives of these colleges and universities, tho club hoard of governors has hrtn orefl eight residents in tho Valley with election ns "Governors' Mem bers." Tho finnnoial condition of tho Univorsity Club can hnrdly ho bet tor. Although tho club rooms havo boon open hut about nine months, the secretary's report for tho ontiro year since its orgnnizntnion shows a balance of almost mo thousand dollars. This situation has been ueeredited by tho incoming treas urer to tho untiring efforts in behalf of tho club, of tho former proprie tors of tho Antelopo Orchard, "Ed dio" Burgess and "Jim" Bnibour, nnd while Mr. Barbour loft Medford shortly after tho annual meeting-, no financial declino is to bo antici pated owing to tho expected endow ment of tho club from tho buried dubloons of the Koko Islands and tho recent return of ono of tho now proprietors of .the Antedono Or chards, bringing innovations from runs which should swell tho club treasury. Tho future anticipations of tho Univorsity Club which a year ago hardly included permanent rooms, aro now of a homo of its own equip ped with all tho modern convenien ces of clubdom and iudpinc fVnm .a growth in its first yonr such anti cipations Biiouiu ho spocdily fulfil led. In othor linos tho club plans de velopment, includille- tllO iiinnvnfln,. m it uiiujso oi leoiures mid informal talks on subjects of vital interest to its mombors, tho establishment of sleeping quartern nnd (ho enlarge ment of its miixiiin a n S. CI. MyU(.,..J1 2222 k A MMli J u.1 - .' ii in ill .m) .y., .V.&.v,,, ; ?- 'MM Mr