MOBNING ENTERPRISE, WEDNESDAY, "MAY 8, 1912.
STAR PITCHERS
AT SMALL COST
O'Toole, O'Brien and Alexander
Were Once Sold For $750.
NOW YOU CAN'T BUY 'EM.
Prominent Baseball Man Says Big
League Moguls Would Give One Hun
dred Thousand Cash For Sensational
Young Trio.
By TOMMY CLARK.
Grover Alexander of the Philadel
phia Nationals, Marty O'Toole of the
Pittsburgh Pirates, and Buck O'Brien
of the Boston Americans were the
three pitching sensations of last sea
son. Now, what would a big league mag
nate give for these three? A promi
nent baseball man was asked. His
reply was. "One hundred thousand
cash."
Not long ago these three pitchers
belonged to one club. This club sold
them all, and the total received for
the trio was $750. The difference that
Photos by American Press Association.
O'TOOLB AND O'BRIEN, TWO YOUNG PITOH
INO SENSATIONS.
just a few seasons make is $99,250,
Iqbricn! ; i s
Working fof the other fellow and
Get Busy for Yourself
Yours for the
asking;
To stimulate interest in the voting and ive each one a chance to profitJy their
work we will give a prize every ten days. These prizes will not affect ;the fina1
count in any way as all votes will count on
These prizes will be
very ten days.
wueh is a pretty fair rate of interest
in valuation. ...
The case of these three pitchers
shows how scouts can go wrong in
their judgment and how the best of
judges often go astray.
Indianapolis is the club that owned
Alexander and' O'Toole and O'Brien.
W. H. Watklns, who gave Detroit her
world championship team, is the own
er of the Indianapolis team. Charley
Carr, who played in the big leagues at
one time for Detroit and who Is to
manage Kansas City in the association
this year, was manager of the Indian
apolis club. Both Carr and Watklns
looked these three pitchers over thor
oughly and passed them up. They
brought a draft price which totals
$750.
Other clubs as well as Indianapolis
went wrong on these three men. They
were wandering around in the bushes
for several years before they drew at
tention from major league clubs. And
then, with the exception of O'Toole.
they did not develop until they were
launched in the major leagues.
Detroit had a chance at all three of
them. It had a draft in for Alexander.
He cost the Phillies $500. One other
major league club besides Detroit and
Fogel's club put in a draft for him. He
had been tipped off to Detroit, but
careful investigation did not make his
out and out purchase appear like a
good venture. Just to cover the minor
league field thoroughly Detroit put in
a draft. He went to the Phillies by
draft and not another magnate envied
Fogei for getting him. Nine months
later any of those clubs would have
been willing to pay something like
$25,000 for Alexander.
O'Brien, pronounced the best pitcher
In the league by Tyrus Cobb, knocked
around the minors for several years.
Carr had him with his "Indianapolis
team In Cuba. Frank Navin and Carr
talked about O'Brien, but Carr did not
see enough in him to advise Detroit to
pick him up. The Detroit club also
had a scout look O'Brien over when
he was pitching down east, but the
scout's report did not favor O'Brien.
O'Toole's story is known. Nobody
wanted him. They all agreed tfcat he
was not fit for major league society.
Then suddenly somebody awakened to
the fact that he was a great pitcher.
Result: Record sale price.
Alexander. O'Toole and O'Brien,
these three were a long time coming
and were overlooked many times, but
when they did arrive a certain major
league magnate would willing give
$100,000 for the three.
TITUS TO ROW AGAIN.
Twice Champion Single Sculler Now In
Training.
Constance C. Titus, twice champion
Single sculler of the United States and
Canada, and William Mebrhoff, the
champion in- 1910. will re-enter the
rowing game this season and have be
un training. Both may try to qualify
to represent the United States in the
sculling events In connection with the
Olympic games.
Titus has been in retirement since
1905, when, in the annual regatta of the
National Association of Amateur Oars
men, he won three championships.
Mehrhoff has not competed since he
won the single sculling championship
at Washington In 1910.
E. GRAND AUTOMOBILE
given to the one that hands n the largest number
A Ruffle In
Summer Weather
By SARAH I. BURTON
"Oh, Ned!" exclaimed young Mrs.
Watrous, "what did you say that to
Mildred Blair for?"
"Say what?"
"That you preferred your own sex
to ours; that you had no use for girls
and that you had no expectation of
ever marrying. In short, you gave her
the impression that you are a womifn
hater."
"1 didn't say anything I didn't mean
or that I'm ashamed of." . .
"Xou have been very unwise. Before
you came to visit us I told all the girls
what a fine fellow you were, and 1 ex
pected you to be popular with them."
"I'll have all the more time to spend
with you."
"But think of my disappointment at
your not being taken up by my
friends."
"My dear sister, 1 am nothing more
or less than your brother. You can't
unmake me and make me over again.
I'm not one to dote upon women. I
wasn't born so. I'm very fond of you,
as you know, and if I" am ever married
perhaps I shall be fond of my wife.
But in her case I shall expect to take
her as I find her, and she will have to
so take me. Marriage Is a great risk
that many persons are chary about
taking. There are splendid men and
women who have such a dread of mak
ing that jump In the dark that they die
old bachelors and old maids. If your
friends don't like me neither you nor I
can help it."
"But you don't need to say every
thing that is In your mind."
"No; I don't. But we are not all born
with the same faults. One of mine is
occasionally telling the truth."
The day after this dialogue another
occurred on the same subject between
two other persons. Miss Blair, to
whom the objectionable remarks had
been made, was sitting on her porch
doing fancy work when Miss Edith
Towne came along..
"Come up," said Miss Blair.
"I have just a minute to spare, but I
will spend that with you. There's a
matter about which I wish to speak to
you. It's how I shall cut my new
summer silk."
Miss Towne came up and seated her
self. "Have you seen Mrs. Watrous' broth
er?" she asked of Miss Blair.
"Yes, and I don't wish to see him
again."
"What's the matter with him?"
"He's a brute."
"'How?"
'A woman .hater. That's the same
thing."
"Indeed! How do you know?"
"He told me so himself."
"That'll make him unpopular, won't
It? I'm sorry. His sister was so anx
ious that we should like him."
"Too bad, isn't it?" - .
The news spread that Ned Worthing
ton, the only young man who had ever
visited the deserted (by the male sex)
village of Sommerville was destined to
be a disappointment to all the girls,
each and every, one of whom had look- i
What can be won with
work a fine pttte every
j ed forward to the possibility ofeatcfi
i ing him. The young ladies declared
that for Mrs. Watrous' sake .they would
treat him with civility. Since there
was no exact definition to the word
civil this was unfortunate, because
what might mean civil to one might
be equivalent, to attention or even
more than attention to another. How
ever, it was generally understood that
so far as the gentleman himself was
concerned he was to be made to under
stand that he was tabooed.
The only trouble with this disposi
tion of the case was that he did not
appear to be conscious that he was ta
booed. It was summer time, and his
principal occupation was sitting in a
wicker chair on the piazza with a rug
under his feet smoking. And it must
be confessed that to the girls who
passed he looked very handsome. Be
sides, he possessed that manly strength
tempered by unconsciousness of it, and
Indolence that is liable to be especially
attractive in a man to women.
It was noticed by the girls that after
Mr. Worthington's arrival several of
their number seemed to find occasion
to be constantly running in to Mrs.
Watrous on various errands. Her
opinion as to the trimming of a dress
was needed, or she must be consulted
as to the management of the town li
brary or some united charitable move
ment. Of course when in Mrs. Wa
trous -house her brother must be
treated not only civilly, but affably.
How affably there was no one except
the family to bear witness. It was not
long before Miss Blair was openly ac
cused of making pretexts for going to
Mrs. Watrous' for the express purpose
of slipping a noose over the head of
the woman hater. Then Miss Blair
whispered the same accusation against
Miss Towne.
Mr. Worthington finished his visit
and sped away without realizing that
he had been snubbed. The young la
Sies who had snubbed him regretted
that more drastic measures had not
been taken -to let him understand how
severely he was condemned. Miss
Blair deserted the malcontents and
spoke so approvingly of the culprit
that a suspicion was roused that she
bad caught him.
But the matter passed over as a
summer storm when Mrs. Watrous, a
week after her brother's departure,
announced that he had been engaged
to be married before he hnd come to
visit ber. Then the heavens cleared
and the weather was calm agaiu
PERFECT WISDOM. -Perfect
wisdom hath four parts,
namely wisdom, the . principle of
doing things aright ; justice, the
principle of doing things equally in
public and in private ; fortitude, the
principle of not flying danger, but
meeting it, and temperance, the
principle of subduing desires and
living moderately.- Plato.
Sorrow and Happiness.
Sorrow, with his pick, mines the
heart. But he is a cunning workman.
He deepens the channe's whereby hap
piness may enier aud hollows out new
chambers for joy to ab!de in when he
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TAFT TO FIGHT
UNTIL CONVENTION
CINCINNATI, Mar 7. A strenuous
speaking campaign which will last un
til the Republican national conven
tion meets in Chicago June 18, was
announced" here by President Taft
The results of the primary elections
in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and
Maryland have caused the president
to issue a declaration of war to .the
last day of nomination campaign.
Ohio is designated by the president
as the "bloody battleground' for the
decisive fight of this Campaign, and
he will spend the next few days rak
ing over the record of Theodore
Roosevelt for points which he may
make the targets for attacks during
his speeches in this state.
Colonel Roosevelt will be in Ohio
next week simultaneously with Pres
ient Taft and the trails of the oppos
ing candidates may cross. Bitter re
criminations are expected.
President Taft will make fourteen
speeches in Ohio tomorrow, the first
being at Batavia.
L
Charles E. Burns, whose birthday
was on Monday was given a surprise.
The guests assembled at a nearby
home, and soon had possession of the
Burns home. The host, after - recov
ering from his shock, was "presented
with several handsome articles includ
ing an Elk's sofa pillow. None of the
guests was arrested by Officers Burns,
although they had taken possession of
his home without his consent The
evening was devoted to cards and
music, followed by refreshments.
Present were Mr. and Mrs. Burns,
Dr. and Mrs. L. G. Ice, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Monell, Mr. and Mrs. Char
les Babcock, Mr. and. Mrs. C. W. Kel
ly, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Barry, Mr. and
Mrs. Webb Burns. Ed Matheney, Mr.
Osburn.-'Miss Genevieve Kelly, Miss
Burns, Leslie Burns and Edward
Burns.
Services At Willamette
Dr. Milliken and Rev. E. A. Smith
will make a tour of Willamette this
afternoon and in the evening there
will be a meeting at the church. Mus
ic and singing will be provided. Dr.
Milliken or Mr. Smith will conduct
the service.
LOSES 66 TO 59
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persons from the section which would
form the proposed county.
"There is a big squabble on," de
clared the speaker, "and we should
not be made a party to it. The Com
mercial Club should keep its hands
off."
Mr. McBain explained that the Live
Wire Committee had decided to have
the vote, and the Commercial Club
a little
JO days
AUTO
it
Wc will give $100 to the contestant who makes the second best
showing. If yoa don't think you can win the cat get in and win
the $ 1 00. Jest think; $ 1 00 for a few week's work in the even
ing or before work. -
had nothing to do with it Others
agreed with Dr. Beatie, but the motion
was finally withdrawn.
After the meeting a delicious lunch
eon was served by the Oregon City
Club.
In calling the meeting to order at
8 o'clock B. T. McBain, President of
the Commercial Club, said, "the var
ious parts of our c-ountv will please
come to order." Mr. McBain outlined
the object of the meeting and. told
what had been accomplished. He
said that nothing had been agreed up
on at the two previous meetings one
held in this city and one in Estacada.
Mr. McBain said that the Oregon City
Commercial Club was not in a posi
tion to give the consent of the resi
dents of the county to a division. He
announced that residents of about
twelve districts were in atendance.
J. W.. Roots of Boring, said that he
did not know of a single person in
his precinct who "favored a division.
"We think it would be a mistake to
make two weak counties out of one
strong one," sai the speaker. "In
fact we think it would almost be sui
cidal. We can hardly blame the peo
ple of Estacada for wanting anoth
er county. They expect that city to
be the new county seat. That would
boom" the town.'
Noah Stingley, of Eagle Creek, de
plored the movement for a division.
"We are better off," he said, "than
we would be if the county were divid
ed. We have the courthouse and
Cascade would have to build a new
one in the Eastern section."
The speaker read a petition signed
by sixty prominent residents of the
Estacada section. The oppose a di
vision declaring that it might result
in bankruptcy in the new county.
They said it would certainly result in
serious financial trouble.
Paul Dunn, of Sandy, said he had
not heard a resident of the Cascade
section speak in favor of division.
He believed it would be a serious mis
take. "I am in favor of Clackamas Coun
ty as she stands first, last and all the
time," said W. P. Kirtchem, of Logan.
"The population is not sufficient for
two counties. If the river is the
cause of any estrangement between
the sections one or two bridges should
be built If we had a good thorough,
fare it would be much better than di
viding the county." -'
Mr. McCabe, of the CEerryville pre
cinct, said he lived thirty-five miles
from Oregon City. He said he had
not heard anything about division un
til he read about it in the Morning
Enterprise. - -
"If they are figuring on separation
surely all the Eastern section has not
been consulted about It," said the
speaker. "The majority of the people
oppose it"
"If this question were put to a vote
it would be defeated by twenty votes
to one," declared Mr, Thomas, of Bull
Run. "I have seen the people and I
know how they stand." "
Others who opposed the plan were
Messrs. Younker, of Sandy, and Mr.
Moran, of Boring. The latter said the
cost of a new county would be too
much, and besides a change was not
desired. Mr. Telford, of the same
place, said the residents "of Boring
did not wjant a division. Mr. Dono
hugh, of Boring, a liveryman, said he
had traveled over a large part of the
country near Boring and found senti
ment largely against it. J. C. Elliott,
of Damascus, declared the establish
ing of a new county would be like go
ing back to homestead conditions.
Mr. Kilgore, of Springwater, said
sentiment was evenly divided in his
section.
"Many of the men who have exam
ined the figures favor a division,"
said the speaker. "If the new county
advocates can show that taxes will
To what people ate saying and
you will see how popular you are
THEN GET IN AND WIN
Don't it look good
to you
$100 Irt Gold
not be too high the people will .favor
a change. We do not feel that we
are getting a square deal. The office
click is against us."
W. A. Proctor, of Sandy, said the
people he had talked to opposed di
vision. Mr. Kilgore, of Springwater,
said division would be desirable. Mr.
Eaton, of Sandy, deplored the plan
to divide the county. He said that
the eastern section had been treated
fairly, and, he believed, had received
more than its share of the road mon
ey. Others who made speeches, oppos
ing a division were Messrs. Straus,
of Cascade, and Bruce, of Sandy.
Claue W. DeVore, President of the
Estacada Commercial Club, said there
was no dissatisfaction with the man
ner in which affairs are now conduct
ed. He deplored the intimations made
by speakers opposing division - that
there is dissatisfaction.
"More and better counties will be
better for Oregon," said the speaker.
"We want a division because we think
it would be better for all. There is
no certainty that Estacada will be
made the county seat Boring may
be named. If Estacada had a selfish
desire and intended to be made the
county seat the line would not have
included Boring. There is no reason
why we should wait. The new coun
ty will have 6,197 inhabitants and 796
square miles of territory. It's asses
sible real property will be $5,500,000
and the personality will be more than
$6,000,000. It has been said that Cas
cade would be a poor county, but on
the contrary it would be one of the
wealthiest. It would be the wealthiest
from the point of per capita. The per
capita wealth would be $1,000. Our
salary list would be $6,000 a year
while in Clackamas County $20,000 is
paid In salaries annually."
"When there is a move made for
progression there are always many
willing to pull back," said H. Epper
san, of Garfield. "You people have
nothing against us because we are
progressive. We got the railroad and .'
it made the country. So now figures
show county division would be a bene
fit to us. We went to Boring and were
told if we did not give the county
seat to that town they would oppose
the plan. If you turn us down as
Sandy and Boring did you will not
be treating us fairly."
E. E. Saling, of Curransville, and
Messrs. Folsom, of Springwater, Ran
dolph, of Viola, Hunt, of Upper Gar
field, Gibson, of Barton, favored di
vision. Mr. Gibson, one of the most
interesting speakers of the contingent
advocating division, said it would be
to the interest of both sections.
"We would have two prosperous
counties, where we now have one,"
he said. "The suggestion that the
proposed county would be a poor one
is not based on facts."
George Epperson, of Eagle Creek,
said he knew of only one man in his
section who opposed county divis
ion. "That man says we have too much
government anyway," he declared.
"He told me we needed only one pub
lic officer the President of the Unit
ed States."
J. W. Reed, mayor of Estacada, said
the plan proposed would result in a
saving to Clackamas County.
. D. Olds, of Oak Grove, said that
if the county would build the resi
dents of the Eastern section a brnlu-?.
they would not want to divide th
county. He opposed the building of
an armory.
L. E. Belfiels, cashier of the Esta
cada bank said many who opposed di
vision did not understand the ques
tion. He pleaded for harmojry. The
speaker declared that the division of
Wasco county had benefited both it
and Hood River County, quoting fig
ures to sustain his point
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