MORNING ENTERPRISE SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 1912
FANS DON'T ENJOY
PITCHERS' BATTLE
Average Follower of Baseball
Prefers a Lively Gams.
HE LIKES LOTS OF HITTING,
With Plenty of Stick Work and Dar
ing Base Running Diamond Bug Is
Well Satisfied Actions of Stars at
Bat Is Interesting. .
By TOMMY CLARK.
A man may go to a ball game and
lit through nine innings while two
pitchers battle for supremacy. At the
end of the game the score may be 1 to
0 and one of the pitchers credited with
a one or two hit game and the other
fellow with a four or five hit game.
And the man will go home, and
when his wife asks him about the
pitching he has just witnessed nine
times out of ten he will shake his
head wisely and remark, "Yep; it was
a nice game, all right, but"
And there you have it all. The
average husband fan, no - matter how.
much he may rave about inside ball,
doesn't care a hoot for a pitchers'
duel. When he goes to a ball game
away down In his heart he is hoping
there will be a batting bee, one that
will chase the outfielders until their
tongues hang out And Mr. Fan Is
also plugging to see some wild base
running.
Pitching duels are all right, the fan
realizes, and he looks on them as a
sort of necessary evil, which isn't so
bad if the home pitcher happens to be
right and his team wins, but what the
real fan delights in is a free hitting
game, full of daring base running and
sensational fielding.
Consequently the actions of the best
hitters in the game while at bat and
of the best base runners are of consid
erable interests At a Tiger-Yankee
game in New York recently the writer
listened to a wordy argument between
two fans which resulted in a bet of a
good sized sum of real money as to
whether Ty Cobb swung three bats be
fore taking his position at the plate or
contented himself with swinging two
of the warclubs. The man who picked
the three won the bet
Cobb is a nervous chap, who Is al
ways thinking and scheming some way
whereby he can put something over on
the other fellows. About the time Davy
Jones steps up to the plate Cobb gets
off the bench, picks up three of his fa
vorite bats, marches a dozen feet or so
away and stands there swinging the
sticks while Jones and Bush take their
turns at the plate. He then walks over
near . the umpire, carrying the thre
bats, then tosses two of them over to
the bat boy, and he is ready for the
pitcher. He stands clear in front of
the plate and apparently meets the
ball before it has time to break.
Lajoie of .the Naps stands out in front
of the players' bench, swings two bats
for a minute or so, throws one down
and then usually sits on the end of the
club he has selected until his turn at
the plate comes.
Larry walks around the umpire, takes
a look at the pitcher and then draws a
line along the right hand side of the
plate with the handle of his bat He
raps the end of the bat hard on the
plate, swings it up over his shoulder
and waits for the ball. As a rule, he
"takes one" that is, he lets the first
ball pitched pass him without attempt
ing to . hit it' Many pitchers know
this and endeavor to work the big
Frenchman by shooting the first one
over. Larry, however, has a trick of
clouting a straight one, which has the
pitchers guessing, so his bluff usually
gets him a ball.
Wagner is a good deal like the
Frenchman at the bat The big, stolid
German is never worried. He has
phenomenally long arms, which enable
him to swing while over the plate, and
he meets the ball with the full force
of his shoulders and back, like Lajoie.
Cobb's attack is more choppy, but
Wagner hits a ball harder than any
man now playing the game, with the
possible exception of Lajoie. Wagner
is patience itself If he believes a base
on balls will help his team as much as
a hit, but if he really wants a hit he
is liable to get It, no matter how wide
the ball Is on the other side of the
plate, and this Is possible because of,
his tremendous reach. . Pitchers say
there is no way to fool the Dutchman.
"You might as well put it over for
Mm," Brown, the three fingered won
der of the Cubs, said once, "as to keep
it away from him if he wants to hit.
You would have to pull a wild pitch."
All batters are superstitious. The
New York Giants still carry along with
them the bat Mike Donlin once swung,
and Chief Meyers, the Indian backstop,
always uses Donlin's old bat when he
is up and a hit is badly needed. Also
the chief has a habit of delivering, but
he swears he couldn't connect if it
wasn't for Donlin's bat. So the stick
is tenderly cared for all the time.
Jimmie Sheckard of the Cubs when
he wants to make a hit real bad takes
out bii chewing gum and sticks it on
the button on top of his cap.
And so it goes. Every man has his
favorite bat and his own peculiar style
at the plate, and it takes mighty hard
sound reasoning to convince a ball
player that he can improve on his bat
ting by changing his cfub or his posi
tion at the bat.
Tree Snakes of Borneo.
The flying frogs of the Malays ap
pear to be mythical, but the tree
snakes of Borneo are credited with tak
ing flying leaps from the boughs of
trees to the ground. It is found that
scales on the lower part of the body
may be drawn inward so that the
whole lower surface becomes concave.
The resistance to the air Is thus greatly
Increased, and experiments indicate
that the snakes do not fall in writhing
coils, but are let down gently in a di
rect line by the parachute-like action
of their peculiar bodies.
At the Portland Theatres
LAST CAR LEAVES FOR OREGON CITY AT MIDNIGH7
r 43; - 1
The seven weeks' engagement oi
Cathrine Countiss, which has afford
ed so much genuine enjoyment to
summer play-goers at the Heilig
Theater, corner Seventh and Taylor
streets, closes with "Her Own Way",
the week commencing Sunday, Aug
ust 25th. The season has been bril
liant and seccessfuli, and the leave
taking of Miss Countiss, so dear to
Portland people, will bring out her
countless admirers in full force.
Miss Countiss never had a sweeter
or more womanly part "than Georgiana
in "Her Own Way", the comedy of
sentiment that Maxine Elliott played
for 327 nights in New York, and later
at the Savoy theater, London. Viva
cious comeay is blended with senti
ment that rings true in this charming
play, opening with a children's birth
day party. Georgiana is a bachelor
maid with wit, vivacity and a -heart
of gold, who is parted, through mis
understanding, from her soldier lover,
serving is an officer in the Philip
pines. But there is a happy issue to
the romance when her wounded hero
comes home.
Miss Countiss bids a long farewell
to Portland people on Saturday night,
August 31st, and returns at once to
her home in New York. She has re
vealed splendid art and versatility in
widely different characterizations,
and will not be forgotten.
The Doctor's Orders.
Lady of House What caused you to
kecome a tramp? Ragged Roggers
The fam'ly physician, mum. ' He ad
vised me to take long walks after me
meals, an' I've been walkin' after 'em
ever since. Boston Transcript
True of Trouble.
"He's out of a Job now. He had a
good opportunity, but he didn't take
the trouble to Improve it"
"Yes. It's a funny thing about trou
ble, isn't It? If you don't take it you'll
have it" Philadelphia Ledger.
Extravagant.
Mrs. McTaggart Hoots! Dinna fash
yersei', McTaggart! 'Twas a bad shil
lin I gave him! The McTaggart A
bad shillin'! Ma . conscience sic ex
travigence! Wuman, had ye no bad
saxpence? Sydney Bulletin.
naraiy.
"Why do girls wear engagement
rings?"
"On the same principle that a person
ties a string around his finger so they
won't forget they're engaged." Ex
change.
POPULAR PRICES
H17IT IlP THEATER
JLTi JL 1 H jr Seventh and Taylor St..,
BUsMX mi "B Phones Main 1, A-1122
Last Week of the Summer Season!
Seven Nights Beginning Sunday, August 25
3:15 O'CLOCK
Last Bargain Matinee Wednesday Last Special Matinee Saturday.
CATHRINE
COUNTISS
AND HER POPULAR PLAYERS BID
Good-bye to Portland
In the Capital Comedy, with a Real Live Story,
"HER OWN WAY"
As Played with Great Success in New York and London by Maxine
Elliott
Evenings, 75c, 50c, 35c, 25c. Saturday Matinee, 50c-25c.
Wednesday Matinne, Any Seat 25c. .
Farewell Matinee and Night Next Saturday
ANNOUNCEMENT
EXTRAORDINARY!
Mail Orders Mon. Aug. 26
H
EILIGnB? Son. Sept. 1
THEATER
Special Matinee Wednesday Matinee Saturday.
Messrs. Shubert & William A. Brady Present
The Opening Attraction of the Season 1912-13.
The Gilbert & Sullivan Festival
Company
From the New York Casino Theatre, With
V. DE WOLF, HOPPER
BLANCHE DUFFIELD VIOLA GILLETTE LOUISE BARTHEL
EUGENE COWLES ALICE BRADY A. CUNNINGHAM
GEORGE MacFARLANE KATE CONDON ARTHUR ALDRIDGE .
And the New York Casino Chorus and Orchestra in a Revival Festival
of Gilbert and Sullivan's Geratest Comic Operas
IN THE FOLLOWING COMIC OPERAS
Sunday, Monday and
Saturday Nights, and Saturday Matinee
55? PATIENCE
Wednesday Night and
Wednesday Matinee
Tuesday
Friday
THE MIKADO
PINAFORE
Pirates of Penzance
PRICES: Evening and Saturday matinee Entire lower floor, $2.00,
Balcony, 5 rows, ?1.50; 6 rows, $1.00; 6 rows, 75c; 5 rows, 50c. Gal
ery, 4 rows, reserved, 75c; admission, 50c. Box seats, $3.00. Wed
nesday matinee Lower Floor, $1.50. Balcony, 5 rows, $1.00; 6 rows
75c; 11 rows, 50c. Entire Gallery, 50c. Box seats, $2.00.
Mail Orders Received From in and out of Town
Beginning Monday, August 26
Regular Box Office Sale Opens Aug. 29. Mail orders Take Preced
ence Over Box Office Sale.
Address Letters, Make Checks and Money Orders Payable to W. T.
Pangle, Manager Heiiig Theatre. "
PORTLAND "WHITE
HOPE" IS DEFEATED
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24. As a
"white hope" Mark O'Donnell of Port
land is not thought much of by the
fans here today, following his decis
ive defeat last night by Charley Horn
a local heavyweight. .
Horn was given the decision on
points at the end of four rounds, but
the northwestern fighter came very
near being knocked out in the second
round. He was floored twice during
the fight.
As a boxer O'Donnel showed well
and he is a shifty man on his feet,
but he seemed unable to withstand
much punishment. He has a good
left
In the bouts Frankie Smith knock
ed out Gene West in two rounds;
One Round Hogan won on points from
Kid Soloman of Los Angeles; Bert
Sealey and Tom Jones, heavies fought
a draw; Herb Brock got the decision
from Sailor Bert Corbett.
County Court
District No. 19
A. L. Larkins 4.00
J. D. French 1.00
Wm. Kerns 16.00
Chas. Kerns 8.00
Rich Johnson 8.00
P. O. Chindgreen 13.50
R. P. Wallace 24.00
Lewis Churchill 24.00
J. L. Fletcher 6.00
A. L. Seavey 6.00
Fred Murray 10.00
D. N. Trullinger 32.50
District No. 20
P. Sullivan 5.00
B. Sullivan - 3.75
John Leichtweise . . . .' 5.00
District No. 23
D. Sheppard 11.90
G. Bergstrand 31.32
W. W. Irvin 39.20
H. Howe 28.35
A. H. Sage 24.50
H. H. Dietz 46.20
G. W, Oathout 26.50
A. L. Genski 30..45
V. Berg 945
J. H. Hartman 27.06
R. W. Zimmerman ............ 47.50
V. Berg 16.00
A. L. Genski 8.00
A. H. Sage 12.00
H. R. Zimmerman . . 4.00
M. King 36.00
W. H. Archibald 17.50
F. Grindeland 20.00
C. Potwin 14.00
J. H. Hartman : 2.00
J. Lettman 17.00
A. Hall 12.50
S. Hoover 1.50
E. Judy 2.00
Erickson & Wrolstad 1.35
S. B. Berg 39.25
D. J. Parmenter .............. 6.00
District No. 24
W. Leach 21.50
Geo. Dozier 19.50
M. Faulk 4.25
J. J. Leonard 27.50
C. E. Miller 45.02
Fj Stegman 5.52
Jack Ohlert 12.00
P. Weigan 12.00
Clem Keltz 12.00
James Dozier 7. ' 4.00-
Ernest .Tiel 25.00
A. J. Lias ....147.69
A. S. Thompson 11.60
S. J. Kaufman 50
A. J. Lias , 3.55
C. Raddatz . 26.87
C. W. Carothers : 4.00
District No. 26 i
W. H. Engle ..... 2.00
Max Huss 23.10
"G. Doiglas 4.40
W. W. Everhart 17.25
S. A. Cordill 8.00
T. O. Ridings 15.00
C. Glen 2.00
D. L. Trullinger .... 27.50
District No. 27
Joe Jackson 100.50
I. O. Holmes 39.00
District No. 28
C. Vorheis 15.00
Nick Sabe 13.00
Earl Groshong 11.80
Leslie Shank 21.00
John Wilhoit ... 11.00
A. Wyland 11.00
F. Kokle 15.50
A. Carter 5.50
H. Kneib 2.00
Zeb Bowman 4.50
Perry Vorheis 4.00
Ed Ringstead 3.00
E. Sowa 1.50
Ben Thomas . . 2.50
Ed Wyland 2.75
Floyd Ferguson 2.00
Geo. Cuss 21.00
L. D. Shank 25.00
District No. 29
D. E. Dowty 14.00
S. L. Prahl 4.00
G. Resch 2.00
W. A. Rogers 18.00
W. R. Schuerer 6.75
District No. 31
R. W. Schatz 4.00
K. E. Turner 4.00
A. Athey 4.00
M. C. Baker 2.00
B. F. Wisman 2.00
W. Wisenberg .. .'. 1.00
Glenmorrie Quarry Co 19.20
Oswego Lumber Co 11.60
R. DeNeui 12.50
District No. 32
H, Heater -.. 16.00
A. Voss ! 12.00
F. Kiser 4.00
W. Holzmagel 10.00
W. C. Heater ... 18.75
G. Bulston .. 1.00
J. E. Morbach 2.50
Conzelmann Bros 113.16
District No. 33.
Henry Cromer 8.00
John Kiggins 4.00
Henry Wornick 5.00
Ed Young : 2.00
W. W. Tucker 45.00
Bititner & Boylan 15.00
McCurdy Lumber Co 6.00
District No. 34 v
A. Thomas ; 14.00
D. Boite .... 46.00
L. Nelson ' 48.00
H. Oldenstadt 14.00
J. Peterson 48.00
J. Lents 32.00
J. Eilers 42.00
J. Robinson 22.00
J. Rineman 38.00
J. Bell 14.00
L. Bacon 34.00
E. Seelf 16.00
G. Rogers .... 30.00
G. Vlopp 11.00
S. Waldron 28.00
E. Gross 39.00
H. Waldren 12.00
F. Gross 58.10
F. Sinclair 56.00
F. S. Coole '.. 143.75
C. Davis 175.00
E. Tiedeman 39.25
M. Tiedeman ,. 44.00
J. Tiedeman 48.25
C. Zimmerman 67.75
W. Zimmerman 28.50
J. Zimmerman ' 92.00
F. Zimmerman . ... 46.00
G. Tiedeman 59.00
G. Moser -3.50
G. Gross , 8.00
E. Boekeman 13.50
E. Christensen ...V. ... 26.00
E. Britton 44.00
W. Woellermeier 46.00
D. Olderstadt 13.00
'KID' MXOY SAYS HE'S
Annum iiAiirTA nTiif"
tuninu nurit u o ay
LONDON, Aug. 24. "I never in
tend to set foot on foreign soil again.
The old U .S. A. is the place for me."
This was the. emphatic declaration
of Norman Selby, better known as
"Kid" McCoy, American prize fighter,
who, with Mrs. Selby sailed for New
York today.
Selby is indignant at the tactics
employed by the British authorities
in connection with the robbery at Os
tend, in which he was charged with
complicity. Selby maintains that he
was arrests solely on the testimony
of a drunken woman, who later repu
diated: her statements. Selby and
his wife were stopping in the hotel
on the night of the robbery and he
was arrested several days later. He
was exonerated at the hearing in Bow
street police court.
MISS SARAH HENDRICKSON
BRIDE OF W. E. OVITT
William E. Ovitt and Sarah Hend
rickson were married Saturday aft
ernoon at the! Methodist Parsonage
by Dr. T. B. Ford. The bride is a
member- of the Bithiah class of the
Methodist Church, and is one of the
best known young women in the city.
She is a daughter of Mr; and Mrs.
John Hendrickson. .
100 CouDleit At Dane '
About 100 cuples attended a dance
In Piiaih'a noil Cntnin. '-
en by H. Wheeler of Gladstone. The
music for the occasion was furnished
by the Falls City Orchestra. The
floor committee was composed of W.
A. Schooley, H. Wheeler and Lloyd
smitn.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
The following are registered at the
chusetts; A. J. Cason, Portland; Miss
Thuxer Shoecraft, Miss Whitney, D.
H. Wetson, United States General
Survey; F. Mayfleld, Highland; , L.
Wardrop, T. Ward.
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