THE MOENING OE EG ONI AN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, lyoi
MAKE FORESTS PAY
Hitchcock Proposes a Plan to
Congress.
HE WOULD SELL THE PRODUCTS
He Safemlts Bill Allowing Him to
Make Revenue Oat of Reserve
te Par Expenses States to
Skare la Snrplas Income.
ORBGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Dec 1L Secretary Hitchcock has
devised a means whereby he believes the
forest reserve system. Instead of being a
Government luxury, as is charged by some
public men, will become self-sustaining.
He today sent to Congress the draft of a
bill authorizing the Secretary of the In
terior to sell timber, grass, plants, fruits,
.seeds and other material growing or being
grown - upon forest reserves, Including
stone, earth and all other inorganic ma
terial, at what shall be deemed a fair
price, provided such sales do not Interfere
with the present mining laws and regula
tions In any reservation, o wfth the
present practice of selling forest reserve
timber.
The bill also authorizes the Secretary to
rent or lease lands within the reserves for
the purpose of erecting and maintaining
Summer resorts, stores, mills and other
establishments, and to lease suitable re
serve land for grazing and other purposes
not Incompatible with the objects for
which reserves are created. The moneys
derived from such sales, rentals and leases
are to create a special fund to be expend
ed In the care and protection of forest
reserves. Each state is to have a separate
fund.
"Wherever there shall be a surplus, 25 per
cent of such surplus is to go to the school
fund of the state or territory In which the
reserve Is located. "Where a reservation
lies In more than one state, the surplus
is to be proportionately divided.
This bill contemplates placing forest re
serves on a higher plane than at present,
making them more like the Yellowstone
and other National parks. While the bill
is not such as to meet much opposition in
Congress, there isllttle chance of its pas
sage at the short session.
AFFAIRS OF THE NORTHWEST.
Two Indian War Pensions Granted
Wliy Rural Delivery Is Delayed.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Dec. H. Representative Tongue
today received notice that two claims of
Indian war veterans filed by him have
been allowed to W. C. Hembree, of Mc
Mlnnvllle, and J. H. Elgin, of Salem,
both at $8 per month. These are the
first claims allowed on Mr. Tongue's
recommendation.
When he called at the Postoffice Depart
ment to ascertain the cause of delay In
establishing rural free deliver' at sev
eral points In his district. Representative
Tongue was told today tlja't the funds for
this service have been exhausted, but
that if the emergency appropriation rec
ommended is passed a number of routes
-?ojS held up will go Into operation next
iTebruary,
Representative Jones today had a prom
ise from the Indian Commissioner to rec
ommend that a Deputy I iited States
Marshal be stationed at North Yakima
to prevent the sale of liquor to Indians.
TO WORK FOR IRRIGATION.
General Passenger Agent Craig Vis
iting the Departments.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash-
ington, Dec. 1L General Passenger Agent
A. L. Craig, of the O. R. & N., took lunch
eon with Representatives Moody, of Ore
gon, and Mondell, of Wyoming, today.
Mr. Craig Is here to Induce the AgrlcuH
tural Department to extend the work of
soil surveys to Eastern Oregon to ascer
tain the success with which arid lands
hive been reclaimed In other states under
the Carey act. Mr. Mondell told him of
the success of that law in Wyoming. To
morrow Representative Moody will pre
sent Mr. Craig to Secretary Wilson.
Assurance has already been given Mr.
Moody that such work Is to begone east
Df the Cascades during the coming Sum
mer, as well as in the Willamette Val
ley.
ACCEPT THE GOLDSBORO.
Wolff & Zvrlcker's Receiver Appeals
to Secretary Moody.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Dec. 11. Robert T. Piatt, of Port
land, representing the receivers of the
Wolff & Zwicker Shipbuilding Company,
called, on Secretary S ody today In
company with Senator Simon, for the
purpose of inducing the department to
accept the torpedo-boat Goldsboro for the
unpaid balance of 520.000, In which Ivent
they will be able to pay the creditors of
the firm about 15 cents on the dollar. He
urged that, as the Goldsboro now makes
as great speed as other vessels" of that
same plan, 28.1 knots, It should be ac
ceptable to the Government.
ROOSEVELT IS PRAISED.
Civil Service Reform League Says He
Has Done Well.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1L The 22d an
nual meeting of the Civil Service Reform
League began here today. The annual re
port of the executive council, which was
read at the afternoon session, commends
the policy of President Roosevelt in mak
ing Federal appointments, and calls at
tention to the persistent hostility of pro
fessional politicians in both the National
parties to civil service reform. The report
in part is as follows:
"President Roosevelt has done more for
the practical enforcement of the civil
service law, the elevation of the moral
tone of the public service and the general
advancement of Improved methods of gov
ernment than it has fallen to the lot of
any other President to do so soon after
assuming office. Nevertheless, it Is not
surprising that in this respect his course
has been subjected to a closer scrutiny
than has usually befallen a new Admin
istration.
"As a result of this exacting attitude of
public opinion the President and his official
advisers have encountered some measure
of criticism. Complaints against the pres
ent Administration have arisen from cer
tain appointments to office not embraced
within the classified service. Under the
'spoils' system there has grown up
practice which permits the selection of
candidates for such offices by Senators
Representatives or National committee
men of the dominant party, reserving to
the President little more than a veto In
their choice. President Roosevelt haa In
disputably tried to mitigate the evils In
this system of selection.
"The council is obliged to record Its re
gret that the results of the great victory
for good government and pure politics In
New York City, on 'which the league cbn
gratulated the country at Its last annual
meeting, have not as yet met all the hopes
of friends of civil service reform."
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Record of All-American Betvlers.
ST. -ww-.r'H, Mo.. Dec 11. The all
American bowling .team won four games
and lost one here today. Following Is the
record of the All-Amerlcans up to date:
Games won, 246; games lost. 39; high
score, 667; high Individual score, 279; high
est total, 20S9. The contest for the Schmel
zer sliver loving, cup' closed tonight, and
was won by the Oklahoma City team,
with a score of 2S49.
TWO TEAMS IN LEAD.
Separate Themselves From Others In
Six-Day Bicycle Race, s
NEW YORK, Dec 1L Two teams suc
ceeded In separating themselves from the
others in the six-day bicycle race today,
and by clever team riding took the lead.
They were Newklrk and Jacobson, and
Leander and Floyd Krebs. Their score
at midnight was nearly 160 miles behind
the record for that time of 1865 miles 6
laps.
The midnight score: Newklrk-Jacobson,
Leander-Floyd Krebs, 1706 miles; Mac-Farland-Ma,ya,
Stinson-Moran. Bedell-Bedell,
Butler-Turville, 1705 miles 9 laps;
Galvln-Root, Keegan-Peterson, 1705 miles
8 laps; Barclay-Franz Krebs,. 1705 miles 5
laps.
TO SHOT OUT WESTERN MEX.
Yale and Harvard Making Xew
Rules for Athletic Department.
NEW YORK, Dec. 1L Plans are under
way at both Harvard and Yale to come to
a mutual agreement during the coming
Christmas holidays regarding both a new
schedule of athletic meets between the
two universities and. a new set of eligibil
ity rules, says a Times dispatch from New
Haven, Conn. From what can be learned
It Is proposed to work out a new set of
rules that will be identical for both Har
vard and Yale and will limit the candidates
to the various university grades.
The result of the present system has
been that several athletic teams, especi
ally football elevens, at all of the large
universities in recent years have drawn to
a large extent on graduates of, Western
colleges for their star men, to the exclu
sion of undergraduates In their own Insti
tution's, and have made It possible for ma
ture athletes from small colleges to en
ter into sports "where they meet under
graduates on opposing teams from five to
ten years their' junior.
It has likewise brought about several
most unpleasant controversies between
Yale and Harvard, and It has brought to
the schools of both universities a set of
men who come for almost the only purpose
of entering athletics.
GARDNER DEFEATS STIFT.
Bell at End of Sixth Round Saves
Him From a ICnockont.
CHICAGO. IJec. 1L George Gardner,
the Paclnc Coast middle-weight, defeated
Billy Stlft. of Chicago, In, a six-round
contest here tonight. Stlft was decidedly
outclassed, and would have succumbed to
a knockedout had not the bell saved him
In the last .round. Stlft was knocked
down eight times during the round and
was barely able to walk to his corner
when the fight ended. Gardner took mat
ters decidedly easy during the first three
rounds, and Stlft appeared to have a good
chance to break even. Soon as the men
came up for the fourth round, however,
Gardner changed his tactics and began
playing for his opponent's stomach. He
landed his blows without much difficulty,
and before the end of the round he had
Stlft In trouble. The fifth was a repeti
tion of the fourth round. Gardner tried
hard to finish Stlft In the last round, but
the time was too short, and Stlft escaped
a knockout.
TURNERS TO GIVE EXHIBIT.
Programme of Gymnastic Events Has
Been Arranged.
The Turners' gymnastic exhibition to
morrow night at Turner Hall Gymnasium
premises to be a big success. Professor
Krohn has been hard at work for several
weeks past training, his pupils' for the
event and has left' nothing undone that
will help to make the entertainment a
brilliant success In" every particular. The
performance will begin promptly, owing to
tne lengtn or tne programme, and those
wishing good seats would do well to go
early as the gym will be taxed to Its ut
most capacity.
.Monmouth Wins From Rlckreall.
MO::MOUTH, Or., Dec. 1L (Special.)
The first basket-ball game of the season
was played here last evening between the
teams from Rlckreall and the Monmouth
Normal School, the home players winning
by a score of 22 to 1L The game was fast
and snappy from start to finish, and was
enjoyed by a large crowd, of good-natured
spectators. The Rlckreall team is made
up of first-class "material, but the players
are lacking In s.peed. The line-up:
Ncrmal.
Byers ....
Murphy ..
Zelgler .
Positions.
F
F
G
Rlckreall.
Wade
Burch
. Southwick
Cozier
. Simlngton
Butler
.G.
Bailey C.
Jockeys Home From Europe.
NEW YORK. Dec 11. Four American
Jockeys who have been riding In Europe
returned home on board the steamer
Kronprinz Wllhelm,- which reached port
today. The best known of' tjie boys Is
Ben Rlgby. who will return to France
next season. Charles Thorpe, who rode
In France last season, will settle on his
farm near Geneva, Kan. Ji. GrayJ an
other of the returned jockeys, lives In
San Francisco. The last of the quartet is
Eddie Jones.
To Ride Cross Country.
The Portland Hunt Club has announced
the next cross-country ride for next Sat
urday, December 13. The assembly will be
at West Park and Burnside streets at 2:30
P. M. sharp.
The next event following this ride will
be a paper chase on New Year's day, the
cross-country ride for December- 27 hav
ing been canceled. Notice of the starting
point and the finish for the New Year's
chase will be announced later.
Canadian Football-In Enropc.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 1L The team of
Canadian football players has arrived here
on the Allan Line steamer Vavarlan from
St. Johns, N. B.. and Halifax, and pro.
ceeded to Dublin. They will play several
matches In Ireland before playing In Eng
land. On their was across the Atlantic
the Canadians practiced dally. They are
all well and confident of success.
Antos Will Race for Bennett Cap.
LONDON, Dec. 11. The announcement
of the dispatch from the United States
of a challenge for the James Gordon Ben
nett cup was received by the Automobile
Club here with great satisfaction. ' It will
be the first time that America has been
represented In the race The race will
probably be held on the Continent, prop
abbly from Paris to Bordeaux.
Breaks Long Dive Record.
TACOMA, Dec. 1L At a meeting of the
State Y. M. C, A. held at Tacoma tonight
the world's record for the long dive was
broken by Dave Grant, of Seattle. He
established the world's record of 15 feet
3 Inches, breaking the former record of
14 feet 8 Inches by seven Inches
Spike SullivanWhlps a Cockney.
LONDON, Dec 1L In a fight at the
Adelphl Club here tonight fqr 51000 and
the lightweight championship. Spike Sal
llvan, of Boston, defeated Bill Chester,
of London, in the 14th round..
New Captain of Stanford.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal., Dec.
11. J. P. Eansback, of Denver, was. to
night electid captain of the Stanford foot
ball team for the season of 1903.
xi ik u rrice lor a uciic
LONDON, Dec 1L A silver Elizabethan
salt-cellar of the date .of 1577 and weigh
ing nine ounccp was sotd'at auction here
today for 15,V
LUlrtJ ULLLrtrtLJ IT A 1
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to come In, but it Is out of the question.
Our arrangements are all completed, ex
cept some minor details. We have been
working on the idea ever since last Sum
mer, and. did not. allow our plane to be
come public until we were absolutely sure
of our ground."
"Will there'be any opposition from the
Pacific Northwest League which the Port
land and, Seattle teams, are deserting?"
asked the reporter.
"That remains to be seen," said the man
who has brought much woe to President
Lucas. "It Is a certainty that there Is
not room for two baseball teams In either
Seattle or Portland, but we shall go ahead
and play ball regardless of anything that
the other league may do. We will be the
strongest baseball organization west of
the Mississippi, and -will put a better
quality of ball before .the publlcthan has
ever been seen outside of the great cities
in the East. No opposition that the other
league can offer will seriously affect our
business."
"Will the character of the Portland
team be much changed?"
"One thing"." said Mr. Harris, "there
will be no salary limit In our league. We
will, try to get the best men In the coun
try, and propose to pay them what they
are worth. We will be In direct competi
tion with the Eastern leagues, and unlss
we pay the price we will haveto be sat
isfied with mediocre men. We have six
good towns In our new association, and
we can well afford to get good players."
Will Have Long Season.
"What is the principal difference that
the change will make so far as the public
Is concerned?" queried the reporter.
"The longer season," said Mr. Harris.
"The California League, which our asso
ciation will succeed, has been playing a
season of eight months, as against the
five months' season of the Northwest
League. We will play our first game
about the end of March, and will so ar
range the schedule that the season will
open and close in California on account
of the better weather there at these peri
ods. On the other hand, Portland will
have more than her share of games In
the Summer months to even things up.
Under the Northwest League' the local
team played about 75 games, rwhlle our
schedule will provide for 100."
"How about the long jumps?" asked the
reporter. "It has been urged that the
distances between the big cities on the
Coast are too-great to permit any such
association as the Pacific Coast League
to operate successfully."
"Nothing In It," said the optimistic Mr:
Harris, who was determined not to allow
a trifle like the 1300 miles that separate
Los Angeles from Seattle, to bother him.
"We'll cover the jumps easily enough.
And when you think about It, the dis
tance between Helena or Butte and Ta
coma or Seattle Is pretty nearly as great
as the distance between Southern Cal
ifornia and Puget Sound."
Portland Wns DIssatisneu.
Those Interested in Portland's baseball
team were much disgusted with the treat
ment accorded It by President Lucas, of
the Northwest League, during the past
season. It Is claimed that Lucas paid lit
tle attention to the game In this city, and
allowed his personal spites to find a vent
in the umpires sent here. "Lucas Is too
narrow-minded a man to make a success
as president of a baseball league." said
Mr. Harris yesterday, and this sentiment
finds a ready echo among the directors of
the local club. "Lucas certainly did not
treat us with much consideration," said
A. H. Devers.
The formation of the new league took
President Lucas, of he Northwest
League, and Manager ""Dugdale, of the
Seattle team, entirely by surprise. The
idea originated in Portland last Summer,
and, alter some correspondence, J. P.
Marshall, of the local club, went to Cal
ifornia to discuss, the matter with Mr.
Harris. Definite arrangements reeardlne
the Portland, team were made at that
time, and It was decided to visit Seattle.
In that town a new baseball association
HENRY
SAN FRANCISCO BASEBALL MAGNATE, WHO ORGANIZED XEW.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
formed, with George .P. Lamping, the
County Auditor, as president. . After
some of the 'stock had een subscribed
and satisfactory arrangements made with
the street-car companies, Dugdale was
offered a chance to come Into the new
league, Whether he. will do so, or wheth
er he will continue his alliance with Lu
cas, remains unknown. Harris said yes
terday that -he thought that Dugdale
would undoubtedly join the new assocla-'
tion.
"He did not say so." said Mr. Harris,
"but I Inferred from his remarks that hz
though well of the scheme, and did not
much relish the Idea of trying to put an
opposition team In the field."
Dngdale Shy Fight.
On the other hand. President Lucas
states that the Northwest League will
have teams representing both Portland
and Seattle in the field, and Dugdale 13
reported as supporting the Spokane mag
nate. In an Interview telegraphed to The Ore
gonlan from Seattle Dugdale Is reported
as saying:
"I shall remain in the Pacific Northwest
League. It was formed for" three years,
and our contracts do mot expire until next
Fall. I shall fight It out We have 15
minor leagues back of us, and will, of
course, slve the public organized base
ball, as the CalIfornIa""League will be an
outlaw affair, and is bound to be a trouble-breeder.
"It is too early yet to give out names
of men signed for next year, but I could
do so If necessary- T have Babbitt and
Sommers," however, and have a Tiumber
of cracker-Jacks, but will not disclose
their names. My team next year will be
stronger and faster than any yet.
"I don't propose to let any California
magnate come here and beat me at this
game. If they want war, they can have
it. I was here first, and will not be
pushed oft the earth. I'll fight 'em, de
pend upon that.
"I'wIU not enter the California League.
I made 523,000 out of baseball last Sum
mer, and will spend It all, If necessary, In
fighting these Invaders."
And In answer to a query from The
Oregonlan as to whether the old league
would have a team In Portland during
the coming season, Dugdale telegraphed
as follows:
"Am positively Informed, In fact, know,
that there will be a Pacific Northwest
League team put In your city, financed
and managed by Portland business men.
All players in the old' team are reserved
by the Pacific Northwest League."
However this may be, the new league
will go right ahead with Its 'arrange
ments. "I do not think that any other
league would be the attraction that we
will be," says Mr. Harris, andfrom the
local directors .of the new association
arises a loud amen. 1
WHAT THE FANS HAVE TO. SAY.
Sentiment Is ,ln Favor of Coast
League -with Gilt-Edged Baseball.
"The entry of Portland and Seattle Into
the California League is the best thing
that could happen to the two cities," de.
clared MJ. Roche,' secretary of the Pa
6lfic Northwest League of 1S92 and presi
dent of the leagued of 189G and 1S9S. "I
have been advocating the organization of
a Pacific Coast League ever since my ar
rival in Portland In January, 1S9L and two
or three times we very nearly effected the
mcrzer. After the season closed here. In
1S91, and after my election as secretary,
W. B. Bushnell, of Tacoma, then presi
dent of the league, took a team' to San
Francisco to try conclusions with the Cal
ifornia champions. Glcnalvln headed the
team, .and with him .were most of his
Portland players. Portland lost the series
by a single game, and the cause of the
defeat was laid pretty generally to the de
cisions of Umpire "Sandy" McDermott.
However, the teams were so evenly
matched that the games drew large
crowds, and the California magnates, -who
had been Informed of the reputation of
Portland and Seattle as baseball cities,
turned longing yS.4n this direction-.. A
scheme of- amalgamation was decided
upon, and George A. Vandfirbeck. secre
tary of the Portland club of 1890 'and man
ager of tile Los Angeles club of 1891, was
HARRIS
sent to this city as a representative of
the Californlaris. He attended our mcet-
Llng, and we talked over the matter cf
dropping Spokane on account of the long
jump and forming a slx-iClub league.
"Two propositions prevented consolida
tion. The first was an offer from the Spo
kane club to buy Its way to a franchise
We were working under the guarantee
system, and the club agreed to pay each
visiting team 5125. whether the attendance
warranted the payment or not. On for
eign grounds, the other clubs were to pay
i the Spokane club only ?100. On thlscon-
ditlon. Spokane was allowed to stay in.
The league would have been organized If
it had not been for Vanderbeck. He held
the Los Angejes' franchise, and when he
learned that Spokane would be dropped
on account of the jump, he concluded that
his city also would have to go by the
board. Thenrobablllty Is that Lbs An
geles would nave been dropped on account
of the jump from San Francisco sputh,
and also because It was not then the
baseball town that It Is now, Vander
beck and Spokane carried the day, and
the Coast league was not organized.
"In 1S96 the Glenalvln League, consist
ing of Portlands Tacoma, Scatrle and Vic
toria, was organized, and one of Its ob
jects was to effect consolidation with Cal
ifornia and have an eight-club Pacific
Coast League In 1)7. The leaguc'had a
short career. Glenalvin and the others
who formed It In the East had their play
ers report on April 15, and the pros
pects were very promising. But all
chances of success were knocked out by
the weather. From April to June we had
nothing but rain, and the league was dis
banded after $10,000 had been sunk In It In
a few months. .
"The premature dlsbandment killed the
chances of consolidation. As president of
the league, though, I corresponded with
the California men, but the conditions
were not propitious, and nothing was
done until 1893, when what might be called
the "Borchers League" was started. In
this league the teams, excepting Seattle
and Tacoma, disbanded before the season
closed. These teams played Interurban
games, and at the close a picked nine, of
which our Andy Anderson was a member,
went to California and won a majority of
games from the champions of that league.
We again made an attempt at a Coast
organization, but the people were dis
gusted at Eorchers futile effort to run a
team In Portland without a 5-cent piece,
and again we had to give up.
"In 1899 I Induced W. H Lucas and Ted
Sullivan to come to Portland, and they
canvassed this city and. Seattle and Ta-
.coma and Victoria and Vancouver,. B. C,
but .nothing came of It. Lucas got the
Montana League In 1S00, and at the close
of that season he came to Portland and
organized the four-club league of 1901 and
the six-club league of 1902.
"My Idea of a Coast league is to have
two clubo In the north and four In the
south. The season of eight months should
open and close .In California. April, May,
October and November played In that
state would leave the dry months of
June, Julv, August and September for the
north. The California teams might make
one extended trip or two short trips to
Portland and Seattle. We certainly should
see better ball than we have ever seen in
this section, and If P6rtland and Seattle
wish to play with the Caflfornlans they
will have to get first-class teams."
"Consolidation with California Is just
what we want," said Aaron Harris, a di
rector of the league of 189G. "An eight
month season with the Southern clubs
will leave Portland and Seattle with dou
ble the amount of money in their respec
tive treasuries that they had after the
finish of 1002. Our attendances will be
a great deal larger, but the clubs must
put up good ball. As to the report that
there will be two teams in this clt. that
Is absurd. In my opinion, there will be
no second -club In either Portland or Se
attle, for the Coast league will have
everything Its own way. The consolida
tion and everything seems to . be f avor
able to it, will make the Coast league
one of the strongest In the country."
. "With two clubs In the city next year,
you expect mc to predict which will draw
the, crowd that of the Pacific Northwest,
or tha't of the Pacific Coast League?" In-"
quired Thurston -L. Johnson, president of
the league of 1898. "Well, that Is a very
easy question to answer. The club that
will draw the crowd will be the one that
will put up the best ball. You can bet a
whole year's salary on that. But I do not
like the Idea of having two clubs In any
Western city. Our population Is not large
enough for that, and the conflict would
certainly be ruinous, and would Inevitably
result In the disruption of one and would
give good sport a setback. One club is all
that Portland or Seattle can support, and
one Is all that either city needs. The East
has suffered from the,double-club scheme,
and we should be warned by the experi
ence of the two great leagues."
"Consolidation Is the best thing that
could happen to the Northwest." said
George Ryan. "Last season our six cluhs
played to a population of about -100.000.
The six-club Coast league will have ,ln
round numbers, 1,000,000 people to draw
from."
"I know nothing- about the baseball
war, and do not. care to know much about
It," said Mayor George H. Williams.
"What I want to see are good ball games,
and plenty of them. The more the
leagues fight the better will be the
games." I
"The baseball war may take care of !
Itself," said James Gleason. "I'll bo out
there when play Is called at the opening :
game next season, and all I shall ask of
the clubs is that they put up one or tnose
fights that stirs a man's blood."
"Let the leagues war," remarked T. G.
Thornton. "All we want Is good ball, and
the" team that will give It to us will make
the money."
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"All I know of the war Is what I have
read In tne. papers," said City Attorney .
L. A. McNary. "There may bo some way .
of settling the difficulty, and I favor any t
sort of an adjustment that will give the
city what it Is entitled to In the way of
an exhibition of good sport."
"The fire rmoldered a long time before
It - broke out." said L. M. Kats. of So-
attle. "For the past six months Port-
land has shown a tendency to break away
from the Pacific Northwest League. Th3
first evidence was given on the initial '
trip to Helena. The men were unaccus-
tomed to the high altitudes, and they
went into the game without any prac- !
tlce. Then their manager, VIgneux, upon I
whom they relied for directions, was r.us- I
nended for some trlfllnr: caustf. After-
! ward I noticed that there was a feeling of
resentment among the players, and they,
never had the confidence which they
showed at the beginning of the season.
Outside of Portland, Seattle seemed to be
the only town In which they were at
home, and they put up the highest class
of ball with us, because they were always
sure of fair treatment, both at the hands
of the umpire and of their opponents."
"It docs not matter whether Portland
is In the Northwest League or the Cal
ifornia League, so long as we get good
ball." said Charles V. Stinger. "The bet
ter the game, the larger the attend
ance." ""Baseball will always be successful
here, 'so long as we have only a single
club." said George D. Schalk. "With two
teams we would simply have a repetition
of the disastrous struggle between the
National and the Brotherhood League
clubs In Boston 10 years ago. Both clubs
lost, and the Brotherhood went to the
wall. With two clubs here, the same con
ditions will prevail."
No Other .Grounds Available.
The question of what grounds any oppo
sition club could play on Is a serious one.
The present organization has Baseball
Park under contract for the cominir sea-
:Ts5rl
and there seem to be few available I
U -V. r: 1 .....l.lt.. nf fl.n
and of accessibility. There are many lo
cations which might do as far as the
I actual playing of the game fs concerned,
tut thrse are reached only by -a single
car line, and the service would probably
be Inadequate to handle the crowds of
spectators. On the East Side . and in
South Portland there are large fields that
answer the requirements as to size, but
additional street-car tracks would have
to be" laid to them, and the nqcessary
grandstand, bleachers and fencing would
cost a considerable sum of money. In
fact, as one of the directors of the Port
land club polntrd out. It would take a
year's hard work to lay out and drain the
grounds without erecting any buildings at
all.
PLAYERS MAY NOT JUMP.
Manager VIgncnx Continues to Sign
Ken for Northwest Lengue.
"Both President Whltemore, of the Port
land club, and myself Intend to stay with
the Pacific Northwest League," said Man
ager Sammy VIgneux, of the local team.
when he was asked about the league mer
ger yesterday. "I am how signing men
for the league, and they are to play with
the Portland club."
"If the Portland club should go Into the
Coast league, would the players be carried
with It?" was asked.
"No; they would not. They were signed
for the Northwest League, and the only
way they could leave It would be as out
laws. The club could go, subject to the
forfeiture of Its deposit and Its franchlo---.
but It could not take the players. By leav
ing It would, of coursis, be deprived of the
protection of the National Assoqjatlon of
Baseball Clubs, and any merfit might sign
would be out of the association."
Mr. VIgneux declined to . discuss any
phase of the war that might follow Port
land's, entrance Into the Coast league. He
wag not sufficiently acquainted with the
conditions, he said, to speak authoritative
ly. Neither Mr. Whltemore, who Is out of
the city, nor himself, knew anything about
the Movement to. organize a Pacific-Coast
League until they read the accounts in
yesterday's Oregonlan. ' .
"I was greatly surprised when I read the
newspaper reports," continued Manager
VIgneux, "and the news came jo suddenly
that I hardly knew what to make of the
situation. I have not had time to Investl-
gate the subject thoroughly, and until I
have I shall not be prepared to make a
statement. Yes, I know that some people j
think the movement is one In the proper
direction, and It may be. it Is
. .... c.
attle go out of the league they will forfeit
their deposits of 510CO and also their fran-
chlsea The Pacific Northwest League may
put a club In each, city, and a ruinous war-
fare might be the result. Both clubs have
done very well In the league, and It is" not
the be3t plan In the world to throw away
51000 and a franchise and a condition of
prosperity for a chance In what is to the
Northwest an experimental territory."
A baseballist who has the confidence of
some of the Portland and Seattle directors
oald that Portland would be greatly bene
fited by the Coast League. Attendances,
he asserted, 1ould Increase from 50 to 75
per cent, but to keep up a high average
Portland would have to put a first-class,
team in the field. One of the reasons for easy for a time, out naa to nustie mm io
Portland and Seattle wanting places In the beat Corrlgan a head. The track was very
Coast League, he said, was that they were sloppy and favorites fared badly. Eva G.
tired of supporting the Pacific Northwest ; waa a pronounced first choice In the mile
League. Tacoma, Spokane and the Mon- race, but performed poorly. Stuyve won
tana towns were not remarkable for base- , in a drive from Dunblane. DIgby Bell,
ball enthusiasm, as was proved by the low favorite In the third race. bled. Results:
attendances, and the burden of maintain- ' Six and a half furlongs, selling Arthur
lng the league fell upon, the two large clt- Ray won, Jim Brownell second, Harry
Ics. By getting Into the Coast League they , Thatcher third; time, li2o
would more than"make ud the loss of the I Five fur'onga-Dcutechland won, Irldlus
51000 deposit Inside of two months, and
tney would come out at the end of the
cason with more than double what they
would .get out of the Northwest League.
Manager Dugdale, of the Seattle team,
announces that he has secured the lease
of the Athletic Park for another year. The
outfield will be fixed up and the Infield
will bo kept In good condition. Dugdale,
however, may find himself without the
grounds, for the city Is seriously consider
ing the question of running a street
thrpugh the park.
Stovall Signed by Cleveland.
Jess Stovall. who put up such good
twirling for Seattle this, season, bids fare
well to the Sound City Thursday. He Is
going to Kansas City to spend Christmas
Uvlth home folks, and will put In the rest
of the Winter there.
Stovall has lived in Seattle two years,
and ha3 as many friends there as any
man who ever wore a Seattle uniform. He
will make his debut In swell company
next season, having signed a Cleveland
contract. His old side partner. HIckey,
will nlso play with Cleveland next year.
Stovall Is going to a team of heavy hit
ters, and he will develop Into as good a
sluggfr as any of them with the proper
training.
TO EXD BASEBALL .WAR.
Conference of Nntlonnl and Ameri
ca n Lcngnes to Be Hold.
NEW YORK. Dec. 11. The members of
the committee appointed by the National
and American baseball leagues for the
purpose of effecting a peaceful termina
tion of the baseball war will meet tomor-
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row. President Ban Johnson's reply to the
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FIRST WISMN'u AT HOME.
Artlcnlate Celebrates Retnrn From
East on Sloppy Traclc.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11. Articulate
made his first appearance In Ingleslde to
day after a successful Eastern campaign
: and scored a victory. Burns took things
second. Fort-il third; time, 1:03.
Selling, seven furlongs Sunenlo won.
Gold One second. Imperious third; time,
1:32.
Futurity course Articulate won, Corrl
gan second, HainaulL. third; time, 1:13.
One mile, selling Stuyve won, Dunblane
second, A'utollght third; time, 1:44.
Six and a half furlonge Belner won,
Golden Cottage second, St. Sever third;
time, 1:24.
Races at New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 11. Crescent City
race results:
Six furlongs Surban Queen won. Fad
ing Light second, Verna Fonso third;
tlml?,' 1:20.
Selling, six furlongo Optlonal'w.on. Bum
mer second,, Andes third; time, 1:17 2-5.
Selling, mile Pearl Finder won, Swords
man second, Alfred C. third; time, 1:50 3-3.
Handicap, one mile Honolulu won, C. B.
Campbell second. Ray third; time, 1:48 4-5.
Selling, mile and a sixteenth Latson
won, Optimo second. Prince Blazes third;
time, 1:57 4-5.
Seven furlongs St. Tammany won,
Brookston second, Kiss Quick third; time,
1:3G 3-5.
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CHICAGO. Dec. 11. Emanuel Lasker,
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14 simultaneous games of chess at the
University Club last night, and won all
except one. The champion gave each op
ponent a knight and took the opening
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