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IS THE.MORXING OKEGONIAK, THUBSDAT, DECEMBER 15, 190 RESPITE FOR BIRDS TO TAKE NEW BACKS YOUNGEST MANAGER IN THE COAST LEAGUE WALTER H. M'CREEDIE LEARNED TO PLAY UNDER PETE LOHMAN, OF OAKLAND PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL Sportsmen Want a Closed Sea son for Pheasants. BILLS .FOR THE LEGISLATURE Fish and Game Association Wiil Soon Consider Many Important Ques tions on Hunting, and Make Several Recommendations. There will be considerable contro versy at the coming: meeting: of the Fish and Game Association over a number of urgent questions, and the decision of the meeting: will guide a committee to be appointed, whose duty will be to see that proper bills are drawn up and presented to the Legis lature. The meeting will probably be sandwiched in between Christmas and New Years. The questions which are expected to take the time of the meet ing arc these: Shall Chinese pheasant hunting be prohibited for two years or for t any period? Shall "pump-guns" be allowed?" What action Is necessary to prevent the sale of birds out of season or to prevail on the Legislature to prevent the sale at any season? Would a license on guns be the best method of securing funds for the main tenance of a Game Warden? Shall the limit on ducks be lowered? Shall it be permitted to run deer with dogs In certain comities? How about a bounty on wildcats and mountain lions? All these questions and possibly more will be In the minds of the members of the association attending this meeting and will guide their action. This asso ciation can but recommend and the Legislature act, and the Legislature does not by any means always act in accordance with the wishes of the as sociation or even sportsmen In general, but still the wishes of the association will be listened to. The question which Is the most vital and will crc"ate the greatest discussion Is whether Chinese pheasant shooting should be prohibited for a short period of years. The arguments for it are that for a number of seasons the pheas ants have been becoming scarcer, and that the season just past showed condi tion which should not be allowed to continue. Except in lavored spots pheasant shooting was very bad every where. in the "Willamette Valley. What few birds there were took early to cover and sportsmen had many poor days shooting. The various reasons which are given for this condition are of little conse quence beside the leading one; an open season for sale means that the pot hunters are out in the field killing for cold storage as soon as the season open's and long before. Great Slaughter in Few Days. The Fish and Game Association has attempted to prevail on the Legislature for a number of years to prohibit the sale of game, but lias not been -able to close the season altogether. The 15 days at the end of November are al lowed as open market. But those 15 days are the loophole through which any number of birds are dumped on the market, by far the greatest portion" of which have been shot in thji period which is supposed to be reserved ex clusively for sportsmen. More birds could hardly be shot If they could be sold during the whole open season. The in fluence which brings about this short market season is not altogether from the country, as has been supposed, but comes from Portland as well, many hunters being In sympathy with an open market season for personal reas ons, and the market men, of course, being all for It. Many others who do not hunt, and believe they should get a taste of pheasant once a year, also wish to see an open market for a few days. But the reasons which are to bo shown the Legislature against it this year, It is believed, will convince that body that the market will have to be closed en tirely or the Chinese pheasants will be come so scarce that they will soon be a thing of the past. This is probably not the way the question will come before the Legisla ture, howe'er. In this form it will bo presented to the Fish and Game Asso ciation and a large contingency of that organization will -stand sponsor for a motion to ask the Legislature to pro hibit the killing of Chinese pheasants altogether for, say. two years. This will come hard on the sportsmen, but It seems to be absolutely the only way to get ahead of the pothunter. Many Portland sportsmen favor a closed sea son for two years, notably gun dealers themselves, who, it might be believed, would be against such a movement for fear it would hurt their business. But the gun dealers are sportsmen more than they are merchants, and would acrifice their personal Interests to a degree for the gener.il good of the sport. Sportsmen Will Stop. If that is the only way to prevent the slaughter of birds which goes on when the pothunter is allowed to get In his work, most sportsmen are willing to forego the shooting of Chinese pheas ants for a couple of years. During that time ordinary care on the part of the Game Warden will prevent the killing of pheasants and give the bird an op portunity to recover from the slaughter of the last few years. And it is hoped that by that time plans will be devised for a different game warden system. The easiest and surest way of raising enough money to hire Game Wardens to protect the birds Is to license guns and fishing-rods. How this, matter wllL be received by the Legislature it is as Impossible to foresee as the outcome of the proposed closed season for two years. But it is at the present time more In favor with the sportsmen than the closed season Idea. Any one Is will Icy to pay a dollar a year for the privi lege of shooting, but dislike to forego the privilege of shooting the favorite Chinese pheasant for two years. Defy Law and. Run Deer. As to the proposed running of deer with dogs, this applies to only a few counties along the Coast where the" forests are so thick that It is the only method of getting at the animals. Deer are very common there and the nature of the country will prevent their ex termination. As It Is, In these counties very little heed is paid to the law. as it seems unjust, but if running with dogs were allowed over a limited period in the Fall the law would be better obey ed and the deer not run most of the year. as. at present. A greater menace to deer than all the dogs In the state aro the wildcat and panther, and a law placing a bounty on these animals will do. mof e for the deer than anything else. The mountains of Oregon are filled with these animals and they prey constantly upon deer as their food. They do not decrease with civilization, but go further back into the mountains, where their ravages are not noticed but are continued. The repeating shotgun, called the -pump-gun." Is gradually getting into disfavor. With a double-barreled gun a man can get in a double shot, but with a "pump-gun" he will sometimes tret three, four or five birds in one WALTER H. M'CREEDIE, who is now manager of the Portland baseball club. Is one of the youngest owners and baseball managers in the Pacific Coast League. Manager McCreedie made his In itial bow as a professional baseball player eight years ago. He was 20 years old when he began, so It does not take a mathema tician to figure that he Is but 28 years old. Walter McCreedie began playing ball on the vacant lots of Des Moines, la. He was a king pin among the town, amateurs and when he was not going tp school he was-playing ball. He graduated from the amateur ranks and began playing semi professional ball. One day an old man, In-8hort a very old man, blew Into Des Moines to manage the Des Moines team. This old man, his hair the color of a wisp of straw and his face wrinkled and seamed like a piece of ancient parchment, j was no other than Peter Lohman, of Oak- j land. Lohman was an old man In 1S97, J when he picked McCreedie out of the sand lots of Des MoSnes and made a baseball player out of him Lohman is eight years older now, yet he Is the same great player j now that he was In those days. And J when you come to count years, Lohman j Is not what might be called an old man j he is simply old In the National game, t This man Lohman has forgotten more j baseball than half of the managers of to- , day know. Mcureeaie tnmKs mm me greatest of managers. Mind you this Is saying a great deal, for In eight years Walter McCreedie has played with a num ber of clever managers, among them Ned Hanlon, of Brooklyn, conceded to be one of the greatest managers In the business. McCreedie played with Hanlon, and while he admits Hanlon's ability, he says Loh man is superior. When Lohman began the making of Mc Creedie, baseball player, he played him at short. He stayed a year with Lohman. and 1838 found him playing in the Infield for a time, and later In the centerfleld for the Qulncy, 111., team. In 1899 he was a member of the Youngstown, O., team In the Interstate League. In this league he met on the ball field Ike Butler. Phil Na deau, Irve Beck. Van Buren and a num ber of oier players who are and have been playing In the Pacific Coast League. In 1900 he was with the Sioux City.' Ia, team, and 1501 was spent with the Minne apolis team. In 1S02 he was sold to Louis ville, Ky. McCreedie, while always an 1 aggressive player, which was natural ' since he got his schooling from good old Peter Lohman, never was a diamond rowdy, and he balked at being sold to Louisville, because Tebeau managed the team. McCreedie had plenty of time to think the matter oyer. His old manager, Peter Lohman, was "making things lively for the Callfornlans with his Oakland team. Mc Creedie's high regard for his old manager settled all doubts about his joining Louis ville. He took the hurdles and landed once more with Lohman. His career with Oakland and the brilliant record he made Is too well known to the local fans to discuss. It attracted the attention of Ned Hanlon, and the season of 1S03 found him with Brooklyn. He was pitted against a host of other minor leaguers that Han lon had gathered together, and for a time It looked as if he would stick in big company. He might have stayed with Brooklyn had luck been breaking right for the team, but It was noL Hanlon had two teams on his hands, and In order to strengthen his Baltimore Orioles he sent McCreedie to the home of Al Herford and Joe Gans'. It was while Manager McCreedie was with Brooklyn that he had the chance to test the ' managerial abilities of Hanlon and Lohman. In speaking, of these two PORTLAND'S NEW BASEBALL MANAGER WALTER II. M'CREEDIE. men to me, he caid: "Ned HanTou is un doubtedly a great baseball manager, but he has nothing on Pete Lohman. Deep down In my heart I think that Lohman Is by far the better of the two. Lohman can get more out of his players, he never quits, and, as he has demonstrated, he is always dangerous. See what he did last season with a team, that was all shot to pieces. He had a better team this year, but got off bad. When he did start, how ever, he came on with a rush that was little short of marvelous. He knows every trick In the game. He may get cranky at times, but his heart Is as big as all out doors, and I have yetkto find a ballplayer who ever played for Pete who did not always have a kind word for him. "I am not going to promise Portland fans a sure pennant-winner for 1905. It would be foolish for me to make such a prediction. I do promise them the best team that money and ability can get to gether. I have my own ideas about what a ballplayer Is. I want fast men. I have in mind three left-handed hitters, who are fast on their feet, and who, when they get on bases, will not be afraid to steal to second. I'm going to have a good pitch Ing staff and a backstop that knows his business. Just as soon as I return from the South I shall begin signing up my team, and I feel sure that when their names are given to the public, the fans will be satisfied. This will be my first year as manager, yet it will not be the first time that I have handled a ball team, either on the road -or on the dla mond." flighL This looks hoggish to the bet ter class of sportsmen and they wish to Mop It, as they would stop fishing with Ivnnmito TiTrnrlnp- th limit fin dunks "helflW 50 will hardly meet with any favor in this portion of the state, though the Willamette Valley neople would like to see such a law passed. Here the 50 limit Is rarely observed and anytmng below that will be strongly objected to." BOMBARDIER WINS HANDICAP Oakland Purse of $1000 Is Taken From Military Man by Neck. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14. A 51000 han dicap at a mile and 70 yards was the fea ture of the racing at Oakland today. A. field of five went to the post, with Mili tary Man a heavily-played favorite. Bom bardier, who receded In the betting, as sumed the lead early, and, holding it to the end, won by a nock frona Military Man. Summary: One mile, selling Lady Kent won. Bronze Wing second." Glnspray third; time, 1:45. Five and one-half furlongs, selling Ara won. Golden Buck second. Fay Templeton third; time. 1:10. Seven furlongs, selling Dr. Sherman won, Hipponax second, Red Damsel third; time, 1:31. One mile and 70 yards, J1000 added Bom bardier won. Military Man second, Leila third; time, 1:47U- Futurity course. Belling Belle Itecd won, Alice Careys second, Albemarle third: time, 1:13. One mile and one-sixteenth, selling Red Cross Nurse won, Isabcllita second. Ma jor Tenny third; time. 1:51ft. EIGHT-CLUB LEAGUE FAVORITES' DAY AT ASCOT. Dug Martin, 100 to 1, Is Only Beaten Half a Length in Fifth Race. LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14. It was a day for favorites at Ascot today, five of them finishing first. Dug Martin, a 100-to-l chance, came to life suddenly and was only beaten- out half a length In the fifth race. Maggie Mackey finished third In the second race but was disqualified. Sum mary: Six furlongs Wlnnlfreda won. Blue Ridge second, Lconado third; time, 1:16. Five and one-half furlongs El Otros won, Sinicado second, Ralph Reese third; time, 1:09. Seven furlongs, selling The' Major won, Galanthus second, Wager third; time, One mile and one-sixteenth, selling Chub won, McGrathlana Prince-second, CIncinnatus third;- time, 1:48. Seven furlongs, selling Pbyz won. Dug Martin second, Dusky Secret third; time, 1:29. ? Selling, Slauson course Interlude won. Potrero Grande second. Ascetic third: time, 1:11. Proposal Wade by Seattle Base ball Magnates. SPOKANE TO BE TAKEN IN Two Teams at San Francisco and Home Team for Oakland Would Make Up the Number With Those Now In. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. ll-(SpecJal.)-Russ Hall and James Agnew. who will represent the Scattlo club at the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast League to morrow night, arrived from Los Angeles this morning. On their way north the magnates stopped off at anta Barbara and made arrangements for the Slwashos to train there next Spring. Last Spring At New Orleans. NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 14. Results: Five furlongs Totness won. Orlskny second, Little Jack Horner third; time 1:05 3-5. One mile and one-quarter Aladdin won, George Vivian second, Lee King third; time, 1:17 1-5. Five furlongs Go To Win won, Gas conne second, Esterre third; time, 1:05 2-5. One mile Autollght won, Londin second. Lampoon third; time, 1:49 2-5. Six furlongs Junble Imp won, Jeanetta second, Salldln third; time. 1:19 2-5. One mile Lady Charlotte won, Noweta second. Reckoner third; time, 1:50. Bicycle Riders Penalized, BOSTON, Dec 14. The eight bicycle riders who refused to finish In the six days' race in New York last week have been penalized by the National Cycling Association, suspension and fines being imposed. la many chaos ef Asthma Plso'a Cure elves relief that Is almost equal to & cure. WILL AGAIN CAPTAIN M'.UINX Vrr.T.K COLLEGE TEAM. they trained at Sacramento, and the cli mate was found too cold for thflr-nnrnnH Hall said he thnucht It ivniilrJ n nnH scheme to make it an cight-club league. J3an JjTanClSCO WOUId sillnnnrf turn teams," he remarked, "and we could take m sspoKane. -which is anxious to come In. I saw President Williams, of the Spokane ciud, at Los Angeles, and he will be here to talk with the directors about the mat ter. He Is going to make a hard fight to piace bpoKanc in this league. Then Oak land could be made a homn town. Whv when we played at Oakland that week we drew more money than we did at Tacoma or joruanu the previous weeks. "I think Oakland would Kimnorfr n olnh In grand style. Now you hear some talk aoout tnat long Jump to Spokane. Presi dent Williams showed me, where It only cost $7.50 more to take a nlaver from Tnrt. land to Spokane and back than from Portland to Seattle, and back. If we had eight clubs, at least one trip down here couiu De uispcnscd witn. STANDS BY MINOR LEAGUES. National Approves Change in Rules Regarding Drafting of Players. NEW YORK. Dec. 14. Resolutions fa vorlng a series of post-season games be tween the champion teams of the National and the American Leagues for the cham pionship of the world were adopted here today at the annual meeting of the Na tional League. The magnates stuck to the old schedule of 154 games for each club, stipulating. however, that. In order to permit of the playing of poat-scaeon games, the schedule for the season should not extend beyond October S. The application of the minor leagues for a change in the regulations regarding the drafting of players from the smaller leagues was approved, and a new rule was adopted designed to restrict and properly punish players who may be removed from the field. Changes In the rules of the game were left to a rules committee consisting of Manager Ned Hanlon, of Brooklyn; Presidents James A. Hart, of Chicago, and Max Fleischmann, of Cincinantl. Final adjournment was taken. Regular Multnomah Players unable to Go to Seattle. TEAM WILL BE- CRIPPLED On the Other Hand Seattle Is Practic ing Daily, and Making Every Preparation to Put Up a Stiff Game. Who is going to play in the Multnomah back field In the game with the Seattle Athletic, Club Saturday Is now uncertain. Of the regular backs, Dolph, Corbett. Horan. Loncrgan and Murphy, not one Is going to make the trip. Johnson, how ever, will go to play quarter. The whole second team back field may have to go. Of the regular backs, Dolph Is lame. Corbett. Lonergan and Murphy cannot get away, and Horan Is not well. The line is almost intact, and will be as stout as at any time this season. It is really to be hoped that the old back field, or at least a part docs not go to Seattle, for then some of the second team fellows who have been waiting all this season and last, .too, for such a chance, will be able to take part. In a big game, and show what they can do. The second team deserves an opportunity be fore the season Is out, and It looks as if it had It. It is reported here that the Seattle Athletic Club and the -University of Washington are on bad terms, and that the university men will not play on the athletic club team Saturday, but this was denied by a letter received by Manager Watklns yesterday. Gregory, the famous Michigan center, and "Count" Villa, another-ot. Michigan's most noted players, will help" coach the Seattle Athletic Club players this week. It- Is also possible that Ralph Nichols, formerly of the University of Washing ton, will take off his coat to help out the Seattle Athletic Club. Clean Sport and a Square Deal. SEATTLE. Wash., Dec. 14. (To the Ed itor. I was very much surprised to say the least when I read, last evening, the article purporting to come from the Unl serslty of Washington, with reference to the university and the. Seattle Athletic Club football game of December 3. This article referred to Is in yesterday b paper, and appears under the heading, "Rough Play in Seattle." The. game was a hard-fought one from start to finish. No man who knows any thing at all about the game can say that there was any unnecessary roughness. Accidents arc apt to happen, and the fact that a man Is hurt In a game is not con clusive proof that the game is a slugging match. The relations between the club and the university are the most pleasant. The statement that Ill-feeling has been engendered Is untrue. The clubmen believe In clean sport and a square deal. They so treated us, and I think every team that played with the club this Fall will say that they got a square deal. The executive committee of the Associ ated Students of the university never mentioned the fact of severing all athletic relations with athletic clubs. If the uni versity does take that attitude or adopts that rule, it will not be because of the roughness of the playing of the clubmen, but rather that the university boys are not In a class with the older and more ex7 perienced clubmen. You may quote me as having written this In defence of the most friendly re lations existing between the university and the club. C. F. SIGRIST. Graduate ilanager of the University of Washington Athletics. Floyd B. Patty. M' Mlli XVILLE COLLEGE. McMlnn vllle. Or., Dec 14. (Special.) Floyd B. Patty, who has been unanimously re elected to captain the football team for the 1905- season, la a junior In the scientific department, and is popular among his fellow-student. For three years he has played at left halfback on the college team, la an assresslve. heady player, and was one of the stroncest defensive players on the 1004 team, which was the strongest team that ever represented MciUnnvllIe College. " Autos to Climb Pike's Peak. DENVER, Colo., Dec. 14. An automo bile climbing contest, entries to which will be open to the world, has been an nounced -by G. A. Wahlgreen. of the Overland Racing Association. The event will occur in August, 1903, and Pike's Peak will be' the scene. Mr. Wahlgreen stated that he would give a cup to the winner. The roadway leading Xa the summit of the famous mountain will be especially prepared for proximately S000 feet. CAPTAIN OF SQUAD. Jack Latourette Is Chosen by Univer sity of Oregon. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene. Dec. 14. (Special.) Jack Latourette, the heady little Oregon quartcrbaclr, was to day elected captain of the 'varelty foot ball team for the season of 1005. Nine teen members of the squad were eligible to vote, and when the meeting was called every man was there to name his chotce for the captaincy, and Latourette was the man selected to step Into Templeton's place. The election was made unani mous after the vote was counted, and It Is thought that the team will experience no setback as a result of choosing an un derclass man to the position. Latourette has been a member of the university football squad for three years, and for two seasons he has made an en viable record as a auarterback. Califor nia critics voted him as one of the surest quarters on the Coast, and his own team mates have the utmost confidence In his ability to perfect a strong eleven next year. This season he won a )lace on the All-Northwestern eleven. He is 30 years old. Is registered from Oregon City, and Is a member of the Kappa Signa fratern ity. MAY RUB MUD ON WINGED M. Corvallis Enthusiasts See Possible Victors in College Eleven. CORVALLIS, Or., Dec. 14. (Special.) The result of the Multnomah-Willamette football game lends new interest here In the Christmas game between Multnomah and O. A. C. The score of 6 to 0 and the late moment In the game at which Multnomah finally crossed the Willamette goal line Is viewed with peculiar interest In college and football circles, and the inference derived that, sooner or later, Multnomah will bump against a college eleven that will write a record of defeat for the veterans of the winged M. This Is the verdict, and while they say It may not come In the Christmas game, yet It Is almost certain to happen in the near future. 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