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'TTV. MOUNTING OREGOXTAV. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1908.
players were hitting Richie. Wilte
pitched well and received good support,
the Quakers being whitewashed. The
score:
R. H. E. R- H. E.
New York.. 4 10 lPhlldelphla 0 8 2
EIS
LOST BY BEAVERS
Batteries Richie. Fixen and Dooin;
Wiltse and Bresnahan.
Umpires Emelie and Kigler.
Boston 7 ; Brooklyn 1 .
BOSTON. May 5. Lindaman only al
lowed Brooklyn four scattering nits.
Great Crowd of Hungry Fans
Sees the Seals Win,
7 to T.
while Boston hit safely in all but the
first two Innings and won easily, i to 1,
today. Dahlens' batting was a feature.
The score:
Boston 7 10 lBrooklyn ..14 1
Batteries Lindaman and Bowerman;
Rucker and Ritter. ,
Pittsburg; Gume Postponed; Rain.
PITTSBURG. May 5. Pittsburg-Chl-
SCORING STARTS IN FIRST
cago game postponed; rain.
OPEN NG
MM
Garrett lias Two Itad Innings and
,1s Keplaoed by Bloomfleld Game
Is Openetl by Judge AViftiama
and Colonel McCruken.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE.
' Yesterday' Results.
San Kranclsco 7. Portland 1.
Los Angeles a. Oakland
Standing of the Clubs.
clubs. E n
3. : " : :
1 i I I I I
Los Anirelf I I 4 7 S 141 .fiiiO
San Francisco .... 1 1 4-11 1H .5:1.1
"akland 7: ,T 3 l.-l! .S(K(
Portland ... Bl 7 2' 12' .414
1 ' t : I !
Total I11U4 l-I 17
Actual paid admissions, 6112.
Counting grandstand tickets double,
8037. , 1
Portland came nome. was welcomed,
automoblled. and then they went to the
Vaughn-street playground and were
beaten by San Francisco by a score of
7 to 1. The ballplayers from the Bay
City simply outplayed MeCredte"s em
ployes, and that tells the story of the
opening game on the home grounds. Mr.
Garrett, from Texas, was the boxman
that Manager Mac served as the opening
card, and the pitcher from the Lone Star
State was decidedly wobbly in the first
ana third Innings. The S.eals chased five
runs over the scoring place during these
Innings, and they were enough to win the
game without the two runs that they
made In the closing ninth off Bloomfleld.
Never before in the history of baseball
in Portland was there such a crowd to
see a baseball game, and In passing it Is
Just as well to remark that the crowd
was the largest to see a ball game in
the Pacific Coast League this season.
Judge George H. Williams and Colonel
John McCraken were the opening batter
ies as per schedule. Judge Williams'
range-finder was a bit out of repair. The
Judge wore a Portland cap. while Colonel
McCraken was equipped with a mask and
chest protector. It was a sight for the
gods to see those two old fans in action,
and they were greeted' with wild applause
by the thousands of hungry baseball
hosts.
Three Singles in Row.
There wasn't an inch of unoccupied
apace in the grandstand or on the bleach
ers, and the overflow was strung around
the field when Umpire Perrine called the
teams into action. Hildebrand. the first
man up. flew out to Raftery and Casey
took care of Mohler by tossing him out
to Danzig. With two out, the fans were
Just about to settle down when Mr. Gar-
' rett was touched up for three singles in
a row. Manager Nick Williams hit safe
to center. Melcholr drove one to left.
Zeider liked the place where Melcholr
found an opening, and placed one in the
same spot, scoring Williams. Piper
wound up the inning by fouling out to
Johnson.
Melcholr electrified the crowd by spear
ing a long drive to right, robbing Casey
of what looked like a sure two-bagger.
Melcholr had to dive through three lay
ers of fans to execute the play. Raftery
was an easy Infield out. Ryan's single
gave the fans a glint of hope, but it died
when Danzig flew out to center. In the
second inning nothing happened, but in
the third Garrett went to pieces Entirely.
He walked Mohler and Ryan took care
of Williams' fly to right. Melcholr bunt
ed and Garrett slipped and fell. Zeider
singled and filled the bases. Piper's sin
gle scored Mohler and Melcholr, and
then Zelder took third on the throw and
Piper took second. Zeider might have
been caught, but Johnson dropped a bad
throw.
Double Steal on Garrett.
A second later, while Garrett was wind
ing up. Zeider and Piper executed a dou
ble steal. Zelder coming home and Piper
taking third. Hardly had the dust around
the home plate settled until Garrett was
Bgain caught napping and Piper stole
home, performing a trick that happens
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Reading From Left to Right lop Row Garrett, p.; Groom, p.; McCredie, :
Bassey, 1. f.; Johnson, 3b.; Cooney, s.s.; Danzig, lb.; Pinnance, p.; Kinsella
only in one ball game in a thousand. This
bit of brilliant and daring ballplaying
seemed to daze the home talent, and
twice McCredie sent Ed Pinnance out to
warm up. Garrett.' however, seemed to
settle down, and he remained in the game
until the seventh inning, when Portland
got three men on bases with no one out.
McCredie retired the Texan in this in
ning in order to go to bat himself. The
best the manager could do was to hit into
a double play, and the only real chance
the locals had. with Henley pitching a
star game, died right there, for Cooney
flew out to center. Portland's lone run
came in the fifth inning. Madden opened
the Inning with a two-bagger into the
crowd to right, and took third on Coon
ey's single. Garrett struck out and Mad
den scored on Casey's long fly to right
field. Raftery ended the inning by going
out. Mohler to Williams.
The Seals played a brilliant game
throughout, and Melchoir's work in right,
linked with Berry's clever work behind
the bat, were marked features. Another
feature of the game was the- fact that
neither Hildebrand in left field nor McAr
dle at third had a chance during the
game, while Johnson was kept busy all
the time. Billy Bloomfleld pitched the
last two innings. He did not allow a hit,
but his error was responsible for one of
the two runs that the Seals made in the
ninth.
The score: .
SAX
FRAXCISCO.
AB. R. IB.
PO.
0
4
0
Hildebrand,
Mohler. 2b
If
Williams, lb
Melcholr, rt
Zelder, as . .
Piper, cf ...
McArdle, Sb
Berry, c
Henley, p
Total
31) 7
PORTLAND.
AB.
R.
IB. PO. A.
Casey. 2b
Raftery. cf
Ryan, rf
Danzig, lb
Ba-y. if
Johnson, :1b
Madden, c
:
4
4
4
4
:t-
4
1
2
:t
12
Cooney, ss V .'!
Garrett, l 1 2
Bloomftfld. p 0
McCredie 1
Total 32
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9 27 12
PHOTOiiRAPH OF THE PORTLAND
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THE BLEACHERS WERE
SCORE BY INNINGS.
San Francisco 1 0400000 27
Portland 0 0001000 01
SUMMARY.
Struck out By Garrett 4. Henley 1. Bases
on balls On" Garrett 2. Two-base hits Mel
cholr, Berry. Johnson, . Madden, Garrett.
Double plays Henley to Berry to Williams.
Mohler. Sacrifice hits Casey. Johnson, Mel
Biggest Crowd in the City's History Attends the Ball Game
Every Seat in Grandstand and Bleachers Is Occupied and Onlookers Swarm in Outfield
I
F THERE were any fans in the City of
Portland or its. immediate vicinity
who were not in attendance at . the
Vaughn-street grounds yesterday, they
must have been detained by urgent busi
ness or serious illness, for the baseball
park was taxed to its utmost capacity.
It was the banner crowd in Portland's
baseball history and even surpasses the
attendance at the famous game with
Sacramento in 1903. when Sam Morris
pitched for Portland. At the former game
there were 5781 paid entrance fees, while
yesterday the total paid general admis
sions was 6112. .These figures do not in
clude the free passes, of which there were
a large number yesterday, owing to the
fact that it was the opening day and
city officials and others were invited
guests of the management.
It was a gala day and a gala crowd.
A full half hour before the game started
the grandstand was crowded to overflow
ing and many who purchased tickets 'to
the stand were forced to stand, sit or lie
down in the outfield, as all the seats were
occupied long before Umpire Perrine
shouted "play ball."
One feature of the opening day was
that tor the first time in history the
parade started at the advertised time.
1:30 o'clock the automobiles and other
conveyances carrying a large number of
fans assembled at Sixth and Washington
streets, and at the signal given by "Billy"
Pangle, who acted as assistant to George
S. Shepherd in the matter of preliminary
arrangements, the band in a big carryall
started up a lively air and the parade to
the ball grounds was started. The line
of march, took the paraders up Sixth to
Morrison, East on that street to Third
BASEBALL TEAM, TAKEN BE
. f.; Bloomfleld,
p.; Casey, 2b.
p-:
Madden, c;
FILLED WITH SEVERAL THOUSAND
cholr. Stolen bases Williams, Piper 2, Zeider
2. First base on error San Francieco 5. Left
on bases San Francisco 8, Portland 6. Innings
pitched By Garrett 7. by Bloomfleld 2.
Base hits Oft Garrett 0. Time of game
1 hour G5 minutes. Umpire Perrine.
Plan Bis Time at Meet.
INDEPENDENCE. Or.. May
street, north on Third to Washington and
out Washington to Twenty-Third and
down that thoroughfare ' to, the ball
grounds. The procession was headed by
the band and automobiles,- bearing the
San FTanclseo and Portland teams fol
lowed, while behind the latter came the
city officials and the fans. Jfl. D. Inman
with his race-about carried Judge George
H. Williams and Colonel John McCraken,
the oldest battery in America. . to the
grounds, where the two distinguished
citizens acted as the battery tor tne open
ing of the season. At the sound of the
gong announcing the time for the opening
of play, the veteran fans walked 1 their
positions. Judge Williams, on the mound,
wound up and hurled the first ball In the
direction of George Hildebrand, the
waiting Seal batsman, first man up for
his club. The Judge's control was poor
and the ball reached the waiting mits of
Colonel McCraken after taking numerous
and sundry bounds. Judge Williams was
undaunted by this failure and valiantly
seized the sphere for another try. This
time he succeeded In bouncing the ball on
the plate and the crowd cheered.
A third time did the ancient and honor
able pitcher essay the task, and this time
the ball bounded against the shins of the
San Francisco batsman, and a facetious
wag shouted, . "Don't kill him. Judge."
After throwing another and the fourth
ball, the two old-time fans adjourned to
seats in the stand and allowed the
younger generation of balltossers to get
into action. As Judge Williams and Colo
nel McCraken retired from the diamond
they were greeted with cheers and en
thusiastic hand-clapping.
Among the notable personages and well
known fans present at the game were:
FORE THIS
OPENING
Pernoll, p.
Raftery, c. f.;
Bottom Row
PORTLAND FANS.
(Special.) A big event is expected
here when the Independence Driving
Club pulls off its Spring meet, .horse
show and races. May 27 and 28.. It is
expected that good horses from all
over the State will participate, and
several stables of Oregon's leading
horses are here now training for the
Mayor Harry Lane. City Auditor A. L.
Barbur, City Treasurer J. H. Werlein,
Councilmen Baker, Concannon, Kellaher,
Rushlight. Menefee, Vaughn, Cottell,
Wallace and Belding: Sheriff Stevens,
Mayor C. A. Johns, of Baker City: As
semblyman John McCiie, of Astoria;
Joseph Becker, Edward Dupuis, William
Clark, Leo Herbl, Antoina DeJorln. all
of Gervais. Or.; LouW Wise, of Van
couver; Fred J. Bri?Sy, S. S. Fier, R. W.
Cary, Charles A. Malarky, Marlon Dolph,
Fred P. Baujngartner and.wif'f. Frank T.
Rogers and wife. Miss Fibster, Jack
O'Neil, John P. Betts. John M. Gearln,
Floyd M. Cook, Carroll C. Seeley, Miss
Fay King, Miss Leaonore Pfordner, Miss
Jacobs, George W. Hazen, Jack King,
Harry Young, Louis Coulter, Dr. Emmet
Drake, Joseph C. Muehe. S. $. Baldwin.
George M. Crane, R. S. Farrell. Fred
Olson, Robert McCraken, Aaron Harris,
Harvey Moreland. R. C. Glendenning,
Mike Rogaway, William Armbruster, Dr.
J. W. Morrow, Earl Morrow. Sam
Vigneux. W. P. Swope, Sidney Blumen
thal. Emil Spranger, Deputy City At
torney J. J. Fitzgerald, H. T. Bowers. A.
A. Wright, Max Fleischner, William Glea
son. Earl Dwire, Robert' Homans. George
Alison, McKinley Mitchell, F. A. Knapp,
Leroy Hadley. L. H. Adams. Charles A.
Shea, George Cadwell, Ed Deitrich. Pete
Melis, F. ,T. Chadbourne, Jack Bays. B.
D. Sigler, James Monks, Charles Clute,
Alex Oliver, Dr. C. B. Brown and family,
Edward J. Davey, Benjamin Siebels, Her
man VonBorstel, Percy Blanchard, El W.
Wright, M. W. Dickinson, George West.
J. F. Fitzgerald, Jack Douglas, Pete
Velten, Dave Houston, N. J. Levison, Phil
Metschan, Alex Smith and "Doc" Ander
son. Walsh, c.;, Whalen, c; Ryan, r. f.;
event. Purses aggregating $850 will
be distributed. On the evening of May
27 some of the leading speakers of the
State will address the public at the
auditorium in this city, on the politi
cal issues of the day, and on the same
evening there will be a big ball under
the patronage of the club, to take
place in the opera house.
AVIX BY BUNCHING THEIR HITS
Angels Beat Oakland in Game Full
of Batting.
OAKLAND, May 5. There was plenty
of hitting in today's game and Los
Angeles, by bunching the hits. Won
from Oakland with the score of 8 to 5,
It was in the fourth inning and again
in the fifth that Los Angeles brought in
the runs with the collective hits,
Neither Handy for Los Angeles, nor
Quick for Oakland, was very effective
in the box. The score:
LOS ANGELES.
AB. R. IB. PO. A. E.
B 1 2 O 0 O
fi 1 2 10 0 0
SI 1 O O a
4 2 10 10
2 1 12 0 0
3 0 14 3 0
4 112 6 1
4 1 1 0 0
3 0 O O 1 O
10 10 10
34 8 11 27 12 1
AND.
AB. R. IB. PO. A. E.
6 12 10 1
4 0 1 2 0 0
8 O 1 0 0 1
."101261
5 1 O 12 1 0
4 112 2 1
2 1 0 3 0 0
3 114 10
'2 0 0 0 2 0
1 0 0 0 2 0
36 6 7 27 14 4
INNINGS.
..0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 8
..1 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 3 11
..0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15
..111(1001 22 1-1
Oakes. cf . .
Dillon, lb ...
Brashaer, rr
Smith, 3b ..
Ellis. It
Del mas, ss .
Nagle. 2b . . .
H. Hogan, c
Thorsen, p .
Gray, p
Total 34
Cook. If
Heltmuller,
Egan, ss ...
Hogan, lb
Altman, 3b
Haley. 2b ..
Slattery, c
Hardy, p . .
Cjulck, p .
Total
Oakland
Hlu .
SUMMARY.
hlt Cook Slattery. Altman
Heltmuller. Runs Off Hardy 6, hits 8; oft
Quick 2. hits 3: oft Thorsen 4. hits 6; oft
1 hits 1. sacrifice hits Smith. Del
,.,, rti-aahenr. Stolen bases Brashear,
slih. Double Dial's Quick to Hogan- First
v,. hulls Thorsen 3. Gray 4. Hardy
i mt hv nltcher Altman. Kills.
?,-u out Thorsen 6. Gray 2. Hardy 2,
Quick 2. Time of game 2 hours 10 minutes.
i; mplre u uonneu.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Won. Lost. PC.
Chicago 11 3 -78A
Pittsburg 8 4
New York JO 7 ..-.8
Boston 8 .r.29
Philadelphia .471
Cincinnati 5 7 .418
Brooklyn 7 11 .3K9
St. Louis 3 13 .1SS
New York 4; Philadelphia 0.
NEW YORK, May 5. In the first
three innings of today's game. Phila
delphia played badly, while the local
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.
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Lost.
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New York .11
Cleveland 9
Philadelphia 11
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'hlcago 8
Boston . 7
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Washington tt
Detroit 5
St.' LouisC; Detroit 1.
ST. LOUIS, May 5. A pair of errors
by O'Leary and Crawford gave St.
Louis a nine-inning victory over De
troit here today, 2 to 1. Graham re
lieved Powell In the third inning, and
allowed Detroit but one hit. Killian
kept hits well scattered, but five errors
by Detroit gave him a beating. The
score:
R. H. E. R. H. E.
St. Louis ..2 7 IjDetroit 1 4 5
Batteries Powell, Graham and Ste
phens; Killian and Thomas.
Philadelphia 5; Boston 2.
PHILADELPHIA. May 6. Philadel
phia today made it four straight from
the Boston Americans, winning, 5 to 2,
and taking first place In the American
League race. Burchell and Schlltzer
both pitched good ball, but the home
team bunched three singles and a
double, after a pass In the sixth, and
scored four runs. The score:
Boston 2 6 llPhil'delphla 5 8 0
Batterlee Burchell, Crlger and Car-
rlgan; Schlltzer and Schreck.
Washington Game Postponed.
WASHINGTON, May 5. Washington-
New York game postponed; wet
grounds.
NORTHWEST LEAGUE.
Won.
Lost.
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Tacoma ......11
Aberdeen 8
Seattle 8
Butte 5
Spokane s
ancouver .B. c.) 3
Aberdeen 7; Butte 1.
ABERDEEN, Wash., May 5 (SpeciaO
Electrlc Park never before saw such a
crowd as that which assembled this after
noon to witness the first game of the
League season in this city. Previous to
the game there was a parade of the clubs
In automobiles, the Mayors of Aberdeen
and Hoqulam and other prominent citi
zens. The 1907 pennant, won by Aber
deen, was carried. First the pennant was
flung to the breeze from a tali flagstaff,
Colonel E. H. Fox delivering an appro
priate address. Then Mayor France oi
Aberdeen pitched the first ball to Mayor
Frary of Hoquiam. upon whose right
hand some wag, probably President Mac
Farland. had placed a catcher's mitt.
Aberdeen had no difficulty in winning
from the Bandits. In the opening inning
Moore led oft with a two bagger. Van
Buren following wl',h a single. Mahon
was hit with a pitched ball and Irby's
muff of Fitzgerald's fly let Van Buren
score. Brown came through with a two
ply clout, scoring two more. In the sec
ond Brinker connected lor two bases and
scon on Fitzgerald's single. Starkell
hit for a base and scoreu Fitzgerald. In
the eighth Starkell hit for two bases and
came home on Van Buren's safety. Claf
lln scored for Butte In the eighth on
Irby's drive along the first base line.
Starkell pitched grand ball, allowing
Butte but two hits. Claflin was hit hard
in two Innings. The score:
Butte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01 H2Ei
Aberdeen 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 7 10 2
Batteries-nStarkeH' and Spencer Claflin
and Shea.
- Umpire Caruthers.
Tacoma 3; Seattle 1.
SEATTLE. Wash., May 5 (Special)
Though Seattle out-hit Tacoma today two
to one the visitors won the game handily
by superior work on the bases. Rush
pitched a good game but hits came when
hits meant runs and Seattle was unable
to connect at critical points. Shea hit
for two bases in the third and scored
when Quigley mishandled Breslno's sac
rifice. Frisk's throw to the plate pre
vented Shea from scoring again in tho
fifth. With the bases full in the sixth,
Graham and Franklin worked the squeeze
play perfectly on a wild pitch. Dudley's
wild throw allowed Butler to reach first
in the seventh and Kellacky, who ran
for him, scored on Graham's fine drive
to center. Seattle's only run came on a
pair of two baggers by Stanley and Ben
nett in the fifth. The score:
R.H.E.
Seattle 000 010 000 1 9 2
Tacoma 001 001 100 3 5 2
Batteries Rush and Stanley; Butler and
Shea.
Umpires Frary.
Spokane 8; Vancouver 4.
VANCOUVER. B. C. May 5. Spokane
won the first game with Vancouver to
day. Score:
R.H.E. R.H.E.
Vancouver ...4 5 3 Spokane 8 9 3
Batteries Hall and Sugden; Roosevelt
and Rogers.
Umpire Black.
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