THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 191b.
'CBEDIE'S SQUAD
SHOWS FINE FORM
TWO PORTLAND PLAYERS TRAINING AT SANTA MARIA.
With Opening of Training Sea
son, Boys in Unusual
Good Trim.
CASEY AND PERRINE FAST
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Portland Team, Manager Nor Fans
Apparently Feel Loss of Olson for
Infield -Will 'Be in Capable
Hands This Season.
BT W. J. PETRAIJf.
SANTA MARIA, Cal., March 7. pe-
clal.) MoCredie's 1910 squad of ball-
osers are working out In grand form
present, and whenever the tall man-
ucer picks up a an rranuwco
frntainingr the glowing accounts of
jf-hat the Seals- are going to do, he
Anerely smiles and says "keep your eye
ion Portland."
f Every day brings to light new and
favorable signs In many of the players.
Some of the boys have been late In ar
riving because of washouts and rail
way wrecks, but despite the disadvan
tage of losing several days' practice.
tney are snowing up wen.
Rapps, who Is figured as the regular
first baseman, has not reported; nor
has Netzel, who Is figured as the regu
lar third baseman, or for one of the
outfield position in the event that
Kmlth keeps up his present gait.
McCredle expects some of the de-
payed bunch In on the late train to
night, but as he has been expecting
Ihem for two days without result, he
win not De greauy Buprisea 11 mey
not show.
Casey and Perrlne Fast.
Perle Casey and "Nig" Perrine com
prise the speediest pair McCredle has
every had around the keystone sack.
Casey Is playing up to his old Tacoma
form, much to the satisfaction of Mc
Credle and the balance of the team, for
he Is looked upon as the guide of the
entire team. His leg, which has hith
erto bothered him In the Spring, seems
strong and well this season, and he . has
not had to call on the - services of
Cornell at all, being the only player In
camp who has not undergone strenu
ous rubbing and treatment at ths
hands of the trainer.
Another thing about Casey Is that
he and Jese Garrett are the only mem
bers of the squad who have not com
plained of sore and stiff muscles, and
yet the two have worked harder than
any of the others. Manager McCredle
Is working better this Spring than last;
at least this Is the version of the play
ers who were with him at San Luis
Obispo last Spring. Mac attributes it
to the Santa Maria climate, which is
as warm as mid-eummer up North. The
other afternoon the thermometer reg
istered 80 degrees, and Indications are
M-tjhat It will continue hot, though the
Eldest Inhabitant" calmly asserts that
feggy weather Is due, and adds that
Uis means nice balmy afternoons..
With Casey and Perrine around the
ld-station, and Netzel showing to
rm at third base, McCredle 1b not the
ast bit anxious to have Ivan Olson
teport. Last Friday Mac received Ol-
n's signed contract," but the document
ntained several provisions written
, which Mac refuses to consider, and
e asserts that he will not bother to
end for Olson or to send him another
contract.
McCredle Not Worrying.
I don't care whether he reports or
n6t," said McCredle. "If he does he
will do so by paying' his own fare out
here, for I shall not send him a ticket.
I cannot figure where he has a chance
to beat out Perrine, who is several
times over a better hitter, and Olson
annot hope to displace Casey. Netzel
ks good at third, so Ollie will have
smoke up' If he does report. I don't
nt any players on my team who
e "starry" notions. I don t want any
s; They don't do a club any good,
I think I have an evenly-balanced
b without Olson, and I am sure we
n win just as many games as though
ie were one of he toaTn " .
After McCredie announced that he
would carry 20 players the first month
of the season, considerable speculation
is being indulged in among the regular
players as to who the nine pitchers will
be. The other members of the team
of 20 will practically be the following:
Catchers, Fisher, Armbruster and Mur
ray: infielders, Casey, Perrine, Rapps,
Netzel and Ort, and outfielders, Mc
Credie, Ryan and Speas.
Jesse Garrett, Howard Guyn, Charley
Hartman and Kratzberg are practically
certainties in the pitching department,
while Tom Seaton Is not to be over
looked, and Phil Lezie. though wild ag
& aiarcii nara, sianas an excellent
chance of being one of the regulars.
Billy Steen and Krapp are showing
form, while Dan Ryan, Buddy's brother,
who has Imbibed the baseball bug,
shows plenty of speed and curves.
though he lacks a knowledge of the
game necessary to a successful twlrler
in the Pacific Coast League Company.
Manager McCredie proposes to get
Ryan a berth in the State League if he
persists in his desire to pitch baseball.
.nd the seasoning thus secured may
bring about his development into a
star twirler.
Kratiberg Most Promising.
ivratzberg, however, . is the most
promising of the new twirlers. He Is
a big fellow, and has speed to burn.
Gus Fisher says he has a $10,000 arm.
ana is not laeking in the gray matter,
which goes toward making a success
ful siao artist.
McCredle says he wil have to shorten
this player's name to Kratz, for it is
too much of a jaw-twister to handle
around promiscuously on a baseball
club, and the Los Angeles boy does not
object to the shortening.
( All of the players are on edge for the
White Sox game, scheduled to be
played Monday, March 14. The fans of
this place are -likewise interested in the
coming contests with the big leasruers.
nd a large delegation will go with
the team to San Luis Obispo on the fol
lowing Tuesday, when Portland meets
Oomlskey's bunch in the second game.
The third game with the White Sox has
been transferred from Salinas to Wat
eonville, because the owner of the ball
' park at the latter place became angered
at some political aspersions tossed his
I way and tore down the fences and
stands.
Manager McCredie was disapointed to
hear of this, for he likes Salinas and
, would have Ween pleased to play there.
Mac is figuring on taking the team
over to Bakersfield this week, and will
o so if a suitable guarantee is forth
fining. The Bakersfield sports are
.axloua to see the Poxtland team, and
several oi mem nave Come here during
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the last few days to Importune the tall
manager to show there.
Fandom at Random
SANTA . MARIA. March 7. (Soecial.)
"Nig" Perrine is the dandy of the Port
land squad. Walt McCredie started flash
ing a different suit each day, but Perrine
has beaten him out by appearing in three
different "rigs" in one day.
Howard Guyn" has two niCKames.
Some of the gang call him "Nell," while
Jesse Garrett, his roommate, has sprung
a new one, "Society." Jesse says Howard
is mixing with the bes; peopla In town.
as he sings and plays a piano, which
often helps some.
Phil Lezle'ls a tall, slim, quiet chap.
who does not assert himself to any ex
tent, except when playing whist or solo,
and at these two card games he can
hold his own with any of the bunch.
Doc Cornell is the life of the camp.
for he pulls more comedy on the differ-,
ent players than any one else. Perrine
has "Doc's" goat, however, and he is
noticed to subside whenever the speedy
shortstop cuts into the kidding game.
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One of the principal Joshes of a train
ing game, and a somewhat time-worn
one at that, is still pulled 'here. It con
sists of sending the young pitchers to
the manager for the "key to the pitch
er's box." Dan Ryan came near biting.
but Buddy "wised" him before he took
a chance.
Kratzberg has a 'most deceptive slow
ball, and this was what first attracted
McCredle to him. Mac was batting
against the youngster the other morning
and Armbruster, wlfo was catching, bet
the manager a new necktie that the "kid"
would " fan him out. McCredie took the
bet, and Buster is wearing a new tie.
McCredie says he will buy neckties for
the whole bunch if the other young
pitchers do the Bame thing.
Joe Smith is a fielding sensation, but
as a hitter he is woefully weak, at least
he has shown no signs of being a hitter
to date. At third base, though, he
makes a lot of players who have held
that position for Portland, look like they
were tied.
"Pretzel" Netzel, who is one of the
bunch delayed at Ogden. is still too stiff
and sore to show to advantage. He says
this place differs greatly in climate
from Olean, N. Y., at this time of year,
and there are lots of other different
places besides.
Last Saturday night" the Santa Maria
fans gave a grand ball in honor of the
Portland baseball club, and all of the
players attended. The affair was a huge
success and dancing was indulged in
until a late hour. The Santa Maria
string orchestra dispensed music, and the
players voted it one of the best they had
ever heard.
TWO GAMES AVIIL BE PLAYED
Wind-Up of Multnomah Club Bas
ketball Season Is Tonight.
Multnomah Club's basketball season
will end tonight with a double-header
in the club gymnasium, - when the first
team wlllx meet the University, of
Washington five and the intermedi
ates will go against the Christian
Brothers' College team in a preliminary
contest.
There has been a decided Increase in
the Interest in basketball at the cLub
during the past few weeks. In previ
ous years practically no one except the
five making up the team has kept in
basketball training through the Win
ter, and, though the team for several
years has been a championship aggre
gation, it was always left to the old
squad to take up the burden each suc
cessive season, because no first-class
recruits had neen nursed along. This
Winter, however, enough men for two
teams have practiced constantly, and
there has been no difficulty In getting
'up practice matches among the club
members.
With every game played at the club
during the season the attendance has
picked up. The crowd two weeks ago,
when Multnomah nosed out Its victory
over Idaho, was the largest of the sea
son. The reputation of the U. of.W. five
promises a hard game tonight, for,
while Manager Lonergan's team has
been beaten only once in two years,
and that on an under-sized foreign
floor, the Seattleites have a' fine record
also, having taken 11 out of 14 contests
up to" the time they started on the
present trip.
The presence of Morris; who has re
covered from his sprained ankle, makes
the personnel of the team the same
that has played during the whole sea
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RAILROAD BILL KNIFED
EXTENSION OF OTHER IilNES BY
BIG HOLDERS CUT.
House Committee Makes Drastic
Changes In Administration Mcas
tire, Taft's Favorite.
WASHINGTON. March 7. The House
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce today' made a drastic change
in the Administration railroad bill, strik
ing out the provision under which a car
rier that owns 60 per cent of he stock
of another line may extend its holdings.
This Is one of the provisions1 inserted In
the bill at the request of Attorney-Gen
eral Wickersham.
Other changes were ordered, bearing
on the question of whether one line shall
be permitted to exrcls control ovr an-
othr line. The provision to allow a rail
road now leasing another line for 20
years or more to renew that lease, or to
acquire the revisionary ownership of the
lesser company, was eliminated. An
amendment was made prohibiting a di
rector of one line from becoming a di
rector of the competing line.
Another amendment had been inserted
in the Administration bill by the Senate
Committee to broaden the scope of com
petition so as to make it still more dif
ficult for one road to twn stock or ex
ercise control of a competing line. This
was adopted by the House committee.
The provision exempting street, subur
ban or lnterurban electric lines from the
prohibition against a railroad having an
interest in a competing line was also
stricken out.
Next to the creation -of the court of
commerce feature and the inclusion of
water transportation companies in the
scope of the bill, the action today const!
tuted the most Important step in the
House committee's i?modellng of the
measure.
In its original state the bill was the
principal feature of President Taft'e
legislative programme. An effort was
made to report the bill without amend
ment, as was done in the Senate. The
expected sharp discussion on the own
ership clause occupied todays session
The provision to permit, this exemption
was characterized by its opponents as
inequitable and unfair, as it legalized
combinations of railroads and "railroad
capital.
Some of the Democratic members take
the position that It would even validate
a Harrlman merger of the Southern and
Union Pacific railroads, but Republican
lawyers on the committee insisted that
the section would not affect any com
blnation of companies without subjecting
them to prosecution under the Sherman
anti-trust law.
Representative Steyens, of Minnesota
an "insurgent" Republican, objected to
this provision and it was stricken out on
his motion.
'Carefully preserving the principles so
clearly enunciated In the Republican
platform of 190S, Is the way the ma
jority of the Senate committee of the
Interstate Commerce, which made Its re
port today on the Administration rail
road bill, interprets the provision to per
mit common carriers to enter into traf
fic agreements. The report is signed
by Senators Elkins. Cullom, Aldrlch,
Kean. Crane and Nixon and will be
printed with the minority report sub
mitted a few days ago by Senators Clapp
and Cummins, and with the Individual
report of Senator Newlands. . .
Approval of the court of commerce fea
ture is given prominence, although com
ment upon other provisions is far more
Interesting. For Instance, the report says
that the effeot of the traffic agreement
provision Is to relieve carriers from the
prohibition of the anti-trust act, while
preserving unimpaired the control of the
Interstate Commerce Commission over
all such agreements. It Is declared that
the provision is in exact compliance with
the declarations in the Republican plat
form. Indorsing the proposed court of com
merce, the report says that the principal
argument in favor of Its creation Is that
it will prevent delay and confusion in
the enforcement of the law by creating
one tribunal specially versed in the com
plicated and often technical rail ques
tions. Concerning the important section re
lating to the purchase of competing lines
the report ays:
"Criticism of this section have been
made on the ground that it did not pro
hibit the acquisition by means of a hold
ing corporation of stocks of competing
lines of railroads. The provisions of the
Sherman anti-trust law so completely
cover that ground that the committee
deemed it unnecessary to attempt a re
petition of those prohibitions in this act.
WASHINGTON WINS HARD FIGHT
Rough Game of Basketball Brings
Defeat to Willamette.
SALEM, Or., March 7. (Special.)
In a hard-fought contest here tonight
the University of Washington basket
ball five defeated the Willamette five,
28 to '24.
This was the first game played In
this city under the new Intercollegiate
re
Am
rules, and was marked for exceedingly
rough playing by both teams, Willam
ette 'beings the chief -offender.
Willamette led with the number of
baskets thrown, putting v the ball in
the net 11 times from the field to
Washington's 10. Willamette threw two
baskets 'from fouls and Washington
three. Fourteen fouls were chalked up
against Willamette and six against
Washington.
CONTRACTS ARE MADE KNOWN
President Lynch, of National League,
" Makes Announcements.
NEW YORK, March 7. President
Lynch, of the National League, an
nounced the following contracts and re
leases tonight:
Contracts With Boston Fred Lake.
With Brooklyn William Bergen, Will
lam A. Burch, Jr., Jake Daubert, A. C.
Downey, S. S. Fletcher. John E. Hummell,
T. J. Jordan, Elmer E. Knetzer, Thomas
McMillan, G. N. Rucker, W. D. Scanlon
and Fred W. Ulrlch.
With Chicago James P. Archer, Mor
decai Brown, Clyde Geist. Fred Kroh,
Tony Smith and C. F. Willis.
With Cincinnati Fred L. Beebe, Roy
Castleton, Arthur Fromme and Frank
Roth. '
With New York W. S. Collins. J. J.
Murray, A. L. Raymond, J. B. Seymour,
W. T. Temple, Jake Weimer and Edward
Williams.
With Philadelphia L. H. Horen, Louis
Straub, Jr., Frank Sparks.
With - Pittsburg E. J. Abbatticchlo,
Charles B. Adams. Chester M. Brandon,
Edward Bridges. Robert Byrne, Harry
R. Camnltz. Ralph Cutting Willis
Humphreys, Thomas W. Leach, Nicholas
Maddox, John Bv Miller. Eugene Moore,
Pat F. O'Connor, Charles Phllllppe, Will
iam D. Powell, Bird 3. Sharpe, George
Gibson (1910-11), C. L. Webb, J. Owen
Wilson.
Releases, by Cincinnati to New York,
National League, William A. Torrey.
By Pittsburg to St. Louis National
League, V. G. Willis.
COLLEGE PIftVYS BRISK GAME
Mount Angel Scores 12 Points to
Washington's 18 In Basketball.
MOUNT ANGEL. Or., '"March 7. (Spe
cial.) In an exciting game of basket
ball the University of Washington de
feated the college team Saturday night
by a score of IS to 12.
Washington started off with a foul
by Sugg, and Mount Angel followed up
with a basket by Burns. It was not
long before Mount Angel had piled up
a score of 6 against their opponents' 3,
but there the luck changed.
A feature of the game was the drib
bling of Burns In conjunction with his
excellent team work with Melchior.
Time after time he would get the ball
and dribble It toward the goal, his op
ponents the while appearing entirely
helpless. Washington tried the trick
once, but with poor success. The line
up: Washington PoBltton. ML Anftel.
Tupxier . . . . -F". . . . ........ Burni
RtiSK F. ........... Carson
t!t. Johns C Manlon
Rabel O M. Melchior
.Keeler O J. Melchior
Referee Clementson. Umpire Ledwldge.
Timekeeper XJeMartlni.
Students to Try for Record.
VANCOUVER, Wash., March 7.
(Special.) A typewriting contest will
Todlay FromTwo to Sibs
Presenting the season's most exclu
sive and smartest types in Spring and
Summer apparel for Women an assem
blage of beautiful styles and fabrics that
have received the approval of fashion
creations that have been accepted by
dress authorities of the style centers of
Europe and America.
And this day is to mark also the open
ing of our New Section of Neckwear and
Veilings and such a charming collection
of artistic and clever handiwork -it is
sure to delight the most fastidious.
Throughout the store, in every depart
mentFurniture, Carpets, Draperies,
Etc. we're preparing for this important
Spring event.
To you and your friends we extend
a cordial invitation to enjoy-the exhibits
displayed on our seven floors.
The occasion is to be enhanced by
three splendid musical programmes, to
be rendered on first, third and sixth
floors from 2 P. M. to 6 P. M.
Firstfloor Orchestra under the direc
tion of Waldemar Lind.
Sixth floor the Oregon Male Quartet,
Third floor -The Welte Mignon," the
artistic piano player that gives the abso
lutely true reproduction of the individual
interpretation of the world's most fa
mous pianists.
Toll & QiTbTbSg Hoe,
. MORRISON AT SEVENTH
be held by the business department of
the Vancouver High School in May. To
the one making the best record at the
test, which will be held In the assembly-room
of the school, a handsome sil
ver loving cup will be given by Coovert
& Carter. Either Rosale Fritz or Otis
Blaisdell, two record speed writers, will
be secured to give a demonstration.
The former has a record of 105 words
and the latter of 115 words, from copy
in one minute.
UMATILLA TO BE CUT OUT
Main-Line Trains Will Be Run Over
Stanfleld-Coyote Cut-Off.
SALEM. Or., March 7. (Special.) That
the Harrlman lines have definitely de
cided to build the Stanfield-Coyote cutoff
In Eastern Oregon and eliminate Uma
tilla as a transfer point is declared by
General Manager O'Brien, of the O. R.
Jir N in a letter to the State Railroad
Commission. Mr. O-'Brien says "practical-
ly all main, line passenger trains will
run via of this cutoff instead of via
Umatilla."
It Is declared the money is already
appropriated for -the work, and that the
extension will be rushed to" early com
pletion. The commission had given no
tice of a hearing (to investigate the sta
tion facilities at Umatilla, and General
Manager O'Brien asks that the hearing
be postponed for six or eight months
so that the company can have an oppor
tunity to finish the new line. When the
cutoff shall have been completed, It Is
thought the facilities will . be ample at
Umatilla to accommodate the traffic that
will remain.
Castle Rock Gives Its Version.
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time it met the Castle Rock High School
team. The Castle Rock girls' team won.
the girls' championship of the county,
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