THE MORNING OKEGOyiAN, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 18. 1911. 9
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ODDS IN BETTING
FAVOR ATHLETICS
Portland Bettors Hasten
Get Off New York End
. of Wagers.
to
HOPES FALL WITH MATHY
To Take Championship of AVorld,
Giants Must Win Three Out of
Four Games; Even Break
TTtna for Msck's Men.
PT BOSCOS FAWcfclT.
"All dope abandon ye who enter
With thla loth century twist to
Pante's onu Inscription well In mind,
Portland world's aerie bettora have
switched from tba New York Olanta to
tbe ahrlna of the Philadelphia Athlet
ics, and acada of Athletic moner la
offered at odda of I to 1 on Mack'a
xoen to take the series.
Previous to Saturday the Giants were
the local favorites at a Utile better
than an even wager and aa late as yes
terday, with the series one apiece, odda
of 10 to I were freely laid on the
New Torkera to take the third mnn.
However, with Mathewson In the dis
card, the ereat Bender coming; up and
Plank and Coombs ready for further
use later In the week, even the most'
optimistic members of Ootham'a local
constituency are arroplns; In an atmo
sphere of Indigo. New York must now
take three ne In four, while Phila
delphia needs but an even break to
close the title account.
Jack Coombs pitched much better
ball yesterday than he did against the
Cuba last year when he walked II
tnea In one same and stilt won his
rame. Another Interesting point In
the present series lies tn the fact that
when Plank and Marquard mounted
the mole for their respective clube on
Monday It was the Brst time that two
left banders had started a came
aratnst each other In a world's cham
pionship battle between teams repre
senting the National and American
leagues.
Only once since the formation or the
younger major organisation hare
southpaws played a vital part in the
ultimate Issue. Nick Altrock and Doc
White won the majority of vlctorlea
for the Chicago White Pox against the
Cuba In 1904. With this one excep
tion no southpaw had ever before won
a game la a world's series.
ee
Plank. Slever. Xllllan. Pfelster and
tXneld are portslders- who started
Inter-league championship games and
they all lost to rteht handers. Before
the 10S aeries Rube Waddell was
counted on to star, but Rube declared
be had hurt his arm and did not ap
pear on the mound.
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Picking All-American ball teams for
publication Is our definition for wasted
energy, but Billy Sunday's selections In
Collier's are perhaps worthy of half a
stick of free-advertising Inasmuch as
ftunday penned a gooilly portion of his
manuscript In the writer's office some
six weeks ago.
Billy was la Oregon at the time
Inspecting an apple orchard and one
afternoon slid through the trellis work
on the front porch without so much as
barking a shin.
"What do you think of these pitch
ing choices?" chuckled the far-famed
aaver of souls with an audible smile
that aounded like a world's series be
tween a pianola and a pullet.
-Very punk." expostulated we. glanc
ing over the list and noting the absence
of Vean Gregg, former Portland player.
"OreggT" said Billy querulously.
He's Just breaking In. Can't put him
en the list. Marquard looks the beat
bet among the southpaws -to me."
Evidently Billy went avay Impressed
with the Importance of giving the ex
Portland port hoofer thorough Inspec
tion for we find Marquard haa been
shunted Into the smelltns; salt cellar
and Gregg given the niche.
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Sunday's choices, which were "men
tinned In these columns at that time,
are aa follows: Catchers. Dooln.
Presnshsn. Archer: pitchers. Johnson,
ftucker Ford. Mathewson. Walsh and
Gregg; first. Chase: second. Collins,
abort. Wagner: third. Baker; outfield.
Cobb, MtK. Speaker.
Then bote thla for a real swoon at
the space rate stuff:
"If I were writing for some bush
league weekly I would never lose a
wink of sleep nor miss a meal: but
to write for the great Collier's which
goes to every nook and corner of the
land and la read by the moat refined
and Intellectually brilliant, as well aa
by the hobo counting the tlea over the
railroad division, has caused me to
dream of slides. fouls. base hits,
queese plays, double steals until I
am 'all In.' "
As a contemporary In Sporting Life
recently remarked, we could pull a
poem on twittering birds and slanting
moonbeams, but a krule fate confines
tcs to less romantic topics.
please pass the cheese.
The Chicago White 8.nare a, veri
table "welcome mat" for the American
1aagne clubs to wipe their muddy
hoofs upon but In an lnter-leasrue series
with the Chicago Nationals rne entire
espect changes. According to the dope
the Cuba should administer the pre
ponderance of gaff but the Sox seem
to possess the habit. All they have la
enough to win.
Reminds me of the man who frisked
himself for a cigarette, but could find
none and then went out In the street
In search of a smoke.
"Halnt got no cigarettes, but I got
the makln'a." said a newsboy In answer
to his appeal.
Trn not much at rolling them." said
Ko. 1. "Will you roll one for met"
The kid did so.
"Now have you got a match." In
quired the other.
The boy looked at him with some
curiosity. "Mister." he remarked,
"you'ee don't seem to have nothln' but
de habit."
REX BEACH TELLS OF GAME
(Crnitlnnfl rXwn Plrvt Pe.)
props for a dramatic situation, which
the crowd was quick to recognise.
Lapp was no lander or Murphy would
have come hi roe. He tried It, only to
get Into frightful trouble between
Meyers and Heraog. McGraWn third
baseman ran him down, nailing biro
like a panther, within a few feet of his
sanctuary. Second and third bases
were still full when tbe dust cleared
away and from all aides could be heard
the sound of strangling Gothamlr.es,
but Coombs went out, easily retiring
tbe otner side.
It was close, fast baseball in the
sixth and seventh innings, but again
In the eighth there waa an epidemic of
angina pectoris when Barry, the Qua-
v.r naita a two-bagger, then took
third when Lapp ot to Brst by a
squeak. With no outs, it began to
look like a aura run. and a great, sus
tained roar Isssued from the stands.
Barry Is Boa Dm.
Matty and Meyers put their heads
together and visited brefly, folowlng
which -Coombs hot to nolye and Barry,
a shade too anxious, perhaps, under
took to come home. He waa atopped
by Meyers, but left Lapp and Coomba
still occupying second nrat, respect
ively. The bury Lord lammed a aronnder to
Doyle, who ung the ball to Fletcher
In an attempt to head off Coombs.
Fletcher dropped It. however, and Lapp
headed for the plate like a homing
pigeon. Ag:ln the Indian and Herxog
boxed him In and again Herxog ran
him down, aa he had run down Mur
phy. The effect of thla kind of ball play
ing may be imagined, and when Matty
fanned Oldrlng for the third out. thus
pulling his teammates out of tbe
morass, the uproar from that densely
packed horde of rooters wss deafening.
Coo.-ns was Improving with age. It
seemed, for in the eighth only three
men faced him, then he and hla com
panions were back at the box making
medicine,
Maltttade Goes) Wild.
It seemed reasonably certain, after
Colllna went out at the beginning of
the ninth, that Matty would continue
to hold, but out of a clear swy, with
out so much aa a by-your-leave. Baker
added another bead to bla necklace of
borne runs .tying the score and lifting
the crowd to Ita feet, with every man
bolwing forth his admiration and ac
claim. Murphy hit to Heraog, who fumbled,
and then threw a spit ball tn a general
southeast direction, aiming to land It
on Morkles glove, but It went Into the
grandstand, allowing the runner to
reach recond base. Thla was enough
to rattle most teams, particularly aa
Davis sacrificed, advancing Murphy to
third, amidst a cataract of cheres.
Nevertheless Barry went out and once
more the Glanta had escaped by a hair.
BRESXA1UX S C.VRDrX.VLS LOSE
St. Louis Americans TVln Serls for
City Championship.
ST. LOnS. Oct. IT. By defeating the
local Nationals In the first game of a
double-header, the Americans won the
city championship. The clubs plays'
a aecond game to complete the e'" ja
nlea of the series, this one ns; to
the Nationals.
In the Spring ante- -a on series the
Nationals won . straight games.
First game
R. It CI R. H. E.
Americana B 11 HN'atlonals ..1 7 1
Batteries Lake and Stephens; Har
mon. Geyer and Bliss.
Second game
R. H- K.I R. H. B.
Americans 1 6 01 Nationals . 11 1
Batteries Hamilton and Krlchell;
Laudermllk and Wing. Umpires Per
rlne and Johnstone.
Attendance Is 3 7,216.
POLO GROUNDS. N. T, Oct. 17. The
National commission announced the
following figures: Total attendance,
ST.Ilt; total receipts. 175. SJ; National
commission's share. f7.5Ss.S0; players'
shsre. 140.420.::; each club'e share.
I13.S0S.74.
FUST MATCH IN STORE
ZBYSZKO LIKELY TO TVKESTLB
COICU IX PORTLAND. - '
$1500 Guaranteed World's Cbanv
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Securing of Armory.
Portland fans may see one of the
leading wrestlers of the world pitted
against Frank Gotch when the world's
champion shows tn Portland on his
farewell tour of the world on Novem
ber 1. for atrenuoua efforts are under
way to match Gotch with Zbyssko, the
great Polish grappler who la rated
above Mahmout, HackenschmMt, Leon
and others.
Gotch Is guaranteed $1600 with the
option of Co per cent of the receipts
for bis Portland appearance, and the
only hitch In the Zbyszko engagement
seems to hinge In securing a hail large
enough to assure the guarantees to
both men.
. "Zbyszko now in Europe but will be
back about October 26. Willing to
meet Gotch If financial end satisfac
tory.' telegraphed Jack Hermann, the
Pole's manager, from Buffalo to the
promoters yesterday.
Both the Helllg and the Armory are
reported to be engaged for November
1 but the proinotere are dickering for
a purchase of the Armory lease for
that night. If efforts to secure this
commodious amphitheater fall Gotch
will probably show at Oregon Hall,
opposite the Oregon Hotel, which will
bouse upward of 2200 people.
Ootch'a contract for his Northwestern
tour. It appears, binds him to meet any
opponent chosen by the promoters from
a list of headllners comprising the
following: Zbyssko. Mahmout, James
Asbell. George Roeber. Jim Lester,
Jess Pederson. Henry Ordemann, Jack
Leon. William Demetral and John
Berg.
Taeoma promoters, according to dis
patches, have got In on the ground
floor by booking Gotch and Mahmout
for the big Armory, which aeata up
wards of 2000. In Portland, however,
Gotch and Mahmout will meet separate
men. and. In addition. Gotch neatly
sidesteps outside challenges by offer
ing 5o to any local man who will stay
15 minutes with Mahmout.
At Seattle Gotch la matched with
Leon, the giant Russian, and at Salt
Lake, two nights before his Portland
appearance, with Demetral. the great
Greek lto-pounder. who will probably
meet John Berg In Portland later on
In the Fall.
This narrows the list of avatlables
for Portland down to Zbyssko. Asbell.
Roeber. -.Lester, Pederson. Ordemann
and Berg. Pederson Is the big Dane
who recently Invaded America and is
creating quite a atlr In New York.
Gotch haa already met Zbyssko twice,
going one hour to a draw at Buffalo
and later beating htm decisively In a
championship match, taking the Pole
by surprise in six seconds for the first
fall and 27 minutes for the second.
Stanislaus Cyganlewlcx haa learned a
great deal more about the catch-aa-catch-can
style since then, however,
and Is eager to meet the champion be
fore his retirement
Farmer Boys Do Well on Gridiron.
GRKSHAM. Or, Oct. 17. (Special.)
The Oregon City High School eleven
and the newly organised Orient Gram
mar School boys opened the football
season with a practice game here Sat
urday. Oregon City winning, although
the farmer boys played a good game,
considering their Inexperience.
Cricketers to Meet.
Members of the Portland Cricket
Club will gather at the clubhouse
Thursday evening for the annual
smoker after the wlndup of the cricket
season. An elaborate programme is In
preparation.
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AGAIXST WIFE-6IAYER.
Justice McBride Holds Knowledge
of Wrong Undermines Insanity
n- Other Findings.
SALEM. Or., Oct. 17. (Special.)
Holding that there can be no Irresisti
ble impulse to commit a crime accom
panied with a knowledge of lta wrong
fulness and that such a theory la one
which the law does not recognise. Jus
tice McBride. in the Supreme Court to
day, affirmed the opinion of the lower
court In the case of the state against
J. M. W. Haastng. convicted of mur
der In the first degree.
Haaslng murdered his wife, Edith
Hasslng. In Portland. The defense, on
appeal, set up the contention that Haa
alng waa Insane when committing the
crime and that he acted under an Irre
sistible Impulse, knowing, however, the
wrongfulness of his act.
Justice McBride sets out that the
test of Insanity la the capacity to dis
tinguish right from wrong In respect
to the particular act charged and that
the law conclusively presumes that one
who haa such capacity Is capable of re
fraining from a criminal act.
The case of Charles F. Elgin against
EL H. Snyder and wife, appealed from
Marion County, waa affirmed. Thla
was a suit to rescind a contract where,
by plaintiff conveyed to defendants 4t
acres, valued at $2000, In consideration
of lb share of stock in the Salem Boa
at Lumber Company, of the par value
of $100 a share, on the ground of fraud.
The Clroult Court rendered a decree In
favor of the defendants and the plain
tiff aopealed.
The case of Charles K. Henry against
George A. Harker was reversed.
This waa an action for a real estate
agent'a commission. The negotia
tions between the agent, who resides
in Portland, and the owner of the prop
erty, residing In California, were con
ducted entirely by correspondence.
Tbe court construing this. In an opin
ion by Justice Burnett, holds that the
letters cf the defendant do not consti
tute an acceptance of the plaintiff's or
der to procure a purohaser for the prop
erty. and hence there was no contract
between the part lea amounting to an
employment of the plaintiff. The agent
wrote that he. the agent, had aold the
property, without stating to whom, and
the court decided that In the absence of
the agent's procuring a binding con
tract from the buyer to purchase the
property, the mere statement of the
agent that he bad aold the property waa
not such a bringing of the buyer and
seller together aa would earn a com
mission for the agent. The decision
of the Circuit Court was reversed.
Other opinions today were as follows:
C. E. Harmon vs. Grants Pass Banking
Trust Company; appaalad from Josephine
Coontr. T. M. CalkJna. luds; aittrmad la
aa opinion br Justice Moore.
B. 1. Kara til vs. J. St. Jacksoa: appealed
from Waahlngton County. J. V. Campbell.
Jails. KeTersed In an opinion by Justice
F. R. Uurett va Ines B. Miller; appealed
from Marion County. William Gallowar.
Judse. Affirmed In aa opinion by Justice
EanJn.
A. U. Saekett vs. Hattle K. Lest; appealed
from Multnomah County. W. N Gatens,
Judc-e. Reversed In an opinion by Justice
Moore.
WOMAN FOR SINGLE TAX
Only Way for Poor to Get Country
Homes, She Thinks.
SALEM. Or- Oct. 18. (To the Editor.)
I am only a plain, evervday woman, but
some way I can't help thinking a little as
I go about my home-making. As I sit
down to care for my baby. I picked up Tbe
Morning Oregonlan snd. sftar reading the
letter from J. H. Wllaon. giving his views
on single tax. it seemed to me that hla last
(aw sentences, where he concludes that tba
law would, in effect, eonnacate the laxse
landowners' property, which he gives sa his
reason for not voting for that meaaure. Is
the very thing that would make any right
thinking man or woman want to vote for
si nit la tax.
My husband and I are thrifty, hard-work-ins
people and out of his waxes, about t60
a month, we care for a family of Ave grow
ing boys and one girl and are saving a little
aa we live. Our dearest wish Is to get our
children into the country on a farm, where
they can work and be away from the many
bad influences of town Ufa, but owing to
the high price of land. It Is utterly Im
pose! bla. There are aores upon acres of
land lying all through the country, some
about half cultivated and more lying Idle.
If it eonld be bought for a reasonable price,
say from 9SO to 9b0, or even higher, we and
many like us. would gladly pay the taxes
and make homes for our children, but the
owners hold It at such outrageous rates
that It takes rich men to buy It.
What reason can there possibly be for
asking (20O to tftOO an aore for land? It
seems to me. Mr. WUeon, that such land
should be taxed so high that the owners
would be forced either to sail It or set men
at work cultivating It to raise the taxea
By all mesne let us have soma law that
will force every man to hold no more land
In hla possesalon than he cares to keep in
cultivation and give the families of moder
ate means a chance to own a home. It's
the only thing that will give our boys a
fair show In the world. Thay need the free
dom and health of the farm life to make
them good, upright Americans and a credit
to our country. I say. hurrah for stngls
tax. JUST A WOMAN.
MRS. ALEXANDER KERR DIES
Typhoid Ftever, Rcult of Visit to
Beach, Proves Fatal.
Mrs. Albertlna Sechten Kerr, wife of
Alexander H. Kerr, a well-known mer
chant of this city, died yesterday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock at the family res
idence, 119 Fourteenth street, Mrs.
Kerr had been 111 for the past six
weeks with typhoid fever. She was
taken ill while at Long Beach, Wash,
A week after her return home the
case was diagnosed as typhoid. Al
though her condition was serious, Drs.
Bell. Jones and Tenney believed she
would recover. Sunday afternoon she
became worse, though rallying on Mon
day. Yesterday, however, all hope for
her recovery was abandoned. At the
bedside when the end came were her
husband, her mother, Mrs. Sechten, Sam
uel, Frank and Dr. David Kerr, Rev.
John H. Boyd, Rev. John A. Leas. Rev.
J. E. Snyder.
Mrs. Kerr was born in Portland 22
years ago and was educated in the pub
lic schools and Lincoln High School.
She was married to Mr. Kerr on Sep
tember 29, 1910. and leaves an Infant
son.
-She was an active member of St,
James English Lutheran church and a
contributor to charities of every sort.
While automobilins; near Tla Juana,
Mexico, last Summer Mr. and Mrs. Kerr
were arrested and held for a time In
the ouartel at that place, under sus
picion as spies. Funeral arrangements
have not been made.
GARNISHEE LAW UPHELD
Judge Holds Coin of State Employes
May Be Seized,
In a decision in the case of Carl
Ehelehe ag-alnst J. L. Green yesterday.
Judge McGinn upheld the constitution
ality of the law passed by the Legisla
ture in 1907, which provides that sal
aries or money due state officials or
state employes from the state are li
able to garnishment,
Ehelehe lent Green $50 July 10, 1907,
payable October 10 of the same year.
Suit was commenced on the loan In
the Incumbency of Frank W. Benson
as Secretary of State. After his death,
Ben W. Olcott was substituted as de
fendant and a garnishment was issued
against money due Green from the
state. Secretary Olcott set up as a
defense that the law of 1907 was un
constitutional and refused to pay the
money from that due Green.
In the year Bl or our era. Theodoelns the
Great laaued an edict abolishing paganism
and Idolatry throughout the Koman empire.
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