TIIE MORNING OREGOyiAy. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1913
.... ' HE nil I MU 1 HllEllt!!' 1111
mum TELLS HOW
FREE IS ADVICE
McGraw's Mail Daily Filled
With Fan's Notations as
to How to Win.
PORTLAND JANITOR "BUSY"
trader or Giants Scorns "String or
Mar That Wonld Show T Ty'
Cobb" Every Baball Team
trader Bothered a Little.
' T.r CHRISTT MATKEWSOX,
btar 1-licher of the Giants.
tOS ANGELES. Dec. 17. (Special.)
McGraw gets a batch of fnail every day
throughout the season that looks like
the r.-sult of a promotion letter from a
phony mining stock corporation Just
after it lias tapped the "sucker Hat
and Just before the Federal liovern
ment takes a hand. He. runs through
It ha itily. as he doe everytlhng else,
Fenerally Just giving the addresses a
irlance and hurling tne missives in i tho
direction of the waste-basket, without
even submitting them to the indignity
cf tearing tnem up.
One day last season towards the end
cf the National League race MoOraw
looked at the first envelope on the pile
of mall lying before him.
"There's that sporting editor in
Tennsvlvanla writing to tell me how to
win a world s scries again." he said, as
he hurled the letter at the waste
basket and got credit for an error on a
' wild throw. "lie first broke out before
the series of 1911 and has been ewell-
ing the Postoffice Department receipts
ever since. He said then that he had
told -Connie" Mack how to beat the
Cubs, but since 'Connie' refused to
" whack up the Athletics" share from the
1910 series wtih him he was going to
' join the Giants as a corresponding ad
viser. If some of these guys around
' here would be a earnest about playing
' ball as he is about letter-writing, we
' might get results.
; Portland Janitor Has Stars.
' "Here's that Janitor from Portland
. with a string ot stars that would show
up 'Ty" Cobb." continued McGraw.
. merely looking at the address on an
other latter. "I wish that either these
fellows would stop writing or that I
had scouts enough t. SMid out to look
at all the prospects."
Every manager is bothered, or bene
fited, in the same way; it is hard to
tell which. Seldom, however, does a
manager turn up a real player a3 a re
sult of these letters, becatise the ordi
nary man who is not a trained scout as
a rule recommends a "busher" because
I he does one thing well, whereas that
' man may have numerous faults that
would make him impossible as a big
leaguer. And It's funny how many
folks believe they are fit for the ina
Jors.
fit in the big league if they ever got a
good chance.
Put "Fred" Clarke picked up one of
hi: stars through a combination of cor
resDondcnce. a stroke of luck, and the
persistence of a Pullman car conductor.
little bush league out In Wyoming.
It seems that this conductor had a run
into Pittsburg, where he lail over, and
was a great baseball fan and admirer
of the Pirates. His ambition In life
was to dig up a star for the Pittsburg
i club. His enthusiasm as a rooter re
' stiHed in tl'.e loss of so much sleep in
' order to get to the ball park early that
his health finally broke down and he
1 as transferred to a run in the W-est.
FOEMER PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE PITCHER, WHO MAY BE
UMPIRE IN CLASS AA CIRCUIT NEXT SEASON.
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TO BLOCK INVASION
Tacoman Proposes Change of
Rules to Keep Coast Out
'of Northwest. '
BURIED HATCHET IS FEARED
"DOC" MOSKIMA7T.
baseball. Some of Bowerman's friends
thought it would be a good Idea to get
Bowerman and me for a battery and
not announce ray name until after the
game was over. But it was never an
nounced. becaue those backwoodsmen
Just pounded me all over the field.
"I guess we bad better not say any
thing about it. Matty," said Bowerman
after it was all over.
"I guess not. Frank," I said meekly.
It neetned as if I had lots of St. iff.
but they certainly did bust it.
(Copyright, 1913. by the wneeier syn
dicate. Inc.)
CODY EXPKCTS RECORD TIME
Ten Women and 1 5 , 3Ien to Take
Fart i Christmas-Day Swim.
At least 15 starters in the men's 100
a .tij Bhnnt 1 ft In the women's
believe tney are in it mo i - -
.... . . . . , . .t -k. i.v..j ma nrn assured in the annual
lors. ill Dei nan oi """" - j , - -
ulay catch in their oacKyarua ouv i i -iu iun ........ --
sight of the churchgoers on Sunday Clnb In the Willamette Rlvej-on Chri.t
morning. have a notion that the, 'would mas morning
than ever made In a Christmas swim
here. At least five of the entries have
tank records of better than 1:07 for
100 yards.
The current at present is slight and
Dcrsisience oi x-v 1 1 1 m . i l.i vv-i.- . - - - -
j refer to Tom Hcndrix. who came from any times which are made w ill be
. : - I t.v.n a t.y am th rfrift 1oea not
taken at par, as the drift doea not
make any appreciable difference.
Chairman Frank E. Watklns. of the
Multnomah swimming committee, re
ceived yesterday from the bpaiamg
Company a handsome trophy which the
winner gets to keep this year. If he
wins it three times In succession the
trophy becomes nis permanent property.
ISKH
TO
BOSS
Veteran Seal Pitcher Slated
for Coast Umpire.
ONE ARBITER PLACE OPEN
McCredie Thinks Cool-HeaUed ex
Player Will Make Ideal Maa for
jolj joe Cedeon Said to Be
Signed With Los Angeles.
Clarke Gets Letters.
It was not long after that before
Clarke began to get numerous letters
urging the purchase (fa yourg i-itcher
In Wyoming; I think he was with the
Chtyenne team. Of course. Clarke had
never met the Pullman conductor and
paid as little attention to his corre
spondence as he did to the rest of the
letters from "bugs." Finally, however,
Clarke hid a scout going out towards
Wyoming to look over some bush
league timbtr .and as an afterthought
aid:
"By the way. tike U.ee letters and
If you get a chance have a look at this
yo'. ngsttr. I oon't supposo he is any
good, btu it won't take you much out
of the way to give a glance at him."
As n. result of this, Hendrix came to
the Pirates. He was thn youngster the
Pullman ear conductor had been boost
ing. Clarke has paid more atcnition to
lettora from "bugs" sirce. "I've been
following letters up ever since." he told
mi. nnA inv Inst Summer when he was
in Now Tork with his team, "but I've
never got mors than one player out of
them." Still, ho follows them vp. Hope,
you know, always springs eternal, or
something like that.
SleGravr's Average Low.
' ii.nn hit nrt even as arood an
average in this respect as Clarke can
show. He rrequertiy s?nas oi'i a niui
to take a glance at a man if the letter
boosting him has a touch of sincerity,
but the investigator, as a rule, finds
some vital weakness In the "busher"
recommended so highly by his sponsor.
A has -ball man here on the Coast
was tellli g me the other day rbout one
of "Fred" Clarke's duck-hunting trips
on which he was along. Clarke la the
came sort of hunter as he is a man
ager, patient and dogged, going to an?
pains to win what he is after, be it
game or games.
On this particular hunting trip he
had put out tin decoys on the Arkansas
Itiver near his farm at Winfleld, Ki.,
and had left them there all of or-e day
to keep the ducks from boirg timid.
Several ducks had flirted with the de
coys, but Clarke had restrained him
self from a shot, figuring on a big
cleanup the next morning.
Decoys Much Better.
With his frionds he went out before
' daylight and lay in tho marshss shiv
ering until he first flight. Shortly it
besan to brighten up and several ducks
started to edge in toward the docoys.
Clark got his gun ready to bag a few
when somebody cui loose across a
creek like a rapid-fire gun or an artil
lery company in aotton. Four or five
of the decoys went down much bat-te.-ed
and the real dusks turned and
. fled.
Clarke was sore and hurried over Into
the marsh whence came the shots.
' There he found a fellow made up for
hunting like the cut in an advertise
ment lor a sporting goods house.
"What were you trying to doV sput
tered Clarke.
"Shoot the ducks.'" answered the
spiffy sportsman.
"Those were decoys." replied Clarke.
And he turned in dUgust and walked
away.
"Well, anyway," said Fred a little
later, "that guy was a gocd shot. He
certainly busted those deccys. We had
to get some now ones. ' The old or es
lookfed so battered they wouldn't fool
the craziest duck alive."
Matty "Gets HU'a."
. I went hunting with Frank Bower
man op in Michigan immediately after
the world's series of 1905. As it was a
mild Fall tho nailvea were still playing
NIGHTLY PRACTICE Of
WI.GED M SQUAD PREPARES FOR
CIIR1STMAS DAY GAME.
tott Unable to Name Man.
tVao Will riay Quarterback, Al
though Several Working Oat.
Under the arc lights on Multnomah
Held the Multnomah Club football team
will begin nightly sessions of practice
this evening in preparation for the
two remaining games of the calendar.
St. James Club- on Christmas and the
University of Idaho on New Year's. Al
though the first game Is only a week
nrr th man who will Dlav Quarterback
Is still a mystery and Manager Stott
has no definite idea jusi-et.
Either Rupert. Keck or Clayton Pat
tarnn m a V T ft k tho Divot position be
hind the line. The remainder of the
team probably will be the same that
represented the club at the start of
the season.
Hlckson at end and O'Rourke at
tackle will be missing In both the St
.Tames game on Christmas Day and the
TTnlvorsltv of Idaho on New Tear's.
This also necessitates a shift in the
linaun nH until the team has worked
out a few nights. Plowden Stott, who
1. ..noh mm wii ii minar. will have
no choices at the vacant positions.
UITlClals nave oeen agreeu upon iwi
the Multnomah-Idaho game on New
Year's day. Roscoe Fawcett, "sporting
editor nf The Oreeonian. will referee
J. R. Bender, coach at Washington
a.-.. - 1 1 n wilt nmnir. o n rl ArrhlA
Dime , -
rlann, coacn ac w unman uuoj c,
be neaa linesman.
REED GIRLS PLAY BASKETBALL
to
Sophomores Defeat Jnniors, 16
13, In Exciting Game.
Tn rnnd erame of basketball yester
day at Reed College the sophomore
o-ifl.' team defeated the junior girls
br the score of IS to 13. For the
nnnhnmnrrii Miss Parker, at forward
threw five goals and one from the
foul line. Miss Walton, at center, also
n i -.. - crrm iramfl for the winners.
For the Juniors. Miss Metcalf threw
An e-njiit and one from the foul
line. The sophomores were better in
the teamwork and won because of this
rather than on maiviauai superiorly.
.m la ihn fnnnd in a series be
tween the three classes. In the first
nlavert nn the night 01 the OP8D
ing of the gymnasium the freshmen
-j Via .nnhnmnrAit.
The lineup in the game yesterday
srm as follows: SOPnoniorcn w. lpicd
Perker- and Williams, forwards: Miss
Misses Brault and Cof
fin rukrda Juniors Misses Metcalf
-i fnrwardi: Miss Fatland
center: Misses Piggott and Acheson,
guards. -
Llplon to Race on Pacific
SAX FRANCISCO, Dec. 17. Captain
t w t?. ..m.rtn .halrmiin of the yacht
ing committee of the Panama-Pacific
Exposition, received today a cablo from
Sir Thomas Upton announcing that the
English yachtsmen will build a 12
meter yacht to compete in a big regatta
here in li.. -
"Doc" Mosklmar., veteran pttcher for
merly on the roster of the San Fran
cisco Seals, is slated for appointment
to the umpiring staff of the Pacific
Coast League In 1814, according to re
ports from the south.
t..im. Ponm ha one vacancy.
having on the roll at present Arbiters
Finney, Oathrle, McCarthy, Hayes and
Phyle. , ' .
xi i, i n i. -t n..Goni Ainnloved in
Mluaniumji .
the Spalding sporting goods house In
San Francisco ana is saia m nvc in
dered his resignation to take effect in
the Spring.
"Moskiman pitched. on the old Oak
land outlaws when I was on the team,
about 10 years ago," remarked Walter
McCredie yesterday. "He is a cool
headed fellow, brainy, and courageous,
and would make an Ideal umpire, I
think."
When the outlaw bans were removed
two years ago, when Kuhn went back
to Chicago ana sneenan to diuui,u,
Moskiman was turned over to Louis-
ii, httt afterward re
turned West and managed a team in a
small California city lasi season.
"When President Baum let Perle
i . . v. a KnrthlKni Leacrue
he said. It was because he had decided
not to appoint ex-coast iague piayers
i ,,...r Tint as Moskiman has
been out of tile league for two or three
seasons he may consider that sufficient
safeguard against tne inencsnip gas.
t.. 1 M to be the third
,UQ .tww.. "
baseman Los Angeles has coming irom
Washington. Gedeon was drafted from
.... 1 - n HA Is 1llSt a kid.
LUC oruia b J
but made a good showing in the Ameri
can League last season.
m m
rr. I. . "Hr-htnat" Villi OVP.rlOOk-
Ing San Francisco's new ball orchard.
but Cal Ewlng has savea iuture com
plications by leasing the observatory
site.
Thr'll be no free bleachers on
v rA..nal 1 T rnn heln IT re
rkKn CaL nonchalantly, as ho at-
fixed bis signature to tne lease.
it i - am iftfiiftt tn waive on
i C W VI lean. ' ,.mmw
a.. uAfmnn V u Vt v 11 1 nutnelder. but
Del Howard thinks he can prevail upon
the new pelican mwiusen
M . . u'.t tn Rnn Francisco.
Hofman signed with Nashville after
his release by Plltsourg, upon me con
dition that he be given an unconditional
release in the aiL now n appear
,.ki v HnnhlA crossed him. there be-
Inr a rule which prevents a player
leaving the league until waivers have
been secured.
a i - .A n.1 tnwarA RATS, al-
Afc " - '
though it doesn't appear quite clear
hn anv waiver rule can umu a.
agent.
K Counties to Hold Dual Meet.
e-rn n rs 1 T CSnerial.l Plans i
fmi,tA at tho lolnt county
inatltute held by Linn and Benton
oountles at Albany, to hold a county
. . i . . . m ain rnnniv iip 1 1 pdhhm.
then a dual county meet will be held
between the two counties. All stu
.m ho ftllplhln to enter. The
contestants are divided In three classes
.-j .,.. .lftcftififtil arpordlna- to aire. I
This idea is to encourage athletics in
rural districts - -
Ex-Stars to Play Basketball.
CENTRALIA, Wash, Dec. 17. (Spe-
. v a V. A Av.ern ra In VkO a Vr At I
CI a. I. ) -"V UUU1UC1 Ui oj.-oi.o " v.-
u -11 Wft rrn nWoH O t n TYl In
DH.11 U W -..s. .
tr&lla and are endeavoring to schedule
games with outside nves ior xne win
ter. The local aggregation is com-
A (lonctrtt Si our n n1 Tfl.lp TTilh-
PU9CU Ul swsav -ww 1
bard, former local high school players,
r rnnnnm. &n old colleee star. "Wil
liam Mills and William Leftwich.
Freshmen Are Champions.
Dec. 17. (Special.) By defeating: the
juniors by a score or is to e tnis aner-
- . v. n .1 wnn thft inter.
nuuil, in. .1 1...... " - -
.t Va.v.tliall liatrinlonRhln of the
university. In the course of the Round
Robin series, the winners defeated Bli
three other classes, finishing with a
clean slate, ,
Patching Cp of Old Strife Between
lugdale and Kwing Is Cause of
"Iron Man's" Frlglit Dave
Bancroft Loses Claim.
BT-EOSCOE FAWCETT.
When D. E. Dusrdale returned to
Seattle from the San Francisco session
of the Pacific Coast League a few days
back. Joyfully "Dug" Informed Seattle
newspapermen that he and J. Cal
Ewlng, of Ban Francisco, had patched
Had been executed and that harmony
answered a iugaaie-.win reunion
roll call for the first time in many
seasons.
It sounded nice, after the years of
friction, and there was some talk or
plagiarizing on iiiinu Kooti .Hague
hardware for a white aproned gink in
San Francisco.
But. lust as it's sn ill wind that
blows nobody gpod, it's a pretty poor
vtuaoA r,a thai Hnftftn t CATlill n ft fMW
- v --
c-rnss dreadnnusrhts to the junk heap.
or in some manner xnrow.a muane;
wrench into the middle of next week's
tranquility.
And bo in the Dugdale case.
MeGlnnlty Wants Lim Changed.
WKt, Tna Afrtinnitv the new Ta
coma magnate, read about the peace
pow-wow, ne was sore utnn. jio i.au
heard all along that Ewlng's animosity
toward Dugdalo was all that kept
....III. f Panlfli. Pnnat T J O iTll t
Tne nutiering or aove winm anu iuo
uroi ahinir n r tti i i k-iiti rpii rnmariu
A Id n't look firood to Joe.
So, changing the tense, when "Iron
Man" Joe MeGlnnlty, of Tacoma, Wash.,
hurtloa ivor the walla into Portland
next Monday morning to attend the
annual session or tne iMorinwestern
T am .1 Ivaftt avci vimi jn lnlr fnp
ucbs ua mi v. j i ... " . .
trouble. Joe plans to safeguard against
burglars by amending the constitution.
Yes, by jing! he intends to amena me
constitewshun, ' whatever inai may
Via
Mr. McGlnnity may act like a mad
ntiffaln hull nn the nail rieia. DUl joe
can see the "mene, mene tekel" helio
graphing on the wall just as quickly
as the next fellow when his pocket-
book is jeoparaizea. joe jinuwo un
th.i le lh. Crth nt T.eiitriiA Hoes p n V
T. (.llCkfc 11' . . "
invading of the Northwestern League,
Tacoma will be one or tne ouicasio
Claane Will Sto Withdrawal.
So thn "Iron Man" is coming, as
,.tj hu'Ar with a constitu
tlonal amendment which specifies that
-1..H in tn Vnrthwestern League
shall be privileged to withdraw its
team to any other league wnnoui me
consent of the other five directors.
rr-v. . . .l.iiu "Mr XtnOinnltv confident
ly believes, will checkmate any pros
pective wltnarawai wnicii nmy nuw u.
In the future be planned by Messrs.
Dua-dale. of Seattle, and Bob Brown,
of Vancouver.
Perhaps it will. Tea, pernaps-so. tsui
judging from some of the intrigue the
baseball powers have slipped over in
the past, any time tne ratine on.ni.
. tn invftilo the Northwest.
. BA,ra tne WftrH TVIni nn I tV'S
anu ceai-ww I.HJ . ...v. , -
constitutional amendment will prove
about as erncacious as a cream pun
armament In a Breathitt County duel.
Hence, being wen aware or tne
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ods that prevail in the upper strata
of baseball society. Portland, Seattle
and Vancouver Hkciy win swanu
Glnnlty s sample of lamblchexameter
with the rest of the league, and. in
obedient fashion, vote to exclude the
Comanches barking on the southern
border. ' i
.
Dave Eancroft almost got himself "In
Dutch" with the Portland ball officials
as a result of filing a salary claim
with Secretary Farrell, but the tangle
has been smoothed out and everything
is serene again.
Dave, it appears, wanted pay for
i. . i. ih.t einnaed between the
close of the Northwestern ana tne
Pacific Coast Leagues last ran, al
though Davo was in no condition to
play ball as a result of a bad ankle,
and did not even report in uniform.
Had tho McCredie's carried out their
transfer programme, Dave might have
had a legal, even though not justi
fiable, claim. But Dave was left with
Nick Williams after August 26 c-J
was not yanked over officially so far
as the National Association records re
veal.
So Dave lost his appeal and for a
time It looked as If he might also lose
whatever "stand-in" he had with the
big boss. However, uave is a
lad and a mighty good ballplayer and
That Tealey Raymond will manac
the Seattle club again in 19U has burn
announced in the north. This leave,--,
only Vancouver without a helmsman.
Raymond hasn't signed his contract
yet, but Owner Dugdale says he will
retain the red-haired shortstop, despite
his assertion some time back that cer
tain members of the team soldiered on
Tealey last season.
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