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THE MCmXTXO OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, APRITi 14. 1914. BALL SEASON HERE; FAMILIAR SCENES WHICH PORTEND INAUGURATION OF KING RULES ARE FIXED BY FIELDER JONES dent will keep him permanently out of baseball. . Hist andtiark! The jobs of some of our famous thesplans hang by a thread. The "Sword of Damocles" ha been hoisted overhead. "Rube" Marquard. Mike Donlon. Umpty Trained Fleas, the Bearded Lady and Lillian Russell ara about to be pushed out of the calcium. Mike Fisher is contemplating a journey upon the stage. Fisher wants to do a monologue act, using his baseball ex periences as material. If Mike could be Induced to wear tlghta he wouldn't need to take a speaking part. e George Chip went out aa suddenly as he came in. Mnrirav Uv. v1. .UI.- aaauniiij xj AitiVVia Artl) CIiARK DOMAIN MorQcVSiQQr far a Xhuon Suit OAKS OPEN TODAY With Good Day Last Year's Record May Be Smashed ; With 16,000 Mark Passed. Assignments of Umpires for. Opening 6amesAnnounced After Conference. for the past three seasons is 1.000. They SIX GAMES ARE SCHEDULED CLUBS' CHANCES WEIGHED Two or Three Pitchers in Iine lor Box Against Higginbotham Bar- renkamp May Be Giant Chosen ' to race Beavers at Start. GUIDE FOB OPENING DAT OF COAST LKAGUE BALL IN rORTLAM). The weather Fair in the after noon, probably preceded by showers .In the morning. 12:00 Oame signal on The Ore fortian tower. 12:30 Boosters assemble for the mammoth parade at Morrison and Fourteenth street. 1:15 Btart of parade. S:45 Start of High Ball-Beaver game at Recreation Park. 3:00 Start of Beaver-Oakland game. '15 Beavers and fans attend "The Girl and the Pennant" perform ance at the Baker Theater. If game is to take place the American flag will be floated from The Oregonian at high noon. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE OTAN'DINGS. W.L.Pct.i W.L-Pct. San Fran 8 4 .6B7!Sacramento ..6 8 .454 Venice ..8 5 .615 Portland 4 7 .864 lrfs Angeles.. 7 6 .538Oakiand 4 8 .3a3 Yesterday's Results. No games played traveling day. Where the Trams Play Today. Oakland at Portland. -Los Angeles at San Francisco Sacramento at Venice. BT ROSCOE FAWCETT. It's here again. California fandom has had two weeks of It. but that tid bit has been merely an appetizer for Portland. Oregon's regular baseball convulsion begins this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Recreation Park, Twenty fourth and Vaughn streets. Oakland, the club that landed in the Pacific Coast League dungeon last Fall, will be here to usher in the season of sun shine, shouts, silliness and peanuts. The Portland champions will be their opponents. While only 11,000 saw the opener at San Francisco March 31. close to 20, 000 red-hot fans are expected to migrate to the Portland arena today. Port land established the Coast record in 1913. with 16.126. Of course 19,999 of the prospective 20, 000 this Spring will turn out .firmly imbue-with the idea that- Portland is to kick the Oaks all over the lot. The p o s s 1 b illty of 19,999 going through the throes of disappointment is what makes baseball our National and also our cashional pastime. Devlin Bis Bon, The Oakland club this, year Is bossed by Arthur Devlin, famous New York third baseman. Just now the Oaks are well down th ladder, along with the Beavers, so there la going to be a red hot argument in all six games. The Oaks split even with Sacramento last week, while Portland lost five In six to the Seals. Devlin has two or three pitchers rto line for the opener against Higgin botham. Barrenkamp held the Senators at his mercy Friday, and the Eastern Association giant may be chosen. Killilay and Christian are also due for Prultt, Geyer, Malarkey and Prough have been worked in more recent games. Oeyer came from -the St. Louis Na tionals. Prough was purchased from the Chicago Sox only a fortnight ago. He led the Southern League last year, with 23 wins and six losses, at Bir mingham, so must have something up his Southern sleeve. Commuters Look Strong:, This gives the Oaks a far better pitching staff than begun the season, and as Catcher Mttze is back, the C o m m u t e rs look .almost as strong as when they won the pennant In 1912, and far more firmly .entrenched than they did one month ago. ' Without question the outfield Is more formidable. Quln- lan. late of St. Louis, and Mlddleton, a fierce slugger from the Western League, are new horticulturists, with Kaylor and Zacher as holdovers. Bert Coy has drawn a release. A youngster named Murphy at sec ond is the only infield acquisition. He fills Leard's shoes acceptably, accord ing to southern reports. Concerning the Mackmen, the pitch ers went bad last week, due to the chilly, rainy weather at San Francisco. but otherwise the club looks as good as the 1913 pennant grabbers. Doane and Speas struck a temporary hittrhg Slump against the Seals, but Ryan. Lober. Kores.Jlodgera, Haworth and uavis all hit like fury. Davis Battlns 318. Bobby . Davis began thumping the leather, averaging .318 for the series. so thats one silver lining to the cloud, anyway. With a few days of sunshine Walt ilcCredles pitchers ought to find them selves again, and then -well, watch out. Higgtnbotham will twirl today: probably Krause tomorrow, - Brown Thursday" and w est Friday. So lets Imagine ahead a few hours. Around 8 o'clock the Beavers will come in aboard train from the south. They will scatter about, town for breakfast and a few hours' rest. .At 12:S0 o'clock the monster parade will begin forming on West Morrison street. Marshal Ap pleby win. rive tne -s. 2f"W signal 'at .- 1:15 . LsXSv tS o'clock and the V J I pageant will move. , J Then there'll be Vl ifjiiir rates and the crambe for seats. W. W. Metzger -will be there with his atar. and it's some constellation. The players will break from their dressing grotto and begin snrinkllns- over the green sward to V i .f - j , ..r . . - ' '.V' J.- ' ' - - 7' 'V - 1 ' '"VVl ' '"4" " i -'V ; j 5 r LEFT TRIO OF- S3D DEGREE FA!S'S. RIGHT 1RVK HIGGIVBOTHtM, PORTLAND'S STAR RlGHT-HAXOUR, WHO WILL TWIRL OPENER, loosen up a bit. Camera men will begin forming the battle. Next will come the "movies," the usual greeting shouted ' out from the crowd, an inning of ante-bellum base ball, furnished by some of our promi nent "cits," the raucous "play-ball" shriek of the ump and the game will be on. Portland is not the only city where humanity will be worked Into a frenzy this afternoon. The Northwestern League opens its grind, and simul taneously the two major circuits, the American Association, the Southern League and some lesser circuits will leave the barrier with a rush and a gallop off on the annual marathon. ' BAItREXKAJiP TO FACE "HIG" Unless Changes Arc Made at Last Minute Lineup or Teams Fixed. While one or two changes may be made in the Portland-Oakland batting orders' by 3 o'clock today, the lineups likely will be as follows: Oakland Portland Qumlan, If. . Doane, rf. Mnrphy, 'Jb. Spas. 1. Kaylor, rf. Rodgare, 2b. Zacher. cf. Ryan. cf. Helling. 3b. Kores. Bb. NeM, lb. - Ixber. If. Mltze, c. Davis, ss. Cook. ss. Klsher, c. Barrenkamp. p. Hf KKlnhotham. yt. The Opener By Dean Collins. Bands and bugs that wildly shout; Twenty thousand fans are out. All believers in the Beavers And their pennant-winning pokes; All the world is loose today. Headed for the park, away They go scooting to be rooting While we tangle with the Oaks. Is there anyone at work. From the boss down to the clerk? Nix! They're trotting to be squatting On the bleachers for a while. Twenty thousand ginks will shout; Jioly hemlock! What a clout!' When they see aome slugger plug er Till he knocks the ball a mile. There's a jinx that sits and croaks Chopin music for the Oaks: And the Boosters, bleacher roosters. Pack a hare's foot for the Beavers. Everything looks bright and fair On the Jolly bleachers there. Where they're camping, proudly lamping Hig's' elusive, swift deceivers. Every eye the prospect scans: There are 20,000 fans, , Firm believers In the Beavers And their pennant-winning pokes.' And, believe my prattle boys. There will surely be Some Noise. When that faction gets in action . While we tangle with the Oaks. WIXXIN'G CREW IS GREETED Great Crowd Vociferously Welcomes Washington Oarsmen. SEATTLE, April 13. A great crowd of University of Washington students and others was waiting at the pier to night when the victorious varsity boat crew, winner of last Saturday's inter collegiate race on Oakland estuary, ar rived from the south on the steamship President. Orders were out for every student who could get away to be at the pier, and the official yell leaders directed a most vociferous greeting to the athletes. The varsity and freshmen crews were handed into automobiles and a parade of students, yelling and performing dances and led by the university band. moved through the principal streets and toward the university. A commit tee of citizens has undertaken to gather the 4000 required to send the oarsmen to Poughkeepsie for the National regatta. First Baseball Victim Boy or 18. NEW YORK. April S. The first death due to baseball so far reported in New York and vicinity, this season, occurred yesterday. The victim, John Nelson. Jr.. 18, was injured in a game Saturday. He was playing first base when a thrown ball hit him on the temple. Death was due to the bursting of a blood vessel. Jeff Smith Beats Vp Bradley. SYDNEY, N. S. W.. April IS Jeff Smith, American pugilist, easily out pointed Pat Bradley, of .Australia, at the Stadium today. Bradley was so badly punished that the police?' stopped the bout in the loth round. Beavers' Batting Averages AB H Av.' AB II v. Perkins 4 Z .500 Davis 4 9 .225 Lober.... 38 16 .421 Derrick 1 S .17 Brown S 2 .4X Speas 24 4 .1T Ryan 45 14 .S55 Brashear. . . 6 1 .17 Kores 40 13 ..12. West 7 1 .143 Dosne 3S 10 .2 Hlg 10 1 .ln RoSgers... 4rt 12 .2l Salveson. . .. S 0 ." Klsher.... 12 S .2"A Krause. .. w 10 O .000 Haworth.. 21 S .238, . w - - Uvso- f--; FINAL PLANS MADE Boosters Expect Record Crowd at Opening Game. LAST MEETING IS HELD Big Parade and Clash of High Bal9 and Beavers to Be Concluding Official Acts of Fans' Organization for 1914. Portland's 1914 Baseball Boosters had their lat pre-season meeting yester day noon at the Hotel Portland. The dispersing was under pleasant circum stances, for each committee's report indicated that Portland's 1914 open ing day crowd will again be a record one. Portland's 1913 crowd was the largest on the circuit. The last official act of the Boosters for this year will be the big parade and the game between the High Balls and tne Beavers. The parade will move promptly at 1:10 ociock from Fourteenth and Morrison streets. The four sections will form on Fourteenth. Thirteenth. Tweltth and Eleventh streets respec- t:veiy, tne first on Fourteenth. Marshals Are Chosen. The marshals of the sections in or der are: E. S. Higgins. Ed Lyons, A. j. Clarke and Ray Barkhurst. J. E. Appleby is grand marsbaL The parade will pass down Morrison street to Fourth, north on Fourth to Oak. west on Oak to Sixth, south on Sixth to Alder, west on Alder to Four teenth and disperse. The Portland Railway. Light & Power Company will have cars waiting at dlf- rerent points near the end of the pa rade so that all will be taken care of. i ne Dal l parit has plenty of entrances this year. Nine gates will take care of the crowd. Fjve of these will be f,or the bleachers. Half way down the block on Twenty-fourth street will be three gates for the bleachers. Two more will be open at the regular entrance. The regular entrance at Twenty- fourth and Vaughn also will be equipped with four gates to the grandstand. Extra Ticket Office, to Be Open. Two extra ticket offices have been placed down on the sidewalk to take care of those who have not obtained their -seats. ' The Booster section has been roped off and 90 policemen will see that the crowd is properely handled. Also that only those having booster buttons' will be seated rn the booster section. This arrplies to wives and sweet hearts. They must all have buttons. The fact that the male of the species may have one will not entitle the part ner to a seat In the reserved section. . A few more booster buttons are to be had at the SI Rich store at Sixth and Washington streets. TIGERS RELEASE SHX'LTZ Former Coaster and Northwestern League Pitcher Goes' to Providence. DETROIT, Mich., "April 13. Pitcher Wallace H. Schultze, formerly of Sac ramento and Vancouver, B. C, bought by the Detroit Americans last Fall, waa released today. He will go to the Providence Club of the International League. Multnomah Members Start "Hlkea." The Multnomah Club Is again to take up the old-fashioned pastime of "hiking." The first hike will take place next .Sunday. These walks will be) a regular feature of the club's activities. The blkeers will tramp sev eral miles each Sunday morning and finish up with a plunge in the club tank. During the Summer monts the plunge will be taken in some cool hole In one of the rivers. Eight Bouts on Programme. With eight fast bouts on the card, the opening smoker of the Kenton Club. Russett and Greenwich streets, tonight promises to be a lively affair. The first bout will start promptly at 4:30 o'clock, with Costello. of Kenton, boxing Bloomberg, of Woodlawn, at 100 pounds. The main go is bileld as the 145-pound Cronautst-Wagner bout. . Toledo to Have Scliool Fair May 9. TOLEDO, Wash., April IS. (FpeclaL) The business men are contributing premiums to be given away at a scnooi tair to do neid there on May 2. Portland Northwestern League Team Appears Hardly as Strong as Last Year Seattle Seems Pennant Contender, OPENING DAY LINEUPS OF THE NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE. AT 6EATTLB.- Seattle Perrine, lb Raymond, ss Portland Hausman.lf MeKune. Sb -Netsel. rf Melon lor, cf ' Gulgnl. lb Reams. Sb Coltrin, as Murray, e Stanley, p Killilay, cf Swain, rf Duddy, b James, lb Martini. If Cadman, o Schneider, p AT TACOMA. Tacoma . Vancouver Million, rt Tohe. lb Abbott, cf .B loonier, as Neighbors, rf West, lb McMullln. 2b Harris, e MoGlnnlty, p Shaw, if Bennett. 31 McCarl, lb Plsk.rf Brlnker. cf Helster, Jo Scharney, is Cheek, o Clark, p AT SPOKANE. - Victoria Felt. If Spokane Powell. If Wagner. 2b Lewis, rf ' . Lynch, cf Holke. lb Wuffll, 3b Shea, a Smith. p Butler, ss Crum, cf Scanion. 2b Zimmerman, rf Ryan, lb Lamb, lb Delmas. sa Brottem. e Steele, p At a forenoon conference with his umpiring staff yesterday. Fielder A. Jones laid down conduct rules for the Northwestern League in 1914. He also announced his assignments of arbiters for the opening games today. TViey are: Shuster at Seattle, Frary at Taconia and Casey at Spokane, "Few changes have been made In my instructions." said Mr. Jones at night. "Managers hereafter will bring tneir batting orders out to the um pires at the home plate, instead of waiting for the arbiters to come to the benches. "Also I have changed my ruling as regards coach ers using physical force to hold baserunners on third base. The guide this year Is specific on that score, and hereafter runners shall be called put If tire coachers lay hands upon them." President Jones looks forward to a successful season. Teamsj Straster, la Belief. "I think the three second-division clubs have been strengthened." added the former White Sox boss. "MoGln nlty has had a year of experience and I think Tacoma will show marked im provement." President Jones will leave this morn ing for Tacoma, where he will witness the inaugural engagement. Briefly, the clus "stack" up aa follows: Portland Hardly as strong as last year, owing to the loss of Hellmann. Hynes and Mays. Leonard ought to be a- root winner in the box. Colts are a trifle shy on hitting material; fair on bases. Spokane Looks like a pennant con tender, owing to affiliations with San Francisco Seals. It is a veteran team all through, with experienced pitchers and all .250 batters. Seattle Clab Btroag. Seattle Sure pennant contender Raymond has a dandy pitching corps. rorrine ana inxioy are new Inflelders. Swain is a big addition to the hitting strength in the outfield. Vancouver Brown has lost two good pitchers, Ingersoll and Kchmou, Catch er Konnlck and Outfielder Klnit.rt However, the Beavers will be in the nrst division. McCarl la an Imnrovt ment over Walsh at first and Cheek is au nun suosutute ror Konnlck. racoma McOlnnlty is a good pitch ing staff In himself, but. other than in the box, he does not appear to be siruug. V Ictoria One of the weak clubs, having lost roost of its hitting strength in Meek and Swain. Has a good catch er In Brottem and a rather fast base- running assortment. May be a su v .. aoesn t look like a "dark yi .w uii paper. , SPORT HITS AND MISSES POOR old Arthur Pelkey has been 1. I . . n... - u,vc vuv again, xilil LtDC doing the trick In Australia. Tommy Bums ought to be ashamed of himself by this time for telling Arthur he could fight. PfttRV. frRntirka 1 An 1 - i . . " " I'm 111 BI1UTL' stop for Louisville. The Chicago Cubs' training trip waa more . successful this year by eight inches of rainfall than It waa cuoo. Louis Drucke went the rounds of the -oast ieague lubs last Spring, and. when he found he waa too wild to Stick, he went h.rlr n Um. Glants this Spring at Marlln. McGraw inca mm out. mrew up his hands in aiBsrusi ana mrnM.h m.n i treal. Louis has now met the same fate with the Mania T - r- i. to look as If the Injuries sustained by umcnn in mat new vork subway accl MARLEY 2RROW COLLAR CLUETT FEABODY fir CO. TROY MY. wwu Boum io ds toifl 10 get jt nit by him. He stops everything, either with his chin or his right eye. Joe Sugden and Bill James were fungo-hltting for the SU Louis Browns the other day when a, peculiar 4hlng happened. Aa Sugden lammed a liner toward first base, James knocked a fly toward the left fielder. The two spheres met In the. air with a terrific thud, the infield ball waa caught by the center fielder and- the outfield ball by the second baseman. Catcher Ralph Krletz has gone Into business at Dayton. O. e Bill Bloomfleld is pitching for Wood land in the California Trolley League. He ought to be a Mathewson in that company. Seldom that a court decision pleases both sides, aa did the Klllifer pro inounclamento. The "Feds" say it Is a victory for them and the trust also is happy. - Umpire Bill Guthrle'must have looked like a "bum" when he gave that de cision robbtag Portland of a game last week. Here' is the Bulletin's version of it: "Guthrie says Gus Fisher dropped the ball at the plate as he tagged the runner In the ninth and Fisher says' he didn't. Nine thousand faua will agree with Fisher." ..... That's plain talk, isn't it, from the home town? . ,- . Speaking of umpires, nothing has been said in complaint, but Umpire Gerald Hayes robbed Portland of the opening game at San Francisco. Walter Doane waa given credit for. the defeat, because tie dropped a fly ball, with first and second biise occu-jied an'd one out. But the batter was out by rights, any way, on the Infield fly rule, because the ball hit on the skinned part of the in field just back of first base. Walter McCredle couldn't protest be cause Doane's touching of the ball would have Invalidated any such pro cedure, but. all the same. Hayes should have declared It an infield fly when the ball was In midair, thus making two outs and saving another defeat. Two games In one week via the um pire route Is a rather heavy toll, but that's what "home rule" did for the Beavers at San Francisco last week. COLTS WIN AT GHEHALIS GIA.N'TS BEATEN 3-4 IX CAME WIT NESSED BY CROWD. Coltrtn Scores Home Ran, Three-Bag. arer and Single la Fosr Times I" p. Contest Interesting. CHEHALIS. Wash.. April 13Spe clal.) Portland's Northwestern Colts irom me Chicago colored Giants 5 to 4 this afternoon at Millett Field before the biggest crowd that baa greeted the teams on their tour In the Northwest. The grandstand and bleach ers were well filled, both Chehalla and Centralla turning out big crowds. features or tne game were the bats ting of Coltrtn. of Portland, who got a home' run. a three-bagger and a single in four times up. Callahan pitched the first six innings for Portland, and his appearance and that of Hausman. both of whom played here In the State aaaea interest to the game. I he Olants got three hits, two of them singles and one three-bagger, in the first off Callahan, after which there waa nothing doing. In the seventh Portland put Bromley, a California re cruit, in the box, and the latter showed class, getting out of a tight hole- in the ninth when the first man doubled, the next singled and the third was walked, filling the bases. Barber's sacrifice fly ct In one run but a double play by Melchlor to lie Cune to Reamea made two down. Tay. lor doubled, scoring Wade and nearly tied the score, but Lloyd went out. Col trtn to Gulgnl. ending the game. Score: " E. R. H. E. Portland ..5 8 2lGlants 4 10 3 Batteries Callahan. Bromley and Coleman; Wade and Booker. Umpire, Adams. Willamette-Aggie Game Billed. WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY. Salem. Or., April 13. (Special.) After con siderable correspondence between Dr. E.-J. Stewart, athletic director of Ore gon Agricultural College, and Manager Irvine, of the Willamette University football team, the teams will meet in Salem Saturday. October 17. Willamette University football management tried to 'schedule the game for Thanksgiving Insist on "Weinhard" Label and Get the Best crou closi tocA? Well, COAT CUT UNION SUITS OLUS Union Suit tfim , ,ht way down have j,a, l i.- It Italm Your Wnolrsala Distributor Carries OLUS. THK CMRARX COMPANY iw n " 34a Brasdwsr, Nsnr Yew day. but Dr. Stewart has decided to close his football season with the Uni versity of Oregon game November 21. October 17 is the latest date open to the Salem school. The teams did not meet last season, but In the contests of the two preceding years the Aggies won out in hard battles by scores of 9-6 a 3d 5-3. As both institutions will have probably the strongest teams-'-In their history a close contest is expected. VICTORIA GETS XEW CATCHER Tom Carney, Lincoln Veteran, to Re port at Once to Bees. , LINCOLN. Neb.. April IS. Tom Car ney, veteran bneball catcher for two years with the Lincoln Western League team, was sold today to the Victoria club of the Northwestern League. He left tonight to join the team. DANCE TICKETS ON SALE Press Club Ball In Cotillion Hall Thursday to Be Big Event. The sale of tickets for the Portland Press Club ball, which will be held In the new Cotillion Hall. Fourteenth and Washington streets. Thursday night, opened yesterday. The newspapermen say it will be one of. the big social functions of the season, although an inxormai event. The music will be under the direc tion of W. E. McElroy, leader of the Portland Park band for the laat two seasons. There will be a fuil string orchestra of IS pieces. This Is said to be the first time that a complete or chestra has been featured at a dance In the Rose City. The programme will begin at :30 Patting Average Fine Why? Because Every Time Benjamin Clothes make an appearance they make a hit. Be a Benjamin Clothes fan and you will always be a presentable baseball fan. Suits for men of all ages Twenty . to Forty Dollars in Portland only at the store of Buffum & Pendleton Morrison Street Opposite Postoffice Iffo Henry Weinhard Brewery here's nr; and.th Only one o'clock with orchestrul numbers. Dur ing the evening, as an entre-acte. Stuart McGuire, a bariton with a Na tional reputation, will sing. The wives of the members of the Fress Club will act aa patronesses ami a reception committee of the gueiu. Idaho o Fight Hog Clrolcra. LEW1STON. Idaho. April 13. (Spe cial.) Hog cholera has spread to a considerable extent in several of the counties In tMs district. In connec tion with the fight against the disease it is assumed that a large portion of the 350.000 appropriated for 'the De partment of Agriculture will be used to send experts Into Idaho to show the farmers how to combat the pesti lence, which has been disastrous ti hog-raisrng In several counties. Large quantities of hog cholera serum al ready have been bought and the figut la being taken up locally. Cottonwood Konds to Be Improved. COTTONWOOD. Idaho, April 13. (Special.) A move for paving Hie business district and Improving the roads leading into Cottonwood has been launched by the business men and the Council, and It Is expected the Improvement work will be commenced sufficiently early In the Summer to al low Its completion before the bad weather sets In next Fall. Centralia Tunnel Cut Through. CENTRALIA. Wash.. April IS. (Spe cial.) The tunnel for Ccntralia'a mu nicipal gravity water system was cut through the divide Saturday between Salxer Valley and the valley of the north fork of the Ncwaukum. The work probably will he completed some time this week, after which construe. tion of the big dam will be started. Delicious Invigorating On draught and in bottles Asfc your dealer or phone A 1172 Main 72 eiiafaaircFs