THE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN. TUESDAY, JANUARY- 19, 1915
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THIS CONFERENCE MAY SEND FRED DERRICK TO ST. LOUIS TEAM OF AMERICAN LEAGUE.
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Portland Bill James Confers
With McCredie in Behalf
of His ex-Teammate.
I BEAVER BOSS IS WILLING
l Chief Thing Necessary to Make Deal
Possible la for St. Louis to Sup-
ply Suitable Successor,
t pates With Sox Set.
BY ROSCOE FAWCETT.
r Bill James is extremely sweet on
Fred Derrick and there Is a likelihood
1 that the Portland flrst Backer may be
'Bold to the St. Louis Americans this
- Spring or Summer. James talked it
rover with Walter McCredie yesterday
land Mack said he would be willing to
" (rive an opportunity to Derrick to
- advance In his profession if St. Louis
would supply a suitable successor.
During the negotiations it leaked out
I that Manager McCredie has been seri-
ously contemplating a rearrangement
iof his infield material that would lo
. cate Derrick at third base this season.
"Derrick is a corker on ground balls
iand he has a great whip." remarked
Mack "His only weakness is on balls
I thrown into the dirt to him. I be-
4 lieve he would develop into a remark-
able third sacker. I have watched him
i' practicing around that base and if the
" worst comes to the worst this year it
I is barely possible Speas may play first
base permanently and Derrick third.
James played with Derrick on the
" 191S pennnt-wlnning team and has
5 been a great booster for Derrick ever
since his advent into the American
I League last Spring.
i "Manager Rickey is on the lookout
for a first-class initial sacker." said
"Smiling Bill." "and now that Mack
'ls willing to give him a chance to go
I up I intend to recommend him.
f "Derrick hit .298 last year and I
' think he could top .300 in the Ameri-
can League. I'll tell you why. When
' I was here Fred used to hit a lot of
.. line drives down the third base line
t Just outside the foul line.
; "Now. a majority of those would go
safe in the American circuit against
; faster pitching
Charley Moore had a tilt with Mana
t ger Dillon of the Los Angeles Coast
- club last Fall and consequently will
: not be with the Seraphs in 1915. But
r Charles isn't lacking for opportunities.
'- With him it's a question of whether
. to cast his lot with the Southern As
' sociation. the Western League or stick
L close to home and accept a job in the
Northwestern circuit.
Moore is Wintering in Portland, his
old home, and he showed his face at
" baseball headquarters for the first time
yesterday.
; Harry Meek has a Job waiting for
" him In the Southern. League and Walt
; McCredie has offered to place him in
the Western.
- Charley broke in as a pitcher with
r Portland about 10 years ago and has
been all over the country since. In
; 1913 he had . shrift with the Chicago
Cubs as an lnflelder, but sickness sent
him back to Los Angeles.
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" Carl Mays intends to get the money
: from the Boston Sox while the getting
is good. The big blonde pitching star
' refused a contract offered to him last
- Fall by Boston and spurned the same
- document a day or two ago when it
was again profered.
"I led the International League
pitchers last season and Boston ought
to be willing to give me a fair con
tract." he explained. "I don't antici
pate any difficulty."
Portland's dates with the Chicago
White Box this Spring at Fresno. Cal.,
will be March 15. 16 and 17. W W.
McCredie has not closed with Danny
Long for these dates, but they have
been left blank in the Sox itinerary
and are for Portland.
Just which squad will be assigned to
battle the Beavers is also in the dark.
The flrst team will play in Los
Angeles March 4. 7. 11 and It and
-will then Jump north and finish the
training period around San Francisco.
Its flrst game at San Francisco is
bonked for March 18. The second bunch
will begin around the bay and will
change places with the regulars be
tween March 14 and March IS.
Both will have three open dates on
the jump.
Happy Hogan has added three
pitchers to his string Roberts. Fair-,
field and Brown. Roberts pitched in
the Texas League last year and the
other two are Oxnard youngsters.
WASHINGTON TO PLAV TODAY
Second Game or Interscholastic
Basketball Is With Academy.
Washington High School and Tort
. land Academy will furnish the second
. basketball game of the Portland In-
' terscholastic League today In the Kast
Fliers" gymnasium at S o'clock. This
i- a the second appearance of the Wash
ington High quintet in a league con-
' test this season.
Captain McClintock, of the Acad-
" emy has a strong contingent around
him. and Coach Lee expects the West
Ciders to make a grand showing. The
private school aggregation lost the an
nual affair last year, 34 to 12. and not
' once did they score a victory during
the 1914 campaign.
William Lewis and Captain McClin
tock are the only two players of last
season's squad trying out for the bas
ketball team at the Academy this year.
Coach Fenstermacher, of Washington.
Is going to start Captain Gorman and
Parsons at guards. Tourtellotte and
lloth' forwards and Klncald at center,
today. No referee has oeen selected
s yet.
WOLVKHIXE AGGIES IX LEAD
High Team In College Riflo Compe
tition Brats Washington State.
WASHINGTON". Jan. IS. Scores in
class A of the intercollegiate rifle shoot
ing competition were announced today
as follows:
Massachusetts Agricultural SS3. vs.
Vntted States Naval Academy 950; Iowa
. State 7, vs. California 945: West Vir
ginia 938. vs. Norwich 935: Cornell 949,
vs. Purdue 0: Illinois 947. vs. Minne
sota 927; Michigan Agricultural 976. vs.
Washington State 573.
6HECKAKD MAY GO TO FEDS
Jack Knight Manager of Cleveland
American Association Team.
CLEVELAND. Jan. 18. Jack Knight,
last year's shortstop on the American
land. Is to be manager of the teani this
year. It was announced iouj.
lam Sheckard. last year's manager.
.M to be negotiating with Joe
Tinker, of the Chicago Federals.
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LEFT-BILL JAMES. ST. LOUIS
BILL WOULD SAVE
POOLS FOR ANGLERS
Barring of Commercial Fish
ermen From Oregon City
Spot Is Advocated.
JOHN GILL FILES MEASURE
Wholesale Vse of Xets Is Blamed
for Emptying Waters of Salmon
to Dismay or Sportsmen.
League Leads light.
Whothor In elnflA ttlA nOOls beloW the
Oregon City Falls to the commercial
fishermen and make of that spot one
of the historic hook-and-line fishing
resorts of the country Is the question
that the Oregon Legislature will be
called upon to decide at the present
session.
TTnusA hill No. IS. introduced by John
Gill, of Portland., would bar the com
mercial fishermen's nets from the Os
wego bridge to the Oregon" City Falls,
a distance of about five miles
Utstance oi aou.ui ic
Under the present law commercial
fishermen are prohibited from fishing
within 600 feet of the tans except Be
tween May 1 and June 15.
But Mav and June are the best
mnnthx for the trollers. assert officers
of the Oregon Sportsmen's League.
Boats Clean I P Salmon.
"It was great fishing the anglers en-
Joyed during the closing days of April
last Spring." said W. F. Backus, one of
the prime movers for the angling con.
tingent. "But at sundown on May 1
something happened. As the hook bri
eade nassed over the suspension bridge
at dusk atjj,' 'a:r pleasant day. a long
prOCeSSlOn VI . n lm& uuaio I""'- " 1'
stream not Ufa small trolling boats
of the sportsmen but heavy skiffs filled
with gill nets.
"Clear up to the deadline they went,
. In oil thA oHriipn nn
both sides of the channel and spread-
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ing tneir gm ncus just ucm. ..i
for the first draft. In former years
utm n.t.ruhinp hnit jil wAvs been the
work of local men who followed the
business ot commercial nsnms uunus
a few weeks in the bpring, out last
year some of the Columbia River pack
ers took a hand in the game and sent
4U Doats to neip ciou up io
below the falls.
Best Fish Easy Prey.
illl niirht (h. nrmv Of nettfirs keDt
at their work, and there was a steady
nrn.udin nf twinklin&r lisrhts and si
lent deadly gill nets from the falls to
the Clackamas rapias. wnne oeiow w
moutn OI ire uiacKaiutui rnrauiw mc-
larhmml of fishermen raked the river
clear to Oswego.
"With the first break oi day tne re
sults were soon "apparent, livery boat
v. .. ,t eaim,,n nnt half a. dozen or a
dozen, but hundreds of pounds of the
finest ehlnooK; tisn wnicn aau rfauiicu
the Willamette River because of the
closed season on the Columbia, only to
become easy prey in their resting pools
Deiow tne i&iis.
"A careful check was kept on the va
rious pick-up boats the next day, and
we found that the first night of net
fishing had resulted in over 50 tons of
salmon being taken from the river.
The second night the catch was slightly
over 30 tons. and-J-he third night less
than 20. after which small catches were
tl- rule, and no wender for the fish
were gone.
Sport for Anglers Spoiled.
"Three days after the net fishing
opened there were perhaps 60 anglers
out on the river, with their trolling
tackle, but what a difference? Where
but a few days before the Joyous shout
ing of fish on!' was heard quite fre
quently, there was only a vast silence.
"Hour after hour the anglers waited,
but never a strike to reward their pa
tunr. x hundred tons of salmon had
v.i.i.hit. The Columbia River net
.(.(..non vhn hurt rushed in to share
in the slaughter, were back in their
regular haunts, while the local net
fisherman tried hard to enmesh tne
few remaining salmon.
"tk. u'innmtt River-for miles be
low the falls is a natural trolling
ground. When closed to net fishing it
will furnlsn rare spon ir nunuiuo
...imr Anrii Mav and June, in
stead of a week's net fishing for a few
dozen net risnermen.
"The yellowtail and tuna fishing of
Catalina Island in Southern California
annually brings hundreds of sportsmen
. 1 1 .ho TTnitH Stafps. These
i : ' i ii an v i i ...v. .
visitors spend thousands of dollars for
...i.rto n.nd thousands or dollars iori
rnrnii realize keenly the value ot tnisio'si". ......... ----- ---- -
sport a a business proposition, and PO
: ' ' Photo by K. K. Ogasawara.
PITCHER. FORMERLY WITH PORTLAND. RIGHT-WALTER M'CREDIE,
MANAGER PORTLAND COAST CHAMPS. :
nets of any description are permitted
near the island.
"But the Willamette Biver closed to
net fishing- will rival any fishing re
sort in the world. We can then assure
our visitors that there will be plenty
of fish In the river, and sportsmen will
travel from far and near to catch sal
mon orl hook and line. Oregon will get
the advertising as well as the sports
men's money.
"With all these facts before us, it Is
no wonder that the Sportsmen's League
is determined to put an end to Willam
ette .River net fishing."
J. Jj. STjLXJVAX GETS RELEASE
National Commission Reverses Sa.
tional Board In Player's Case.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 18. The national
board was reversed today by the Na-
; .. i r.aaKnii rnmmiaainn when it de
clared Player John L. Sullivan, of the
Toronto club, or tn international
League, a free agent.
Sullivan based his claim to be de
clared a free agent on the clause in the
Players' Fraternity agreement which
stipulates that on proof of the existence
of an agreement of any kind between
a club by its president or manager,
if a minor league club, and a player,
not Incorporated in the contract be
tween them, "such contract shall be
null and void and the player uncondi
tionally released." Sullivan's charge
that Manager Kelley, of the Toronto
club, entered Into such an agreement
with him was upheld.
EX-FOE LAUDS COLLEGE
FORMER UNIVERSITY ATHLETE
PRAISES AGGIE COURSE.
Heary McKlnney Say. State Agrlcul
toral School Does Great Work and
It Is Entitled to Applause.
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BAKER, Or., Jan. 18. (Special.)
Realities of life and work on a big
l.lLLl ultQwll .uw.., . -
the owner, have changed the views of
Henry McKinney, former football star
at the University of Oregon. Mr. Mc
Kinney, who was a member of the
Oregon Legislature last session and
is president of the Baker County
Farmers' Union, gave today his earnest
urn! hmrtv .inoroval of the Oregon Ag
Eastern Oregon ranch, ot wnicn ne is
ricultural College short course for
farmers, which is to he neia in Baker
in the near future. He urged all
mamho.., tt th. Fnrmprs' Tinion Who
could possibly do so to come to Baker
to attend tne lectures.
"Those of us who used to attend the
University of Oregon." said Mr. Mc
Kinney, "left that institution with a
youthful and somewhat limited idea of
the value of the agricultural college,
I ..n I nn trio athlotlo ttAlH anH in
other lines of student activity. Since
then we nave naa reason to cnange our
views raaterially. Especially is this
true in Eastern Oregon, where the
Oregon Agricultural College is doing
great work for the farmers. -
"We must admit that those scientific
investigators at the Oregon Agricul
tural College are doing splendid work
and their advice to the farmers has
saved many useless expenditures and
has certainly Increased the crops in
many instances.
"Eastern Oregon farmers are as
progressive a lot of farmers as a whole
as can be found and they have . not
been slow to realize the benefits of the
Oregon Agricultural College.
"This is not to be taken as adverse
to the University of Oregon in any
way. The State University has its own
work to do and is doing it splendidly,
but its work is not brought home to
the farmers as closely as is that of the
agricultural college and we can only
applaud the efforts of the institution
which, with comparatively limited
funds, has been doing so much to ad
vance the agricultural wealth of Ore
gon." -
ASOTIX QUITS TOUR VICTOR
Basketball Team Wins at Five Towns
by Decisive Score.
ASOTIN, .Wash.. Jan. 18. (Special.)
Th. basketball team returned yes
terday from a five days' victorious
tour, playing at Culdesac, Grangeville,
Reubens. Nez Perce and Lapwai.
The camel and results are: Tues
day. January 12, Culdesac 13, Asotin
OR- TtTolriAarlA v .T.nnArv 13 flrnYirA
villa 11. Asotin 18; Thursday. January
14, Reubens 21, Asotin 40; Friday. Jan
uary 15, Nes Perce 17, Asotin 22; Sat
urday, January 16, Lapwai 7, Asotin 21,
The team was met by the citizens,
accompanied by Asotin Band, and were
Sttllettoa Win at St. Helens. 21-
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CT TTTTTPff Or .Tan. 18. fSrwftcial.)
. Iq, a fast game of basketball here
last evening, the stlllettoes, or Port
land, defeated the St. Helens Fire Boys
21 to 20. A foul was called as time was
up, allowing Portland to throw a goal
for the winning point.
Brooklyn Nationals Sign Coombs.
n.T,vc i- Ton ib T....V
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1 Brooklyn auooai league.
VARSITY SLOWS UP
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DrfiOOn Basket TOSSerS laCKKr ,n, -mail newspaper, and even
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. Dash After Victory.
WHEELER IN GAME AGAIN
Willamette University Is to Invade
Eugene Saturday and Battle at
Early "Dute With Multnomah
Club Team Is Likely.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene,
Jan. 18. (Special.) Coach Bezdek and
his victorious team of basket tossera
struggled through the first varsity
practice of . the week this afternoon.
The usual dash and brilliancy of play
was an absent factor. Although Ore
gon's score was large In its battle
against the Salem "Methodists," the
victory was hard earned .- and each
Oregon man played his best In an at
tempt to show Bezdek that he belonged
in the flrst selection.
Today as the varsity and the ''scrubs"
fought through an hour of ragged
scrimmage, Bezdek stood on the side
linp. nnri mniirnAd.
"They are in a slump," he said, "and
although this is nothing unusual In
tne condition OI a DasKeioau squaa, x
bate to see it come at the present
time.
. ArvlM Ktal. Xn.i Tie Say..
iW. I. .i .r liiot trifAO w..1ffl tA BTflt
into shape for Washington and if the
Doys are unaDie to grasp nnai jl waui.
to give them, team work is liable to
be Badly wanted wnen we go to oe-
attle. Doc Stewart and his Aggies are
having the same trouble. Both squads
stale"'
alU DM1C.
.n;nn- nnwAvar that Virmiirht a
- V 1 IV. 1114.1b. uunvi.i, .. 1
smile of satisfaction to the faces of
both coach ana tans was tne return
of Glenn' Wheeler, a letter man of last
1 haan AAnnnari to 11 1 M
V C 11 1 , tUU UOU 1.1 V, , . I l.ll.l.l...
home for three weeks with an attack
of the mumps. wneeier oeiore mo
sickness Had been playing regular at
n .1 n .i .1 th.Fa coomiiH In ha tittle
doubt but that he had the position
"cinched" until -oia mmuriuuo
benched him.
Scrap for Honors Due.
Tiiwian thmiG-h 25 nounds lighter.
filial tna vaiannv WAll and a &reat
ai: i ,i ji mi uviivi. "
Willamette Is to invade the campus
H fa hnilllfl tn .nBll.
Saturday nignt in a return eusaKcmcm
i ,ril vnmA la nredicted. The
lemon-yellow contingent will make its
initial how of the season to the
Ruirene nubile and the team's worn
will be watched with no little in
Every man, with the exception of
Wheeler, is a new amicus n .0.101.J
uniform and the game with the "Motho-
aisis is iiiiB.ii!-. .........
basketball to determine for themselves
, , . .. i . .. AunnA 1. th. rn InwAra nl
Just how much better tne iio ngnt-
weights are than tne neavier teams i
other seasons.
Salem Work Called Ragged.
In reviewing the game at Salem,
BezneK ss.ia:
nn-1. ... rxt tin. hnv. was raersred.
They missed many a shot at the basket
which should have been converted into
points. I was disappointed, even tnougu
the score was lop-sided in our favor.
, i .n i, ,. B wh.tR lnt of im
provement along all lines if we intend
LO get 1 .1 1 ii i ii" " " " "
Graduate Manager Tiffany has been
attempting to scneauie garaea
week and it tne munnuinan v-m"
of Portland, will concede to an early
1 . . - I. la niU.M. thflt the
ncede to an eany
possble that the
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season ji -
winged "M" representatives will De
brought to Eugene in tne near iuiuiq.
Sidelights and Satire
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WHEN the, next Olympiad is held,
why not arrange a race between
Buddy Ryan's bum leg and Roy Mo
ran s lame arm:
In the suit of the Federals against
i i W...V..11 ctniatAr "Dick Kin
OrSKHlABU uoiiuo., -'
sella is charged with having at one
time traded a bird dog to ttoger
nahan for Booth Hopper. a pucner ;
the dog was well trained tiresnanan
got the worst of it. because the last
heard or Jiopper fi wao
Haven in the Eastern Assocauo-
Happy Hogan once . traded Al Carson
to Portland for Speck Harkness.
SHERIDAN. Or., Jan. 1. (To the
Editor.) Dear Sir: I would like to
correct through the columns of your
paper various reports which bob up
paper various reports which bob up
.. m. k. nma iernorant
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and conceited writers having no regard
for the truth. .
In Saturday's Oregonian an article
from Corvallis says mat tne w. n-
taam defeated the alias team at bas-
. ..... ., n.ii.. in was
i TTi.j 'snvrral years aso.
lamoua in i.j.w.i.1 - --
the United States 'several years ago.
Portland vs. Victoria, B. C.
Tonight, at 8:30 olock
. AT ICE HIPPODROME
Fancy Skating Music
' Tickets 50c, $1.00, $i.so
Huntley Drug Co.
Fourth and Washington Sts.
TIT. Pt avmiA ttlA t1rt Ti&Tt Of the rO-
port but not one of the Dallas lineup
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given in xne uregonian wa m .
gons' team or maae tne ...
1908. v
.1. hl.li.nr.J nnrroatinnilpnt Will
investigate he will find that the man
ager of the "Oregons" was unable to
schedule a game with O. A. C. either
before going East or coming West. The
only Oregon team consenting to play
us before we went n.ast wan mo
w ni.,K aom sit TArtland. The
1 1 U 1 1 1 tV 1 1 V . 1 H U .bull. v.
"Oregons" played their last game at
Dallas March 13, 1909, and then dis
banded, Reed going to Burns, C. Shaw
to Idaho, Fenton to Eugene, Morton to
Portland, and E. Shaw to Ashland.
ainna 19.19 the "oregons nave
hun hasten hv some second-rate writer
I n....-niii und thoroutrl
Ul 13 1IK. ' 1 I ' .
n....-niii &nd thoroutrhlv er
ratio press agent published in a late
Sunday edition that the "second coach
and teainer of the state in a small col
lege got bis coaching experience with
the l"Oregons." He might have, by
:?X7 S5S XTc?
SomeLiluea uiu. i-i
agent from corvallis saia one .."
-Tern that WA WAI1 67 OUt Of 60.
Wrong again we won 50 out of 68.
While it may De nurian naiu.o
people to glory in honor which they
.i h whiln the "OreKons
realize that their,, friends who know
the facts pay no attention to us ""i
air gusts, and that those who are not
interested soon forget, yet I have the
satisfaction of knowing I can brand as
untrue these various reports emanaimis
from some ambitious pen-prodder.
Yours truly, B. A. TEATS,
Manager ana uoatu, vi6 -
1908-1909.
RAVAral vears ago. when wrestling
was in its heydey in Portland, Dr.
Roller came down iron ocaivic.
ter stranger, mind you, and tossed John
ill. .. T nut vnar the two
oers win. i. t---i . . .
met again at San Diego, and Berg ad
mitted to San Diego pen-pu....o
. . ... . nnilor before. Ot
ne naa nevoi ow.. - -
course.. Roller won again, because ne
is so much bigger than Berg that it
wouldn't do to take tne oui
And novt the hlppodromers are to
"rassle" a? Spokane February I, ac
cording to an announcement by Berg
in the Spokesman-Keview. "
a. & V. r. nrimonn A W 111 Hi
be so. we iruBi luo..
Produce them, so they'll know each
nthAp In Marcn or Apm, .
mov" over to Salt I.ake City, Butte or
some other sucker town.
Berg has been prowling around In
the small towns adjacent to Spokane
letting Punk.sy the limit with him
tor several hivjm mo, -,,
Barbour, "champion or tne array.
?wo7&?ri r.-brb .of. Spokane.
TorkeWd out at e Multnomah C1ub
... afternoon. iouiik nv-ui --j -
SewasthebiggeVToVoftheweek
But Berg let mm w "- ", .
HUlyar!. af-d the village sports : f. 1 tor
ihesS ..J-r
to put across anotuer
DIt 2S one can be a humorist even
though he is a salmon-colored rass
ler." '
AGGIES H0PEFUL ftGAIN
DEFEAT OF DALLAS BASKETBALL
TEAM BOOSTS STOCK.
Speed. Accuracy la Tossing and Work
Done by Blagg at Center Cheer
Followers of Sauad.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallis. Or.. Jan- 18. (Special.)
boost ' following the Aggie victory over
:Sl tt Dallas team. In the second
half rough tactics caused some oi
Stewart's players to become Tiled,
and there was a noticeable loss of
efficiency as a result.
The elements in the Aggie piaj.
which to a certain extent aroused hope.
are the speed wnn uu.
are tne ?v " , rfnwn th. fteid.
lads carneu ,av.r.
,e fact tnai soino
to have recovered the shooting
BeDra..w . .... .... .i.ot lili. t'tr who
eye. .hnwnd eood form
rnd' Played a good lame until relieved
b5Cattaln Billie King played
ball from beginning to end, dribbling
ball Irom d6...i"s -
with speed and getUng through the
DaJla8 detense for baskets on five oc-
oastons. .
casions. ,JIJ ... . . t fhat Aae
it was i jiu iv a.ii.11 i. .. -o.. - ----- -
Seiberts will take over the burden of
Dewey, who handled that work last
"coach Stewart and Assistant May
lauea ,--"--"--'-", w.ek. al
failed to see much hope for tne ioc'
,n tneir ---- h
thougn tney th. Aies' styl e of
to b. ee.n ' "Xr
py i-.
Same. . ke
i xne askic P4"uu . f
the Seattle trip will be ot
Trinir DBwev. (semens, umio,
Blagg. PhiUips and Ray.
Hood River Bowlers Win.
THE DALLES. Or.. Jan. 1. (Spe
. . . . - unA Rivpr howlers
j j , team her yesterday
oeteaveu V. . i k.. hi
i marcn X.mB, 111 1 1 in . j ...
" "J. Tom Blakeley. of The Dalles,
Iaaa 'the best average in the three
m " and CDeries Stevens, of this
. ... ...wlf Kin anoaratul
invented in ranc u.....1;.... J-'"-rz
valvo and aiveri 1 " n " -tci .-w ... -
the rays inouio.
PROFESSIONAL
-ON SALE AT-
I Schiller Cigar Store I
Eleventh and Washington Sts.
DOG TRADE DENIED
Bresnahan Swears He Didn't
. Give Pitcher for Pup.
DETAILS OF DEAL BARED
Ex-Cardlnal, In Affidavit Answering
Fed Charge, Says Ho Cot Canine)
but It Was Bought From Hof-
Icr, Not With Him.
CHICAGO, Jan. 18. Denial that while
manager of the St Louis Nationals he
had traded Booth Hopper, a pitcher, for
a bird dog, as asserted in an affidavit
filed in support of the Federal League
emit ntrainat organized baseDail, was
made (today in an affidavit by Roger P,
Bresnahan, manager of the Chicago Na
tionals. The Bresnahan affidavit was
one of several filed by officials of or
ganized baseball supporting their con
tentlons that the Federal League is not
entitled to the relief sought in Its suit
for the dissolution of the National com
mimion and its affiliated clubs.
Bresnahan told of meeting Hopper in
Tnnnessee on a hunting trip and of ad-
mirina- a bird dog which Hopper had. He
said Hopper offered him the dog. but be
declined it as be already had live.
Hopper Is Recommended.
He told of trying out the pitcher on
a training trip. Later, he said. Mr.
Kinsella. owner of the Springfield. 111.,
baseball club, came to St. Louis in
search of a pitcher and he, Bresnahan,
told htm to sign Hopper if be could
do so.
"Mr. Kinsella," said Bresnahan, "told
.ne If Hopper developed, he would give
the St. Louis Nationals the flrst oppor.
tunitv to nurchase his release that Fall
Mr. Kinsella asked me about the bird
dog and if I wanted It. I told him that
I liked the dog, but I would not buy
it, whereupon Mr. Kinsella said If
would accept the dog he would pay
Mr. Hopper. I didn't know what trans
action Mr. Kinsella had with Mr. Hop
per but I do know that Mr. Kinsella
brought the dog to me at St. Louis.
Trade for Dog Denied.
"The statement that I traded Booth
Hopuer for a bird dog Is an absolute
falsehood, and I wosld suggest that
Booth Hopper be communicated with
on this matter, as he can verify state
ments, or Mr. Kinsella either.
Herman I. Seekanip, manaser and
treasurer of the company operating the
St. Louis Nationals, deposed he has no
knowledge of the aliened bird dog
cident, and that his records show that
the services of Hopper were purchased
In August, 1813. by the bt. L.ouis jsa
tionals for 12000.
Charles H. Ebbete. president of the
Brooklyn National League. cUto. de
clared in his affidavit that the National
League of Professional Baseball Clubs,
at its birth 40 years ago, shouldered
the heavy responsibility of cleansing
America's National pastime of the evils
of gambling, bribing of players, dellber.
ate violation OI contracts oy yiayera,
intemperance and insubordination.
Baseball Brevities.
Fans of Pittsburg are endeavoring
to form a Winter stove league like
the one that made Boston famous. The
Idea is to hold monthly get-together
meetings and boost the game.
Roxey Roach, Bhortstop of the Buf
falo Internationals, has signed a con
tract with the same club in the Federal
League, according to reports, from the
East. It Is said the International
League will make an effort to keep
him from playing with the Feds.
As a result oi tne oeneiu u.uyo. uki.
game played In Chicago for the widow
or Jimmy uuyiw aim .wi a,uu,u - - -
ser. approximately JaOOO was raised
ana tne money o umuou . i'"-"i " -
tween Mrs. Doyle snd Mrs. Hansr. The
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Change in Time
Effective Thursday, January 21, the following
changes will be made on the Southern Pacific:
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John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon.
Ice Hippodrome
23d and Marshall Streets
former Cardinal shortstop has had a
return of his mental malady and is
again In a sanitarium for treatment.
While the Major Leagues have ex
pressed their disapproval of barn
storming, it does not seem to an en
the Giants and White Sox. They will
make several one-day stands this
Spring.
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Sam Crawford has made 1831 hits
during his II years with Detroit, snd
Is now consumed by a burning amoi-
tlon to boost his total to 3.) 00. cam
realizes that he Is almost 700 blngli-s
short of the desired total, but figures
he has five good years ahead of him.
Larrv Lalole was the last survivor of
the Cleveland teams of 190J and 'OS.
Tuck Turner Is now the only Indian
who was a Nap as far back as 1904.
When Tuck broke In Charley Hick
man was playing rtrst: lJole, second;
Bradley, third: Lush. Hay and Fllrk.
the outfield: Lemls. Adams and Buelnw
were catchers, and Joss, Moore, bono
hue. Rhoades. Bernhard, Hess, Cnrllss,
Hickey and a few others were pucninu.
ALT LAKE MAY OBTAI KITH IX
HEART OK CITY.
Cliff Blaakeashla Klaus Cealrart as
Maaagrr aad Tells Wby He Cliose
Saa Jo.e for Tralolag Camp.
KAI.T LAKE. Utah. Jan. 1$. (Spe
cial.) Cliff Ulunkenshlp was officially
signed as manager of the Salt Lake
un.irir. rnn.i Lcaaue Club at a meeting
of the board of directors this after
noon. The terms of his contract i
not made public.
Tha aueition of appointing a business
manager or club secretary was not
brought up at the meeting of fllrertors.
but was held over until tomorrow, as
.... .tun ih. nuAatinn regarding thi
location of the ball park. Judging.
however, from the expressions ot sev
eral members or the directors!, a -"
grandstand will be built on a vacant
lot almost In tho heart of tho city. The
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t9Hiliimiu i. v.. . . ...... ...
Ing the purchase price of the ground.
would be Jioo.ooo.
u. .. in, i Riank's choice for a train
ing ground and he plans to assemldo
his team there February 26.
"I made all arrangements for a train
ing period at San Joce while on the
h.ih Hli.nk last nltflil. "and 1
am well satisfied. San Jose In my mind
Is an Ideal training plac.i ana anornn
excellent grounds and ellmalo for con
ditioning a ball player.
"The University of Santa Clara and
Stanford University are within a few
miles of the city and both have ex
cellent baseball teams. It is probabln
that if an agreement Is reached with
the athletic committee of the Univer
sity of Silnta Clara the Salt Lake team
will do most of its training on the col
lege grounds, which are only a few
minutes' ride from San .Toe."
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Long on good points.
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