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14 THE MORNING OREG OXI AN. WEDNESDAY, MAT 12, 1915, RODGERS WILL BE BEAVERS' CAPTAIN I JVIcCredie Releases Rod Mur j phy to Aberdeen to Make j Room for Bill. BATES TO STAY AT THIRD tanager Announces Rood ami Davis Will Likely I loth Be Retained All Season; Team as It Xow Stands Sntisfics Walter. s ii 1. rarifi)' oast League Standing. W. 1.. l-i-t.l W. Ii. Prt. laltl.ako.. I'D ir, .571 iPortland... irl!.4.-.7 ltanlran... 21 17 .."..-.3 .Vrnlco Jii 1! .4." L. Angeles. 22 I'J ..ViTiOakland. . . 10 .422 j t Yenterday'a KtmiIIh. At San Francisco, no Oakland-Portland ltamc;--et errmimls. At Los Angeles, San Jr"ranlKio :i, Venice n. At Salt Lake. Salt SAM FRANCISCO. May 11. Although 'the addition of Bill Rodgers to the ll'ortland squad threatened to bring the ifeavers above the IS-man limit ltxea iby President Baum of the Facific Coast League, Walter MeCredie tonight made Jwny for Kodgers by releasing Rodney Murphy, infielder, recently obtained 'from New Orleans, to the Aberdeen !Vash., club. Rodgers is sure of his berth at sec- all be before pepper will be ubtedlv nst the are de- ush for make him pitch and they will backing: up from his fast one this season rolls by. My club's aids Rny pitcher and Moreland a consistent winner." "Choppy" Cozens will undo Man J or in r.asi Moprs agai Maroons Sunday. The Redmen termlned to stop the Maroon r tno city League flag. Rain kept many fans from coming out to the contests last Sunday and if the weathter man is kind the coming games will draw big. Ferte Murray had a merry hitting boe Sunday, getting four binglcs out of five times up. They were all hard hit balls, too. Al Bartholemy, Maroon catcher, got two hits Sunday and was robbed of a third by Murray's running catch TENNIS SGHOOLTTO 0PENW0RKT0HI6HT Multnomah Club Brings Dvyight Davis From San Francisco to Instruct Players. Chehalis Club Beats Majtown, -5 CENTRALIA. Wash.. May 11. (Sne cial.) The Majtown baseball team was r jliM.P!y.i.nuip.: Mnd base, just as soon as he can don a Portland uniform. MeCredie declares chat Stunmf will be shifted to short (itop and that Hates will hold his job ft third. This gives the club two utll- Jtty infielders. out irom present indica tions both Reed and Davis will be re gained. !i Itred iood For T'tlllty. j "Reed can play the outfield as well ill the infield," said the Portland man :ser today. "It may happen we will Ihave six infielders right through the (season. I am still at a loss to under stand why Rodgers was turned back. He's a great ballplayer and, of course, iwill strengthen our club a lot. I don't (Know just when he can be expected." jj Speas will lose the captaincy with !tche return of Rodgers. MeCredie makes juo bones of his high opinion of Rodgers Lis a leader and said the appointment (would be shifted, jj Club Sattxflra MeCredie. !: Incidentally, MeCredie let It be itnown todnv that he Is fairlv well fin t - itfied with his club ns it stands now. knew in the Spring we had a Wreak club," he said. "1 knew that iliircher wouldn't do, Just as I realized jthat Coltrin wouldn't hit enough for this league. I started work strength ening at once and the men we now Jiave come in on a deal under way for a. long time. If our pitchers hold up, Kiid we are no worse off than the other tlubs in this respect, Portland will be hu hard team to beat." ( ' XI VAX BLOWS UP; ANGELS LOSE Itally In Eighth Gives Bees Four Buns and Victory, 5 to 1. SALT LAKE CITY Mav 11. Jack hyan hurled great ball for Los An- rele3 until the eighth, when bunched hits gave the locals four runs. Salt Lake winning, 5 to 1. Salt Lake scored Its first run in the fifth. The Los An geles tied the count In the sixth. Paul Fittery also pitched good ball for Salt Lake, allowing but four hits. Score: I .Los Anseles I Salt Lake Maft'ert.m 2 1 S OORhlnn.r p em ler.i i u Wolter.r. . 4 0 McM'len.2 4 1 Lllis.1 3 0 Abstain. 1. 4 1 erry.s... 4 o coles, c... 4 1 li.van,p... 3 o 2 10 2 10 0 10 0 0 0 Orr.s. Gedeon, 2.. Kyan.l Tunnant 1 8 1 0!Barbour,3. 1 2 0 Hannah, c. 8 0 OjFaye.m 0 4 llFittery.p.. BH OAE 6 12 0 0 4 2 4 6 1 4 2 13 1 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 10 0 0 2 0 110 3 16 0 0 4 12 0 0 4 2 14 0 ITotals. 29 4 24 10 11 Totals. 33 11 27 13 2 s Anseles 0 O 0 0 O 1 0 0 0 1 tIt Lake 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 ! 'Runs, Magg-ert, Orr. Uedeon, Ryan, Ten tnt, Faye. Two-base hits, Mageert, Mc Mullen, Geiieon. Shinn, Orr. Three-base hits, tedeon. Sacrifice hits, Buemiller, Barbour, stolen bases, MaKSert, Buddy Ryan. .Base on balls, oft Ryan 1, Fittery 0. Struck out, by ftyan 7, Fittery 6. Runs responsible for, Kyan 3. Fittery 1. Double plays, Gedeon to t'rr to Tennant; Fittery to Orr to Tennant; rT to Tennant. Hit by pitcher, Tennant by liyan. Left on bases, linn Antreles 7 Rait i-ake 8. First base on errors, Los Angeles t U Time, 2:00. Umpires, Held and Guthrie. $EALS BTJXCU HITS ON HENLEY mith Allows Only Five Scattered !j Singles toy Tiger Swatters. l;LOS ANGELES. May 11. Smith, had tine better of a pitchers' battle with Henley today and San Francisco de bated Venice, 3 to 0. Smith had ex cellent control, allowing only five Scratched hits and no passes. Henley pitched good ball, but the Seals bunched their hits. Score: i 'San Francisco Venl 1 If - 4 ? i mmm " 5 i iSc -4 - Saner Jill Rodger", Former Captain of Beavers, Mho Will Return to Portland Team. defeated by the Chehalis Athletic Club Sunday 9 to 5. Le Baron, a Centralia boy pitching for Chehalis. allowed May town only one Jiit. The Centralia Mose journeyed to Doty Sunday, where tney were defeated 9 to 0, Coleman, a former Tacoma Tiger, pitching for doty. FIFTY SIGN FOR COURSE Eastern Stars Likely to Appear in Portland This Year en Koute to From Panama-Pacific Fair Tournaments. It's a mighty short way to pipe-joy if you go via Prince Albert tobacco that an swers every question any man can hand out I You can jam it in your old jimmy pipe or roll it into a makin's cigarette and it will produce more real and true happiness than ny brand 'at any price you ever buckea up against Now, lef s all get together, and repeat slowly and distinctly: or htXK'ld.r .fitialler.l. .4i'hmldt,o Ullann.l ,.tues.3. . . Meloan.m . lrard.2 . . . !orhan.B. Hmlth.p. .. n 0 0 0 Fanning. p o 0 0 O 0 0 OjCarlisle.l. o uiBerfier.s. .. O 0)Wilhoit.r.. 0 0 Bayless.m. 0 OiRlsberK.l. 0 0 0 0Hetllng,3. . 1 5 2 lil'urtell.2.. O :l SOSDencer.c. B H O A E Totals. .32 7 27 ID 1 Henley, p. lvane" . . 0 0 0 8 1 2 10 4 0 0 7 10 5 10 1 2 0 2 0 O 3 1 O 00 Totals ..32 5 27 13 2 ""Batted for Risberg- in ninth ean Francisco 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 Hils 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 7 Venice 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oii'a 0 0110010 2 S Otuns. Fitzgerald. Schmidt. Corhan. Sacri fice hit. Schmidt. Struck out, by Henley 3. tmlth 3. Runs responsible for, Hendcy 2. Kive hits, no runs. at bat off Smith In l-:t Innings. louble play, Corhan to Leard to Ucllraann. Stolen bases. Schmidt, Bay les.. Umpires, Phyle and Toman Time, 1 ; 23. CLUB FlXTniKS TO BE SOLD Constable to Offer Mohawk Body's Equipment at Auction. The fixtures of the Mohawk Athletic Club, one of the few rendezvous re maining in Portland for followers of the boxing game, will be sold at auc tion. Constable Andy Weinberger will knock it off to the highest bidder at 11 A. M.. May 21. The club is being sold to pay a rent bill of about ISO. In spite of the small plze of the bill. Constable Weinberger thinks he may have a hard time getting the amount out of the club. Stock in boxing clubs took a decided slump when the City Council passed a recent anti-boxing ordinance, he said. Stanley McDonald and Joseph Keller have been owners and managers of the club. City League Notes. -That Manager Willis Is not being slow In strengthening his Sellwood Merchants Is brought out by the sign ing of Bert Kitchner. pitcher.. Fitch ner and Newman will be the Sellwood battery when they meet the West Side Monarchs Sunday. a ' 1 Vmpires Clieynne and Rankin will work in the City League games next Sunday, it being Drennen's turn to lay off. a 'Just wail." said Georgie Grayson, when questioned about signing Jude JJorelaiid, the Redmen castolf. "I'll Y. M. C. A. ATHLETES TRAINING Preparation Begins Early lor An nual Cross-Country Kelay. Race. Portland T. M. C. A. athletes are to meet Monday night to lay plans for the annual relay race with the Salem Association June 12, H. T. Smith, who is to make the selection of the local teams, plans to have the boys trot about the city on a five-mile Marathon three times a week to get in trim for the final tryouts that- will pick the place winners. The finals will be held June 5, and from that time until the race starts at Salem the teams are to be kept in constant practice. It is 51 miles from Salem Associa tion to Portland. Each T. M. C. A. will have ten men on its team, each lap being from three to six miles. Mr. Smith believes that he will have sev eral exceptionally good men with the squad this year. In spite of the fact that none of the old men win De mere. ATbany Manager Hopeful. ALBANY. Or May 11. (Special.) His team having scored a victory in its initial contest of the season at Sa lem Sunday, Manager Small is hope ful for a successful season for the Al bany Athletics. Albany won from the Salem Senators, 6 to 5. In past years Salem has generally defeated Albany, especially in games early in the season, but the Albany team outplayed its old rival Sunday. Small pitched a strong game for Albany. Junction to Play Harrlman. JUNCTION CITY, Or., May 11. (Spe cial.) The combined forces of the Junction City and Harrisburg baseball teams will play the Harriman club, of Portland, in Junction City, May 16. The team defeated Coburg 12 to 8 In Co burg last Sunday. Baseball Statistics. STANDINGS OF THE TEAMS. Philadel'ia. Chicago. . . Boston .... Cincinnati. Detroit. . . . Is'ew York. Ohicago. . . Boston I Pittsburg. . Newark . . . Chicago. . . Kan. City.. Indi'apolls Louisville. . Milwaukee St. Paul.. . Omaha . Denver. Topeka . Dea Moines. W. L. Pet. 1113 .45S 3114 .440 9 13 .409 6 1 .300 1112 .473 10 11 .470 8 13-.3S1 6 18 .250 12 13 .500 10 13 .433 10 15 .400 8 17 .320 11 12 .475 10 11 .47 7 13 .3.10 7 17 .292 National League. W. L. Pet. I 14 7 .otiTt iMtLsDurg. . 14 8 .630iSt. Louis. . . 12 9 .K71 Brooklyn. . 11 10 .624New York. . American League. 15 7 .720; Cleveland. . 12 8 .O00 Washington 14 10 .s:;i Philadel'ia,. 9 9 .500! St. Louis. . . Federal League. 16 8 .6R7 Brooklyn. . . 14 11 .naoi St. Louis. . . 14 IO ,iS3 Baltimore. . 13 11 .542; Buffalo . American Association. 1 9 .640' Cleveland . . 13 0 .025 Kan. City. . 14 10 .riK3' Minneapolis 12 11 .5221Columbus. . Western League. 10 6 .625; St. Joseph. . 8 5 .(15! Lincoln. .. . 9 6 .000 Sioux City . . 10 8 .556Wichita Northwestern League. Tacoma... 12 8 .6001 Spokane Vancouver. 11 8 .57UI Aberdeen. . . Victoria... 11 8 .67Si Seattle ITeMterday's Results. American Association At Minneapolis 7, Columbus 8; at Su Paul 1, Cleveland 4; at Kansas City 7. Louisville 4; at Milwaukee 3, Indianapolis 19. Western League At Des Moines 4, Omaha 3: at Denver 11, Topeka 7: at Lincoln 6, Wichita 5: at St. Joseph 7, Sioux City 3. Where the Teams Play Today. Pacific Coast League Portland vs. Oak land at San Francisco. Los Angeles at Salt Lake. San Francisco vs. Venice at Los An geles. BeaTer Batting Averages. Ab.-H. Av. Ab. H. Av. 146 47 .322! Dome. . . 109 27.248 79 23 .3161 Krause. . .. -0 0.240 14S46.SllDavis..... 133 31 .233 62 19 .807Lush 19 4 .2 23 7 .304! R. Murphy 20 4.200 108 31 .28"i Evans. .. . 13 2.134 141 39 .277Reed 1 0.000 22 6.273Keefe 2 0 .000 27 7 .2uiCoveleskie 14 0.000 7 8 .467 7 8 .467 7 12 .368 5 10 .333 10 9.528 8 13 .3S1 8 14 .364 Stumpf . . . Fisher. . . . Speas Carmen . . . Bates. . . . l.ober Derrick. . . Hillyard. . Hife'g. j. .. Portland's first "Tennis School" opens tonight at the Multnomah Ath letic Club, when Dwignt Douglas, a widely known tennis critic, of San Fran cisco, will point out flaws of style and Illustrate how to get more speed into service and strokes, how to increase speed in getting to the net on the serve and how to do numerous otner tnings that most tennis players do not do. Mr. Douglas will be here under the auspices of the Multnomah Club, and during his week's sojourn in the city will give daily lessons to the tennl devotees on the courts, ne is on ni way East to fill similar engagements in the larger cities. "Nearly 50 tennis enthusiasts have already signed for this course." said A. D. Wakeman, chairman of the ten nis committee of the Multnomah Club. last night. "Mr. Douglas' visit affords a rare opportunity to local players to better their game. He has made an exhaustive study of the game,, and by making simple changes in the players styles can greatly . increase the ef fectiveness of their various strokes." Mr. Douglas will give a lecture to night in the Multnomah gymnasium, in which he will point out many of the common mistakes of the tennis game. This will be his only platform lecture, under present plans, the rest of his course being given in actual play. Portland followers of tennis are in line to see some of the crack Eastern racquet wielders in action this season Four Eastern players are scheduled to play at the Panama-Pacific Interna tional Exposition in San Francisco July 10, and A. D. Wakeman, chairman of the tennis committee of the Multnomah Club, is trying to have them stop off in the Rose City either on their way to or from the Bay City. R. N. Williams II, present National champion, is the only one sure of his place on the Western tour. The others will be selected from tbe results of play in several of the prominent ten nis tourneys east of the Mississippi River within the next six weeks. Entries for the annual Spring men's handicap tournament of the Multnomah Club will close May 20, and two days later Chairman wakeman will start the first match. From present indica tions the largest club tourney in years will be opened May 22. Play in the perpetual tennis tourna ment of the Multnomah Club is going on each day, and many places have changed hands since the first notice "was made public. 3 1 ANTS LOSE EST 11 INNINGS lone in 1. Cadore 2. Cincinnati Takes Hard-Fought Game and Phillies Stop Pirates. NEW YORK, May 11. Rube Benton bested Ralph Stroud, the New York re cruit, in an 11-inning pitchers' battle today, in which Cincinnati defeated New York 2 to 1. Cincinnati tied the score in the ninth inning on Fletch er's two-base wild throw on Wagner, and Clarke's single. The visitors won in the eleventh inning, when Von Kol nitz opened with a double, took third on Killifer's sacrifice and scored on a passed ball. Score: Cincinnati New York BHOAE it H U A n. Leach.m . . 5 Qroh.3 4 Twombly.l 4 Qritfith.r. 5 Wagner,s. 5 Olson. 2.. 3 Wingo ... 1 V'n Kol'a.9 1 Mollwltz.l 3 Brown". 1 Killlfer.l. 0 Clarke.c. . 4 Benton, p. 4 0 0 O20 2 0 0 2 00 6 20 2 3 0 0 V 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 0 OO 0 2 0 1 2 6 4 0 0 0 4 0 Bums.l... 3 Doyle. 2.... 5 Lobert-3.. 4 Fletcher.s. 5 Roberts n.r 5 Brainard.1 4 Meyers, c... 4 Murray, m. 4 Stroud, p.. 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 00 63 0 0 1 1 0 10 0 0 2 4 00 0 0 4 0 Totals. 36 6 33 13 4 Totals. 40 8 33 15 1 Batted far Olson in ninth. Batted for Mollwltz in ninth. Cincinnati OO 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 New York 0 00O01O000 0 1 Runs, Wagner, Von Kolnltz. Murray. Two base hits. Leach, Von Kolnitz. Stolen bases, Doyle. Clarke. Earned runs. New York 1. Double play. Burns and Meyers. First base on errors, Cincinnati 4. New York 1. Base on balls. Off Stroud 3, Benton L Struck out. by Stroud 6, Benton 6. Um pires, Byron and Orth. Philadelphia 4, Pittsburg t2. PHILADELPHIA. May 11. Pitts burg's winning streak, which had reached six straight, was broken when Philadelphia won today's game 4 to 2. The home team hit McQuillan hard, but he was given fine support. Both of the visitors' runs were due largely to errors. Johnston made three of Pittsburg's four hits. Score: Pittsburg I Philadelphia a 21 u a 3 1 2 0 0;Bryen.3. .. 3 10 1 "Bancroft,! 1 OOBecker.l.. 2 0 O'cravath.r. 3 4 ltTiltted.l . 3 OOINlehoff.2.. O 2 o'.Paskert.m 2 1 OIBurns.c. . . z lAlex der.p Carey, 1 Jo'n8ton,l Baird.3. . . Hinch'n.r Wagner.a. Costeilo.m Viox.2 Schang.c. McQ'Il'n.p Scheeren B H O AE 3 1111 1 2 1 1 1 5 0 10 0 Oi 1 1 2 6 2 0 4 0 00 OO 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 O 4 1 Totals. .1139 319 .280 An instrument has been Invented for quickly measuring the earthwork ' in railroad cuts and fills without labori ous calculations. Totals.. 34 4 24 10 2) Totals.. .32 10 27 13 4 Battea lor McQuillan in ninth. Pittsburg 004 0 0 0 0 1 02 Philadelphia 002000 1 1 1 Runs. Carey. Wagner, Cravath, Burns 2, Alexander. Two-base hits, Johnston. Pas kert. Stolen bases, Carey. Eaird 2. Wagner, Costello. Earned runs, Philadelphia 2, Base on errors, Pittsburg 4. Philadelphia 2. Base on balls, off McQuillan 1, off Alexander 3. Hit by pitcher, McQuillan. Struck out, by McQuillan 2, by Alexander 5. Umpires, Klem and Emslie. Chicago S, Brooklyn 1. BROOKLYN, May 11. Pierce pitched almost perfect ball today, when Chi cago beat Brooklyn 5 to 1. Rucker was touched for a homer by Saieri three doubles, a triple and. nine singles in eight innings. Cadore pitched the last inning and struck out two of the three men who faced him. H. Zim merman's batting and base running was the feature. Score: Chicago 1 Brooklyn a l"l f A ii, ; UHOAE 510 0OOmara.s.. 3 0 O 0 4 iDaubert,l. 4 0 O W.ZIm'an.r 3 4 Olwheat.l. . . 4 1 0Cutshaw,2. 4 0 0Myers,m... 4 10,SchuUz,3. 3 1 OjMiHer.o. ,. 3 2 O.Rucker.p. . 2 icadore.p.. o IHummel".- 1 Totals. S3 14 27 13 II .Totals. -iattea lor Jttucker in eJgntn. Chicago '..'I tOO 0112 03 Brooklyn . O-0'O-O 0 0 0 1 0 1 Runs, H. Zimmerman -"SVTaier, Williams, Pierce. Schultz. Two-base 'hits. Williams, H Zimmerman. Good. Three-base hit. H. Zim merman. Home run, Saier. Earned runs. Chicago 4, Brooklyn 1. Double play. Rucker to Schults to Daubert. First base on errors. Brooklyn 1. Bases on .balls, off Fierce 2. Hits of Rucker, 14 'jj g ijinings; Cadore, A- 11 11 1 mi asss national joy smoke bite your tongue, and can't parch your throat, because it is made by a patented process that removes the bite and the parch. No other to bacco ever was or can be made like P. A. And J3. .A. tastes as good as that sounds So the warm tip is: Get the jimmy pipes out of dark corners, out of the rafters, where you've hidden them for fear of more tongue bites. Get 'em out and fire up with P. A., for you can go to it fancy-free from sun-up right down the line to the pillow-period ! And the sooner you know this little thing personally, the more joyus youH be. 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Score: St. Louis I Boston B H OAE BHOAE 0 2 4 1 11 1 0 0 O 0 0 Good.r. , Fisher.s.. 5 Schulte.1.. 5 H.Zlm'n.2. 4 Saier.l... 4 Willla'a.m 3 Archer.c. 4 Phelan,3.. 4 Pierce.p.. 4 0 4 1 0 3 2 1 33 2 1 3 6 1 1 2 0 1 10 2 0 0 10 1 0 2 0 0 5 4 0 10 2 2 2 0 5 0 0 ISO 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 4 27 13 3 Huggins.2 4 3 2 6 U.Moran.r... 4 0 1 Beck.3.T. 6 2 1 10Egan.2 4 0 2 Dolan.l 2 0 0 0 Connolly,!. 3 2 1 Miller.l... 3 0 12 1 llMagee.m.. 4 13 Lons.m... 4 2 2 0 OiSchmidt.l. 4 18 Wllson.r.. 4 111 0!Smith,3 4 1 Butler.s.. 3 0 2 3 l.Maran'lle.a 3 Snyder.c. 3 0 7 2 OlOowciy.c. . 4 Doak.p... 1 0 0 4 OIRudolph.p. 2 irtagan.p... u (Gilbert... 1 Totals. 32 9 27 18 21 Totals. S3 27 14 7 Batted for Rudolph in seventh, t. Louis 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 5 Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Runs Dolan. Long. Wilson. Butler, Sny ir. Maranville. Two-base hits, Gowdy. Schmidt. Maranville. Stolen bases, Moran, Maranv'lle. Double plays, Butler to Hug gins to Miller; Maranville to Egan; Rudolph to Maranville to bcnmiat; Aiagee 10 r.gan o Schmidt. Base on errors, bt. Louts 3. Bos ton 2. Base on balls, oil Doak l, Kudolph Ragan 2. nils, oir wuaoipn s in t in- ntns, Hasan none In 2. Struck out. by Doak (, Rudolph S, Eagan L Umpires. Quig ley and Eason. OHLFED PINCH HITTERS HIT Five Swats in Row in Ninth Turn Defeat Into Victory. BROOKLYN. May 11. Brooklyn had the game apparently safe today when. with one out inthe ninth ana tne score 4 to 2. Holt fumbled Wlckland's grounder. Tinker then rushed three pinch hitters into the fray, all of tnem making safe hits. Beck and Zeider, f the regulars, also coniriouwa sin gles, the result being four runs ana 6-to-4 victory lor tnicago. ccore: R H E R H E Chicago... 6 13 2Brooklyn. . 4 b s Batteries Prendergast. tsrown ana Fischer; Marion and Salmon. Pittsburg 1, Buffalo 0. TtTT PFALO. N. Y.. May 11. Kelleys home run in the first inning was the only tally In today's l-to-0 victory of Pittsburg over nuimiu. .cucj nected with the first ball pitched. It took a sharp turn from short left nver the navilion fence. In the final inning hits by Dalton and Louden landed the former on third base, but Rogge held him there. Score: K H E RUE Pittsburg.. 1 3Buffalo 0 6 3 Batteries Rogge and Berry; Ander son and Blair j Kansas City 7, Newark 0. NEWARK. May 11. Johnson held Newark to three hits, two of them from Scherr's bat, and Kansas City won 7 to 0 today. Score: R H E R H E Kan. City.. 7 12 lNewark... 0 3 3 Batteries Johnson and Brown; Kais erling. Billiard, C. Whltehouse and Rar iden. . Baltimore 6, St. Louis 5. BALTIMORE, May 11. Baltimore took advantage of St. Louis' misplays and its pitchers' wildness today and won 6 to 5, after Chief Bender was touched up for four runs in the open ing round. Bender pitched good ball after that, and drove in the winning run in the eighth with & two-base hit. Score: ' R H E R H E St. Louis.. 5 11 3Baltimore. . 6 i 1 Batteries Watson, Willett and Hart ley; Bender and Owens. . i Roseburg Stores to Close for Opener. ROSE3URG. Or.," May 11. (Special.) Every store and office in Roseburg will be closed here tomorrow afternoon for the opening baseball game of the season. Two teams of the "Twilight" League will play, the proceeds of the exhibition to be applied toward defray ing the expenses of this year's straw berry carnival. An automobile parade will precede the game. COWLER SCORES KNQCKOCT Corbett's Protege Beats Les O'Don- nell in Sixth Round at Sydney. James J. Corbett seems to have a real "hope." Tom Cowler, the big. strapping Englishman picked up by Corbett in Portland last Winter, scored a six-round knockout over Les O'Don nell at Sydney. Australia, last month, according to word received in Portland yesterday by Jack King. It was a scheduled 20-round fight, and, accord ing to the Sydney Sportsman, Cowler treated the big Australian to an awful beating. This O'Donnell Is the man Snowy Baker tried to match with Jack John son and later with Jess Willard to fight for the heavyweight title of the world. Cowler sent the edition of the Sportsman containing the full account of the battle to Jack King, and it shows that the fistic fans of the Antipodes are well pleased with their visitor. . It says, in part: "Considering his great size, Cowler showed clean, fast footwork and general action." - of MeCredie. Martinonl backed up his assertion, so says the manager, by go ing to the outfield and folding his arms, instead of working. "1 warned Martinonl," says Mac, "that he had better get into shape; that I wanted pitchers and not posers. I also told him he might walk the plank if he couldn t deliver the goods. He paid no attention and the result was he couldn't get into condition." held in the high school auditorium in the evening. CENTRALIA SMOKER IS HELD Crowded Armory Sees No-Decision Fight in Main Event. ' CENTRALIA. Wash, May 11. (Spe cial.) No decision was rendered in the main event of the big smoker staged in the Armory last night, Leo Cohen and Lieutenant Van Gilder both being on their feet at the finish. The armory was packed to the doors for one of the best cards ever staged here. Claude Cox,, of Centralia, made Old Hansen, of Centralia, quit in the third round, and Bill Bingham, of Centralia, and Frank Parker fought a draw. Jack Cohen and Young Turkey boxed an ex hibition. Referee Joe Lucas announcing that Turkey would meet Earl Connors at the next smoker for the bantam weight championship of the Northwest. In the last preliminary Glenn Ritter, Tf Centralia, won the decision over Harry Clark, of Chehalis. OREGON ATHLETES DELAYED Hay ward and Track Men Sent on Detour by Ogden and Portland. EUGENE. Or.. May 11. (Special.) Bill Hayward and his six Oregon track athletes, due here on the Shasta Lim ited yesterday morning, may arrive in Eugene tomorrow, conditions being fa vorable, according to the announcement of the- Southern Pacific officials here today. They have been routed back to Roseville and are detoured home by Og den, Utah, and Portland, the extra trip at the expense of the railroad. They will not be held responsible for classes missed under the circum stances, according to Registrar Tiffany, but the delay may interfere seriously with training necessary for the Oregon team before meeting the University of Washington team Friday. MARTY'S RELEASE EXPLAINED MeCredie Says Leading Pitcher Thought Job Was Certain. SAN FRANTCISCO, May li. (Spe cial.) It has developed today in con versation with MeCredie that Martino ni's release came because the pitcher failed to show enough energy in Spring training to get into condition. When Martinonl joined the club in training he made the assertion that he wouldn't be released, that he was the leading pitcher last season and was sure of a berth, Tnis came to the ears What the Box Scores Show About Players You Know. ' R OLLIE ZEIDER. one-time Seal, hit in the ninth for the Chi feds and aided in a Chicago rally and victory. Rip Hagerman, former Beaver, pitched Cleveland to a three-hit, 3-1 victory over New York. He passed 10 men. Carl Mays, ex-Colt, went in for the "ed Sox in the sixth against Detroit and stopped the scoring, allowing one nit in 2 1-3 Innings. Dave Bancroft. Portland's star short stop of last seasoix got his usual hit yesterday from Pittsburg and fielded six chances without a skip. Sailor Stroud. ex-Sacramento pitch er, lost an 11-inning battle for the Giants against Cincinnati yesterday. He fanned six, walked three and gave eight hits. Errors let both of the Reds runs in. COLE'S DISC RECORD ALLOWED Official Weight of Missile Shows It to Have Been .6 Ounce Too Heavy. SAN FRANCISCO. May 11. Two track records established at the Pacific Coast conference meet at the Panama- Pacific Exposition Saturday have been allowed by the records committee of the Pacific Association of the Amateur Athletic Union, it was announced today. The mark of 136 feet 1V4 Inches made in the discus throw bv Cole, of the Oregon Agricultural College, and the javelin throw of 174 feet 6 inches, by Harry Liversedge, of the University of California, were allowed. The shotput of Caughey, of Stanford, was not al lowed because it was made on the sixth trial while the rules allow only three extra puts in a trial -for record. it was stated. The discus record depended upon the weight of the discus, which the track scales showed to be light. Official weighing proved it to be six-tenths of an ounce overweight. CENTRALIA, Wash., May 11. (Spe- ciaL) It is expected that there will be many entries for the Southwest Wash ington interscholastic track and field meet and declamatory contest to be held in Centralia Saturday. The field events will be staged at the high school athletic field Saturday morning, and the ' track events at the Southwest Washington fair grounds in the after noon. The declamatory contest will he Arrow CpLLARS Ask fo "Arrows" if you want the best in fit, style and wear. 2 for 25c. Cltiett, Pea body & Co.. Tno. Makers FILM ENTRY SLIT IS ARGUED Court TaUes Case of Willard-Johnson Pictures Under Advisement. PHILADELPHIA, May 11. 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