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THE OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, MARCII 10, 1916.'"
SEALS SEEM TO BE
BELOW 1915 RATING
Loss of Heilmann, Corhan and
Schmidt Not Made Up by
Men Added to Team.
ZIP IN INFIELD MISSING
Outfield and .Pitching Corps Almost
Identical With That of Last Year,
liohno Must lie Wizard to
Hold Shortstop Berth.
BY ROSCOB FAWCETT.
Kan Francisco is one club in the
Tactfic Coast Leasrue which does not
look as strong by several ounces as
that which copped the pennant last
Fall.
This reduction in avoirdupois is due
to the loss of Heilmann to Detroit;
Corhan to St. Louis, and Schmidt to
Pittsburg or some such major organi
zation. Not one of the three has been re
placed by any player of equal caliber.
Chick Autrey at first base has al
ways been a good fielding- person, but
as a hitter, of course, he doesn't come
within the range of a hand grenade of
big Heilmann.
Corhan AVill Be Mlued.
Roy Corhan a short is another who
will be seriously missed unless Sammy
Bohne, semi-professional shortpatcher,
qualifies as a phenomenon. Fans
around the circuit have been nursing
a lurking suspicion that Wolverton has
some big league shortstop under cover
and this suspicion is still doing its lit
tle lurk on the quiet in many quarters.
The Seal infield will show Autrey at
first, Jerry Downs at second, Bohne at
short, and Bobby Jones at third.
In the outfield the Seals will pro
duce the same sterling gardeners of
olci Fitzgerald in right. Ping Bodie
in center, and Biff Schaller in left.
These three had their best seasons in
history last year, so it is not reason
able to look for any increased effi
ciency in that department.
Nay, more, it will be a break of luck
if all three perform up to 1915 stand
ards. Sepulveda Chief Backstop.
Schmidt's graduation to the majors
leaves Sepulveda the mainstay behind
the wind pad. with Block, of the West
ern League, as his main support.
In the box Wolverton will have prac
tically his same old crew of last year
with the addition of Robinson, of the
St. Louis Cardinals a big fellow said
to possess a world of stuff in his salary
flipper.
Baum, Steen. Fanning. Robinson,
Brown, Cavet, Perritt and Couch are
all experienced henchmen, and in this
department the Seals appear particu
larly well fortified.
Robinson allowed an average of only
2.45 in the National League last year,
o should get by here in a walk.
Champions May Be in Race.
A great outfield, sterling pitching
corps and a fair catching staff gives
the Seals something considerably tan
gible to start the season on. and. if
Bohno proves to be a second Zeb Terry,
the champeens may threaten the head
lines again for another Summer.
At present, though, the infield ap
pears to be the weak cog in the
mechanism and a mighty important
cog it is. too.
This completes our analyses of the
lx Coast League teams of Spring train
ing is now privileged to begin.
1 TEAMS IN BASEBALL LEAGUE
Iiilcrsfholastic Games to Be Flayed
Three Days Each Week.
Seven teams are represented in the
1916 baseball schedule of the Portland
Interscholastlc League. The directors
met in the Multnomah Amateur Ath
letic Club and arranged the details.
James John High and Hill Military
Academy are not entered in the 1916
schedule, but arrangements may be
made later whereby the James John
High will organize a team.
The first contest of the season will
be played on Multnomah field April 11,
with Franklin High opposing Benson
Tech. The last match of the year
finds Lincoln High and Franklin High
meeting June 6. Games will be played
on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday of
each week.
Following is the 1916 baseball sched
ule: April 11 Franklin yb, Benson.
April 1 Jefferson vs. Columbia.
April 14 Lincoln vs. "WashinKton.
April IS Benson vs. Fortlaml Academy.
April 19 Kranklin vs. Columbia.
May H VasbiiiKton vs. Jpfferson.
Way .! Lincoln vs. Portland Academy.
Alay ."i Benson vs. Columbia.
TWay 0 Franklin vs. Jefferson.
May 10 Wushit'gton vs. Portland Acad.
May 1J T-incoln vs. Columbia.
May ltf Bensor. vs. Jefferson.
May 17 Franklin vs. Portland Academy.
May 11 Washington vs. Columbia.
Mayll.'t Lincoln vs. Benson.
May -4 Jefferson vs. Portland Academy.
May tl Frank'.in vs. WashinKton.
May 20 Columbia vs. Portland Academy.
May 31 Lincoln vs. Jefferson.
June 2 Benson vs. Washington.
J una Zt Lincoln vs. Franklin.
CENTER ALONE WINS CONTEST
It. H. Henderson Scores 2 9 Points In
Night Owl Hooper Game.
R. H. Henderson was the big star
In the Night Owl League basketball
game played in the Peninsula Park
gymnasium yesterday afternoon. Cap
tain Johnson's team defeated Captain
Anderson's representatives, 33 to 13.
and Henderson made all but four of
the winning points.
Referee Pfaender. v.ho is instructor
t the Peninsula Park, has arranged a
irame with the Stevenson. Wash., High
School Midgets and the Peninsula Park
Midgets, to take place in Portland to
morrow afternoon. The contest will be
staged in the Peninsula Park gymna
slum, starting at 2:45 o'clock.
Following are the lineups In yes
terday's game:
Cant. Johnson 3."). Capt. Anderson 13.
A. Brady (2) F (3) E. Brady
Johnson t2 F c5 Weston
R. Henderson (210..C (3) Van vleet
Preseel C,
tt Kevnolds
Koper O
. .. b.lspas
Referee Heinle Pfaender.
Bl TTK HAS 1 2 MEX SIGNED
McGlnnity Has 5 New Players and
7 Tiger Holdovers.
TACOMA. Wash., March 9. (Spe
etal.) Manager Joe McOtnnity, of the
Butte team in the Northwestern League
has signed 12 players and expects to
nave his club complete within 1U days.
Those under contract follow:
S. A. Chapman, righthand pitcher: K
M. Holvey. left hand pitcher; H. Pil
lette, risrhthand pitcher; S. A. Broder-
ick. infielder; A. L. Downey, catcner
and outfielder, and the men Mctiinnity
lias retained from his last year's Ta-
t oma team, who are: K. Hendrix, right
hand pitcher; W. Meikle, righthand
pitcher; G. Stokke, first base; 1 Sells,
shortstop ; J. Levin, second base ; Jfci.
Hoffman, catcher, ana himself.
TEAMS WHICH SETTLED THE 1916
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-itwrA,jg!tinWn
At Top .leffernon High: Standing (Left to Right). Conefa BillinKton, Khrlingcr, Voung, I.ancrfleld, llonch, Cun
ningham and Curry. Front How (Left to Right), Glhbo, Ilorgenon, Moe Sax, Case, Mascot; Captain egtndt and
Harrison. At Bottom Washington High: Back Row (Left to Right), Coach. Rankin, Shearer, Patterson. Johnston.
Mnnary, Blood and Casey Jones. Front Row (Left to Right), MacPherson, Williams, Hutchinson, Campbell and
Wheeler.
SOX COUNT ON NESS
Rowland Hopes ex-Oak First
Sacker Will Keep Up Pace.
TERRY WANTED FOR SHORT
Chicago Americans Are Far From
Assigned to Posts With Arrival
of Training SeasonEven Joe
Jackson Xot Sure of Place.
CHICAGO. March 8. White Sox fans
generally believe that they will have to
rely upon the same men in 1916 who
made the fight for the pannant last
year, but there is less certainty on the
South Side squad, more positions to be
filled and likely to be more upsets than
upon any team in the major leagues.
With the training season here.
Manager Rowland doesn't know who
will play first base, shortstop, third
base, and he has a vacancy in the out
field. Eddie Collins at second base and
Kddie Murphy and Joe Jackson in the
outfield are the only certainties on the
team, aside from the pitchers -and
catchers. And maybe the statement
about Jackson is a bit strong.
Manager Rowland was discussing his
team. "Who will play first?" he was
asked.
"I wish I knew was his answer.
"And who will play third?"
"That I don't know, either," was his
comeback. "Nor do I know about short,
and I have decided definitely upon but
two outf ieldei-s."
mm Candidate for firwt.
Jack Ness is the candidate for first
base who will receive the most careful
nursing. The report from the Coast is
that he is a fast fielder in addition to
being a heavy hitter, which is quite an
unusual combination for a slugging in-
flelder. Usually when they are sluggers
they aren't clever with their hands nor
fast upon their feet.
But Psess, of course, has won his rep
utation in a minor league, which is
quite different from being a recognized
star in the majors. Should Ness come
through one of the largest of the man
agerial problems will be solved.
Then Fournier and John Collins can
contest for the outfield job. But should
Ness fail to display the form of the big
leaguer, then Rowland will be in the
air, for he will have to depend upon
either Collins or the big Frenchman.
Terry Looki Good,
Zeb Terry, the recruit secured from
Los Angeles, is likely to develop into
the key of the infield. Should this
youngster display a lot of promise then
he will likely be sent to short and
Weaver can be shifted to third. The
feeling prevails that the play of Buck
around the second bag wasn t up to
the form which a pennant winner
should display.
Should the latter fail, then there is
another combination that can be tried.
and this is Weaver back at short and
McMullen at third. Ness at first, Ed
die Collins at second, Terry at short
and Weaver at third is a combination
that would appeal to the South Side
manager, for the reason that it would
speed up the infield and make it one
of the fastest in the American League.
But the realization of this hope
means that two youngsters must come
through and make good and it isn't
often that one club is fortunate enough
to develop two stars in the same sea
son. He would have Eddie Murphy and
Jos Jackson, Jack Fournier and John
Collins from which to select. Murphy
because of what he displayed last sea
son, and Jackson because of his repu
tation, are almost certain to be re
tained as regulars. Fournier's hitting
makes him one of the strongest men in
the game offensively, but hi.s bad field
ing detracts so much that it is always
questionable whether his drive will win
CAN THESE PLAYERS BRING ANOTHER PACIFIC COAST
LEAGUE PENNANT TO SAN FRANCISCO?
Player
Wolverton piTih hitter) .Msr.
Autrey ( SSan Francisco, P. C. L. ) . . . lb.
Downs (Sun Francisco, P. C. L.) . . . . 2b.
"Wuffli (Spokane, Northwest I).... 2h.
Bohne i Lincoln. V. L- ss.
.Tones '.San Francisco, P. C. L) 3b.
Allen semi-pro. t ut.
Fitzsrerald k San Francisco, P. C. L.) . of.
SVhaller Sai. Francisco. P. a, I)., of.
Bodie (San Francisco, P. C. I) of.
Lans i smi-pro of.
Block San Francisco. P. C I.) c.
Sepulved i (San Francisco. P. O. I).. c.
Baum (San Francisco. P. C. I...) p.
Fannine San Francisco, P. C. I... p.
Steen (San Franclfoo. P. C. T- P.
Brown (San Francisco, p. C. L P-
t'ouch (Galveston, Texas I) P.
Perritt Los Angeles, P. C. L.) p.
Cavet (San Francisco. P. C. I) p.
Kobinson (St. Louis, National L.) , p.
Ohase (semi-pro.) p.
Machold (semi-pro.1 p.
Corbett (Civil War I) p.
Pitcher
Baum
Fanning .... .....
Steen ..............
T-J ...
Do not appear in the records.
SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE
LEAGUE YESTERDAY.
Jiri s' I
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till -s- ' i
the game or whether some bad play in
the field will lose it.
MORTOX PLANS BALL TEAM
League of Four or Six Clubs May Be
Organized.
MORTON. Wash., March 9. (Spe
cial.) D. A. LaJoie, one of the two
brothers who bought the Morton Ath-
etic Club, and I. M. James plan to
give the city a baseball club.
A preliminary meeting has been
held, and another will be called soon
to perfect an organization and elect
officers.
A3 soon as the local club is formed.
attention will be turned to the or
ganization of a four-team league with
National, Mineral, Morton and Randle,
and if two others can be obtained they
will likely include Mossyrock, the sixth
town not yet having been decided on.
The Veteran Speaks.
T know what's what." said the Veteran,
As he lobbed one back to me;
"The early sun in these tralnln' camps
Ain't hot like It used to be."
"Maybe the old wlnn'i sore a bit
I said as I sought the shade.
"Oh, the arm feels great, he said with
a scowl.
As he reached for the shoulder blade.
"My legs is pood as they ever was,"
Said the Veteran unto me;
"But I wish to h 1 I could pet this kink
Rubbed out of my aching knee.
There ain't no heu-t In the sun," he snarled,
"Or I'd be in condition now,"
"Yes, yes. it's chilly and raw," I said.
As I mopped at my dripping brow.
"I can hit that pill," said the Veteran,
"I am there with the wallop still."
And the old third baseman scowled again.
As old third basemen will,
"It's funny," be said, as he looked around
to see tnat noroiy neara ,
"They got five kids in the draft this year
And four of them nlay third."
Rickard the Shrewd.
When Tex Rickard put himself in a
position where over $90,000 was needed
to pay the expenses of a 10-round, no
decision bout, a number of estimable
thinkers thought that Tex had bumped
into a midwinter sunstroke or was on
the verge of brain trouble.
It looked precisely that way at the
start. But all the time Tex had Psy
chology working overtime for him, and
In a peculiar way.
Psychology of the Bis Boat.
The psychology of the apparent at
tractiveness of the big contest lay in
the deep mystery that has surrounded
Jess Willard. Thousands of those who
will pack Madison Square Garden late
in March will be there, not only to see
a boxing contest, but to find out from
close quarters just what sort of a
champion Willard is.
Is he the most impregnable chamr
that ever won the title? Or did he
merely catch Johnson as the Zuly was
fading into twilight? .
The Willard Debate.
There has never been a champion
about whose ability less was known a
full year after securing the title.
The previous records show that Gun
boat Smith and 1 ear cat McMahon, both
ordinary boxers, while given decisions
over the Kansan, were at least en
titled, to draw verdicts. Willard's
battle with Carl Morris, one of his last
fights before meeting Johnson, was a
terrible thing.
And then, in the wake of these badly
fought contests, the big fellow sud
denly steps out and disperses the Smoke
in a battle that above all other things
called for stamina and courage.
Desiring; to Be Shown.
So Willard today is the ring's Man
of Mystery. Moran's boxing ability is
fairly well known.
But about Willard there are at least
two distinct opinions one that he is
an unbeatable champion, with enough
skill and speed and courage added to
his huge bulk to render the combina
tion invincible.
The other is that Willard has little
but mere bulk that he is too slow, too
unaggressive and too. shy in boxing
skill to deserve any top place in the
ring.
The boxing public at large, which
is no small part of the populace, would
like to know which of these opinions
is the correct one.
They all want to see what Willard
cam do against a game, busy opponent.
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Pitching1 Records
W. T. E.R. Pitcher AV. I E.R.
:o i."i 2.45 Couch r. 3 rwt
2", 3", IKS Perritt 9 1 2 2.45
10 5 2.79 Robinson 7 S ...
11 8 2.43 Cavet 3 & 4.30
PORTLAND INTERSCHOLASTIC
V?'? IV.,
?n js ?n Vri
And unless early signs fail, they are
going to pay money enough to lift Tex
Rickard over the big financial wall he
must cross to break even.
Not to forget that one assisting fea
ture is the public's knowledge that
with Rickard promoting the enterprise
everything will be on the level to the
last breath.
Half Tones.
The man who looks before he leaps
will never have a broken neck nor
lead the field. -
The right sort of confidence admits
in advance the possibility of defeat,
and so guards against it.
Moat Valuable Wins;.
What is the most valuable arm in
sport? A reader writes in to suggest
that it belongs not to Matthewson, or
Johnson or Alexander but to Charles
Chaplin. "Charles has already earned,'
writes our correspondent, "over $2,000,-
000 by hurling ice cream cones, cus
tard pies and such at the heads and
faces of numerous women and men.
Did you ever notice that he also is a
southpaw?"
JEFFERSON WINS TITLE
WASHINGTON SOCCER. TEAM
BEATE.V 9 GOALS TO 1.
IS
Result Clinches Championship of la-
terschoIaMtlc League Triple Tie
for Second I Possible.
Jefferson Higrh School's soccer foot
ball team outclassed the Washington
Higrh eleven nine goals to one on the
Jefferson Hig'h School grounds ye
teraay arternoon. The result gave
Coach Billington the 1916 championship
of the Portland Interscholastic League.
The largest crowd of the season was
on hand. The first period ended 7 to 0
In favor of the Piedmont athletes. The
Jefferson representatives were penal
ized frequently, while Coach Rankin's
boys were not set back once for illegal
methods.
Moe Sax kicked three goals. Gibbs
two, Borgeson two and Captain Neg
stadt and Hanson one each for the win
ners, while the lone point made by
Washington is credited to Wheeler, in
the last period.
But one more game remains to be
played in the Portland Interscholastic
League. Lincoln High is slated to meet
Washington High, and should the Rail
splitters win, a three-cornered tie for
second honors in the circuit would re
sult between Lincoln, Washington and
Portland Academy. The lineup:
Washington (11 Jefferson (9
C. Johnston Goal Lancefield
Patterson k a Youn
C.Jones LB Cunningham
Shearer P. H B Ehlinger
M unary CHB Bosch
Blood LHB curry
MacPherson O RF Oit.tm
wiiuams lit tr Borgeson
Hutchison CF... sax
Campbell ILF Capt. Njstadt
Wheeler O L F Hanson
umciais: james juacaie. Multnomah Ama
teur Athletic Club, referee: George Gray,
Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. and
Arcnie uuncan, coach Portland Academy,
linesmen.
Municipal Golf Links
BY A. C. SCHRADER,
Superintendent "West Park Commission.
IVo. 6 CbiCKO, 111.
OLP on the municipal links around
VT Chicago, and in fact all over the
United States, is becoming more and
more popular every year. It is almost
necessary now for those who wish to
play a round before noon to get up
early in tne morning.
Chicago is divided into various park
districts. I cannot furnish data on
any except the West Chicago Park. Our
links is only nine holes long, but 17.000
players use the links each month. We
charge no fees for the course or fo-
lockers. . Our operating expenses last
year were 56 32.01.
One of the finest players to learn his
golf on the public links was W. Rou
tenbusch. of the Garfield Park Club,
wno won tne city cnampionship a cou
ple of years ago with an average of 73
lor eight rounds.
The last nine holes of the Marquette
Park course are now being played on
and things are moving at the Lincoln
Park course. As usual, the links at
the Jackson Park course are crowded
from early morning to late at night.
Our experience shows that the public
llnKs serve the middle class of people,
who have not the money to join the
numerous exclusive private clubs in this
vicinity.
Roads Give Rates to Trap Shoot.
LEWISTOX, Idaho, March 9. (Spe
cial.) Reduced rates will be granted
on all lines operating into Lewiston
from points In Oregon, Washington and
Idaho for the annual tournament trap
shoot, to be conducted by the Lewiston
Gun Club on April 23. 24 and 25. The
railroads have granted a one and one
third fare for the round trip from any
point in the Northwest and will join
with the Lewiston organization in giv
ing full publicity to the event.
Weeks to Box AI I'arrisli.
CENT R ALIA, Wash., March 9. (Spe
cial.) A bout between Billy Weeks
and Al Parrish will be the main event
of a smoker to be staged in the local
armory on St. Patrick's day, under the
auspices of Company M, Second Regi
ment, N. G. W.
NIECE SPURNS CASH
Woman, Who May Be Heir to
$200,000, Says "No."
MONEY TAINTED, SHE SAYS
Old Money-Lender of Brooklyn
Leaves Xo Will and Miss Kditli
Kitcliing, to Wliom Wealth May
Go, Lives in One Room.
NEW YORK. March 2. Eyes snap
ping angrily, straight thin lips more
than hinting of her inflexible deter
mination. Miss Edith Kitching sat in
the one room she occupies at 24 Bank
street, in old Greenwich Village, and
explained to a reporter why sne had
refused to accept 40,000 at least and
perhaps a great deal more of tne estate
ert by her uncle, Francis F. Ripley,
who was an eccentric money lender of
Brooklyn.
Miss Kitching is not well to do far
from it. Her one room must do her for
a parlor, bedroom and kitchen. Every
small economy is familiar to her. Every
cent must be watched.
It is not a simple matter to get along
on $300 a year, and that is all Miss
Kitching has. But much as she needs
money, her principles and convictions
prevent her from taking the thousands
left by the old money lender. She says
the money is tainted and will have
none of it.
Woman I.lttlr, but Inflexible.
Surely there are few more interest
ing people in New York than this lit
tle slip of a woman of indeterminate
age. somewhere between 40 and 60. Her
features are delicate, but offer a sug
gestion of unshakable firmness the
features of a woman who knows her
mind and would go to any length for
an idea. She wears ordinarily a dress
of the simplest possible cut a dress
of no curves or graceful lines or frills
or furbelows or any of the decorative
touches that women like. It is as if
Miss Kitching put her head through a
hole in the center of a great square of
gray cloth and then draped the folds
carelessly around her. One Is not sur
prised to hear her say that she used
to wear sandals instead of shoes; that
she loves to walk barefooted in the
grass when she goes to the country:
that she abominates corsets, wears only
hygienic clothing and is tremendously
interested in ways and means of up
lifting the masses.
"Did you ever hear of Thomas David
son, young man?" asked Miss Kitching
at the opening of the conversation.
"No? Well, you don't know what you
missed. He was a great man worked
and wrote right here in New York
and had noble ideas of how humanity
was to be bettered. Here, now, you can
read for yourself what he says about
one thing: 'It is a sin to pursue power
or position or wealth." To him the
sources of everything had to be pure.
Now, the source of my uncle Rip
ley's money was not pure. If there ever
was a skinflint on earth, that was
Uncle Ripley. I'm no hypocrite. Why
should not I speak out as I feel? He
was a miser from childhood and the
only pleasure he took in living at all
was in piling up stacks of gold, grin
ning over his mortgages, thinking up
new ways to grind out interest pay
ments.
Would Itather Starve. She Says.
"I would rather starve than take a
cent of that money. Me take the money
ground out of unfortunate people? I
guess not!
"I was informed by the Hamilton
Trust Company that while my uncle
had neglected to make a will he had
plainly signified his Intention of leav
ing $40,000 to me. $20,000 to the Long
Is-land College Hospital, $13,000 to the
Wayside Home, $10,000 to Miss Annie
Ingalls, $12,000 to the Brooklyn Hos
pital and $10,000 to the Children's Aid
Society of Brooklyn. That makes $115.
000, and I believe there is considerable
more besides. Since my uncle had never
done anything more to carry . out
these plans except to assign mortgages
for $65,000 to five institutions, the law
yers say that the bequests are prob
ably illegal, 'uncompleted gifts.' In
that case most of the property would
naturally come to me. I don't want it.
"My uncle was too cowardly to make
a will. That is why none exists. More
than that, I am as sure as I can be of
anything on this earth that these so-
called mortgage assignments to chari
table institutions were lies and that
my Uncle Ripley was fooling people.
He was never interested in a charity in
his life and I don't believe he ever
meant to give a rent to charity.
"I have notified the Hamilton Trust
Company in writing that I have re
jected the estate. I have washed my
hands of the whole business. Let the
trust company and the lawyers work it
out do what is proper.
Mr. Ripley indicated the institutions
he wished to leave money to and the
amounts by assignments noted in an
old bank book, which he had placed
in a tin box. Because these assign
ments were not recorded it would ap
pear that they are invalid, but it will
be contended that by them he had es
tablished a trust and the courts will
be asked to rule them legal.
Woman May Be Heir to (200,000,
' The situation is a peculiar one. The
courts will have to decide as to the
legality of the institutional bequests.
If these are disapproved the whole es.
tate of about $200,000 would legally
fall to Miss Kitching. Possibly in
time advisers ' will persuade her to
change her mind, but she seems in'
flexible enough now.
Francis F. Ripley was an extraordi
nary character. He might have stepped
from Dickens' pages. When he died
in his rooms on the top floor of 80
State street, Brooklyn, on November 11
in his 79th year, he was quite alone,
as he had been all of his life. He was
a clerk in the Bank of New York for
more than 40 years, saving every cent
he could save and setting his mind
stronger and stronger in the determin
ation to be rich. He denied himself
all of the pleasures while he skimped
and pared and saved. He began to buy
mortgages. He had 9a of them, good
first-class mortgages, when he died. In
later years he permitted himself one
expense, book buying. He was a con
firmed bookworm, and when he was not
figuring over his mortgages and han
dling the documents themselves he was
browsing in his really remarkable li
brary. Ilere were more than 7000 vol
umes, all expertly catalogued, with
some good old prints.
"After he died of pneumonia, "which
followed a sudden chill, his papers
were delivered to me," said Miss Kitch
ing. "I promptly turned them over to
the Hamilton Trust Company and in
structed it to act as seemed best."
Old 600-Yard Again Bettered.
NEWARK. N. J.. March 9. The
world's time record for a 600-yard run.
established by Tom Halpin in 1914.
was bettered for the second time in
two weeks here last night, when Dave
Caldwell, of the Boston Athletic Asso
ciation, defeated Ted Meredith, of the
University of Pennsylvania, by one
foot in one minute and 13 1-5 seconds.
This is two-fifths of a second faster
than Halpin's record. In Buffalo two
weeks ago, "however, Meredith was
timed in one minute and 12 3-5 seconds.
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milt s.
'TJOME" to me is some place whar
thar's real affection an good
cookin', entirely surrounded by
pipe smoke.
FIGHT SEAT SALE BIG
970.O0O IV CASH AND JCO.OOO IX
ORDERS ALREADY IX.
Gate at Wlllard-Moran Bout Promises
to Be Record-Breaker Lively Row
la on Wltb Legislator.
NEW YORK, March 9. (Special.)
Tex Rickard promises to make a clean
up on the Willard-Moran 10-round bat
tle here March 25 despite the enormous
guarantees offered the pugilists. Al
ready $70,000 in cash has been received
by the promoters for seats to the big
contest, in which the world's heavy
weight title may possibly change hands.
and there are orders, unaccompanied
by cash, for $20,000 additional in seats.
This, despite the fact that the ticket
sale is only fairly started, gives prom
ise of developing the biggest gate re
ceipts ever taken in at a pugilistic
battle.
A lively row has developed between
the State Athletic Commission, which
has supervision of the contest, and the
State Legislature or rather with cer
tain members of the Legislature, head
ed by Assemblyman McCue, himself a
former pugilist. Mr. McCue declared
before the Legislature yesterday that
the public was in for being bilked. He
Insisted that he had seen Willard
lately, and that the champion was in
no condition to give a real contest.
To this the members of the State
Athletic Commission have taken excep
tion, declaring that the law gives them
sole jurisdiction over the boxers, and
indicating that the Commission will see
to it that there is no battle in case
Willard, or Moran, should not be in
shape, but also insisting that both
pugilists have already passed the tests.
McCue lost his first round of the con
troversy when an objection was inter
posed to a. resolution to prohibit the
fight. He insists, however, that he will
take further action toward safeguard
ing the public."
What are the rights of a pitcher rel
ative to throwing to the various bases
in an effort to catch tire runners nap
ping? How often one hears the cry
of balk when the pitcher makes a feint
to throw to second or third and, see
ing he has no chance to make the play,
fails to go through with it. As dis
cussed in another article, the balk rule
is least understood of all the rules,
because there are so many different
moves that can be classified as balks.
.
Now for the right to throw to first
base. If not on the rubber the pitcher,
of course, can make as many fake
throws to first as he cares to and
need not go through with the move.
Once the pitcher gets on the rubber and
steps forward first and starts a motion
to throw the ball he must go through
with that motion or have it called a
balk. He must do this even though
in a great many cases he knows there
isn't a chance in the world to get a
runner, even though he realizes that
a throw to second would be the propet
one, since the runner is making a dash
for that base. Second base is stolen
more often than any other base. The
stealing of a base is a difficult feat,
when one considers how carefully the
runner It watched by the pitcher and
what good arms a majority of the
catchers have. Undoubtedly the re
strictions are made more severe on the
pitcher as to first base than any other
except the plate. It grants the runner
some protection.
Now. when a runner is on first, the
runner knows that the pitcher, if he
steps forward first, must throw the
ball there. This is a warning for him
to scamper to first or beat it to sec
ond. It gives him something to work
on, something to protect himself. If
it was possible for the pitcher to feint
a lot of throws, the runners, not know
ing when the pitcher would actually
make the throw, would be in constant
hot water. Usually the first baseman
is playing the bag closely, holding the
runner on.
At second and third conditions are
entirely different. The basemen in or
der to properly play their positions are
not able to hold the runner as close
as is the first baseman. The runner as
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rNE of the greatest
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WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO
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Why Not Buy It at
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Portland has a wide and well-known
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Most of the smartest dressers are
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But CHERRY'S CONVENIENT
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When you step into their store at
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Don't forget their number 389-391
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a rule takes a lead in proportion to
the distance the infielders get away
from the base. In this way it is a
60-60 propostion on the getback. Very
often the pitcher whirls to make a
throw to second and third and no one
covers. It would make a joke of the
game if it compelled the pitcher to
throw to that base. The base runner
is entitled to some protection, how
ever, and he gets it, because the pitcher
is forced to step directly toward second
or third when he has any intention of
making a play at either base. This
gives the runner the necessary warn
ing. Now as to the plate. The question
often arises, can the pitcher throw to
the plate in an effort to catch a run
ner coming in from third without hav
ing the throw be a legal pitch, if
at the start of the steal the pitcher
happens to be on the rubber. If the
pitcher is on the rubber when a run
ner starts to steal home he can make
a play for him at the plate, but be
fore throwing the ball he must step
entirely off the rubber. If he remains
on the rubber, whether he takes a.
windup or not. the pitch is legal and
the batter has a right to strike at the
ball If he so desires.
BOXING TOniXEV IS TOXIGHT
Prizes Arranged for National Guard
Meet at Aberdeen.
ABERDEEN. Wash... March 9. (Spe
cial.) Twenty-nine amateur boxers
and wrestlers of Aberdeen and Ho
quiam will compete in a tournament to
be held by Company G. National
Guard of Washington, on Friday night.
This is expected to be one of the big
gest indoor events of the Winter sea
son here and will draw a large at
tendance. A similar event last year
proved a big treat.
The winning boxers and wrestlers in
the various weights will receive med
als. Four organizations are repre
sented: Company G. the Aberdeen
Moose, the Aberdeen High School and
the Hoquiam Y. M. C. A.
About 12 marriages out of very 100 are
Ferond marriages.
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