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THE. MORNING OREGONIAN, AVEDNESDAT. MAT lO, 1016. " SEALS, CHOPPED TO 17 MEN. ARRIVE YESTERDAY'S POSTPONEMENT DID NOT WORRY SEAL BOSS OR OWNER IT'S SPRINKLED ONCE IN SAN FRANCISCO IN 45 DAYS. Iball appetites. Oscar. Can you blame , the. hotel managers for welcoming the BED SOX WELCOME advent of ballplayers In their dining- rooms where service is a la carte? THIS WITH GIFTS Walls of Judge McCredie. When daya are cold and dark and glum. And baseball fans refuse to come. Depositing their hard-earned gold. 3XC 33T i no gam la called. Decausa of cold. Tf 20.000 fans m there. Though frigid breezea filled the air. The game would be postponed, I guess, O yes: O yea! o yes! o yes! San Francisco Squad Finds Its First Wet Weather on Portland Field. Shriners and Former Team mates Give Fine Presents. . Indians Lose, 5 To 1. Rowdy Elliott la singing the praises of young Martin. "I have caught many young pitcher." he said the other day, "but in all my life I have never seen a boy with as much stuff on the ball as Martin has showed me. He is a wonder: that's all there is to It." ycxsc. 1 MEN IN FINE CONDITION Berry's Club Xow Going at Top Speed Team to Be Kept Under . Limit Unless Wolverton Finds I'romising, Youngsters. Pacific (oast league Standings. W. L.. Pe.l W. Li. Pr. 14ir. .-42 15 20 .41M 10 15 .400 Pan.. Fran. 20 IX. K71 (Salt T.ake I ..on Angeles. 17 13 .r67!OakIanfi . . Vernon 17 13 .SSljPortland . . Yesterday's Results. At Portland No game with the Seals, wri grounds. At San Francisco Salt T-ake Oakland 0. At vernon- -Vernon 4, Los Angeles O. Direct from sunny San Francisco, here it sprinkled a few minutes Sun day for the first time in 45 days, to Portland, -where the wettest Spring for a. grood many years is being endured,. Manager Harry Wolverton and his San Krancisco ball club arrived here yes terday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Berry ac companied the club. This is the San Krancisco magnate's first visit in Port land for seven years. "Yesterday's game was postponed be cause of the soggy condition of the grounds. "Walter McCredie and the Portland team tramped around in the mud for a few minutes and then tele phoned to baseball headquarters that there was nothing doing. The bright sunshine of yesterday afternoon dried out the field, and if J. Pluvius is kind there should be a game today. Today will also be ladies day. Seal Sqnad Down to 17 Men Pitchers "Red" Oldham, "Poll" Per ritt. Couch, "Spider" Baum, "Skeeter" Panning, Bill Steen and "Curly" Brown, Catchers Louis Sepulveda and Clarence Brooks. First Baseman "Chick" Autrey, Second Baseman Jerry Downs, Third Baseman Jones. Shortstop Jack Coffey, T'tility Infielder Les Sheehan and Out fielders "Biff" Schaller, Justin Fitz gerald and "Ping" Bodie comprise the entire Seal squad, and they are all in fine shape. "You'll note that we are down to 17 men, and that's the way we intend to stay, unless Harry happens to pick up a promisins-looking youngster," said President Berry yesterday. "Sheehan can play both the infield and outfield, and as our boys all want to play in all of the games, and we are able to carry fpven pitchers among the 17, we figure that we can get by nicely." Yesterday's postponement was the first one encountered by the'San Fran cisco club this season. The weather has been ideal in San Francisco and Los Angeles since the season opened and the Seals have not played outside ot that radius. Seals Have Fine Baseball Weather. According to Berry and Wolverton, old Jupiter Pluvius Sunday paid San Francisco a brief visit after an ab sence, unprecedented at this time of the year, of 45 days. The visit added .07 of an inch to the rainfall record in San Francisco. TJie month of April and so far this month has been the driest period in the Bay City and thereabouts since 1857. It has rained 4.71 inches in Portland in the last 45 days, the most of this falling since the Beavers came home. Here is how the Seals have fared in every series since the season started: April 4, San Francisco 4 games, Port land 3 games; April 11, San Francisco 2 games, Vernon 5 games; April 1 an Francisco 4 games, Los Angeles 3 games; April 25, San Francisco 4 games. Salt Lake 3 games; May 2, San Krancisco 6 games, Oakland 1 game, The Seals are now in first place by the scanty margin of .004, due to the Angels' defeat yesterday by Vernon The Seals have lost but one series since the opening gong rang and that was to Vernon at Los Angeles the second week of the season. Team Aot at Top Speed. They had just finished playing Port land opening week and the only two pitchers on whom Boss Harry could depend were Couch and Steen. San Francisco was lucky to win the open ing series with the Beavers and poor pitching was the reason they did nose out Walt McCredie's crew. With the exception of the first two weeks, however, the Seals have played consistent ball. The supplanting of Sammy Bohne at shortstop by the vet eran Jack Coffey and the rounding into form of the Seal pitching corps is the reason for the club's spurt after the disastrous week with the Tigers. All the San Francisco pitchers are In fine fettle now and the Beavers will have to hustle or they are likely to get the same dose that the Oaks got last week from Wolverton's men when they lost six out of seven contests. The Feals were scheduled to play six games here, but only five can possibly be played since the postponement of yes terday. Bill Steen for San Francisco i billed to work against Byron Houck for the Beavers today. BKES SCORE F1VK IX XIN'Tit Game Kim loss for Eight Innings Turns to Slugfest AVith Oaks. PAN" FRANCISCO. Ma 9. In p. game that was a. pitchers' battle and without runs on either side until the ninth Palt Iake defeated Oakland today, 5 to 0. The Bees started to hit Proypch in the ninth, and with five hits scored five runs. A home run by Orr was one of the i-ontributinj? factors. Blanken ishio, the Bee manacrer. was banished from the ground in the third, after an argument with Umpire Doyle. Score: gait Lak - I Oakland B H O A E BHOAE Ouinlan.m 0 O BarbfBu..t 4 8 0 0 0 Hath. 2 4 11 Brlf.1... IIS Hvan.l :; t 2 hlnn.r... R 1 1 Orr.s 4 HaUinan.3 4 2 3 Hannah.. 3 O '2 Uughes.p. 3 O o Totals. ,3J 10 27 gait Lak H!ts 4 0 Zim'm'n.m 3 1 0 Mlddleton.l 4 0 1) Kenw'hv.'J 4 0 Oardner.r. 4 7 0 Karry.l ... 3 0 1 Kiliott.c. . 4 0 0 Davids 2 2 n Prough.p.. 2 n 0 o 0 2 0 1 0 7 14 1( Totals. ..30 6 2T 16 0 0 O 0 0 0 O O . TOO 1 200 1 5 lO OOOOOOO o O 0 112 0 110 O Oakland . . Hits Runs. Quinlan. Hath. Ryan, Shlnn, Orr. Home run. Orr. Stolen bases. Rath. Ryan, Zimmerman. Gardner. Davis. Sacrifice hft. T'roueh. Bases on balls, off Hushes 3. off Trouh 2. Struck out. by Hughes 2. by Trough IV Double plays. Rath to Brief to Orr: Barbeau to Kemvorthy to Rarry: Rath to Orr to Brief. Runs responsible for. Prous-h l.eft on bases. Salt Lake 2. Oakland 7. Time. 1 :3o. Umpires, Doyle and Phyle.. AXGEI.S BLANKED BY VERXOS Seraphs Seem to Be Out of Condi tion on Return From Portland. l.OS ANGELES. Cal.. May 9. TheLos Angeles baseball team was shut out for the first tima this season here M? if J jfV-' N 5, f today by Vernon 4 to 0 in a Tery ordinary and one-sided exhibition. The Angel players apparently were out of condition after their loitering spell during the rain in Portland. Decan niere and Ryan both, were rather wild at times. The score: Los Angelea I Vernon BHOAE! BHOAE Ma?g-?rt,m 3 15 0 oDoane.r. . . 4 2 2 00 h.ane.1.... 3 o o o;uie hm'n.l 3 113 ou Wolter.r. . 4 1 1 o OiRiEberg.2. 4 1 1 3 0 1 6 " 0 0 Batca.3. .. 4 1 1 20 O 1 1 l'Daley.l -2 O 3 0 0 0 2 2 rGrices.r.. . 3 0 2 10 0 3 1 li.M'Gafgn.a 3 13 0" 2 4 2 ljspsncer.c. 2 1 3 00 0 O 1 liDeCan're.p 2 O 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 01 0 0 0 Oi Koerner.l 4 Ga!'oway,3 4 McLarry,2 3 tisner.a.. A Boles.c... 3 Ryan. p.. . O Brant. p. O fcilil"... 1 Totals. .27 7 2712 0 Totals. .28 5 24 9 5 Batted for Ryan in seventh. Batted for Brant in ninth. Los Angeles O 0 o o 0 O 0 0 0 0 Hits I 0 O 0 0 0 2 1 15 Vernon 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 x- 4 Hits 2 2 1 O 0 0 1 1 X 7 Runs, Doane, Bates. Daley 2. Stolen base. Daley. Two-base hit. Rlsbere. Sacrifice hits. Glelschmann 2, Ryan, McGaffigan. Daley. Struck out. by Ryan lj DeCannlere. 2; Brant. 2. Bases on ball, off DeCan nlere. 7; Ryan, G; Brant. 1. Runs responsi ble for. Ryan. 2; 5 hits 4 runs. 21 at bat off Ryan in Innings. Charge defeat to Ryan. Double plays. Brant to Fisher to Koerner; Risberg to Gleichmann; DeCannlere to Mc Gafftgan to Gleichmann. Time 1:45. Um pires. Held and Brashoar. RAIXIBR AVIXS COUNTY MEET St. Helens 32 Points Behind Ijeaderv Clatskunie Third. CLATSKANIE, Or., May 9. (Special.) Rainier High School easily won the annual Columbia County track and field meet held Saturday at Rainier. A slow, muddy track made fast time impossible, and extreme cold helped further to prevent any spectacular performance. Furer. of Rainier; Eilertsen. of Clats kanie, and Perry, of St. Helens, were the individual high-point winners, fol lowing were the results of the different events: Mile run, Lambersen (R,). Biggs (C): SO-yard dash, Furer (R. ). Kllertsen -.), McUilvarv (.); high Jump. Forer rt. Veazey (S. H.). Eilertsen C and Perry (S. H.). tied for third: 440-yard dash, Gal. agher (R.), Perry ts. H.). McKiel C: dis cus. Perry (S. H.. Atkins (R ). Furer (R.J: (KI-yard dash, Furer (R.), Perry S. H. 1. Graham (C: pole vault. Furer (R.), At kins (R.) Zvsett (S. H.: shotput. Perry (rt H ) Eilertsen tC). Furer R.): broad lump. Furer (R , Graham C , Atkins (R. ); Javelin. Eilertsen 1C.1, Furer IR. ). Perry .S H.; reiay. won by Rainier. Clat skanle second. Total points. Rainier 4. St. Helens 21 Vi. Clatskanie 20VJ. RITCHIE COMES WEST SOON Ex-Champion to Leave Chicago for liout Here June 9. Manager Joe Flanigan, of the Beaver Athletic Club, received word yesterday from Willie Ritchie saying that he would leave Chicago for Portland with in a few days. He will arrive here Mav 26 or 27. Ritchie will box either Al Sommers. Billy Wright. Frank Bar rieau or Ralph Gniman on June 9. as a "special added at f action of the Port land Rose Festiv;. The officials of the Beaver Club have practically decided to let Sommers, the undefeated Portland middleweight. Dox Ritchie. Sommers has agreed to make 152 pounds for the former lightweight champion, who would be giving away onl v- seven pounds. What will be perhaps the classiest boxing card ever arranged will back up the top-line attraction, and the club will soon be making out-of-town res ervations. The affair will be held at one of the local theaters, the Armory or one of the Portland athletic clubs. Pitcher Cole, of Tono, Injured. CEXTRALIA. Wash., May 9. Spe cial.) Bert Cole, a pitcher secured by Tono from Seattle, spained his ankle Sunday and will be out of the game for two weeks. The coal miners have a strong pitching staff, however, and are in fine shape to work short-handed until Cole recovers. The game to have been played with Doty Sunday was postponed on account of rain. Baseball Summary." -1 STANDINGS OF THE TEAMS. National Lcatue. "W. L. Pel VT. L. PC Brooklyn... 30 4 ."UiPhiladelphla. 8 8.500 Boston 10 r .66",St. Louis-. .. lO lu ,rno Chicago.... 12 O .r.r.tiT-'lttsbura- 9 13.409 Cincinnati.. 11 il .OtWIXew York... 3 13 -1S8 American tLeacue. Cleveland.. IS 8 .".2! Boston 11 11 .500 New York.. 11 9 rhicaBO 1113.4 Washington It 9 ..".5" St. Louis 8 11.4 Detroit 11 11 .olOFhiladelphla 7 13 .350 American Association. Minneapolis 12 ." Indianapolis J 9 .rO0 Louisville. 12 6 .lt7, Kansas City. 7 11 Columbus.. 11 7. till Toledo 6 31 .:tf:i t-t. Paul ... 0 8 .L29, Milwaukee. 5 13.278 Western League. Topeka. . Lincoln . Wichita. Omaha. . 10 6 .6i7 Des Moine 9 .438 lO .i2.". Sioux City.. TIO.412 lO 6 .02.-, Denver lO . S 7 .53o 6i, Joseph. Northwestern League. . 7 4 .Oo Seattle. 5 lO Spokane 6 .500 O.reat Falls. 7 ? .SSS Vancouver. . 6 5 ,0i. Tacoma. . . . 5 1.417 Butte 3 7 .300 Vesterday Results. American Association At Minneapolis inuianapoiis v 3: at St. Paul Kansas City 9. Columbus Louisville 3; at Milwaukee 14. Toledo 8. Northwestern League Seattle 1. Tacoma 0 1 10 Innings : Spokane 3, Butte 2; Great Falls 10, Vancouver 1. ' Western League At St. Joseph 4, Wichita 1; at Des Moines 7, Sioux City 8: at Lincoln 2. Omaha 1: Topeka b, Denver H. Where the Trams Play Next Week. Pacific Coast League Portland at Salt Lak. Los Angeles at ban frranclsco, Oakland a ernon. Where the Teams IMay Today. racific Coast League San Krancisco at Portland, Salt Lake at Oakland, Los Ange les at Vernon. How the Series Stand. Pacific Coast Lea gu Salt Lake 1 game. Oakland no game: Vernon 1 game. Los Ange les no game: San Francisco-Portland aeries has not started as jeu GIANTS WIN, 13 TO 5 Matty Only One of Six Effective in Game With Pirates. CUB RALLY BEATS REDS Fred Williams' Triple With Bases Full Pnts Skids I'nder Cincin nati in Eljrhth Slugrest Starts After Two Arc Ont. PITTSBURG. May 9. The New Tork Nationals won from Plttsburs by a score of 13 to 5 here today In a game featured by weak pitching. Each side used three pitchers, but Mathewson was the only one effective, allowinar one hit In four innings. Burns, Robertson and Doyle starred with the bat. . Score: R. H. E.j R. H. E. New Tork 1116 lPittiburir. . . 5 8 3 Batteries Tesreau, Benton, Mathew son and Rariden: Harmon, Jacobs, Hill and Gibson. Schmidt. Chicago 8, Cincinnati 5. CHICAGO, May 9. Fred "Williams' triple broke up today's game with Cin cinnati and gave the Chicago Nationals an 8-to-5 victory. After two men were out in the eighth inning. Prendergast started the winning rally with a single. Schulte and Flack followed with safe hits, filling the bases. Williams fol lowed with his timely hit, which gave the locals the game. Zimmerman scored Williams with a single, then stole sec ond and third and clinched the game by scoring on Clarke's wild throw to third. Score: n. H. E. R. H. E. Cincinnati.. 5 9 3Chicago 8 16 1 Batteries Mitchell, Schneider. Schplz and Clark; Seaton, Pierce, Prendergast and Allen. No other games scheduled in National League. TIGFJiS IASK IX 10TII OX MUFF Dean Drops Fly Ball and Lets Seat tle Score Only Run of Game. SEATTLE. Wash., May 9. Seattle de feated Tacoma. 1 to 0. in 10 innings to dav. With one out in the tenth. Dean dropped Cadman's fly to left field and Eastley sent a long drive to left cen ter. scoring Cadman with the winning run. Dean's muff was the only error in the game. Both Eastley. for Seattle. and Telford. for Tacoma. pitched steady ball. Score: R. H. E.i it. 1. t;. Tacoma 0 7 lSeattle 1 6 0 Batteries Telford and Roberts: Eastley and Cadman. Spokane 3, Butte 2. SPOKANE. Wash.. May 9. With the score tied in the ninth. Butte scored again in the tenth, making it 2 to 1 for the visitors, but along oame McGlnnls with a triple that brought In the tying run and Sheeley then brought home the bacon for the Indians with an op portune single, the final score being 3 to 2. Score: R. H. E.I R. H. E. Butte 2 6 2Spokane 3 9 2 Batteries Meikle. Hovey and Hoff man. Altman; Shader and Murray. Sheely. Great Falls 10, Vancouver 1. VANCOUVER. B. C. May 9. Kallio held Vancouver to four hits today and Great Falls won, 10 to 1. Salveson was wild and had poor support. Score:- Ii- H. E. I R. H. E. Great Falls 10 S lVancouver. . 14 4 Batteries Kallio and Haworth, Sal veson and Cheek. KISBKIUi AXD QUIXLAX FIXED Coast League Players X'ot to Be Per mitted to Fight in Field. SAN FRANCISCO. May 9. From 325 up is to be the cost to Pacific Coast League baseball players this season for losing their tempers and showing it. C. A. "Swede") Risberg, second baseman for Vernon, and Thomas Quinlan. cen ter fielder for Salt ike City, each were -assessed the SIS minimum today by President Allan T. Baum. of the League, on account of a squabble last Saturday at Los Angeles. Risberg ' accused Quinlan of Inter fering with a play in th eighth Inning, and in an ensuing scuffle most of Quintan's shirt disappeared. Elma. May Play. ELMA. Wash.. May 9. (Special.) Coach Hawley of the Aberdeen foot ball team, has asked that the Elma team give him two games next season. Coach Dunning, of the Elma team, says that he will consider the request before answering. Vmaplne Defeats Helix, 1 2 to 9. VMAPINE. Or.. May 9. (Special.) The fifth baeeball game of the season's series of the Central Umatilla County Baseball League was played between the Umapine Braves and Helix teams at Helix yesterday. The score was 12 to 9 in favor of the Umapine Braves. ATHLETIC PITCHERS WILD Thirty Parses Given in Clash With Detroit, Tigers Winning, 1 6 to 2. White Sox Beat Yanks in Vp hlll Game Browns Win. BOSTON. May 9. "A warm welcome was given Trls Speaker by his old friends here today, but the Red Sox administered a 5-to-l defeat to the Cleveland Americans. The Shriners presented Speaker with a fei and a Jeweled badge. The Boston club's gift was a massive silver loving cup. Speaker scored Cleveland's only run on his terrific drive to the flagpole for three bases and a single by Roth. Leonard pitched good ball for Boston, allowing but three hits. Coveleskie passed Carrigan twice and each time he scored a run. Errors by Cleveland's inflelders coupled with hits accounted for Boston's other runs. The score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Cleveland.. 1 3 4 j Boston 5 8 0 Batteries Coveleskie. Mitchell and O'Neill; Leonard and Carrlgan. Detroit 16, Philadelphia 2. PHILADELPHIA. May 9. Thirty bases on balls were given in the game in which the Detroit Americans de feated Philadelphia today. 16 to 2. Eighteen of these passes were handed out by, the home twirlers, Ray leading with 12. while Cunningham and Boland. of Detroit, each gave six. Detroit hit the ball hard with runners on the bases. Cobb twice making doubles with the bases filled, each hit driving in two teammates. The score: K. H. E. R.H. E. Detroit 16 11 0 Philadelphia 2 3 S Batteries Cunningham, Boland and Stanage. Baker; Nabors. Weaver. Ray and Schang, Murphy. Chicago 5, Sew York 4. NEW YORK. May 9. The Chicago Americans played an uphill game here today and defeated New York by a score of 5 to 4. With Chicago four runs behind in the fourth inning. Fournler made a home run with two on bases. Jackson's triple and McMullin's single tied the score. Chicago scored the winning run in the fifth. The Yankees knocked Williams out of the box in the fourth inning, butm could do nothing with Clcotte. The score: Chicago I New Tork BHOAE BHOAE Felseh . a J. Collins. 1. 4 E. Collins. 3 3 Fournler. 1 4 Jackson. r. 4 Weaver.s. 3 McMufn.3 4 Srhalk.c. 4 Wlirms.p. 1 Clcotte. p.. 2 0 l'Cllhoolev.r 4 3 0 0 O OlMagea.l. S 3 U!Mulse!.m.. 2 0 0 Baker.3. . . 2 0 O Oedeon.2.. 4 3 0 Plpp.l 4 2 O'Peck'p'gh.a 3 3 1! Alex'der.c. 4 0 0 Cook 0 2 1 Caldwell. p. 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 O 0 10 10 112 1 0 10 2 0 0 4 a o 1 n to o o O 0 2 110 Totals.. 31 6 27 11 3J Totals.. 30 627131 Ran for Alexander in ninth. Chicago o O 0 4 1 O 0 0 5 New York 30100000 0 1 Runs. Felsch, J. Collins. E Collins. Four nler. Jackson, Gllhooley. Malsel 2. Baker. Two-base hits. M.iisel. E. Collins. Three-base hit, Jackson. Home runs. Baker. Fournler. sto'en base. Felsch Double plays. Plpp to ' ' ""i'ojkii io i , v . j. v . i . 1 1 ii to r ournler, Base on errors ,s VnrV i fhicam , Bases on balls- off Caldwell !t off Willi,,,.. 4-, off Clcotte 3. Hits and earned runs, off ",B- runs in a z-.l Innings off Clcotta. 2 hits and no runs In 6 1-3 in nings: on Caldwell, r. runs. Struck out. by o. vy tvntJams . oy Ulcotta Umpires, Nallin and Dineen. St. Louis 10, Washington 5. WASHINGTON. May 9. The St. Louis Americans easily defeated Washington today, 10 to B. mainly because of the wildness of Harper and Avers, r.ronm and Davenport both were batted out of ine dox. Dut r-arks finished strong for St. Louis I Washington M II OA El BHOAE Shotton.m Johnst'n.s Mlller.r.. . Slsler.l Pratt. 2 4 11 o Morgan. 2. 4 3 2 0 0 " - r o8ier.il. . 4 3 0 0 0. Milan 5 2 lO 0 O Rondeau.l. 2 0 C 2 OMudge.l. . . 3 14 OOShanka.r.. 4 11 2 OIHenry.c. .. B 2 3 4 irllrM, 1 3 0 1 2 S 0 3 2 4 0 0 o o Marsans.l. Deal. 3 Hartley.c. Groom. p. . Dav'np"t,p Parks. p. . Crandall O 0 0 0 2 lO 4 0 112 0 O 1 o 0 0 o 1 O 2 1 1 O O 0 O Harper.p. . O OOAyres.p... O 3 O'Gallla.p. .. O 0 l Moeller". o o o 0 0 0 0 o o o 0 Totals. .32 "Batted for Gallia In ninth. SJ- f"" 3 0 0 0 0 3 4 2 O 10 " - " ; o o o ti i Runs. Shotton, Johnson, M1I1.T 2, SNler 2 Pratt. Marsans, Hartley. Parks. Jurlve " blianKs. Henry. Harper. Two-base hits. Mll- ci !. " nry. Three-base hit, Slsler. Stolen bases. Slsler. Milan. Jndn ! Harper. Johnson. Double play Deal to Sls ler. Bases on balls. Harper 7. Groom 1 Davenport 1. Parka 2. Ay res 2. Hits and ,ru ruu, on i, room . nits run In . " 1 1 owe ana none out in sec ond). Davenport 5 and 2 in 3. Parks 3 and none in 5. Harper 8 and 5 In 6 two on base and none out In seventh), Ayrea 3 and 4 In 1 " ' ' " "!l aim none out in eighth), Gallia none and none in 2. Struck out Harper. 8 Davenport 1. Parks 3, Ayrea l' i.uipire. niioeorana ana Kvans. Coast League Gos sip ijaul. mttery, Salt Lake southpaw. X In size, shape and delivery is almost a duplicate of Claude Williams. This mucn is admitted by the average fan Blankenship goes the A. F". one bet ter, ana pronounces Fittery even a bet ter pitcher than Williams. Williams car ried the club through the major part oi tne season last year, but at the fin ish Fittery was twirling the bettor ball of the two. In the last month he looked better than the "Little Giant," who Is now performing such Herculean feats for the White Sox. Many games pitched recently by Fit tery have been classics. "Fittery Tfas everything that Williams ever had. and on top of this a much better curve ball." declared Blankenship. "In short. he Is a better pitcher than Williams.' 1 ou've simply got to hand it to the fealt Lake Bees when It. comes to rec ognizing them In the rough. The guy wno discovered Walter Johnson and "Bullet Joe" Bu'sh was not deceived In Williams and Fittery. When Manager Rowdy Elliott, of the Oaks, lured Elwood Martin out of the wilds of Pleasanton. Cal., let it be whls pered that young Martin, who was about to blossom forth as a young au thor, pitched, managed, captained and batted first on & bush club last season, Martin's prospective contribution to the literature of the present era was to be entitled How to Pitch. Manage, Captain and Bat First on a Bush Ball Club." The leading author was hard a work grinding out his impressions when Rowdy Elliott flashed an Oak contract upon' him. .Martin is unaeciaed. yet whether or nxt to continue with the masterpiece. In; is also on the fence regarding "moving-picture rights." "Ballplayers now are welcomed at the best hotels." a headline informs us. Is It a wonder? In the olden days most of the hotels operated on the American plan. Now they operate on the Euro pean Dlan. And you know those baae- The boys of the San Francisco. Cal.. Nursery for Homeless Children have ac cepted an Invitation from Jack Cook, of the Oakland team, to attend the ball game next Saturday between the Oaks and Salt Lake. As these boys go to school during the remainder of the week, their baseball will be dished up to them on Saturday. CASTLE ROCK TRACK MEN" WIN" Cowlitz County School Field Meet Brings Two X'ew Records. CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. May . Spe- cial.) Castle Rock won the track and field meet of the Cowliti County School Athletic Association. which was held In this city Saturday after noon. Castle Rock scored 70 points, while Woodburn had 22. Kelso 14 and Silvei Lake 6 In the high school con tests. Woodland was ahead in the grades, with 47 points. Castle Rock 19. Silver Lake 11. Kelso 5, Carrolls & and Tucker 3. Twt new county records were made. Laurence Ruth, of Castle Rock High School, throwing the 10-pound shot 42 feet 9 Inches, while J. Booaaard. of the Silver Lake School threw It 8 feet' inches. The other record was made by Edward Feak, of this city, who ran the mile In 4:39. L. Swart, of Wood land, made the BO-yard dash in &.4. while E. Blue, of the same place, made It for the high school. James Lovering, of this place, won the 120-yard high hurdles in 1S.3. In the pole vault Harry Peabody. of this city, won by making a height of 10 feet 4 inches. Seth Learning, of this city, won the 220-yard dash In 24.3 seconds, with Etters, of the same school, a close second. Edward Feak also won the half mile in 2:22. Wood land grades won the one-half mile re lay In 2 2-6 seconds, while Castle Rock High won the one-half mile relay in 1:4. NELSON OREGON CAPTAIN VARSITY BASEBALL VETERA LEAD ME IX 1917. Trans to Lese Coraell aad Tnerek. by Graduation. but New Material From Freahsnen la Prsmlslag. UNIVERSITY" OF OREGON. Eugene. May 9. (Special.) Dick Nelson, veteran of three years on the varsity nine, has been chosen to pilot the team through the 1917 season. His election took place last night as the team was returning from Its trip to Corvallis, where the last two games of the sea son were played and lost, ending the season with a percentage of .500. ruck was the only three-year letter man on the team this year, having played first base for the past three seasons. Ills wide experience in base ball, both collegiate and in the "bushes," fits him for an ideal leader of next year's varsity squad. The big first baseman nails from Lafayette. He is a member of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. Oregon loses two of her star ball players this year by the graduation route. Bill Tuerck has been varsity pitcher for four years and Anse Cornell, captain the past season, saw four years of service at short and second. But with the left-over .material of this year and with what has been showing up well among the freshmen. the possibilities lor a winning ag gregatton next year are particularly bright- Looking Them Over. IT AS a base runner the right to run back to first base if he has be come the occupant of second, or move back to second, if he has acquired pos session of third? The rights of the runner in this respect are a much mooted question, on which many of the authorities of the game fail to agree. A number of years ago Harry Davis first brought this play-up for discus sion. Davis was within his rights in doing what he did. Davis was on first and a fast runner on third. uavis wanted the catcher to make a throw to second so that the fast man on third might have a chance to reach home on the play. On a pitched ball Davis ran to second, but the catcher did not throw the ball, deciding to play it safe. Davis did not touch second: this is a most important point in the play. He went within a foot or so of the bag and then dashed back to first. He re peated this trick several times, each time failing to touch second base. Since he did not touch second, first base still belonged to him. and he had the right to return if he so desired, a A few years ago Herman Schaefer brought up another phase of this play. A great many believed It was simply a repetition of what Davis did a number of years before, but as a matter of fact Schaefer pulled a distinctly different play. Conditions were the same as in the Davis play, two out. Schaefer on first and a fast man on third, Clyde Milan. I believe. Schaefer ran to sec ond, hoping the catcher would make a play on him. thus giving Milan a chance to beat It home with a much- needed run. The catcher decided to play it safe and take a chance on the batter, consequently did not make the throw to second. Schaefer acquired possession of sec ond, and after the pitcher had delivered a ball to the batter, he made a break for first base. Immediately there was all kinds of confusion. The opposing team was up In the air. With Schaefer standing on first, the ball was thrown to the second baseman and that player touched the second sack. The umpire rendered no decision. Then the second baseman threw the ball to the first baseman. At once Schaefer started for second. At about the same time Milan started for the plate. The first base man on getting the ball made a hurried throw to the plate and received the dt cision over Milan. The fact that Milan was retired lessened the confusion as to the status of Schaefer. As a matter of fact it is still a matter of doubt. Can Schaefer after he has become the occupant of second run back to first? There are those who contend that in doing so he Is running con trary to the rules of the game. They point out that if a batter bit a bail and ran toward third instead of first the umpire would call him out for so doing. There are others who believe that Schaefer had the right to take such a chance If he so desired. There are others who believe that he had the right, but the moment he retouched first he should have been declared out just as a batter who. seeing be Is about to be touched out between first and home, retraces bis steps toward the nmnnm A PIPE of VELVET is like a good watch-dog. It welcomes fren'ly thoughts an scares off unfren'ly ones. Qfeo&U l4 iiiiiniiiii) jj s;f n 14 V fv-'"-"- 1 as. 4rw sf plate, to give other runners a chance to advance. Umpires make it a rule to call the runner out the moment he passes back over the plate, for If there was no line of division the runner could have the fielder chase him all over the lot. The play offers many situations and is the cause of many arguments. If all were unanimous that Schaefer in running contrary to the laws and rules ' the game was out for so doing, then of course it would be easy. CLOSE FIELD MEET EXPECTED La Grande to Send Special Train to Big Games at Baker. LA GRANDE. Or.. May 9. (Special.) La. Grande supporters of the high school track team are working up a special train to Baker next Saturday, when the annual Eastern Oregon scholastic classic is to .be held there. La Grande. Pendleton and Baker are prominently In the race for first hon ors. Pendleton's stellar performance against Walla Walla last Friday Is ad mittedly proof that the Round-up town has a strong team. Pendleton is prac tically certain of 25 points. La Grande contends she can muster about that many and Baker likewise is going to get 25 or 26 points, she contends. With scattering point-winners certain to boh up. fct is believed the meet will be taken by not more than 30 points, and prob ably by a margin of one or two points over the nearest competitor. Last year Pendleton won the meet by one point over La Grande. .Fitzgerald Leads in Three Departments of Game. San Fraaclaeo Outfielder Heads Run sret ter. Rsse-Hsasrra aad Three-Uase-liittera of League. JUSTIN FITZGERALD, one of the popul- r outfielders of the San Fran cisco Seals now showing against the Portland Beavers on the Vaughn-street grounds, holds three honors so far in the 1916 season of the Pacific Coast League. He leads the rungetters, base steaters and three-base hitters. Be sides this ho is second among the regu lars for leading batting honors. Ping Bodie. a teammate, being in first place. Fltx passed Lane of Oakland for premier pilfering records by taking 14 bases on Coast League catchers, has registered four three-base clouts and has scored 29 runs. Following la record of the leaders, including the games or last Sunday: Leading runmakera Fitzgerald, Fan Krancisco: 8; Schaller. San Krancisco. 27, Koerner, Ios Angeles. 23; Brief, Salt Iake, 23: Orr. Salt Lake. 23: Bodie. San Fran- Cisco, 22; Lane. Oakland, 21; Barbeau. Oak land, 21; Bates. Vernon, 20; Kenwonhy, usKiana, jv: uoane. vernon. ll). Leading base stealers Fitzgerald. San Francisco, 14; Lanf. Oakland, 12; Schaller, Pin Francisco, 10: Bates. Vernon, 8; South worth, Portland. 7; Woiter. Los Angeles. 7; Kane, Los Angeles-San Francisco, 7; Mid dleton. Oakland, 7. Leading home-run hitters Guisto. Port land. 8: Bodie. San Francisco. 6: Brief. Salt Lake, fl: Schaller, San Francisco, 4. Leading three-baa hitters Fitzgerald. San Francisco, 4: Bates, Vernon, a: Woiter, ios Angeles, a: Ulelchmann. Vernon. 3. L,eadlng two-Dase hitters Berry. Oakland. 10: Bodie. San Francisco. : Gardner. Oak land. 9; Woiter. Los Angeles. H. Elliott. Oakland. 0; Risberg, Vernon. 0. Leading aacririce hitters Mlddleton, Oak land. 13: Vaughn. Portland. 11; Gleichmann. Vernon. 9; Daley, Vernon, 9; Schaller, San Francisco, s. Cathlaniet Defeats Clatskanie. CATHLAMET. Wash.. May 9. (Spe cial.) The Cathlamet Tigers defeated Clatskanie for the third time this sea son on the home grounds Suaday. Lin qulst and Erickson were the batteries for the Tigers and Bryant and Newton for Clatskanie. The score was 8 to 3. Dorlzas Regains Laurels. PHILADELPHIA. May 9. Mike Dor lzas, the Greek athlete of the Univer sity of Pennsylvania, today set a new record of 2109 points in the gymnasium strength test, thereby regaining the laurels briefly held by Edward C Rus sell, a senior at the university. I-a st week Russell made a record of 1963 points. Waterville and Weiiutchec yin. VEXATCHKB, Wash., May 9. (Spe- 1' jHrs i?kMt;'.'m Charts feisis;iji BALLOU erthvest Broadway at Oak St, rortlaad. LYSTUL V mi. -Jk,lv A. 't- A- T.- clal.) In the Wenatchee Valley League Sunday Waterville won from Cashmere, at Cashmere. C to 4. The battery for Cashmere was Gill and Nelson; for Waterville. Lilly and Leavenworth. Gill strut k out 17 and Lilly 7. Wenatchee won from Leavenworth at Leavenworth Sunday 9 to 3." Gill pitched for Wenatchee and Smith for Leavenworth. CLATSKAXIE TEAM WINS TITLE St. Helens Drubbed, 12 to I. lor Mid-Columbia Championship. CLATSKANIE. Or.. May 9. (Special.) Clatskanie won the high school base ball championship of Columbia County and the lower Columbia Rivr. at Rainier. Saturday, by defeating St. Hel ens High School in a five-inning con test. 12 to 1. Van. twirling for Clats kanie. etruck out eight men in the five Innings, and allowed but one scratch hit. Conyers. Larsen and Eilertsen. of Clatskanie. were the hatting stars. while I'erry. of St. Helens, and Geary, of the winners, pulled off the fielding features. The score: R. If. K ! It. H. K. St. Helens.. 1 1 5natt-kanle..li 13 3 Batteries Faxon and Stanwood; Van and Van. Wisconsin Drubs Northwestern. SHICAGO, May 9. The University of Wisconsin had an easy time today, de feating Northwestern University 9 to 3. Score: R. II. E. R.H. K. 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