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PLAYERS RELEASED
Brandt and Pinelli Freed and
Waivers Are Asked on
. Five Other Athletes.
MARYSVILLE TO .BE CAMP
Switcli Made From Stockton All
la Good Shape Except Illgbee.
Zweifel and Scbatzlein to Be
Kept for Real Trial.
BT ROSCOE FAWCETT.
BAN FRANCISCO. March 20. (Spe
clal.) Tanned by the tropic sun and
some few showing the effects of a
rough passage, the Portland ball ciud
reached Golden Gate late this after
noon from Its Honolulu training trip.
Allen T. Baum, president of the Pacific
Coast League, met the Great Northern
just inside the bar and acted the role
of welcomer. Nick Williams also glad
handed the bunch and his report on
Stockton's poor support for his Spo
kane club caused Walter McCredie to
make an immediate switch in the plans
for the final 10 days of training.
Marysville Instead of Stockton will
get the Beavers from now until
April 1. Brenton. Fincher, Siglin.
Farmer. Frultt, Schorr and Ireland, now
at Stockton, will be ordered to Marya
Tllle to join the Honolulu contingent
tomorrow afternoon.
Brandt and Pinelli Released.
Manager McCredie had a busy session
for two hours after landing. Releases
were handed out to Johnny Brandt and
Ralph Pinelli, and waivers were re
quested on five others. Marshall, Big
bee, Hlgbee and Helfrleh are believed
to be on the list. This formality mere
ly signifies that McCredie has his
doubts about these players. He wants
the decks cleared of technicalities, so
that If he decided to cast any of these
youngsters adrift next week, no further
parleying will be necessary. The waiv
er price in the league has been cut to
$500, it leaked out today.
Catcher Marshall either will be
turned over to Spokane or traded to
St. Joseph with Higbee for Pitcher
Johnny Williams. McCredie has an
Idea he would like to add Williams to
bis slabbing corps.
Two Rook Pitchers Good.
At present Portland has only four
pitchers who might be termed regulars
Houck, Brenton, Fincher and Penner.
Penner made a good showing at Hono
lulu. He packs a good hook, speed and
a tantalizing slow ball. Nick Williams
says Brenton is a big feliow about
190 pounds. At this writing Mack Is
sweet on Lefty Schatzlein and Al Zwei
fel and these two youngsters are fairly
certain of a month or six weeks' trial
at least. Unless the deal for John
Williams goes through McCredie likely
will select the most likely pitcher from
the trio Helfrleh, Bigbee and Higbee
to round out the corps of experienced
talent, gl.ing him five veterans and
two rookies.
Higbee hurt his arm at Honolulu, and
nobody knows what cunning may be
concealed up his coatsleeves. Helfrleh'
also Is still somewhat of an enigma.
Outside of Higbee. all the players to be
taken to Marysville are in fine condi
tion. Players Have Fine Trip. i
Manager McCredie suffered slightly
of the tribulations of Job during the
final few days, but Mack is no longer
on the active player list. The big Scot
stubbed his toe on a coral reef trying
to dodge a young shark or a sword
f iph and his wounds failed to heal prop
erly. Indeed, he swears a few bugs
must have bivouacked In his cut, for a
mall reef began to appear on the top
ridge of his toes.
"Despite the seasickness over and
across that had a few of us under the
table, we had a fine training trip." de
clared Manager McCredie as he stepped
off the gangplank today.
"I don't believe I ever had," a finer'
conditioning season. We accomplished
everything we went after. Fortunately
there were no loafers on the squad and
everybody dug in and worked with a
vim.
"It was a pleasure trip as well as a
training trip and we are all boosters
for Honolulu. We took In everything
from hula-hula dances of the high
class order to wild boar and shark
hunts, native feasts, outrigger canoe
Tides in the surf and all sorts of sight
seeing Jaunts."
Manager McCredie says his one re
gret Is that all of his regulars were
not on the trip. The officers and crew
of the Great Northern extended them
selves in the efforts to make the re
turn voyage pleasant.
Six games have been arranged for
the Beavers between now and the open
ing of the season. They will meet the
Spokane Indians next Saturday and
Kunday at Marysville and next week the
St. Marys and Santa Clara College lads.
On March 31 and April 1, they meet
the Marysville Trolley Leaguers in the
closing contests of the training season.
WOUTER'S CLOUTS BEAT SEALS
Double and Homer Give Four Runs
to Cube in 5-2 Contest.
SACRAMENTO. Cal., March 20. (Spe
cial.) With Governor William D.
Stephens and practically every member
of the Legislature on hand to root, the
Chicago Cubs today trimmed the Seals,
6 to 2, in a fast game of ball which
contained little of bone and much of
brilliancy. Governor Stephens pitched
the first ball to Representative Charles
F. Curry as batter.
Spider Baum behaved like a big
leaguer for three innings, but in the
fourth Wolter got to him. Williams
went out. but Deal followed with an
other slam. Then up stepped the youth
ful Vic Saier with a double, which
scored two, and he scored then on
Wortman's single. Home runs by Wol
ter in the fifth and Saier In the ninth
gave the Cubs two more.
After the Cubs scored their trio in
the fourth the Seals got busy. -Koer-ner
was safe when Saier fumbled.
Corhan followed with a hit. Baker
popped out, but Spider Baum licked the
ball down the third base line, scoring
the only two Seal runs of the day.
6core:
R. H. E. R. H. E.
Chicago.... 5 6 lSanFran... 2 5 0
Batteries Douglass.. Hendrix and El
liott; Baum and Baker.
BEES ARE HARD TO BEAT
Bernhard Drives Salt Lake Men
Through 5-Hour Workout. .
PORTERVILLE. Cal., March 20.
Special.) Skipper Bill Bernhard made
his first prediction today with regard
to the Bees, but it was made with the
manager s customary caution.
"I believe the Bees will be a hard
bunch to beat this season." was his
statement tonight after the aspirants
of his squad had been worked hard for
more than five hours.
An exhibition game with Sanger to-
BEAVERS
RETURN
PORTLAND BASEBALL SQUAD, WHICH ARRIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO
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neth Penner. Mark L. Higbee; Georsro Helfrleh. Bill Kodgrera, G Usher, II. A. Cronin, Sportlnic Kdltor the
Journal Kenneth Williams, BUI Stumpf. Bottom Row, Jotnny Brandt. Charley Holloeher, Merle Wolfcr, Franlc
O'Brien, lLnlpb Pinelli. AI Zwelfel, llrrmnn Schatzlein. Center, on Croud, Walter H. McCredie, Holding; a
Fntnre Barney Joy. Pitcher Houck Is Not In the Photograph.
morrow and a contest with the Porter
ville Orange Pickers Sunday will close
the public appearances of the sauad.
The members of the training crew were
the complimented guests at a reception-
dance tonight.
KKATJSE GETS TWO HOME RTJ3fS
Ex-Beaver's Clouting: Wins 11-1 Game
for Oaks Against Collegians.
OAKLAND, Cat, March 20. (Special.)
The Oaks kept up their winning
strsak this afternoon by trimming the
St. Mary's Collegians 11 to 1.
The contest bore all the earmarks of
a good ball game until the fifth Inning,
when the Oaks developed a tendency to
deliver base hats that spelled defeat
to the college team. Harry Krause, an
old St. Mary's player, was allowed to
play against his Alma Mater out In
center field and It was his willow that
decided the game. In the first Inning,
with two down, he hit a home run to
fleep center. The college boys tied up
the score In the second, when Moy
tripled and scored on Kelly's Infield hit.
Whelan, pitching for St. Mary's, Jammed
up. the bases in the fifth and then fed
another fat one to Krause, who pound
ed out another four-sacker and cleaned
the paths. The game was never In
doubt after this Inning.
CUB SECONDS BEAT BUSHERS
Holllster Team Forces Chicagoans
. Into 10 -liming Contest.
HOLLISTER. CaL, March 20 The
second team of the Chicago Nationals
required ten Innings today to subdue
a local team, 4 to 2, each gathering
13 hits. Score:
R. H. B. R. H. E.
Chicago... 4 12 21Hollister... 2 12 3
Batteries Seaton, Zabel and Dill-
hoefer; Claire. Hlckey and Thurber.
Miss BJurstedt Beats Englishman.
SAN DIEGO, Cal.. March 20. Miss
Molla Bjurstedt, National woman's sin
gles champion, defeated R. F. Scovel,
of London, a noted English tennis play
er, today, on the Coronado Country
Club courts, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. It was a
special match game and a large audi
ence applauded . her victory over the
Englishman.
BEAR ATHLETES SHINE
TRACK MEN SHOW PROWESS IN
MEET WITH POMONA.
California Nine Plays Well Against
Oakland Crew Rapidly Getting
In Shape for April Regatta.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
Berkeley, March 20. (Special.) Good
weather has given the varsity squads
in tennis, baseball, track and crew a
chance to get their first real beneficial
workouts of 'the Spring semester.
In the first collegiate track meet the
University of California took Pomona
of Southern California Into camp by
80 points to 60'i. Running true to
last season's form, the Blue and Gold
squad won by superiority in the field
events, where they scored 46 out of a
poss'ble 54 points. One Southern Cali
fornia record was broken when Adkln-
on of Pomona won the half mile in 1
minute 66 2-5 seconds after winning
the mile run in 4 minutes 33 seconds.
Spike Blanchard, of University of Cali
fornia, ran Adkinson to the lim't in
the half mile, but the speedy Southern
runner had things his own way In the
mile.
Hiram Humphrey, of Portland, Or.,
won the two-mile run for California.
Captain Lute Nichols won first places
in the broadi lump, high jump and pole
vault. Grunsky, of University of Cali
fornia, ran the high hurdles in 15 2-5
seconds, while Strule of Pomona topped
the low sticks in 24 3-5 seconds.
Baseball at California under Coach
Carl Zamlock took quite an impetus
the past week when the Oakland team
of the Coast League took on the col
legians for two games. The varsity's
showing was all that could be desired.
Pitcher Dimmock is looked upon as
California's hope against Stanford.
Buckdng hard winds and strong tides.
the California crew is steadily prepar
ing for the annual rowing regatta with
Stanford and the University of Wash
ington set for April 14. Jones of Port
land is No. 2 in the crew.
MEDFORDITES STAR AT TRAPS
Good Scores Made at Practice Shoot
of Gun Club.
MEDFORD, Or., March 20. (Special.)
Through the efforts of Peter J. Holo-
han and James P. Bull, Portland pro
fessionals, quite a number of the Rogue
River Gun Club members were out for
a practice shoot here Saturday after
noon. The squad Is known as the
'Rogue Kiver Pippins," and some com
paratively good scores were recorded.
The club has decided to enter the
Columbia-Willamette Trapshooters' As
sociation and shoot for The Oregonian
trophies, which will he awarded to first
and second clubs. The local club has
one Western- and one Leggett trap, both
In a convenient part of the country.
Following are the scores in the prac
tice shoot:
Tarrets T't'l.
2.' 25 25
SI L'4 ' 23 69
20 21 . . 41
13 J."V 17 37
SI 2 1 . . 49
20 M .. 41
21 2K 20 HI
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22 28 25 TO
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P. J. Holohan..
E. H. Lamport.
Ralph Ewlng ...
W. W. Williams
James Morris . . .
William Bates ..
Chris Oottleib , .
J. P. Bull.
Professionals.
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2 STARS PROTESTED
Eligibility of Windnagle and
Richards Questioned.
3-YEAR RULE AT ISSUE
Great Portland Runner and Cham
pion Utah Jumper May Not Be
Allowed to Compete at An
nual Intercolleglates.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa., March 20.
(Special.) The usual Spring protests of
various athletes evidently has started.
Rumors have been current In New Ha
ven, Conn., the past week that protests
were going to be filed against Luana
Vere Windnagle, the veteran Cornell
miler, formerly of Portland, Or., and
Alma Richards, the great Cornell all
around champion, before the annual In
tercollegiate track and field champion
ships. :
If the protests are sent In they will
be based on the grounds that both ath
letes have competed for their allotted
terms of years. It is extremely doubt
ful whether or not any college will
raise the point formally about Cor
nell's great stars. The other universi
ties seem satisfied to let the Ithacans
judge the eligibility of their own en
tries. This Is the sentiment of Bob
Folwell, coach of the University of
Pennsylvania athletes, of Philadelphia.
Former Competition la Point.
The only complaint about the Orego
nian and Richards Is that, having com
peted at small colleges before entering
Cornell, they now have had four years
of college athletic competition. Inas
much as the Intercollegiate rules are
rather vague on this point and allow an
athlete "four years" in the intercol
legiate meets. It Is hard to see how any
protest could be sustained.
"The raising of the question should
have Its value," says Coach Folwell,
"but 1 would hate to see these two
stars deprived of any personal glory
It ought to lead to a change In the rules
governing the big track and Held meet
before another year rolls around. A)
this rule now stands, the Intent and
strict wording of the college eligibility
rules In force at all the big Institutions
which allow athletes but three years
of varsity competition are put to the
discard.
Penn's History Recalled.
"By this an athlete through a tech
nicality can compete four times in the
intercolleglates, whereas his own col
lege will not permit him to play more
than three years on a varsity team. We
have lost many stellar performers at
Penn In recent years on Just such a
ruling. Only last Fall Billy Neill, one
of Penn's best linemen, was declared
Ineligible because it was found that
he had competed for a year In a college
of the Pacific Northwest, and the Red
and Blue faculty committee decided
that that counted as a year at Penn.
"Cornell undoubtedly will use both
Windnagle and Richards, but In the In
terests of uniformity In the matter of
eligibility. It would be well for the In
tercollegiate Association to tackle this
problem at its next meeting and permit
no rule to exist on its books that In
any way confuses the regular eligibility
canons.
Vere Windnagle ran for the Wash
ington High School In 1912 and In the
Spring of 1913 was a member of the
university of Oregon team. He won
the 880-yard dash in the annual Colum
bia University meet here. During the
campaign of 1914 he was out of ath
letics because of having transferred to
Cornell. He ran for Cornell In 1915
ami again last year and now he is con
sidered one of the greatest rollers In
the United States. He will be watched
with interest.
Sounding the Sport Reveille.
NOT that one means to belittle Mr.
Fultz' efforts in behalf of the
starving ballplayers, but it is hard to
sink a battleship with a megaphone.
Benny Kauff declines to predict that
tie will bat .300 this year, leading one
to suspect that is once more able to
wear a hat of ordinary size.
Fifty thousand dollars for a scrap
between Wlllard and Fulton! One never
suspected that there was that much
Mexican currency in circulation.
Some of our experts are old enough
to remember when Johnny Parsons
started playing, college football.
Johnny Maulbetch wants to become
an aviator. During the late lamented
season he wached Coach Yost go up In
the air.
Amateur wrestlers, quoth a scribe.
are on the increase. They all look
like amateurs when they mix with
Stecher.
Darcy will be a seasoned veteran
when he decides to join the army. Hav
ing mingled with various alleged fight
promoters, he is immune to poison gas.
Judge McCredie. it is understood, will
offer the use of the ball. park to the
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militia. All of which Is quite appro
priate. The Beavers have been sol
diering for the last couple of years, to
say nothing of the army game.
Being a holdout on the Beavers Is a
precarious Job In these warlike days.
Clark Griffith is looking for younger
players, but he hasn't made any se
rious attempt to got rid of Walter
Johnson.
Training.
A flrhter trains on tennis with a racqnet In
his mitt;
Willie Ritchie learns by playing on the lawn
to feint and block and hit.
A baseball player takes up folf to train his
easie eye
To land upon the horsehld plU and shoot
It far end hleh.
Tou know a lot of tennis stars, and yet
you never saw
A star who learned the tennis game by
swinging- on your Jaw.
Ton wouldn't play a baseball game to learn
to drive and putt.
A stunt like that would merely show the
symptoms of a nut.
But fighters take np tennis when preparing
for a scrap.
And baseball players tease a little pill
around the map.
Don't you often think when reading all this
phoney training aalve
The game or bull is Just about the best old
game we have. ,
. GEORGB E. PHAIR.
Bat Nelson was the first champion
to realize that It Is not proper to wear
tin ears with a soup and fish costume.
Ho went and had 'em clipped.
Foiled.
"Where. O where can I beat It now?"
Lea Darcy asked with a puzzled brow
"Where. O where can I beat It for
If the U. S. A. is involved In war?"
Some Have It Thrust Upon Them.
Consider Al McCoy
A lucky sort of boy.
He hit George Chip
A lucky clip
And now oy yol! oy yoll
The fellows who handle the Indica
tors In baseball are constantly painted
as second-story workers and footpads.
There Is no such a thing as a good
umpire.
RAEV DRIVES AGGIES INDOORS
Baseball Men Again Go to Armory tot
Spring Training.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallls, March 20. (Special.)
After a week of warm and sunshiny
veather on thn Orpi?nn A trtrl a amn,,..
rain has again smeared the diamond '
witn mud, and Coach Flack has been
forced to take the baseball squad back
into the Armory for training. Monday
the varsity candidates had a chalk talk
on covering bases, baserunning and hit
and run methods.
Coach Flack has not yet named a
definite lineup for the varsity. Nes
bitt, Willoughby and Shake are all bid
ding hard for the berth on the mound.
Willoughby and Shake were both mem
bers of last year's freshman pitching
staff. . Nesbitt has had little previous
experience, but, besides having worlds
of speed, has developed several hooks
to the ball.
CAIiDWELIi HOOPERS DEFEATED
Meridian High School Wins First
Intel-mountain Tourney Clash.
CALDWELL, Idaho, March 20. (Spe
cial.) The Meridian High School' bas
ketball team defeated the Caldwell
High hoopers here last night In the
first game of the Intermountain cham
pionship tournament. 41 to 33.
Brilliant basket shooting on the part
of the Meridian forwards featured the
contest. The result of the game elimi
nates the Caldwell team from par
ticipating n the final games of the
series. The tournament will last until
Friday night, and fast district cham
pion teams from Eastern Oregon and
Southern Idaho are in Caldwell for the
contests.
BICYCLE RIDER IS INJURED
Auto Hits Ernest Ohrt While Train
ing lor Six-Day Race.
SAN FRANCISCO. March 20. Ernest
Ohrt. a professional bicycle racer, of
San Francisco, who rode in a six-day
race here two weeks ago, was serious
ly injured today when he was run over
by an automobile wtilla training with
his brother Hans on the state highway
near nere.
The driver of the machine was ar
rested. Ballplayers Quickly Tire of
" Military Training.
Athletes Object to Drilling; With
Bats Instead of Guns and Say
Wrong Muscles Are Used.
DETROIT. Mich March 20. Dis
patches received here today from
the training camp of the Detroit Amer
icans at Waxahachie, Tex., say the De
troit ballplayers are in sympathy with
a movement started by fellow athletes
to abandon the military drills they
now are receiving. It is understood
that the Cleveland club already has
taken such action.
Several Detroit players have claimed
that the drills cause severe strain upon
muscles not brought into play on the
baseball diamond, and that the work
has hindered more than it has helped
their playing. They have been drilling
with bats Instead of guns, and it is un
derstood this has been unpopular.
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MANY BELIEVE WAR
WOULD KILL GAME
McCredie and Blewitt Say
Baseball Would Suffer in
Event of Clash.
0THER THINK OTHERWISE
Foster and Barrow Say Hostilities
Slight Even Be Stimulus to In
terestWars of Past Not
Harmful to Game.
If the United States declares war on
Germany, will It hurt baseball? Most
persons believe it will, but there are
a few Eastern and Western magnates
who think that the sliding won't be so
bad. John B. Foster, secretary of the
New fork Giants, agrees with Presi
dent Barrow, of the International
League, that the game of baseball
would not suffer If this country be
came embroiled in war. He believes
even that baseball might be stimulated.
Judge William Wallace McCredie,
president of the Portland Baseball Com
pany, disagrees with Foster. Before
leaving' for Honolulu he expressed the
opinion that war with Germany would
put the skids under the National pas
time for the time being. Bob Blewett,
president of the Northwestern League,
is another who has declared that his
league would not be able to operate
with the country battling a foreign
power.
BaaebaU Helped by put Wars.
Still, when one looks back, war has
never hurt baseball in this country. As
a matter of fact, it was the baseball
played during the Civil War by the
soldiers which resulted in giving the
game Its great Impetus.
Baseball was highly prosperous dur
ing the Spanish-American War.
Take the Canadian cities in the In
ternational League last year. Toronto
had an extraordinarily good season. As
a result of the present war In Europe
there is more baseball being played In
England and France than ever before,
and the game has gained a foothold In
Italy. The reservists who were called
home to the colors took the sport with
them when they left this country.
Baseball games have been played re
peatedly close to the actual fighting
line. One such game at Verdun went
seven innings before it was broken up
by the appearance of hostile aero
planes. Game Gaining In England.
There is a lot of baseball being
played around London, and it is excit
ing more Interest in that vicinity than
it ever did before. There are plans to
organize a professional league at Monte
Carlo as soon as the war is over.
Only seacoast cities would be much
affected by such a war as that with
which this country Is now threatened.
In the Interior the game would go along
pretty much the same. Baseball In New
Tork or any other big city on the At
lantic Seaboard would not be affected
to any extent, for the reason that there
are always so many visitors In those
cities, and when they go there they
want to be amused.
The more men are forced to think of
serious things the greater is their
need for some form of relaxation. In
case of war many would be glad to
go to the ball games In the afternoon,
even If It was only to find something
to distract their minds.
Of course, everybody would be talk
ing war, but there would be no better
place to discuss things than at the
baseball parks. It seems to close fol
lowers that, war or no war, baseball Is
due for a good year.
Austin Cling to Job.
One of the Interesting phases of
Spring camp life with Fielder Jones'
St. Louis Browns Is the effort to pry
Jimmy Austin off his Job at third base.
Ever since 1911, or since 1913 at least,
the annual Spring announcement has
been that "Austin foust go," until St.
Louis newspapers almost keep the line
standing In type. He has seen many
ambitious candidates try to oust him
but he holds on. And he expects to
keep holding. Last season he was hand
icapped by a lame shoulder but a Win
ter spent in California cured It. he
says, and he defies anyone to beat him
out of the Job.
Last Winter here Fielder A. Jones
announced that Bill Kenworthy, drafted
from the Oaks, would get a thorough
trial at Austin's station. He's getting
it. for he's pastlming at the so-called
difficult corner at the Browns' training
camp at Palestine. Tex. "Kopecks" and
two or three youngsters picked up from
minor leagues are all striving for the
"posish."
Baseball Brevities.
"Twenty thousand for an opener!"
Fourteen more days and they're off.
Thirty-five more days and there'll be
20,000 out at Vaughn street.
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An umpire is never right.
A ballplayer is never out.
A pastlmer Is not convinced he's out
If his fly ball Is caught.
Barney Dreyfus, president of the
Pittsburg National League club, has
been awarded by the waiver route
Catcher Ben Shaw, from the New Tork
Americans. ,
. The Days of Frays. (
Baseball used to -be & game for fight
ing men. Now the players of rival
teams shake hands before the game.
Barney Dreyfus.
In days of eld, so we are told.
By Barney Dreyfu. Pittsburg-'s pride.
All baseball men looked daggers when
They saw the men of t'other side.
When Flynn essayed to get a chew
of flnecut from his rival. Stone,
The latter answered: "Not for you!
Go buy a package of your own!"
In days of old, before the game.
The rivals glared like fighting dogs;
Donlin would laugh at Wagner's frame
When Honus showed in baseball togs.
Bill Dahlen mocked Three-Fingered Brown,
And what that doughty twlrler said
Could not be safely Jotted down
Or be by youngsters safely read.
O Time, thou thief! Bring back the days.
The stolen days of years gone by.
When Dreyfus gave a man a raise
For closing an opponent s eye!
Bring back the blng. the Jolt, the swing.
The umpire dashing for his trench.
When ev'ry day was one grand frav
Ana sarney viewed it irom the tiench.
William F. Kirk.
The Old Spirit.
The old-time boys were never Joys
but Glooms of deepest black. They had
to poke a rival when the rival answered
back. They used to bet that they could
get their hated foes beneath and had
no need to show their speed if they
could show their teeth. They never
came upon the field to smile upon the
foe. Their fighting natures were re
vealed by taunt, as well as blow. The
college youngster breaking in had
much the same soft snap as old com
rade Gunga Din, the water-carrying
chap.
When young men join the teams to
day the older members try to show
them all they know of ball and help
the kids get by. In days of old the
knights told the lad who Joined the
club: "Hello, you long-shanked busher,
where in sin did they get you?" They
made the umpire's life a load, these
old-time playing men though when
they cursed at old Tim Hurst he often
fined them ten. 'Twas said that once
in Louisville, right after a revival, Pat
Tebeau had a kindly thrill and shook
hands with a rival, but that before the
game was o'er he brooded so like sin
that he approached the chap once more
and poked him on the chin.
Oh, time and change! "Tls surely
strange to think the years can make a
mollycoddle bunch of lambs the old
boys' places take. To think that
Hughle Jennings, once a pepperbox for
fair, can beam upon his players with a
father's kindly air. To think that even
John McGraw a bag of ginger then
has softened with the seasons till he
smiles upon his men.
We do not know why this Is so. but
when you come to see them show you'll
see the change and think It strange
that athletes now with placid brow
Just don't know how to start a row.
PULLMAN RTFLEMEN LEADING
Washington State College First of
.Military School Marksmen.
WASHINGTON, March 20. At the
close of the seventh week of the Na
tional Rifle Association competition,
the Peters Rifle and Revolver Club, of
King's Mills, O.. was leading the
civilian class with an aggregate score
?-.6950- Washington State College,
6936. and New York Military Academy,
6621, were ahead in the college and
military school classes, respectively,
and Iowa City High School and Placer
County Union High School, California,
were tied at 6580 for the lead among
the high schools. During the week the
high scores were:
998 lVlllan PIOrr CS" D ) Rlfl8 C1Ub
College Washington State, 994.
Military School New York Military
Academy, 952.
,P'h Schools Placer Union, CaL.
963; Iowa City. 97.
PRINTERS MAKE PLANS
FOUR TEAMS IX LEAGUE WILL,
START PRACTICE THIS WEEK.
Tae Oregonian Players, With New Uni
forms and Good Material, Choose
"Dad" Whiting as Manager.
Baseball practice in preparation for
the opening of the Allied Printing
Trades League season about April 1
will begin this week with prospects
that The Oregonian, Journal, Telegram
and Labor Press teams will be materi
ally stronger than last year. The pen
nant last season was won L. the Jour
nal. The Oregonian team was second,
with the Telegram and Labor Press fol
lowing In order.
According to present rlans, games
will be played Sundays and Wednes
days, each team playing 12 games.
Contests will be played on the grounds
at East Twelfth and East Davis streets.
' At the preliminary meeting of the
managers of the four teams this week,
it was decided to charge an entrance
fee of $25 for each team, to aid In bear
ing the expenses incidental to starting
the season.
Prospects for The Oregonian team
are declared to especially bright with
all of last season's veterans 11 .ted as
candidates and an abundance of prom
ising new material. "Dad" Whiting Is
manager of the team.
The Oregonian management has do
nated new suits to the team this year.
They are dark blue, trimmed in white.
Veterans of last season's Oregonian
team whowill try for places tls year
are McEntee. Mullen and Jackson,
catchers; Anderson, pitcher; Kraenick.
first base; Van Vleet, second; Ryan,
third; Carney, shortstop, and Hender
son, Hornback and Pettit, outfielders.
Others who are candidates for places
are Svade. Webb. Rookledge, Hayes,
Wasson, Traxler. Durette and Jensen.
Farewell Dinner Is Given.
The members of the 1917 Peninsula
Park 135-pound basketball champions
of Portland were entertained last
night at the home of Coach Al Bar
tholemy. 147 Blandena street. Coach
Bartholemy will leave tomorrow for
Denver, where he has been signed to
play baseball with the Denver club of
the Western League. Among those
present last night at the "farewell din
ner" were Al Harlow, Milton Metcalfe,
Arthur Base. Jimmy Carr, Hobart
iaman, -ierson conradt. Art Borgeson,
Fenton Ford, Charley Prescott. Bill
Olson. John A lTa nHoi TT.Int.
der and Coach Al Bartholemy.
Athletic Instructor Is Father. .
VANCOUVER. Wh. ILTai-oh vn
SneclAl.1 An Al rht.nmmH da.
born here last nlrht tn M .i -vt-.
James F. Meagher. Mr. Meagher is
ainieuo instructor at tne state School
lor me ueai. Aitnougn the parents
are mutes, the babv la tint thus af
flicted.
Dillon Pnnishes Jack Moran.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., March 20. A
scheduled eight-round bout last night
Between jbck union or Indianapolis,
and Jack Moran, of St. Louis, was
stopped by the referee In the sixth
round and the decision awarded to Dil
lon to save the game but badly battered
St. Louis man from further punishment
Durocher Wins Iowa Pool Title.
DES MOINES, la.. March 20. Pete
Durocher, state pocket billiard cham
pion, won the title again, when he de
feated Walter Wilson, of Des Moines,
last night, 150 to 80. The victory save
him a clean slate In the state tourna
ment here.
AVuffli Signs AVith Denver.
DENVER, March 20. Signed con
tracts have' been received at the head
quarters of the Denver club of the
Western League from Infielder Wuffll,
formerly with the Northwestern League.
and Infielder Sechr'st, of Phoenix, it
was announced today.
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WELSH MAY MEET
ME
CALLAHAN
Bout for Lightweight Title Is
Brewing for New Orleans,
20 Rounds, in June.
OTHERS ALSO WANT FIGHT
Mitchell, Leonard and Dundee All
Pnt In Claims for Contest Be
fore Champion Retires
From Ring July 7.
Don't be surprised if Freddy Welsh,
the world's lightweight champion. Is
matched to battle with Frankie Calla
han, the Brooklyn 135-pounder. for the
title before the end of June, or before
the time of Welsh's announced retire
ment. July 7. Such a card is on the
books, and) it is a pretty safe bet that
It will go through, barring unforeseen
complications. When Callahan fought
Jimmy Hanlon at New Orleans three
weeks ago and stopped him. he made
a big hit with the boxing fans of the
Crescent City, and his work prior to
that has been Just as good. Callahan is
the same boy who beat Ralph Qruroan,
the Portlander, at Salt Lake last Janu
ary. Dan McKetrick, who manages the
Brooklyn Hebrew, Is close to Harry
Pollock, manager of Welsh, and Daniel
has been bringing Frankio along at
a pace that he feels should compel his
pal Harry to give him the edge on a
match with the champion before he
retires.
It matters little about the offers'
made by Ritchie Mitchell. Benny Leon
ard" and Johnny Dundee to Freddie for
a 20-round fight with the title at stake.'
Mitchell made the best offer of all
$12,000 cash win, lose or draw, all the
picture privileges and an extra $1000
or even I150O for expenses, with the
promise of an additional gift If he won
the championship. Dundee also made a
good offer, and so did Billy Gibson for
Leonard.
Callahan May Meet Others.
It looks now as though Frankie Cal
lahan would beat the rest of the real
contenders to the post for the big
match with Welsh. He has been signed
by Domlnick J. Tortorich, promoter of
the big club In New Oreleans, for two
fights the first with someone to be
selected (which In all probability will
be Joe Mandot and at a distance of 15
rounds) and the second with Champion
Welsh, with the title at stake.
Should Frankie Callahan defeat
Freddy Welsh for the title It would
mean that the other boys would have
to wait for their turn or have an elimi
nation tournament among themselves.
And Callahan would have a dan Vy
chance beating the champion over the
marathon route, for he has the staying
power and can stand an awful pace.
Boxers Coming From Seattle.
Manager Fred) T. Merrill, of the Rose
City Athletic Club, yesterday forwarded
three round-trip railroad tickets to Se
attle for Frenchy Valse, Bud Ridley
and Dan Salt, who handles the pair.
The trio will arrive here tomorrow.
Valse, Canadian lightweight cham
pion, meets Pete Mltchie In the main
event of the Rose City Athletic Club's
show Friday night, while Ridley takes
on Weldon Wing, the Alblna scrapper.
The bill Is a dandy.
Frankie Huelat meets Billy Nelson.
Frank Kendall swaps punches with Joe
Clifford again, Joe Gorman combats
Shel McCool. while the curtain-raiser
will be provided by Charley Carter and
Joe FarrelL Huelat and Nelson put up
a great setto at Astoria, going to a
draw In six rounds there a while back.
Heavyweights always interest the
fans, and the excellent showings mads
by Frank Kendall recently lead flstio
bugs to believe that he really has
something In him.
RICKEY TO MANAGE CARDS
Browns Bnsiness Head Signs Three
Year Contract in National.
ST. LOTJISi March 20. Branch Rickey,
business manager of the St. Louis
Americans, announced this afternoon
that he had signed a three-year con
tract as president and business man
ager of the St- Louis Nationals.
It Is understood his salary will be
115,000 a year.
Pendleton Wows Organize Nine.
PENDLETON, Or.. March 20. (Spe
cial.) The Woodmen of the World have
organized a baseball team in Pendle
ton. Ed Darling, premier pitcher of
the Blue Mountain League last year,
will captain the team. The lineup for
the first game of the season will be:
Booney Hays, catcher; Darling, pitcher;
Wes Evans, first base: Mark Patton, Jr.,
second base; Ross Carroll, shortstop;
Fred Moore, third base; Fred Geisel.
left field; Carl McGinnis, center field;
"Fat" Goodman. right field; . Dan
O'Donnell, sub-fielder; Enoch Frledley.
catcher. The Colored Tigers, of Pen
dleton, will play the Wows Sunday.
Anglers Club to Meet Friday.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Multnomah Anglers' Club will be held
Friday night on the eighth floor of
the Oregon building. This will be the
annual meeting. Officers and directors
will be elected. Several questions will
be discussed. Membership cards are
ready and Secretary Walter F. Backus
will be hot after the anglers who have
not paid their 1917 dues. !
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