Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, March 23, 1917, Image 14

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Newspaper Page Text1 v! -'1 - i i i :'.' j V 'i .v-i ' i - THE - MORNING OREGONIAN, BEAVER SIGNALS TO BE FEVAND SIMPLE Portland Players Studying Game Now From Black board Drills. - INSIDE BALL IS TAUGHT Bill Rodgers Says Too Many Signs Only Befuddle Team and Keep Them From Concentrating - " on Dashing Play. jrARYSVILLE, Cal.. Portland Train ing Camp, March 22. (Special.) In side baseball will be the subject on the blackboard of the Portland Pacific Coast League ball club classroom the next few days. "While there was an occasional light signal workout for the squad In Honolulu, no systematic strategy drills were undertaken by Manager McCredie, owing to the ab sence of so many of his regulars. But from now on the boys will be put through the intricacies of the hit-and-run, sacrifice and whatnot schemes that go to make up the perfect base ball machine. Although Manager McCredie nor Captain' Rodgera is much of a "bug" - on signals, the Portland club will pack around enough signs to get by, McCre die asserts. Curiously, Bill Rodgers has no use at all for half the signals that are in vogue' on most ball clubs. Much Sign Work Befuddling;. "A lot of this sign stuff is pure bunk.'" declared Bill one evening com lng over on the Great Northern. "The managers make it too complex, with the result that the so-called inside Dan befuddles the young and old players alike and cuts down the efficiency of the ball team instead of helping. "The Cincinnati signs might be cited as an example. Manager Herzog had a caboodle of disconnected signs that weren't worth a nickel a barrel. If Herzoe wanted the batsman to hit and run on a cer$ain ball he easily could have communicated his wishes berors the player went to bat. The batsman then could have signaled his Intentions to the base runner. Instead. Herzog would wait v until the batsman took his position and then would flash signs both to the batsman and to the base runner. "Of course, this system kept the bat ter and the base runner in tne air an the time, and, I maintain, it hurt their Playing. I. do not believe in many signs. The infielders can watch the catcher Bternaline- the pitcher and so can tell what ball Is to be pitched whether fast ball or curve. No Signals Given Outfielders. "Dennie Wllle advocates some system whereby these signals could be flashed to the outfielders as well. I played on three major-league clubs in 1915 and 191 Cleveland, Boston and Cincinnati and they had no such signs there. I guess they think as I do, that the fewer signs the more concentration there will be on the part of the fielders. ' "Some clubs have signs between the shortstop and second baseman indicat ing which man is to cover second on throws from the plate. More bunk. "Why not put your hand up to your mouth and tell your shortstop or vice versa- Nobody hears you, and your partner doesn't have to be watching all the time for signs. I have worked that way with my shortstop for years and nobody has ever caught me." Bill tells an amusing incident that occurred during his sojourn on the Cin cinnati club last year. One afternoon, with a runner on first base, Herzog flashed a sign that he would take the throw. Buck slipped a cog or two, however, and when the throw was made by the catcher nobody covered, and the ball skimmed on to the outfield und the runner pulled up at third. "Herzog tore over toward me, shak ing his fist and exclaiming: "That's all right. Bill. It's my fault. .That's all right; It's all my fault. Of course, everybody in the grandstand and bleachers thought he was giving me a fall-down for failing to make the play. That's some more of your big-league stuff." Simple Signals Wanted, , Manager McCredie is a firm believer In simple signs and not any more of i them than are necessary. I "We must have hit-and-run signs," said he today, "and we must have signs for bunting and for squeeze plays. As Boon as the boys master these signs ho that they become automatic we will give them a few other signs covering other simple phases of inside baseball, and then we'll quit. No trick plays go with me. We don't want any trick plays, for, the first thing you know, somebody throws the ball away." Gus Fisher recites one amusing play of the trick species that was pulled along about 1908 or 1909, when Graney gamboled In centerfleld for Portland, liraney fixed up a sign with the catch er for a play that called for him to creep in to second base behind a base runner. Midway in the game on this particular day Graney slunk in behind the base runner on second, per agree ment, after flashing his sign, and the catcher made a quick ' peg. It sailed high, however, and as there was nobody in centerfleld to retrieve the ball, it kept on. going until it brought up against the fence and two runners scored. Gus says that cured him of that brand of funny stuff. WASHINGTON HIGH MEN MEET Plans Are Made for Opening of Baseball Season. IJr. W. A. Fenstermacher and C. R. Rolloway. coaches of the Washington High School baseball teams, called the first meeting of the 1917 season wecines day. Only three monogram players were present. Captain Steiger, Shearer and Parkinson. Captain Steiger In jured his knee while playing basketball last month, but he is expected to round intp shape by the time the schedule Dens. There are eight letter men in the school, but the remaining five will not turn out until the sunny weather warms no the East Twelfth and East Davis- street grounds. No effort was made to go out on. the diamond yesterday. GEORGE MAY BOX SOMMERS Match for April S Virtually Closed by Fred Merrill. Manager Fred T. Merrill, of the Rose City Athletic Club, has virtually closed a. match between Billy George, the Idaho bearcat, and Al Sommers, middle weights, to take place at the club across the river April 3. George has knocked out Frank Pars low and Earl Mlebus and beaten Valley Trambitas and Farmer Burns. Som mers has been going great guns of late. To get George to come to Portland, Bommers had to agree to box him a re turn 10-round match at Bend, Or., April 12 or 15. M U A d j Ny Jl5' (Mm? 'W4 1 HOPPE IS SILENCED Bold Defi Issued, but Quick Acceptance Is Ignored. OFFER MADE TO PLAY TWO Yaruada and Mornlngstar Take Up Challenge, bnt Great Billiard Champion Apparently Sees That Task Is Too Great. BT FRANK G. MENKE. NEW YORK, March 22. (Special. Willie Hoppe uttered some bold and defiant challenges a few weeks ago. whereupon the public shouted "Bravo!" And now the same crowd is murmuring w . v. j i uci:a.us9 me one wizard adroitly is dodglng.the acceptances that are coming his way. Having taken unto himself honf n the billiard titles that exist, the cham pion looked around for more worlds to conquer, and this is what he agreed to do. 1. Play any two men any number of points for any side bet, their total points to count against his. For In stance, if Hoppe made 1000 points, one or nis loes aso and the other 460, he would lose, as the count would be 1010 against -ooo for Hoppe. 2. Playany man in the world 6000 to 4000 points for a side bet of $10,- Acceptance Comes at Once. No sooner had the challenges been placed Before the startled billiard world than Ora Mornlngstar and Kali Yam ada, the Japanese wonder, teamed up with an acceptance. They telegraphed and wrote to Hoppe and to his man ager,' but the two have been strangely silent. And so the billiardists. are be ginning to conclude that Hoppe never really intended, to go through with his dell. The Hoppe challenge has caused 'a lot of speculation as to whether it would be possible for a man, marvelous as is Hoppe, to triumph over the com bined playing of two men. Certain It is that Hoppe would face the most terrific handicap under which any player ever wielded a cue. With the three men shooting in order, one or another of the partners would be in position always to leave a set up" for his mate. And there's where Hoppe would be up against it. It might b nossible for Willie to play two men separately and then beat their total count. But to play both at the same time Wat s vastly dirierent. ' Taalc Seems Too Great. Yamada and Mornlngstar, playing "snucks" against Hoppe, surely would keep him hustling. Both rank close to the Hoppe standard. Playing him singly, they always can provide him with a fairly exciting battle. Playing the "brother-in-law" game, one leav ing a "setup" for his partner and the other playing Hoppe "safe," Willie, it listens line too nuge a x j "How much does Hoppe earn a year . i aha?" nra m tViA nuestion we put recently to a billiard statistician. 'Between ilb.ouu ana " " the answer. "He plays many exhibi tion matches a year. He gets from 1200 to $1000 for each appearance. He frequently plays two sucn - W "But Hoppe also makes a little more on wagers. He frequently has Playdj and won. matcnes wncro were involved. I've heard that Hoppe has made as much as $16,000 a year on purse winning alone, but that figure may Do nign GROCERS FORM BALL LEAGUE Fonr Teams of Wholesalers to Play Schedule of 12 Games. . - .i.ail a lAocriie Four teams navo iOQ.i.. . . . i tukniAMlA Grocers to De Known m wio , . . -r - i-m represented are Allen & Lewis. Wadhams & Co.. Lang & Co. ana mason, cm Jack Osborne has been elected presi dent, Thomas -rnompson Wynn Huddleson secretary, and Kooert Jo"f8 trea8"I?:- T T TledburT. Mason, Ehrman & Co : A- Rawr. Allen & Lewis; timer ia. w co, St Co.; C. E. Brown, xang oc FAllnw nir 1 X Tne 1911 bcjicuuic. April -i aiicii . Co.. - Maon-Ehrrnan versus Wadhams. April 28 Allen ec. i-flm - Ehrman. Lans versus v uii. .. May 12 Wadhams versus Allen & Lswls, Lang versus Mason -Ehrman. . May 26 Lang versus Allen Lewis. waanams v tt n lib jiaoui.- ... ... Juno 9 Allen & Lewis versus Mason n. nrinan. w auumuB .. June 23 Mason-Ehrman versus Lang, Al len db X.OW1S versus FISH PROTECTION IS ASKED Clackamas Anglers Want Game AVar den to Act. OTtr.rjON CITY. Or.. March 22. (Spe cial.) The Clackamas County Anglers' Association has appealed) to .Blaster isn wo.Hn KVioemnker of Portland, for the protection of the fish that have been planted in the Molalla and Clack- amao rlllora Ann IV1 1 1 K UTeeS tl II (1 Creek by the association. Last year several hundred tnousanu iibii e i in thA., Rtreams. Thev were v. n otatA stnri (Government hatch- .1 Will 111U - eries, and were of the cutthroat, brook. rainbow and speckled mountain trout varieties. It is reported that -some of these fish have been caught by fishermen, many of whom come irom roruano. "Bushers" to Play Columbia Today. Ducky Holmes' '"Bushers" will play baseball against Columbia University tVila a ft.rnflnn a t 3:30 o'clock on the varsity campus. They will leave Sixth and Washington streets at z "ciock this afternoon. FRIDAY MARCH 23, 1917. BUTLER PASSES LE DUG SEATTLE POOL FLAYER MAKES 253 TO PORTLaKDEB'S 15. Fourth Block of 5-Nlht Pocket Bil liard Match Makes Score SOO 615 Nine Innings Played. Real championship 4orm was exhib ited by Harry Butler last night in the fourth block in the battle for the Northwest pocket billiard champion ship, in the Waldorf Billiard Parlors, before a capacity house. The Seattle cueist went into the. night's play with 63 points less than Roy Le Due, the Portlander, who had a total or ouu points for the first three nights' en gagement. When the final count was recorded last night it showed that Butler reg istered 253 to Le Due's 15. it requirea but nine innings for the match to be completed, Butler making a high run of 107 in the sixth frame. The best that Le Due could find In any one inning were eight markers, in the sec ond. Each player made two safety shots. The total score to date stands Butler 800, Le Due 615. The final 200-point block will be played at 8:30 o'clock tonight. Butler playing to zoo, wniie jtvoy win unvo to obtain 885 points to win. Following is the score by innings of last night's play: Le Due, 0, 8, 4, 0. 0, 0, 1. 1, 1. total lo; uutier, o, u, , i, v, vi. 20, 53. 10 (unfinished), total 253. DIAMOND CALL ISSUED Ml'LTNOMAH SCHEDULES GAME WITH MOUNT ANGEL. First Practice Will Be Sunday Morulas;. Honey-man Hardware Company Organise Nine. The Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club baseball team has arranged a game with Mount Angel College to take place at St. Benedict, Or., Satur day, May 5. Manager Huston, of the "Winged M," "has Issued orders that all his athletes report next Sunday morning at the club. Several of the old-timers have signified their lnten tions of coming out for the Sunday morning baseball leagues and efforts will be made to start competition as soon as possible. The Honeyman Hardware Company haa organized a baseball team and games are sought by Manager William R. Smyth. He has lined up a likely Inoklnir bunch of candidates, and all he wants is a few days of good weather and then he will be able to obtain a definite line on the' aspirants. The Maccabees' baseball team, of Mount Hood Tent No. 17, would like to arrange a practice for next Sunday morning. The boys are starting In rather early, but they are willing to take 'em all on. Manager Walker can be reached by calling Broadway 16S8. SWIM MARATHON IS CLOSER Wiesendanger and Klepper Gain on Leaders at Winged M. Albert Wiesendanger and Milton Reed Klepper crept upon the leaders in the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club marathon in the Winged "M" tank last night. The standings of the competitors after last night's swim follow: . - Lengths. Frank E. Watklna lSa O. Hosford Albert Wiesendanger .... ... . Milton Heed Ivlepper H. A. Craner 68 E. Brazell A. L. Roberts 854 K. H. Cearhart .' ' Competition will be resumed tonignt at 7:30. SANTEL APPEARS AT LYRIC Wrestler Tosses Greek Heavyweight In Jig Time. A Uli.l.aa t v WftlgViT wrKR. t nil 1- 1 1 llftiii ni'J ci - - - -.- iii , t. rsil3 YmnriA hi L111115 JllttlJlflUU 1 1- ii J - debut meeting all comers at the Lyrle 1 neater yesiercaj. n mo auumuuii he put on a 10-minute exhibition with Ed Hanzl, a former wrestling in structor. Last night he tossed a Greek heavy- i l. . in k .-n iniii.i n-nA an RACOndfl. wcjbuv . This afternoon he meets a giant Fin lander who has applied for the privilege of attempting to cop tne sow unci cu to anyone staying 10 minutes. Tonight John A. Vledhof, the Iceland welter weight, will be the opponent of the champion. Gruman Ready for All Comers. T?nlni Gruman. Portland boxer, re turned yesterday afternoon from Mark Mayer's ranch at Mosier, Or., where he has been for the past fortnight. Ralph displayed a couple of hands that looked nice those or a wormiigman unu an nounced that he is in the field for any boxer in the country, the bout to be staged any place. tie says ne can make 140 pounds easily. Leonard Makes Hommey Quit. NEW TORK, March 22 Benny Leon ard stopped Packey Hommey at the end . . i i n . v. AI1nH In m m.rnnnil mfttr.h Ol Lll O lllillil .vv..u here tonight. Hommey's seconds threw in the sponge, coin men are nsm welghts of this city. Joe Burman, of Chicago, outpointed Frankie Daly, of this city, in six out of ten rounds. Bur man weighed 117-, pounds and Daly 117. Mandot Gets Decision. xtl-w nPT.TCAWS. March 22. Joe Mandot, of New Orleans', got the ref eree's decision over Jlmmie Minor, of Memphis, at the end of a 10-round bout here tonight. Mandot was credited with every round. The men are lightweights. SANTEL SPOILS GAME WHEN HE THROWS IRS A. STECHER CANCELS MAT MATCH. Now World's Champion Wrestler Is Scheduled to Meet Romanoff In Los Aageles March 23. SAN FRANCISCO, March 22. (Spe cial.) Ad Santel and Jack Kearns are "in bad" here. Kearns brought Antone Irsa, a Bohemian wrestler, to San Fran cisco to wrestle Joe Stecher last Tues day night. Then Jack was unwise enough to allow Santel to get hold of Irsa on the mat a day or so before the big match and the German light heavyweight tossed the Bohemian two times in rapid) succession. This was done before several newspapermen and the match with Stecher was canceled'. Joe Stecher, the world's champion. has signed to wrestle Romanoff in Los Angeles March 23 and then he goes to Omaha, where he meets Earl Cad dock, of Iowa. April 9. "Muff" Bronson, Coast lightweight champion, who meets Dick Kendall In the main event of the Parkside Club s new show Friday night, is a pretty sick boy. Bronson, who has been work ing out at the Olympic Club with Danny O Brien and two other sparring part ners, has contracted a severe case of la grippe and is just able to be around and that's all. He insists that he'll be on the job to box Kendall, however, and TONIGHT-BOXING DE LUXE Introducing Portland's game lightweight contender, Pete Mitchie, topping an all-star boxing card, meeting Frenchy Vaise, Canadian champion. 6 Big Events Rose City Club Tickets, Rich's, Stillers' to 6 P. M. the promoters say that Bronson will be in shape Friday night. NO GOLF HANDICAP LIST MADE Failure of Clnbs to Turn In Lists Affects Western Association. fTTJC A no. March 22. Crafts W. Hlg- rlna. Assistant secretary of the West ern Golf Association! tonight announced that there would be no handicap list published by the association this year. because more than luu ciuos naa xaueu to turn In the handicaps of their lead i i .. tio fall for handlcana was sent out early In February with a time limit set at March zo. The result will be that handicaps for x tilnv will have to be fixed 111 Ul uaiin. .. . r j at the first tee at the start of each tournament in which memoers oi mo or more clubs participate. There will k. n contusion at championship meets. as all play is at scratch. BOWLERS MAKE BIG SCORE Mark of 6 83 Is Biggest of Day at American Tonrnament. GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. March 22. Another group of big scores were made In the minor events of the American Bowling Congress tournament here to day, without, however, dislodging the leaders. Louis Franz, of Cleveland, scored 683, which gave him a tie for fifth place In the singles. Franz and Chris Thies, of Cleveland, in the dou bles ran highest with 1253, going into a tie for eighth place. m a. - 'i - .' ? a, ', la a . . - V c - - .-.