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14 THIS MORNING OREGOXTATf, TUESDAY, MAY 23. 1917. DRIVE ON BEAVERS BY SEALS RUTHLESS Bad Pitching, Weak Defense and Poor Hitting Character ize Mackmen's Play. ONLY 1 OUT OF 7 WON Result of Last Series Shows Wblver- ton Has Strong Team Bees Are Going Fast Stovall Now Is Considered Joke. Taclflc Coat League. Standings. W. Pet. I "W. L. Pet hsFTM... 2H 17 .630'Portland 19 23 .4.'.2 Bait Lake... 25 17 .t05ILos Angeles. 18 25 .419 Oakland 22 21 .51 2: Vernon 18 28.301 Testerday's Results. Ko sanies played; teams traveling. Today's Game. Portland at Los Angeles. Oakland at San Francisco. Vernon at Salt Lake. BT ROSCOE FAWCETT. Somebody kicked the prop from tinder the Portland Coast League clothesline last week. That's about the only explanation that can be vouch safed for the unexpected slump of the Beavers at San Francisco. The Seals took them down the line In six out of seven frames, and, what's more, left the Mackmen without the trace of an alibi. The Beavers suffered as a result of a. combination of Ineffective Blabbing:. Ineffective defensive ability and lack of punch In the pinches. When they got good pitching: they didn't have their batting: orbs primed, or else they kicked the games away, and, of course, there wasn't a chance to win the two frames Brenton pitched, for they were walkaways 9-3, 10-3. Malls Expected to Be Aid. The addition of Walter Malls to the staff may help some. Mails showed great ability in his cub days at Seattle, and he should have Improved with his apprenticeship In the major leagues. Some additional pitching strength seems to be needed, for Brenton and Houck have not yet done what had been expected of -them. Tet both are finished performers with excellent rec ords In the past. Brenton was one of the greatest twirlers In the Southern League last year, and many of the Dixie experts thought him worthy of another major league trial. Warm weather and the new blood should help the Beavers' flinging staff. The way the Seals trounced Portland last week. Immediately on the heels of a substantial winning streak by the Beavers, augurs well for Wolverton's chances In the pennant race. Wolver ton seems to have strong pitching, as well as strong offensive and defensive powers. Bees Are Contenders. Kenneth Penner won the only game of the week for Portland, 5-0, only to fall as a relief pitcher In the Sunday morning game. Two hits and a walk in the 10th Inning at Oakland Sunday morning scrambled all of Bill Stumpfs pinch-hltting heroics. "ne imng mat nas Decome Impressed upon most of the Coast League fans Is that Salt Lake started the year a much underrated aggregation. Manager Bern hard has plenty of old-time offensive power, and he seems to have remedied, to some extent, the weakness In the pitching department. The race in the Pacific Coast League Invariably is settled after the Fourth v' ' w liuncftl, UI1M3BS B OCCUr radical changes In the personnel of the various clubs. It looks like San Francisco and Salt Lake for the first two positions, with Portland and Oak land scrapping like Tigers for the third first-division berth. Angels Not "Also Hans." Los Angeles, of course, mav come strong and beat out either of these last-named clubs, for the Angels are not "also rails" by any means. Bill Kenworthy's Injection Into the Infield gives Chance's club some much-needed punch. Vernon looks weak, and doubt less George Stovall has lost a great deal of that braggadocio stuff with which he came strutting into the league last Spring. When he threatened to whip Walter McCredie Mack's retort was that Stovall would be lucky to have a Job at the end of the year, and Mack about hit the nail on the cranium? As a man ager Stovall has fallen far short of Happy Hogan, and even short of Ham Patterson, and Patterson struck every body as being something of a frost. If Stovall Is fortunate enough to ob tain McGafflgan and Fittery from the Phillies perhaps he may yet save his scalp. Certainly nobody up In this vicinity will waste any. tears sym pathizing with the present plight of the alleged "firebrand." who came-Into the league like a. lion and bids fair to go out like a sheared sheep. Bits of Shrapnel A FOUR-MAN golf team will be en tered by the Spokane Country Club in the team championship match in Portland over the Waverley Coun try Club course during the Pacific Northwest championships June 20 to 25. The local team will play for the title and the C. H. Davis. Jr.. trophy, which was offered last season for com petition and which was won by the Wavprley Club team. The makeup of the Spokane team to compete in the Portland event will be decided accord ing to the ranking of the local players when the entries to the championship are made. Lloyd Tegart, the University of Ore gon football star, who had. much to do with defeating the University of Penn sylvania football team last New Year's day at Pasadena by a score of 14 to 0. is enlisted in the Navy. Robert Ma larkey, a former Oregon halfback, is a' private In Company B, Oregon Na tional Guard. One hundred sportsmen have been sworn in as deputies at Seattle for the purpose of preventing violations of the hunting and fishing laws. These volunteer anglers and hunts men have sworn to keep an eye out to their fellow-sportsmen and to aid the regular gamekeepers In apprehend ing any Infractors. Tt Is figured that he fisherman who does not abide by the statutes will run no Inconsiderable risk under thesn conditions. ' .Los Angeles today. ( ... San' Francisco certainly took a fall out of the boys. Omar Khayyam, winner of the Ken tucky Derby and one of the world's foremost S-year-olds, will be . sold at auction at Belmont Park In June. : Santa Clara College, which has been famous In the past for turning out star baseball players, many of whom are now playing In the major leagues. MARSHALLTOWN RECRUIT IS MOST H 1 ' Ml I A v ; il Kenneth Penner. now has Its eye on its latest product. In the person of Peter Cunningham, who Is filling the role of utility player for the Vernon club of the Pacific Coast League. While Manager Stovall has the Santa Claran still on the bench, he predicts a brilliant future for the youngster on the diamond. The man of the hour In the National League Is Fred Yapp Mitchell, who has piloted the Cubs to the top of the Na tional League heap. Leland Stanford's big Rugby foot ball game this year will be with the Santa Clara College team on Thanks giving day on the former's grounds. Rowing will be one of the feature events of Cornell's intermural Spring day events this year at the Ithaca In stitution. ... New Orleans may land a world's championship battle between Freddie Welsh and Johnny Kilbane, It has been said by Harry Pollock, manager of Welsh. DATE FOR FIXALS TO BE SET Committee in Charge of Winged "M" Tourney Meet Today. Chairman A. D. Norrls, of the tennis committee of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club, will hold a meeting of his committeemen today and decide when the final matches In the Spring handicap tennis tournament will be played. Most of the members favor Saturday afternoon. Walter A. Goss will meet' the winner of the F. E. Harrigan vs. Stacey Hamil ton match scheduled for 3:30 P. M. this afternoon in the final singles match. M. E. Crumpacker and Hall Lusk will play Milton C. Frohman and W. C. Howe in the final doubles match. Yesterday's results: Singles, F. E. Harrigan beat Milton C. Frohman, 6-2, 6-4. Doubles. Milton C. Frohman and W. C. Howe beat G. G. Jones and Bartlett Cole, 7-5, 8-6, 8-2: M. E. Cmmpacker and Hall Lusk beat Dr. J. B. Bllderback and Dr. R. .1. Chlpman. 0-6, fl-1. 8-6. 4-6. 6-4. The Harrigan'-Hamilton match to see who will play Walter A. Goss In the final singles match is the only tussle scheduled for today. Inter-League Series Indefinite. CHICAGO, May 21. After a seven hour conference, club owners of the American Association tonight appar ently were as undecided about cancel ing the series with the International League as they were when they began their session two days ago. The con ference will be resumed tomorrow. Baseball Summary. STANDINGS OF THE TEAMS. National League. W. L. Pet. I W. L. Pet. New York... 16 8 .B67inclnnati. . . 14 19.424 Philadelphia 17 B .6.14 Boston 9 15.375 Chicago 22 12 647!Brooklyn 8 15.348 St Louis. .. 15 13 536 Pittsburg 10 21 .323 American league. Boston 17 10 H.'tniWaahlngton. 14 14.500 rhirago 22 14 .611! St. Louis. ... 14 19 .424 New Vork... 17 11 .607; Detroit 11 16 407 Cleveland... 18 17 .514Phlladelphla. 8 20.286 American AMoclation. Indianapolis 26 8 .7.M Minneapolis. 1214.462 I. oulflviile. .. 9 lr. ..'.-.! Milwaukee.. 13 17 433 Kansas CHy. 14 12 .38;St. Paul 11 18 379 Columbus. .. 15 17 .469, Toledo 10 19 .345 Northwestern league. Taooma. ... 19 17 .7SllSpokane 10 13 .433 (ireat Falls. 12 11 ,522Butte 10 14.417 Seattle 12 13 .480' Vancouver. .. 11 16 .407 Yesterday's Results. American Association At Indianapolis 0, Louisville 2; other games postponed, rain. Southern Association At Nashville 5. At lanta 1; at Chattanooga 11. Mobile- 1; at Memphis 7. New Orleans 8; at Little Rock, no game with Birmingham, rain. Western League At Omaha 12. Sioux City 3; other games postponed, rain. How the Series Ended. Parific Coast League At San Francisco 6 games. Portland 1 game; at Salt Lake 3 games. Oakland 2 games; at Los Angeles 4 games, Vernon 2 games. Where the Teams Play Next Week. Pacific Coast League Vernon at Portland San Francisco at Los Angeles, Oakland vs Salt Laka at San Francisco. Bearer Batting Average. AH. H. Ave. AB. H Ava. Wille 162 50 .309 PIglln mi 20. io5 Helfrlch.. 13 4 .308'Flncher 33 6'l82 Williams.. 166 61 .807Stumpf S4 81413 Rodgers... 167 47 ,2S2iBrenton . . . . 2T Fisher 155 40 .258 Bepulveda. . 3!t 3 086 Borton 130 33 .2o4lPenner 25 1 '(4 Farmer... 157 40 .254rtarrlngton. 4 0 '.0O0 Houck 13 8 .231'Fitzpatrlck. 1 O .OOO Hollocher. 17680.227Pinelli 6 0 000 The first farm paper was printed in England in 1881 anil iiirniNj t.. with the title, "Collection of Letters for me improvement ol Husbandry and CONSISTENT BEAVER PITCHER. FIRST MONTH ENDS Baseball Results Give Indica tion for Season. ERRORS COSTLY TO CUBS Ked Sox Show Class in American League Weather Conditions, So Far, Have Made All Benefit Affairs Unsatisfactory. NEW YORK. May 21. An analysis of the records of the major league clubs for the first month of the sea son develops some figures with a di rect bearing upon the standing of the teams. In the National - League the New York club, which led in the pen nant race on May 11, one month after the opening of the struggle, while not first In either hits or runs, had made fewer errors, had fewer men left on bases and held their opponents to a lower number of runs than any of the other clubs. The Chicago Cubs made the great est number of hits and runs, but er rors, players left on bases and heavy scoring by opponents offset this ad vantage to some extent. Philadelphia, St. Louis. Boston, Cincinnati and Pitts burg averaged fairly well, but Brook lyn was shown to be decidely weak in hitting and run-making, as well as on. the defensive side of the game. Red Sox Well Balanced. The Boston Red Sox played a fast, well-balanced game in the American League, being first in runs, tied for fourth in hitting, next to lowest in error-making, while having fewer left on bases and holding opponents to the lowest number of runs of any club in the Junior league. The New York players were weak in both hits and runs, but played an excellent defen sive game, with the result that they earned second place in the pennant race. As in the case in the National League, the other clubs average up well In two sharply defined groups, which accounts for the closeness of the race for the various positions at the end of the first month of the struggle. The following tabulations show the total number of runs, hits and errors, together with the position of each club in each department, for the first month of the pennant season: National League. Club Standing R. II. E New Vork ) 90 (8) 179 (8) 26 Chicago (1) 131 (1) 213 2 42 r-miaaeipnia 10) 71 (4) 159 (7) 27 St. Louis (6) 64 7l 151 (6) 29 Boston (7) 62 (8) 143 5( Cincinnati 90 (21 20: (3) 40 Pittsburg 4 76 ft 15S (41 R Brooklyn (8l 63 (61 154 (11 44 'Tied for second place. American League. Boston 1) 8 (t) 163 (7) 27 New York 6 70 R l:i4 l s Chicago (2) 85 tl 172 6 30 St. Louis (3) 81 111 lttO C'l 4!l Cleveland ..(4) 78 t) 172 (11 47 ueiroit (7 it (7) 140 (51 35 Philadelphia (8) HI ( 13 (31 42 ,vasningion 15) 76 6l 10 (4i 36 tTied for fourth place. JTled for second. Weather conditions have handicapped the few athletic arid sport competi tions played to date for Red Cross and similar worthy funds. The various as sociations promoting these contests or exhibitions are confident, however, that with clear skies there will be substan tial collections made in the near fu ture. A larger number of special ten nis, golf and track meets are scheduled for the next few months with stars entered to compete. While there will be no title at stake, it is expected that the followers of these sports will con tribute liberally in gate recelDts or collection form for the privilege of wit nessing the experts in competition. PRUIETT IS WILD AND LOSES Oakland Cast-Off Xo Puzzle to Ca nadians, Who Win, 8 to 2. SEATTLE. Wash.. May 21. Eiht bases on balls off Pruiett. a recruit from the Coast League, and rasrered fielding by Seattle made it easy for Vancouver to win today's game. Score ii H. E. R H. E. Vancouver. 8 6 ljSeattle 2 5 8 Batteries Acosta and Cadman: Pru iett and T. Cunningham. Tacoma 5, Butte 9. TACOMA. Wash., May 21. Hard hit ting featured the first same of th Butte-Tacoma series today and the Miners walked off with the game. 9 to 6. Five costly errors by Tacoma in- flelders gave Butte a lead. Score: R- H. E. R. H. E. Butte 9 11 2Tacoma S 12 Batteries Hunt and Hoffman; Bon ner, Collins and Stevens. Spokane 4, Great Falls 6. SPOKANE, Wash., May 21. The In dians. In a ninth-inning rally, piled up tnree runs against Great Falls, but the three were not sufficient to even tie the score. Score: R- H. E l R. H. E. Great Falls S s a Spokane.... 4 4 Batteries Bliss. Gardner and Byler; rienanx ana iiaicwin. American League to Buy War Bonds. CHICAGO, May 21. The American League has decided upon the immediate subscription of $100,000 in liberty bonds. f resident jonnson announced today. 'COMEBACK' STAGED BY ROLLIE ZEIDER Cub Player and "Babe" Bor ton Once Called "Bunion and an Onion." BOTH GOING GOOD NOW Herman Piltett, St. Paul, Or., Boy, Who Pitched In Inter-City League Last STcar, Proves a Winner for Taconia Club. Frank Leroy Chance, when manager of the New York Yankees, a few years ago, traded Hal Chase to the Chicago White Sox for Rollle Zelder, ex-Seal and "Babe" Borton, present Portland Pacific Coast League first baseman Borton, at the time, proved a fizzle aa a first baseman. Zelder developed a persistent crop of bunions on his feet that rendered him of little service. Whereupon one New York writer arose and suggested that Chance had traded Chase "for a bunion and an onion. This was no doubt true at the timi sadly true, from a Yankee standpoint. It brought a laugh all over the Ameri can League circuit. The onion (Borton) drirted to Ver non, then to the Feds, and finally to the St. Louis Browns, from whom he came to Portland this Spring. He Is now giving Walter Henry McCredie excellent service. The bunion (Zelder) is doing as much as any man to keep Fred Mitch ell's Chicago Cubs up in the National League race. Zelder was figured an utility man with the Cubs this Spring. The Chi cago infield lined up with Vic Saier at first, Doyle at second. Chuck Wortman, shortstop, and Deal at third. Wort man was injured early. Zeider was rushed into the breach in the short field. The Cubs have been winning consistently ever since, and are now doing well In the National League race. Zelder is playing the best all- around ball of his long career. The other day Rollle, who used to pastime alongside of Kid Mohler when with San Francisco and who has thrown many thrills into Portland audiences, won a game from the Dodgers single handed. The Cubs made seven runs, in winning of which Zeider scored two himself and drove In four more. More over, he played brilliantly In the field and stole a base. Zelder is the big surprise in the showing of the Cubs to date. Rollle was figured through when he left the Yankees for the Feds, and nothing that he accomplished up to the last w weeks led anyone to suspect that the diagnosis was wrong. Mitchell would be In a bad way if It were not for Zelder. The New York writer was right, at the time, when he suggested that Chance had traded Hal Chase "for a bunion and an onion." If the bunion had played as good ball for the Yanks as he Is playing for the Cubs the laugh wouldn t have been so loud and long. Has another pitching phenom from Oregon evaded Walter Henry Mc Credie? That's the way It looks. Herman Pillett. the best-looking pitching pros pect who has invaded the realms of the Northwestern League since Hector first cried for the bottle Is the young man in question. Herman is lean and lanky In appearvnee, but appearances are de ceitful, to say the least, and so is Her man. Joe McGInnity had Pillett on his Spring menu card a season ago. When he walked across the field he looked like a board In the fence. Pillett did not loom up very strong In McGinnity's estimation, so the Butte manager fired the human sliver. Thus, for the best part of last season, Her man operated In the alfalfa brush and the cactus plains of Fred Norman Bay a Inter-City League. Catcher Al Bar tholemy, the Portland boy now with Denver, of the Western League, and who caught for Tacoma last year, rec ommended Pillett to Russ Hall. Hall Induced him to flourish his handwriting on a Tacoma parchment. which accounts for his presence on the Tacoma team today. Herman is one of those rare prodigies who can make a baseball talk, sneeze and walk. He has the earmarks of a sensation. Pillett has won five or six straight and lost none to date for Ta coma. He hails from St. Paul, Or., which also turned out Curtis Coleman, who went as far as the New York Yan kees in organized baseball. The tali lad twirled for Woodburn, of the Inter-City League, last year. "Ocean" Schorr, the boy with the educated left mitt, who was turned over to Spokane by Portland this Spring, Is going well. Benjamin Mc Morran, another left-hander, given to Nick Williams by Frank Reroy Chance, is working nicely for the Northwest ern League champions. One of the most ancient and pre historic of alibis Is that concerning the signs on the fence. For years and years the fans have been forced to listen to this moth-eaten subterfuge when the athletes are not hitting. Some take it out on the umpires, dui tne majority still cling to the signs on the fence as the cause 01 tneir inaouiiy to spank the globule. To a certain extent mere is trutn in many of these complaints, but not en tirely, for what Is sauce for the goose Is sauce for the ganaer. Kenneth Williams, on opening day, maiii that a new sign on the center- field wall affected a left-handed bat ter. Bill Rodgers hit next In batting practice and said that It did not af fect him. Williams hit the ball well that week, however. Frank Dillon, late manager of the T.oa Anareles Pacific Coast League clUD, raved long and loud on one trip his team made to San Francisco, lie said his players could not hit because of a certain sign painted on tne rignt field fence. He wanted the sign taken down. He declared that all fences should be barren of signs. Of course, his appeal went by the boards. A few weeks later the San Francisco team went to Los Angeles. The first day the Seals obtained but two hits, and they howled lamentably that they could not see the ball because the signs In the outfield were bad. A newspaper man told Dillon about It and asked him for his opinion. He said: "This sign thing Is a Joke. We don't seem to have any trouble with It." , And It's Just as Dillon says a Joke. Signs may bother a batter the first day from not being accustomed to them, but In the long run they do not affect his hitting. Morris-Moran Bout to Be June 4. NEW YORK. May 21. (Special.) Jack FarrelL for the Harlem Sporting Club, has announced that the 10-round bout between Carl Morris, the Okla homa heavyweight, and Frank Moran, of Pittsburg, which was scheduled for last Friday night, will take place June 4. The bout was not held because Mor ris informed the club officials that he had strained a tendon in his right wrist while training for the bout. New articles have been drawn up between the fighters and the club. TROEII DUKES FIXE RECORD Vancouver Champion Breaks 199 Out of 2 00 Targets at Ixs Angeles. LOS ANGELES, May 21. Frank Troeh. Vancouver, Wash., amateur champion of the United States, won the opening event today of the sixth annual registered tournament of the California-Nevada Trapshooters' Asso ciation on the grounds of the Los An geles Gun Club, breaking 199 of a pos sible 200 targets. Diamond trophies were awarded to the five highest men In the event to day. Eighty-five men entered. San Francisco Players Register. SAN FRANCISCO. May 21. Players of the San Francisco baseball club were among a number of persons of military age who registered here today in ac cordance with the selective conscrip tion act. They were: Roy Corhan, Charles Pick, John Oldham, Del Baker and "Red" McKee. It was explained that they registered today for the rea son that the team would be away from home on registration day, June 5. CUBS BUMPED OFFTOP GIANTS GO INTO LEAD AND PHILS MOVE TO SECOND PLACE. St. Lou in Finds Brooklyn Hurler Eaay and Wins, A to a Reds Beat Boa ton in Tenth, 3 to 1. PHILADELPHIA. May 21. Chicago lost to Philadelphia and dropped from first to third place In the National League race while Philadelphia moved up to second place. The home team won In the second Inning by making Ave successful singles off Douglas and a single off Prendergast. Score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Chicago 3 8 0 Phlladelp'la 4 9 0 Batteries Douglas, Prendergast, De maree and Wilson; Rixey and Killifer. New York 4, Pittsburg 3. NEW YORK, May 21. New York went back into first place by defeating Pittsburg. Tesreau held the visitors to two hits for eight Innings, but Pitts burg made a strong finish, scoring two runs in the ninth on a double, two singles and a force play. Score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Pittsburg. 3 S 2 New York.. 4 9 2 Batteries Jacobs, Miller and Fischer; Tesreau and McCarty. Brooklyn 2, St. Louis 6. BROOKLYN. May 21. St. Louis bunched four hits on top of two errors in the second Inning today, scoring four runs off Cheney, enough to win. Score: R. H. E. R. H. E. St. Louis.. 6 10 1 Brooklyn.. 2 7 2 Batteries Meadows and Gonzales; Cheney, Marquard, Dell and Miller. Boston 1, Cincinnati 2. BOSTON. May 21. Griffith's sacrifice fly to right field, with the bases full and one out In the tenth, allowed Kopf to score with the run that won for Cin cinnati. Cincinnati gave Schneider re markable support- Score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Cincinnati. 2 6 Oj Boston 16 3 Batteries Schneider and Clarke: Ty ler and Gowdy. American Games Postponed. DETROIT, May 21. Detroit-New York game postponed, rain. Game will be played tomorrow, open date. CHICAGO, May 21. Boston-Chicago game postponed, rain. CLEVELAND, May 21. Philadelphia Cleveland game postponed, rain. ST LOUIS, May 21. Washington-SL Louis game postponed, rain. HOLLOCHER TD BE KEPT OFFER BY PITTSBURG PILOT IS FLATLY Tl'R.NED DOWN. McCredie Saya Shortstop Too Valuable to Let Go Now Portland Club May Sign Joe Schultx. LOS ANGELES. Cal.. May 21. (Spe cial.) In a telegram received by Wai ter McCredie here today, the Pittsburg club, of the National League, asked the Portland manager to set a price on Shortstop Hollocher. "Hollocher is not on the market." said McCredie. "He's too Important a member of my team to let go at this time, and I will not set a price upon him until next Fall." "Chuck" Ward. 1918 Portland short stop, was purchased by the Pirates last year, but evidently has been unable to hold down the shortstop berth to suit Manager Callahan. If a deal can be. arranged with Pitts burg, the Portland club will sign In fielder Schultz for the remainder of the 1917 season. Schultz got notice of his release from the Angels Sunday and reverted back to the Pittsburg club. The infielder has an Ironclad contract for the 1917 season, and Pittsburg will be forced to pay him. whether he works or not. Manager McCredie said that SIglin has not been hitting to suit him. The Beaver manager arrived here this morning, ready to open a seven game series with the Angels Tuesday. "My club is in good condition, but I could use another pitcher and catcher to advantage." said McCredie. "Some of my pitchers have been doing good wont, out tnere are otners wnom I sus pect are not pitchers at all." McCredie plans to use l'enner In the opening game against the Angels, while Standridge probably will work for Los Angeles. MAILS' COMING IS VERIFIED Judge McCredie Advised Pitcher Left Pittsburg May 15. Judge William Wallace McCredie, of the Portland BaseDall Company, re ceived a letter yesterday afternoon from President Barney Dreyfuss, of the Pitts burg National League club, to the effect that Pitcher Walter Mails, recently pur chased by Portland, left Pittsburg the night of May IS to join the Beavers. This would have put him out of Chicago May 16, and according to that schedule he should have arrived in San Fran cisco Saturday. Although no word has been received In Portland as to his Joining the Bea vers, he might now be with them. If he is not he will undoubtedly Join Walter McCredie in Los Angelea this week. North Yakima Wins Track Sleet. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash.. May 21. (Special.) North Yakima won the an nual Yakima Valley lnterscholastio track and field meet Saturday with 55 points to 53 for Ellensburg, 16 for Toppenlsh and 8 lor Sunnyslde. the last half dollar put into a hat makes a qual ity difference that means satisfac tion to you. Gordon Hats $3:59 J i 286 Washington FINE ATHLETES LOST Many Famous British Sports men Are War's Victims. CASUALTY LIST GROWS Ranks in American Sports to Be Thinned When Recruiting Is General Australian Box ers Show Patriotism. As the war goes on the casualties increase. Every branch of sport Is represented In another Ions: list, lust Issued, of famous British sportsmen who have been killed and wounded on the western front. Lieutenant J. S. Jones-Slavin. who has fallen, was the famous Oxford athlete who represented his university against Cambridge at swimming and in tne water polo match in 1912. He also rowed on his college eight and played on the Rugby football team. Another fine swimmer lost to the university is Lieutenant H. A. K. Boustead. who won the 100-yard swim ming race against Cambridge in 1913. He saw considerable service in Egypt and afterward. Joining the Royal Fly ing Corps, lost his life in a fight with an enemy machine. Major G. L. S. Young, killed, was another splendid university athlete. He was a member of the cricket eleven at Bradfield in 1900-1-2. and played with the hockey team, and also represented Oxford against Cambridge at hockey in 1905. J. E. Jordan, the well-known Burch- fleld barrier, has also made the big sacrifice. He made a big reputation in 1902. when he won the 440-yard race at Cheltenham and scored in several other middle-distance events through out the season. Lieutenant F. C. Kemp, killed, was famous in rowing circles, having been member of the Gloucester Rowing Club's crew, which won many races at Midland and Western regattas. H. S. Warren, the West Herts soccer foot baller and cricketer, has been killed by an explosion of a German hand grenade. Lieutenant W. Pritchard Dodd, who has been wounded, rowed in the Lady Margaret boat at Cambridge, and rep resented his college at Henley regatta. Harry Burgess, the professional golfer of the Bramhall Club. Cheshire, also has fallen, while Walter S. Hill, the Musselburgh golfer, who returned to enlist from Menagglo, In the Italian Lake district, where for 10 years he was golf professional, has been wounded. Reggie Morris. London cricketer, and Major Bryn Lewis, the brilliant Swan sea and Welsh international Rugby footballer, have been killed in action. Norman Brookes, the famous Aus tralian lawn tennis champion, has broken down in health and been com pelled to retire .from his Red Cross work. The action of Roy Corhan, Charles Pick. John Oldham. Del Baker and Red McKee, members of the San Francisco ball club in registering yes terday, although necessary, shows that the pastimers will be ready when the time comes to answer the call to the colors. Earl Caddock. of Anita, la., heavy weight champion wrestler, who recent ly defeated Joe Stecher at Omaha, has pplied for enlistment at the Fort MR-HUCKLEBEKKr I'M NO 6ROUCH, BUT I'M SO TIRED OP b ORDINARY TOBACCO AND WANT ACHEW OP GOOD TOBACCO SO BAD I I'D DO ANVTHlriq FOR IT THERE is one thing no man on earth, can do, and that is to put sappiness into cheap, coarse tobacco. It takes the richest, sappiest tobacco that grows, to make satisfactory chewing. That is why so many are changing over to W-B CUT. Excess sweetening makes a poor substitute with intelligent people. Pound for pound, there's more tobacco in W-B than in ordinary plug; and it's sappy tobacco, every shred of it. Haoe ly WETMAN-BRUTON COMPANY, 1107 Broadway, New Tork Cry V7 FURNISHERS Sc MATTERS. Street Snelling officers' training camp iit Nebraska. Howard Berry, three times winner of the pentathlon of the University of Pennsylvania relay carnivals and who played football against the University of Oregon at Pasadena New Year'.t day, has entered in Uncle Sam's fight ing forces. The red and blue all around star is a member of the Avi ators' Reserve Corps, having served his apprenticeship on the Mexican bor der as a member of General Pershing's punitive expedition. The boxers of America can well look to Australia for an example of patriot ism among the boxer boys, even if Les Darcy did fall down in that line. Bince war was declared between Great Britain and Germany over 700 boxers in all classes have enlisted in Aus tralia. It is expected that boxers in America will be equally as patriotic. Any who. through one cause or another, find it impossible to don the uniform can help in many other ways. Just as they are doing in Australia. The box ing stadium in Australia has raised close to $250,000 for war purposes. In some of the events the entire gate re ceipts went to the war fund. COAST IN BEST SHAPE ALL OTHER MINOR LEAGUES PRE PARE FOR RETRENCHMENT. War Situation an Yet No Canae for Alarm, Saya President Baum At tendance la Satisfactory. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May 21. (Special.) Of all the minor baseball leagues In the United States, the Pa cific Coast League is the only one so far that has not found it necessary to issue a warning of retrenchment. President A. T. Baum, after a trip of investigation to Salt Lake, today declared that no salary cuts or reduc tion in the number of players is as yet contemplated. "I've talked now with all the club owners save those in the south." he said, "and from what we can gather our league is in the best condition of any of the minors. "No meeting has been called to con sider the war situation as it affetts our business, and I don't believe there will bo such a conference until we should face disaster. San Kranclsctt and Salt Lake have been holding up the league. On the whole, the attend ance has been satisfactory. Ixs An geles has been up against bad weather, which Is one reason why the attend ance doesn't compare favorably with, last year. "Conditions in Portland are improv ing. Of course, they have had a lot of rain, but the McCredies are encour aged over the outlook. "Salt Lake has been standing by the league in great shape. The Oaks had some hard luck in losing the Sunday game, for they were sold out as early as last Tuesday, and I am sure them would have been a rci-ord crowd." What Ex-Coasters Did in the Majors Yesterday. Z EIDER slnsled. Wolter smashed a safety. Douglas retired in the sixth, loslns the. game. Elliott batted for Flack, and missed a hit. Bancroft singled. Cravath. poled a double. Killefrr s.-ored a run and a hit. Brief doubled, scored and made an error. Srhnildt batted for Jacobs but failed to Connect. Johnson missed In the hit column. Cutshaw tripled, singled and scored. Olwon Itot one hit. Chafte singled and scored. AVil'ioit smashed out two M. OF'tHS CONSOLOTIOH.) THEN. "I'M YOUR HUCKLE BtRRf" I KNOW O MOW THE USTl : poor FCELSJ OUST TAKE A LITTLE FELLOW CHEW OF Y W-B CUT AND BE SATISFIED WITbl rzz ( v