-THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, THURSDAY, NOVE3IBER 15, 1917.
BASEBALL SCHISM
APPEARS AVERTED
Factions Coalesce at National
Association of Baseball
Leagues Conference.
INTRODUCING "RED" BALDWIN, PEPPERY BEAVER BACKSTOP,
WHO WILL TRY HIS HAND AT THROWING OUT THE
KAISER'S BASERUNNERS.
MINORS PLEAD FOR HELP
President Blevrett, of Northwest
ern, Backs Request for Ruling
to Protect Player Rights.
Baum 'cv Vive-President.
LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Nov. 14. Settle
went of the factional dispute which
threatened to disrupt the American As
aoclation and pave the way for the
formation of a new league appeared to
be assured tonight. The rival factions
were brought together after the Na
tional Association of Baseball Leagues
voted down, 11 to 2, a resolution at its
convention .today to redistrict the
minor leagues of the country.
Club owners of the American Asso
elation tentatively decided to open
their season about May 1. thren wenlca
later than the jpening days a year
. ego, and discussed the feasibility of
reducing the player limit. President
.Mickey said a meeting would be held
in Chicago December 17 to decide on
plans for next season.
I nanlmoua Consent Neossary.
v II. Sexton, president of the Na
tional Association, declared there could
is no withdrawal of the Louisille. In
dlanapolis and' Toledo clubs from the
American Association, for the formation
of a new league without the utunimpus
consent of all the clubs in the two or
ganizations. "It would' have been crim
inal to destroy the American Associa
tion, which represents an investment
of $2,000000 with the majority of the
club owners against .such a move,"
Sexton said.
"The next season will be a severe pne
both in the major and minor leagues'
August Herrmann, chairman of the Na
tional Baseball Commission, said.
"There will have to be retrenchment
everywhere if we hope to exist. The
minor leagues need th majors and the
major leagues need the minors. I can
say with all frankness that the Na
tional League is seriously- considering
a policy ,of retrenchment which in
cludes the reduction of a player limit."
Committee to Decide iMftue.
J. W. Ford, of Fort Dodge, la., presi
dent of the Central Association, one
of the 10 leagues forced to suspend
last season, appealed to Mr. Herrmann
for a ruling that would enable these
leagues to protect their player player
rights. Ford contended that four of
their most promising players were
snapped up by other leagues when the
Central Association suspended. He
seeks to have them returned or the
clubs reimbursed for their loss.
R. L. Blewitt, of Seattle. Wash.,
president of the Northwestern League,
declared that unless such a ruling was
made that his league would face a
serious problem In starting next sea
son. President Sexton was empowered
to appoint a committee .-of ' three . to
settle the issue with the National com
mission. Economy Motion Lost.
After? defeat of a resolution ' offered
hy A. R. Tearney. president of the
Three I League, demanding the reduc
tion of the present membership of the
National board of arbitration from ten
members to Ave. President Barrow, of
the International League, attempted to
have the expense accounts of these offi
cials eliminated In the Interest of
economy. The motion, however, was
lost.
Club owners of the Western, and
Central leagues met tonight to con
sider plans for the coming season.
President IMckerson, of the Western
League, said positively that his organ
ization would start, but Harry Stahl
hefer, president of the Central League,
declined to make any prediction in re
gard to his circuit. It is regarded as
likely that the Central League will be
among the leagues that will decide to
suspend until the end of the war.
Allan T. Baum, of San Francisco,
president of the Pacific Coast League,
was unanimously elected vice-president
of the National Association of
Baseball Leagues to succeed Timothy
H. Humane, of Boston, who died last
February.
Squirrel Food.
JIMMY BRITT, once the lightweight
champion of the Pacific Coast, saw
Benny Leonard stop Toughey Ramsey
at Cleveland In the seventh round, and
declared that Leonard was the greatest
lightweight he ever had seen in ac
tion. Jimmy ought to know because
he battled the best of them in his day.
Tes, the 91st Division football team
at Tacoma has a right to be peeved.
Read what an Eastern scribe says:
"Out in San Francisco there is a United
States Marine's eleven that has excep
tional strength. Strange enough. It is
for the most part" composed of last
year's University of Oregon team,
coached by Hugo Bezdek. manager of
the Pittsburg Pirates. It was Oregon
that defeated Pennsylvania last Winter
in a post-season game at Pasadena, 14
to 0. Almost every member of the un
beaten Oregon eleven joined the Mare
Island Marines." For the benefit of
the Eastern pencil pusher there are
five of the Oregon boys with the Ma
rines and a like number with the 91st
Division team at Tacoma.
The Swedish Amateur Athletic Asso
.. elation has officially accepted John
Zander's new world's record of 3:54:7
for the 1500-meter run. The old record
of 3:55:8 was made by the American
runner Kiviat in the preliminaries of
the Stockholm Olympic games in 1912.
Zander's splendid performance is the
more remarkable from the fact that he
ran the entire distance alone.
, No matter how thick the apple sauce
may be Portland Is still a member of
the Pacific Coast League. How long the
McCredies will linger In cl3.ss.AA' so
ciety is unknown.
Headline' In Bastern paper describing
effect the war has had on the Milwau
kee ball team says "War Calls Nearly
Wreck Brewers." It wasn't the war
that put a crimp in the Oregon brewers
nope, it was just too many "nays,"
that's all.
Ever hear the story about how
Johnny Powers, of the Los Angeles
Baseball Club, wanted to buy the Mc
Credies two beautiful solitaire dia
monds and two new automobiles if they
would consent to stay In the Pacific
, Coast League next season? You
didn't! ! Neither did anybody else.
Albany Grid Star Injured.
ALBANY. Or., Nov. 14. (Special.).
Jay Willard, captain of the Albany
High School football team. Is out of
the game for. the season. in a recent
contest he sustained a broken ankle.
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EARl PHILLIPS ("RED") BALDWIN.
Earl Phillips ("Red") Baldwin, the rjeooert' votinnr ratrlir nf tfco Tnrt-
land baseball club, stopped off in Portland from Oakland, Cal., long enough
yesterday to have his picture taken by an Oregonian staff photographer,
and then resumed his journey to Camp Lewis. American Lake, where he
will become a member of the National Army.
Baldwin-was notified by the examining board to appear in Portland for
medical examination before the Beavers left for the south on their last
swing of the circuit. The Beaver backstop passed a perfect physical ex
amination. Baldwin will have plenty of baseball society in Camp Lewis,
where a number of Pacific Coast Leaguers are sojourning.
OREGON MAY WIN
Eugene Scout Hopes After
Seeing Bears Play;
FAST WORK IS NECESSARY
If Coach- Bezdek'S' Eleven Gets
Jump on California in Game on
Saturday, Prospects Are Be
lieved Good for Victory.
'Don't be surprised at an Oregon
victory next Saturday when Hugo
Bezdek pits his lemon-yellow eleven
against the blue and gold team from
Bekreley, because from what I know
and have seen of Bezdek's style of
fight the Oregonians, even though they
are green, probably will get the jump
on California, and if they do they "will
beat the. Native Sons." Such is the gist
of a letter received yesterday by an
alumnus of Oregon from a close per
sonal friend at Berkeley.
The Berkeley scout continued:' Cal
ifornia's defeat by St. Mary's might be
attributed to overconf idence. When
California opened up in the last five
minutes of play it started a forward
pass crusade down the field and pulled
five straight passes, averaging 12
yards to each attempt, and this, coupled
with a 30-yard off-tackle run by Shad
Rowe, ran the ball from the Bears'
five-yard line to a touchdown.
Kant Work Needed.
'My prediction is that if Oregon can
get the jump on the California linemen
they will trim the Bears, and from
what I know of Bezdek's 'hurry-up'
methods I think he will step out in the
first two periods of play and annex
enough points to win, even though his
men are of green material. However,
California showed wonderful possibil-
ties in the last few minutes of play.
and if they can show the same drive
against Oregon Bezdek will have to
look out.
"It is going to be a good game. and.
while I have not seen Oregon play this
year, I think California will be de
feated In spite of Oregon's supposed
acK or class. Oregon must watch out
for Rowe, Higson and Hansen. Gordon.
the big negro tackle, will make some
body squeal if they don't look out. Our
friend, Nate Shandeling, former-Jeffer
son High and Mount Angel College
star, played a consistent game at left
lacKie lor St. Mary's."
Engene Men Work Hard.
And Bezdek is preparing the bovs
at Eugene for the game of their lives.
Hugo is a gt-eat. believer in the "old
fight" and Oregon's workouts at Eu
gene indicate that the chunky coach
has the boys ready for a hard battle.
The entire squad is in great physical
condition, and if Oregon can get the
jump on California it will be a hard
Duncn to defeat.
BEARS PROFESS GREAT FEAR
Californlans Start for Eugene "With
". Gloom Shrondjng Them.
BERKELEY. Cat. Nov. 14 (Snenial
Nineteen members of the California
football sqrtad and the entire coaohlng
staff left Berkeley on the Oregon ex
press tonight for Eugene, where the
team will play the Oregonians Satur
day, Coach Smith told 1000 rooters
who packed Harmon gymnasium to
give the team its final send-off, that
the varsity hadn't a chance for victory,
"I don't believe the team has recovr
ered from Its slump of last Saturday
and with the handicap of playing away
from our own field and under different
weather conditions we will be lucky to
hold the webfeet even," he said.
Similar opinions also .were voiced by
Gus Zeigler, the line coach, and Grad
uate Manager Stroud. To cap the cli
max for a discouraging outlook an
eleventh-hour decision on the part of
the doctors will keep Captain Foster
from making the trip. All week the
team had counted on Foster's being
able to play and the announcement to
the contrary it is felt bodes ill for the
Bear backfield.
Hooper, the utility back, all season,
will take his place and start the game.
The one ray of hope the Bears are re
lying on is the fact that their line out
weighs that of Orecron 10 pounds to the
man. Coach Smith -will endeavor to
take full advantage of this superiority
in weight Saturday and has been drill
ing his team all week in offensive
charging and opening up holes.
The lineup which will start the game
as given out by Coach Smith tonight,
is: Bates and Gifford, ends; Gordon and
Richardson, ' tackles; Farmer and
Brown, guards; Hansen, center; Hig
son, quarter; Rowe and Hooper, halves;
Wells (acting captain), fullback. Those
who made the trip are: Head Coach
Andy Smith, Line Coach Gus Zeigler,
Trainer Charlie Voltz, Graduate Mana
ger J. A. Stroud and the following
players: Gifford, Brown, Richardson,
Gordon Bates, Hanson, West, Boucher,
Farmer, Paxton, Shea and Hall, of the
line and Wells, Higson, Rowe, Hooper,
Alford, Symes and Godde, of the back
fields.
COACH HUNT WORRIED
OHEGOX AGGIE PLAY WATCHED
BY WA8HI'GTON MENTOR.
Corvallls Team In Game Saturday With
Seattle Crew Will Have BUsett
nd Dutton.
The latest information from Seattle
has It that Coach Claude Hunt is much
worried over the outcome of next Sat
urday's game with the Oregon Aggies,
to be staged at Denny Field, Seattle.
The brilliant attack which Pipal's
men made against Washington State at
Corvallis Saturday was witnessed by
Coach Hunt.
Corvallis dispatches have It that
"Scotty" Dutton and Lee Bissett will
be in the Aggi-a lineup against Wash
ington. Bissett undoubtedly will start
the game and will be of great assist
ance, but there is doubt in the minds
of many as to whether or not it will
be good policy to allow Dutton to play.
Dutton has sustained a broken leg
twice and it is a question, whether or
not Coach Pipal will want to shoulder
any responsibility In case Dutton's leg
should again be fractured.
One of the incidents connected with
Saturday's Oregon Aggie-Washington
State game was Lee Bissett's attempt
to break into the game. The Aggie
tackle was on the bench in -his street
clothes, having left a sick bed to see
the game. After the first half, when
the Aggies retired for their 16-mlnute
rest, Bissett went to the gymnasium
and put on a football uniform and
came on the field and begged Coach
Pipal for a chance to break Into the
game. .
It was a remarkable act of loyalty
and gameness.
The Aggies will leave Corvallis Fri
day mornlng'for Seattle.
Aberdeen Angler Wins Priie,
ABERDEEN, Wash,, Nov, 14. (Spe
cial.) Ira Hornibreok, secretary ef the
Grays Harbor Rod and Gun Club, has
been awarded a first prise by a sports
men's magaaine for a rainbow trout
he caught on the Wynooche River here.
The fish measured 664 inches in
length and weighed 16 pounds. The
prize amounted to $25 worth of fishing
tackle.
MARINES MAY PLAY
AMBULANCE ELEVEN
Pasadena Tournament Committee-Expected
to Choose
These Teams to Vie.
CALIFORNIA OUT OF RACE
' Read The Ocegeniaa classified adj.
With Two Overwhelming Defeats at
Hands of Marines and One De
feat by St. Mary's, Bears'
Chances Seem Poor.
BT JAMES J. RICHARDSON.
While no definite football news has
come from the Tournament of Roses
headquarters at Pasadena relativeto a
selection of the two elevens which will
play there New Year's day. Eastern
writers recommend for the Eastern
representative the United States Am
bulance Corps eleven from Allentown,
Pa.,', which is 'coached by Lieutenant
"Dud" Clark, former University of
Oregon and Multnomah Amateur Ath
letic Club footbU star.
The "Usaacs," as the Allentown
team Is termed by Eastern writers, de
feated the fast Marine team captained
by Eddie Mahan. ex-Harvard football
star, by a score of 16 to 0 last Satur
day at Philadelphia. Until Saturday's
game the Marines were considered to
have an equal chance In the running
to represent the East versus the West
in the annual gridiron classic at Pasa
dena, but the stretcher-bearers were
too much for Mahan and his cohorts
and as a result of Saturday's game
Dudley Clark's eleven counts on the
trip to Pasadena.
Eutera Writers Misinformed.
"It Is announced." savs an Eastern
writer, "that the United States Ambu
lance Corps football team, which de
feated Eddie Mahan's Marines on
Franklin Field Saturday, In all prob
ability will on New Year's play the
University of California,' the collegiate
champions of the Pacific Coast, at the
.tournament of Roses at Pasadena.
"The contest will mean a three
weeks' trip across the continent and
the team would also play a game at
San Francisco with the Marines of Mare
Island, who are the champions of the
service in the far West. The plan has
the recommendation of Colonel E. E.
Persons, the commander of the Allen
town camp, and all that is needed is
the approval of official Washington,
which.' it is believed, will be granted.
That is great stuff as far as the
Amublance Corps eleven is concerned,
but the Western gridiron representa
tives should be the Mare Island Ma
rines, although nothing definite has
been done by the Pasadena people to
wards making their Western selection.
California For From Champions.
It does not seem possible that the
University of California will be se
lected for the Pasadena classic for a
number of reasons. First of all. the
team is not the best intercollegiate
eleven in the West. It has played two
Pacific Coast conference games to date
and will stage the third -conference
battle next Saturday against Oregon
at Eugene.
California won from the Oregon Ag
gies and the University of Washing
ten, but both of these northern elevens
are only skeletons of their former
selves, while California was never
stronger since It resumed the Ameri
can game than at present.'
Last Saturday St. Mary's ' College
football eleven took the California
Bears off their high perch with a 14-to-13
victory, which gave St. Mary's
the California state championship.
Before California can claim the
Western collegiate championship it
must meet and defeat Washington
State College, and with the great Bangs
In the lineup it is safe to predict that
Andy Smith and the California Bears
would have their hands full trying to
hook a defeat on the Washington
State's record.
As long as the Pasadena committee
plans on a service team invasion why
not select the Western service eleven
whch has proved its superiority over
all the Western college and service
teams it has met?
Marines Best in West.
The Marines demonstrated their
overwhelming superiority over Cali
fornia by defeating that eleven twice
by scores of 26 to 0 and 27 to 0. In
the face of these large scores it seems
jmpossible that the Pasadena sports
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committee would even consider Cali
fornia's absurd claim of being the most
formidable eleven in the West. And
St. Mary's triumph last Saturday
shoves the Bears that much further
down the ladder.
If the Pasadena people pass the Ma
rines up and Beckett's warriors enter
tain the Ambulance men at San Fran
cisco it is probable that the Allentown
contingent would leave San Francisco
for Pasadena with a defeat and be
easy for California.-
After the. brilliant record of the
Mare Island Marines it seems impos
sible that this wonderful aggregation
will be overlooked when" the selection
of the Pasadena committee is announced.
BEE STAR WRONGED
Sheeley Reports at Camp
Lewis and Is No Slacker.
RITCHIE STARTS RING WORK
Camp Lewis Boxing Instructor
Takes Vp Ills New Duties.
TACOMA. Wash., Nov. 14. (Special.)
Willie Ritchie, boxing director, ap
peared on the campus yesterday wear
ing the green uniform of the athletic
service. Ritchie does not have a com
mission in the Army.
Ritchie announced that Instruction
In boxing will start today. The men
will be instructed in selected groups,
who will later impart their Informa
tion to larger groups.
Brown Defeats Camp Devens.
PROVIDENCE. R. I., Nov. 14. Brdwn
won an easy victory over the soldier
eleven 'from Camp Devens bx a score of
4 0 to 0 today.
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EXEMPTION BOARD ERRS
Salt Iake First Baseman Declares
That lie Was at American Lake
When Spokane Officails
Reported- Him Absent.
One of the Spokane exemption boards
erred badly when It thrust much un
deserved notoriety upon big Earl
Sheeley. the premier flrst-sacker of the
Pacific Coast League, who played with
Salt Lake this season and was formerly
a member of the Spokane ball club.
Sheeley was drafted by the Spokane
board and ordered to report for duty
about one month before the Pacific
Coast League season ended. The Salt
Lake club had a tight race on for lead
ership of the league at that time, and
the Bee directors aked that Sheeley be
allowed to remain with the Salt Lake
club until the conclusion of the league
race. Sheeley in the meantime reported
at Spokane, where he was ordered to
rejoin the Salt Lake club and finish
the season.
Hoard Maken Mistake.
When Sheeley later was notified to
report at Camp Lewis he was "Johnny
on the spot." and the Spokane exemp
tion board erred decidedly when it an
nounced that Sheeley had not made his
appearance. As a matter of fact, on
the day Sheeley was ordered to report
at Spokane he was at American Lake
and went at once to work with one of
the depot brigades.
"I passed through Spokane in the
night and I suppose the exemption
board thought I had not reported," is
the way Sheeley explained the situa
tion. "I arrived at American Lake a
few hyirs ahead of my reporting time."
Wijri Sheeley and Louis Guisto, the
Cleveland f irst-sacker, both In camp,
it looks as if the soldier teams will
have plenty of swatting f Irst-sackers.
"Ked" Oldham. ex-Seal pitcher, already
is at Camp Lewis and has been pitching
great ball for the soldiers. With the
arrival of "Red" Baldwin, the Beaver
catcher, last night, and the reported
departure from Oakland of Rod Mur
phy, the Oaks' third-sacker, for Camp
Lewis, there ought to be the nucleus
for a good baseball team.
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