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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1919)
TIIE MOUSING OKEGOXIAX, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1919. HIGH SCHOOL TRUCK ENTRIES M SOUGH T University of Oregon to Stage Event. MAY 10 IS DATE FIXED -Mo-t. If Xot All, of Expenses of Visiting Athlete With Bo PalU J'rom Keecipts. To secure every available entry for the annual fntcrscholastlc track and fl'Id meet slated for the University of Oregon campus. Saturday, May 10, Don T. Orput. assistant graduate manager ot the Kuifnt institution, la a Portland visitor. Mantser Orput came here last nisht and today he has planned on meeting every high school coach of Portland In order to secure the list of athletes eligible to compete. No state rich school meet has been held at Kucjene for two years and the j 119 affair is creating- more interest I than ever before, say those in charge, j The. student body at the I'niversity of I Oregon has irons on record to see to It I that enough tickets are sold to enable all or SO per cent of the actual expenses of 4he visitors to be paid by Oregon. Heretofore the visiting high school teams have been forced to pay the mi . Jor portion of the expenses but this will not be the rase this year, says Mr. Or put. The entire day will be given over to the future college students. Sixteen events so far are on the pro gramme and both the morning and aft ernoon will be devoted in running off the various contests. The preliminaries and two or three finals will be staged in the morning and the remaining frames will be slated for the afternoon Kfforts are being made to have a targe delegation of fans from Portland take la the meet. While here Manager Orput is look ing over the available material for of ficials and in all probability T. Mor ris lunne. secretary-treasurer of the 1 aciflo Northwest association, will be the referee. No ftarter has been named but Mr. Orput has declared that no repetition of the stunts of getting the men off their marks that occurred at the Columbia I'niversity track and field meet, will be countenanced at Eugene. to hesitate and not call the runner ont until he is resting on the base makes the umpire look foolish-. On batted balls, of course, the runner has more leeway, because It is up to him to avoid being hit. also to keep from Interfering with the fielder. He must do so or be called out in either case. Obalraetinar a Base Ramaer. Of late years blocking a base runner has come to be quite the fashion. Catchers, who are heavily padded, take such chances more often than the in fielders, although every now and then in a pinch some infielder will take a long chance to accomplish his purpose. The blocking of the base runner is all right from a point of rule, provided the man making the play has the ball in his possession. In such a case the fielder is taking an equal chance with the base runner. It is when the fielder pulls the play before receiving the ball that hurts. In all such cases the um pire is supposed to allow the base run ner to advance a base without liability to be put out. , Catchers take advantage of this play by blocking the plate, allowing th runner to slide into them and the keeping him from reaching the base until the ball arrives. Often the di ference is only a fraction of a second but it is vital to the base runner. strict Interpretation of this rule would break up the practice, but as the mar gin is often so scant it is a difficult play for the umpire to rule on. Th heavy protection which catchers wear of late years and which was originally adopted to afford protection rather than making It possible to hold off base run ners. has been the cause of the block' ing evil. whig is iss TO APPLE Industry Not Overdone, Says Department of Agriculture. NEW YORK TREES ARE OLD h- an r,h Tha annual dual meet between the TTniversity of Oregon and the Oregon Agricultural College is billed for the l.ugene .campus May S. and tho high schoolers who are present for their meet the following day will be the guests of honor. Th protest of Coach Hargiss of the Oregon Aggies against Oeorge Phil- brook, coach and manager of the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic club, is before A. D. Wakeraan. chairman of the Pa rifle Xorthwest association of the Ama teur Athletic union. The question of Phllibrook's amateur standing has been questioned by Coach Hargiss and this was brought up soon after the start of the Winced "M'-Oregon Aggie gather ing on Multnomah field last Saturday. The clubmen won by a good margin but trie points taken by I'hilbrook were questioned and thereby caused the vic tory to switch to the Corvallis contin gent. Although Phllbrook. who is an Inter rational figure in amateur athletics, having taken part in Olympic games, has been interested in the fostering of clean amateur athletics at all times this l-i the first time that he has been ques tioned as to professionalism. The mat- ter will he derided this week. He feels certain that ha will be able to clear himself. RUN UP In approaching is to ru he risk of seeing the ball deflected or atopped by an unforeseen obstacle in the form of dried wormcasts, an un kindly elope, or a soft patch of tur Whatever be the nature of the trouble, the stroke Is ruined, and the player left lamenting the fact that he did not pitch. On the other hand If you are 40 yard from the hole and a strong wind is sweeping across the green it takes lot of courage to pitch, and the run-u which is certainly a wind-cheater, ap' peals more to the average player. Judg lng of distance is a phase of the stroke which is worthy of consideration. With the run-up the player has not to take Into account the arc which th ball will take in its flight. He has only to think of the power necessary to send It in an almost straight line to the hole. This seems good, sound reasoning so far as it goes, but the opinions of good players such as J. H. Taylor read that they find it easier to gauge distance with the pitch. It seems that opinions are fairly evenly divided on the eublei t. The man who can Ditch well finds little difficulty in play lng the run-up when tho occasion de mands it. but the player who is a con firmed runner-up Is often found want ing when a bunker Intervenes. Learn to pitch first and the other stroke will come easier to you. WILLIE RITCHIE DEFEATED - r.EXAY LEONARD FLOORS EX CIIAMTMOY IV EIGHTH. Iiefrree Saves San Franciscan From Knockout by Stopping Rout -10 l SeconiN Before the End. NKWAP.K. X. J.. April 2S. Willie Ilitchle of San Krancis. was saved by the referee from a "knockout at the hands of Benny Leonard, lightweight champion. 40 seconds before tho end of the eighth and final round of a bout "here tonight. Ritchie was on the floor when the match was stopped. TWO TEAMS HIGH IN SHOOT Yakima and KalLspell Captoror Hon ors in Tournament. SPOKANE. "Wash, April Z$. Yakima and Kalfspelt made the high scores in the northwest telegraphic trapshooting tournament yesterday. It was the final I sJioot. hut a number of ties must be ' fliot off before a championship is se cured. Following are the scores: Pendleton agalnt Wallace-Kellogg) - Hamilton -I. Ingram ?4. MrNurlin -4. xaum -iaitipkiii .., idisi nn. Lewisiun-I'omeroy (bye) Johnson " j. Robinson 23. Wann -3, t'hicsman -3, Ilausrr Z: total 114. Kalispell (against Yakima) Gayhart :.". Kimmcl iS. Houston -a. Cusick -5, Jlobbin :t; total 1-1. Spokane (against Eoise Cochran ti. Keuger 2i. Ramage 24. Reagan 4, JlcKlroy Zi; total 1:1. Waliace-Keliogg (against Pendleton) Nicholson 24. JohnKon - 4. McDougal 21. Kolly Z3. Ahrens 22: total 11$. Yakima (against Ka'.lspell) France ;J. Brant 25. Welschons Zi. Smith 15. Stacy 24: total 124. Boise tagainst Spokane) Ketster 25. Stewart 24. Rose 24, Strreter 24, Keefe 21: total 121. Arlcta Team Wins. Arleta defeated the fast O.-W. R. & X. company baseball team last Sunday fx-moon bv a score of 8 to 3. Babe Thomas of Arleta struck out 13 men and allowed only three scattered hits, while the winners garnered 14 safe blows from the delivery of Ryle. for mer Reed college freshman pitcher. Hobson. the snappy midget catcher of the winners, was the star ot tne game. Centralis Blocks Wrestling Match. CEXTRALIA. Wash.. April IS. (Spe cial.) A smoker was to have been held Saturday night at the local auditorium, with a wrestling match between Alex Ferris of this city and Km 11 Demetri, a Mexican, as the headllner. Tho event was stopped, however, by an order Is sued yesterday afternoon by Mayor T. C. Rogers. Lcwlston High Wins Meet. LKWISTOX. Idaho. April 28. (Spe cial.) At a fast track and Held meet on the Lewistou high school field lastwsek Lewiston high won by a score of "1 points over Clarkston. N'cx 1'erce, Gen esee and lipwul high schools. GRAVEDIGGERS IN FIGHT Several Shots Fired in Clah With Strikebreakers. SAX FRANCISCO. April 28. A fight between li striking gra'vediggers and an equal number of strike-breakers took place in a cemetery a short dis tance south of here, and did not end until a riot call had bon sent to po lice headquarters. The police said several shots were fired and several participants in the battle were battered, but none seriously. The men dispersed and no arrests were madv (Jravcdiggers employed In several cemeteries went on striko more than a month ago as a result of a contro versy in which an increaso of wages was the main Issue. Center of Commercial Production. In United. States Now Declining, and Few New Orchards Planted. OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wsh ington. A note of wrnlng to those apple growers in Oregon, Washington and Idaho who hve 'been uprooting their fruit trees on the theory that the apple industry is being overdone is sounded in a recent report of the de nartment of agriculture. This report says that taking; the United States as a whole, there has been comparatively little planting of apple trees since 1910. Comparatively few young trees, therefore, aro coming Into bearing at this time. This is shown bv & very recent investigation of the commercial apple industry made by the department. Indeed," says tne report. "the largest single commercial appie producing eection has reached its maximum production, and unless the planting rate increases a decline Is to be expected." New 'York Trees Are Old. That region is Western New York which, early in the sixties, became and has since remained the center of com mercial apple production in tho United States. Western New York has pro duced regularly about one-forth of the normal commercial apple crop of the country. But most of the present bear ing trees were planted In the late sixties and early seventies and are now nearly 60 years old. Vigor and pro ductivity continue longer in Western New York than anywhere else in the country, perhaps, yet they cannot be maintained Indefinitely, and the center of production may be expected to shift. Similar declines are taking place in what is known as the New Kngland Baldwin belt. Including portions of Maine. New ampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts, but as this has never represented more than 6 per cent of the total commercial production it is of relatively less Importance. Other Production Centers. In later years two comparatively new commercial apple regions have come nto large production the Pacific Northwest and the Shenandoah-Cum berland region of Virginia. West Vir ginia. Maryland and Pennsylvania. The former is producing now almost as many commercial apples as New York, and the latter is producing about half as many. j Roughly speaking. New York, the Pacific Northwest and the Shenandoah Cumberland produce about five-eights f all the commercial apples grown in the United States. The Shenandoah- Cumberland region is yet only ap proaching its maximum production. In the Northwest there was considerable planting of unsuitable lands, but west- rn production is being stabilise and will continue to be an increasingly important factor in the apple industry. Monthly Reports to be Made. Other regions of considerable com mercial apple production are the Pied mont district of Virginia, the Hudson alley, southern Ohio, western Mich- gan, southern ana western Illinois, he Oxark mountain region of Ar ansas and Missouri, the Missouri river region of Iowa. Missouri, Kansas and ehraska, the Arkansas valley region, California and Colorado. Investigation of commercial apple production was begun by the depart ment of agriculture in 1917. and a survey has been made of every im portant apple-producing country in the mtcd States. As a result of this in- estijration. a carefully organized sys tem has been perfected for issuing regular monthly reports during tho growing season. forecasting com- ercial apple production.' This service as been extended to peaches, and soon ill include pears and other fruits. 4faBHPr sr. . YT'W post-. iflSSBaKsi ill B flush up listening md you'll get th Albert call all riht! 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SOLDIERS nOT MOBILIZED Cota Klra iovernmcnt Denies Re port From Managua. SAX JOSK. Costa Rica. April 28. Tho Costa Ftican g-overnment today is- urd an official denial of the report from Managua, Nicnraprua, that Costa Rica had mobilized troops on the icarapuan boundary. Managua advices under date of April asserted that Costa Rica had con centrated 2000 soldiers on tho Xica- rapruan-Costa Rican frontier through fear, it was said, of an invasion by Costa Rican exiles In Nicaragua. Great Catholic Order Said to Be NowH Seeking fo Increase Its Mem bership to 1,000,000. ad- NEW YORK. Cardinal Gibbons, dressing1 the Knights of Columbus, laid particular stress on the order's war re lief activities in these words: "Your organization is looked upon with the greatest favor in France, where thousands upon thousands of the young men of this country who went to fight for America and democ racy still remain. The reason lies not only In the fact that the work of your organization was along efficient, prac tical lines, but because of the manner in which the wrk itself was done and the human, personal touch that was put Into it. "American soldiers were made to feel that the cigarettes, candies, food and the many conveniences that were fur nished by the Knights of Columbus, really came from home were sent by1 the fathers, mothers, brothers and sis ters. All that waa furnished to the boys by the Knights of Columbus was furnished without charge. "Nothing was sold to them. "They appreciated thlB, and that ap-j preciation will make itself felt keenly when those boys return. It was indeed fortunate for the Catholic church and for America that ments for the good, not only of the Catholic church, but of America. "But I want to urge that in seeking this great membership, the utmost care such an organization as the Knights of j be taken not to destroy the quality of Columbus existed when the war cajne to America. Otherwise the work of looking after the Catholic boys who joined the colors .would have been a most perplexing task. "As it was, the knights stepped into the opening. Their organization formed the basis for the machinery necessary to accomplish that important work. "The American bishops were meeting at "Washington about the time Presi dent Wilson's declaration of war was issued. Immediately the bishops pre pared a declaration of loyalty to the United States and its cause, and sent a copy to the White House. The bene fits that America as a nation reaped from this action cannot be overesti mated. In the great body of Catholics in America there were many who were of German parentage or descent; there were many Irish who were not inclined to sympathy with Kngland, and there were thousands of other men and women who were literally on the fence. "When the church spoke, however, it decided the question for them. They threw themselves heart and soul into America's cause; so by timeiy action on the part of the church, material as sistance was given in organizing Amer ica as a unit to win the war. "And the Knights of Columbus throughout the war continued this work. "The Knights of Columbus are now seeking to increase their membership to 1,000,000. I hope and believe the ef fort will be a success, for a greater, stronger organization of Catholic lay-, men will mean greater accomplish- the organization. This is a point that should be kept in mind constantly. "It is not a secret organization, any more than a corporation one of your large department stores, for instan is. The corporation has certain secret organization secrets which it with holds from the public. So have th Knights of Columbus, but no more. Both the knights and the corporation would reveal and have revealed those secrets to any properly constituted au thority. civil or otherwise, if occasion arose that made it advisable. the, present crisis, namely the report that Premier Orlando had read Presi dent Wilson's statement before it was made public and that the premier would return to Paris on May 1 to resume his place in the peace conference. PEACE TREATY NEAR GOAL Approval of Clauses Yet to Clari fietl Expected Soon. PARIS, April 28. (Havas.) The Trmns todav says that wo or three aavs will suffice for the council of three to approve clauses in the peace treatv that remain to be clarified. It adds that the committee preparing tho programme concerning Alsace-Lorraine has achieved a definite draft in which all the claims of France are admitted La Liberte says indications are that the Italians indorsed all the treaty's essential clauses before tney ten Paris. Orlando Report Is Denied. PARIS, Saturday, April 28. Italian representatives here denied today two published statements in connection with HERE IS BILL ESSICK'S SCRAPPY VERXOX OUTFIT WHO TOOK FOUR OUT OF SIX GAMES FROM EEAVERS. NX fHE right of a baserunner as to run . ning out of line resolve Use If int a matter of Judgment on the part of the umpire. What one official might rtfrd as a violation of the rights of tn runner might b overlooked by an other umpire. The rule Is upec.ttc enough. It says tne baserunner is out If. in running from first to second, from econd to third or from third to home, lie runs more than three feet from a direct line between a bane and the next one In regular or reverse order, to avoid being touched by a ball in the bands of a fielder. The difference of opinion on running out of line plays depends on the judg ment of the umpire us to hat consti tutes a three-foot violation. I make no attempt to conid?r distance, but judge by results. If a fielder has a ball on the line waiting to touch a run ner and that runner escapes tho touch, it is dollars to doughnuts the runner baa swung more than three feet out of line to do it. I make up my mind quickly oa plays of this kind, because ENEMY LIST WITHDRAWN Tra'le Between Suspeeted Persons in Xeutral Countries to Kcsunic. WASHINGTON. April 28. Withdraw al of the enemy trading list, established under the trading-with-the-enemy wet to prevent trade and communication between the United States and persona in neutral countries suspected of nerv ing1 tho enemy interest, was announced tonig-ht by the war trade board In ac cordance with a decision of the inter allied economic council. Cancellation of the list will be effective April !. It was emphasised the withdrawal in no way modified the present restric tions against trade and communication between the United Stales and Germany or Hungary. KEYMEN VOTE TO STRIKE San Francisco Branch AV'ants Wage Kise and Burleson Hearing. SAX FRANCISCO, April 28. The San Francisco branch of the commercial telegraphers of America voted today to call a strike, the date to be fixed by a board of international officers. According to P. C. O'Connor, presi dent of the local branch, the purpose of the proposed strike is for Increased wages and to prevail upon Postmaster General Burleson to meet representa tives of telegraphers, with whom, O'Connor said, Burleson had refused to confer. BAKER SAILS FOR AMERICA Secretary of War Aboard Transport George Washington. BREST. April 28. Newton D. Baker. American secretary of war, sailed today for the United States aboard the trans port George Washington. Oakland- Welcomes 15 9th. OAKLAND, Cal., April 28. More than 300,000 persons and a tumult of sirens. horns, whistles and bells welcomed the 159th infantry, composed mostly of Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley boys. when it arrived here today from over seas service. All railroads in the union of South Africa, about 8000 miles, are govern ment owned. IJi&rw C1RTERS ) JSjNWy No melsl J Tor raw. ef rlarkt- romaae. plteheri Mnri, rlsfct field i Dell, pitcher) Honrk, pltrhert Ron, pitcher! 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