13 WILLARD TO START LOCAL ATHLETES HONORED CLOSE DECISIONS OFTEN ROIL MEMBERS OF LOSING TEAMS Fans Little Realize Real Importance Attached to Duties of Umpire in Closely Contested Games. riFTV V AN'KEES TO TAKE PAltT IX OVERSEAS EVENTS. THE 3IORNIXG ORECONIAN, THURSDAY, MAT 22, 1919- THA N WG AT TOLEDO Champion Loses Little Time in Getting Into Action. BAG PUNCHING BIG HELP w fully Xinety Per Cent of Kins Fans Said to Favor Champion In. World Event July 4. Jess Willard will arrive at Toledo next Tuesday and the champion will lose little time petting- down to work and then tome interesting: news will begin to come over the wires. As soon as Willard takes up the training grind ring followers will be regaled with various contradictory stories regarding Iiis appearance, for Willard is not a very impressive performer in the gym. The big fellow's tremendous bulk lias ever been the most impressive thing about him. Boxing with his sparring partners he never by any chance delivers a hard blow. As a rule the big fellow maintains the de fensive throughout, allowing his spar ring mates to do most of the hitting. 'Willard to "Work Hard. Willard works hard enough at the pulleys and with the medicine ball. One of the best things he does is to have his mates toss the ball at him with full force while he stops it with Jiis stomach. This exercise so tough ns and strengthens his stomach mus cles that it takes a terrific body blow to have any effect upon him. Willard has never learned to punch the bag as other ring champions have. Corbett and Fitzsimmona were artists with the bag- and even Jeffries could belabor the elusive sphere with great vigor if no particular skill. Johnson also was able to give bag-punching exhibitions that were worth looking at, lut Willard never has mastered the trick. Bas Punchline Is Big Help. When the champion was training at the Forty-fourth Street club for his bout with Frank Moran a bag was liung at one side of the stage for his use. Willard tried it out once and that was all. He missed so badly that the crowd laughed and Willard, being a very sensitive fallow, ordered it taken away, saying that bag punching was Unnecessary anyway. As Willard will train before large crowds, it is likely that he again will dispense with the inflated sphere un less he has acnuired more skill In its use in the meantime. In his case it may be a big mistake for him to cut out this feature of his training,-for un Jess he pounds his sparring partners with more enthusiasm than usual he will have no way of perfecting his wal lop. Champion Is Favorite. Punching the bag is one of the best forms of exercise for a boxer. It quick ens the eye, strengthens the hitting muscles and perfects the judgment of distance. Because of his long absence from the ring, Willard will be weak In those matters and he may find it a dif ficult matter to get into shape if he again cuts out the bag, just because he is not an expert. If Willard is able to get Into any thing like his old time form he will have the backing of a great many of the leading boxers. Ninety per cent of those who have voiced an opinion re garding the outcome of the bout pick the champion to win. On the other hand, a majority of the managers pick Dempsey. As a general thing, boxers are the worst judges of pugilistic form lliat can be found. Jim Corbett, one of the cleverest big fellows who ever drew on a glove, never was known to pick the winner of a big bout. Corbett wasted more time over Impossible white hopes than any other man connected with the ring. And Cor bett was a fair sample of all the other frieat fighters. BY BILLY EVANS. American League Umpire. HEX the fan hears the umpire Bhout "ball" or "strike'' during a game, he has little idea of the importance that often hangs on the calling of a certain pitched ball. Very often the result of the game centers around the Judgment of the. umpire on one particular ball. Such a situation always makes it rather unpleasant for the official, because the losing club holds him up as the alibi for the defeat, while the winning team simply figures he rendered the proper decision for which he has no credit coming to him. When the-umpire gets by in the best possible manner, nothing but silence comes his way. A perfectly correct rul ing in a great many cases, however. brings forth nothing but a shower of criticism, if such a ruling proves the turning point of the game. While .the fan may not realize the importance of the calling of a strike or ball, or the rendering of a decisis on some close play, take it from me the player does. I know some players who, when they get In a dispute with you, can recall things that happened half a dozen years ago to prove their contention that you are always giving them the worst of it. Umpire Has His Troubles. To illustrate, let me tell of a game last summer, in which I was the plats umpire. The Detroit club was playing at New York. Bill James was pitching for the Tigers. Now Bill has a world of stuff, and when he Is getting tne Dau over he is awfully good, but if control is lacking. Bill is liable to be just the reverse. In the game I have in mind, James had one of those half and half days. He would be terribly wild on a couple of batters, then tighten up. and by some fine pitching, pull himself out of the hole. The Tigers, through some good hit ting, gave James an early lead of about four runs. Although he was constantly in the hole in the early stages of the game he kept escaping inning after in ning without being scored upon. The game gave me one of the busiest after noons 1 had all season. It seemed as if there were three balls and two strikes on every batter. At times James' lack of control bordered almost on the hu morous and In the next instant he would win the applause of the crowd by his fine work. Since he had escaped unscathed until the seventh inning my calling of balls and strikes had not caused the slightest criticism. Close Derisions Frequent. In the seventh inning, after two New Yorkers had been retired, James got into trouble, and later I was given the credit for having dug the hole In which he found himself. The third man up couldn't hit the first two balls served him with a plank. With the count two balls and no strikes, James cut the heart of the plate with the next one. It surely was over the plate, but there existed a doubt in my mind as to its height. I thought It a trifle too low, and called it a ball, making the count three balls. James was having his troubles getting the ball over, and to him it was tough to have so near a strike ruled a ball. Naturally he showed signs of displeasure, but it was only mo mentary. What difference did such a little thing make when he had a four run lead, two out and no one on? The next delivery was perfect, and was called a strike. The batsman thought the next one far too good to let pass, so he took a healthy swing and missed. That made the count three balls and two strikes. Had I called the disputed delivery a strike Instead of a ball, and had the same thing happened on the next two deliveries, as did happen, the batter would have been out on strikes, the side retired, and no runs scored. That is the second guess, which the players can always take In reference to urn lire's rulings. On the other hand, had I called the disputed delivery a strike Instead of a ball, it would have made the count two balls and one strike, and the bats man never would have taken a per fectly good strike on the next delivery without offering ' at It. There is al ways the possibility he might have hit that one. But that is getting away fiom my story. Detroit Ciub Fighters. The batter eventually got a base on tails, but at the time little heed was given to the fact. Then came another base on balls, followed by a third, and the bases were filled. There came couple of errors; in each case per fectly handling of the ball would have retired the side runless. A base hit or two were mixed in, and when the in ning was over the lead of the Tigers had vanished, Detroit was one run to the bad, and by that margin the game was lost. The Detroit club, always a flghtin; aggregation, failed to relish that trim ming 'after being out in front, and don't think I was overlooked In passing out the reason for same. A couple of infielders, a pitcher and four or five substitutes on the bench didn't forget to tell me I gave them all the runs scored because of my failure to call one particular pitch as they eaw it. No one thought for a minute about the two bases on balls that followed, be cause of lack of control, nor did they reason out" that the two errors would have ended the agony without any trou ble, nor the value of the two hits in sending runs across the plate. (Copyright, 1919, by W. O. Evans.) TROEH SEEKS WORLD GAME PORTIiAXD GrX CICB ISSUES GENERAL CHALLENGE. 5 00 -Target Feature PHILLIES EVEN UP SERIES JMTTSBCRG BEATS BOSTON" liY SCORE OF 4 TO 2. Philadelphia, With Packard Twirl. - ing First Game of Season, Defeats St. Louis 6 to 0. BOSTON, May 21. Pittsburg batted opportunely today and evened the eerie by defeating Boston, 4 to 2. Cooper was effective with men on bases. Score: R.H. E. R. H. E Pittsburg.. 4 6 1 1 Boston 2 7 2 Batteries Cooper and Sweeney; Ra- ean, liUingem and Wilson. Philadelphia 6, St. Louis 0. PHILADELPHIA. May 21. Packard pitching his first game of the season. Jiclrt St. Louis to five hits today and Philadelphia won. 6 to 0. Score: R.H. E. R. H. E. Et. Louis... 0 5 lPhiladelphia 6 12 Batteries Horstman, Ames, Tuero and Snyder, Dilhoefcr; Tackard and .Adams. Brooklyn Game Postponed. BROOKLYN. May 21. The Chicago Brooklyn game was postponed; rain. Sew York Reports Rain. NEW YORK, May 21. The Cincin nati-New rain. York game was postponed Matcli for $5 00 0 -to Xorthwest Sports men's Association Shoot. Washington, D. C over the Montgom ery Country club traps on July 4. The tournament will be registered and open to all trapshooters, but the winner must be a man who is actually in the service. It has been suggested that similar championship shoots be staged in the middle west and on the Pacific coast. If this can be accomplished it is just possible that three champions could be decided and fight it out for supremacy at the grand American nan dicap shoot in Chicago. At a meeting of the officials of the Portland Gun club yesterday at the mperial hotel it was decided to issue general challenge to me worm j behalf of Frank Troeh, Americas greatest all-around trapshooter, for a 500-target match for a auuu shrc, as a feature of the Northwest Sportsmen's association shoot at the Everding park traps in June. A challenge was lssuea last ween, to William Heer of Oklahoma for a 500- target match for J5000, but Heer re fused to take up the gauntlet, declar- r that he was not shooting any spe cial matches this year. After viewing the situation at yes terday' meeting the officials or the Portland Gun club unanimously voted to end a challenge broadcast through out the country for a shooter who will come to Portland to meet iroen in tne 500-target race. The programme for the rsonnwest Sportsman's association shoot is well under way and win tie one oi tne most pretentious ever held in the United States. As a special feature at the Portland Gun club this Sunday Frank Troeh again will defend the Hercules trophy, emblematic of the all-around amateur championship of the United States. against his brother, J. Blame iroen. Frank defended the trophy against his brother several months ago at the Port land Gun club, J. B. winning. As the match was not shot under the rules governing competition on the cup the victory was not allowed, inree oiner shooters competed against Frank, at the same time. A close race is looked for this Sun day and the champion may have to step out on high. If Sunday is any thing like yesterday in regards to weather the trapshooting fans should see some great events. . A junior championship shoot will be one of tne new teatures at tne zoin grand American handicap trapshooting tournament to be held in Chicago by the South Shore Country club from August 11 to 15. This event was de cided upon at a meeting of the exec utive committee last week. The junior championship will be open to boys under 18 years of age. It will be contested on championship day August 13, and one trap will be set aside for the event. .Lieutenant-Commander P. P. Will iams. U. S. N., has completed! arrange ments for the first army-navy cham pionship shoot, which will be held at GOLF STAR IS MUSTERED OUT William J. Noon an Passes 22 Months in Government Semicf. TACOMA, Wash., May 21. Speclal.) William J. Noonan, master signal electrician, who was developing into one of the northwest's best golfers, when he entered the services, was dis charged from the army at Camp Lewi today after 22 months with the colors. He spent 20 months with the A. E. F in France. Noonan has represented th Tacoma Golf & Country club on th Earlington course, Portland, on sev eral occasions. He 'won the Country club champion ship in June, 1917, by defeating Henry Fringe. He was In the traffic depart ment of the Associated Press prior to entering the service, but he docs not know whether or not he will be sta tioned in Tacoma In the future. Big League Gossip. KID GLEASON has a good substi tute for Eddie Collins, who was njured recently. Fred SIcMullin will play second base until Collins recovers. Bill Jacobson now occupies the clean up position in the St. Louis Browns' batting order. George Sisler bats in third place. Herman Bronkie is playing a strong defensive game for the browns, but is not hitting very hard. It will be a difficult task dislodging the White Sox from first place in the American league race. The Gleason crowd is at home for a long stay. The Eastern league opened its sea son last week with four clubs in Con necticut, three in Massachusetts and one in Rhode Island. Dartmouth, like the Cincinnati team, has a Kopf playing the shortstop po sition, and he is a high-class player. Howard Shanks of the Washington club is playing a good game at short stop. He can play any position in the infield or outfield. - Poor old Larry Doyle! He's not worth much to the Giants now not much more than a million dollars or so. Larry Kopf is playing a great game in the field for the Reds. Although he did not have any spring training, he has gone -through the 16 games played by his club without making an error. crc Windnagle, Mose Payne and George Clark Are Portland Men Scheduled for the Trip. T. Morris Dunne, secretary of the Pacific Northwest association of the American Amateur Athletic union, re ceived a letter from Frederick U. Rubien, secretary of the A. A. U., head quarters in New York, yesterday that the selection of the SO athletes to make the trip across the Atlantic to repre sent the United States In the inter allied games at Jolnville-le-Pont, France, next month will be made at meeting of the championship com mittee in New York on May 27. Dunne has reoommended three Port land athletes as worthy to make the trip. They are Verel Windnagle, Mose Payne and George Clark. General Peyton C. March, chief of setaff of the United States army author ized the American Amateur Athletic union officials to proceed at once to select 60 of the most prominent army or ex-army athletes in the United States. Navy athletes are not eligible to compete in the meet. The eligibility rules permit the entrance of any men who were membra of th army btween 1914 and 1919, inclusive, whether de mobilized or still in the service. Athletes of the student army training corps, who were inducted into the serv ice, are eligible, which makes way for such stars as Tom Campbell of Chicago, Creed Haymond of the University of Pennsylvania. Charlie Shaw of Colum bla and others. Only those athletes who have already shown that they are In good condition or prove between now and June 9 that they are of the right caliber will be selected to make the trip. Windnagle, Payne and Clarkare all in the pink of conditio nand have more than held their own in all competition thl year. The 50 athletes selected by the A. A. IT. will sail from New York on June 9. They will go in a body and return im mediately after the games. Side trips will not be permitted. The men will wear their army uniform on the trip and will be subject to military disci pline at all times. Among the prominent men being con sidered for place on the team are: Lieu tenant Vera Windnagle, Portland. Or.. mile and half mile; Mofc Payne. Port land, Or., two-mile and mile; George Clark, Portland. Or.. A. E. F. welter weight wrestling champion: George A. Bronder Jr., Brooklyn, javelin thrower and shot putter; Lieutenant Carl Buck, Chicago, pole vault and all-around star; Lieutenant J. Howard Berry. Philadel phia, javelin and pentathlon; Tom Campbell, Chicago, middle distance; Fred Davis and-Creed Haymond. Uni versity of Pennsylvania, sprints: M. Gustavson, University of Pennsylvania, quarter and half mile; James llenlm, Boston, modified marathon and cross country; Lieutenant J. Harwood, St. Louis, pole vault: Lieutenant Meredith House, San Francisco, hurdles. Lieutenant Fred W. Kelly, Los Angeles, hurdles and pentathlon: Lieutenant Clinton Larson, Brigham Young Uni versity, running high and broad jumps; Lieutenant J. G. Loom is, Chicago sprints and running high Jump: Captain James E. Meredith, Philadelphia, mid die distance; Sergeant Carl Rice, Kan sas City, running high and broad Jumps; Lieutenant Robert Simpson, St. Louis high and low hurdles and running broad Jump; Lieutenant C. J. Stout, Ch cago, one and two miles; Lieutenant William II. Taylor, Marietta. O., stand ing high and broad Jumps; Elmer Smith University of Pennsylvania, 440 yards Joe organ, ittsourg, modified mara thon and cross-country; E. F. Jones, Philadelphia, running broad Jump; H. Kleinspehn, Lafayette College, halt and one mile. Charlie Shaw, Columbia, half mile; Kritz bollard, 1'hliadelphia, hurdles Sherman Landers, Chicago, pole vault and hop, step and Jump: Fred Murray San Francisco, high and low hurdles; Wesley Olcr Jr., New York, runnin high and broad Jumps: Larry Scudder, New York, quarter and half mile; Binga Dismond. Chicago, quarter mile; Nick Gianakopulos. New York, modified marathon and cross-country; Red Gra ham. University of Chicago, pole vault high and broad jumps: V illiam H. Mca nix, Boston, hurdles and quarter mile Lieutenant Tommy Lennon, New York furlong and quarter mile: Norman Ross San Francisco, and Ludy Lancer. Los Angeles, swimmers. The list of events is practically the same as the events on the Olympic pro gramme at aiocunoim, Sweden. 1911". or the same events in meters as corre spond with the events on the national A. A. U. championship programme. XEWLAXD LEADS GCX ARTISTS Successful Competitor Breaks 4 8 Oat of 5 0 Targets. Eleven scatter gun artists took part In the mid-weekly practice shoot at the Portland Gun club yesterday after noon, with H. B. Newland breaking 48 out of 50 targets. J. B. Percy and E. H. Keller tied for second high honors, each shattering 47 out of 50 of the flying clays. The scores: Satisfaction in Every Ounce Are you a user of Maid o' Clover butter? If not, you do not know what really good butter your money can buy. Maid o' Clover butter is the result of years of experience, coupled with the latest scientific knowledge. It is the butter in greatest demand. YOU KNOW there is no substitute for butter, but DO YOU KNOW that there is as much difference in butter as in any other food product you buy? Maid o' Clover quality is always the same. It is made from pure, rich cream and its wholesome, nutritious value is the result of perfect pasteuri zation. It is economy to use Maid o' Clover butter. It is sold in Portland in at tractive flat-shaped green cartons, as well as in parchment wrappers. Get it today from your grocer. You will be delighted with your purchase. Remember "Mutual Ice Cream Is the Cream of Creams." m Mutual Creamery Co. ST. LOUIS BEATS SENATORS SISLER SEXDS OCT SHORT FLY, CLIXCHIXG 1 TO O GAME. Boston Knocks Kallis Out but Loses Contest to , trolt; Score 6 to 5, of BoV, De al! v since his discharge from the army and that he foeis he has earned a rest. Yamhill Defeats Sheridan. SHERIDAN. Or.. May 21. (Special.) Sheridan hi 11 to 6. ;h yesterday by a score of Tests In Europe have led experts to decide that ivy benefits rather than in jures stone wails, on which it grows by The Yamhill baseball team defeated drawing excess moisture from them. XIOOD TO PLAY K1RKPATR1CKS Portland Team Undefeated in Ama teur Circles. HOOD RIVER. Or., May 21. (Sue icial.) The Hood River baseball team. which has not lost a game since the n.-quUition of 'Sud" Sutherlln as pitcher, will meet the Kirkpatrick All tStars at Columbia park here Sunday. The Portland team is undefeated in Portland amateur circles. While Sutherlin pitched a winning same against the Columbia park team of Portland last Sunday, he declares that he was not in trim. The young man. who recently underwent an op eration for stomach trouble, pitched Sunday's game. Commissioner's Term Ends Today T. N. Fleischner's term as member of the state fish and game commission ex pires today. It is the impression that Governor Olcott will take no action to ward reappointment of Mr. Fleischner nt appointing some other citizen to the commission until the pending investi gation of the commission has been com pleted. A number of sportsmen are dissatisfied with the policy of the com mission and have asked for an inquiry, which has been postponed until Com missioner Warren returns from th east. o mucK like cxflFec -that tKe xHancfe is easy when one finds thqt- cottcc .disagrees . InstantPbstum is a richttasty beverage, aisoluLtely free from caf- feine. No JBailintflNdWasiLtz. "There's a Reason Shooter- .T. B. Percy H. B. Newland . . . J. C. Morria T.. Kennedy K. Reynolds. . . . H. n. Kverriinc . . . ;. H. Keller C. H. Preston A. W. Strow jrer. . . 1 . Y riedlajidcr. .. . tf. p. Crit' hloiv. . . IS 15 14 14 in 8 14 1 4 14 9 H LI l:; 1.1 it; m i.-; 1 1 1 - 20 Tot. in 47 1! IS 1 - 1 in 1! 44 4." 3t IS .m 4T 44 4J ST. LOUIS. May 21. A short fly by Sisler that fell safe for a double, scored the run that enabled St. Louis to de feat Washington today 1 to 0. By los ing the game Washington gives up fifth place in the league standing to the locals. The score: P.. H. E. R. H.E. Washington 0 6 OjSt. Louis. 1 5 3 Batteries Shaw and Picinlch; Shock er and Billings. Detroit 6, Boston 5. DETROIT, May 2t. After Boston knocked Kallio out of the box in the third inning, scoring five runs before an out was made. Detroit baters forced the retirement of two of the visitor's pitchers and took today game 6 to 5. Score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Boston .5 7 1 Detroit . 6 11 1 Batteries Caldwell. Dutncnt, Pen nock and Schang, Walters; Kallio, Cun ningham adn Ainsmith. Cleveland 7, Philadelphia 2. CLEVELAND, May 21.! ICleveland took the first game of the series with Philadelphia today 7 to 2. Morton hold ing the visitors to five hits. The score: R. H. E. R. H.E. Phila 2 5 2ICleveland . . . 7 10 2 Batteries Perry. 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