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THE 3IORXING ORECOXIxVX, MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 1920 rotinny Boseoviteh and George fiddler Will Put on Four Round Curlain-Raiscr. BIL FIGHTS SLATED F oy McCormick to Clash With Captain Roper. ARD' TO BE WEDNESDAY Tigers, vs. Indians, June 29 Ehmke, won 4 to U. July 4 Barnes. Giants, vs. Phillies, won 3 to 1. August 8 Cooper, Pirates, vs. Dodgers, won 3 to 0. August 19 Lelfield,' Browns, vs. Red Sox. won 5 to 0. September 28 Schupp, Cards, vs. Pirates, won 3 to 1. Two-Hit Games. May 23 Causey. Giants, vs. Cards, won 5 to 1. June 16 Boland, Tigers, vs. Senators, w on 3 to 1. July 11 Barnes. Giants, vs. Cards, won 2 to 0. August 7 EHer, Reds, vs. Dodgfers, won 13 to 0. August 18 Mays, Yankees, vs. Indians, lost 2 to 1. September 9 Smith. Phillies, vs. Reds, won 2 to 0. September 11 Williams. WMte Sox, vs. Senators, won 5 to 0. September 13 Carlson, Pirates. vs. Phillies, won 4 to 1. Big-Seore Games. July 3 White Sax IT, Indians 1; In fourth inning Sox scored 10 runs off Pitchers Enzmann, Phillips, KJepfer and Jamieson. July 5 Dodgers 13, Braves 3. August 11 Indians 15, Yankees 9. August 14 Red Sox 15, White Sox . September 5 Red Sox 15, Athletics 7. BY DICK SHARP. The more one ponders ov'er the fistic ard scheduled for the Milwaukee rena Wednesday night the better It ooks. On paper, the bill speaks for ore actual fighting in one evenings ntertainnient than has been dished p to boxing: fans for quite a spell. he cards have been improving In this eck of the woods of late and even etter scraps are in store. Frank Kendall and George Moore ave lined up a card of what appears he five rip-snortin' contests for Vodnesday night at' that Milwaukie trht emporium. From the ten-round main event etween lioy McCormick. light heavy- velght champion of England, and ptain Bob Roper of Chicago down the four-round curtain-raiser be- ween Johnny Boscovitch and George iddler, every nii'.i spells action. The complete card will be: Boy Mc- ormick vs. Bob Roper, catch weights. en rounds; Harry Pelsinger vs. Karl alrd, 128 pounds, ten rounds; Tommy laj e-8 vs. Mike Pete, 145 pounds, six ounds; Lackey Morrow vs. Niel Zlm- nerman, 130 pounds, six rounds, and ohnny Boscovitch vs. George Fiddler, 50 pounds, four rounds. Roper and McCormick will do their ast boxing this afternbon before en- ering the ring. Both men have been raining hard for the contest and are eported in the best of condition. oper has made a big hit with the fol- owcrs of the boxing game and many f the fans are out predicting that IcCormick is biting off more than he an chew when he agreed to meet ioper and give away about 20 pounds weight. The fighting Irishman is ot worrying, however, and is as con- ident that he will beat the army hampion as he was that he would rim Frank Farmer. Roper said yesterday that he never elt better for a match in his life nd was ready to travel at top speed. 1 11 of the other boxers are in shape nd ready for the gong. foe Gorman and Billy Mascott will oth make their debut in Oakland Vednesday night at Tommy Simpson's how. Alex Trambitas will meet Johnny TcCarty in a ten-round bout at Pre idio February 9. The two recently let here at the Hielig theater, Mc- artny taking the decision at the end ten rounds of hard milling. The i Francisco fans will see a good attic if both boxers are in as good hape as they were here. Harry Anderson, the Seattle light- veight, who formerly held the cham- ionship of Canada at his weight and vho fought in Portland a number of imes, has about reached the end of is rope. The other night a practically nknown boxer knocked him out in wo rounds in the semi-wlndup of a ard in Calgary. Anderson at one inie was rated as one of the clever- st men in the country and outpointed reddie Welsh in a four-round no de ision bout in Seattle when the latter vas champion. Boxing itself is all right: it's some the "birds" that identify them- -elves with it. The New York Sun editorializes to his effect: "Only a relatively small proportion f the people of New York state are pposed to public boxing bouts, yet wice the legislature, after having 'ermitted them, has been obliged to mtlaw such exhibitions. Again this ear a bill has been introduced" in the fcsembly to make boxing legal, and icspite the popular desire for the en ictment of such legislation there Is ppositlon to it. or tnis tne men few in num er but highly influential in what hey called 'the boxing game' who orought discredit on the sport under ne rtorton law and under the Fraw oy law are responsible. The public emembers the frauds they commit ed, the swindles they worked, and pposes legislation to legalize boxing oecause it tears such legislation means only new opportunities for onfidence operators to work their ricks again. This and not opposition o a healthful, inspiring sport is what -nakes enactment of a boxing law dif- lcult if not improbable. A clean port has been penalized by unclean methods." Ixng Games. 20 Dodgers 8, Phillies 9; 20 12 Senators 4, Yankees 4; IS 1 Phillies 10. Dodgers 9; 18 17 Browns 7, Yankees, 6; 17 innings. May innings. June Innings. July innings. July 21 Braves 7, Cards 6: 15 Innings. August 14 Yankees 5. Tigers 4; 15 innings. August 15 Braves 3, Pirates 2; 15 Innings. August 26 Reds 8. Phillies 3: 15 innings. September 2 Tigers 4, White Sox 3; 16 innings. Miscellaneous. April 20 Browns won St. Louis spring series, four games out of six. from Cards. April 21' Philadelphia spring series end- i ea in a tie. amines anu aiiuclh-h eawu winning two. May 15 Reds beat Dodgers 10 to 0 in 13 innings at Brooklyn. May 23 Fclsch, Kisberg, Weaver. Keir and Eddie Collins, White Sox, made triple play against Senators. June 2 Wood, Chapman, Gardner and Wambsganss, Indians, made triple play against Browns. June 1-3 Chattanooga and Atlanta played 23-lnnlng 2-to-2 game at Chattanooga. June 13 After winning eight straight games Pitcher Causey. Giants, was beaten by Reds, 3 to 2. June 18 After winning eight straight and 12 straight In which he had started game. Pitcher tficotte. White Sox, was beaten by Senators 2 to 0. June 21 Austin, Gedeon and Sisler, Browns, made triple play against Red Sox. June 21 After losing 13 straight games Philadelphia beat Reus o to 4. June 23 Felsch, White Sox, got 11 put outs and one assist in center field against ndians. July 9. After losing IS straight games Phillies beat Cubs, 6 to 4, in 11 innings. July 9 After winning ten stralgnt games Pitcher ShawKey, xanaees. was beaten by Indians. 2 to 0. July 10 After hitting sarely in con secutive games. Pecklnpaugh, Yankees, ent hitless against Indians. July 24 After winning nine straight games Pitcher Sothron, jtsrowns. was beaten by White Sox, 1 to 0, in ten innings. July 27 Joe Wllhoit, Wlcnita, set tne world's record by making hits in 46 tralght games. August 2 Fred loiderus, pnuues, set world's reciard for playing 4i9 straight games. August 14 Bush and Henman, users. make triple play against Yankees. Auirust 15 After winning ten siraigni games Pitcher Barnes. Giants, lost to Reds, to 3. August 18 Ray Schalk.' White Sox, caught 100th game oy season and set worlds record of catcning iuu or mors games per year for six straight seasons. Auzust "O ATter mrmng saieiy in w traight games Joe Wilhoit, Wichita, went hitleBS. August 25 After winning ten siraigni. games. White Sox lost to lanKees, o 10 ov August 31 Gedeon, Gerber and Sisler, Browns, made triple play against Tigers. September 1 B. Scott, Kea sox, set world's record by playing in his aoist straight game. He started record June 20, 191 fl. In this period ne nau n A. B.. 418 H., 511 T. B., .246 batting aver age. .960 fielding average. September 3 Brown pars nome-ruu record broken when Tobin, Browns, got one against Indians. It made the 40th there in 1919 and 200th In league. For mer league record. 1911. 193 home runs'. September 5 Babe Rutn, neo oi, neu world record of 25 home runs for season Ai ,v RnrU Frppman. In same game against Athletics Jones, Mclnnis and Vitt, Red Sox, made triple piay. September 12 Hollocner ana Mamie, Cubs, made triple pla against uoagers. September lo Cincinnati nras " National league title, beating Giants 4 to o. s.ni.mh,r 17 Eddie Collins, v line oos, started his 14th year in majors ana maae ursirhi hits in came against ians.ee! September 21 Dodgers neat iteas in im minutes, said to be shortest nine-inmnS game In majors, sauee pitcneu no uu-no, beating Mathewson's record or t9 September 23 wnne box cnucm r ' A WEE BIT AU THE ATJLD GAME. J if III MM ! Baill PsaywI III 1 J Ml ! : lAH i ' L' who rHe sah Haul WiMiml Hmm-1 & took my 3 jtM. X -m v " MCM&ER. cV THE- t Sg3ll - FAMILY CA ! . . STAND TO HCM 0A0 a................................ ................................................................4 ACORNS PUT CRIMP I GUARD QUINTET Second Team Is Defeated, 23 to 17, in Fast Game. BIG CROWD SEES PLAY Winlock Athletic Club Taken Into Camp by Multnomah Sol diers' First Team. A corns ... 2 Mult. Gds. 1 swastikas 1 1 Silent Ktve 1 1 The fast T, IORTOX OCTKIGHTS HOCCH Decision Won In Fast Scran in 14 5-Pound Class. SrOKAN'E, Wash.. Jan. 25. Roy Orton, Spokane Amateur Athletic club, got the decision over Leo Houch of Seattle here last nigrht in the 145- pound class in a fast fight. I-ester B. White, Spokane Amateur Athletic club, and Lloyd Madden, Se sttle, fought to a draw in the 158 ound class. Harry Gillum, Seattle. defeated Jack Woods, Spokane Amateur Ath lfjtic club, in the second round. Ref trec Douglass stopping the fight to event punishment. Baseball Popularity and -Revenue Sets Record. NEW LEAGUE SEEMS NEAR JOHN S. BARNES TO liAUXCH PLANS AT TACOMA. i io,rn title, beating Browns 6 to 5. September Bane k.uiu. ou, made 28th home run of season on Jordan, September snawxey. ianmj, M" tjh, Waddell's record of 15 strikeouts in eipht innings against Athletics. September - umirw - u. - to 1. in 51 minutes at New Tt ora. DEMPSEf PROBE BEGUN CALIFORNIA LEGION INVESTI GATING WAR RECORD. Delegates From Seattle, Vancou ver, Spokane, AVenatchee, Yak ima and' Victoria to 31eet. TACOMA. Wash., Jan. 23. John & Barnes, veteran baseball man, hopes to la-unch the new Northwestern eague at a meeting scheduled here tomorrow afternoon, he says, when representatives from Seattle, Vancou ver, Spokane, Wenatchee, lakima, Victoria, possibly Bellingham and several other northwestern cities are expected to attend.- Although there is no definite as surance that Tacoma will be repre sented, several local business men have announced their Intention of at tending the meeting In the hopes of securing a place in the league for this city. At present it is announced the league will open with Seattle, Van couver, Tacoma, Spokane, Yakima and Wenatchee as the tentative or ganizers with Bellingham, Victoria and Walla Walla possibilities. A definite circuit will be decided upon tomorrow, it was announced to night, and a president of the organ ization elected. the eentiment here is against taking action until a definite proposition is ready for consideration. Thomas Signed' by Louisville. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 25. Ad R. Thomas, left-hander, who pitched a soldier team of the American expedi tionary force to. 31 victories in 33 games, was signed yesterday Louisville. by Omaha May Travel South. President Bill Rourke of the Omaha club talks of a southern training trip. He may take his team to either Texas or Oklahoma, provided some exhibi tion games can be booked. Jack Lelivelt. new Omaha manager, will report to Rourke late this month to start work of shaping up a team. Reds Sign Exhibition Games. nog-a itffjn a programme of pre-season exhibi games that either will put them in fine fettle or wear them to the point of stateness. Besides their series with Washington they will play the Yan kees and Tigers for a wind-up before1 the season opens. Ed Walsh Slay Manage Rock ford. Among the applicants for the posi tion of managing the Rockford team ot the Three-I league, according to a statement from Rockford, is Ed Walsh, one-time famous spitball pitcher. John Castle may not return to Rockford, as he wants too much money in the club's opinion. Pick's Claim Not Allowed. -The national commission has disal lowed the salary claim of Player Charley Pick against the Chicago Cubs for $660. Pick contended the sum was due him as additional sal ary last season by reason of a verbal agreement he stated he had made with Manager Mitchell. Short Wall Fence In. for Trouble. That short right field wall at the Polo grounds should get a good time while the Yanks are at home. Babe Ruth, Frank Baker and. Walter I'ipp are the trio of. home-run hitters of miserable for the short wall. Kljihty Two-Hit ;Jiirs Recorded in .Majora la Exactly Same aa X umber of One-Hit Clashes. BASEBALL had a remarkable sea son in 1919 in point of popularity and revenue. As regards records the vaar was a rather scant one. Our dope book shows only 80 two-hit games, which is exactly the same as the num oer of one-hit clashes. This is rather an unusual state of affairs. Babe Ruth's performance of 29 hom ers was the best single stunt of the year. Hod Eller of the Reds, in addi tion to setting a world record In the world series, had a no-hit game against the Cards to his credit. The 1919 dope follows: Post-Season lames. World's championship Cincinnati beat Chicago Sox 5 games out of 8. Minor-league series Vernon beat St. Faul 3 games out of 9. No-Hit Game. May 11 Eller. Reds, vs. Cards, won 8 to o. Twenty-eight men faced him, three walking and two being caught stealing. September 10 Caldwell, Indians, vs. Yankees, won 3 to 0. One-Hit Games. May S Shawkey, Yankees, vs. Athletics, won 2 to 0. May 26 Douglas, Cubs, vs. Braves, won l to n. June 7 Shawkey, Yankees, vs. White Cox, won i to II. State Secretary ueciares- ncavj weight Champion Set Forth Grounds of Dependency. RANT TTRANCISCO. Jan. 25. The California state branch of the Ameri can Legion is investigating the war record of Jack Dempsey, world's heavyweight champion, according to an announcement made here today by Fred F. Bebergall. state secretary of the American Legion of California While the investigation has not been completed, Mr. Bebergall says the facts uncovered so far indicate that Dempsey was placed in class 4-A after his- claims for deferred classifi cation on the grounds of dependency had been investigated and approved by a draft board. OAKS BUY THIRD BASEMAN William Purtell Is Sold by Toronto International Team. TORONTO. Ont,, Jan. 25. The sale of William Purtell, third baseman of the Toronto Internationals, to the Oakland club of the Pacific coast league, was announced today by Pres ident J. J. McCaffery. Purtell, whose home Is in California, played for ' three seasons with the Toronto club. Silverton 32, McMinnville J6. SILVKRTOX. Or.. Jan. 25. (Spe cial.) The Silverton high school basketball team defeated the fast Mc Minnville quintet here Friday eve ning by the score of 32 to 16. This was the third consecutive victory for the local team, having previously de feated Amity and Albany high schools. Anti-Gambling Bill Introduced. A bill has been introduced in the Massachusetts legislature to curb gambling on boxing matches. It might be broadened to Include base ball games, since Boston is one of thej sore spots or tne game wnen it comes to allowing the gamblers liberties at ball parks. Baird May Play Infield. A Brooklyn story has it that Man ager Wilbert Robinson will develop Doug Baird into an outfielder. Rob inson wants more speed on the bases and Baird has speed. There is not much chance for him in the infield with about a dozen candidates to com pete against. . OLD-TIME- BALL PALS MEET Xewswrilcr, Mike Donlin and "Chick" Frascr Renew Friendship. TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Jan. 25. (Special.) Robert H. Stevenson, now publisher of the Twin Falls Chron icle, but for some time on the staff of the Cincinnati Enquirer, met face to face on the street here Alike Don lin, once famous ball player, who is touring the country with a road show, "Turn to the Right," which played here recently. , Mr. Stevenson 15 years ago, when with the Enquirer, was a great friend of Mr. Donlin. As they were talking, "Chick" Fraser, one-time famous Cub pitcher and now owner of a 200-acre ranch on the north side project near Jerome, came and greeted Donlin. It had been 25 years since they had met and they were mighty glad to see each other. ICE SKATE CHAMP DISABLED RUTHS RECORD-BREAKING WORK AT BAT REVIEWED Sense of Satisfaction at Seeing Ball Travel Almost Impossible Distances Is Expressed by Billy Evans. 30 COMPETE AT TRAPS RAIN FAILS TO KEEP SCATTER- GUX ARTISTS IN-SIDE. rortland Basketball iMinie Standing. W L. Pet.; W L, Pet. 0 lOfMi'Arleta X 1 .500 1 .son wavieigb. 1 1 .-"on 1 .son.crcsccnts .0 2 .000 1 .500, M. C. A. Acorn basket ball team put a crimp in the cham pionship hopes of the Multnomah Guard second team Saturday night by defeating the guardsmen in a Port land Basketball league game by the score of 23 to 17. The game was played on the Y. M. C. A. floor before an exceptionally large crowd. The first half ended with the score 9 to 9. The soldier hoopers opened the sec ond half with a rush and scored three baskets in rapid succession, while the Acorns converted only one foul. With nine minutes left to play and the score 5 points against them, the Acorns opened up a burst of speed and. aided by the brilliant basket shooting of Rockhey and Captain Irvine, ran four more baskets while the guards were getting one. Every member f the Acorn team played a great game, while Kenneth Hill and Alstock showed well for the losers. P. W. Lee, president of the league, was on hand and said that the game was the fastest that had been played in the league so far. The lineup: to them and thus get their minds off the game, but the Toko Point boys did not pay any attention to his wild gesticulations, and frantic articula tions and romped off with three games. Team Standings for Commercial A I.eajrur. Willys-Overland . Toke Point Ovster Oregon Alleys .... jiuimomuli Hotel Players K ruse ........ Henr-r Wood ............ Flavin. ........... Konz ' H oiisft . . Ilaymond ......... Roherls .......... Hlanev Johnsrtn .......... AnstAy ........... Ooodwin ....... t.. asser Kneypf ........... I'lummew , Neiisn .. Tonrrv . .... HaiiHdorf ......... Frnea "Casey" Jones ... ROSE CTTT BOVTI.TN-G LEAOtJE. Team Standlnm. Team w. I.. T. jreedwells ............ .29 13 Pacifu Coast , . ...... ."'"l St. TVit-holas .............. 2t Imperials .... ....!Il!l9 Auditors -.............. 13 Team Pin Average. ream Games. Tl Pins. 23 13 .63! 1...... 20 1 ..v 19 17 ..M!S 10 26 .:; Gma. Pins. Ave. . 30 514 194 . 3:i u;.',3 W l . :t 6so. is?i . an 773 is. . 3 675S 1S . 1J 222S IK. . S 6.133 11 . . ttr.21 1SJ . 33 a;n lRcl . 33 533 . 24 4316 1TO . 23 4iR4 17 . 36 :r70 177 . 30 r,310 177 .. 21 3715 177 .. 33 .1733 174 . . ! l.VtH 170 ,. SO B47 1S ,. 29 44! 117 .. 3G 5U 77 UM 18 2t 23 23 4- 42 4i 42 42 Speedwells ... ictorias . . . . PHCifi, (-oast . Pt. Nicholas . Imperials .... Auditors 33.091 33.1 1? 32.J.S3 31.K71 Sl.f.3.'. 30,S4. Pet .BUO ..171 .son .47fi .4.VJ aio At. SOO 7 "Ml 77 r, 7SSI 7 S3 727 Acorns (23) Irvine. 10 Hock hey, 7 McMullen. 4 ... Bennett Plluso. 2 Keferee. H. Fl.. Fl. . . c:. . gi. . si. . T. Smith. Id Team (17) 2. Alstock S. Hill 4. Paniels Wettel X. Harder llammett ii N' Eastern Amateur Tltlebolder to Be Unable to Compete. LAKE PLACID, N. T., Jan. 23. In juries which Charles Jewtraw, eastern amateur skating champion, sustained in a race here a week ago will pre vent him from participating in the na tional amateur championship races at Saranac lake next Tuesday, Wednes day and Thursday, it was officially announced today. Jewtraw was thrown heavily to the ice and knocked unconscious in dodg ing a child who had wandered onto the course. CHICAGO GOLFER IS VICTOR A. P. Flagg Wins Handicap at Coronado Country Club. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Jan. 25. A. P. Flagg of Chicago won the handicap sweepstakes golf tournament at the Coronado Country club today, turn ing in a net score of 69. Lieutenant D. McCormick of Boston was second with a net score of 70. W. W. Beckwith of Chicago, but now residing at Coronado, made the lowest gross score with an SO. More than 29 players participated. V BALL LEAGUE IS REVIVED Western Association Representa tives Meet in Muskogee. MUSKOGEE, Okla., Jan. 25. The Western Association of Baseball clubs was revived here today at a meeting of representatives from seven cities n Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri. J. C. Letcher of Tulsa was elected president. It was tentatively agreed that the association shall comprise six clubs. Coronado Polo Team Wins. SAN DIEGO. Cal.. Jan. 25. The Coronado Country club polo four de feated the Overseas four today at the Coronado Country club field by the score of 16 goals to 2. Yakima . to Await Proposal. TAKIMA. Wash., Jan. 25. (Spe cial.) Yakima will not be represent ed at the meeting next Monday in Tacoma for the purpose of organizing a Northwest baseball league, accord ing to Secretary Soots of the Yakima Commercial club. Though Mr. Soots favors the plan of having a Y'akima lub in the league. If possible, be says BY BILLY EVANS. OW we will get some action; Babe Ruth is at bat!" The appearance of the famous Boston elugger never failed to draw forth such comment from the fans. A certain tenseness always existed when Ruth was up. The spec tators looked for the big fellow to give them a thrill, and, believe me, he gave them many a one last sum mer. There is no denying the fact that baseball enthusiasts like batters who can hit 'em a mile. Ability to do that made Babe Ruth the most-talked-tihout man in baseball last year. From the middle ot the season to the close, fans the country over were wondering whether or not he would be able to break the major league record for home runs. In my 15 years' connection wnn tne American league, it seems Ruth has made more recora-DreaKing nits than all the other mighty sluggers put together. I always rot a certain sense of satisfaction in seeing Ruth hit the ball, and then following with the eye the course of the sphere. which, in many Instances, seemea to travel impossible distances. Tn 1919 Ruth succeeaea in aums what every fan hoped he would be ble to accomplish tne Dreamng oi the major league recora. ue ursi beat the record or za neia oy duck Freeman. After that he passea mat mark and had 2 to. his credit, some of the statisticians crossed, oaoe ana discovered a new record or n nome runs made something like 35 years ago. Such a haippening would have dis couraged most hitters, but not Ruth. He simply remarked: "Well, I'll have to go out and whale a couple more over the fence." And in a short time he added three more home runs to his credit. Season Held Too Short. It really is too bad that the major league season of 1919 didn't consist of the usual schedule of 154 games. If Ruth had played 14 more games I feel he would bave surely passed the 30 mark in the matter of home runs. Had he done so he would have set a record at which the leading hit ters would have been shooting at a long time. Had the Boston players known that Ruth was to eclipse the major league record, his total would have b-.en in creased three or four home runs at least, even though such a course would have involved the playing of what is regarded as bad baseball. Several times last summer I saw Ruth lead off with a terrific wallop that stayed inside the park, but man aged to net him three bases, despite the fact that Ruth hasn't the speed of Cobb. There isn't the slightest doubt in my mind but that Ruth would have been able to stretch each one of those triples into a home run had the coacher dared to play the game con trary to precedent. In baseball, with no one out, and the first man hits for three bases, it is always consid ered wise policy to hold the runner at third unless It is absolutely cer tain he can score. It is figured that it is generally nosslble to have such a runner score on the effort of some of the batters who follow. In one game it so turned out that Ruth could have scored by walking, because of the faulty hand ling of the relay. However, the score was tied at the time, Boston needed that run to put them in the lead, and the coacher was forced to play It safe. Of course now that the season is over and Ruth has established a rec ord, it is an easy matter to point out Following are the scores: It. Preston H. Keller W. V. Carev . . . Charles Fellers .1. K. Reid A. W. Strowerer Ada Schilling It J. B. Troeh is B. L. Deaton o F. O. Joy ....11 1. C'rowo .... K R. E. Martel 1 A. 1,. Zachrlssen 11 A. K. Downs 14 l C. Kiehl. Tacoma .12 M. H. Veatch 12 W. C Bristol 13 . . Morns 1 II J. W. Heavey 13 H. B. Newland 10 B K. Adklns, Heppner 9 Alb. Bowker. Hennne.r. 9 J. R. McOurdy, Mont. .10 r. V. K-xford 14 .1. A. Troeh H Frank Van Atta .....11 V. II. Enderlv S P. J. Ht.loMan 7 Professional. how the total could have been con siderably swelled. Had Ruth made only 27 home runs last year. I don't believe he would have ever forgiven himself or his failure to run out a long fly at Boston which it seemed al most certain the fielder would catch. In this game against Philadelphia, Ruth hit one of the longest and high est fly balls that you could possibly imagine. The fielders were playing back against the fence. Whltey Witt was playing center field for Philadelphia. Home-Run Chance Mined. He didn't have to move out of his tracks. Babe was rather disgusted that such a long hit should seemingly j A. A. Schwarz . . be wasted and merely jogged along I Frank Templeton the paths. W itt never even got his hands on the ball. It fell safely to the groaind. several feet from him with Ruth between second and third. Babe managed to get a triple out of it, but he could have easily scored a home run had he run the ball out. Just another instance of the truth that one should take nothing for granted In baseball, and above all things run out every hit to the limit. JSew York fans who like the home run clouts sure had their fill of cir cuit wallops in a game played at the Polo grounds last year. I was offi ciating In that game with Bill Dln- neen, and after the contest both of us agreed that the performance came close to being a record. In a nine inning game, the New York club made five home runs, and, rather strange ly, they all came in the first six in nings of play. On looking up the records on home runs we discovered that the making of five home runs in one game by one team merely tied a record made May 30. 1894. In that game nine home runs were made, tour by the Cincin nati club and five by Boston. It must be remembered that the Bostort club In those days played in a very small park, and a lot of fly balls that went for home runs in those days would be the easiest kind of outs in the modern parks of today. Duffy Lewis started the home-run business in the very first Inning, bit ing the ball into the left-meld bleach ers. It would have been a home run in almost any park in the world. Frank Baker started the second in ning with a terrific drive into the extreme corner of the uper tier of the right-field stand. It was one of the longest drives Baker ever made. nd during his career the Trappe farmer has made many a home-run clout. -Truck Hanna. who hits them hard, kept up the fusillade in the third by hitting into the left-field bleachers. Roger Pecklnpaugh. then leading the American league in hitting, sent a line drive into the left-field bleachers in the fourth. It was a terrific hit that kept climbing as It traveled, and there is no telling how far it would have gone had it not been for the bleacher obstruction. ,In the sixth inning Peckinpaugh hit another line drive into the bleachers, but it was foul by inches. Then, to show the opposition that he could hit to other fields. Peck drove the ball to the fence in right center and scored standing up. It was the wildest batting spree I have ever seen a team engaged in. Before it was over a mere base hit seemed a piker way to reac4 first base. The base-hit fever was evidently rampant that afternoon, for Ed Gharrity of the Washington club in a game at Boston made two home runs, two two-baggers and a single In five times up. The same day Hap py Felsch of Chicago had 11 putout in a game with Cleveland. i (Copyright, 1920, by W. G. Evans.) P, V. Rexford, Multnomah County Motorcycle Cop, Takes Vacation and Turns in Perfect Score. Thirty tried and true trapshooters braved the elements yesterday to compete in the first merchandise shoot of the year at the Portland Gun club. Rain did not keep the scatter-gun artists away from the Everding l'ark traps, and many ex cellent scores were registered. P. V. Rextord. who as a member of the Multnomah county motorcycle cop squad, manages to nail more than his share of speeders, found the pick ings shy yesterday on the Sandy road due to the rain, and taking time off to run over to the Portland Gun club won first prize In the shoot by turn ing in a perfect score. Rexford shat tered 14 out of his 15 targets, 14 out of the second 15 and 17 out of 20. He received an added bird handicap of four and bagged them all, giving him the score of 50. J. B. Troeh and W. C. Bristol also turned in perfect scores, but lost out in the shoot-off. Jess Troeh turned in the best score on the first 50 tar gets and only had a handicap of one. He broke 49 out of 50 targets, and with his handicap of one powdered, it gave him 50. K. H. Keller won second prize with 48 out of 50, Miss Ada Schilling won third prize with 46 out of 50, James W. Seavey, Oregon state champion, won fourth prize with 45 out of 50, wniic Frank Templeton, 191S state trapshooting champion, won fifth prise. faeveral visitors were on hand for the opening shoot, including Frank Riehl, the veteran Tacoma profes sional; E. E. Adklns of Heppner and k. juctjurdy of Montana. l.t . .1.1 . .12 .. 8 . .14 ..11 . .10 . .12 . .11 IS 20 Added T. 9 13 3 3H 12 19 1 44 8 15 3 34 14 18 2 48 12 IS 2 4.1 It 17 2 41 14 18 .. 42 12 13 S 39 14 18 3 4 15 19 1 f0 K IS .. 32 12 12 S 38 10 0 S 21 11 It 3 32 14 IS 3 43 1L 18 4 4-i 11 19 .. 42 14 1H 3 45 14 18 10 .VI 12 IS 2 3! 13 1 1 4- 13 1 2 41 12 12 8 12 17 2 40 10 17 3 40 14 17 4 r.. 12 17 1 38 9 17 1 SS S 12 4 33 12 15 .. 34 The Multnomah Guard first team re turned from Winlock. Wash., last night, where it trimmed the Winlock Athletic club by the score- of "2 to 15. The absence of Walter Fearnlcy and Kenneth Irle. two of the Guards' reg ulars, from the lineup kept the local team from running up an even larger score. Irve Cole, at guard for the soldiers, was the high-point man of the game, getting IS points, with Dave Wright crowding him close with 16. The game was exceptionally clean. only two fouls being called during the entire gajiie, one on each team. The lineup: Mult. Ods. 52 i Goode, 10 K. WriKht, 1 Kl. ParliliK. 4 . . .i t. Lewis, 4 (It. Cloe. 18 til . nirh Team Slatcli Score. Score. Made bv rate 2.132 Speedwells October 27. 1919 22K Speedwells ........ .November . 1919 2rtl4 Pacific Coast ........ .January 8. 192M 2 ,0 Viulonas January 13. t!2l 2..:.3 Spee.lel!s January R. 1 9211 231 Speedwells ......... .January 1 S, 1 2 2 13 Pacific Coast ........ .October 2. 19IH 2ol2 St. Nicholas .January 8, 1920 lliirh Town Uuw Scares. Score. Made by , Date. '.'."." Victorias ...January 15. 1920 !..!. Speedwells October 2T.1919 Speedwells Xovemher A tqt:l i8 Speedwells December 18.' 191 '4 Speedwells January 8. 19JC 12 Auditors ... nwoHer mil 1112 I'nciflr Const .. Januarv S. 19!10 llifth Individual Games. Score. Made by Team. rat. '- iny victorias Jan. 15.192 -i It. T.Mahoney Auditors . . . . Jan. 15. 192j '4 Ja.man . . . . SiieedwelU ...(let. 27. lOlifc -'3 Abrams Victorias ..... -Tan. 1 .V irrjn lit Meade Auditors Oct. 30. 19t 14 McConnell ... Pacific Coast Oct. 2. 1W19 14 Roiran Speedwells ..Jan. 8. 19'i 14 Flarshberircr. r'acifie fnu,i l.n & iq"ii 13 Flannigan . ..St. Nicholas. .Nov. io, 1919 13 Minis Pacific Coast Jan. IS. 1!20 11 SiKlcr Victorias Oct. 9.1919 . IliKh Individual Match Scores. Sc ore. Ma.le by Team. Date. o- .lawman . . . . Speedwells ..Not. fi 191ft il Jlobbs Auditors Nov. 13. 1919 ! Ahranw Victorias . . . . Jan. 1 S. 1 92U t R.T.Mahonev A uriitor . . Nov ft 1919 573 Racan Speedwells ..Jan! S.' 1920 .lawman Speedwells .. .Oct. 27. ll19 R.T.Mahoney Auditors ....Jan. 8. 1920 9 McConnell .. Pad fie Coast Jan. 8. 1920 7 Hazel Victorias Oct. 1. lfil'. i Jasman .....Speedwells ...Oct. 1. 1919 a Minis Pacific CoaMt Ilec 1919 ..3 R.T.Mahoney Auditors ... .Jan. 15. 1920 Individual Averare. Player. Team Tl.Plns G'm'-. Winlock fl.-.l 1, Hift;rins 8. C. Harking 4, V. 11 ark ins Crocker 2. Arct The peninsula team was going great Saturday nisht and handed the Standifer five of Vancouver a 64-to-lg trimming on the Peninsula floor. The local quintet's team work excelled. with Murphy and Pfaender doing some fine shooting. The game was fast and clean, with only a few fouls being called. The lineup: standifer 18) I Palmer F1. Stianillinc. 8 F . Campbell. 0 C1. Imhai'k CI. Lutke, 2 til . Phillips. 2 tl' Peninsula (fit) 21. M urphv 22. Pfaender 8. Prescott 4. Orphan a. Motcaif. CIIKM-.WVA TO PIiAY UKRIi South Parkway Quint Prepares "for 'Strenuous tiame. The first hard game on the South Parkway basketball team's schedule will be February 5, when the Winged S five will play the Chemawa Indian school hoopers on the local Y. M. C. A floor. The Chemawa team is one of the strongest in the Willamette val ley and they have handed out over whelming defeats to Pacific college and Mount Angel college. Although outweighed by their husky opponents, the Winged baskettossers are going to put them selves in the best of shape for their first big game of the season. The Parkway team held a strenuous prac tice session yesterday morning on the B'nal B'rith floor and all the players appeared to be in the best of condition. Wednesday night on the B'nai B'rith floor the Parkway boys will take on the Jefferson high school five, while the South Parkway second team will play the Maroon F team in a preliminary game. The firs game will start at 7:45. Strikes and Spares. 1 1 COUGARS TO GO SOUTH QCIXT TQLE-WE TUESDAY FOR CALIFORNIA INVASION. After Game With Bears at Berkeley Team Will Play Oregon at Eugene on February 5. WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE. Pullman, Jan. 25. (Special.) Coach Bohler and seven basketball players will leave the campus next Tuesday for the annual invasion of California and Oregon. The opening game ot the southern tour will be played next Friday with a second game with the Stanford Cardinals the foiling night. After playing the California Bears at Berkeley in the first of a two-game series, the Cougars will leave the same night for Eugene to meet Ore gon on February 5. On the two fol lowing nights they will play the Ore gon Aggies at Corvallis. The team will return In time to clash with the Willamette university five at Pull man on February 12. The showing made against the mediocre Montana Bruins was quite a Jolt to the pride of the basketball fans here. The play of Captain Eddie Copeland, guard, is sorely missed. Ilwaco Quint Beats Raymond. ILWACO, Wash., Jan. 25. (Spe cial.) The Ilwaco high school five defeated the Raymond high school basketball team on the local floor Friday night by the close score of 20 to 19. The game was fast and hard fought. This defeat of the Raymond hoopers eliminates them from the running In the Pacific County league, ll'waco and South Bend will play the final game of the league schedule February 13 on the locaJ. floor. A v. 172 172 1 1 1 170 MX li-.rt ins i I Hobbs. Auditors l.car. Auditors H. T. Mahoriey. Auditors . J-tsman, Speedwells .... I. iiitier. Speedwells .. . Mi.Tls. Pacific Coast A brains. Victorias Hazel. Victorias M urchison. Imperials.... Rose man. Speedwells ... Prunvold. Pacific Coast .. Itoy, Victorias .......... RaKan. Speedwell Kichenhercer. Speedwells Lewis. Imperials tst. Pacific Coast 1cn r. Victorias McConnell, Pacific Coast rlannliran. St. Nichol Irwin, Imperial .... Iinson. Pacific. Coast .5 ".5 "3 I r.2 l."2 1 149 mi 1 is 1 17 1 15 11.-. 144 1 13 1 13 14 l:t 1.17 l.i 4 1.14 132 l::l 12 2 : 124 123 119 lis 113 111 lull 1-7 sr. Harshhereer. Pacific Coast Sicler. Victorias Fran.en. Victorias nderon. Auditors .1. 11. Coe. St. Nicholas.... Kohn. Auditors A. Coe. St. Nicholas C Cushman. St. Nicholas 57.-. .11129 . t'.llsil .lf .H14rt .41177 .l4 , . o:.s , .49 . .5372 ..K443 . ..VIII5 . .B739 . .574S 24U2 79S .... 41 . . .1C.41 . . . .Hti07 MHII3 .475 .H1I2H . 41! . 13115 . 4 XII . s:i:r ..V133 .4547 H323 Hart. Iitiperial 447.H K. Cu.-hmnn. St. Nicholas ...2231 F. I.. Coo. St. Nicholas 574 Wilkerson. Victorias 3.r;20 I lemaili, 1 mperials 1H174 Strii ht, Victorias 3;t3l An.lersoti. Pacific Const 1579 Meade. Auditors 5147 1 nEmi. n. Speedwells 3437 South ell. Auditors 52 ililinartin. Imperials 1245 llrcss. Victorias 1 :t7 Hruce, Imperials 409 Melcalf. Pacific Coast 4I2 Slioal.-.. Victorias 4U2 Mets. hun. Imperials 31H3 l.olllck. Speedwells 3!2 Weir. Auditors 33 5V. A. Mahoney. Auditors .. .5145 Moser. Pacific Ccast 1 IS2 Saut, A uclitors :it;9 Holcomb. Imperials ........ 357 l-arler. Auditors 3." 5 Farrand. Auditors ......... t7K fiiintlcrjon. Pacific Coast . . . 332 tiivns. Auditors ."! tl. V. Mahoney. Auditors ... 174 ln'y. Pacific Coast hty J 5 S S't 3i 3rt 24 42 42 42 33 411 .13 42 3 15 5 3 42 42 42 SO : 30 9 3 42 13 30 42 3.1 1 39 24 42 23 It 3H 24 4 9 1 3 3 3 24 3 41 12 3 3 3 6 3 On the Alleys. BY ROG. KANOPENERS won three games from the Sanitary team last Mon day night. The General Line won three from the Titentrites. The District Office got burfiped for two games at the hands of the North west Machine Shop team. "Phranok" Cheney djrew high aver age of 176. "Da rkhorse" Brennan copped high individual score of 201. This is Bren nan's first season at the game and he is hitting a wonderful stride for a beginner. N THE Commercial "A" league games rolled last week on the Oregon alleys, the Willys-Overland team took two out of three from the Multnomah hotel five, while the Toke Point oyster grill team annexed three in a row from the Oregon alley team. The Toke Point oyster grill team is now in second place. Xe Oregon alley team was forced back into third place. The Willys-Overland team is still resting in first place by a mar gin of four games. w w "Casey" Jones, the chap with the smile that won't come off. had his valves wide open in his last game and rolled 212. The third game between the Mult nomah hotel and the Willys-Overland was one of the most spirited and hotlv contested games of the season. Going Into the tenth frame, the "gas wagon" boys were bz pins in arrears. They then gave her the gas and fin ished with a rush and after tne smoke of the battle had lifted it was seen that the score was a tie at 970 each. In the roll-off frame the auto boys refused to weaken. Walter Wood rolled a beautiful series, getting 256, 235 and 202. for a total of 693. A split in the last frame of the last game Is all that marred Walter's chances for a 700 count. Incidentally that split cost Walter the high score for three games. "Schier Fox" Konx having topped over 694 pins in three games earlier in the season. Charley Kruse turned in high sin gle game with 264. "Marse" Henry was hitting them rather consistently, getting 190, 198 and 191. Captain Blaney of the Oregon alley team spent several nights in restless ness at his Broadway domicile. The reason for this was that Blaney's team lost three games to the Toke Point oyster grill team. Blaney tried everything in his repertoire to ward off defeat. He tried to outbowl the opposition, but meeting with little success that wax, lie tried to talk Csnro Howling Leafjue Averages. Name Cote Cheney O ro ...... Lon it Ile.liund ... Canty ..... Bush Paulback . . V. Hrown . . Etili-n clwaltney .. Hrennan ... Dcffid io . Stuart I.. Brown .. Hall Hosenquist . Karde . . . . Andrich . . . Heandel ... Ksler Norris M urry Kamph Law ton Sutherland K. Hall ... Rogers Cox S. bmid . . . . ninlfleback Hin.sclius .. Kliison . . . . liarlacker . tims. 45 4S 4S ' 45 3I 39 3i) 42 3;t 4S 6 80 4H 45 39 44 15 43 45 12 21 S 24 42 IS 24 27 43 2! 3S Is 12 5 Pins. 7359 737 7721 IHHi7 Kill 2 6U29 45 1 4 255 8I3 7lll Hs2 43fi9 S!I5 64 S5 tM4 67X5 2l!0 tW05 6214 1H4 2fc7rt 4P21 .-.27 5XS1 24113 S1S 34t5 r-.s 3719 4S12 3330 2143 1379 643 Team stiiadtnjrs. Team W. L. District Office 37 11 'leneral Line ............... .33 15 Machine Shop 25 23 Kanopeners 19 29 Sanitary ...............17 31 Titenriies 13 35 Ave. 1M 13 181 155 154 u-r 15(1 14 148 147 147 14 145 144 143 141 139 139 1SS 137 137 137 l:: 135 133 1.13 129 129 12 127 123 119 115 107 Pet. .771 ,flS7 .521 . 3ri .854 .271 Touchet Boats Walla Walla, TOUCH ET. Wash., Jan. 25. (Spe cial.) The Touchet high school bas ketball team won Its third game of the season Friday night by de-featirrg Walla Walla high school. 53 to. 14. Rice for Walla WalIa Playd good game. For Touchet the honors were evenly divided. The entire team played a great passing game. New Haven Has Indian Battery. The New Haven team will have the only Indian battery in baseball next season. One of Chief Bender's first moves on accepting the' managerial post in the Connecticut city was to sign Chief Meyers as catcher. Ben der intends to work frequently on the knoll. Havard Hooks Many Games. Harvard has booked 27 baseball games for the coming seasoo.