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TTTE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1922 1.1 MULTITUDE YELLS AT OPENING' GAME company a half mil away and went home. Crowd Leaves Slowly. J Departure from the grounds was I not so easy. It was almost a half nour aiter me game oeiore me laai fan had passed outside the gates. How many Portland people at tended that opening game is un known. Official reports from the ticket windows cannot be accurate. It is safe and sane to say that there was a multitude. to the Bench Grandstand, Bleachers and Fences Crowded. SEALS DEFEAT SACS, 8 TO 4 ack FANS ARE ENTHUSIASTIC Wild Pitching Gives San Francisco Its Fifth Straight. SAN FRANCISCO, April 18.- -Sacra- Schoolboys Perched on Telephone Poles Rejoice in Plentitnde of Elbow Room. Pacific Coast League Standing. W. L Pel W. L. Pc. 6an Fran.. 10 5 .6fi7Pacramento. 7 7 -.500 Vernon 6 4 .6t0 Salt Lake... 8 4 .429 Lob Angeles 8 6 .oTljeattle 4 9 .3tis Oakland... 8 7 .S33Portiand 3 1 .31X1 Yesterday's Results. At Portland 1, Oakland 4. At San KranclSco 8. Sacramento At Loa Angeles 2. Salt Lake 4. At Seattle: Vernon game postponed. Ver non did not arrive on time. The red-headed youngster who had Intended to play hookey until the board said "no school," looked down from his perch on the cross-arm of a telephone pole back of the left-field fence behind the ball park. His eyes foeheld a seething, cheering, perspir ing: mass of humanity which had for gotten business and the serious af fairs of life to take in the opening: game. He saw thousands of men and women and children pushing: and shoving on the field, in the bleachers and in the grandstand to find an available square foot of parking space. "(.Josh!" he declared to himself, "I'm glad I'm safe up here. 'Magine what'd nappen if the grandstand would bust? Attendance Seta Record. Portland's baseball teams of years srone by have been greeted by great crowds of loyal citizens on days of opening games. In those times when the names of such men as Graney, Krapp, Olsen, Peckinpaugh, Hender son, Seaton and other stars graced the Beaver lineups, fans braved inclement weather to see their heroes cf the diamond come home. But yesterday all previous records went to pot, and the greatest crowd ever assembled to witness an athletic game in Portland saw Bill Klepper's Beavers battle and lose. When the baseball street cars start ed up Washington shortly after noon they were sooa crowded with fans eager for seats. Throns la Continuous. Thereafter there was one contin uous throng of citizens moving in the direction of twenty-fourth and Vaughn streets. Before 2 o'clock the streets as far south as Northrup were lined on each side with automobiles of all kinds and discriptions which had carried their loads of enthusiastic rooters to the game. At about the same time & line of men, women, boys and girls had formed for blocks outside the ticket windows. This line ran up Twenty fourth street to Thurman and then turned west for three blocks. Boys with money-making instincts sold their places in line for most any rea sonable price they demanded and staid old business men stepped in to wait their turns. Bonnets Are Crushed. Just outside the gates was a swarm of humanity that brought a thought of a disturbed hive of bees. New Kaster bonnets, of purple, blue and red were mashed and mangled in the turmoil, but what mattered that? Men lost their wives in the mad scramble and best girls lost their escorts. In that mob was truly no nice place to be. Inside those ticket windows were girls busier than the proverbial "one- armed paperhanger." They could not pile up the money that came through those wickets, for tickets; they just craped it on the floor behind them and threw caution to the winds. The man who was fortunate enough to have a pass found the way to the pass gate blocked with milling fans. The sports writers found it necessary to crawl through the window in the cushion and popcorn emporium in order to reach the press box. Seats Hard to Get. The fan who had neglected to make a seat reservation was disappointed when he found his favorite parking place numbered and in the hands of an "alien." He contented himself by moving around from one place to an other in search of an available spot to sit down. He found a few inches of unused floor space Just outside the rail of one of the boxes. There ha eat down. In came two men whose dispositions had been torn in twain by rough work outside the gate. "I thought we paid money for a box, and now we find a bird sitting down where our feet should be." said one. "This is the worst managed at fair I ever saw. It's the last game I'll attend this season." mento pitchers were wild as March hares today, enabling San Francisco to win its fifth straight victory, 8 to 4. Five walks and an error gave the Seals their first runs without the aid of a hit, while in the fourth Inning five hits and Sheehan's dropping the ball in center field netted five more tallies. After that Scott held the locals down. Umpire Tobin dismissed Mollwitz in the fifth inning for disputing a decision at first, and McNeeley had his finger tofn in attempting to catch Killduft's drive, necessitating his re tirement. Score: Sacramento McN'y.3 C'tn.m-1 Pick,2.. Sh'n.l-m Ryan.r. M'iwz.l Orr.s. . . St'ng'e.c Nieh's.p CanTd.p Shea.p.. Sch'g.m K.unz,l. B R H O Ai I San Francisco 1 tSee.r 2 l;Kllduff,2 3 2'Kamm,3. 3 lEllis'n.l. 3 OO'Co'l.m 3 OIKelly.l... 4 OjRhyne.s. 4 ljAgnew.c 0 li;Scott,p... B R K O A 1 1 0 01 0 0 0 0 Valla.1. Totals.34 4 8 24 3; 2 1-0 0 5 3 0 0 1 12 0 3 1 1 1 0 Totals.Sl 8 7 27 It Sacramento 00801000 0 1 San Francisco 2 0150000 8 Errors, McNeely, Sheehan, Orr, Rhyns. Credit victory to Scott. Charge defeat to Canfield. Runs responsible for, Niehaus 1, Can field 4. Struck out, by 6cott 2, Niehaus 1. Shea 3. Bases on balls, off Scott 1 Niehaus 5, Canfield 1. Two-base hits, McXeeley. Compton. Sacrifice hitsr, Kamm. Pick. Oouble plays, McNeeley to Shee han. BEES BEAT AXGEtS," 4 TO 2 Timely Hitting by Salt Lake Re sults In Victory. LOS ANGELES, April 18. Timely hitting gave Salt Lake a 4-to-2 vic tory over Los Angeles today in the Bees' first appearance of the season here. With the score tied in the seventh inning. Sand, second man up for Salt Lake, got a base on balls and scored on a triple by Cartwright to the left-field scoreboard. In the next Inning Vitt drove out another triple and tallied on a single by Strand. Score: You're Out of pocket if you don't know the best place in Portland for America's Smartest Clothes $25 $30 Priced Without the Sting $35 $40 laLs E& Ji SL-3 eJ&1 OsJa UPSTAIRS -Brdgay 1 refffTOf- I . Mil it nm livq U Cat-ty Comer from Pantages Salt Lake B R H O A Srfcick.m 4 1 1 2 01 Vitt. 3. . 4 1 1 3 1 Siglin.2 . 2 0 2 4 1 Strand, r 4 o 1 3 l Wilhoit.1 3 12 11 Sand.s.. 3 110 4 C riffht.l 3 0 1 lO 0 J'kins.c. 3 0 0 5 1 Gould.p. 3 0 0 0 4 Los Angeles I B R H O A Carroll.m 4 O 1 4 0 M'A'ley.s 4 0 12 8 T'biey.r .4-0010 Griggs. 15 0 112 1 Deai.ab. 3 1 2 0 01 M'Cabe.2 4 0 1 2 7 ISu'van.1. 2 0 0 2 0 Daly.c . . 4 0 3 4 " Lyons, p 4 1 1 0 2 UU.P. A Totals 29 4 9 27 13 Totals 34 2 10 27 13 00001111 0 4 00011000 0 2 Salt Lake Los Angeles . . . Errors. Sand 2. Three-base hits. Cart wright, VltL Two-base hit. Schick. Sac rifice hits, Cartwright. Jenkins. Carroll, Siglin 2, McAuley. Struck out. by Lyons 4.. Crould 3. Bases on ba.lis. off Lyons 1, G-ouad 4. Runs responsible for. Gould 2, Lyons 4. Double plays, McAuley to Mc Cabe to Griggs; Strand to Jenkins; Lyons to McAuley to GrigK-s. Retort Is Cool. "It's probably the first one you ever did attend, speaking from impressions I gather from your conversation," said tne seatless one. "But don't let me trouble you; I'll be moving on." He sought in vain for a seat in the grandstand, then joined the crowd that had hurdled the fences and dis tributed itself over the field. The dia mond was crowded with thousands who milled around. Policemen found It impossible to handle them. Base ball fans know no boundaries unless the same are marked by ropes. Ropes were brought into play and the crowds were penned back of the diamond. Grandstand Is Crowded. Every available inch of space in the grandstand was monopolized. The aisles were filled to capacity. In the bleachers much the same condition existed. Reckless men and boys took chances with their necks and sat atop the rails on the bleachers. The walk that leads from the right field bleachers to the center field bleach ers was a mass of bumanity. Count less fans hung their legs down in curtain-like fashion over the adver tising signs. It took a long time to clear the field so that the game could be started. When the game did begin, above the tumult and the noise of howling fans could be heard the dis cordant and indignant wails of hun dreds who had arrived too late and coulu no longer gain admission to the game. Airplane Drops Tickets. As the game progressed the grand stand and the bleachers rocked as feet were stamped on the boards. In the seventh inning an aviator flew over the field and turned free some passes to the games. A half thousand school boys and a few men forgot entirely what was going on on the diamond and rushed from be hind the ropes across the field. The frame was suspended temporarily. But finally when it was discovered that the passes all fell outside the grounds order was restored. When the last of the ninth inning had ended the boys climbed down from the roof of the old Chapman school, from the telephone poles and from the tank of tHe American Can Opening Game Sidelights. B1 Y 12 o'clock noon every street car headed for Recreation park was loaded to the guards by the bleacherites who wanted to be sure of a comfortable spot in the sun. They did not start any too soon, for by 1 o'clock every seat in the bleacher section was taken. The game was delayed in an effort to oram everybody into the field. - The flag-raising ceremonies, handled by Sergeant Harvey E. Davis and four other United States ma rines and aided by a band and the Elks' drum corps, was put through without a -hitch. As the flag was being raised the band played the "Star-Spangled Banner," and every-, body, including the members of the two ball clubs, snapped to attention. With the flag-raising ceremonies out of the way the Beavers took the field for their warming up practice. They were greeted by a roar from the throng as they trooped onto the field. The Beavers in their practice performed, like a bunch of high-strung thoroughbreds. They put plenty of pep and ginger Into their work. The crowd had ample opportunity to yell itself hoarse, for the boys pulled sev eral sensational plays in the 15-min-ute preliminary session. When It became apparent that the waiting crowd could not all crash through the main gate in time for the first ball pitched. Dr. Earl V. Morrow, vice-president of the Port land club, and a couple of the other directors pried a few boards off the fence and made a temporary inlet for the hungry fans. After the crowd which had over flowed onto the field had been put back of a rope stretched just inside the fence in the outfield Governor Olcott and Mayor Baker, the battery for the first ball to go over the plate, shed their coats and tossed a few to warm up. Then with Miss Viola Dana, ll Idevogue I Rounding the cor ncrsoftheldcvoguc, solid comfort came faccto faccwithstyle and together they produced a better collar. f,A produced a better ByjJ W collar. Kli fjjj GEO.P.-IDErCO.,INC. E3f wearing one of the Beaver caps, standing bat in hand at the plate, Governor Olcott whipped the first one across the plate. " " Miss Dana' was slow In swinging at the ball and Judge W. N. Ga,tens, who officiated in the role of umpire. called it a strike. The tiny movie star fouled the second ball pitched by Governor Olcott, while the third ball thrown -by the governor missed every body except Mayor Baker, who stopped it with his shin. . fieattle was 'well represented by a host of President. Klepper'a admirers. They were on hand to wish the ex Seattle prexy good, luck In his first game at home. Jack Sullivan, Virgil Garvey and Dan Salt, three- Seattle STortsmen. occupied a box back of home plate and cheered lustily for the Portland team. An airplane put in an appearance about 2 o'clock but failed to drop anything, although all the ball players were out on the field with their necks craned skyward. In the seventh inning the plane showed up and this time the pilot dropped several baseball passes over the field. There was a mad scramble of kids from all corners of the field after the passes and the game had to be halted several minutes until the diamond could be cleared. "Who is that playing left field for the Beavers?" asked one of the fans perched on the rail of the press box. "Thorpe," was the answer. The bug, however, would not be convinced that it really was the famous athlete, "for like many of the fans, he expected Jim to appear decked out in a feathered bonnet and war paint. . Art Koehler, Oakland catcher, who was with the Beavers two seasons ago, received a big hand from the home fans on his first trip to the plate. The reception must have un nerved the Portland infield for Koehler reached first on Shortstop McCann's error. ' One thing was noticeable in the attitude of the fans yesterday, and that was they were with the Port land club to a man, woman ana cnna. Every play made by the Beavers, whether it was sensational or not, was an excuse for some 20,000 throats to whoop it up. Rowdy Elliott is going to be one of the most popular players on the team with the fans this year if he keeps up the brand of ball he played yesterday. The bugs certainly fell hard for the peppery little backstop's stuff. The Portland club officials were not prepared to handle the large throng which attempted to cram its way into the park, .as they had not anticipated such a heavy turnout. The box office, which had been placed on the sidewalk in front of the main entrance, was buffeted about in the crowd like a small boat on a rough sea. The office was not fastened down and was moved several feet j from its original position by the crowd which surged around it in an effort to buy tickets. Baseball Summary. National League Standings. W.L.Pct.l W.L.Pet New York.. 4 1 .SOO'Plttsburg. .. 3 3 .500 Chicago 4 2 .87iBrooklyn 2 3 .400 St. Louis 4 2 .667Boston 1 4 .200 fhUadelp'la. 3 2 .BOO'Clnclnnati. .. 1 5 .10' American League Standings. Cleveland.. 5 O 1.000 IChicago. ... . 2 3 .400 New York.. 3 1 .7'50;washington. 2 4 .333 Fhiladelp'ia 4 2 .6S7IBoston .. 1 3 .250 St. Louis... 3 2 .OOOlDetroit 0 5 .000 American Association. Columbus 3, Kansas City 4. Louisville 8, St. Paul 5. Toledo 2, Milwaukee 7. Indianapolis 9, Minneapolis 11. Western League. Oklahoma Citv 9, Sioux City 3. St. Joseph 6, Denver 3. Wichita 2. Des Moines 6. Beaver Batting Averages. B. H. Pet. I B. H. Pet. Hale 22 8 .3(!3ISargent. . . 31 0 .19.1 Kenwort'y S3 12 .33iElliott. . . . 41 7 .170 High 32 10 .312CrumpIer.. 6 1 .106 Thorpe... 26 8 .307IGressett. .. 24 4 .16 Poole 44 12 .272!Ellison ... 3 0 .000 Middleton. H 3 .272iWoIfer 3 0 .000 Sutherland 4 1 .200IKlng 1 0 .030 Cox 42 9 .21 Leverem. . 5 0 .000 McCann.. 33 8 .210iFreeman. . 2 0 .000 How the Series Stands. At Portland no game. Oakland one game; at San Francisco 1 game, Sacra mento no game; at Los Angeles no game, Salt Lake 1 game; at Seattle no game, Vernon no game. , Where the Teams Play Next Week. Oakland at Seattle; Vernon at Portland: Salt Lake at San Francisco; Sacramento at Los Angeles. DEMPSEY REACHES LONDON Gregory of Pasco was second with 98 and Norman Wann of Lewiston third with 96.. Jess Troeh also won three special kpots and Frank M. Troeh won three special pots. Frank Troeh also made the best showing during the tourna ment, breaking 689 targets out of 600. The Garden City handicap was won by O. E. Lynch of Palouse with 99, E. F. Chlngrin of Spokane was second with 98 and C. W. MoKean of Walla Walla third with 96. Marsh Wright of Lewiston won a special prize given to the newest shooter to make a run of 50 straight. J. McDonald of Yakima made two high runs of 67 and 78. C. W. Mc Kean, Walla Walla, broke 86 straight. E. F. Chingrin of Spokane 86, L. H. Reid of Seattle 88, M. J. Freshwater of Spokane 64, J. Hickman of Almota 54 and 66, M. Rickard of Corvallis, Or., 63, A. F. Davenport of Hood River 60. Records of Portland men today were: A. W. Strowger 176, J. B. Troeh 197. E. B. Morris 182, P. J. Holohan 193. Carpentier's Manager Among First to Greet American Pugilist, i LONDON, April 18. (By the Asso ciated PressO Francois Descamps, ! $60,000, which is equivalent to nearly manager of Georges Carpentier, who "O.OOO francs, while Criqui's desire PURSE SIAKES BOXERS SHT Little Likelihood of Kllbane-Criqul Match Being Held In Europe. PARIS, April 18. (By the Asso ciated Press.V It was . considered probable in boxing circles today that the proposed 20-round bout between Johnny Kilbane, world's champion featherweight boxer, and Eugene Criqui, French bantamweight cham pion, would not take place in France. The offer of a purse of 500,000 francs has failed to arouse much enthusiasm-" in either- camp. JKil bane's manager Is holding out for rag i - 1. arrived In London last night frdm Paris, accompanied by Carpentier was among the first to greet Jack Dempsey as the American pugilist stepped from the train into a large crowd awaiting him at the Waterloo station this afternoon. Carpentier was not with Descamps, having left for Manchester early in the day to give an exhibition tonight. Dempsey was cheered by a large crowd, which included many women, who vainly tried to get near him as his automobile started from the Wa terloo station. Newspaper men inter viewed him at the hotel, while pho tographers took numerous pictures of the champion. Dempsey declared he was glad to be in England and was grateful for his wonderful welcome. Jack Kearns, manager of the American pugilist. said he could not foresee any bouts in England. JESS TROEH FIRST IN SHOOT Vancouver Man Wins Commercial Club Special With 100 Straight. ; WALLA WALLA, Wash., April 18. (Special.) Jess Troeh of Vancouver, Wash., set the pace in the gun club tourney that came to a close today winning the commercial club special trophy with 100 straight. He had a hierh run of 107 for the day. G. C. A speaking of quality Every rew dap HARDEMAN wearer tells a Hardeman dealer how well Hardfman Hats wear. Many have been wotf every day for two years and still look hne How's that tot quality? lust -try one on. Jrst i o -! ru Coasi HARDEMAN his paying his own training expenses and running the risk of receiving no money. Kilbane appears anxious to fight the French champion, but the condi tions exacted appear to make it Im possible to stage the battle in Europe. Field Tryout Will Be Held. , SHERWOOD, Or., April 18. (Spe cial.) At Sherwood next Friday will be held the big field tryout of the schools In preparation for the county meet at Forest Grove. The schools interested will be Pleasant Hill, Mid dleton, Cipole, Sherwood, Tonquin, Laurel Ridge and Chapman. The events will be running and hurdling. Young Bob Defeats Reeves. NEW YORK, April 18. Young Bob Fitzsimmons tonight was awarded a decision over Jack Reeves of San Francisco, after the latter had been disqualified in the tenth round of their contest for fouling. Reeves had outpointed Fitzsimmons in a majority of the other rounds. Fitzsimmons weighed 180 pounds and Reeves 170. 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