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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, AUGUST 19, 1905. 1? UNABLE TO TOUGH ELASTIC MR. GUM Commuters Eaten Alive by Man With the Name . That Sticks. SCORE IS FOUR TO NIL Onklanders Fail Sis Hopkins When He Weakens, but When Gum Becomes Erratic, Beavers Are All Behind Him. J PACIFIC COAST 1EACUE. i Testerday ' Results. Y 4 Portland 4. Oakland 0 I f 6an Franciaco 8. Seattle 3. T f jrimo a. l.ou Angeiei 2. t Standing of the Cluhs. iWon. Lost. PC. Portland 6! 33 .R76 San Franciaco fll 41 .010 l.oa Angeles r,g 49 .53:1 Seattle 44 61 .4111 Oakland 41 65 .SRT Fresno 43 68 .3S7 Portland 4, Oakland 0. Once a srreat while afro a Seattle scribe wrote: "Gum did not appear to have anything- today, but the locals could not hit him, and were shut out easily." The same thing, whatever that la, happened yesterday to the vis itors from the city near San Fran cisco. Gum handed out at package mysterious and unsolvable " and Oak land could not even muster an ace. Sis Hopkins also did his part well, but he did not have the eight worthies behind him that he of the elastic name did. When sis was pitching ball that entitled him to a w-in, his teammates ate everything In Right; when he got in trouble they had no assistance to offer him, but practiced at Rugby and ions: distance throwing. McHale received one in the anatomy for a starter. Bill Sweeney assisted him to the next step by a sacrifice snd he took third on a bum throw by lleitmuller. Mitchell banged one at Kruger, who was covering second in the absence of the injured Halley. It hit Oom Paul in the Jtopje, which is Boer for shin, so he was lucky, to nail Mike at first, Jimmy the while tallying. From then on till the eighth It was still water. Neither side could meet the ball In bunches enough to arouse any enthusiasm. In the next to the Inst Sweeiey singled, Mitchell at tempted to sacrifice, but Devereaux felt generous and threw the leather away. Bill and Mike going to third and second. Smith laid his bat on for two bases, Just as of yore he laid the forceps on refractory molars. This cleaned the bags. Hackett let the throw-in get away and Jud took third 011 this bungle. Big Hackett then took n shot at third to scare Jud, but the nearest he came to the mark was the left field fence. This enabled the well known member of the Smith tribe to register also. That was all In the scoring line. Oakland never got dangerous. When ever Gum got a little erratic his sup port tightened up and ate 'era alive. Jimmy McHale duplicated his pretty work of yesterday and stole a hit from Buck Francks. He speared the drive on the dead run and got a rousing hand for his performance. Kly Cates, ex from Beaverdom, officiated in left field for Van Halt ren's huskies. His work was good to look upon. He made several hard catches, the king pin of all being a running bare-handed one of a fierce smash from Sweeney's bat. Ely, be ing somewhat lazy, started on a Jog after the fly and finally was compelled to resort to drastio measures. He brought his doughty right Into play and crossed over the lucky punch just in time to make the out. He was kept busy the rest of the game taking off his hat Big McLean was back at work and although he could not drive out any safeties he demonstrated his ability as a catcher by cutting off all the daring ones from the cultured city who tried to steal second. Ed Rankin watched the balls and strikes, while Buck Keith had his eye on the base runners. Rankin got away with his job well and to the sat isfaction of everybody, except a few ball players, which is natural, and sev eral old fogies in the grandstand, who never did believe in home industry. A double-header Is on the books to day. Both will be played this after noon for one admission. The first will be called at 2:30 and the second im mediately afterward. The batteries will bo Henderson and Donahue in the first against Cates and Bliss, and Es siek and McLean against Graham and Hackett. The locals are doped to win both. The tabulated score of yesterday's performance: PORTLAND. A.B. R. IB. P.O. A. E McHale c. f 3 1 0 3 0 J Pweeney. s. s 3 1 1 2 2 0 Mitchell. 1. f 3 J 2 2 2 0 McCredie. r. f 3 J 2 2 0 0 Jud Smith. 3 b 4 1 1 1 J 1 Moore, 2 b 3 0 0 0 1 0 McLean c 3 0 0 8 J 0 Lister, i b 2 0 0 J. f 0 Gum, p 2 J 0 JL 0 J) Totals 2 4 6 27 12 1 OAKLAND. , A.B. R. IB. P.O. A. E. Smith, r. f 3 0 0 0 0 0 Van Haltren, c. f.... 4 0 0 1 0 0 Kruger. 2 b 4 0 112 0 lleitmuller. 1 b 2 1 0 11 0 2 Hackett. c 4 0 1 4 0 2 Devereaux, 3 b 3 0 110 1 Cates I. f 3 0 0 4 0 0 Francks, s. s... 3 0 1 2 5 0 Hopkins, p 3 0 0 0 5 0 Totals 20 "0 5 24 12 5 SCORE BY INNINGS. Oakland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0- Hits 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 S Tort land 1 0000003 4 Hits 1 0200102 6 SUMMARY. Struck out. by Gum 6. by Hopkins 3: bases on balls, oft Gum 3. off Hopkins 3: two-base hits. Mitchell, Jud Smith; dou ble plays. Francks to Heitmiiller: Hop kins to Kruger to Cates; Hackett to Francks: McLean to Lister: sacrifice hits, McCredie. Mitchell: stolen base. Francks: hit by pitched balls. McHale. Lister: first base on errors. Portland 1; left on bases, Portland 6, Oakland 5. Time of game, 1 hour 35 minutes. Umpires, Keith and Rankin. MAHAFFEY TO UMPIRE HERE Ordered by Bert to Handle Rest of Series With Oakland. Lew Mahaffey. the old leaguer who at one time held down first base for Port land when it was in the Northwest .'league, will report today to act as um- ? A - plre during the rest of the series with Oakland. Mahaffey umpired at Seattle, and, from all reports, did the best work of any umpire seen on the Stwash dia mond this season. President Bert ordered Mahaffey here last evening, and a wire was also sent Assistant Manager Hig glns. of the Portland club, apprising him of the appointment. Angels Ragged In the Field. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18. Bergeman was poorly supported. The locals' fielding waa decidedly loose. The score: R.H.E.I R.H.E. Los Angeles .2 7 6Fresno 8 S 3 Batteries Bergeman and Eager; Wol tera and Dashwood. Seals Win in First Inning. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 18.-Jones' wild ness In the first inning lost the game for Seattle. Three hits were made off him. The score: R.H.E. Seattle 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 03 11 2 San Francisco 4 0000200 6 7 1 Batteries Jones and Blankenshlp; Ty son and Spies. Umpire Hodson. NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE. Gray's Harbor 4, Tacoma 2. TACOMA, Aug. 18. Gray's Harbor won today from Tacoma in a game marked by heavy hitting. Win French, formerly with Portland, made his first appearance in a Tacoma. uniform and was batted hard when hits meant runs. Score: R.H.E. Gray's Harbor 0 0010210 0-4 12 5 Tacoma 1 0000001 02 9 2 Batteries Goodwin and Boettiger; French and Shea. Umpire Derrick- Rain at Butte. BUTTE, Mont., Aug. 18. No game; rain. NATIONAL- LEAGUE. Standing of the Clubs. "Won. Lost. Ohlcacro XO xo Nw York .71 SB Plttsbut-R 69 40 Philadelphia 51 57 Clncinnatl 47 62 Brooklyn 41 r.."i fit. Louia 73 Boston 38 73 PC. .727 .64 .:::! .472 .4:;i .KS7 .:s .843 Chicago 6, New York 2. CHICAGO, Aug. 18. New York lost the first game of the series today, being un able to solve Brown's pitching. New York recei-ed a noisy, but good-natured reception, especially from the Board of Trade rooters, who came out in automo biles 200 strong. The crowd waa Im mense, but orderly. Two Chicago errors presented the visitors their two runs. Score : R. H. E. R. H. E Chicago ... 6 11 4New York.. 2 7 1 Batteries Brown and Kllng; Matthew son and Bresnahan. Umpires O'Day and Klem. Pittsburg 7, Brooklyn O. PITTSBURG, Aug. 18. The Pittsburgs made four of their eight hits in the sixth inning today against the Brook lyns, which, with two errors, gave them the game. Score: R. H. E. R. IT. E Pittsburg.. 7 8 lj Brooklyn... 2 7 8 Batteries Leever and Gibson; Eason, Mclntyre and Ritter, Bergen. Umpires Conway and Eraslie. Boston 6, Cincinnati 2. CINCINNATI, Aug. 18. Cincinnati's in ferior fielding was responsible for the first two runs scored by Boston. The locals tied the score In the ninth, but were beaten In the tenth, when the Bos tons secured five hits off Frazer, netting four runs. Bridwell was compelled to re tire in th'e tenth after a collision with Deal. Score: v R. H. B. R. H. E Cincinnati. 2 10 1 Boston 6 14 2 Batteries Frazer, Wicker and Schlel; Young and Needham. Umpire Johnstone, Philadelphia 11, St. Xiouls 2. ST. LOUI3, Aug. 18. Philadelphia won from St. Louis today. Lush hurt his knee in the eighth, after pitching good, and was relieved by Sparks. Score: R. H. B R. H. E St. Louis .. 2 6 2 Philadelphia 11 14 2 Batteries Hostetter, Rhoades and Gra dy; Sparks, Lush and Dooin. AMERICAN LEAGUE. Standing of the Clubs. Won. Lost rhicasro 4;: Phlladelpnla ! IT New York. ............... .fi.S 45 Cleveland 0 47 St. Louis f7 ' M Detroit S3 A4 Washington 41 fi Boston 32 77- P.C. .SOU .572 .r3 .561 .S28 .495 .XM .294 Chicago 10, New York 0. NEW YORK, Aug.' 18. Weird fielding on the part of Laportc Blberfield and Williams of the New York team gave the Chicago Americans the game. Ches bro pitched stearllly. but the support he received was bad. Five hltg and five er rors gave the visitors nine in the ninth inning. Pitcher Newton has been sus pended by the New York American club's t ". y. '' ' yy mmsm 't " ' ..V 1 :.yy.: .f y'i t . .' .s 'y y'y- management for an indefinite period on account of lnsurbordination. Score: R. H. B. R.H.E Chicago... 10 12 lNew York.. 0 6 6 Batteries Walsfc and Sullivan; Ches bro and Thomas. Boston 8, Detroit 4. BOSTON, Aug. 18. Heavy hitting in the sixth and eighth Innings gave Bos ton the game today. Score: R. H. E. ' . R. H. E. Boston .... 8 9 oj Detroit 4 8 0 Batteries Winter and Carrigan; Dono van and Schmidt. St. Louis 9, Philadelphia 4. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18. St. Louis defeated Philadelphia in a poorly-played game today. The home team tied the score in the sixth inning, but lost the game in the ninth Inning when Dygert was hit hard. Score: R.H.E.I R.H.E. St. Louis .. 9 U 0 Philadelphia 4 8 3 Batteries Powell, Pelty and Spencer; Hickey, Waddell and Powera. Cleveland 4, Washington 2. "WASHINGTON, Aug. lS.Cleveland defeated Washington today in a pitch ers' battle. Score: R. H. B. R. H. E. Washington 2 4 4 Cleveland... 4 10 1 Batteries Falkenberg and Warner; Bernhard and Bemls. McCredie Signs; Missouri Pitcher. Robert Groom, of Springfield, Mo., has been signed by McCredie as a pitcher. Groom was a teammate of Ben Henderson on the Fort Scott, Kan., team Jn 1902. Henderson recommends him aa a good twlrler, and McCredie decided to give him a try. The new twlrler is a big fel low and has made a good record in the Western Association. McCredie paid cash .for his release and expects him to report soon, FIGHT TO BE ON SQUARE Goldfield Promoters Bet It Will Not Be a Fake. GOLD FIELD, Nev,, Aug. IS Joe Gans and Nelson today declared themselves pleased with the selection of George Siler. of Chicago, as releree. Silor wired his ac ceptance last evening Just before 12 o'clock. He will arrive in Goldfield Sep tember 1. "Nat" Goodwin, the actor, will attend the fight as the guest of Milton Detch, of the local club. Dorothy Morton, who la now here, declares her Intentotn of at tending also. Twenty-five thousand dollars was placed In the John S. Cook bank here this even ing on behalf of "Larry" Sullivan, "Bil ly" Nolan, Tex Rickards and several oth er members of the Goldfield Club as a standing bet, open to any man in the country who wishes to take It. that the aGns-Nelson fight here on Labor Day will- be absolutely fair from start to fin ish. The money was put up Immediately after a stormy session of the club, during which an alleged attempt of Irresponsible people of San Francisco, Los Angeles and Sacramento to create the impression that the fight will be "faked" was roundly denounced.. BREAKS SWIMMING RECORD C. .A. Daniels Sets New Mark for 200 Yards Open AVater. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 18. C. A. Dan iels, of the New York Athletic Club, won the Sackett cup at 100 yards and cre ated a new American record for open water in the 200-yard handicap event here tonight, swimming the distance In 2:26 2-5, within 5 seconds of the world's record. Daniels' entry In the 100-yard event scared out all the local swimmers and his only opponent was Goodwin, a clubman. The latter proved no match for the champion, who won easily In 1:07 1-5. In the 200-yard event Daniels had to extend himself to the limit as he was heavily handicapped and Just managed to pull out a winner In the last few strokes. Where Is Portland's Rowing Crew? The Portland Rowing Club crew has not been heard from since it wired for trans portation for Worcester. Mass., the day after the big race. The boya are expected home soon, but where they are now is a mystery. They should have been home some time ago, and it la expected that they will surely turn up soon. A recep tion will be held In their honor. Miss Sutton Reaches New York. NEW YORK, Aug. 18. Among the pas sengers who arrived today on board the steamer Celtic from Liverpool and Queenstown was Miss May Sutton, the tennis player. Miss Sutton said she would like to try again for the British tennis championship. Quality of Salmon Is Good. ASTORIA, Or.. Aug. 18. (Special.) The run of fish last night and today re mained about the same as it has been during the past few days, and while the individual catches are not large, the qual ity of the salmon keeps up remarkably well. The up-river seiners are said to have done & little better than yesterday, and there Is every Indication that all classes of gear will have made money this season, with the possible exception of a few inside traps. . " r V . . i. IRVINGTON ..... T Irvington Courts Now ir Finest Possible Condition. PLAY BEGINS SATURDAY Open Handicap and Club Champion ship Event Will Close Ten nis Season of 190 8 In This City. The tennis season of 190S will close, so far as tournament play Is concerned, with a club championship and open han dicap at the Irvington courts commenc ing Saturday, August 25. The courts are in ideal condition. During the Spring W. K. Scott, the chairman of the grounds committee, had six inches of clay hauled In and spread over the surface of each court. Since then the work of bringing them into condition has been pushed with nothing In view ther than final perfection. The result has exceeded the most san guine expectations. Six courts, of uni form quality, with surfaces smooth as billiard tables, are enough in themselves to Insure the success of the tournament. Entry blanks were posted In the Irving ton and Multnomah Club rooms yester flay. All entries must be In by Thurs day, August 23. There will be five courts open to all players In the handicap touts nament, as follows: Men's singles, ladies doubles, mixed doubles. The entrance fee will be $1 for the first entry and 60 cents for each sub sequent entry. All matches-will be for a best two out ot three sets except .finals in men's singles and doubles, which, will be best three out of five. R. A. Lelter will act as referee. Mail entries may be sent to W. YLs Scott, 648 Hancock street, and they must be mailed not later than next Wednesday. , Crack Players Are Coining. Tyler, of Seattle, . and Payne, of Ta coma, have been invited to compete, as well as other Northwest cracks, and Veness and Shives, of Winlock, Wash., have already signified their Intention of being on hand. The entry list bids fair to be the largest of any tournament ever held in Portland. Handicapping for the tournament will be more difficult than usual on account of the number of new men who will enter. Among the latter are Zollinger, somewhat out of practice, but some years ago holding the state championship of Iowa. Fures and Eastham, from the same state, and Turner ana McSwaln, from California, are both strong players, but somewhat erratic and consequently hard to rate. Others who have not en tered lately in tournaments are Warren, Bhepard, Joplln, Winch, Wuest, Mackle, Thorn and Osborn. All have been play ing lately at Irvington. Goss will, as usual, have to carry the limit handicap, unless Payne comes down from Tacoma. Next to him will come Bellinger and Wickersham. Bellinger de veloped an increasing ability to fathom Goss' game and If his headwork improves in this as It did between the Spring- han READY FDR 0 URNET " y'-' :y&yyyyy -'lj - "J si y'y- 'y i 1 ' m , A ';:' TENNIS CIXBHOUSE AND COURTS WHICH WILL BE THE SCENE OF A TOURNAMENT THIS WEEK. ...................................... .,......... dicap and the state championship, Goss must adopt new tactics to win out. Bellinger and Wickersham are both in the championship class and either Is likely to win the supremacy In the near future. This a Busy Season. Tills has been a busy season at the Ir vington courts. The play has been at least double that of 1303. The club Is in an exceedingly prosperous condition, having a 'membership of over 2A0, and every day the courts are kept fully occu pied from mid-afternoon until dark. Every Wednesday evening the club gives an Informal dance for members and their friends. This feature of the club's enterprise has been a great success and has been the means of interesting many members who do not play tennis. Vacation of Two Weeks Lasts a Day Portland Party Gets All tha Game It Wants First Say Out, So Re turn Satisfied to Town. JOHN E. ROMETSCH, a well-Wiown saloonman, is principal in what is perhaps the shortest vacation of the Sum mer. With a number of companions he made elaborate preparations for a two weeks' outing in the Cascades; the party stayed out one day. A supply of provisions was assembled that would have stood a company of mili tia en route for American Lake In good stead, and drinkables for thirsty members were by no means forgotten. Everything that could be suggested was included in the shuffle, lest something be overlooked that might come in handy. The outnt was shipped tc.. Ca2adero this week by trolley, and from that point wagons took the stuff by road and trail Into the moun tains. Mr. Rometech and party left Portland Thursday for the outing, killing a deer on the very day of their departure. 'hen an unexpected question arose what to do with the game. Finally, the only ex pedient that could be suggested was Im mediate return to town with the deer. - Lest the hot weather should spoil the meat, the carcass was sunk in the creek overnight, and early the next morning the huntsmen set out for the city, arriving here Friday. The camp equipage was re called, and the members of the short camping trip are asking themselves what's the use of a two weeks' trip when all the game that is wanted can be shot the first day? Money Paid for Coos Bay Road. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 18. The South ern Pacific officials paid over $1,000,000 yesterday to close a deal made five or six weeks ago by which the Sonthern Pacific Company comes into possession of the Coos Bay, Rosebjurg & Eastern Railroad, in Southeastern Oregon. The transac tion Is one of the biggest deals since the fire affecting San Francisco capitalists. It means a distinct and pronounced de velopment of the Harrlman plans to have two trunk lines between San Francisco and Portland, the same as there is now between this city and Los Angeles. Gaston Names si Co-Respondent. OREGON CITY. Or., Aug. 18. (Spe cial.) Douglas Wilson Gaston, of Portland, today filed suit for divorce from Nettie Gaston, and names A. Myers, "of Portland, as co-respondent. The Gastons were married at Vancou ver, Wash., In July, J304. Plaintiff asks for the custody of a minor child. THREE IRE. CHOSEN Yachts Caramba, Auk and Vim Cup Defenders. FINAL HEATS DECIDE IT Selection of Contestants Against ie mans tor Roosevelt Trophy Made After Three Races Among Survivors. , MARBLEttEAD, Mass., Aug. 18. After sailing three trial races today, the German-American regatta committee of the Eastern Yacht Club elected Caramba, Auk and Vim to defend the Roosevelt cup against the three German sonder class yachts next month. Caramba won the second and third races today and was sond In the first race. Vim won the first race. In which Auk finished last, and the latter was sec ond In both the second and third races. Vim was third in the second and third races of the day. The first race today was sailed in a light, fiuky air, which Increased into a moderate sailing breeze. The course waa a windward and leeward contest of four miles. The Spokane took the lead, but Sumatra and Caramba shortly afterward f f 1 mm mm- were aided by a nice puff and Caramba took the lead, the Auk being In a flat calm. Vim, when she got a breeze, sailed fast, and did much better on the run home, so that on actual time she beat out Sumatra at the finish line and won over Caramba on time allowance. The second race was sailed in a moder ate breeze over a triangular course of fix miles. Caramba led to the mark, and on elapsed time won first place. Auk was second and Vim third. The third event was run in a nice sail ing breeze with four miles of windward and leeward working. Bpokane crossed the line two seconds ahead of Caramba, Sumatra third. Caramba made up the ground and led around the mark. Vim having a hard fight with Sumatra for third place, First German Yacht Arrives. BOSTON, Aug. IS. The German sonder class yacht Tllll VI. one of the three rep resentatives of Germany which will com pete in the International races off Mar blehead for the Roosvelt cup, arrived here today on board the steamer Sylvia from Hamburg. Eagle's Editor Loses His Home. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. IS. (Special.) The residence of S. G. Williams, editor of the Skamokawa Eagle, at Skaraokawa, Wash., was totally destroyed yesterday afternoon by a fire which caught from a defective flue. 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Doe, Artillery Corps, now at Camp Tacoma, will proceed to Portland and report to the Adjutant-General of Oregon for duty pertaining to instruc tion of the personnel of the First Bat tery, Field Artillery, Oregon National Guard, in the care, preservation and use of their three-Inch field artillery material recently shipped to that battery, and upon completion of this duty will return to Camp Tacoma. Right of Way Given North Coast Line ' OREGONIAN NEWS BURBA L" Wash ington, Aug. 18.' On request of Represent ative Jones, the Secretary of the Interior today granted permission to the North Coast Railway Company to build its line across the Yakima Indian reservation. The company i required to safely bridge all Irrigation ditches lying along its route and to erect bridges over ditches con structed hereafter. Too Costly to Repair Grant. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Aug. 18. The Board of Survey that examined the revenue cutter Grant at Puget Sound Navy-yard reports that $20,000 will be needed to make the ship seaworthy. The department questions the advisability of expending this amount. Inasmuch as a hill is now pend- f V; lng In Congress authorizing the construc tion of a new cutter to replace the Grant. Captain Buckeye Ordered to Sound. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Aug. 18. Captain M. C. Buckeye, Artillery Corps, Is transferred from the One Hundred and Twenty-second Com pany of Coast Artillery to the unassigned list, and will proceed to Fort Worden for duty as artillery engineer of the ar tillery district of Puget Sound. Site for New Bremerton Dock. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Aug. 18. Borings for the new dry dock at the Puget Sound Navy-yard have been completed, and it has been decided to construct this dock alongside the dock now In use. Plans for a masonry dock will be rushed, and tho contract for ex cavation let as early as practicable. Packers Enlarge Their Holdings. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 18. The Alaska Packers' Association has purchased from the Oakland Water Front Company IS acres of land on Fort Mann Basin, San Antonio estuary, Alameda. With this new acquirement the association will have about 25 acres of land, with upward of 3V00 feet of water frontage and com plete control of the basin. The purchase settles. It in said, the question of tho Alaska Packers' Associa tion moving its headquarters to Puget Sound. Residents Burned at Bay City. TILLAMOOK, Or., Aug. 18. (Special.) A fire at Bay City today destroyed N. McMellan's and Albert 8. Tilden's reM dence and contents, which amount to several thousand dollars' loss, partly insured. . ... A