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Newspaper Page Text7 BASEBALL BATTLE IS On IN EARNEST Week Will Give Fans Good Line on Pacific Coast League Teams. PORTLAND NINE IS STRONG On Paper, McCrcdie's Squad Ap pears Better Than Oakland or J.ns Angeles Only San Francisco I Feared. BY WTT.I, G. MAC RAK. Oner, more ovor the length and breadth or the Pacific Toast the fans are happy, for the good old baseball days are here -isafn. For weeks past, of course, the tans have been out of Winter quarters nd have been eagerly scanning: the sporting columns for the dope on the players, and before the end of the week the faithful fan and the bug will have made up their minds ms to whether the war correspondent who was at the front was telling the truth or wither he suf fered with an impediment of his pencil. All four of the teams in the league this season will present to the fans a num ber of new faces, and while many will ntlss th familiar face and perhaps sigh for the sight of them again, the new players will afford them something to talk about. McCredie promised at the end of last season that he would try to glvo Portland a t pennant-winner this year. lie may not keep this promise, but, so the story goes, there's many a Hp 'twixt the single that increases the batting average and the -single that counts for a run. "Whether the Mc- 'redics capture the rag or not. one thing Is sure, they have tried their best to get a team together that appears to have better than a chance to make the capture. Has Xot Counted Cost, Whn Manager McOredio started out to tag his players for 1f08, the question of money was forgotten. Before the training season opened Manager Mac hnd separated himself from something like SM500 for railroad transportation. This was the first cost, and added to these figures has bemi the bread and board fur practically 20 ptayers who have been In training for a month. Tt might also be mentioned in passing that he bought several players and had to pay the draft price for them. Another thing for which the McCre dics deserve cr-pdtt Is that, for the first time In the history of baseball in Port land, th management has conducted the Spring training on the same large scale as do the moguls in the big bushes. The inony that McCredie has spent in his efforts to give Portland a winning team would make a tidy bank account for a lot of us. Of course MeCredle has been able to play a few exhibition games, but in all of them ho did not make enough money to pay the railroad transportation from Santa Barbara to San Francisco. Only Two Tcnnm Strengthened. fudging frni what the sporting writers said of Oakland, los .Angeles Hnd Sua Francisco, it looks as if Portland and San Francisco have the only two teams that have been greatly strengthened since 1M season. On paper Oakland is not to be feared; neither Is Uos Angeles. aptain Van TIaltren may have a sur prise for the. fans, as he has had bis crew In training at San Oiego. and the line on Pop's team is vague. Tils line up, however. Is not one that should cause the local fans to worry. Ifonry Berry, of course, thinks he has another pennant-grabbing crew, but crit ics who have looked them over can't ser any world-beatera. One thing is sure. Jud Smith Is a candidate for the down and outs and I have been told by those nho have seen him charging around third base that he is Just a ghost of his former cleverness. On dope the Angels are woefully weak In the Infield and un lf?s there should be a grand improve ment In the pitching staff, they will not set the league on tire. This Spring, as last, the Seals will urnd a good team int the battle. Last season, after getting off In front, the team fell down, but this year Danny l.oug and Captain Mohler hope to es cape the hoodoo. Mcf'rcdle himself has a holesome respect for the crew tha t the Seals have on the payroll and he has drilled It into his players that they must brat San Francisco if they hope to be factors In the nna nt rnee. A week will give the fans a line on all of the teams. Portland will play a week nt San Ffanclseo. go to IjOs Angeles for a week and then be two wcks In the Bay City and Oakland. I-os Angeles, in meeting Oakland, will have the choice of the easy picking, while the series with tho Seals will be a gruelling contest from beginning to end. sK.vnn.Uj c;ooi school nines Mmrp Competition in Prep' League (James. The lntersholastic Baseball tcague sea son was inaiiRiiratfvl during the past wrk with games letwecn the Kast and "st Side High Sihools. and the Port land Academy and HtM Military Acad emy. I-Yorn now on t h e re will be two Raines each week until Jtjno 10. when the spason ends. The West Side High School and the Portland Academy teams started off on the right foot by winning their re-sp-v-th game;, 'but as both were large s-orc contests, it appears as though It wrrc too early to pW-k superiority In any of th four clubs. Next Wednesday the West Side High Si'hool will meet the crack team from Columbia University. Thi game should prove a most interesting one. for the rea son that thr rivalry between the two in stitutions is most keen. Columbia has the reputation of putting a first-clas team in the held each year, and this sea son if; said to be stronger than ever, v The Wet Side team l composed of some hitfh-ctass young players, and those who have witnessed both teams in action ex pect a closely contested game. The withdrawal of the Allen Prepara tory School from the league left but rive 'li!bs. and these will tight it out for the handsome- banner that goes with the championship. Each club meets each othr twice during the season, and at the conclusion of the peries the team having the highest percentage will be awarded the championship. The remaining games to be played as as follows: April 8 West Side High School and Co lu:iMa I'niversity. April 11 East Side High School and lliil Military. April 15-Portland Academy and Colum bia. April 1 West Side High and Hill. April W Hast Side High and Columbia. Aiifll ?5 West Side High and Portland Ai Htietn. April 2-H!U and Columbia. May 2 Haft t Side and Portland Aead c:t May 6 -Kast Side and West Side Hfch School. Portland" Academy and Colura- 13 West Side and Hill. W Kast Side and Columbia. 20 Portland Academy and Hill. 2S Field day. 27 West Side,and Columbia. 30 East Side and Hill. 5 West Side and Portland Acad- 5 Hill and Columbia. 10 East Side and Portland Acad- PtAYER HAS MCSICAIj JAWS Rube AVaddetl Gets Habit in Jlusical Restaurants. "Notice the rapid manner In which Rube Waddell works his Jaws when on the ball field?" asked Al Orth one day last season as he sat on the players bench at the Highlanders' Park. "Walt until he comes In," said Al, "and we'll ask him." At the end of the inning Jn came the big Rube, still working ' his jaws in the same rapid manner. "Say. Rube.'- cried Al, "how did you come to acquire that swift manipulation jaw movement?" "O," grinned the Athletics star slab man, "when I was living over in Cam den I used to take my meals at a Joint where they used to employ a bang-up May bia. May May May May June em?. -June June err.. DISCURSIVE THOUGHTS ON THE OPENING OF THE PACIFIC COAST BASEBALL LEAGUE SEASON ' AND WE string orchestra to play during meal time. This orchestra never played any thing but the quick two-step kind of music,, and the first thing I knew while I was eating I was keeping tliae to the music. And ain t got out of the habit yet." addrd George Edward, as be started for the water bucket. Washington Sun day Star. Chit -Chat of Sporting World . BT WILL O.fMAC ItAK. BKFORR it Is time to report for Spring training every young base ball sprout Is confident he will make the team. In action on the ball field he resembles a crawfish with the gout. Patrick .1. Maher received a copv of the Irish "Weekly Independent, printed Jn Dublin, Ireland, containing; a full account of the Burns-Roche battle. The PHpor contains a splendid account of thcone-punch battle. Captain Charley Irwin, the ex-Seal. Is rounding up a few California players for his Denver team. -He has signed "vValdron, who played center for the Seals. Of course Brick Dcvereaux's hair is red. Ho jumped to manage the Santa Cruz tcam and already the hackers are shy on cash. By Kali BrU-k's hair will be streaked with the hoar frost ' of worry. ' Since the Hunt Olub pave Its first horse - show three handsome carriage teams have heen sold in Portland. The progressive members of the Hunt Club are to be congratulated for paving the way towards making Portland a market for the best In horse flesh. San Francisco fight fans paid $9643 to see Abe Attell fight Nelson to a 15 round draw. Give any line of sports a eood drawing card and they will come through with the money. "Breathes there a man with soul so dead" who when he gazes at the score board falls to say: "I wish I could have se-"n that game?" A man In New York has a bullet proof head. Its a good thing for the newspaper who prints this startling information that the man behind the gun didn't use lots of ball players for his target. If he had there would have been no sensation in the discovery. A lot of Portland fans regret they weren't on hand yesterday to witness the opening game of the season. They will be there when McCredic opms at home. A New Torker diving In the T'ajt-alc River to recover n diamond pin. nhicli he found. hd a nni9Ai los its shU on h1f anger. On smashing th mojiuik he found it coa tained a parl worth $UHo. 'BY LIGHT BLUE Cambridge Easy Victor in Uni versity Race. OXFORD MEN IN DISTRESS Third SuccesslTe Capture of English Aquatic Honors by Same Crew. Winners Hot Favorites and Are Always Ahead.' PUTXET, England. Apr!) 4. For the third year in succession Cambridge today won the varsity rare, defeating Oxford by the handsome margin of about 2U lengths. The race, which vaa the 65th. took LL ALL B& THERE ptaee this afternoon over the, same course on the Thames, from Putney to M or t lake, where it has been rowed for more than 60 years. The contest brought ont the customary crowds of enthusiasts and long before the race started the banks of the river from start to finish wre lined by people. They also, massed themselves on the bridge spanning the Thames and on the roofs of the buildings that afforded a view of the river. All sorts of river craft-house boats, launches and rowboats of evry description were moored along the sides of the stream. The day opened dark and cold and there was a threat of rain in the air. A north west wind roughened the water ' and promised to make the course difficult. Cambridge Strong Favorite. Cambridge was a strong favorite in the betting which was 4 and 2 to 1. Her smartness in getting off in practice led every one to expect her to take the lead nt the start and the Cambridge crew had shown also the best staying powers. Both crews appeared for short practice spins before ' noon to test their boats. They were warmly cheered. The Cam bridge crew used the same boat with which It won in 1IK7. The Oxford crew received much chaffing because of its recent trial over the course, which was met by a tumultuous storm of protest from the newspapers and from the public as a violation of all amateur sporting traditions. Each crew was stroked by a veteran, and each had two other old men beside the coxswain. The Cambridge style as shown in train ing gave it extraordinary pace for a short distance, while that of Oxford seemed to produce more lift on. the boat and more pace In the long run. Kcsult Never in Doubt. The crews got off to a splendid Start, but the quicker stroke of D. C R. Stuart, of the Cambridge crew, who set the rate at 40 a minute against Oxford's IS. so5n put the supporters of the light blues at ease. At Beverley Brook Cambridge had already gained an advantage of half a length and at Craven Steps the light blues were a full length in front of and steadily drawing away from their op ponents. The uniform sliding and the greater length of the stroke of the light blues continued to tell and In shooting under Hammersmith bridge there was a full length and a half .between the boats. At this point Stuart gave his crew a breather and A. C. Gladstone, the Ox ford stroke, called on his men for an ef fort. Quickening his stroke to 33 to the minute, as against Cambridge's 32, Glad stone slowly lessened the gap to a length and a quarter. But this advantage was only a sufferance. When Stuart was ready, he set his men going again and the Cam bridge crew quickly shook off its op ponents. Pulling strongly, steadily and well within themselves, the light blues shot past Thorneycroft's three lengths ahead and held about the same lead to Barnes Bridge. After passing this point, they rowed without apparent effort and passed the finish post the easiest of vic tors by a distance officially given out as two and a half lengths. The Oxford men, who had gamely rowed IN a. losing race, were much distressed at the finish. Keeord "ot Equalled. ' The official time follows:' At the" mile post. 4 minutes and 7 seconds:' at Ham mersmith - bridge. 7 minutes 32 seconds: at Barnes bridge. 16 minutes and 3 sec onds; full course. 19 minutes "and 19 sec onds. The record is IS minutes 47 sec onds, established by Oxf.rd In 1!3 and equalled by Cambridge in 1!06. The time last year was 20 minutes 26 seconds. GLASS PROVES ' ' EXPENSIVE Fielder Jones Fined $25 for Break ing Beaker. . Charlie Jones, the center fielder of the Washington team, has taken an oath that He will never again break any; glasses during his baseball career. Charlie smashed one at St. .Louis last Summer and it cost him a cool $55. The glass wouldn't have brought more than 10 cents at a church auction. it seems that Charlie failed to get a hit in a pinch that might have won the game, and- after drinking a glass of water. In a moment of anger, he tossfd the glass against the concrete ' "stone front of the St. Iiouis grandstand. The glass broke in a million pieces and came down -in a shower in one of the boxes occupied by some wealthy St. Iuis fans. many oT them being women. The mat ter was duly reported to President John son, and the fine assessed. Just before the last game of the Wash ington series at league Park, the umpire in rharse wa s served with a not Ice by telegram not to allow Jones to play until the fine was paid. The big center fieldef couldn't believe that the breaking, of a cheap glass was to cost him that much, and the only thing he could say In rply was: "I could have smashed a cut-glass water set at home and it wouldn't have been much more expensive." Cleveland Plain Dealer. MEDICS AVIV FROM DENTALS Take ' Second Game and Thereby Capture the Series. The University of Oregon medical de partment baseball team defeated the nine representing the North Pacific Dental College yesterday afternoon by the score of U to 9. This makes the Medics victorious in the series, as they have won two games and lost none In what was to have been a three-game series. Yesterday's game went but six innings as the Vaughn-street grounds had been engaged for -the Multnomah -West Port land game." The teams lincd-up as fol lows: Medtcs. - Position. Dentals. Sireit. Russell V Ashelman Coherth C stebbfns I-.iesir S.S Burroughs Fox IB L'ampbHI Brooks . ..2B Vincnt Johnnon 3B Boleman Russell. 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