7
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
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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. Strelt LF Fitspatrtck
iWismow F Starr
3isallon R F .. Miller
YOUNG ASTORS POPULAR
Sons of William Waldorf Well Liked
in London.
LONDON. April 4. (Special.) There
are not two more popular young men
In English society than the sons of Wil
liam Waldorf Astor.
Everywhere one hears the same ac
count of them manly," unaffected, quiet,
straight young fellows.
Their father, it is true. Is. a pretty good
foil, yet they stand esteemed not by con
trast, ht on their own merits.
The younger brother. John Jacob As
tor. who Is in the Guards, is great at
games and sports.
With Lee Somrs as his partner, he
has Just won the military doubles racquet
championship for the First Life Guards.
They beat the Fourth Battalion of the
Rifle Brigade in the final game by four
games to two.
Lieutenant Astor Is a remarkably ath
letic fellow, and is in the running for the
military singles championship, which is
to be played later.
His partner. Somers.' is also a fine
player, though somewhat shorter and
lighter on his feet than Astor. j
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HORSEMEN ADMIT DEFEAT
BIT WILL XOT ABANDON RACING
; IN XEW YORK..
Plan to Cut Slakes and Purses to
Make Game Pay Without
Betting Ring.
NI5W YOKK, April 4. The Times
this niorninET says:
Rotting1 iindr the protection of the
law as an - adjunct to horse raolnp:
passed, the point yesterday where It
might be classified as a forlorn hope
for the partisans of racing in New
York. Thf-ro, was not even the shadow
of a suggestions from any person in
terested in racing ' as to a means of
changing the - course- of. legislation
which seems obvious. Even the belief
w-liih existed with certain , elementB
that bribery might succeed when all
other myalls failed to beat Senator
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Agnew has faded to the point that no
reasonable man will believe that a cor
ruption fund large enough to serve the
purpose could be raised or be effective.
Among racing man the concession is
made that the anti-betting bill Is in
evitable. The concern of men to whom
racing Is a matter of business is now
directed to the possibilities of racing
being continued in the face of the pro
hibition of betting, which all agree is
the real' factor of the popularity racing
has achieved under the Percy-Gray
law.
The owners and managers of the
racetracks, for al! the great amounts
they have invested, in rare track prop
erty, are not more keenly interested
than the main body of the professional
horsemen, wno as owners and brse
hreeders look to the racetrack for
their subsistence. The opening of tbe
Xew York racing season under the old
law will be on April 15. at the Aque
dnct track, and it has been announced
by the managers of the course that,
regardless of what may come in the
way of legislation, the meeting will be
opened and run off under the tnrms of
the schedule. Purses will probably be
deeply cut.
The experiment in prospect at the
opening of the Aqueduct track will be
the same which failed when betting
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was suppressed on the Chicago rar c'-
tracks, at St. Louts and in New Jersey.
FAY TWICE IN ONE WEEK
Strange Incident Under FngliMi In
heritance Tax Law.
LONDON. April 4. (.Special.) It ap
pears from the will of George Uorsett ot
2S Hyde Park gardens, just proved, that
death duties have been paid twice within
a week on an estate of oer $750,000.
George Dorsett died on February 10,
leaving $768. ,155 gross to his widow. Mrs.
Dorsett died on February 16. The Rev.
C'nnon William Barker of St. Pauls is the
new legatee.
The current financial year . has been ,
noteworthy in the number of large estates
which have paid duty twice within a.,
short period.
Sir Frederick Wigan, first Baronet, died
in March last, leaving the bulk of $l.K-"'2.-845
to his son. Sir Frederick-William
WIgan. who died five weeks la tcr, and -the
late lord Brampton's properly. 1700,
2K. all of which he left to his wife, by
her death six weeks later again became
liable for duty. Other transactions in- .
elude the estate of Lord Aldenham and
William Onorg-e Pcarce.
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