THE SUNDAY OREGONI AN, PORTLAND, JUNE 7, 1908.
WINS IN SPITE OF
WEIRD DECISIONS
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Close Contest in Western Col
lege Track Meet.
Fitzsirrimons Riilings Are Bad,
but Impartial, and Beavers
Score Four Runs.
TIE FOR SECOND PLACE
Stanford and Wisconsin Divide Hon
ors Record Tied in 100 Yards.
Sensational Finish by Carr in
the Two-Mile Run.
KINS EULA DOES THE TRICK
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Finishes of Some of Yesterday s Track Events, and Pictures of Some Winners
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CHIGAGQ WINS IVIEE
Los Angeles , Takes- Lead in Third,
but Timely Hits Land Victory
for Porrland in the Sixth
t' aml-i Seyentbv
'PACIFIC. COAST LEAGCE.
Yesterday's Rmult.
Portland 4, Los Angeies 2. '
Oakland 9. San Francisco 1.
"""'" Standing of the Club1.
CLUBS.
Jjna Angeles.. ,.
Portland ...
San Francisco.
Oakland. .
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BY WILL. G..MAC BAE."
Portland. 4..-'.
Los Angelea, '2w " t
This was the' way the skirmish on
the Vaughn-street playground wound,
up, but several times during the mill
ing victory and defeat .were in a deadly
strangle-hold. Klnsella and Koestner
were the operators and- our elongated
bridegroom came out of the fray
slightly clawed and tung for two
runs," but smiling and happy. Koestner
wag belted around the veldt -until four
of McCredle's hired men , had crossed
the scoring pan.
AM right here lefs say something
about hippodroming baseball. The next
time that George S. Shepherd gets a cir
cusy idea, let's put it oh cold storage.
Had yesterday's game been just an ex
hibition affair. . it would have been fine
and dandy, and a good drawing card for
Bob Fltzsimmons to play at umpiring, but
in a real game, with the teams in the
race so close together, it' was silly and
dangerous. The lanky Australian does not
pretend to be a proficient "Ump" and
some of his decisions on thu bases were
sadly off, but both teams suffered. If
Secretary Shepherd wants to be in. -base-balk,
with, a sideshow attachment, we'll
see if we can't get- him ground space on
the East ' Side. - Anyway, we shall see
that ' he gets a long way from the
Vaughn-street grounds. ' The best plan is
to let Manager McCredie run things.
Lose Lead In Third.
Portland took the lead in the second,
only to . lOse it in the third. Bassey
forced McCredle,. who had walked, and
by a marvelous bit of sprinting, hiked
from first home-on a long two-base hit
by. Ote Johnson. - This run put the fans
in h-'lgfi' fettle, but the joy oozed when
In fthe third Los Angeles made two.
Hogan singled, but Whalen's unerring
wing morgued him at third as he was
trying to take part ln a double steal
with pakes. Klnsella made a wind
jammer ' put of Koestner, but he lost
the .irange on Oakes and the trouble
wag brewed. Wheeler drove ' a neat
single through second, scoring Oakes.
who had: worked bis end of a double
steal-in .which rlogan failed. Wheeler
scored when Cooney fumbled Dillon's
shin-toaster. '." - -
f hese were he only two runs that
visitors were able to put-over, al
though 'they were - dangerous twice
after. In the seventh a quick double
playj from Klnsella to" Casey to John
son,' ptihetured trouble; and in the
eighth vthere " was a fretful moment.
Cooney missed ' Oakes'' grounder and
Wheeler skl'd to Raftery. Dillon put
one safe to right and Oakes took third.
With orte.: down, Ryan took care ' of
Brnshear's difficult foul and then to
put -the lid on good and tight, Klnsella
ozonecr Jud Smith. The crowd .yelued
with dejight when Klnsella turned this
trick. ' . . -
:i Victory Comes In Sixth.
In spite of the weird base decisions,
the game -was wrapped and delivered
to us .in the sixth. Wheeler took care
of Casey's pop fly.' Ryan rambled and
Rafterjr, who had been peppering Jud
Smith ail afternoon, hit another liner
that Jud got Just close enough to
knock down. Ryan went to second and
Raftery died an McCredle's infield poke
to Wheeler: McCredle - and Ryan
worked into a double steal, Ryan coming-home
and McCredle Jamming his
spikes In second. Bassey smashed a
screamer to left and McCredle regis
tered. ; i '
Just to tighten things up, we made
another in the seventh. Cooney sin
gled and Whaleri sacrificed him to second..-
Klnsella drew a pass. Casey
skl'd to Delmaa and Ryan walked. Jud
Smith was it again. Raftery aimed at
the tooth carpenter's shlnbone and he
made a bullseye. The ball caromed off
the bone and while Delmas was doing
the retrieving stunt, Cooney sailed
home.
This was all. Remember no more
hippodromes. The score:
LOS ANGELES.
, ' - AB. R. IB. PO. A. E.
Oakes. "c. f.. 3 11 0-0 0
Wheeler, 2 b 4 1 - 1- 2 2
Dillon, 1 b 4 0 1 13 1 0
Krashear, r. f 4 0 1 0 0 0
Smith, 3 b. 8 ' 0 0 1 3 l
Kills, 1. f 4 0 0 3 0 0
Delmas, s. s 4 0 1 2 4 0
Hogan, c i... 3 0 13 10
Koestner, p 3- 0 0 0- 3 0
Easterly. ......... 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals ,..33 2 6 24 14 I
PORTLAND.
AB. R. IB. PO. A. E.
Casey, 2 b. 4 0 1 .2 5 0
Ryan, 3 b '. 2-10 4 1-0
Raftery-.- c. .f 4 0 3 1 0 0
McCredle, r. f i 3 1 0 1 0 0
Bassey. 1 f 4 1 2 1 0 0
Johnson, 1 b . 3 0 1, 11 1 0
Cooney. s: a 31 12 '6 2
Whalen, c 2 0 0 4 2 1
Klnsella, p ..,, ! 0 0 12 0
Totals ,:'.27 4 - 8 27 1 3
Easterly batted, for Hogan..
jc -; SCORE BY INNINGS.'
Los Angeleg ........... :..0 0 200 00 0 02
Hits j 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 16
Portland 0100DU0M
Hits ..,,,.... .,..0 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 8
. , SUMMARY. v
Struck out, by Klnsella 4. by Koestner
2: bases on balls, off Klnsella 3, off Koest
ner 6; two-base hit, Johnson; double
plays, Kinsella. to Casey to Johnson, Ellis
(unassisted); Delmas Xo. Dillon to Hogan;
sacrilice hits, Whalen 2, -Johnson; stolen
bases, ,Oakeg, Cagey, Ryan, Smith, McCre
dle 5; flrst.base' on errors, Los Angeles 2,
Portland ij left n. bases,: Los Angeles 6,
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Portland 7 .Time of game, 1 hour 40 min
utes. Umpire, O'Connell and Bob Fltz
simmons. ' . '
Minstrel Band at Game Today.
This afternoon the patrons of the base
ball will have a chance to enjoy music
furnished by Lew Dockstader's band.
W. T. Pangle. one of Portland's thirty
third degree fans, has arranged with the
baseball moguls for the band and the
rest of the minstrel men to be the guests
of the management. A cerfein section
of the grandstand will be set aside for
the band and the rest of Dockstader's
fun makers. This will be the last ap
pearance of the Loo Loos for many weeks.
As the games now stand the locals have
won two and the visitors three, and we
must win this afternoon's engagement to
breakeven. McCredle hopes to have Dan
zig back in the game and he feels con
fident with a few more warm days that
his pitching staff will be right side up and
in the running.
SEALS GET ONLY OXE RUN
Oakland Bulltossers Score Nine on
Ten Hits.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 6. Out of ten
hits Oakland . scored nine runs in to
day's game with San Francisco. The
best the home team could do was to
get one run 1n the first inning. Score:
SAX FKANCISCO.
AB. R. IB. P.O. A. B.
Curtis. If. .............. 4 O-l 2 1 O
Mohlr. 2b 4 0 2 4 3 0
Williams, lb 3 11 6 1 1
Melcholr. rf 4 0 0 0 0 0
ZeldeT, 8S 4 0 0 2 3 0
Piper, cf. 4 0 1 2 0 0
McArdte. 8b ....4 0 0 1 1 0
Berry, c. 2 0 0.6 1.0
Jones, p. ......30 1 2 o 0
To at . .32 1 6 24 10 1
OAKLAND. -
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Van Haltren.-cf. : 4 2 2 1 1 -0
Haley. 2b 3 1 0 8 2 0
Heltmuller, rt. 1 2 O 4.00
Eagan. cs. 3 1 2.140
Cook. If. 4 ' 1 1 10 0
Hokari, lb ,'4M 2 .8 0 "0
Altman, 3b 3 0 1 3 3 0
Lewis, c. . 3 11 1 6. 1 0
Hardy, p. ........ i. ...... . 4 0 1 0. 1 2
Total 29 0 lO 27 12 2
' : SCORE BY INNINGS.
San Francisco .1 0 O O 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hits 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 B
Oakland ....0 030000B 8
Hits 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 S lO
.. SUMMARY.
Two-'base hits Williams, Hopan. Sacrifice
hits Bagan. Haley. Stolen bases Mekhoir,
Heltmuller. Double plays Zeider to Mnhler to
Williams; MeAriile to Mohlr - to Wlhlamo.
Flcat base on -balls Oil Jones 4, off Hardy 1r
Hit by pitcher Lewis. Struck out By Jones
2. Hardy 8. Wild pitch Jones. Time 1 hour
40 minutes. Umpire Perrine.
NORTHWEST LEAGUE.
Aberdeen 1 ; Vancouver 3.
SEATTLE, Wash., June 6. (Special.)
Vancouver won a 10-innlng game t
day that Was exciting from start to
finish'and well-played until the last in
ning. It was a pitchers' battle most of
the way, and only three hits were
scored off Califf, one of which was a
scratch. Till the tenth only one run
was made off his delivery, a-drive over
the fence in the seventh by Hyatt. Er
ickson had the Aberdeen team shut out
until the ninth, when two singles and
a long fly tied the score. Brlnker was
sent lruto hit for Brown in Aberdeen's
half, to no effect. He took Brown's
place at 'short and booted the first ball
hit to him. Then he muffed Moore's
throw on the next batter, putting two
on. Sugden hit clean to center and
Van Buren let the ball get away from
hlra4 and both runners scored. Sugden
was run down, while Erickson went to
third. Fitzgerald booted the next drive
and Erickson scored. Aberdeen could
not score, in the second half. Score:
. . R.H.E.
Aberdeen ..000000001 0 1 5 7
Vancouver-. 0 0 0000100 3 4 3 2
Batteries Califf and Boettiger; Er
ickson and Sugden.
Spokane 1 0 ; Seattle 9.
SPOKANE," Wash.; June 6. (Special.)
In an old-fashioned slugging match,
abounding In loose fielding, reckless base
running, raw muffs, sensational stops and
catches, wlldness on the part of the
pitchers and frenzied enthusiasm on the
part of the biggest week-day crowd Spo
kane ever saw at a ball game, the In
dians won from Seattle in the last half
of the ninth Inning, 10 to 9.
The feature of the game was the abund
ance of features. It was chockfull of
sensations, and various stops, good, bad
and indifferent, but wildly exciting all'the
time. Makin finally drove the ball far
out to right center when the score was
tied, two out, and two strikes on him.
Chandler showing the winning run amid
scenes that beggar description.
McNune reported to Seattle today and
played short, his one error being a costly
high throw to the plate. He slammed the
ball hard at bat. Carney was in right
.field. Ipr .Seattle, And . .played, a. corking
all-round game. Five old Spokane play
ers were in the game for Seattle today.
Score. m
R.H.E.
Seattle 3 030102009 9 7
Spokane 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 310 14 4
Batteries Allen, Coy, Rush and Stan
ley; Wright, Roosevelt and Rogers.
Umpire Carruthers.
IXLAXD EMPIRE LEAGUE".
Pendleton 5; La Grande 3.
PENDLETON, Or., June 6. (Special.)
Pendleton's team gingered up today
and took the third game of the series
from. La Grande, S to 3. Had Aubln
been given the support yesterday that
waa afforded Taliaferro today, the vis
itors would have been shut out. Um
pire Buerstetti occupied a seat on the
bench today, having become disgusted
with his inability to please either side.
Van Houten, the disabled Pendleton
catcher, umpired the game. Pendleton
secured 10 hits and La Grande 5. Each
team was credited with five errors.
Furchelle struck out eix and Taliaferro
five. .
Walla Walla 6; Baker City 1.
BAKER CITY, Or., June 6. (Spe
cial.) Walla Walla took the game
from Baker's team today by a score of
6 to 1: The game was uneventful.
Batteries Baker City, Cryderman and
Ward; Walla Walla, Killeday and
Munson. Umpire, Robertson.
Walla Walla 00302J00 0 6
Baker City 004)00010 0 1
' AMERICAS LEAGUE.
. Chicago 5, Washington 4. .
CHICAGO, June G. A grand batting
rally in the final two innings today gave
Chicago the second game of the series
with Washington. Score: '
R.H.E.I R.H.E.
Chicago 5 11 1 Washington ..4 12 1
Batteries Altrock, Owen, Nelson, Sulli
van, Weaver and Shaw; J. Tannehill and
Street.
Boston 10; Detroit 5.
DETROIT, June 6. In the worst- game
seen here In years, Detroit lost. Jennings,
Donovan, Jones and Burchell were put
oft the field, and Manager McGulre was
notified of Indefinite suspension. . Ross-
man was injured and forced to retire.
Score:
R H E R H E
Detroit 5 7 4Boston 10 5 3
Batteries Mullin, Wlllets and Schmidt;
Morgan, Young and Crlger.
Jfew York 6, Cleveland 2.
CLEVELAND. June 6. New York de
feated Cleveland today. Chase working
the "squeeze" play and placed New York
in the lead in the first inning with two
runs. Score:
R.H.E.1 R.H.E.
Cleveland ....2 6 2 New York ....6 10 1
Batterles--Joss, Hess and N. Clarke;
Chesbro and Kleinow.
Philadelphia 2, St. Louis 0.
ST. "LOUIS, June 6. Only. one. St. . Louis
player reached second base today, thu
Philadelphia Americans shutting out the
locals. Score :
R.H.E.I " R.H.E.
St. Louis 0 3 2! Philadelphia ..2 .8 0
Batteries Howell and Spencer; Plank
and Powers.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Chicago 14, Boston 0.
BOSTON,, June 6. Chicago decisively
defeated Boston today, 14 to 0. The
visitors made .19 hits off four Boston
pitchers, while the locals were unable
to hit Fraser. Score:
R. H. E. R. H. E.
Chicago ...14 19 0'Boston 0 K : 1
Batteries Ruelbach, Kling and Mar
shall; Dorner, Young, Pfeiffer, Boults
and Ball. -
Cincinnati 8; Brooklyn 2.
BROOKLYN, June 6. Cincinnati
made it three straight by winning to
day from Brooklyn. Findlayson, in the
fourth inning, forced in a run on passes
and a bad throw. Score:
R. H. E. R. H. E.
Cincinnati ..8 S 0 Brooklyn ...2 6 1
Batteries Campbell and . McLean;
Rucker, Findlayson and Bergen.
Pittsburg S, Philadelphia 2.
PHILADELPHIA, June Pittsburg
today hit Sparks hard . and defeated
Philadelphia, 5 to 2. Score:
Pittsburg ..5 10 UPhildlphla .2 7 2
Batteries Leever and Gibson; Sparks
and Dooin.
Leaves French Car at Vladivostok.
ST. PETERSBURG, June -6. Bourcler
St. Chaffray, the conductor of the French
car in the New York-to-Paris automobile
race, arrived here today by rail on his
way to Paris. He left his car at
Vladivostok.
CAXXOT ROW IX BIG REGATTA
University of Washington Sends
Entry Too Late.
NEW YORK. June 6. No provision can
be made for the elght-oared crew of the
University of Washington in the inter
collegiate regatta at Poughkeepsie on
June 27, according to an announcement
made here today by the chairman of the
Intercollegiate Regatta Association,
when his attention was called to' a dis
patch telling of the Intention of the Pa
cific Coast champions to start east on
June 9, to take part in the races at
Poughkeepsie.
"The University of Washington should
have communicated earlier with the re
gatta association if It wanted to race
at Poughkeepsie," said he, "as It would
be impossible to accept the entry, for all
the arrangements for this year's ' race
were completed some time ago."
Results at Gravesend.
GRAVESEND, June 6. Summary:
About six furlongs Jas. B. Brady won:
Bosom, second; Queen Marguerite, third;
time. 1:09 4-5.
Steeplechase, about 2H miles Thlstledale
won; California King, second; Alfar, third;
time, 4 M0.
Five furlongs Sir Martin won; Fayette,
second; Bobbin, third; .time, 1:00 3-5.
One mile Chapuitepec won; Question
Mark. second; -Transvaal. third; time,
1:39 2-6.
Mile and sixteenth Rostine won: Hyper
Ion II, second; Lad of Langdon, third;
time. 1:46.
Five and a half furlongs Armlak won;
Madman, second; Rostrum, third; time, 1:07.
O. A. C. Drubs Varsity Nine.
CORVALLIS, Or., June 6. (Special.) A
defeat for the university by a score of
5 to 4, making the fourth straight
victory for the college in a series of -four
games, was administered by the Oregon
Agricultural College baseball team here
this afternoon. Rooper and Clifford were
in the box for their respective teams and
both pitched good ball, no university
man, and but one college runner reach
ing first during the last three Innings. The
game Is the last between the two teams
this ' season. A big crowd waa In attendance.
MARSHALL FIELD. Chlcaeo, June
6. Chicago won the annual track and,
field meet of the Intercollegiate Con
ference on Marshall Field this after
noon, scoring 24 points. The teams of
Leland Stanford Junior University
and the University of Wisconsin tied
for second honors, with 20 points ea:U.
Illinois, the former conference cham
pion, is third with 18 points. Tho
meet was so close that the result was
not counted until Merriman won the
last event on the programme the 220
yard hurdle.
No records were broken, but May of
Illinois tied the Western record in th
100-yard dash, running in 9 4-5 sec
onds. The real feature of the after
noon was the desperate race In the
two-mile run, Carr, of Michigan Agri
cultural College, finishing with a sen
sational sprint and defeating the sec
ond and third men by inches only. Out
side of this race, results were largely
according to form, although the fail
ure of the Stanford men in the dis
tance runs and the field events was
not expected, and had much to do with
the team's inability to win first place.-
Merrlman Star Performer.
Merriman was the star Individual
performer of, the day, gaining vic
tories In both the events in which ha
took part. Jacobs, of Chicago, took
the pole vault with comparative ease.
Bcllah, of Stanford, falling because he
could not control his pole after he had
cleared" the bar. May. of Illinois, won
the shorter dash, though Nelson, of
Colorado, gave him the hardest kind
of a race for second place, the two
falling across the tape but half an
inch apart. .
The scores Chicago, 24; Leland
Stanford. 20; Wisconsin, 20; Illinois.
18; Grinnell, 11; Purdue, 8; Michigan
Agricultural. 8; Ames, 7.; Indianapolis,
1; Belolt, 1; Marquette, 1; Lawrence, 1;
Colorado Agricultural, 1. Summary:
440-vard run N. W. Merrlnm. Chica
go, first; E. F. Lvndberg, Illinois, sec
ond; J. O. Miller, Stanford, third. Time,
50 2-5.
123-yard hurdle F. J. Natwlck. Wis
consin, first; O. G. Fifield, Purdue, sec
ond; H. W. Horton, Stanford, third.
Time 15 4-5.
Pole vault C. S. Jacobson. Chicago,
first, height 12 feet; S. H. Bellah. Stan
ford, second, height 11 feet lu inches;
W. R. Jones, Illinois, third, height 11
feet 6 inches.
High jump D. J. Martin, Stanford;
H. T. Slaght. Grinnell nnd J. J. Schom
mer. Chicago, tied for the three places.
Height 5 feet 10 Indus. Martin won
the toss for the medals.
8S.)-vards run J. O. Miller. Stanford,
first; C. J. Ovlatt, Michigan AkHcuI
tural, second; J. W. Davis, America,
third. Time, 1 :57 2-5.
Shotput O. P. Ostoff, Wlsco-nsln,
first, dlHtauce 42 feet 1 inch; J. P.
Schommer. Chicago, second, distance 41
feet 3 Inches; H. L. Horton, Stanford,
third, distance 41 feet 1 Inch.
220-vard dash H. H. Huff. Grinnell,
first; W. W. Mav, Illinois, second; J. W.
Nelson. Colorado Agricultural, third.
Time, 22 l-o.
Two-mile run M. J. Carr. Michigan
Agricultural, first; J. E. Wagjroner.
Ames, second: H. H. Maundrell, Stan
ford, third. Time. 9:.6 1-.'..
Hammor-throw I. P. Crawford,
Stanford, first, distance 13S feet i
inches; E. W. Lambert, Ames, second,
distance 136 feet 1 M; inches: C. Beyer,
Lawrence, third, distance 135 feet Ha
incnes.
Rogoway Captain Albany Eleven.
ALBANY, Or., June 6. (Special.
Morris Rogoway, halfback on the IMS
team, has been chosen captain of the
Albany College football team for next
year. The local college will make efforts
to put out a strong tem.
SFVFNTFFNTH CUSTOMER.
WRITES A LETTER
Wants to see the fur fly, but is
apt to be disappointed
"I see your old enemy is coming
back to town. 1 and a number of
friends take It that this will mean the
resumption of the hostilities of the
early days between your house and it.
We. who witnessed the valiant fighting
and your bold exposure of their meth
ods nearly ten years ago. look forward
with much interest to wiiat Is to come.
You drove them out six years ago; we
hope you will do it again.
"Very sincerely,
"YOUR SEVENTEENTH CUSTOMER."
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calls to mind much of piano-selling his
tory that has been forgotten by most of
us. When Eilirs Piano House cume to
Oregon nearlv ten years ago, piano sell
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trickery.
Eilers Piano House boldly exposed
the unsavory methods that then pre
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then protnl lent in the trade were con
oucted or. no other than a "get-all-you-can"
principle. Instances were found
where unsuspecting buyers had been
gotten to pay 00. yes $50, for more
or less obscure makes of pianos (cheap
Inside, but showy, giiudy cases) which
same styles were obtained by other and
more careful or shrewder buyers for
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But our old friend, who writes the
above letter and who Is actually, as he
signs himself, our seventeenth cus
tomer WAen we started. Is apt to be dis
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early days, we are happy to state again
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it upon ourselves to expose them as
openly as we did in the early days.
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trade of Oregon upon the very highest
commercial plane, and Eilers piano
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point.
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