The Sunday Oregonian., July 12, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 6, Image 42

THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, JULY 12, 1908.
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Thoroughbreds That Will Be Seen at the Country Club Meet
UTTER "KNOCK"
McCredie Makes Good Mana
ger and. Team Is Doing All
That Can Be Expected.
Livestock Show Will "Draw
Equine Aristocracy of En
tire Pacific Coast.
MATERIAL FOR CHAMPIONS
GOOD PRIZES ARE OFFERED
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REASON
Manager Has Shown Good Judgment
In Selecting Players Dissen
sions in Seals Team Cause
Them to Lose Ginger.
BT W. J. PETRAIN.
Just because the Portland ball team
has not won every series It has played
in the last few weeks, some critical
fans have seen fit to censure the man
agement, the players and everything
connected with the club, and seemingly,
without any justifiable reason.
For a team which inaugurated the
season by losing: eight of the first ten
games played, the Portland team has
more than made good, and to heap dis
credit on the club at this time is the
height of folly. Because practically
every critic who has seen the team per
form in the Southland has prophesied
that it would come very close to win
ning the pennant, has so imbued the
wise ones with the idea that the club
is unbeatable that whenever the boys
drop a game they attribute it to poor
playing or poor management. A pennant-winning
team never has won all
the games it has played, and the best
teams in the world are frequently
beaten, and In most instances, it is usu
ally the tall-end team which accom
plishes the trick.
Or Championship Caliber.
The Portland team is undoubtedly of
rhampionshlp caliber, but simply be
rause they dropped a few games to San
Francisco and Oakland recently is no
reason why it should be singled out
as a team that is incapacitated by the
lack of a manager or a captain. Wal
ter McCredie may not be the best of
managers, in fact he is not by any
means, yet he has accomplished much
more in the short spare of time that
he has handled a club than a great
many men have who have enjoyed ten
and 20 years at the managerial end of
nuns. jjci. retiic manes nis iiii&idncti.
Bo do all of them, buc one thing is cer
tain, he enjoys the distinction of being
able to pick young players of promise
in signing up his club each year. Tn
1907, when he started the season handi
:apped by the mistake of selling several
of his most promising players, he did
well toward the end of the season in
filling their places.
McCredie Makes Good Selections.
In the selection of Bobby Groom and
Charles Hartman he used excellent
Judgment, and while he lost the latter
by draft, the former is still with the
club, and has made a splendid record
this season. This year McCredie again
demonstrated his ability to select base
ball talent, and. unlike the previous
season, he selected no gold bricks, and
this reason alone entitles him to recog
nition as a baseball manager. Another
reason why he should be recognized is
that Portland occupies second place,
and is within a few games of the lead.
Any team that maintains a place in
the league while such a magnificent
struggle is being waged must have
some sort of harmony in its makeup,
otherwise it would not last very long
at the head of the list.
This is emphasized in the case of
the San Francisco Club. In the ranks
of that club harmony Is about as preva
lent as In the Republican party of Ore
gon. Danny Long, the manager of the
team, has suceeded in getting anything
but harmonized action from the play
ers. San Francisco Loses Ginger.
His many mistakes have taken the
ginger out of the men, and once they
were dislodged from the top of the
heap, their side down hill has been
rapid. Just because they have won the
majority of the games from the Port
land team thus far is no reason why
they are likely to continue to do so.
Portland dropped eight of the first ten
games to Pan Francisco, and with this
handicap had practically evened mat
ters up with them when they were
again sent to San Francisco in a crip
pled condition. This resulted in drop
ping five of eight games to the Seals.
On top of this the McCredieites came
home, and with the regular lineup
working again, won the opener, but
Danzig and Kaftery sustained injuries
that compelled them to retire for the
next two games, and again the San
Francisco team was the winner. The
two defeats sustained early in the week
were not due to bad playing, nor to bad
management, but simply to a combina-,
tion of circumstances that worked
against our success and In favor of the
visiting club.
Danzig Good Young Player.
A critic has taken up his cudgels
to knock Hal Danzig. The clever young
first baseman has done nothing to de
serve the toasting he received. He has
played the game to the best of his
ability, and if there are any youngsters
in the game who outshine Portland's
first sacker in any department, they
have not been found. True, he is young
and may not possess as practical a
knowledge of baseball as some of the
more experienced players, but a lad of
10 years can always be depended upon
to accumulate that knowledge as he
grows older.
Danzig is one of the most promising
members of the Portland team. His
services are of enough value to warrant
his being heralded as a possible candi
date for the major league. The writer
does not believe that Danzig is suffi
ciently developed this year to take a
fling at major league ball, but one
more year in the fast company of the
Pacific Coast League will fit him for
competition with the Chases, the
Chances and all the rest of the stars of
the faster leagues.
Danzig Good as Chase.
It will be remembered that Hal Chase
broke into the Pacitic Coast League a
comparatively unknown kid. and before
the season was half over had electrified
the entire country. The following year
he was with the New York Americans
and made good. Danzig is capable of
doing the same thing, for there is only
one department in which he is excelled
by Chase, and that is in base running.
Being a much larger man than the New
Yorker. Danzig could hardly be expected
to be the daring base runner that Chase
is, yet he is far from being slow on the
paths. His general playing ability, to
gether with his cheers- disposition, make
the Portland first eacker one of the most
valuable members of the club.
The idea of 'Rough-Neck" Kennedy
succeeding Danzig on first base is ludi
crous. Kennedy never saw the day he
could play ball in Danzig's class, and
while a fairly fast runner, and a com-
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monplace fielder, the present California
State Leaguer has nothing else to rec
ommend him. Besides Kennedy has
played baseball for something like ten
years and has not yet displayed any
great amount of ability, while the man
now with Portland is in his second year
of baseball, and promises to be better
each year as he grows older. Danzig met
with an accident last week that will keep
him out of the game for several days to
come, but when he does get back in the
game he will add renewed strength to the
club.
Best Minor League Material.
The Portland team at the present time
is composed of the finest baseball mate
rial to be found in any minor league. If
there is a weak spot on the club it is
hard to discern it. Possibly Manager Mc
Credie might switch his men around so
that they will play a stiffer game, but
that seems unnecessary unless some of
the players show a decided falling off in
the pace they have maintained thus far.
Ote Johnson is too valuable a man to be
kept on the bench, and when Danzig re
turns to the game considerable specula
tion will be Indulged in as to McCredle's
policy regarding him. In order to play
Johnson the manager will either be re
quired to play the bench himself, or send
Ryan or Cooney there. McCredie is too
good a batsman to keep out for any
length of time, and Ryan is too clever a
batsman and baserunner to hold down a
utility Job. Cooney should be played reg
ularly for his fielding is equal to any
other shortstop in the league. Therefore
it is too much of a puzzle for anyone to
suggest where Johnson shall be played,
and it will be up to McCredie himself to
designate the most likely spot to station
the "Terrible Swede.V
Next week the Portland boys will have
another week of Los Angeles meat. Dil
lon's crew has heretofore proven easy of
digestion by McCredle's forces and there
is no reason to doubt but that Portland
will repeat her past performances when
the huskies from the orange belt invade
our back yard.
Umpire O'Connell will remain with us
one more week and will then depart
south and his place will be taken by Fred
Perrine.
EXGLAXD WINS TEXXIS MATCH
Ritchie Gets Medal for Singles In
Olympic Contest.
WIMBLEDON, July 11. The singles In
the lawn tennis match in connection with
the Olympic games were concluded here
today. J. C. Ritchie, the English player,
won the gold medal and Froltzhelm, Ger
many, the silver medal. Ritchie's score
was 0.
Mrs. Lamber Chambers, who was de
feated in 1907 by May Sutton of California
for the British championship, won the
gold medal in the ladies' singles.
AMERICAXS WIX AT CRICKET
Philadelphia Team Beats Worcester.
shire In English Game.
WORCESTER, England. July 11.
The American cricket team, representing
Hie Gentlemen of Philadelphia, won Its
match here today from the Worcestershire
eleven by 95 runs. This is the second
time the visitors have played since their
arrival. The first match was at Cardiff,
where they were also victorious.
Harrow Defeats Eton.
LONDON. July U. At the
cricket match at Lords today,
beat Eton by 10 wickets.
annual
Harrow
The German Bantut Brethren have or
(rai.lred In 41 of th atatea, with 1154
chitrchea, an lncreaaa o 5S over tae last
report.
LONG TRIP STARTED T0M ;i
Two Families Leave for Tour d y
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BE GONE THREE MONTHS
Harry McCormick and H. M. White
to Visit Mexico and Return
Xorth to Yellowstone Na
tional Park.
With their families Harry McCor
mick, 693 East Madison street, and H.
M. White, of Tacoma, started Friday
on one of the longest and certainly one
of the most difficult automobile Jour
neys that has ever been attempted in
the West.
The Journey includes a tour of Ore
gon, California, Mexico and from there
a trip through the Rocky Mountains
aa far as Yellowstone Park. After
touring the National Park, the party
will return by automobile to Portland.
Portland auto
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THEM THROUGH ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND
The trip, as planned, will cover a dis
tance of several thousand miles and
the machines will traverse sections of
country where the roads are perhaps
as difficult as in any section of the
United States.
Both Mr. McCormick and Mr. White
are enthusiastic and experienced auto
mobilists. The Portland man is driv
ing a big 40-horse-power White car,
while the man from Tacoma is driving
an Oldsmobile.
Mr. McCormick is a wealthy, retired
lumber merchant of this city, and Mr.
White is engaged in the lumber busi
enthusiasts who will make long tour
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ness. The party started on their long
journey at ft o'clock Friday morning
from Mr. McCormick's home, 693 East
Madison street. In the Thomas car
were Mr. McCormick, his wife, daugh
ter and nephew. In the Oldsmobile
were Mr. White, his wife, four children
and a maid.
Cruiser Sent to Honduras.
WASHINGTON, July 11. The cruiser
Albany has been ordered to Amapala,
the Pacific port of Honduras, to remain
as long as necessary. Captain Henry
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OX JOURXEY THAT WILL TAKE
MEXICO.
1 Zephirin, A. M., 2504, sired by
Bouquet, No. 17,542, junior cham
pion of Oregon; exhibited by H.
C. Campbell and C. F. Swigert.
Belgian stallion class.
2 Aerolite (2:114). public
trial (2:05); sire . Searchlight
(2:03); dam Trix by Nutwood
Wilkes, one of the star entries
In light-harness exhibition class.
3 L ady Leemo, 3-year-old
filly by Diablo; winner of first
prize for standard-bred trotting
mare, 2 years old and under 8.
4 Princess Elene, first - prize
winner. Jennet; exhibited by
Campbell and Swigert. Regarded
as one of the finest bred Spanish
animals yet entered In this par
ticular livestock class.
5 King Nelson, a champion
ship Jack, owned by the River
view Farm Company; one of the
classiest exhibits yet entered in
the list of entries. Will be shown
by Campbell and Swigert.
L. Mayo, commanding, will investigate
and report conditions growing out of
the revolution and the necessity of
protecting American interests. The
Hondurans have feared the revolution
ists might capture Amapala. The
cruiser will start by Monday from Pan
ama, the distance being 700 miles. She
will take aboard at Panama 100 ma
rines wanted for duty at San Fran
cisco. LUNATIC IN OBSERVATORY
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Puts Corps of Astronomers to Flight
on Mount Hamilton.
SAN JOSE, Cal., July 1L Joseph Duff,
Mount Hamilton's only carpenter, became
Insane today, routed the astronomers, a
large number of San Jose State Normal
8ummer School students, who were there
on an excursion, and kept control of the
Lick Observatory, containing priceless in
struments and records, for several hours,
until H. E. Smith, a Stanford student,
had run down to Smith's Creek, seven
miles away, and telephoned to the Sher
iff's office here for assistance. Two dep
uties in an automobile brought the luna
tic to this city.
Inspects Xavles of South.
NEW YORK, July 11. Under orders
from the British Government, Captain
Horace Hood, royal navy, will sail to
day for South America, where he will
inspect naval conditions. Captain Hood
is the naval attache of the British Em
bassy in Washington, and he denies
that his mission has any diplomatic!
object.
Wireless Used on Amazon.
NEW YORK. July 11. Wireless tele
graphic communication between Lima,
Peru and Iquitos, on the Amazon River,
has been successfully established accord
ing to a cablegram which has Just been
received by Eduardo Hlgglnson, Peru
vian Consul-General at New York.
Metzger & Co., Jewelers and opticians,
342 Washington st.
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.Forty Thousand Dollars Have Been
Set Aside for Event, Half of
Which Is for Races and
Half for Exhibits.
Entries in all the standard divisions to
be shown at the first annual Pacific Na
tional Exposition, here the week of Sep
tember 21-26 are coming In so rapidly that
they bid fair to tax the capacity of the
nine spacious barns which are now hear
ing completion at the Country Club tract.
The correspondence which has been car
ried on with such systematic effort with
the livestock interests throughout the
Pacific Coast, Rocky Mountain and Mid
dle West states, for the past few months
Is bearing fruit. Results are even better
than the management of the livestock
department of the meet expected, and
they feel safe in predicting that every
class in each division, horses, cattle, sheep
and swine will be well filled with repre
sentative prize-winning and championship
stock from the best exhibitors in the
country.
Every important stockman in California,
excepting two will have entries here,
while, of course, every city in Oregon
which is to be represented in the State
Fair show will send their exhibits here
as soon as the fair is over. Washington
will contribute; so will Idaho. Montana
and Wyoming, each in goodly numbers.
Eastern Experts to Judge.
This widespread interest taken in the
livestock fair will mean the drawing of
the finest lines of distinction in the classi
fications made, but they have been sub
mitted to Eastern experts who have ap
proved of them In every detail.
Of course, the principal reason why the
meet here has Interested so large a sec
tion of the country is the attractive pre
miums which will be offered. Of the $40,
000 which will be devoted to purses for
the harness races, both early closing and
open events, and to the livestock exhibit,
about one-half, or $20,000 will be awarded
to the livestock exhibitors, this being the
largest amount of premium money ever
hung up at a livestock show In the West,
and ranking even with the foremost ex
positions in the East.
In addition to the cash prizes, there will
be many cups and other trophies of value
hung up for "special classes," grand
champions, champions, etc.. so that alto
gether the total value of the premiums to
be distributed at Portland's premier show
will not be far below $25,000. No other city
In America has made a showing like that
at its initial attempt In this field of
sportsmanship.
Some of Best Entries.
The several pictures shown herewith are
taken at random from the entries already
listed. Zephirin, the magnificent Belgian
stallion, Junior champion of Oregon In his
class, might rightly be called "Oregon's
pnae. Me is as nearly perfect an animal
as there is on the Coast and added Inter
est obtains, because he will be shown by
local people.
Then, there Is the great Aerolite, who as
a 8-year-old stepped a mile In 2:11H last
year, and in a public trial clipped this
mark to 2:05. The mere fact that he is
a son of Searchlight is enough to make
him the center of Interest among lovers
of the perfect racing machine.
As novelfles. King Nelson, a champion
ship Jack, and Princess Elene, a first
prize winning Jennet, both thoroughbred
Spanish importations, will attract inter
est. Princess Elene will be shown with
foal (by King Nelson), at her side.
British Jumper Beaten.
LONDON. July 11. At the stadium
this evening H. S. Porter, one of the
American Olympic contestants, cleared
6 feet 1 inch in an exhibition high Jump.
This is two inches better than the Jump
made by Leahey. one of the British en
trants, at the championship meet last
week.
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