The Sunday Oregonian., July 19, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Page 6, Image 40

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THE STJXDAT OREGONIAX. PORTIiANDt JtTLY 19, 1908.
FIRST GUI FIRED
IN BASEBALL 1
Coast League Hits Outlaws by
. Granting Two Franchises
in California.
DIAMOND GOSSIP IN SOUTH
San Francisco Fight Fans Believe
Tex Rickard Will Fail In Effort
for $30,000 Purse for
Battle In Nevada.
BT HARRY B. SMITH.
SAX FRANCISCO, July IS. The first
gun In the warfare of the Pacific Coast
League against the California State
League, an outlaw organization that
has gained more or less prominence of
late, was fired last Wednesday night,
when franchises for Saoramento and a
new club in Southern California, name
and location yet unknown, were
awarded at a special meeting of the
league officials. There was no press
ing need to award the franchises this
early in the season, when the new clubs
are not to be a part of the Coast League
until 1909. save for a general an
nouncement to the world in general
and the state league in particular just
what is to happen.
Although the state league has not cut
into the Coasters in any way, so far as
receipts are concerned, it has been a
thorn in the flesh. Further, the out
laws have been doing a world of talk
ing about what they would do another
year, and doubtless J. Cal Ewlng and
his associates decided it would be as
well to do a little exploiting on their
own part.
Save for some few Isolated instances
where the outlaws have grabbed a few
players, their presence has hardly been
known to the big league. Of late,
- however. President Herman has been
talking vaguely of putting a team in
San Francisco. While no one on the
ground believes anyone with capital
will be so foolish as to invest money
In that proposition, the action of the
Coast League in forcing the war will
give the California Ptate aggregation
enough to think about without borrow
ing more trouble by invading San
Francisco.
Divided Sentiment In Sacramento.
Although the outlaws have declared
all along that they would have undi
vided support in Sacramento, it is al
ready in evidence that there is a di
vided sentiment. One of the influen
tial papers of the Capital City has
come out strong for Ed Kripp, the man
who will finance the new Pacific Coast
League Club, and generally the pa
pers have promised that if the Coast
League furnishes good ball it will be
cordially welcomed. Sacramento, from
a business standpoint, knows that it
stands to secure more advertising
through the Coast League than when
allied with a bush league.
Ed Kripp, who attended the meet
ing the other night, had this to say:
"I will guarantee to spend $30,00.1 in
fitting up grounds and grandstand. I
have already broken ground and am
examining plans all over the country
for the best kind of grandstand. As it
13 quite warm in Sacramento during
the Summer months, the bleachers will
be covered. The stands, all told, will
seat about 5000 people. And if money
can bring a pennant winning team to
Sacramento we will have one."
Ewlng and Berry paid a personal
visit to Sacramento during the week
and came away satisfied that a good
team will secure the right kind of sup
port. So far as another team in the south
ern part of the state is concerned, there
Is no question. Los Angeles has been
clamoring many months for continuous
ball and next season they will have
It. The new club will probably be lo
cated at Venice, although Pasadena and
Ocean Park are still in the running.
As In San Francisco, the Tuesday after
noon and Sunday morning games will
be played on the new grounds and the
balance on the Los Angeles diamond.
Oakland Playing Poor Ball.
The Oakland club is striving desper
ately to change the run of luck in
which the Commuters have been mov
ing. It is hard to get new ballplayers
In mldseason, but if they can be se
cured. Ed Walter is bound to have
them. The latest addition to the team
Is Miller, a tall, rangy chap, who hails
Just now from Waterbury, Conn., and is
an lnfielder. Van Hultren was anx
ious to have him cut in immediately
after his arrival, but the long trip on
the cars had put his stomach out of
shape and ho was given a short rest.
As Truck Eagan has been playing a
miserable short, he will doubtless be
used at first and Miller thrown in at
short. This will be a permanent
change if it works out well.
The Oakland pitchers are making a
miserable showlnK. particularly Dellar,
the Northwest star, who has lost some
12 games in a row. For this reason it
Is planned to use Happy Hogan more
frequently in the box. In fact, the en
tire Infield Is apt to be more or less
switched, unless the team stops losing
games, which has come to be a habit.
Long's Seals have hit their gait again
and everything is well with the local
fans. Zeider, of course, is the star of
the aggregation, but the pitchers are
steady, and no changes are contemplated.
Curtis has proved quite a success in
center field and is apt to be a fixture,
all the more because Long doesn't know
where to turn to get a hard slugger, the
type that he wants and needs.
Rowdy Players With Outlaws.
The State League is certainly having
Its troubles. It is not alone that there
Is financial disaster and the weakness
of the San Francisco and Oakland teams,
but the discipline is the worst in the
world. There seems to be no way to
hold the players in check, and President
Herman deals entirely too leniently with
the men.
The last to break out was Tub Hack-
tt. the ex-Oakland catcher, who is now
with Stockton. He swung a bat at I'm
plrc Jack McCarthy last Sunday because
he didn't like a decision. All he got
was suspension for one week and a J50
fine. That isn't enough to stop him.
The truth Is that the State League has
o few stars that it cannot get along
without them, and the players are fully
aware of this. Every week there is some
new outburst, and none of them reflects
any credit on the outlaw bunch, which
represents that It puts up such a classy
article of baseball.
Will Tex Rickard Make Good?
At the present time the main topic of
conversation in pugilistic circles li
whether Tex Rickard will come through
with that $30,000 offer for a Gans-Nelson
fight at Ely. Nev.. on Labor day. Of
course, at this writing, he has several
days in which to make good, but the
general impression is that he. has struck
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writer that if he was to go ahead with
the fight he must get from the railroads
a certain round-trip rate from Salt Lake
in order to insure a good attendance.
This, he said, he had not been able to
secure, but was waiting for an answer.
Then, to cap the climax, Rickard left
hurriedly, not giving his destination, al
though it was presumably Nevada, and
broke several business engagements. All
this has made the parties interested feel
decidedly uneasy, and Willis Britt gave
it out that he would leave for Ely to
select training quarters, unquestionably
a blind, so that Willis 'can discover how
things stand.
People who . have returned from Ne
vada say that money is tight and they
are of the opinion that Rickard may
have discovered he made a bad bargain.
It is quite possible, however, that every
thing will turn out all right.
Should this fight fall through, you will
see Packey McFarland to the front with
a challenge for Nelson. The Chicago
fighter, while he can have a return
match with Freddie Welch In Los An
geles, would much prefer Nelson, and
he is biding his time, ready to cut in
when the Hegewisch lad is footloose.
"Why shouldn't Nelson fight me?" re
marks McFarland. "He came by his ti
tle pretty easily. The only man he has
defeated is Joe Gans. and the black
was all in. Nelson couldn't even lick
Jimmy Britt. He's an easy champion,
and if I get Just one chance at him
Hegewisch will be wiped off the map.
He's the title holder and he can name
the terms. I will fight him 20 rounds, or
45. Just as he says."
Packey is certainly not lacking In con
fidence, and if the two come together
there should be an Interesting session.
San Francisco, or at least the sporting
element, was all aroused the early part
of the week. The news waa around town
that Joe Gans. who had gone to Harbin
Springs for three weeks, had died.
The telephone wires were burning with
messages, nd the first to answer was
Gans himself.
"No, I'm not dead," he said; "I'm
pretty much alive, and I am going deer
hunting right away. I hear! though,
that Battling Nelson had died."
Which wasn't a bad retort.
Battling Nelson's Banquet.
Battling Nelson bumped Into the social
game this, week. The Dane wanted to
celebrate his victory and Invited some 40
people, including a few celebrities, per
sonal friends and the newspaper contin
gent. The affair took place Wednesday
night at the Fairmount. It was partially
a glad rag entertainment, but most of
the boys had their light suits, straw hats
and tan shoes. E. J. (Lucky) Baldwin
was on hand to add tone, and so were
EAJle Graney. the "honest little horse
shoer"; Jack Welsh, the referee: Man
ager Willis Britt, Tim McGrath and most
of the sDortlng writers. There were
toasts galore, with some flashlight pic
tures sandwiched in between, and. to
wind up, the Battler retold the story of
his life.
Certainly ever body had enough to cat
and drink, and so far as known none of
the guests carried off any of the silver
ware. Ketciiel-Kelly Bout Next.
The next fight of importance will be
the Stanley KetcheKHugo Kelly 20-round
battle for the middleweight champianship
of the world that will take place at the
Coliseum in San Francisco Friday night,
July 3L Kelly arrived Friday and will be
in the full swing of training the first of
the week. He will go to Croll's piece.
In Alameda, formerly quite popular with
the pugilists Ketchel will train at his
old camp at Joe Millett's.
Ketchel looks an easy winner if you
figure the dope. Kelly has put up some
lougn oatues wun jacK iwin ouinvan, I
but Ketchel won easily from the Sullivan
Twin and beat Billy Papke, who was
more than a match for Kelly.
The Coast fans are anxious for another
peek at Ketchel. and the chances are
that they will patronize the bout well.
Eddie Hanlon will make his second
debut in the ring when he fights a 10
round battle with Johnny Murphy, a local
lightweight, down at Billy Roche's Colma
Club, Saturday night, July 25. Hanlon
has not been in the ring since his defeat
at the hands of Fighting Dick Hyland al
most two years ago. He has been train
ing religiously and thinks he has really
come back. Time will tell.
BliUECOATS AGAINST GRAT.
Police and Letter-Carriers Play Ball
on East Side.
The Portland police baseball team
and the balltossers representing the
mailcarriers of the Portland Postoffice
are scheduled to play a game on tle
groundB at Williams avenue and Stan
ton street this morning. The "cops"
have won a majority of the games
they have played, and have an old
score of over a year's standing to settle
with the distributors of love letters,
bills and other missives, for the mail
carriers defeated the guardians of iaw
and order in 1907 and the baton-wleld-ers
are anxious to even up the score.
The teams will line up as follows:
Police. Position.
F. D. Heppner C.W.
J. P. VanOvern P...
J. Wendorff IB...
J. Keller IB...
C. J. Rupert (capt-).3B...
L. K. EWsn BS...,
W. E. Roboo LP...
Mall Carriers.
D. O'Connor.capt.
. . . . J. D. Brown
S. Brlgge)
P. Brlsga
TV. Hvde
...-W. Dougherty
. . . W. Bodeway
F. Jialltt ir
C. Ridgeton
W.
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W. Asia
IN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
TRIP IN PAPER BOAT
W. JOHNSON, VETERAN
PRIVTrp TJOWS annn MTT.F.S
PRINTER, ROW S 2000 M.1L-S.
Shell Made of Newspapers Glued
Together Carries Him From
New vYork to Florida.
NEW YORK, July 11. Completing a
unique trip, George W. Johnson, a veteran
oarsman, formerly of the Harlem River,
arrived here today In a shell constructed
of newspapers, having rowed all the way
from St. Augustine, Fla., a distance of
over 2000 miles.
Johnson started on the Journey In the
middle of April, but was held up at vari
ous times by bad weather. He also lost
two weeks at Annapolis, Md.. through his
boat being damaged.
The shell which Mr. Johnson used is 20
feet long by 20 Inches wide and six inches
deep, and is constructed wholly from
copies of the leading newspapers of the
United States. The heads or title pages
of newspapers were alone used. There
were 'about 20 thicknesses of newspap'ers,
all pressed together under a mold after
the manner of papier mache. the composi
tion being harder and tougher than wood
under a coat of shellac.
Johnson, who was formerly a printer,
and who is still a member of Big Six.
reached the- head of Arthur Kull off
Staten Island at ah early hour today, and
escorted by members of the Staten Island
Boat Club, rowed down the Kill Von Kull
as smart and as chipper as though he
was out for a quarter of a mile spin.
Johnson will remain in town about a
month, when he will proceed back to Flor
ida, by way of the Hudson River, Erie
Canal and all available Inside routes- to
the head of navigation on the Illinois
River, whence he will proceed down to
MEET AT IRVINGTON
rfj rig
the Mississippi. He expects to row all
the way. .
Johnson Is the inventor of the first shoes
for walking on water. The courts settled
that point. One of his Journeys previous
to the present was from New Tort td
Boston in 1888.
He has received half a dozen offers from
showmen to exhibit himself and his odd
craft, but he has refused to gd on exhibi
tion. SECOND ANNUAL HORSE SHOW
Hunt Club Exhibition Will Open Oc
tober 15, Continuing Three Days.
Beginning October 15 and continuing
three days, with matinees and evening
exhibitions, the second annual horse show
of the Portland Hunt Club will closely
follow the grand opening of the Country
Club, giving Portland several weeks of
unusual entertainment and pleasure. Al
ready society is planning the event, and
Judging from the collective and. individual
enthusiasm displayed by the Hunt Club
there will be plenty to keep everyone in
terested, amused and entertained.
A new electric lighting plant and a
heating plant for the big Oriental building
in the exposition grounds, where the show
will be held, were decided upon by the
board o directors at a recent meeting,
and new driveways through the ground
will also he constructed so that the im
mense line of carriages and automobiles
can easily be handled. Everything points
to a tremendous success, and Portland
will be in the eye of the whole country
as a center for thoroughbred horses and
fine turnouts.
Local owners who failed to win prises
last year have been quietly preparing to
keep the blue ribbons and cups at home
this season, and the public will have some
pleasant surprises when these late acqui
sitions in the way of high stepping teams
and fancy saddlers come into the ring.
Tomorrow (Monday) will be positive
ly the last day for discount 'on East
Side saa bills. Portland Gas Co.
BEAVERS PLAYING
I BETTER FORM
Winning Streak" Against Los
Angeles Follows Slump
, in Seal Series.
GRANEY HELPS OUT STAFF
With Groom Back in Game This
Week, After Illness, Portland
Team Is In Good Condi
tion for Oakland.
The second .week of the second home
series has been a source of considerably
more Joy to the home guard than was the
opener against the Seals, for the McCredle
balltossers have shown marked improve
ment and won a majority of the games
from Los Angeles. The addition of Pitch
er Jack Graney from the Cleveland Ameri
can League team has helped, for it gives
the Portland team a capable pitcher to
help out the hitherto crippled staff. The
addition of Graney came at an opportune
time, for Bobby Groom, who has the best
percentage of the Portland twirlers, was
taken ill during the San Francisco series,
but will likely be in shape to pitch against
Oakland next week.
Graney has fitted in nicely, and while
he opened up as a loser against the An
gels on Tuesday, he .came back at them
Friday and had them faded. He has been
wild on both occasions he has occupied
the mound, and once he gets control, he Is
sure to set a mark for left handers In
this league. Umpire O'Connell and most
of the Los Angeles players Join In saying
that Graney has everything possessed by
any left hander they have ever seen, and
they predict that he will help Portland
greatly during the remainder of the sea
son. Graney Is Young Pitcher.
One thing that is greatly in Graney's
favor is that he Is young, and will Im
prove as he gains in experience. Like
Groom, who is also In the kid class as
far as age is concerned, Graney is wild
end walks men frequently, but the little
fellow and his lanky teammate are hard
workers and possess the happy faculty
of holding down the hits when they are
in a generous mood.
Johnson has been clouting the ball at
a terrific pace during the past two weeks,
and the remarks of Scout Tom O'Brien
apply to the clever Portland player most
accurately: "I have watched this man
Johnson play for three years," said
O'Brien at one of last week's games, Just
before he left for Cleveland, "and I
thought him one of the most promising
players in the country. I still consider
him so." When asked If he intended to
recommend the Portland slugger to Cleve
land, O'Brien refused to commit him
self. It is possible that the major league
scout may have Johnson In view as the
player on whom to use the draft when
the proper time comes. Walter McCredie
Is not worrying over this contingency,
for he seems satisfied with his agree
ment with the Cleveland club.
Show Slump in Battery.
With one or two exceptions, the Port
land players are not hitting the ball with
the frequency that marked their earlier
performances. Johnson, Danzig and
Ryan manage to get in their hits quite
regularly, and Tom Raftery occasionally,
but Casey, McCredie, Bassey, Cooney and
Madden have lost their batting eyes dur
ing the past few games.
Captain Frank Dillon and the rest of
the Los Angeles team are bewailing their
luck at always striking the Portland
team when It is strongest, or, at least,
due for a winning streak. Portland has
taken the majority of its victories from
the Los Angeles team, and Berry's play
ers, "who have successfully walloped both
San Francisco and Oakland, are unable
to account for It.
Strong Staff of Twirlers.
Los Angeles has six first-class pitchers.
Including George Wheeler, who Is also
general utility man on the Southern club.
Wheeler has been playing a capable first
base during the present series with Port
land. He was brought Into the game
because of the injury sustained by Cap
tain Frank Dillon in last Sunday's game
with Oakland. Dillon will probably be
able to play this afternoon, and in that
event Wheeler may be delegated to pitch
against Portland. It Is more likely that
Gray will do the twirling, for the Angels
seem to think that "Dolly" is invincible,
because of his victory last Tuesday.
Mlque Fisher, the tiresome would-be
comedian, who formerly gained consid
erable notoriety around these parts
through his connection with the Tacoma
club of several years ago, is now man
ager of the Reach All-American baseball
club, which Is advertised to sail for the
Orient on November 3, the day following
the close of the . Pacific Coast League
eeason. Mlque has an angel in the person
of J. I Woods, who conveyed a team to
Hawaii last Winter, and who is also
financiering the proposed tour of China,
Japan and the Philippines. The pro
moters of this tour announce that they
have a number of the best players In the
United States enrolled for the trip.
FLYING "M" TAKES EXCURSION
Members of Multnomah Go on An
nual Low Jinks. -
Several hundred members of the
Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club will
leave the Oak-street dock on the
steamer J. N. Teal at 8:30 o'clock this
morning for an excursion up the Co
lumbia. All kinds of games and athletic con
tests have bean arranged for the day,
and a general good time Is assured all
who participate in the Jollification.
The excursion is the regular annual
low Jinks of the clubmen, and has
been planned for several weeks. Re
freshments of all kinds will be taken
along In sufficient quantity to satisfy
the hungry athletes.
SHIPPERS ASK REFORM
Will Urge Law to Prevent Bill-of-Lading
Frauds.
NEW TORK, July 18. When the com
missioners on uniform laws meet at Se
attle, Wash., August 20, they will be
waited upon by committees representing
the great commercial bodies Of this and
other cities, and urged to draft a bill of
lading to put an end to what the shippers
term the gross frauds which they de
clare have made bills of lading an unsafe
Instrument of credit. The decision to
have committees appear before the com
missioners, it was announced today, was
reached as a result of the announcement
of the Interstate Commerce Commission
that It bad not sufficient authority to or
der the railroads to revise their methods
of issuing bills of lading to meet the
objections which the commercial bodies
have raised against the Instruments in
their present form. It Is the present
plan to have the new bill, which is ex
pected to be drafted by the commission
ers on uniform laws. Introduced at the
next session of Congress. A decision of
the Interstate Commerce Commission an
nounced early this week contained recom
mendations embodied in the demand of
the shippers, but the commission decided
that it lacked the power to enforce these
recommendations. It was In view of this,
and the belief that the railroads would
not accept the recommendations of the
commission that the plan announced to
day was formulated. The tremendous
volume of business transacted on bills
of lading Is apparent from figures of the
year 1907, which show that goods valued
at 17.000.000,0u0 were shipped on the bills
in that year alone.
The commercial Interests have been
trying for the last three years to compel
the carriers to issue them separate bills
of lading forms, in order to differenti
ate between the ordinary receipt end the
more Important "order" bill, which Is
used as a basis of credit in the trans
portation of the country's crops, partic
ularly the cotton and grain crops of the
South and West and manufactured prod
ucts. The shippers have demanded, also,
that the railroads compel the surrender
of the instrument upon delivery of the
property to the consignee, several exten
sive swindles having been perpetrated
against lenders by means of bills of
lading that were not so surrendered. As
the railroads have fought the proposed
changes from the first, representatives
of the commercial bodies of this city say
they do not expect the recommendations
of the Interstate Commerce Commiesion
to change the situation at all. They be
lieve, however, that whatever action is
taken by the commissioners on uniform
state laws will be approved by Congress,
as the commissioners are representatives
from the several states, appointed by
their respective Governors.
' L. Mandelbaum. of the bill of lading
committee of the Cotton Exchange: Theo
dore F. Whltmarsh, vice-president of
the Wholesale Grocers' Association, and
Charles F. Droeste, of the bill of lad
ing committee of the Mercantile Ex
change, in interviews given out today,
all express the fear that if the alleged
abuses are not corrected by Congress
early in its session credits will be se
riously curtailed, and in consequence all
commercial interests severely handi
capped. AID FOR MONTANA MINES
Further Development of Missouri
River Water Powers Planned.
BOSTON. July 18. (Special.) Various
financial and mining Interests, Including
Senator Clark. H. H. Rogers. ex-Gov.
Hauser and others, who represent the
Missouri River Power Company, have ar
ranged with the Stone & Webster Engin
eering Corporation, of Boston, for the de
velopment of the immense water power
resources in the canyons of the Upper
Missouri River In Montana on a scale ex
ceeding anything that has yet been at
tempted there. The plans provide ulti
mately for the transformation of 60.000
horse power into electrical energy by
means of two dams, and the bulk of this
power will be furnished the mines in the
Butte and Helena districts.
It Is estimated that the constiuction
work planned will cost $3,000,000, and it
will be done in two stages. The first
Is In connection with a 20.000 horsepower
dam at Hauser Lake. 60 miles from
Butte. This work will begin immedi
ately. Subsequently It is planned to build an
Immense new dam nearly one half a mile
long and 110 feet in height, together with
a 30.000 horsepower hydro-electric plant
at Wolf Creek, a few miles above Hauser
Lake. From this plant high tension
transmission lines will deliver power to
Butte and Helena.
This is believed to be the largest proj
ect of the kind undertaken since in
terest In big developments began to lag
over a year ago.
REVOLT AGAINST IMMORAL
Morality League; Throws Eggs at
Actors of Indecent Plays.
PARIS. July 18. (Special.) The Public
Morality League, which was recently
founded in Paris, has adopted strenuous
measures to put an end to the increasing
Immorality of the stage here. The other
night there were present a good many
members, including a number of promi
nent clergymen, at the Theater de Cluny,
where a play of extremely risque char
acter was given. They sat qUiet during
the first two acts, but at the beginning of
the third one of the ministers arose and,
turning to the audience, which, as usual"
In theaters of this kind, consisted mainly
of foreign visitors, mainly English and
American, he cried:
"How can you sit here looking at such
a disgraceful exhibition?"
A general uproar followed and the man
ager came to the front holding the nozzle
of a fire hose, which he threatened to
turn on the objectors. The clergymen,
however, held their own for an hour,
pelting teh actors and actresses with bad
eggs and tomatoes.
Tomorrow (Monday) will be positive
ly the last day for discount on East
Side gas bills. Portland Gas Co.
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Catalogue with samp let of cloth and blank,
rules for self -measurement mailed on ap
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Distinctive Chocolates and
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