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THE SUNDAY OBEGOMAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 9, 1903- G M'GIEDIE COUNTS OfJ HOME SERIES Hopes to Put Beavers In First Place After Return North. WILL HAVE NEW TWIRLERS Slugger Johnson Has Opened Eyes of Fans In San Francisco. Latest Sewi of Roped Arena. BY HARRT-B. SMITH. SAX FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. S.-(Spe-tt&l ) From what he says, Walter ilc Credie Is evidently planning great things when he returns home for his last five weeks on the Vaughn-street grounds. The Portland manager figures that if he is going to win the pennant rag, the trick will have to be turned on the home grounds and as he Is anticipating a series of double-headers in order to have all of his postponed dates filled out, he wants some extra men on the force. He feels, most of all. that he needs pitchers and said the other day that he would go home with four or five new twlrlers readv to work.' One of these men, Pat rick "of the Central League, the Portland fans' ha already heard about, while the other a chap named. Boss, who pitches left handed with Austin, Tex., will re port at Los Angeles and may have a chance to pitch a game this coming week. As to the others if McCredie has them i mind, he is not ready to give out any names. Boston Scout Wants Beavers. Hugh MeBreen. the business agent of th Boston Americans, a polite name for a baseball scout, arrived here the first of the week and will look over the talent at Kecretion Park. MeBreen comes par ticularly, so the story goes, to talk busi ness with McCredie. He is very anxious It appears to get hold of Catcher Mad den, who was traded to the Portland club in the Spring and also thinks very highly of Bobby Groom. McCredie thinks also that MeBreen wants to reopen the Henderson case, but the Portland man ager declares positively that there is absolutely no chance for Henderson to bo reinstated; that he Jumped fully un derstanding what he was about and that he must suffer the consequences. "The onlv player on whom there Is an option Is Raftery." said McCredie to the writer. 'Cleveland holds that option and has until August 22 in which to take It up or let him go. I haven't any doubt but that Raftery will be held by Cleve land. It looks now as If I would Eave most of my other men and I am per fectly willing to do so. as it Is no easy task to build up a ball club. Pinnance will not te back with us this year. I had a letter from him the other day in which he said that he must remain longer on his homestead than he originally ex pected. He asked me if he could pitch for Flint in the Michigan League the balance of the season and as 1 haven't much use for him. I told him to go ahead. "Ed Kennedy, who Is now playing with Fresno, wrote me the other day and said he wished he was out of there. He said the State League was not doing very well and that it was too hot in Fresno. Kennedy wanted to leave me In the Spring because he didn't like to play a utility role. If he was with me now, he wouldn't be playing utility. I released him all right, as he had always treated me right, but he promised me that if I wanted him in the Spring, he would be ready to go on the Job." Johnson Great Slugger. If the Portland fans could have seen Ote Johnson in action last Wednesday, it would have done their hearts good. Be cause he thought that Basse-y was slump ing. McCredie put ltyan in left and played Johnson back at third, from which posi tion he has been absent so long. The big Pwede was in his glory. Of course you ha-e read all about what happened, but that first home-run scored three tallies mi the second came when he started an inning. His single also helped in the run getting and his double scored three more. And what is more, the Beavers needed most of those tallies to win the game. If Johnson Is going to hit the ball like that, McCredie would do well to keep him permanently stationed at third, as he will be able to break up many a game of ball for the prospective champions. Dutch Altman, erstwhile Oakland in fielder. ts by this timo on his way to Spokane, having been resold to that club ty the Oakland management. Spokane, it Appears, got into a hole and offered more than the Commuters originally gave for him. Van Haltren didn't think any too much of Altman and the club Jumped at the offer. Ash Houston, the Portland boy. Is to be given a chance to play around second for the Oaks and whether he makes good to the entire satisfaction of the management or not, he is very apt to be retained for next season, in case he shows anything at all. Xew Pitcher for Oakland. Oakland, by the way, has a new pitcher on the road. His name is Loctenbach rcd he hails from the Ohio and Pennsyl vania league. He is said to be en route to California. Dellar, the Taeoma star, who has been having sorry luck this year In the Coast league, has een laid off until such time as he can deliver the goods. In the meantime, Dellar is not drawing a salary. He is Inclined to be sore at this action, declaring that he should either be given his release or al lowed to draw his salary- The fight game is quieter at the present time than it has been for some months. It Is true that there aro several matches In eight, but they are some ways off and the fans are taking a needed rest. Attell and Moran Differ. There was something of a flurry the first of the week when Abe Attell and Owen Moran came together for the pur pose of selecting a referee for their Labor Day fight. Differences developed very speedily between the pair and It looks very much at the present time as If the match will be called off, and one between Moran and Eddi9 Hanlon substituted. When Jeffries positively refused to act as referee. Attell declared that Jack Welsh and none other must be the man. Moran demurred, declaring that he ought to say. Then he named Billy Roche, Ed die Smith and Phil Wand, anyone of whom, he told Attell, would be satisfac tory. Attell was still firm for Welsh and as a result the argument was postponed until next Wednesday night. Coffroth, the promoter, has Issued an ultimatum that if the boys do not name the referee at that time, he will declare the bout off and give Eddie Hanlon a fight. To those on the inside, it looks very much as if Attell Is willing to slide out of this match, preferring suckers to a tough nut like Moran. At all events, you can write your own ticket, if you think that match will be made. Gans Still at Harbin. Joe Gans. who fights Battling Nelson at the Mission-street arena on Admission day. is ailll located at Harbin Sorinas. He will do much of his early training there and will not return to San Fran cisco until August IT. He will train this time at Croll's gardens in Alameda and will have .Molly McDouald as his chief of staff. The Dane is still in the East but should report here about the middle of the month, so that the preliminary publicity that always attends such a fight can be started. Kelly Makes Good Fight. For the little over two rounds that he lasted against Ketchel. Hugo Kelly, of Chicago, gave the favorite betters an awful fright at the Coliseum the other night. " It looked to the experts ars if he had a mighty good chance to win and then he became careless, left his Jaw Invitingly open and the inevitable re sulted. Ketchel shifted with his right and pumped a left straight to the Jaw. I have never seen a harder punch deliv ered It bounced Ketchel back and hit Kelly so hard that the Italian first struck on his back and then hit his head on the canvass. He tried to get up all right, but didn't have a chance and practically collapsed, being carried to his corner after the count was completed. As a fight it was well wortn watching, but financially, it was a "disappointment to the fighters and the promoter. The receipts were exactly J6SS0. Ketchers end was something more than C400, while Kel lv the defeated, took 11300 and in addi tion was allowed 1500 for training ex penses. Kelly and his trainer left almost Immediately for Chicago. Ketchel's next fight will be when he meets Joe Thomas In this city Tuesday night, August 18, et catch weights. He has already had three fights with Thomas, although the latter claimed that on each occasion It was the low weight required that hampered htm. The first time was In Marvsville, when the 20-round contest was called a draw. Then in a 46-round fight, Ketchel knocked Thomas out in the 32d round and in their last battlo Ketchel won a 20-round decision. After the Thomas fight, Ketchel is scheduled to fight Bitty Papke 25 rounds before the Jeffries Athletic Club in Los Angeles on Labor day. This will be for the middleweight title, which Ketchel now holds without dispute, after his successive victories over Jack'Twin Sullivan, Papke and more recently Hugo Kelly. Harness Meeting at Oakland. the first time in a number of l A t.a ViBlrt For rears, a harness metuu in the near vicinity of San Francisco, a four days' meeting being scheduled for the Emeryville track, running from August 12 to 15 Inclusive. Originally the meeting was scheduled for eight days, but owing to tha sickness of Ben Benjamin, who was in charge. It was found necessary to curtail the affair. The same races will be held, however, as there will be four a day. Instead of two, as was the original intention. ' The pick of the California pacers and trotters will be In attendance. Among the most noted will be the well known Sir John S., who was beaten recently at Santa Rose by Mona Wilkes when that game little mare made a new California pacing record. Frank Kilpatriok. a millionaire breeder and owner, has assumed the management of the meeting, and everything possible will be done to see that It is a success. Will Insure Football Players. What do you think of football play ers having themselves Insured against accidents on the football field? It cer tainly Is a novel idea, so far as the West is concerned, but it will be tried this year bv the Barbarians, a club that was formed some time ago to pro mote the Rugby game and give the college men a " chance for outside matches. At a recent meeting of the club, the president was instructed to secure rates from the insurance com panies and have the active players fully protected. This was done because so many of the members are married and need some protection for their families In case they are so Injured that they cannot keep up their business. CANADIANS DEFEND ENGLISH Saya American Protests Trivial and Earned Contempt of People. MONTREAL Aug. 8. The Canadian Olympic team was met by a crowd of admirers on Its return from England last night. The athletes were escorted through the streets to the Montreal Athletic Club amid cheers and plaudits. J. H. Crocker, manager of the team, sides with the English athletes and officials in the dispute with the Amer ican team. He said: "Starting with the hole-digging Inci dent for the polevault and finishing' up with the foul of the 400-meter race, the Americans made themselves thoroughly disliked by other competitors and de spised by the officials and the English people. Most of their protests were of the most trivial nature. They had gone Into the tug-of-war as an afterthought more than anything else, and expected with their weight men to win." Japan to Stop Bookmaklng. TOKIO, Aug. 8. The government Is In vestigating the nature of the bcttln at the various race meetings, and - if It is found to injure social order In any way it will be strictly prohibited. The Toklo paper adds that Baron K. Oura, the new Minister for Agriculture and Commerce, was always against betting, the nature of which was gambling, and should be dealt with under the penal code. Vis count Zone, resident vice-general in Co res, Is also reported to have said when he was recently in Toklo that betting should be prohibited. "A'V ""vii. i it- i J: .- ' - -w1 J PATROLMAN JOE KELLER'SULL TERRIER AND LITTER OF PUPPIES MOTHER IS AN IMPORTED ANIMAL. LUCAS LEAGUE IS AFTER PORTLAND Effort on Foot to Induce Mc Credies to Join North west Circuit. SLIM CHANCE OF SUCCESS Management of Local Team Is Loyal to Coasters, Although Eight Club League Would Re- ceive Its Support. . BT W. J. PET RAIN. The Paciflo. Northwest League is about to make a determined effort to convince Judge W. W. McCredie. and his nephew. Manager Walter H. McCredie. of what they choose to term the folly of the Port land club continuing its affiliation with the Paciflo Coast League. Similar efforts have been made ever since the Paciflo Coast League was organlxed. . So far they have proved unavailing, and will prove equally fruitless on this occasion, according to an opinion recently ex pressed by the owner of the Portland club. " Despite the obstacles to be encountered In the opening of their negotiations, two and probably three prominent club owners of the Lucas-Dugdale circuit will be in Portland this week, and will use all of the arguments at their command to con vince the McCredles that a circuit com posed of Portland, Seattle. Taeoma, Spo kane, Vancouver, B. C. and Aberdeen Is the logical organization for this sec tion of the country. ' League Is Not Paying. The reason for the activity displayed by the Northwest leaguers regarding Portland is that the league, as it is at present comprised, is not a money maker. Aside from Seattle, and possibly Van couver, none of the towns have been able to keep more than a few dollars on the right side of the ledger, . while two of the teams have proven losing proposi tions. As one of the club owners re cently said to the writer, the Northwest League is a dead one without Portland. While the magnates will not express themselves directly as to the methods to be brought to bear to induce the Mc Credles to desert the Pacific Coast League It Is hinted that Portland can have any thing she wants, including the presidency of the league, the selection .of the um pires and almost continuous baseball if she will only toss Qff the California yoke, as they call it tn Seattle, and affiliate with the Northwest circuit. On the way to Portland from Seattle last Wednesday night a prominent fan of Taeoma expressed himself as follows: "The Northwest League is a dead prop osition without Portland, for Seattle la the only big town In the league and Is hooked up so strongly with Dugdale that it is of hardly any benefit to the other clubs. You see Dug is a sort of a dic tator and hands the rest of the towns whatever he chooses, and the official head of the league, Lucas, Is nothing more or less than Dug's man Friday. Whatever Dug says goes without question with Lucas, and therefore, the Seattle fat man get all the financial benefit while .the rest of the clubs are forced to ac quiesce or go without baseball. 6entlment of Taeoma Fan. "I cannot understand why Portland continues to adhere to the California end of the circuit. Portland belongs to the Northwest. It is a part of that terri tory and a large factor In the commercial activity of this section of the country. Why, then, should Portland refuse to affiliate with the other cities and towns in this district? If Portland were to Join the Northwest League I feel assured that any demands the McCredles might make would be gladly allowed. Port land can have the great majority of the games during the season. In fact I am conversant enough with the situation In Spokane, Taeoma and Vancouver to be able to say that each of those places would be satisfied to take from eight to ten weeks or less of baseball during the season and allow Portland the balance. Just to have that town in the circuit." One of the representatives of the North west League who will be In Portland Is George M. Schreeder, of Taeoma, and owner of that franchise in the Lucas league. As far as Schreeder is concerned, he does not care whether Portland is represented In the Northwest League or whether Taeoma affiliates with the Pa ciflo Coast League, and will labor earnest ly In either direction. In referring to the baseball situation of the Northwest in a conversation with the writer last Wed nesday Mr. Schreeder said: Team-Owner Wants Change. "The Northwest League in its present form Is a losing proposition for the most of us, and personally I favor an organiza tion with Portland combined In the league. From a standpoint of profit a Northwest League comprised of Port- i hi an limiaii inniili i ' - fin TTHTH 1, HE ILtf rrf .TV:;- - Jf - HOW DO YOU LIKE MY NEW land, Seattle, Taeoma. Spokane, Aber deen and Vancouver would prove the best money getter, and that Is the circuit that looks best to me. However, if the Pa cific Coast League wins its fight for Se attle I shall be ready to place a.team in that circuit. "I look at this baseball matter purely in a business way. With a Northwest League we can furnish just as classy baseball as can the Pacific Coast League, and yet with a compact circuit it should prove much more of a financial success than is either of the leagues today. I have been informed that the greatest objection to the Northwest League n Portland is that the League is only Class B, while the Pacific Coast League is Class A. . "Wrhy should we not be able to demand a Class A rating Just the same as Cali fornia? With a city like Portland added to our circuit, we could demand Clasp A ball and compel recognition as Buch at the hands of the National association. As I own my baseball park and It is centrally located I am naturally inter ested in a paying circuit. If the North west attempts to continue Us present circuit for another year I shall retire from the game and cut my park up into building lots." The arguments advanced in favor of the Northwest League are to be placed be fore the McCredles in the strongest man ner possible, and the representatives of the Lucas League are to begin working on the Portland magnates immediately with a view of weaning them away be fore the meeting of the National Asso ciation of Professional Baseball Leg"ff convenes at New York in the late tall. Judge McCredle's policy regarding base ball is well known, for he has frequently declared that he would not consider a proposition whereby the abandonment of the California towns was to be con sidered. For this reason It would seem that the Northwest League officials who are coming to Portland will have their work cut out for them. Judge McCredie is a firm believer in an all Pacific Coast League and would lend his support to the promotion of a league to include teams from Vancouver, B. C, to Los Angeles. Favors All-Coast League. If the Pacific Coast League officials can show where Los Angeles is entitled to continuous baseball, while Portland is not even considered or asked to bid on the propostion, they will do a great deal more than the loyal Portland fans think they can. This favoring of Los Angeles, if it is thought about, would seem like a discrimination agatnBt Port land, and it is Just possible that the Portland fans would resent any such policy. The California magnates who are playing the Dugdale grab-all act should realize that Portland is the best base hall city on the Pacific Coast. RECENTLY WHELPED, , w ! T $ ! I .-v. ' i . ! J : .... I STUDEBAKER THE SIMPLE, CLEAN, ENJOYABLE WAY OF GOING WHEREVER YOU PLEASE WHENEVER YOU PLEASE VOWv vwo WAGNER THE GREAT Veteran Hans Ballplayer Class by Himself. in IS BETTER NOW THAN EVER nttsburg's Wonderful Shortstop la Playing Best Fielding Game In His Career and Batting in rsual Form. All In a class by himself Is Hans the crack shortstop of the Wagner Pittsburg basebal team. Players come and players go. but Hans evidently goes on forever. The great old veteran Is playing better ball this year than ever before. Like old Cy Toung, the ven erable Boston twlrler. age seems to have no terrors for the peerless In fielder. It has been his phenomenal work in the season so far that has put Pittsburg in a commanding posi tion for the National League pennant this year. Not only has Wagner estab lished an unprecedented record as a champion batsman, but he is a fielder of exceptional ability. Plays that the ordinary shortstop would not think of attempting, the great German effects with such mar velous ease that they really appear easy for him. More than a month ago Wagner made his two-thousandth hit in the National League, a record which no one has anywhere near ap proached. Slnee 1900 he has led the National League hitters five years, and during that time had a grand average of a trifle better than .313. Hans Wagner 13 one of the most un assuming players the game ever de veloped. There is nothing "chesty" or vain about his bearing, either on or off the field. He has always a word of encouragement for the young player and never "knocks" a rival. It is this disposition that has earned him the undying respect of his team mates and the baseball world in general. No one Is more popular in New York City than Wagner. And this, despite the fact that more than any other man, or team for that matter, he is feared at the Polo Grounds. At least 50 per cent of the defeats of the Giants by the Pirates may be laid at the door of the best shortstop of them all. "The main thing in batting," said Wagner the other day, "Is confidence. Show me a man who has plenty of nerve, good eyesight and ambition and I will show you a hitter. I don't be lieve a great deal in those old familiar gags that batters are born, not made. It stands to reason that a man can learn to time a ball from the pitcher's box better than he can learn to judge a fly, say In the outfield. Just a a fielder lays' for his batter, so should a batsman 'lay' for the pitcher." An ounce of horse sense Judicious ly applied will often help a hitter a great deal. He must be quick to else up his situations and versatile in switching tactics. Baseball Is no more nor less than a matching of wits. The one who can always spring the unex pected is the one who always or near ly always come off first. It is this marked versatility of the big Pittsburg shortstop that has made him also one of the craftiest base run ners in the country. No one ever knows what he 1b next going to do. Naturally Wagner is" awkward of build. He covers the ground in lum bering style. Is bow-legged, and any thing but speedy looking. He will tell you that as a boy he was anything but agile. His phenomenal speed he has developed. He is still developing It. For Wagner Is a hard worker. He never lets good enough alone. He firmly believes that there Is no such thing as perfection, and works out all Summer long even harder than the re cruits who are Just trying- to break in.- Physically he is a giant, but such only because he refuses to give ground to physical ailment. Wagner has been subject for several years now to rheumatism. Less willful players would have toadied to' their affliction. But not Wagner. "I fully intended to lay off and rest ELECTRIC STUDEBAKER this year," said Wagner, "but . I couldn't bring myself to do It when the boys kept urging me to come back. I think a long rest would probably do me a world of good. If we win the pennant I may knock off next year. I'm not saying that I will, because I got in kind o' bad with the public over my weakening resolve this year. "I have had a long siege on the dia mond, and realize that I'm not as young as I used to be. I feel just about as nimble as ever, but know that the strain will sooner or later tell. I like the game, and unless I rest up some the next year or so It may take all the starch out of me. I want to play ball for ten years yet. I'd be lost off the diamond." Spokane's Bid for Big Race. SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 8. A J2500 trophy cup is offered by the Spokane Chamber of Commerce for a 400-meter footrace between Lieutenant Lalsewell, of the British army, and J. C. Carpenter, of Cornell, the race to take place at the Interstate Fair, in this city, Mon day, October 6. The men met at the Olympic games In England, Halsewell winning through a claim of foul. Car penter being barred after making the remarkable time of 48 2-5 seconds. The Chamber of Commerce offers the men return transportation to this city. SEATTLE DATES OPEXIXG OF HORSE SHOW SET FOR SEPTEMBER 2. Evening Exhibitions Will Be Given, Contrary to First Plans for Event. The date of the Seattle Horse Show has been changed and. evening exhibitions will be included In the programme in stead of matinees only, as was the original plan. The dates decided upon are September 2, 3 and 4, instead of the first five days of that month as previously an nounced. The evening exhibitions are much in favor and society has won out over horseowners, the latter feeling that their animals could be shown to much better advantage in daylight. There was no serious objection to the change, how over, and everyone is much pleased. This will put the Seattle show nearly six weeks In advance of the Portland event, with the Spokane show intervening. Many Portland parties are being formed to attend the Seattle show and the Port land entries will also be numerous. While positive announcements cannot be made until the classification lists are received here. It is known that several of the crack carriage pairs and hunters owned locally will go to the Sound City hoping to bring home ribbons. It has been positively announced that the Considlne sale will be held August 14, and prospective buyers from Portland should be on hand if they wish to secure any of these exceptionally fine pairs and equipment for which Mr. Considlne is noted. SAYS - 6PIT BALL MUST GO Frank Chance, Manager of Chicago Club, Favors Legislation. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8. Manager Frank Chance, of the Chicago Cubs ball team, woo is also a member of the Joint rules committee of the Na tional and American Leagues, has come out flat-footed against the style of delivery known as the "spltball" and Is instituting a campaign to have leg islation passed next Winter abolishing it The leader of the Cubs has never been an advocate of the "spltball" de- if . . WE? "i '""iIjuiii . ov.ti't at..,ss.,r s-fe. c r ELECTRIC? livery, but until his recent visit to: Buffalo to watch the work of Pitcher McConnell of the Bisons he has never actively opposed It. There are several reasons advanced by Chance for prohibiting the use if the Btyle of delivery. It Is hard on catchers, injuring their hands, it causes fielders to muke many wild throws, it is repulsive to the view of spectators, and its abolition would undoubtedly do much to increase batting. A few pitchers would, of course, be prac tically put out of the game, but oil clubs would be reduced on the samn level of depending on science and not saliva for victories. At Buffalo, Chance found three catchers more or less Injured through the use of this form of delivery. Mc Connell Is entirely a "spltballer" and during the game the fielders had to lose tim in handling the ball by wip ing it off every time before they threw It, fearing to make costly errors. Although McConnell pitched a game winning by a 2-to-3 score. Chance re fused to negotiate for him, solely be cause he relies on the "spltball" for his successes. Execute Spanish Anarchist. BARCELONA, Aug. 8. Jean Rull, wild on April 4 was found guilty of complicity In a series of bomb explosions and an archistic outrages and sentenced to death, was executed here today. At the trial of Rull, the evidence showed that h" and his associates were the authors of the attempts to aspasslnate King Alfonso at. Madrid and Paris and of various out rages in different parts of Spain. Streets running north and south have the best health records. 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