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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 27, 1903. BASEBALL PLAYERS ARE FINANCIALLY INTERESTED IN EYES OF THE PENNANT RACE Oil BIG LEAGUES 11 Great Fight at Finish of Sea son Eclipses Races of Former Years. NATION liiiB FANS PICK OUT WINNERS Leading Teams of Both Circuits Are Bunched So Closely That Llt tlo Advantage Idea With Leaden. BT W. J. PTDTRXIN. In the American and National Leagues this season are witnessed struggles for the baseball supremacy of the world of the kind that try the nerves not only of the players but also of the thousands of rabid, wildly enthusiastic fans, who ore pinning their hopes to the banners of the several clubs that now have a chance for premier honors. Never before In the history of the two major organizations has It fell to the lot of American fandora to witness such magnificent struggles as are now taking place on the Eastern diamonds. Another strange coincidence In the two races is the fact that two new clubs seem likely to prove victorious In the respective races. In ft.ct the Indications point to the defeat of both of last year's champion teams, and while each has yet a fight ing chance, the prospects are more than favorable for a change of scene la the world's championship series which win be inaugurated In the next two weeks. In the National League there are three bidders for the championship. New York holds the lead by a slender margin, and during the next six days will do battle with the Philadelphia Club. By some, the Phillies are regarded as a cinch for the McGrawltes, but not so by the majority of the fans who have watched the Qua kers recent performances with a great deal of interest The Phillies, for a time during July and August, were figured upon as possible contenders, but the phe nomenal winning streak that brought them from the ruck to within hailing dis tance of the lead was broken Into. Since then they have played splendidly, though falling to show strong enough to be reck oned with. FhlUies Easy for ' Giants. During the games played thus far with New York, Philadelphia has not shown to advantage, for the Giants have the best of the series with a record of nine victo ries to three defeats. During this week. In addition to the regularly scheduled six games, there remain four postponements to be played. It Is not likely that all of the 10 games will be played, although this depends greatly upon McGraWs sue cess at the opening of the series. In the event that New York gets off good, Mo- Graw will no doubt Insist npon playing the New York postponements at least. and should he win from Philadelphia with the same ratio as marks the earlier games, the bunting will undoubtedly fly from the polo grounds. Chicago plays her remaining games with Brooklyn, Cincinnati and Pittsburg. The postponements remain to be played with the Brooklyn Club, and commenc ing Tuesday and until Friday, the Cubs have four days with Cincinnati In Cin cinnati. Chance's men have been almost as successful against the Reds as has New York been against Philadelphia, so. If precedent is to be considered. New York will have to continue her winning stress: against the Uuakera. Aside from the New York-Chicago view of the race, there remains Pittsburg to be considered The Pirates have com paratively the easiest snap of the three leading clubs, for they are scheduled all week with John Mcdoskeys aggrega- tlon of misfits representing St. Louis In the National League. So far this season Ft Louis has succeeded in defeating iircsDurg on but two occasions, while Clarke's men have scored 14 victories over the McCloakey squad. Judging by this comparison It would seem that New York will be hard pushed to win frequently enough from Philadelphia to offset what ever advantage may come Clarke's way at the expense of the National's tall ' endera' The fans will do well to watch Pittsburg, and not center their entire attention upon New York and Chicago. Fight In American League. The splendid four-cornered fight In the American League la equally attractive, and. If anything, more so than the Na tional campaign. Detroit last season's champion. Is threatened with defeat, and there being three clubs, any one of which is likely to overthrow the Tigers, adds all the more Interest to the splendid struggle. Like last season, the Ameri can battle la being fought out in the last week, and Instead of there being but two clubs in the race, four are so closely bunched that the winning or losing of a single game switches the standing each day. Cleveland. Chicago. Detroit and St. Louis are at the top. and the final strug gle Is bound to be of the most nerve racking kind. The least slip or mlscue on the part of any one man on either of the four clubs may put his team out of the race. It Is a grand struggle, and fandom is Justly aroused to its highest pitch. One of the most satisfactory incidents In connection with the American fight Is the grand struggles belns presented by Cleveland and Chicago. The former club has been a contender for pennant honors for eight years, and so far has succeeded In landing second, which Is the best Lajoie and his splendid team could do. This season the Cleveland team is a fac tor that many of the Eastern dopesters pick aa the victorious club. The Blues are oomposed of a speedy fielding team and fairly good baserunners, but their specialty Is batting. This club Is the most dangerous outfit In the American League In this respect, for If the peerless Lajoie, the brilliant Bradley, the hard-working Stovall. the fleet-footed nick, and the others once start a batting rally. It Is good-bye to the other team's chance of winning that game. Fielder Jones Best Manager. In Chicago's case, it is generally ad mitted throughout the East - that the White Sox possess the craftiest man ager In either league. Fielder Jones, who, by the way, is now a citizen of Oregon, is the eagle-eyed baseball general who has, practically throhgh his own coaching, kept a club that Is woefully weak in batting within threatening distance of the leaders during the entire season. It was this same Fielder Jones who piloted the 'White Sox to the championship In r-pfi. and who later successfully won the World's Championship from the sup posedly Invincible Chicago Cubs. Do not reckon the American League race without considering Chicago and Cleveland St. Louis, while possessing a team that will prove a strong bidder, will hardly do anything more, for the reason that her heavy weights are not sprightly enough to stand the gaff of a strenuous finish where speed and endurance will acquire the honors. The Browns undoubtedly possess some of the best baseball material In America, out uie icauns reiinaemins Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit ara the : V f t ? L4&-x : 5 J 'I "'' ljSi8L3''''ii'i;fvj' t' not. however prevent Individuals and business houses offering Pre" J players. There are also other ways in which th, winning of the Pennant help, individual members of th. team. For nance. Vabe'l tain of the Giants, has arranged for a vaudeville sketch with his wife. Mabel Hlte. and If his team wins, his success Is assured. Christy Mathewson or "Blr Six." Is the most Important factor In bringing the championship to New York. If he Is able to keep up his good work, the Giants have a good chance to win out. Dave Brain is a newcomer of the Giants. He Is a valu able man on a team, being an lnfielder aa well as an outfielder. New York got him from Cincinnati for cash. He la a utility man. He has also played In Boston and Pittsburg. clubs to be reckoned with In this cham pionship series. St. Louis possesses the endurance, but lacks the speed. McAleer will do well to replace some of his "steam-rollers" with lighter and faster men. It la a great race in fact two great races and fandom throughout the United States Is anxiously awaiting the final decision. CATTLE DRIVE C0NV1CJI0NS rrublin Castle Officials Issue Return on Symptoms of Disorder. DUBLIN. Sept. 28 (Special.) A re turn from Dublin Castle with regard to cattle-driving and other symptoms of disorder which occurred In Ireland during the first six months of 1908, was Issued this week as a "White paper." The return shows that 418 cases of oattle-drlving took place dur ing the period, while there were sev enty cases of firing Into houses and at persona The cas--s of serious boycot ting Increased from five at the begin-, ning of the period to sixteen ac the conclusion, while the total of partial boycotting cases Increased by one, from nine to ten. Ninety-eight pr secutlona took place during the six months for one or other of the offenses referred to. In thirteen AntHf.Hnn tnnlc nlace. and In fifty-three the charge was dismissed. Eight hundred and forty-five persona were bound over to keep the peace la connection with the chargea In the six months JB8 claims for malicious In Jury were granted, and the amount awarded was $50,890. Ninety-three claims were rejected. In 40 cases aa appeal against the award was made. SOLDIERS TRY THE FOOD French Cooking Commission 6ir plles Meals on Experiment Basis. PARIS. Sept. 28. (Special.) The commission appointed to consider the question of army cooking and to draw up menus and recipes has already pro duced some appetizing results. As a preliminary measure to putting them Into the regulations, two of these menus were tried last week on the Seventy fifth Regimentk The mid-day meal consisted of sorrel and vermicelli soup, mutton stew with vegetables, and a salad of white haricot beans. Dinner consisted of a croute-au-pot soup, beef stew, macaroni, and plums. The exact amount of pepper end salt is laid down In the recipes, which explain, with too utmost clearness for the guldancs tf the Inexperienced, the method of ore paring each dish. - The Sevency-axth Regiment has long given up the sys tem of employing contractors. The officer whose business It Is to attend to the feeding of the regment goes every morning to the centra! mar ket and uses his discretion as to how to spend his money. BAR MONARCH REFERENCES Proposed Celebration In French Town Causes Amusing Situation. PARIS, Sept. 28. (SpeclaLV-An amus ing situation has arisen over -he proposed celebration in the town of Jfontauban of the centenary of the Department Tarn-et-Garonne, of which it Is th' capital. Al most all the departments of France date from 1790. but Tarn-et-Gtronne ie fortu nate In having been famed In 1S08, so that Its centenary stands out distinct and apart from the othera The charter con stituting the department bears the sig natures of Napoleon I of the High Chan cellor Cambraceres, of the High Judge Rebnier, and of the Secretary of State, Hagues B. Maret; tnd article 4 reserves a hih distinction fir the chief town, for it decrees that Mntauban shall be one "of the 60 good towns the Mayors of which will assist at the coronation of the Emperor." An order has now been made forbidding the alontaubanals to cite or refer to the chtrter, on the ground that it bears the sgnatura of a monarch euphemisticaiy referred to m the order as the "Chift of the State." An acre Is .272.640 square rncheav An inch of wWr on an acre is therefore 6.272. 40 cubic; Inches. That amount, at Kl cubic luews to the ralton equals 22,000 sal lona or 2J0.0O0 pound, or 100 tons. An . in la in AthM vordi rain falll&z i J at. thateo104en . NEW YORK. : Sept. SB. (Speclal.V The splendid fight between the New York Giants. Chicago Cubs and Pitts burg Pirates Is attracting the atten tion of the sporting world. The win ning of the championship pennant means much to the management and players of the winning team, It Is not alone the club that reaps the benefit of winning the championship. The players who ara instrumental -n :win nlng the pennant are not overlooked and should the world's championship following the winning of the National League pennant, the players receive additional financial reward. According to the National Baseball Commission rules 60 per cent of the balance from the first four games.' after 10 per cent has been deducted for the expenses of the commission shall form a pool for the players of the two teams, to be divided 60 per cent to the winner and 40 per cent to the loser. . In the last world's series the Chicago National players won and received $32,960 for distribution amongr them. This amount would give eac'a player about J1600. A recent ruling prevents the giving of 1 n t- .tni-Ara hv llltl. It dOS TO E i Team Will End Local Season and Start South .Today. CANNOT HOPE FOR FIRST Second Place In Pennant Race Is Best Expected for McCredieites, Since Angels Always Beat Oaks and Seals. BT W. J. FETRADf. With the eppearance of MoCredle'i Portland basiball-tossera this afternoon; the fans will witness the last of the sea son of 1908 at this end of the circuit. Hereafter Portland will turn Its direct attention to football and other Winter sports, ard be with the McCredletlea In spirit onlr. The best the fans are now hoping for relative to Portland's position at the close cf the season Is that the bunch finishes In second place. That they have but n Infinitesimal chance of gaining the 'op is quite apparent through the obllfing regularity with wliich San Fran cisco and Oakland bow to Los Angeles. Be-ry'a team, for which he has been mtking the most absurd boasts of lata, has succeeded in gaining a great lead slnply because of the courteous behavior o' the other two California clubs, and tils state of affairs has practically pre luded Portland from having an even 5 : .r?- Captain Cornell, of the East Side High School Team. PORTLAND BEAVERS GDODBY f'Y: I t ' I . ' 'i I ' j rv v.- -i is fe I f v 1 t i '. - ! U . - ' . 1 ft L 4 m 111 tonic and a better all around builder. Drink it with your meals and before retiring. Drink it through these glorious snappy Autumn days, and let the rainy days come when they will. You will be so full of bounding health, so full of good humor brought by good health that you will welcome any sort of weather. Don't forget it. Phone in an order today. Make it a weekly order and we will see that you are taken care of TWO DOZEN PINTS 25c the dozen for the bottles. returned. PHONE THE BREWER Y Gambr break with the Angels In the champion ship struggle. Berry will undoubtedly deny that there Is anything question able in the easy manner with which his club has outclassed San Francisco and Oakland. Mr. Berry no sooner arrived at San Francisco than he commenced spreading the report that Portland would cause no trouble for the coming season, and that Los Angeles would positively have con tinuous baseball during the coming sea son. President Bwlng was a trifle more conservative, although he also Joined In the talkfest by favoring the contentions of Berry and loa Angelea, Change In Circuit Unlikely. Their action la In line with the policy California has pursued relative to Port land during the past two years. It Is evi dent that unless McCredle strenuously In sists on being recognized In his claim rel ative to the enlargement of the circuit, it Is quite positive that the Portland fran chise wlU again be wagged as the tall to the California kite. With three clubs In California this sea son, and Portland as the lone Northern representative, the club representing this city has been eliminated from the race for the flag by the frequency of the de feats sustained by two of the California clubs at the hands of the third. There fore, the question arises: Where will Portland land if two more California clubs are added? The prospect may be a glowing one from a California viewpoint, but in this section of the circuit It Is not In the least attractive. Portland's natural affiliations, rivalries and business Interests lie wl h the Northwestern country, and this Is also so relative to the great game of baseball. ' In the last two weeks of their home stand the Portland players gingered up wonderfully, and won eo consistently that the large majority ot the fans are won dering how the- succession of defeats sus tained Immediately after their home-coming came about. Good Record at Home. Commencing with San Francisco, the hitherto unbeatable band, McCredle's men copped six straight games and came very close to making a clean sweep of a seven game serlea With Oakland they have been almost as successful. Had they started such a gait several weeks earlier, their chances might have been much brighter, despite the Callfornlans' be havior toward the Angel band. The addition of Catcher Frambes has undoubtedly helped the team, for he is a steady catcher who works his pitcher with excellent Judgment His Inaugural was not as brilliant as it might have been, yet he displayed qualities on that occa sion which stamped him as a highly ca pable player. Since then he has amply sustained the Judgment passed on him at that time. The acquisition of Charley Harbnan will also assist the team later on, for last year he was the most successful twlrler on the staff of the tail-end aggregation He Is suffering from a lame arm at pres ent, but will get Into form during the six weeks' stand in California Hartman is a most reliable twirler, and with Graney and Rose, he nils out a trio of southpaws who should give a fair- accounting of themselves In the coming invasion of the fiouth. They should prove especially af - $2.00 when Portland's Favorite Beverage for Over Thirty-One lira fective against Los Angeles, which club seems to dislike left-handed pitchers. Jack Graney has endeared himself to the hearts of the Portland fans. There are very few left-handed pitchers who, starting with lack of control such as was noticeable in Graney's delivery when he came here, have succeeded In banishing this defect in their work. In Graney, McCredle has a pitcher who will prove a most valuable adjunct to his next sea son's team. Among the present Portlanders to whom the fans will bid a final farewell this afternoon are Bobby Groom, who goes to Washington; Tom Raftery, who has been sold to Cleveland, and Hal Danzig and Tom Madden, who return to the Boston Americana In the last two McCredle loses high-class players, but In exchange he will receive others whom we earnestly hope will prove of like caliber. Groom has enjoyed a most successful season this year, and when he Joins Joe Cantillon'a Nationals he can be depended upon to add new luster to the players developed on the Pacifio Coast In bidding farewell to Raftery the Portland fans will do so most regret fully, for a more popular player never wore a Portland uniform than the Bos ton boy who was In the center patch for McCredle. In his debut among the Dean Walker, Captain Columbia University Football Eleven. big fellows the rank and file of Port land's fandom wish Tom Raftery the best of luck and have no doubt as to his ability to gain a place on the crack Cleveland club. As for the other members of the team Jesse Garrett, Ote Johnson, Pearl Casey, Eddie Kinsella, Jack Graney, Jack Ryan. "Count" Bassey, Bert Whalen, Walter Frambes, Phfl Cooney and Rose, as well as Manager McCre dle here's hoping ail of them return next season. . . so r ."? imw:i:t-mml :: ;Lv 4 ; - r I - - ! - - : :; ' i ALL up the Brewery and or der a case of beer left once a week. Make it a STANDING c order. Try this plan this Winter. Instead of having the doctor ca:ll, have our wagon stop and leave a case of Gambrinus EVERY WEEK. GAMBRINUS Beer is the acme of purity and strength-giving food force. There's nearly as much nutri tion in beer as in milk, but it is more of .an aid to digestion, more of a nerve ONE DOZ. QUARTS 40o the dozen for the bottles - returned. :M A I N 4 Trn rewind uo, DANGER IN SPIKES Barbarous Accompaniment of National Game. MANY PLAYERS MAIMED Time Some Action Should: Be Taken to Do Away With Knifelike Blades Would Improve Sport. BT C J. P. ROONEY. The equipment used ' by baseball players has undergone changes from time to time, which have not kept pace with th. changes In the rulea of the game. . There Is, of course, a good reason for this In the fact that experiments necessary to arrive at sound results are expensive, long-drawn-out and most frequently prove a source of loss in stead of gain to the Investigator, whereas the adoption of a simple rule may benefit the game wonderfully. A man may be a fine player, and yet have little originality, even In relation to those objects which he must con tinually use, and which he feels should be Improved or done away with alto gether. Bresnahan . of New Tork must be credited with the latest addition to baseball paraphernalia. It took inde pendence and foresight to lead the way and wear bis shin and knee guard. While this appliance Interferes slight ly with the speed of the catcher in his pursuit of foul files, it adds to the catcher's confidence In every other emergency, and thereby really results on the whole In quickening and strengthening th. position back of the plate. The field for the inventive mind will always be open, as long as the game la played, but It should be borne In mind that, aa the Patent Office phrase goes, the prospective Inventor should be one "skilled in the art" of baseball playing, before h. can hope to nil aom. long-f.lt want Evolution of Ballplayer's Shoe. It la not necessary to go Into ancient history In order to explain the changes that have taken place from the day of the flimsy canvas and leather shoe without any "spike" or "plate." to this season of 1808 when the high-class player Is equipped with a low, light weight shoe made of th. finest, strong $1.75 when Years 9, 1 14 9 est Imported leather, fitted with hand made "spikes" five-eighths of an Inch long, with knife-like edges and angles and constituting the most dangerous element of the National game ot the period. When the spikes or points of hese plates become dulled, the file Is fre quently brought Into use by the player and the original danger Increased by carelessness or intention. Player after player Is injured often several In one game. Many a valuable man sits on. the bench or remains at home for weeks and sometimes months at a time as a result of "spiking bees." Talk about unproductive capital! What about the investment tied up In this way all over the country? How do the reckless, dashing young college play ers and fast amateurs fare? Well, they simply slaughter each other at times. Through a fierce de- i sire to win at any cost, they take' chances that the professional can't af ford to take or knows too much to take. Tou ask what is to be done about It. Let public opinion, let the players themselves force the necessary legislation through the big leagues. Can a practical, comparatively safe "spike" be designed? I answer most' emphatically, yes. Experiments which i have been conducted for the past six f months by the writer have demon-; strated that something much safer than the present design Is quite possible I will go so far as to say that at least 76 per cent of the danger arising from the use of today's "spikes" can be eliminated with little or no loss of the runner's speed or aurefootedness. Danger In Steel Projections. Danger will always lurk to some ex tent in these steel projections, but It la neither good sense nor good manage ment, and, moreover, it reflects but lit-' tie credit on the leaders of the sport to alt Idle and take for granted that nothing more can be accomplished in 1 the direction of safety. Do you want to see more base-sliding, faster footwork In every depart ment of the game? Do-'you want clean- . er sport on the diamond? Then urge with persistency and enthusiasm that this departure be made, and be assured In advance that many thinking and in fluential people are with you and will welcome the passing of this most nota ble crudity of the game. Let no one hoodwink you by preaching the doc trine "it can't be done." In the bloody Roman arena the eword gave way to the cestus in the gladiatorial contests.. Let the modern ballplayer profit by the example. Give the umpire authority to exam ine a spiker's shoe when he cuts an op ponent, and If his "spikes" are not of the adopted standard and in proper or der, let him be fined or punished in some other way, as are offenders against any other of the rules. The presence of the shutter, th. stretcher and the ambulance as necessary con comitants of the great, clean National sport should be cut out According to rcent itatlstlcs, th. popu lation of Russia 1. annually Increasing- at th. rat. ot 2.5"0.000. It is now about 150, 000,000. In 1802 it will, at this rat, reach ISO.000,000 and la 180 more than 280,000,-000.