THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 27, 1903.
BASEBALL PLAYERS ARE FINANCIALLY INTERESTED IN
EYES OF
THE PENNANT RACE
Oil BIG LEAGUES
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Great Fight at Finish of Sea
son Eclipses Races of
Former Years.
NATION
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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
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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
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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
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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
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High School Team.
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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
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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
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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. . .
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der a case of beer left once a
week. Make it a STANDING
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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
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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
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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.