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Idea that Papke Is a snap this time,
and he thinks he has a good chance to
win back the championship.
San Francisco sportdom is Interested
In the benefits that are being arranged
for the mother and sister for the late
"Bob" Smyth, who died a week ago.
Smyth was for many years sporting
editor of the Call and one of the best
known and best-liked men in the busi
ness. He was sick for some nine weeks
before his death and aa he had not
been well for two years previous, left
little or nothing for his immediate
family, who were dependent on him.
The sporting world showed Its gener
ous spirit by Jumping to the front. A
theatrical benefit will be given Octo
ber 22 and will be followed by a box
ing show on October 27. Benny Sells,
manager of Joe Gans. was named as
the head of a finance committee and
has already received in ' subscriptions
$1010. It is fully expected that at least
$6000 will be raised and handed over
tp the family.
VANCOUVER. B. 0.. PENNANT-WTNNFRS OF NOT?THWF.STF.RN BASEBALL LEAGUE
FOR COAST LEAGUE
Bantz, Babcock and Jarvis
Raise Hope of Champion
ship at Seattle.
Rumored Agreement With the
State Circuit Fixes Next
Year's Circuit.
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According to Report. Coasters Have
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Withdraw From frjira
meiito McCredie Sore.
BY HARRY B. SMITH.
SAX FRANCISCO, Oct. 17. The base
ball problem, or what Is going to hap
pen to the Pacific Coast League. Is the
question that Is interesting the fans
Just at present. Nobody seems to know
which way the cat Is going to jump,
nd with Cal Ewtng and Henry Berry
In the East, where they attended the
world's series and will remain to be
in attendance at the meeting of the
minor leagues, there la very little
chance to get a correct line on tho
subject.
According to the best information,
the Coasters have had enough' of war
with the State League and have made
a partial compact by which the State
League will go Into organized baseball
and act as a feeder for the Coast
League. In exchange, so it is said,
the Coast League has agreed to with
draw from Sacramento and will allow
the State League to remain Intact. If
this Is so. and it begins to look very
much as If It Is the proper dope, there
seems nothing ahead of the Coast
League but a four-team affair. If they
drop Sacramento, they cannot give
Los Angeles continuous baseball, and
once more there will be a howl.
McCredie Feels Sore.
Walter McCTedle Is extremely sore
because the Coast League did not go
after four cities In the Northwest and
undoubtedly he represents his uncle's
sentiments In the matter. He doesn't
talk about kicking over the traces,
but feels that Ewtng has not done the
right thing. I had a long talk with
Walter the other day, and this is the
gist of what he said:
"Ewtng made a bad mistake when he
refused to go after the cities in the
Northwest. The Judge has decided
views and feels that an eight-team
league with the rivalry of California
against the Northwest would be ' the
thing. I agree with him. Los Angeles
wants continuous baseball, and thac
way it could be arranged. Ewlng
seems to feel that Lucas and Dugdale
and the other Northwest League mag
nates don't know baseball. That's
where he Is mistaken. They know
more than he does, and I doubt If the
opportunity again presents itself to
take in those cities."
There has been considerable Interest
in California in the announcement
that Judge McCredie is thinking of
having a team in the Northwest
League as well as in the Coast League
next season. Walter says chat If the
Judge has made such a statement
It will go, and adds further that he
has been instructed to pick up as many
good players from the State League
for next season as possible.
Just bow Ewing and his assoclaces
will view such a scheme is a question,
but the chances axe that Judge Mc
Credie would tell them they could ac
cept It or go without baseball so far as
Portland is concerned.
Only Faithful Fans Go.
The fear of the blacklist has struck
deep, at least, inio one heart. Frank
Arellanes. who has returned from the
Boston Americans, has announced that
he will not play with the State
Leaguers the balance of the season, as
he does not want to take any chances.
President Frank Taylor, of che Bos
tons, advised Arellanea not to play, and
he has consented to be good.
Two more weeks and the Coast
League will have wound up Its season.
It might as well quit now so far as
interest Is concerned. The pennant
race Is to all Intents and purposes de
rided, and. except for a few fans who
would go to see baseball with the .ther
mometer below zero, there is no at
tendance worth mentioning. Possibly
I am wrong, but it looks very much as
if California hai fnr more baseball
than it needs.
On election day. November 3. Mike
Fisher and his band of warriors will
start on their journey that includes
Japan, China. Manila and Honolulu on
the return trip. They will be gone three
months, all told, and expect to have a
grat outing. The Reach All-Stars, as
they are to be known, will play two
exhibition games in San Francisco be
fore their departure, and they hope
to gather some pin money as a result
of them.
The trip, on account of Its length. Is
worthy of attention the country over
and doubtless the boys will be given
the notice they deserve.
Pugilism TaLes .Slump.
The pugilistic game was never more
rtead than it is at the present time.
CoiTroth. the king promoter. Is doing
nothing and apparently has nothing in
tight for the Winter months, and the
other fellows, who control the game
in San Francisco proper, are flounder
ing around. Charles Lercart. a com
mission merchant by vocation, and a
fcht promoter by choice, made alt sorts
cf efforts to get a good match for this
month. Falling to bag big game, he
has finally matched Rudolph Boer
I'nholz and Cyclone Johnny Thompson,
who will go 20 rounds, while Johnny
Murphy and l.ew Powell will give a
la-round exhibition. The Boer arrived
rather unexpectedly in Sau Francisco
and Lercart errabbed him before he had
:me to turn around. It is far 'from
being a rlassy show, but Lercari has
advertised popular prices, St. $2 and $3,
and thinks he will make some money.
That last Is doubtful, but he ought,
at least, to break even. His show will
be given Thursday night. October 29.
After that, on Thanksgiving eve.
comes the best card for some time, as
Stanley Ketchel and Filly Papke will
h.x.k up In their third bout. Jack
Oleason has this attraction ami ought
to do well with it. Both men are slug
gers and It is largely a case of who
gets in the first real punch
Good Fight In Prospect.
Papke has wired Gleason that he is
ready to start for the Coast. His tight
with Hugo Kelly was called off be
cause the game was stopped In Mil
waukee and realizing that Ketchel is
a tough man to beat, he wants plenty
of time to get ready.
Ketchel is still at t le Springs, but
will return shortly after the first of
November, to start his real training.
w will not delude himself with the
IXTERSCHOIASTIC TEAMS PITT
IN HARD PRACTICE.
Season Begins With Game Between
Fast Side and Portland Academy.
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Dope -on the Teams.
The Interscholastlo football season will
open Wednesday, October H, when the
East Side High School football team will
line up against the Portland Academy
eleven. The Academy boys are working
hard under the coaching of Professors
Thorne and Mackie. and will doubtless
put a team on the field that will give
their opponents a hard fight for the cham
pionship honors. The Academy boys de
feated the Pacific University team last
Thursday to the tune of 4 to 0. The
feature of the game was a field goal that
was kicked from the 30-yard line by Cobb,
which won the game for the Academy.
The East Slders are practicing every
night, and axe getting down to some sem
blance of team work. The team will be
lighter than last season's bunch, but
considerably faster. The boys defeated
the Vancouver High School last Sat
urday in a practice game by the score
of 26 to 0.
Jones, who played a star game at
quarter for the Portland Academy
team last season, has Joined the East
Side team and is putting up a great
game at right half
Coach Rader is highly elated over
the showing the boys are making and
expects to develop a winning team.
The team will line up In the opening
game as follows:
Hale and Balzee. ends: Fanis and
the Leader brothers, tackles: Houch
and Flaherty, guards: Moreland cen
ter: Connell, quarterback: Everst and
Jones, halves; Stanard and Cason, full
backs. Among the new men Houston, a for
mer Pendleton High School star, is
showing up well at end, and bids fair
to make the team.
The second Interscholastic game will
be played Saturday, October 24. be
tween Hill Military Academy and the
Columbia University team.
At Columbia University Coach Gor
don C. Moores is rounding the team
into shape. This year's eleven will be
lighter than last year's team, but
Coach Moores is confident of winning
everything in . sight. The team will
line up as follows:
Jack O'Brien and Campbell, ends;
Biladcaux. ooley, Davis and Cook,
tackles; Keflaher and Aya, guards;
Hare, center; Seufert, quarterback;
Ennis, O'Brien and Dooley, halfbacks;
Walker, fullback.'
At Hill Military Academy the' cadets
are practicing under the direction of
Coach Jack Latourette. Ford, who
played a star game with the Portland
Academy team last season, has joined
the cadet team, and will play left half.
He is a husky man. who hits the line
bard and will add considerable
strength to the team. "Buzz" Hughes
Is showing up well at quarterback. He
Is a heady player, of unlimited grit
and endurance and will be one of the
stars In the Interscholastic ' league.
The cadet team will line up as follows:
McGulre and Phren, ends; Graham
and Hutton. tackles; Jamison and
Murzweiter, guards; Donason. center;
Meier and Ford, halfbacks; Hill, full
back. At the West Side High School the
football team is hard at work, under
the direction of Coach Jordan, who is
enthusiastic over the progress the boys
are making. Captain Smith is put
ting up a great game at halfback and
will be heard from before the season
is over. The West Slders will line up
as follows:
Dabney and Ludlam. ends; Grout and
Coffee. tackles: Ross and Arnold,
guards; Gerspack. center: Smith and
Patterson, halfbacks; Rader, fullback.
SHOWS SMALL- IMPROVEMENT
Agricultural College Football Team
Not Satisfactory.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallls, Oct. 17. (Special.)
A general feeling of dissatisfaction
prevails In football circles at O. A. C
Everyone Is dissatisfied, from the
coaches down to the "co-ed" rooters.
The cause of It all is the fact that the
team is not showing much Improve
ment. Progress is very slow and not
marked. ' The team work is Improv
ing, but the individual work is still
unsatisfactory. The men ale fumbling
a great deal and tackling high. Minor
Injuries have kept many "of the play
ers out of the practice, and thus inter
fered with the perfection of the team
work.
In the one scrimmage of the week
the regulars scored one touchdown on
the scrubs. The scrimmage lasted 20
minutes and was marred by frequent
misplays and fumbling. There were
Instances, however, when the team
showed flashes of its old championship
form and caused the crowd of student
enthusiasts, who had gathered to
watch the practice, to yell with de
light. Kelly is being used at his old posi
tion in the center of the line and ap
pears to have distanced his competi
tors. Pendergrass and Jamleson seem
to have undisputed claims to positions
In the line. The other positions, with
the possible exception of the fullback
porition. which will be filled by Cap
tain Wolfe, are being very hotly con
tested. Brodle. Stiver and Enberg are
pushing Dobbins and Cady for the end
places, while Gilbert and Hastings are
doing splendid work in the back field.
Francis, Moore. Smith and Evendon
are making a nice fight for the vacant
guard and tackle positions. There is
enough uncertainty about th,e final
make-up of the team to give rise to
very hot competition for both line and
back field places.
The management found It necessary
to cancel the proposed freshmen game
with the University of Oregon because
of dearth of material. The squad of
90 men. which gave such promise for
a successful season and from which it
was expected to select a' freshman
team, has dwindled, down to a squad
of about 40. wlncii includes hardly a
dozen men from the freshman class.
It has now developed that many men
took out football suits and enrolled
on the squad for the purpose of avoid
ing the required work in physical
training.
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Sayder, Sb.
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TAKES HEADWORK
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That Is the Secret of the Suc
cess of Chicago National
League Team.
MUST PLAY LIKE MACHINE
Portland's Individual Stars Not in
Class With Los Angelea Outfit
of "Inside" Plarers Story
of Season's Results.
BT W. J. PETRAIX.
The Chicago National League baseball
team is again the champion team of the
world. Twice in succession Frank Chance
and his nimble and aggressive aggrega
tion has demonstrated that It possesses
superiority In the National League aid
then won the world's series from the
Detroit Americans.
The decisive manner in which the Cubs
defeated Detroit leaves no room for a
doubt as to which 'Is the better club,
and it also demonstrates that a "baseball
club cannot be made In one, or two or
three years, for the Chicago National
League Club of today Is the fruit of
faithful and persistent work of years.
From 1SS6 when Captain Anson won the
fifth pennant ton. Chicago, until 1906, the
"windy city" baseball enthusiasts claim
ing allegiance to the National League
went 19 years without witnessing
victory perch upon Chicago's banner.
During that 19 years many experiments
were made, numberless managers tried
out, and finally, after three years of
practically the same club, in 1906, with
Frank Chance at the helm, Chicago
copped the coveted National League em
blem. At the conclusion of that year Chance's
men met a Waterloo In the World's series
against the White Sox.
Fielder Jones' record as a baseball gen
eral is not excelled by even that of
Frank - Chance, for the leader of the
White Sox, while defeated in the last
two races for the American League pen
nant, has yet to see his club land below
third place In the American League
race. He has won one pennant to three
for Chance. Jones, in charge of the
Detroit club, would have done equally
as well as with his Chicago Club, for In
a world's series It is the leader who
brings victory rather than the supremacy
of the Individual players.
It was individuality that beat Detroit
so decisively. The team is made up of
I material, which, when compared with
other American League contenders.
should have made a. runaway race for
the Tigers this year Instead of being
compelled to tight for the last game of
the season to claim supremacy.
The great secret of the superiority dis
played by Chicago over Detroit Is that
Chance makes his men play like a ma
chine, whereas Jennings' club lacks team
work. It is for this same reason that
New York failed utterly to make a show
ing against Chance's team all season.
Chicago simply has had both New York
and Detroit completely outclassed. It
was this quality that allowed Fielder
Jones' admittedly inferior batting team
to annex the world's championship from
the Cubs, who at that time were not as
proficient in teamwork aa they have since
become.
It is the same in every baseball league,
for in nearly every instance teamwork
lias counted. It Is so In the present Pa
cific Coast League. Portland has the
best club of Individual players that has
ever been assembled on the Coast with
tlie exception, possibly of the team of
19(6. and like that famous team, has no
chance of winning the pennant. The Los
Angeles Club, on the other hand, is vic
torious simply because the players have
been associated long enough to acquire
team work. In Portland's case this city
has a club that, for batting and all
around ability, except inside baseball,
has Los Angeles backed off the map.
Probably the only club In the country
that has won a pennant because of its
batting ability alone is the Vancouver
Club of the Northwestern League. This
team possessed the best aggregation of
hitters in that circuit, and while fairly
proficient In teamwork and inside base
ball, gained Its great advantage by slug
ging. Detroit won the American pen
nant In much the same manner, although
It must be conceded- that Jennings had
WIN
PENNANTS
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Dr. J. W. Brett, Harry Dnker, E. J. O'leary,
BtockJaoMer. Secretary. stocltliolder.
Nordyke, lbcapt. A. R. Dickson,
Prea't and Mgr.
Mundorff, ss. W.
taught his men something of inside base
ball In two year's time.
Dopesters at the start of the Pacific
Coast League season handed out the
opinion without reservation that should
Portland once gain the top McCredie's
men would never be headed. Yet Port
land gained the top before the Fourth
of July, but could not hold it simply be
cause Walter McCredie lacked ability to
attain "inside" baseball. This defect
has cost Portland numberless games.
Detroit's loss of the world's champion
ship, and McCredie's loss of the Paciao
Coast League pennant, should prove les
sons to both managers.
DAVIDSON ENDS FIGHT ' GAME
Wisconsin's Reform Governor Takes
Drastic Action.
BT W. J. PBTRAIN'.
When Governor Davidson, of Wis
consin, Issued his recent edict against
the professional boxing game, he
shocked not only the fight fans of Mil
waukee, but also a large host of scrap
admirers from Chicago, who were in
the habit of visiting the adjacent lake
city to witness the burlies maul one
another about the squared circle.
One of the most disappointing fea
tures of the law enforcing the Gov
ernor's edict Is that he clamped on the
lid lust about the time the appetite of
the fans was to be whetted with a i
bout between Billy Papke. the recent I
conqueror of Stanley Ketchell, and
Hugo Kelly. Around Chicago this go
was talked of enthusiastically two
months ago, and it was really rude on
the part of Governor Davidson to de
prive the sports of it. At least, that
Is the view of the matter taken by the
sports of Chicago and Milwaukee.
It was the same way In Portland a
few years ago, when -ex-Sheriff Tom
Word sprouted wings all of a sudden
and decided that boxing was a sinful
amusement, but as the .disappointed
ones In Portland have so far recov
ered "from the shock that they now
stand for any old kind of an amateur
boxing and wrestling show. It can be
confidently expected that the fight fans
of Chicago and Milwaukee will do like
wise. At any rate lack of boxing matches
of the professional order will not cause
heart failure or any kindred Ills. Box
ing never did have nor never will have
the grip on the heartstrings as well
es the pockets of sports that baseeball
enjoys. Still every good healthy Amer
ican citizen enjoys witnessing a scrap
like those of the olden days the days
before state legislatures obeyed the
edicts Issued by reform Governors.
The decline of the boxing game Is
due entirely to promoters thereof. The
greed for gold so Impregnates them,
that the sole object they have in pre
senting a prizefight is to "skin" the
public. And they often succeed, but
the Ill-gotten profit of the past has
served as a boomerang, and now the
thousands who poured their shekels
into the coffers of the pugs and pro
moters, can sit back and watch the
Wall street speculators and other pro
tected gamblers gobble in their coin
unhampered by virtuous governors and
law-enforcing public officials. .
The word sport connected with any
thing in the speculative line seems to
be tabooed officially, yet If labelled
"business venture" is perfectly in ac
cord with the laws of the land. The
one last stand for the pug and the
horseman is California, and the atten
tion of the sporting world, now that
the baseball season Is over. Is turned
to the Golden State, where the Win
ter racing season soon begins, and a
lively boxing bout may be witnessed
frequently.
JUDGE KILLS HIMSELF
David Br Howell Commits Suicide
in Kewark Park.
NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 17. In the
presence of a hundred persons. Judge
David B. Howell, of the First Criminal
Court of this city, today twice shot
himself In the head in Branchbrook
Park, Inflicting wounds from which he
died in a hospital two hours later.
Judge Howell was one of the most
widely-known Democrats of this city,
and, although he was not a candidate
for election, took an active part In the
campaign. Sharp personal criticism
was made of the Judge because he had
been divorced by his wife, and in a
speech last night he replied to his ac
cusers and demanded evidences of their
charges. Today he walked into the
park while his court was awaiting hia
arrival and fired two shots Into his
head. He is said to have been formerly
an Episcopal clergyman.
Costly Fire in Indiana.
NEWCASTLE, Ind., Oct. 17
Twenty buildings were burned and two
persons lost their lives early today In
a 150.000 fire at Shirley, K. V. M. Prior
and wife returned to a burning building
and were suffocated. There were many
narrow escapes.
Erlckson, .
Sucden, e.
Qolgler, Sb.
Cutler, mascot.
Stories of Baseball Favorites
Known on Coast. '
HAL CHASE AND WAITER
6a n Jose Lad Has Witty Retort for
Officious Menial Charlie Street
Premier Backstop Merkle
Dubbed Bonebead.
Hal Chase, of the New York Ameri
cans, the best first baseman the game
has ever known, is being criticised y
the New York populace because he
doesn't play the other eight positions
on the team as well as his own, is a
rare fellow to know, and no one in
baseball today can think as quick as
Hal on or off the ball field.
Al Orth, the ourveless wonder,- who
fell off the train in Washington on his
way to his Lynchburg home, tells of
how he and Chase went Into a celebrat
ed Boston restaurant while the High
landers were playing In the Hub city
and ordered generously. When the wait
er took Hal's order he said:
"How will you have your ham and
eggs?"
"Right away," shot back Orth.
' "How will you have yours?" repeated
the garcon.
"Fresh." tersely replied Hal.
And then the waiter faded away with
a foolish expression on his countenance.
"Crazy" Schmidt, who was" a famous
National League twirler some years
ago and who is at present a member
of Jimmy Callahan's Logan Square
team, from which organization came the
clever little Washington pitcher, Bert
Keeley, was a most amusing character
when he played in the big league, for
his queer expressions, together with his
strong German accent, made him a pro
lific subject for baseball copy.
Schmidt, who gloried in his rather sig
nificant nickname, was a big muscular
fellow, and could pitch all day without
tiring. He had a slow ball which was a
peach. The only trouble was Schitddt's
lack of control of It when he was angry.
For Instance, if Schmidt got mad while
winding up instead of sending in the slow
ball the catcher, was expecting, he would
slam one up to the plate with all the
force of his mighty strength, and the
catcher literally would be swept orr his
feet.
It was on account of such sudden
changes of temperament that Schmidt
was nicknamed "Crazy," a sobriquet
which he bears to this day.
One day two years ago Jimmy Calla
han took his club down to Jollet to play
the aggregation there, and as the team
had played there before they knew the
umpire was a "homer" a man, who
couldn't see a close decision without giv
ing his team the best of It, He stepped
before the grandstand hat In hand, and
announced as follows:
"Ladies and gentlemen, the batteries
for today will be Schmidt and Reading
for Logan Square and Marshall and Run
die for Peoria."
"Crazy" Schmidt was right behind him,
and when he had finished Schmidt took
off his cap, and making a sweeping bow,
said:
"Laties and schentlemen, der umpire
for der game today vill be Mister Miller,
of Jollet. und be vill as usual slightly
favor der home glub mit his decisions."
Critics all over the country are now
ranking Charley Street, the popular
catcher of the Washington club, as
being in a class with the great Johnny
Kling, the clever backstop of the Chi
cago National League, and touted as
the best catcher since the days of the
famous Buck Ewlng.
' Kling hasn't a thing on Street when
it comes to throwing em out at sec
ond base, and 'tis even doubtful If
Kling ranks with Street, as an ac
curate throwing catcher, for Charley
always manages to get tne Dan rignt
down to the second baseman and in
a Dosltlon so that he can touch his
man with the least waste of time. In
other words. If the man Is coming down
toward second very fast and Street
knows that the decision will needs be
a close one he sails the ball down close
to the second baseman's shoe tops, so
that he will be in a position to put the
ball on the player sliding in just as
soon as he catches it.
There Is a whole lot of time saved in
throwing the ball down low. fof If the
second baseman has to take the throw
on a line with his bead the runner
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slides Into the base while he is pulling
It down.
Tommy Evers, one time a second
baseman on the Washington club and
a swell one tn his time, who is an
uncle of the Chicago candy kid, Johnny
Evers, says that Street has all the mo
tions and the same kind of a throw
ing arm as had Buck Ewlng.
When the St. Louis champions were
sweeping everything before them, says
Mr. Evers, and running crazy on the
bases, beating the backstops to It at
every point, they blew into New York
with the Idea of making' Buck Ewlng
look as foolish as they had the other
catchers on the circuit.
The first man up for the St Louis
club was Arlie Latham, the third base
man and a champion base purlolner of
his day. "Juice" tore off a single, and
away he raced for first, and never
stopped when the right fielder threw
the ball over the first baseman's head
in returning it, and Ewing had to race
back of the stands to recover it. Lath
am, much to the amazement of the
Giants, tore for third, yelling loudly
that no Giant could put him out. Then
Buck, with that terrific whip of his,
shot the ball across the diamond, and
he had Latham by five feet.
During the rest of that game. Buck
Ewing threw out 11 men who tried
to steal on him, and when the Mound
City lads finally woke up to the fact
that they were up against a real back
stop 'they were the saddest lot of ball
players that Now York had seen in
many a day. Yet Mr. Evers thinks
Ewing, in his best days, never had
anything on Charley Street In the
throwing game.
Charley Zuber, the well-known sporting
writer of Pittsburg, was recently respon
sible for the following story on Fred
Merkle, the unfortunate New York player
on whose head lies the blame for the
Giants' loss of the National League pen
nant: Officially declared to be a "bonehead."
That is a distinction which will stick to
Fred Merkle, of the New York club, as
long as he remains In baseball and after
that.
Never before In the history of the game
has a ball player been officially branded
as being stupid or of being guilty of a
"reckless, careless, inexcusable blunder."
That is the charge with which the board
of directors of the National League sad
dled Merkle in deciding the disputed New
York-Chicago game of September 23 and
yet that probably Isn't a mafter to what
the members of the New York team,
whose chances of getting from $1000 to
$2000 each out of the world's series were,
as subsequently proved, knocked in the
head.
The board of directors, in summing up
the evidence by which they arrived at the
decision of declaring the disputed game a
tie and ordering it played off on October
8, or as soon thereafter as practical, made
this statement concerning the bingle shot
out Into center field by Al Brldwell:
"On this hit there can be no question
but what the game should have been won
by the New York club had it not been for
the reckless, careless. Inexcusable blunder
of one of its players, namely, Merkle.
Merkle should have had only one
thing on his mind, viz.: Reach second
base in safety, by a hit, error or in any
other way. We can, therefore,
come to no other conclusion than that the
New York club lost a well-earned victory
as the result of a stupid play of one of
its members."
There axe those who know Merkle, and
who declare that he is anything but a
stupid player. However, in this particu
lar case he showed himself to be lacking
in baseball sense, especially in view of
the fuss that was raised but a short
time before on a similar play in Pitts
burg. And so this promising youngster
for he had looked good In a majority of
the games he has played with the Giants
must go through his career as a ball
player with the distinction of being the
first man on the "bonehead" roster of
the National League board of directors.
Will Contest for Barrett Cup.
EUGENE. Or.. Oct 17. (Special.) The
John Barrett football cup will be given
to that university which wins two out of
four games played. Since-Xthe privilege
of competing for the cup is confined to
the University of Oregon, the University
of Washington and the University of
Idaho, it may happen that it will be
four years before the cup Is awarded, but
if any one of the three contestants should
win the first two annual games, the cup
will go at once to that Institution.
Enormous Phosphate Beds.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 18. The com
ing industry of the Society Islands, in
the far Pacific, will be the development
of phosphate deposits of exceeding rich
ness, according to Dr. Julius D. Dreich
er, United States Consul at Papeete,
who has arrived here on a visit. New
beds of phosphate, he says, are constant
ly being discovered and with 10,000.000 of
tons in sight on the island of Makatea
and fully 50.000,000 tons on outlying atolls
of the Gilbert group, the mining will
furnish employment to many for years
to come
LS9 Favorable Keports Come From
Pullman and Moscow, While Ore
eon and Corvallls Are
Rounding; Into Form.
BT RBFERBB.
Washington's football prospects,
which looked so dismal a week ago,
have assumed a rosy hue, and the feel
ing of gloom that hung over the campua
at Seattle has given way to a spirit
of confidence and a determination to
make a winning fight for championship
honors. The cause of all this Joy is
the return of Baxwell Bants, Frank H.
Babcock and Paul Jarvis to the game.
These big veteran linemen have been in
college since the opening of the pres
ent semester, but not until last Monday
did they decide to don their moleskin
suits and fight for the honor of tho
purple and gold.
To say that the presence of these
men will help Washington does not
half express the situation. They have
brought order out of chaos; have in
fused new life Into the squad, and have
given Coach Doble enough material for
a heavy forward line. In brief, these
men have pulled Washington up from
the bottom of the football ladder and
placed her at the top.
Babcock Is Star Guard.
Babcock will be remembered as the
big guard who tore holes through the
Oregon line three years ago and who
made It possible for the Evergreen
men to tie Oregon's score In the famous
12-to-12 game at Seattle. He weighs
215 pounds and returns to the game af
ter an absence of two years. Although
not In the best of condition, Babcock
will be In good playing form when
Washington lines up against O. A. C. at
Seattle on October 31.
Bantz has played guard on the
Washington varsity for three seasons,
and Is a most consistent performer.
He strips at 190 and has plenty of
speed. Jarvis did not play last year,
but during the seasons of 1905 and 1908
he was one of the team's mainstays.
He plays at either guard or tackle and
weighs 185 pounds.
All of these men have weight, speed
and experience, and under the skillful
training of Coach Doble they will add
great strength to the Washington
eleven. Doble has plenty of good ma
terial for the end and back field posi
tions, and in Captain Tegtmeler he has
one of the best center men on the
Coast. The addition of the trio of
heavy linemen means that Washington
will have at least an equal chance with
her Northwest rivals.
Whitworth College has been coming
to the front lately along all lines of
athletics, and the wise ones at the City
of Destiny declare that the Presby
terians will make some of the North
west conference colleges look to their
laurels before the season ends. Whit
worth had a creditable team last sea
son, ana was Deaten Dy tne u. a. .
champions by the very small score of 5
to 0. This year's schedule includes a
game with Whitman, at Tacoma, on
October 27, and one with Oregon, at
Eugene, on November 7. Coach Rueber.
a former Northwestern star, has
charge of the Whitworth squad and is
whipping a good team into shape.
Another minor team that has start
ed the season most favorably is that
of Willamette University. Willam
ette's showing against Multnomah was
most crditable, considering the differ
ence in the weight of the teams. Those
who pick Willamette as an easy vic
tim for Oregon next Saturday have
another guess coming. Coach Kirby
has already developed a very creditable
team at Salem, and while his aggrega
tion hardly has championship possibili
ties, it has prospects for a creditable
record.
Hard Work at Whitman.
Goaded to desperation by the unwar
ranted attacks that have been made '
upon him, Coach Blanchard has been
drilling the Whitman squad with an
iron hand. Afternoon practice Is sup
plemented by blackboard drill in the
evening, and as a result Whitman will
have a better team than was first ex
pected. The development of the Mis
sionaries will be -watched with interest
by local football enthusiasts, as their
schedule includes games with O. A. C.
and Multnomah.
Coach Rheinschild expressed himself
as dissatisfied with the work of the
Washington State College team in its
opening game with the Cheney Normal
School, although the score at the end of
the game stood 73 to 0 In favor of the
collegians. It seems that the Pullman
players acted as though they had never
seen a football and the fact that their
score was large, Is attributed to Cheney's
weakness and not to their own strength.
Another hard luck story comes from
Moecow, wherein Coach John Mlddleton
Is reported as wearing a sour look bo
cause his proteges played like a bunch of
schoolboys In their opening game. It is
freely admitted, even on the Moscow
campus, that Idaho's prospects are not
as bright as they might be. Jerry Nis6en,
captain of last season's Washington
State College team, has been engaged ,
as Assistant coach for the Idaho eleven.
Oregon Hounding Into Form.
According to reports from Eugene.
Coach Forbes has been assisted during
the past week by Jack Owsley, for
merly head coach at New Haven. Ows
ley has been working with the Oregon
backs, and Forbes has devoted hia
time to the linemen, while half a dozen
alumni have been at work with tne
second team and the freshmen. The
coaching staff will be increased this
week by the addition of two or three
former varsity stars. The Oregon stu
dents are preparing for a big excur
sion to Portland on Novebmer 21, the
day of the O. A. C. game.
Over at Corvallls Coach Norcross has
a big squad of men at work. The
showing made by some of his veterans
in the alumni-varsity game was none
too good, but the team will be in fight
ing trim for its game with Washington
on October 31. Like their Eugene
rivals, the Corvallis sudents are going
to run a special excursion train to
Portland for the Oregon-O. A. C. game.
Much Interest is already being mani
fested In this contest, and it will no
doubt go down Into athletic history as
one of the greatest struggles ever seen
on a Northwest gridiron.
Centralis Beats Puyallup.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Oct. 17. (Spe
cial.) The Centralia High School foot
ball team defeated Puyallup here to
day, the score being 36 to 6. Beaver
age of Puyallup. secured the ball on
a quarterback kick and by a 65-yard
run made a touchdown. Centralia s
victory puts the team in line for the
championship of Southwest Washinsj-to-