THE STjyp AY OREGOyiAX, PORTLAND. MARCH 21. 1909. .
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JEFFRIES' RETURN
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"Big Fellow" Tells Mcintosh
That He Will Fight Again if
He Can Get in Shape.
JOHNSON MILL IN ENGLAND
promoter AYants Hauls There to
Avold'Any Interference, but Will
Xot Ofrer More Than
$50,000 as Purse.
CHICAGO. March 20. (Special.)
"Jeffrlea will return to the rlns when
' he back In shape."
Thl was the statement ' made by
Promoter Hush McTntoah. of Austra-
11a. who talked with Jeffries in New
Tork. and who reached this city from
New York this morning, and it is the
first definite statement that has been
made that the "big: fellow" would posi
tively box once more.
"I am groin out after the battle, but
.my offer stands at one fisrure." he
aid. "and that is 10.000. or J50.000
in American money. I would
prefer to have It held in England.
There we would have no interference.
.Australia is too far away, and condi
tions are so uncertain here that if I
Bet the bout it will most likely be in
Knaland or France.
"Jeffries is not in such bad trim as
people seem to think. He has cut off
30 pounds since he took up work, and
J was surprised to find that his stom
ch was not so big as I expected."
Mcintosh will remain here all week
with the Burns-Johnson pictures at the
.Auditorium. Johnson called on him to
day, and tho two held a long confer
nce over a match with Jeffries.
niXT C'l.VB RIDKS IV RAIN
Seventeen Members Finish Course
in Fnce of Storm.
respite the inclemency of the weather,
and in the face of a driving rain storm!
37 members of -the Portland Hunt Club
held a cross-country ride yestcrdav after
noon, and while throughly wet through
tliey returned feeling in excellent spirits.
The riders comprised a number of new
members of the club: who were, if any
thing, more anxious than the old timers
lo complete the ride, and It was duo to.
their pleading that the gallop was not
called off entirely.
The riders assembled at Mount Zion,
and at the command of the master of
hounds. Dr. W. A. Cumming. the entire
party set off at a gallop through the
fertile, but muddy valley below. After
enjoying a jaunt over a course of almost
six miles, the bedraggled and invigorated
rldera returned to the city. Every
one expressed himself as highly
pleased with the excursion, and the young
riilers are anxious to go again. Those
who rode through are the following
Mrs. -VS". L. Wood, Mrs. F. Q. Buffum,
Miss Mabel Lawrence, Mies Eva, Kiernan,
Miss Sallle Leadbetter, Miss Dorothy
lluber. Miss Sally Hart. Miss Laura
Cumming. Miss Harriet Ornim
Helen Wood, Miss Ida Locwenberg and
rs. .ioe v.ronui. riarrv Skuse. Dr.
William L. Wood. Harry Storey. Sidney
Ioewenberg and Dr. W. A. Cumming.
lilG MEET SET FOR APRlli. 3
Oood lilst of Entries Assured for
Contests at Armory.
V Preparations nre g-oinsr raoidlv for
ward for the Indoor field and track meet
to be held by the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic Club at the Armory on the
night of April 3. Present indications
point to a most successful meet, and
the number of entries indicated shows
that the affair will be the largest ever
neia in tne Northwest.
Forrest Smith-ion. the world's cham
pion hurdler, will be one of the nroml
nent contestants, while it is more than
likely that another of Oregon's Olympic
Karnes hemes, Dan J. Kelly, will also
be on band.
In addition to the regular events
scheduled for the meet, special added
attractions for the benefit of the
militiamen of the Oregon National
Ouard and the Interscholastic and
Orammar School leagues are expected
to be on the programme. Chairman
Franl: R. Watkins is busily engaged in
compiling: and assorting the entry lists
as they are received from the various
Institutions planning to enter the meet,
and this Is no mean task, for the num
ber of athletes likely to annear win un
doubtedly exceed in numbers anvthtne-
mo liuiu in me past.
Shell Breaks; Xlne In Water.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 20. Nine
members of the rowing squad of the
....o.iv ui laiuornia nan a narrow
escape from drowning late yesterday
afternoon when the racing shell they
were rowing broke amidships. The nine
athletes were thrown into the cold
waters of the Oakland estuary. Coach
Dean Witter came alongside the strug
gling men with the coaching launch
and succeeded in picking them up but
not before some of them had suffered
narrow escapes from drowning. Leslie
Robinson, a freshman registered from
x-aaeport. could not swim, but he was
-iti en irom orowning by the heroic ef
forts of William Hogor. The crew had
just finished, a half-mile SDrlnt and the
men were so exhausted they could not
acpi up mucn longer.
Palhfindiiig Auto Starts.
' VL'W Tilri i- ,
v.. ""'. iMMrcn zu Tne car
which will act as pathHnder for the
International transcontinental automo
bile contest for the M. Robert Guggen
heim trophy from this city to the
--wa-i uiton-i'aciiic KxposKlon on
Juno t. started for Seattle from the
City Hall this noou.
The Pathfinder Is the car which won
the New York to Paris race last year
and George Miller, who acted as
mechanician in that event, will drive
the car to Seattle. The crew took with
them a letter of felicitation from
Mayor McClellan to the Mayor of Se
attle. Besides Miller, the crew con
sists of U W. Reddlngton. C. W. Eaton
and J. S. M. Eley. it is expected the
trip will take about 4 days.
New Track Record Made.
LOS ANGELES. -March 20. James Mc
Manus. clever two-year-old. Rocky
O'Brien, took the measure of a first-class
lot of younv.-iters in the San Gabriel
handicap at Santa Anita this afternoon.
(Carroll, winner of the Undine stakes at
Oakland a week ago. was considered one
of the best two-year-olds of the present
year's crop, failed to get any part of tho
purs although his stable mate managed
to wia third. The time, :i3 is a new
track record.
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WESTBKOOK AND PHILLIPS.
iuanager i-eart Lasey, of the
ball team.
Casey says there are
The Hill team is nrenarlnr. fnr
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EN LET OUT
Manager Rowland Refuses to
Accept Special Contract.
TEAM OFF TO WALLA WALLA
Aberdeen Players Will Train In Gar-
den City Until April 16, Then
Go to Spokane, "Where Sea
son Opens on April 17.
ABERDEEN, Wash., March 20.
(Special.) Manager Clarence Rowland,
of the Aberdeen ball club, will leave
Monday morning for Walla Walla,
where the team is to train. Pitcher
Most will accompany Rowland, but the
other 18 men will report' at the East
ern Washington city. The team will
train for more than three weeks, and
Rowland expects his men will be in
fine fettle when they open the season
at Spokane.
The 19 players who will assemble at
Walla Walla are: Pitchers Most, Ca
liff. Pernoll. Starkell. Wilder, Baker,
Bentz and Charlie Moore: Catchers
O'Brien and Kreitz; Infielders Strelb,
Herbert, Carr, Fitzgerald and Bower;
Outfielders Householder, Lynch, Le
Jcune and V. Campbell.
"Out of this aggregation of talent I
will endeavor to select a club of 1.000
fielders and .600 hitters." said Rowland
today. "Seriously, I believe we have
an excellent ' lot of players to select
from, and I expect to keep the Black
Cats right up in front, scratching all
the time. Of course, ours will be a
road club, except for the eight weeks
at home, and this will prove a-disadvantage;
but I am not at all discour
aged on that score.
Counting on Indians' Scalps.
"It s hard to tell what the other
cluos will show in the wav of strength
But if they beat out Aberdeen .they
will have to show some class. We open
at Spokane, and will, of course, take
the first series. This will upset Bob
jtsrown s pians, but that can't be helped.
Wo need the start."
IS. E. ("Deacon") Van Buren will
not wear an Aberdeen uniform this
year. He has failed to come to terms
with Rowland and President Macfar
lane has signed his release. When
Van Buren was in California his con
tract was forwarded to him, but he
returned it with several special clauses
attached. The club offered him the
same money he received last season,
with which he was satisfied. The spe
cial clauses covered future contingen
cies, and the management was not dis
posed to acquiesce.
Van Buren is admittedly one of the
most polished ball players In the West.
He is a good hitter and has no equal
in the league on bases or in the finer
points of the game. While Aberdeen
fans regret his release, they are sure
lie will be signed up by some other
Northwestern League club. k
Three-I League Slen Secured. !
Rowland's new crew Includes a num
ber of men from the Three-I League.
Some little surprise has been expressed
on this account, but the circumstance
has been fully explained. The Thjee-I
League reduced the salary limit to an
extent that made it impossible to keep
its best men. Rowland secured the
pick of the league.
Last season's team, which was nosed
out by Taeoma for 'second place, was
weak at base running. This year Row
land has signed up some first-class
base-runners, and the lineup will in-
ciuae several neavy hitters. The pitch
ing staff is strong and fans expect
the team to show up well.
Aberdeen will play four games a
week with the Whitman College team,
and in addition will meet clubs at
Dayton and other towns near Walla
Walla. The Cats will remain at train
ing quarters until April 16. a)d then
jump to Spokane, where thj season
will open on April 17.
THREE HURT IX POLO GAMES
Accidents Xot Serious In Champion
ship Contest at San Diego.
SAN DIEGO. Cal., . March 20. Polo
enthusiasts witnessed two games in
the international tournament at Cor
onado today. In the. first the Rane
lagli team defeated Bryn Mawr. It was
an elimination game, the winner to
meet Burlingame Monday in a contest
that will close the tournament for the
All-America and Spreckels cups and the
Pacific Coast championship." The score
was: Ranelagh, 11; Bryn Mawr, 1.
Two accidents marred the sport. In
the second period J. F. Mackey and
Alexander Brown came in collision, and
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Portland Northwestern League team. h
a number of likelv youngster nn h.
rC- ',.fy.
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ocaouu in me nicrscnoiastic League.
the latter was hurled under a bunch
of ponies and his leg was sprained
severely. Mackoy was injured in the
wrist. In the fifth period W. Huhn's
pony threw him over his head. Ifuhn
was ba31y shaken up, but stayed in the
game.
The second game was between River
side and Los Angelas, the score being
2 to 1 in favor of Riverside.
Canby Mas Ball Team.
CANBY, Or., March . 20. (Special.)
Canby baseball fans have organized a
ball team for the coming season. The
home grounds are being put in shape and
the team is anxious to arrange a series of
games with outside teams. W. H. Lucke
has been re-elected manager. Last sea
son the Canby team played several sames
with Portland -elubs.
Gliddcn Tour From Detroit.
NEW TORK, March 20. Detroit has
been selected as the starting point for
the Glidden automobile tour this year.
The date of the start, however, has not
been decided. Detroit has been selected
principally because 15 entries had been
guaranteed from that city alone.
Y MOTOR IN EUROPE
8000 AMERICAN CARS IX
ABROAD.
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American Consul at Lucerne Esti
mates That 4 0,0 0 0 Americans
Tour Europe by Auto.
R. E. Mansfield, United States Consul in
Lucerne, Switzerland, writes to the State
Department In Washington that be esti
mates 8000 automobiles were in use by
Americans who toured Europe last year.
"Each car carries on an average Ave
persons,", says Consul Mansfield, "making
a total of 40,000 Americans motoring on
the Continent. The expense will
average J10 per day for each
person, making a daily expenditure
by this class of American travelers in
Europe of $400,000. The American motor
ist usually spends two months on the
Continent, which brings the aggregate
expenditure up to $24,000,000 for the sea
son. Automobiles of the best known
makes are especially built and equipped
for touring purposes.
"Every point of interest along the vari
ous tours is visited and all have an op
portunity to see them at close range and
not be rushed through. These tours are
arranged so as to be made in the shortest
possible length of time commensurate
with absolute comfort and safety, com
bined with perfect sight-seeing, and the
rates the lowest that oosslblv can he
made for the service rendered."
"The large cities are, of course, of es
pecial interest to the regular sightseer,
but between these points of interest lies
a world. as picturesque and enjoyable as
any of the tours the average tourist
makes a specialty of. Surely it is as In
teresting to take a trip through the beau
tiful Chateau district of France and see
at close range those landmarks of days
gone by, or the Cathedral Cities, Shake
speare and Tennyson countries and along
the Thames River in England, as to visit
the cities where there are only, occasional
points of interest less historic and cer
tainly less appealing to the sense of that
which is beautiful and impressive."
Idanha Motor Car Company reports
the following sales for the week:
White & Sheer, Canby, Or., two-cylinder
roadster. . .
J. L. Irvin. Albany, Or., four-cylinder
Auburn and two-cylinder roadster.
Two cars of the same model pur
chased by Claud Cannon, of Roseburg,
Or.
A four-cylinder Auburn baby tonneau
delivered to Ed Bower, of Centralis.
T. J. Ross, four-cylinder 30 horse
power to be delivered at Bellingham,
Wash.
T. R. Jones, of Blackfoot, Idaho, a
two-cylinder Auburn 24 horsepower
roadster. . . .
There will be something saved if, when
ever possible, as it often is when run
ning through the rural districts, the radi
ator is replenished with rain water in
stead of hard water. A constant deposit
is being made in water jackets and rar
diatofs by the mineral elements in. spring
water, from which the water of the rain
barrel and cistern have been freed in
Nature's distillery.
Lewis Strang, winner of the Savannah,
Briarcliff and Lowell road races, former
holder of th mile circular track record
of .313-5. and regarded as one of the
great drivers of the world, has signed
with the Buick Motor Company and will
be at the wheel of Buick cars in the im
portant events on track, road and hill.
Strang will compete in stock events with
the speedy Buicks, and will also have
two special racing cars for the free-for-all
events and recOTd trials. k
.
Kymik I made enough in the stock
market last month to buy a fine car.
- Synik Still playing it, eh? Weil, did
you get a car?
Kymik (sadly) I wish I had.
SQUAD, COACHED BY PEARL CASEY.
AS FOLLOWS:
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COLTS CULLED OUT
Y. M. C. A. Will Form Amateur
Baseball League.
FIRST MEETING THIS WEEK
AU Uniformed Teams. Whether Rep
resenting Business Houses or Prl
xately Equipped Will Be En-
titled to Membership.
Next Wednesday night a ineeting will
be held at the Y. M. O. A. to organize
a baseball league among the amateurs of
Portland. Heretofore it has been the cus
tom to pursue a go-as-you-please policy
among the near-greats, and the ohject
of this meeting is to gather all available
t.cu.nis imo -an organiaztion so that a
schedule of games may be arranged and
amateur series conducted on the lines
of .organized baseball.
All uniformed teams, whether represent
ing business houses or privately equipped,
are eligible to membership, and according
to present plans eight or ten clubs are
likely to form the organization. These
teams will play Sunday afternoons.
A. J. Dickerman, manager of the Keats
Auto Company team, and Manager Moore
of the Ben Selling nine, are the moving
spirits in tho new proposition. According
to Manager Dickerman eight clubs can
easily be secured for the formation of the
new league, and he is inclined to think
that this number might be swelled to 12.
Among the last season teams that may
be in the field again this year are the J.
G. Mack, the Fleischner- & Mayer, the
Union Meat Company, the O. R. & N.,
the Owls and a number of others.
In addition to the mercantile teams be
ing asked to enter, the Portland Police
Department team is also extended an in
vitation, and Patrolman Rupert, who Is
(manager and captain of the "cops," will
Tie asked to attend the meeting Wednes
day night. The police team is composed
of some htgh-class baseball material this
season, for anumber of the new members
of the department have had considerable
experience on baseball fields before being
enrolled as knights of tne club and star.
An amateur City League will fill a long
felt want, for in the past the independent
teams have been struggling along as best
they might, while if a propeMy organized
league, with a regular schedule, con
ducted the series, tho relative merits of
the different teams could be much more
clearly recognized and would afford some
splendid sport.
BOYS BUSY MAKING REftOY
COLUMBIA MEET APRIti ' 17 IS
EXPECTED TO BE SUCCESS.
All Colleges Begin to Groom Entries
lor Various Events Jetting
Track Into Shape.
"College spirit" is doing much to make
the. Columbia University track meet n
success. Imbued with the idea of making
luo ut jprii ii xne nnest in the
Northwest, both staff and bovs at tho in
stitution have entered into the tak of
getting tha big coliseum and track into
shape long before the date et for pulling
oft the various events. Track Manager
j.ia.uiv, mni his nost ot wining colleagues
has got to work grading and leveling the
big loop, and the expense to the college is
hi, -ins. way ieing reauced.
What will Oregon do?" is the query
buii-k me rounas at Jiugene. "Bill" Hay.
ward says that prospects are ar.tnnllv
poorer than in any previous year since he
has been in Oregon. Hayward bases a
lot of his hopes on the freshmen, but, as
jnaywara nas more than once pointed out.
it takes more than one season to develon
a track man. Of course, by keeping their
noses to tne grindstone some of the
"freshies" will be equipped sufficiently to
take the places of some of Oregon's
fallen heroes. For, let it be whispered
gently. Oregon has lost a number of her
best men. The college is weak in th
weights, she does not expect to make a
great showing in the pole-vault, there ia
no - particular strength m the distance
runs, and the jumpers are especially
weak. With this as a starter, there will
nave to te some splendid work shown by
the collegians to hold the place at the
Columbia meet that they have held in
previous years. Hayward is franklv dii
bious, but he won't work tho less hard on
tnat account. Moullen, Kuykendall,
-.aci.ar. as, moores, Konerts, Mays, Gard
ner and Sievcrs are among those that
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liking to the league player.
have left the U. of O. To take their
places there Is nn abundance of material,
but as to whether it will work out into
the necessary shape is another question.
For thu weights, Kellogg, of Baker;
Means, of Pendleton: Neill. of I -a Grande:
Struck and Henderson, of Hood River:
Widlund, of California, and Gilles. of
Woodburn, should make, some showing if
numbers are any criterion.' Gabriel,
Hlxon, Hawkins and Bristow will work
for the pole-vault, and Baer, Huston.
Randall and Cole arc the most 'promising
youngsters for the sprints. The hurdlers
are Latourette and Newland. and the dis
tance men Riddell, Davies, Reynolds and
Garrabrandt.
The Oregon Agricultural College has
written binding its representatives to
make a finer showing than they have
ever done before, and the "Aggies" not
unnaturally believe they will this year
make their old Oregon rivals take their
dust. Within two weeks the Corvallls
men expect to make public their, entry
list. At present they are too much en
gaged in general training to dig up de
tails. MAT MEN MAKING READY
BERG AXD ROLLER TO SIGN FOR
MATCH APRlli 3. .
Portland Athlete, Although Lighter
Than Seattle Physician, Declines
to Accept Handicap Offer.
It begins to look as though the big
wrestling match between John Berg, of
Portland, and Dr. Benjamin Franklin
Roller, of Seattle, on ADril 2. i to bo
go. Edward J. Davey, who is Ynak-
ing the arrangements for the proposed
match, is so confident the grapplers
will meet that .he has contracted for
the advertising, and both wrestlers are
expected to sign articles by tomorrow.
The wrestling fans of Portland have
long been desirous of seeing the big
Seattle physician in a bout with some
grappler of known ability, and that
Berg is the man equal to the occasion
seems -to be the general opinion. In
some quarters it is said that Berg will
not prove much of a match for Roller,
because of Berg's lame ankle. In dis
puting this assertion the promoters de
clare that Roller offered "Berg a handi
cap match, and that the local man re
fused the offer and stipulated a straight
match, best two falls out of three. Ac
cordingly, Manager Davey mailed the
articles of agreement to both men Fri
day niglrt. These articles provide for
a straight catch-as-catch-can bout,
best two falls in three, and pin-falls
only to count.
Berg is now building up at Ship
herd's Springs, near Carson, Wasn.,
where he expects to remain until a few
days before the bout. As he does not
have to train down as he did for his
match with Eddie O'Connell, the , for
mer Bellingham boy is taking things
easy. He writes that his ankle, which
bothered him in the bout with the
Multnomah" Club instructor, Is much
stronger than since he came West.
Berg also says that he has the care
and attention of an expert trainer, who
nas informed him that the injured
member will be as strong as ever by
March 26, when he first expected to
meet tne Seattle man.
Dr. Roller himself is in splendid
shape, for he has been in constant
training for several months. He had
imenaea to enter tne prize ring and
trained hard ror that purpose, but
he is scheduled to wrestle Hjalmar
Lundin, the Swedish heavyweight, at
Seattle on JUarcn 30, he has continued
tnat work. Roller writes that he is
anxious to show the people of Port
land just what ho can do in the wrest
ling game, for he realizes that his
matcn nere last April, when he met
Victor McLaglen at the Heilig Theater.
was not up to the standard of his other
matches, because the 1 acorn an was an
undeveloped grappler.
Roller believes Berg to be a good
man, and says the only reason he of
fered a handicap match was because
of his advantage in size and weight.
He is very much impressed with Berg's
confidence, shown in the demand for
an even matcn, and thinks that the
wrestling tans or Portland will see
first-class exhibition.
Davey expressed regret last night
that the date of the Roller-Berg match
should coninct with the . O Connell-
Tremblay go, but says that it cannot
De switcnea now, oecause Roller leave
for the East the following day. being
scneauiea to wrestle at les Moines
Iowa, on the night of April 9. Davey
says Berg informs him that April 2
was seiecica oecause j uonneil had an
nounced March 25 -as the date of his
next oout. aaa tney aid not wish to
nold a conmciing attraction.
However, if the two matches do com
so close together, the wrestling fans
can afford to patronize both, for both
attractions win do well worth atten
tion, in ract, tne two matches repre
sent contests between four of the best
grapplers Known today.
GOOD CHANGE FOR
COAST PENNANT
McCredie's Team Sizes Up
With Any in League as
Seen in Practice.
MEN ARE -WELL BALANCED
Pitching Staff Needs Strengthening,
but In Batting and Fielding Team
Equals .Any Some of the
Good Points of Breen.
. BT WILL G. MAC RAF..
SAX LUIS OBISPO. March 20. (Spe
cial.) With Buddy Ryan in the out
field and Catcher jIurrav anri TMtr-v..-.
Jess Garrett to round out his team. It
looks as if Manager McCredie will have
lots to say about the Coast League pen
nant again this year. Sizing up the
team, now that It has played one hard
game and has acquitted itself most
creditably, warrants me In saying the
rest of the teams in the league will
always have to figure the Portland
wnite box in the running. The team,
as it stands right now, looks to be
specially we..-balanced, both in the in
field and outfield, and the only flaw
in the formation is in the pitching stafT.
Only Doubt Is About Pitchers.
Even when Jess Garrett joins the
team, this will only give Manager Mac
three good pitchers. In Speck Hark
ness, Graney and Carson, the team has
three twirlers who can be depended
upon to work a couple, ot times a week
or more if called upon, for all are
young and strong. Garrett Is not built
upon sturdy lines and if McCredie gets
two good games out of the little Texan,
he will be lucky. Not that Jess isn't
willing to work oftener, for he is will
ing enough, but he hasn't the strength
to do so. In Scaton and Willett, Mc
Credie has untried propositions, and
while both of them look good right
now, the searching question is. will
they be there when they are called to
arms? Both of the last-named young
sters are having trouble with their
arms, and Trainer Cornell is giving
them a special course of treatment.
Sam Farrais is another doubtful quan
tity. His wing is to the bad and I don't
look for him or Gray to make the
team.
Strong Behind Bat.
With everything moving alonsr
smoothly and with Ambruster and Mur
ray behind the bat, Portland will be
stronger in its receiving department
than it has been anv vear inc. Me
Larry McLean and Pat Donaugh were
tne receiver generals. Unless Ambrus
ter should suffer a lapse, and the gen
eral and clever catcher says there isn't
a chance for his misbehaving himself
this season, McCredie will have the
services of the best catcher in the
league. He knows how to get the best
there is out of a young Ditcher, and.
with Ambruster and McCredie coaching
mem every day, the youngsters on the
team ought to make good if they have
in mem tne malting. Armbruster is re
markably sure on foul balls, a thing
in which Tom Madden was woefully
weak, and he has a throwing arm that
cannot be beaten. He shoots the ball
to second or first and when it arrives
it hits the glove as light as a feather,
yet there is a world of speed in tho de
livery.
Founler Raw, but Promising.
Not only are McCredie and Armbruster
working on the pitchers, but they have
taken young Founler in hand. The
young backstop is a raw recruit for a
lad who has caught a season in reason
ably fast company. In the. couple of
innings I saw him work, I confess I
was surprised at the lack of finish he
displayed. Evidently he was allowed
to go on and eatch after his own fash
Ion, without any coaching. The sav
ing clause- is that he has the earmarks
of a catcher and has a very good chance
of developing Into a good man. If Mur
ray arrives, and it looks very probable
now that he will, for P. J. McHenry,
the genial proprietor of the St. James
Hotel, where the team is stopping, has
received a letter from the secretary of
a lodge to which Murray belongs, tell
ing .nr. McHenry to look out for Mur
ray and see that he gets off all right.
Founier will be turned back to Man
ager Casey, and if any one oan make
a catcher out of the youngster, Casey
can.
Three Slashing Good Men. .
In Breen, Olson and Ort. McCredie
has three slashing good men, and if
they keep up their clip it will be a
trio hard to beat In any club." All
three know this good old game 'of
baseball. They are all fair hitters, are
fast In the field and fast on the bases.
There isn't a quitting streak in any
one of them, and the baseball players
on the other Coast teams may as well
know it now. They are out fighting in
every game. Portland fans need not
worry about the loss of Raf tery in the
outfield, now that Ort is in uniform.
He is Just as fast on his feet as Port
land's last year's centerfielder, and he
can cover more ground. When it comes
to fielding ground hit balls, he has
it on Raftery a mile, and he can hit
with the Boston man, who is with
Cleveland. It was Ort's brilliant catch
of a long drive in the White Sox game
that saved lots of trouble. He had
to dive through a layer of people ten
deep to grab the fly. and the way he
tore into the crowd and bowled them
over was good to look at.
In this game Breen gave McCredie
some idea of how tricky he was on
bases. He drew the fire of Pitcher
Lange to third base several times be
fore he made his steal home. Then
when he saw the White Sox twirler
was taking a long wind-up he tore
for the plate and made As pretty a
slide as was ever pulled off. He went
into second irt the same thunderbolt
style, and his manner of going into
the bases is going to give the sack
guardians lots of worry this Summer.
He is game to the core. If he hadn't
been he would have been in bed in
stead of playing ball on Tuesday, for
he Is in wretched shape with a cold
that will not yield to treatment.
Olson Vigilant Baseman.
The more I see Olson in action the
more I like him. He watches second
base like no shortstop Portland has
had in uniform since the days of Bill
Sweeney. . While he is In action you
won't find the players taking a mile
lead off the keystone sack.
Just now there are some raw edges
around the infield, but this is due to
the fact that the players are new to
each other. By the time the season
opens the machinery will be in work
ing order, for it is made up of good
baseball brains. I look for Captain
Johnson to play the same high-class
ball this season as last, and this is
good enough. The responsibility of
! running the team is not going to both-
er him any; on the contrary. It looks
as if it was going to improve bis
game. .
Kennedy has improved a lot In his
fielding, and he is working hard. He
covers more ground around first than
Danzig did, and I guess for the first
time since he Kas been playing ball
he is making a study of the game
around the initial sack. Ho may not
be able to meet the ball like the big
fellow who is with Boston, ior ho has
a tendency to upper cut tho ball In
stead of smashing it on the nose. He
realises this, and he has a tendency
o get mad over his fault, which docs
not help him any. . McCredie is working
on him, and Mac is firmly of the opin
ion that tho big Irishman will rank
with the best of the first basemen be
fore the season is over.
Greetings From Old Fan.
Ralph Hoyt and tho rest of the old
time baseball fans of Portland who
were the forerunners of the game in
Portland, will remember Dr. J. F..
Lynch, who was instrumental in or
ganizing the Portland Baseball Asso
ciation in 1S89. Dr. Lyiiuh hasn't been
in Portland since 1S93. but he still
keeps close tab on things in general
at Portland. Dr. T,ynch has a splendid
practice here, and is one of the con
stant Portland rooters. On s?t, Pat
rick day he presented McCredie and
the rest of the Irish team with green
carnations. He sends a message of
greeting to his friends in Portland.
MURKAY STARTS, RYAX DELAYS
McCredie Angry ' at Denvcrite.
Writes Tor Another Pitcher.
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal., March 20.
(Special. Manager McCredie received
a telegram from the railroad people,
at Pittsburgh today saying that Catch
er Murray had taken up his ticket and
had started for San Luis Obispo. The
news pleased the big Portland manager,
for, if Murray will come straight
through, he will arrive before the train
ing camp is broken up.
Ryan is the only player now that haa
not been heard from. His ticket was
sent to him at Denver over a week
ago, and this morning McCredie learned
that Ryan had not called for it. He
was as mad as a hornet when he re
ceived the telegram this morning from
the railroad people and. unless Ryan
gets a move on hiniself. ho will find
himself playing ball on tho bench. This
will happen anyway if -Portland is
awarded Shinn by the National com
mission. While McCredie is well satisfied with
his pitching staff, he is not going to
take any chances, and this year he will
carry six twirlers. This morning he
wrote one of the American League
clubs, With which he has been doing
business, telling it that ho could use a
first-class pitcher and, if It had one,
to send him on just as soon as the club
began to weed out after Spring prac
tice. The last game of ball between tha
Portland Whito Sox and the Merchants
will be pulled off tomorrow afternoon.
The rest of the week will be put in
in light practice, for McCredie is not
going to take chances of crippling any
of his men. Trainer Cornell will go
with the team to Los Angeles.
Albany to Open Season April 'tJ
ALBANT. Or., March 20. (Special.)
The baseball season will open in Albany
Thursday, April L On that day the
teams of Albany College and the Alco
Club will play on the college grounds.
There will be some juvenile games this
month, but this will bo the first big
game of tho year. The Alco Club has
prospects for a splendid team this year
and Dr. H. J. Kavanaugh. manager of
the team, is arranging a good schedule.
The members of last year's team who
have begun practicing for this year's
team are .Driver, catcher; Tom Stevens,
pitcher: Baker, Rowell, Torbct, Dooley
and Bert Stevens. Infielders, and Cusick,
outfielder. The club has a great deal of
new material. .
Big Runners Seek Prize.
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in the upper part of New York on April
3. five entries have already been re
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Canadian Indian; Johnny Hayes, the
Olympic Marathon winner; Alfred
Shrubb. the English champion; Do
rando Pietri, the Italian, and Henri ?t.
Yves, the French runner, who has just
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