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Casey's Men Get Off Badly,
but Fans Look for Recov
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Review of 1909 Season 60 Far
Shows That There Is Much
Room for Improvement
in Both leagues. 1
BY VT. J. PETRAIX.
With thff opening of the Northwestern
league Reason a week ago, both Port
land teams are now buckling down to
work In the annual pursuit of the base
ball pennants of the two leagues in
which this city is represented.
Manager Casey's team got off bad, but
despite the loss of the early games the
boys have been playing good ball and
the handicap of the "cigar box- grounds
has been detrimental to their work.
AVnen they hit their stride they will be
come a factor. Casey is in need of one
or two players, and these will be forth
coming in the very near future. Man
ager Walter McCredie of the "Coasters
has lines out for two catchers, one for
use on his own club and the other to be
delegated to Casey's club.
Armbruster. the regular backstop of
the Coast club, has had considerable ex
perience, but so far his throwing to sec
ond has been unsatisfactory and he may
be displaced by someone else unless he
shows marked improvement. It is also
whispered that the tall manager is not
at all pieascd with the way "Buster
has been behaving himself. He is a
player who should exercise care of him
self, for he has the ability to enter again
the major leagues and It behooves him
not to overlook the chance that is of
fered him in this league. Portland has
already sent three catchers to the major
leagues and all have made good, so Arm
bruster. who can play good ball, has just
as good a chance if he does not try to
overdo the "good fellow" act.
Team Has Good Players.
i,.A,S for ,,he baIance of the Coast team.
... . Ctn be founl- The pitching
staff is all that can be asked. Garrett
and Graney. the hold-over members.
demonstrated their worth in splen
did fashion. Carson, the twlrler drafted
from Tacoma. has made good. He has
an awkward way about him that is most
deceiving for he is as fast at fielding
his position as any of the balance, and
is possessed of a good head in addition
to having plenty of benders up his sleeve.
Speck Harkness also has the goods,
but he doesn't seem to take the game
seriously enough at present. If he ever
viHH.lf- .ZYn and cuts out some "f
kidding, this youngster is bound to win
a number of games. He must learn
sooner or later that the Pacific Coast
Northwestern was last year, and when
he does McCredie will have a first-class
Pitcher. At that. Harkness may be se"n1
'!? h63 am for more seasoning, and
winhenndUdj0rnhe ther lea"e h
will- taster organization than
when Butte was In the fold.
Seaton a Likely Youngster.
r.i?S"- th.f youn Californian. who
At ? ?d enouKh all against Los
ft thf other I to win most any
old kind of a game, is one of the most
promising of the lot of youngsters en
rolled on either Portland club. Seaton
has a rather slow method of winding up.
hall thmanaKe,8 t0 Put somethlnf on the
In mnnh PUZ'C1 the opsins batsmen
as much as do the veteran twirlers. He
J? door e,ther c't. WUIett. the col
eglan from Colorado School of Mines
whRtnh.yPt 'VCn a Chance to "how
w k ,? .an d' but he is a likoly-look-ing
ballplayer and may have plenty to
f'T-x Whe" the opportunity P affords
I, f , 2meS Wlth a splendid record, and
Tooks of ,tT,SeIf,t,iCC,y- The fan8 llke
K't?' h,s Plaer expect him to
Help the team considerably
CLav.t6K 'Tredle reS"ts the loss of
t ae. but his uncle. Judge W. W Mc
Credie does not. Te judge says Breen
tne Roods in every respect, and in a
measure Walter agrees with him Breen
le-H w",lnf youngster, and has a good
head. He is handicapped because of the
universal popularity of Casey, as well as
the latter s sterling ability as a player,
but he Is a youngster who never says die
and Intends to keep pegging away until
the Portland fane learn to appreciate his
work, at least partially, as well as they
do that of Pearl Casey. Breen's game
riess will undoubtedly pull him through
the season with honors. Olson and John
son are gilt-edge, and nothing more need
be dald of them or their work.
in the outfield McCredie has two play
TTnnnV -TT,
HARRY MURPHY PENS A FEW
j THfT OPENING. " .Pgy MONTHS. "Jyj
I Jehl t''.vW JZyA 7 , I - I
- ' . 1 i
MEMBERS OF"
. , . "
Keats Auto Comnnnv hflnahaii
comers In amateur contests fh.
era who are hard workers at all stages of
the game, and one man has bushels of
ability, but seems to lack energy or else
takes the game as a Joke. The first two
are Speas, the new man from Cleveland,
and George Ort. while the latter is Ryan.
Buddy is a splendid ballplayer, ' If he
wills. He does not try hard all of the
time, and seems inclined to suli, or lose
Interest !n the games. He must ginger up
all of the time, for the fans really like
him, and he can help the team immensely.
McCredie himself Is better than ever,
and will probably remain in the game.
Returning to the Northwestern Club re
minds us of Casey's needs. Strictly
speaking,' he is pretty well fortified in
every department but catching. Back of
the bat the Northwestern team was even
worse off than McCredie's team, though
the addition of Jerry Sheehan may help
considerably. During the recent games
Casey has been relying on Troeh. but he
is too uncertain In games where the score
is close to be relied upon. Sheehan dis
played much more promise in the early
week games, but may not be altogether
satisfactory to Casey. However, if Mc
Credie extends the services of a classy
backstop to the Northwestern team, and
there is no doubt that he will. Manager
Casey will pilot that aggregation among
the leaders at all stages of the race.
Swanton Has Stagefright.
Swanton, the outfielder, was anything
but promising in appearance during the
opening games at Seattle. In fact, he
seemed so badly affected by stage fright
that he was helpless. Furthermore, he
did not Impress the fans as being a very
good outfielder. Being young, he may
improve; still the club may drop more
games than it can afford while awaiting
this improvement. Anyhow, the addition
of Danny Greene will prove of value to
Casey, for the veteran will serve to curb
the flights of the youngsters and equalize
things on the team to an extent where
an even balance of play may be attained.
Both races are yet young, and many
things can be accomplished between now
and July 4, and if both clubs are kept
fairly in the race up to that time, the
stretch ought to prove easy money for the
two Portland clubs. Two pennants may
be a pipe dream, but the fans of Port
land are entertaining the dream, despite
the apparent "whole-hog-or-none" atti
tude. Rector Wants Fair Race.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va., April 24
"I am willing to meet Walker in the 100
yards at any place in America, and at
any tune this Summer." said James
Rector, the premier American sprinter
here yesterday. "I am willing to have
any starter in the world. Just so he Is
impartial. I want a starter " who will
hold us on the mark until the pistol
cracks."
Rector's friends assert that during
the Olympic games in London last Sum
mer, when the South African defeated
Rector in the 100-meter race. Walker went
oft his mark seven times ahead of the
pistol. Although he is keeping in condi
tion. Rector does not know definitely
whether he will race Walker In New
York on June 27 next.
Racine Canoes and Launches.
A carload of the finest canoes, speed
launches and motor-boats ever seen in
Portland has Just been received by J. m
CITY LEAGUE IN CAR OWXEIJ
' - - I-ti OAK awXED BV W.
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V.. ! f.m..?i.?f the City League
. iiiu.uaVvii is w. j. iiowell s
E TO -BE CLOSE
Five Teams Possible Winners
, of Pennant.
OAKLAND QUITE OUT OF IT
Has Good Players, but Poor Team
work Graham Says Portland Is
Great Baseball City Corbett
Strong Drawing Card. . '
BT HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO. April 24We have
now seen all the baseball teams ln the
Pacific Coast League save the Vernons.
and most of the fans have come to the
conclusion that it is going to be a
tight race for pennant honors. In
tact, there are apparently five teams
to, be considered in the league this
year. So far as tne season has gone,
Oakland is hopelessly out of It. Just
what is the reason no one is able to
.i?rI,ne,- The club has some good
individual material, but is not able
to get together. There is lacking that
necessary teamwork to make a club
go to the top. It is possible that this
comes 'through divided authority Of
course, the fans all know that Bernie
McCay is the field captain and that
Van Haltren has authority over the
club. Just how far his authority goes
even the players do not seem to ap
preciate. Van Haltren may feel some
what out of joint because of his rele
gation to the bench, but the Oakland
management needs to do something.
Portland Great Fan City.
Charlie Graham, who brought back
his club from Portland this week,
brings with him a glowing account of
Portland as a baseball city. "It is
absolutely the best minor league base
ball city in the country," said Graham.
By that I mean that Portland will
support a losing team as well as one
that is winning a pennant But Mc
Credie has a good team, and I look
for a close finish. Our attendance
there broke a lot of records. Our
share was within $600 as much money
as we made on the road last year dur
ing the entire season with the State
League. And we drew more in Port
land on Sunday than we did the whole
week in Sacramento. McCredie has a
mighty good city in Portland, and
ought to do well this year.".
The Senators, by the way, have been
drawing well in San Francisco, even
though pitted against the weakest
team in the league. The local fans like
Charlie Graham. H has a club of
men who know the baseball game, and
RAG
t some of the, classiest pitchers on the I m d,.t.t " c" Bay' Cada. 3100 "
" distant. 1 What has happened to Oscar. et
TIMELY CARTOONS FOR THE SPORTINGFAN
G linwiri r
' nwWELL.
and is ready to meet nv ,nH
Lozlen.
all
Coast. With that combination, barring
accidents, he is bound to be up among
the leaders from the start.
Corbett Proves Gold-Mlne.
v.J2 crbett proved a gold mine for
tne Seals. I don't mean altogether as
a pitcher, although he has his con
trol and is a cracking good man. But
as an attraction he is par excellence.
The entire Corbett family is popular in
San Francisco, and Joe is one of the
best of the Corbetts. When the fans
heard that Corbett was to pitch last
bunday they made their preparations
to be at the game. Every bug and
buggette, as our friend Charlie Dry
den would say. was on the Job. It was
a. cold, disagreeable day, but they had
to stake a good share of the crowd
around the outfield. The grandstand
was well filled and. all told. It was
the best attendance since the opening
of the seaion.
And when Corbett made good the
fans were more than pleased with their
having been in attendance. Of course,
ihe Angels were cripple by the ab
sence of Dillon. Bert Delmas and God
win, the regular left fielder, but the
Seals were hitting Hosp and Corbett
was in good shape to do himself Jus
tice. Ewing Says He Is Misquoted."
Cal Ewing, the Coast League president,
who returned this week from his Port
land visit, says that he was either mis
understood or misquoted by the sporting
writers of Portland. According to a dis
patch that was received ln this city, Cal
was declared to have remarked that he
would take the franchise from the Mc
Credie family and run the club himself.
"What I did say." explains Ewing
was, that if the McCredies were dissat
isfied with their connection with the
Coast League and wanted to withdraw,
I would be perfectly willing to take the
franchise and run the club myself."
And that was as far as Cal would go
in making explanations of what hap
pened. When the San Francisco club strikes
Portland, you fans want to watch the
work of the infield. Barring possibly
Tennant, who is a trifle slow in handling
ground balls, it as sweet an infield as I
have seen hooked up together. And Rol
Ue Zelder is the demon of the bunch.
Last week his work was easily the fea
ture of the series. He stole bases when
it looked a helpless try and made good
He was forever stretching single hits
into doubles by his base running. AH in
all. Zelder looks to be the most danger
ous man in the league once he is on the
bases. And he is no slouch in getting to
Toman to Umpire In Portland.
. Umnir Jimmv Trim ..ni i. i .
. j ....... ..in uc in x-ort
land n.Aai i r . . .
- " 1 nas oeen ordered
to
cl"8 wnn jacK McCarthy at the
of this series. I think you will like
end
i his
action. e is close to all of the
and while occasionally he misses
plays
the
Dails and strikes, he is a good umpire
who is not trvinir trt o4,.
oimuo. ao x remember. Toman was
& favorltA with fhA TAt1nJ a
quite
. mum ions woez
he was shortstopping with the Angels
when
. aoar in a airrer
o .1 . an4 - ' I ,1 i , .
...... ..... mui c uiLiiuuit roie, ne ought
get along without much " difficulty.
to
The wireless telegraph station on thi
Eiffel tower has established rn,,!,.
Joe Jeannette Stimulated to Whip
Sam McVey in 4 8th Round of Fin
tsh Fight In Paris What Has
Become of Battling Nelson?
BY W. J. PETRAIX
James J. Jeffries, the idol of Ameri-
hlr months, and now that it has
been issued, the scran j 8
even v.ii i ecrap tans do not
vans, can he get Into condition"' Jef
fries himself should be th best iudll
fn gtlnT r7dhaS mSt " ttfk
eparrlng dally Vuh Sam BergVfor
I''"" months, and while h,"" BJm
a Do.mnUnd.8 ove"v1rht. he may be in
Ht? l " t0 r'al,Ze that has lost
tittle or none of hl fiB-httn
and bej.eve. in cwj'tt, tl fli
r.iet4rlm WiU be tne ld of the fight
fans Just as long as he remains "he un
conquered hero, but should he lose to
bhen,mrrn0eHh, f PP"'arity wou d
reaHz, hd forever- Jewries no doubt
realizes he must win if he does meet
he cannot expect to enter the ring and
figh U" b'UKff to et e colored
ngnter. He must be in the ring in th
best possible shape, and he m5st blat
Johnson speedily.
guided' eD8y,ar8mojth-article, and he is
thn ?, much smoother person
et? fr Mra- Jeffries has a great
deal to say about what her giginttc
husband shall do. He may E.X o
qualified in ,Jrent annnment i,
J?Jl '"""wing is a portion of a Pari,
dispatch to the Philadelphia No""
American giving an account of the
whereina.hette-Sara McVey tUe!
wherein the former took away the lat
ter s crown of premier:
SS&ST "oVe?l8sUhm
ing a courageous spirit which thrlll3
leadTngrls oVuards S
jot a small proportion was composed of
handsome y gowned women who did not
Ve11 JS!,ali dTsturi as Jeannetie or M?-fVrontaredd-h?trb8.ftw.ered
th
vw.l?e PninS of the 40th round Mc
yy " fa,ce was utterly dehumanized? save
a1 exPre8Slon of helpless agony that
distorted what remained of his features
and he signified that he was unable to
ofMan8 10 a fln,Bh- a P"r-e
In the early rounds Jeannette's clever
ness -nore than offset McVey's suDerlnr
fnitl,i?tr1abllltyi Th.i8 countinued 5pr!?o
the 19th round, when, after a singular
episode in which Jeannette figured m a
practitioner of knightly foblaVace1
shaking hands with his helpless ad
versary, when he might apparently have
S2S1"hS? h"TV ho ,"imselfPPwas knocked
down three times in succession and was
saved only by the bell.
For the next few rounds he survived
only by his liberal employment of ox
ygen, the bell several times finding
Jeannette all but helpless. To the sur
prise of all he displayed remarkable
powers of recuperation, and in the last
10 rounos simply made a chopping block
of his opponent, although he lacked the
power to deliver a knockout or even
achieve a straight knockdown. McVey's
surrender, however, was justified, as It
was impossible ln his condition that ha
should win.
mm
What has happened to Oscar, etc..
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WINDe0monsrraUonCh ?JT,??R,EG
demonstration by Appointment.
Battling; Nelson, he of letter-writing;
proclivities and some knowledge of the
art of fisticuffs? Oscar, etc, has ac
tually not been heard from either as
the personal body guard of T. R., or
even as an exponent of matters pugil
istic for sundry days and nights. Bat
must be lost in the -vilds of Hegewich
to be so completely out of the run
ning, for even Jimmy Britt figured in
the dispatches last week. It behooves
the festive Dane to drop his political
ambitions Just at present, and come
forth with some kind of a declaration
of Intention to meet or not to meet
Packey McParland. Freddie Welsh and
The Long-Expected Carload of
MAXWELL JUNIOR
Will Be in This Week.
Those who have been waiting for this particular model should call up '
MAXWELL AGENCY
IMMEDIATELY.
E. E. Cohen, Manager, 626 Alder, Auto Row
Phones : A 4944, Main 2583.
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Portland Agency
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some doien or more big" little men
who are anxious to get his scalp. Bat
has lost considerable ground by not
springing some new piece of sensa
tionalism lately. He needs a new press
agent.
Motor Cyclists Make Run Today.
The motorcyclists will make a run to
day out to Latourell as a preliminary to
the racing events that are being talked
of during the coming season. A number
of owners of motor cycles will take part
in the run and an enjoyable trip is ex
pected. The distance is about 65 miles.
Model K A, 30 H. P., 1900
j " Mijuci w j n iui ii
Prices F. O. B. Portland.