THESUXDAY OREGOMi X, PORTLAND, JUNE 13, 1909.
E SERIES
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Seals, Coming Tuesday, May
Inject Same Ginger as
Senators.
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He Objects to Tactics of Kxecutive
Ofrice of Pacific Const I,eague.
How Cmpircs Are Hampered.
Mctircevy CoiiimentSecl.
BY TT. J. PHTRAIX.
TV alter MeCredie's hustling coasters will
wind up the redhot series with Sacramen
to this afternoon, and Tuesday afternoon
the crucial series of the present home
stand will be inaugurated with the San
FTancisco league's leaders as the opposing
cluh.
The Sacramento fieri-: has been one
full of excitement and thrills, for more
good baseball has been tossed into the sse-
rles which ends today than in any past
baseball series. Extra inning (tames and
hard fought, close score contests marKed
every day's play, and when San Francisco
opens Tuesday the same kind of baseball
can be expected.
The Sacramento team is a hustling ag
gregation at all times, and while Charley
Uraham is always a dangerous contender,
the Senators do not loom up quite as for
midable as do the Seals at this particular
stage of the season. Anyhow the fans
will get a run for their money against the
Mohlerites, and that can be set down as
gospel.
J. al Kwing has thrown another fit
because Walter McOredie cast a little hot
shot into the lax methods pursued in the
executive offices of the Pacific Coast
League. J. Cal says Walter does not
know when or how' to tell the truth, but
knowing Cal Bwing's pretensions in this
art, we cannot help but believe that Wal
ter McCredle is, at least more sincere,
that is the prexy of the league and the
owner of the San Francisco club.
Cal (rays he did not have anything to
do with the alleged, attempt to entice
Carl Druhot to the Oakland Club, but
in this particular Instance it Is just
another case of Cal Kwing coming to
the rescue of Cal Ewing and trying to
put it up to the other fellow.
EVEN TAFT HAS THE FEVER.
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BERLIN INVESTS
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He's Wrong Often.
However, Cal has1 been wrong so
many times this season that we don't
care what he does now, for we are used
to getting the worst of It, and as long
as he has his San Kranclsco club to
look after, as well as the presidency
of the league, we don't expect any fa
vors from the irrational one.
The San Francisco ball club would
be a better club were it not for the fact
that the. president of the league is Its
owner. The Seals are in the lead at
present, but there are other clubs like
ly to usury that position at any time
In the next few weeks. Cal claims his
office does not help the Seals any, and
that he plays fair with all the clubs.
There Is one thing in which Cal does
not play fair; he has never given his
umpires any Instructions as to what
course they are to pursue on the field.
The officials themselves may be hon
est enough and work hard enough, but
how is an umpire to bo guided when
pitted against the San Francisco club,
owned by the president of the league,
and no working orders on which to
be guided? If he upholds the rules of
baseball as recorded by the powers that
be in the National game, and in so
doing he ruffles the feelings of Ernest
Alohler and Danny Long, the former
writes letters to the latter as secre
tary of the league, and where does the
umpire get off? Managei Long, of the
San Francisco club, is secretary of the
league as well, and J. Cal Ewing, own
er of that club, is president of the
league. Umpires are supposed to get
their orders and Instructions from the
president and the secretary, and when
Kid Mohler's letter-writing propensi
ties are properly developed, Mr. Um
pire is very likely to find himself the
fall guy. Even though the owners of
the San FTancisco club do not trouble
the umpire, can any conscientious of
ficial bear with the threats of Mohler
while realizing the situation, whether
Instructed or not?
To Err Is Human.
Umpires are but human, and are as sus
ceptible to the praise or roasts of the
public as are the players themselves. Yot
an umpire is always eiven the worst of
it by the fans and the players, no matter
whether he is right or wrong, and that is
one reason why an official on a baseball
diamond should be backed up from first
to last by at least one man. and that
man should be the president of the league.
Eugene McGreevy seems to be the only
Pacific Coast League umpire who has the
nerve and the backbone to call every
thing the way he sees it. and who backs
up his decisions like a first-class umpire.
He may make mistakes, but so do play
ers make errors, but In the long run Mc
Greevy ts right a great deal more than
he Is wrong. He is also a man who is in
demand as an umpire, and if Cal Ewing
does not lika his work, he can set a job
elsewhere very quickly. JIcGreevy is
close-mouthed about league affairs, and
will not admit he has not received a line
of Instructions from Ewing.
He smilingly admits that he likes to
work in the Coast League, and says he in
tends to stick out the season. He main
tains that he can umpire baseball as
good as any man holding an Indicator in
a minor league, and in this the writer
is willing to concede that he can. Mac
says he has nothing to complain about in
the league, but if he did not have more
backbone than McCarthy and Toman he
could not make the boast. Paste it In
your bonnet that McGreevy ts a rood
umpire, and furthermore he is the only
umpire Cal Ewing has on his staff, un
less Pop Van Haltren develops into a
star.
Speaking of Van Haltren, it seems a
shame that the ereat old-timer should doff
the spangles for the Indicator. Still Van
may get away better and do better work
than some of the Joke umpires, and
thereby gain a permanent berth. At any
rate "Old Folks" has played the game
long enough to know enough about it to
be a good umpire. Here's hoping he
makes good.
Tries to Popularize Sport
Which Has Not Yet Taken
Hold of Germans.
TEUTONS NOT SPORTSMEN
Have Taken Up Outdoor Pleasures
of Americans and British, Not
for Love of Them, but Be
cause They're Modern.
fore we may expect to find the Grune
wald races one of the most popular
recreations of Berlin.
AUTOS "TAKE" STRONGLY
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Washington Questions Report.
WASHINGTON. June 12 Interest is
marifested In official and diplomatic cir
cles In the dispatches from Honolulu toll
ing of the discovery of papers Indicating
the prospective formation of a conspi-
racy among Japanese to wrest govern
ment control from the white residents.
At the State Department, however, it
was said there had been no correspond
ence bearing on the subject, and at the
Japanese Elubt:ssy the reported attitude
uf the Japanese in Hawaii was charac
terised as highly improbable.
BERLIN, June 12. (Special.) Lon
don has its Epsom, Paris its Long
champs and now at last Berlin has
come into line with its racecourse
"Grunewald." There are already race
courses at no great distance from the
capital at Karlshorst, at Hoppegarten,
at Strausberg but none of them lies
quite close to the city, and they are
all more or less troublesome to get
at. Berlin now has a course on her
very threshold, and one which can be
reached within 20 minutes or so by
auto, rail or even on foot from any
part of the city. It is a pretty course,
lying in tho heart of the woods on
the western side of Berlin, with three
fine stands, paddock, weighing house
and all the necessary accessories.
Pavilion for Kaiser.
A feature of it is the Imperial pa
vilion, to be used by the Emperor and
Empress, a sort of roundhouse, with a
small lawn before it, perched just
above the winning post and a little
apart from the grandstand. The pa
vilion was built away from the stand
by the Emperor's own wish. The
course is 2400 meters long, or the
same length as that for the Derby: it
was begun in the Autumn of 1907, and
has cost over $1,000,000, and the soil
for it, as well as the grass, had to be
brought from a distance- The stand
holds from 2400 to 2800 people, and the
cost of admission varies from 75 cents
to $3.50. The German builders declare
that the stands are equal, if not su
perior to those at Ascot, and certainly
they could not be finer of their kind
high, roomy, fireproof, with a broad
greensward running along their front
down to the rails. In the center of
the course, deeply excavated out of
the surface, is the stadium or amphi
theater lor future Olympic games.
Will Horseracing Win.
u mie the excellence of the course
and its arrangements are on all hands
admitted, the question is freely asked.
Is it likely to pay? Is the sporting
spirit strong enough and widely spread
enough in Berlin to make it tolerably
sure that the races will be profitably
patronized? The Union and Steeple
chase Clubs, which have joined forces
to finance the course, are naturally
confident as to the result of their
investment, and certainly sports of all
sorts have made great strides in Ber
lin, indeed in all parts of Germany,
witnin me last aecaae, some years
ago the Emperor introduced yachting
as a recreation for the wealthier class
es ana to promote a love or the sea
among his subjects, and thereby
brought an annual harvest of thous
ands of marks to the town of Kiel.
Rowing clubs have enormously in
creased in number on inland waters,
as well as in the coast towns; football
and tennis are rapidly becoming na
tional pastimes, and if there are yet
only four or five golf links in Ger
many, they have sprung up in a very
few years, and attract both sexes.
Yet the German is not a sportsman
after the type of the American, how
ever fondly he may Imagine that he is,
and however honestly he may strive
to be. He follows sport In the ma
jority of cases not for sport's sake,
as the American follows it, because
it is in his blood and bones, but be
cause he thinks it is the modern thing
to do. But tne taste lor racing, as
for sports of all kinds, is making its
way as part of the transition that
going on in the entire social life of
tho Nation, and in a few years there
Scheme Introduced hy Cunard Line
Proves Big Winner.
LONDOir, June 12. (Special.) Last
year the Cunard Company inaugurated
an arrangement whereby passengers
landing from their steamers at Liver
pool were able to continue the Journey
to London by motor car, or, if they
wished, commence an automobile tour
throughout Great Britain. This year the
White Star line is carrying the idea a
stage further. It is announced that not
only at Liverpool, but at Queenstown,
Plymouth. Cherbourg or Southampton,
the" traveler arriving from America can,
by arrangement, find a car of , the type
he desires awaiting him and ready to
take him to any place he chooses. He
can "do" Ireland, England and Scotland,
or the continent, by motor; and it is
not even necessary for him to give
directions before his vessel sails for
Europe. A wireless message dispatched
from -mid-ocean will assure the pres
ence of the automobile at the place of
landing.
The fact that some of the "White Star
liners call at Cherbourg will enable the
passenger to select that port as the
point of departure for a long continent
al tour, if he wishes. But the White
Star line is already deprived of all
chance of a monopoly by the intimation
that the French Trans-Atlantic Com
pany have a motor-car scheme of their
own in hand. They propose to give
passengers arriving at Havre from New
York an opportunity of reaching Paris
by automobile, and as the route runs
along the picturesque banks of the
Seine and through Rouen, the opportun
ity is likely to be largely utilized. The
run will probably not take more than
five hours.
The Cunard Company has. It appears.
every Intention of continuing their
motor arrangements this season, from
which it may be Inferred that the
notion has not only "caught on," but
that it has a useful business aspect.
Another venture In the same direction
is to be set afoot by Sir Alfred Jones
in connection with the Imperial Direct
West India Mall Service. The steam
ers running in this line have Bristol as
their home port, and it has been ar
ranged that there shall be provided
there for the use of voyagers arriving
from the West Indies the necessary
facilities for touring. Already, it
seems, many passengers break; their
journey to London in order to visit the
beauty spots of Devonshire and Corn
wall, and the new service is designed
to assure regular facilities for this pur.
pose.
World's Championship to Be
Oarsmen's Goal.
ARNST AND WEBB TO ROW
CHAUCHARD CHANGED MIND
Reduced Bequest to Employes $40 0,-
000 After Joining Legion of Honor.
PARIS, June 12. It has been learned
that in M. Chauchard's will of 1906 he
left $1,600,000 to the employes of his
store and Important legacies to vari
ous societies. In this instrument
George Leygues was given $1,000,000.
A codicil drawn in 1907 and dated
two days after M. Chauchard received
the grand cross of the Legion of Honor
reduced the bequest to his employes to
$600,000, left out the societies entirely
and Increased M. Leygues' Inheritance
to $3,000,000. On account of the oppo
sition manifested M. Leygues has with
drawn his offer of $200,000 to the
Chauchard pension fund.
Tour of World Still Another Induce
ment in Single Sculls Some
to Be Pulled Orf in Far
New Zealand.
BOSTON, Mass., June 12. (Special.)
Away off in Australia a week from next
Tuesday afternoon, Richard Arnst, the
wona s cnamplon professional single
sculler, and William Webb, ex-champion
will meet on the Wanganui River in
three and a quarter mile race for the
title and a side bet of $5000. Aside from
oeing a contest in which a world's title
te at stake, the race is attracting more
than passing attention among American
lovers of aquatics for the reason that to
the winner goes a world tour that will
include a visit to the United States and
anaaa Derore the Summer is Dassed.
james . vvray, coach of the Harvard
varsity crews and himself an Australian
and personal friend of Arnst. has lnot re
ceived details of the arrangements. That
the race should be on the Wanguani in
New Zealand, Webb's home water, in
stead of the Parramatta River, with
which Arnst is more familiar, is a sur
prise to many.
As champion, Arnst had the choice of
waters and he realizes that on Webb'e
home course there will be fairly close
betting, whereas on the Parramatta
nearly every one is a friend of Arnst.
wno would De a pronounced favorite.
immediately after the race the world'
champion will sail for Vancouver. B. C.
with the expectation of getting on a race
with ddie Durnan and possibly with
Frank B. Greer in this country before
sailing from this city for London, where
an engagement with Ernest Barry will
await nim.
Richard Arnst has been world's cham
pion only since last December, when h
whipped Webb by eight lengths In 19:62
ror the 3Vi miles. Webb was a two-to-one
favorite, although such rowing Judges
as Bill Beach, Jim Stansbury and George
iowns, ail or wnom had held the title.
regarded. Arnst as the better man. Nor
is there any reason to believe that the
result of that first race will be reversed.
Two years ago Arnst's rowing efforts
excited only ridicule. Well known and
successful upon the cycle track, with
which two of his brothers are still identi
fied, Arnst determined to take up rowing
and announced his intention for training
HARRIMAN NOT VERY ILL
Haa Only Muscular Rheumatism,
Says British Physician.
NEW YORK, June 12. Sir W. G. Lyle.
who is E. H. Harriman's physician, said
today that Mr. Harriman was not crit
ically ill In Europe with an organic trou
ble, as has been reported. Mr. Harri
man's only illness was muscular rheuma
tism, the physician said. He had advised
Mr. Harriman to consult an eminent
"Vienna specialist for the complaint, and
Mr. Harriman might afterward take the
baths at some German resort. Mr. Harri
man is at present in Paris.
TjOa Angeles, Cal. At tho cloee of a stormy
session of the stockholders of the Cordillera
Mining Company 1- r1 any, lbarles W. McCros-
Sfta, a former Baptist minister, was arrested
on & charge of obtaining money under falae
pretense on complaint of several of the stock
holders, wbo charged nim with, writing an ex
travagant proepectua of a mine in Mexico
upon which ne solo large oiocKa of etoclc
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for the world's championship. George
Towns held the title, but Arnst began
training. He watched Towns defeat Eddie
Durnan witnessed the transfer of the title
from George Towns to his brother Charlie
only to have Charles Towns lose it to
William Webb in his first attempt to
defend it. After Webb had defeated R.
Tressidler last year, Arnst challenged
and won in a race that was marked by
the most cordial feeling throughout.
ane race was virtually Arnst's from
the, start, although the two men. each
rowing 34 to the minute, were even for
the first 200 yards. Then Arnst began
lorgmg ahead. Dassinar the half mile two
lengths to the good and having a lead
oi lour lengtns for the first mile in the
exceptional time of 5:45. He weighed 1S4
pounds to Webb's 156.
Gotham Gets New Bridge.
. ' June 12- A week's cele
ZL he Penl of the new Queens
boro Bridere. arm t.
was begun today. The bridge is said to
be the largest of the cantilever type in
the world. It connects the boroughs of
Manhattan and Queens, the Manhattan
terminal being at East Kifty-ninth street.
The celebration began with a parade of
30,000 members of civic and military or
ganizations, which escorted the first trol
ley car from Manhattan Borough across
the bridge, and was then reviewed by
Secretary of War Dickinson, Governor
Hughes and city officials in the plaza at
the eastern terminal of the bridge. This
was followed by a marine parade under
the bridge and the opening of a carnival
in the stadium in Long Island City. To
night extensive fireworks are planned.
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steam and electric railroads of the
United States purchased more than 112,-
000,000 cross ties, costing, at the point of
purchase, over $56,000,000. an average of
50 cents per tie, according to statistics
just made public by the Bureau-f the
Census in co-operation with the United
States Korest Service. This was some
40,000,000 ties less than the quantity pur
chased in 1907, when the total was ap
proximately 153,700,000, the highest ever
reached.
The decreased purchases in 1908 were of
course chiefly due to the business de
pression which affected every line of in
dustry. This forced most of the roads
to purchase only the ties which were
absolutely essential for renewals and
heavily cut down the purchase for new
track. In 1908 only 7,431,000 cross ties were
reported as purchased for new track as
against 23.667,000 in 1907. Of the total num
ber of ties purchased for all purposes, the
steam roads took approximately 94 per
cent, leaving about 6 per cent for the elec
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