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TUB SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, rORTL,AXI. JULY 25, 1909.
BEAVERS Mil! YET
CAPTURE PENNANT
McCredie's Hopefuls Have Op
portunity to Beat Out Seals
and Fans Rejoice. " "
TEAM SHOWS MORE CLASS
Nearly Every Member of Squad Has
Improved Rapidly and Entire
Club Is Working Together
Without Friction.
BT TT. J. PETRAIN.
Walter McCredie's Pacific Coast
League team has blossomed out into
such a clever aggregation of ball toss
ers that it is not at all impossible for
them to capture the flag, though to do
so they will have to overcome an ex
tremely advantageous- lead now held by
the San Francisco club. . .r
That such a result is quite probable
can be seen from the fact that the San
Francisco leaders have not lost a series
since the opening week -of the season,
and, therefore, according to- baseball
precedent, are due for a slump. It is
possible tnat the slump may not assume
very large proportions, and then again
it may be a worse one than is. being
experienced by -the Seattle club in the
Northwestern League.
Still slumps must not be depended
upon entirely, for it behooves the pennant-chasing
clubs to work hard all of
the time and to take advantage. of every
opportunity offered in each game. Just
at present the Portland aggregation is
traveling at a fast gait. .In' fact it is
going at such a good pace that the
Vaughn-street, grounds have been
thronged with hurgry and excited fans
every day. The successes against Los
Angeles have been most .favorable to
the box office- receipts, and the two
teams are drawing the best week-day
crowds since the opening week of the
season. Today's game will probably
equal the record In attendance, for the
fans have had their appetites whetted
by the fast games of the last few days
and are anxious for more.
Play I.Ike Another Team.
McCredie's team plays like a new
aggregation. Time has worked wonders,
for where there were spots which
seemed very weak at times, the same
players who commenced the season now
work together like a piece of well-oiled
machinery. The change of style is so
marked that one cannot help but notice
It. and Manager McCredie. aptaln
Johnson and Trainer. Cornell deserve
great Tedlt for the present style of
play exhibited.
Individually the players are showing
great Improvement. Buddy Ryan, who
was prone to sulk early in the game,
seems Imbued with championship spirit
and is playing great ball. In addition,
he has commenced to hit the ball hard
and often, and is now a most dangerous
batsman to the opposing twirlers, and
Is one of the most reliable outer-gardeners
in the league. Buddy can play
ball with any of them when lie gets
into the game In earnest, and right non
he looks better than he has at any time
since he joined Portland last season.
In Billy Speas. who at first showed
hardly any of the ability for which he
was touted, Portland has secured a
prize. His sensational fielding, daring
base running, and good sticking have
caused him to be recognized as a star
all over tne circuit. He seems to have
struck his gait, and is playing winning
ball all of the time.
McCredie Is Always There.
As for Walter McCredie. well the tall
manager Is there with the goods. If
such a thing is possible, he is playing
better than ever before In his career.
However, McCredie has always been a
reliable sticker and a good outfietuer.
He has never been a great star at chas
ing the flies and liners, but his work is
always conscientious, and he tries hard
all the time. At present, with things
running along smothly in his club, Mac
cannot be beaten on any diamond at
hie position.
The Infield Has become a stone wall.
George Ort, the sped marvel first Back
er, is the find of the season. He plays
first like a veteran, and always prove3
himself one of the fastest men on the
team. In Ort McCredie picked up an
other prize.
Dick Breen is the marvel of the team
at present. It seems - hardly .possible
that a man could'dlspfay siu-h improve
ment as has marked the play of this
coming young star". Breen was
handicapped in being placed In
the position -formerly . occupied . by
Pearl Casey, fhe premier second
acker of the Coast for several
seasons, and the fans were not ready
to accept Breen as a substitute until
he proved his ability. This prohably
bad something to do with marring the
work of the youngster during the early
part of the season, but he has now won
his spurs. Breen plays second base at
present, fn "a."nfa.uner."that has attracted
the attention of such experts as Fielder
Jones, Gam Herrmann. Stanley Robl
on and Billy Gilbert, all of whom have
Sffn sizing up the work of the promis
ing material on the Coast. i
the better we Ilka them and have con
fidence in their ability to give San
Francisco a battle for the honors.
AERONAUT WILL SAIL WEST
Carl G. Fisher Hopes to Puss Over
Rocky Mountain.
Carl G. Flsfcer, of Indlanapolla, who
made such a splendid flight in the Ameri
can championship balloon race that was
held at the Indianapolis motor speedway
last June, under the auspices of the Aero
riuh of America, is about to make
record -trial that promises to eclipse all
nrevious records for distance and time
In the air with his balloon Indiana.
He will use the same sky craft that
wafted him through the clouds in Dixie
land and landed him in Tennessee. Prep
arations for a long jrip are almost com
Dleted and as soon as the new basket.
six fee four Inches in length and five
feet in width, is flnishd it will be
enuiDned and stocked for the trip. The
aeronauts will wait for a strong east
wind so that their journey will carry
them towards the Rockies and the Pa
cific coast, which they hope to reach 'ere
they descend. . .v
The huge bag. which carry the aero
nauts will be inflated to almost bursting
capacity. This will be done for the pur
pose of remaining In the clouds for the
longest ttme possible as well as guaran
teeing a sufficient elevation to pass over
the peaks of the Rockies In hope of
catching the aerial current toward the
Paclltc Ocean.
The basket will contain a berth and
Ice-box, wtth complete equipment : of
aluminum utensils and water carrying
bottles. On the outside of the basket a
hammock will be swung, so that both
occupants can rest In comfort.
JEFF PREACHES TO PREACHER
Sou I saver
-Rev. G. L.
yesterday
the heavy-
appearing
Frank Talk Between
and Pugilist.
MINNEAPOLIS. July 24.-
Morrill, a local preacher,
called on James J. Jeffries,
weight champion, who is
this week at the amusement park.
When the minister was introduced to
him, the fighter said:
"You are welcome, but not any more
because you are, a minister." -
Morrill said he did not think a minis
ter any better than anybody else, just
because, he is a minister. The fighter
told the preacher that there-are Just as
many good people outside the church
as are in it. The minister replied he
did not know but what he was right.
"Why in thunder don't you preachers
say something about a man's body as
well as his soul?" asked the pugilist.
"How is a man going to save his soul
when his liver is out of order?"
Morrill promised the fighter he would
appear on the platform with him to
morrow afternoon.
MURRAY TO BE FORCED OUT
Opposition to Taking In Donlin
Proves His Undoing. - ;
PHILADELPHIA. July 24.. Anl
nouncement was made today that Felix
Isman, the well-known real estate op
erator, had purchased an interest In the
Philadelphia National League Baseball
Club, and that Manager Murray's resig
nation had been asked for because he
would not consent to have Mike Donlin
made manager and member of the club
Mr. Murray Is a stockholder In the
local club and therefore has a voice In
the question of managership, alth6ugh
he Is In the minority. Mr. Isman an
nounced today that he acquired his in
terest in the club yesterday.
XEW ASSOCIATION' IS FORMED
Three Detroit Leagues Enrolled at
Initial Meeting.
CINCINNATI. July St A new base
ball association, to be called the National
Amateur Baseball Association, has been
formed In this city. It will have a com
mission the same as the National pro
fessional associations and will rule be
tween the leagues and clubs. Three Detroit-leagues
were enrolled at the first
meeting last night. Letters from Chicago
league managers were received and reg
ulations sent. They probably will enroll
within the next few days.
Johnson and Olson Steady.
Of Johnson and Olson little need be
aid. Both are sterling players and
have helped the team wonderfully all
season. Between the two the left side
of the diamond has been amply taken
fare of all the way.
Back of the bat Portland still has
the reliable Charley Armbruster. and
the addition of Gus Fisher has strength
ened that department immensely. Early
In the season "Buster" had trouble-with
his throwing arm. He is now. able, to
peg to second as accurately and cleanly
as any backstop in the league, and on
that account his worth has been shown
repeated!y of Ute. Fisher, being a bet
ter batsman, has been used oftener
H the present series, but both are high
ly capable men.
. In Jack Graney. Jesse Garrett.
"Speck" Hirkness. Al Carson. Howard
Guya and Lee Samuels, McCredie's
Coast team is well supplied with pitch
ing ulent- Graney and Garrett. . the
veterans of last season's team, of
rourse. enjoy the most popularity,
though Harkness and Carson have
shown themselves to be equally as re
liable. Guyn has shown considerable
class, and Is most valuable because of
his ability to play utility roles and play
them well. This was demonstrated last
Friday, when he was stationed at third
base and played a fine game. Samuels,
who was with Casey's team, is as yet
untried in Pacific Coast company. -However,
ha is a strapping-fellow and has
all the curves and sreed needed to make ;
a good pitcher, and he may prove a
tar.
To mora wo tea of ileCredifi' buaci
Back Keyes to Fight Nelson.
NEW YORK, July 14. An offer has
been made by a local sportsman to back
Bert Keyes against Battling Nelson in
a finish fight for the lightweight
championship and a side bet of 15000.
Some of the best judges of pugilists in
this country say that Keyes would
have ago'6d ' chance to "win should he
and -Nelson meet in. the' ring.
MHiceiMeHi'
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Below you will find specifications covering the 1910 Pierce-Arrow Cars, deliveries of which will begin within a
- few-weeks. THEY WILL ALL HAVE SIX CYLINDERS, past experience having proven tnat maximum iiexiDiuty.
,w Mll-cUmtiing ability and smoothness of running, the essentials of a high-priced, luxurious car, can only be obtained
by the use of "six'cylinders. ' . -
i . The.idea-that a six-cylinder car requires any more attention than a four exists only in the minds of those who
don't really know anything about it. No owner of a Pierce Six would think for a moment of going back to a four of
any make. , , ,
What we know about SIXES is not guesswork, but the result of actual experience extending over four years.
If you are going to buy a high-class car, you surely ought to learn why that car should be a Pierce Six. IWell be glad
to talk it over with you. -
From the way orders are coming in now, it is evident that the demand for Pierce cars, will be greater, than
ever before, and intending purchasers should not delay matters too long. '.
1910 MODELS
36 H. P. 6-cyl. Runabout, wheel base 119 inches . r. Price $3850
36 H. P. 6-cyl. Miniature Tonneau, wheel base 125 inches ..Price $4000
36 H. P. 6-cyl. 5-passenger Touring Car, wheel base 125 inches... Price $4000
48 H. P. 6-cyl. Runabout, wheel base 128 inches .Price $4850 '
48 H. P. 6-cyl. Miniature Tonneau, wheel base 128 inches ..Price $5000
48 H. P. 6-cyl. 7-passenger Touring Car, wheel base 134 inches . Price $5000
66 H. P 6-cyl. Runabout, wheel base 133 inches . ... . ... .Price $5850
66 H. P. 6-cyl. Miniature Tonneau, wheel base 133 inches. . ... .Price $6000
66 H. P. 6-cyL 7-passenger Touring Car, wheel base 146 inches. . .Price $6000
. PRICES F. 0. B. BUFFALO, N. Y.
All 1 9 1 0 Pierce-Arrow Cars Will Have
: Six cylinders, cast in pairs".
Spencer -power; air pump (for pumping tires), perma
: nently . attached to the frame under hood, gear
driven, gears out of mesh when not in use. '
Four-speed selective transmission, direct drive on;
"high."
Curved dash, with cabinets.
Truffoult-Hartford shock-absorbers.
Gasoline gauge on dash, showing at a glance how much
in tank. . . ,
Double ignition, both magneto and storage battery.
Presto-Lite tank in place of generator, out of sight in
rear locker.
Shaft drive (Pierce cars have never used anything else)'
Three-quarter. elliptic rear springs and drop frame,
which place the body and running-boards lower, but
same clearance as formerly.
Yale lock on hood and all lockers.
Very complete equipment, including trunk rack, foot
rests, sprag tire irons, gas lamps and gas tank, com-,
plete set tools, 'etc.
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Seventh and Couch Streets, Portland, Oregon
OLDFIELD COMING BACK
BARNEY SATS "OLD GI.OK"
WILL BREAK ALL RECORDS.
Gets Vacation to Play Umpire.
-WASHINGTON, " July 24. J. Henry
Colllf lower, who holds a job in the
-Municipal building here, has been
granted 50 days' leave without pay to
enable him to finish, out the season
In the Southern - League. Colllflower
knows baseball, and the league has se
cured ' him to call balls and strikes.
Mexican lands In a virgin state, suitable
for the growing of. sugar cane, and situated
In , the tropical pontons of the country
that is. In the sratcs of Vera Crux, Chiapas
and Tabasco range In price from SI to $3
gold an acre.
Daredevil Driver Has Brought Out
a Real-Patriotic Machine " Which,
: Has Shown Marvelous' Speed."
Barney Oldfteld, the dean of dare
devils, and America's monarch of motor
ing, is the real "Yankee Doodle Boy."
His new National machine is surely pa
triotiche has named it "Old Glory," and
to have the color of the machine harmo
nize wtth the manufacturer's name Na
tionaand the car name "Old Glory
he is having It painted .to . resemble an
American flag.
Oldfleld holds most of the track rec
ords from one to 50 miles. The only rec
ords not on his slate are those for the
mile, five miles and 25 miles. All the other
marks from one to 60 miles are held by
him.
The European creations hold the rec
ords on the roads and all of the Beach
records, excepting the mile, which is
held by the Stanley Steamer. But those
who have ventured in the track game
have received more than their share of
duet from the driver that Thery, twice
winner of the famous Gordon . Bennett
Cup, called The Devil.'.'
"I Intend- to. lower all the mile-track
records' from one to 50 miles," said- Old
field, "and all the records on the Indiana
polis Motor Speedway from one to. 100
miles during the coming season.
"The foreigner that crosses my path
wtth Old Glory as my colors is going
to find a Boston Tea Party brewing be
fore the smoke and dust clears away.
"They will find marching beside me
a tiresome proposition. The machine
has proved on her trial trips that she
Is fast, and I am going to show a pair
of rear tires in competition that will dem
onstrate that."
Oldfleld'B friends are predicting rec
ords for the coming season that will
stand for some time, while the old repu
tation of "The man whose death-daring
drives have made him the sensation of
the day" promise to be repeated through
out the land.
The . body of his new car Is a dark
blue, while starting from the radiator
and along the top of the hood, the stars
forming the upper portion of the Ameri
can Aug are used, while along the length
of the hood the red and white stripes
carry out the complete flag Bcheme. Old
field says that the colors will not be
trailed in the dust, and that his car will
travel faster than he has ever before
driven. "I intend," said Barney, "to
contradict that old story that I have
lost my nerve, and Old Glory will wave
in front to prove it. I will follow the
old flag to the death, if it is over the
trenches and barriers that surround all
of the racetracks in the United States.
This is the Vear that I am coming back
into my own." -
When the Phah of Persia was in London
his hosts wanted to take him to Goodwood
(the racetrack); but he declined to go. "That
one horse can run faster than another," he
said. "I am perfectly aware: which one it 1
doesn't matter to me In the leMt."
OUTLAWS ARE SAD LOT
PLAYERS FIND RULING OF GAR
RY HERRMANN HARD.
Fight Against Organized ' Ball Is
Regarded as Lost, However, :
and Players Are in Doubt:
BT HARRY B. SMITH.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24. (Special)
As everybody expected, the Califor
nia State League is very much up in-
the air, and what players are left
it are - an exceedingly anxious bunch
of ball-tossers. Garry Herrman, speak
ing for the National Commission, has
issued the edict that none of the State
League men will be allowed to play
in any other teams excepting Coast.
League teams for a period of three
HARRY MURPHY'S GLIMPSES AT THE MANY ACTIVITIES IN SPORTING WORLD
3 ' inDIRn, signed 1 Oi. 1 F 0
ALRERJW HrXVRNOTHtR.
VJFiTivE. flHE R(.fN , chief PinnrnkF'
years. It looks like a sweeping vic
tory for organized ball.
Whether or not the baseball trust
really benefits the game or the players
Is a matter for debate, for there is no
doubt that the organization has a firm
hold on the coast, and just now it would
be a tough proposition to fight. Cal
ifornia had a nice little outlaw league
once, and it flourished because the
commission did not ' back the fight
against it with sltholeo'ns.. Now the
National- Commission Is determined
that organized baseball shall rule,
and they have the money-to back the
resolution. . -'-..; t
The State League will continue as a
four-team league, playing three games
a week, but they practically .admit de
feat. They will not try "to '-cope with
the bigger league, but will take the
leavings.. .
Luck played! a' big element in gain
ing the victory. For years San Fran
cisco was so near the bottom in the
Coast League that they'mlght as well
have gone the' whole route. This year
it looks as tiiough the pennant, might
flutter over Recreation Park; and fans
that have been in hiding are -coming
out of their holes. The town is almost
baseball mad.
Herrmann will also take a run to
Portland and tell the- players up there
and the people what he thinks about
organized ball. He Is a convincing
talker, too. He has almost satisfied
those who declared that the Coast had
better ball when they played with out
lawed players that they are wrong.
One-of Herrmann's hobbies is night
baseball. He believes that before long
electric light arrangements will be so
perfect that a man can go to a ball
game in the evening if he does not
care for the opera or the melodrama.
He lectured at length on this proposi
tion to the local magnates and players.
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American Winners In England.
NEW YORK. July 24. Among the
American owners who have horses rac
ing in England, the stable of Harry
Payne. Whitney is the only one to fig
ure on the list of big winners for the
season, according to cable advices re
ceived here. His stable is among the
first 20, his eight horses having won
J17.000. In 13 races.
King Edward's stable holds . first
place, with a total of 9o,400, most of .
which was won by Mlnoru.
Danny Maher, the American rider, is
second on the. list, of winning Jockeys,
with 40 winning mounts up to July 15.
The English Jockey, Wootton, heads
the list. It Is expected to be Maher's
last season as a rider. He is finding
it difficult to keep his weight down.
and says he does not care to endanger
his health in doing so.
Australia to Send Cricket Team.
NEW YORK. July 24. President
James E. fculllvan, of the Amateur-Athletic
Union, has received word pf'.the
intention of the Australian cricketers
now playing In London to visit Anerica
on their way home. Games feaye al
ready been scheduled In Winnipeg -and
San Francisco, and they expect .to.ar.
range matches in New York, Philadel
phia, Chicago and other cities on the
way West.