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6 THE SUNDAY OREOOXIAX, PORTLAND, NOVEMBER 21, 1909. BIDS Of BIG FIGHT OPEN NEXT WEEK "Wise Ones" Soon to' Be at Least Partially Satisfied. HOW IS JEFFRIES WIND? Old-Ttrne Backers of Big Fellow Question Ability of White Favor te to Hold Oat Against Colored Pugilist in Scrap. BT w J PETRA1N While Jeffrie and Johneon have retired to the background In the fanning bees held of late, interest in their prospective meeting in the ropd arena i not en tirely dead. Dacmber 1, the date when the big fellows are supposed to open the bids for the battle, is rapidly approach ing, and once a scene of the scrap is selected the wis? or.es will he much more eatisfied. Jeffries' condition la still a matter of conjecture, for no one has yet come forth with the assertion that he is the Jeffries of old. and until the rank and file of the fistic followers are convinced that the big follow is practically as good s re ever was. there will be doubts expressed as to his ability to trim the Texan. Wind Matter- Irk Question. That Jeffries is In much better shape than when he first issued his defi to the colored man is undoubtedly true. Still the point of ail arguments Is whether or not be has regained his wind, and whether he possesses the stamina to remain with the negro in a gruelling battle of any lngth. Jeff is. expecting to put the Johnson chap to the queer in phort order, but he should be disabused of the idea right smartly, for Johnson may be found to be, a much harder proposition than most of the Jeffrifs admirers think ha la. - Nothing would please the followers of the fieiic game more than to have Jef fries put It on the arrogant dingo In lss than one round, but this sort of a climax to the battle, can hardly be ex pected in view of Johnson's exhibition of skill and cleverness .shown during his entire career. The colored man is not the best man in the world, but just at present there fmi to be no one outside of Jeffries who is likelv to have anything on the black. . Frequently during Ms career h has shown the yellow, or at least has dis played a quitting propensity which borders on it siEnjfirantly. What he will do when h-? ertters the rins and catches fight ' of Jim Jeffries' hairy breast and splendid phvsioue cannot b? foretold at this time. Johnson's arroganca acquired through bavin trimmed Ketchel and Burns, a pair of jokes as far as championship tim ber was concerned, will not be likely to assert itself when he finds himself In the ring against the undefeated champion of all champions. Jim Jeffries will also undoubtedly re member the time when he sat at the ringside and watched the colored chap beat down Ms own brother, and even thouch certain scribes are inclined to think that Johnson got Jeff s goat by that performance, it is not at all certain that the same performance might have the reverse effect in maWng Jeffries crave- to get at the negro. Ti e fact that Jack Jeffries engaged to fight Johnson against the advice of his champion brother would serve to bear out the opinion of those who think Jeff does not relish the negro, but Jeffries" ex planation lends a different aspect. Jeff says he advised his brother to pass up Johnson because he was just starting out. and furthermore was considerably heavier than the young?r Jeffries. The following in an Eastern paper on Jeffries- training will serve to encourage the admirers of the big-fellow, for it tends to show that Jeff is not at all "to the bad": Condition Shows Strong. "Those who have seen Jeffries at work are enthusiastic over his condition. Jack Fogarty. who was a gooo fighter himself In his day, declares that he never saw a big man do shadow boxing so fast as Jef fries is doing it now. Shadow boxing, as alt followers of boxing know, is used, by boxers in training the muscles to hit rap idly all the blows .used in fighting. It is considered a very good form of training, for the reason that, while it is very hard work, there Is no danger of Injury in the way of muscle bruises or strain to the boxer, as In a bout with a sparring part ner. Jeffries puts all his energies into the work, and is surely confident in his own mind that he is going to beat John son. If Jeffries does succeed in getting himself into first-class condition it will be a great trobute to ris dogged deter mination, for he was about as hopeless a cass of over-indulgence when he started work for this bout as was ever known in the history of boxing. "It goes without saying that Jeffries can never be as good as he was when he retired from the ring, for youth never returns to any man. but his present form, as compared with his condition when he left his Los Angeles alfalfa farm ten months ago show's a most remarkable change for the better. Stamina and re cuperative powers are likely to be his greatest weaknesses when he faces the big black, and once he begins to tire it will be all up with him. Knowing this, Jeffries has trained on "lines never before attempted by an. athlete, gi-vlng himself a full year of moderate work before at tempting real training. The result of this common-sense course of preparation, which was recommended by Professor Corr.int tt TtarvTYl T.nlVerSltV. Will DA watched with interest by all who know I anything of athletics. , "If Jeffries can come back or even part wjy back to his old-time form, then others who have thought themselves out of it may be able to rejuvenate them selves bv following the same thorough course of training. Even as far as he has gone. Jeffries has set a good example, and 'he better he get the better will be the lesson taught to sthletes." Sullivan Has Wrong- Dope. John L. Sullivan, between interviews in which he swears Jeffries and Johnson will fight all the time if he is chosen referee. Is nursing a large-Bized grouch to the effect that fighters nowadays-are not so good as when he was in the ring because thev have -the loser's end as well as the winner s end of the purse. He says that no man will fight as hard when he is sure of a big wad of coin whether he gets licked or is victorious. He no doubt thinks t hat the difference between J10.00O and SS.000 is not enough to make a man fight his hardest. He also appears to forget that the longshore man tactics employed at the time he was in the ring are a thing of the past and that the present-day fighter in the cham pionship class must prepare for his bat tles for a long time, -and not only be In conditio but be scientific. The months he has spent In getting resdy for a real big bout mean something to the fighter and he Is hound to get his money for the amusement he has afforded the spectator whether he wins or loses.- EPS ggf! s ; ; jr IF . - s c - 1 I I- ' - ; . In S.''" I ; j V V v & )k Tl!..'' .! fr-.i . . I - - - W I - - , f If n I " ' V A i ' M " II 4 ' " i - ) i i-; i f ' . :J f ' ;' J I f w . t -Z" I I ? si t - - 1 I i .i -." v' : I? "t If i . i.r .? - t , - , i in'C " " I i'' 1 ; iff '.' ItUr X 'ill POWELLSEEKS DANE Will Go' for Battling Nelson, if He Beats Wolgast. KETCHEL HAS BIG OFFER Hesitates Between Vaudeville Cir cuit in New England and $5000 Purse for Fight With Jim Flynn in Ios Angeles. SAN' FRANCISCO, Cal.. Nov. 20. (Special.) The Wolgasl-Powell fight Is close at hand now. Originally set for November 30. Promoter Heptor de cided to have it take place on Monday night, November 29, and the date was accordingly changed. Ad Wolgast ar rived this (Saturday) afternoon, and his training will commence at the Seal Rock house on Sunday afternoon. The Milwaukee man will not have "touch time in which to train, but inasmuch as he had a fight last Sunday in New Orleans, he ought to be In first-class shape. From all accounts, the New Orleans fight was an easy victory for Wolgast. His opponent was Henri Plet, supposed to come from the land of France, but otherwise unheralded. .At all events, Henri lasted one round and then an other, after which he gave the sign of distress and his seconds quickly tossed a sponge into the ring in token of defeat. As regards his fight with Powell, this New Orleans combat counts neither in favor of nor against Wolgast. Nobody knows anything about Plet. and the chances are that he was only some easy money. Powell is taking the match quite seri ously, as he expects, in case he wins in handy form, to go arter Battling Nel son for a championship bout. The San Francisco lightweight Is in good trim all the time, but has been working at Colma for the past ten days, and Is an Industrious youngster in the gymna sium. Stanley Ketchel Hesitates. Stanley Ketchel apparently doesn't know what he will do in the near fu ture. He has two propositions before him, and is hesitating between them. One is to take a five weeks' engage ment on a New England vaudeville cir cuit, and the other is to fight Jim Flynn ten rounds in Los Angeles the last of December, $5000 to be guaran teed him. The $5000 looked tempting to Ketchel, who spends most of his money as fast as he gets it, and it will occasion no surprise If he accepts. ' In six weeks I can get into good enough shape for a ten-round fight," was the way he argued the question the other night, "and that looks like soft money." At the present writing, however, he has not made up his mind. Billy Papke is out with a challenge to fight Ketchel at 165 pounds, for the light heavyweight championship, but Ketchel so far has simply Ignored subject. the The only interest attached to the challenge is the question that has been raised as to whether Papke is growing so heavy that he is unable to fight at the middleweight limit, or 158 pounds Attell Trains for Webster. Monte Attell, who claims the bantam weight title, left this week for Los Angeles to go into training for a ten round fight with Danny Webster be fore Tom McCarey's Club. Monte, chiefly because of his class, is hard put to secure matches that mean much money and consequently he grabs at anything that offers. Coffroth writes that he will leave for San Francisco shortly after De cember 1. On that day bids are to be opened for the Jeffries-Johnson fight, and Coffroth will know whether he is to stage the match. If so. he will be all the more anxious to be on the ground. If not. he wljl want to ar range other bouts, in order to keep his club going. Gophers Win Distance Run. CHICAGO. Nov. 20. The annual five mile race of the Western Intercol legiate Cross-Country Association was won today by Minnesota. Nebraska fin ished second and Purduo third. The time was 27:08. Ames finished fourth, Wisconsin fifth, Chicago sixth and Iowa seventh. SULLIVAN FAMILY. UNIQUE IN FISTJO 111: r-J:.-.. -JtiTr' ijplif j E Sullivan Family Unique Figure in Ring. GENE BOXES HERE NOV. 30 Montana Boys, Four "Brothers, Dis tinguish Themselves in Meeting Some, of the Best in the Pugilistic World. Unique figures in fistic circles are the Sullivan brothers. Jack, Jerry, Dan and Gene, of Butte, Mont., each of whom, in a more or less extensively known man ner, has made good with the padded mitts. One ef the brothers, Gene, the lightest of the quartet, is to appear here November 30 before the Rose City Athletic Club. Four brothers, and all of them suc cessful in athletics, makes the Sullivan quartet worthy of notice in ring circles. The eldest of the quartet is Jerry Sulli van, and incidentally he Is the least known of the four, though he has made something of "a record In the ring at that. However, the most successful in recent years is Jack Sullivan, better known as "Montana Jack" to distin guish him from the Boston family of which Jack "Twin" is the more gener ally known of the Jack Sullivans. "Montana Jack" Sullivan first came into prominence by giving Stanley Ketchel all that was coming to him in a 20-round draw at Butte several years ago. Since then he has enjoyed a re markable career In California, where he has met and defeated some of the best middle-weights and others in the light heavy-weight division in California. His most notable achievement was the defeat of "Fireman" Jim Flynn at Los Angeles and the beating of Al Nelll at San Francisco. . Dan A. Sullivan, who is something of a wrestler as well as a boxer, won dis tinction by making the All-American team of athletes which competed at Greece in 1906. He had previously made quite a showing by competing un attached at the A. A. U. games at the BOXERS RING. Lewis and Clark Exposition, and" at Greece he won the championship at wrestling. He is now in California, where he is enjoying success. Gene Sullivan, who is now in Port land for the purpose of giving an ex hibition; bout before the Rose City Club on November SO. is working out with his old-time teacher. Tommy Tracey. Gene,- while a pupil of Tracey, won the lightweight boxing championship among the amateurs of the North west. He later went to California, where ha has been successful. He asplraa to succeed Battling Nelson and Lew Powell as the top-notchers, and by perseverance and hard work he expects to attain the top. All the boys are natives of Montana, though their mother is now located on a farm hoar Hastings, Neb., which place is now their home. When they are not engaged in giving boxing exhibitions the Sullivan boys are able to get work easily, for each of them has a trade and is not afraid to work at it. COAST CITIES BID HIGH PORTLAND AND OAKLAND WANT AVIATION MEETS. $150,000 Said to Have Been Offered In Each. Case Balloon Kaces to St. Louis. ' NEW YORK, Nov. 20. Thomas F. Walsh, the western mining: man, will entertain the members of the Aero Club of America at dinner at the Metropolitan Club next Tuesday eve ning, and at the same time he will present the claims of the Aero Clubs of . Washington and Baltimore for the International Aviation Meet of 1910. The two cities have named no special amount which they are willing to give, but it is understood that it will be $100,000 or more. William E.' Metzger of Detroit will be here in a few days to make an offer 'on behalf of that city. Among the bids which have been made for he aerial contests are those from Oakland, Cal., and Portland, Or., both of which have offered ' $150,000. Denver' and Los Angeles are strong bidders. There" seems to be little doubt now that St. Louis will get the International balloon races to be held next year, as It has offered a considerable sum of money, but principally because of the splendid facilities it affords. ET vr The Zeppelin I welched 10 tons. El'.lG SHARPENED AX FOR M'CHEDIE Harry Smith Tells How Club in Northwestern Is Lost to Portland. DUGDALE CAUSE OF WRATH Disposition of Outlaw Players Is Bone of Contention-McCredie Alight Have Been President, '' Jndge Graham Right Man. BT HARRY B. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Nov. 21. (Special.) The annual meeting of the Pacific Coast League, which was held this .week, furnished plenty of excite ment and food for comment comment, I imagine, that is likely to run for some time, if the belligerent air of the North west continues. . Naturally, the most-talked-of feature of the session was the manner In which Judge MeCredie was. turned down on the proposition to have a Northwest club in Portland this coming season. From the time that Cal Ewing returned last Sunday from his Eastern trip, It appeared a foregone conclusion that the Northwest people would lose eut. There are several . reasons . that may have induced the Californians to vote as thejc did. First of all, D. E. Dugdale. of Seattle, clashed with Cal Ewing at the Memphis meeting. When the sub ject came up of the disposition of play ers who had Jumped to the State League from various cities throughout the country and then come Into the fold by way of the Coast,' League, it was Dugdale, according to Ewing, who blocked the scheme by which these players were to remain with the Coast ers. Ewing argued that as his organiza tion had Been to considerable expense in fighting the outlaws, that it snould be allowed to retain the men. Dugdale, who had a claim on Terry MiKune, ra cently with Oakland Coast, thought dif-i ferently. Further than that, says Ew ing, Dugdale incited other clubowners to make a protest. Consequently there was nothing left for Ewing to do but agree that all such players should be returned to the State League, to remain for two and four years, according to whether they were reserve-breakers or contract-jumpers. And that made J. Cal sore. He considered it a direct slap by Dugdale and possibly wanted to retaliate. Move for Eight-Club League? The other story is to the effect that tho Coasters believe such a move as ex cluding the Northwest League from Port land would hasten the time when there will be an eight-team league. From what Ewing said. I have an idea the Northern peoDle could have retained Portland had they been willing to sign an agreement not to consider Portland territory in seek ing higher classification. At all events, the move was not against MeCredie but against the Northwest magnates who have been saying this and that. There has been a world of claiming going on in the North and now it is up to Dugdale and Lucas to show what they can do. As to this talk of turning outlaw, you in the Northwest know more about it than we here In California. Frankly, the California baseball people do not antici pate any trouble, but at the same time, they are ready for a scrap, if they are forced into a comer. The writer is quite aware that sentiment in the Northwest is far from being favorable to California. At the same time, if the Coast League had to wage war, it would unquestionably seek local people In Portland to take the fran chise. That is. on tho presumption that MeCredie turns outlaw. In a talk with Judge MeCredie before he left there was nothing haety about what he said: "You know I like to go slow in these matters. I want to go home and talk it over with the boys first. I like to follow programme and don't care to turn out law. If it hadn't been for Dugdale, I think we would have had an eight-team league before this, and I am still hoping that everything will come out all rigjit. MeCredie Might Have Led. As far as the presidency goes, that could have been Judge McCredie's for the asking. The Coast League people in the South had no candidate and Judge Gra ham's name came up unexpectedly. Judge MeCredie refused to ask for the election of any Portland man. It is true ha men tioned Harrison Allen and that the name of George JJobertson came before the di rectors, but Judge- MeCredie let it be understood that- he had no candidate. D. W. Long was offered the berth, pro vided he would resign the management of the Seals, but Long makes too much money with that Job to think of taking the presidency. Bill Lange was a recep tive candidate, but as has been said, he was not highly thqught of by the men who do the voting, chiefly because they tihnk he is not enough of a business man. The name of Judge Thomas F. Graham came as an afterthought: ' Wonder if he would serve?" remarked some one. He was sent for, asked for a couple of hours in which to consider the proposi tion, and then accepted. Judge Graham is a man of considerable prominence in San Francisco and the right man for the place. He will play no favorites and will give every one a fair deal. Judge MeCredie made the motion to elect Judge Graham and there was no dissenting vote. Judge Graham has played ball as an amateur and is an enthusiastic follower of the National sport. Rarely does ho miss a game during the league season. Nor will he be a dummy in the ornce. He Knows what he wants to have done and wil see to it that his orders are carried out! Rest assured that Judge Graham -will appoint the umpires and that he will render whatever decisions are to be given In protested games and the like. Major Leaguers fo Quit. The major leaguers, who were to have played in San Francisco until the middle of December, have decided that it Is too long; a pull. Consequently they will close their games here on Novem ber 28, and will return East by way of the South. Two things have worked against them. First of all, they charged 50 cents for the bleachers. The fans argued that thev could see the leazue games for 5 cents. So they looked over the major leaguers a couple of times. and decided they had enough. ' More than that, there has been a long stretch of baseball since last March, when the White Sox arrived, and the fans are tired out. They want to think of something else. Many of us think that the baseball season Is stretched I out beyond reasonable limits, and that the present trip of the pastern stars was more or less of a mistake. BOXING GAME FAR FR03I pEAD Big Fight Receipts Show That Sport U SUil Alive. , Just to show what offering even $75,000 for the Jeffries-Johnson fight means to make a little argument that the boxing game must be stronger today than ever before, we print tb,e following table ef big gate receipt records made -within the last 10 years;- " . ' Five Best Fights. " Gate ConteMs , Hftfeipts. Nelsnn-Ganu. at GoldfleM H9. il5 Jeffriw-Sharkey. at Conty Island ..M0 Fltzsimniens-Jeffrles. l Coney Island.. M.Jon. Cerbetl-Jeffrlts, at Frisco , t2.40 Corbett-McOy. at Naw York,.-. . , . . 6i,("X In San Francisco ' " Q Jeffrles-Corbett .MO Britt-NelsoB U8f-6..- ,- JS?J' Gaiw-PrlU 8. Brilt-Corhett 8 -55 Jffrles-FItzj?immon ' -. . 3t,H)0 Jffrles-Ruhlin ... ? J?l Britt-Nelaon (1904) Burns-Squires Ooriwtt-N'elson (WW 14,20 Corbeu-Nelson (UKC) 11.1 lw Britt-Whlte . O-Brten-Kauffmul - "41s Neil-Tenny -2'0 Netl-Hyland s ' Hart.Johneon 6,-00 In ' New Vork Jeffries-Sharkey " Sx Jeffries-Fltislramoiui BS.flno forbett-Mi-Coy fi'M forhatt-Pharkey C- 4H.O00 RuhMn-FltXBlmmona 4.VWO Riihlin-Sharltey V- 2, Rlmrltey-McC'oy 1 Jeffrles-Corbett JJ.y MfGovern-Erne "t-"11' Sharkey-Fltit-immonB ; x? MnGovern-Dlxiin 24 .wo Choyjiki-Mfiy 20.'KJ0 In Philadelphia ' ... Nelson-IcGovern 23.000 In OoMfield .,, J;e!sJn-Gans . - ..- bm. 1 10 At Tonnpah. ; Gana-Herman. . - ,-' Jeffries' coming fight will be the fifth in which he broke, the record. BAUD OF AVON LIVE U HE MARK TWAIN SHOW? SHAKES PEARE KNEW BASEBALL. - fy. Redoubtable Wagner Might Hear Sliller Say, After Singling Him, " 'Twas I Brought You." Is Shakespeare dead? asks Mark Twain in his latest book. It is generally .innnwH tVint he is. but the myriad minded bard must have projected himself in fancy into our age, for an tne vocao ulary of baseball Is found in his plays, as we shall show, says the Chicago Trib- line. Beginning with thaf useless question asked by Agrippa in "Coriolanus," "Where go you with bats and clubs?" we find that the two chief contenders in the National pennant race are mentioned by name. "O. thou dissembling cud: says th Duke in "Twelfth Night." "where wilt thou be when time hath sow'd a grizzle on thy case?" Nearer the top, we hope. "A nirate of very warlike appointment gave me chase," writes Hamlet, who was run to death between Dasea; ana onyiv" evidently refers to the bastf-stealing hab its of the Pittsburgers when he says: "r.anii thieves. I mean pirates." This from "Richard III" might be a nrntpat hr the neerless leader on Fitts- burir's winning the (pennant money: "I can no longer hold the patient. Hear me. you wrangling pirates that ran out in sharing that which you have pill'd from me." Benedick fancied himself as a twirler. for he boaste: "He that hits me, let him be clapped on the shoulder," and it must have been a pitcher or coacher in "Love's Labor Lost" who cried: '"Thou canst not hit it, hit it, hit it; Thou canst not hit it. my good man." To which Boyet, .who probably struck out, says: "And I cannot, another can." Prospero calls Ferdinand a "weak hit ter," one "who makes a show but darest not strike." And Henry V cries hope fully: "Hark, they are coming from the field: shall we stand up here and see them as they pass? Good niece, do, sweet niece Cresslda." - Cressida: "At your pleasure." . Pandarus: "Here, here, here's an ex cellent place; here we may see most bravely. I'll tell you them all by their names as they pass by, but mark Trolius above the rest." Pandarus had a score card, but wanted to let on to the lady that he knew the heroes personally. It sounds like a scrap over a stolen base when Petruchio shouts: "Out, you rogue! You pluck my foot awry. Take that!" Petruchio was peev ish that afternoon, anyway, having Just started In to tame the shrew, and he thought the runner meant to spike him. The "umpire" is often mentioned in Shakespeare. "Let me be umpire in this doubtful strife?" asks King Henry IV, who was braver than the play makes out, or just plain loco. "There are three um pires in thiB matter, as I understand," says Sir Hugh Evans in "Merry Wives of Windsor." The absurd Welsh parson had seen Evers laying down the law to a couDle of umps. ana tnougnt nim one of the staff. "It was myseir that brought you Hume,' said bv Worcester in "Henry IV," might be a remark to Wagner by Miller after he had sineled him home. Honus having tripled as usual. From Pericles: "Only, my friends, I yet am unprovided of a pair or D&ses just waicn me steal em, j Tyrus Cobb would say. "Prime, secundo. tertio. is a good ilav." pronounces the clown in "Twelfth Night," and it surely is if home be added to tirst. second and third. This may also refer to a triple play. "Safe. Antony, Brutus is safe enough." Luoullus tells Marc An tony, who, we Imagine, was yelling "rob ber at tne "ump. -wun isenators on the bench" CTimon of Athens," act- 4. scene 3) sounds familiar, and it really seems as If the Bard of Avon must have seen eur crack catcher throw. to second when he writes in "Pericles," ct .L scene 1: "Well experienced Archer hits , the mark his eye doth level at." Footba O. A. C. vs. Multnomah Thanksgiving Day, Nov.'25th MULTNOMAH FIELD-2:30 P. M. General Admission $1.00. Reserved Seats $1.50. Greatest Intercollegiate Game Reserved Seats for Sale by 36 bixtn INDOOR BALL-DRAWS i ; , Spectators Go Out of 'Curios ity and Become Fans. CITY HAS TWO LEAGUES Part of City League's Games Played Jn East Side Gymnasium, Fart in Y. M. C. .A. Gossip of Play- .ers on Various Teams. a. More and mere people of Portland are becoming Interested In the indoor base ball games played in the City and Arm ory leagues. Many attend these games more out of curiosity than anything else, but become filled with enthusiasm and develop Into devoted admirers of the sport. The games of the City League arc played Monday and Wednesday nights In Ringler's gymnasium, rorner of Esst Morrison and llrand avenue, and in the Y. M. C. A. on Friday nights. The Gold Seals and the Pilworth rer- bies are scheduled to clash Monday even ing in . Ringler's gymnasium. East Mor rison street and Grand avenue. Both teams are evenly matched and only re cently, played a 8-too game that was a classy exhibition. Admission to all cy league games is free. Arrayed in natty navy blue uniforms, the Columbia Hardware Company nine makes a good appearance on the floQi". Bill Daugherty" has assembled, a formida ble array of militia players, with the ex pectation of finishing on the -top rung of the ladder. In Walter Backus and Jack McConneli tho hardwarei dealers posses a strong battery. Backus has a good repertoire of shoots and his slow ball offering is tantalizing. Confined in close gnarters behind the bat, Catcher Ray Snyder, of the W. P. Fuller & Co.- team, received a paltiful Jolt on the Jaw last Monday night. Ma gee, of the Honeyman team, was battlnu. and Snyder's face came in contact with the hat. He went down for the count, but revived and finished the gamp, prov ing the hitting star of the evening. V . . Every time F.oh Fordney's name is men tioned around local leaguo players they tremble, as the giant southpaw is con sidered tfle premier local liinger. Sneed lg second nature to this Gold Seal man. Elmer McKenzie has lost none of his old-time effectiveness, and pulled a game out of the sea last Wednesday evening, holding his opponents to three hits In five innings. MeKenzie is managing the Derbies. . In order to keep ,the -Honeyman Hard ware players from growing stale, Nelson Bartholomew has solicited a game with, the Hospital Corps for Tuesday nlglit at the Armory. Haven days will elapse in Honeyman'a playing schedule In tho city league; hence the exhibition game. Daisy, of the Fuller & Co. aggregation, is showing up well around first base and wields the willow marvelously. (Jena . Flint is acceptable anywhere in the in-t field. Harry K. Smith, president of the Port- land Indoor Baseball League, has given' his official umpires supreme authority on, the floor. The arbitrators are masters of the field and entitled to the respect of' the spectators. They are vested with, authority to order anjy player to act as. they may deem necessary. All discussions- are restricted tq the captain. After Wednesday night's battle the fans will pass Judgment upon Beard's pitching for the W. P. Fuller & Co. club. Interest in Indoor baseball is not con fined exclusively to Portland, but has se cured a foothold In Vancouver. The Honeyman club of the city leasue has signified its Intention of invading the . pioneer burg. Clark Hedrick has developed Into hitting fiend, driving the huge sphere far into the outfield balcony at timely Intervals. He covers third base for tha W. P. Fuller & Co. club. Baker's hitting assists the Dilwortrt Derbies in getting runners over the count ing station. Brigss is the consistent bit ter of the clothiers. Robert Day has teen selected to operata on President Smith s staff of umpires. Day refuses to be Jollied and emforcea the rules. Ray Duncan has cast his lot with the Gold Seals and is playing the difficult corner with satisfaction, ears of experi ence qualify him. Agile to the limit. Ed Magee and G. Pembroke are presenting classy lieldlnfl games at short for the Honeymoon Hard ware nine. Both lads are sluggers. "Buzz" Beagle has the satisfaction of having his whiskers brushed in most every inning, as the ball is his objective point, and he seldom errs. He compares with the best catcher in the league. In Stubbs and MeKenzie. the Dilworth Derbies have two clever slant dispensers. Colburn Barren's receiving is an incentive . -for steady pitching. Byron Gumm Is Improving in his hit ting. He is one of the high-muok-a-niucks of the Derbies. of the Season. Don't Miss'lC Columbian Optical Cov, btreet. -
