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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.-
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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
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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.
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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.
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INDOOR
BALL-DRAWS
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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