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TIIFJ SUXDAY OREGOmN,- PORTLAND, MARCH ,27, 1910. CELLAR DIVISION MAY TAKE BRACE THIS SEASON. WILL THEY? IS QUERY Oakland and Verne n. Losers Last Tear, to Be in Race, Say Their Boosters White Sox Critics Like Work of Commuters and Hooligans, as Shown in Workout Games. one of the league teams provided they T received as much as the Hillsboro club offered. Hillsboro. however. ha nfrerert COACHES SELECT BASEBALL MEN TO COMPOSE TEAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOLS Interscholastic League Will Soon Be Eeady for Opening of Spring Season Eace for Championship Promises to s Be Close Many Old Players Are Turning Out for Work. ! them more than any tri-city team and j the boys have decided to accept the best offer. I: i-1 Ll . sH t; ' - 1 f V iff rv' I L - l) is U .? 1 Tv V :1 ' ' v 1 - , ', si -' z & fm s I - ' ' ' - - ' ifi i r 3 " l!i ': j I If?' " if rr-r A-'i H V -1 V yrjt "fx il ,s - f U I s; - ' f x'V & - 111 ?f i: t M - t ;' ST HARRY B. SMITH. ' SAX FRANCISCO. Cal.. March 2ti. U 'Special.) .There are two unknown quan ; titles to he figured out In connection with I the Pacific Coast League, which is so T; eoon to start. One of these clubs is Oak ' land and the other is Vernon. Both hop i lessly Outclassed In the season of 1PO0, , t each club has plenty of sipportera, who are predicting that they will be close to the top. If not there when the season ends, and the percentages are figured out. For example: The Chicago baseball - writer who was with the second team an t nounced when he reached San Francisco i and had seen all of the clubs play, that :t Oakland looked best to him. On the con i trary, the battery of -writers with the . first squad, on reaching Los Angeles, an- nounced to the world that the Vernon ' ' Villagers would be the ones to beat. AI ' j ready a number of bets have been made ; that Hogan's Vernonltes will defeat Los 'CUigeles in the race and the supporters 'f,Tf the Commuters think they will have a .""cinch to run in the first division. . " Oakland Has GootfTenin. Judging from their practice games, the Oaklanders tnust be given a chance. They ; have a vastly improved infield and their J outfield is composed of men who will be table to bat the bail. Don Cameron is . -practically a fixture at first base. .Lloyd, a new man, will have second, and Cut phaw. who was with the club last year, is regarded as a certainty for shortstop. Wolverton will play the third bag and this will give him Happy Hogan, Carroll and Swander in the outfield. The Port land fans know how Hogan can hit the hall and Swander is not one whit behind liim. Tonneson. Nelson and Christian, of the old pitching squad, are in good shape and should rart the season with a. rush. Carl ewis is one of the old catchers, and litz, one of the tiew backstop men, looks good enough to stick. All In all. ted Walter, of the Commuters, Is very proud of his aggregation. But the old time fans say that Oakland always falls down -when it comes to championship games and there the rub may come again. Vernon Unknown Quantity. Little is known of the Vernon club in San Francisco, as we have not had an opportunity to see it play. It is rated well, however, by the experts who have looked it over and It bids to make a tight race for the rag. " Tho Seals are certainly no better than I they were last year,- particularly toward . : the dose of the season, but they look to I he as good. Tommy Tennant is playing an improved first base. He is batting bet ter and plays ground balls with more certainty. Kid Mohler and Harry Jte Ardle around second insure good team work in that department, and if Oscar Vltl- continues to improve, there will he no chance to take him away from third. Mundorff In Outfield. As things look at the present writing. Howard MundorfT will be sent to the outfield. He has been playing left field in the last two weeks and he has been stinging the ball. Jimmy Lewis Is being worked at center and Harry Melcholr In right. Bodie will probably be retained, although he does not class with the out fielders named. Nick Williams and Claude Berry will do the big share of the catching. Berry is one of the headiest catchers In the league and Williams has gingered up a lot. Of the new pitchers. Miller is by far the best and promises to step into the shoes of Browning. Rex Ames, also, promises to be a valuable asset and well worth the JSOp that must be paid for him. Willis. Henley.. Griffin and Stewart are working fairly well, although Stewart, the Texan, has been bothered with a leg that has kept him out of the game, and Willi was under a physician's orders for a time. White Sox . Lose Money. The visit of tlie White Sox on the Pa cific Coast closed with the Sunday games. Comiskey's teams have had anything but a. successful' trip financially this year and. further than that their practice has been marred by unusually rainy and cold weather. Kven when the weather has been nice, the fans of San Francisco have not warmed up to the exhibition games as they have done for the two previous years. Prices were dropped from 60 cents to a quarter, for the bleachers, but even that failed to bring out the crowds. ' In the first place, there is too much base ball in t'alffornia, and in the second, the fans have seen the. Chicago Americans so much that they know about what they can do. However, it is the last time the Sox will come to the Coast. Comiskpy thinks the trip too long and not the proper kind of training. President Taylor, of the Boston Americans, has promised that hi club will take the place of the Amer icans from the Windy City next year. And, incidentally. Comlskey must have dropped a good bunch of money. Sheehan Is 'ew Manager. Tommy Sheehan. at one time with Pittsburg, later with Brooklyn, and last year with Cy Moreing's Oakland State Leaguers. Is the manager of the Suji Francisco State League team. He was appointed this week by Cal Bwing. Shee han had trouble during the Winter over back: salary with Moreing and brought suit in Stockton to recover the same. That caused trouble and Moreing was only too glad to release his infielder to Cal. The San Francisco State Leaguers will be made 'up for the most part of new talent, although Ewing will use some of the leftovers for the Seals. President Herman, of the State League, has appointed Jimmy Toman and Charlie Irwin as umpires in his league. Both men were umpires in the Pacific "Coast League last season. It is reported that Henderson, Moski man and Hackett, of the Oakland Star ets, will receive J200 apiece a month this season. That must hurt them some and it Is whiskered about that they are de cidedly sore. However, it's a case of taking what they are offered or nothing at all. Moreover, Moreing will get along with 10 men, which means that when one of the pitchers is not in the box he will' be holding down some other posi tion. Truly, a State League Job will not be all honey. IIILXSBORO SIGXS PLAYERS Hinkle, Briggs, Houston and Broun Accept CIub'8 Offer. Ray Hinkle, Benny Briggs, Asher Houston and Gordon Brown, semi-professional baseball players who were sought assiduously by some of the tri city teams, have sigred contracts within the past, few days to play with the Hills boro independent team. Karly In the .season when there was tome talk of admitting the Hillsboro club to the tri-city, thee four men agreed to play with the team. Later, when Hillsboro withdrew from the league, the boys thought of changing to CALIFORNIA TOUR IS ENDED M. L. Holbrook Reports Southern Roads in Good Condition. In a big Peerless touring car, owned by M. L. Holbrook. a merry party of Portlanders tourejl in California for six weeks, returning home early . last week. The party Included Mr. and Mrs. Hol brook and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hart, who made tours from Sacramento and Mon terey. "We found the roads in fine condition." said Mr. Hart. "There t has not been very much rain down there, though enough for the crops. What showers did fall came at night and the days were uniformly sunny and bright. In the large valleys east of the Coast Range rain , would have been welcome." At San Francisco the party was in a theater when the heaviest earthquake i shock since April. 1906. was felt. The audience, said Mr. Hart, arose as one man and a panic was Imminent. It re quired tact on the part of the performers to quiet the crowd. Seven Nations in Marathon. NEW YORK, March 26. Seven nation alities will be represented In the Mara thon derby, which Is to be run at the polo grounds here a week from today. The entries include two Americans. Johnny Hayes and Hans Holmer; two Irishmen, Frank Clarke, winner of this year's Edinburgh classic, and Jim Crow ley: one Englishman, Percy Sellln; one Indian, Paul Acoose; the Swedes Thude Johaiwen and Gustav Ljungstrom; Can ada's latest speed marvel. Fred Mea dows, and the Italian Marathon cham pion, Umberto Blaise, who is now on his way here. The tri-rolor of the French nation may also be seen at the starting post as last year's winner of the dirbv, Henri St. Yves, is nibbling at the bait and may be here in time to compete. LONDON HAS NEW GRAZE ROLLER SKATING TAKES FIRM 'HOLD OF SOCIETY. Fpper Classes Take Winged Feet and Enjoy Now Rinks as Much as Those of Ice. LONDON. March 26. (Special.) Lon don society this year has made a departure from the established custom of long standing which accords to the King or else some member. of the royal family the privilege of starting a new fad. All by Itself society has taken up the roller skating craze and is going In for it with much vim. - All classes, from Duchesses to shop girls from the stores, have taken to themselves winged feet and go glid ing 6ver the specially prepared track of the rink with all the grace of birds on tha wing. Roller rinks seem to vie with ice rinks in popularity, which Is considered the more peculiar because in the "provinces" roller skating has not hitherto been patronized by the upper classes. London has taken to the sport, however, with all the ac claim given a novelty. So popular ) has the sport become that even though the season Is draw ing to a close, society Is loth to give It up. Afternoons and such evenings as can be spared from formal entertain ments find the rinks crowded to their capacity. Prince's is the resort of the most ex clusive skaters, and there are seen won derful demonstrations of the poetry of motion. Skating Duchesses glide over the Ice with the easy assurance of birds on the wing. Tho Duchess of Roxburghe's superb figure skating runs that of the Duchess of Bedford quite close. The Duchess of Westminster Is also frequent- ' ly seen on the rink enjoying the exhilar ating pastime. The Countess Pappen- helm was seen skating hand in hand with her daughter. Countess Pauline Pappen helm, and others present were the Karl and Countess of Lytton and Colonel and Mrs. Hall Walker. Most of the ladies were attired in short, well-cut tailor made costumes of cloth or velvet, beauti fied by smart fur trimming. Men usually wear an ordinary lounging suit, but on the occasion of competitions and exhibitions the correct costume Is black tights, high boots and close-fitting tunic with astra-. khan trimmings. From Secretary H. W. Page it was learned that many of the members of Prince's were out of Lon don, and yet the rink presented a most animated scene. The skating season bo gins about the end of October and closes In April, and during that period Prince's is a most fashionable resort. DOG UNEARTHS GRIME PARIS POLICE BUSY WITH NEW MURDER MYSTERY. Mutilated Head of Beautiful Woman Found, but No Trace of Her Identity Is Secured. PAR.IS. March (Special.) The dis covery In the Rue Botzaris of the mu tilated head of a woman, which had evi dently been only recently severed from its body, leads to a supposition that an other horrible crime has teen perpetrated. A policeman named Louvelle, who lives in the Rue Botzaris, was out for a walk with his dog, when the animal discovered beneath a wall a packet containing the head, which had been mutilated beyond recognition. It was apparently the head of a woman between 2) and SO years of age. and the blood, which had not coagulated, showed that the crime had only been recently committed. M. Hamard. chief . of the detective force, Is attempting to discover the trunk of the body with the aid of several of the best Paris police dogs. Hamard said that the crime seemed to have been deliberately planned and that the face had been mutilated to prevent a photograph from being taken which might lead to identification. Several policemen who saw the head at the Rue Bradier Police Station believed they recognized it as that of a woman of remarkable beauty. The doctors also declared that the woman was certainly good-looking, with hair, which fell in ringlets over the ears and neck. A telegram has been received from Dijon stating that the body of a head less woman has been found there. No de tails are at hand, but it is wondered whether this discovery has anything to do with the Paris one and whether a new form of 'Jack-the-Ripperism" has broken out. Good Friday Crowds Riotous. VALENCIA,- Spain, March 26. Con trary to custom, the municipal govern ment authorized the movement of car riages in the streets on Good Friday and as a result collisions between Catholics and asti-Clerlcals occurred. The police charged several quarreling crowds. Injur ing many persons and making a large number of arrests " S w f w j ; . vj '.-.vl - j j fQt I t i , s i 'If' t, : v ..1. fo ( j ) IJ V i iV -.IK!-' 'I ! S ! !: M . . With the continuation of ideal base ball weather, the various interscholas tic baseball squads have been working faithfully and are ready to put on the finishing -touchr in the time that re mains before the opening of the sea son on April 20. The weeding out pro cess at all the schools has been almost completed and the coaches have an nounced the successful candidates for most of the positions. Coach Earl, of Washington High School, has decided upon all but a man for the backstop position arid one of the field positions. All the infield sta tions, including that of pitcher, will be well filled bv members of last year's squad. These men are Joe Jones, cap tain and shortstop; Houck, pitcher; An son Cornell, second base; Julius More land, first base; Orville Cobb, third base. These five players helped land the championship for the East Side in stitution last season, and will form a nucleus for an equally strong aggre gation this year. Jones and Cornell were members of the all-star football team last Fall. Jones played with the Portland Acad emy team before going to Washington High School and is easily one' of the star players of the league. Orville Cobb Is a brother of Earl Cobb, the Portland Academy athlete. Herbert George and Fred Annunsen are certainties for field positions. Wil son. Stanard and Ferguson, probably will be used in the field or as substi tutes in the other positions. No Catcher in Sight. The catcher's position is the only one for which a good man is lacking on the Washington team. Coach Earl has not discovered any one who looks like even a possibility for this place yet and con sequently is in considerable of a quandry. It is probable that a new man will have to be developed for the position. A strong second team is being organized. The first team will play a game next Saturday w-ith Newberg High School. Games are also being arranged with Chemawa. Salem High School, "Van couver High ' School, Gresham High School and the Behnke Walker Busi ness College. Tha Columbia University team prob ably will take a trip up the Willamette "Valley this Spring as - It did last year, and there Is a likelihood also of a trip to Boise, Idaho. The university has always had strong teams, which gen erally have been successful in outside games. Last Spring, the team won one of its games from the O. A. C. nine at Corvallis. A game will be played with Mount Angel College on May 7. Columbia has again secured the serv ices of Dolly Gray for coach, and it is expected he will duplicate his last year's success. Dolly never lacks words with which to instruct his charges and his baseball lingo is wonderful. The personell of Gray's team has been known for several days. It consists ' ;.L- Ug: . 'M 5 I-' ! i M " - r' r s f I t I I i ' 1 I '4 'f x ",'i' 1 -- , y- t , x " X vlit 1 f largely of, the Perkins family, all of whom are good players. . The team fol lows: Catcher, F. Perkins; first base, Harris; second base. Davis; shortstop, Gakey; third base, Haywood: field posi tions D. Perkins, W. McAllen, Fitzgerald and Baker; pitchers V. Perkins and Finegan. Finegan, the captain, suffered a disjointed finger, but will be able to twirl in the first game. The contest for places on the Lincoln High Schol team has been exceedingly warm and the complete personell of the team will not be announced for a fow days. The team probably will be picked from tho following: Pitchers Thompson. Patterson and Tyson; first base J. Turk; catchers Rlsley and Thatcher: second base Keep and Voss; third base Olcasli and Schilt; shortstop Vosper Carlander and Perham. A large number of men are out for the field positions and there are so many crack players that it Is hard to make a choice. The West Side boys this sea son are vory enthusiastic over the pros pects for a winning team and are deter mined to make up for their defeats suf fered last Spring. The Multnomah field is being uwd for practice Jefferson High School has engaged for coach. Roy Heater, tho former O. A. C. trainer. Mr. Heater announces the line up of hi first team, subject to change, will be as follows: Catcher, Eddie Mc Allen; pitcher and captain, Arthur; third base, Moyer Cole; shortstop, Morgan; second base, Brady; first base, Campion; center field. W. Hastings; left field, Wil liams; right field. Steurhoff. Others who. may bo used are: Moody, catcher; Crosby, shortstop; Barnes, second baee: Tamerlaln, first base: Murphy, third base; Gavin. Lind and Herzog. fteldi positions. Games for the Jefferson team hav cen arranged with Salem High School. Christian Brothers College, Behnke, Walker Business College and the Deaf Mute School of Vancouver. The team will have one of the best diamonds in the city close to the school for practlcs and for regular games. The Portland Academy squad now con sists of about 18 men, picked from th original 33 candidates. There is a pos sibility that Earl Cobb will not be able, to play, and jn that case the catcher's position will be rilled by Reed. Free man or Town?nd. Kenneth Norris has decided to devote all his time to track work. , . . The P. A. squad consists of the fol lowing: Catchers, Freeman, Reed. Towns end and Cobb; first base, Kenton. and Stubbs; second base. Sanford Weaver and Becheldor; shortstop, Rumelin, Livings ton and May; third base, Oookingham and Robertson; field positions. Livings ton, Bronaugh, Staley, Kan and Cardl-nell. THIS CLOCK With alarm, and over $3700 in other prizes for a great publicity con test. Read Page 2, Section 1, this paper.