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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, MAY 15, 1910.
ANGELS WIN FROM
BEAVERS AT LAST
After Scrappy Fight, Portland
Lets Berry's Boys Take
Game by Lone Run.
3ARRETT OUSTED IN 7TH
Krapp Succeeds to 'Rubber Position'
When It Is Too Late to Save Con
test, bnt He Allowed Only
Two Hits in Two Innings.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGtK.
Yesterday's Results.
Lou Angeles 2; Portland 1.
Oakland 3: San Francisco 0.
Vernon 18; Sacramento 8..
Standing of the Clubs.
3 - f O
S a 2
n P
O 1 3 3
o. v n c
o 2.
1 , 1 1-
8 31 8 4
. . 41 3 4
7 . . 4 5
3 :tl.. 4
2 3 . .
. . 3 4 8
CLUB.
Vernon . .
Portland .
.San Fran.
3 24
.571
.5(18
.548
.0(10
.4H.3
.333
.os Angeles
Oakland .. .
.Sacramento.
Lost !1816iie32S22S!12S
LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 14. (Spe
cial.) The Angels won a came at last, de
feating the Beavers this afternoon by
2 to 1.
It was a snappy fight, and for five
innings tlio Angola were on the anxious
scat. Garrett was in the points for Port
land, and was not able to fool the Angels
as well as the other pitchers. Ha was
replaced by Krapp in the seventh, but
it was too late. The scoring was accom
plished as follows:
Opening the second, Ryan was out at
first, but Rapps doubled to right and
took third on Speas' out at first. Gar
rett singled, infield, scoring Rapps. Casey
was out at first. No more runs were
scored by the Beavers, and the Angels
were unable to connect until the last
half of the sixth.
Then, after Bernard and Howard had
(lied to Ryan, Dillon doubled to left.
Murphy singled, scoring Dillon with the
tying run, and took second on the throw
to the plate. Both singled, scoring Mur
phy and putting the Angels one run to
the good, and Hen Berry smiled serenely
for the first time in four days.
Both reached second when Speas al
lowed his drive to go to the fence, but
Delmas was out at first. The score:
LOS ANGELES.
, , AR P. H. PO. A. E.
Haley, cf 4 0 1 1 o a
Hernard, rf 4 u 1 :; ft o
Howard. 2b 4 I) l ::
IHllon, lb 4 1 :t 9 1 it
Murphy. If :; -j :t
Hoth. 3b 3 2 0 1 II
l.-lniH. :; O o i - o
orendorff, c 3 ft 1 r, :; o
Tozer. o 3 O o 3 a o
Totals
10 27 12
PORTLAND.
AB.
4
4
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4
H. H. PO. A. E.
O 1 1 1
" 2 4 a U
(I 2 0 1 0
too
II O
O O II I)
t I 5 II 0.
0 1 :; o 1
U 1 0 I)
0 o o u n
( 0 0 o o
1 7 24 S 2
I 'ascy. 2b .....
01su. ss
HrtllnK. 3b
Moi'redle, rt ..
Kisher, c ......
H an. cf ......
Rajips, lb
Speas. If
tJaivett. p ....
Krapp.
J . s-mlth 1
Totals 31
SCORE BY INNINGS.
l.os Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
llltK
II 2 I 1 1 3 II 2 10
O1O0O0O0 0 l
2 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 7
Portland
Hit, .
J. Smith batted for Oarrett in aeventh.
SUMMARY.
Stolen hass Daley and Oarrett. Hits
rr Uarreit. fi. runs 2 in nix innings. Two
"' Rapps. Honing. Dillon, Speas.
Innings pitrhed Garrett 0. Bases on balls
Cozer l. struck out By Garrett 2. by To
icr ... hy Krapp 2. Double play Torer to
I-elmaa. Hit by pitched ball Murphy.
Harps. Time 1:40. Umpire Finney
OAKLAND SHUTS OUT 'FRISCO
Pciinunt-ItaiKing Ceremony Cele
brated Willi Clean Victory.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 14. Oakland
resumed its winning streak today, and,
following the pennant-raising cere
mony, which was held with much pomp
at Recreation Park, blanked the San
Francisco aggregation under a 3 to 0
score.
Moser, of Onkland, pitched a remark
able game. Score:
, , R- E l R. H. E.
Oakland... 3 5 lSan Fran...o 4 2
Batteries Moser and Mitze; Willis
and Williams.
Vernon 1 3 ; Sacraiacnto 8.
SACRAMENTO. May 14. Vernon took
a BHine from Sacramento this afternoon
tliat was featured by heavy batting.
Both teams were hammered to all cor
nets of the lot. Vernon getting 17 hits
ml Sacramento made two in the
seventh and four in the ninth. Score:
Yrvno-i ..13 17 3 Sacramento 8 13 2
Batteries Stovall. Brackenridge and
i:rown; Nourse. Hunt and Spiesman.
Umpire McGrecvy.
national league.
Won. Li'frt. P.C.
l'liiiiidlptiia
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New York
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J-UPtM. . . .
St. l.ouis .
Urooklyn
. 12
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. 6 mi
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. 5211
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.41111
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CHAMPIONS
COULDN'T
HIT
Pittsburg Beaten by Phillies Chi
cago Lot-es to Boston.
PITTSBURG, May 14. Pittsburg
could not hit Moren and lost today, 2
to 6. Score:
R- H. E. R. H. E.
Pittsburg.. 2 7 llPhila 6 13 0
Batteries Adams. Maddox and Jib
son. O'Connor: Moren and Dooln. em
pires Johnstone and Moran.
St. Louis 9; New York 3.
ST. LOUIS. May 14. St. ouis won
the second game of the series from New
York today by a score of 9 to 3. Score:
St. Louis.. 9 12 2NewYork.. 3 9 1
Batteries Sallee and Bresnahan:
Raymond. Marquafd. Crandall and
Xchlei. Umpires O'Day and Brannan.
Boston 4 ; Chicago 1 .
CHICAGO, May 14. Curtis held Chi-
cago to 3 hits and Boston won its sec
ond successive game. Score:
R. H. E. R. H. E.
Chicago... 1 3 2 Boston 4 9 2
Batteries Overall. Rlche and Need
ham. Archer; Curtlss and Graham, em
pires Klein and Kane.
Cincinnati 3; -Brooklyn O.
CINCINNATI, May 14. Cincinnati
beat Brooklyn today 3 to 0. Rowaa
kept the hits well scattered. Score: -
- R. xx. E. R. H. E.
Brooklyn.. 0 - 4Cincinnati. 3 5 1
Batteries Bell and Irwin: Row. .
and McLean. Umpires Rigler and
Emslie.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Won.
. . 1 .
.... 8
8
4
Loft- PC.
4 .789
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K . BuO
Philadelphia
Detroit ....
N'ew York . .
Cleveland ..
Boston ......
Chicago ....
Washington
St. Louis . . .
31
16
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.20u
MULLIN'S TWISTERS PUZZLE
Detroit Pitcher "Puts One Over" on
Beaneaters, 5 to 3.
BOSTON. May 14. Detroit won a
hard-fought game from Boston today, 5
to 3. Bunched hits in the first Inning,
with an error, a base on balls and a
sacrifice fly practically gave the visit
ors the game. Boston could not hit
Mullln with men on bases. Score:
R H E R H E
Detroit 5 7 2!Boston S 8 5
Batteries Mullin and Stanage; Cicotte
and Carrlgan.
New York 14; St. Louis 0.
NEW YORK, May 14. New York to
day overwhelmed St. Louis 14 to 0.
Every local player made a hit and
scored a run. Score:
R HE RUE
St. Louis 0 4 2NewYork.. 14 16 S
Batteries Kinsella. Pelty, Howell
and Stephens; Vaughn and Sweeney.
Washington 1; Cleveland 0-
WASHINGTON. May 14 Johnson had
the better of Joss today In a pitchers'
battle, and Washington defeated Cleve
land 1 to 0. A one-banded catch by
Lajoie was a feature. Score:
R H E R H E
Washington. 1 7 GCleveland . . . 0 5 0
Batteries Johnson and Street; Joss
and Clarke.
Philadelphia 4; Chicago 3.
PHTLAriFT.PUli AT 1 A Dkn.j.i
-, " j -i . Mllt&UOl
phia won its tenth straight victory to-
imy uy oeieaung umcago In an 11-In-ning
game 4 to 3. A single sent Banker
home with the winning run. Score:
R HE R H E
Chicago 3 11 lPhiladelphia. 4 8 3
Batteries Walsh and Tv piani.
Coombs. Thomas and Lapp.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Won. Lost. Pet.
St. Paul 8 .7sn
Minneapolis . 15 8 .o2
Louisville ............. j.-i v r.'o
Toledo J I 1:; -4.-,8
Indianapolis .................. o 12 .4,",5
Columbus ..................... 10 14 417
.Milwaukee g i;t
Kansas City 6 13 '.31
At Milwaukee Columbus, 4; Milwau
kee. 6.
At Kansas City Toledo, 0; Kansas
City, 2.
At ft. Paul Louisville, 6: St. Paul, 5.
At Minneapolis Indianapolis, 1; Min
neapolis, 3.
WESTERN LEAGUE.
"Won. Lost. Pet.
Uenver ' 12 4 .750
Wichita 11 ;fls
kst. Joseph 9 6 .fino
..i.ii-.Mii , 8 4,iT
Topeka. a .400,
umana n .400
Sioux City S tt .,7
Des Moines 6 12 .33
i At Lincoln Lincoln, 1; Wichita. 4.
! At Des Moines Des Moines, 4; To-
J peka, 1.
i At Sioux City Sioux City, 10; Den
ver, t.
At Omaha Omaha, 20; St. Joseph, 8.
College Baseball Games.
At Ann Arbor, Syracuse University,
2; University of Michigan, 1.
At Princeton Princeton, 6; Har
vard, 2. Batteries Hicks and Young;
White, Woodle and Dawson.
At Lincoln University of South Da
kota, 7; University of Nebraska, 4.
At St. Louis Missouri State Univer
sity, 10: St. Louis University, 2.
At Providence Holy Cross, 6;
Brown, 2.
At Williamstown Williams, 6; Cor
nell, 5. (Ten Innings.)
At West Point Army.' 0; Trinity, 1.
At Champaign Illinois. 2; Chicago, 1.
At Fort Smith University of Kan
sas 3, Texas Southwestern 0.
At Philadelphia Pennsylvania 5,
Yale 4. Batteries. Watts and Coz
zens; Towers and Taylor.
At Minneapolis Minnesota 4, Wis
consin 3.
TKI-CITY CONTEST ON TODAY
Eirst and Last Teams to Meet on
Grounds at Vaughn Street.
First and last place teams in the
Trl-City League will contest this after
noon at the Vaughan-street inclosure,
when West Portland, "Rupert's Rubes,"
and the East Portland team, the Dil
worth Derbies, play at 2 JO.
The Dilworth team has won all but
one of the four games played this sea
son, and Is tied with Salem for first
place. On the other hand, however,
"Red" Rupert's aggregation has lost
all of the games played.
Manager Rupert has a new quartet
of players to show the local fans this
afternoon. Coldbach, who caught in
the California League last Winter,
will catch: Charley Mahan. who has
had experience In the Eastern semi
professional leagues, will cover first.
Van Lannlngham and Lee, both experi
enced ballplayers, will be In the game
for the West Portland team this after
noon also.
Manager Garrigus of the Dilworth
team will play the same team as here
tofore. He has several stars in his
lineup, including Chet Hughes, Bauer
and Captain Paul Irwin. Esther
Townsend or Van Hoomlson will do the
twirling. Bauer will catch.
The Sellwood Cubs and Peninsula
will play at Portsmouth at 2:30
o'clock. Jesse Scott probably will
pitch for Sellwood. Jack Olney, the
spit-ball pitcher, probably will be on
the firing line for PartlAc's team.
Bert Johnson and his Salem aggre
gation will Journey to Vancouver to
engage a soldier team of that place.
Fans desiring to see the Vancouver
game take the car at the ferry-landing
at Vancouver and ride to the grounds,
at Twenty-sixth street and Kauffman
avenue.
Chicago Runner Wins Marathon.
ST. LOUIS. May 14. L. J. Plllivant,
of Chicago, won the sixth annual mar
athon race of the Missouri Athletic
Club today in two hours. 62 minutes
and S3 seconds. Joseph Krxle, of the
Missouri Athletic Club, was second,
finishing five seconds behind the win
ner. Sidney H. Hatch, of Chicago,
was third. Thirty-one runners entered,
and but 10 stayed until the finish.
PORTLAND ACADEMY RELAY TEAM, WHICH WON TRY-OUT HELD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON
TO SELECT PORTLAND REPRESENTATIVE AT SEATTLE TRACK MEET NEXT WEEK.
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READING LEFT TO RIGHT BRACE, EDWARDS, COACH KLET7.ER, CONDON, MORRIS, CAPTAIN.
Coach Kletzer's Portland Academy relay team won the tryout of the Portland Interscholastic League
yesterday afternoon and will go to Seattle to represent Portland In the track and field meet to be held next
Saturday afternoon.
Four teams were entered in the tryouts and fast time was made by the winning four. The time for the
mile relay , waa 3 minutes and 37 seconds. Captain Norris, of the Portland Academy team, who ran last for
his team, made thayquarter mile in 52 seconds. It is considered doubtful if that time has ever been beaten
on Multnomah FleTd.
Portland Academy-won by a margin of fully 20 yards. Washington High School was second. Columbia
University third and Allen Preparatory School a poor fourth. Brace started the race for tha victorious team
and covered the first lap in 56 seconds. Edwards came next with a lead of about 10 yards, but Windnagle'
of Washington, passed him, and was first in the second lap by about three feet. Condon of Portland Acad
emy, who ran third, regained the lead for his team, and Captain Norris then finished the race with a big
lead. The teams and men follow:
Portland Academy Brace,
son. rsarDer. col
Compton. Shaver.
moriB. Time 3:37.
DATA NOW USELESS
Final Condition Cannot Be
Foretold, Says Corbett.
BOXER TO JOIN TRAINERS
Ex-Champion Expects to Bring, Out
Jeffries' Resourcefulness by
Hardest Kind of Mixing.
Langford's Work Praised.
BY JAMES J. CORBETT.
Copyright. 101O. by the Tribune Company.)
With about eight weeks more in which
the fighters have to complete their train
ing I wouldn't advise my readers to place
too much credence in the report coming
at this time from either the training
camps of Jeffries or Johnson, who may
be said to have only just begun their
real work in preparation for the big
fight on the first Monday in July.
I say this because I notice that dis
quieting reports are being sent out by
reporters in the training camps. News is
news, to be sure, and the dear public is
so deeply interested in all that is being
done by the big pugilists that even a boil
on the back of Jeff's neck seems to as
sume even greater importance than a
Japanese warship off the Golden Gate.
But. after all, don't lay too much stress
upon what news may develop before the
first of June, for it's to be expected that
bolls and blisters will follow the pre
liminary work of getting the -physical
condition right by physic and work, which
are the basis of early training.
Reports Mislead Public.
And right here I want to say something
about Jeff's sparring practice, for I have
noticed that some sporting writers have
been saying things about hi work with
big Bob Armstrong and Sam Berger as
Indicating slowness, and some also are
using the result of this work in a cem
paratlve way with other flattering re
ports sent out by men to the effect that
Jeff now looks fit with a two weeks'
training to enter the ring with Johnson.
In the first place, Jeffries simply has
been using Armstrong and Berger as
sparring partners. By this I mean that
lnliie work with them he is getting Into
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! WESTON BASEBALL TEAM NOW LEADS BLUE MOUNTAIN ;
AMATEUR LEAGUE.
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Reading Fran Lef to Riarbf, Top How J. v. Kershaw, Secretary! L
J M. K rmp. Presidents Sidney Barnes. Official Scorer. SerODd Rw
T Nordean, Manasrr and cf.: Oravea, 2b. Third II ow t ,lnn., i
A ordr u. lh.s Barnes, rf. Bottom
Wbeler, p. ; iVeefe, c; Blomsren,
Lcademy Brace, Edwards, Condon. Norris. Washington High School Darling. Windnagle, Nel-
,'olumbla University FJannagan. Lacey, Brost, Wade. Allien Preparatory School Mercer Cook '
"ri- Starter Veatch. Inspectors Irwin, McKinley, Veatch. Judges of finish Assman. Sam-
play those muscles which during his rest
have lost their suppleness and quickness.
This work is exactly like that which ho
takes in sawing wood, rowing and run
ning on the-oad to get his rausclea har
dened and to improve his breathing and
lungs.
It Is work that is absolutely necessary
for any boxer and particularly for those
who have not kept in stxict training.
What Jeffries may do to Armstrong or
Berger merely is incidental to the gen
eral result which we will begin to see
later.
When Jeffries began to box with
Choynskl, then we began to eote his im
provement as a boxer. I expect to leave
shortly for the training camp at Rowar-
dennan and after a few days' rest I will
put on the gloves with the big fellow.
By bringing into service all the knowl
edge I have of boxing, adopting the
methods of Johnson as far as possible, I
expect to bring out all of Jeff's re
sourcefulness. He will then be forced to
show all his energy, Judgment of dis
tance and the real elements of boxing,
for when we face each other it will be
to get as nearly as possible into a real
fight. It is to this end that I have been
giving nearly three months of real earnest
gymnasium work, for I know what is to
come. I feel equal to the task, and
those who have seen me at work say that
I am pretty close to my old form.
To those who have expressed an opin
ion as to Jeff's ability to enter the ring
next week with Johnson I would say
"Hush!" If they, mean physically nt
that is a different thing entirely from
the matter of general results. When Jell
faces Johnson he should be at his beet
in every respect, and that best will not
be until his course of work in the ring,
handball court and on the road is finished.
This in a measure also may apply to
Johnson.
Johnson in Need of Work.
I note, that Dr. C. W. Piper, who re
cently made a physical examination of
Johnson, says that the colored man, who
always has required comparatively lit
tle training, now needs about six weeks
of work to fit him for this coming fight.
It's well said, too. Six weeks is none
too lo$g to put on the finishing touches
for the contest which we may expect,
and however good Johnson or Jeffries
may look now to the inexperienced eye,
we will not be able to judge their true
form for some weeks. Therefore I repeat,
bo careful how you judge of early re
ports. Many have wondered why Farmer
Burns, the wrestler, has been in Jeff's
camp since Frank Gotch, who will Join
me in Chicago on the way West, has
been attending to some business matters
on his farm. Bums and Gotch are going
to show Jeffries how to overcome a fa
vorite trick of Johnson's when In a clinch,
he has been able with smaller men to
swing them to one side and land a vicious
right uppercut.
Jeff with his marvelous strength is
no child In close embrace I can tell you.
row Lasadale, 3b.$ O'Harra, s. ;
ss.
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and his 240 pounds Is not handled easi
ly, but he is going to take no chances.
When Gotch has finished Jeff's training
tne Dig lellow easily will break all
holds Johnson may devise, and probably
introduce some himself that the big
smoxe never even heard about,' for
Gotch is a past master at the wrestling
game, ana as J err is an apt pupil. I ex
pect to see him break Johnson in tha
middle and throw the pieces at his
doctor.
Now they tell me that besides the
moving picture men there will be oper
ators of- the phonograph at the ring
side. Johnson says that, remembering
nis contest with Tommy Burns, in
which every time he forced Tommy Into
a corner ha would remind the white
man of some statement made before the
fight, and follow it with one of his best
wallops, that he intends to follow the
same course In the fight with Jeffries.
It will be funny indeed rhould such a
thing occur, but it would be excruciat
ing If, on the other hand, Jeff always
was the man farthest away from the
corner. Perhaps Johnson would do well
to hold his questions until after the
fight, for, in my experience, I never
have known Jeff to say much -in the
heat of a contest, and he is a bad man
indeed when aroused by anger. It's a
far safer and saner way to submit such
matter in writing, in my opinion.
"Clergy Takes Wrong Stand."
Well, it's to be expected that the min
isters would begin to get busy In their
"resorutlng" against the fight. Funny
how the clergy who always try to be
on the popular side will kick over a
glove contest. More than one-half of
the good people In America today are
reading every item they can find about
the training preparation. I've even
had ministers ask me whom I thought
would win. I don't think I ever heard
a fighter say a word against a preacher.
Then why should the case be reversed?
I suppose there will be same oppo
sition excited against the big mill be
cause of the unfortunate death of
Tommy McCarthy following his bout
with Owen Moran in San Francisco re
cently. It seems that McCarthy lacked
physical fitness in his training and was
in generally poor shape. This has been
the case in nearly all similar fatalities
In the past. There isn't any chance of
such a result on July 4. As a matter of
fact more have been killed playing ball
in the last two years than in the whole
history of the prize ring, yet none ever
said baseball should stop. And. as for
football well. I wouldn't knock any
sport.
Too Much Dope on KetcheL
Funny how the recent fight between
Sam Langford and Stanley Ketchel has
created a somewhat bitter partisan
feeling in New York, neither man being
a resident, and the contest having been
fought in Philadelphia. I suspected
when I saw so much Ketchel dope being
printed In Gotham that there might be
something in the wind. Then the loud
est shouters for Ketchel who had visited
his training quarters and written' signed
statements were the most vigorous In de
claring that he had won. I wasn't at the
ringside, but from the best Judges I
learned that Langford won the decision.
The effort to boost Ketchel was too
apparent, and from all I can sea I
wouldn't advise Stanley to be in too much
hurry to meet Langford again, for I sin
cerely believe that the latter has been
coming on while Ketchel has lost his
punch and is fading away. I wouldn't
judge Langford on the result of this lim
ited round bout, for he had good reasons
for "pulling" a little. To my mind be
can beat Ketchel in a long fight, and
from where we sit he looks as if he
might have something on Johnson.
Some say that Jeffries weighs 240
pounds and others that be weighs only
223 pounds. I'm willing to bet that he
weighs over 200, and the night in Frisco
that he soaked me in the ribs I would
have sworn that he weighed a ton. So,
what's the difference what he weighs,
so long as he Is able to be up and about.
Something applies to this old chestnut
about the fight being on the level which
should have been thrown away long ago.
There isn't any more chance of a frame
up in this contest than there--- is between
the devil and St- Gabriel. Let" s get away
from this rot and talk business.
Vancouver Horsemen Will Race. ,
VANCOUVER. B. C, I lay 14. (Spe
cial. A typical old, country hunt club
meeting will be afforded lovers of the
horse in Vancouver and vicinity en
May 24. when the local Hur'. Club in
augurates a meeting over an exce'lent
course on Lulu Island. Five races will
be run. Including two hurdle events.
It is planned to make this meeting an
annual a
M'CREOIE'S TEAM
GOOD ROADSTEBS
Winning Streak of Beavers
Appears to Develop Rap
idly Out of Town.
MANY PLAYERS ARE HEROES
When All Perfections and Defects
Are Summed Up, Portland Hasn't
Such a Bad Crowd Slump in
Batting Seems Temporary.
BT W. J. PETRAIJf.
After sending the fans home decidedly
gloomy last Sunday when they dropped
that long-drawn session and the series
as well, to the Vernon Club, McCredle's
huskies are now delighting tha bugs
with a series of victories on the road.
it tne pace they are setting at Los An
geles is maintained at Oakland next
week, Mac will repeat his performance
of comig home in first place.
Funny what reverses occur in this
old game of baseball, for Mac and his
team Invaded the home town leading the
procession and by taking the first se
ries from the Oaklanders, the fans
commenced to see nothing but a run
away race in the performances of the
Beaver Band.
Then came the San Francisco Club
and that dull, sickening thud, which
shattered the hopes cherished fox
many long season; The hope that
Portland would finally trim San Fran
cisco decisively. That Seal brigade
"walloped the tar" out of the Beaver
gang and chased off to the Southland
with four scalps out of six clinched
tightly In their wampum sacks. On
top of this routing came Happious
Hogan and his gang of comedians,
who are also ball players of no mean
ability, and the sad, sad, tale of de
feat again was echoed over the grass
at Vaughn-street lot.
Happicus did not hook as many
games as did the Seals, but be did
more damage, for he lowered the Port
land percentage more by snaring three
out of four engagements played.
These two catastrophles scuttled the
hopes of fandom considerably, and
many of the "rabid bugs" commenced
a discussion of the needs of uia team,
and in these discussions, the absence
of pinch hitters was the predominat
ing reason voiced.
Speas. Hetling, Ryan, Olson, Rapps,
and even McCredle himself, were lacking
in hitting ability, for all had failed
on frequent occasions when a hit would
have won a game during the two
gloomy sessions when Portland lost
the series.
What a different attitude is now
pervading the atmosphere of fandom.
The players who were below par a week
ago are now heroes, and all because
the Angels have been given a few trim
mings by the crowd "adorning Portland
uniforms. Will they come home in
first place once more is the all-Important,
and equall yunanswerable ques
tion the bugs shout at one another as
they meet in front of the smoke shop
to learn the result of the games played
in the .South.
Some ball teams seem better road
sters than they are performers at home,
and it may be that this season, just
when McCredio would be benefited by
a home club owing to the long ses
sions here, that this bunch will be
found, to be roadsters. Thus far indi
cations point to Portland having a road
club, but this will be more emphati
cally demonstrated if McCredie's hire
lings score over the fast coming Oak
landers at San Francisco commencing
Tuesday.
However, when all perfections and
defects are summed up, Portland has
not such a bad ball club at all. In
fact, it Is a better club now than many
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of the critics give it credit for being.
iaoa under the tall man
ager will show to good advantage all
season whether changes are made or
not. The recent stay at home de
veloped a slump in batting which was
responsible for the poor showing in
the two series lost. This ill-fortune
may give way to better luck during
the coming home stay which will last
five weeks, and Portland may yet at
tain an advantageous lead.
At least, such is the hope exp-essed
by the fans, and now all are anxiously
awaiting the return of the McCvedi'e
squad scheduled for one week from
Tuesday. The Sacramento Club will
be entertained here on that occasion,
and Graham's squad remains with us
for two weeks including Decoration
Day.
HE AND SHE SEE BALL GAME
Typical Conversation on "Ladies'
Day," When "She" Wants to Know.
She What did the man with the wire
over his face say?
He One ball.
Sne I don't understand why he said
it.
He The pitcher threw a ball. That's
different from a strike, you know.
She Of course. Anybody could see
he threw a ball. He had It In plain
sight in his hand. What else would he
be expected to throw!
He A strike.
She But the man with, the stick does
the striking, doesn't he?
He He strikes, but it's a strike if
he misses.
. She There! That man who talks
said "strike" and the one with the
stick hadn't stirred.
He It was a good ball and he ought
to have struck. ,
She Well, he didn't, and it isn't fair
to treat him -that way. Why, now he's
dropped the stick and is going away.
He Yes. He gets his base on four
balls.
She Why, you story teller, there's
only one ball there. ,Say, Harry, do the
players wear horrid spikes in their
gloves? i
He No, the spikes are in their shoes.
She Dear me, but I should think;
that would hurt. Why, I had a little
nail in my shoe one day and It made
me just as lame. What's the man 'way
out there running for?
He Trying to eaten a fly.
She Now, Harry, you're fooling me.
The Idea of making all that fuss over
a fly! And it's too early in the season,
anyhow. We haven't put up our screens
yet. V
He Hello! A squeeze play! Bully!
She What kind of a play is that?
He My dear girl, you have caught
the general plan of the game beauti
fully, but the squeeze play is too tech
nical. I'll explain that the next time
wa come.
She Oh, will you bring me again?
When shall we come?
He The boas says I may have an
afternoon off In 1915. Philadelphia
Ledger.
PENDLETON COUNTY CHAMPION
Athena Close Second in Umatilla
Athletic Meet.
ATHENA. Or., May 14. Special.) The
ftrBt annual field meet for Umatilla
County was held today, Athena, Adams,
Hermiston. Pendleton and Pilot Rock
schools taking part.
Pendleton won the greatest number of
points' and the beautiful cup given by
the Athena Commercial Association.
Athena was a close second. A baseball
game was played in the forenoon be
tween Milton and Pendleton, in which
Milton won.
Springfield Team Strengthened.
SPRINGFIELD, Or., May 14. vSpe
cial.) After losing its first game last
Sunday at Albany because three of its
men were gone, but still at the head
of the league, the Springfield ball team
goes to Cottage Grove prepared to
stay at the top. The team is under a
new manager, Elmer Cox is succeeded
by Eugene Jewett. Tom Kelly, coach
of the University of Oregon nine, will
play second and "Red" Perret is on
first.
Topeka Gets Player John Henry.
MILWAUKEE, May 14. President
Thomas C. Chivington. of the American
Association, today announced the re
lease of John Henry, of Minneapolis,
to Topeka.
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