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THE SUNDAY QREGONTAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 9, 1910. INDIANA DEFEATS CHICAGO T B-0 3iaaest Surprise in Middle West Football Sprung on Stagg's Men. FORWARD PASS IS SHUNNED Rockefeller School Rots Cnable to olre MyMcrle of Hoolcr for First Time Mncc Universi ties Opposed Kach Other. MARSHALL FIKUD. Chlca". Oct. 8. For tli hrl t.m vliir th L'nivcr jtlr of liU.iffo and Iti'liana hrxaa op poMnir each otlirr at football Indiana today defeated Coach Maicx athlete. tn . The flrnt half was replett with pen alties, which rnbbed lh contest of much of Its spectacular Interest. In th Mfond period the men played closer to the rules. The Chicago backs wore able to ro throueh the opposing l.nrn for irod Rat rut. but never with mifrtrU-nt i nn.st.in. y to pain a tourh down. Vlliun and CJiH pilnted br.11.1t U f.iMy from the o-yard line, feat whl' h tin v wro :illed upon t perform t'irnuefiofit the contest. A line rharft and two forward pit"!"' snt Oil! trrosi trie line for he only tourhdowp of the au:e. Indiana In the second half, used the forward pn- tTciWrlym but the rhl rtuoaiis (ottKht sliy of it. Score: Indi ana 6. I'hliao V. Tlio lineup: 'hicm no. Position. Indians. KonAu.kt r ........ Lh itintt H-imat. her I T HatfTid. Fin I'airf I. M (shirk u l iiinr .......... . V- ..v.......... itMi r hi t-iJ .........iri. ........... Kimhk -t R.T Iuttr ?l-arrs . . . . K K Kobrts W i -n ij. It Cunntnihmm Mll4Ht UH Davis 'r;i ley H. H liill hu.T KB Winters 'ffirialf I 'mpirt. Kv.irts Wrenn. Harvard. (.OrHFHS 1KFKAT HAWKEYS Alinnesotit linns Vp sain-t Ann's, la.. 49 Tolnts A glen." MINXKAPOMS. MINX. Oct. . Mln n -? t.i triumphed over the Ames Agri culturists irom Iowa today by tho s ore of 40 to 0. Minnesota showed jrrat form and found the Ames line for pains on almost every play. This was .Minnesota's third frame of the t-a-on, but they did not try half the num ber of their piays apatnrt Ames, Captain Johnston, who has been on the side lines for the last two frames with a orc shoulder. s:ot into the first half of today's battle and played a brilliant came. At the start of the Itamv. Minnesota started a m-alk-away of the srame and at the end of the open ing period held a topheavy lead of 37 to o. A substitutes were sont tn as the (fame advanred. the scores were not made with the regularity they were in the early part of the same. The line up: M;riwti. fest.i.-n. 1't. k-rln I P. . . Walker U f .... Hr -n:!.y -1 ... H-.rr-ll . . Jt I':iio. A nr. Kr-H It V-ui K T ati H I.... M- ;..er:i ST : vr.i,i . L. ir ... . K H. .. J.-t-.ni. n. Er Uhl K met .. . . AIclrnM Hunt ..... AINtMfHi W. ivi.tt Juhl 8m.: ft . . . ihanille Aort. HurA . . . Itlrtrh.-im Uurse Vliwciii ftrferre. I. Kn-lejr. Iur!'e; umrtre. A. FV fiari-r. N-vihwatpn: field juie. A. J K-ld. ti--.nan; lieul lineman. K. 1. Harding, II AKVAIID UAI I.OI'S II. MAMS I'rlnison .HHire 2t Point to Oppo nent O In Fast Cianie. 1MB::im;k. Mas.. 0-t. a Har vard was too stronir for W II Hams to iljr and won. J I to t. The Crimson made three touchdowns from which goals were ktrkel. and added three points bv a pretty field a-oa!. Penalties were few and Injuries t: pcht. V t'llaniit was never nearer Harvard's sroal than the 40-yard line. The lineup: Pnsi:Ua ...I. , ...u r c . K '7. WlllUm. ltern fv;t.n M kif .Ml-. ffk.ni Ft-r ... . ft4nh't Winter IVrrr . Under V . -n irrtoa r I. . i; r. - Q . I. ti ... . ft ft . . V f.T'---t ..... rrirsm i-rc 1- . Anita I'lUNCFTOX BF. ATS XKW YOKk Jly Ntrr of 12 to 0. Orn It lack Take Game. and rniNi'KTOX. X. J. Ct. -Iriroetnn d e f t -a ; c d NVw York t ' n i v e r w i y til ay by th svom of li to The New Torkers frMl th forward pas as- their chief ;pn of offense. The 12 points irored in te first half by Prinevton saved H the fame. New 1 York in te third ivrhni adv r a need the I Princeton's I hall to within f-ur fet of ;'hI and tnlMed inaklrg first donn there by a matter if inci-.eA I"un!itp vfnri-d for Ir.eeton in the sec ond peruM after a 4.Vyard run through a bmken field rendleton Hred Prirce ton's other touchdown In the first periotl. iiftr he had received a punt on New York ' 4o-yard line. (ALUOKMA WINS AT KlUHY Olympic flub Taken Into Herkeley Cainp by 16 In O Score. 1KRKKI.KT. Cal.. (Vt. R. The Cni verMtjr of California Rugby Varsity de feated the Olympic Club today is to in otic of the hardest fought games of the season. California scored one In the first half, converting the try. score S to 0. In the second half, a spectacular rush carried the ball over for the second try. which was converted, score 8 to 0. A few minutes later. Evans drop-kicked a field goal from a penalty free kick, and Jut as tlir. was calied. the col. le?uns carried the ball across the Una f r a final try. which waa converted, si-ore 14 to 0. V.VLK IIVKK1KS TO WIX GAME ltnljr Crues liolila UIU Cll 1Hd to Iozrn Points. NEW HAVKX. Oct. 8 Yal. bad to extend lt.elf to beat Holy Croaa 13 to 0 t"itav. It was the best game under the new rul aeen here. Both teams uaed th. f-rrard pas frequently and success. t :i!y. Yale's toiu-h'lowna were made b' a fak. r,aT by I'orey through cen--r and by lemicj ajalost U Una. - it--;., ' ee, ffli; CAN CUBS REPEAT?! W"r Chance -Has Team Accus- Se' tomed to Win World Series. ;"te il' REVENGE SOUGHT FOR 1909 Chicago National Are Tried Men. Manager Ha Brought Three rennants to liis Team Abil ity as - Lr stler Shown. As the date of the annual ba.se ball series between the champion clubs of the American and National Leagues ap proaches, the fans are naturally Inter ested In the personnel of the rivaJ clubs. The Chicago club of the National League and the Philadelphia club of the Amer ican Lea sue. will contest for the base ball honors of the world for 1M0. and both tenms are comprised of ths finest baseball talent extant. The Cubs will rely on the great base bail mac-hlne. which has been so suc cessful tn the past. Krmnk L. Chance, manager of the Chi easro National League baseball club, who up to the present season has brought three pennants and two world's cham pionships to Chicago. Is S3 years old, and was born In Ocean Springs. Cal. He first played baseball on the sand lots of his native town. Then he went to collesre. where he was picked for the baseball so,uad. BUI I.ange, who was playing center field with Anson's Colts 13 -years ago. and who Is himself a rfalffornian, was the first to take note of Chance's abil ity as a baseball player. Chance was brouirht East and signed by the Chicago Nation;!. He was first put on as a catcher. He had a good throw, but he was not rated as a star backstop. How ever, his seriousness, his thoroughness and his fighting qua titles, which were no ticeable tn him at that early date, kept him to the front right from the begin ning of his career as a major leaguer, all of which, by the way. has been spent with Chicago. Much against his protest. Chance sub sequently was placed on first base, and tsen he rapidly developed Into a star of the first magnitude. Chance's ability to pick players early asserted itself, and. though he never was made manager under the Selee regime, his advice was frequently fol lowed. When Charles Webb Murphy pur chased control of the team he made Chance manager and give him 10 per cent" of the stock In the organization, lie also gave him abs-ite authority regarding the players. Chance could fire the whole club aggregation If he so chose. ' John J. Kvern. John J. Evers is the lightweight of the squad, tipping the beam at 151 pounds. He Is 5 feet. 10 inches in height, and is 28 years old. Johnny Is a shoe merchant at Troy. N. Y.. his na- tive town and began his baseball career thre n'II years ago. He has been with nit- .i. 'j i ji riiu nraiuns, ana ia rr- ( garde.: as one of the cleverest second basemen In the business. Joseph B. Tinker. Jeph B. Tinker, the Cubs' aggres sive shortstop, has gained some local fame as an actor. He nrst saw the light of dny In renver. Colo.. 30 years ago. Joe is & feet. 8 Inches in height, and when In flrst-cTass playing condition tips the beam at 170 pounds. Joe has been In professional baseball 11 years, and jofned the Cubs 1 years a'go. He bats and throws light-handed. James Shockard. James T. Sheckard. right flelder. has been playing the game for a salary for 14 years, and ha been with the Chicago tcara for six years. He w.as born In Columbia, Penn.. and began his career In the neighboring city of Chambers burg. He is 33 years old. and welghi l"i pounds. Jimmy also Is married. Arthur Ilofman. Arthur Hofmnn. with Johnny Evers. Is one of the Ilchtweishts on the team. Artie weighs 133 pounds, and is nearly six feet tall. Hofman. who Is a native of Akron. Ohio, first began playing in Dm Moines. Iowa. Thta waa eight years ago. He did not get a chance to remain with the minors long, as Manager Chance grabbed bim off be for. hla season was finished. Therefore, ho has been a Cub for eight years. Hofman Is IS years old and ia married. He works In a bank durins the Winter. Harry Stelnfeldt. I Harry Steinfeldt ia a native Ken tuckian. having been born In Newport. Just across the river from Cincinnati. 34 years ago. He began hla professional baseball career with the Ft. Worth. (Ttiasj, team la xeaxa ago, aud baa SOME EASTERN FOOTBALL STARS OF 1910 rl vi j-s r7 Jfrj ben a member of Chnc' atirrcsatlon for six years. Harry weiRhs 1 pounds, and to & feet S inches In height. "Stelny," ai he la known anion k hia team matea. la married. He bata either right or left handed, and throws with hla right. Leonard Cole. Leonard Cole, pitcher. Is a barber by trade. He la the youngest member of the Cub's crew, being Just 24 years old. He is married and weighs ISO pounds. Cole is 6 feet lu Indies in height. He wm born at Toledo. Iowa, and began his professional career with Bay City. lich.. two years ago. This is his first year with the Cubs. He is a right-hand neaver. ana aiso Dais rignt-uanueu. Kdunrd Reulbach. Edward M. Reulbach. who Is known as Big Ed" among his mates and baseball friends. Is the only native Chiuegoun on the Cub team. He ia 30 years old, weighs 195 pounds, and U over 6 feet 1 Inch In height. Ed is married and makes his home in the Windy City. He played his first same of professional baseball with Sedniia. Mo. He showed such nod form right from the start that his ability i soon was known to Manager Chance, of the Cubs, who aecured him. Ed Is a ritht-hand pitcher, and bats the same ! way. Frank Schulte. Frank Schulte. who of kite has gained a reputation as a home run swatter, is only -S years old and is single. He has been grabbing off a salary for nine years, and ts serving nia eigntn year with the Cubs. He is a na.tle of Syra cuse. N. Y.. where he began his career. Schulte weighs 170 pounds, and hia height is S feet 9 Inches. He bats left- handed, but throws with his right. John Pfelster. John Pfelster. sldewhee! pitcher, is finishing his sixth year with the Chicago team. He Is 33 years old and weighs 180 pounds. Ke stands 5 feet ll1. Inches In height. Jack has been In pro fessional baseball 10 years, having begun in Baltimore. He Is a native of Cincin nati. He bats right-handed. Jack is married. Orval Overall. Orvall Overall, who Joined the Cubs six years ago. Is 30 years old and married. He weighs 2?7 pounds, and stands over 6 feet in height. He is a native of Vis alla. CaJ . and began his professional career in Tacoma. Wash., seven years ago. "Orvie" Is a right-hander., but bats either right or left-handed. Henry Zimmerman. Henry Zimmerman, utility man. Is a rstive of New York. He la 15 years old. and got his first Job with Wilkesbarre, Penn. He has served three years with the Cube, and has been In professional baseball but four years. He weighs ISO pounds, and is 5 feet 10 Inches in height. He bats and throws right-handed. .James Archer. Pt Xrctas, tali hump, .with, , 1 . - SEASON. known to base stealers aJl around the cir cuit, is 28 years old. He has been with the Cubs three years. Chance having grabbed him up when Hughey Jennings, of Detroit, cast him adrift. This is Jim my's seventh fear tn professional base ball. He began playing in Fargo, N. D. Archer la married, and Is a native of Buf falo, N. T. He bats and throws right handed. Harry Mclntyre. Harry Mclntyre, known among his mates as "Handsosje Harry," Is the only side-arm spit-ball artist In the league. He ts 29 years old, and has been in the game for nine years, beginning with Dnyton. Ohio. Tetter he was grabbed off by Memphis. In the Southern League, and by the Brooklyn Nationals, from which taam he came to Chicago at the beginning of the present season. Mcln tyre Is single. He weighs 390 pounds, and is 5 feet 10?i Inches in height. John Klln. Johnny Kling, the famous hold-out catcher, killer of would-be base stealers and pool sharks, is 34 years old, and has been with the Cubs for 11 years. John began his professional career 15 years ago with St. Joseph, Mo. Hia home Is In Kansas City. Mo., where in the Win ter time and while holding out for more salary he conducts a billiard hall. John weighs ITS pounds, and Is t feet 9 Inches In height. He bats and throws right handed, and has gained a reputation as a slugger. Johnny Is married. Mordecal Brown. Mordecai Brown, he of the three-finger fame and pitcher of renown, is 32 years old and started his career 10 years ago. After four years in the tall and uncut and a short time with SL Louis he Joined the Cubs. His native town Is Rosttlale. Ind.. where the Dinger at one time worked In the coal mines. Morde cal weighs 17s pounds, and is & feet 11 Inches high. He Is married. He began his career with Terre Hante, In the Central League. He bats on either side of the plate, and delivers the ball to the opposing batters with his right. WASHINGTON TJNTVEESITY STRIVES HARD TO DEVELOP T- f " i riiSS---' lUti '-"--'.---- T.uiiw'ri.ir j WiSHIXCl'OX SQL AD VS ACTIO. ' - tTNIVERSITT OF WASHINGTON, Seattle. Oct. 8. (Special.) The accompanying illustrations are the liketMsses of the football squad of the university from which Coach Gilraour Dobie must pick a team to win championship honors of the Northwest. The first shows the entire, first squad, numbering 28 in all, while the men1 out for the team at this institution number more than The second shows the team that may be picked from the University of Washington. They are: Left end, W. O. Grimm: left tackle. H. E. Grimm: left guard. John Sherrlck; center. B. Presley; right guard, R. Fallen: right tackle, M, aktns; right end, P. Husby; quarterback. Will Coyle; left half, William Cook; right fullback. T. Sparger; right half, H. Pike. Coach Dobie, expresses considerable anxiety regarding the Oregon Agricultural College game, and his men are jro kitt-t ittHSt -b,Ux tola xactioes to develop material that will fee ble to defeat the husky Oregonians. BULL SLEASON HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL Coast League Games Have Pleased and Interested : Local Fans. ZCLUBS HERE NEXT YEAR Prospects Bright for - Portland to Secure Continuous Ball McC re Hie Has Enough Men on His Payroll to Form Teams. BY TV". J. PETRAIN. Commencing; Tuesday afternoon the Portland and Los Angeles baseball teams will play the final series of the season of 1910. for after next Sunday's dauble-header between the Beavers and the Angels, both clubs will leave for the south and no more baseball will be seen in Portland this year. It has been a most successful year. and Walter McCredie has given the fans of Portland a team of which they may well feel proud. While the Beavers are leading the race, at pres ent, the club has only one more week at home, and must close the season with three weeks of play on foreign soil. In the past, however, the Port land team has displayed great versatil ity on the road, and has managed to hold its own with the other clubs In alien backyards. Because of these past performances .the Beavers are looked upon .as possible winners, though the closeness of the race makes the pennant a gamble between at least two- clubs Portland and Oakland. Jiumber of Surprises Sprung. The past few weeks in. baseball in this section of the country have been fraught with a number of surprises and disputes. The surprise has been caused principally by the showing made by the Sacramento Club, which has created havoc with several of the would-be contenders for the honors, and a dis pute has cropped out between Portland and Oakland over the eligibility of one of McCredie's players. The Intention of this article is not to discuss the merits of the Hetlinj case, for that will be told elsewhere. At present the fans are more interested in the prospects for next season, which. If all signs develop into facts, means that Portland will once more have two teams in the field. In addition to the regular Pacific Coast League Club, Portland will once more have a berth In the Northwestern League, (which organization will schedule games here when the "Coasters" are en route. Just as was the case In 1909. 1909 Experiment Unsuccessful. Portland's experiment with continu ous baseball In 1909 cannot be said to have been a success, but this was more because the Portland team that year was of the Joke variety more than anything else, and its poor showing was responsible, in a great measure. for the falling off In the attendance. The fans plainly showed a preference for thej Pacific Coast League brand. as McCredie's team In the Class A League played as rimners-up to the champion Seals. In the event that Portland does -get two clubs next year, W. W. McCredie, president of the 'Portland Club, in tends to see that a first-class (earn is placed In the field, and it is more than probable that a high-class baseball manager will be Imported from the East to handle this club. W. W. Mc Credie, despite the objections- of his nephew. Walter McCredie. says that Portland will have a first-class club to give battle to the Northwesterners dur ing the coming season. Right now the team has the nucleus bt a rattling club in the surplus players drawing sala ries from the Portland Club. Walter McCredie has 21 men In uniform and drawing pay regularly. At least six of these will be transferred to the Northwestern League, if Portland is once more taken into the fold by that circuit- Walter McCredie has at least 20 more players in view, and several of them are already candidates for the Coast club. , For years the Portland - magnates have been fighting for expansion of the Pacific Coast League on a basis of four clubs north and a similar number south, but each year brings the same result. The California magnates will not concede the least margin whereby they stand a chance of losing the balance of power in their' own ter ritory. The Pacific Coast League, which or ganization has the first claim to the Portland territory under the existing baseball conditions, will undoubtedly agree - to permit the Northwestern League to enter this city once more. In view of their attitude on the ex pansion proposition the California magnates cannot do otherwise than make this concession. From a geo graphical point of view Portland log ically belongs in a league with Seattle. Tacoma and Spokane, and on ' this ac count the Pacific Coast magnates will be forced to make concessions in al lowing the other league to again enter baseball during a whole season should be successful here pro viding both Portland teams are show ing good baseball to the fans. TWo clubs winning at least half their games ought to prove an attractive proposi tion here, and W. W. McCredie figures that he will have two winners in the field next season perhaps not pennant winners, but clubs that will not be altogether out of the running when the final showdown Is called. The two-team proposition will be definitely decided at the meeting of the Pacific Coast League directors at San Francisco next month. WI1TA,METTE MEX TO GET "W" Fifteen Salem Athletes Entitled to Society Membership. SALEM, Or., Oct. 8. (Special.) An organization to be composed of only those entitled to wear the "W" is be ing perfected at Willamette University among the athletes. At present only football and basket ball men will be eligible to the society, but later in the year track and baseball men will be admitted to membership. In the near future a banquet will be held at which President. Homan and Dean W. H. Byrd of the Medical Col lege will be the principal speakers. Following are those who are now eligi ble for membership: Blackwell, Booth Reader, McMahcn, Cummins, McKnight AVestley, Ballinger, Lowe. Homan, Zim merman, Mclntire, Schramm, Mlnton and Bellinger. CASE GIVES YOST SURPRISE Michigan Able to Score but Three Points in Tie-Game. ANN ARBOR,- Mich., Oct. 8. Case sprang a surprise on Michigan today at Ferry Field, holding Yost's men to one field goal and scoring one themselves.- La w to n for Michigan booted the first In 8 minutes of play from the Case 25-yard line. Final score 3-3. Then Case evened it up when Heller put the leather between the posts at the start of the second quarter after Twitchell had made a fair catch on the 33-yard line. Michigan did not attempt the open style of play until the last period and could not gain consistently. ' Other Football Results. At Burlington, Vt University of Ver mont 0: University of Maine 0. At Middletown, Conn. Amherst 3; Wesleyan "0. At Hartford Trinity IS; Amherst Ag gies 3. Ac Durham, N. H. New Hampshire State 0: Bowdoin 23. At Ithaca, N. Y. Cornell 0; Oberlln 0. At St. Louis St. Louis University 18: Dmry College 6. Washington University 5; ShurtlefT 12. At Chicago Northwestern 10; Iowa 5. At Champaign Illinois 29; Drake 0. At Syracuse Syracuse 6; Rocbester 0. " At West Point AV est Point 24; Tufts 0. At Cleveland Western Reserve 9; Ohio Wesleyan J. At MilwaukeeMarquette University 32; Monmouth n. t Lincoln Nebraska. 13; South Da kota, 9. At Madison'-Wisconsln, 6; Lawrence, 6. At Kirksvllle, Mo. Kirksville State Normal, 6, Iowa Wesleyan Univer sity, 3. At South Bend Ind. Notre Dame, 18; Oliver. 0. At Denver Denver University, 17; University of Wyoming. .3. At Seattle University of Washington, 20; Lincoln High (Seattle), ft At Madison, Wis. Lawrence, y Wis consin, 6. At Omaha Creighton University, 5: South Dakota School of Mines, 0. At Lawrence, Kan. Kansas University 9; St. Marys, 5. At Lexington Kentucky State Univer sity. 11; University of North Carolina, 0. At Pittsburg University of Pittsburg, 18; AV estminster, . At Hanover Dartmouth, 18; Colby, 0. At Annapolis Navy, 0: Rutgers, ft. At Manhattan. Kan. State Agricultur al College 22, State Normal 0. At Columbus. Ohio State 23, Cincin nati 0. At Columbia, Mo. Missouri University 0, Polls School of Mines 0. STRONG FOOTBALL TEAM. I WHT ii ",r fja-j- HETL G QUARREL STIRS ALL COAST Oakland Fans Will Demand 3 Games if Decision Is Favorable. SEAL TEAM GOING DOWN Lonj; Strengthens for Xext Year. Vf'ijon May Overhaul San Fran cisco in Closing Weeks of Race. Alleged Compact Scouted. BY HARRY B. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Oct. 8. Th Hetling case, more than any other sub ject, has been interesting the California fans, as well as those of Portland. What the outcome will be, no one knows, but I do know that Judge Graham, in giv ins any decision that he may reach, will not be swayed by partiality or any im plied threats that may come from Port land. Judging the question wholly on the newspaper evidence, which of course, is not official, it looks as if McCredie is In grave danger of forfeiting the games he played with Oakland. McCredie's argument seems to be that if Hetling Lsigned w-ith Spokane, that he did so without any authority or knowledge of the Portland Club. McCredie probably understands that ignorance -is not a good defense and if Hetling signed such a contract when he was tied up to Port land," he Is a contract jumper. ( Very likely McCredie did not under stand conditions but his attitude in go ing ahead to play Hetling in spite of the advice of President Graham does not look good. Speaking calmly. It looks very much as if McCredie wants to have a good excuse in case he loses the pennant. Naturally, the Oakland fans want to see their club win and while they would prefer not to win by default, they are going to insist upon going by the rule and taking the games if the decision is rendered in their favor. They are just as dippy" over baseball In Oak. land as they ever were in Portland. Some of you Portland fans, for in stance, think that the California end of the circuit is giving you all the worst of It. The Oakland fans think they are getting the worst of it. They point to the fact that Charlie Graham took the Senators to Portland minus the services of Charlie Baum and Jimmy Whalen as a suspicious point. Naturally, the Hetling case is going to cause a lot of feeling whichever way it is decided. The Portland people will feel injured if the games are forfeited and on the other hand, the supporters of the Oaks will let out an awful howl if their protest is turned down. It doesn't look as if there will be any haste in giving a decision. McCredie has been called upon for his evidence and Judge Graham remarked the other day that there was no necessity for haste in deciding Just what to do. Outlaw Threat Laughed At. So far as the implied threat from Portland that the Beavers will tourn outlaws in case things don't go their own way, the Callfornian end of the circuit does not seem to be worried. Of course it would mean a fight on their hands but they figure that Mc Credie knows on which side his bread is buttered. He has always made monev in the Coast League and with a new park on his hands for next year, he will not be wanting to make anv changes. The San Francisco club continues to slip, slip, slip. Everybody has a dif ferent reason for the way the cham pions are slumping, but that isn't helping- the club to win games. The various players have been blamed, Kid Mohler has come in for his share of the crit icism, and the letter writers are also attacking Danny Long and declaring that the club should have a new leader. When a team hits the toboggan every body is given a slam. As things stand now, it looks as if San Francesco will hae to go some to keep out of the way of the Vernon club. It certainly will be hard luck if a team that has been a contender would settle back into the second division in the next four weeks. Long announces the signing of two new players for next season, men who have been purchased outright. One of them is AV'eaver, a shortstop from York, Pa., in the Tri-State League. Weaver batted ,286 for the season and .340 for the last two months. The other new man is a chap named McDonald, an outfielder who halls from Terra Haute Central League. McDonald is said to be a .270 batter. Bill Heltmnller, the ex-Oakland out fielder, who went to the Philadelphia Athletics and finished up the season with the Baltimore Orioles, has re turned to San Francisco to spend the Winter here. Heitmuller had a slump his batting, which was hard luck. as otherwise, he would have come In for a chunk of the money the Ath letics will make In the series for the world's championship against the Chi cago Cubs. Heitmuller brings some news of the world's series that is quite interest ing". He says that the Cubs are bound to be heavy favorite in the bettinx , and that the pri'8 may be as good as to 1. On hisway back Heitmuller stopped off in Chicago, where some of the ballDlavers told him that Overall was back in shape and Shat he "would be able to pitch against the Athletics. Although Heitmuller hit well for Bal timore and was quite a favorite, he has expressed a desire to go to some other club. It is probably a good guess that Bill would not object if some Coast League organization could take him off the hands of Baltimore, and as Heitmuller is w-ell liked here a trade may be decided upon some time in the Bummer. Graham-McCredle Compact Scouted. With all due respeel to the agree ment that Charlie Graham is reported .. to have entered into by which the Mc Credies can finance a Northwestern League club next season if they so desire, I doubt if the necessary permis sion will be granted by the California magnates. , I had a talk with Cal Ewing the other day and while he re fused to commit himself he did rernark that the league' refused to grant such perm'sslon last year. The Inference that he left is that such- permission would be granted again. Ewing also has something to say on this subject of the Portland people turning outlaws. "I know that Judge McCredie does not intend to do anything of the kind," remarked Ewing, "and he knows that I know it. That Portland franchise Is worth 350.000 I guess and it would take about 20 minutes to finance a new club, and I would be willing to hazard an opinion that Fielder Jones "backed up by Comiskey would be willing to take over such a club. But there Is no danger of anything of the sort hap- penlng."