s SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. XOVE3IBER 6, 1910. 2 ' PORTLAND'S CHAMPION BASEBALL TEAM FOR THE SEASON OF 1910 IN THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. ear ...... v' v ' - - 7 y c V-v "-v- : - . jr. -,,-.1,, I in tlTlT"" "''""""' ' ' ' ;".-!. """r "' """" , - . r:-:7 7 ' ' . i . . i m s i i M - :. - - ' -r - - - - ' V . - w i s s "i - ' - 7:7 7.?fr-F.r PENNANT IS WON DESPITE RULING Portland Team Deserving of Praise for Gallant Finish in the Race. -. VICTORY DUE TO PITCHERS Itratrr. Champions, to find Rorl Welcome Awaiting Fla Will lie Infnrk-d at Big Benefit Game zt Sandaj. PACIC COAST I-EAGl E. VMrrdv'l Bcwit. Portland 7. V.mon 1. 8aa Franclaco Oakland 4-1. Sacramento . M Anfa S. Htaadinc th rtuba. til 9 5 I : i ? : : S41 su'utI . 14 in 1M 3t IT 111 ..1"S S4,l'i .4'' S24 I p-fd. (.. I ...l 1Q1 1 lOT'lIl 'll tll As Jirx.r. ORAHAM PES it. Wru LoaU P. Portland 114 Oakland H" -isoi . rnrtland baa tha pennaat elachd arcordlnc to Lhe tigurr. It la n"w Imposalbla to loao tho ehatnplon hlp. BT tV. J. PETRAIV. Th Portland.' Oreiion. Baver. cham llona of the Pacific Coast League for the season of 110. la the title which row attache Itself to the baseball team repreeentin thla city, for ye tenlay'a reaulta In the pennant race make It absolutely Impossible for Mc t'redle's players to lose the baseball honor. Two itames remain to be played by both club, bnt Portland need not win a stnKle name no matter what happens to the Oakland "protesters." as the flac is now ours beyond all question. an this takes Into consideration Judae Graham's rullns: forfeiting three unearned "iramea te Oakland, the near est rival the Beavers have had during the last few months of the season. The result la simple Justice, and is In the lirht of beapln coals of fire on the head of the California moguls who so enthusiastically approved of a ruling which Tive to another club In the same circuit three games to which they had no more title than some team foreign to the circuit. Team Deserves Fraie. However, the g'.orious finish made by the Portlnnd team In the final three weeks ofplay on foreign ground is deserving ef great praise, and the fans of Portland are rallying to the standard of the players and Intend to give them a rousing sendoff when they appear here nest Sunday In the big benefit game to be played at Twenty fourth and Vaughn streets. It It also likely that the pennant will be dis played on that date, for the Parlfle Coast League voted to extend the flag Immediately after the season ended at the recent meeting In San Franclaco. The game su-uagle made by the Portland team this season has been a remarkable ba..-ha'.l performance. Time after time things looked dubious for the gallant athletes defending Portland's honor on the diamond, but each time the team rallied to ttie call ef the master band of McCredie. and after loalng first flace repeatedly.-and r- J-r. -r- itvTA - '1 - 1 v . - vv;;t: even dropping as low as fourth, the club finally managed to usurp tbe lead In Julr and was never headed until Judge Grahanfs ruling gave Oakland the lead for one day. After that the Beavers played more determinedly than ever, and soon demonstrated that It mas the superior club among all the teams In the league. McCredie's Sqnad Well Balanced. A gamer, better balanced, or more capable baseball club never played on the Pacific Coast, and Walter McCredie in deserving of tbe highest praise for the able manner In which be gathered this aggregation together and piloted them to victory despite all manner of odds. Last Spring the California dopeixers predicted anything but the championship for MrCrediew team, and fourth place was the best rating . conceded them at that time. Even aa late se) July, when the McCredie cohorts commenced going at top speed, the CaJlfornians would not concede them a chance of victory, and based their predictions on the fact that the Beavers would have to nnih in the Southland. McCredie's braves have sur prised their most ardent admirers. lor. Instead of breaking even on the final trip, they have won 13 out of 30 games thus far played on the road. V "(tory Is Forecasted. When sizing the team up for the bene fit of tiia readers of The Oregon I an. while aith the Beavers at Santa Maria and other California points last Spring, the writer maintained that the team which would beat Portland would win the pen nant, and that prophecy has been dem onstrated by McCredie's team. Portland has surpassed all tbe other clubs in every department of the game with the possible exception of heavy hitting. How ever, the pitching staff selected by Walter McCredie at the time the team lert tne tralning Quarters has not been added to with the exception of Vean Gregg, on whom McCredie counted from the start. as he bad been advised by the Cleve land American League team that Gregg would be turned over to him. Eugene Krapp .Bill Steen. Jesse Gar rett and Tom Beaton were retained by McCredie from a squad of 14 pitchers assembled at Santa Maria. That this quar tet has made good McCredie's judgment cannot be denied, for these twirlers. with Gregg, have maintained Portland In an advantageous) position all season. The wonderful feat performed by Gregg. Steen and Krapp In pitching &g consecu tive Innings without allowing a score Is a baseball record that will llkoly stand for a number of seasons. Tbe Portland team has the distinction of scoring more shutout victories than any other club In the league, and has also permitted the scoring of the least num ber of runs in the interclub games. The Besvers have frequently defeated- the other clubrt by large scores, but the ma jority of games lost by the McCredie bunch have been of the small score variety due to the effective pitching of the Portland twirlors. Portland appreciates this baseball cham pionship and when the boys return Tues day night or Wednesday morning they will be treated to a royal reception, and next Sunday all fandom will be out. rain or siJiu', to pay homage to the "big gt bweters" this city ever had the Portland Champion Beavers. BAKER HIGH SCTIOOIi : VICTOH Whitman College Reserves Defeated by -to-o Score. BAKER CrTT. Or.. Nov. 5. (Special.) In one of the fastest football games ever played in this city, the Baker High School football team won from the Whit man College reserves today by the score of to a Tbe feature was a field goal by Finch, the Baker quarterback. JF.FFEHSOX HIGH TEAM LOSES A.-torla Boys Win SO-to-5 Game Against Portland School. ASTORIA. Or.. Nov. . Special.) A game of football played here today be tween tbe Jefferson High School, of Portland, and the Astoria High School, was won by the local eleven by a score of to I Oregon City Team Plas Today. OREGON CITT. Or. Nov. &. (Special.) The football teams representing Oregon Cltv snd Arbor Lodge, a Portland su burb, will meet on the gridiron tomor row afternoon at Canemah Park. Both teams are hot ater the Independent championship of tbe state. Moore, one of Oregon City's most dependable half backs. . will be out of the game on ac count of injuries he received In the game with Wabash Sunday, and his position will be played w Seller. WA1-TER ' LEAGUE SEASON IS MARKED SUCCESS Good Baseball, Large Crowds and Heavy Box Office Re ceipts Features. ' PORTLAND TEAM IS BEST Critics Concede Beavers Entitled to Pennant In Every Respect. Excellent Showing of Oaks Proves Greatest Surprise. BT HARET B. SMITH. 8AN FRANCISCO. CaL. Nov. 6. (Spe cial.) The baseball season is practically at a close. When this story is published the clubs will be ready for their final games of the season of 1910 and the magnates will have completed their an nual session. All In all, it has been a most successful season, both from the standpoint of the fan who likes to see good base-ball and from the viewpoint of the man In the box office. Close Race Helps Receipts. The close race with five clubs in sight of the pennant until within the last six weeks of the finish, has brought about packed houses-in all of the parks. The fans like close pennant races as well as thev like to see good baseball snd Judg ing from what reports have been let out, all of the clubs have done -well. Sacra mento has not drawn much money at home but Graham's team has been lucky on the road and thus has more than made up its deficit. The Vernon team has been a good drawing card at Los Angeles and Hogan says that he is well satisfied with re sults for the season. He has a reason to be. considering the way he has brought his club from practically nothing into being a contender for the pennant. Portland, In winning the pennant. Is en titled to that honor. Generally the base ball critics all over the circuit have con ceded that Portland has one of the best clubs that was ever brought together on the Psclflc Coast. The Beavers have been conslstant in their work and are entitled to the first place that came to them In the closing days of the fight. McCredie's pitchers have been one of the most important factors In his fight but he has also had a great Infield that has been responsible to a good extent for the victories that have come to tae Oregonians. Oakland 19 Surprise. I am frank to confess that the show ing of the Oakland team has been a great surprise to me. When I slsed up the clubs after seeing them all In action last Fall. 1 picked Portland and San Francisco to run one. two and Oakland was well down In the list, next to Sscra mento. At that time their pitchers were not working weU and the club seemed to be impossible so far as pennant possi bilities vare concerned. Then those pitchers, including Lively, Moser and Nelson came with a rush. Captain Wolverton Instilled his fighting spirit Into them and they really made a creditable fight and one of which the Oakland fans can well be pround. There Is no gainsaying that the Oaks have done something of which their suppor ers can" be proud. San Francisco took a bad tumble at an important stsge of the pennant race Most of ns who are In touch with the team are firmly convinced that this slump started at about the same time that Mvsterious Mitchell Joined the club. That stranger caused a world of dissen sion In the club and the boys adopted a don't care attitude for a time. It was wonderful what a difference his leaving had with the men for after that they started a belated rush. Of course. Long's pitchers have not been In the best shape this season, al though toward the end of the year the twirlers hsve been doing better work. It took a long time for men like Browning and Miller to round Into the right form. As a matter of fact, the Seals should have finished closer to the Oaks and . - CRED,E - S BEAVERS POSE FOB PH0f "Eephan thIri base; Walter H. those three forfeited games that were given to Oakland helped a lot in the standing of the clubs. At least Uiat la what Danny Long thinks. Wolverton to Retnrn. Wolverton will be back next year to manage the Oaks and so far as I can learn Kid Mohler will be In charge of the Seals. There- Is a talk of a shake-up In the Los Angeles team, although Frank Dil lon is to remain in control of the club. The fans of the South think that Dil lon has too many oldtlmers and that he will do well to switch about. The story that went out the first of the week regarding Berry's desire to change from the Seals to the Oaks was all wrong, and has caused Berry no lit tle trouble. It was due to some re porter, who had more enterprise than sense. What Berry did say in the club house was that he would like to be with Portland next week to get a cut at the big benefit game. This young-. .. n, ih. 1 1 1 Vl h Cl !! HR B I HI , WUU w ." " . . picked up the yarn without the facts and Jumped at the conclusion that Berry would like to be permanently with the Portland club. Another story, that has been denied. Is a yarn to the effect that Eugene Krapp. of the Beavers, was engaged to a young lady In the Mission. Krapp is but slightly acquainted with her and the only foundation for the yarn was the fact that Krapp took her to a the ater one night. Incidentally, the young lady has been obliged to do a lot of denying. Winter Plans Made. Most of the Seals have already made their plans for the Winter months. Some of the boys tym go to their East ern homes but a majority of them will spend their vacation period In the West. Miller, Harry Sutor, Jimmy Lewis and Claud Berry are to start for the East the first of next week while Royal Shaw will go to the State of Washing ton. The balance will scatter to vari ous sections of California. Tommy Tennant will take his bride into the Sunny South, for Tennant Is to play ball with Kitty Brashear's Ver non club In the mid-Winter league. Kid Mohler. whose home is In Los Angeles, will also play with the same club. Frank Browning plans to remain in this vicinity and may accept a berth In Oakland for the Winter. Harry Mc Ardle expects to remain In San Fran cisco. Oscar Vltt, whose home is hero, will go into the country for a few weeks. Nick Williams has no plans, and will probably stay here. Henley, who usually goes to Sacra mento, will remain In San Francisco, at least until after the holidays, wnue Ping Bodle will divide his time between San Francisco and Vallejo. Frank Miller has already purchased a ticket for Bloomlngdale. Mich. Tommy Madden .will go to Phila delphia about the first of the year. Harry Sutor hikes to Sedalla, Mo. Jimmy Lewis ' to Springfield. O., and Claud Berry to Muncie, Ind. Berry, by the way, says he has no desire to play with any other club than tne Heals. Soneone overheard Berry say he would like to be In with the cut that the Bea vers will get In their benefit game and jumped at the conclusion tnat serry wanted to ault San Francisco. Harry Stewart does not intend to go back to Texas, as be wants to winter on the Coast and Frank Eastley is of the same mind. Melchlor intends remaining on the Coast. Benefit to Be Given Seals. The plans for the Seal benefit to take place next Tuesday afternoon at Recre ation Park, are begins developed In good shape. George Fraser has mar shalled together his Transportation Club team and his boys will not only Dlav ball against tbe Seals but will en ter into the field day that Is to precede the game. For the Transportations, Artie Ben- ham and Jimmy Reardon will taxe care of the first few innings as a battery. and will be benched in favor of Carl Zamloek and Cy Perkins who will try their hand. Catcher Wilkinson and Charles Gorman are also to be In the lineup, while Pop Arlett will bend a few over the pan. s Among the other players who will take part are: Percy Merrltt. Laird, Swanton, Eddie Benn, Joe Giannini, Heine Schwerln. Lefty Corts,.. Dutch Auer, H. Goldenson. Arthur Muhl. Do lan. Dorkland. Madden. Legorlo, Harry V. Broderlck and BartelL Duffey Lewis will umpire. Eddie Champion thinks that he can run bases with the leaguers while A. Olwell will sprint against Oscar Vltt. H. Mensing. Zamloek. Ted Allen and Bob Miller will go In for the long-distance throwing and Cy Perkins thinks if is there r4 Aecuxacr throwing, ABERDEEN AT TOP IN HOT CONTEST Wenatchee in Third Place by Defeating Queen Anne at Football. VICTORY IS IMPORTANT Light Seattle Eleven Makes Stellar Showing in State Championship Contest Baseball Changes in Week Abound. f SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. t. Wenat chee's High School team kept itself in the race for the state championship Friday by defeating the Queen Anne High School team, of Seattle, by 14 to 15. The victory, however, does not brand the winners as sure state cham pions, for their showing was no better against Queen Anne than that of the Broadway High School the week prev ious. Outweighed man for. man, the Seat tle boys played desperate football, and only a muffed punt In the third quarter gave Wenatchee the chance to drop a field . goal and snatch victory out of what had begun to look like sure de feat. The leaders in the state champion ship race now are Aberdeen. Broadway, (Seattle), and Wenatchee. Things seem to be framing themselves for a final clash between Aberdeen and Wenat chee. Broadway has yet to play Ta coma and should Broadway lose, the Seattle team would be out of the race, for Tacoma has already been defeat ed, 5 to 0, by Aberdeen. Light Team Shows Well. The feature of the football season, so far as Seattle Is concerned, has been the fine showing made by the light Queen Anne High School team under the new rules, against much heavier elevens. The team has shown . great fighting spirit and good knowledge of the new game. The week saw important changes in the baseball map of the Northwest. The Northwestern League meeting, held in Seattle, was notable for the advent of the new president, R. H. Lindsay, who succeeds W. H. Lucas, and for the enlargement of the league to include Victoria. B. C, and Portland. The Vic toria team will be owned by Wattelet, who Is prominent in sporting circles In the British Columbia capital, and the manager will be Eddie Householder, who played outfield last season for Bob Brown, at Vancouver. Wattelet will have a downtown park, and he is opti mistic over the outlook. Victoria has grown considerably since it was a member of the Northwestern League six years ago, when its companions in the league were Bellingham, Vancou ver B. C. and Everett. That year the team languished and died for lack of support; but as the same thing hap pened, practically, In Bellingham, Vic toria was not lonesome in that respect. George Hewlett, a well-known infield er, who played In Seattle ten years ago, was the manager. He had a good team, but the team shot to the bottom and lost favor with the fans. Bellingham Is larger and better acquainted with baseball now, and Householder is in California picking a strong team. The new teams in the league mean added oportunlty for aspiring ball play ers, and Jobs will be easier next season than tWey were last, with only a four club league in the Northwest. Stevens May Catch. ' Bill Stevens, now with the Tacoma club, may land as one of the catchers. Danny Shea Is coming back to Seattle, owing to the failure of Spokane to de liver Outfielder Klppert, for whom he was traded. If Victoria wants one of Seattle's young catchers, all of whom are promising, Dugdale would doubt less let Whaling or Lebrand or Hem enway go for a reasonable figure. It is expected that the Portland club will be recruited largely from Cali fornia. It is not expected that many .1 - -.1- - McCredie. manager and outfielder: Vean Northwest leaguers will be found in the McCredie line-up. The other change. In the baseball map of the Northwest was the organization of the new Union Baseball Association, promoted by W. H. Lucas, former presi dent of the Northwestern, and John J. McCloskey, who has Just left Milwau kee after two years In e American Association. The towns forming the new league average small. Salt Lake, the largest, is far below 100,000, and Butte, the next largest, runs down to less than 40,000. There are more peo ple In either Seattle or Portland than in all six cities of the new league. How ever, with a low "salary limit and a short season. Lucas and McCloskey. who have been wise baseball heads, may be able to make a go of the ven ture. The other towns in the circuit are Helena, Missoula. Great Falls, and Ogden. The league is to be under the wing of the National Association. Win Strout, the heady "quarter, who is doing the bulk of the pivot work for Yale this season, Is a .Seattle boy, son of E. A. Strout, a local Insurance man. He learned football at St. Luke's Prep. School. 1 - Woodmen. See Bouts. Webfoot Camp No. 65, W. O. W., held Its second home-coming social Friday night under the auspices of uniform rank. Three hundred members of the camp attended, including representa tives of nearly every camp In the city. The speakers of the evening were Judge Morrow, George K. Rodgers. Frank Motter, E. H. Deery and T. J. Murphy. Two boxing bouts between neighbors Keller and Knutson, Jones and Meadow were held. The Webfoot Quartet, composed of Neighbors Wood man, Hurd, Knowles and Jones, was a feature of the evening. Neighbor New by was declared winner of the pillow fight IDAHO LOSES 6iiE 23-0 WASHIN'GTOX "TJ" WALKS AWAY ' WITH LIGHTER OPPONENTS. Oregon and Dobie's Team Now Tied for First Honors, but by Scores Oregonians Are Best. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 5. (Special.) With a. badly crippled team the Uni versity of Washington defeated the University of Idaho in the crucial game of the season on Denny Field, by a score of 29 to 0, which is coincident with the Oregon-Idaho score last Sat urday, Oregon winning. In many particulars the game was loose on the part of the visitors. Idaho kicked to Washington, and after ad vancing the ball for 30 yards. Wash ington continued to gain. When on Idaho's 15-yard line. Idaho punted The ball was blocked and downed by Wash ington. Very seldom was the forward pass used." In many cases did Idaho resort to trick plays. Most of them were not successful. At no time was Washing ton's goal In danger. Several "finds" were uncovered by Coach Dobie today. Hosely, left half, a new man, was a mystery to the visit ors. He made many gains of SO yards He is ready and fast. Walter Wanda, right half, a new man on the varsity, is a fast man for end runs. Cahill, full back, also a new man, played a great game. Coyle, quarterback, an old star for Washington, generaled his team for gains which have been almost unparal leled this season. Eakins' 60-yard punt ing was a feature, and at all stages of the game Idaho was entirely outclassed. Washington Is now tied with tbe University of Oregon for first place In Northwest fooefcall, as the score of the' two games are Identical. It is probable that Oregon and Washington will yet get together for a game to decide the championship, though Oregon "U" has the highest scores of the season. The IItimid: Idaho. wasnmgion- Presley Swarva Pullen Eakins Cook Hays p. Perkins Williams .. Farve Edmunson a... R. G. . L. G... R. T... ....L. T... ...R. E... L. E... . Bliss Husby Sutton . Coyle , Wand Hosley Cahill Strochecker E. Perkins . -Q Lun strum ...... R. H.. . . Thornton ...... .L. H.. . . Hillman F A Scotch laird once said to his servant, John, who had complained of his temper: r m sure. John. It Is nae surer on than If a. off." "Aye." said John: "but, laird, irs mm art than it's an." Got. pitcher; JeSse M Gar- , LEAGUE DODCES LEI Question of Giving Oakland More'Games Next Year, Is Passed, Also. PLAN TO COMBINE HEADS Eastern Man May Be Elected Presi dent, Secretary and Treasurer of Pacific Coast Organization in January Next. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. S. (Special.) After considering such routine matter! as the pro-rating of mileage, and dodgini for the time being the question of tin election of officers as well as the prob lem of whether Oakland is to have mor ball games next year, the Pacific Coast League directors adjourned tonight. The formality of awarding fhe pennant fot 1910 to the Portland club was a matter of record. The election of officers, which it waa expected might arouse some difference of opinion, was passed over until the second Saturday in January, when the directors will convene in special session for that purpose. While no action was taken, it Is understood that the delay in naming officers Is to give the league directors a chance to look over the Held with refer ence to securing an Eastern man for president, secretary and treasurer. If a man can be chosen who will fill the bill and who will Jss acceptable, it is likely that there will be a change in the present officers. Otherwise Judge Tbomas F. Graham will remain as presi dent and D. W. Long as secretary. It has been an increasing custom with baseball leagues to elect a man as presi dent who Is virtually a manager, work ing under the league directors, but at the same time endowed with full au thority. Such an officer is paid a good eaJary and virtually transacts all pf the league business. It Is reported that Cal Ewing, on his visit to Chicago this month, will look over the field and endeavor to get the right kind of a man for the position. This does not debar other directors from being presidential candidates, how ever, as Bwing will not act under any authorization from the league. "My stand is simply this," declared Ewing today. "If there is to be a change In officials, I favor an Eastern man who will devote all of his attention to the league and who will be a combined secre tary, and president. Nothing was sug gested at the league meeting, but as there ifi no haste in the election of offi cers, we decided to let it go over until we have returned from the East.'' The yearly request from Oakland for more games on the home ground was practically turned down, although the league decided that was a matter for the San Francisco and Oakland clubs to decide between themselves. It Is nothing more than an easy way of turning down Oakland, as that club will have to be contented with the usual two games a week. Founded 1850 Kohler & Chase SEE PAGE! 11, SECTION 3. ANNUA .ECTION