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PENNANT IS WON
DESPITE RULING
Portland Team Deserving of
Praise for Gallant Finish
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VICTORY DUE TO PITCHERS
Itratrr. Champions, to find Rorl
Welcome Awaiting Fla Will
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Game zt Sandaj.
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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
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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.
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LEAGUE SEASON IS
MARKED SUCCESS
Good Baseball, Large Crowds
and Heavy Box Office Re
ceipts Features.
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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
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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-.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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LEAGUE DODCES
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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