THE SUNDAY 0REG0X1AX, PORTLAND, JAXTTARY 22. 1011.
HEAVIES' GET BIG
OFFERS TO FIGHT
Corbett Sees. Humor in Ex
travagant Purse Put Up
to Lure "Pugs."
DOPE' STORY IS RIDICULED
Termer Title Tolder of Opinion It
Is Little Prea Work on Part of
Jeffrie Kaufmann and
Johnson May Fight.
BT JAMES J. CORBETT.
RALEIGH. N. C-. Jan. 11. (Special.)
It Is enough to make some of the old
timers turn orer In their graves thesa
fabulous offers made to boxers of the
modern scaooL A parse of 1101.000 for
Jeffries to try to "come back. and now
aa offer of a prise of half that amount
for bis successor to box XI Kaufmans,
the latest challenger for the title.
Harry Frasee. the well-known the
atrical manager, and Jack Gleason. for
merly associated with Tex Richard, are
out again with an offer of a $50,000
purse for these two gladiators to fight
for. The battle ground to be London
and the date during coronation week
In June. And our enterprising friend,
Hugh Mcintosh. Is yet to be heard from.
Possibly be will boost this offer for
the Australian promoter Is no piker,
and will take as big chances as any
one in the game.
Fifty thousand dollars must sound
nice to Al Kaufmann, who never be
fore has had the good fortune to get
a crack at the real Mr money, and he
ought to Jump at the chance, provided
the negro can be Induced to split with
a reasonable winner's and loser's end.
. But there's the rub. Johnson Is on Easy
i street at this particular moment, and
the "poke" chops are more frequent
than a few years ago. and he will hold
out for a big guarantee win or lose.
Kaufmann bltonld Have Voire. -
Kaufmann will not exactly be tickled
to death at a chance to work for noth
', Ing. and to let the negro have all the
i gravy, and he will be in the right, too.
. Johnson's declaration that he will not
, fight anybody unless guaranteed a cer
tain amount, no' matter what the re
suit of the affair. Is an illustration of
the unsportsmanlike character of the
graduates of the new school or pugr
11am. The champion wants everything,
and can afford to wait until his terms
are acceded to. as he knows full well
how anxious the white sports are to
see him licked, and that they will be
willing to pay well for the privilege.
It la not right that the champion and
hla greed be tolerated, but It looks like
we are up against It. He should be
given the alternative of fighting on
a winner take-all basis, or with a win
nlng and losing end. or of getting out
of the game. J!ut the promoters also
are hungry for the money, and jonn
son. in ail probability, will get what
be asks for in the long run. Besides,
competition la great these times, and
promoters must come through with the
coin to book the drawing cards.
Negro" Stand Wrong.
I do not blame a boxer for trying to
get all the money be can. but there Is
a limit to all things, and Johnson's
stand disgusts all lovers of boxing.
The sport is older than he. and better
men have respected and lived up to the
time-honored rules of division of prlxe
moneys. The victor naturally la enti
tled to the big end. This Is a com
paratively new deal this giving tho
champion all the cream, whether he
wins or loses, and places the ancient
sport on afcommerclal basis, which is
no great boost for It.
When I boxed John I. Sullivan for
the championship the offer of a 123.000
purse was looked upon as something
extraordinary, but these days a cham
pion wants more than that amount
guaranteed Mm. even If he gets
whipped.. Wo also had a little side bet
of 1 10.000. and in real money, too. Not
for any of the champs of today. They
are not going to risk their own good
money. I guess not. We were satis
fled to let the better man have the title
and all the money, and no fault found.
The champions nowadays are a bunch
of sure-thing sports.
'Pngn" ' Have Mono.
Business men keep on grumbling
about hard times and reducing ex
penses, etc. but the financial strin
gency has not been felt in pugilistic
circles. The last week or two the wlree
and cables have fairly burned with of
fers to everybody of any prominence In
the game. Mcintosh has offered Tommy
Burns a guarantee (there It is again)
of $11,600 to meet Bill Lang In Lon
don, and the offer has made Burns
change his mind on the subject of re
tiring from the arena.
On top of this comes an offer to Bat
Nelson of 11000 per round to box any
man of his own choosing six rounds at
I'htladelphla Jack O'Brien's new club
In the sleepy city. Or. if this does not
appear liberal enough In the eyes of
the dethroned king of the lightweights,
he may have 40 per rent of the gross
instead. But the Battler Is In the Car-negle-Rockefeller
class and the offer
apparently has not tempted him. If I
were a few years younger I would take
a chance myself.
The dope story will not down. It
has become one of those "continued in
eur next" serial affairs. Barney Old
field is the latest with a yarn, but It
la the same old stuff he Is using. Bar
ney says thst Jeffries told him that he
had suffered from drug poison.
Who Did the Doping?
Maybe, but who doped the boiler
maker? The big fellow absolves the
members of his tranlng camp from all
blame In the "treachery." which, of
course. Is nice of him: and how could
an outsider put the deadly drug Into
Jeff's food and drink? Mrs. Jeffries
cooked the ex-champlon's meals, and no
one had a chance to do any "dirty
org" in that department of the ramp.
And If Jeff had been slipped the dope
for a month or so preceding the fight,
as the story of Oldfleld's would lead
us to believe. It seems to me that he
ought to have been able to detect, or
at least suspect, that all was not right.
Jeff was not himaelf that la true
and he was In a state of collapse the
day of the fight, but I do not believe
he was drugged. I cannot see where It
was possible for any one to turn the
trick, unless there wss a traitor In the
camp, and Jim says there was not. The
public Is growing rsther tired of hear
ing this story over and over again and
would like something more tangible In
th way of proof.
Possibly Jeffries would like another
try at his conqueror and all this talk
about dope may be preliminary press
work. Oldfleld. who has been roughing
It with the big fellow, says Jeff's physi
cal condition Is perfect and is urging
the former champion's return to the
ring.
Jeff Has Backers.
I do not think he could be persuaded
to take another chance after the fiasco
at Itcno, but if he does and trains
faithfully and properly he will find
many. barkers among shrewd followers
of the sport who do not think a great
deal of the vaunted skill of the present
champion.
Packy McKarland is loath to admit
that he is no longer a lightweight.
possibly per conditions as they exist.
In fact, he refuses to step into the
next class and blossom forth as a wel
terweight. As the Sheriff in Edmond
Day's drama of the plains so earnestly
and ruefully exclaims: "Nobody loves
a fat man. ao Packy figures out his
own chances among the welters. He's
right about hla despised and almost
Ignored division of pugilism at that.
There was a time in the days of
Dempsey and later during the period
when Tommy Ryan and Joe Woleott
ornamented the welterweight class thst
the people sat up and took notice whM
a couple of the boys would get to
gether. These days they are over
looked. Two welters hardl7 draw
enough to pay the expenses of the pre
liminaries. There is no recognised
champion of the class and the sports
apparently do not care a continental
whether there ever will be.
If the McFarland-Welsh match Is
consummated the former Is to be per
mitted, so I understand, to weigh In
at 133 at 3 o'clock In the afternoon.
This would enable him to enter the ring
considerably over the lightweight
limit. But Mao knows well that even
should ho win decisively over Welsh
he would still be compelled to come
back home after the championship.
Wolgaat Owner of Title.
At present Wolgast has the title
sewed up and there is not a chance In
the world of a man of Packy-a ack
nowledged ability getting a match wl'h
the champion without making ringside
weight. I do not believe Mcl-'arland enn
do this and be strong, and Packy prob
ably knows It well. Nevenhcleas, he
will not admit the fact, ana for finan
cial reasons. He Is a tvise youngster
and realizes that Packy. the welter,
would not be the card that Packy,
the lightweight. Is Just now.
In point of popularity the light
weights rsnk a close second to tie
heavies with the lovers of the game.
and even have the call over the big
fellows at times. This Is due to the
complexion of the present heavyweight
champion aa much as anything else and
also to the scarcity of good material
among the whites.
Ad Wolgast and Battling Nelson are
having a war of 'words In the news
papers with honors about even. The
public has tsken the most punishment
to date. Bat opened on tho champion
by calling him a few nice names and
remarking that the Mlchlgandor never
could fight anyway. Mat docs not
coach his effusion In language compli
mentary to Ms own prore.-. for he
cannot have forgotten tnit It was lit
tle Ail who first made 1.1m lower his
colors.
Ad ( Hot. His Ilecord.
Wolgast counters on the once terrible
Dane by calling attention to his own
nd Nelson's records, and asking for
the deadly comparison. Ad claims that
when he Is in shape he is the original
busy kid and that he fought more bat
tles In the last four years than the
Battler did during his entire career. In
closing he adds that Bat is "dippy" and
that no attention ahould be paid to his
raving. Certainly the lightweight di
vision furnishes the sporting writers
with plenty of material for their stories.
Sam Langford and Joe Jeanette met
for the seventh time In their careers
last week and the result was not what
the fans fondly hoped for. Sam was
given the verdict by the referee and the
critics, but Joe was there at the end.
A finish fight Is what these birds want
to settle the question of supremacy, and
Paris will be the place where they will
perform over the Marathon distance.
Another "hope" up the spout, and the
prayers of the Englishmen who thought
they might have a world, beater in their
midst have gone fur naught. Gunner
Jlolr. who was made to wipe the earth
by every American who tried him and
found him wanting, disposed of Mc
intosh s latent discovery in three round
Bombardier Wells Is no more as a pos
sibility and Mac win have to string
along witn mil Lang.
Here s a good one: Dan Morgan, man
ager or Knockout Brown, is much at
tached to his protege, his only regret
being that the kid was not born of
rish parents. In explaining his bov's
nationality to an Inquirer. Dan said:
'Sure, he's Dutch. He's Dutch. ver
bit of him. except that left hand, and
nil a irisu. w
U.L-AMEKICAX TEAM NAMKO
Sullivan States Preference for Ama
teur Track Honors.
NEW YORK. Jan. 21. An All-Ameri-
cun college track team has been selected
by James E. Sullivan, secretary and
treusurer of the Amateur Athletic Union.
.Ike the all-American football teams.
the selection has no official significance.
and Is In fact merely Mr. Sulllvsn's per
sonal choice of the best college nthletss
In each of the ordinary field and track
activities.
Fourteen men . are named, and it Is
notable that seven are from colleges en
the Western side of the Allegheny Moun
tains. The team chosen la aa follows:
100-yard run. D. P. Ramsdell, Univer
sity of Pennsylvania.
::-yard run, R C. Craig. University
of Michigan.
tlo-yard mn. I. N. Davenport. Univer
sity of Chicago.
SsO-yard run. G. II. Whltely. Princeton.
UO-yard hurdle. W. A. Edwards. Uni
versity of California.
S'-'O-yard hurdles, C. P. Gardner. Har-
vard.
One-mile run, O. P. Baker, Oberlln.
Two-mile run, T. Bcrna. Cornell.
Running broad Jump, J. Wasson, Notre
uame.
Itunnlng high Jump. K. W. Burdlck.
University of Pennsylvania.
Pole vault. U 8. Scott. Leland Stan
fold University.
letting 16-pound shot. J. Horner. Jr.,
University of Michigan. x
Throwing the hammer. Lee Talbot,
Pennsylvania State College.
Cross-country run. T. P. Jones. Cor
nell. COLUMBIA SCOHK IS IIIGIIKST
Four Teams Tied In liitexooflrfrlate
Indoor Klflo league.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 81. Columbia
University made the highest score In
the week's matches of the Intercol
legiate Indoor Rifle Shooting League.
Six of the It teams are tied for first
place with two victories and no defeat.
Kesults of the week's matches were:
Columbia defeated Dartmouth 18S to
1JT0.
Princeton defeated Minnesota 10J to
0 (by default).
IxmlMsna defeated California 1148 to
0 hy default).
Massachusetts Aggies defeated Ari
zona IslI to mi.
Purdue defeated North Georgia Ag
gies 1412 to 1J04.
Iowa defeated New Hampshire 1S53
to 1&31.
Cornell defeated Washington Etate
17M to 1758.
Missouri defeated Rhode Island 1730
to 1418.
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Wisconsin Sprinter to Lead
Washington on Track.
CHAMPION TEAM RETURNS
Hurley Not Yet Doflnltrly Chosen
to Train University Baseball
Squad Wrestlers Arc Workluj
Out Under Vance.
UNIVERSITY OK WASHINGTON. Se
attle. Jan. 21. (Special.) The student
board of control of the University of
Washington took an Important step
last night In Its athletic activities for
the forthcoming year. Since the resig
nation of Dr. D. C. Hall was accepted
at the Inst meeting the matter of se
lecting a new track roach came before
the meeting. J. II. Maybury. graduate
of the University of Wisconsin School
of Law In 1900. was chosen and will
receive a salary of SSOn. His duties
will begin February 1 and will continue
until May SO.
In securing Maybury the university
has now one of the ablest track In
structors In the country. . Having ap
peared In athletics for the past 15 years
and having held records of National
Interest and as he has watched the best
men of the country in their work May
bury should develop one of the best
teams ever sent out by the college.
During his career Maybury has not
only held tecorda la America, hut also'
in other countries abroad. He first
came Into prominence at the Univer
sity of Wisconsin, where he manages1
championship teams for three years.
His strong point lies In sprinting. At
the Badger college he held the cham
pionship In the flO and 100 yard dashes
In the years of 1896. 1SD7 and 1S9S. His
record for the short dash Is 4-6. and
he could run the distance, easily In 10
flat. In 197 he held a record In the
S20 of 21 t-S seconds on a curved track.
- Other positions which he has held in
hts college career are worthy of note.
He was president of the University of
Wisconsin Athletic Association In 1897,
The sanle' year he was captain of the
Chicago Athletic Association and was
president of the Western Intercollegi
ate Amateur Association.
Having been connected with athletics
for a large part of his life. Maybury
should find no difficulty In developing
a team which will have little dlf..culty
In securing the championship of the
Northwest. The material that Is avail
able Is not so raw as it was last year.
MAYBURY
COACH
when the university took the cham
pionship in three meets. Every man on
last year's team will be out again, to
gether with many new men with good
records in high schools.
The student board of control at the
same meeting did not act upon the
recommendation of Graduate Manager
Victor Zednick regarding the selection
of William Hurley, preferring to lay It
over until the next meeting. There Is
all probability that Hurley will be the
man for the position, as he has been
highly recommended to the student
body. Having played on Northwestern
League teams, as did "Dodo" Brlnker,
of Spokane, Hurley will be the man for
the university. Ho has been in base
ball many years and Is thoroughly ac
quainted with the game.
The board of control decided again
to give the annual Interschnlastlc track
meet under the auspices of the Asso
ciated Students of the University of
Washington, May 20. on Denny field.
This meet will be the sixth annual
interscholastlc track and field meet
Twelve districts will be represented as
before, the leading team In each dls
trict will come to the university.
Probably no phase of the Winter ath
letics at the University of Washington
Is creating 'more Interest than that of
wrestling. The first worluts were
begun this week with a large number
of new men and all the old wrestlers
on the mat, under the direction of
Prank Vance, wrertllntr coach of the
Seattle Athletic Club. Vance ex
pressed his surprise In seeing so many
men turn out. Those who will again
figure prominently In the mat activl
ties are football star, "Polly" Hubir
Grimm, heavyweight: Gale Shadlnger
and Frank Hancock. In the J 45-pound
class, and Glen Hoover, 186-pound
class. These men comprised the team
last year and will likely make the
team again this year. Just when they
will be ready for' their annual tour
has not been fully decided upon, but
they expect to meet again the Wash
ington State College.
Kverett Lockwood. of Watervllle.
Wash., was elected captain of the Uni
versity of Washington baseball team
for the 1911 season. Lockwood has been
one of the best players on the varsity
for the past . three seasons, having
played in most every position In the In
field. He takes the place of Ten Mil
lion, resigned.
The team will be somewhat weakened
this year on account of the loss of three
of the varsity's best men, Clements,
Clarke and Million.
Weston Instrnetor Appointed.
WESTON. Or. Jan. 21. (Special.)
John Mather, formerly with tho Wes
ton Normal, has been elected to a posi
tion aa teacher of manual training In
Toppenish, Wash., high school. Mr.
Mather Is a pioneer Instructor in
sloyd. having introduced this work in
a number of leading schools.
Firtjr Will Ski Today.
SUPERIOR. Wis.. Jsn. 21. Fifty riders
will participate In the big ski tournament
to be given here tomorrow afternoon at
the Billings Park Hill. Among the riders
will be Alfred Carlson and E. Jensen,
of Chicago, . .
LINED UP FOB HIS 1911 PORTLAND BASEBALL TEaI.
ATHLETES ARE BUSYl
Indoor Sports in Full Swing a
Agricultural College..
COMPETENT COACH NEEDED
Corvallls Athletic Manager Hunts
for Trainer Wrestling Squad Is
Rounding Into Shape for Con
tests lo lie In Spring.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE,
Corvallls, Jan. -'21. (Special.) Indoor
Winter sports are in full swing here
and the gymnasium Is crowded from
floor to wrestling galleries every after
noon with from two to three hundred
men, training for the various athletic
events of the coming season.
Although tho basketball men. track
athletes and wrestlers alike have been
handicapped by the loss of Trainer
Fisher, who has been unable to return.
Professor Arbuthnot Is accomplishing
wonders With the ' athletes, and Cap
tain "Teddy" Reid, of the basketball
team, is doing no less excellent work
as coach of the five.
Quest Is Continued.
The quest for a satisfactory coach to
take charge of athletics at least for
the remainder or the year Is being
continued by Manager Cox, however,
and It is probable that the selection of
trainer may be announced within a
few days. Several trainers who have
made enviable records In the North
west are under consideration, and Man
ager Cox has postponed his selection
until the best possible man could be
secured.
The squad of wrestlers, champions
of the Intercollegiate Northwest laet
season, is rapidly rounding Into shape
for the Spring meets, and at present is
training for the Interclass meet which
will be held within the next two weeks.
Keen rivalry exists between the mem
bers of the various classes for the gen
ral athletic supremacy, and after the
defeat of the seniors In basketball the
last-year men are determined to win
back their laurels In other depart
ments.
Indoor Baseball to Start.
The Indoor baseball season is sched
uled to open on the evening of Janu
ary, 28, when the various fraternities
and social, organizations of the college
will begin their series of games for
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the Intramural championship In this
spor(. A series of games to last until
the opening of the outdoor season has
been arranged and a handsome trophy
w to be awarded to the winning team.
In cross-country running little inter
est has been taken since the last
the Fn.ll races, but active practice will
be started next Monday as a prelimi
nary to the Spring track season. Cr
vallls will not enter any dual races
in the cross-country events this year,
but the cross-country training, 1
which a large squad will Indulge, will
be In the nature of Winter work for
the distance and middle distance run
ners. ,
Of last year's track team, Allan Bur
dick. '12; "Rube" Williams, '12, and
Turley, '12, are the leading contestants
for distance honors, but Walters,
freshman, who entered .college from
Island City with a reputation as a run
ner, has been showing up remarkably
well In the Fall meets and may be
relied on to give most of the older
men a close race when the reai Spring
work begins.
CHASE IS WON HANDILY
CHESTER G. MURPHY VICTOR IX
HUNT CLUB EVENT.
George Gruetter and Dr. ViIllimi
Wood Tie for Sceond Place.
Good Gallery Present.
The postponed closed paper chase of
the members of the Portland Hunt Club
vas held yesterday afternoon, and
Chester G. Hurphy, on Oregon Kid. won
over a course of approximately ten
miles in splendid style. George Gruetter,
on Little Joe, and Dr. William Wood,
on Call. Bond, were neck and neck at
the finish for second place, and they were
declared tied for tho honor.
The event was held under the direc
tlon of James Nicol, master of hounds of
the club, and was voted by all who par
ticipated as one of the most enjoy
able events of the season. - The course
extended from Vancouver avenue and
Portland boulevard through the country
near the Swift Packing plant, and was
over a trail furnishing fine footing for
the horses. This course' was laid by Mrs.
J. A. Craneton and Miss Loewenberg,
the hares nominated for the event, which
was to have taken place a week ago, but
was postponed because of the Ice pre
vailing in the roads at that time.
Among the riders who rode through
were: byaney Loewenberg, Samuel E.
Kraemer, James Nicol, Chester G.
Murphy, E. S. Eldrldge, George Gruetter,
Samuel Kerr, Eugene Oppenhelmer and
Miss Kelly. A large gallery assembled
at the finish.
In a recent lecture In Paris Professor
Julian, a member of the faculty cf the Col
lege de France, showed a bottle of wine
which he declared was ITiOO years old. He
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Additional Talent Gives Pros
pect of Team as Strong
as That of 1910.
INFIELD IS ALMOST NEW
Displacing of Casey, Though TJn-
popular Move With Fans, Cal
culated From Manager's View
pointTraining to Begin.
FERftOVNEl. OF PORTLAND PA-
CH IC COAST IJCAOI E BASE
BALL CLl'B TIUS
SEASON.
The following Is tho personnel of
tho Portland Pacific Coast League
club for the coming season:
Catcher! Tommy Murray, Port
land, and Jack Bradley. Johnstown.
Pitchers Steen and Beaton. Port
land; Archer. Davenport; Doane,
Roanoke; Kocstner, Cleveland; Lam
llne, Toledo; Saochei and Arlett,
California.
First Base William H. Rapps,
Portland.
Second Base Neal Ball, Cleveland.
Third Base William K. Rodgers,
tvaterbury.
Shortstop Roger Fecklnpaug-h.
Cleveland.
Left Field Artie Krueger, Portland-
,
Center Field Buddy Ryan. Port
land. Right Field W. Chadfcourna. In
dlanap'olls. Utility Irving Gough, New Haven.
WMthln the short space of five weeks
the Pacific Coast League ball tossers
will have begun training for the open
ing of the annual pennant race, and
with the noDUlar sport season close at
hand baseball "bugs" and "dopesters"
are enjoying their own again.
Fanning bees are held all over me
country, and the prospects of the com
ing season are pictured In the most
roseate hue. Every town and hamlet
t-wlnner. Nothing to It.
To argue a fan out of his contention
that the team representing nis cii m
win the pennant Is an Impossibility.
But It Is usually different about July 1.
The Inevitable has come to pass and
the excuses begin to iiooa me
columns and form the principal lopi.
for argument at the smoke shops and
fanning headquarters.
Managers Not Prophets.
Pennant-winning is an easy task in
the Winter, but nara 01 accoinpumi
ment during the actual season of play.
Most managers have gotten over this
habit, for they have found it dangerous
to their standing in the respect of the
fans. Instead of promising me pen- .
nant, most sagacious managers mereij
promise a winning team, and tne lans
are usually satistiea wiui "
prediction.
With his team aepieiea vy uio cw
tlon of four stars of the pennant-win-nlnir
asrsrregatlon of Beavers by the
Cleveland American League team, Wal
ter McCredie has bent his energies
toward strengthening the weak places.
Whether he will prove successful in
putting out as good a team as last year
remains to be seen, though judging by
the additional talent he has secured he
ought to be.
To start off with virtually an entire
new Infield will be held by some to be
a foolish move, but a careful analysis
of the new men will shake any con
trary argument considerably. The
most discussed change in the Portland
lineup is that contemplated by McCre
die at second base. Casey, the veteran,
has a host of friends here who do not
relish his being relegated from the Pa
cific Coast League team. McCredie
realizes that he is disappointing many
of Casey's friends, but he argues from
the managerial point of view, while
the fans are prone only to hero wor
shipping. Casey Losing Speed.
McCredie started out to secure a team .
of "speed boys" for his 1911 team. Here
Is the basis for McCredie's stand: The
best friends Casey has must admit that
the popular captain is not the speed
merchant o the bases he was while a
member of the famous Tacoma Tigers.
Either Neal Ball or Will Rodgers. one
of whom will succeed Casey at second,
is fast on the bases, and equally as
good stickers as is the player who Is
to go. Whether they are the baseball
generals Casey Is must be solved later.
McCredie seems to think they are. and
as he is running the team he is the
one to win or lose by the change.
McCredie is also looking toward
speed on the part of his outer garden
ers, not to mention the base-running
proclivities of Roger Peckinpaugh, who
will hold down either stortstop or third
base for the champions the coming
season-. For fly-chasers, McCredie has
Artie Krueger, "Buddy" Ryan and
Chadbourne, all good men on the paths,
and Irving Gough, who will fill utility
roles, is no slouch on the bases.
Both Men Are Valuable.
Krueger and Ryan are well known.
Two more valuaable outer gardeners
are not possessed by any club in the
league. As for cnadhourne, ne is al
ready in demand. Last year he was
with Indianapolis, and when he joined
that cluh he stipulated with Charley
Carr. then manager, that he should be
a free lance In the event that Carr left
the club. When Carr was released he
fulfilled his promise to Chadbourne by
giving the player his unconditional re
lease and Chadbourne accepted terms
with McCredie.
Later he seemingly regretted this.
for he tried to call off his agreement
with Portland,' as he wanted to sign
with an- Eastern League club, but Mc
Credie appealed to Secretary Farrell. of
the National Association of Profes
sional Baseball Leagues, and Chad
bourne was awarded to Portland. Mc
Credie expects to use either this player
or Rodgers to lead off in the batting
order.
Pitohers Are Promising.
For pitching talent McCredie be
lieves he is well fortified. He has
Steen, Seaton. Doane, Koestner, Lam
line and Archer, all experienced men,
with another twlrler to come from
Cleveland, and Sanchez and Arlett, two
California youngsters who show con
siderable promise. Doane and Koest-
er are coming from Cleveland, while
Steen and Seaton are the tried ones
from among last season's staff. lim
ine and Archer are young pitchers
who showed great promise last season.
Besides these twlrlers. McCredie has
been assured that he can again secure
the services of Eugene Krapp in the
event the little fellow is found by ihe
Cleveland Americans to be in need of
more seasoning.
ED M
S PEED HNEWN HE