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riTE SUXDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. APRIL 30. 1911.
PITCHERS BLAMED
FOR OAKS' SLUMP
Rumors From Los Angeles
Also Say Players and Man
ager Are at Outs.
12 OUT OF 13 ARE LOS
Club Poftn'l Show Form of Itl
Organisation Walter I After
Ting; Bodle and BUI Hog an
Is Sought, Too.
FIT HAP.RT B. SMITH.
SAV FRANCISCO. Cat, April .
(Special.) The slump of th Oakland
tram baa been on of the chief topic
of conversation tht week. Counting
the first gam played against tb Seals,
th Oak loat It out of the lat 1
game played. When you have a !ump
of that kind. It always starts rumors.
Th chlf tal that has com through
from Loa Angeles, althouch not verified,
tolls of dissatisfaction between players
and manager. A Utter from an Oak
land traveling man. who was In Los
Ana-ales, carried th Information tha
some of the players were "sore" at Wol
vertoa and wer determined ' to throw
him down.
Th slump. I Imagine, can be ex
plained by failure of th pitchers to do
th best work possible. To put It
straight. Oakland hasn't th club of
last year and th manager Is rinding It
out. Kliroy and Pernoll hair been un
able to do as well as Lively and Moser,
and In other directions th Oakland
club Is not aa good. Of course, th
Commuter don't figure to lose as many
nnn as they have been losing, but
tl-ev are not th contenders they ware.
They mad a bid for th services of
Ping Bodle this week, based probably
on th theory that Bodl might b re
turned to the Peals. hen Walter, pres.
Ident of th (akland club, suggested
that he would like to get hold of Bodle,
In case h was returned. Long content
d himself with a good laugh.
"Not In a thousand .years." he an
swered. "I haven't heard any story
about Bodle coming back to the West,
bat you can rest assured that If the
major league clubs have no us for
Ping, that he will fit In very nicely
with th locals.
There Is another story to the effect
that Oakland has gome slight hop of
getting BUI Hogan, who was placed on
the bench by Philadelphia after making
a couple of bad boots.
Hogaa'g Coming; Doubted.
Th Oakland management haa denied
this last report, saying that there h
been nothing to Indicate that Hogan Is
to be released by Philadelphia.
Three pitching stars of the Coast
League last season Jack Lively, of Oak'
land; Vean Gregg and Eugene Krapp, of
Portland have got a flying start in the
American League. Reports say that the
thre youngsters who wer so highly
touted In th training season, have mad
good with a vengeance and are sure tg
stick.
Danny Long figure that ths Vernon
left-handers wer the cause of th down
fall of Oakland In th sooth.
"I have noticed In tha games so far
thla season." he said. "That th Oaks are
not strong against a southpaw, and they
ran up against three good one In tb
south."
Th San Francisco barkstopplng divis
ion Is crippled. Claud Beiry Is nursing
a left band whlrh was Injured bx. recelv
Ing th spoedy one from Henley. Harry
Buter and Frank Miller. If Schmidt
could get Into th harness Berry would
b due for a rest, but Schmidt will not
be ready for a couple of week as yet.
Gambling Is once more concerning
the local management. The first ar
rest wer mad last Sunday and al
though th men wer discharged for
lack of evidence, the crusade Is the
right thing. Cal Ewlng knows that
open gambling la the curse of base
ball, and h doesn't propose to stand
for It. He can't altogether weed out
that sort of thng. but he can keep It
down to minimum.
Attendance South Good.
Attendance at the local games still
keeps tip and If there Is no drawback,
th clubs will make some money by the
end of th season. I have It on good
authority that Sacramento's end last
week against the Seals was 100J.
which leave a good profit for Bill Cur
tain and John L Taylor, of th Boston
Americans, who. It Is said, own a half
Interest In th Senators. ,
gome of th Kan Francisco critics are
censuring the Tacoma team for hand
ing Jimmy Byrnes, th catcher, his re
lease. Byrnes was with th Tigers when
that club was In training quarters at
Modesto and Injured his hand. Just
as be was getting Into shape to play
ball, be received word from illk Lynch
that ha was a free agent. Jimmy
Byrnes did a lot of work In California
this Winter, getting ball players for
Tacoma and It looks as If he were en
titled to more consideration.
PACIFIC ATHLETES SALEM BENT
Foree-t Grove Boys to Hold Two
Meets With Methodists.
PACIFIC t'NIVERSITT. Forest Grove.
Or, April It. (Special.) Th Pacific
University team leaves Monday morn
ing for Salem, where they will hold
their Initial meet of thla season with
Willamette University. Pacific has two
meets with th Methodists this year.
Th second meet Is scheduled at Forest
Grove May 20.
There has been considerable contro
versy between the managers regarding
the S0-yard dash and hammer-throw.
Willamette at first wanted to cut out
the hammer and have the 60-yard dash,
which Is not a regular intercollegiate
event, while Pacific wished to elimi
nate th ahort dash. It haa been de
cided that the hammer will be cut out
at Salem, but will be thrown here May
JO. and that the (0-yard dash will be
held at Salem and not at Forest Grove.
A half-mile relay la also scheduled.
Sumner E- Bryant. Homer tShaver,
Raymond Bryant. Ivan Ionaldson. How
ard Taflor. George Berreman. Earl
House. Paul Abraham. A. 8. Markee.
Holman Ferrln. Levi Austin will com
pose the team. Coach Convllle will ac
company the team.
Xelton to Fight Santry.
CHICAGO. April I. Eddie Santry. of
Chicago, famous In fight circles years
ago. and Battling Nelson, are going to
fight- Th two were matched yesterday
to meet before the Fond du Lac (Wis.)
Athletic Club on the night of May .
The bout has been scheduled tor six
rounds. 131 pounds ringside, and Is th
result of a long-standng grudge between
th men. Santry claim to hava knocked
th Battler out In a gymnasium bout and
thinks he has It on the cld-tlm cham
pion In a short bout. Nelson met Santry
fear In Chicago back In 1HU.
SACRAMENTO'S IRISH MANAGER PUTS
.GINGER WHERE SENATORS GET IT
" O'Rourke Rke to Bi Position in Coaat Lu Baseball, After Eastern Career Beginning With Play
en Bench in Philadelphia, When He Didn't Wear Shoes and Didn't Care.
Patsy
CAPTAI-i OTOt RKE AND TWO OT H
ER FAN WELL, WHOM PORTLAND
LAND.
BT ROSCOE FAWCETT.
'Box scores, blngles. bock beer and
salmon season opening Monday! Tes.
boys. Spring la sure here-"
It was Joseph "Patsy" Loo O Rourke,
34-year-old manager of th Sacramento
ball team, speaking In short Irish
chunks to a bunch of "b'yes" In front
of the Bowers Hotel last evening.
O Rourke Is Irish. The principal rea
son ho Is Irish Is because bis parents
are Irish and he himself was born on
the Emerald Isle. This msy account
for the awakening of the Sacramento
club, for fans all around the circuit are
commenting on the scrappy, snappy
playing of th Senators.
Patsy knows basebalL He grew up
as a barefoot kid In Philadelphia, dos;-
glng th heels of the one and only Kd
telehanty. Patsy haunted the bench
Itb the Philadelphia players. tie
stored every bit of knowledge from tha
bis leaa-ue book of experience into nis
cranium, so what he says about the Pa
cific Coast League race for 111 should
be given Its proper place among tha
sayings of graat men.
"No team la out of th running yet.
Portland and San Francisco have had
all th luck so far. Walt until my new
men Join me next week. Then see
what we do." spake O Rourk. .Mano-
ney. Hunt ana Arreianes nave rriT-a
Sacramento and when we go ooum
I'll rut Mahoney In left, switch Helster
to right and keep Thornton on th pay
roll. Every man I've ffot now will
stick. 1 could have sjotten Killllay. of
the Spokane club, but I prefer older
men for my pitching staff. Hunt and
Arrelanes already know what to serve
to them out here.
"Oaks the Only gultlers.
"The Oaks are the only quitters In
th leasjue." exclaimed Patsy, with a
scornful curl of his lips. "Dose guys
dog It all the time. Wolverton's the
only on with paprika In th bunch. He
rled to get me out nere last year. out.
was managing the Albany ciuo in uie
New York League and th higher-ups
kicked."
How do you think the Coast League
compare with th American Associa
tion Have you ver played there"
queried th writer, slipping the words
In edgewise.
Sure. I played there in ius wttn In
dianapolis." shot back the Impulsive .
second-hacker. "I've been playing ball i
nine years. I started with coatesvuie.
p. . in 1904. and went to Memphis and
Vlcksburg the same year. Later I
played with New London. Conn., and In
July. JS07. I was sold to atemury. in
August the St. Louis nationals picaea
me up and I played with them In 1S08,
Indianapolis 109. Albany 1510 and here
am In 191L
"Th American Association Is a bet
ter league than the Coast. Its stand
ards ar higher. So with the Pastern
League, but the Coast has me Boutnern
klnned. I ought to Know, i ve piayea
In them all. I knew uuoe aaaeu
when he took his foist drinn ana put
the foist hop on his ball.
Taylor Ont to Win, Says O'Rourkc.
"Chief Bender is one great Indian,
but John L Taylor, of Boston. Is anoth
er. He has put more, money Into the
Sacramento association this year and he
Intends to make us a first dlvlsloner.'
Don't you think he 11 Jerk men for
his Boston club aa In past years?" put
n Tommy Sheehan. of the Portland
Beavers, Just then Joining the congre
gation.
"He will not, nreo dbck lot son oi
Erin. "Shure. and hasn t he tried that
lready? And did It worn: I guess
ot. No. I won't tell ye who It was.
But I know that. 1 understand from
allfornla papers that Sacramento rans
are beginning to holler 'home owner-
hlp" for their clun. Tayior owns snout
tlixO of the JS.ooo stocK ana tney
houldn t forget mit laj-ior is oui w
Ive them a good ball ciud tnis season.
'And we ll have one.' again oiuriea
out O Rourke. "Th papers out her
say I'm a son of th great Jim
rvRourke. 1 m noi. xn mlhis
third for Columbus, but we re going to
ave a rood ball club just in same. 1
came out her with a team of green
ntavers vet. they're mostly green men.
That's what I said. I went to them and
told them every man. that there'd be
no dogging' on the field from now on.
They're all right now. They fight to
the last ditch and when the luck breaks
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H SACRAMENTO STARS, AND PITCH
RECENTLY SECURED FROM CLEVE-
even, as It Is bound to do the season
through. Just watch us climb."
Such Is Joseph Leo O'Rourke. pilot
of the Senatorial forces, who makes up
n grit what he lacks In stature. -
IIHdebrand Tells Story. '
Ninety minutes is a fair average for
Coast League games In Portland and up
and down the Coast some reeling oft
within the one-hour limit, others
stretching out to double that shift.
A 40-mlnute. nlne-lnnlng contest,
therefore Is some record, and If you
don't coincide with these views have a
word with Umpire Hlldebrand, who Is
working the Portland-Sacramento se
ries this week, or with Danzig. Sacra
mento first sacker. or with Nick Wil
liams. If there Is anything left of him
when the Giants get through with the
Roadsters, for ail three men were mem
bers of the Reach All-American team
which toured Japan, China and the
Philippines In 1909. and Incidentally
hung up the record against Waseda
University.
"I'mpa" Hlldebrand grew reminis
cent last night. "Hilly" Is a good,
square tenth man in the ring and as he
did his first bit of umpiring In the 40
mlnute session, he Is entitled to all the
reminiscencing he wants.
"We made the trip under the tute
lage of Mique Fisher, who now resides
In Seattle. He formerly owned the Ta
coma cl0r." explained Hlldebrand by
way of a starter. "Jack Bliss, now with
St. Louis, was catching; Pat Flaherty
did the bulk of the twirling; Danzig
was on first, Delehanty. of Detroit, on
second. McArdle. of 'Frisco, on short,
Devereaux. of Bakersfleld on third, and
Nick Williams, Hettmuller and myself
In the field.
Flaherty Pitches "Too Fast."
""I left the hotel In my rickshaw at
1:30. tha day of the record game and got
back at 1:40, but my wife wouldn't let
me Into the room because she thought It
was some Japanese peddler. Toklo Is In
fested with them. Flaherty pitched for
us that day and the Japs took up about
five of th 40 minutes kicking because
he pitched so fast they didn't have
time to get In position to bat. The score
waa I to a Flaherty didn't give a hit
or a walk and not a dark-skinned player
reached first base.
"The Japanese are pretty good sports.
We played about 20 games In Japan
alone, against Waseda and Kelo Univer
sities and other teams and the only
trouble we stirred up resulted from our
peculiar coaching methods. The Japan
IS LAST DAY
MAIL- COUPON" VOTE OX WISHES
AS TO GAME STARTING.
Judge McCredie, Desiring to Aid
Fans as to Karly or Late Hour,
Awaits Decision, by Ballots.
Th last day for nominating the most
suitable hour for commencing the week
day baseball game will be Monday, for
aa soon as all the votes are received the
count will be made and the decision of
the fans tendered Judge McCredie.
The contest held by TlieOregonlan to
decide this Important matter has pro
gressed most successfully and a big ma
jority of the patrons of the games have
responded to Judg McCredie' s request
to nam the most suitable hour for start
ing the games, and the result will not
be known until all of the ballots sent
to The Oregonlan have been officially
counted. If you are Interested In hav
ing the baseball games start at 1 o'clock
or at 1:30 o'clock each afternoon you are
requested to send In your selection Im
mediately, for no ballots received sfter
midnight Monday unless mailed at the
postofflce and postmarked May 1. will
be counted. .
In Los Angeles th dally gamea com
mence at !:30 o'clock, while at San Fran
cisco. 3 o'clock Is the regular hour. Ever
since baseball was established in Port
land In 191. 3:30 has been the regular
hour for the weekday games, but th
growth of the city and changed condi
tions may have caused another and ear
lier hour to prov more ' convenient to
- y H 7 y,
ese thonght we were kidding them and
It hurt their dignity so much that our
Interpreter told us we'd better cut the
comedy or we'd get first-hand Informa
tion on the significance of the "yellow
peril.'
"We played several games In China
and over a dozen In Manila. One of the
clubs we stacked up against In Manllo
was a negro soldier nine which is sta
tioned at Fort Wright. Spokane. We had
a nice three months' trip and thoroughly
enjoyed every moment of it. Fisher
and the other fellow In charge of the
tour cleaned up about llitf and the play
era didn't do too badly as we got the
proceeds from occasional double-headers
which we booked on our own account."
The Mobile and Atlanta Clubs have
since then established a new record of
32 minutes, but they went in with that
In view.
Tricks in All Trades.
Hlldebrand was asked if there was any
truth in the story that Hogan- dipped
all the balls used in the recent Portland
Vernon series In tar, that Is, put dirt on
every ball thrown out to the pitcher.
"McCredie kicked to me at the time,"
answered the stalky indicator man.
nd I made him stop It."
'I remember a trick George Stalling!
used to work In the olden days, said
Walter McCredie during a confab at th
billiard auditorium the Nother dy on
this very subject. "He'd get a bunch of
balls and put them In a refrigerator a
couple of days before the game and
then throw them out when tne opposi
tion waa at bat. You couldn't hit one
of those things out of the diamond if
you had a mule's hindmost hoofs hitched
to tha bludgeon.
Gus Thompson, who pitched for Se
attle and Vancouver a portion of last
season, had a unique scneme wnen
twirling for McCloskey in Butte several
years ago. Gus used to take the flat
side of a hatchet and beat up a dozen
balls preparatory to a game. They
looked all right but were soft as Sac
ramento mud at high water.
"Yes, there are tricks In all trades,
including beseball-
the fans, and It is for the purpose of
secu.ing an expression from them that
Judge McCredie requested The Oregonlan
to solicit an opinion from the patrons.
If you are a fan cut out and fill the ac
companying coupon and send, bring or
mail it to the Sporting Editor of The
Oregonlan before Tuesday.
BASEBALL FANS. FILL OUT THIS
COUPON.
Sporting Editor Oreg-onlan: I favor
o'clock as the moit satisfac
tory hour for starting the baseball
games in Portlsnd this season.
I
Signed
Address
WHERE TO GO.
Arrangements have been made where
by you can watcn the baseball score
by innings while you are playlna; a
game of pool or billiards. The clas
siest billiard and pool hall In the city.
Perfect llKhtlng arrangements. Tablea
that championship games are played
on. kept in perfect condition. Come
and select your favorite cue. We will
keep it In a private rack without
charge. Frte telephones, large and
Vomfortahle ch:lrs. If you are a lover
of the game you will enjoy It under
these perfect conditions. Crystal Bil
liard Parlors, upstairs. 145 Third street,
between Alder and Morrieon.'
Cluie
San Fl'anclsco.
Sacramento ...
Vernon -
rortland .'.
Oakland
Los Angeles .
Grand total..
REAVERS BEST AT
RUNS AND SNEAKS
Portland Team Purloins 58
Sacks, Scores 121 Runs
Since Season Began.
SEALS' . RECORD ' 1 NEXT
Catcher Thomas, of Sacramento,
Leads at Batting, Tommy Shee
han Being Foremost Stickman
of Men HereTables Given.
McCredle's 1911 Beavers are leading
the clubs of the Pacific Coast League
In the two most Important departments
at winning games base-stealing and
the scoring of runs.
The new Beavers have a total of 58
purloined sacks to their credit up to
and Including the games of; Sunday,
April 25, and the nearest competitor In
this department Is the San Francisco
club with 42 steals. This gives the
Beavers a margin of 16 steals in their
favor.
In the run-getting department the
Portland team has scored a total of 121
runs, while the Seals, second in this
department, have put over U9 tallies
up to the games played last Sunday.
By excelling In these mbst Important
points, McCredle's team looms better
than the club of last year. The team
of 1910 was victorious because of the
superb pitching of three of the slab
artists, while this year's club Is win
ning because It possesses great field
ers and good batters and Dase-runners,
with a good pitching staff equally bal
anced. Catcher Thomas, of the Sacramento
club, is the leading batsman among the
regular players. He has an average
of .373 In 67 times at bat. while Harry
McArdle, the San Francisco shortstop,
with a percentage of .363 in 95 times
up. Is doing fine stlckwork. McArdle
Is a most popular player, but his weak
ness iltherto has been Inability to hit.
Danzig, of Sacramento, and Mohler and
Jimmy Lewis, or San Francisco, are
also slugging th ball for good aver
ages. Sheehnn Best Batter. ,
Tommy Sheehan continues to lead the
Portland batsmen in stlckwork. He
has a mark of .340 In 9T times at bat.
Buddy Ryan dropped several points
during the series with Los Angeles,
but he has picked up a trifle this week,
and as soon as he finds a bat that suits
him. he may whang the ball, at a
"Lajole" clip once more. During the
Los Angeles series Roger Peckinpaugh
brought his batting percentage over
the coveted .300 mark, and he has been
hitting close to that mark in the games
this series. Rodgers, Krueger. Rapps
and Chadbourne have suffered slight
decreases in their percentages, but all
of them are likely to come back at any
time and make up for the decline.
Among the pitchers of the league,
BUI Steen leads In victories, with five
victories out of seven starts. This
does not include an opening-day per
formance against Sacramento this
week. BUI won five games, lost one
and tied one previous to the opening
of the series with O'Rourke's wallop
ers this week. Benny Henderson has
two victories to his credit out of two
starts, and while he has been in other
hi. rniint for nausrht In
these, as he was the relief pitcher and
the games were either won or lost be
fore he entered the arena.
The averages up to and including last
Sunday's games are:
Pitchers' Records.
C5r-5 t 5 7 F " t
a I h: 2 2
2 2 0 O'l.OiXi 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 01 .100 1 0 C 0 1
7 6 11' .M'-i 110 11
4 3 1 0) -7.-.0 1 0 0 0 1
4 3 10 .730 0 0 0 0 0
7 3 2 01 .714 0 O O 0 0
6 4 2 0! .6H7 1 0 1 1 O
0 4 2 O' .7 O 0 O 0 1
H 4 2 01 .7 21 0 0 1
8 2 1 01 -0r.7 01 0 0 0 1
5 3 2 0 .617 0 O' 1 0 0
5 3 2 0 .600 1 01 0 0 0
8 4 4 0. .500 1 llO 0 1
6 8 3 O .SOO O O 0 0 1
6 3 3 0 .5iKl 1 0 O 0 0
6 3 3 0 .500 0 0 0 0 0
6 3 3 0 .500 0 0 0 0 0
4 2 2 0 .600 1 0 0 2 0
4 2 2 0 . 500 0' 0 0 0 O
4 2 2 0 .600 0 0 0 0 0
4 2 2 O -50OI 0 O 0 0 0
2 1 1 0 .500 0 0 0 0 O
2 110 .B0- O 0 01 X
7 3 4 0 .4291 0 O 1 0 3
6 21 4 0 .33: 1 0 0 0 1
6 2j4 0 .8U3 2 0 1 0 0
3 1-2 0 .333 0 O 0 0 0
4 13 0 :250 O 0 0 0 0
4 1 3 O .2511 1 0 0 0 O
4 13 0 .2SU 0 O O 0) 0
4 1 3 0 .250 0 0 0 0 X
2 0 2 0 .000 . 0 0 0 0 0
2 O 1 1 .000 0 O 0 0 0
ioio .ooo o o n o o
1 1 I) .0(10 01 0 0 O 0
10 10 .oool 0 0 0
10 10 .O00 0' o o o 0
1 01 1 0 .OOO 01 0 01 V o
1 0 1 0 .OOP oi 0 o) 0 o
PITCHER.
Henderson, P. .
Zamlock. Sac. .
Steen. P.....
Henley. S. F.
Christian, Oak.
Sutor, S. F....
Miller, S. F
Raleigh, Y
Castleton. V...
Melkle. S. F
Koestner, P...
Pernoll, Oak. .
Delphi. L. A...
v T . A
Fitzgerald, Sac.
Thompson, sac
McLWI, sac...
Fullerton. P...
Eastloy. S. F.. .
Crlger, V
Nourse. Sac. . .
Frlene. L. A. . .
Stewart. V....
Season, P.
Wlggs. Oak...
Ifnlahl Onk. . .
Breckenrldge, V
Browning, 8.F..
Kliroy, Oak...
Carson, Y
Milt v
Couchman, L.A.
Wlllett. V
Coleman. L. A.
Thorsen, L. A..
Wheeler. L. A..
Green, Oak....
Shafer. V
Bryan. Sac. . - -
Batting Averages.
Players and clubs AB
Stewart, Vernon 8
Henderson. Portland 8
McCredie. Portland 2
Tobln. San Francisco.... 2
Grlndle, Los Angeles 4
Steen, Portland 20
Henley. San Francisco... 15
Eastley, San Francisco... lO
Thomas. Sacramento 67
McArdle, San Francisco.. 5
Danzig, Sacramento BO
Stlrson. Vernon 39
McDowell, Vernon 76
Mohler. San Francisco... 74
Lewis. San Francisco !
T. Sheehan. Portland 7
Melchlor. San Francisco. . 47
Christian, Oakland 12
Pearce, Oakland 24
Green. Oakland 3
Mosklman, San Francisco. 3
Powell. San Francisco 39
Weaver, San Francisco. . . 94
Madden, San Francisco... 02
B. Ryan. Portland 10S
Sheehan, Vernon 23
Peckinpaugh. Portland ..
O'Rourke. Sacramento.... 96
Abbott, Los Angeles J3
Patterson, Vernon 03
Tledman. Oakland 10
Hogan, Vernon 34
La Longe, Sacramento... 24
Rapps. Portland 98
Mlekle. San Francisco... T
Helster.. Sacramento 81
Carlisle, Vernon 02
Brashear, Vernon 92
Ross, Vernon .......103
Cutshaw. Oakland 06
Pernoll, Oakland .....IS
Metzger, Los Angeles.... 94
Hitt. Vernon 11
Nourse. Hfrcramento
Wares. Oakland 17 -
Seaton. Portland 19
Maggart. Oakland 100
Shlnn, Sacramento 93
Pfyl. Oakland 8
Vltt. San Francisco 64
Delmas. Los Angeles 85
Berry, San Francisco 57
Hoffman, Oakland 112
Tennart. Ban Francisco. .104
Hosp. Vernon
K 1BH BA
3 5 .
2 4 .000
0 1 .M0
0 1 . T.00
1 2 .500
5 8 .400
3 6 .400
1 4 .400
7 25 .373
12 35 .3S
12 33 .367
6 21 .3D6
11 27 .355
6 26 .351
9 24 .344
16 33 .340
7 16 .340
8 4 .:i:3
1 8 .333
0 1 .333
0 1 .:;33
15 29 .36
1.1 30 .313
12 19 .3117
111 33 .306
2 7 .34
13 30 .303
19 20 .302
A 16 .302
14 28 .301
2 3 . 300
2 10 .21)4
2 7 .202
11 28 .2S6
2 2 .283
9, 23 .284
20 2 .283
12 26 .283
16 29 .2S2
11 27 .I'M
0 5 .278
17 26 .277
2 3 .274
1 6 .273
11 26 .268
2 3 .263
17 26 .260
21 24 .258
9 2." . 2.-3
lO 16 .2.")0
9 21 .247
8 14 .246
14 27 .241 I
14 2.1 .240
3 ID .23S
RECORDS OF THE CLUBS.
Game. AB R JBH BA 2BH 3BH HR bH SB DP SO
...26 882 119 25 30O 40 7 4 43 42 22 2
;; 7.-.0 lo2 202 2i!!l 38 13 4 34 34 20 2
... 896 lo7 2X2 259 44 9 2 32 33 23 2
... 27 ?4 121 232 257 41 11 6 33 58 23 2
... 26 809 10" 216 24t 26 T 8 26 39 23 5
... 25 823 98 175 213 26 3 1 43 89 16 1
6154 647 1022 215 60 26 2 IS 245 131 14
Farrell. Sacrsmento 7 10 18 .-o7
Knight. Oakland 17 0 4 --jj
Coy. Ver. and Oak 64 0 15 .-J
Moore. Lo Angles 05 It
Rodders. Portland lot 11 -r-J
Akin. Los Angeles.- lo2 13 2j
Daley. Los AnKeles. . . . t- $3 .13 19 T,."t
Sutor. Ban Francisco 18 1 4 ---
Oastleton. Vemon IS O
Krue-er. Portland 110 14 24 .218
Schmidt. San Francisco.. 28 2 .214
Thcrnton. Sacramento... ."5 8 12 -j:i?
Chadbourne. rortland 102 13 21
Browser. Oakland ." 17 .200
Mltze. Oakland US 11 13 .200
Individual performances.
Leading- sacrifice hitters. Ross 8. Metzg-r
8. Ryan and Delmas 7 each: McArdle.
Moore. Mohler and Hetllng 6 each: Krueger,
Rapps. Vltt, Weaver. Stadelle, Holster and
Thomas 5 each.
Leading base stealers. Ryan and Chad
bourne 10 each; Cutshaw 0; Daley. Brashear
and Shlnn 8 each; Krueger. Powell and Wea
ver 7 each; T. Sheehan. Rapps, Peckinpaugh,
Lewis. Moore and Stadelle S each; Mohler.
Madden, Delmas, Maggart. Wares, Pfyl,
Ross. Farrell and Helster 5 each.
Leading two-base hitters. Ryan 10; Shlnn
8; Patterson, Stinson and O'Rourke 7 each;
McDowell 6: T. Sheehan, Peckinpaugh.
Lewis and Mohler 5 each.
Leading 3-base hitters. Rodgers 4: Peck
er.paugh, Carlisle. Danzig aud Thornton 3
each; Ryan, Maggart, Wares, Ross, O'Rourke
and Lerchen 2 each: Krueger. Kuhn. Pow
ell. Tennant. Lewis. Mohler. Madden, Sutor,
Melkle. Akin. Metzger. Hoffman. Pfyl, Coy,
McDowell, Stinson. Sheehan, Hitt, Shinn.
Farrell and Thomas 1 each.
Leading home-run hitters. Danzig 3;
Ryan, Henley and Maggart 2 each; Rodgers.
T. Sheehan, Peckinpaugh, Henderson. Mel
chlor. Weaver, Dillon, Hoffman. Cutshaw,
Hetting, Pearce, Wlgga. McDowell, V.
Sheehan and La Longe 1 each.
Major League Baseball Notes
TERRY TURNER Is playing third for
the Clevelanders as well as he ever
played short. His arm was all in last
year, but ho evidently has come back to
life this year with a vengeance.
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John I. Taylor, the eccentric boss of
the Red Sox, threatens to can Clyde
Bngle, the former heavyweight out
fielder of the Yankees, if the big fel
low, does not Improve in both his hit
ting and his fielding. Taylor had
planned a great career for Engle at
third but Clyde appears to have slowed
up.
The will of Dan McGann, the former
Giant star, who committed suicide last
Fall, has been filed for probate at
Louisville, Ky. McGann leaves an es
tate valued at upward of 135,000.
They are having' warm doings at
Denver over the action of President
O'Neill, of the Western League, In re
fusing to admit telegraph companies to
the ball parks unless they pay a pro
hibitive price. As a result the Denver
newspapers are using no box scores of
the games, furnishing no score-board
results, and running no description,
merely giving the summary results.
Fred N. Abercombie, of St. Louis, has
resigned as executor of the estate of
the sate' Stanley Roblson, the greater
part of which estate is stock in the St.
Louis National League club. It is ru
mored in the Mound City that Aber
cromble Is likely to purchase a con
trolling Interest In the Cardinals, and
that It was for this reason alone that
the prospective buyer resigned as ex
ecutor. Southpaw JesRe Tannehlll, who was
disappointed in his endeavors to "come
back" with the Cincinnati Reds, has se
cured his unconditional release from
Clark Griffith. Tannehlll has signed
with Rochester, of the Eastern League.
.
Champ Osteen, former White Sox and
the St. Louis Nationals' shortstop, has
been loaned by Montgomery to Jack
sonville of the Southern League, for a
month to fill the hole left by Billy
Mortell, who is at his home in Kanka
kee, recovering from a bad case of
malaria. 'Mortell says he will not re
turn south, and as President Gullette
' will not sell his ' release he may Join
the semipros In Chicago. Osteen will be
retained in his place.
.
Frank Bowerman. once great catcher
of the Giants and later for a few weeks
manager of the Boston Doves, has just
taken unto himself a wife Miss Kate
A. McCready, of Mt. Clemens, Mich.
Bowerman and his wife will live near
Romeo, Mich., where the retired back
stop owns a flourishing farm.
The Copper County League of North
ern Michigan, which has several times
been forced to disband, has just been
reorganized with teams at Mohawk,
Calumet, Hancock, Hubbell, Houghton
and Gay. The league will be semi-professional,
playing regularly scheduled
games on Saturdays and Sundays.
Justice proved slow, but sure. In the
case of Attorney Robert E. Cantwell,
of Chicago, who has been fined J75 for
assaulting Umpire John P. Kerin, of
the American League, two years ago.
Cantwell appealed a ruling of the
Judges of the Appellate Court- The as
sault was committed upon the person
of Kerin on September 30. 1908, after
the White Sox had lost a game to Bos
ton. Kerin's nose was broken among
other things. Kerin is no longer a
league official, but the case was pushed
to the limit by Ban Johnson, the Ameri
can League president.
Albany High Defeats Salem.
ALBANY. Or., April 29. (Special.)
Pitcher Bigbee, of the Albany High
School baseball team, twirled a no-hit
game against the Salem High School
on the college grounds here this af
ternoon, while his teammates slugged
the ball all over the Held and van
quished the Capital City lads 12 to 1.
Salem's lone run came when Reeves
was hit by a pitched ball, stole second
and third and scored on a wild pitch.
R H E R H E
Albany ...12 18 3Salem 1 0 6
Batteries: Albany, Lyle Bigbee and
Carson Bigbee; Salem'i Wesley Smith
and Ranson.
Cornell loses to Princeton. '
PRINCETON. N. J., April 29. Prince
ton easily defeated Cornell, five matches
to one, on the university tennis court
today. Tha local players won all tha
singles, but the doubles were divided.
Men's Suits
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Going stronger than ver.
JIMMY DUNN
Room 315 Oregonian Building Take Elevator
G DIE
MEN OUT
FOR FLAG AGAIN
Beavers, Striking Gait, Seem.
Determined to Try for
Pennant of 1911.
LEAGUE SOUTHPAW 'CRAZY'
Lefthanded Pitchers Dominate In
Various Teams Except Portland
Squad as McCredie Says Left
hander Unknown Quantity.
BY W. J. PETRAIX.
While it is yet early to predict pennant-winning
prowess for any particu
lar club In the league, the perform
ances of the Portland club during the
portion of the season elapsing so far
have been sufficiently promising to
warrant the expectancy of seeing an
other championship flag fly over this
city next year.
However, to openly boast of the Bea
vers winning out in this long race calls
for a wider stretch of Imagination than,
even that possessed by the San Fran
cisco scftbe who has already won the
pennant for the Seals, but one thing
is assured, and that Is that Portland
will be a contender at every stage of
the game and the club that does win
the flag will have to beat McCredle's
squadron in' the final struggle for the
honors.
Right now the Beavers loom up
easily the best club in the league, but
there are two clubs besides San Fran
cisco to be considered as possible fac
tors and those clubs are the Oakland
and the Sacramento teams.
"Southpaws Unknown Quantity.
"Happlcus" Hogan and his Vernon
Hooligans have been traveling at a
speedy gait of late, but Hogan has nob
the twlrlers who are capable of stand
ing the gaff in the long , race, though
that club always promises to he dan
gerous by virtue of possessing thre
crack left-handed pitchers in Castleton,
Hitt ar.d Ralel.i-h, either of which is
almost a cinch bet when entering the
game "right." But left-handers are al
ways an unceitaln quantity, for most
of them are erratic and inclined to
wildness.
The Sacramento team, with the addi
tion of Ben Hunt. Frank Arrelanes and
Outfielder Mahoney, is likely to show
surprisingly strong in the-near future,
for right now O'Rourke has as gingery
a team as one could wish. It has been
the personality and ability of this
scrappy little Irishman himself that
has braced the Sacramento team, for its
present complexion is hardly different
from that of last season, as O'Rourks
and Lerchen, replacing Raymer and
Burns, constitute the only material
change in the club.
Of course Catcher Thomas adds a
great deal of strength to the team by
reason of his batting and all-around
ability, for he is decidedly the peer of
Spiesman, who held down the regular
catching berth f ir the Senatorial squad
last season. With pitchers like By
ram, Nourse, Thompson, Fitzgerald.
Hunt and Arrelanes the Senators are
well equipped with capable twlrlers.
even though four of them are south
paws. With three left-handers on the
Vernon club, four on the Sacramento
team and three with the Los Angeles
club, there seems to bo a tendency to
ward left-handed twirling In this
league, which is almost on a par with
the American League in that respect,
as many clubs in that circuit have
from three to five southpaws.
Mac Has Xo Reliable Southpaw.
McCredie has no reliable left-handed
pitcher and seems satisfied to get along
without one as long as he can depend
upon Henderson, Steen, Seaton and
Koestner, with Fanwell and Fullerton
as possibilities. Archer is a good left
handed pitcher, but seems to lack abil
ity to field his position, otherwise he
would be taking his regular turn in
the box. According to his teammates.
Archer has the "stuff" on the ball, but
in each of the starts he has made in
the South he has lost his own games
by the poor fielding of his position. If
he could but overcome this weakness
it is practically certain that he would
win games for Portland, and It Is in
the hope that he will eventually con
quer this handicap that McCredie Is
holding him.
With four pitchers working in grand
Btyle the Beavers are not weak, even
without a left-hander, for Henderson
and Steen are as good pitchers as are
any other twirlers in the circuit, while;
Seaton and Koestner are also high
class artists, who will win lots of
games for Portland. Charley Fuller
ton is not to be overlooked, even,
though he has made a couple of poor
starts in the games so far played in
Portland. It must be remembered that
Eugene Krapp failed to win a game in
Portland during the entire first homo
visit of last year's champions, and Ful
lerton seems to have struck the same
"Jinks." This little twirler has satis
fied McCredie that has has "tha goods"'
and he will commence to win shortly.
This afternoon's game starts at 2:30
o'clock, and Patsy O'Rourke and his
hustling band do not return to Port-
.ami until the week of July 4.
Gobert W ins Tennis Honors.
LONDON, April 29. A. H. Gobert,
who won the covered court tennis cham
pionship final by defeating M. J. G.
Ritchie yesterday, defeated F. G. Lowe,
the holder of the title, 3-0, today.
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