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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAS. rORTLAyp. MAY ?, 1911. BUSIE ATTRACTS OPENING GAME Noted New York Twirler Will Make Appearance When Roadsters Come. SEASON'S FOURTH WEEK ON Xorthwrntmi League See Flrtt Home Gimr Tomorrow Nick ( Williams and Team Mar Se Record Crowd of Fan Oat. FT ROdrOE FAWCETT. A: "fur th ump of out kn n bat- tl." Amo. Rtult, r. peer of them all. I drafted bjr Llndaav in poor old 6eatl) Act sen JoB umpiring ball. No Wvrr of brroo. him vanilr flatters Pt fellna- hui cutt-lb rowing limb. ItnuJ of Ma "beaduis '.a oof Jo tb lattr. "Kill th. nbbr th. "luC hand lo.hlm. With Vancouver at Portland Seattle at Tacoraa and Spokan at Victoria tb Northwestern Lu launches out on tta fourth wiek or the 111 season Monday afternoon. It will be th first appearance of a Northwestern league team In Portland since 10. with the exception of the Spokane pennant win ners, who bucked up aalnt the Mc Credle's Coasters In a -1-t contest last Fall, ao there ta sure to be a capacity crowd oat to greet Nick Williams in his debut on th home diamond. Added interest will b given th Portland series by th presence of Amos Uuilm former New Tork twirler, and Steve Kane. In th nmplre roles. Kan umpired In tb American Asso ciation for several seasons and last ear held an Indicator In th National league, his sniallness of statur send-Ira- him back In the minors. Ktisie. of course. Is too well known to need Introduction, flack In the '50s he wss the Idol of New York fans, rraehlnc the sentth of tils Career about US. when h struck out 1 men In 4i frames. It seems fairly well estab lished that the Increase of tb dis tance of the pitcher's box from horn plate t 0.f feet was da to Ruile's speed and effectiveness. hpokane Is Strongest. Aside from tb Seattle and Portland showings the Northwestern League start has been very much along the lines of stove league anticipation. Spo kane Is stronger than a year ago and has taken a comfortable lead. Van couver Is composed almust entirely of seasoned stock and Brown's men are bound to gain In strength as th sea son progresses. The Seattle Giants, on the other hand, hare a host of young sters on the staff. Gugh. a hard-hitting outfielder, and Archer, a twirler. will bolster up th Portland Roadsters to an appreciable extent. Williams' pitchers have been going bad. but so have his smatsters. and the addition of Hough, a .300 stick er, will help wonderfully. Th Tacoma club Is another that Is strengthening. Mors, leader In everything; In the Western Canada League, secured by -breeder from a major club. has plugged up McKadden'a place at short. Coleman st third. Rnckenf icld at sec ond and Kennedy lo place of nil I Fisher at first, complete a formfflable infield. Nick Williams announced In a tele gram to The Oregonian last night, that he would pitch either Archer r Gar rett In the opener Monday. Garrett twirled Friday a to 1 victory ever the Canadians, letting Vancouver down with seven measly hits and as this gives him a rest of but two day Archer will likely be given the prefer ence. It will be Ma first dsy with the North westerners. Williams' lineup and batting order will he: Spees or Miller, left field; Casey, second base; Stovall. center field: : Mnndorf f. right field or third base: ' Williams, first base; Meneor. shortstop; Ort or dough, right field; Harris, catcher; Archer or Garrett, pitcher. The Victoria cluh is about a tO-1 shot fr the pennant and will need consider able revamping to finish out of the cellar. t Northwest Note. The life of a league president is surely not strewn with Portland roses. President Lindsay suspended. Mike Lynch of th Tacoma Tlgsrs for th season following an uipercnt deliv ered on the chin of Umpire Ward early last week. Cuhn of Spokane and Brown of Vancouver Immediately raised a howl, declaring that "It hurt business" with Mike on the bench for keeps. The matter will be threshed out at a meeting on May 14. Meanwhile, Presi dent Lindsay Is Inwardly boiling and outwardly panning the moguls and the fans of Tacoma. "The day after the row 'Schreeder came to my office and asked me to suspend Lynch for the season." de clared Lindsay, "lie pointed out that If 1 suspended htm for 10 days and fined blm ISO he would hare to pay both the ftne ami Lynch'a salary. After Lynch was suspended the 'pups' in Tacoma. who patronise Schreeder's res taurant and saloon, commenced to howl and Schreedernow demands that they be satisfied." o . Southpaw twlrlers are to have a hard row In the Northwest League, accord ing to several of the chieftains. Seattle has but one left-hander, Tacoma two, Vancouver four and Victoria and Port land about th same number. ... Erve Jensen, who pitched with the Portland pennant winners several sea sons ago. and Kit Cates are familiar figures on the Vancouver twirling staff. Bob Brown, part owner and man ager of the Canuck aggregation. Is another former Portland player. . . Vancouver has one of the hardest hitting outfields In the circuit In Swain, Brlnker, Brashear and Adams. Swain tried out with Washington this Spring and Brlnker with the Chicago White Sox. Botli performed in credit ahle style but will get another Summer of seasoning. Brashear drew pay from Vernon last year. Tacoma. has signed Tobln, a young ster who failed to make good with the San Francisco outfield this Spring. Central! Defeats Chehalis. CIIEHALIS. Wash.. May t. (Spe clal.) Centralis defeated Chehalis to day, X to t. In the opening game of the State League season. The visitors scored one run In the first lnnlag and in the third Pitcher Guyn for Centralla made a home run. Chehalis scored In the ninth Inning, when Wllkins came home on a wild throw to third by the catcher. Score: R. H. E l ', n. M. E. Oehalls ..1 a xlCentralia ..11 J Struck out Kan S, Guyn T. Umpire Ross Hsli DEAN OF COAST LEAGUE PLAYERS MOURNS COMING OF RAIN' DROPS H-ppy Hogan Telia Hia Real Name and Coafe-se- He Is Not Irish-Relative Merits of Rubber and Cork in Center of Ball Is Discussed by Manager of Vernon Club. .- . . - .. . . ', ' . ' i V . , . m . l- V . I V BT ROSCOB FAWCEtT. Wben I wss young In Prrle. and weighed 12 pounds on the hoof, t uaed to lor the patter of tb rain checks on the roof. I sm a child no longer: Tm In It for th plf. 6o I halo to bear the patter of th rain checks on the shelf. Hogsn's Soliloquy. APPV HOGAN, the only manager nby that name tne v ernon. ciuu possesses, the only man -In the Coast League whose real name Is Bray nd the oldest player In the circuit In point of experience, thinks that 20 bat ters will clout the sphere over the .300 mark In the league this year, due to ,h. new cork-centered balL Hogan said so yesterday, but not before , h e had paid his respects to the rain which pruned his Portland receipts during the week. , "On. water baa its uses all TlKhJ, declared Happlcua with fervor, but nans of It tor me. nfi.. ''-.. . - ji,a.in. of the v emon tea. out i "i - - - -,i- clab and th shekels have a U umbrella faded a mile. And to see women out In the yard with a boiler trying to catch aoft water when Its ralnln' hard. Wouldn't that mke yuh UughT" Cork Center iiTorcu. ii - K.tiovea the cork-center ball Is tb "hope of the white race." He thinks It Is livelier and better than tne old rubber-cored sphere and attributes the heavy Slugging i i - n I, -i ion't suDnose tne fact that you are Irish. In any way effects your feelings toward the pithy pill. tremulously wnuirtu v lower. . . h-11nm.-A Hinnr. I m not Irish. My name's not Hogan. Whn I waa a kid playing around home down at San Jose." Cal., the folks ob jected to the game, so x a.w.,. 1 un.n The fans like Irish names anyway. My name'a Bray -Wallace Bray. Liinir nwm r i. U preferable to namea like Caatleton ...t., . K Vrani t he looks Of or rw;iuBi"6''- ----- --- - . , the box co res Cas'n and 'Peck'ph yon could hardly say they were mak ing Impressive showings, could yuhr aid Happy. - "The official Daiu accoruiim w rules, must not weigh over H ounces w- aw lnilia in clrctimf erence. or om and the light cork center, weighing less than the oia nwor, jwnum cord and tighter winding, and bet ter bitting Is the result. The excel lent playing grounds also contribute to Mgher batting averages." continued the scrappy Callfornlan. "The Oakland and Vernon nelda are now the only enea without the grass Infield, which tends to keep the balls solid. "When did you begin playing balir' was asked, Hogan Oldest Player. Ten years ago at Sacramento," answered Hogan. "I was with Sacra mento in l0i and 190J. was trans ferred to Tacoma In l4where I played with the pennant-winning Ti gers for two seasons. In 190 I went to Fresno and the following year was appointed manager of the Fresno team, but the league directors dropped Fres no and Seattle Just befose the open ing of the season, and I was trans ferred to Los Angeles, where I hung my hat In 1907 and 10. We won the pennant two straight years, and then I took over the Vernon proposition. Tep I'm the oldest boy In the league." Happy says the sentiment of the Los Angeles fans la with th Vernon club. "Th bunch was back of ua strong In our series against the An gela a week ago. The fans admire a scrappy team and we try to please them Berry has arranged a special box In the park for Elks and when they come out the crowd generally fol lows suit whichever way their root ing goes." Happy Is a member of the antlered herd himself, so what he probably in fers Is that Vernon gets the benefit of the rooting box. Nor will- this kindly feeling n the part of the fans go unreciprocated, for if Hogatt's In tentions are fulfilled. Vernon la to be right up there at the top when Oc tober rolls around. "I don't think San Francisco will cop the refreshment," said th irrepressi i ' 71 - i ;: ' i ft ' i . "- .- - . . . . " .. 1 . . .i-iru - . , f J "Ve-.- ' i ' 1. : r HAPPI HOGAN, OF VEBKOR. ble. "The teams are' more evenly bal- anred than ever before. By July 4 .do will be the Rockefeller of the per centage .table, and all the cluba will he bunched. Most every club Is caryuog three catchers this year. Isn't that a good Indication that the league is get ting better every season? ."Portland was lucky to get Hender son and Koestner, but even at that I'm afraid McCredle will miss Gregg and Krapp. Perkinpaugh is a better short stop than Olson. The Vernon club is & fair stronger aggregation than hv 1910. Patterson Is not a showy player at first, but he Is finished and hits 60 per cent better than Fisher. My outHeld is faster and better with the willow. Pow ell, of the San Francisco outfield. Is a more consistent men than "Plng" Bodie. Weaver, too, la hitting & fierce clip." Hogan is an advocate of the double umpire system but only In the impor tant series. Where they have continu ous ball, aa at San Francisco and Los Angeles, he believes two umpires ad visable, but outside of that, he believes one man can handle the games all right. He makes an exception for Important clashes. For Instance, If Vernon and Portland were playing here neck and neck for the pennant, one of the extra men should be here for the series. - Two Men Are Best. "The players can get the beet of one man In many ways." adda the Methu selah of the South. "Suppose second Is populated and I should happen get that word 'happen' to hit a slow grounder to short. The umps turns his Lick observatories over toward flrst and the runner cuts third a mile and heads for home. How can he say the WASHINGTON SEES FLAG HOPE TO "COP" PEXXAXT IN" COIiDGE RACK IS STRONG. Lotts of Baker, Star First Baseman, May Be Felt Sound Hoys Play ing Great Game of Ball Now. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Se attle, May C From all the college games that have been played so far hi the con ference of the Northwest this season, Washington figures that she will be able to "cop" the pennant this year without any difficulty. Having defeated the dan gerous rivals in the league, th Univer sity of-Oregon and Oregon Agricultural College, by safe scores, and at the same time hitting the bail and playing a superb game In the Held. Washington figures that the championship la won. Next week the team departs for East ern Washington. ' where they contest against the colleges of the Inland Em pire, playing at each college two games. So far Washington has a clean slate, while the other colleges each have lost from two to four games. Whitman is out of the race as far as th champion ship Is concerned. Pullman will be a strong contender, and Idaho may prove more for the Sound crowd than Is really believed here. It Is probable that Washington will soon lose Baker, the star first baseman, who may go with the Boston Americans, who have offered hlra $3000 for the rest of the season. Washington will have to hold her pace with remarkable strength, owing to play ing fewer games. From now on she will play all-bar gamea away rom home on strange grounds, snd this will prove a tank. In the past the history on the road for Washington has not been any too favorable. Under strict training rules, which will be enforced at all times. Coach Hurley expects to make a splen did shWlng on the tour. ( Washington Is hitting a great pac thla year. In every particular th team Is ss strong as It was last year, and for Inexperienced men th pitching staff has shown up far better than was ver ex pected It would. . ' Illinois Wins From Purdue. IFAVETTB, lad., &U fc- taking t . - ' ?7 1 . . ' -. - v . ! f ' l (' . ' a i j - 4 a- i 4 j '-. i r i . 5 I 4 ... 1 1 : - 1 '"IS- man Is out? He didn't see him cut third and can Judge only by reckoning the time and distance." Hogan deprecates the slide many players take on a close decision at first. He insists the runner loses time and points out that the. only worthy feature of the sudden toboggan jaunt along terra flrma is the effect on the Judgment of the umpire. "The hit-and-run Is another play." he says; "that's worked to death, but it's a good system at that." How a leader who has never played a game in the big leagues can get the major league article out of his players la a question that has puxzled many a fan when Vernon Is under discussion. The riddle Is easy. Hap explains it this way: "I am a great friend of Frank Chance and Jim McAleer. I talk and eat base ball whenever I see them. I discuss plays with Fielder Jones and Hal Chase whenever I get aft opportunity, and try to do everything Just as It Is done ia the National and American circuits. The other moguls have also made a study of the great American- pastime and the result Is that there are Just as many wonderful plays pulled off out here on the Coast as in any of the leagues In the country. Take the squeese play. I'll bet It Is used oftener right here than In either the American or National Leagues." In conclusion, despite his numerous foibles, Happy invariably opens every letter that comes addressed to him; takes off his shoes before going to bed; opens the door before going out; writes to his wife when out of money and dips his pen in Ink before writing. Hogan doesn't catch a great deal now, but he knows a catcher. There's the rub! most of the points In the last six events, Illinois defeated Purdue in the dual track meet on Stuart field this after noon. Mi to VA points Hoffman of Purdue was the star of th meet, win ning the 100 and 220-yard dashes in fast time. ' .. v.. i f f A SwC- Tracer Baker,' Peadletoa Lad Now Playing; First for the I ' veralty f Washington, Wb , -. Received a S3O0O Offer to Jola' . .the Baatoai Aaaerlca:aa. 1 1 '. s'-N . 11 TEAMS.USE UNIQUE- MD RUN SIGNS Veterans of Diamond Tell of Varied Signal Systems -r Players Employ. METHODS ALWAYS SECRET Iagne Kines Devise Cnrfous Ways of Advising Players When to 'Act Fielder Jones Narrates Facts About Novel Code. BY ROSCOB FAWCETT. "What Is the hit-and-run playT" How do they work the squeezer' These and similar Queries are aimed at the sporting writer by the amateur who desires to bite off a chunk of big league basebail strategy for the envy of his fellow player on the corner lot. Hit-and-run, as a term, should ex i . i t . mn. that thA hatter Is to hit and the runner to run, along the lines lata out oy & prj-i.uB-signal. It Is one of the foremost modes of attack and for that very reason the various signalling methods used by team captains and managers are closely J , n-an Vio no-PrJ and talked KUMUCU. - .- r. about more during a season than any otner department or m unuuui except pay-day. Signal SystemXovel. "One of the most definite and yet th most clever signal systems on record was utilized by the New York Ameri cans during the time of "Kid" Elber-fleld."-sald Fielder Jones, former lead er of the Chicago White Sox, during a conversation on the subjeot at the Mc Credle billiard parlors the other night. "The letters "N. Y." on the shirt fronts of the New York players formed the basis of the attack. When the bats man wished to tip the runner to his In tention to hit, he would draw his finger across the 'Y.' At pitched balls at which he had decided not to strike the '-N' would b caressed. Th 'Y.' as you may already have guessed, .stood for 'Yes' and the H' for 'No.' The scattering of New York players to other clubs finally made It necessary to change the ground work." The benefit of an Iron-clad system of signs such as the above may be appre ciated w4ien the fact is recalled that a hostile catcher, who knows the bats man's hit-and-run signals can easily break up the play by asking his pitcher for "a wide one and nailing the base runner at th sack. The play is usually used with a man on first base only, though It Is sometimes put on with a man on second or with men on both first and second. A fast base-running club usually gets better results from stealing and banting, with an occasion al resort to the hit-and-run. Hughie Fullerton, in the .current issue of the American magazine, maintains that base stealing succeeds In 63 per cent of the times tried and the hit-and-run in less than 66 per cent, with a further 7 per cent anti-argument caused by double plays. Sign languages Varied. Gum-chewing by ' the batsman con stituted the hit-and-run forte of the San Francisco team during the regime of George Hildebrand. now umpiring the Vernon series in this city. "One of the best systems in the world." deolared Hildy. "Thousands of different sign languages have been devised." con tinued Hildebrand. "Touching the ground with the bat, spitting, rubbing the1 hands in the dirt, .raising the cap. giving tha-belt a yank yes -you could fill a book with them." "One day last week in the series with Sacramento I gave the signal for a hit-and-run with Chadbourne on first, but Catcher Thomas called the turn and they should have nipped Chadbourne at the keystone," cnimed in captain Mom my Sheehan, of the Portland Beavers. "I turned and asked Thomas how he got my signal and he replied: 'I didn't get any signal. Just watched the haee- runner and got a hunch he'd attempt to steal,' replied Thomas." "Word signals are poor, I believe continued Sheehan. "Players can't hear 'em when the crowd s cheering. Char ley Graham used to have word signals for his Sacramento bunch. For Instance, one day he'd use the word 'Slake, Make 'em be good' would be the signal for a hit-and-run, or 'Make em pitch to you. Fred Clarke, of Pittsburg, used to sit on the bench and whenever he crossed his legs the boys would go. He Is one of the master minds In the inside stuff, to my mind." Dreyfnss Shows Humor. Jack Barry, ex-Major league star, now with the Portland champions, then Interrupted with a touch o? humor: "Barney Drcyfuss always said the hit-and-run sign of our New York Giants was 'Give me the maklns.' Guess that was no Jolly either for the boys were always bumming somebody for tobacco. "Every wise batter gives -eeveral signs when he takes his station at the plate," Barry pointed out for the bene fit of some of the youngsters, who had crowded up to learn what was going on. "McCloskey had one last year based on the word" 'Bill Bailey.' Whenever the coacher got off a sentence with 'Bill Bailey In H, away they salledy Lifting the to, digging the foot, tapping the plateall these are in vogue even in the big leagues. "Lajole. of the Cleveland team, used th coaching box as an asset to the hit-and-run. The position of the coacher at one end of the box meant one thing, the middle another, and the other end still another. - A good catcher is al ways watching for signs. Just as an experiment next time you attend a game watch the baserunner on first. If the batter Is tipping the signs the run ner will keep his eyes on the batter until he gets the signal. When he takes his optics off the man at the plate It's almost a sure bet that he's got the word and will go on the next ball. Try It for fun." One System Used Xow. Up until this season the Portland team has utilised three different sys tems, switching off from day to day. "1 use Just one now," said Manager McCredle. "When I think tha opposition has a hunch I change, to something else. When I started out playing ball with Des Moines years ago a look back at the catcher, with perhaps a word or two thrown In for good measure, meant that something would be stirring on the paths. . "Frank- Dillon, of the Los Angeles club, had me guessing all last year -until the very close of the season. He and Howard performed most of the strategic work by rubbing their hand up and down a bat. Twice up and down meant the hit-and-run; one, three, four or any other number' meant nothing. Van Haltran's gag was to hide the thumb behind the bat." In the hit-and-run the base runner gets as good a lead as he can and starts for second with the move of the pitch er's atia. The batter swings at the ball, attemntinar to hit It on the ground through the Infield, for a fly ball is disastrous, as the runner would then have to return to his base.. The hope of the play is that the batter shall get a clean hit. If he does, the runner with his big start, can keep on going for an other base. There Is a chance, too, that the ball will go through a spot Just vacated by the fielder who may . be going over to cover second when he sees the runner start to go down. . The play also acts as a sacrifice in a good many cases as the runner has secured such a good start that the fielder thinks it advisable to throw to first Instead of second. On the whole, the hit-and-run can be taken as one of the essential sidelights rff modern, up-to-date base ball. ...- JOE RIVERS BESTS KILBAXE But Cleveland Man Finishes Strong 'in 20th Round. . , . LOS ANGELES, May 6 Joe Rivers, of Los Angeles, was the aggressor throughout 20 rounds of fast fighting with Johnny Kilbane, the Cleveland, O., featherweight, at the Vernon arena today, and gained the decision, al though Kilbane finished strong and had all the better of the last round. Kilbane showed himself to -be the better boxer, but Rivers' hard punches, when they landed, slowed the Cleve land lad up and several times had him in distress. Kilbane took advantage of Rivera' overeagerness and his . wild swings to slip in hard punches to the jaw, and stabbed him repeatedly with lefts to the face, but without serious damage. The men weighed in at 122 pounds, at 10 A. M. today? LINDSAY HIS HIS FILL UMPIRE PROBLEM WORRIES : HEAD OF LEAGUE. Rnsle, Who Xever Umpired League Baseball Game In Life, Will Be Welcome Addition to Staff. SEATTLE, Wash., May 6. (Special.) Say "umpire" to President Lindsay, of the Northwestern League, and he'll take to cover about as quickly as pos sible. If- there is one thing of which Lindsay has had his- hands full this seaaon It has been the umpire question. From the very outset of the season the fans over the circuit started a roar not so much at the deolsions of the In dicator handlers as at the straight and narrow path which they compelled the players to walK throughout the games. When Lindsay secured Steve Kane, big league star , umpire, he patted himself on the back. ' With. Kane, .Ward, Shackleford and Longanecker the umpiring was not In bad hairas, but they were under strict orders not to allow a player to say a word for himself. Result: After a few fines had been handed out and a num ber of players banished from games, the fans arrived at the decision that the effect of Lindsay's order was not only to remove rowdy ball from-the games but to take every particle of ginger from the men and to do away with that spirit of fighting to win. Then came the row between Mike Lynch and Umpire Ward and Lynch's subsequent suspension for the rest of the season. Again there was a big howl with Lindsay getting roasted from every side. Fans threatened to boycott the games in which Tacoma figured if the popular Lynch were not In the lineup; directors of the league rallied around Schreeder and backed him In declaring the punishment too heavy and now a special meeting has been called for May 14 at which .It is declared Lynch will be reinstated over Lindsay's head. The nejtt chapter was the hiring of Amos Rusie, former star twirler of the old-time New York Giants. Rusle never umpired a league game but he does know the game. His appearance at Portland this week will be his initia tion. He will be aided by Steve Kane. Now Lindsay had hardly finished exonerating Umpire Ward from ' all blame in the Lynch affair than he hired Rusie. Whether Ward saw the handwriting on the wall and believed the directors, at the May '14 meeting, would let him go, or whether he was simply tired of the game is a question, but at any rate he lost no time In hand ing In his resignation to Lindsay. Lindsay accepted the resignation and now he wouldn't allow his dearest friend to talk to him about umpires. ; There has been a certain raggedness In the games in the Northwestern League this season which bespeaks lack of ante-season training. True, wet weather before the start of the season handicapped the players and kept them from an opportunity at get ting Into condition, but there are many fans who believe the policy of chasing the dollar in the league alone was re sponsible. ' Agitation is already under way to have the teams train In Cali fornia next season, where the men may play and get the kinks out of their arms In fine shape before actual play begins. However, the games are al ready getting better and cleaner, so he habit of booting everything and heaving every ball wide or low may soon be much rarer. Seattle fans do not figure Portland a tall-end , team' in the Northwestern League, nor is It believed that th Roadsters will even be a last division actor. The bad start against Spokane brought forth the statement, heard so often two years ago: "McCredle sends a cheap team Into this league and cen ters his strength in the Coast League." But when Nick Williams men lined up at Dugdale Park sentiment underwent a change. Seattle took the lion's share of the games but the Roadsters showed themselves to be a gingery lot of play ers and by far the cleanest, fielders that have appeared here this season. They hit the ball well and to inop portune hitting alone Is attributed the loss of the series. Cugdale was ill this week. No great wonder, either. Since 1896 there has not been so much rain and so many games postponed in a single series as this week. The loss to the exchequer has been enough, to make even jel more Jovial man than Mr. Dugdale "get the dumps." The players themselves are fretting over the weather and the fans are simply yelling themselves hoarse for a game. Major League Baseball Notes "Bunny" Pearce, the Oakland catch er, who is known in society as William C. Pearce, Jr., has claimed Miss Blanche Geffene a Fruitville girl, for his bride. President Ebbets, of the Brooklyn Club, is giving out little souvenirs to his friends in the shape of a nickel plated miniature anvil and sledge ham mer. On the top of the anvil It says, "Knock here.", and on one elde Is stamped, "But Boost Brooklyn." The other side is dated "April 20, 1911." . Brick Devereaux. the Old Red Dog, will augment the Salt Lake lineup this season. Devereaux was sent for by r out A "We're 4 ' trotting out" a "string of favorites" in the men's clothing business in this City. The one best bet of the day in. the Popularity Race is the Politz hand-tailored, suits for men and , young men. .Never left at the post They cross' under the vire ahead in quality,' style and pattern. The most critical judges agree. Today's sure winner Ufing (George Our New English ModeL 285 "Morrison St. Between Fourth and Fifth. Blankenshlp to bolster his infield. The Union Association has opened its sea son with Great Falls in the lead and Helena in the cellar. . Johnny Williams, a highly-touted pitcher in the Hawaiian Islands, Is on his way to join the Sacramento team. Williams was recommended by "Babe" Danzig and was sent a contract by Manager Graham. ... Duluth admirers have presented the mighty nimrod. President Comlskey, of the Chicago White Sox, with a big stuffed moose, to be set up at South Side Park. ... First Basemen Stovall, relieved of the presence of any rivals for his job. Is playing great ball for Cleveland. Pretty good performer is Georgle, after all. ... According to a letter received from Happy Hogan. the ex-Ouklander ex pects to be sent, to Jeroey city to fin ish the season. Bris Lord Is playing left field for Mack's party. ... Otis Johnson, former Portlander, who Is playing short for the HiRhlanders. to date has made a-'ery good impression. He seems to bv a good fielder, has a strong arm and displays intelligence whenever he gets hold of the ball. ... Without Lord and Stahl the Boston speed boys are not making a favorable impression. ' "That Jake Stahl will be greatly missed was apparent," writes one Wash ington critic. . Pittsburg critics are greatly encour aged over the good pitching of Babe Adams and Howard Camnitz. With these two chaps right the Pirates will be harder to tattoo than last year. . ... The reports that "Bugs" Raymond fell off the water wagon at Atlanta, Ga., were untrue. The "Buks" Is so much of a temperance man that he refuses to pitch a ball with a hop on it. Danny Long has turned over Joe To bln to the Tacoma club in the North western League under an optional agreement. Tobln has the making of a good outfielder with a little more ex perience. A Cincinnati story is to the effect that Manager Clark Griffith has incurred the enemity of catcher McLean and first baseman Hoblitzel by appointing Mike Mitchell team captain, which position the disgrunted ones coveted. ... The attendance last Saturday on both sides of the bay at San Francisco was good; Oakland had a record crowd of something like 9000, while there were probably 12,000 at Recreation Park in the afternoon. Portland had over 10, 000 out for the Sacramento game here. ... "Plng" Bodie, who went up from the Pacific Coast League, has been given a permanent position In the outfield of the Chicago American League Club by Presi dent Comiskey as a result of his sen sational batting In the game with St. Louis. Out of five times at bat Bodie made four hits, including a triple and a double, which netted him threo runs. MMwaukle critics traveling with the team (and stay-at-home ones, too) be lieve that there" will have to be per formed some surgical operations on the catching department before the May flowers begin to shelter butterflies. Ludwlg and Marshall are said to be lack ing In "ginger." Young Breen, however, appears to be making good. ... President Armour, of Toledo, has a fine grouch over the financial setback of the training trip to Chattanooga. Tenn. Owing to the adverse weather. Armour is out of-pocket about $5000. He conducted his training trip along big league Ideas and split his squad into two teams. The result was that he sank a great deal of extra money for rail way fares. Armour says that hereafter the force will be kept intact during the training and exhibition period. 230 Persons Taught to Swim. Two hundred and thirty persons learned to swim under the instruction of H. H. Corsan at the Y. M. C. A. dur ing the past week. One hundred and ninety-four of the swimmers were boys. Corsan is touring the country for the association and will leave this morning for Oakland and Berkeley. . i rk..w,.if v, Wlnt Vmm Harvard.! A,. U 1 v.l.v... '.. -. - - - ' " CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 6. Daift- mouth College won a auai tracK m- for the first time from Harvard L versity today, 60 to 57.