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THE ST3DAT OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND. 3IAY 21. 1911. CHAMPIONS MEET SEALS. HE NEXT McCredie's Men Return From South Tuesday for Three Weeks Stay. BEAVERS GO MARCHING ON Fine Rerocd Made on ltr-riit Trip rieasln-r to Portland Fans. Mho fount oa Exciting and Cloe Srrir Hrre Thl Tim. BY W. J. TETRAIV. Tha Portland Beavers will return here from the South next Tuesday for a week's stay, during wMch tlraa they will meet tr.e an Francisco. Oakland and La Angeles riuba In the order naneO. Whlit Nl.-k Williams Roadsters hava kn playing (Ml baseball between showers the fana are tniluui for tha rerorn of Mc reedle a champions In aentlment I'ortland ta a k'n'-tn.- Coast Leag le town as far aa baseball Is con cerned, and the return of tha Rearers, will be like a tonic to the fans, whose appetite for baseball haa anly been In creased bv the victorious crer of the flaa" winners In the Southland. Tha IMI Beavers mora than mada aood during their tlrst home stay, and tha onwjrd march undertaken bv them was onlr temporarily halted by tha Seals, who succeeds In taking four of the aeven games played at tha Hay flty. But nest week when tha Mohler-ixn contingent cornea t I'nrtian'l for the first time I'ortland fans hone for a reversal of that de rision. The Seals hare always been a drawlna- card here and the Interest pe ine; displayed In the approaching series In.tlcates that there will be no falling off In this respect when they come here nemt Tuesday. If there Is one club In the Pacific Coaat League that I'ortland fans like to sea defeated It Is the San Francisco club. It Is due to theOld-tlme rivalry between the two cities, and because of tftla sentiment record-breaking attend ances can be expected next wrk. Following the series with the Seals comes Harry Wolverton. and alone with him cornea Oua Hetllng. the man whoee efforts to plav ball last year caused the trouble for Wolverton and Graham, aa well aa soma little anxiety to the JJc Oredlea. Oakland' Strength Admltu-d. The hotly-contested battle for the pennant waced by Oakland and Tort land lat year will not be fan-gotten In some time. and. while the .fana here censured 'Wolverton for hla protest of Hetllnir at that time, they readily rec ognize hla baseball ability and appre ciate the Oakland club for Its prowess. The third week will see the Angel hand with the Teteran "I'a" Dillon In .haras. Los Angeles will be reinforced by the acquisition of some new talent. The Seals are coming North with practically the same team which repre sented fan Kranclsco last year..Oot Aclders Fowell and Weaver, who hava aunolanted Fine Bodle and Jimmy I - I. .nd pitchers Mosklman and Zamtock are the only new facee In iAhi.r'. ara-res-atlon. Mosklman la nnf an unfamiliar figure here, Several tnri if i he appeared here as a mem ber of the Oakland team and his pltch- Ini and hatting made him a warm ta xorlre with the fans. Zamlock waa tiere with Sacramento recently, but hla only sashay against the Beavers ass a disastrous one. as MrCredle's braves chased him to the clubhouse be fore he had completed the first mains;. Men Have Ability. 1 TO 0 GAME OR 12 TO 10, WHICH DO BASEBALL FANS LIKE BEST TO SEE? Kick Williams, Manager of Roadsters, Argues That Big Scores Are More Interesting, While Harry Ostdiek, of Spokane Clnb, Takes Opposite of Question. BY ROSfOE FAWCETT. THE 1 to 0 frame or the IX to 10? Which does the baseball fan pre fer? Plscusslon centered around the above perplexlns; question at baseball head quarters the rfther nlghu and the fir Ins; of, the opening fualllade found two of the ablest baseball heads In the West lined up on opposite sides of the he-la-. .Nl.-k Williams. manager of the Portland tram. takea the fattened product, while Manager Harry Ostdiek. of the Spokane Indiana, rrlea "nay.". "The cork-centered ball will grad ually come Into general diafavor." quoth Ostdiek. who la a former Boston backstop. "A week ago Thursday, no less than 1S2 runs ware scored In the iralor leaguea and the American Asso ciation This la an average of 7.S runs per team, while hits averaged 10. t per club. "These 34-hlt contests may appeal to some of the bugs, but I dare say nine-tenths of the fans Ilka the nerve racking J-to-1 or 1-to-o nlne-lnnlng affray.' "If there Is any sounek more enjoy able to t baseball fan than a baae hit It la two of the eame hraftd. ar gued Manager Wllllama. "I'm strong for the ! to kind of baseball. The 1-to-s game la arlentltlc and all that. but nobody can aay It Is exciting. F.very conceivable situation comes up In the big score game and that's what makes enthusiasm and enthusiasm makes 'baseball. Three-baggers and home runs, to my mind, are sym phonies In themselves. "Hitting and plenty of It Is what the fans want and If the Inrreased bat ting thla season Is due to the Increase In the rubber around the cork In the baseballs and It Is without a question then by all means add a little mora rubber." Manager Ntrk Williams, by the way, Is playing first base for Portland be cause of an earthquake. Some of the later generation of Port land fana may not know it. but Nick Williams started out In hla professional baseball career as a pitcher. Williams was a student at the I'nivemlty of California In 1900-1J01 and 10S and while there performed on the hill for the varsity.' starting out with the San Francisco cam during the latter part of 1902. A year previous to that, the Berkeley boys toured the Northwest, meeting Multnomah. Oregon. Washington and other clubs, with Wllllama and Orvle Overall, later with Chicago, alternating In, the battery role. Williams occupies the unique distinction of being able to give or to receive." Columbus. O.. got Nick from San Francisco in 10 and later In the sea son he waa sold to Minneapolis, where he hurled the slants until July. 1D04, when Seattle secured Mm. A year later. the wanderlust went the route of the Vancouver fight game and 1905 found hint back In San Francisco. Then oame the earthquake and the reaultant demoralization of the San Francisco Club. "They didn't have a man to play Tlrst base for them ao I went to the station and that's why yours truly Is stationed at the Initial corner for Port land today." says Nicholas. Williams Is an excellent catcher and will prob ably help out Harris and Bradley at odd times during the present North western race, ewtteblng Ort Into the Infield. Powell and Weaver have added strength to the Seal lineup. While Powell Is not the slugger Bodle Is. he has managed to get his share of base hits quite regularly and will undoubt edly prove a favorite with the fana. Weaver Is a youngster who has shown lots of ability.. stern, who participated In Friday's slaughter of the Innocents at Sacra mento, ml'.l likely be selected by Mc Credle to assail the Seals next Tuesday, though It may be that McCredle will ue his twlrlera In turn and In that event either Klmer Koeatner or Benny Henderson will have the call at twirl ing the first game against "Kid" Moh ler and hla frisky seals. FIRST NATJOSAI. VMKFKATED HINrrnla Team Hanks Srrond In Bankers' league Standing. Although the schedule for the Bank league has been broken by bad weather, two games were played last week. The First National team de feated the Hlbernla Savings team Tuesday. 7 to Fight Innings were played. Batteries: First National. iKiuglaee and Shearer; Hlbernla Sav ings. Hughes and Oleason. At Multnomah Held yesterday, the Hlbernla Savings team defeated the Catted States National. to 5. which makes this team a close second fr the championship of the league. Bat teries: Hlbernla Savings. Hughes and Oleason: United States National. Young and Word. The standings of the teams: Won. LceL rc Fret National 4 Hlbernla I .add jm Tnn 3 'urlty Saving. ........ 1 I nlt-d Stores Na'toPal 1 I unlnTtn N.it.nT 1 Mervaanta' Natl .rial . e "What Is the most amusing occur rence yon ever saw on the diamond?" the writer asked the assembled crack- erbox brigade. Joe Cohn. Perle Casey, Nick Williams, Cooney. Ostdiek. Net set -and others were finally persuaded to .speak. Here's one from Casey, which haa been duly registered with Ashenback's "Humor Among the Minors." "Portland had a hustling young Celt named Dannie Shea on the catching staff back about 190?. It used to be the practice for the player who had the last putout to keep the ball. Shea's anxiety to get the coveted sphere lost a game for his club against Spokane one day. "There were two Spokane men on the bases, second and third respectively, one out. and a base Mt would win the game for Spokane. The next bataman struck out. and Shea, with a wild yell, put the ball In hla hip pocket and made a dash for the bus. thinking It was the third out. "He did not run far aa the men on the bench seized hint, frantically yell ing that there were only two out. and trying to get the ball out of hla pocket. Aluir. for poor Shea! By the time they got hold of the ball the two base runners had scored and the game went to Spokane." see Phil Cooney lost a game for the Johnstown clnb In the Tri-State League In somewhat the same manner year or two before he Joined Port- i. " 'Ar9isiC COAST CLUBS BUT FOR .261 AVERAGE Outfielder Stinson, of Vernon, Leads Hitters in Past ' - Two Weeks. RYAN BEST OF BEAVERS land In 1!0S. In Trl-State lore the play In referred back to as the "Coco- oola climax." "Some admirer sent ('own a glass of coco-cola and I was busily engaged In getting outalde of It via an ale-colored straw when the captain shouted 'Get up there. Cooney. You're turn to bat.' " said Phil. "I tucked the beverage safely away under the bench, grabbed my clubhand hustled to the plate, and got a single. On the third ball, I stole second and then somebody rapped a grounder, to Zimmerman, now with Brooklyn, who was playing third for our opponents. "Zimmerman made a neat atop and threw to first, heading off the runner. so I ran straight In to the bench from third baae. In my hurry to get back to that coco-cola, overlooking that only two men were out. The first baseman heaved the hall bnck to Zimmerman and he trotted over and touched me and we lost the game. No more coco cola for me." Joseph Cohn. owner of the Spokane ball team which Is finishing a series here, haa a fund of good stories. "I think the climax of all baseball yarns Is the famous Setley looking-glass de- slslon, warbled Joey, whilst silence swooped o'er the gathering. As I remember it. Setley was um piring a hot series at Peoria. IIL In the crucial game. Peoria found herself In a tight hole In the ninth Inning with the 'bases full. The batsman crammed grounder down to the second base man, who fumbled, but recovered In time to hurl to first. The first base man aeeing a base-runner floundering on the other side of the diamond shot he ball over to third. Setley. who had Just covered the play ut first, never turned, but. with his back to third, waved his hand, and shouted, 'Both men out.' ay "A riot naturally followed and when the scene had calmed down a little. he captain of the team that had been stung bellowed:' ,'Tou bad your back to third. How'd you know the man over there was out? "Setley Instantly showed a looking glass, hidden In the palm of his hand. " 'My boy.' he said, 'with the mirror I keep track of all parte of the Held, and I could see that the man at third wna out by Just looking toward first I base. . sea Old "Red Dog" Devereaiix. former Coast Leaguer, who Is now caressing the horsehlde for Salt Lake in the I'nlon League, was the butt of one of the funniest experiences that ever came under .Nick Williams' notice. "Devereaux was one' of the aunch that took the trip to Japan and the Philippines with the Reach All-Ameri cans two or three years ago." said Manager Nick. "His buffoonery kept the crowds In an uproar every place we went. In Japan, the Nipponese thought Managers Wllllama, of the Portland Roadsters, aad Ostdiek. of the po- kli Champlowa. Two of the Wisest Heads la tke Northwest Lessse, and Joseph P. Cobb, Owner of the Spo kane Champions, One of the Beat Spend era im the Baelneee. he was belittling their work and. the authorities made "Red Dog' cut out hla queer capers. Honolulu was where we finally got his Angora. "One of Devereaux' queerest kinks was to crouch down on his hands and knees and prance up toward the bat ter from third, barking and howling like a dog. Guess that's where he got the title 'Red Dog." At any rate we fixed It up with Pitcher Flaherty this particular day In Honolulu to bide his opportunity and then, whenever 'Red Dog ventured especially close to home plate, feed the batter an easy slow ball. 'He did, and the way that Hawaiian bfnged the ball down at Devereaux would make the Los Angeles explosion sound like the vesper song of a waxen butterfly. It took 'Red Dog' squarely on the big toe. and bounded off to the players' bench, while the crowd and players alike shrieked with ill-concealed, hilarity. "Devereaux never sot over that. He knew we had framed It on him and to this day I believe is secretly scheming up some diabolic vengeance on the. men that took that eventful tour of the Orient." GRANTS PASS BASEBALL TEAM HAS MANY SCALPS TO ITS CREDIT. ;i4 . 2 '' . ?" .ae lirslNIs COI.I.KWIAXS PLAV 1'ortland school I.rad league and Holmr Is Second. Three games wrre playctl last week between teams of the Business College league. Tuesday, at the Columbus Club grounds, he Portland Business College defeated the Holmes team. S to 7. Friday the Hehnke-Walker team waa d-fratrd. to 1. by . ..rtstlan Brothers. Saturday at the Columbus 1ub grounds. I'ortland Business Col lege defeated Christian Brothers, i to I. The standings: Won. Lst. p. Portland 4 1 w l in-.ra " K-hrke-W a ker - ." l'1-.r.auaa Bruthers 2 4 .S-13 Two-Mile Ilccord lowered. PHILADELPHIA. Msy SO. The tenth annual Middle states senior scholastic championship track meet on Franklin Field this sfternoein resulted In a victory for Hill School of I'ottatown. Ps. over Baltimore and Meyersburg schools. In the two mlie. Plympton of Hill School lowered the two-mile American Inter erholeatlo record of 1:1 S-t to lvJe s Tr -vwl ? T A CT MKMBF.RS OF CR-iSTa.PSS BALL TEAM. GRANTS PASS Or. May i- lSperl- Reading from left to right, top yw: Mr. Cole, team Coach: St. Cyr. rf: Riggs. cf; Williams. Sb: Prkes. lb: Fred Roper, manager. Middle row, Faublon. extra catcher; Wlckler. :h; Smith. If: Cook. lb. Bottom row. Osborn. pitcher; Baker, catcher: Faublon. as: "PaL" the club's thoroughbred bulldog and Mae col. Tite team has made an enviable record and has run Medford Into a hole four out of five games In a running series of five. Manager Roper Is Increasing the team's strength by dally practice. lavltatlons will be sent out to other parts of Oregon to meet with' other league teams. The pitching and batting have been the best and strongest features of the boys' work. FOCI PITCHERS - ARE TIED Engle, Skcels, Willis aad Gordon Each Win five Straight. Four pitchers are tied for first hon ors of the Northwestern League to date, all having won five straight games. They are the veteran. George Englo, of Van couver; ' Dave Skeels, the youthful pro digy, formerly of Gonxaga College. Spo kane, farmed to Seattle from Detroit; Ralph Willis, star twlrler of the San Francisco Coast champions of 1909, now with the Indians, and Blaine Gordon, tbe Bremerton boy, with Tacoma. a Paul Strand. the Spokane southpaw sensation, sold to Boston, has won four out of his five games. Fnglc's work has been the real sen sation of the league. a The veteran has pitched one one-hit. one two-hit, twd fnur-hlt and one five-hit games so far this year, a total of 14 hlta having been all Northwestern batsmen ' could do against him In five games. Netxel still leads the Individual bat ters but little Mundorft has been climb ing rapidly of late. Bennett, the Van couver Teteran. Is also coming up fast. Harrison, Boy Brown's young speed" wonder, loows up aa a possible rival of Netxel for base-running honors. House holder has passed Bues for the long swat honors with 18 extra bases to 17 for the Seattle tblrd-aacJcer. The week's statistics: Individual vecorde. Butler. Seattle... Netaal. 6potaane Beaton. Seattle Mundorft. Portland..... Swam. Vancouver Zimmerman. SpnKane. , Householder. Victoria. Bue. Seattle v. Frisk. Spokane HtKfftna. Tacoma...... Branhear. Vancuwer. . Carta rlsht. Fpokfffie... Beejnett. - Vancouver... Goodman. Victoria.... Brlnker. Vancouver... Skeela Seattle Bauer. Spokane.. . Crukkahank. Seattle ... Buraa, Tacoma ....... Vrnaor. Portland Weed. Seattle Nordyke, Spokane..... Ravmer. Victoria...... Keller. Victoria Hading. Seattle Harrison. Vancouver. . Cooney. Spokane nenneay. 1 icomt Bonner, Ppokane The leading baae-stealers are: Netzel. 15: Harrison. 11; Cooney, Adams. f; Bennett, Burns, S; Klppert, Mundorff. 7: Frisk. Zim merman, Tauecher, SlovalU Ort. Warren, Baeaey. Tbe leadlnr sacrifice hitters are: Adama S. Cooney. 8: Klppert. Hasty. Kayrner. Burns. 7; Tauecher. Menaor, Casey. Harris. 6. The leading extra baae hlttera are: fTotal extra baeesl Householder. 19: Buea. 17; Cet- sel. 14. urmker. Frisk, 14: Mundorft. 13; Swain, Zimmerman, 11. Leading Pitchers. Buddy Maintains .830 Clip, While Cliadbourne, Rogers and Krue ger Fatten Averages at Ex pense ' of Twirlers. Outfielder Stinson, of the Vernon club, - who has been hitting- the ball at a terrific clip during the past two weeks, la the nominal leader of the Pacific Coast League batsmen In the games up to and including those played May 14. Stinson has been hitting the ball hard and often ever since the com mencement of the Vernon series at Portland three weeks ago, and haa climbed from the ranks of the .250 hit ters to .549. Buddy Ryan leads the league in double-base hits, and his teammate, Artie Krueger, is second, while Tommy Shee han. Peckinpaugh and Rodgers are also getting' their share of two-baggers. In the number of two-baggers scored-and stolen bases accumulated so far, the Portland club Is leader of the leaawe by a good margin. That hitting pre dominates In this league Is emphasized by the fact that the six clubs collec tively are batting for a grand average of .261. The averages up to and including last Sunday's games are as follows: Player Club Ag-new. Los Anreles McCreedle, Portland Stewart, Vernon Baum. Sacramento ..... Bernard. Los Angeles.... Davis. Los Angeles Stinson. Vernon........ Henley, San Francisco... Mahoney, Sacramento ... Llanzfs. Sacramento . . . McArdle, San Francisco. Ryan, Portlant" Weaver, San Francisco.. Powell. San Francisco... J. Sheehan. Vernon Patterson. Vernon . . . Mohler, San Francisco... Zacher, Oakland Maggart- Oakland Coucnmari, Los Angeles. Henderson. Portland .... CCRourke, Sacramento .. Rapps. Portland ....... McDunnell. Vernon Cutshaw. Oakland Seaton. Portland Tennant. San Francisco. Shlnn. Sacramento Metzeer, Los Angeles.... LHIlon, lyos Angeles..... Moore. Los Angeles Pcrnoll, Oakland T. Sheehan,- Portland. ... Daley, Los Angeles..... Thomas. Sacramento ... Berry. San Francisco.... Carlisle. Vernon Melchlor. San Francisco. Hogan. Vernon Lewis,. J3. r. and bac... Peckinpaugh. Portland.. Shaw. San Francisco.... Brashear. Vernon ... . Pfyl. Oakland Pearce. OaJcland ........ Abbott. Los Angeles Roes. Vernon Madden. San Francisco. Hltt, Vernon Delmas. Los Angeles..... Hoso. Vernon Vltt. San Francisco....... Steen. Portland Castleton. Vernon Zamlock. Sac. and s. r . Fanwell. Portland Hunt. Sacramento Hoffman. Oakland.. Coy. Oakland LaLonge, Sacramento..... Krueger, rortlana . . ... Wolverton, Oakland Wares. Oakland ......... Akin, Los Angeles I . . Heister, Sacramento Rodgers. Portland Mosklman. San Francisco. Mltin, Oakland yiartlnke. Los Angeles.... Crlger. Los Angeles Burrell, Vernon .... Hetllng. Oakland Nourse. Sacramento Knight, Oakland Van Buren. Sacramento. . Howard. Los Angeles Schmidt. Pan Francisco.. Bryam. Sacramento , . AB. R. 1BH. BA. ...8 1 4 .SOU ...101 .500 ... 1 5 7 .438 ...7 0 3 .2i ... 19 S 13 .414 . .. 20 J .400 ...lit 15 44 .349 ... 23 4 9 .343 ... 49 10 17 .347 ...162 2.1 K .340 ...175 :t 0 .343 ...1S2 II 60 .3-J0 ...152 23 SO .3-'9 ...14 :i 48 .s:i ... 41 4 13 .317 . ..15 30 49 .311 ...130 13 41 .31." ... 3.1 2 11 .314 ...ITS S8. 5.i .309 ... 11 1 4 .308 ...21 2 7 .304 . ,.1S 32 49 .29.1 ..".139 13 41 .295 ...140 15 41 .293 ...172 22 50 .291 ...31 4 9 .290 ...191 28 55 .28 ...139 30 40 .2S8 ...17 31 48 .2S7 ...133 19 38 .2S .. .171 27 49 ,;KJ ... 32 2 9 .281 ...161. 23 47 .280 ...125 22 . 35 .2SO ...126 10 25 .2-0 ...126 16 35 .278 ...163 33 43 .276 ...109 19 30 .275 ... 44 2 12 .273 93 10 25 .269 ...165 17 44 .267 ... 15 1 4 .267 ...154 19 41 .266 ,..181 18 48 .25 ... 68 5 18 .265 ... 68 18 .215 ...159 26 42 .264 ... 99 16 26 .263 ... 19 3 5 .263 ...149 13 39 .262 ... 46 5 12 .261 ...11 19 30 . .259 ...36 6 9 .260 ..24 0 6 .250 8 2 2 .250 ...4 1 1 .250 ..4 0 1 .250 ..157. 21 39 .248 ..142 23 '35 .246 .. 41 ( 10 .244 ..170 24 41 .241 .. 58 5 14 .241 ..168 17 40 .238 ..165 20 39 .236 ..145 14 34 .234 ..163 16 38 .233 .. 13 1 3 .231 .. 91 14 2t .231 .. 22 0 5 .227 ..31 3 7 .2-!6 ..15S 15 35 .222 ..135 14 30 .222 ..36 1 8 .222 . . 27 2 8 .221 ..109 8 24 .220 ..65 13 14 .215 .. !8 2 6 .214 ..14 1 3 .214 ..17B 17 87 .210 .. 29 2 6 .207 ..73 15 .206 ger - 14. Shlnn 13. Moore. Stinson and O'Rourke 11 each. Patterson 10,' Coy and Maggart 9 each. Heister 8. T. Sheehan. Peckinpaugh. Rodgers. Weaver. Mohler and Daley 7 each. Powell. McArdle, Madden. Delmaa. Carlisle. McDonell and Danzig 6 each, Rapps. Melchior. Vltt. Berry, Mets ger. Pfyl. Uetllng, Bra-ihear and Van Buren & each. Leading three-base hitters Dillon 5. Rodgers. Pfyl and Danzig 4 each. Peckin paugh. Delmas. Maggart. Carlisle. Rosa. O'Rourke and Thornton 3 each. Ryan, How ard, Metzger, Daley, Coy. Wares, Patter son. Brashear. Kane and Lerchen 3 each. Leading home run hitters Danzig 7, Ma honey 5. Ryan 4, Maggart and Stinson 3 each, Peckinpaugh. Melchlor, Henley. Coy, Hetllng. Hoffman and O'Rourke 2 each. Leading run getters -Maggart 38. Car lisle 33. O'Rourke 32. Ryan and Metzger 31 each, Moore 27, McArdle, Tennant and Ross 26 each, Danzig 25. Krueger 34. T. Sheehan. Pewell. Weaver and Coy 23 each. Daley and Cutshaw 22 each, Hoffman 21. Akin 20, Mel chlor. Vltt. Dillon and Brashear 19 each. Pfyle 18. Chadbourne. Peckinpaugh and Wares 17 each. Rodgers. Madden and Berry 11 each; Burrell, McDonell and Stinson 15 each. Team Batting. Club Games. AB. R. 1BH. BA. San Francisco 47 1570 208 43 2SS Vernon 45 1473 188 37 263 Sacramento 42 1378 178 353 25H Portland ....:. ...45 149r, 17 3S0 2T.4 Oakland .47 1T.92 20O 401 252 Los Angeles. .....45 1495 196 373 249 Total 903 114S 2347 '261 League batting average. Hits Made by Clubs. 2BH.3BH. EH. SH. SB. DP.TP.SO. San Fran.. 67 9 8 75 76 34 0 4 Vernon 58 17 6 64 58 3S 0 3 Sacramento 60 16 15 69 47 33 0 3 Portland... 73 14 9 52 S3 39 2 6 Oakland... 63 13 14 SJ 79 44 0 7 Los An J" lei 56 18 3 64 63 26 0 1 Total ...366 36 S5 356 406 214 2 23 LONG YET WORRIES Pitching Staff Causing Sals No End of Trouble. TWO ARE lilVtN KtLtAbt PITCHERS IKE BIG HIT PACIFIC COASTERS WIN" FAST COMPANY. ' IX Former Portland Southpaw Xow Stands Second In American League In Strikeouts. Former Paclflc Coast League pitchers are doing fine work In the major leagues this season, for Vean 43repg, Uene Krapp, Walter Nagle. Jack Lively. Bobby Keefe, Dolly Gray and cnariey Man are all well up among the leading twirlers with respectable winning percentages to their credit. Bobby Groom and "Speck" Harkness did not get good starts, though the latter came out victorious last Sun day. GregR is making a great record for himself, for he stands second in the American League in the number of strikeouts scored, and the .only pitchers who excell him In the number of bats men fanned by them in either league are Ed Walsh of the Chicago Ameri cans, and Moore of the Philadelphia "Nationals, both of whom have pitched more games than has Gregsr. Since the last records were compiled, Gregg has won another victory. Krapp is credited with S -victories and three defeats in 7 games, the other two being occasions when he relieved some pitcher after a game was already lost. Nagle has won 3 and lost 1 with Pitts burg, while Bobby Keefe Is credited with 2 victories and no defeats with Cincin nati up to the games of May 10. The records of the big leagues' pitch ers winning .500 per cent of their games up to that date is as follows: Records compiled up to May 14: American League. Players G. W. L. SO. BB. H. AB R H Ave. .... t 1 3 .SOO .... ' 4 2 2 .W ....106 28 45 .424 ... 17 4 7 .412 ...S3 7 34 .4K) SI 11 19 .372 ... 7 10 2t) .367 ... IX S3 .:i7 ... S V2 23 .38 ...US 21 32 ,ii7 ... 12 1 ' 4 .3:13 ...! 1 22 .310 ... in S i .318 ... 92 14 2 .316 ... 0 13 20 ..fcKI ...K4 1.1 31 .2!' ...17 S it .2-I4 ...17 t S .24 ... .13 4 15 .283 ... 74 11 20 .27(1 ...' IS 21 .267 ... 13 IS .263 .. . 94 18 25 .260 ...loi la 2 .2.7 ... :ia 3 io .258 .. . S3 - 11 1 .2.".4 . . . 7S 7 li ' .2514 ...loo IB 2S .. ...32 3 8 .2:0 . . . 12 1 3 .2.0 Delphi. Los Angeles. Thornton. Sacramento Miscellaneous Records. T rtlt, sacrifice hKters Vlttl3, Mets- i- nH. Cutshaw 1! each. Wares. Burrell and Ross 10 esch. McArdle. Mohfcr. Dillon. Delmas and Lerchen 9 each, Ryan, Rapps, Powell, Moore and Thomas S each. Chad bourne. Weaver, Hetllng and O'Rourke 7 each. Krueger, Pfyl. Heister and Brashear 6 each, T. Sheehan, Murray, Berry. Hogan. Van Buren and Danslg 6 each. iMdlnr base stealers Cutshaw 20, Mag gart 17, Chadbourne l. Ryan. Powell. Vltt, Moore. Daley ana wares 12 eacn, weaver. Carlisle and Brashear 11 each. Tennant and 8hlnn 10 each. Roda-era. Rapps and Pfyl 9 each. Krueger. Peckinpaugh and Heister 8 each. T. Sheehan. Delmaa and Ross 7 each. Hoffman and Lewis 6 each, Murray. Mohler, Madden. Metae-er. Howard. Patterson. Mc Donell. Stinson, O'Rourke and Danslg 6 each, leading two-base hitters Ryan 18. Krue- Works. Det 5 Plank, Ath 5 Lafitte. Det. . . .3 Covington, Det.. 3 Gray. Wash. 6 I. Toung. Chi... 2 YinBllng. Clev. .3 Qulnn. X. Y 6 Mullln. Det 7 Ford. N. Y S Lively, Det. 4 Gregg, Clev. fl Wood. Bos 6 Johnson, Wash, ft Walsh. Chi 0 Cicotte, Bos. . . .4 R. Col's. Bos. . .5 Lake. St. L. 5 Karjrer. Bos. . :'.6 Caldwell, N. Y..8 Bender, Ath. . . .4 Scott, Chi 7 Pape, Bos 2 Warhop, N. Y...4 F'kenbere, clev.. 2 Hall, Bos 4 Olmstead. Chi. .3 W. Michael. le-4 Krause, Ath. ...4 Morgan, Ath. ..4 Wlllett. Deu ...5 4 3 3 a l l l 6 4 3. 3 4 3 3 -2 2 2 2 2 12 25 10 9 IO 1 3 8 25 14 21 2 2S 25 43 11 4 10 13 25 23 16 10 6 6 11 4 10 13 31 14 2:t 22 IS 36 3S 27 43 Players Pfefft?r, Bos. E. Steele, Pitts.. 4 Brennan. PhiL. .3 Marquard, N. Y.4 Keefe. Cln 5 Chalmers, PhlL.3 Reulhach, Chi... 3 Geyer. St. L 4 Moore, Phil. . . .7 Alexander, Phil. 5 Matheson. Is. Y..5 Adams, Pitts. '...6 Suggs Cln 4 Camnltz. Pitta. .5 Crandall, N. Y...3 Nagle, Pitts 5 Beebe. Pnlla 3 Mclntlre. Chi.... 3 Wlltse, Jf. Y o Raymond. K. Y.5 Weaver, Chi 5 Richie. Chi 6 Sallee. St. L 7 Barger, Bklvn...5 Rowan. phila.....1 Burns. Ctn......3 Gasper. Cin 8 National "League. G. W. L. SO. BB. H. 11 17 7 15 38 29 26 18 13 19 17 IO 10 18 7 5 12 13 12 11 12, 2S 8 35 3 16 16 33 Av. 1000 1000 1000 1O00 10O0 HHIO 1OO0 1000 .857 .St0 .750 .750 .667 .W0 .6"0 . 500 .500 .500 .500 .500 .500 .000 .500 .500 .500 .500 .500 .5O0 .5O0 .300 .500 Av. 10i 10 1 000 1000 looo 11)110 101 10 10U0 10O0 .S57 .800 .SOO .800 .750 .750 .750 .750 .667 .667 .667 .667 .667 .667 .667 .500 .5O0 ..VK .400 AEXETA SCHOOL BASEBALL f EAM CONTENDER FOR GRAM MAR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP. Twlrler Browning Proves Ability to "Come Back," Having Pitched Great Ball Wheu he Shut Out Beavers Fanwell Winner. BY HARRY B. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal May 20. (Special.) Danny Long Is still having" trouble with his pitchers. He released Frank Eastley the first of the week and after Harry Fielder, the Humboldt County boy, had pitched In' the Tues day game, he was handed his release. Fielder pitched fairly good ball, con sidering the way the Oaks were hit ting, but he couldn't stop the Commut ers from stealing bases and there was when Commodore Daniel rose up In his wrath and decided to make a cut. Inasmuch as he secured Carl Zam lock. the San Francisco high school lad from Sacramento In exchange for Out fielder Jimmy Lewis, he is still suf ficiently strong in the pitching staff but there is no disguising the fact that his boys are not working well In the box. Henley seems to be out of shape and Harry Suter hasn't been doing well since he was sent against the Oaks three times In one week not bo long .ago. Browning- Has "Come Back." Browning apparently has "come back," although that may not be so. He pitched great baseball last Sunday afternoon, when he shut out the Beav ers, although he was accorded elegant support at critical stages. There is no one player on the team, however, who is more popular than Browning, both with the ' spectators and the team. Everybody was pulling for him to win hj game and he was accorded a great reception when the last Portlander was retired and he was the winner. Mohler believes that Browning will do well. He says that he had every thing on the ball the week before at Los Angeles and now that he has de veloped control, he will be all right if he can hold it. The Oakland management is back ing up Harry Wolverton in strenuous efforts to strengthen the club. In ad dition to Zacher, the outfielder from the St. Louis Americans, four new pitchers have joined the club. The slabsters are "Lefty " Miller, who had permission to attend college in Chi cago until June; Gregory, the pitcher who has been with the St. Louis Amer icans since last Fall; Abies, a left hander who has been with the New York Americans this Spring and Flat er, the Newark twlrler. With the addition of Zacher, the Com muters have the strongest outfield In the Coast League. Zacher has made good without any doubt. He i an ex ceedingly good sticker, fast on his feet and an accurate fielder. Hoffman Is Well Liked. There seems a little doubt as to Hoff man, and some of the boys have been spreading the report that "Izzy" was not popular with his teammates and al together too friendly with Wolverton. Wolverton, upon his return, denied the report that there was any dissension In his club, and investigation proved that Hoffman Is well liked by the .other members -of the club. Dick Brltt, the Alameda first-sacker. will Join the Los Angeles team when It comes North In a couple of weeks. Frank Dillon, who realizes that he can not' last forever at the In'tlal sack, wants to have a live youngster for an understudy and believes that Britt will develop into a capable player and well able to take his place. Joe Tobin, the young outfielder, who tried out with the Seals, is playing with Alameda in the Central League. Long will likely give Tobin another chance next Spring, as he considers him one of the best fielding players on the Coast. Hunky Shaw is at work with the Seals again, as the scores will show. Shaw doesn't seem to have improved his fielding over last season, but he is on hand with the stick and can -run tha bases, which makes him look the right kind of a man. From what we saw of Pitcher Fan- ' well. McCredle has picked up a rattling; good man in the big league boy. Fan well was in one game against the Seals and he showed that he had speed and also that he fields his position in rat tling good shape. Pet. Willis. Ppokane :.'........ .5 s iui Gordon. Tacoma . ....... ......5 loos Skeels. Seattle 1 5 0 IOCS Engle. Vancouver ............ 5 0 1000 Annie, Tacoma ....1 lout Archer. Portland ............... ..1 14 Butler. Seattle 1 a lotto Strand. Spokane ...........4 1 .800 Lamllne. Portland ..4 1 .800 Seaton. Seattle 4 1 .800 Bonner. Spokans $ 1 .750 Kraft. Spokana .......... .3 1' .750 Holm. Spokane .....1 1 .750 Erlckson. Vancouver .3 1 .000 Garrett, Portland ,. ,4 2 .571 I fill if ta "- f 4 at. - . . S . i tj mm -An- - A- I "a, r m. ;f Ar m ft m -"ST- 11 - TSL- .. - v r - - J St' v.' t: ... I - -mv. 1 Bird' Hercules Wins Long Kace. The 300-mile pigeon race from Sis sons. Cal., last Sunday was won by C. C. Steinel. his bird Hercules mak ing the distance in 10 hours 47 minutes, with E. H. Bauer's Dum Dum a close second. E. LUlls, third, and Ralph Warren, fourth. A strong north, wind was blowing at the start, re--tarding the speed of the birds con siderably. This probably will be the last old bird race this year, as the birds are not mature enough to re tain their vitality Jf they flew the longer distances. The young bird series commences in the Fall, and the club has several handsome cups, donated for these races. Arleia.and irvington schools meet Motitiay in one 01 tne crucial games for the Portland Grammar League championship. The Arleta team, under Professor S. F. Ball, is confident of victory. The Arleta players ill the photograph are: Top row (left to right) Basford, rf.; Johnson, p.: Ball, manager; Ottstadt, c Middle row V. Montgomery, It: Clark.- Sb.: Rlvercomb, 3b.: McDonald, cf. and p. Bottom row Nash, lb.; J. Montgomery, rf.; SImola, ss.; Mudge, If. Mount Angel Team Off for Medford., MOUNT ANGEL COLLEGE, Mount. Angel, Or., May 20. (Special.) The base ball team representing the college left today , for Medford, where it has ar ranged a series of games with the elub of that place. The college has a stronger team this year than early Indications gave promise. Owing to the prolonged rainy spell the schedule has been very, short thus far, but all of the games played have been won. The following comprise the party: J. Vanfloomlsen and Jaspers, pitchers: C. VanHoomisen, catcher; R." Scholz (captain), shortstop: Coleman, second base; Browning, center; Schnee. first bae; Yarrow, third base: Melchior, right field; Jaspers, left field; Chick, photographer. I Willamette Revives Baseball. - WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Sa lem. Or., May 20. (Special.) Wil lamette University has just completed the erection of baseball ' grandstand and bleachers. The grandstand can seat several hundred. The new bleach ers are at each end of the grandstand. This is Willamette's first experience In college baseball for several seasons the game being revived after having been dropped by the Methodists a few years ago Willamette's next big games of baseball will be with the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club team of Port land, Salem and with the Oregon Ag ricultural College team t Corvallis. The annual floral parade of the Chi cago Motor Club has been postponed from May 8 until June 1