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.
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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
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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
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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