The Sunday Oregonian., September 03, 1911, SECTION TWO, Page 4, Image 16

THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 3, 191f.
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SPEEDIEST MOTOR
GRAFT WILL RAGE
Astoria's 1 6th Annual Regatta
Draws Boats From East
and West.
PROGRAMME IS SIX DAYS
Ten Racers Are to Compete With
Records Exceeding 20 Miles
Hoar Course Will Be Kept
Safe for Contestants.
ASTORIA. Sept. 2. (Special.) The
eyes of all the sport-loving people of
the Northwest are now turned toward
Astoria in anticipation of the six days
water carnival that is to be held here
during; the coming' week. It will he
the 16th annual regatta, under the man
agement of the Astoria Motor Boat
Club, and aside from the various other
events will include the most notable
motor-boat racing- meet ever held on
the Pacific coast. If not In the United
States.
Boats have been entered from vari
ous points on the coast as well as from
as far east as Missouri and Iowa and
there will be at least 10 craft with rec
ords exceeding 30 miles an hour. All
these races will be under the auspices
of the Pacific International Motorboat
Association, which names the Judges
and racing committees and each oontest
carries with It not only a substantial
purse but the Pacific coast champion
ship as well.
Big Prizes Offered.
Cash prizes totaling over 8000 have
been offered, and' this fact has Induced
not only clubs and sportsmen, but en
gine and boatbullders as well, to Join
the list of entries. The speed races
are to be held on a measured course,
marked with numerous buoys, and five
miles in length. Its ourves are one-
eighth mile long, thus avoiding all
sharp turns and permitting the con
testants to run at full speed during
the entire race. Under special orders
from the Treasury Department, the
course will be patrolled by the officers
of the revenue cutter Snohomish, and
the same rules as govern the courses
during the big races on the Atlantic
coast will be enforced to prevent any
possible Interference by outside boats.
Prominent among the speedboats that
nave been entered are the Oregon wolf t
owned by the Oregon Speedboat Com
pany of Portland; Red Top III, a Fau
ber hydroplane, owned by Commodore
W. E. Hughey, of Bellevue, la., the
craft that won the championship race
In the recent big regatta at Peoria, 111.;
Antor, formerly the Seattle Spirit, a
twin screw craft owned by Mr. Cox,
of Portland; Wigwam II. owned by
Charles Wise, of this city, and built by
the designer of the Seattle Spirit; Up
pert IV, owned by H. Llppert of St.
Louis; Coos Bay, a twin-screw craft,
owner at Coos Bay; Smith, owned by
Milton Smith, of Rainier; Dixie, owned
by Henry Dixon,' of Portland; Nunes'
Flyer, owned by Nunes Bros., of Sacra
mento; Pankost 23, owned by S. P. Pan
- kost of Sacramento; Chehalis. a 26
footer, owned In Astoria.
Six Contests Scheduled.
There are to be six of th hlr
tpeed contests, each to consist of three I
heats, one on each of three successive
Says, of 10, 20 or SO miles, aocordlng
to the class. The free-for-all cham-
plonshlp contest for a 13000 purse will
h. rn Thnrrtir TTrii. r s ti,-
All will take place in the forenoon.
when the water in the bay is as smooth
as glass and the conditions" for fast
time are ideal.
The programme for the afternoons
win include yacht races in which a
number of craft from Portland Yacht
Club, as well as local boats, -will be
entered, fishing boat, sailing, rowing
and motor contests, cutter and dinghy
races, cruiser and sloop contests, ex
hibition drills by the life-saving crews.
.wlmmlng and hlgh-dlvlng contests and
various amusing and scientific water
stunts that afford no end of entertain
ment. Wednesday evening there will be an
Illuminated marine parade in whltfh
scores of highly decorated and brilliantly-lighted
water craft of all sizes
and classes will participate. While the
water sports do not begin until Mon
day morning, the regatta will really
open Sunday afternoon when Admiral
E. W. Spencer, of Portland, and his
staff, will arrive on his flagship, and
will be received with full naval hnorst
The speed motor-boat. Red Tod IIL
' owned by Commodore W. E. Huirhev.
of Bellevue, la, arrived last night to
' enter the big races during the regatta
of the coming week. The Red Top III
is a f auDer Hydroplane 56 feet In
length, and is equipped with an eight-
cylinder engine -that develops In the
neighborhood of 800 horsepower. She
made a record at the recent Peoria. Ill
regatta of 25 miles in 42 minutes and
11 seconds, said to be the fastest time
ever made in competition. She is the
first Eastern boat that has ever com
peted in a Padflo Coast race, and as
her owner says the local course is an
ideal one for fas running, experts are
expecting her to beat her former rec
ord here.
STTJDEVT IS TOUITG HERCULES
California University Senior
Strongest Man In West.
Is I
' BERKELEY, Cal., Sept 2. Raymond
M. Scott, a senior in the University of
California College of Agriculture, is
declared by W. E. McGee, professor of
physical culture at the institution to
be the strongest man west of the Mis
sissippi. Scott took the strength test
yesterday and registered 2427.4 pounds.
Professor McGee said that he has rec
ords from all colleges west of the Mis
sissippi and that none approach the
mark made by Scott.
Scott is 22 years old, 6 feet 8 Inches
tall and weighs 200 pounds. He has
made better than average records in
many athletic events Including the
sprints.
JOHA'SOX'S $30,000 CERTAIN
Promoter Signs Contract to Pay
Purse for Wells' Fight.
LONDON, Sept. t. Jack Johnson will
get 830,000 and Bombardier Wells will
receive 810,000 for fighting at Earls
Court, October 8, according to the con
tract drawn up by James White, the
promoter.
The fighters will receive the money,
win, lose or draw. The moving pic
ture rights have played an Important
part in financing the fight The sale
rights have been sold for 8100,000, pay
able 855,000 cash down and 845,000 an
hour 'before the time set for the men
Is) meet Besides, White is -to get a
SV.V:. . J f 4, . iK! '
1 ' :"':7:::'
60 per cent ' royalty on all the com
pany's receipts after It takes in
1100,000.
FANDOM AT RANDOM
rHE fire is out but the embers
still smoke. . .
Terry McKune. former Portland sec
ond sacker, who was on the first base
coach line when -the now-famous Bane
decision was made by Umpire Hilde-
brand a week ago Sunday, comes forth
with the declaration that the ump was
" ... .
obikib ' " '
Intercept the throw with his body and
nou' naY" M Deon cauea ui,
erry who drew a release from the
Beavers a couple of days after the
"Talk about hard luck," said a Los
Angeles fan. "Just look at what Berry
has been up' against this season and
you won't have to wonder why the
Angels are'at the bottom or the league.
"Berrv has dropped no less tnan
20 players this rear and one-half of
these have been pitchers. This buncn
of real or near dead ones consisted of
Couchman, Thorsen, Yates, Lockbart,
grlPP-, J6U .foncanno Coleman.
Kline. Wheeler and Frlene and the iris
cellaneous lot was made up of Murphy,
Grlndle. Rawllngs. Deal, Manning,
Bernard. Stadelli and Teok. This list
does not include Uncle Johnson, -an
uncle of Walter Johnson of ,the Wash
lngton team."
Art Bues of the Seattle club ferried
to a bathing beach at West Seattle
day or two ago says rlugnes.
sporting editor of the Tlmea
"What do you mean by stg. st87 in-
S0L,B:a Wh
doled out the batblng costumes.
Bathing suits, she answered.
'they
are abbreviated this Summer."
C. S. Sherman, big league soout.
visiting Portland Is much Impressed
with Howard Mundorff, Portland's third
sacker.
'I saw several men who looked like
real ballplayers," said the Lincoln, Neb.
expert. "Goodman of Viotoria, Nordyks
of Spokane, Netzel and Klppert and one
or two others Impressed me. The
Northwestern is a nice little league
but it doesn't compare with the West
ern or the Paclfio Coast."
Said a Seattle booster the other day:
"The Northwestern League presents a
sad sight to the fans. At one end we
have the brilliant showing of Victoria
and Portland and at the other the woe-
ful misfortunes of Vancouver, Tacoma
and Seattle. ' Spokane is trying des
neratelv to beat the Roadsters and
Bees to the aubway championship. Re-
I peatedlrr we have warned the fans that
the Beavers could not nope to iana in
the ceUar olvlsIon wlth a man llke BoD
Brown at the helm. We don t want to
knock, but the consistent failure of
Brown to produce anything like tall
end form has been one of the glaring
errors of the Northwestern League.
"As for Mike Lynch, ha also is large
ly to blame, although certain privates
under him, except Baker and Bannis,
have had much to do with the Tigers'
miserable showing.
"How can a team hope to lose when
star twlrlers win game after game?
"It is obviously absurd.
"The Indians made the fatal error of
starting off like champions, but as the
season progresses Josephus Conn's
braves have shown grand form.
"And they are still at It
"Little was expected? of the Pippins,
but the crown goes to Viotoria. There
seems to be no doubt now that the cel
lar championship will be fought out be
tween the Bees and the Pippins, with
Victoria a' 1-10 shot
"See if we don't prognosticate per
fectly." Canadians Beat Britons.
LONDON, Sept 2. A detachment of
Canadian artillery today defeated a
company of London territorials for the
Canadian challenge cup, scoring' 137
to 182. The Canadians also defeated
the territorials for the London-derry
cup, although no award was made,
neither-team scorlnsr a sufficient num
ber of points-
REGATTA COURSE, AND SOME OP THE CRAFT
MOUND HIS LURE
Abies, Big Oakland Pitcher,
Talks of Career.
ONCE DID CLOWN STUNT
Joined Barnum & Bailey's Forces in
Order to Get Place on Base
ball Team Put on by Big
. - Aggregation. ,
Harry Abies, the big Oakland pitcher
who wears a red flannel shirt when in
action, started out his baseball career
with a course in the University of
Texas. Then, to show what higher
education does for a man, the 187
pounder wound up a little later as a
clown in Barnum & Bailey s circus.
"Yes, I started out with the Uni
versity of Texas," Abies told a San
Francisco sport scribe the other day.
"I yearned for the diamond, however.
and ran away and played under a dif
ferent name at - Dallas. My father
thought I was attending my studies
regularly, but Instead I was out on the
old mound. One day 'Dad' came down
to Dallas on business and in the after
noon he dropped around to the ball
park. You can picture his amazement
when he saw me occupying the box for
Dallas. He met me after the Inning
and -insisted that I return home. Final
ly he got a lot of my fraternity broth
ers, the Phi Delta Thetas. to persuade
ma to return, but it was .no use. A
week passed and I got the bug again,
so I rejoined the Dallas club. My
work attracted the attention of the
scouts and in 1905 I went to St Louis.
I was only 19 then, just a kid, and
stayed three months. I didn't play in
190S at all. I was with Dallas for a
while in 1907, and Birmingham until
I had a runln with Harry Vaughan.
who suspended me. I played with San
Antonio in 1908, 1909 and in 1910 the
New York Americans got me."
"You didn t get much of a show
under Chase," was observed..
"No, I was with the Americans Just
a month to a day, and 18 days of that
time ' I' was In the hospital. . Where I
made my mistake was pitching six in
nings in a practice game at Indian
apolis in a snowstorm. When I start
ed to bend them over It was nice, but
by the time I vacated the i box the
ground was covered with snow, and
you couldn't see the left field fence.
Not a man got to first base in the six
innings I pitched, but the next day I
couldn't raise my arm. .
"I wish," said Abies, "taking another
tack, "that you would give Wolverton
a boost Of all the managers I've
worked under, and I've been with 10
or 12 clubs, I never met a fellow who
was easier to get along with. Harry is
a good boss and no fellow can work
under him without adding to his store
of knowledge."
"Anything about yourself that you
might recall, that is some funny little
thing?" Harry was asked.
"No. not a thing. I work hard all
Winter as a civil engineer down home,
but this year I think I'll stay In Cali
fornia. This is the best weather I've
struck anywhere. Til report back to
the New York club, of course, in the
Spring."
"You spoke of your father being op
posed to your playing. ' Does he still
hold to-that prejudice?" . .
"Yes, every letter I get from home
urges me to give up baseball and set
tle down."
The big pitcher smiled and hit
Bunny Pearce a resounding whack on
the shoulder. He's 26, but there is
TO ENTER RACES
still a good deal of boyishness In his
manner. ,
"Oh," he blurted out as a happy idea
occurred to him. 'Til tell you some
thing about my experience with the
circus." '
"What did you ever do with the cir
cus?" Gregory demanded. "Were you
one of the tent men?"
"I was a roughneck, all right," was
num & Bailey circus team in Texas to
ni,ff o rima orafna th. ptncitm,
play a game against the Rlngling
Brothers' team. Just before the game
I learned that I would not be eligible
to pitch because I was not an employe
of the circus, so I joined as a clown.
Afterwards' I thought clowning was
pretty good, so I "toured with the cir
cus. That was in 1905. I got as far as
Arkansas and then I wandered home
again. There's nothing in this circus
life.
"That game between the two circus
clubs must have been a hot one," vol
unteered one of the players. '1 s'pose
the human rubber ball, the tallest man
in the world, the human pin cushion
and all the rest of that motley crew of
freakswere on hand.
VOh, it was a hot game, all right
and X1000 was wagored on the outcome.
Circuses are good for - those who like
them, but It's not a paying proposition
to the performer.
J "Ever do any cow-punching around
home?" was the next question put -to
the big fellow.
"Aw, that's mostly magazine talk. I
was raised in a saddle, you might say.
but I never aid any of this cow-punch
in, as you call it I grew up in Terrell.
Tex. That's my home, and the ranch
where I knocked about as a little sha-
er was 80 miles from nowhere. Now
thai land is all fertile, there's two or
thre railroads running through it and
tne whole section lias built up wonder.
fully. It's a garden spot in Texas to
day
Harry went on tJ say that he had
picked up his first baseball knowledge
irom uiny jjiscn, the coach at St Ed
ward's College, at Austin. He ex
plained that he relied upon his change
of pace to see him through a game and
that he threw his slow ball like the
fork ball pitched by Hall and Carson.
"Carson holds bis slow one the same
way, but that fellow never eats enough
to put anything on it" was his side
remark.
As to his opinion of the Coasters,
Abies said that Buddy Ryan was bet
ter right now than two-thirds of the
players in the big brush.- "Hub" Per.
noil is another player whom Abies
ploKs to buck with the Detroit club.
"There isn't a better left-hander In
the country than PernolL He's only
aa ana iook at tne size ot him."
Mltze, so Abies said, was as good 'a
oatcner as ne naa lound in any league,
and he attributed his effective work
1 HoIIaday Club Elects.
The newly-organized Holladay Club
held a meeting last night and elected
the following officers: President Ed
ward McMahon; treasurer and man.
ager of football team, James Grey;
acting captain. Grove Olson. Plans
are being Inade for a strong football
team and" with lots of good material
to. choose from Manager Tray Is ex
pected to put a strong team in the field
this Fall. He has Issued a call for
practice for Wednesday evening.
During 1907, 1908 and 1909 the Molla
day club held the independent football
championship for 140-pound teams. No
team represented the club last year.
CHICAGO, Bept 2. (Special.) The
following from Oregon are register at
Chicago hotels:
Portland At the Stratford, A. W.
Spalding, Valentine Prlchard.
Forest Grove At the Wellington, T.
G. Todd, E. W. Haines.
Union At the Auditorium, Cora M.
Davis.
Hermlston At the Great Northern,
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Keln. .
Buenos Ayr em. the fourth American olty.
offers more real trade opportunities than
Shanghai, canton and Yokohama combined.
Tha new cltv now has 1000 elevators In
dally use, 2000 apartment-nouaes, 8000 auto
mobiles. EOO miles of city and suburban
street railway, and an opera-house oostlns
more than 83,000,000 (United States cur
rency J, , -
"MOB DECISIONS"
BANE OF UMPIRES
Knights of Indicator .Look on
Them With Fear, but Has
v' to Make Them.
HILDEBRAND CITES SOME
Recent Case In Portland When Run
i ner Was Called Out Is One of
Most Recent 'Big; Leaguers '
. Stumble at - Times.
. - BY ROSCOB FAWCETT.
Few - baseball fans are cognizant of
what the term "mob decision" Implies,
but it is a fact that over a dozen of
the knotty - tangles can be found
heavily . underscored in every umpire's
rule book, while said ump looks for.
ward with mingled fear and trepida
tion to the time when he will have to
subject himself, to both verbal and
physical wallops because of decisions
which," though perfectly proper, axe not
understood by the irate bleacherltes.
Umpire George Hildebrand, Coast
League arbiter, who was the center of
a near-riot demonstration in this, city
two weeks ago following a peculiar
mlxup over base-running rules at first.
is something of a philosopher. Hilde
believes he. was right in calling Barry
out for outting in a foot or two in run
ning to first base, and says he would
so declare him if he had to make the
ruling over" again.
And, incidentally, Hildebrand pointed
out a baker's dozen of Just such de
cisions, any one of which would bring
the wrath of the pop-bottle contingent
upon the arbiter's head, notwithstand
ing the fact that the decisions . were
backed up by the spirit and letter of
the rules. .' , . ,
"Just Suppose," . Says Hilde.
"Just suppose," said Hildebrand, as
he-munched at a limburger sandwich,
"that Portland has three men on bases
in the ninth inning, two out and four
runs needed to win. The pitcher makes
a ' false motion toward first, and the
umpire calls "balk,", but not before the
pitcher has turned and -thrown to the
plate. Mr. Batter sees a nice groove
ball coming down the lane and imme
diately knocks the ball over the fence.
-. "Would the umpire get mobbed for
allowing only the score of the man
who was on third? Oh, no. He'd be
only torn limb from limb and the
pieces scattered all over the lot. Yet
the "rules expressly provide that base
runners - shall advance one base on a
balk." .
A few other samples of . the "mob"
variety: , . ' .
No. 2 A team has two .but," three
men on bases and one run needed to
tie. With two strikes and three balls
on the batter, the base runners start
for the next base. The. pitcher, how
ever, has not begun his delivery, con
sequently he steps out of the box and
fires the pellet home to catch the man
from third, whereupon, the batter hits
Ano oaisman is automatically out.
' No. 3 Team has men on first and I
second, two out and one run needed to
tie in ninth inning. Batsman hits
three-bagger into left and both, run
ners score, leading man, however, fall
ing to touch third base. . Ball Is Imme
diately fielded to third, and as runner
ahead is out neither run counts.
No. 4 Catcher throws to nab run
ner leading off third base, and ball hits
runner, who is seven or eight inches
inside the diamond. . Runner then tears
for home with the winning run. He is
out for running in fair territory.
No. 5 Man on third base starts - for
home as the pitcher begins his deliv
ery. Catcher runs out In front of
plate, takes the throw and tags the op
position runner three feet off the reg
ister. This is a balk by the catcher,
and not only does the run count but
the natter goes to first base. .
.No. 6 Catcher is outside of his po
sition when the ball is thrown, and
runner on third is allowed to walk
home with winning tally, as this is a
balk. . )
An Angel City Example.
"I had a peculiar decision to make
in Los Angeles early in the season,"
continued Hildebrand. . "With Vernon
and Los Angeles tied up In the ninth
inning and a runner on third, Delmas
beat out an Infield hit to first base,
sliding feet first over the lntlal sack
Into fair territory. Patterson immedi
ately tagged him four feet off the bag,
but I called him safe, and the runner
from third brought home the. winning
tally. The rules allow overrunning or
overslldlng at first base.
"Don't you ever get tangled up in the
mesh of rules?" inquired the writer.
"Never have yet," replied the former
San Francisco outfielder, "though I
came close to it the forepart of last
season on this . decision: Runner on
third and one or nobody out; batsman
gets squeeze signal and runner starts
for home. The ball, however. Is a wide
one and batsman is forced to step over
plate to hit at it Now, here's the
proposition If the batsman hits the
ball he is out and if he misses the ball
the base runner is out That's quite a j
tangle, isn't ltr- ,
When O'Rourke Was Muddled.
Patsy O'Rourke, of the Sacramento
club, got muddled on an odd play by
Claude Berry in San Francisco about
six we.eks ago In an extra Inning game
that was . won by the Senators along
about the 12th or 13th Inning. Frisco
had two men on bases, third and second,
and with two down. Berry, who oocu
pled second, stole back to first Nobody
seemed to know what the play was,
and after nearly every member of both
teams had joined In the "rag" chewing
O'Rourke ordered his pitcher to throw
to the batter.
O'Rourke didn't know It at the time.
but the rules prohibit back-stealing and
Berry would have been out had he been
touched with the ball.
Suppose with those conditions and
only one out the batter knocked a
grounder to the shortstop, who stepped
on second and threw to first for a
double," added Hildebrand. "The run
ner on first would already be entitled
to seoond and if he kept on running to
third without being touoned, only the
batter would be out I don't believe
this feature has ever cropped up, but
that's, the way the decision would have
to go." ':.
Big Leaguers Tangled, Too.
Urns the big leaguers occasionally
get tangled on the regulations govern
ing baseball. Under an ancient rule if
the ball passed the catcher and hit the
umpire the base runners were entitled j
to advance a base, iiugn uuiry, man
ager of the .Chicago White Sox, hol
lered his cranium loose during a Spring
training game in San Franolsco- in the
Spring of 1910 when this play came up.
"Get'bacK to tne oencn mere, you Dig
leaguer," answered Hildebrand, who
was handling the Indicator Sin the ex
hibition contest. "If the ball hits an
umpire on foul ground nowadays the
bill Is still In play. Read up the rules."
With no less than 85 separate regu
lations in the guide book, some of them
still further complicated by sectional
divisions running as high as It, do you
wonder that even baseball men them
selves get lost in the underbrush? And
aa for the fans well, what is more
amusing than to hear some wild-eyed
bug shriek out spasmodically: "Hey,
touch him there at first. He turned the
wrong, way."
The rules allow a baserunner to turn
either way on overrunning the initial
sack.
Semi-Professional Gossip
1HE Greaham Giants will be put to
another hard teat this afternoon
when they faoe the Cornelius team,
pennant-winners of the Washington
County League, at Hlllsboro. Manager
Bartholomew expects to have to battle
against a picked team of the league
as Hlllsboro, Forest Grove and Banks
are also eager to see the league cham
pions trim the Portland club. The Gi
ants, oonfldent that Cy Townsend can
hold his own against any selection, have
no fears of the outcome.
Labor day the Giants and the Colum
bus club will tangle. Phil Nadeau. the
old Portland Coast Leaguer, will play
second for "Bart." The departure for
San Francisco of Anson, the third Back
er, necessitated the shifting of Roberts
from seoond to the difficult corner and
the signing of a new guardian of the
oenter station.
St Helens and Clatskanie, old-time
rivals, will be the Labor-day attrac
tion at St Helens. The game will be
started early to let the crowd see the
prizefight scheduled for that afternoon.
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Sheridan has booked "Red" Rupert's
Esohles for two games this afternoon
and tomorrow. The home town fans
are oonfldent that their fast aggrega
tion can take both. "Mysterious"
Mitchell will . be In the box for Sher
idan. e
Ray Henkle, star outfielder of the
Eschles, will not make the long trip.
Instead he will go to Salem, where he
will play with Germany's club In the
deciding game for the championship of
the Willamette Valley League. The
series stands one victory each tor
Woodburn and Germany's Salem club.
This afternoon's game wiir undoubted
ly bring out a big crowd from the sur
rounding oountry.
.
Charley Carlson's Vims, the club
which beat the Gresham Giants at
Lents recently, will play Hood River
today. The Vims disbanded a few days
ago and Carlson is taking a chance
wiin a picK-up team. v
"Red" Rupert and his ball players
have heen running Into quite a few
streaks of hard luck lately. They have
been 'tapping the ball hard, but In th
wrong direction. Every clout seemed
to ride right into a fielder' mitt, xni
was especially true of last Sunday'
game with Hubbard, which the local
lads lost by a score of e to .
Sheridan is still hankering after the
scalp of the Gresham Giants. The up
state club is dead eager to arrange
a-ame with. Bartholomew and feels cer
tain that if another series is played it
will come out on the right side.
m -
Bill Gleason, the young Portland
player who was signed by Harry Wol
verton the last time tne uasuana ciu
made the Northern Journey, lias been
showing considerable class in the
workouts, according to an Oakland pa
per. Wolverton says he thinks (ilea
son has a good chance of making th
utility catcher's job next season..
The Elks and the Maccabees will
meet this morning on the league
grounds. Berger and Anderson will be
the battery for the Elks, while Swartz
will hurl for their opponents, and his
shoota will be taken care of by Saub
The Elks have won two games and
lost two.
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The semi-nrofesslonal field of Port
land has produced several boys who
have made good in organized DaseDaii
Coleman and Tauscher. now with I a
coma; Maxmeyer, Winterbotham, Qtto
Moore and Ferd Henkle, of .Portland
Houck, of Spokane; Thomas, of Sacra
mento: Charley Moore, of lxs Angeles,
and Gardner, of Pittsburg, formerly
played with Portland teams.
UMPIRES WHO V."OTJI.I RATH
ER CALL DECISIONS
, THAN PLAY.
' - Conrad Starkell. .
Conrad Starkell was never
known to protest an umpire's de
cision in all the time he played
in the Northwestern League. He
was one player who believed that
'."his umps" is entitled, at times,
to make mistakes and get away
with them. So when President
Robert Llndsey was in need of
an arbiter during one of the
many shake-ups this season, he
cast his eye over the available
material and naturally his choice
fell to Starkell.
Starkell has been voted a big
improvement over some of the
men who officiated here this year.
He "broke in" pitching for Taco
ma last year and then went to the
Twilight League. Afterward he
returned to the Northwestern,
pitching for Victoria.
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Tommy Murray Leaves Team
to Go to Dying Mother.
BRADLY SENT TO RESCUE
Xortbwestern Catcher Joins Coast
League Club for Third Time This
Season McCredie Loses
Kuhn by Draft.
Baseball's calcium glow hit the Port
land Coast League backstppplng de
partment with a ruddy flicker yester.
day and as a result of one of tht
"flicks" the Beavers' chances in the
pennant race received a rude jolt In
the midriff.
"Tommy Murray called East to Pitts
burg to dying mother's bedside. Can
you get in touch with Bradley? Mur
ray may be out for several weeks."
So read a hard-luck telegram re
ceived by ex-Judge McCredie from
Walter McCredie In San Francisco yes
terday. The local magnate immediate
ly hit the wires with a message to
Seattle, where Bradley Is warming the
bench this week for Vancouver, and
the ex-Clevelander departed last night
post haste for California.
This makes Bradley's third distinct
appearance In Coast League livery, the
Flnnegan receiver having first been
sent back to the Portland Northwjst
erners. then recalled during Murray's
spllt-flnger Incapacitation, and again
sent to the Northwestern circuit with
Vancouver.
The other upheaval in McCredle's
catching pantry has to do with the
drafting of "Red" Kuhn by the Cleve
land Americans, Kuhn having won out
over Rapps and Tom Seaton in the lot
drawing at National commission head
quarters in Cinolnnatl.
The Kuhn deal is most peculiar.
Kuhn broke a contract with Minne
apolis In the Spring of 1910, remaining
with the Fresno outlaws, and his re
instatement this season contained the
proviso that the fiery-topped outlaw
must remain in the Paclfio clroutt two
more years. Kuhn cannot play with
Cleveland any more than can Ben Hen
derson, unless special dispensation Is
secured by the Naps, and if such dis
pensation for Kuhn, why not for Hen
derson? e
Sporting Editor, Sir1
Wilst tell us In Idle numbers
What ball club will win the flag?
We have 2 to 1 on Portland
How long are Mao's men gotlng to
lag?"
If upon the field of battle
I knew well who'd cop the frays
Thlnkest thou with foolish prattle
I'd throw such a tip away?
The other day In Astoria the writer
bumped proboscis-first against this
warning posted prominently by an
amusement place dead set against the
free pass system:
"In those days there were no passes,
Search the Scriptures:
"Thou shalt not pass.
"Suffer not a man to pass.
"The wicked shall no more pass.
"Though they roar they shall not
pass." . .m
So he paid the faro thereof an 4
went
e
Hank O'Day, the dean of the regular
staff of National League umpires,
agrees with the Pacific Coast League
directors in the one-umpire ruling1.
When asked his opinion of the pro
posed rule to have three umpires work
in every game. Hank Immediately
opined that one man was sufficient
"What do I think of a three-umpire
rule?" said Hank. "What do I think of
a freak rule like that? I think it's
pure rot. The Idea of having three
umpires in a game! Why, it's folish."
"Four were used in the world's
series," it was suggested.
"I know that," said Hank, "but let
me tell you that there never was a
time when more than one umpire was
necessary In any game of baseball. If
the umpire can't umpire one game
why, then, he's not art umpire. Base
ball writers are responsible for the
Idea of having two men umpire every
game, and now they are trying to
stretch It to three."
The Portland Northwestern Leaguers
had a bushel of fun at the expense of
Southpaw Maxmeyer before that wor
thy upset the dope can and made good.
New York fans and players nave
been Immensely enjoying the kidding
handed out to Charley Foust, a 33d de
gree, and then some, freak who Is
haunting the Giants' clubhouse ex
pecting to be signed up. Says the
World:
At any time that a pitcher is going
good McGraw allows Foust to warm up
"in case of a sudden blow-up." After
he had been waiting for his chance a
half hour or more the other day, Chief
Meyers passed him on the way to the
clubhouse.
Are you warmed up, cnariier' asaea
the chief.
Sure." said Foust "I ve been sitting
in the sun over mere ior la minutes.
Now that he has Foust on nis nan as
McGraw wants to take him around the
circuit As a mirth-provoker he is a
wonder.
For a while the players felt sorry for
Foust and thought they might be im
posing on him, but. when it was sug
gested to him that he had better go
home, he wouldn't nave ii ai an. e
says if the New York club doesn't want
to pay him to play tnat no is aoie to
pay his own expenses and keep work
ing for the good of the game.
JOTTXSOX FAT AT STUBBORV
Negro's Backers Profess to Be Wor
ried About Wells' Fight.
PARIS. Sept 2. (Special.) Jack
Johnson has come to Paris In his big
racing automobile. It had been widely
advertised that the negro champion
would give sparring exhibitions while
training for his fight with Bombardier
Wells In London next month. But the
promoters of these sparring exhibi
tions, who are members of the syndi
cate that guaranteed the stakes for
the Johnson-Wells fight, recKoned
without Johnson, whose first announce
ment was that he would not give exhi
bitions for at least a week and prob
ably two weeks.
Johnson says he may enter tne ring
with TVells weighing 210 pounds. It
pounds more than his best fighting
weight As a matter of fact Johnson
cannot get down to 210 pounds In
three weeks.
This has led the champion s asso
ciates to fear he may forfeit the fight
with Wells on the excuse that he Is 111.
White Rats Beat Orpheum.
Th Whlta Rats -beat the Omheum
team on Multnomah field by a score of
to 2. Rags Lelghton, twirling for
the victors, fanned 12 men and wacked
out three bingles. Shea did the work
behind the bat for the White Rats. Bill
Epstine starred In the field and Shea
did good work behind the bat
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