TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. rORIXAyP. SEPTEMBER 2A. 1911. BEAVERS REAR END OF 1-0 SCORE With Southpaw Abies on Slab, Oakland Breaks Winning Streak of Home Team. DEFEAT FIRST IN 10 GAMES knrtinrr. Too. rich Rare Ball, bat Infield Tap Kollnj r-al la Fourth. Followed bjr Jolt (or Two Baaes Score Itaa. BT W. J. PETHAIM. Harry Abies, the slant Oak southpaw, en the fc 11 for the Oakland Warn for tba cond lima thla eartea. held Ua Bearers to t n stlnety hlta yesterday, and wos hla same by a 1-to-a aeera. It via Just aa rood and aa snappy a Kama aa any or the fear preceding ooo lesta pUyd between thee teams, but Ab.ee waa too much for Portland, aad winning streak of nine straight vhj lnr waa cut ahort by the Oaks' narrow rnr:n decision. Their lone mn waa sained by hun.-hltie an Infield hit and a wuni in the fourth Inn I rat off Omar Knlnr. from that inning the tail Port land twlrler aaa all to tha good, but the Ma- Oakland touthptw bad the Reavers battera on hla puff fr fair, and Port land succumbed for the first tima In to weeks of play. raitrriton. first Oak up In the fourth Innir.a. bunted, and Koestner overran tha hall, whlrh waa fleldd hy Pheehan too lata tn get tha batter at first. Aa earner Zarher waa out of tha game with a lama wrtat. Woiverton advanced himself In tha r-attln ordr. and as next man to far Kostnr tn the fourth, l"ed a long fly to d-ep left. C'haaea ftewra Leal. Krei made a hard try for It. but mjwd. and tha Mow went for two bases. I'atterann erortr all the way from flrat r.se. After thla the Oaka filled up tha aes. but Knaatner fanned hla opponent, Abies, and tha aide wma retired, though M'tse had hit to Rappa and Wolverton waa forced at the plate by a narrow msran. Portland had several ehaneea to score a run or ao. but Ablra aJwaya proved too ood for tha Beavers' battera. and kept them on tblr good behavior and away from tha register. In tlia third tonmi Roger Fecklnraugh enend attains! Abies by cloutlnar one of I k left-hander's ahoota for a three-bag-fT to left flfld. Tet. with thla run knorkins at tha door and nona out. Peck aaa left atranded on third. Both La Lnnce. who caught for Portland becauae of tiie Injury eustalned by Walter Kuhn on Friday, and Elmer Koeatner fanned before the deceptive delivery of the Oak land hurler. and Chadbourne'e effort waa a fly to Cutshaw. In tha Beavera half of the fourth. Bill Rogers reached third and Buddy Ryan second, with two men out. but Wolver ton made a nle atop of Sheehan's bound er and the batter waa retired at first. The home Mm had no look-In after that, for Ablea pitched irrand ball for tba real of the afternoon. Lladaav aad Kate Laid I a. Tha accidents on Friday put Bill Liud Hr, who has a badly lacerated hand at the" result of contact wirn tha aplkea of YVolverton. on tha bench, and he will not b able to play for a day or ao. while Kuhn a split flnicer will probably aeep Mm out of tha came for a few daya. Both these playera are accurate bate mra. and their absence from tha line-up yesterday undoubtedly weakened the Portland team. Rodaers. being a left-hand-d batsman, and not able to use his Pd aa yet. waa handicapped aaalnat Ablea. whereas Lindsay proved quite suc reaaful ajalnst that pitcher last Wednes day. Hrn H. ndrnn la troubled with a sore ehouldrr. and If thla atlll bothers hlra this afternoon. Speck- Harknesa will pitch the final came against tha Oaka. while Wolverton will depend upon eltha-r Greg ory or Hater to do the honors for the la'tors. The score: Oakland I Portland AO. H Pi a E.l UN PO.A.B. H fmaaUf I I -rne If . 2 I rl ... a t S a I RfffllH. 3 0 1 I rinnrl s a .Kapp&is. i a u J a i-1. i t t t RiM.if.. i a i Td.nlo T 1 K'l'Ml.. 3 1 1 0 - haw :a J a - hen.ib s a o KIH i 3 i rii.N 1133 x n. r .. a i.ii. n.c satis Ablea?.. 431 K .in.r.p. 3183 luerry.... t a Ttal. 11 1? It'll TetaL. 31 It 1 1 'Batted for Rodsers ta alath. CORK BT 1NNI.NOS. Oakland S 1 S 1 in:. i s a s i i i a a fort and 9 Una t 1 a I ST MX ART. Run Fatt.raon. atrv-tc out Br Koe.t nr 1. ty At.. a. liaa. oa balia on KA.tp.r 1. off Abl." Two-baaa hlta Wolt.rtoa. Cny. Three-baa. hit P.-ltln- Vaush. Satriflce hlta lunha. Rappa. Din. Stuiaa baa.a Kjan. Wares. II. t by ritrBad ball R.xla.ra. Wild pitca Koa. r.r Tima of sama t hour IS minutea. I'mpuaa Ir'IDB.y and Van Haltrea. aea of be Gaaae. The buntmc a ante ao autcessf u!ly flared aaint ABles last Wednesday waa not tried yesterday for aoiue un known reason. It may have been tha abaenco of Bill IJndav which caused the Beavera to abandon thla style of attack, for Lind say la tha best bunter of tha bunch. In the fourth lnnine; Vmplre Finney called Rappa out at nrat when Tlede mann straddled tha ba and failed to tou-h It at all. After Abies fanned Koestner with rx-k on third In tha third lnnine;. tha Braver pitcher came back at hun by tannine the Oak heaver in tha fourth when the earka were loaded. In the atxth Innlna Bill Rodaers popped an easy fly to left field, which was muffed bv Hoffman, much to tha aurprisa of the bic (Saturday crowd, as well as of tne piayer himself. With Wolverton on aecond as tha result of a walk and a passed ball. Tiedemann hit to Pecklnpauah, who Iteaded off Wolverton at third. Harry tried to beat It back to aecond. but Shehan ran him down Instead of throw irr. and Tlrdemann waa held at nrat. Nice work.- Culs:iaw followed this play with a bunt to Koestner. who tossed to Peck lnpauah too lata to a;et Tledemann. but -Peck" made a a-reat toss to Kappa at first, beadlnc oft tna apeedy Cutshaw on tha re ared toss. After Peckinpauch laced ont hla triple eft Ablea in tha third, ha received no more fat onea. and waa pasaad on Ma next two trlpa to tha plate. He waa likewise called out at second by Finney oa both his attempted atrals. wnen It appeared aa though he bad beaten the toss each time. Mlcker La Longe caught his first rame for Portland on tha home lot yesterday, and Impreeeed everyon aa a different La Longa than waa seen here with tha Oakland, San Francisco and Sacramento clubs at various times. VERNON IS CLOSING CP GAP laetreton Too Much for Senators; Boris's Men Win, ft to LOS ANGELES. Sept, 33. CasUston ELMER KOESTNER, SILENT PITCHER, WHO HAS HELPED TO PUT THE BEAVERS IN FIRST PLACE. 1 ( . . Vy Vr . - was too much for Sacramento battera n & to n In no lnnine: could the vlsltora get mora than one nit. ana out tug mu im - third. . . . i,k- .. - h,i. An balla . e 1 1 11 e piv-iivi " but Baum waa hit hard at tha right m.i ,t i Wan tha Incala to fiiTiak - one run In the fourth, though they made rour nna p"- V.mon . (!acram.JUi-- rarlf.cf 4 OMsddett ,rt 2 1 u 0 Kana.Zb. 1 3 a .ninn,w. - - - - P.ttnlb 4 S O OORk..b 4 O O O Roaa lf .. 4 1 S O 0 n.n.la.lb 4 2 II 1 1 Ptina.rf. S O 4 oVoBn.rf O 4 O O M.-P- 4 0 S I twla.lf. 1 J J Bur?l.6 4 a 1 IKM.e... 4 1 1 O 1 p.mwn.o. ; i a a a 1 a n a.tl n.p a i " i k- - - - - -M-a.-U.Sb 5 O M.h r;. - S r ' Totals S4 n IO ?! Totals M S4 14 S Ratted for Van Btiren la th. Batted tor Lewis In th- SCORE BT INXINOS. .. 1IIIMM eacrame-t ???.?? a Ta Hlta SVXXART. Runs Tarll.l.. Kane S. "'"TJt tol.a baaUans.a T bi h -Kane, an.,,., l-ewla. .rj",rT:r.Vrium '"a7 Caatlatoa 1. Poubla plar Hoap to Kant to lltt.rsoa. Wild rltcn-Bsum. Jaajd bail BrownT Time-1 M. V mplra Hlidehrand. BROWNING HAMMERED HARD Ixm Angclca PrlT Seal Pltt-laer to CoTer In Hlttlnit Game'. . ro i vrtrn Sent. 23. Los . i.. eo.iorf Rrow-nlnar easy today and In tha first lnnine; made Ova runa off tha San Franclaco twlrler. In the sixth tha teltore found Brownlns; for three runs and he t way to c.. ho prerented further run .ettina;. .. c-.....i.n mada two In the sec- DaD 1 - a .d three In tha elxth- Lobar of Los Anseles made a home run. The score: , A.r,ia Fan rranclsct. ATmP.A.I-I Ab.HPo.AE. ,,-dib i opow.ii.if i ; at, r ib a ? ? ? VLt'lV aV l as i p rrntu.sn m a - .it si i: a ... a a 2 3 fr.rf all O 0 .tohn ti.cf 4 0 2 O 0 i's aa 4 1 ONaylor.rf 4 1 o " S 1 0 1 Tn-nt.lt 4 1110 0 i a e A VUrrr f.. 4 1 4 1 Uobar.lt. 4 umltltp im.ro 4 0 0 OBrewn'f.P 1 J p .Holland. 1 0 0 0 0 voy.p. . o o o 3 o .Sc-midl" 1 0 0 0 0 otals 3s7i2t71 Totals S 2T IS Patt.d f r Broanlns In aith. Hatl.d far Nov.a la ninth. SOORE BT 1SNINGS. Pa Los Anarlra JO0O0S0O 0 Hit . .....J w " " " - V - o-naospo o s s. HI I. 3 iOOOSOlO S 8LMMART. R .una Howaro. Lf "7. utiioa, niiimunn. T! Narlor. T.naant. iWry. Stolen baaa ilets S.r Elsht runa 10 hits oil Brownlns In lnnine. Home run Lobar. Two-baaa hits ,aa Lobw l3. ralmar. Frtnen. a.r. - firrv ittol.n ball Al.ta- aierrr, jaaiasar. wiw. . base oa cal.tJ ball. Off Browning 1. o(t palmar 1 i.r 1. oft oyt z. Ktnioi out rvy nine . br Palmer 7. by Noy.a 1. lkaaad -Smith. Wild pitch Kroenlng ti'. 'i Vmptxe Mctlravvy. Brot ball- Tlai REFEREE WHITE EX ONE RAT ED New York Boxing Coninilsclon, How ever, Revokes Club License. ' NEW TORK. Sept. 33. At a lengthy and lively session of the New Tork State Athletic Commission yesterday tha license of the National Sporting Club of which Tom O'Kourke la man ager, was revoked and Charley Whl' x. the referee was exonerated from charges preferred agalnat him follow ing the recent Flynn-Morrta fight In Madlaon 6quara Oardea. In tha National Sporting Club s eaas It was aald the revocation waa becauae of a faulty lease of the building In which the club holds Its bouts. White appeared In response to a sum mons to explain why be had not stopped tha Flynn-Morrls bout after tha seventh round when Morris had been well o xk i ' i 1 ' - V a A COBB il1 H1TT1NG.416 FAMOUS TIGER FIRST, TOO, IX RUNS AND 6 TO LEX BASES. Jarkson, of Boston, Lads National Leajcuo Batsmen While Chief Meyers of Giants Is -Third. CHICACIO. Sept 13. Tyrus Cobb of Detroit still leads the American Base ball League in batting-, baaa stealing and run getting-, according to statis tics up to yesterday's games. His hatting average Is .41. Jackson of Cleveland being aecond with .400. La Jole of Cleveland Is third with .381. Cobb has stolen 73 bases, which gives him an average of .63. Cobb has scored 1J runs, while Jackson of Cleveland la aecond with 120. and Bush of Detroit third with 113 runa. In the National League. Jackson of Boston heads -the list In batting with an average of .3(3. while Almeida of Cincinnati Is second with .355. and Meyers of New York third with .J4S. In base stealing, Beecher of Cincinnati la first with an average of .43. Devora of New Tork next with .43. and Mur ray of the aame team third with .38. Hugglna of St, Louis Is the leading rungelter, with an average of .78; Rheckard of Chicago aecond. with .79. and Doyle of New York thlr,d with .73. CONNIE MACK XAMES PLAYERS SI Athletes Eligible for World's s Championship Series. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 13. Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia American League' Baaeball Club, an nounced today that he had sent to tha National Commission tha namea of 21 players aa eligible to represent his club In tha world's series this Fall. The namea of tha playera are: Catchers, Thomas, Lapp and Living ston. Pitchers Bender, Coombs. Kranae, riank, Morgan. Martin and Danfortb. Infleldere Davis. Mclnnla, Collins. Barry. Baker and Derrick. Outfielders Murphy, Lord. Oldrtng, Strunk and Harts. L 1USEBALL IN EPITOME Six Leaarwea at a Glaaea. Partfle Ceaat. I Northwestern. W. 1. Prt.l w. L. Pet. Portland M S .IWS'Vancouvsr P7 SO .e'.'l V.mon 74 .T.7C Spokane . 10 70 .3rt4 Oakland .9.1 fro .5-7 s.attie ...Kt 74 ..ll'S pan Kran.'J 4 .4(11 Portland .M 73 .527 oacram. 77 5 .HT'Tacoma ..79 77 .oa Loa An( 74 104 . 41.V Victoria ..41 118 .iii Aatlooal. I Ajnenra W. L. Pet." w. 47 .e.'5'Phlladelp P4 57 .Itn'li Detroit ..4 62 .r.7; Cleveland 74 4 .MI X. Tork .7S L. Pot. 43 .7 PT .t9 ea .529 .r.M 7t .497 72 .43 X. Tork .e Chlraco . S3 Pittsburg h3 I'hlladel .73 Ht. Louis. 73 Clnclnn'l 65 .321 ' Chicago . Oh 7 .451 Hoaton ..70 Tlrooklya ft S3 .4i1 Washing ..". 83 .41 Boaton ..3 HU .2o3;ot. Louis. 40 101 .2S4 Anaer. Aaaeclatlon. Western League. W. 1- Pet. W. 1 PCt. Mlnn.ap 3 .t .50.-.' Denver ..PO 5o .84.1 Ka. Clty.08 6 .371 !Su Joseph H.I A .5l Coiurabus bt 11 .MA Pueblo ..80 7 .544 Pt. Paul 74 79 ,4f4i Lincoln .77 70 .824 Mllwauk 73 82 .47rloux City. 77 73 .513 lndianap 71 b3 .411 Omaha ..74 73 . 503 Toledo ..72 85 .4rtOTopeka ..54 94 .361 LoulanUI. 84 02 .410, Des Moln 47 100 .320 Yesterday'a Besults. Paclnc Coast League Oakland 1. Port land 0; Los Angeles 8. San Franclaco fi; Vernon 5, Sacramento 0. Northwestern League Portland B. Taco ma 1: Vancouver 10. Seattle 3; Spokane 4, Victoria g. American League Philadelphia 14. De troit 8: Cleveland S, Washington 1; Bos ton 14. ft. Louis 2: Chicago 8. New Tork 2. National league Brooklyn 5. Pittsburg 4: N.w Tork . Cincinnati 2: St. Louis 3. Philadelphia 2: Boaton 14. Chicago 8. American Aasociatlon Kansas City 13-1. Loulavllle 7-S; Columbus o. Milaauk.e 1: Indianapolis 1. St. Paul 0; Minneapolis 8-5. Toledo 1-1. Western League Pueblo 12. Dee Moines 0: Danvar 2. St. Joseph 0: Bloua City . Uneola 1; Omaha 4, Topaka 3. r - KOESTNER IS EXTRA INNING SPECIALIST Tall, Quiet Young Slab Gun ner Is Great Source of Strength to Beavers. BEAN BALL ANSWERS JIBES Beginning Career In 1906. Sterling Hurler Has Worked In Coast Iaragtie) and W ith Cleveland tn American Circuit. Whan tba Portland team of 1311 waa forming last Winter. Walter McCredle figured that both Eugene Krap and Vean Gregg would make good with the Cleveland Americans, and to make up for the loas of these two sterling hurl era tha Beaver leader reqneated tha Cleveland Club to "get him a pitcher." At that time McCredle had dealgna on EtJmer Koeatner, the tall, wiry twlrler who pitched for the Loa An geles Club In 108 and lo. and who waa with Cleveland In 1310. The Cleveland Club at first demurred because It feared to lose the services of Koestner under the waiver rule In the) major league, but finally, after much persuasion, the Naps secured the necessary waivers, and a silent young man drifted Into Santa Maria last March Instead of reporting at-Alexan-drla. Lav. Koeatner Silent Youth. This young fellow, who carried him self as erect as a soMter, aald, "Hello Mac." and addressed other of the Port land colony similarly. Since that time' It Is not recorded that he has uttered a doien unnecessary words. "The King of Silence." Is Elmer Koestner, but he Is the type of a man who does not need to speak to express himself. His actions do It for him. A glance from the aleepy looking eyea of the twlrler la enough to alienee any of the would-be "Jokesmlths" of the various clubs in the league. When an obstreperous coacher gels too gay with this twlrler, .he makes no reply then, but the next time the talkative one faces him at bat, he performs vari ous gymnastic stunts In getting out of the way of a "bean ball." Thus la brought home to him the fact that Elmer Koestner has a memory, and Is a dangerous man to get too gay with in "ragging" tactics. Extra laalnga Hla Specialty. As' a pitcher, this untalkatlve chap I Is one of the best men who ever am bled to the pitching box In the Pa- 1 YE EXPERT EXPLAINETH ART YCLEPT BASEBALL Veracious Cnronickler Telleth ye Brymson Hatte Sundry and Divers Thynges About ye Beavers' and Oaks' Fightyngs. BT ADDISON BENNETT. IF, In the course of human endeavor. It becomea necessary for you to at tend a ball game, go not accom panied by a red picture hat with a cerise feather the slxe of a sheaf of oats. Sneak out, steal out, amble out alone, unattended, all by your lone some. For under the hat may lurk a brain immune to reason, prone to have its, own way and unversed In the In tricacies of our great National sport. Ordered by my superiors yesterday to go out to the Vaughn-atreet en closure and see the Oaklands and Port lands go through their dally stunt, and then write of It from a religious and aclentiflc standpoint, I waa foolish enough to gather under my arm one of the hats aforesaid, with the brain un der It, likewise a lady who said she waa Just dying to see a ball game, par ticularly to see the sweet Buddy Ryan, a lady who said she could assist me by taking notes for future reference. ( CaahlOBS Kept aa Bfeaaeatoa. Arrived at the grounds, by one of those cars where you drop your nickel in the contribution box as tha bell rings one, and at the same time the conductor enunciates In a mixture of Dutch. African and Chlneae, "Step for ward, please," when there ia no place to atep, we In due time arrived at the ball field, paid 20 cents for two cush ions, which wa still have as souvenirs of the affray, and a nickel for a acore card, which waa useless, there being not a blessed thing worth scoring, then we secured two seats in the parquet and the battle waa on. Oh. kind friends and blessed enemies, did you ever hear of anybody talking through a hat? If you have you know how tiresome it becomes; but think of tha hat Itself taking voice! Thla hat, my hat, so to speak, began aa soon as we were seated, by' asklngr me to point out the aweet Buddy Ryan, which I did. Buddy waa loafing around in the northeaat quarter of the northeast quarter of the aectlon. ambling around near the fence, . I pointed him out, and ahe said she was disappointed to see him In such shabby clothes, supposing be would be in evening dress, being so" popular. And she wanted to know why he did not come and atand close to the parquet where we could see him better. I explained that Buddy was out there trying to locate a knothole In the fence through which to knock a ball when hie turn at the home plate came. Then she asked me where Buddy kept those 23 home runs he had made during the Summer, and why he made them, and if I supposed he carried them in his pocket. I told her that he did not carry them around with him at every game, aometlmea leaving them at home for his children to play with. "Children." quoth she, "Has Buddy a wife and children V "Yes," I cheerfully lied, "he haa a wife and 11 kldlets, or did have last week." Home Raa Ia Explained. And then I had to go Into a scientific, thesis, theorem or something of that sort on the home run aa elucidated and expounded by B. Ryan, H. R. E.. which, translated, meaneth horns run expert. "Now," said I, "a home run is an epi sode wherein and whereby the batter at the plate taketh his pen., I mean his bat. In hand and swatteth the ball so hard and so far that he runa home, kisses hla wife and spanks a baby or two and gets back before the ball is returned to the pocket of the limp." "And why doth he do It?" asked the hat. I reminded her that the large, fine-looking gentleman sitting next to us waa Ed Lyona. the chap who la re sponsible down at the Union Depot for having the trains arrive late and de part too aoon for late risers, and also a Fan. not a lower case fan, a capital Fan. And that he waa a friend of Buddy'a and would betray me. But I explained that I would take a chance, anyhow. So I whleaaeaa Into taa off clflc Coast League. On numerous oc casions this season he has shown his worth beyond possibility of doubt, and ha now has the distinction of having worked in tha longest game of the present Pacific Coast League race, and for that matter, technically, the long est game ever played on the Pacific slope. This was the remarkable 34-inning game played between Portland and Sac ramento two weeks ago today, and on his next time out the "Silent King pitched and won another extra in ning session, which went half tha dis tance of the lengthy battle. The pronunciation of thla player's name seems to trouble the fana a great deal, for scarcely two will pro nounce it the same. The tall twlrler calmly says it Is pronounced "Ress ner" and he ought to know, so those who have been referring to him as xroatner," "Coastner," "Kessner." and tha lika will please take notice. Koestner Only 24 Years Old. Elmer Koestner was born at Rob erta, 111., about 24 years ago. and first began to play baseball on the lots of Ploomlngton. While with high school and other teams In Eloomington he at tracted the attention of the manage ment of tha Bloomlngton team of the Three Eye League In 1906 and got a trial with that club. He made good and played there the ensuing year as welL At the end of the 1807 season, Koeatner waa drafted by Los Angeles, end helped win tha pennant for "Pi" Dillon- and the Angeles in 180S. He waa with Loa Angelea In 10 also, at tha end of which season he was pur chased by tha Cleveland Club. In 1910 he pitched In IS games for Cleveland and finished the seaaon with a record of 6 vlotorioa and 10 defeats, which Is not no bud when the fact that Cleveland had a persentage of but little over .400 is considered. How ever, while with tha Napa Koestner batted for .318. and la rated aa one of the beat hitting pitchers on the coaat. . When he gets through with pitching, he will turn his attention to playing first base or in the outfield, for his batting prowess will hold hlra a Job when he is unable to twirl any more. O ROFRKE DRAFTS SCRAPPERS Sacramento ManaRfr"Xot Depending on Boston for Xext Vear's Team. LOS ANGELES. Sept. 28. "My team will not be riddled next year." confi dently declared Patsy 0"Rourke, man ager of the Sacramento club, today. "I am buying my own players this year and am not depending on what the Boston Americans send me. Tou may be sure that if It sends a man out here there is something the matter with him. Sometimes the man ia only green and in a short time develops Into a good player. If ha is green be comes into a good team when he breaks Into the Green Sox. "This year I shall lose many men, as they are farmed out here by the Red Sox. This will not occur again, as I have sent in drafts for my own men and the fellows I secured are all right. All have been playing ball on the East ern Coast in some of the scrappiest leagues In the country. I know most of them personally. v "From the material that I shall have on hand I cannot see but that our team will be up In the lead next year." ear of the hat, the pink ear, that Buddy had a confederate outside the grounda who stole the balls, thus get ting quite a revenue every year. "Who," she further queried, "are those two handsome men In the lot who are all dressed up?" I told her those were the umps. "And what." she again asked, "is an ump?" I again went into a aclentllc elucidation and explained that an ump was one of two things, a sort of double-llfed in dividual, who had been crossed in love, and then had reformed and become either a robber or a gentleman. "And which are these?" quoth the hat. "After a time, after a time I will tell It to thee," I responded. Swat Causes Ire to Rise. Just then there was a commotion, for one of the players nad swatted the ball far afield, and the hat said he waa a mean, contemptible rascal to do that and make a man run so far for it to which I agreed, seeing who had swatted it. I had, at this Juncture, to explain that the letters on toe uniforms of the players meant different things on dif ferent days. The P, for instance, might stand for peach today and per simmon or pickle tomorrow; while the 0 might mean merely itself as an outward symbol with two 'Is, an h and an e somewhat mixed up next the diaphragm of the player while tomor row it might mean oyster, the rules of the game not permitting the word lob ater to be used. "What la that man aaying to the ump," queried the hat I had to fur ther explain that the words then be ing hurled at the ump were not laid down in the text books, anyhow would not look well In print. The score board next attracted her attention, while a few thousand of us were adjuring Old Bill Rapps to kill it the ball, not the score board. I told her the boys were doing a problem in arithmetic a problem not yet solved or solvable. And she thought the board would look a sight better if the string of O's after Oakland was not disfigured by a figure 1. and for once the hat was correct, much to the admiration of Senator Huston. Frank Holbrook, Doo. Anderson and a lot of fellows, who frequently led the rising in the sev enth Inning. For the elimination of the Jinx, as I expatiated. Jinx Is Introduced. "And who la this Mr. Jinx?" and "Does he belong to the Portland Club?" queried the feather on the hat. I had to tell ber that Jinx was an own brother of hoodoo, and the two of them roosted on the ball field to be called up by red-headed girls in picture hats. Being to the point, the hat and the feather subsided. -Just then, amid groans, we all left the grounds, and she wanted to know why they didn't play longer, as the afternoon was still quite young. Then 1 had to tell her that there had been nine Innings played, which was a full game; and she wanted to know why. I had further to explain that one-old-cat, the forerunner of baseball, had nine lives, like all respectable cats; so they gave her an Inning for each life. "And what la an inning, and which side wins?" were the last questions fired at me 'ere I fled. Yes, I both fled, skipped and vamoosed, leaving the picture hat to escort its owner as best It may. And only thinkt I might have gone to the Gresham Fair, or the fair Gre sham, where I could have seen the "pumpkins," the goats and the big red apples. I might have taken, think I could have taken, a Miss Lion or a Miss Bear, from the Old Folks' Home and had the time of my life. But an unfeeling overlord sent me to the cause of science by elucidating how It came about that the mighty bat of Ryan was powerless, the strong right arm of Koeatner without its cunning, and the feet of our nine players like unto the propelling power of ye snaU ROADSTERS UNKIND TO TIGER FUNGERS One Slabbist Driven to Bench While Relief Hurler Is Hammered Hard. MIKE LYNCH'S DANDER UP Bengal Leader Sends In His Team's Only Score With Hit Made In Fit of Temper Nicks Run Cp Total of Five Fat Tallica. TACOMA, Wash.. Sept. 23. (Special.) Portland 6, Tacoma L That was the final score today. It actually looked as if Tacoma would win a game at first. The Bengals put one over the pan In the opening frama and "Lefty Miller waa mowing them down in one, two, three order for the first six sessions; but he blew up in the seventh, three singles and a squeese play giving the Roadsters two runs. Then Schrauts went In to stem the tide of defeat. He did nicely In the eighth, but the Portland stickers got to him hard in the ninth and pounded three more runs across the rubber. The Tigers could not solve Eastley's slants, and once more Tacoma heroes were humbled. Tacoma'a lone score came Jbecause Mike Lynch got mad. Morse walked and was nipped stealing second. Casey rapped out a pretty double to right. Oddy Abbott singled and Caaey waa caught sliding home. Harris had hlra by five feet, but Mike made a mighty roar and cams to the plate breathing fire. Lynch Pokes Wide Pitch. Abbott had gone to second on Casey's attempt home, and Mike reached out after a wide one and rapped It into centerflejd for a clean single, scoring Abbott and going to second. Still peevish, he stole -third. He had no chance to complete the circuit, for Guyn knocked a little popup and was thrown out at first. Then Miller gave an exhibition of classy flinging. He struck out Mun dorff and Speas in the first, and Stovall flew out to Abbott. In the second Wil liams singled and was advanced to second by Pettlgrew's sacrifice. There he died, for Mensor and Harris were thrown out to Fisher on easy ground ers. Only nine men faced Miller in the next three innings, not a man reaching first. Speas started the seventh with a scratch single that Fisher couldn't handle. Stovall sacrificed him to aec ond. Williams singled, scoring Speas and going to third himself on the throw-in to the plate. Then the blonde manager gave the high sign for the hit and run play. Throw Hlta t'mplre. Pettigrew laid down a perfect bunt. Kick coming In on the hit. Mensor singled and tried to steal second. He had the ball beat by a rod, but Burns' heave hit Starkell on the back, Cooney's broad frame completely blocking the air xone to second. -Despite the roars of the Roadsters Mensor was sent back to first Williams announced he would protest the game on this decision. In the light of what happened, however, the protest wasn't needed. Harris' hit to Fisher ended the inning. Tonneson was banished from the bench soon after for "bawling" at Starkell. Miller was yanked and Schmuts went In. He was effective In the eighth, thanks to sharp fielding by his team mates, but in the ninth he went the airship route. The Bengals were never really dan geroua after the first Inning, although Burns and Fisher singled in the sev enth with two uown. The score: Portland I Tacoma Ab.H.Po.A.E.1 AD.H.PO.A.E Mun'f.3b 4 0 3 0 0;Morse,ss. S 0 0 3 1 Speas.cf. 4 111 ulcasey.Sb 4 2 2 1 0 Stovall.rf 2 0 1 0 0'Abbott,rf 4 1 8 0 11 Wlll alb 4 3 11 0 0 Lynch cf 4 J 0 0 1 Pettrw.lf 8 0 0 0 0Guyn.lt.. 4 110 0 MenT.2 4 2 6 4 0!Cole n.8b 4 12 20 Harris c. 4 0 6 2 0Burns.c 4 16 2 0 Coltrln.ss 8 10 4 1 Fiaher.lb 4 1 13 1 0 East'yp. 4 0 0 0 OiMlller.p. 2 0 0 3 0 lauum ,f " " " Annis-.. x u o x u Totals S2 1 27 11 l Totals 34 8 27 15 2 Batted for Miller tn seventh. SCORE BT INNINGS. Portland 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 6 Tacoma 1 0000000 01 8UMMART. Runs Speas. Williams 2. Pettirrrew. Mensor. Abbott. Stolen base Lynch. Two base hit Casey. Three-base hit Coltrln. Sacrifice hits Stovall. Pettlmw. Left on bases Tacoma 2. Portland 2. Hlta Off Eastley 8. off Millar 4. off Bchmuts 3. Struck out By Eastley 5. by Miller 4. by Schmuts 1 Bases on balls Off Eastley 1. off Schmuts 1. Hit by pitcher btovall. Time 1 :40. Umpire BtarkelL EELFORD HITS WIXXING GAIT Vancouver Pitcher Holds Seattle Down While Mates Score. SEATTLE, Sept. 23. Seattle had a fighting chance until the seventh In ning when four hits, one of them a home run. Increased Vancouver's lead by as many runs. The visitors bunched hits again in the ninth, giving them a total of 10 runs, while the locals' score remained at 2. Belford pitched effec tive ball for Vancouver. Score: s.tia I Vancouver Ab.H-P0.AB.! A0.H.P0.A.E. r aard 2b 3 0 7 5 OlB'nett.Sb. 4 3 12 0 C'lfnkcf 110 0 O.Baker.lb. J 0 12 1 0 S'lderlf 3 111 Frlsk.rt. 4 1 C 0 0 L',b 3 0 1 2 llJamea.Jb. 5 1 1 1 0 Weedrf 4 1 0 0 Swaln.cf-. - 4 1 3 0 0 Orllb .' 8 t 1 OSWber.ss 12.40 H'm'dssl 3 1 3 4 0ICate..lf.. 4 2 2 0 1 Bhea c . 4 0 4 3 O F. 8hea.o S 1 3 0 leaton.';: 3004 JjBelford.p 31130 Total. 2 3 37 20 2 Total.. 35 12 27 13 1 SCORE BT INNINGS. Seattle 010010002 Vancouver 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 310 BUMMART. Runs' Householder. Ort. Bennett 3, Frisk, James, Bcharnweber. Cates. F. Shea 2. Bel ford 2 Two-base hit Scharnweber. Home run Bennett. Sacrifice hits Baker. Cates. Belford. Stolen bases Leard, Householder. Baker. Scharnweber. Cates. Struck out By Seaton 4. by BelfSrd 3. Bases on balls Off Seaton 7, off Belford T. Wild pitch Belford. Left on bases Seattle 7, Van couver 8. Umpire McCarthy. OREGON VARSITY HURLER WIXS Houck Gets) Away With Brick son by Good Support. SPOKANE, Sept. 23. Houck, the Uni versity of Oregon pitcher, and Erickson were pretty evenly matched in today's game, but the Spokane pitcher had the better support and won, 4 to 2. A mixture of hits and infield errors In the fourth inning gave the Indiana -ee rune, enough to win. Score k Spokane 1 Victoria" Ab.H.Po.A.E! Ccssh.Ib 0 0 o'M'lion.cf. C oney.ss Mchr.rf Z man. If. C'ght.Sb. N-yke.lb K'pert.cf Os'dlek.o Houck.p. 0 3 2 2 0 G'man.Sb. OlKeilar.sa. ljK'nedy.lf. O 'Ctson.rf . OlMM'o.lb. OB'nnan.ss ODevoKU. OjE'keon.p. 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 Total. S3 T 27 14 11 TotaL. 33 3 34 11 T SCORE BT INNINGS. Spoksns Victoria .v.v.v.v.v.o !!!!!! 1 SUMMARY. Runs Klppert. Ostdiek. Houck. Million. Clementson. Three-basa hit Clementson. Stolen bases Keller Nordyke. Double plays Kippert to Ostdiek; Cooney to Nar dyke. Struck out By Houck 6. by Erick son 6. Bases on balls iff Houck 3, off Erickson U. Wild pitch Erickson. Hit by pitched ball Cocash. Time of same 1 hour 46 minutes. Umpire Dash wood. XATIOXAL LEAGTE. New Tork 6, Cincinnati 2. CINCINNATI, Sept. 23. Getting three runs off Humphreys in the opening in ning. New Tork, with Mathewson pitch ing, was never headed, winning J to l Score: R.H.E.I R.H.D. New Tork.. 6 10 lCinclnnatl .. 10 4 Batteries Mathewson and Meyers; Humphreys, Gaspar and Clarke. Um pires Klem and Brennan. Boston 14, Chicago 6. CHICAGO. Sept. 23 Chicago was placed further away from the pennant today when Boston defeated the locals, 14 to . The game waa a batting bea ' punctuated with weird fielding, by both teams. Score: R. H. E. R. H. H. Chicago ... 8 !Boston ...14 IS I Batteries Mclntyre, Rowan, Rlchtar, Tlerney and Archer, Graham; Tyler and Rarlden. Umpires Rlgler and Finneraa. St. Louis 8, Philadelphia 9. ST. LOUIS. Sept. 23. St Louis won from Philadelphia 8 to 3 today. Preal dent Taft watched the players from a decorated grandstand and applauded the Philadelphia team, when the soore was tied in the eighth inning. Score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Phila 2 8 2iSt- Loots ..3 8 2 Batteries Chalmers, Moore and Cot ter; Geyer and Bliss. Umpires Johnstone and Eason. Brooklyn 5, Pittsburg 4. ' PITTSBURG. Sept. 28. Brooklyn de feated Pittsburg 6 to 8. The scores R. H. E. R. H. E. Pittsburg. .4 9 lBrooklyn. . .5 10 4 Batteries Lelfleld, Gardner and Simon; Ragon and O'Mlller. Umpires O'Pay and Emslie. AMERICAX LEAGUE. Philadelphia 14, Detroit 8. PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 23. Phila delphia and Detroit began their final series, the locals wining, 14 to 3. Krause was effective except in one in ning and got good support. The score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Detroit. . . 9 71Phlla'phia .14 13 0 Batteries Summers. Taylor and Stanage; Krause and Lapp. Boston 14, St. Louis G. BOSTON. Sept 23. Boston piled up hits and runs at the expense of St Louis' pitchers today and won easily, 14, to 2. The score: R.H.E.I R.H.E. Boston. . .14 15 lSt Louis. .2 8 3 Batteries , Hall and Nunamakerj Brown, Mitchell and Clarke. Chicago 3, New York 2. NEW TORK, Sept 23. In spita of the fact that Walsh was knocked out tf the box. Chicago defeated New York. 1 to 2. In the eighth inning, with none out Wolter, Cree,- Knight and Hartsell fell on Walsh for singles, but Cree prevented New York from tlelng the game when Sullivan caught him napping oft second. The score: R. H. E. R- H. E. Chicago. .8 10 41New York. .2 11 0 Batteries Walsh, Scott and Sullivan, Block; Caldwell and Williams, Blair. Cleveland 6, Washington 1. WASHINGTON, Sept 28. Cleveland hit Walter Johnson today for a total of 21 bases and easily beat Washing ton to 1. The score: R.H.E-1 R.H.B. Wash. . ..1 8 lCleveland. . 13 1 Batteries Johnson and Henry; Krapp and Easterly FANDOM AT RANDOM BOB BROWN cast the dirk into Spo kane the other day. The Phila delphia Nationals grabbed Ed XlPP'Ir the heavy hitting Spokane outfielder, and turned him over to Vancouver, where he will be atatloned next sea son. aaa Hap Hogan is fast becoming a blue ribbon grouch. Teams have been charged with stealing signals by elec tric buzzers, wig wags, psychic waves and whatnot but Hogan discharged his bat Boy. known as "L tUe Toughy. on suspicion that the lad gave his signals away to Oakland in the last series in the south. aaa Dick Cooley. of Salt Lake, has sold Cliff Blankenship to Helena and Blank will manage the Helenas next season. Both clubs are in the Union Associa tion. Blank also gets an interest In the team. . , Portland's Northwestern crew is iust one. point from third place to day. Seattle standing .628 and Nick Williams .627. Next week, the closing sessions in the Northwestern League will be played, with Portland at Spo kane and Tacoma at Seattle. While there is slight chance of It Portland has a chance to go into second plaoe. It will take seven games of the eight scheduled with Spokane to do the trick, so the localB will have to be satisfied with third and possibly fourth. aaa Hen Berry, of the Los Angeles club, and Cal Ewing. of San Francisco, will attend the world's series this Fall. Berry has not missed the big milling for five years. The pair leave the Coast on October 6. a a Tracy Baker, the Pendleton lad who went from the Univeraity of Washing ton to the Boston Americans this Spring, has been "farmed" to Van- x..Aa riisnatrhes from the East a few days back had him en .A TiAA.. hut this annears to rauie iv . , have been an error. a a - The difference between a leader and a tailender is $4500. Vancouver sold 310 800 worth of ballplayers this sea son and Victoria 85760. The latter item is. all that kept the Bees In the league. aaa . Louis Guisto. the new first base man signed by Harry Wolverton for a trial with the Oaks next Spring, is a 180-pounder who has been hitting like a whale with the Napa, Gs, teaai this season. 1