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
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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.
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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
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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.
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