THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 3, 1011.
FUNNY SIDE
BK OFFICIAL
Umpire Billy Evans Tells
Practical Jokes Players
Spring on Rivals.
DOYLE VICTIM OF COLLINS
iant Second Baseman Nipped on
Pop Fly After Athletic Star Fool
Him by Hl Shonta "Fnxj"
Play On Wrong.
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Amnti L. u. 1'mplr.
Baseball abounds In freak play. Sel
dom do they fall to add seat to tlva
game. If a visiting player happens to
he tha victim, th horn tram Is given
credit with harlot pulled something
foir. If a horn player la tha offend
er. h la usually looked on aa a ptec
ft solid Ivory.
In tha fourth ame of th world's
serlea Eddta Collins and Jack Barry
pulled one on Larry Ioyl that mad
the slant leader look foolish. Phi la
d'lpMa fans raveled In tha situation.
Gotham rooters berated Doyle. Fact of
tha ma-tor. It waa a very wl.. mova
by Collins and Barry, but not nearly
so dumb a play by Ioyle aa most fans
thoucht- I hava seen Barry and 1 01
lira pull tha same play half a dosen
times In tha American League season,
fotna of the brainiest base runners In
tha league) have bean fooled even mora
badly than Doyle.
Tha play happened with Doyl on
first and Snodgrasa at' the bat. Evi
dently tha hlt-and-fun signal must
hava been flashed, for Doyle started to
run. aa Bonder started to deliver tha
balL Pnoda-rass, In an attempt to carry
out bia part of tha programme, hit tha
ball, his effort being a little pop fly
to Faker. Doylo was over half-way to
second when inodgreas hit tha ball.
Collins and Barry took In tha situation
In a moment.
Dayla Badly railed.
Collins raced to aecond base ahead of
(oyle as If to rerolva a throw from
the direction of third. ,lle kept mak
ing; wild geeture with his arms and
yelling at Baker. As ha was making
the play I could Imagine Just what ha
was sarins-, having been umpiring; the
him several times when such a play
was pulled. "fVecond base. Baker, sec
ond baae, waa probably what ha waa
veiling. Barry In tha meantime was
probably saying a few things Ilka
rou ll have to hurry the play. Frank."
Imti l make It close." and a few mora
similar expression. '
The Intent on the part of Collins and
Barry was to deeeJve Iwyla In believ
ing that Baker waa handling a ground
balL They succeeded most admirably.
Tovle stopped once aa If In doubt and
then hurried on. Very likely a shift
In tha eonveraatlon by Barry and Col
lins caused It. In all probability, tha
two of them, to make Doyle believe
that Baker had fumbled tha ball and
allowed It to got away, directed their
talk at Brla Lord In left field. "Get
tha ball to third. Brie. was perhaps
the sentence that caused Doyle to start
on bis way again.
All theea things were happening In
a few seconds. Naturally, the Phila
delphia rooters were having the time
of their Ufa ow Doyle's dilemma. The
noise they made waa certainly deafen
ing. Tha Giant supporters were mak
ing an equal amount of noise In an
effort to explain the situation to
Doyle. As a result. Doyle heard abso
lutely nothing. Had he been able to
hla coachera. he might hava been
saved. He had such a running start,
however, a double play might have re
sulted under any conditions. Any way.
l-arry did not come to until he saw
Haker throw the ball to Davis and the
umpire wave both men out. The play
auaed Doyle to ba unmercifully roast
ed, much of which waa undeserved.
Altlser Joke Vletlsa.
Just to show how easy It la for tha
baserunner to be made to look bad.
I recall a play on Pare Altlser when
he was with the Chicago Club, Chi
cago waa playing Cleveland, and Al
tlser had reached first on a single. Tha
n-xt batter gave the hit-and-run algn
to Dave, and ha started for second at
a tO-second clip when tha pitcher ha
sten to wind up.
George Stovall. who waa playing first
fir Cleveland, waa holding the base
runner on, and waa only a atep or two
from first when the batter hit a ter
rific line drive right Into his hands.
It waa only a matter of taking a few
steps and touching first to double
Altlxer. which he did.
It seems to me, Nick Altrock waa
coaching at third for Chicago at the
time. Ha never missed a chance to aee
the humor in any situation, and In his
loud voice ha frantlcaly told Altlser to
slide. Dave followed Instructions and
hit the dirt, going at full speed. Stov
all waa quick to grasp tha situation.
Itealtxlng that Altlser thought tha ball
was hit on the ground, ftovall carried
out his part of tha Joke by hurling the
ball to second.
As he Intended, the throw waa wild
and went to left center. Seeing this.
Altlxer waa on hla feet In a minute,
and on bla way to third. Joe Birming
ham made the throw to Bill Bradley,
but It arrived late. When Bradley re
ceived It he made a desperate dive for
Altlser. who was then reclining on the
base. I. waa umpiring the game 'that
ily. and. keeping aa sober a face as I
could. I loudly declared him out.
The crowd, by thla time, waa In an
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nproar over tha play. AItlr protested
strongly against the decision, and fol
lowed me across the diamond from
third to first, telling me Just how
fierce the ruling was on the play. I
had to threaten all kinds of dlra things
before he went to the bench.
Then he learned what had happened,
that he had been doubled off first base
on a line drive. Altlser waa severely
roasted for thla play, almply because
he carried out tha Instructions of hla
coacher, a set rule In baseball. Those
who could see the humor In the situa
tion thought It a good Joke on Dave,
but some of the bleacherltes who were
not close enough to be wise to tha an
tics of the coacher labeled It as a
prlxe bonehead play.
Altlser was subjected to mucn criti
cism. et he really waa In no way to
blame. It waa some time before he
forsfee any of the fellows who had a
part In the episode.
In one of the post-season games be
tween Cleveland and Cincinnati, this
Fall, with the score a tie, Marsana on
third base and one out. the speedy
Cuban outfielder made what seemed a
clean steal of homo. A ateal of home
Is alwaya a pretty play, and the Cuban
pulled thla oft ao artistically that even
the Cleveland crowd applauded tha
f eat
That evening I happened to ba on the
same train with Clarke Orlfflth. bound
from Cleveland to Philadelphia, to take
In tha world'a eetiea. Naturally, among
the subjects discussed waa baseball,
and I remarked to Griff that under the
circumstances It seemed Maraans had
pulled a funny play, adding that some
one must have got hla algnala crossed.
( r.n 4 Hard Master.
That waa a funny play." remarked
Griffith. "Marsana waa applauded. I
waa given credit for being a wise man
ager, to take such a chance, and every
body marveled at how cleanly Marsana
had stolen borne. As a matter of fact.
we were all very lucky that we didn't
resemble a collection of aolld Ivory. I
had given tha signal for the aqueesa
play. The pitcher evidently antici
pated the play, for he pitched out ao
far out that the batter refused to at
tempt to squeese, and the catcher
couldn't handle It.
Marsana. who Is very fast, got a
wonderful lead and alid under the pitch
In the moat approved atyle. Marsana
waa wildly cheered for having stolen
home, when the real play was the
aqueesc. Baseball la a funny proposi
tion. The crowd cheera when a bone
headed play succeeds, but groans when
a clever move goea wrong. It 'is tha
results the baseball fan is looking for."
Never In hla Ufa did "Griff" say any
thing mora truthful.
rOKTLAXP TEAMS WON'T TLAY
Oak Tark High Would Ldkr Another
Game Thla Year.
Portland aeema to be a mecca for
wandering football trams. Word was
received recently that Oak Park High,
of Chicago, which cleaned Tip the whole
Northwest last seaaon. again wlshea to
come here. It would like to meet one
of the teama on Christmas and either
Salt Lake. Butte r Hpokane on New
Tears.
Yesterday tha Evanston Academy, of
Illinois, sent word that It would Ilka to
meet the championship team here on
one of the two coming holidays.
Neither of these will he accommo
dated, however, as tha managers here
will not ba able to accept the terms of
fered. Christmas is a poor paying day.
and on New Yeara tha Interest would
all be In the game between Multnomah
and University of Waging ton. As the
matter now stands the prospects are
slight for seeing, a game with one of
the Eastern teama this season.
LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL SQUAD WHICH WON THE
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DOBIE IS EXPENSIVE
ITEM FOR WASHINGTON
Football Mentor Gets $40 for Every Day He Labors With Elevens He
Knows So Well How to Develop.
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NIVERSITT OF WASHINGTON.
Seattle. Dec. S. (Special.) To
croduce 11 men. weld them to
gether and win lth them tha North
west football championship la cost
ing the University of Washington this
year 113.75 for each player every day
ha trains, of a total of 18850. It costs
only 28 cents a day a man to pro
duce a winning rowing crew.
To break even on finances thla sea
aon tha University of Washington
must clear J4600 on the Pullman game
Thanksgiving, or 12100 more than was
cleared at Portland. Tha largest item
on tha Kg expense bill is Doble. For
each month the lanky football mentor
paces up and down Denny field gently
chiding 20 atrainlng pigskin artists ha
geta 11000. Twenty-five evenings a
month he saunters down to the gym,
tells the men to hurry up, geta them
out on the field, hovers over them
forcibly for three hours and then saun
ters back home with the knowledge
that he haa earned 140 more. He be
gins this three-hour. $40 a day saunter
with the opening of college and con
cludes It with a United Statea treasury
waits to greener pasture, only after
the laat aspiring "U" or college has
been ground under the cleats of hla
dissolute and Ignoble aggregation.
Doble gets hla $1000 a month partly
because he once played football for
Minnesota, partly because he is a law
yer and moatly becauae he can pro
due a winning team, 11 tlmee out of
every .10. Doble a understudy gets
$000 for distributing the gloom his
superior tells him about.
Nexrt In size to lawyer-coach salary
la the sum that will be required to
bring Washington State College to Se
attle for the Thanksgiving game.
Manager Zednlck estimates that it will
take fully $3000. It cost $1000 for
O. A. C, $250 for ground repair, and
$200 a game for Incidental expenses.
Two thousand dollars was spent for
a temporary wooden grandstand that
may have to he torn down next year.
Receipts for thla season amount to
$5930. $1100 having been secured on
the Oregon game, $2500 on O. A. C. and
$350 with Idaho. $2200 was cleared at
Portland and $100 less on the Aggie
game. The expenses in the Idaho con
test were $50 greater than receipts.
Since the board of control vetoed
playing Multnomah Club in Portland
New Year's the only remaining game la
with Pullman on the university grounds
Thanksgiving, and the entire deficit
must be made up then. Aa there is
nothing at stake In this game Bednlck
doea not expect such a crowd as there
was last year, when the university
cleared $5700. It la thought that there
will be a $5000 crowd, however.
"Despite the story these figures tell,
we depend upon football almost entirely
to pay the expenses of other lines of
athletics." said Zednlck. Track, crew
and baseball all come In for a share of
the surplus left after tha football sea
aon la over. Of course the expenses of
none of these Is nearly aa great aa
those of the varsity football team. We
always lose on them all, baseball as
well as the others. On the outcome of
football depends the prosperity of every
other major and minor sport.
"The cheapeat thing about college
athletics Is the material. The raw ma
terial Itself costs us nothing, but it Is
the refining It and making It Into
something useful that runs up the ex
pense account.. There Is a goodly sum
right out of the box for coach and there
are hundreds of dollars' worth of minor
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expenses that have convinced many an
athletic manager that a football team
waa one of the costliest luxuries In the
world until he counted his gate re
ceipts at the end of the year.
"In making the team thla year the
university has given Coach Doble a
clear field and It Is his fault and no
one else's that he has produced a win
ner. In hiring Dobie we went after
the very best brains and football abil
ity at large and 'we have never had
cause to regret that we paid enough
to make it worth a capable man's time
to come out."
MAXY PliAX TRIP TO BEACH
Surf Bathing Will Be Enjoyed by
Portland Folk at Gearhart.
Oliver Jeffery. chaJrman of the swim
ming committee of the Multnomah
Club, la highly enthusiastic over the
second annual Jaunt to Gearhart
Beach, planned for next Saturday and
Sunday by the ladles' auxiliary and
friends.
Nearly 50 Portland promlnents have
signed up for transportation. Chair
man Jeffery made publle the follow
ing list yesterday: Mr. and Mrs. Prank
Watkina. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lyons.
George Ludors. Mlsa Clara Howe,
Ralph Knight. Sam Holbrook. Miss
Lola Llnd. Miss Grace O'NelL Dan
O'Nell, Miss Blanche Bovan, Mlsa Jesse
Coursan. Miss Francea Jeffery,' Roy
Fields. Frank Howell. Ed Jorgenson. F.
8. Humphrey, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Huma
aon, Miss Humason. E. J. Jeffery, Bert
Allen. Arthur Allen. Dr. and Mrs. M. C.
Holbrook. Al Hanson. Howard Gaylord.
Lewis Thomas, Sim Bennett, Will Ben
nett, Miss Bess Allen, J. B. Mennette.
Elmer Young. Frank Wlckersham, Mr.
and Mrs.'C. C. Carpenter. L. Buston, Mr.
and Mrs. William Detwelller, Mr. and
Mrs. Oliver K. Jeffery.
"We expect three times that number
when the train pulle out for Gearhart."
declared Mr. Jeffery last night. "The
outing, the bathing In the surf in mid
Winter, and the good time In store are
bound to attract scores of the best peo.
pie In the city. The affair ahould be a
bowling success." ,
3IOXROE TAKES GOTOH'S DEFI
British Champion to Meet American
Grappler In Kansas) City.
KANSAS CITY. Dec 2. Alex Munro.
the British wrestling champion, ac
cepted today the offer of Frank Gotch,
international title holder, for a match
for the world's championship in this
city on the night of December 27.
In a letter to the Missouri Athletic
Club, which arranged the match, Gotch
announced that with this bout he
would retire from the mat. Munro
sailed for America today.
Munro'a acceptance follows Gotch's
announcement a week ago that he waa
willing to meet the Englishman at any
time before January 5. Gotch's con
tract waa received at the Athletic Club
headquarters today. The club guaran
tees $10,000, of which 75 per cent goes
to the winner. The match will be held
In Convention Hall, and will be to a
finish catch-aa-catcn-can.
UNDISPUTED CHAMPIONSHIP OP
RCK, BK KIBT, WHAT, IKWMil, GEOCE, THAT CHER, KOHREL, TVSON,
BUDDY RYAN TELLS
HOW TO PLAY BALL
Portland's Star Fielder and
Hitter Advises Youth With
Ambition. ,
SHORT SWINGS AID BATTING
Writing for The Oregonlan Clever
Beaver Relates What He Has
Done to Win Plaudit of Pans
Whom He Wlahea Well.
BT JOHN "BCDDT" RTAN.
I have been asked to write a story
for the Portland fana on some angle
of baseball, but there are so many that
I am stumped to aelect any one branch
of the game for the reason that I am
a player and not a crltlct of the sport
A ball player sees a game from an
entliely different angle than does the
crltlo or the average fan. He Is en
gaged In the contest and every nerve
Is on edge trying to guess the next move
of the opposing team and the posslbllty
of the next play coming his wi. An
outfielder may seem to have an easy
time, yet even though he goes through
the game without a chance In the field,
he la under aa much of a strain aa an
lnflelder.
The element of expectancy is Just as
trying on a player as the actual effort
of fielding a hard hit ball. In a tight
game an outfielder must be constantly
on the alert and must also know what
kind of delivery the pitcher usually de
pends upon In a pinch, for on this de
pends hla accuracy in getting under a
long hit to the outer garden. When a
pitcher uses a certain ball the batter
cannot do other than hit to a certain
Held and when an outfielder knows
what ball Is being pitched and is also
familiar with the hitting of the man at
bat. he seldom misjudges a long fly
or a hard hit liner over the lnfieldera
heads.
Mistake of Fans Corrected.
Many persons are Inclined to think
that outflelders.are only kept for their
hitting ability, but this Is a mistake.
Some men have retrained places on base
ball teams for their batting prowess,
but the modern game knows few such
players, and these fewj are only used
occasionally, principally as pinch hit
ters. Fielding is Just as necessary a
requirement nowadays as Is batting.
In asserting that the strain experi
enced by an outfielder is as much as
an lnflelder. I mean It is such when out
fielders are playing the game as It
should be played. Some outfielders take
the game as a Joke and do not attempt
to play Inside baseball, and these play
ers do not help their clubs In the least,
and clubs which trail la the pennant
racea can usually attribute their lack
of success to such players or to poor
pitching, or both.
Now comes the batting of a. player.
Thla accomplishment Is the greatest a
player can possess, for successful hit
ting means the making of any player.
No matter how good a fielder a man
may be, especially an outfielder, his
batting prowess Is the making or
breaking of him In baseball. A good
eye and a steady nerve constitute the
success attributes of a good hitter.
Lack of either causes failure.
Short Swinge Successful.
Some players are successful at bat
ting by using a long, hard swing, but
most successful hitters strike at the
ball like Lajoie and Wagner, who use
short swings, using the forearms prin
cipally. x
To what do I attribute my success
this past season? To tell the truth I
cannot say, excepting that formerly i
think I swung too hard on the ball, or
took too long a stride. In hitting a
baseball squarely a batsman must meet
the ball accurately, and this requires a
good eye and a steady nerve. A free,
choppy stroke, using the forearm Is
better calculated to meet the ball
squarely than la the long full-arm
stroke. Except for the cutting out
of awkward movements at bat, .wnicn
can be accomplished by persistent
coaching, no batsman can be educated
to become a hitter. A successful hit
ter usually possesses a natural swing
developed himself, though many good
hitters have been made more success
ful by having a competent manager
who realizes their weakness and by
consistent coaching haa succeeded in
breaking them of the bad habits at bat.
Baaeball Is a great game and it af
fords opportunities for the young play
era that no other pursuit offers at the
agea when young men become depend
ent upon their own resources.
Since I have been with the Portland
team I guess I have received over 1000
letters from boys and young men whose
ages range from 8 to 17 years asking
me for my advice to them relative to
playing baseball when they "gTow up."
If they possess athletic tendencies my
advice to them is to embrace baseball,
providing they like the sport for the
sporfs sake and are ambitious enough
to try to Improve their efforts in the
game.
Outdoor Exercise Good.
The outdoor exercise and the present
day surroundings will make them
strong, rugged men, and after they
have' played baseball 10 or 15 years,
or even a much smaller period of time,
they will have made more money than
they could have earned at some profes
sion In which they are usually com
pelled to struggle several years before
even mediocre success comes their way.
On the other hand by playing baseball
they not only earn a nice livelihood
PORTLAND UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OP COACH RLNEHART.
but they are afforded plenty of time
off the diamond to complete their
atudles in a professional line.
In addition, they have the benefit of
traveling over the country, stopping
at first-class hotels, etc Unless, how
ever, the young man reading this Is
thoroughly confident of his ability, and
is ready, to stand hard knooks and
willing to listen to the advice of older
heads when be first starts out, he had
better remain out of baseball. It is
absolutely essential for the young
player starting out to learn the game,
and this knowledge cannot be acquired
in a single season. It takes time, no
matter how long one plays baseball, or
how great a star he may become, there
is always something he can learn to
better his own work and that of his
team as well. Baaeball is as much of
a study all the time as Is a college
course of education.
In conclusion, I wish to thank the
fans of Portland to whom I attribute
most of my success, for they have
treated me royally and I shall alwaya
remember Portland. Or., as the best
baseball town on the map. No matter
where fortune may take me after leav
ing this city I shall always cherish the
warmest regard for my many friends
here, and I wish them success in every
way. and I also hope the Beavers win
again next season.
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ROASTS" VEX UMPIRES
SARCASM IS GREAT DREAD OF
JlEX WHO RULE.
Taunt and Jeers From Crowd in
Stands Xot Feared So Much as
Newspaper Attacks.
BY BILLY EVANS.
American League Umpire.
A score of the leading umpires of the
country took In the recent clash be
tween the Giants and the Athletics.
Most of them were quartered at the
same hotel, and many a fanning bee
was held during the six days of en
forced Idleness due to the rain.
Most umpires are more or less sensi
tive, even though many refuse to ad
mit it. While some take a severe roast
to heart more than others, yet It is only
human to receive a shower of praise,
with more grace than a half column
roast. The arbitrators were discussing
some of the complimentary (?) notices
that have been handed to them during
their strenuous careers. It was really
surprising how each could recall some
particular roast that time failed to
erase from his memory.
"The unklndest roast I ever re
ceived," remarked one of the members
of the American League staff, "was
mighty short, but decidedly to the
point. I had been working In one of
the Western cities and was having a
decidedly strenuous time of It. I guess
I must have been a bit off color, for it
seemed as if every strike I called was
protested by the batter, while every
ball I declared was objected to by the
pitcher. In order to preserve peace, I
found it necessary to eject one or more
players every afternoon for about a
week. As luck would have It most of
the players given a pass out to the
clubhouse were members of the home
team, which, of course, made my posi
tion all the more undesirable.
"Naturally I drew considerable criti
cism 'from the fans and the press, al
though I must admit the newswrlters
as a whole were very kind to me and
passed over most of the disputed plays
with only slight comment. A good
many of the articles were not roasts,
but well-written criticisms, which I
read with Interest and profited there
by. It seems, however, that my efforts
had got on the nerves of one of the
newswrlters. The following day when
I glanced at the paper I found these
words at the very top of the column
In bold black type. I shall never for
get them as long as I live:
" 'The work of Umpire So-and-So
was a slight improvement over his
performance of Monday. He appeared
to be right on one particular kind of
decision fly balls that were caught.'
"That was the only comment made
on my efforts as Judge of the day, but
I believe I am conservative when I
say I read those two sentences over at
least 25 times. I was pretty sore the
first 10 or 15 times I read the rebuke,
but as I continued reading the humor
of the lines finally dawned on me.
The last reading actually made me
smile.
"Those two lines didn't affect you
any more than a one-sentence roast
I received once from a critio in the
East." remarked a member of the
Eastern League staff, who worked a
couple- of years In the American
League. "In the Fall of the year, prior
to my debut as a bigr leaguer. Jack
Sheridan had announced that he would
positively retire from baseball and go
into the undertaking business.
"I started in with Sheridan and got
along fairly well for about a week.
Then things began to break badly for
me. For abo'ut a week It seemed as if
some close decision made by me would
prove to be the turning point in the
same. Naturally, the players were
after me, and I wasn't being lauded as
the best ever by the writers. I guess
I did let the criticism get a little the
better of me, for I continued getting
worse Instead of improving. One morn
ing, after a particularly tough game,
I glanced at one of the papers. Of
course, I was featured In the headlinea
aa having a shade on Jesse James and
a number of other noted bandits. It
was the opening sentence of the story
that took my eye. I read it, but went
no further, as my Imagination told me
what would surely follow.
" 'If Umpire So-and-So Is the best
living stiff President Johnson could
pick up," started the story, 'it isn't any
wonder Ban waa forced to i.ig up Jack
Sheridan from the umpirical cemetery,"
, "You can rest assured," said the ar
bitrator with a smile, "that I didn't
help Increase the circulation of that
paper during any of my visits to that
city during the couple of years I
worked In the league."
REID, HIS ELY, YOVTCG, HAYES, KI.VK
GARRETT PUTS ONE
PLAYERS
Clipping Sent to Mates Inti
mates That They Are
"Dead Timber."
M'CREDIE KEEPS SILENT
Manager of Beavers Expected to
Give Fans Kews as to Outlook
for 1912 Season Upon His Re
turn From the East.
BY W. J. PB TRAIN.
One day last , Fall. Jesse Garrett
found a story in a Portland paper In!
which ex-Judge McCredle was quoted
as saying that the Portland North
western League team of 1912 would,
comprise only young players of prom,
ise, and immediately he bought several
copies and mailed the clipping to a
number of his teammates. lie thought
It a good Joke on his teammates.
Among those to whom Jesse mailed
the clippings were Billy Speas, .Tessa
Stovall, Ned Pettigrew and Bill Ton
neson, and he Is now being flooded!
with replies from these worthies re.
sentlng the Inference that they are no
longer classed as youngsters.
The article which attracted the notice,
of Garrett said that all of the "dead
timber" was to be weeded out, and in
the note accompanying each clipping ha
signed himself "Kid" Garrett, and eom
of the replies he received caused tha
utmost mirth to the "Little Giant."
"I hardly imagined for a minute any
of them would take It seriously," said
Jesse, laughingly commenting on tha
Incident, "but they did. A couple ot
them actually got sore about It."
To further the cause Jesse has writ,
ten all of them except Stovall, and re
quested each of the others to mall th
clippings to Stovall and let him thlnK
they have "Inside information" that ha
Is the one referred to In the phrase
"dead timber."
Nick Williams, manager of tha
Northwestern Club, has not yet sent
out the 1912 contracts to his prospec
tive players, but announces that the
reserved players will be tendered con
tracts in the very near future. He also
intends to visit California shortly after
the first of the year, when he expects
to pick up a few more young players,
who have been tipped off to him. The
makeup of his team will not be decided
until after the Beavers have been in
camp for several weeks at Santa
Maria, when the tall manager com
mences to weed out his Pacific Coast
League Club. There are several
"classy" youngsters with McCrodlc's
club, who will not be able to mak
that club, and they will be sent to the
"Colts" immediately.
Walter McCredle Is expected home
next Sunday, and if he concluded his
work at Cleveland he may be In at
tendance at the league meeting at San
Francisco Wednesday.
As usual while on these Eastern trips
McCredle has neglected to write to any
one, and the fans of Portland are In
the dark as to what he has accom
plished. Buddy Ryan and Jesse Garrett are
enjoying their first excursion after
Oregon wild ducks this morning, for
. v. i k.Ma. e that C na nt Taffilft
i.auiiig ".-.- vt. - " a
was unable to go shooting Thanksgiv
ing day because oi an eiisevsawiciii. i".
.i i TAnn..o-. i hf. nnstnnnlnir tha
U 1 1 1 1 1 '- l . .DGI-CbUOO " . " " ' C
Thanksgiving shoot Buddy Intends to
get into the game in earaeai wuy
bag the limit. Garret is an experienced
i i . . 1.. .hnntlno. thnncrh thin will
liaiiu ,l i- uut.n ..""'" ..."n - c
be hla first excursion In Oregon.
Hitherto he has spent the Winter In
Texas.
Henry Berry seems to be standing
pat on practically the same team which
finished last in the season Just con
cluded. The Los Angeles magnate has
nAAa . fathnr to his staff In the per
son of Boles, who Is rated as a good
man, and has also secured a new second
baseman named Page. Pitchers Chech
and Slagle may also help the Angelic
twirling department, but it is doubtful
If Walter Nagle will be of any use to
the team, as his arm went back on him
last Fall and he expressed some doubt
of his ever being able to pitch again.
Patsy O'Rourke Is touring the East
picking up talent for the 1912 Sacra
mento team, and Patsy Is voicing the
determination to land in the first di
vision next season. The scrappy cap
tain of the senators is a capable leader
and it Is quite possible that now that
he has played one season on the Coast
that he will remedy last year's defects.
The possibility of Harry Wolverton
managing the New York Americans Is
still bothering the Coast League fans.
Advices from Oakland announce that
the silver-tipped leader of the Oaks
will again be on the Job, but dis
patches from the East infer that he is
quite likely to succeed Hal Chase as
pilot of the New York Americans.
"
Olympics Beat Barbarian.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 2. The Olym
pic Club Rugby 15 defeated the Bar
barians today In the fourth annual
contest for the club championship by
the score of 4 to 0. The Olympics made
their points near the end of the first
half, on a place kick. The contest was
hard-fought throughofct
A.D H OWAKD.