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THE SUNDAY "OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 11. 1912.
FORMER BEAVER TWIRLER AND PARTY 0F FRIENDS ON TRIP AT
OREGON "U" BALL
WINTER FINDS BASEBALL MEN SCATTERED BROADCAST IN VARI
NO-HIT CONTEST
LEWISTON, IDAHO, AND SNAPSHOT vr iwwua
OUS LINES Of WOKJi.
WILL -BE EARLIER
IS PITCHER'S GOAL
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Season to Be Advanced, That
By Such Performance Man
Knows His Name Will Be
in Hall of Fame.
Captain Jamison Needs Two
Righthanders to Help Him
Out in Pitching.
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Play Will Not Continue Too
Near End of Term.
FIRST MATCHES APRIL 3
CROWDS LIKE CLOSE GAME
DOPE OUTLINES PROBABLES
SCHOLASTIC GUIS
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Propct Mot Bright.
CXTVERSITT OF OREGON. Eaten.
Feb. 10. The occasional tweet of the
early-to-worm robin and other advance
promises of oncoming sunshine have
stirred the collegiate mind to an anticl.
pation of the 1)11 baseball season at
the University of Oregon. In a nut
shell, here la the prophecy: Coach or
no coach, the ISIS diamond setting will
bo some sort of a cracker Jark If Cap
tain Jamison can find or make two
dependable right-hand pitchers to back
him op In the flinging department.
Of tho 111 combination only four
two regulars and two "once-ln-a-whtlea"
are absent this Spring. Ex
Captain Taylor, catcher, and McKensle.
erstwhile lnflelder. have stepped forth
to conquer the world prior to gradua
tion, while Doble. another utility short
Held man. has left via the aenlor thesis
route. The remaining absentee. Bryon
Hoark. of pitching fame, listened to
the persistent flattery of Manager Joe
Cohn last Summer, and finished the
late season with the Spokane Indiana,
which act rut him short with only one
season of college ball. Hourk Is now
tied up by draft with the Philadelphia
Athletics.
Tet there Is still "big-league stuff
on the campus. Tho MeCredles. Hap
Hogan. and other notables have had
their grappling hooka out for Homer
Jamison, the scrappy Oregon captain,
who la "there" at first bas and who
can terrlfv most any batsman by his
pusxllng south-side delivery. Thus far,
the Portland athlete has flashed the
"sktd-chaln escape" on all professional
allurements, and It Is a safe prediction
that the popular "Beppo" will finish
his fourth intar-colleglate at Kugene.
Oudin O. f"Cady" Roberts. the
shifty thirdsacker and leadoff hitter of
the il t team, la another Portland boy
who haa turned the cold ahoulder to
everal league career berkonlnga. and
Don Rader. the Medford freshman, now
winning glory on the Oregon basket
ball team, took college entrance last
Kail In preference to a contract prof
fered by tho scout sent West by the
Boston Americana. Young Rader won
tils spurs as lnflelder on the hlah school
and town teams of Pendleton and Med
ford. The catching post on the coming
team Is apt to go to Tom Word. Jr..
a aenlor from Portland, who has en
Joyed varied success In the pitcher's
box during past seasons. Harold
Rroughton. of Portland, and Dean
Walker, of Independence, will crowd
him for the Job. In case they try out
again for the heavy role.
If the pre-season "dopo" scratches
up a "rub" anywhere It Is In tha pick
or the throwing staff. Jamison will
hold his own as the lefthander, but
he should have at least two strong
understudies for the long home aeries
ind the trip schedule. Karl Cobb, the
former Portland Academy enigma who
pitched several games for Oregon last
eason. has a good chance to slip Into
me of the relief shirts, aa he haa a
think-tank well equipped to steer his
effective change of speed.
Pee Probable Klstmre.
Harold Peet. of the 111 second team.
is another probable man. At the first
of his freshman season he showed
c-reat promise of "O" qualities, but
later developed March hare instincts. If
he calms down this year he la aure
to win an honored reputation, for he
has all sorts of "makings."
There are several freshman entrants
Ben Dorrls. of Spokane; Grady, of
la Grande, and Welsh, of Eugene who
are trailed by loyal preparatory achool
followers, but their actual pitching
prowess Is not yet accurately rated.
Kor the Infield quartet Oregon will
have Fenton. the only all-year athlete
since Jamison skipped football on his
hero march: Roberts, regular third
baseman: Rader. the touted comer;
Newland. Anunsen and Barbur, of 1911
service, and Joe Jones, the former
Washington High School team captain.
Fenton Is really an outfielder, but last
year ho worked at first when Jamison
"was In the box and it is likely such
an arrangement will be effected again.
In addition to Fenton. Captain Jami
son will hava three "O" men left for
his outfield group Ben Chandler, a
two-season veteran; La. Verne Van
Maxtor, of ditto record, and Wallace
Mount, who earned permanent garden
privileges last year.
Tha university athletic, council at Its
last meeting decided not to hire a pro
fesslonal coach for tho baseball men
this Spring In order to avoid repetition
of tha financial deficit encountered In
lU. But with the experienced Jami
son la tha advisory breach little anxi
ety Is expressed anent the problemati
cal "Inside ball" Ignorance of tha team.
Colesasi Gets la Trla.
Curtis H. Coleman, the old Oregon
star who haa passed recent years with
the Tacoroa Northwestern team. Is at
the University now. In training for his
coming tryout with the New Tork
Americans, and tt Is likely that he will
render all tha help that he ran.
Even before he came to college, five
or six years ago. Coleman gained an
enviable reputation as a coach, while
In charge of the high school teams at
Salem.
Some of the prospective baseball
candidates may find themselves
"cracked" out of college when the
semester reports are banded out next
Monday, but. barring this and other
accidental circumstances, the early
year calculation that Oregon will be
a conference honor contender In the
romint lnter-unlverlty clashes seems
thoroughly warranted.
KVKUKTT SEEKS I.EAGCK PLACE
City Would Have Tram In Nortli-vjo-lrrn
Circuit.
SKATTl.K Wash.. Feb. I. (Spe
fial. "Kverett with its Sl.nn popula
tion Is now rety to enter the North
western I.egue in tiie same relation to
Seattle that Oakland bears to Fan
Francisco." sstd Manaser Healy, of the
Lverett baseball club tonight.
Mr. Healy Is here arranging prac
tice games with President Pugdale's
team-
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Every Fall. Immediately after the baseball season the fans hear choruses
of farewell by well-known stars, yet J ust as sure as the robin In Springtime
these same men make their bid for a Pattl return.
Terry McKune Is one ballplayer, however, who seems to be making good
hts threat to quit, for the ex-Portland lnflelder has an all-around-the-year
Job at a Portland dock and sees more money there than In playing ball for
Seattle Bobby. Coltrln. the Portland Northwestern player, whom McCredle
expects to be a star In the Coast league this Spring. Is clerking In a c'gar
store In Sscramento. Cal. Bill Speas la In the bowling business at Toledo. O
and will be a member of the team representing Toledo at the Chicago Bowl
ing tournament. Jess Garrett Is selling realty In Portland: Bill Rapps rack
ing halla at a Portland billiard and pool parlor: Tom Murray Is chopping suds
In a Pittsburg highball hangar, while others are, doing odd Jobs to keep the
Winter's wolf from the front gate. . '
They tell a good yarn on Harry Abies. the Oakland southpaw. Abies
worked for a time last Kail as longshoreman along the . local riverfront.
"Well, how are you making Itr Inquired a friend, hla second, day out.
gaxing at the calloused paws. ......
"Huh." grunted the big Texan. "When I came to work the boss fired 15
of hla force."
ICY SLOPES DARED
Portland Snowshoe Club Has
Sport on Mount Hood.
SKI ARE USED ON TRIP
Members of Pmrty Practice Jump
ing Over Snow .Mounds Gla
cier 1 Crossed and Kxcel
lent Photos Secured.
The Portland Snowshoe Club left
Portland Fr1dy afternoon. February !.
on Its annuul outing to Mount Hood.
Tha party consisted of J. Wesley Ladd.
Dr. H. 8. Nichols. Brandt Wlckersham.
David T. Honeyman, Horace Mecklem
and Rodney L. Gllsan. They were ac
companied by Chef 8-. J. Stinger and
Guide Mark Weygandt.
"Saturday and Sunday being more or
less cloudy, with a drlxsllng rain, a
portion of the day was passed In or
close to the clubhouse, building some
snow mounds, or banks, over which wa
could practice ski jumping with more
or less success." said Mr. Gllsan.
FWsr Llfta, Persslttlng View.
"We left the clubhouse Monday morn
ing going up the ridge towards Cooper's
Spua At first a fairly heavy fog pre
vented us from securing any view, but
ma we worked out on Elliott Glacier,
the sun drove the fog away and we se
cured a wonderful view of the mountain
In Its Winter setting of snow. Push
ing on. we were soon mounting the
serars. great plnnaclea of Ice jutting
out from the broken upper portion of
h. lacier. On account of the heavy
were able to work In and
around the pinnacles In places where a
person could not think of venturing In
the Summer time, and the experience
was very Interesting. A portion of the
party kept on to Coe Glacier, close to
Barret Spur, to secure additional photo
graphs the traveling being perfect on
account of the sMght crust of snow,
which was lust enough to keep the
foot from sinking. Mount Adsms.
Monnt Rainier and Mount St. Helena
were In plain view.
"R.turnlnr to the clubhouse, we
nsssed the rest of the afternoon In
! nractlclnc on our skis and taking the
I different Jumps which we had pre
I pared."
Keren t m nriu.i.
fn Tuesiiav two of the party mere
obliged to leave for Portland and the
remainder of the party took a trip to
the ridge above Sand Canyon, where
they aecured a view looking up the
canyon toward Mount Hood and also
of Lookout Mountain across the val
ley below. The trip through the forest
over the sncrur proved Ideal.
The following morning the party re
luctantly left the clubnooae and start
ed down the slope on ski. Here they
met their first defeat, for the snow had
such a firm crust that It was Impos
sible to guide the ski, for' they
would make no Impression on the snow,
and the guide poles proved useless, as
they could not be forced through the
crust- The men persevered, however,
and went down the steeper places sit
ting down on their skis, using them ss
toboggans. Even this proved bother
some, as the skis would skid off tha
road and land the owners In the tim
ber. Finally they were obliged to give
up tha skis and proceed on foot.
The sleighs were met a short-distance
below Mac Rush's and tho party drove
to Parkdale, where lunch was eaten,
after which they caught the afternoon
train, making connections . at Hood
River for Portland.'
Toledo Itcleases Fries.
CHICAGO, Feb. 10. President Thomas
A. Chlvlngton. of the American Associa
tion, today announced the following re
leased by clubs In that organisation:
By Louisville William Ludwlg. Taco
ma. By Toledo Fries. Portland.
MEMBERS OF SNOWSHOE CLUB WHO LEFT CITY FOR CLUBHOUSE NEAR CLOUD CAP INN
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BHADT WItKERSMAM, DR. H. f. Ml'HOI.S 1SD J
Ed Walsh, "Iron Man" of White Sox,
' Has Come In for Great Praise for
Twirling Feats Billy Evans
Tells Interesting Tales.
BT BILLT EVANS.
.American League Umpire.
CLEVELAND. Feb. 10. (Special.)
Pitchers glory In victory, they delight
In strike-out records, they relish shut
outs, but after all nothing pleases them
quite so well as a no-hit performance.
It is the go'.l of every major league
pitcher. )fy he realises such an achlev
ment, cause his name to be en-
ro'.cd In the hall of fame.
For years the cry has been that the
fans wanted more bitting. Perhaps
they do, but I can't see It that way.
Hitting creates enthusiasm, but does It
match with the breathless Interest that
Is shown when a pitcher" has a chance
to break Into the no-hlt game column?
A baseball crowd presents a mighty
Interesting study on such occasions.
Every one seems to fairly hold their
breath as each succeeding batter Is re
tired. As the next hitter approaches
the plate they fill their lungs full of
oxygen, to withstand the approaching
suspense. A sigh of relief that is
plainly audible goes up as the side Is
retired. It continues until the very
end of the game, or until some batter
relieves as well as spoils the situation
by cracking out a base hit.
Working a no-hit game is regarded
as a remarkable performance by ran
dom, ' but It Is even more wonderful
than It seems. Ask any pitcher' who
has twirled such a feat, and he will
tell you that the strain was terrific.
Usually pitchers In no-hlt games do
not realize they have a chance to turn
the trick until about the seventh In
nlng.'for pitchers as a rule forget about
tha hits; victory Is the goal they seek
to attain. Invariably It Is some fan
In the stand who Informs the pitcher
that as yet the opposition have failed
to hit the ball safely. Instantly the
fans go carefully over the score card,
and almost In unison they shout. "Not
a safety has been registered. Oh, for
a no-hit game!" Immediately the crowd
centers Its entire Interest on that one
point. Naturally tike pitcher Is sud
denly brought to a realization of the
task that faces him. Twlrlers will
tell you that working under such con
ditions, the last two or three Innings
seem like eternity.
Luck plays a prominent role In base
ball, and usually figures one way or the
other in possible no-hlt games. Every
now and then some pitcher with just
ordinary stuff gets away with a no-hlt
performance. Quite often some star
twlrler, with everything at his com
mand will hold the opposition hltless
for seven Innings, fanning half of the
men . who face him. only to be batted
out of the box In the eighth. Favor
able smiles from the Goddess of For
tune always helps In baseball.
' Xo-HIt (iame la Real Trick.
That the pitching of a no-hlt game
is quite a trick. Is certainly proved by
the fact that some of the game's great
est twlrlers have yet to break Into the
select ranks of . "no-hltters." Morde
cal Brown. . Russell Ford. Earl Moore.
John. Coombs. Howard Camnlts. Bill
Donovan and Eddie Plank are a few
of the really great pitchers who have
not as yet delivered a no-hlt affair, as
far as the majors are concerned. All
of them have threatened the goal a
half dozen or more times, only to see
their fondest hopes dashed to earth
at tho last moment through some freak
of luck, an error by a teammate, or a
clean single by one of the opposition.
During his career as a major leaguer
Ed Walsh, the "Iron Man" of the White
Sox. has come In for all kinds of pitch
ing feats. In 1904. when the Sox won
the pennant, he took part In about
five games a week and was warming
up as first aid on all other occasions,
la 1908, when the Sox again seriously
threatened. It was Walsh who was a
big factor In the club's success. One.
two. three and four-hit games have
been more or less common occurrences
with the big heaver. Yet not until last
year did Walsh come into his own by
getting away with a no-hit contest.
It came as a climax to hia many other
great performances.
Walsh turned the trick against the
strong Boston team, which made hla
performance all the more noteworthy.
Two or three weeks earlier he all but
delivered against the Tigers, only to
slip up when victory seemed within his
grasp. Detroit was playing Chicago
at Comi3ky Park, and for eight and
two-third Innings not a Tiger had made
a hit off Walsh's deceptive splt-ball
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delivery. With two men down In the
first of the ninth, the crowd regarded
the feat as practically accomplished.
Oscar gtanage, the Detroit catcher, was
at the bat. Stanage hits the ball hard
and Is a man always to be feared. The
crowd began to feel a bit dubious as
he stepped to the plate. Walsh also
must have had a similar feeling.
With his fondest ambitions all but
accomplished. It was evident that
Walsh would exert superhuman effort
against the Tiger catcher. The ball
shot across the plate at terrific speed
and a deceptive break. It was labeled
strike one by the umpire, and the crowd
felt a little better. The next one was
a fast spitter at the knee. Stanage
took a healthy swing and missed. With
two strikes and no balls on tho Tiger
receiver, it looked awfully good for
Walsh, and awfully bad for the Tigers.
The third ball was a fast one at the
knee. Again Stanage took a healthy
swing and succeeded In Just topping
the ball. It rolled slowly toward the
pitchers box. As Stanage does not
possess the speed of Cobb, there didn't
appear to be one chance In a thousand
that he would beat the ball. At the
crack of the bat. however, he tore
down the first base line at his top
speed. It looked so easy the crowd
started to cheer and prepared to swarm
on the grounds and give Walsh an ova.
tlon. Walsh set for the grounder, but
Just as It was about to enter his hands
It took a nasty little bound, struck his
foot and caromed off to the side. Be
fore Walsh could recover It and make
the throw at first. Stanage had passed
over the bag, and the wonderful per
formance of eight and two-third In
nings went for naught, as the scorers
could Bee o other way to score the
chance except as a hit.
Walsh's performance against Boston
however, was clean-cut. Nothing that
looked like a hit was garnered off his
delivery. In fact, Walsh came mighty
close to entering the select ranks of
Cy Young, and the late Addle Joss, of
working a no-hit game In which not
a batter reached first base. In the
fourth inning Clyde Engle received a
pass, and he was the only Bostonian
to get acquainted with first base.
It is always in these record-breaking
games that the honesty of baseball Is
made manifest. It would have been an
easy matter for Oscar Stanage to have
run to first at ordinary speed on his lit
tle grounder, yet I don't believe I ever
saw Stanage get down to first In
quicker time. It would have been an
easy matter for the Chicago scorers
to have registered the chance as an
error Instead of a hit. They realized
their duty and scored the play as they
saw It. although fandom as a rule
would have preferred a no-hit affair.
Walsh Is Like Statue.
I happened to work the plate In
Walsh's no-hit game at Chicago last
year. I cannot remember who hit last
for Boston In that game, but I .do re
member that Chicago fans Implored him
to strike out so as not to spoil Walsh's
record. The fans remembered how fate
a few weeks previous had robbed Walsh
of much glory, and they were pulling
for him. Chicago had a commanding
lead, and a hit meant nothing to the
Boston batter. A strike-out or a hit
meant little either way, yet I don't be
lieve I ever saw a batter try. harder.
He met a fast one on the nose and sent
it on the ground to right field. It
looked like a certain hit.
The first baseman saw he had no
chance to make a play, so he rushed to
the bag to be ready for a throw. Wralsh
stood like a statue In the center of the
diamond. McConnell. who was playing
second, dashed over In the direction of
the ball, made a one-handed stab and
retired the batter at first on a hair-line
play. It was a remarkable finish to a
wonderful- contest, in whjch Walsh had
finally topped off his career with a no
hit game.
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Cleveland Fans Suspect
Pitcher's Motives.
Big
CASE OF RUSIE RECALLED
Sporting Writer Says If Vean Fights
Somers Will Get Along With
out Him Xew Yorker's
Holdout Thought Parallel.
Cleveland fans and sport writers be
lieve Vean Gregg . is bluffing. Walter
Kelly, who does boxing for the Cleve
land Leader, got off on a tangent the
other day and took - the pains to air
his views and those of half a dozen
prominent fans whom he interviewed.
Kelly says Gregg's reported revolt re
calls the Amos Ruste tragedy. Rusie
Is now in Seattle' and local fans will
recall that he tried his hand at um
piring in the Northwestern League last
year..
"I felt sorry for Amos
bucked on New York and
oblivion," remarks Kelly,
doubtless - a great pitcher,
when he
sank into
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but If he
fights they can get along without him.
I have no Idea how much they pay him
but Charley Somers is a good sport and
fair. I sincerely hope that Gregg does
not get swell-headed, for we all want
to see him here next season.
"This Rusie case Is something
parallel. Rusie was a wonderful
pitcher," added Kelly. "In my Judgment-he
had ' Mathewson faded. But
one day, when at his very best, big
Amos got into - an altercation with
Andrew Friedman, principal owner of
the New York club. Rusie rebelled
against some drastic act on Friedman's
part and refused to play ball with New
York again. Friedman told Rusie that
if he did not. play with. New York he
could not play with any other club in
organized baseball. For a time Rusie
held out, and 'fans and baseball experts
all over the country believed that the
row would be adjusted in some way,
owing to Rusle's inestimable value to
the New York club. But Friedman was
stubborn, and although the fans all
sympathized with the pitcher, he never
got back, and the last I heard of him
he was driving an ice wagon at In
dianapolis. As for Friedman, he was
the most unpopular man who ever got
mixed up In baseball, and I sincerely
hope for the suke of the game that such
another will never break into the sport.
He has been out of It for years.
"Rusie, had this row not occurred,
should have been worth hundreds of
thousands of dollars today, for he
would have earned big money, and. like
other popular idols, he would have had
plenty of opportunity for successful in
vestment. . , ;
Bauer With Salt Lake.
SPOKANE. Wash.. Feb. 10. It is an
nounced here that Jake Bauer, an out
fielder who last . season played with
the Spokane club of the Northwestern
League and the Boise club of the
Union Association. has been secured
by the. Salt Lake-, team of tho Union
Association.
GREGG
BLUFFING?
Lincoln, Jefferson, Portland Aend-
emy and Washington All to Put
Strong Teams in League.
Batteries Especially Fast.
Because many postponed games in
the 19U interscholastlc baseball season,
drew far out Into the last days of school
the opening of the schedule this com
ing Spring has been set for April 3. fully
three weeks earlier than a year ago.
There Is some talk of revising tho
schedule, but even so the season will
start fully as early as now planned.
All the high schools will be well sup
piled with material and will have moro
than 40 men out at their first practices.
From the outlook at present the games
ought to be fast and Interesting. Most
of the nines will present strong bat
teries, as most or inem .
pitchers used last year. I
Lincoln will use either Tuerck or Pro
vost. Tuerck has Deen wiin ui i -
nf spinsons. claying first
for the nine last year, so If he does not
take the position on me muuuu
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credited with being e. southpaw, with,,
much speed and good control. He cam,
from Newport a short time ago and al-(
though he has never been seen on anyj
of the grounds here, a few members of.
the school who have seen him -working
at the coast declare that he ought to
win a place.
Jefferson Pitchers Strong.
Jefferson will have a rather strongv
outlay, with both Anderson and Keepl
back on the mound. Campion may also-:
be In a suit again. George Keep Willi
be back In school to take a post-graduate
course. Arthur Anderson, one oC:
the mainstays of the team last year,
will be the pitcher for part of the.
games. Hunt, one of the teachers and
a college baseball player of some re
nown, will coach the squad.
Portland Academy has engaged Phil
Nadeau, a star left fielder playing with,
Portland some time ago, as coach. Ho
is considered quite a coach by tho
academy, and the school bids fair to
shine in this sport even if it has been
'a little backward at football. Nadeau
will also have a few seasoned players
under him in the pitching line, Cardlnelt
and Schoenberg being the present pros
pectlves. Cardinell has played in that
capacity with the nine before, but
Schoenberg is new to this section of
the state.
Coach Earl will have Tellford, Mor
row and Worden as tryouts for tho
sending department of the Washington
High team. Tellford comes here from,
Oregon City, where he made a record
on the sand lots and the high school
aggregations. Morrow and Worden ara
old men at the East Side school.
Washington Squad Fast.
Behind the bat Washington will havB
Toves. and King. Toves will be pulled
from the second team of last year and
King is a Salem development. Captain
Grebbe will play shortstop if he can
beat Bonebright and Miller out. or maj
trke the first saok. Other positions in
the infield will be sought for by Wil
son and Whltton. while in the outfield
A. G. Miller, Johnson and Lundquist will
look for berths, besides a number of
new men in the school, who have not
signed up yet.
Portland Academy will use either
Sanford. Warren or Wells as catcher.
Sanford works good any place and in
the event that the first bag is not well
covered, he may take that position,
v.ells is a product of Jefferson High,
wh'le Warren is a new man to inter
scholastic athletics. In the Infield some
of the following may be used: Kings
ley, Sanford, Heney or Powell, while
the outfield will be contested for by
Crowe. C. Cobb, Jones, Wilson and
S t o i w c t
Lincoln will probably have C. Peter
si . or Thatcher back of the bat. and
Tuerck. Versteeg. Groce. Woodworth,
Cummins. Voss. Schilt. Turner. Greer.
Lewis, Goodwin, Celestine, Buckley and
Newman, scattered over the In and
outfield. Bloch will manage the team.
Recruits Are Many.
Jefferson will have more of Its old
men back than any of the schools, in,
all probability. James Brady will bo
there to hold down a job on second.
Murphy will again try out for third
with little opposition in view, Morgan
will undoubtedly play shortstop, and it
Campion fails to land the pitching job
he will play first. Lind will be back to
play one of the fields, Bill Williams will
play center field and Keep may also be
back to make a stir around the pitchers
box or one of the bases. Raymond
Buckley. Tamerlane. Reed. Treese and
Blbee may also take a hand in soma
of the games, although Bibee will b
actively engaged as captain of the track:
team.
PLAYERS' SPIKES TOO LARGE
Rules Committee May Reduce Size
of Deadly Footholds.
NEW YORK. Feb. 10. (Special.)
When the rules committee of the Na
tional League meets In this city on
February 13 it is likely that some
action will be taken by the committee,
composed of John Ward, chairman;
Manager Roger Bresnahan. of St. Louis,
and the veteran umpire, Robert Rems
lie, to reduce the size of the spikes
worn by ballplayers. Mr. Ward be
lieves the spikes nowadays are en
tirely too large. He says that when
he was playing ba'l they were only
half as big. and were just as effective.
He refers to the long, shining spikes
on players' shoes nowadays as "mur
derous." Every year there is a pro
test against spikes. Two years ago It
was Ty Cobb who was accused of using
them carelessly while sliding to the
bases. Last year in the world's series
Snodgrass, of the Giants, made him
self unpopular when he twice spiked
Baker, ot the Athletics.
A crusade to abolish spikes two years
ago fell flat because It would be next
to impossible for ballplayers to gain
any footing without cleats of some
kind. Mr. Ward's objection is not
against spikes, but against the size of
them.
Dallas 38, Mount Ansel 12.
DALLAS, Or., Feb. 10. (Special.)
Company G, O. N. G., basketball team
defeated Mount Angel College last night
38 to 12. F. Boydston, K. K. Shaw and
AV. Ballentyne scored for Pallas- Boyn
ton and Kennedy starred for Mount An
gel, Kennedy throwing one basket from
the center of the court. Two hundred
spectators were present