THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. rORTLAXD, MAHCII 31, 1912. " i
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OAKLAND PLAYERS WHO WILL BE SEEN" IN
PORTLAND TT EVSON.
BEAVERS FIT FOR
START OF SEASON
QUARTET
FORMER PORTLAND CATCHER WHO ASPIRES TO NIP TY
COBB AT SECOND.
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PORTLAND COLTS
Former Beaver. Making Good
Wants to "Get" Ty Cobb. .
23 Hits and 18 Runs Made Off
Thomas, Byrd anfi
Maxmeyer.
Benny Henderson in Grand
Shape to Pitch Open
ing Game.
SOX CAMP MARVELS' SCENE
Though Only 2 2 Tears Old, "Red-'
Is Showing Form of Man of Years
in Professional Baseball Lud
Is Ambitious Player.
NORTHERNERS SCORE TWO
CHAMPIONS EAGER TO PLAY
SENATORS CRUSH
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Men Confident Their Superior Bat
tins Ability and Better Chance
for Spring Training Will
.ic Them F1rt Serle.
SANTA M4KIA. Cal.. M-ir-ii 10
iSi'rrKl I Wttrn the Portland cham
ru'ns b ard t narrow guaKe "buf
(M ' fr Los Anselc? Sunday afternoon
KUnf!i will br a mlmtft hticaboo In
Jinp. The H. iters rlK:it now are a
hlpper an a hunch of college sopho
mores, but to be absolutely protected
against ovcrtralnlnx. Walter McCredle
today decreed another half holiday
after workina hi slusaers eaalr.-t
le't-hand pitchers for a full lialf hour
before Inn h.
Tii Seraphs I'-ive iour nin in trim
for the opfiitnc a.tine two southpa ws.
It. ilia and 1 r n x. anil two right
hander. T.ht anl I'liech hut M
t'r-.llc ha lnp-il it 't that a port
m.It wi'l be fivni :;ie preference by
I irrnwl,tir ,-ctIar rl.unipions on
Ti:r!';.iv tuf-nnxi;!. fle of the nine
It-avers itrn sontlpa' ML:i"n t.'hnd
i'nrn Ko.iaor-.. Lindsay. Doanc and
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M .. ootd lo-at tin lit out of any
f the r.'ir." .-.it.l the porllnmi peii
i .irit -'M.ii'ier to In men In the cluli
. n.j..- t"!.n. "Malta won II alio lost
l ' '..-l year and TriT.- their oth-r
-.tit, won four rttl.1 'o.t five, itnd I ca:i-
ii' t wl.-icn lie Miiicrtinir An-
t-o:ifr lian a year aK.
Howard and I'uf are fast null
i.a., but there tvill be f'l
t.aa'x off Catcher Mowley.
I. to
I'rai era la r-'lae ?bape.
"Vat. "1 I1I..1 li. p t.lem. The Heaver
ar- s.roerh conation, while the Los
Ar,'e n.'-n. worklnir out Jolnt'y -lt.i
V. :ti' ii in the nine park, or- certainty
bre.tr; I In their train In a.
In Mtt.n trenr;i: t:te Heavera uliovf
tine of trot t.est-ha lanced aareaatlona
:t:l ever isvorted in the Coast La-agae.
t.-n llen-lri a represent the lh.
with a stick average of and while
n"t ore clouted more than ..t0 last
year, tne iluh Us a team record of
bctt-- than .;T1.
Aaael Hattlaa Weaker.
Il-nie il. lttnu'l-r leads I'" Angeln. I
wiiii ;i rust performance rf .31-. but
urn with ll li to :: the tram total.
I'l'Inn'e wl r.a-a enrera do not represent
more man a .Ii; Intrlnalc battlnC
p. -we.-.
In fi-ldini. the lll averairen how
Rtiiiui an even hrenk. the outfield con
v.rcuii: around ttie .9 mark and tlta
ir field around .". Hut with the con
f.den'e borne ..f a aucceanful caon
r two. tT;e Heavers huutd overtop
tl'eir itvaif all along the line. Mi'
"rd!eB batterymen. both pltchera and
.ntrh-rf. appear nuperlor to ti'.e
Seraph. Ami the pllchinir staff e
pcc!;ti:y is a mlKhtjr Important com
ponent of a pennunt-wlnnlna" combina
tion. Following- are the llt batttnir
and fleldln aerare of the cluba as
they will probably ito Into the open
in? panic:
pert land.
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( f the Loa Ancelea crew, Vnge at
second and (.'ore in the outfield will
be the naw face. Page hall from tha
Connecticut Leairue. whera he played
for pnnBrteld. the same club whera
pitcher Temple of I'ortland romped last
season. Temple saya J'RKe Is not a
younff man by any means, but la class
A A In ail respects save a sltRht throw
Ins; weakness. Core is from the Cen
tral I-ajtue and may not italn a steady
Job In the outrield. aa lrlscoll la a
ilfth competitor for tha garden. The
new pitchers are Slaae! and Chech, of
the American Association, and Klater.
of the Oaks, at present laid up with a
sore arm.
Henderson, who from all Indica
tions will pitch the opening- irame for
the Champions, never looked better In
his palmiest days either with the ISO
champion Beavers or with the Stockton
outlaws or more recently In when
he ranked one game behind the league's
leading hurlers. teen and Abies.
lloTrley faya llenderaoa la fiood.
Catcher Ilowley. who la a good judge
of flinders, makes the assertion that
Henderson la one of the greatest pitch
era In the world today. He haa had
wonderful speed and almost perfect
control In all hta preliminary settos
here and seems determined to a;o to the
big league next Fall, aa the outlaw
mantle will be raised on the first of
Slav.
"I signed my anti-booze contract yes
terday, and I think It will be a great
thinsr for me." said Benny tonight.
Juuife McOredie Is to keep from $75
to $100 per month out for me and I
get It In a lump at the close of the
season. I'm in the frame to show peo
ple this year.
"If Cmpire Hiidebiand had called
Barry eafe In that memorable fracas
on the I'ortland grounds last Fall. In
stead of out. It would have tied me
with Steen and Abies at .67 per cent.
I won St and lost 1- aa it was.
I oaplre Rlaht. He Smjm.
lli!dt brand was right, though. In that
decision." added Ben hastily. "I waa
ready to fight anybody then who had
temerity enough to make this asser
tion, but there's no doubt about it.
r ow that we look at things in the cooler
light. Barry ran Inside the diamond
and technically he was out. AH the
bovs agree with me there. t-"iill. HII
tlebrand could have waived his strict
ness and I believe would have done so
had It been anybody but Barry on the
path.
"1 expect to lead the league this sea
son, for I feel better than ever before."
Manager McCrerile today received a
National Association bulletin of re.
leases and contracts sent to President
f;aum of the Coast League by National
secretary Karrell and as It contains
the "Pitcher Oilllgan with Portland''
'tem Mac declares his Intention of lit
re the star right hander until other
wised ordered by the rommtaloo.
"I don't care if Cltligan has been
-lotlfied to report to Columbus." said
ne. "All we out here have to go bv
is the bulletin liM and If Karrell
rhecked Oilligan s abstract up and saw
tit to register him with I'ortland I
Intent! lo life him In the opening;
series.'"
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There Is No "Greatest Ball
Player," Says League Chief.
TY COBB MENTIONED FIRST
Wak-uer. IJole. Sam Crawford,
Chance, Chase. Miner Brown and
Other Mentioned as I'oremoel
Diamond of Present Age.
To Fielder Jones, president of the
Northwestern League and former lead
er of the world's champions, the Chi
cago White Sox, there Is no -greatest
ball player." Jones would not detract
from the.srlory of a number of diamond
luminaries bjr naming; any one man as
the greatest exponent of the National
game, and refuses to concede the prem
iership to any man. Hwerer. when
the stars of the game are discussed. Ty
Cobb, th -Georgia Peach." always re
ceives first mention in the list of play
ers under discussion.
"To say that Ty Cobb la the greatest
baseball player of all time Is not a
simple assertion, and the man who
makes it finds that he has started an
argument which can never be aatiafac
torily settled," says the man whose
parents gave him the- baseball name.
"Honus Wagner and Napoleon Lajote
are to be reckoned with, while Dono
van. Mathewson. Miner" Brown, Sana
Crawford. Frank Chance. Hal Chase.
Bobby Wallace, and others have their
admirers.
Ty Cobb has the advantage over
Wagner and Lajole In that he has an
easier position to play. It Is a much
less difficult diamond task to play In
the outfield than In the Infield. To my
mind Cobb's chief stock in trade is his
speed, used at unexpected moments. I
have never noticed that Cobb was an
unusual thinker, but always attrib
uted his success, aside from his hit
ting, to his speed and take-a-chanc
methods.
"Oonovan. Mathewson and Brown are
entitled to consideration among the
greatest baseball players In history.
True, they are pitcher, and hence not
rated wtth the men who are In the
game every day. but they have been the
'life-savers' of their clubs."
Jones notes a big difference between
tho major league training camp of to
day and those of the period in which
the White Sox were the cocks of the
American League walk.
"e. my managerial days the man
ager had to l!rect all of the training
camp work, and not only direct It. but
do most of the work." Fielder com
mente. "Now we have managers, as
sistant managers and bosses over vari
ous squads, with the managers the di
recting spirit of the camp.
When I was with the White Box
the training period waa the hardest of
the season. I can remember when my
hands would be blistered and raw from
hitting fungoes. with my arm so sore
from pltrhlng to the batters that I
could not sleep."
rHII.LlFS PKFEAT ATHLETICS
World s Champion Fall Before Play
of National Leaguers. 13 to f.
PHILADELPHIA. March 30. The
Philadelphia Nationals defeated the
world's champion Athletics on the Na
tional League grounds today In the
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first of the Spring series of nine games.
The score waa 13 to . The Nationals
got many of their runs through the
wlldness of Houck. a new pitcher of
the American League team. Alexander
was effective until the fourth inning.
Score: R H E
Americans 000$J400 9 10 1
Nationals 0 000041 x 13 t 1
Batterlne Houck, Krause and Egan
and Lapp: Alexander, Moore. Hunt,
Hchultx and Dooln and Kllllfer.
St. Louis Nationals Victors.
ST. LOUIS. March JO. The Nationals
won the first game of the local Spring
series by defeating the Americans to
day, ( to 4. With the score tied when
the Nationals went to bat In the sixth
Inning, two errors and a base on balls,
a single and a double netted three
runs. Score:
RHE RHE
Nationals . .. 1 Americans ..4 3
Batteries Bell, Sallee and Bresna
han; Lake. Frill. Hamilton and Krtch-11.
T. M. C. A. ATHLETES WHO CORNERED THE ANNUAL" PEN
TATHLON HONORS.
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WALTKR r.lLLARD, H. OAXsl THE TROPHY AT THE LEFT IS
THE JULIUS MK1ER CUP) TO THE BIGHT, THE HONEVMAV CUP.
The above photograph shows the winners of the Y. M. C. A. annua!
pentathlon, which ended last week. The series of athletic meets ex
tended over a period of eight weeks, with .10 entries. Harkson won
first prlxe. the Meier cup. with 1015 points: Glllard was second, taking
the Honerman trophy with 9l points: Gans was third with 11 points.
The competitions consisted of ight events.
Coast I.eagnera Hammer Ball Hard
and Make Merry With Beat
Offerings of Williams'
Prise Pitcher.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 10. (Spe
cial.) Pstsv O'Rourke's Sacramento
Coast Leaguers smothered Kick Wil
liams' Portland Northwestern hopefuls
under anavalanche of 2 hits at Buf
falo Park today, the bombardment rep
resenting II runs. Fourteen hits among
eight men. with Kibble on the long
end of the sticking, only netted tha
class B boys two tallies.
Thomas. Nick Williams' California
enlistment, was yanked out In. the
second inning after Swain had con
nected for three saoks. Miller for a
single. Lewis with a home run over
right field fence, and Helstner with a
stashing single that knocked Umpire
McCarthy off his feet and soored Lewis.
Byrd eat to Reaewe.
With none down "Soldier" Byrd took
up the burden and succeeded in rais
ins; the Senators after four men had
chased across the rubber.
Msxmeyer. with a bundle of steam
and a load of anzlousness, took up the
cudgels in the fourth, but before his
exubersnce had worn off the bags were
filled and the inning ended wtth five
more runs registered.
Ia the fifth frame Kibble, who prom
ises to develop Into a sensation, touched
Arellanos for two sacks, and scored
the first run for the Colts on Miller's
fumble of Mensor's infield hit. '
Memmeyer Buckles Down.
Maxmeyer succeeded In shutting the
Senator rluggers out In their half of
the fifth, breaking the slugging felt.
In the sixth he allowed three hits with
three more tallica .In the seventh and
eighth Maxmeyer steadied and bent
them over nicely, ' stopping Baora
mento's run-getting. Wilson scored
Portland's second tally In the ninth
Inning.
W llllama Picks Team.
As s result of todays game, ic
I Williams picked these men tonight.
whom he will take with him to Fort-
4 land:
Tonneaon, Bloomfleld. Eastler. Doty,
Veaaey, Curtis. Osborn. Hlrsch and
Oreggl pitchers; Harris. Moore and
Burch. catchers: Williams, first base;
Gulgnl, second base: Coltrln. shortstop:
Kibble, third base: Speas, Strait. Men
sor. Matties snd Fries, outfielders.
Williams will try to place pi toners
Thomas and Daley and Infleldera Gay
and Carey. Maxmeyer will be carried
as a reserve pitcher. Tha rest of the
squad will be released after the gam
at Willows tomorrow.
Portland I Sacramento
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Coltrln batted for Carey in ninth: Wil
son batted for Maxmeyer In ninth.
SCORE BT INNINOS.
Portland t I 1 I 0 1- 1
Hits 1 1 I 1 1 $14
Sacramento $ T S 0 1
Hits i I T 4 t 4 4 1 II
SUMMARY.
Runs Kibble. Wilson. Madden . Shea
han . O'Kourke. Swain i. Miller 1. Lawls
8. Heistsr 1. Hart 3. Ten hits I runs off
Thomas in two Innings; t hlte four runs
off Byrd in one lnninc: 11 hits ft runs off
M&xmever in five Innings. Home run Lewis.
Three-base hit Bwaln. Two-base hits Men-
sor a Kibble 3. Hart, letwis, v rtourae.
Swain. Sacrifice hits Helater. Arellanea.
sacrifice fiv Strait. Stolen bases Madden
3. Swain. Lewis. First base on called bails
Off Thomas 1. off Maxmeyer 4. Struck
out By Maxmeysr 3. by Thomas S. by Ar
nni l. Wild cliches Thomas. Byrd.
runki nlAvs Arellanes to O'Rourke to Mil
ler. Carer to Mansor to Williams. Tims of
ttm 1 hour 45 minutes. Umpire McCarthy,
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J WALTER KIH. 1S11, BEAVER HECBHEI1. I
MEEK 15 SLUGGER
Victoria Recruit Has Record
as Terrific Batter.
SLOWNESS HIS DRAWBACK
Veteran Wtth 1 6 Years Minor
League Experience Can Hit Any
Pitcher but on Bases He Is
' Almost Worthless. .
CHATTANOOOA. Tenn., March SO.
(Special.) When Dig Herre Meek,
catcher-slugger, ex-Chattanoogan and
ex-BIrmlnghara star, left to Join the
Victoria club of tha Northwestern
League, one of the most unique and
noted performers who ever pastlmed
In thee diggings passed out of Dixie
baseball into another circuit.
Fourteen years of terrific ba'ting in
the minor leagues, with a grand aver
age of .336, entitles Herre to the name
of "Nap Lajoio"' or "Hans Wagner" of
the bushes. Call him either one. He'll
not object. No batsman In baseball
ever had a keenor, more reliable bat
ting eye nor a harder swing to send the
horsehide whlzxlng to the outer gar
dens. Only his slothfulness on tne
base paths and In chasing the foul
flies has kept the big catcher from
starring in the majors for many sea
sons.
Ho could bat .300 In any league. All
pitchers look alike but Herre has
never had the get-up to go higher than
Class A.
Twelve League Know Htm.
The veteran haa seen service in 13
, .. .nil hnn On lh. rOStflTS of 17
ICHftUC. -" "' -- -
ball clubs. He has batted less than
.300 but three seasons and has led hi"
t..,.e in seven of the 17 years of
slugging. He increased his stolen
base record to nine with Waco, in the
Texas League, last season, and says
he's growing thinner and faster in his
old age. The old swatter has found
to his delight that there are four short
right-field fences In the Northwestern
League and is already dreaming of
many home runs, for he bats from the
port side of the plate and specializes
on long drives to right field.
Meek, though he has seen 1 years
slip since he first played professional
ball, is only 34 years of age and em
phasised that he is not goin back by
batting .310 in the Texas League last
season. He was born in Uhillicothe,
Mo, December 12, 1S77. He started
out with Independence, In the Kansas
Btate League, in 196. He was with
Port Huron, in the Michigan League,
In 1897. ,
Ob Game of Avail.
In 1893 he started with Kansas City,
played one game, made three hits, a sin
gle, two-base hit and three-sacker,
but was released that night. He went
to St. Joseph and then back to Port
Huron, when the WeBtern Association
disbanded. He broke his ankle that
year and was out of commission for
two 'seasons.
Nineteen hundred and one found him
back In harness with his home club.
He went to the Missouri Valley League
In 190!, ending up as manager of Jop
lln. He was with Rockford. in the
Three Eye. in 1904 and 190S and ended
the latter season with Sioux City. He
started with Toronto in 1900, but was
old to Birmingham, where his hitting
won the pennant. He remained with
Birmingham In 1907 and 1903. In 1909
he camo to Chattanooga and played two
seasons with the local club. Last year
he played with Waco, in the Texas
League. .
Although he nas played in nearly
vary minor league and appeared In
nearlv every baseball town west of
the Rockies, this is the first time he
has ever ventured to tha Pacific Coast
Short Peaces Please Rim.
tt - he haa at least five more
vears of slugging in his system and
leaves behind several bets placed that
he'll bat over .300 in the Northwestern
and make at least IS home runs over
the right field fence. He left this city
f i . . .' 'ifl. tit i
March 12 to report to the Victoria club
at San Jose. Cal.
Meek's 14-vear batting record:
Tear. Team. League. Average.
iAot TnriAnpndence. Kansas State 400
1RM7. Port Huron. Michigan
fi8. Kansas City, Western (one game)
41T
00
18fiH, St. Josouh. W-eatern Association
(league disbanded) J)'
ISMS. Port Huron. International JO
lSf9-1000. Out of game on account or
broken anVle.
iol. rhlllirothe. Independent uO
102, Iola-Nevada-Joplln. Missouri Val
ley 1903. Rockford. Three Eye
1D04. Rockford. Three Ey
J905. Waterloo. Iowa State
.303
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.324
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19US. Sioux City. Western
1006. Toronto. 'Eastern 277
1906. Birmingham, Koumern
10T, Birmingham. Southern
109, Birmingham. Southern
1&09. Chattanooga, South Atlantic...
110. Chattanooga. Southern
1911, Waco, Texas
,2S
.840
.2KB
.300
.310
Aberdeen May Not Enter Team.
CENTRALIA, Wash.. March 30.
(Special.) Aberdeen ball promoters
telegraphed the State League meeting
held In Chehalls yesterday that owing
to the strike in that city no ball club
could be supported there this year. Rep.
resentatlves were present at the meet
ing from Centralis, Chehalls and Aber
deen, and in view of the preparations
that have been made in these three
cities for starting the season, it was
decided to ask Aberdeen to reconsider.
The meeting was postponed a week to
give Aberdeen an opportunity to take
some action.
COLLEGE ATMOSPHERE BIG AID
Residential Districts Near Califor
nia Universities in Demand.
F. N. Clark, selling agent for East
moreland. has returned from a two
weeks' trip to investigate residential
conditions In Palo Alto and Berkeley,
the seats of the two large California
universities.
Mr. Clark is enthusiastic over the
conditions which he found, particularly
in Berkeley where many San Fran
cisco business men make their homes,
preferring to pay 15 cents and to trans
fer twice that they might reside near
the University of California.
The price of property at Berkeley
has advanced from $60 per acre to
several thousand dollars per business
lot In a few years. The houses were
fine and the streets were kept clean,
each section of the city striving to
live up to the high standard set by the
university.
At Palo Alto, 31 miles south of Kan
Francisco, he found similar conditions,
except that fewer business men of San
Francisco live there.
"If Portland people realized what
Reed College will mean to Eastmore
land In a short time. I would soon be
out of a Job." said Mr. Clark, "for all
the remaining lots would be sold In a
week."
BOXING BOUT IS FARCfAL
MAXTELL DEFEATS HERRICK IX
CLIXCHIXG MATCH.
Mlddlewelghts Show Xo Class and
Wrestle, Butt and Hug Through
Twenty Rounds.
LOS ANGELES, March 30. Frank
Mantel, of Pawtucket, R. I., and Jack
Herrlck, of Chicago, mlddlewelghts,
wrestled, butted and hugged through
20 rounds In McCarey's Vernon arena
today and at the finish Referee Charles
Eyton gave Mantell the decision. It
was the poorest contest for a main af
fair seen in Los Angeles In many years.
It was the second of a series of mid
dleweight elimination contests McCarey
is giving here, but neither man showed
the least semblance Of championship
caliber.
From first to last it was rush In.
clinch, hold on. break and then repeat
the performance. Both men were cut
and bruised by wicked shortarm Jabs
to the face. Herrlck. however, being in
the worst condition at the wlndup.
The Chicago man in me lew moments
that the fighters were working at long-
arm range, showed better, but neither
displayed any inclination to do any
thing except clinch.
Brooklyn Beats Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. March 30. The
Brookvln Nationals defeated the In
dianapolis American Association team
in the first practice game today, 9 to 2.
GEORGETOWN. Tex., March 30.
(Sperlal.) A young catcher who has
an ambition to throw Ty Cobb out at'
second is going along in the right way1
to make good in the big league. There1
Is one backstop recruit In the Soxi
training camp who has Ijeen thinking
all Spring about the glory of the op-'
portunlty to shoot the ball to seoonl
with Ty on the go. That young man
Is "Red" Kuhn, the peppery llttl
catcher secured last Fall from the Port-,
land team of the Pacific Coast League.i
"Red." as everyone calls him, be-:
cause he's more fiery on the top of hi$!
head than any man In camp, is ambl-
tious and confident, and he doesn't
care who knows it. He pegs the ball
around the bases In such a confident
manner and does everything else lr,
the game so boldly that he has the ap
pearance of one who has been up with
the big fellows for several years.
They look Just the same to him In;
the big league as they did in the P-'
ciflc Coast or In the bushes, where he
played before that. A baserunner Is a.'
baserunner to him. and Red says ore;
man Isn't so much faster than anothen
that he can"t shoot him out if every
thing else goes through all right.
Knbn Mar Get Chance.
To all Indications Kuhn will have a,
chance to throw Ty Cobb out at sec-i
ond before much of the American
League schedule has been played. Ha
has done so well in the exhibition
games played on the trip, and seems
so much a ballplayer, that he stands a,
bit above all the other catching re
cruits at the present time, and at least
one. and probably two. of the youn
backstops are going to be kept wltit
the team.
Kuhn is a young man, being only 22
years old. Sometimes when one looks
at him he seems to be at least 35. But
at a distance, and when in action, he
shows all the sprlghtliness of youth.
He's small and he has wrinkles In his
face and hands. He weighs only 142
pounds at the present time and he
looks as If he will weigh that for the
next SO years. He doesn't look like a
fellow who could ever age or become
portly.
On the ball field he's always alert.
He has little twinkling brown eyes
that snap, and his muscles act as if by
Instinct. He can Jerk off a mask and
start after a foul fy quicker than any
big league catcher In the game today.
For a little fellow, he can swing the
bat with wonderful power, and he hits
the ball hard. Out on the Coast they
gave him a light batting average of
.238. but "Red" declares there has been
a mistake and is willing to wager it is
within a few" points of .280. But he
doesn't care for the figures as long as
he's hitting the ball and keeping In
action. There's only one time In tha
day when "Red" seems at repose and
that's Just after dinner each evening.
He draws out a long thin pipe, fills
it with tobacco and then sits and
smokes In perfect relaxation.
Professional Ball Only One Year.
"Red" really has played only one
year In professional company, tha
being 1911 with Portland. Five youns
catchers tried for that Job with Port-i
land, and "Red" got it.
The year before that he was with;
Fresno, in the California State League,
but the league went to the wall after
ten weeks of playing and "Red" passed
the remainder of the Summer playing
in the little bush towns.
He was born and raised out in Cali
fornia, and his home at the present
time Is in the town of Clovis of that
state. He's been handy with a bil
liard cue ever since he could see tha
top of a table, and In the Winter "Red'
holds a Job as manager of a. billiard
hall In bis town. He has been married
two years.
Mr. Ball Player:
You are Shutting the Door
to your further advancement if
you have hopes of getting ahead
in professional baseball, if you
play with anything but a
Cork Center Ball.
This ball Is the Oficial Ball of
the World Series and has been
adopted by the National League
for twenty years more, which
means that Cork Center Balls
must be used in World Series
Games for at least twenty years.
Plav your next game with a
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4L LEA(il B"CORK I 0CCA0U
CBNTKR B A L Ll3 LUn
and show what you can do with
a first-class ball, the same ex
actly as the big leagues use.
Every boy who wants to play
on a professional club some day,
and every school or college play
er with big - league aspirations
should get used to the Cork Cen
ter Ball at the start of his career.
Don't let other teams get ahead
of yours, be first and have the
benefit of early practice with the
Cork Center Ball.
WE ARE
SPALDIXG DISTRIBUTORS OF
CORK CENTER BALLS,
BATS, SHOES, GLOVES, MITTS
AND MASKS.
SPALDING OFFICIAL BASEBALL
GUIDES, 1912, 10 CENTS.
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FOIBTH AXD ALDER ST.
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