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AND DO II AGAIN
This Time Score Is 3 to 2,
With Leverenz Out-Flinging .
B. Henderson.
M'CREDIES NEARLY WJN
Cortland Chieftain Intimate That
I nleso Pitchers Emulate Hark
npss and Win Now and Tlien,
HeMl Seek New Talent.
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Francio 0.
At Sacramento Sacramento 10.
Vernon 3.
BT KOSCOE FAWCETT.
IJS AXUELF.A April (. (Special.)
Southpavr Leverf m' truatjr left oar wil
v rklnc In August fashion aealnat
Portland todasr and the crack Loa An
f:eles hurler won hts second session of
the meek, airalnat Benny Henderson. S
to S. Monday's op'nlnc day tally was
4 to i. Lefrem allowed seven blnrcles
In the first trams but only six today.
Henderson allowed nine.
A. jtUnre over the box score mltcht
seem to indicate that Henderson, per
milting nine hits, was In mediocre form
and deserved to lose. In a measure, of
course. Benny was responsible, for he
permitted four hits to filter through
the Infield In one Inning, ttre fourth,
which cost two runs.
But a pitcher can hardly be expected
to shut his opponents out. Harkness
did the other day but he pitched, prob
ably, the best game of his career. In
ability to hit In the pinches had aa
much to do with the Beavers' defeat
today as Henderson's generosity. On
four or five different occasions a hit
would have tied the score but the Beav
ers were not In the whanging; mood.
hadbvorne Scares First.
Chadbourne scored first In the third
inning- when Pare booted Lindsay's
(rounder. Chad, had been sacrificed
to second by Captain Rodders after a
walk. L'p to this time and until two
men went the innocuous desuetude
route in the fourth. Henderson was
fllngrtnz magnificently..
And then a string snapped and
spoiled the harmony. Heltmuller
singled through second; Dillon to left
field. Metier through second, scorlntt
Heiny, and Lober past short, scoring
Dillon. Metzg-r was caught at third
but two runs had crossed.
A triple by Boles In the fifth fol
lowed by Daley's double Into left, also
with the two men down, gave the
Angels their third, final and winning
tally.
The Beavers tried bravely to circum
vent their fourth defeat of the week.
In fact, victory seemed almost on hand
shaking terms In the sixth frame but
rne was the best the Portlands could
transact.
Hare! Lark Ftarairva, Tew.
Hard luck. too. figured In the details
of this critical Inning. For with one
man scored and first and third popu
lated, wtth only one out. Doane slashed
at Page, who pulled the pill down with
one hand and shot to first for a double,
nabbing McDowell and retiring the
side, Rodgers brought In the second
tally In a walk, a lift to second on
Lind-jry's out. a sensational steal of
third and a single by Rapps Into left.
McDowell then followed with a single
to center and It was here the Angels
suited the.setto with Page's neat dou
ble butchery.
Manager McCredl Is somewhat dis
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ing ataff and announced tonight that,
if Harkness' example waa not followed
by more of his staff, there would bs
new faces In the Beaver line-up before
very long. Iamllne and Koestner will
likely work tomorrow In the closing
double-header, although Harkness Is
begging to be shunted to the mound
again. The score:
Portland I Los Angeles
Ab.HPoA.E.i AbH.Po.A-E
Chad'e.lf 0 1 0 ODaly.cf.. 4 2 8
Rod'..2b 1 1 0 Pme.2b. I 0 J I 1
I.ln.ry.SH 4 0 10 1'HeU'er.ss 4 12 0 0
Rappalb 4 10 0 Dillon. lb I 114 1 1
M'Drell.ct 4 1 0 Met'r,3b 1 2 0
Doane.rf 1 0 Lobar.lf . 1110 0
Tl.n'rt.aa 4 1 0Dolea.e.. 2 1 O. 0
How'ey.e, 1 0 O Raama.aa 8 0 0 0
Hend'n.p S 1 OUi'U.J. 3 9 0 8 0
Kru'gar 1000j
Totals iT"iT""II Totals 30 2T 14
Batted for Doane In ninth,
SCORE BT INNINGS.
Portland 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 S
Baa hlta 1 1 0 1 1 - 0 0 00
Los Ansel's 0 0 0 1 0 0 J 0
Base bits 0 10 4 3 0 11 8
SCMaf ART.
Runs Oiadbnume. Rodgers, Heitmoller.
DIHoa. Boles. Three-base hit Bole. Two
base hlta Daly. Sacrifice hlta Doane,
pass, gtolen bases Rodgers. Boise. Bii-l
en balls Off Leverens. X Struck out By
Leverens . by Hanrteraon . Double play
Pass and Dillon. Umpires McOreevy and
ktrrtas. Time 1:43.
Notes of the Game.
Rlghtfielder Doane slipped while In
pursuit of Boles' hit In the fifth and
permitted the hard-hitting backstop to
stretch a single Into a triple. He later
scored the cinching run on Daley a
d"Po" Dillon Is htttlna: the ball with
a pronounced regularity, but the all-ver-toupeed
leader caused many a rip
ple in the crowd of S000 by being
caught asleep off first by Rappa
Rapps apparently Is the only clean
up hitter on the Portland club. Rea
lising this. Manager McCredle today
shunted Doane to the sixth step on
the box score and elevated. Bill to tha
run-maktner Job.
McDowell held down Krueger"s cen
ter field Job sstlsfactorlly while Artie
Is favoring a "Charley horse" caxrlod
down from training camp.
OAKS TAKK rOCRTII VICTOIXY
Toner Hit Hard Zacher L.lne Out
Home Han Seals Lose, S to 0.
SAX FRANCISCO. April . Oakland
won Its fourth straight game from San
Francisco here today by 3 to 0. Zacher
lined out a home run In the second, and
In fifth three-base hits scored two more
runs. There were nine hits off Toner in
eight Innings. Noyes relieved him.
Score:
R. H. K-! - R. H. E.
Oakland... 1 JiSan Frano. . 0 i 0
Batteries Parkin and Mltse; Toner,
Noyes and Berry.
AKHFXLANES HOLDS VERXOX
Sacramento Batters Morder Two of
HoRin'a Pitchers Score 14 to t.
SACRAMENTO, April . Happy
Hogan's Vernonltes lost In the fifth
game today when Sacramento landed
on Relsberg and Hltt for a 10 to t
victory. Relsberg pitched the last two
Innings. Arreilanea. the Sacramento
pitcher, retired the visitors without a
man reaching first for the first four
Innings and gathered three of Sacra
mento's 11 hits. Score:
R H El R H E
Vernon ... 1 I l.Sacram'to. 10 11 0
Batteries Raleigh. Relsberg, Hltt
Rossback and Brown. Sullivan, Agnew;
Arrellanea and Cheek.
Umpires Finney and Casey.
HISTORIC GAME RETOLD
KD LYOXS SAYS CONTEST IX
I8S1 XEVER EQCALKD. .
Portland Team Won Championship
Despite Imported Players ln
Ranks fit Stars."
Baseball Is one of Portland's old
est sports. Oldtlmers like to dwell
upon the good old days of tho pio
neers, way back In the '70s. when
teams played for glory, side bets
and the uncertain riches of the passed
hat. But In 1111 a new period In
Portland baseball history waa born,
the "semi-professional." battling for
gate receipts, instead of the hat of
ferings, replacing the "amateur." From
then on the game progressed by easy
stages to tho present day ot two "big-
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REMARKABLE SNAPSHOT OF CIOSE
league" clubs, and local circuits galore.
Ed Lyon, present manager of the
North Pacific Terminal Company, was
responsible for the Introduction of the
"semi-pro" era. organising the Port
land team and Inaugurating the "gate
receipts" plan of diamond procedure.
In 1811. the Stars, of which Willis
Dunlway waa the mound phenom,
monopolised the Class A baseball sit
uation, so In 1111 Mr. Lyon, using the
surplus material, placed the Portland
nine on the diamond. These aggrega
tion Indulged In a series of seven
games for the Portland championship.
Strenuous conflicts have been waged
on Portland fields since 1183, but the
old timers swear that the city tl.tle
series of that year established a high
water mark for enthusiasm which has
never been equaled, even in the fag
end of an exciting Coast League con
flict. The Stars Imported a battery
from San Francisco for several games,
but Mr. Lyon reports that his team
won the championship.
It was In 1181 that Portland came in
touch with Seattle In a baseball way.
Before that the outside games were
played with near-by Oregon and
RECEIV1NG SUCCESSOR OF "RED" KUHN AS HE APPEARS
IN FIGHTING TOGS.
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"A second edition of 'Roaring Bill' Rapps In volume and intensity
of verbal pepper" is tho comment of one critic on Dan Howley, Portland
Coaster backstop, who promises to prove a splendid successor of Wal
ter Kuhn. now member of the Chicago White Sox receiving staff.
Howley made good in tha set-tos of last week and lanager McCredle is
elated over the promise of tho peppery lad. ,
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PLAY AT HOME PLAT TAKPN
Washington towns, but the change in
classification by the placing ofr a man
at the gate, enlarged the scope of
activity, and Seattle was placed on the
visiting list.
Among the members of the 1883
Portland team were: John Timmins,
catcher, now a Wells-Fargo messen
ger; W. R. Glendenntng, pitcher, now
passenger conductor on the O.-W. R.
& N.; Ed Lyons, first base, now man
ager of the North Pacific Terminal
Company: Lou Coulter, second base,
now manager of the Noon Bag Com
pany; Ralph Lee, third base, now a
well-known Portland business man;
Frank BuchteL shortstop, the only
member of the team not living; Frank
Connolly, right field, now locomotive
engineer on the Southern Pacific
Lyon, the Portland leader, came to
this city with a diamond reputation
and bad arm. He played first base for
a time, -then switched to other Infield
berths, and. finally landed in the out
field, where his teammates worked the
rAay on the long hits. His hitting
made him a valuable player after his
weak arm reduced his fielding to the
hopeless stage.
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AT OPF-NING GAME AT TPS ANGELES
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PROSPEROUS YEAR
That Is the Way It Looks to
Harry B. Smith After
Opening Game.
BASEBALL HAS "ARRIVED"
San Francisco Fans Are as Yet Di
' vlded on Slerlts of Seals Danny
Long Probably Will Farm
Out Howard Mundorff.
BY HARRY B. SMITH. t
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6. (Special.)
Granting that the clubs run a fairly
even race, this ought to be the biggest
year financially that the Coast League
has ever witnessed. Now. I don't sup
pose that the fans are so mu6h inter
ested in money talk as they are in the
future welfare of the clubs they are
pulling for. but the opening games all
were so remarkable from the attend
ance standpoint that thevsubject Is one
worthy of a little reflection.
Take San Francisco, for instance. It's
something of which the writer can
speak. Of course, this city has been a
good baseball town for years, but I
never saw such spontaneity when it
came to turning out for that opening
game as was exhibited last Tuesday af
ternoon. There wasn't so much of an automo
bile parade, for San Francisco fans are
not yet given to turning out In that sort
of a fashion, but everybody and his wife
or sister or sweetheart was on hand
long before the gong was pulled for the
game to begin.
Grounds Chock Full.
Seats had been reserved for days In
advance and by 1 'o'clock you couldn't
buy a grandstand coupon. The bleach
er sections had been enlarged and It
was necessary to stretch ropes around
tha outfield In order to accommodate
the overflow meeting and the stand
ups. Something like 11.000 paid for their
admissions and it is estimated that
there were at least IB, 000 persons with
in the enclosure. Counting those on
housetops and In the vicinity and 17,000
wouldn't be a bad guess.
And in addition to all that, there was
a wide interest all over town. Bulle
tin boards of the various newspapers
accounted for several thousand more
and those who couldn't either go to the
game or watch the bulletin service
called up over the telephone. The
Chronicle telephone operator answered
something like 1000 telephone queries
for Information on the various games.
That gives you an Inkling of the num
ber of people who were Interested.
Baseball Has Arrived.
On top of that, two of the morning
papers played their baseball Introduc
tions on the first page and another
started a supplement with baseball. All
of which goes to show that baseball
has arrived. And you spell It with
caps.
The great American game which has
been a success in the past two years
looks to be a gold mine for the men
who are Interested and don't mind add
ing that they are entitled to what comes
to them. They risked their coin and
they have won out. that's all.
The San Francisco and Oakland clubs
had two openings this week. The other
opening was on Thursday, when tho
Oaks played their first game home In
Freeman's Park. The Oakland Chamber
of Commerce handled the opening
across the bay and gave the boys a
spread at the noon hour, following it
Aip with the regulation automobile pa
rade and brass band concert.
So, you money-lovers, two opening
days with a big Sunday ought to hold
the owners of these clubs for a time at
least.
Faun Are Divided,
Local fans are divided as to the mer
its of the San Francisco team and what
th Seals will be able to accomplish.
At this writing,' we have seen three
games and we are absolutely sure of
one thing the boys will fight it out
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from start to finish. They don't know
what it is to give up, as witness the
battle they put up in the opener.
Tho outfield has some hitting talent.
Chick Hartley, who was losing balls
down In Paso Robles, has been a dis
appointment in the hitting line but.
judging from his previous records, he
ought to round to.
The other -two outfielders are great,
simply great. And that goes for Tom
Rafrety even more than for Otto Mc
Iver. Rafrety has all of the speed he
ever possessed when, once before, he
was in the Coast League and looks to
bo a brainier ball player. He is also
"some slugger."
Both of the outfielders mentioned
have proved themselves possessed of
great throwing arms and they are go
ing to cut off many a run with a true
throw to the plate,
Corhan is possessed of all the speed
that was claimed for him and is sting
ing the ball far better than was ex
pected. Jackson, the first sacker, hasn't made
so very much of an impression, but he
Is like others, hitting the ball fairly
well, and that Is a great thing, I've
found. In winning games.
Mundorff To Be Fanned.
It looks as if Mundorff would be
farmed out for the season. Powell has
about clinched the fifth place in the
outfield and there is no room for Mun
dorff. He is a likely player and Long
Isn't going to have the slightest
trouble in the world getting rid of
him.
Danny has been trying to fix up a
deal for Bill Yohe to go to one of the
Northwestern League clubs, but he
likes the Texas infield sufficiently to
keep a string attached so as to be able
to pull him back In case he is needed.
This means that Dutch Altman will be
the other utility infielder alongside of
Joe Gedeon, who, naturally, is rather
green and stands in need of seasoning.
President Baum hopes to be able to
arrange his business to be present at
the Portland opening. He will have
settled his office affairs by that time
and ought to be able to make the trip.
So far the Coast League executive has
made a good impression on the fans
and I rather fancy that he will handle
matters nicely and in more business
like form than ever before.
Some time since he announced that
all ball players chased out of a game by
an umpire would have a fine of 35 at
tached Immediately and automatically.
It hasn't altogether prevented kicking,
but in the long run It ought to do away
with those tlresomo wrangles on the
ball field for which the dear public
doesn't give a rap.
Minor Baseball
THE recently reorganized Meier &
Frank baseball team will play the
Ruperts Rubes this afternoon at 2:30
o'clock on the old Portland field at
East Twelfth and Davis streets.
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The Canby baseball team would like
games with Portland and nearby town
teams. Canby has been reorganized,
with B. Roy Lee as the manager, and
has one of the best diamonds in the
state, with grandstand that has a seat
ing capacity of 1000. Games are wanted
with fast uniformed teams, particularly
one for Sunday, April 1, Address B.
Roy Lee, Canby Or.
Tho Portland Cubs have a few more
open dates for out-of-town games.
They already have games with McMinn
vllle, Astoria, Vancouver, Hubbard, Al
bany, Tillamook and Donald. For
games write to John Swlnt, care of
Garrett & Young, Manchester building.
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The Meier & Frank team has a num
ber of dates which it would like to fill
with out-of-town teams. The team has
practically a new lineup, with Ball,
Hawley, Chapman, Groce, Lapman,
Fletcher, Worden, Edwards, Bahler,
Harlow and Mumford. Games can be
arranged by calling I. W. Fletcher, 101
East Seventeenth street, or call East
490S.
The Christian Brothers Business Col
lege and the Trades School will play
their postponed game tomorrow after
noon on the Columbus Club grounds.
The game was originally slated for
Wednesday afternoon, but rain inter
fered. The "Mighty Michigan Wildcats," ot
tho Michigan Auto Company, will tackle
the Columbus Club Grays this after
noon on the club field.
Tho Brooklyn Grays will open their
season this afternoon with a game at
Camas. Roberts and Zipsey will be the
battery for Brooklyn, with Wise and
Emerlck for Camas. Brooklyn has all
the dates for the rest of April and May
open and would like to fill them with
outside games. Write to H. J. Star
rett. ZS4 East Sixteenth street, or tele
phone East 134 for games.
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TRYOUTS SET BACK
Coast Athletes to Get More
Time to Train.
AQUATIC EVENT IN JUNE
Decathlon Changed to Slay 19 ano
Pentathlon AVill Be May 25 and
2 6 at San Francisco Field
Tryouts May 18.
Determined that Pacific Coast ath
letes shall have the advantage of the
longest possible training period to pre
pare them for the Olympic tryouts, the
dates of the competitions, with the sin
gle exception of the track and field
meet, will be postponed. This infor
mation was received by T. Morris
Dunne, of tho Pacific Northwest Asso
ciation, this morning in a telegram
from William Humphrey, of San Fran
cisco, of the tryout committee.
Instead of holding the swimming try
outs May 11, as announced recently, the
aquatic stars probably will not gather
until early In June. Tho Decathlon has
been changed from April 13 to May 1.
while the Pentathlon, another all-round
championship meet, scheduled for April
20 at the San Francisco stadium, will bf
staged on May 25 and 26. The general
track and field tryouts will be held on
May 18 at Palo Alto, as previously an
nounced. The demand has been general among
the Coast athletes that they have the
same opportunity to prepare for the
Olympic games as the Easterners. Id
practicallv every instance the Eastern
tryouts will be held late in May or
early in June. Under the original
schedule this would give them a much
longer training period and a complete
list of marks to compete against.
Portland interest, outside of the May
18 track and field programme, is cen
tered In the swimming tryouts. Mult
nomah Club expects to send one or two
men to the gathering, while the North
west may be represented by a squad
of four or five swimmers.
The following are the individual
events for men arranged by the Swed
ish Olympic committee: 11 meters (109.3
yards), free style; 400 meters (437.4
yards) free style; 1500 meters (1840
yards), free style: 100 meters (109.3
yards), back stroke; ZOO meters (218.7
yards), breast stroke; 400 meters (437.4
yards, breast stroke; high diving, plain,
from heights of 5 and 10 meters boards;
high diving, plain and variety com
bined, from heights of 6 and 10 meters
boards; spring board diving.
Multnomah Club's track and field
tryout preliminary to the Columbia
University meet of Saturday night will
be staged this morning. The workout
will be a six-event programme open to
the athletes of Portland lnterscholastic
institutions, insuring a large represen
tation by placing the mediocre men on
a level with the Winged "M" cham
pions. Dan Kelly, who aspires to play a
"comeback" role in the broad Jump, has
promised to be out for the meet, while
Doollng, a new Multnomah half-mtler
from the Olympic Club of San Fran
cisco, will be a contestant. Captain Sam
Bellah reports that all of the men
picked for the Columbia meet will be
in the abbreviated track regalia.
The meet will start promptly at 11
o'clock, with Pete Grant starter. The
events: High- Jump, pole vault, 100
yard dash, broad Jump, shot put, four
man relay.
California 3, Stanford 1.
BERKELEY. Cal., April 6. The Uni
versity of California made it two
straight and took the series from Stan
ford by three to one today. California
hit harder and fielded cleaner. Good
win scored a three-bagger and Stoner
a two-bagger. Score:
California- 8 8 2jStanford . . . 15 3
Batteries Conklin. Chapman and
Stoner; Howe and Henshaw.
Attell to Fight Jimmy Carroll.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6. Abe At
tell, former featherweight pugilist, na n
matched today to meet Jimmy Carroll
in a 20-round bout in Sacramento on
April 23.
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