PORTLAXP. APRIL. 7. 1915. SEATTLE FIGURES COLTS ARE IN RAGE With Vancouver Leading Pert land's Combination Looks Hard to Beat. GIANTS ARE UNDERRATED Accidents Hate So Far Cud Iur dale Much Worry bt Situation la Expected to Clear This WeAk, Really Crista Period. BY TORTUS BAXTER. SEATTLE. Wash.. April . (Special ) Nine davs more and the Northwestern League season will be under way. Portland offerln the attraction In Se attle, Victoria In Spokane, and Tacoma In Vancouver. Vancouver Is figured as the strongest club tn the circuit, which lB natural considering the fact that It won the pennant last year and Is re ported to be fully as strong, possibly stronger. In the eyes of the wise ones this leanlnc towsrd V.ncoiiyfr is urengthrned by the statement of Pres ident Brown, that his team looks guod enough to finish first or aecond. Portland Is figured aa a better com bination. It should hove been a con tender last year, because the speed and hitting ability was there. Along the fag end of the season Nick Williams rot the results he was after and he closed like a whirlwind. If Nick has Improved on his combination, and he certainly has had the support of Judge McCreule. Seattle will be up against a stiff proposition at the start. There la an Inclination around the rlrcult to belittle the chances of the Seattle Giants. I think this Is a mis take, although It Is true that the de velopment of team work has been re tarded. I hope this statement will not be misconstrued. I am not claming that Seattle will win the pennant or finish tn the first three. I simply wish o convey the idea that Jack Barry has . good material and If things go fairly well he will put a team In the field that will compare favorably with the Mhers. Aretaeats Mart Team. Despite the hard work done by Bar ry's siuad. It Is Impossible to speak aa definitely as one would desire. Ac cidents have prevented the contlnuoua development of the team as a whole. The situation will become clear to a fair-minded person when It Is known that In the outfield Crulckshank has been compelled to drop out on account of a bad knee, and Altman is handi capped by a bad arm and trouble with hla legs. Moran. Mann and Slldello have been the only outfielders that Bar ry has had a chance to watch regularly. In the Infield. Kaymond has a bad neck owing to an operation. Chlch did not get Into the game until three or four days ago. owing to a lame arm. and Slner Is still under the weather with a wrenched back and lumbago. Dulln has done well at third. McMul lln has fielded nicely, but of necessity has been switched from third to sec ond to short, and Weed has played Brut In his usual reliable style. The tact remains, however, that the Infield has not been settled and will not be for a little time. The material Is there for a good Infield, but It would be mere guff tosay that Barry had been given a fair chance to sift out and conrmence the polishing. haaae Ine Thla Week. The coming week may bring decided development, thus Increasing the op portunity for a better slie-up. but I should not be surprised to see the Se attle Infield a trifle unsettled In the enr'.v stases of the season. Dulln looks like'a fixture at third: Raymond Is all risht at shO'rt. If his breath does not fst. him. and Slner looks like a first class secondrsacker. but Just now he ilo.s not dare make a quick move. Thrre will be little trouble behind the bat. Shea, Wolly and DeVogt prom ising good work. Seattle has usually been weak In the pltrher-s boi, but there Is a fair pros pect of better conditions this coming season. President Dugdale dug up a lot of new material and some of It looks most promising. James. Schneid er. Mclvor and Pullerton are strong contenders for the regular staff. Bar renkamp probably will give some of those mentioned a hot run for place, while there Is no telling where Vance will land. The big fellow has not real ly let out yet. and his record shows that he has done excellent work In the Virginia League. Ingersoll. the most recent addition to the list, has much to commend him to the attention of Barry. The squad now numbers 26 men, larger than Barry wants to carry, in fact It Is too expensive for a minor league club, but until the players re cover from sickness and Injuries It will be difficult to cut down. It la not surprising that Cohn la hav ing trouble finding a satisfactory first baseman. Times have changed since the auardlan of the Initial corner filled the bill If he could catch a ball thrown Into his banda and clout somewhere around .J00. Seattle can sympsthlxe with Cohn tn his predicament as many have come and gone since Lee Magee held down the position In sensational style on tha pennant-winning aggregation of 10. rdvke Still Waader. Lou Nordyke was more to the Spo kane Infield than appeared on the stir, face. It Is possible that he Is a trifle slower than he was In the days of the Tacoma Tigers, when I considered him a better first baseman than Hal Chase, who was with Los Angeles, but he ts still a wonder. No other player In the pacific Northwest can equal him In handling thrown balls of all kinds. His ability In this direction makes an or rtinarv Infield look fast, because Nor dyke Inspires confidence In all the oth er Inflelders. They put their mind on getting the ball and then let It go with out even stopping to take aim. Oet arywher near the target and Nordyke H' remitter the out. Howard Mundorff. of last year's Port tar.l i lu'.i. matle a wonderful record as a sl.ortstop for Vancouver when Nor .'yke was playing first for that team, lie went to an Krunclsco ana reports con rr.enred to come north about his erratic throwing. This seemed odd Klnaiiv MumiornT remarked: "Well. Nor.iyke made my reputation In Van rourr. I J:ist let the ball go and he uhvv sot It. srokane will Indeed be fortunate If they find a man who can fill Nordyke's shoes. Another point about Nordyke Is that lie usually closej the season as a iron rlnan-up hitter. If the records vr-re locked up It would be found that -hen Vancouver won the Northwestern :.ampt"nst:lp under Owner Dickinson. Nordyke was right In the swim with Pat F!anaan and Ham Hyatt as a drtver-ln of runs at critical points. I do not rare to make any suggestions from hioi. but he deserves some credit I to why Cohn let xoruya get away for giving Lou a chance to see what ha can do as the manager of the Victoria club. 1TI.I.FKTOX GIVES XO HITS T.x-Portland ritrher In Great Form at Seattle Danny Sliea Hurt. SEATTLE. Wash.. April . tSpeclal.) Seattle walloped Fort Casey today 14 to 1. Charlie Kullerton. formerly of Portland, held Kort Casey to a no-hit no-run game In the last four Innings. He has pitched eight Innings this sea son, his opponents getting neither a hit nor a run. Danny Shea's hand was crushed by a pitched ball today and it ts feared he will be out of the game- for some time. Milwaukee Get Vanderbllt Race. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. April . The 1911 Vanderbllt races will be held In Milwaukee, according to a telegram re ceived last night from W. K. Vander bllt. If this cltv offers sufficient pollc Ing'for the racing course. The National Automobile Association will meet to morrow to make demands that the race promoters get proper protection. The date will be between August 13 and October 18. BASEBALL TRAINING HIT II. B. C ON I BEAK. EX-WHITE SOX COACH, lUPS 5rCR.UV. Rule W hich Allow Players to Smoke and Inibllic Liquor Are De clared Big MUtakc. VNIVERSITT OF WASHINGTON, Seattle. April . ltpeclaL) Attack ing the. baseball coarhl'ng system of John McOraw. of the New York Giants. Coach H. B. Conlbear. one time train er of the Chicago White Sox. declares that the lax training rulos. permitting men to smoke and boose Increase the size of the. squad, lower the wages of high-class players and add hundreds of dollars to the team expenses. Conlbear. trainer under Fielder Jones, took the White Sox when thoy were In seventh place and tied the world core for successive games, winning 22 In a bunch. He trained the first West ern lntercolleglatei football team f9) Chicago ever had and conditioned the only Illinois ele.ven that ever defeated Chicago. He says: "Most Injuries happen to men when their energy or vitality Is low. Ed Walsh was the only ball player I ever saw who was In good physical condi tion fr playing ball. I have my doubts If McOraw was ever In the best phy sical condition that a good trainer could put him In. "I think Vctraw Is right In saying. L them eat what they want." but he certainly left out the most Important points, regularity at meals and eating only at meal time. They should eat breakfast between 7 and 8:30 A. M lunch 11:J0 A. M. to 1 P. M.. and dinner from I to I P. M-. and eat only at that tlmex "MfOrsw doesn't stop them from smoking, or, as he says, any other little habits that they have, but lets them live naturally and develop phy sically at the same time. "Foolish talk! How can a man live, naturally, smoke, chew and drink, and develop physically? They are all un natural elements that come Into a man's system and they have absoluteJy no place tn the developing of a man for physical and mental alertness such as a bsll player neexls. .Mclraw looks for speed first In the feet. I think he Is wrong. The first thing to look for Is speed in the head, for speed In legs can be developed, but that In the head Is burn, not made. He claims a pitcher or a catcher does not need the speed of other men. I believe a pitcher should be as fast. If not faster than any man on the team. A quick starter, very clever in handling himself and a man with wondrous ability to feslst fatigue, is the only pitcher, for he must have continual speed tn arm and leg. "I- have seen ball playera put on their uniforms, go out In the field to practice, play ball and work hard for about 20 minutes, and then all the re maining two hours stand around and let the muscles become set. making them stiff and slow. Then Just, before they went in or quit for the morning they would go around the field once or twice, aa they said, for the wind. Well. If they ran or moved fast enough to affect their wind they were cer tainly 1n no condition to play baseball. "It Is not the length of time that is most Important In training, but it Is what the team does, and the system used. I think the following would be a good system: "All report at 11 o'clock, everybody up playing catch 15 minutes. Batting practice JO minutes and every man in thla time to be up to the plate 10 or 15 times and have three or four pitched balls each time. Then fast infield and outfield practice of about 20 minutes; fast Infield practice with men on bases, hit and run. and bunting. After that. Inside, take a bath, a good quick rub down and have the muscles loosened. "If baseball magnates would hire good trainers and pay them $3000 or S4000 a year, hire men of personal pride well developed and insist upon obedience to the simplest laws of na ture, he would need but about 15 men on his pay roll as I all players, and In a season he would be thousands of dollars ahead and good players would get more money." REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES BASEBALL LEAGUE, AS YET NOTHING MORE THAN A NAME. . 4 a r " ; t D rr 4 I i Kresa l-eft e Htaht the mea arei Mankall Headeraea. of Pittsburg. W. l Marpky, af flevelaadi A. M . Hey. of Hrooklyai William W It- - . . . . . . 1.-. I . .1 m-wm f at RIehmnBfll Joha J. Hy f I'laelaaaill ( jiriis-, , . . Bi The above photograph of the representatives oi ine uimcu Baseball League was taken recently at New York. At the meeting In question New York dropped from the circuit and Chicago was substl- . tuted after a tew days. Although the league Is slated to begin opera tions on May 1. the majority of the clubs are without parks, managers and players. It Is extremely Improbable that the "outlaws" will even start tne season. MEMBEES OF NICK WILLIAMS' i ; a W - A X i a - ' . v i - ' i I Jor3e-si i y t,3i.''- v:,,, ..-.. U I s . ( 0 .r, - , I ' ', . . , f 4 ,iW --4 i 5 , 4 l I S-isr- JL ' 4 . I v 4 sjsssMMHiWsBsMgsMsMHsaiV -CXr r--- y -UtTr :. m; swmWKrx ? npWW WAiWfiISBWyM w,vWWt ,.:,s, - - . . ) I ' , 1 t v., 71 I , - : : I ' 1 '' ,T i i;-W-I 'A ' 'Y I 3 fcJ 1 yx - ..! h . j ! ' .v - ' :: . JTke I J I LYNCH IS SANGUINE Mike Expects to Have Heavy Hitting Tigers This Year. CLAIMS NOT EXTRAVAGANT Tacoma Manager Sums Up His Out look In niodpeon Fljrtires Pitch ing Peparttnont Hit Xot Been Overlooked, Ho Says. TACOMA, Wash.. April . (Special.) Although Mike Lynch is laying no claims to the pennant of the North western League, he Is now well satis fied with the line-up of the team. Last season's Tigers were particularly weak with the bludgeon, as the paltry aver age of .234 will Indicate. This year, however, the main effort has been to get men who can hit the ball. Lynch figures . that the club should hit better than .260 as an organ ization, an average when accompanied with a pitching staff almost a dupli cate of last season's and fair fielding, should land the team in the first di vision. Lynch Is basing his claims upon the figures of last season's averages. These '4 I ': 7 . - PORTLAND NORTHWESTERN SQUAD show the Tigers will be much heavier hitters than In 1911. Mike (Slvea Flgmrea. Mike quotes the following figures In giving his views on the subject: Outfielders - Lynch -5s, Abbott ' - Ne!Kbbors Inllvlders ' 0 Cameron --j"! NIH T,' Morse Yohe 319 Catchers LAiriwlc 240 Crlttt-nden -? Pitchers (average for stall) -- Average for team The big manager believes that the figures may vary a little either way. For instance, he believes that Morse will have a much better season than tnlSll and that Ludwig may hit hard er In the Northwestern Leagne than he did in the American Association. Yohe may not be the batting "phe nom" that he was in the Texas League, a class B organization, but Neighbors has been a consistent' .300 hitter for the past few years, his last season being with Sioux City tn the Western League, a class A circuit. The remain der of the players should do as well as they did last season. Pitchers Make Showing. In the pitching department. Lynch has Gordon. Hall. Schmutx and Hig glns of last season, a nucleus for a staff which should make a good show ing. The new faces are Baldwin, a for. mer major leaguer, Helmicks, a giant left-hander who looks like a second Paul Strand, and Don Smith, a young ster from Southern California. Lynch Is not so much Inclined to brag as he was last season, but from an Im partial point of view it appears that he has more license than in 1911. The local fans are predicting that the sec ond division teams of last year will be much stronger and it is generally con ceded that the Spokane Indians will cease to occupy their exalted position of the last two years. - Outside of the local claims for first division, the experts are picking Port land. Seattle and Vancouver for a showing In the pennant race. Victoria is also attracting no little attention under the leadership of Lou Nordyke. Matliewson Xot In Form Yet. NEW YORK. April . "Christy" Mathewson. star pitcher of the New York Nationals, will not be ready to work for some days, according to Man ager McOraw, who brought his club home today after the Spring training trip. Mathewson will need several days of warm weather before he is in shape to pitch, and the burden of the work of the first games of the season will fall on Marquard, Ames and Wlltse. The rest of the players are In good condition, McOraw added. TILLAMOOK NINE FAST Lineup Strong and Many Xovr Scheduled. Games TILLAMOOK, Or., April . Special.) The Tillamook Commercial Club's baseball team is rounding. Into shape and the fans expect to turn out the fastest team In the state. The town Is supporting the team better than ever before. Already games have been scheduled with Hillsboro, Sheridan. O. W. R. & N, Banks. Columbus Club Grays. Meier A Frank. W.' K. Heales" Weonas and Portland Maroons. Games are sought with the Qresham Giants, Ked Rupert's team and the Camas nine. The line-up will be stronjrer than ever before. Jesse Oarrett, formerly Coast and Northwestern-star, and Clint King the local "phenom," will be the twlrlers. with "Dutch" Armbruster be hind the bat. The other positions: Dlehl, first base; L. Eberman, second b,Be- F. Eberman. shortstop; MUlsap, lappington. third base; Rhodes, Hlmes, Handloy. Edmunds, outfield. Garrett is due here this week. A nsw grandstand ts to be built, WHO WILL BE SEEN IN ACTION NORDYKE IS MISSED Indians Start Season Minus Seasoned First-Sacker. C00NEY IN POOR SHAPE InHelders Wuffle and Slieely Are Counted I'pon to Stiffen Team In Early Season Spokane Pitching Staff Weakened. SPOKANE, Wash.. April 6. (Spe cial.) When Spokane opens the sason at Recreation Park the latter part of this month. Joe Cohn's hired helt- will line up about this way: Pitchers Kraft, Willis, Schwenck, Strand, Mauser, Leonard, Cadreau and Cockran. ateliers Ostdlek, Frankinberry, Ryan and Jones. First base Sheely and Thornton. Second base Wuffll. Third base Cartwrlght. Shortstop Cooney. Right field Melchoir. Venter field Shaw. Left field Zimmerman. Harmon, a Walla v. alia produ-t. is C HEM AW A INDIAN BASKETBALL TEAM. CHAMPIONS OREGON I INTERCOLLEGIATE LJiAviUJi. l HI I!, .I.HIU.L.L.LJMJIU.UJI JIJ ijmi.xih y 7 v & Y-h fTJu X i r " , i : L, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT LYXCH, TALBOT, BOIVME, JIM, WILCOX, CAPTAIN CLEMENTS, POWERS. SEATED MANAGER C. LAHSEN. The above photo shows Manager Larsen, of the Chemawa Indian basketball team and his squad of seven men. The Indians won the Oregon Inter-Collegiate League Willamette Valley championship, with the following record for the season. (Chemawa score first In each instance) 28. Philomath College. 25; 35. Pacific University. 23 : J8 Mc MlnnvIlIe College, 21; 30. Pacific University, 27; 33. McMlnnville Co ege. 14- 26 Pacific College. 8; 11. Philomath College. 8; 22. Pacific Co ege, 26; 8. Dallas, 38: 15. Willamette University. 42; 16, Mt. Angel College. 26- 18, Willamette University, SO. .,ii.m snrl Shaw can be ail eJLkta , . moved at a moment's notice to a.most any position on tne inneiu, Indians' boss is feeling fairly comfort able. Still another outfielder is Davis. Both Davis and Harmon are fast and fairly good hitters. Nordyke Badly Missed. About the only position that worries Manager Ostdlek Is first base. This talk about making: the fans forget Lou Nordyke, last year's first baseman. Is nonsense. When Nordy was given to Victoria as manager a big gap was left in the Spokane infield. He steadied the pitchers, made outs of wild throws by the inflelders, was a power on the coaching line and a whale with the bat. He certalnlv will be missed "right smart," as Krafc would put it. Sheely, because he is tall and active and a terrific hitter and because re is willing to learn, may be placed at first base, but he is only a green youngster and will take some seasoning : before ne even approaches the finish of Nordyke. He has in his favor a fast infield of accurate throw-efts, two of them. Cart wright and Cooney. members of last year'B team and men who will s eao any player ;who doesn't lose his head. Wuffll. at second, is fast as a bullet. , -tula nt nlAVur as Cooney In action, and with the short throw should make things easy for any first baseman. Cooney has suffered injuries, tan gling with a broncho at Pasco, which may delay his getting Into the beat of condition for the opening game, bu. tie will probably be able to do well enough. " n". "Hunky" Shaw can be put on third and Cartwrlght on sec ond and the inneia win nn " In Held Hitters Weak. The early season hitting qualities of the infield are unknown. Cartwrlght usually rounds Into form about the end of the first six weeks. Wuffll has yet to be tried against the pHchers of this league and Cooney Is as like y as not to show a good eye and his u8Uf' speed It is to Sheely and the outfield that Ostdlek looks for th cleanup drives. Sheely hits the ball on a line and they reach the fences. The same mav be said of Zimmerman, who. In addition, is reputed to be as fa8t. runner in circling the paths i as the league will Have. "Hunky- Shaw al ways could hit when he wanted to and is some speed merchant .ilmself, es pecially in getting to first- He s a od waiter and the logical man to lead off Melchoir showed class in hlttlnt. in the latter part of last season. He also Is a demon on the base paths and a hard man for the pitcher, to watch The pitchers are led by Willis, wno was near the top of winners last jear. He is in good shape, having trained Tor a month with Gonzaga In Spokane and therefore Is acclimated. Kraft has rounded into form d taj good enough control for a left-hander so early In the season. Schwenck also has Seen going strong an, i when 8c hwenck Is right there is trouble for the oppos lng team. Cadreau Is Indorsed. Cadreau. the Indian, is touted as a comer. He has succeeded in foollns flTseml-pros and his teammates speak h ghly of his ability. He "'" to burn and a curve that even the reg ulars of the team have been unable to sofve Big Leonard and Cockran are not knowi here, except b reports f rom the training camp. Tliey Pbabiy will be Held in reserve and given a thorough trial under favorable clrcam- Sto"t"ek heads the catching brtjrade and hl fine ability I. too w hands tn need much comment. His nanus are in good shape and he hopes for a vear when he will not be obliged to sit on"hI bench half the time because of Me when the y""! working. Jones comes highly ."com mended and should plnk. the team as third catcher How -Jr Inherrv will fare Wltn as rival receivers is not " has been doing considerable, catching In the practice games. BKOOK1XS LEAGUES AVIATORS Birdn.en Promise Not to Do Death CourtUig Fancy Tricks. ...... vVvric Aorll 6. Walter Brook- , "a months held th, not to essay any of tne Za stunts for which - manylives Vuhnerthpe.ePdegneadtynotntto permit. Thegerm for' the call of the forma tion of the club was the death of Ca -Lnn v Rodsrers. who fell -wnue i McMlnnvIlIe College Wins. ?Sg anTie0 S!! C0ne was held scoreless until the evlenfh mn.ng When they McKnlght. c; ,'.,..,. Douglas, 2b.; Stewart 3b.: Culver if.; 1 THackstone. Ct.: Bin"". COLTS WORK HARD; WILLIAMS PLEASED Fine Weather at Redding Im proved by' Putting in of Telling Practice. VEAZY TICKLES WILLIAMS Portland . Northwestern Field Gen eral Counts on Donation From Beavers' Camp to Win Many Games for His Crew. REDDING,-Cal.. April 6. (Special.) The Portland Northwestern Colts ars putting In stme, hard licks In Redding. Helped along by the fine weather and the splendid treatment accorded them by the Redding people, the team is rapidly rounding Into shape. Eastley. Speas, ilensor, Mathes, Col trln. Kibble, Hlrsch and Strait are al ready for the gong. Veazy, Bloom field. Tonneson and Doty, who are figured in the regulars', are rounding to slowly but will be In shape in a week's time. Veazy, th new comer from Mc Credie's Beaver camp, has every action of a finished pitcher. He has speed, with an easy deceiving delivery. The ball is upon the batter before he knows it. Manager Williams counts on him to win many a game for his Colts this year. Speas and Strait are in splendid form, hitting the ball harder each day and pulling off some great stunts In the outfield. They are sure of their positions, with Mathes and Fries and possibly Osborn fighting for the vacancy. At present Mathes Is lead ing. He is a hard hitter and hits from both sides. The infield is decided on Wlllams., Mensor, Coltrin and Kibble. The catchers look like Harris and Moore again. Byrd and Curtis and Daly, pitchers, doubtless will be released soon. Gay, the promising third baseman, mav be sent to the Union Association, with Carey. The latter seems to be a weak hitter. He was sent from Texas on Catcher Burch's recommendation. Altogether the team seems very well balanced and outclasses the team which started the Northwestern season last year. The squad will leave Redding Wednesday mornfng and play a few games on the road before striking home "The Yannigans took a turn with the Regulars today, the Regulars winning, 12 to 2. Veazy and Maxmyer pitched for the Regulars, with Harris behind the bat. Curtis, Doty and Byrd took turns in the box for the "Vans." Moore caught throughout. MAJOIl LEAGUEKS USE FISTS Steinfeldt and Anstin Come to Blows. Cardinals Win Series. ST. LOUIS. April 6. The St. Louis Nationul League team defeated the local American League team 9 to 7. The Nationals won the Spring series by four games to two. In the sixth inning Harry Steinfeldt, of the Nationals, coaching at third base, and Jimmy Austin, of the Ameri cans, met in fisticuffs. Steinfeldt hit ustin, who then knocked Steinfeldt down. Police interfered and later the players Bhook hands. Score. RHE R H Nationals. 9 15 lAmericans. 7 12 2 Batteries Steele, Harmon and Bres nahan; Mitchell, Pelty, Baumgartner and Stephens. SEATOX TWIRLS FOR PHILLIES Ex-Beaver Aids In Third Defeat for Athletics. PHILADELPHIA, April 6. Good hit ting and clean fielding gave the fifth rame of the Spring series against the woTld's champions to the Phlelphla. Nationals by the score of 6 to -. The Nationals now have three victories to the Americans'' two. The series will end Tuesday. Score: R. H. E. R- H- E- Nationals.. 6 11 0Americans. 2 6 2 Batteries Alexander, Seaton, Dooln; Krause. Danforth and Lapp. AUTOMOBILE EXPERT HERE A better knowledge of the mechanism of an automobile enables tha owner to attain a higher degree of satisfaction in the use of his car. MR. K. D. GRINDLE, Factory Mechanic and automobile expert will be at our garage for some time and will be pleased to answer all questions regarding WARREN CARS as well as give you ad vice regarding the gen eral care and upkeep of these cars. Avail your self of this opportunity to acquire expert knowl edge about your car. Portland-Detroit Auto Co. J. E. MAXON, Mgr. 14th and Couch Streets. Marshall 1565, A 2103. '