- g TTIE SUNDAY, OREGOMAy. PORTLAND, APRIIi 28, 1912.
GUARDSMEN MEET AT REUNION AND TALK OVER OLD TIMES
Of th, Torty Member, f "Old Company H" Who Could Be Looted, Thirty-five Came to Portland to Celebrate Organisation's Twentieth Anniversary and to Renew Friendship Formed in "Comraderie That Holds Through Thick and Thin.
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ktX Company II. Mrt Infantry. O.
N. O.. rl4 tt bnqut n re
maioa tfca lwprll Itel
ThwK3P enlBK 1b rlabratlon of the
rotn lulnnur oT th rnlKUon
Th Hrn osptatn f ComHnir H. C. U.
Cteala. " touimuUr. T
pravtM in he city of Ueulentnt T.
X. M&rMav wht l dew from Fir
toeakA. Abteke. ud Edwar4 T. WuUm.
fr Fan rmcme. aareaaltatad a
harrtwt caJL Md all arranoemeata war
plaa4 and carrtwl out within 14
hours.
So sat apaech war made, but each
maa cav acaovat f htmaalf for
th lat i yera In a ahact talk. Th
only official actioa taku waa tha ap
iatnn of a comailtta t ;athar
material and are- for tha publlab.
In of th hletorr of tha old ranlxa
tioa. to report at the 25th annual r
nnlan. Taa teaetraaaier took occasion to re
mark that oat af 40 maaibera who could
K )oeatd. 34 were present and that
ha ewutd aeeuat fa tbla la n atber
wev eaea far h band af camaraderie
formed by youac " ,B ob m
canlxailon.
Orsaata 1tb Ideala.
Tha pleaeur tn reviving: eld mem
oriae and association rank next to
heaae tie and la tha traeat and closaat
bond af friendship, ha aaid.
la tha actrve daya at tha orcanlsa.
tloa Campany H to 1 era led a dau.btful
recedana that ceo Id be overcame, aad
ta tbla fealty t tdaal. barked by sreod
bard erk. la dua Its auerae as a
military body.
Thl eulmlnated In lt beJair tha only
aMapany mosterad lata tha volunteer
latae. ror thl fMl credit ta lven
a affwer. One af the. Ueuteaaat
T. A. Mareoem. has apant th last 1
year In Alaska. Durlnj h roinark
ba yled tb pleasur h reunion car
lrm. eayrnc It meant aaara t bira thaa
It pasathly oould la y of taa ethere.
oa-knv t bla roa abaeac).
life fa Araeka ToM.
He dwelt oa tha Yastuea of Alaska.
It wealth and resources and deplored
the lark of understanding and th misunderstanding-
to conditions and
thlnt-s needed thera In th way of con
struct! l-llatln.
Oreea and tb hema-oamlns- masat
much ta b'". ba said, bat tb eall of
the Berth still held brm.
Ha W: Tm alns; back.
) ampllmntd thoaa around him
on tb uoeeaeee they had achieved in
life and said that In tha eld day of
-H." all acan were met with rla
Inallty and oommen sense. Ha pointed
to this as proef that tha spirit af con
querlnff the obstacles of life" balll
should b beprun early and fearleasly
raalataloed.
rsalesa riesssasrs.
Captain McPonell. third captain of
tha company, who was In command at
the outbreak of th iipanlnh.Amerloan
war. said that to tha "esprit de corps"
of tha old company was due th how
lnr made by hta eoaapaay In the Phil
ippines and that th debt of gratitude
to old "H" waa one that could never
ba repaid by the volunteers. -
He paid a flowing tribute to bis
predecessor. Colonel Raymond G.
Juhlii and General C- L. Gantenbein.
Bill Souls favored with selections on
his favorite tin whittle, and as s re
minder of old times it couldn't have
been beaten.
Btadea ftoldlera Remembered.
R. A. LeJter spoke of the members
of the eempany who war attendlnf
Stanford University when war between
Spain and the I'nlted States was de.
clared: of -their elforls to Join the com.
pany when assembled In Camp McKin
ley. and of the disappointment of those
who had t( remain behind while their
aaaaciatea war departing with tbe
Second Oregon Regiment.
(all Taetbar Spirit Won.
Lieutenant James A. McKlnnon said:
"My Idea of the company organised
in tha old high ahooj day la that we
bullded belter than w knew or dreamed
of then, that th asaeciatlena and
friendships formed during the life of
the company were and are mora lasting
than we could think at that time, and
I am free to confess w war then la
the realm of "doing things," rather
than thinking much of the future, la
this was our (rest strength; that we
all did our beat all tb time. We bad
th "stick together through thick and
thin spirit a flrmly fixed tn u that
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we pulled together without bavin to
top and think It ever.
"Certain It Is that the nucleus around
which Company H of the United States
Volunteer waa built waa composed of
members of tb old "11" who went with
ua. and so thoroughly imbued with
"company spirit" were they that their
Influence, disseminated among the
"rookies." made "H" what it was the
company we were and are all proud of.
"For those of us whs were not for
tunate enough to enjoy the benefits of
college llf with Its close personal as
sociations. 1 feel that tha old mUitla
days were a attlng substitute and that
In om way the old days of "H" had
the best of U.
Hell railed af Absent-
There waa a rollcall of the absent
ne and Information as to their doing
and welfare wr given by thoaa who
happened to be tn touch with thenv
A happy Incident of the evening was
a talk by a grlssled a A. R. veteran
of 8outhern California who "happened
In." attracted by tb flags used a
decoration. H remained -on urgent
invitation. Called upon for a speech,
he spoke of patriotism, saying he took
no credit for his own. as It was born,
burned and branded In him. Back of
his modesty one could discern hi deep
fllng. snd when h eatd h wa
present at Appomattox when Je sur
rendered we knew he had seen war.
In conclusion he aaid he wlahed hearti
ly for arbitration, but that, when the
time came when our flag and what It
stands for suffered treatment which
could not honorably be arbitrated, hi
service were at th disposal of C nolo
Sam. t '.
Those present ware: T. A. Marquam,
Fairbanks. . Alaska: WtlHan, Soul.
J87 Twelfth street; M. H. Jonmr,
Fifteenth and Elisabeth street; J. A
McKlnnon. Sl Fourteenth treet: Her-
bert Houghton. 81 Multnomah street:
Sam C. Slocnm. 15 Mohawk building;
Pen U Norden. H3 Medical building;
Martin Pratt, 325 Sherman street: Don
Rea. 1 Chamber of Commerce: A. B
Grtumacher. 5S9 East Twenty-third
Street; J. S. Ball. 108 East Twenty,
ninth street: H. K. Rasch. 18 East
Twentieth street: R. M. Doble. 574
Spruce street: H. S- Burdln. tn East
Taylor street: C. E. McDonell. 28
North Twentieth street: J. H. Davis.
54S Madison street: O. R. ColdwelU 504
Hprlng street; Fred H. Noltner. 701
l.ovJoy street; A. J. Johnston, SIS Lar
rabee street; Charles A. Bow, 15T7
Hawthorne avenue; Robert J. Oke l,
iSt Broadway avenue; R. A.JLetter, 38
Aspen street: P. H. Battin. S3S Broad
way avenue; C. C. Turlay. Vancouver,
Wash.; O, I JublU. 757 East Cough
street: H. G. Tuttle, 0 East Sixteenth
street; "W. I. Northup, 63i Hancock
street; C. C. Say lor. 1080 East Morrison
PHOTOGRAPHS OF MEMBERS OF COMPANY AT TIME OF ITS
ORGANIZATION.
1 Fid Sterllngi S. A. Raymert 3, Charlra Mcf.loo f Deceased): 4 Charles
('Wleldi . Oeorge smith Deeaed) laae Kay Deceased I) 7.
J. Marshal Steel t . tb.rle. Bow, 8, W. Singer J (0, C -lyde : Sn. tht
11. Ralph Hlak.l.rl la. Kd Schlagelt IS. George Dustln) 14, William
Mrrssi IT, Vrd McK.rl-nd, l. Pbllo Holbrook, 17, .TiUt
IS, Htaatoa Doblei 18. O. B. Coldwell, SO. Lester SailH t Deceaardl;
at Kraeet Stansboryi r.-k S. Bennett, ax Millard bebmeeri
a Arthur Jobaateni S5, William Jordan, 26, Hunt Johnston;
Henderso"' Si!, Irvtng H. Robr, D, Earl -mbe, Intn; 3.
(org Br.ni! 81. A. Copland, 3"A Frank Art-child, 3J. M"""1
Hyt 34, W. Carr Morrow i 35, Nl Johnston, 3d, Frank B. R',rri "I J
Robert htowell 1 Deceased), 3S, G. Grit.maeber, 39, Plait
4. William Dal tea l 41, Cbarle saylor, 4a, Harry Tuttle, 4A, Will
orthrup, 44. H. Wltbycombe, 4S, Kdward T. Koalkee, 4U. Herbert
Honghtoni 47. James A. WcKlnnon, 48, Kred Noltner, 40. Kd Bryan,
SO, C V. Gantenbeln, 51, Charles R. Krasler, B', Harry Met rakeni
58. lwls Woodward, 54, Alex Joseph, 55, Millard Holhrook, 5.1,
Ked Barretrt 57. George Claggetti ti, Fred A. Rascb, 5l, Horace
Pomerey, 0. Clarence Gilbert, 61, William Stuart (Deceased), 8.,
Jane. Holmes, 64. Roy Hurley, 64, Raleigh Trimble, 65, break.
Danaei . l,ea Hawkins, 67, George Jublts, US. Brockwell Statter,
Hit, Kdward Gantenbeln, 70, Mai Bordea, 71, Horace Claggetti i 7-,
Kn.ll Grealeri 73. R. A. Lelterj 74, Je.se Morgan, 75. Krnest el"l
7?Daa Colenian, 77, Cbarle. Cox, 78, J. . Ball, 70. Irving Pratt,
80. Cbris A. Bell; 81, William Harder, W, Sam V. Sloeum, 83, W"
Rim'soula, 84, Vjmi Baker, 8K, Ry Pble, Wr -"-' Je
Gleaaners 88, Don Rea, 89. Frank P. Freeman, 90, Knrl Miller, 91.
Dave M. Borg; 92. Ely Corbett, 93. Brne.t McKay; 94, Phln Battle I
95, F.dward Stipe, 96, Walter Holmaa; 97, Thomas A. Marquam; 98,
R. G. Jublts; 99, Fred Harlow.
street: Raleigh C. Saylor.
building: Elijah Corbett.
street; G. S. Henderson,
building; W. C- Kerron.
410 Mohawk
1246 Halsey
712 Marquam
S25 Kerby
street; Edward T. Foulkes. San Fran
cisco; C. U. Qantenbein, 40S East Twen-ty-fourth
street; F. A. Rasch, 501 Ger
linger building.
EARLY BASEBALL STARS
PLAY WITHOUT GLOVES
Before Protection Tor Players We Iyea64 Broken rinxers, Nomi and
Other Injurtta Were Common Harvard. Maa Wear First Mask.
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IW TORK. April T..-(Speclal.)
"Can you Imagine a modern base,
ball team plajlng th gem bare
handed?" asked a grsr-bJred fn
while discussing diamond doings long
ago. There would ba plenty of bust,
nese for tbe bee Matters and so many
errors in th field that th apart would
develop Into a burlesque. Yet I can
remember the day when ball player
never wore gloves and when catchers
bad neither masks nor mitts. It re.
quired great courage to fc a swift
pitcher and lot f nerve to get In
front of a hot grounder. Nowadays
however, ball playing Isn't painful
with the softly padded fielders' gloves,
the steel wlr masks, tiie heavy catch
ers' mitts, chest protectors and shin
guards to protect th players from
barm." - , . .
Mauv of our cltisens who played
baseball mor than ii years ago will
tell yeu that broken fingers, bon
bruises, split palm and torn finger
nails were every day aeeldeat and
that a player who allowed tbe. white
feather waa taboo.
A evident. Freeaent Occurrence.
Before glovea and mask were in
vented catcher bad ndls trouble.
Th old-timer who dared to stand cloe
behind the batsmen had teeth knocked
ut and noses fractured by the hot foul
tips that could net be avoided. (oon
came a habit of putting a piece of eo.lid
rubber In the mouth made In such a
htanner that it covered the Hps and
provided protection for ' th teeth. It
proved so efficient that all .th leading
caichera adopted it.
But ven then It waa dangerous to
catch elos up until Jara Tyng, the
former Harvard player. Invented tb
mask, a eurabersoo: affair with broad
strips of flattened Iron, that , covered
the faee. but else partially obscured
the backstop' vision.
Th mask waa th rst centrtvanc
calculated to prevent sertous injury.
Then came the catchers' glove, one for
each hand. These gloves were of light
kid. with no finger and little or no
padding. Catchers who handled awlft
deliveries, therefore, goon found that
the glovea did pot soma up te the re
quirements. So It was a common thing
ta see backstop stuffing- grass, cot.
toa batting and even atrlps of meat
late tbe glovea te protect tbe palms of
the hands when unJer a hot Br from
tbe box. .
One of tbe Brst National League
catchers to use a left-hand glov with
ringers was Meyere. of Indianapolis,
more than 25 years ago. Somebody
made a glove for him that caused a
general laugh. The Angers were so
long and the surface of the glov was
so broad that Meyers found It difficult
at first to hold a pitched ball. He was
catching- the' great Henry Boyle in
those days and Boyle had blinding
speed. Meyer had broken all of his
finger also both thumbs In handling
BoyI "with the lingeries gloves, so
that b readily tried the new one and
after muoh- perseverance, he proved
that It had mrtt.
Glen Kagerly .dapted. ".
After that all the catohr adopted
a nngr' glove for th left hand. The
glove was Improved upon when the
manufacturer put solid leather tips on
the en on of the Anger to protect the
nail. Even then catchers were not
envied by the other players, for their
right hands usually were mangled un
til physicians had to be called in.
Buck Bwlng. Silver Flint and Char
ley Bennett, three of the gree,tt back
atop the game ever produced, were
Among the first to adopt the mitt,
which was. a comparatively light affair
but mad it impossible to injure the
fingers of the left hand. Incidentally
these star catchers began to show that
one hand was sufficient to catch a
pitched ball. They discarded the right
hand glove and soon perfected a move
ment of the left wrist that placed the
mitt In the right position to receive
tho ball. Ewlng once said, that during
an entire season he didn't catch more
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than a dosen pitched balls with his
bare hand. He used to enjoy catching
the puszling curves of Keefe. Welch
and Crane with the mitt, which made
it almost Impossible to have a passed
ball.
With tho right hand gloveless catch
ers gradually learned to throw to bases
with greater speed and accuracy than
ever before, for a ball thrown with a
gloved hand naturally traveled slowly
and without the proper aim.
Gloves Grow More Popular.
As the manufacturers gradually In
creased the size and weight of the
catcher's mitt the mania for gloves be
came general. Tbe la and outfielders
adopted them, some using the mitt until
the baseball rule makers were forced to
legislate against the practice. Lave
Cross, once a tiptop third baseman,
played that position with a regular
catcher's mitt, which made it impos
sible for him to mis hard ground hits
or drop a By ball. Cross raised a laugh
at the Polo Grounds one day when he
reached . back with his mitt, caught a
high foul and then turned the palm of
the glove down without dropping the
leather. I
When the- rule stipulating the size of
the glove to b worn was passed, the I
catcher was allowed to wear the same
heavy mitt, while a lighter one was as
signed to the first baseman. But all
the other fielders were compelled to use
a finger glove weighing not more than
half a dosen ounces. This Included the
pitchers, of whom George Cuppy, of the
Clevelanda. was among the first to pro
tect the left hand in this manner. Be
fore the in and outfielders began to
wear gloves, however, many stara made
remarkable records.
Adrian C. Anson played first base for
Chicago for many years bare-handed.
The old man was a mark for such swift
throwing lnfielders as Ed Williamson
and Fred Pfeffer, who tried In vain to
make him wince. Many times Anson
went home from the ball field with
swollen fingers and painful bone
bruises, but never used a mitt or a
glove until he began to near the end of
bis diamond career.
Roger Bresnahan was the first minor
league catcher to wear shin-guards,
such as cricketers use. lie was ridi
culed at first, but wnen a special make
was put on the market Roger was vin
dicated. The guards now worn by many
backstops have a Joint at the knee, so
that they do not impede catchers In
their hurry after foul files. The guards
are adjusted quickly and prevent many
serious Injuries.