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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, TORTLAND, MAT 5, 1912. BEAVERS PREY OF TIGERS THIRD Til Hogan's Men Chase Gilligan's Walks In With Hits That Spell Them Victory. NINTH SEES TRAGIC END Rrathear Aitfpt Tour Wide ne at Hand of McCredie's- Twlrler, and Conclusion Is Marked by Two Tallied. parlnie f l,eaa Ktaadiag. w. u r . w l. p r-k.nd . 21 T Sarram.nin 1.1 M t rrnnn ...ml J .."I lot Ang ls 1-' l .- n )'r..IU . Porjlainl ..IK .-" VKnihj l Knall.. A 1 Portland Vernon 5. Portland 5. At Sen r'ranci.co ParramHUo 7. aa fniwUr. 4. At Lee Ani'ln I-o. Anpl'i 9. Oakland 4. BT tlOfOE FAWCETT. A the poet ha It "sme davs must he dark, and dreary." Vwlfnlay the llncm Jungle rats booted the leather alt over the lot In the pinches and Mt no harder than the 1'ortiand Pfarfrt, vat the Vcrnonltea walked off with Kama three of the series, i- to . be cause thrlr hit came on the heels of three costly wall. by Pitcher "Jawn" liiMlcan. Itoth CUIIcan and In portsldc ep porant. Castlcmn. twirled pood bail. I Caatleton walked two man. but ha act Had to h!n work Immediately there after and neither man caused the acor ar any labor. Ilia i.tin blnglcs were doled out through six Innings, Gllll can's seven through four innings. While the visiting southpaw had per lups a little the better of the argil in.nt. It took the nine full frames to i-cttle the renin, a the Beaver tied the score, z to In the eighth Inning on Krurcrr'i double Into left and llo.-p'a rrronil misplay at shorlstop. Math Sara KatalHj. ;illlgan opriii'd the fatal ninth, how- ever, by heaving four wide onea a Biashear. the first man to face him and before the cirtain rtroped Vernon had crammed lnvwo runs. Stalnaon w lio followed Firm;. hear, laid down beautiful sacrifice, sending Brashecr to 6,-cond from whence he acored on Burrell's safe drive to lefu Brown fol lowed with a single between short and second which Artie Krueger Juggled Just Ionic enough to permit Burreil to scamper from first to home with the final death sentence. Bancroft came through with scorching double In the local half of the ninth, but two already were put out. and there he went to seed. If McCredie could only draw up soma sort of protocol with the visiting plan Ipotentiarles, whereby that first Inning could be set down as practice stuff, perhaps Portland could land a few more games. Day after day the fana go out and shudder through Inning number one. In seven of the last nine contests the opposition haa set upon our fiingera before they were fully warmed to their work and secured a good lead. Ttgera Get T la ieroal. Yesterday Vernon let ua down easy with only one run In the first Inning, secured on a walk to Barleaa and a drive past Butler off Brashear'a big bludgeon, but In the second they mado up lor laxity by denting the scoreboard for two more. which score went through to the ninth Inning, explo sion. Once again a walk atarted the trouble, and with two out. Chronol ogically. Burred walked, stole aecond and acored on Brown's Initial pinch hit. a double Into right. Castleton lobbed a bit Into left field and brown tallied. Portland went along for four stanxaa without a ripple and then came out and grabbed two on a melange of hits, boots and battery errors. McCredie's men fell down at opportunity's beck In this fifth Inning harvest, for hostilities ceased on Mcloweira grounder to shortstop with the bases full. Howler aad Ullllaraa !cre. Ilowley and ttililgan began the re vlstou of the tariff on percentage col umns by singling aa first men up. Both advanced a base on a wild heave by t'astieton and Ilowley scored when Brashear mussed up Chadbourne's grounder. McCredie then flashed a signal for a sgueexe by biting Ms fingernails viciously several times and young Iave Bancroft responded man fully. 'Cilllgan crossing the plate. Krueger walked and Ilosp fell down on Kappa' grounder, filling the bags, but McIowell retired the side on a drive to short. Portlttnd tied the score in the eighth, amid enlhulsaem. on Krueger's double and Ilosp's error, but there the run getting bliss spilled over. Brown was the atar slugger of the afternoon with two pinch hits for the Tigers, but Bancroft gave him a close run on two hits and a sacrifice. Ban croft, work in the field waa superb. Ta. score: Vernon I Portland At) II To A K Ab II TO A G I'arl'e.rf oi-hsd-nlf 4 4 JlIS.f I sla'n.lh Urir r.2b Min n rf Hoap.ss. Hurfl.:tb l:rn n.r. t'astln.p o l!anr'ft.3b 4 " Hut!r.u 2 s o I 1 1 o 0 15 0 1 1 S 1 I 1 0 o e is o 1 1 n A o 0 1 1 1 -J r 4 1 11: I KrueT.rf O Kappi. )b - M.-K ll.rf Knd'rs.3n i.liowlrv.e 0 jl'rlir n.p fTwmplr . 0 Ti:. 32 7 27 M Totals 3 Hailed for litill(an la Btb. T 27 13 SCORE BY 1NN1NOS. Virion 1 3 n 0 OO A O 3 3 HI" 1 3 0 n 1 O OO i 7 I'ortiand O O O o 2 o A 1 o HI'S 1 1 1 3 OO 1 17 SUMMARY. Runs Raylisa. Rranhear. Burreil 1 2 1. Brown. Kruser. Hnwley. t;illlcan. Strut-k 4ui Kv ililliican 3. by I'astlrtnn 4. PtKt on I'Slla !T i;i!iln -1. off 'asll-ton 2. Two. r hirs Brown. Kru-aer. Bancroft. Sae r flee hits Bancroft. Sunnon. Mnl-n bae Burreil. wild pitch fast Jeton. Time 1.-&U, I'mptres Hlldebrand aad Casey. Vote of the Game. Glrot pulled a bush trick while warming up along the rlghtfleld line In the second inning. liodgers laid down a hit In front of the plate and Catcher Brown threw wide to first, tlirot calmly put out his glove and stopped the ball for Vernon. Rodgers made aecond all right, but he might have made third. If Bancroft Is kept at third he will rob hla shortstop sideklcker of scores of assists. Yesterday be went over In front of Butler and stole two slow groundera that might have been beaten out The Vernon series now stands three games for Vernon and one game for Portland. Today closes It. Rodgers seems to be "In had" with a majority of the fana for some un known reason, but he shows his game- AL KLA WITTER, BRIDEGROOM l7 ft l: ' l.A-Jz ness by showing the most aggressive front on the team. AX GELS "CRAB" lU'T WIX GAME Tliour.li Dillon and Ilcitmullrr Are Onstrd Xngle Saves Day for Oaks. LOS ANGELES. Way 4. Two of Loa .Angeles' players were Bent to the club house for "crabbing" today, but lneplte, of this they beat Oakland B to 4. Most of the credit la due to Nagle. who "came, hack" with three hits In three times at bat and made two runs. The men sent to the clubhouse were Captain Dillon, who disputed one of I'mplre Finney's decisions In the sec ond Inning, and Heltmuller, who talked back" when called out for try ing to stretch a single Into a double la the third Inning. Hcore: R. IU K-l R. H. E. Loa Angeles.5 S Opakland ....4 2 Batteries Nagle and Boles; Durbln and Tledemann. SENATORS WTX FROM SEALS Four Error by Gcdco n Prove Too Coe4lj; Score 7 to 4. SAN FRANCISCO. May 4. Four er rors by Gedeon and free hitting of Hen ley by O'Rourke and his teammates won for rjacramento from San Francisco by to 4. Sacramento led all the way and finished with three runs In the ninth. Score: Pac'mento. 7 14 0?an Fran... 4 7 7 Batteries Fltsgerald and Cheek; Henley and Berry, Schmidt. 0. A. G. WIHS IN MEET MVLTXOMAH CLUR LOSES R SCORE OF 8 TO 44. Famous) Portland Club Pole-Vaulter 1 Makes Four tempt to I'nsucccssful At Retter Mark. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL LEGE. Corvallla. May 4. After Oregon Agricultural College had won the dual rack meet from the Multnomah Club earn this afternoon. S to 44. a crowd of enthusiastic admirer of Sam Bellah watched the famous pole vaulter make four unsuccessful attempts to break s record. Bellah won his event In today's meet by clearing the bar at 12 feet S Inches. Bellahs work was the feature of the meet. All events were pulled off as sched- led and were well contested with the exception of hammer and discus events, Multnomah forfeited both, having no ntry. The summary: 100-yard dash Baker. Weatherford, rown. Time 10..J seconds. Mile run Williams. A. Burdlck. urns. Time :. SiO-yard dash Baker. Croughley, race. Time 13.1 seconds. 440-yard dash Walter. Brace. Croughley. Time 63.2 seconds. Pole vault Bellah. Holdman. B. Bur. dick: distance. 12 feet t Inches. High hurdles N'lckerson. Jordan. Time. 17.2 seconds. Schmidt had It won but fell. Shot put Bellah. Holdman. Chris man: distance, 3. feet. Javelin throw Bellah, McKenzle, McFarland: distance, 140.2 feet. Low hurdles Doyle. Schmidt, Brown. Time. 30 seconds. Half mile run Smith, A. Burdlck, Williams. Time. 2:10. Broad Jump Bellah, N'lckerson. Shir ley: distance. 22 feet. High Jump Holdman. Bellah, Shav Hammer throw and dlacua forfei to O. A. C. Multnomah having no eki- t rants. GOTCH TO MEET SCHOEXLFl "Amerlcus" Signs for Champions Match on May 30. BALTIMORE. May 4. Articles h. been signed by Frank Gotch and "G Scboenleln. of thla city, better kno as "Amerlcus." for a match for heavyweight wrestling championship the world. Decoration day. May 20 the date set for the bout and bids v be received from promoters In large cities. Including Baltimore. N York, Boston. Chicago and Kanca C The articles call for a finish mat best two out of three falls, and the oij hold that will be barred will be i strangle. Gotch's famous toe hold be allowed. "Amerlcus" began tra Ing today. i PITCHER, LATEST ADDITION TO ING STAFF. FAST BALL HIS FORT Al Klawitter Throws "Speedi est" Missile, Says McCredie. ONCE HAD NEW YORK BERTH pw Fllnfrrr for Portland Has Ex cellent Record for 2 3-Tear-Old Youngster 'Who Has "Made Good" 'With Local Fans. "Throws the speediest ball of all Coast League pitchers." Al Klawitter, a right-hand fltnger. was the recipient of this bouquet hand, ed out by Manager Walter McCredie, of the Portland Coast team after losing his first game following his arrival from New Orleans. Klawitter twirled good ball on that occasion, one week ago today, holding the Oaks down pretty tight, and while the bridegroom lost (he was wedded en route westward), he made good with the local fans. And making good with a bugvllle contingent educated to top teama with a club far down In the cel lar la quite a distinction. ' Gtaata Claimed II I m Once. For five years the big fellow has been studying league batters, drawing pay at various times from such teams as the New York Giants. New Orleans, Memphis and Shreveport. He began pitching as an amateur around the corner lots of Milwaukee, hla home town. In 1908 a Cotton States League player recommended him to Vlcksburg, Miss., and he was lured southward, winning 15 and losing eight In this class C circuit Klawitter pitched such good ball that season that Shreveport. in the Texua league, made googoo eyes at him and purchased him late In the Fall. In 1909 he won 15 and lost 10 for Shreveport In the B league. Sew Tork Paid 92000 for 111 m. Many of his lossea that season were by the narrowest margins imaginable and New York got busy at the close of the Tezaa league aeason and forked over 20o plunka for the husky German. He finished the season with the Giants that Fall and won five games in eight . under Muggsy McGraw. Next Spring, i In 110, Klawitter reported at Martin ! Springs with the Giants, along with a h0. . . .L.. Myii.ui. wws 11111 lempie, tne Dig "w on me r-omano roster. I m iucr unisnen one game tnat 1 Spring but was shipped down to ilemphls for further maturing, Temple being "farmed" out to New Bedford. Maaa. With tiie Southern League club Klawitter had little luck for the team finished In seventh place. His record was 8 wins and lb losses. New York recalled him In the Fall and sold him to New Orleans last Spring. With New Orleans he finished as second pitcher, wlnnlpg 20 games and losing 12 for a winning percentage of .625 with a club that won the pen nant with .591. That Klawitter stands well st New Orleans Is attested fly f the fact that Manager Frank chose nut iw iri iiie upcniiiK Knmo mis Spring. Incidentally Klawitter lost the opener ( to 0. Answering Walter McCredie's appeal to Cleveland for men to take the places left vacant by Bill Steen and Tom Sea ton Cleveland stuck out a long paw New Orleansward and shunted him to Portland. Cleveland, be It remarked. owjjs the New Orleans franchise. Ials" New Together. Rapps. Temple, Dnane and Lindsay are former friends of the new fllnger. Klawitter knew Rapps In the Texas League. Bill being with Oklahoma City, and Doane and Lindsay at New Or leans, To complete the blor Is 23 years ""d IBM i V.--? : -:-fc-'u r -v I PORTLAND COAST LEAGUE HURL stopping off at Milwaukee to Interview a parson en route to this city. He is not a spitball pitcher but mixes up the slants with an assortment of fast and slow 'tins that usually brings home the bacon. XATIOXAL LEAGUE. w: L. P.C. 13 3 .SIS 1 1 4 .7:t3 8 8 .R0 , 7 9 .4"8 T .4:: , 6 1 -4UO 5 .:i.-.7 S 11 .S13 rincinnatl . New York . Boston rht mjeo . . . Plttiibnra Rrooklvn ... I'hilHdelphla .St. Louis ... Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 1. ST. LOUIS. Mav 4. A pass, a sacrl flee, a tingl and an error in the tenth inning- enabled Cincinnati to win from St. Louis. Score: R. H. E ! R. IT. E. Cincinnati .3 10 0jt. Louis.. 17 2 Batteries Keofe, Suggs and Mc Lean: t.leyer and Wlngo. Umpires Johnstone and Eason. Xew York 4. Philadelphia 3. NEW YORK, May 4. New York, by winning, made It three out of four from Philadelphia. Score: R. H. E.I R. H. E. Phtla 3 4 JINvYork.. 4 5 2 Batteries Curtis. Shults and Gra ham: Mathewson and Myers. Umpires Klem and Bush. Boston 6, Brooklyn 4. BOSTON, May 4. Boston won from Brooklyn. Knetzer, who succeeded Stack In the Brooklyn box with two men on bases in the third, was wild. Score: R. If. E.I R. H. E. Boston ... 6 10 Brooklyn ..4 8 1 Battwles Brown. Hogg and Rari- den; Knetzer, Stack and Phelps. Um pires Rlgler and Flnneran. Pittsburg 12, Chicago 11. PITTSBURG. May 4. Pittsburg won from Chicago today In a game chiefly notable for hitting. Score: Pittsburg .12 IS 2Chlcago ...11 15 2 Batteries Adams, Ferry, Robinson and G'bson; Reulbach, Cole and Archer and Needham. Umpires Brennan and Owens'. AMERICAN' LEAGUE. W. L. P.C. Chlraro 13 B .7-2 Washington 10 A .6J3 Hoton 10 7 .T.Sti I'hlladelphla 0 R .-'H Cleveland S g .. Potrolt 8 11 Si. miI 11 ::r.3 New York 4 12 .250 St. Louis 10, Detroit 8. DETROIT, May 4. A great ninth In ning rally enabled St. Louis to beat Detroit today after the locals appar ently had the game secured. Two sin gles, a double, a hit batsman, a base on balls and two infieild outs netted the visitors five runs. Score: R. H. E. R. H. E. St. Louis.. 10 9 6Dctrolt t 7 1 Batteries Brown. Hamilton and Krichell: Covington. Pernoll, Burns, Mullin, Works and Onslow. Philadelphia 10, .New York 5. PHILADELPHIA, May- 4. Both cluba hit tha ball hard, but Philadelphia beat New York by bunching hits. Score: R. If- E. R. H. E. New York. S IS XPhila 10 16 3 Batteries Vaughn, Quinn and Street; Plank and Egan. Washington 8, Boston 7. WASHINGTON. May 4. Washington nosed out Boston today In an exciting game by a score of 8 to 7. Home run drives by Cashion and Speaker featured Score: Boston 7 6 lv'ash'ton ..8 10 4 Batteries Bedlent. C'cotte and Nun amaker; Cashion. Akers and Williams. Cleveland 4, Chicago 3. CHICAGO, May 4. Cleveland broke Chicago's winning streak today. Bland lng was In fine form and pitched re markable ball in the pinches. The score: 10 OlCleveland. .4.10 2 avaavaAaaaiaav i STRAIT SAVES OA! BY RUNNING CATCH Vancouver Pulls Out of Big Hole by Hitting Rally, but Colts Win. DOTY WEAKENS AT LAST Pitcher Plays Shut-Out Ball Until Near End of Game Daring Base Running and Good Stick Work Give Portland Long Lead. Nerthwestern Learue Standings. w 1. J r- t W. L. P C .10 a .2.HVancouver . . .S0O .IO 8 ..VTacom 1 .3S . g 7 .o33. Seattle 8 H -SS Yesterday's Reaulta. At Vancouver Portland 8. Vancouver 5. At Seattle Victoria 7. Seattle 4. At Spokane Spoksne-Tacoma game called In second lnmnx; rain. VANCOUVER. B. C. May 4. (Sp cial.) With an apparently safe lead of eight runs In the ninth inning. Doty, who pitched shut-out ball for Portland In today's game for eight and two third Innings, lost control and passed two "Champ" batters. Five consecu tive hits. Including two doubles Im mediately after netted the Canucks five runs. The rally being four runs short of winning the game. Vancouver almost pulled out ahead, as Kippert, who was the last batter up, hit the ball clear to the left fence with the bases full, but Strait made a brilliant running catch and saved the game. Caring base running coupled with snappy fielding and timely hitting in the pinch, gave Portland a big lead in the early stage of the game. They acored two runs In the first without a hit, two passes, an error and five stolen bases, giving William's team a nice start. Smith was batted from the box In the fourth when Portland made four hits count for three runs and Belford, who replaced him. was hit hard. Another Vancouver player was In jured in today's game and will likely be out of the game for the season. While taking a throw from Lewis in the first Inning Sheely, in tagging out Mensor who was trying to steal sec ond, broke his ankle in two places and was Immediately rushed to the hos pital. Cates took his place at short. The teams play at Tacoma tomorrow. The score: Vancouver I Portland Ab.K.Po.A.E.I Ab.H.Po.A.E. Dulln.lf . .4 1 2 0Mensor.2b 2 0 Bnn'tt,2B 4 2 4 1 10 l'Spead.of.. 4 3 OiKrles.rf.. 6 1 Brash..1b 3 Frisk. rf. . 3 Klp'rt.cf 6 James.3b 3 0 OiSfrait.If OWirms.lb 5 0 1 'Moore. r . . 0!Klbble.:ib 1 1 'oltrln.ss UDoty.p. . . 01 0 0! 5 O Sheeley.ss 0 3 a 4 1 4 1 cntcs.ss. 3 I.ew1s,c. , 3 Smith. p. 1 Belford. p 2 Dem'slo 1 Totals 84 10 27 13.4! Totals 36 9 27 15 1 'Demaggio batted for Belford In ninth. SCORE BY INNINGS. Vancouver OOOOOOfJO 5 5 Portland 2 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 08 SUMMARY. , Runs Dulfn. Bennett, Cates. Lewis Pomag alo. Mensor. .pea.i. Fries 2. Strait. Kibble. 1 oltrln. Doty, stolen bases Nnens. fries, Mrall . K.lDDle. Two-base nits coltrln. uulin. Brashear. Three-base hit Fries. Pitchers' record: Five runs, six hits off Smith in 3 1-3 Innings: three runs, three hits off Bel ford In 5 2-3 innlnps. Basses on balls Off Smith 4. off Belford 2. off Doty 6. Struck out By Smith 1, by Belford 2. by. Doty. Double plays Bennett to Brash- ear; Cates to Bennett to Brashear: Cates to Bennett to Brashear; Mensor to Coltrln to Williams. Hit by pitcher Cates. umDin Moran. BEES WALLOP GIANTS HARD Thompson Goes to Pieces After Seat tle Had Game Woo. SEATTLE, Wash., May 4. After Se attle had obtained a lead of three runs, Thompson went to pieces in the third inning and before the scoring was stopped six Victoria men had crossed the plate and won the game. Schneider relieved Thompson and pitched good ball, holding the visitors to one more run. Score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Seattle... 4 13 3 Victoria .. . 7 8 2 Batteries Thompson, Schneider and Wally; McCreery and Meek. Rain Halts Ta coma-Spokane Game. SPOKANE. May 4. A heavy rain ended the Tacoma-Spokane game here today at the beginning of the third in ning with the score 0 to 0. Pitcher Starkell, of Tacoma, who was at bat, slammed out what probably would have been a home run Just as Umpire Toman called the game. Starkell reached third before the umpire, who was in pursuit, could tell him trie game was called. BOAT CLUBS RUSH WORK NIGHT WORK MAY BE NECES SARY BEFORE FESTIVAL. Handsome Prizes Are Vp for Craft Competing in Decoration and Illuminated Parades. Because of the short time before the Rose Festival, all those of the Portland Motorboat Club who have not yet put their boats In shape for the season may soon be working nights to have them in trim for the water parade Tuesday of Festival week. Handsome prizes are to be put up for the best-decorated boats in both the nening parade Monday and the illumi- Ved parade Tuesday night. Commo wBoo8t'a Artisan usually comes in Anethlng. either a substantial honorable mention. one of the strongest power Vis boat for electric lighting, lrae new ideas which he win V boat is expected to shine iyest. Many other boats. e than 50. will help the committee transform the io a Venice for one night. on opening day will be s covered over with low. the first In the line to be or the Beaver, while the it tie canoe bedecked with Rose Carnival. The have Rex Oregonus on It will deliver at the ubllc landing, where he iip by the official chariot rougn tne streets. king boating clubs in the n oemg neara. ana. even W comes of it within the JT more students from the .vhools than ever before will have canoes or sailboats. The launch, in e. measure, is taking the place of the "tally-ho." which used to be the official accompanist of high school Summer celebrations. At present it seems probable that only three schools, Portland Academy, Lincoln High end Jefferson High, will be represented In the first lnterscholas tlc swim in the Multnomah Club tank, Wednesday, May 8. Washington has made no attempt to get up a team, as the school has no place for the men to practice. Members and friends of the Rowing Club will meet in the first smoker of the year at the Rowing Club Sunday night. Plans for the season will be discussed and an effort made to stir up more Interest in the work of the crews. The race with the University of Wash ington fell through from lack of inter est as the main reason. A meeting of the directors of the club was held Fri day night, at which it was decided that time was too short to get any kind of i a crew in shape to meet the Uuiversity ; during the Rose Festival week. The Oregon Yacht Club will meet Thursday night at the clubhouse. Plans for the opening races Decoration day will be discussed. Besides the regular races of the different class boats, a number of other novel features will be Introduced. A meeting to select the date for the Eugene-Portland canoe trip to be un dertaken by the Y. M. C. A. will be held by the officers of the club some time within the next two weeks. GOLF 11 DUTCH GAME PROFESSIONAL SAY'S SCOTCH AXD ENGLISH ADOPTED IT. One of Season's Events Will Be the Meet at Gearhart Iinks June 5, 6, 7 and'8. I ontrary to all belief, golf is neither a Scotch nor an English game, accord ing to George Turnbull. professional of the Waverly Country Club, who says it is a Dutch game and should be called "Gauwff." It started In the Netherlands and made its way to Ens land and Scotland. in America tne taking up of cow- pasture pool" has been rapid, consid ering that in 1900 there were few links in the country and the sport followed by very few. Since that time links have been established in nearlv every large city in the Vnlted States and no re-. xort is considered fully equipped with out a meadow. One thing noticeable is that there are more men over 25 years old in the game than there are men under that ag-e. One reason advanced is that It does not move quite fast enough for young Americans. Many that have never tried the game side with John Drew, who said the game consisted of merely hitting the ball, losing it and finding it, the one finding it first having the game. However, a few trials will convince the novice there s more to the game than that. One of the season events in golfdom will he a Northwest meet at the Gear- hart. Or., links, June 5, 6, 7 and 8. and another some time in August. These links have been declared by Mr. Turn- hull to rival those of St Andrews, Scotland, and with a few planned im provements will surpass them 1 he even roll of the links Increases the pleasure of the golfers, and the moist air from the ocean keeps them in shape all Summer. James Cellars, second in the tourna ment of last year, will depart for the beach within a few weeks to get in shape for an attempt for a first place. The Hotel Gearhart has offered prises. GAB LIKE HUMAN BEING WHEN OVERTAXED SOMETHING HAS TO SUFFER. Men Refuse Tasks Beyond Strength, but Expect Autos to Do What ever Owners Desire. Owners of motor cars should more fully comprehend the advantages com ing from sane methods in handling their machines," says W. S. Dulmage, of Dulmage & Smith, Oregon Mitchell distributers. After all Is said and done, machin ery is quite like the human being. If car operator could only be made to bear this fact in mind the longevity of cars would immediately be Increased. maintenance costs reduced and smooth operation would continue Into old age of the mechanism. "A strong man will refuse a task be yond his strength. If he attempts it and sprains his back he does not blame his 'maker.' He alone was at fault and he recognizes the fact. But the same man will get into his car and drive it. day in and day out, without consider ation of the route or roads. High speed up or down hill, over car tracks and bumps, rough roads or smooth. It is all the same- until a 'bone" is brok en or a back strained and then, be cause the mechanism would not or could not rebel against this unreason able (inhuman) treatment, and breaks down, the 'maker' is blamed. In this respect the strongr man and the strong car are not on even terms. If they could be. one would live and serve as long as the other. Our European brothers nave com menced to recognize these facts, and, notwithstanding the vastly superior roads In those countries, they use the I .1 I o.,ln Inlnllli..-. ly. They aim to preserve a normal I . . , i ii i i rate OI eagiuo uycou et m uuniiM strains on engine and gearing. This care also affects the efficiency of the car as regards fuel consumption, as a greater mileage per gallon of gasoline results. Freshmen Defeat Eugene High. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, May 4. (Special.) On Kincald Field today the freshmen track and field team headed the Eugene High School team, 76 to 55, In a dual meet. The highest individual point-winner was the freshman captain, Boylen, who won first' place in his three events, the 220 and 440 dashes and the half mile. For the high school Sklpworth earned 11 points. Portland Bat Averages Pacific Coast I Northwestern Jkb H Av.l b H Av. Bntler . . . Krueger . Doane . . . Lindsay McDowell Temple . . Cbadbo'ne 32 11 .346;Thomas ... a 1 .800 86 29 .30- Tonneson . 13 6 .3--' 71 21 .zB;spa 71 22 .313 77 22 .286: Fries 64 19.21)7 SS 10 .27 Kibble 62 18 .200 64 17 .25 18 4 .250!Coltrin ... 106 2 .a4B!Harrls ... 24 .24'-'iWllIlams. 22 5 .227Strait .... 77 17 .221Mensor . . 101 22 .-'IS Bloomfield 5 1 .20O.jjathes . . S2 15 .1SS Doty 13 2 .l-"4;Klein 15 2 .133 Moors 9 1 .111 Eastley .. 1 0 .OOOIVeaxey ... 1 0 .000) 2 O .0001 3 0 .000 57 15 ,2i3 69 14 .237 68 18 .215 Rodgers . Koestner. Bancroft . Rapps . . . 64 15 .234 IS 3 .-'31 Stelger . . Howley . . 29 6 .207 .12 2 .17 t-ienaerson 1 .142 Gllllgan . LaLonge . 16 10 2 .125 .100 Burch ... 3 O .000 Lamline . GreKg . . . Glrot . Klawitter 4 0 .000 Barkness - 7 0 .000 COLTS WILL STIR UP NORDYKE'S BEES Williams' On-Rushing Young sters to Be Home for Three Weeks' Engagement. FANS ALL EAGER FOR FRAY Fine Work of Portland and Victoria Teams Arouses Interest Race So Far One of Bet Since League's Formation. BY JAMES H. CASSELL. Portland baseball scenery will he shifted tonight and tomorrow, when fandom makes its first Monday jour ney of 1912 to Vaughn-street park it will be greeted with a Northwestern League diamond cast primed for a three weeks' engagement. Twenty-one days of Fielder Jones' baseball a-ie scheduled for grandstanders and bleacherltes, opening with Williams' frolicsome Colts against Victoria, fol lowing with a seven days' stand against Seattle, and concluding: with a similar period with Spokane. The switch from the lagg-inor Bea vers to the sprinting Colts, the latter displaying more "pep" than Walter McCredie's charges, will give Portland fans an opportunity to see the two surprises of the Northwestern League In action. The Victorians have set the critics to performing; various cor rective antics, their commanding: posi tion in the race not corresponding to the tail-end position allottrd them by the writers, while the Colts vie with the Bees in upsetting pre-season "dope" on the pennant race. Colts Have Nerr Life. Last season the Colts returned from the initial tour struggling hard to beat the Bees to the cellar. They were hopelessly out of the race at the quar ter pole, and, with a slight variation in the shape of a burst of speed at the finish, remained In the "also ran" di vision. But this season the Colts have reached the stake-horse class and it is evident that Portland is to have a Northwestern League team as high, if not higher, in the percentage column, than its Coaster representative. With a twirling staff performing like champions one day and like nov ices the next, a good hitting aggre gation and a decidedly wobbly fielding squad, the Colts have more than held their own on the three weeks' road trip. With the possibilities of a splendid base ball machine stellar corps of twlrlers. support capable of practically error less work and a squad of hard liitws. to be reinforced by Howard Mundorfr, much may be expected of the Colts at home and in the further affrays of the Northwestern season. Staff Being; Trimmed. The twirling staff, comprising Bloomfield. Tonneson, Kastley. Doty and Veasey. which seems to be the regular lineup after the ax has been wielded In pursuance to the ruling- cutting the squad down to 16 men. 1 . . 1 . - 1 . . 1 .. ...... ln league. Bloomfield and East ley have been going fine, Veasey has twirled one-hit game, Tonneson is rounding into form, and Doty is touted as a comer. Klein and Thomas probably will be released, although one of them will be kept for a time if Mundorff fails to report. Portland fans are anxious to take a look at big Jerry Meek, the cleanup husky.of Victoria, who is responsible for many of the victories of the Bees. In addition to the big fellow, lxu Nordyke, new Victoria manager, who Is a stellar pinch walloper, will make his managerial debut at the helm of the Canadian club. The Northwestern race thus far 1s one of the prettiest ever seen in the organization, with the results of one day likely to switch teams three or four pegs in the percentage column. Seattle has taken the tall-end position and Is several games to the bad, but the first five are blanketed. Such a race is the kind to draw tne com ai the box-office, and, despite the bad weather of the opening weeks, indi cations point to a banner year. Umpires Seem Capable. Fielder Jones seems to have made a happy selection In his staff of umpires, but the feeling of stability which per meates the atmosphere has much to do with the absence of umpirical trouble. The players realize that the 1911 days of umpire baiting is a thing of the past and have a heaJtny respect ior the league officials. However, the umpires are capaoie men, an epen enced arbitrators, and the absence of trouble Is a noticeable feature of the games. Mike Lynch, Tacoma manager, is w. of the Colt knockers. He attrmutes the heavv clouting of the Portland men to their early success, and figures that they will soon be in the ruck. with Tacoma. Spokane and vancouvei the first divlsioners to fight it out for the pennant. No matter what tne nnai weens ui the season may produce in tne bhav of pennant contenders, it Is evident that the Victoria team of 1912 is to be a stumbling block for many of the as pirants, if not a challenger ior n c bunting. Portland, too, is to ne rre oned w-lth. either near the top or ham- I .,,, .ivi,i rffstance. menng awj y.. ....... ---- . t.ii Keatrie is sure to ots o"T"c-'" -------- -- . j, 0 enea. pariicumnj u mo v.. ----draw well at home. The expenditure r mnnAV in. Rtren&rthening A iein .eans mnnev at the gate, and Dug- dale is not likely to permit his team to trail the quintet for tons- TOURNEY ENTRY LIST OPENS Multnomah Club Members Will Be gin Trophy Play on May 18. f.,innniiIli tennis enthusiasts will ...in, the announcement maae i.i.- night by Chairman Wakeman, of the tennis committee, inai me enuj for the club's annual Spring: handicap tournament will open mono .iu nromptly at 6 o'clock on May 16 ' . i ' Hfnv IB o iwl Via to irnev uotsjiiiiK wii eiinninir u ruuKii iuhuhh-o -- The tournament events win u nn- ri and douhles ior ciuo memoerc only. 15 FRESHMEN STRIKE OUT Albany High School Ins 7-to-4 Game From "Aggies." . ALBANY. Or.. May 4. (Special.) Lyle Bigbee. pitcher of the Albany High School baseball team, struck out 15 men in the game here today, in which Al bany defeated the Oregon Agricultural College freshmen 7 to 4. Score: RHEI RHE Albany 7 7 3Freshmen ...4 6 3 Batteries L. Bighee and C. Bigbee; Pechan, Gross and Barnell. 1