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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1912)
r THE StTVDAY OTCEGON'IAV, PORTLAND, MAY 26, 1912. ERRORS ARE EASY SCORING RUNS Difficult Task Mistaken for Simple Job by Average Baseball Patron. SITUATIONS ARE INTRICATE Iovbte-Umpire System Valuable In Many Cki I'layera SenlUTe A bo at Showing Made In at Bat and Jilt Column. BT ROSCOE FAfTCETT. fros of Mrlc of 5Iln wtth th tntruacla of hbi. To th ivirtf b stall fan tha cor rect ocortn of runt t tha moit lmplo thine tc:acinatl. but tf a tt could bo made U doutt.'ul If 50 per cent of tha patrons of tSall would really know Jat- nt to do under the p rultar conditions wiiUh continuously arlM. Tno rule provide that no run can core that trompi ti;e plat on or during- a play m which the third man U either for-i rut or rut out befora rrr. ln flret ba. But the now cel ebrated Merhle t of 1o7 plainly enow' J the romplr&tty of !Mi simple recognition of tl.e force. In ent te a runner i on third and another on f'rt with fwo out when tno batsman rnd- w hat ordinarily wool.i have born a wJ htt had toe runner on f .rut a ivinrfi to second. 4 he should rave rfone. Johnny Ever, tne OMiafo end kr. was Quick nou t N ii tf-e a.: pup and he ha 1 t bntl inrown to htm at second and th wmnir.it run wht.-h wont In from third was not ailow J to count. It w a j a plain frreout. If there had been no man on first, imp:v t.i- runner on f.lrd and tha baU tr lied lammed out a tre-haf er only to rut eev ond and be called out, the run fr-ru t .lrd wou'.d have count d. ,. laiptr ayafem ilaablt. T :f r ae ii'imirou other situations wtcre.n tea runner Is allowed to score If he trMff tMe plate before the put- out is tua.lv mad. Suppose, by way of illustration, t.iat two are out WltU runnrti on J""r,d and third when tha batsman li't- w.V'y to Irlt field. He tn eirr h hie hit in a double, homrvrr. and i put out at second base. The mil -n third. -f course. Is al Inwrd X't i. iTf; likewise the runner In wa in levond if he crossfa the hoti:r p'ate ern ore If oni! nrad of tlit ; uiiHit at second . T'il Is n- play hr'f t-e double umpire sys tem -e aluahle. for one arhiter be a dirfn-ult tusk try ins; to Judge the puto-.t and decide at the same time wher-irr or ri"t I'.r runner beat t' third out to the pinte. Here ft one ,r,an of the fofi-e an Inverted force t h.tt ruimti decree shall not be Included In tne limits of the rules. I e e.orlnc dur!nx a play inat makes the ti.rd out. ar'.n.n from a rnnner laving left his ase llle ; iy upon a fir rti h. ."fcon I a ad thin, h.urs are populated with only one out wr.en the batter hits a f'v to the right fiflder. The runner on tM rd h his ae until t ne catch m ma le. when he heads for home, but the runner on second is possessed of a woottvn cranium and begins to run as en fie ball is hit. The right fieMrr thereupon throws to second, retinric t;.e side by a double play. ( tm Make Tally ( tnit. The runner from third la allowed to count f he f roused thf plate before I he at-t mil put out at second bae. but i ustont makes t he tally possible for the bonehead bao runner Is forced by the rules to return to second Just as the man on first Is forced to go to second on a afe hit by a batsman. The run. I tuug fi. must be allowed un til the so Ions ft her lse decree. Runs cannot be scored and no bates run when a batted ball hits an umpire or base runner. The only exception Is when the runners are compelled to advance to allow the batter to take firt base. Itarry Wolverton. now manager of the New Tork Americana, lost a game whl e bosnir.a the Oakland club lajU Summer, on a peculiar itp that went unnotl- ed by the fans and sport writ ers. I'mplr HUdebrand tells of the Incident. 4. a me Vmmt y lla. Vernon had a man on third with one out In the ninth Inntns; and the score 3 to 2 In Oakland s fator. The batter hit a sacrifice fly to the left fielder, who seeing there was no chance to retire the man at the plate, threw to third to rut off an aditn-t of tne man on ev end- S;mu,inf y with the atrh Wolverton proteated to Hilde Irand that tne runner on third had left the base too soon. Hllderbrand muttered no denial, but. when the ball was thrown In from left. Wolverton. !n the heat of battle tagged tr.e run ner illdinc In from second Instead of stepping on the bag and forcing; out tne runner w ho bad scored ou the car". Wolverton Immediately saw that had e tour.ej te bag tha tying run woald not hv- counted, but it waa too late then, and a J-to-3 victory waa turned into a 4 - to-1 defeat- Wolver ton waa generml'y pretty sharp on such technical) ties but here waa once trial Harry fell down. A majority of fane know when a batsman Is entitled to exemption from a time at bat. The player are partic ularly -nitie about the at-bat and t ' h ' t col u:ji n, for they consider the batttnc records their stocks In trade. lUessptsan Heaawaa 11 a I a. The situations which exempt the baits- from a ttm at bat are as follows: When he has Hevcived a base on balls. lUen hit by a pitched bail. lieea sent to first because of Inter ference by the catcher. Made a sacrifice fir. Made a sacrifice hit. It in because .these exemplicns are recofnlied that the novlre wonder why the batter appearing higher up In the batting order Is oftlmes charged wuh more times at bat than the nr. a a nearer the foot. The reasons for the eeri;ptl"ns are plain. When a batter gains first by a walk. Is hit by a pitched ball cr Interference, he has not I ad a fair chance to gt a safe hit. When he lays down a bunt or hits a long fly that scores a runner he I en ft'ed to rc-of niuon for meritorious service. HI MTll FALLS TLANS MEET Tr-rrarc-Conrf Meld Frent Promisrf Kicitrmcnt Tuesday. kUVVTM FALLS. Or, May 15 i special A number of the high school bo s are buiv w henever the w eat her ermtt. gctttr g In sh pa for the trrrace-court field piee4. which will b held oa Tuesday. Commencement week be fins tomorrow. A track has been made around the court, standards have been made for the high jumpers and pole vault era. and ground haa been selected for the broad Jumper. Some of the boy are aiso practicing on shot put and the discus. The event that will take place are rK shot put. 50 and 80-yard dashes. vprd sprint, mile, discus throw, broad Jump, pole vault, and 230 and 440-yard dashes. The boys who have entered their names for the meet up to the present time are Leon Boiler, Edwin Cos. Louts McClure, Henry Stanley. Ralph Hum, Harold Sargeant. Kobert Hlggs, Flarl McCoy. William Hagelateln. Harold Feese. Clifford Sevlta. Louie Hoag.and, Uus Page and Kugene ale Cornack K. V. Hawley 1 In charge of the meet. I; Is expected that this meet will arouse sufficient enthusiasm to permit a county school meet. Including: the grammar schools of the county, to be held in this city next Fall. 400 ATHLETES ARE ENTERED Grammar School Event Tuesday Draws Many- Youn Trackmen. The largest grammar school athletic event of the year will be held Tuesdsy afternoon on Multnomah Field under the direction of Kobert Krohn, ath letle director of the schools. More than 490 Junior athletes representing 40 schools will take part tn the big trerk meet The games will start at 1:50. By resoluilon of the Board of School ! I 't rectors, participants and their prln cipals will be permitted to leave their I buildings at J 30 o clock In order that tl.e games may start promptly. Fol lowing is a list of the officials: Referee, H. H. Herdman; starter, Rob ert Krohn: clerk of course. A. K- Dra per; assistants, llopktn Jenkins, W. T. Fletcher, C. M. Iflgglns. Hugh Boyd; scorer. Robert Krohn. Jr.; timers, T. Morris Dunne, Dow Walker, Frank Wat kins. Pete Grant. Edgar Frank: field Judges. G. W. Henderson. S. F. Ball. A. J. Prldeaui, K. H. Whitney, U A. Wiley. C. M. Stafford. T. J. New bill; Inspectors, A. K. Herschner, J. H. Stanley. H. M. .Sherwood. H. IC Steele. 11. B. Blougb. G. K. Jamison. U H. Morgan: Judges of baseball throwing. T. U. Spelrs. B. K. Hughson, J. O. Kyan, K. T. ralttng. H. M. Barr. O. R. Din widdle; leader of relay squads. L. A. Kead. assistants. Ed Curtis. K. J. Had lev. W. M. Miller. W. A. i'ettys. S. U. Downs. D. T. Van Tine, and announcer. Jack Latourette- P0ETLAND ROWING CLUB SINGLES AND CREWS THAT WILL APPEAR IN ITRST EVENT OF YEAR ON THE WILLAMETTE, DECORATION DAY. BSBSBBBaSBSSSaSBBBBBBSSS1 ' SSBBS ' WSSS1 sr w7 GOLF DATES CHANGED .K-KII HT HOTEL TOt'RXEY TO HE 1UO.D JUNE 1-4. ltunncr-l p IVIk-h Will K Ciivcn Id Open Champlonthip Entrance Ere of f 1 Charged. To avoid a clah with tha WaTrly Golf Club, tournamtnt, tha mnr nirnt of tha Gearhart llotrl baa cliar.Krd tha data ot lla icolf totirory to June 1-4 Inclualva. Tha card pro vide, (or flv, avanla. a men's open amateur tournament, mcn'a handicap, women'a trophy and handicap, with a mixed fournome to complete the lint. First and runner-up prises will be glv.o in the open championships, and first prises In all the other ewnts, with an entrance fee of tl for each competitor In each event, ascept In the drlvlnjr and approachlnjr contests, when hjlf that price Is charged. Throughout the tournament enter t&inmriitM will be irlven, with a dance on iaturila'. June 1. the opening niitht. and all entries for tha open event must b. made by tha preced ing noon to A. C. Thompson or Oeorice '. Turnbull at tha Hotel Uearhart, Gearhart. Or. flay starts Ssturday at JO A. M. with the men's qualifying roundi of 3S holes. IS In tha mornini and the other half after lunch. The first eight qualify. In the women's qualifying roumi. 1 lioloa will be played, with hit same number to qualify aa In the men's. The schedule for the remain ing three days follows: rundar. June t S A. If . men's first round, W A. M.. men's first fllfbt. It holes; ltt:itf A. M., women's It holes, first round; 1 P. M. men's second round; 1 10 P. K men's first flisht. mvnd round. IS holes. Monday. June 1 t-.ml finals ; 1 A. M., women's IS holes; 1 P. if-, mixed foursomes, handicap. 19 holts. Tuesday. June 4 Finals; :! A. M.. man's It hoi.. IS A. M . firat fllht. IS holes; 10. IS A. M.. women s 18 boles; lt:ts P. U.. men's hsndtcap. II holes; 1 P. women's handicap, II holes: II P. M., driving and approacnlng, both best ball and best avsraga TRACK JIECORU IS SMASHED G. M. .Miller Wins Moscow Handicap at Alan In 1 :S8 4.6. ALAN, Idaho. May 25. G. M. Miller, V. II. Carson's great stake horse, shoul dered 1-3 pounds today and won tha Moscow handicap at one mile In 1.38 4-e. breaking the track record. Miller trailed his field to tha three-quarters, ran over them In the stretch and won, eased up, by tour lengths, with On fle;d second and Meadow third. Carlton G. won the Boise selling stakes, tha other feature of tha card, Tn easy fashion. Summary: rirt race, five furlor.es ftosa Jlableo, lit I Fuitnn). 1J to 4, wod, Jaie l'orter, 1'S ivn.iia, a te 3t econd; Kar Csthay, lt7 wt.Mtr.e i. SI to &. third, tinsa. l:ua, .e.-on.l race, five furinge .-hort Out. It? Vckwent. 1 la 1, won; WlUrude ft.. llS l. Uclnlra. S to L second: lvddle Matt. lvi U'.otbi. o to 1. third; time. 1 third race, six f ur.onse Metropolltso. 109 S ilcni. 7 to a, oa; t'nilia. v-e Carter. S to 1. aacond; Ctaao. 104 IkcDassUl, to 1. mini, t.ma, l.li-. Fourth race, lloja sailing staksa. sis fur lonrs , srlton O-. 11 iKch.ebial, 17 te W w.'n. Kot'r.ar. Ill (Tapilnl. S o 1. seo end. Ixiiney. Ill (Cavaaaugb), S te 1, tliird. tlm.. 1.13- Firth race, atoecow handleap. ene SQlW o. M. Mi: -r. I.'J ischwebis), 3 to A, won: l:nri!d. 1"S (Buateal. 4 to 1. second: Sdaad oe. 114 tUroth). 4 te 1. third; time. liS'S-o, Htsth. mlie end a sixteenth LMaeootent. loT ti'artrr. 14 to ft, oa. Montsomery. 117 (Hinoteri. T to ft. eecor.d ; Don Carlque. l'0 ii tm.iiKhl. It to 3, third; time. 14 3-0. Kdeln T. Frysr also ran. MIERIDAVS RECORD BROKEN" fi. W. Wllfsoo Hurls Discos 14S Feet 4 Inclie at Stockholm. STOCKHOLM. May . Ntw raeorda were establlahed for throwing tha dis cus, and In tha 1000-meter flat race at the Olympic tryouta her this after noon. G. W. WHlaon won tha discus throw with a toss ot 41.13 meters (a little over 141 feet 4 - Inches) easily distancing Martin Fnerldan's throw at Athena In 1904 ot 134 fret 1- Inch. Kock won tha 3d00-rreer race In I minutes 44 seconds. Martin Sheridan, ot the Irteh-Amerl-raa Athletic Club, on October 1. 134. threw the discus. Olympic gtyla. 141 feet 13V Inchee. Travrre Defeats Klrby. SHORT HILLS. N'. J . May 15. In tha Aral stage of tha Metropolitan golt chamrlnnship today, Jerome D. Travera ran away from Oswald Klrby. At tha end of the round he was) nine up. Trav ers covered II Avsles la 74, .. s ' "Tl . - ' J M.jm-. .' y, . "".. vfySZZz. sO r" ''"'-a - ..r"f"JX 'tt .. Ve-"'' --,- . --- .". -.- T s ' " . ft. if.. . ..... ''''f '' " y ' ' ' : - : . ; ! r " tV " ' ' ' e? :...? )W'- aiPlUJU. "' "j" " - ' ' . V"rte.J - . "... , ': ' . . . - , T Nr ' ' ' v:- '.:.-"- .-:: .-.. i -5 . - " 'a. ' . . . - , - - . .' . v ' v - ' v : 'V-V. - - t'Zt - ' eV-T 1 " - i.s- - v " ' ...... .. " Vrw'- .. e-V: :-'laaA '-. 'V - 'eT Wz - r-'i -;"-Cee ' --ih-' " - , lw 4 , rs?-:. . rrF T, ' ' ij '. xCvC I i,'v-v' iei'i"i'e jr'r''We'CTe',, ? , v "' -J t-TzZ'' " ' ' t- r" " "p" v - ' 'aaetoas iaea east Saaati. as , .j. .. i . - -, ar l , -"mr"- r: . . 'fT-TsswBwit' ?.-,- - - . ; iS. yYmAmTtn " , I ni,.,,.,,! . rary eaxJfcJ2,i' "'"' ''", ' , x.-- . iawsar I c,', I if aaaa-T5 VVC; ? REGATTA 15 MAY 30 First Water Carnival of Sea son Is Arranged. ROWING CREWS ARE BUSY Four-Oared, Double Shell Contest. Canoe Races, Single and Double, and Yacht Club 'Events Will Be Features. Tha first water affair of the year at tha Portland Rowing Club, will take place on tha open stretch of tha 'Wil lamette In front of tha clubhouse, Thursday, Decoration day. and will oonalst ot a canoe and shell regatta. Tha Tacht Club also will open with Its first programme on tha same afternoon. The main event ot tha Rowing Club's card will b the Junior single race for tha J. E. Xudga trophy. This will start at 1:30 P. M. Newell. Havely and Qammle are three of tha strongest entrants that have declared their In tention of racing for tha trophy. Thla race la expected to be one of tha eloeeet tn years, tor tha men are conceded to ba nearly on a par. Tb other events or tha afternoon will ba tha double mixed shell race. four-oared lap-streak race, and canoe racaa. single and double. The Juniors and ssnlors for tha doubles have not yet been paired. The majority will choose their partners on the float- The various crews for-4he four-oared race also have not been grouped.' Tha canoe races will have the largest number of entrants. Ed Shockley, Pfaender, Cooper, Stone, Chlckerlng. Spooaer and Newell having already sinned up. Shockley is the winner of the last race. Tha four-man crewa will race half a mile, with the finish at the clubhouse, riving the members a chance to aee the crews in the final spurt. Tha crews have been strengthened by considerable new material of lata, between 2& and 30 men turning out every night- The club has established a training table. Tha meal Is served every night to tha men after they have returned from their mlie run. One ot tha latest to Join tha band is Newton Smith, formerly on tha University of w aahlngton eight. Ha looks good to Captain Allen and is rounding out finely after but a few weeka of train ing Tha feature of tha Yacjit Club pro- gramma will be the raeea for the three claas boats and a rare for the motor boat owners associated with the Ore gon Tacht Club. All the members of Uie Portland. Motor Boat Club have re ceived invitations to come to the grounds of the yacht club and parti cipate in the events. The dinghy own era also will disport on the opening day of the water season. Owing to the high gearing of the propeller on the Wild Wolf, the latest product of John E. Wolff, he has been having trouble starting' the engine when It Is hooked up to the load. The boat entered the water last Sunday, but refused to move with the engines tied to the wheel, although It rattled like a machine gun when the wheel was dis connected. He Is trying to figure out some way of starting the craft, and may have to resort to a clutch. The boat is 28 feet long;, 12 feet shorter than the Oregon Wolf, the present world's champion, built by tha same man. a The membership of the Portland Rowing Club Is on the Jump, and is now a few more than 600. s a a The cups which the citizens of tVll sonvllla. offered as prizes for tha win ners of the contests given by the Port land Motorboat Club on Its annual cruise to Wllsonvllle last Saturday and Sunday were distributed to the winners of the meet Tuesday night et a meet ing of the regatta committee of the club. a a The second . "Friday night Informal" ot tha Portland Rowing Club was held Friday night, with a large attendance, e a a Because of tha motorboat races at St. Johns, July 0, nothing will be staged by tha Motorboat Club July 4. Noth ing in the racing line will take place during the Hose Festival except the water parades. sea The next event of the Portland Row ing Club after the regatta Thursday will be tha meet on Shannlgan Lake, near Victoria, where, the University of Washington. Vancouver Club and Victoria Club crewa will be met some time within the first few weeks of July. a a a Manager Cordray, of the Oaks, has offered some cups to the Portland Motor Boat Club for races on Decora tion day. The club has taken no action on the matter and may not because tew of tha speeders are In ahape. BASEBALL PLAYERS IXJCRED Core and Heitrauller, of Los Angeles, t In Auto Collision. LOS ANGELES, Ca!.. May 26. (Spe cial.) John Core, utility outfielder for the Angela, and 'Heinle" Heltmuller, right fielder for the same team, were injured late last night In a head-on automobile collision on the Venice road. Core suffered a sprained shoul der, which will keep him out of the game for more than a week. Heit muller's injuries are not serious. The players were going to Venice, when they met an automobile. Both turned the same way and the oara collided. Missouri Wins Championship. DE3 MOINES. Ia, May 25. The Uni versity of Missouri team won the Mis souri Valley track and field meet here today with S54 points. Nebraska was seeond with 10 1-i points and Ames third with 17 4 points. Kansas was fourth, with. 17 1-t points. CLARK TOP SLABMAN Pitcher for Vancouver Beavers Has Four-Straight Record. BLOOMFIELD LEADS COLTS Veterans 'Are Superseded by Younger Timber In Northwestern League. "Croikshank Continues to Hold Honors in Batting. Jimmy Clark, former Washington University pitcher, now with the Van couver Beavers, Is the leading early season pitcher of the Northwestern League. , Clark has a record of four straight victories. Bloomfield is the leading Colt heav er In the figures compiled up to laat Wednesday. "Parson" ranking third In the list and Just below "Kiddo" Wil son, the Victoria slabster. Engle Willis. Kraft, Schmuts and others of the League veterans have been superseded near the top by the younger men, Bloomfield being the only veteran who has struck a stride which holds him up in an enviable position in the averages, Crulkshank, the new Portland re cruit, is the leading batsman of the League, with an average of .870. James and Schneider, Seattle pitchers, rank ahead of him, but he has been at bat three t'moa as often as any of them. Wuffli of Spokane, and Meek, of Victoria, have appeared against the pitchers on more occasiona than Crulk shank but both are hitting at a terrl- flo clip, the former at ter at .357. The following are pitching figures: Battles .362 and .the lat ths batting and James. Seattle Schneider. Beatrle Crulkshank. Portland WuftMl. Spokane Concasnon. Victoria ... Meek, Victoria Tonneson. Portland .... La Long-e, Xacoma .... Thompson, Seattle .... Mcnaor, Portland ..... Mann. Seattle Wilson, Victoria Chick. 8eattl Mauser. Spokane F'harnev, Vancouver Fries. Portland Oetdlek. Spokane Melcholr, Spokane .... Nordyke. Victoria Devogt. Spokane .... fpeas. Portland Brenran, Victoria Pennett. Vancouver ... Frisk. Vancouver Abbott. Tacoma Kennedy. Victoria Neighbors, Tacoma .... Hunt. Tacoma Weed. Seattle Zimmerman, Spokane Kippert. Vancouver ... Kibble. Portland Cooney. Sookana James. Vancouver ..... Demasglo. Vancouver. . Myera, Spokane Siner. Seattle Lewis. Vancouver ..... Strait. Seattle Yohe. Tacoma Coltrin. Portland - Nill, Tacoma Cameron Crittenden. Tacoma .... Smith. Vancouver Williams. Portland .. Parry Seattle Moran. Seattle Cartwrlpht. Spokane .. Fraahear. Vancouver . Cochrane. Spokane Raymond. Seattle ..... Shaw. Spokane rjrlndle, Victoria Morre. Tacoma Whaling. Seattle Harris, Portland Wallv, Seattle Lynch. Tacoma AB .. 1 .. 46 .. 04 .. 14 . .112 . . 20' . . 21 .. 18 . .115 . -1S7 .. 19 .. .14 .. IO .. SO . .124 . . 41 ..113' . . T2 . . 55 . .135 . . 5! ..127 ..127 ..12S . .111 ..111 .. 1 . . 87 . .111 ..111 . .111 ..119 . .121 . .12 . . " .. 18 . . P ..116 ..123 ..117 ..ITS . .108 . . 65 . . 1.1 . .122 . . '! ..12S . .110 . .124 1 . .119 . . 1 20 . 14 . .112 . . ." . .ll' . . 24 . .118 2 S 11 20 2 18 3 4 4 S3 21 2 7 . 0 12 S 12 12 7 21 in H 7 6 17. 34 6 17 3 9 27 12 3.1 21 16 S9 17 :t 18 .16 2l SB IS 15 4 14 13 22 1.1 20 U 14 12 0 "9 7 18 11 2D 1.1 o 16 12 111 12 1 14 21 Ave .412 .S75 .ST0 .32 .357 .357 .3.".l .333 .813 .322 .321 .816 .315 .300 .3'10 .21 .293 .202 .2112 .291 .2M .21 .2S1 .279 .279 .27 .271 '.270 .270 .270 .261 .256 .255 .250 .230 .244 .241 .240 .239 .239 .231 .231 .231 .230 "29 .229 .227 .226 .222 "2T9 .217 .214 .214 .214 .211 2o8 1207 OAK BATSMEN FALL FROM LORY PERCH Team Average Now Only .258, Angels Second, Senators and Beavers Third. MUNDORFF LEADS PLAYERS DUGDALE SHOWS LIKES SKATTLK MANAGER SAYS PORT UXD IS GREAT BALL CITY. Potlatt-h Bugs Lose for Rest or Sea son Hoses Slner, who Goes to Home In Hoosier State. BT PORTCS BAXTER. SKATTLK, Wash., May 25. (Spe cial.) The way the Portland Colts are going now and have been hitting the pace since the opening of the North western League season leaves little room for doubt that they are in the running, provided unforeseen con tingencies do not arise to weaken their line-up. It waa fortunate for Seattle and Incidentally several other clubs that the Seattle Giants made such a good showing in Portland after a most humiliating opener. President Uug dale candidly admits that his men plaved an awful game on the day when they should have shown the Portland fans a true line on their abil ity. "The other battles," continued Dug dale, "were well worth watching. Portland haa a mighty good team and It pleased me Immensely to take the series from them In their own back vard. The weather was not entirely to the good but, all things considered, we did much better financially than a year ago. Victoria drew even better than Seattle. "Portland Is undoubtedly one of the best baseball cities in the United states. Of course, they have been for tunate in having their team wen up all the time In the Coast League race until this season. That helps a lot, but irrespective of that feature the city has a large army of enthusiastic fans. Judge McCredie has given them a fine new baseball park. I do not think I am exaggerating when I say that it is better than some of those in the major league cities. The infield is uneven, making it hard for the fielders to judge the ball, but when that defect is overcome Portland will have a ground to yell about." President Dugdale is optimistic about the course of the Giants for the remainder of the season, despite the loss of Hosea Siner, who has returned to his home in Shelburn, Ind. There is no use crying over "spilt milk," but there is no. doubt that Miner's ab sence from the pivotal position on the infield had as much to do with the erratic showing of the team early In the season as the ups and downs of the young pitchers. Portland got one of the best out fielders, as well as a reliable hitter, when Nick Williams exchanged Lee Strait for Norman Crulkshank. Crulkshank has had trouble with his knee, but the Portland manager knew all about that, so there was no con cealed points in the deal so far as Seattle was concerned. President Dug dale had plenty of opportunity to watch Strait, so he was acting on his Judgment, He says he Is satisfied and Nick Williams certainly Is. Crulk shank Is the best .run-and-hlt man in the league, according to my views, but Bob Brown thinks Kitty Brashear has it over all of them in this particular play. Cruik la also a good clean-up hitter when called on to poke her out. He was glad to get away from Seattle and will give Williams the best there Is In hinj. WASHINGTON" WINS IN TENNIS fnlversity of Oregon Beaten in Close Contest at Seattle. SEATTLE, Wast., May 25. (Special.) Washington .won the third annual tennis tournament with the University of Oregon this afternoon, when she took five out of nine sets of doubles in a long drawn-out contest between Stein and Brooks for the visitors and Shan non and Hart for Washington. The pur ple end gold annexed the singles Fri day by a score of 3 to 2, and when the lemon-yellow this morning took the doubles by the same plurality the figures tallied, 5 to 5. In the after noon four sets were played, Washing ton taking three. The other men on the team were Adams, of the Univer sity of Washington, and Yaden, of Oregon. Swain, of Sacramento, Second, ana Krueger and Butler, of Portland, Come Next Abies Still Has the Best ' Pitching Mark. Apparently the Oakland club is set tling down to its real stride, for the club has dropped within a fortnight from a formidable .300 batting aggre gation to a team average of .268. Los Angeles ranks second among the Pa cific Coast clubs with .262. Portland and Sacramento are tied for third with .267. Vernon's heavy sluggers of 1911 are down next to last in hitting with .262. San Francisco's poor showing can be attributed directly to weak stick work. Mundorff, of the Seals, is now the nominal leader of Coast swatsmen hav ing, up to the present week, battedttbut 21 hits in 63 times at bat for an average of .386. Swain, of Sacramento, ranks second with .358 and Krueger and But ler, of Portland, next in order with .318 apiece. Hetllng Proves Surprise. Heltmuller. Berger, Tiedemann, Bn:' rell and Hetllng are all clouting more than .330, Hetling furnishing one of the surprises of the season. Hartley, the Seal slugger, is again finding his eye. Some of the disappointments of t'.ie race in the batting line are Patterson, the Vernon first Backer, now down to .226, Gedeon, of San Francisco, .2; Chadbourne, Rapps and Kodgers, oi Portland, and Lewis, of Sacramento. Abies has dropped a little in the pitchers' win and lose column, biu still haa a mark of eight victories and three defeats. Gregg has won two straight while Tozer, Kalelgh, Christian, Par kins and Carson are all well up at the top. McCorry and Miller have done ex cellent work forthe ,'jeals and Koestner for Portland, The batting statistics follow: Player AB. R. 1BH. FA, Nagle, Los Aniteles 12 5 o ..ot Martlnoni, Oakland 5 2 2 ,4'K Mundorff, San Francisco.. 53 7 21 ..:!' Durbln. Oakland 13 1 5 .::" Stewart, Vernon 8 0 :t .:l7i Pope, Oakland 8 1 .:l5 Ultt, Vernon 19 3 7 .:.K'.l Swain, Sacramento 95 15 34 .;:."',9 Kruener. Portland 138 20 4s .34 Butler. Portland 4 23 ." Heltmuller, Los Angeles ..139 19 4S .;il. C Brooks, Los Anxelea ... 29 5 1"' .345 Tiedemann. Oakland 4 5 22 .34 4 LItschl. Vernon 32 5 11 .344 Burrell, Vernon 14:1 22 49 .343 Helling; Oakland 141 17 01 .338 Kyi-am, Sacramento ....... 13 .. II .333 Burch, Portland 9 2 3 Stone. Portland 0 1 .3.13 Fanning, San Francisco ... 3 1 1 .333 Herger. Los Angeles ...1S9 21 44 .331 Hrashear, Vernon 154 3R 50 .32., Kane, Vernon 74 18 24 .321 Zacher, Oakland 124 19 40 .323 Hartley, San Francisco. ... 1 5S 15 49 ,31' Howard. Los Angeles 139 1-7 43 .: Iioane. Portland 98 12 30 .3"4 Kheehan, Sacramento ..... 61 7 18 .'-".i.i Daley. Los AnKCles 11 24 41 .22 Lindsay. Portland 1'6 8 SI .292 Coy, Oakland li9 S5 4'.i 2'in Sharpe, Oakland 114 11 33 ..".mi Loner. Los Angeles 94 9 27 .27 Ajrnew, Vernon 25 2 7 .2'' Oitourke, Sacramento ...158 17 44 .278 Gregory, Oakland 18 2 5 .J.s Jackson. San Francisco ..152 17 42 .2.6 Raftery. San Francisco ....134 20 37 .276 Dillon. Los Angeles 127 35 35 .276 Cook. Oakland 171 21 47 .2i; ilentey, ban trancisco . . . -o - ii Hosp. Vernon 139 14 5s .23 Heister. Sacramento 317 32 32 .273 Bancroft, Portland 127 111 34 .2ns Hoffman. Oakland 158 33 42 ,2i. Oorhan, San Francisco ....151 13 40 ,2. Bayless, Vernon 140 39 37 .2H4 Mclver, an rranciscu... co jt MutzKer. Loa Angeles 111 19 McDowell, Portland 51 7 H. Miller, Sacramento 1'H 22 Shinn, Sacramento 150 19 Cheek, Sacramento .... 91 7 Madden, Sacramento 13 22 Lesrd, Oakland 127 17 Mohler, San Francisco ...120 IS Page, Los Angeles 3fi tt Parkin. Oakland 20 1 Raleigh. Vernon 31. 2 Hamilton, Oakland 2 ltodirers. Portland 146 12 Van Buren, Sacramento ... 70 Leverenz. Los Angeles .... 29 Rapps, Portland 153 Chadbourne. Portland ....li9 Lewis. Sacramento 141 Gedeon, San Francisco .... 70 (Frlck. Oakland ni H. Patterson, vernon C Patterson. Oakland .... 72 Tozer, Los Angeles 27 BreckenrHge, Vernon 9 Brown, Vernon 1"3 Powell. Sail Francisco .... e Arrelanes, Sacramento .... 28 Williams, Sacramento .... 23 F. Miller, San Francisco .. 28 Whalen. Vernon 14 McDonell. Vernon 33 Case, Loa Angeles l Price, Sacramento 2. Baker, San Francisco .... 20 Slagle. Los Angeles 10 19. inclusive. 41 13 42 3S 23 41 32 30 II 5 4 !247 .24.1 7 .241 .23.1 .233 !223 .2211 .221 .222 .222 22 SSi 12 .214 .214 .214 .214 .213 .211 .2iC .2'; .2ud q s r u i i, i, . 2 o g ? 3 csxssa PITCHERS. 33S & o 5 S - 3 club. 3 : : : 3 : : : : : Pitching Records. Clark. Vancouver ....... U llson. Victoria Cadrtau. Spokane .,,., nervals, Vancouver ...... James, Seattle ......... Bloomfield. Portland .... Gordon, Tacoma Nurveion. Victoria....... Engle. Vancouver ...... li.cK'r.s. Xacoma Con.annon, Victoria ..... Thompson. Seattle Tonneson. Fori land ..... Kastley. Portland Hunt. Tacoma AgnuW. Vancouver ..... Fulci Seattle Doty. Portland ......... Criger. Tacoma ........ Mc'.'reery. Victoria Willis. Spokane Cochrane. .Spokane ...... Bridger. Spokane Hall. Tacoma ,.. Kaufman. Victoria ..... liauser. Spokane Schmuts. Tacoma ....... Seaton. Vancouver ...... Eiarkell. Tacoma . .... Innersoll. Seattle Sharney. S-attU Veacy. Portland Kraft Ppokan Tsarrenkamp. Seattle ... Kiein. Puriland etanX.ald. Portland W L P.C. 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