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9 liiE MJeNDAl UltiiliUMA.N, roKIL,AD,' JL'-Nii 2, 1J12. CRIPPLED COLTS WILL HAVE HELP McDowell to Be Sent to North western League in Few Days. INFIELD BADLY BATTERED MrCredle, Forced to Cot Down fetaff. Decide to Let Hard-Hlttlng Plaer Go to Fill Gap on' -Williams' Tram. BY JAMKS H. CASIKLL Ths crippled Portland Colts, ths Northwestern League pennant-aaptrants who have fallen pray to tha Victoria Bees during tha series which and a to day, will probably be strengthened by McDowell, Bearer utility man, thla week. McCredle has XI men oa hie staff, whlrh he sipects to cut down to 20 within a few days. With Eddie Mensor atlll out of tha came with a sprained ankle and Crulk shank temporarily rendered unfit for duty when ha stopped a bslt with his face the other day, tha Colts hars been presenting a line-up with Ppeaa. an Inltelder. at second, and Eaatley. a pitcher, la the gardens. The need for an extra Infielder Is Imperative and means much at thla stage of tha pen pent race. itb the Colts strong con tenders for the flag. With McDowell, another catcher, and Mensor and Crulkahank back In the same, the Colts are greatly Jo be feared, although tha pitching staff has not been holding up as well as ex pected, ftloomfleld will ba ready for action soon again and the hurling de partment will ba strengthened also. McDowell. If he Joins the Colts, will be placed at second, with Menaor. prob ably the moat valuable CoM player. Rent to his logical berth In the out field. With Menaor the garden cer tainty, ftpeaa. Fries. Crulkshank and Hmlth are available for the other two places. Smith has Dot been hitting well, and Is not a particularly fast fielder. Crulkahank seems sura of Isft field, with 8 pea a the logical man for renter Held, although Fries Is far Out hlttlng him at present, 8peaa Is tha better fielder, but Fries makea up for his slowness by bis hitting. The break of luck haa been against the Colts In one or two of their recent games, and this, combined with the crippled line-up and auperlor mound work of the Bees, has been rsaponai ble for the defeats of the past which toppled the I'ortlandera from first place. e e The past weak reaulted In further hunching the teams In the league. While Seattle and Spokane, the tall rnders, havs been see-sawing back and forth Portland and Vancouver have been humbled by Victoria and Tacoma, respectively, so that only four games separata tha leading Bees from the trailing Seattle Bugs. Victoria, the leader, la now only one, half game ahead of Portland and Van couver, tied for second place, while Ta coma, fourth In the Hat of six, is only one gsme from Victoria, From the play of the past week the strength of the reclaimed Tacoma Tigers cannot be overlooked. Several writers hsve predicted that 'facoma would be the team to beat for the pen nant, and from the way they have hammered the Vancouver Champions the I.jrnrh men are making good on the prediction. see The Portland-Los Angeles game of Tuesday afternoon cannot be played be fore J:0 o'clock, according to rail road officiate. The Angela will arrive In Portland on the Shaata Limited, which will not permit them to be In uniform ready for the opening game of the series until one-half hour after the usual time of starting. banks of the river at that point being aglow with bonfires of merrymakers nearly every evening. The spot is beau tiful and many springs in the vicinity make camping Ideal. see The matter. of motor boat race a dur ing the Rose Featival. Is up again. Prospects now are for a series of events June . the day before the open ing of the Fleets week. The Oaks management has offered a number of cups, which the membere of the Port land Motor Boat Club will probably compete for In front of -she amusement park. see Unfortunately lack of wind Inter fered with tha sailing races of the ' Oregon Yacht Club Iecoratlon day. but races between the big sailers will be on nearly every Sunday of the 8nm I mer. A good many will be out today If the weather Is favorsbls. The warm weather of the past few days bss started river bathing In earn est and all the spots where bathing facilities are afforded Is well patron ised. Tha Windermuth Bsths have been towed to the foot of Rose Island and probably will be ready for pa trons today. The floating confection ery stand at the same plsce is crowded afternoons and evenings. Bundy's swimming estsbllshment will also be In running order soon. see ' The T. V. C. A. launch la working overtime, having atarted Its season of junketing. This piece of. water craft Is probably tbe most popular part of the Y. M. C. A. equipment, not except ing the tank, and the majority of the evenings of the week sees the boat chugging along with capacity load. Leslie Beebrook has purchased a handsome Jo-footer from tha Gas Power Boat Company and haa made application for membership In the Mo tor Boat Club. He la building a house for the boat and will soon be moored with the rest of the flotilla. Final plana for the Rose Festival water paradea next week will be con sidered at a meeting of the Portland Motorboat Club at tha clubhouse Tues day night. The meeting will bo In the nature of a amoker, and entertainment wjll be furnished. The Wild Wolf, the new aspirant for motorboat glory recently put In th water, by John Wolff, builder of tha present world's champion, probably will speed oil the Willamette today. The engines have been giving a little) trouble, but Wolf expects to have them ; J CHRISTIAN BROTHERS' NINE. CHAMPIONS OF BUSINESS ! . ' COLLEGE LEAGUE. it-. : -il i '' ' ! ' ! I i It WATER SrOIlTS ARE FAVOREto Lincoln High School Will Put In Tank. Following the trend all over the country toward aquatic education for the youth of America. San Diego, Cel.. recently established a marine high school, where swimming la compul sory. No student can get a diploma If he baa not learned to take cava of hlmsslf in the water. In many atatss students are forced to Indulge In some kinds of exercise and because of the admitted benefits of swimming this form of dsvelopment haa been accepted as the standard for the high school which includes water Instruction. The achoolhouse ta a large brick af fair standing on tha bluff of San Dleao'a harbor. The students there spend half the day at booka and with tools, tha remainder In learning how to handle boata and make them. , Lincoln High School w ill be one of the nrat In the Northwest to be equipped with a tank fur tha use of the students. The popularity of the Sellwood open air tank Installed at the Sellwood Park last Spring by the city will probably mean the construction of another be fore long, aa the capacity waa over taxed. The old Portland Public Batha. built by a few philanthropic citlaena In 100S. were also swarming with boys and Klrla every day they were open to the public and many of Portland's youths owe their ability In the water to this first free bathing place. Tha Portland Y. M. C. A. haa taken a forward step by giving access to the tank every year for a time and giving earn boy that learna to awtm 10 feet a pin on which are the words "I can swim." Portland will have many places where the amphlhloua can get their, dally practice, for with tha opening af the I'uka and the Windermere River there will be three publlo plarea. Port- I land Batha being open continuously. J The banka of the Willamette are1 rather dangerous for the novice be cause of the "chuck-offa" which occur nt the most unexpected places. In theae water reaorta there are always plenty of swimmers who ran rescue the be ginner, i "The arguments In favor of swim ming as a hotly-bullder are many. de clarea J. E. Cody, a Portland swim ming Instructor. "Bathing Is one of the sports from which Immediate pleasure results, for what la nicer than a plunge In a cool tank on a hot Sum mer dayT Thla leada many to stay with thla sport when others become tire some. "Another Is the fsct that swimming and diving, except In contest, do not fatigue the beginner as much ss other nthletlcs. More opportunities for the akrls and boys of our city ought to be provided." see Oswego Is the objective point of half tha water pleasure parties on tha Wil lamette hailing from Portland, both BEARS BEAT LA GRAVDE, Pendleton Easily Downs Bote In Trl-State League Game. In the Western Trl-Btate League yes terday Walla Walla defeated La UranJe at Walla Walla. 10 to . and Pendleton beat Boise at Boise 1 to 4. At Walla Walla the generosity ef Etchandy. tha La Grand pitcher, com bined with soms timely hitting, gave the Walla Walla men their big lead. The La Grande men got 11 hits off Brldger. but cashed In but three runs. At Boise Pendleton bunched hits and gathered In five runs In tha fourth In ning. The fielding was not up to tha class established earlier In the week. The saorss: At Walla Walla: R. H. E.l R H. E. La Grande.. Ill 4 1 Walla. Wa.10 11 I Battsrles: Etchandy and Ens and White; Brldgar and Brown. At Boise: R. H. E. R. H. E. Boise 4 IlPendlet'n ..10 t S Batteries: Fox. Brunson and Fox; Osborne and Pembrooke. Tap Row (Left te Right), Oetta acker, Captatai Creaky, Murphy. Bark a ad gtebarte Middle Raw, Powers, Asssaaa, Drtaeall. aad Baraea. Motteaa Row, (iarser aad Hylaad. Th Christian Brothers Business College team, which won the cham pionship of the Commercial School League after being tied with Uolmee Business College. Is one of the strongest amateur teams In the city when compared with the high school nines which have defeated Wash ington High School's aggregation. The four teams which entered the league finished aa follower Chris tian Brothers College. Holmes Business College, Trades School and the , Portland Business College. 'ANGELS' HI! BEST Oakland Goes Down Ladder After Hard Beating. SACRAMENTO IS SECOND STATE FAIR GETS BOCH 8UOW Pacific Coast Doga to Be Seen In Exhibit Thla Tear. 8ALEM. Or.. June 1. (Special.) At a meeting beld today elaborate prepara tions were started for. one of the finest bench ahowa ever seen on the Pacific Coast, to be a feature of tbe Oregon State Fair this year. Max Muller will be superintendent of the show. While there have been small exhibitions of doga In the past. Secretary Meredith reached the conclusion this year to make a dog show a big ' feature and every effort will be directed to secure the cream of the dogs from all along the Pacific Coast. Over 100 doga are expected. While a premium list haa not been finally decided on. numerous inquiries have been received and there will be many handsoms awards and trophies. Oregon "Ajjrlea" Win. CORVALLIS. Or, June 1. (Special:) The Oregon Agricultural College baseball team closed the season today with a 14-to-i victory ovsr Willamette, after having suffered a 4-to-4 defeat at tha hands of the Methodists yester day In Salem. Today gams was loosely played and of tntsrsst only aa a clouting match. Coach Stewart's Beavers found everything Melntyre had to offer, making 14 safe connections, which materially fattened eeveral bat ting averages.' Willamette's six hits netted them five runs. Battsrles: Auborn and Phillips; Melntyre and Ersklna. Mondorff Maintains Wonderfal Hat ting Record and Leads Coast League With Average of .365. Swain Has Figure of .SSI. Oakland's bsstlng at ths bands of Sacramento a week ago put a large alsed dent In the Commuters' batting average and the figures np to the pres ent uncompleted series show Los An geles possessed of the hardeat hitting team In the league. Sacramento with Swain. O'Kourke and Hheehan, ranks a close second, .IM to .2(1. while Oak land. Portland, Vernon and San Fran cisco trail along In the order named. Mundorff Is maintaining his wonder ful batting record and Is now leading the league with an average of .165. Swain, "Big Charley" of the Sacramen to club, stands aecond with the fat ranking of .151. with Heitmuller and Krueger In close proximity. Mundorff wss shifted laat week to third baae for the Seals. McArdle going on the bench and Corhan at short. Altman will like ly be released soon and the New York Americana are said to be dickering for McArdle. Christian aad Parklaa hew. Christian and Parkins, of Oakland. Raleigh and Castleton. of Vernon, and Arrelanes, of Sacramento, are the premier twlrlers gauged by the statis tics. Abies, Carson, McCorry. Koest ner and Baker are close up. Carlisle, the Vernon outfielder, has finally achieved the distinction of Join ing the .100 hitters. He has bsen a great disappointment thus far to,Ho gan. The figures follow: Pltrtilag Averagee. PITCHERS. CLUB. BASEBALL. STATISTICS STA.NUIMO Or TMK LKAblEfl. Chleaao. . Boston . .. Detroit. .. f'lilla.... Kew York. Cincinnati. Chicago. PUISDurg. Columbus. Mtn'apolla. Toledo. . . . Kan. City. St. Joseph. tes Mnu)i renvr. . .T, Hlsux City. fhenalts Centralla Asses If a a League. v. l. Pet.; ; 11 .;? nTlandl ' It 14 ,41 Wa.h ton.. Jl 10 .61 3 v.w York.. II 17 jiol. Louis. XatWaal Lesgne. : T .in at Ixuls... 34 17 .fi l-hll. . IS 17 ..'.41 nrooklya.. It 17 isl Boston Asaertraa A srtattoe. IS 17 .(ISSt. Paul. .. 7 IS 434 Milwaukee. 37 ir.414 Ind'apolls.. Si 11 .41: Loajavllle.. Weatera League. . M I! . ST. 1 Wichita... ? IS rpeka. ii 1 ..Ml Lincoln. . .. tl It .U2 Omaha.... m'aahlnvtoa ts W. U P" I .IS S .r.M Ahardsea . .10 0 .3,Hoquiam W. 1. Pet. 14 1 .44 It 31 .4TJ ii ;:i .141 14 17 .141 IS 2 .4(3 14 24 .41: 13 31 .241 u 37 t : .4Ji 17 34 .11 It 3 ,11 11 It .! :t si .sa 17 ; .4:s 17 11 ,4.t 17 14 .411 W. L. p.c. 10 S ..VM S 12 .SJJ Yeaieraay's tU suite. Amerlesn Association Milwaukee 11. Kansas rlty 1; Columbus 4. Louisville 3. Mlnneapalla 4. HI. Haul 3; Toledo 4. Indl anapnlia 1. Western !eatue Wichita 1. Hlous City 3; I)nvr 1. Omaha 1: Dee Molnea a, Topeka 1; Lincoln 4. rtt. Joseph 4. Vnton Association Osden 14. gait Lake 11: Helena i, Huns 4 til inalnsa); Mis soula I. Ursat Kails I. rartlaad Batting Averagea. Paclfis Coast I North western Ao. H. Av.l Ab. H. As. Kraegsr. . 14.1 51 .171 r-lkahask. 77 JS .374 HstU.... 14 .'.': Frl. 17) it .jm Holler.... Kit 3 .-'! Meneor. ... 12S 11 .15 Doane. ... Lit 4 .217 Tnnneeoo. 74 7 ..'32 Lindsay..' lit 1 .270 Sneas 14 (0 .372 (one.... 1.1 4 .77'rnllh 14 .741 Hanersft. 144 44 .J2 Williams.. 171 44 .;M Hcler... 1! 41 .:4 Kibble. .. . 1.1 1 It ,3il MrIowll S3 11 ,73 i oltrln. . .. 140 40 .714 fdbo'rne. 17 4 .714 Kastley.... 40 lo .:. Knesinsr. 41 10 .331 Moor. .. . 14 7 .;4 rturrh... 13 7 .717 Harris. .. . 112 IS .197 Hosier... IIS ! .ttonr ;f 4 .14- nilllaan.. 14 I .l:Umllh.. 7 I .14 Hsrkness. 1 2 .17 HI mfleld. 71 a .14 H ah hsm. It 7 .142 Manrield.. IS 1 .is H'ndereoa IS 3 .l4.Veaajr . . .. , e 1 .tot Klawtttar. It .141 Ore. ... 7 t .US' r.irot t . 1 .17.".! lithsr.... 1 .1111 Great, P. .... r later. L. A. Christian. O. , Parkin. O. ... Haleiah. V. . Caatletoa. V. , Arrelansa.a. ... Abies. O Carson. V Scbwenrk, . .. . Marttnonl. O. ... McCorry. 8. V. .. Paker.B. T Kosatnsr. P Mlll.r. 8. r Halls, L.A.SS... f.eversna, !. jL Williams. 8. ..... Saura. a. . .. Nsale. I A p reck' rid ae, Y... H'saab'th'm. p.. Pope. O Stewart. 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Mas Francisco ....171 14 17 .171 Henrer. Los Ancetsa 1S1 11 11 .1:1 p-rashear. Vernon .11 It 13 .331 Ultt. Vernon 2.1 1 I .170 Tledemann. Oakland 73 t 11 .lit lKane, Portland 114 11 3 .lit Zsrher, Oakland .....174 11 41 .114 Hetllog, Oakland ......... Ill 11 II .HI J Purhlu. Oakland . .' II 1 I .111 Daler. Ios Ansel 117 14 17 .! Butler. Portland 84 0 14 .101 ....100 10 10 .101 177 11 II .lot .... It I 0 .lot .... 61 0 10 74 .... tl T 11 .! ....Ill II 41 .114 ....174 17 11 .211 ... II 0 11 .21 ....10 1 11 .:! ....Ill 11 II .24 ....if.7 li 44 ,:it ....107 0 It .110 .... IS I 7 .718 ....lit 11 II .170 .... 40 I It .171 .... 40 I 11 .171 ...111 10 4 .14 ....1.11 14 17 .371 .... II I 11 .371 ....141 11 II .270 ....147 17 It .111 .... SI I 0 .211 10. I 37 .17 ....1S It 41 .114 13 31 4 .311 ....171 11 41 .l.'.I 17t 11 41 .:t.i ,...14 14 41 .3SI .... 17 11 13 .211 ....117 17 11 .311 ,...12 21 41 .l&t ....120 11 It .311 .... 4t 7 14 .341 12 6 1 .210 ,...10 1 6 .2. 'it .... 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Han Franoleeo. . Mclvar, 6an Franc teoo. . Loard. Oakland Cook. Oakland Mohler. Kan Franctaco.. I'ass. Loa Anseiea I. everens, Loa Angelea . Ralelrh. Vernon ....... Hamilton. Oakland liodtrara. Portland rhinn, oaoramante ..... Madden, Sacramento ... Hoffman. Oakland Powell, Man Franolsoo .. McDowell. Portland .... H. Patterson. Vernon... Irelan. Kacrarnento ... .. 1 loser, &.oa Anin . . .. ' McDonnell Vernon Chadbourna. Portland .. Gideon. San Franclsoe.. Arrelanea, Hacramente . Williams. Pacramento .. Breckenrldae. Vsrnon .. It row n, Vernon Krlrk. Oakland Mahooey. rtaoramsoto .. Stone. Portland Whalen, Vernon Drlscoll. Los Ansales Core. Loa Anselse Carlisle. Vernon Koestnar, Portland .... hlasle. Los Augslea .... Fanning. San Franclsoe May It, inclusive. Bommery. Leading sacrifice hlttera Heitmuller 14. H. Patterson and Hosp 13 each. Rodrsra, Bancroft. Haylesa. Daley and Herasr 10 sseh. Leading base stealers Daley li. CarUsl 11. Howard 11, Rsftsry. Leard and Shlnn 11 each. Heitmuller 14. Doane 11. Hartley and Madden 11 each, cnaflbourn. Jackson, m Patterson. Hoffman. H. Millar aud Berger It aach. Leading run-settera Coy 17. Hoffman and Carlisle 11 each. Howard It, H. Patterson 21. Henrer and Madden 10 each, Rafterr. Daley and Burrell 14 each. H. Miller 21. Kruessr, .arlier and Baylesa 11 each. Meta ger and Cook 11 each, Chadbourna. Heit muller. Kane. Braahear and Shlnn 10 each. Lea (line two-bass hitters Hetllng IS. Hart la) 11. Coy 11, Rappa, Cook and C Patter eon It each. Leading three-baee hitters Bancroft 6, Pnaoe. Kane and Coy 4 each. Rodger. O'Rourke end Howard I each. Leading home-run hitters Jackson, gwaln. 7.acher and Howard 4 each. McDowell. Raf trv. Cor and Heitmuller I each. May il Incluaive. COOS COCXTY FOIOIS LEAGUE Ten Games in First Schedule With Opening- Contest Today. MARSHFIELD, Or, June 1. pe clai.) Local baseball enthusiasts srs to be furnished soma fine sport this Rummer by the Coos County Baseball League. The aeaaon opens tomorrow, at Marshfleld and North Bend, "pe dal trains will be ma from CoqulUe Valley cities to brine players and spectatora from that locality. Auto mobile paradea will be held In both cltea. At North Bend tha team of that place will play Myrtle Point and In Marshfleld there will be two games. Marshfleld will play. Bandon and Co qullle will play Eaataids. A schedule of 10 games for each team haa been arranged, making a pro gramme for every Sunday until tbe later part of July, when another schedule will be arranged. Each team haa put up a forfait to play out tbe season. Only one Imported man la allowed on each team which must ba confined to It playera. Tha Eaatslde team la made up of employes of the C. A. Rmlth mill and the company fur nlahed the unlforma and equipment. The business men of each city contri buted to a fund to start the league but It la espected to be self-supporting after the gamea begin. However, there are enough funda to carry tha sched ule through ths season. Charles Baxter of Coqullle la tha president of the league and tha mana gers of the different teams .are aa follows: Marshfleld. Joe Pchott: North Bend. J. C. Wallace; Bandon, Stewart Whlteett: Myrtle Point, Henry Bohroe der: Coqullle, George Gage; Eaatslde, R Whltty. Trophy Cu la Claimed. COTTAGE GROVE, Or, June 1. (Spe cial.) Captain B. K. Lawson brought back with him from Portland this wsek the ellver trophy cup won last July by the team of the local militia which took part In th annual shoot. Ths cup was long delsyed In the making and has bean on exhibition In Portland a couple of months. Averages ef flubs. Cliihs Games. Ab. R. lBh. Fa. Sh. Kb, IFh.lrrh.Hr. Tip. Re. 7s Anaelea .T..S1 174 101 4-" 1I ! 17 II It 17 I (iacramento 44 !:. l.ii 4" 7M1 43 II M 11 7 14 1 Oakland t l! 711 411 III 47 17 ! 7 4 It I Portland 4. 14M lit HO 754 l St 04 14 0 41 I Vernon 4 1&77 307 4'o l.-.n 77 7S t 11 t 14 0 "aa Franclace 41 1S72 111 111, 341 II TS 14 I 11 41 6 Total tt ItiO OAU'sta ISO 144 411 01 47 170 13 'League batting see HARD TRYS OFTEN ARE CALLED ERRORS Fans Ordinarily Fail to See Fine Points Between Good Work and Fumbles. BUNTS,, CALL FOR SKILL Inflelders Are Olven Benefit of Doubt In Faulty Play I'mrn Gar den; Homo Runs Frequently Go Down as Two-BagTfcrs. BT FfWoTj FAWCrTT. (Third ef a series of article oa tha Intrl eaclee of Baseball.) "To err le human; to forgive dlrln" Is not a good baseball maxim, for If the average baseball fan had his say there would ba mora errors chalked up In every game than aafe hits. The average patron of the park haa a fool ish notion chucked away In tha back of his brain that any time a fielder goto his hands on the ball and misses the plsy It Is an error; and Inversely that no man can be charged with an error who doea not get his hands on the ball. The rules, themselves, prescribe the bam hit and error limitations and noth ing could be farther from the truth. No greater mlatake could be made than to let thla false doctrine Influence re sults. If. every time a fielder made a sensstlonal try and missed, he waa credited with an error, the number of such brilliant trye would be minimised. The Vniea provide: "When a fair hit ball la partially or wholly stopped by a fielder In motion but such pieyef rsnnot recover Mmaelf In time to field the ball to rirst csss before the striker reaches first or to force out another base runner credit a base hit." "When the bill from the bat strikes the ground on or within the foul lines and out of reach of the fielders credit a, base hit. Fallacy la Dissipated. The aecond section above dissipates the "no touch, no error" fallacy, for the rules plainly state "out of reach" of the fielder. Many times, especially In amateur games, the ball bounds squarely to the waiting fielder who misjudges the hops and does not "get his hands on the ball." t'nless sn In equality of tha turf causes It to be de flected so that human hands could not be expected to Insurs perfect handling, an error le charged. In the rase of a ball too hot to han dle, base hits are generally given pref erence over errors for "a mechanical failure to make an assist or a putout" should be the governing principle. In other words if a fielder misses a play on which he would have been roundly applauded the play waa no mechanical one and tha batter Is given a aafe hit. Fielders ars not there to make star playa and tho man who Is stabbing at Impossible stops Is entitled to the bresks. Under ordinary clrcumatancea when either an Inflelder or outfielder has smple time to set himself for the ball he gets an error for a mlscue. An out fielder who gets one, or even both handa on the ball when running at full sneed and drone It should not be charged with an error unless his fail ure to get aet was due to glaring mis Judgment. The words "In motion" In the rules quoted above, provide for this. One variety of doubtful hlte results from the bunt or slow scratch. Hunts usually call for more than ordinary skill In handling and. up to the laat few years, bringing development of in field defensive play, scorers Invariably credited all hunts which landed their progenitors on first bsse as hits. Even now the ftelden- Is entitled to lentesicy on all bunta and quasl-hlts. Take this aa a foundation: Credit a base hit on 'bunts and scratches on which he makes first unless the bsll Is rolled directly at the fielder, ao as to maka a fallurs to handle It a pal pably poor play, even though a fum ble or poor play Is made by the ftolder. The slow scratch and the "too hard to handle" hit both cropped up In Wednesday's opening game. In the fourth Inning, with Swain on second. Miller grounded slowly to Bancroft, who cams In like a shot and pegged to first without a chance to straighten up. His throw drew Rappa off the bag, but Miller waa given a hit. Port land's first tally reaulted when Burch lined a terrific drive, squarely between O'Rourks'l legs at second baae. Patsy waa not given an error because the ball traveled too fast to be Judgod. Kaerptloaa ta Rale. Precedent eatablishsd by major league scorers governs several type of base bits not covered In the rules. The crooked bounder haa already been pointed out, but tho ball that drops be tween two outfielders or Inflelders through a tnlxup is another of the scratch variety that goes for a hit, although "not out of reach ef tho fielder." Tho high foul flies thst come whls slng straight down are most difficult to handle and these are generally over looked by the experienced scorer. Should an outfielder throw to a base ta catch a runner and the ball bound over tho receiving fielder's bead or go wild or prove ao Iraperfeat In any man ner aa to allow the ruaner to advanoa, an additional base, the outfielder Is given tho error. The tendency la to give the receiving fielder the benefit of a doubt for the reason that he tas many mora ehanoea to err than the man la the pasturea. A base hit la given the batsman when a batted ball hits a baaerunner. The runner la automatically out. If the ball hits the umpire the batter gets a hit Hits Sense I fa Psjaallag. Tha batsman la entitled to only as many basea as he can get before the opponents can gwt the ball there, pro vided they make the play on him with out error. A man may make three bases on a hit that la only a two bagger, because tbe plsy. la made on another man at the plate. Tho proper differentiation between the hit and the throw-In Is sometlmea pustllng. And finally, remember thla peculiar quirk In tha ralea: should a tls game ba brought ta close by a hit, that hit can be no longer than technically need ed to win the game. For inatancs. If the batter hlta aa ordinary horns run with a man on aecond baae, his homer goes for only two basea. for a two bagger would have done the winning trick Minor Baseball. The Meier Frank baseball team will play the Wlnton Six team today on Eaat Twelfth and De-vls streets. Th Wlnton tesm haa a clean slate to date, a e e The Brooklyn Graya will meet New berg today at New berg. Ths Portland team haa a few open dates, which caa be filled by writing to J. titer- rett. 114 Kaat Sixteenth street, or call ing Eavat 111. e e e Ths Baltimore Dairy Lunch nine will play the Mount 8cott Athletic Club team today on tha Mount fcott grounds. The Dairy Lunch nine hss a few open date which can ba filled by writing to Manager Kssopsky, at ill Buchanan building. Main (all. ess The Arbor Lodge baseball club Is looking for gamea w)th fast teama In and out of the rlty after June 10. Teams having open dates write to Louis Larsen, 1174 Greeley street, or rail Woodlawn (00. Th Studebaker team will go to Rainier today, where It will meet one of the strongest teama of the Lower Co lumbia. The Studebaker team la one of the strongest of the aemi-pro nines, belnx composed almost entirely of ex-Trl-Clty League players. They have a few open datea. Write to J. M. Duffy, 11 Thirteenth atraeL a e The Portland Cuba will play Bprlng water st Bprlngwawr today. see The Tlmma-Cress painters will play Clackamas today st Clackamas, see The Moose Lodge team will play the Etlacadu nine at the power city today, a s e The Weetern Hardware nine will meet Oswego st Oswego today. TEIJ ARE WON IN ROW IirBE MAUQCARD, OF GIAXTS, MAKES FTXB RECORD. Speaker of Boston, Mclnnl and Col lins of Philadelphia, Lead Cobb In Hatting Work. When Rube Marquard beat the Phil lies on Memorial dsy, T to 1, he com pleted a record for himself that haa not been equaled since IV01. He has now pitched 10 consecutive gsmes without a Oefrat to mar his sesson's work. And more remarkable still, every club In ths National Iagua hss been set down by the New York southpaw In his har pooning. Hack In 1904. "Hooks" Wlltse won II straight gamea, but thsy wsre at In frequent intervals, for ho was not worked regularly. Leon Ames won 10 straight the following seaaon working every fourth dsy. Marquard's 1911 pitching record follows: 1's.te. Oppoeing Team. icore. Api 11 1 1 Hro.,kln Attrll 11 Hoeton Al-rll Jo Hrookl; n . . . April 114 I'l.lla.lelphla Mar I rilllsiieli.hU Mil 3 l'hlisdei,hla Mir 7 ht. l.ouls ... Msr 11 'tilcaao Mar lit Vltlel.iirc ... May ''tiirlnnsll ... Msr 14 I r,ik, n ... , Mar in I'hllatlellihla . S-l 4-3 II -J 11-4 1H n-:! l-;4 4- 1 H-0 5- H -l TAIL-END FIELDERS BAT IN THIRD PLACE Northwestern Statistics Show . Colts Hitting Ball at . Right Time. PORTLAND LEADS PUTOUTS McCredle's Trnm I Srvond In Double Plays Wnffll of Spoksne Heads League In stick Work With an Average) of .So.. A glance at Portland's position In ths Northwestern League statistics, with ths Colts third In hatting and absolute ly last In fielding, shows that McCredle's club Is In ths fore of the battle because the players ars hitting ths bsll at ths psychological momenta. Ths complllatlon of figures up to snd Including Wednesday's games shows that ths Colts have erred "1 times for a fielding averags of .ttn. While thsy sre last In tha list In this department of the game, they have llgured In 17 douhl plays, sscnnd to Tnconia, which leads with 41. The Colts lead tbe league with 1 1 S3 putnuts. Ranking third In hatting percentages, with a mark of .247. the Colts lesd In three-base lilts, with 17. and are tied with Heattle, at 12. In two-baggers. Heattle leads tho team halting with an average ,JSS. yet they have been trailing the field the greater part of tha seaaon to date. Wiiffll. of 8pkane, Is the lesdlng batsman of the league, with an average of .S5. "Had" Meek, of Victoria, Is sec ond with .130, while Crulkshank. of Portland, ranks third with a mark of Ths following sre the figures: Individual Batting. riaver and mil a u. P.. It. evhnelder. PenlUe 14 I James, Heattle :4 I Wuffll. Knoksne : SO oncsnnon. lctnrla 17 Meek. Victoria 117 lironks, Seattle 0 crulkshank. Portland I Hchsrney. Vsnrouvsr ...... II l uila-lK. Teromn 7& ThomoMin, Heatlle 113 Marquaril relieved Tesreau. who get ere. In f,,r vtctorj. Pitched eeven Innlnss and retired, with the ame sewed up 11-0. tttarijuartl pitched nine tnnlns and gav war to Mstheason. with the acore a tl. Malty waa credited With th defeat. Speaker, of Boston, and Mclnnes and Eddie Collins, of the Athletics, lesd Ty Cobb In American League batting, the averagea being, Speaker, .110; Mc Innea. .11: Collins, .171. and Cobb, .160. Lajole topa the bunch with .407. but haa not been playing for several weeks. Of the Pacific Coasters, I'lng Bodle. at Chicago, leads with .11 (, which is some fence-busting. Essterly leads the Cleveland regulars with .202. Joe Jsckson hsvlng alumped In every de partment. He has been eliminated from the squad of 10 leading sluggers, ranks ninth smong the bsse-steslers and seventh among the run-getters. Buddy It) an la batting .280, Birming ham .278. and Olson, another Cleve lander. .265. Jackson Is down even below this with .262. Vltt, at Detroit la now stinging the horsehlds for .214 and Kuhn. for Chicago, .201. In the American Aasoclatlon, Kalph Capron la batting .127 for Milwaukee. The feature of th past fortnight In ths Association haa been the loaa of the lnllanapolls club by W. 11. Watklns. "Wstty" st one time was well fixed, owning both Indianapolis and Minne apolis. He aoki the letter a few years ago for 110,000. a palpably bad deal, and haa not been having very amooth Bailing at Indianapolis. Manager Jim my Burke also has lost his head. Time has finally laid Its devastating handa on two veterana of the major leagues, Hans Wagner having given Team H. 11 an: 137 i : 2l way at Pittsburg to kid ohnrtstop named Vlox. while Cy Toung. the re markable pitcher, has gone back to his farm to rest. Club Seattle ... Taroma .. Portland . . Vancouver Vlr-torla .. Ppoltaue . . An. ...1111 ...1300 ...1S44 ...n: ...i::.7 . . .171 R. Ill mi in 175 1 71 100 I Timnfiiin. I', inland 72 !evot. Hpoksne 4 Itrennan. t'lrtorla ......... 74 Mann. Heatlle 144 Kennedy. Victoria .110 AhlMitt. Tacoma Iho lleunett. Vancouver 1M r ries, forusnn .....ion Mauser, Hpoksna .. ........ 19 .Meiers, hpoksne .....107 Mxnsor, Pnrilitml .....l.'T Nordvke, Vlrlolla 12 Moichlor. fpokana 134 Hpens, Tortlsnil ....144 NelKhbors, Tsioina 140 7linmernisn, Hpokane ,,....l.t Kllihle, Portland M l.a Lonae. Kenttle 42 Uslillek. Xpokane r,H Jatm'B. Vm-ouer ... .144 Krlek, Vancouver ....141 Weed. Vlwtorla 114 Wilson. Victoria 77 Iiulln, Tscotna r.4 Yohe. Tacoma 1r Kippert. Vsni-outer 1.14 Li nch, Tacoma 117 Mil. Tarntna 144 HHier. Heattle . . . in Itrashear. Vancouver l."l Cooiiey, Htokane ...14 Strait. Heattle 1.1.1 PemasRio. Vancouver 1-K Morse, Taroma 1ST Harry, Hratlln lo Moran, Heattle lr.o t'oltrln, Portland 13X Willi time. Portland 11,1 Lewis. Vancouver ,..lii2 H ti 1 1 li. 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II II 11 I 14 4 TAB. Ill 144 111 2 inn 15 rH. no it 41 (..' 41 47 HB. 17 M 41 I M T AVF! .SI! .24 .147 .2 4 .241 .214 CYCLISTS RAGE TODAY MOTORCYCLE MEN" KVTF.RED IX ELEVKN KVF.XTS. Ksperlg (Yom Pacific ftrthwest to Contest on Track at Coun try Club. The third annual motorcycle rare programme of the Portland Motorcycle Club will be held thla afternoon on the Country Club track, nearly 10 racers of Portland and Northwestern cities competing In 11 events, ranging from three to 10 miles. In addition to the motorcycle races Harry Parka will give an aeroplane exhibition and race hla Curtlss ma chins against an K-M-F automobile In a feature competition. Interest In the meet is keen among the motorcyclists, with the 11 races' promising to produce the best speeding ever seen In Portlsnd and the shatter ing of a number of records. Archie Tsft, ths Beattle man who wss expected to prove a bLg factor In the races, was unsbls to make the trip, hla machine going out of com mission on a tryout Friday. C.J. Cook baa been chosen starter, with the Judges and timers from the following men: Judge Morrow. Jlmmle Dunn, Walter H. Kvans, 8. O. Noire, F. T. CarswelL "Dad" Foss and A. I. Kd wards. The races are: l-mlle, 4 horsepower, fully equipped; l-mlle, 4 horsepower, ported; 2-mile. T horsepower, stripped stork; l-mlle handicap, i horsepower, fully equipped; l-mlle (flying start), 4 horsepower, ported; l-mlle (flying stsrt), 7 horsepower, stripped stock; l-mlle. 7 horsepower, fully equipped; l-mlle, 4 horsepower, ported; l-mlle, T horsepower, stripped stock; l-mlle, 4 horsepower, stripped stock (bait drive): 10-mlla. open to five fastest mschtnes of tha day. The entries Include C. Welch. Tloy W. Arown. Vern Msskell. A. Tl. Fppen ateln. Fred Nowotnv, le T. Dean. Harry Bryant. K.d Berreth, Arthur C. Knight, E. H. Allen, Robert Bailey, Andrew Walby, F.lvln Conlet, Gu Pellel. H. 8. Hill and J. 8. Brann. EX FIELD WIXS riUZE RACK Carlton O. Manga Back. Too Long In Inland Empire Handicap. ALAN. Idaho, June 1. Enfield, at 11 to 6, won tha Inland Empire handicap, the feature of today'a card at Alan. In handy fashion, running ths seven fur longs In 1:2. a track record. Bchwe blg, on Carlton O, waited too long be fore ho made his bid, and while tho Carson horse responded gamely to a drive, ha waa unable to get within two lengtha of the leader, nummary: Four furlonia Pat Cannon, 111 (Tapllni. to 6, won; Htout Heart, lift (flooneyl, 0 to t. second ; 'Vested Hunts, U'J (HuKtoni, coupled In betting with I'at Cannon, third. Tims. 4 -0. fctscond race, five and half furlons Lil lian liar, lt'4 (Kederisi, T to 2, won; Lem ond. 100 (Flechsr). 20 to 1. second; lie Knows. 100 (Hanover), I te 1, third. Time. 1 2-0. Third race, five and half f urlonse Mc Alan. 10S (J. Mrlntyrei. 0 lo 1. won; Ocean Hhore, I0S (Klsrherf. 0 to 1. aec ond; Anna Hchneider. I0 (McDowell), M te 1. Ihli'.l. Time, 1 :' 1-0 Fourth rare, seven furlnnss Enfield, ml (Hoffman). 11 to (. won; Carllon 1 . IS'. (KchwsMsl, 11 l ft. second; Ymlr. 12 (Bus ton 1, a te 1. third. Time. 1 .'. rifth race, one mils Muff. 10 (Srhwe. bll. 1 to ft. won: Msromara. Ill ( e-nr. I h. 2 to 1. second: Siiar Lump. 1"S (Kill), 4 to I. third. Time. 1:40 1-0. aisth race, six furlonss Cisco, mo, (Mc Powell), 0 to won; King Klk, 102 iHllll. ar. to l. second: Hue. loa (r-nrsythe), I to t third. Tim, 1:14 HMD OF OUTLAWS nAXKRlTt President of I' art I cm I Slates Icague Flies Petition. PHILADELPHIA. June 1. William Abbott Wltman, Nr.. of Beading. -Pa., president of the t'nlted Plates Bseehatl tissue, toilav filed a nntltlon of Volun tary bankruptcy In Hie I'nlted ftatea District court Here, his naniiities sre placed st 161,106 snd his asset at !i2. 0.10. The assets In, hide the Heading Baseball Park, valued at $50,000. Among the liabilities is an Item of 1970 due as salaries of players of the Meaning team. A Hefleslon of Siorl. -The Trial bv Water." m. thrllllna- aa. count of the flood at Galveston. T' X., a story of famous shooting around In Maine. "The Beet (inn for Cpland Kport" and "At th Edge, of the Clom,," reflecting frontier life during the Civil Wsr, ars a few of the good tiiltmr in that live inagaxlne liom Cluvagu, "fports Afield," for June. 1