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THE SUDY j OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND. AUGUST 18. 1912. MILLER HS OF COAST HITTERS POETLAND AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION SWIMMERS WHO ARE PROBABLE ENTRANTS AT THE ASTORIA REGATTA EVENTS. San Francisco Speed Demon Hard Pitcher for Slug gers to "Find." HITT AND ABLES FEARED Twirler Who Docs Not Lead Average Column Does Pozzle Good Swat ters Most According to Play ers' Statements. Is Frank Miller, the speed-demon of the San Francisco Seals, the Best twirler in the Pacific Coast League? Miller's average Is not the best in the circuit, but If the concensus of opinion as ex pressed by Portland and Los Angeles ballDlavers is to be taken as a criter ion. Miller ranks at the top. A poll of a number of the players reveals the fact that the majority con sider Miller the hardest man in the league to hit. Mitt and Abies lead the southpaw contingent, while many other pitchers are labeled as unhittable by the hardest sluggers. Slugger Give Opinion. The following are the opinions of a number of players on the twirling prowess of the Pacific Coast League moundmen: Heinle Heltmuller. Los Angeles out fielder Miller, of the Seals. Is the hardest man for me to hit in the league. He has more speed than any of the pitchers, and when he's on the mound I usually figure on a batting slump. Joe Williams, the Sacramento pitcher. Is another fellow I have trouble In landing on. Of the left-handers. Hitt. Abies and Baker are the worst propo sitions. Artie Krueger. Portland outfielder "Cack" Henley is tne fpltcher who has had my goat for a long time. Miller 1s a hard one 'for me. but when Henley throws them over I always have more trouble than with any other man in the league. Leverenx, of Los Angeles, is the southpaw who is my hoodoo. Tin Ball Are Pussies. Chet Chadbourne, Portland outfielder Frank Miller is tne worst or tnem an when it comes to fattening batting averages. He has two effective balls, a fast one. and then a faster. Seri ously, his speed, combined with a nice curve, makes him look the toughest proposition in the league. Hitt, Abies and Pernoll are the southpaws who stump me. Walter Doane. Portland outfielder Some days the best of the pitahers are easy and on others they all are unhit table. but Miller, of the Seals, and Spider" Baum. formerly of Sacramento, have been my worst opponents. Miller has terrific speed, while Baum manages to mix them up. and never gives' a good ball unless forced to. Hitt has an awful lot of stuff, while Abies Is another southpaw who is a tough one when he Is right. Joe Berger, Los Angeles infielder I can't figure any pitcher worse than another when it comes to hitting them, for the league has a fine bunch of them, with about two in every club. Miller of San Francisco. Koestner of Portland, Arrellanes of Sacramento, Klllilay of Oakland and Harkness of Portland are among those I would call the hardest to hit. Hitt and Muanell Feared. Pete .Daley. Los Angeles outfielde: Roy Hitt is the hardest pitcher for me to land on safely, wntle this new ret low, Munsell. of Sacramento, is another hard- one. Koestner. of Portland, usu ally wins a decision over me when he Is on the mound. Bill Rodgers, Portland inflelde Miller, of San Francisco, has a little more speed than the other fellows we .run up against: hence he Is a much harder man to hit. That extra speed makes It difficult to land on the ball at the right moment for effectlvework. Pernoll. the Oakland southpaw, usually has somethfng on me. but it is not the best man In the league by any means who has one or a half dozen men at his mercy. Often the weakest pitch ers can handle the heaviest sluggers. Butcher Reserves Opinion. Hank Butcher, Portland utility man I haven t had enough experience to judge the pitchers of the league. I usu ally hit a left-hander easier than a right-handed man. but there are days when I cannot hit either, and other days when all look alike and seem to have nothing mystifying. Walter McCredie, Portland manager This lad Miller, of San Francisco, seems to Hie to be the hardest man in the league to hit. I haven't batted against him, but I have watched him in a. num ber of games, and he look the best major league prospect In the league. Malarkcy, of Oakland, is another man who looks like a future major leaguer. Arrellanes is a pitcher who knows tbe twirling art. but he did not show as much early in the season as he does now. CRICKETERS OFF FOR VICTORIA Portland Team Expected to Give Ac counting in Championships. Following a successful concert given tn their honor last Wednesday, the members of the Portland Cricket Club left late last night for Victoria to take part in the cricket tournament which will decide tbe championship of the Pacific Northwest. Last year the Portland team came close to winning, being beaten in the semi-finals by the ultimate champions, Victoria. For the present series Cap tain J. J. Churchley has got together a team which, in the opinion of all com petent cricket judges in Portland, is decidedly stronger than the XI which did duty last season. Batting as a rule has been the weak point of the team, and it is from the improvement in this department of the game that success in the tournament is expected. Tarlton. the West Indian, and Thomas, the professional, are both run-getters "to join the side this year, while of the. former team Churchley ran always be relied on for a score. He shines especially when things are go ing against his own side. Ten teams have entered the tourna ment. They are divided Into two sec tions. Portland meeting the strongest team in its division Tuesday. If it can win this match it should be assured of first place in Section 1. and would be meeting In the final what, on paper, appears to be a weaker team. Play lasts a week, little time being taken up for the tea interval, that bug bear of the game, which lias done more to hurt It in America than anything else. Portland plays four matches in any case, and a fifth if the team can succeed in reaching the-final. The side will he selected from J. J. Churchley. E. . Fenwick. II. Greaves. O. Shipley. J. C." Cummlng. Jack Mallet t. W. Tarlton. Thomas, W. G. Smith and Messrs. Lawrence. MeKlllop and Pat tullo. of the Seattle Cricket Club. i I m .jgw " 1 hash w& i, m f&mw. ll - ! - rn : "v.: - , II - - 1 ' ' r - V : 9K - - ' -i H.-..-'.rv-;,v f:f.tfim HOWARD GOES AHEAD WWm- Seal First Sacker Boosts His &J ''is Batting Average to .323. .: tf ) Y t,H ;; . iii-iTi.iii i rr otii i t rno I TZSty U !" -"J l- , : ' . I S'.i', ' j&h -'-'II Vernon and Angel Outfielders Vie y4 I '" ' - ' ' ' i tor Honors-KlllUa, Tops T.lrl- M ' ' 1 - ' ' S ' ' i ers, With Gregg Rated as Best R i" , ' : i- -' ' f tr ? I .i . . . ; ; W v'v ' of Those on Portland Staff. 'if- M ? - - " J - ' : - - " f - J r ' " ' , ' ; i '' l I Del Howard, the beefy San Franeisco IS- i . J '' &s i' -f '- ' ---- - I flrst-sacker, seems to have struck his I - asS-n -afa: - i , V, , - s hitting stride with a -engeance, for he I M ' - ' '', ,' I .? now leads all the Seal regulars anJ 8 ?- "iYll j . . ' -'- V'- ranks among the first Ave swatsmlths 7 1 Vd v 1 .Vi" .w ' ,; ' of the Coast circuit. His batting 4 ? ; ' 1 . v " - 0 7. JMU,MMtfK' against Portland a week ago boosted 3 , . ' V" . s V"'' hlra to .323, or one point above Johnny t&.' V . ' v-""r V - ',' Kane, of Vernon. fe,V,. ' J- - "'' -"?C:' ' ' A rxj : Hettmuller, of Los Angeles, still tops t . . t ws . "ti --5 the list in a class by himself. .352, Het- T"-f , 1 - ling and Bayliss being tied at .328, with , rlf- m , " I JLgMWHtidJ . ' " ) Lindsay, of Portland, next. j t. . i -- I rmffSSggSV'yis 1 If Vernon wins the Coast League ' y-i i i ' I pennant inis season it can loann us f I ZTTT w 'm .jyinm outneld trio. Bayless. Kane and Car- I L I lv&? ' lisle, and the same may be said. In a I S'' A 7 ;Y t '- s NEW WIGWAM FEATURE MAY REGATTA Designer Binkley Building Nov- ' el Flyer for His Astoria ' Eniployer. WISE OUT TO BEAT WOLFF Del Howard, the beefy San Franeisco flrst-sacker, seems to have struck his hitting stride with a vengeance, for he now leads all the Seal regulars an J ranks among the first Ave swatsmlths of the Coast circuit. His batting against Portland a week ago boosted hlra to .323, or one point above Johnny Kane, of Vernon. Heltmuller, of Los Angeles, still tops the list in a class by himself. .3o2, Het ling and Bayliss being tied at .328, with Lindsay, of Portland, next. If Vernon wins the Coast League pennant this season it can thank its outneld trio, Bayless, Kane and Car lisle, and the same may be said, in a great measure, of the Angels, although thp Vernon gardenerers appear to excel in all-around work. Bayless, of Vernon. batting .323, Kane .322 and Carlisle .271. Carlisle and Kane also rank up among the four leading base-stealers and Bayless is no slouch. For the Angels Heltmuller is batting .352, Daley .320 and Lober .260. Kililay, of Oakland, still leads the twirlcrs, his record in tho averages compiled up to this series giving him seven wins and no defeats. During the past week he lost his first game to Vernon. Hitt and Raleigh, of Vernon: Leverenx, of Los Angeles; Arrelanes, of Sacramento, and Parkin, of Oakland, rank best In their respective teams. Gregg tops the Portland staff, with three wins and two losses. Henley. Pernoll, Slagle, Fitzgerald and Suter are the hardluck boys. The averages up to August 12 are as follows: PITCHERS - 3 :i X -. : : : : : : 3 3 3 a t a Killilar. O J 7 7 0 OjlPOOl 1 0 0 0 0 Hitt. V. i0ll4 i 11.737 2 2 1 1 1 Raleigh. V. 17;l2 5 0 .70S 110 0 0 Leverenx. L. A. 22,15 7 0 .682 3 1 0 0 2 Arrellanes S. ..'24 IS 0..667 2 O 1 4 2 Parkin. 0 118 12 01.671 3 0 10 4 Christian. O. ...-'17;11 0 .647 4 1 0 0 1 Breckenrldge. V. Iiill 01.647 1 0 0 1 ! Toier. L-A 23,14 0 .652 2 1 1 S 2 Xagle. UA. l-'l 7 4 1 .636 1 0 0 0 0 Gregs. P. ' S 2 1 .600 0 0 0 0 0 Check. L. A. I?7il6 11 0 .593 1 0 0 0 3 Canon. V". 119111 3 0 .579 0 0 0 0 5 Hlgg'botbam, P..J14' S C 01.571 2 110 1 Klawltter. P. ...23 1310 0I.5S3 3 0 1 0 2 Stewart. V. 7 I.56J 2 10 2 0 Abies. O. 2!l4J12 0 .535 2 2 2 1 Malarkey. O. ..-IS 1 .529 0 0 0 1 0 Miller, S. F 27!14l13 0 .519 4 2 3 13 Darkness. P 20110 10 0 .500 3 1110 Halla. L. A. ...ll l 11.600 2 0 0 1 0 Munsell. S. ...... 2 1 1 01. 500 0 0 0 0 0 Fanning. S. F. ..1! 5 1 .454 1 0 2 0 1 Gregory. 0 18 8,10 g.44 110 11 Gray. V IS 7 0!.43S 0 0 0 0 Baker, S. F 16! 7 9 0 .43S 10 10 1 McCorry. S. F. ..-!! 7 0I.43S 0 0 0 2 2 Baum. S llTI T'lO 0 .412 2 0 0 2 1 Williams. S 20 8!12 0 .400 2 0 0 1 0 Delhi. 6. F.' J10: 41 6 0 .400 0 0 0 0 0 Koestner.P. ... 28 11 17 0 .393 2 0 0 2 2 Schwenk. S 13 5 8 0 .3)5 0 2 0 0 1 Ollllgao. P-S. 16 6 10 0 .375 0 0 0 0 0 Slagle. U A Il! 7 12 0 .36S 2 0 1 12 Henley. S. F. ...27 18 0 .333 2 1 2 3 2 Pernoll. O 7 2 5 0 .3R6 1 0 0 0 0 Flt3gerald. S. ... 13 S 10 0 .231 1 0 0 0 1 Suter. P 3 0 3 0 .000 0 0 0 0 1 Also one one-hit game. elusive. - August 11 in- Player. club AB. Williams. San Francisco. 0 Fitzgerald. Portland .... ill Xagle. r,Off Angeles 31 Heitmuiter. Los Ancelea.sss Orr. Sacramento 44 Hetllng. Oakland 430 Bayless, Vernon 421 Lindsay. Portland 302 D. Howard. San Fran.. . . K'.l Kane. Vernon r...3ti9 Tledemann. Oakland ...174 Van Buren, Sacramento. 224 Daley. Los Angeles 437 Berger. Los Angeles 424 Krueger. Portland 377 Delhi, San Francisco...: 9il Brasnear. vernon 4i:s Wuffll, San Francisco. . .IS Rodgers. Portland 427 Felts. San Francisco ... 37 O'Rourke. Sacramento. . .419 Sharpe. Oakland ........327 Coy? Oakland 35.1 Corhan. San Francisco. .42.1 C. Patterson, Oakland. . .322 Butcner. romana Lawls. Sacramento 374 Zacher. Oakland 3M Swain. Sacramento 2S9 Delloy. I.os Angeles 24H R. 1BH. BA. I 4 0 55 53 65 33 15 74 21 80 63 75 48 2 no 16 39 47 25 68 47 S2 10 47 !13 39 :;4 4 12 11 136 16 141 28 S 43 119 56 72 140 135 US S 130 47 127 11 124 95 103 114 93 25 107 105 73 70 444 .3X3 .352 .333 .328 .328 .324 .823 .322 .322 ."321 .320 .318 .313 .308 .304 .301 .299 .299 .207 .291 .290 .289 .289 .2S8 .28i .2S5 .282 .281 I " j lifa"?1miilBBiSaiiiffl '4- 4 Top Picture. Left to nitcbt. Cheater IVheeler, Norman Rosa, Colllaler AVbreler and John McMurray Middle Ptctare, C heater M heeler, Mtartlnar osi tbe First Annual Quarter - Mile Handicap Race M'hleh He AVon Last Meek Bottom, J. K. Cody, Instructor and the First .llan to Swim From Oregon City to Portland. Agnew. Vernon 192 20 54 .281 I. Howard. Los Angeles.. 472 92 .zsu Moore. Los Angeles li: L'3 : 47 .27$ Mundorff. San Francisco. 338 42 93 .275 Doane. Portland 309 36 85 .275 Slagle. Los Angelea 51 6 Lltscni. vernon .117 4 Carlisle. Vernon 458 ' 99 Madden, Sacramento ...251 41 Mnhler. San Francisco. . .313 31 Hitt. vernon 71 7 Burrell. Vernon 4?19 47 Hosp. Vernon 335 32 Joe Williams. Sac 64 6 Irelan. Sacramento .....12 23 Rohrer, Oakland 138 11 Lober. Los Angeles 335 35 Sheehan, Sacramento ...300 24 Toser. Los Angelea 77 5 Gregory, Oakland 50 5 Hoffman. Oakland 3K3 tl.i Shlnn. Sacramento 3:12 52 Gllllgan, Port, and Sac. TO 10 Brooks. Los Angelea. ... 165 26 Gray, vernon 51 5 Kapps. Portland 4i.i aw Fisher. Portland 150 18 Leard. Oakland ...149 72 Schmidt. San Francisco. .235 15 Chadbourne. Portland ..412 50 H. Miller. Sacramento . .34 46 Abbott. Oakland 4 O Metzger. Los Angeles ...442 52 Core. Los Angeles '17 14 Cook. Oakland 434 52 Brown. Vernon .18 - i Gedeon. San Francisco. . .278 26 Klllilay. Oakland -' - Frick. Oakland 155 20 Helster. Sacramento ....23 22 Bancroft. Portland H. Patterson. Vernon ...16S 2S Cheek. Sacramento 253 23 Drlscoll, Los Angeles 12S 17 Henley. San Francisco... Sy 6 Baker. San Francisco ... t.i o Page. Los Angeles 68 11 John Williams, sac 73 10 Boles, Los Angeles 151 . 13 Mitze. Oakland 254 2 Harkness. Portland 48 4 . Schwenck. Sacramento .. ..4 3 Halla. Los Angeles - o McDonnell. Vernon 13 T Smith. Los Angeles 89 8 McArdte. San Francisco. 240 23 August 11. Inclusive. Summary. ' . Leading sacrifice hitters Berger 33. Metz ger 23. Heltmuller 23. Corhan and Hosp 22 each. Daley and Hetling 21 each, Kane. Bay less and Lewis IS each. Mohler, Leard and Litschl 18 each, Bancroft and O'Rourke 17 each. H. Miner and McArdle 18 each, Rod gers and Rapps 15 each. Leading base stealers Howard St.' Carlisle 43. Leard 30. Daley and Kane 38 each. Doane 54 132 47 93 85 14 87 124 68 84 19 117 Sll 17 48 :6 S7 78 20 13 9!l 81! 18 42 l:l 105 38 SS 59 103 91 1 110 29 111 44 67 6 37 62 77 30 59 29 19 10 13 16 33 55 10 7 12 27 18 48 .274 .271 .271 .268 .268 .267 .266 .266 .264 .261 .260 .200 .2V.0 .260 .2.19 .259 .257 .253 .253 .252 .25 1 .250 .250 .250 .249 .24 1 .24 3 .242 .241 .240 .239 .236 .232 .232 .231 .227 .224 .222 .221 .219 .218 .216 .20S .208 .204 .203 .202 .200 Clubs T.os Angeles .. Vernon Portland Sacramento ... Oakland San Francisco ;.v;: Games. ...126 ...12S .. .IIS ...IIS ...125 ...125 Total League batting average. Ab. R. lBh. Ba. Sh. b. 2Bh. 3Bh. Hr. Dp. So. 4125 663 1130 Z74 194 21S 1!6 33 32 . 98 11 4075 557 1080 25 170 193 201 2 37 110 6 3S13 .-.93 1000 263 14"! 147 17H 43 21 105 11 3S97. 420 1013 260 124 167 172 29 26 82 7 4138 566 1O70 259 141 152 214 18 31 83 12 4011 393 9S 248 159 159 154 22 18 - 91 11 2401C 2898 289 26l 934 103 1113 171 165 562 58 30. Lewis 26. Chadbourne and Shinn 22 each, Heltmuller. Berger and Hoffman 21 each, Rodgers and H. Miller 20 each. Leading run getters Carlisle 99. Howard 82, Berger 75. Kane 74. Leard 72. Coy 68, Brasnear 6S. Hoffman and Bayless 65 each, Daley 63. Heitmuiler 55. Zacher and Hetllng 53 each. Metzger. Cook. C. Patterson and Shinn 52 each. Chadbourne 50. Krueger 48. Corhan. Burrell. O'Rourke and Lewis 47 each, H. Miller 46. Mundorff 42. Madden 41. Rodgers, Rapps -and Litschl 46 each. Leading two-base . hitters Hetling 34, Howard 5J. Hoffman 27, Krueger 26, Coy. Kane. Brashear and Litschl 25 each, Daley and Cook 23 each. Rapps, Zacher. C. Patter son and O'Rourke S3 each, Rodgers.' Helt muller nd Berger 20 each. Leading three-base hitters Howard and Krueger 9 each. fdpers and Doane 7 each. Bancroft and Shlnn 6 each. Krueger. Mun dorff. Daley. Coy. O'Rourke, Swain and Lewis 5 each. v Leading home-run hitters Heitmuiler 14, Carlisle 10, Howard and Lewis 7 each, Berger. Coy. Zacher, Brashear and Swain 6 each. Butcher, Mundorff, Cook, Tiedemann and Bayless 5 each. August 11 Inclusive. EAST AXD WEST DIVIDE HOXORS Xiles Takes Meadow Club Cup. Bandy and McLongrhlln Victors. -SOUTHAMPTON. L. I., N. Y.. Aug. 17. East and West shared honors in the finals of the Meadow club tennis tour ney today and with the tournament concluded the majority of the players headed toward VVestport, R. I.,to com pete In the National championships next week. Nathaniel W. Niles. the Massachu setts state champion, was winner of the club cup In the singles today, de feating W. F. Johnson, the Pennsyl-ij vanian. at 7-5, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4. M. F. McLoughlin and T. C Bundy, the Pacific Coast champions and chal lengers for the National championship honors, defeated W. J. Clothier and A. P. Gardner, Jr., the Eastern champions, by 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Mrs. Marshall McLean and LF. Ma han. of New York, won the mixed dou bles. In the finals they .defeated Miss Kane and C. Fisher, 7-5, 6-2. Track Meet Cancelled. After several weeks of uncertainty during which the 1912. Pacific North west Association track and field meet was "up in the air," Secretary Dunne, of the organization, decided yesterday to cancel the affair for this season. The only Northwest tourney scheduled for Portland is the Indoor stvlmming meet of September. Yearling Trots Fast Mile. LEXINGTON, Ky Aug. 17. Peter VoIOi owned, trained and driven by Edward Wilds, colored superintendent of the Patchen Wilkes farm, made a world's record for yearling trotters yesterday, of 2:19 flat, displacing the time made by his relative. Miss Stokes, of 2:194 in September, 1909. Some Features Entirely Unique En ter Into Construction of Latest Coast Motorboat Uocer. ASTORIA, Or., Aug. 1. (Special.) C. F. Wise's silence is broken, and the reason for his not having entered the Wigwam IT In the annual regatta Is known. Charles Binkley, builder and designer of the Wigwam II, the Astoria speeder and Coast 26-foot champion, is in Astoria and hard at work building a new boat for Wise, which will be in the water a number of days before the opening of the big water meet, August 27-29. The craft Is but an experiment and it may not be entered at all, but Wise is trying to get a boat which is sure to beat John Wolff's entry. The boat Js a decided innovation from anything that has been seen on the Pacific Coast. Some call It "cross" be tween the Wigwam II and the Vamoose. owned by Captain Milton Smith, of -Rainier, whatever this "cross" may be. The craft is the combined result of "the latest ideas of Charles Blnley and the things seen by him and Wise on his trip East with the Wigwam II. which came in second to the Reliance only, at the Davenport, Iowa, meet. A trip to the shed where the boat is beginning to take form does not show much to the novice In the art of 'boat building, further than the fact that the boat is about the oddest-shaped ever seen. The great deviation from all the other types seen in North western waters is the hollow bottom under the rear plane, the boat beins a two-step hydroplane. , The plane idea, of having two sep arate surfaces to carrv the boat, is not new by any means, but' the manner in which the rear plane Is constructed, Is original without a doubt. Al though the, planking Is not on the boat, the shape which the thing will as sume is definable from the framework. The front plane, extending a little over half way to the stern, has the "V" turned outward, but the rear plane curves inward. The idea of this is to get a cushion of air upon which the boat will ride. The cushion idea is not new, either, but the method of getting it with the air under the hollow plane is original with Binkley. Another wrinkle is an air pump, with which the pilot of the craft will keep the hollow filled with air. Air gets under the step because of the ac tion of the boat, anyway, but this bel lows will help the craft fly, in the opinion of the builder. The framework of the boat is about completed and the planking wiU be gin within a day or two. The con struction is much simpler than that of the Wigwam. Tho new craft will be constructed more on the straight-line order and will not require the work of piecing the one-inch strips and the several hundred ribs which are in the hull of the Wigwam. Half-inch strips, alternately of oak and spruce, are used to form the braces to which the outside planks will be fastened. They are placed every foot or so. The engine will rest almost in the middle of the boat with the shaft run ning forward. The one-to-one gear will be placed in a case which will be fastened, half inside and half outside of the hull. It will be located very near the bow of the boat. This will give the shaft an easier angle to enter the water, making the wheel almost perpendicular to the line of the hulL This, will have'the effect of shoving the boat ahead with full power and not raising the stern and offsetting the action of the front plane which tends to raise the bow from the wa ter. The gear case will not stop the boat any, as this part of the hull will be out of the water immediately after the start is made. The boat is 20 feet long and a little over Ave feet wide at the broadest part. The power plant will comprise the same engine which has driven the Wigwam II near to victory. It is a six-cylinder Haley, developing over 100 horsepower. Binkley is close-mouthed as to. what he expects the boat to do, but believes that the craft will be able to kick up better than 45 miles an hour. - ' SACRAMEXTO PLAXS BIG SHOOT Prizes Amounting to $4000 Provid ed for Pacific Coast Association. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Aug. 17. (Spe cial.) A blue rock trap shoot for three days, in which amateur shots of the country will have an opportunity to compete for about $4000 worth of prizes. is provided for in the oniciai pro gramme issued by tne omciais or tne Capital CUy Blue Rock Club, which will conduct the meet unaer tne aus- pices of the Pacific Coast Blue Rock Association at the State Fair grounds. SeDtember 15. 16 and 17- The pfizes and events are drawn up In such a manner as to entice the best shots in the country. A good marks man will be able to win considerable in cash prizes as well as a number of valuable cups. . English Boscr Seeks Bouts. NEW YORK, Aug. 17. Jack .Harri son, middleweight champion of Eng land, and holder of the Lord Lonsdale belt, is the latest pugilistic arrival from London. He expects to box the winner of the McGoorty-Moha bout to be held in Michigan on Labor day. Ed die Morgan, bantam champion of Wales, who won the British title from Digger Stanley recently by default, came over with Harrison and is anx ious to meet Johnny Coulon. Welch Outpoints Knight. WINNIPEG Aug. 17. Freddie Welsh had the better of every round of the 12 boxed last night in the Auditorium Rink against Phil Knight, of Kansas City; and won the affair by tho largest margin of points possible, outpointing Knight from every angle. BREAKERS TOURNEY NEXT LOXG BEACH WILL BE RENDEZ VOUS FOR TENNIS FOLK. Eighteen ' Cups to Be Divided Be tween 50 and 60 Racqueters, Is Announcement. The fifth annual invitational Break ers tennis tourney, offering IS cups to between 50 and 60 racqueters, will open at Long Beach, Wash., Monday morn ing and end the following Saturday. The tourney will consist of six events: Breakers cup (men's singles champion ship, from scratch), men's consolation singles (handicap), men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, mixed doubles. The men's and women's singles championships carry trophies which must be won on three consecu tive tourneys, but these events, as well as all others, are rewarded with other cup trophies for the 1912 competitions. J. W. ..Lewis, the winner of the Breakers cup last season, will not com pete this year, but E. L. Mersereau, who is handling the tournament, ex pects to have one of the best fields of contestants in tho history of the com petitions. Among those who will bo attracted to Long Beach for the tourney are: Miss Mildred Fuller, Miss Mabel Goss, Miss Marie Howell, Miss Amy Rosen haupt. Miss Frances Brady, Miss Irene Hie-gins. Miss Irene Daly, Mrs. George McPherson. Miss Edna Kilbourne, Miss Lucile Parker. Miss Elizabeth Parker. Miss Nancv Stack, Mrs. Bert Irwin, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Brittan. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Ewing, Mr. and Mrs. Norrls B. Gregg, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gearin. Mr. and Mrs. Guy . Howell, Mr. and Mrs. J. H." Knight. Mr. and Mrs. Percy Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. D. i,. Stewart. Mr. and Mrs. Millard HolbrooK Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Jeffery, Sam Archer, Dr. Joseph Bllderback, Walter Brewer. P. E. Brlgham, John .dgar, Mason Ehrman. Edgar Frank. David Jordan. G. R. Knight, Jack Latourette, Harry Lytle. A. B. McAIpln. Irvln Rohr. Leo Hahn. Dr. A. A. Morrison Dr E. W. Morse, Walter jrtosenreia, James Srflves. H. R. Aakeman, Morris Dunne, Eugene Mersereau. Eg bert Mersereau. J. F. Elton. R. R. Warlner, F. R. Godwin. Sam Holbrook, Eugene Main, of Astoria; A. D. A aKe man, E. L. Elton. GOMES "Nap" Twirler Does Clever Work in Recent Game. SUNDAY STRONG FOR COBB Steen Begins to Show Real Claaa With Cleveland Ban Johnson Gets Jolt Gcers and Mack Out.. COLTS LEAGUE LEADERS HITTING SPURT PUTS TEAM AT HEAD OF SLUGGERS. Meek Sow Four Points Behind Bloomficid, Whose Average I .357 Myers Best on Bases. Portland Is now the slugging cham plon of the Northwestern League. Ward McDowell, the second-sacker sold to Cleveland, tops the individual batsmen with an average of .344, while the Colts head the 11st in team batting, with an average of .257. The terrific clouting of the past tew weeks served to plant McDowell and the Colts at the top. the figures in eluding last Tuesday's game giving the Portlanders a splendid position in the bat division of diamond endeavor. While McDowell, probably the great est Individual player in the league till season, with the possible exception o Hap" Myers, of Spokane, was steadily climbing towards the top of the bat roll of honor. "Dad" Meek, the Vic torla backstop, who so long clung un challenged at the top. was in the throes of a slump which landed him lou points below McDowell. The Spokane first sacker has pur loined 70 bases to date and did not break into the league until the season was several weeks old. He is so far ahead ot the others that there is no chance for him to be ousted, with only six weeks more remaining of tho sea son's schedule. In addition he is hit ting .309 and playing a splendid field mg game at first. His bad arm is im proved and it would not occasion much surprise should he bo drafted and given another cnance in the big show. The following are the recent figures of the Fielder Jones circuit:. Tillamook Defeats Salem. SALEM, 'Or.. Aug. 17. (Special.) Tillamook defeated ' Salem today, 3 to 0, Tuerck being too much for the Cher ry City batters. The 'batteries Tilla mook, Tuerck and Armbruster; Salem, McKevitt and Hoi man. Tillamook meets the Albany Athletics in a Sunday game. McFarland to Fight McMahon. DUBUQUE. Iowa. Aug. 17. Articles have been signed for a match between Packey McFarland and Young-McMa hon,- of n New York, to take place dur ing the week of September ! 6-20. Player, club Burch. Portland McDowell. Portland Meek, Victoria Myers, Spokane Bennett, Vancouver Million, Tacoma Kennedy. Victoria Crulkshank. Portland Bvram. Vancouver Wilson. Seattle Neighbors, Tacoma Schneider, Seattle strait, Seattle Frisk, Vancouver Speas, Portland Weed. Victoria Jackson, Seattle Powell, Spokane Hunt. Tacoma Devogt, Spokane Melchior. Spokane Kibble. Portland James, Vancouver Aitman, .Spokane Nili. Tacoma Doty. Portland Brashear. Vancouver Abbott. Tacoma Yohe, Victoria Clementson, Victoria Williams. Portland Eastley. Portland La l.onKC Tacoma Fries. Portland Kippert. Vancouver McMullon, Tacoma Steiger. Portland Zimmerman. Spokane Jansen, Tacoma Shaw. Seattle Mann. Seattlo Ostdiek. Spokane Scharney. Vancouver Chick, Seattle Gordon. Seattle . . -I Mahoney. Portland , Fullerton, Seattle Merrltt, Victoria James, Seattle Ivnch, Tacoma Moran. Seattle C'artwright. Spokane Cooney, Spokane . . Coltrin. Portland Persons. Vanoouver-Tacoma Whalintf. Seattle Club Portland Vancouver Spokane - Seattle .. 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AV. 25 4 U 1 1 0 il 2 2 .M0 21S 31 71 11 0 2 20 8 13 .344 3.-.S SI 120 16 3 11 55 3 6 .:140 424 70 Lit 16 2 0 20 10 70 .Mntf 471 HO 144 23 Si 5 4 1 22 36 .::0 $5 It 26 3 0 0 3 1 4 .Kill 3:)7 U'.l 121 23 6 8 511 7 22 .::." 2D!) 51 1)1 10 1 1 15 12 It .301 37 31101 0 200 .27 .S7 4 11 2 0 0 2 1 2 .207 443 00 130 20 2 7 35 11 22 .2rt4 OS 0 17 4 U 6 22 1 U .23 411 71 ll 2 8 15 SI 4 V.2 .2tK) 434 7!) 123 26 7 ' 7 t!l 10 17 -28S 3SI 65 lull 17 8 4 45 11 30 .2S alS 5 H'9 17 8 4 45 19 30 .26 414 56 11S 22 3 4 40 15 15 .285 145 23 41 5 " 3 14 C 11 .2S:t . 146 1ft 41 2 2 3 15 4 7 .2S1 176 i'J 4l 8 2 11.". 4 4 .2711 274 4U 76 8 4 2 22 4 11 .277 415 57 114 21 4 1 32 1 10 .27. 4211 ."2 117 17 6 6 47 13 22 .27 423 49 116 21 4 1 32 14 31 .273 158 II 13 4 0 0 0 6 10 .273 38267 101 21 6 7 54 23 13 .272 70 7 10 1 O 0 1 2 2 .271 440 C2 110 19 2 7 44 13 15 .27.) 453 63 122 16 3 0 22 15 23 .26) 145 25 39 4 1 3 15 6 10 .26:1 X52 46 t4 14 2 1 21 5 10 .267 103 14 ?S 2 1 3 ll 1 1 .267 177 26 47 8 1 1 13 2 6 .66 473 56 326 11 5 0 21 19 16 .266 425 6 114 34 2 4 38 14 31 .266 f00 44 81 10 0 2 22 23 13 .264 ys 4 10 2 1 0 4 1 0 .2.S 41 1 34 109 22 2 1 29 10 30 -26,i 112 14 24 3 0 4 15 5 2 .261 425 60 J 10 11 1 5 28 14 28 .258 437 64 112 15 0 15 72 16 23 .256 16-) 17 41 2 0 10 I 13 .253 ; 42 . 14 1 2 22 13 18 .255 341 40 86 8 1 1 13 7 18 .25:) 71 11 18 4 1 1 9 1 1 " .25:1 146 19 .16 8 4 2 22 ,3 4 .252 107 13 27 4 1 2 12 4 2 .252 187 23 '7 11 O 5 26 4 9 .231 SO 6 20 2 0 1 3 3 0 .250 457 56 114 16 6 5 43 11 18 .249 406 62 101 12 3 1 45 10 19 .249 XS4 4 ." 16 3 4 37 '17 27 .247 418 71 21 4 1 32 23 43 .216 39,-, 36 95 10 1 1 15 8 8 .243 33 8 8 0 0 O 2 5 .242 .93 31 71 8 2 4 24 8 7 .24U Records. - i : H. 2B. 3B. Hr. Th. Sh. Sb. Av. .124 H-19 153 41 27 KKi 124 151 .257 547 li'27 139 .15 30 299 144 174 .253 513 17 142 35 16 260 13:1 -J5H .253 540 975 136 22 63 375 130 170 .253 495 !.3 1."9 37 43 312 140 144'. 231 205 1100 125 26 55 339 125 156 .244 Although Vean Gregg, the former Portland pitcher, succumbed to recent diamond assaults, he is still the best twirler of the Cleveland Naps this sea son, with a record of 14 victories and 10 defeats to date. Gregg's start this season was a la mentable one. the great southpaw fall ing to prove a sensation in the early stages of the American League race However, a trip or two to Bonesetter Reese removed "kinks" from his sal ary arm and during the past few weeks he has twirled good ball. Bill Steen. another Clevelander who has seen service with the Portland Bea vers, is twirling nice ball, winning over half of his games. He worked little un til recently, but has been giving the Naps a victory with much regularity. He has won four games and lost four. Ban Johnson, president of the Amer ican League, received a terrific jolt the other day, when President Navin, of Detroit, signed Hughey Jennings for another two years. Johnson threatened to "get" Jennings, and it was rumored after the Cobb incident that "E-Yah" would not last the season out in the Johnson circuit. Apparently Navin is not in sympathy with the movement to make Johnson a despot. "Bruno" Block. Walter Kuhn's back stopping rival on the Chicago White Sox club, has been traded to Milwau kee, along with Russell Blackbourne, for Catcher Schalk. Billy Sullivan is just about through and the bulk of the receiving has beem placed on the shoulders of the sorrel-topped ex-Beaver. Jim Thorpe, the world's premier ath lete, denies the report that he Is to join the Pittsburg Pirates. The great Indian says that he is going back to Carlisle for a year or two. but may pitch for a major league club after that. Billy Sunday figures Ty Cobb the greatest modern baseball player. How ever, the evangelist thinks that the conduct of the "Georgia Peach" will bar liim from tho automobile to be awarded to the most valuable player in the American League. Pop Geers and Connie Mack are out of place this season. Geers belongs at the top of grand circuit drivers. Just as Mack does at the baseball pinnacle, but poor horses and poor ballplayers account for the position of the pilots with the also-ran performers. - Ban Johnson appears to feel favor ably inclined towards the proposed ballplayers' union, but Garry Herr mann doesn't think much of the scheme and Intimates that Dave Fultz. the at torney who has been boosting the movement for several years, is after the dollars accruing from attorney fees. A funny baseball mlxup developed recently between the New York Amer icans and the Lawrence club. The Yanks offered $5000 for Pitcher Keat ing, but a minority stockholder sought an injunction restraining the manage ment from making the sale, contend ing that the player should bring a larger price. The court refused to grant the Injunction and Wolverton got the player. e A world's pacing record was estab lished at the Pittsburg grand circuit meeting, Vernon McKlnney pacing a mile in 2:01 and Don Bensmoro fol lowing it with a 2:02 mile. They were the two fastest consecutive heats ever paced in competition. A Cincinnati writer, unearthing the early history of baseball in that hap less diamond city, dwells upon the great variety of beards sported by the early athletes. It was customary to tuck the hirsute appendages inside the shirt in order to prevent Interference In pitch ing. Walter Johnson, the sensational Washington pitcher. hag won 12 straight games for the climbing Sen ators. Clark Griffith expects Johnson to pull the club to the top of the Amcr. lean League percentage column. BEARS BEAT PIPPIXS IX NINTH Boise Loses to Buckaroos and Dropi : to Third in League Race. With the score tied in the ninth Jones, the first man up for Walla Walla, drove out a three-bagger. Pugsley went into the air and WaJla Walla had scored three men before the side was retired at La Grande yester day. Up to the ninth the game was one of the best seen at ia uranau this year. The diamond was slow and the weather cold and this handicapped the pitchers. Kelly allowed 13 hits, but managed to keep them scattered. Until the ninth ' Harsted had the bet ter of the argument. He was replaced , by Pugsley. In the ninth La Grande niled the "bases, but Kelly got him self out of the hole. The score: R. H. E . La Grande. .4 13 3;Walla Walla 7 14 3 Batteries Harsted. Pugsley and Mc- Bride: Kelly and Brown. Boise went down to defeat at ine hands of Pendleton yesterday and also to third place in the trl-state pennant scramble. The game was played in Pendleton under most unfavorable cir cumstances. Berger was touched up often by Boise, but he managed to keep his hits scattered while Pope was hit hard at times. Boise really lost tne game on errors. The score: Pendleton.. 6 7 lBolse 3 9 4 Batteries Berger and Pembrook; rope and Taylor. . LEGG FOURTH TIME CHAMPION Middleton Loses Final Match In Trans-Mississippi Golf Play. MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 17. Harry G. Legg, MInlkahda Club, Minneapolis, won today for the fourth consecutive year, the championship of the Trans-Missis sippi Golf Association when he defeat ed W. D. Middleton, Davenport, la. playing ftjom the Rock Island Arsenal Club, six up and five to go over the linikahda course here. For two years prior-to this winning of the champion- hip Legs was runner-up. ine caras for the afternoon play were: Lefr!; Out. 4, 4. 4, 7, 4, 4, 4, 6, 641. Middleton Out, 4, 6, 4, 6, 6, 4, 3, 5, 4 40. Legg In. 3, 4, 6, 5. Middleton In. 4, 5. 4. S. $20 RAINCOATS $14.75. Men. you save $3.25 on your rain coat by taking the elevator. Jimmy Dunn, room 315 Oregonlan bldg.