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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. TORTLAND. AUGUST 25, 1913. BEAVERS MAKE IT 5 Fl 11 SENATORS Sacramento Hands Quintet of - Victories, Last Being 7-to-2 Affray. TEAM HAS "COME BACK" Cbt Chadbonrne and Harkness Due for Credit of latest Success Gilligan Has Poor Support. Kibble Is Fanned. Fartflr Coat League Standings. W. L PC W. L. Pc. Vernon.... 81 55 .391 Portland. .. 55 67 .451 Lot Air. 7T 34 .. an Fran.. 5 78 .42, Oakland.. 74 61 .J4S,-sarramcnto 50 SO .8S3 Yesterday's Results. At Portland Portland 7. Sacramento 2. At Saa Francisco Vernon 8, San Fran- elara 5 At LOi Angeles Loa Angeles 3. Oakland 2. BY BOSCOE FAWCETT. Great Scott! our strenuous Governor mav yet get tetanus fooling with a toy pistol: Who knows? Harkness set Eacramento down yesterday with five hits, and Portland's 7-to-2 victory made five straight from the tall-enders. Gil ligan hurled better ball than the score Indicates, but he got miserable support But Imagine five straights for the Beavers. Heretofore the encyclopedia has recognized only Beven wonders of the world: 1. Walls of Babylon. i. Statue of Zeus at Olympla. S. Hanging gardens at Babylon, 4. Celossus of Rhodes. and a couple of other mausoleums and things not half as mysterious and Interesting as a recent councilmanlc boat ride down the Willamette. Bra vers "Come Back.". But that was compiled back in the days when Portland was used to per centage-table prosperity. Five straights now gives a diabolical satisfaction with life. Check up wonder eight for Walt aicCredie the Beavers have . "came back. If there is any one individual aside from Harkness entitled to mention, that one Is Chet Chadbourne. It was the popular outfielder's hit in the sixth in ning that tied the score for Portland. 2 to 2. and it was his daring steal home. in collaboration with Bancroft, a fo ment later that put us to the good. Chadbourne incidentally hit three times, walked the other twice up and purloined three bases off Grletz, who had a sorry time trying to stop tne Beavers' wild rushes around the cor ners. Chadbourne also drove in one of the four tallies in the eighth Inning, when Irelan hesitated on his grounder with second and third occupied. Freaky Balk Scores One, Gilligan preceded this by a freaky balk with the bases full, scoring one. while Fitxgerald banged out a scream ing triple into left field a moment lat er, registering the other duet. Umpire W heeler called the balk wnen uungan let the ball slip from his hands wind ing ud. The sphere rolled almost to first base and precipitated a heated ar gument over the. low tariff on balks. Those who voted in the affirmative with the arbiter naturally won. Harkness pitched great ball and de served victory. He was in serious trouble In only the third inning, when Captain Rodgera developed an attack of St. Vitus' dance and let tne two Sac ramento tallies filter across. Walks to Irelan and Gilligan, a sacrifice and Madden's single helped In the mixup, but with perfect play, Speck would have come through unscathed. Gilligan, on the other hand, was forced to content himself with this same brand of support throughout eight long innings. Kibble Is Fanned. Portland filled the bases In the sec ond inning and drew first blood by securing one tally. GMigan's error, Lindsay's single to right and Fisher's roller to Irelan opened the inning. The bridegroom pitcher rallied then and pitched wonderful ball, fanning Kibble and forcing two men to hit to the in field. Butcher scoring. After the sixth, when the Beavers forged to the front with two runs, there was no question about the result. The Jinx was working. Kibble started that flameup by singling through short. He was sacrificed to second and scored on Chadbourne'! drive. Chad going to sec ond on Lewis' mlsplay. Bancroft land ed safely on Holster's high throw, and, as Chadbourne then occupied third, the two speed merchants executed a double steal. The score: Sacramento I Portland Ab.il. Po.A. E.I AO.H.FO.A.E. defeated Sam Francisco in a game that was full of errors, by a score of 8 to 5. In the middle of the third Inning, after the visitors had made four runs and two hits off Jess Baker. Henley was sent to the mound, but the change did not help San Francisco. Six errors by San Francisco con tributed largely to the final result. Schmidt was sent to bat for Auer in the ninth inning and Berry supplanted him. The score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Vernon.... 8 6 3San Fran... 6 12 6 Batteries Brackenrldge and Agnew; Baker and Henley, Auer and Berry. .NATIONAL LEAGUE. Sew York 3, Pittwburg 2. . PITTSBURG, Aug. 24. New York played the last game of the season in Pittsburg and won. For six Innings not a visiting player reached first base. In the seventh, however, they got two singles and a home run, giving them three runs and the game. Herzog made a triple in the last inning, but It was of no value, as he was left on third. Doyle's grounder bounded over Miller's head for a single in the seventh: Becker went out on a foul to Gibson; Murray dropped the ball into center field for a single and then Merkle put the ball over the wall for a home run. chasing Doyle and Murray across the plate ahead of Mm. Pittsburg scored In the first inning, carey getting a single, reaching second on a fumble by Snodgrass and came home on a single by Miller. Wagner hit for two bases in the sixth and went to third on single by Miller. The latter stole sec ond and then Meyers threw to Her sog to catch Wagner at third and the ball went Into lert rteio, wagner gum home. Score: ' R.H. E. R.H Pittsburg. 2 7 OiNew Tork. 1 6 Batteries Adams. Camnitz and Gib son. Simon: wutze. Matnewson ana Meyers. Chicago 4, Boston 6. CHICAGO, Aug. 24. Chicago was de feated by Boston and as a result now sx games behind stw xotk, m the leaders defeated Pittsburg. Th visitors bunched their hits off Laven der and Toney. Tyler pitched in fin form, striking out six men. The bat ting of Saier, Kirk and Jackson Tea tured. Score: R. H. E. R- H. IS Chicago... 4 13 OiBoston 6 14 Batteries Lavender. Toney an Archer; Tyler and Kllng. St. Lonis 7, Brooklyn 3. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 24. The wildness o the Brooklyn pitchers, together with timely extra base hits of the locals, rave St. Louis this arternoon s game, With the bases full in the sixth. Phelp tripled, giving the visitors their scores, Score: R. H. E. R- H. E, St. Louie.. 7 8 "Brooklyn.. 8 10 Batteries Sallee and Wlngo; Stack, Knetzer, Curtis and Phelps. Philadelphia 1, Cincinnati 0. CINCINNATI. Aug. 24. Rixey was Invincible today and Philadelphia shut out Cincinnati. Fromme was effective except in the third inning, when Lobert tripled and Cravath singled auer m gee struck out, putting over the win nlng run. Score: R. H. E.I R. H. E. Cincinnati. 0 5 2Phlla 1 5 Batteries Fromme, Suggs and Lean; Rixey and Kllliter. SACRAMENTO TWIRLER AND METHODS OF THROWING VARIOUS CURVES TO THE BATSMEN. Mc AMERICAN LEAGUE. New York 7, Chicago 6. NEW TORK. Aug. 24. New Tork evened up the series with Chicago by taking todays game. cnase stole home in the - seventh. The score: R. 11. E. K..H. a New Tork.. 7 11 2!Chicago 6 13 Batteries Ford and Sweeney; White and Schalk. Boston 8, Cleveland 4. BOSTON, Aug. 24. Boston tightened tft lad for Dennant nonors ana joe Wood won his 13th straight game in defeating Cleveland. It was Wood s 8th victory- of the season. Boston hammered Gregg for seven runs and he was replaced in the fifth inning by Kaler. Olsen was put out or tne game In the first Inning for arguing, uau was forced to retire in the sixth in ning and will be out of the game some time with a broken nnger. ue score. R. H. E. t Boston 8 9 5Cleveland. . 4 7 3 Batteries Wood and Cady; Gregg, Kaler and O'Neil. "STAR : I r n I V I I . ,jr N ' ' ! l x or 4B l .'..'.:..-..'.:.,: x :; .-,:...-.-. ::. i M til h;s. - :I if d IT , wm' .... -J Bhinn.rf.. 4 Uad'en.cf 4 UFlater.2b 4 Orr.aa . 4 Lewla.lf.. 4 Miller.lb. 4 lrelan.3b. 3 Kreltz.c. 2 Silligan.p 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 O (i OiToume.lf. 3 1 IB' croft. as. OlF-erald.rf. 4 IE decn,.b o I B tcner.lb 4 )L dsay.3b. 4 0 Fisher. c 4 OKIbble.cf . 1M tneai.p. 3 Total.. 81 6 2112 4t Totals. .o4 12 27 11 8CORE BY INNINGS. Eacramento 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Hlta 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 Portland 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 7 Hits 1 2 1 1 1 2 0 4 12 SUMMARY. Runs Shlnn. Irelan, Chadbourne (2, Butcher, Flaher. Kibble t2, Harkness. Struck out By OUIIgan 5. by Harkness 1. Bases on balls Off Gilligan 4. off Harkness 2. Three-baso hit Fltz-eeraid. Sacrifice bits Kreltz. Kibble. Harkness. Stolen bases darkness. Fisher. Chadbourne 3). Ban croft. Lewis. Balk Gilligan. Time of game 1:35. Lmplres unney and "A heeler. Philadelphia -2, St. Louis 2-1 PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 24. Phlla- lolnhia defeated St. Louis in a double- header. In the first game rapier ana Weilman were hit hard, while Houck was eneciive. m ino segouu iuwuvb and Powell had a battle, the former striking out 11 batsmen. The scores: First game R. H. is. I Phila 9 18 l3t Louis.. Batteries Houck and Lapp and Krlchell. Second game R. H. E. Phila 2 7 OiSt. Louis... Batteries Coombs and Egan; Powell and Alexander. WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. Detroit at Washington advanced and played yes terday. No game on account of the funeral of President Noyes, of the Washington club. R. H. E. .2 5 1 ; Napier R. H. E. .16 2 Baseball Statistics STANDING OF THE LEAGUES. American League. W. L. Pel W. L. Pc. Boston.... S2 S .6M Detroit. . .. 58 65 .463 Washing'n 74 45 .ti23 C leveland.. 52 66 .441 Philadel... 71 46 .eo7;.- York. 41 75 .63 Chicago... 5tt 58 .5vi,st. Louis.. 37 81 .Jia Notes of Hie Game. Portland and Sacramento will play a double-header, starting at 1:30 today. ' Hlg ginbotham and Klawitter will be In the points for Portland and likely Munsell and Schwenk for the Senators. Fisher secured a single In the fourth Inning when Orr and Lewis let an easy fly drop between them. Shortstop Bancroft, of Portland, averted a similar tragedy in the third Inning by racing In and taking a pop fly that Fisher and Butcher were fluctuat ing on. New National League. York Rl 33 .711!Cinclnnatl. Chicago. Pittsburg Mlnneap. . Columbus. Toledo. . . . Kan. City. 53 63 .4.17 51 64 .44 ! 42 7:1 .3J5 bO .2J2 5 3U .UoSlSt. Louis 67 4S .53 Brooklyn. . Philadel... 55 57 .4D1, Boston. . . . American Association. 87 49 .640 Milwaukee 63 OS 83 52 .613 St. Paul... 0.2 75 7S 55 .5H7, Louisville.. 52 S3 64 6t .4S1 Indianap... 4S S3 I'niun Association. 75 42 .641 Ogden 06 62 47 .BOO, Butte 4U 71 4S1 ,452 ,385 ,353 Missoula. . Salt Lake. Kibble cut off one Sacramento score by a Great Falls t3 54 .53$lHslena. beautiful throw to the plate from the out field on Madden's hit In the third Inning. Hank Butcher la developing into 'quite a flrst-sacker. He manipulated a couple of spectacular plavs yesterday. Fitzgerald, the pitcher Injured by Butch er's drive Friday, expects to get back into harness within a month. He says he doesn't think the arm Is broken. Just badly bent. OAKS LOSE PITCHERS' BATTLE Abies, for Commuters, Makes Show ing but Succumbs, 3 to 2. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24. The game between Oakland and Los Angeles was a pitchers' battle In which, although he lost the game, Abies made the best showing, holding the Los Angeles team to four hits and striking out seven men. One of the local team's hits was a home run by Heltmuller. The score: R. H. E. R. H. E. Oakland... 2 6 ljLos Angeles 3 4 1 Batteries Abies and Rohrer; Halla and Brooks. 475 oi4 41 78 .344 Seals Lose Game of Errors. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2L- 60 64 .484 59 66 .472 45 7v .363 Western League. Denver.... 74 53 .583 Des Mines. 61 62 .406 Omaha 71 00 sioux City St. Joseph.. 67 55 .549Vchlta. .. Lincoln... 63 62 .5u5,ropeka. . . . Yesterday's Results. American Association Milwaukee 4, Co lupmbus 3: Minneapolis 2-5, Indianapolis 0-4: Louisville 11, St. Paul 4; Kansas City 5. Toledo 2. Union Association Salt Lake 17. Helena J: Great Falls 4, Butte 8; Missoula 0, Og den 3. Western League St. Joseph 3. Sioux. City 2: Wichita 15. Topeka 1: Omaha 4, Des Moines ; Lincoln 12. Denver 2. Portland Bat t ting Averages. Pacific Coast i Noi'thwestern- Fltiger'ld Krueger.. Lindsay.. Suter. . . . Rodgera. . Butcher.. Doane. . . Chadb'ne. Fisher. . . Kibble. . . Rapas. . . Hifgin'm How ley. . Bancroft. Harkness. Koestner. Klawitter Gregg.... AH. H. AV AB. H. Av. 54 20 .370 McDowell. 251 S3 .331 402 126 .313 Burch 60 18.317 316 80 .310iCrulksh'k. 323 00 .2H7 13 4 . 308 Doty 77 22.283 470 13S .2tM Speas 427 119 .278 121 34 .2SlFrles 521 137 .26J :::.2 01 .274 Eaathty.. . 113 29.257 443 11S .266 rt llllams. 38 90.255 160 42 .263 Callahan. 12 8.230 23 6 .261 Stelger. .. 43 10.233 417 10 .234 Coltrln. .. 423 99.231 56 14 .250 Hausman. 48 11 .229 230 50 .22 Wahoney. 177 40.226 S63 82 .223 Harris 321 66 .2D5 54 12 .222 Bloomfrid 61 10.164 10O 20 .DurtGlrot 31 3.181 4 IS .191 Agnew... 1 0.000 27 4 .1481 FRANK AREL LANES. ' Basing the calculations upon Christy Mathewson's proposed system of de termining the worth of a pitcher, Frank Arellanes Is the best pitcher In the Pacific Coast League. When a flinger is with a leading club his club ofttlmes carries him along, but when a tall-ender twirler shows a winning average, you can put it down that he is doing the carrying if any Is being done. Arellanes' loss of a beautiful five- hit game against Hlgglnbotham Thurs day gives the Sacramento righthander a reason's record of 18 wins and' nine defeats. Remarkable twirling is It not? with a team in the cellar? Arel lanes has pitched two shutouts, one three-hit game, four fourhit and three flve-hlt encounters. When one considers that Ttfiller of the Seals. Delhi, Abies of the Oaks, and such classy mounders as these are. far below him, then one begins to realize what Arellanes has accomplished. Ho Is one of the steadiest men In the league. Arellanes had his trial in fast company, being with the Boston Americans for over three years. An attack of sickness sent him back to the Pacific Coast last Summer after a brilliant start. His name is pronounced with the accent on the third syllable Ar-el-lao-es, the "a" being sounded as In "can." The San Jose wonder laughed when azked nla national! ;jr "Pure Castilian," said he. "I don't know where they get that Mexican talk. My mother and father are bota Spaniards, the latter hailing direct from Spain." His wife accompanied him on bis trip to Y ortoaua. GUT IS UNUSUAL Northwestern League . Pre sents Peculiar Situation. SPOKANE NOW IS LEADING Joe Chn 3f ay Flaunt His Second Pennant In Three) Season Is Opinion of Follower of Fielder Jones Circuit Doings. BY JAMES H. CASSELL. The Northwestern League schedule presents a peculiar' situation lor tne next two weeks, with three first divi sion teams clashing with the second division clubs in 16-game series which will go far towards determining the 1912 championship. riuhn have met on long series tnis season, but the spectacle of three 15- garhe series is one seldom seen in base ball and Is a novelty in tne normwest- ern League. Under ordinary circumstances, ngur- ing the merits of the respective teams on their percentage positions, a broad statement that the clashes of the two weeks would result in little change in the aspect of the championship race, might be in order. But, remembering the surprise handed Bob Brown's Bea vers last week, and the uncertain and disconcerting strength of tne tnree trailing clubs. It would not De suiciaai for a nroDhet to venture a guess mat the team which leads on September 8 will be in that position when the finale is sounded on September is. Coining Game Scheduled. The coming games are scheduled in this sfashion: Portland vs. Vancouver, lght games at Vancouver, one at se ttle and six at Portland: Seattle vs. Tacoma, ten games at Seattle, live at Tacoma: Spokane vs. Victoria, three at Victoria, three at Seattle and nine at Spokane. Spokane now nas a lair ieaa tor tne in the coming marathon series it Is probable that Joe Cohn will flaunt bis second pennant in three seasons. At this moment Spokane looks like the first choice for the championship, but a reverse of one series, such as Vancouver encountered last week, would shove the Indians back with the field. Things Differ In Coast. The uncertainty of the situation is more pronounced than in the Pacific Coast League, where Vernon and Los Angeles are generally figured the pen nant contenders. In the Coast League the second division clubs can be - de pended upon to advance so far upon the leaders in every series and rarely surprise. But in the Fielder Jones cir cuit there is always the possibility of an unexpected bracing of the second divisloners, and a consequent upsetting of carefully-studied-out "dope." Take last week, for instance. Van couver figured to administer a sound trouncing to Tacoma, and with Seattle and Spokane playing a nip-and-tuck series, emerge tonight with a margin of from one to two full games over the nearest contender. But instead Taco ma, which lost six straight games to Portland recently, took the first four from Vancouver, and Spokane, by vir tue of a margin over Seattle, Jumped well into the lead. CITY HOLDS BEER RECORD Munich Folk Consume 70 Gallons Each in Year. MUNICH, Aug. 17. (Special.) That this city still holds the beer-drinking record for the world is one of the news Items that has interested Germans most during the heat wave. The official report shows that the citizens of this famous city consumed during the past 12 months more than 70 gallons apiece of their favorite lager. In England, which Is proud of its brew eries, the average was only 26 gallons. During the same time the Munich breweries produced 81,752,000 gallons of beer. Just a little over a half of it was used to lubricate local throats and the rest was poured out to grateful consumers in other parts of Germany and the rest of Europe. ' Clearly the liquor is not without hon or in its own country, for Munich drank 2,310,000 gallons more of it in 1911 than in 1910. PITCHING LIES i SUCCESS C L Arellanes, Sacramento Twirl er, Writes About Some of Game's Fine Points. BAY CITY WEATHER IS BAD Chilly Atmosphere and Boisterous Winds Trouble Flinger Spit ball Llttlo Resorted To ' by Senator Monndman. BY FRANK ARELLANES. ( Pitcher Sacramento Baseball Team.) I have often been asked about the fine points of pitching. Invariably my answer has been "control.- control spells a lot for the successful mound man: in fact, it Is everything. still. no p'tcher always has control. Some rlRvn nna. ran hit a nail head 60 reel awav. while at other times climate and conditions different one ca hit th hackstoD's big mitt. Personally. I do not like to pitch In San Francisco. The weather is too chilly and the winds too boisterous. A week ago, . in the series against San Francisco, I twirled the Thursday and Sunday morning games, which are played on the Oakland grounds, and won them both. A nitnher. however, may have con trol nnrl t!ll not be successful, be r-oi! control doesn't do one any good nnl rmt knows how to Use It. A' pitcher must know the weakness of every batsman. Keep tne Dan uncio thf.v rion't hit It is the formula. a pitcher must know how to mix his of ferlngs. Spltball Little I'aed. A iara- number of fans wonder ahn.it th. anltball. I use It occasion niiv waii aav six or seven times in boitia tiarht games, but as I am r tirva-liail nltcher. I keep away from the saliva delivery as much as possible, r nx- it solelv against southpaw bat ters, for I seem to control it better, but never with men on bases. The moist ball Is awfully slippery, and the Infield or mav throw it awav any time. Con sequently the spitter Is too risky with mp An thA hAers. Hrtwormnn thp. nlrf Giant catcher, is said to have first delivered tne spit ball, but he didn't know it until Elmer Stricklett caine along and put it to a pitching use. Bowerman had a naDit of wetting his fingers when throwing to second.' and, as he had a powerful arm thA hnll took weird breaks. His second baseman muffed so many throws that Bowerman was at one time laid off from the catching job. In the days of Stricklett the pitchers wet tlie ball all over, but now the flingers have discovered that the same results can be accomplished by merely wetting a spot for the fingers to -rest upon. Let the ball shoot off the fing ers with the grip on the wet area, and it goes practically dead, with little or no spinning motion, until It gets al most to the batter. Then it takes a freakish turn calculated to fool most any batter. :' Two Spltball Muster. Russ Ford, of the New Tork Tanks, and Ed Walsh, of the Chicago Sox, are two pitchers who have mastered the spitball. They can control its breaks and cause the ball to shoot one of sev eral ways by putting the thumb on the unbathed portion of the leather. This gives the sphere a small spinning mo tion away from the direction that the curve should break. I throw the ball for all my repertoire from the same grip. I hold 1t between the thumb and the first two fingers. Curves, side-arm fast ball, slow ban and spitter all go out between the thumb and Index finger, only with a different spin for each assortment, F.lmer Stricklett used to throw the A,arlv-dav sDitter from between the In dex and little finger. Jack-knifing the second and fourth digits under the leather. ThA, slow ball Is accomplished by holding the pellet loosely In the hand and then letting It go with air the con tortions of the speed ball so that the batter is not prepared to swing late at it. A number of people have asked me what batters I dread the most. This question I do not care to answer Just now, maybe later. I will say, tnougn. that I cannot see why the Portland team is not farther up the percentage column. The club leads the league in fielding, and Is surely a hard-hitting aereresration. at least It always hits against us, Coaat League Improving. To me it seems the Coast League is getting faster all the time. I began pitching for Stockton in the outlaw lA.-is-uA In 1906. being bought by the Boston Americans in the Fall of 1907, hut I saw a good many coast games. and the present-day ball 1s far superior to my way of thinking. This is a poor league, though, for youngsters to break in. The managers want veterans witn experience. So far this season 1 nave Deen re markably fortunate in winning games, but one cannot tell how long the good luck will stick. Last season I started out with seven straight victories, when I had my index finger split open while batting against "Bullett" Miller, of the Seals. That nut me on the shelf for several weeks, and I never regained the use of the digit again during the season. Maybe that partially explains my fin ishing record of seven wins and eignt losses In 1911- weeks of the season we will be at home six and on the road just one. That one exception is a week with the Sacramento club and the Senators are so weak that it will be the same as being at home. That will give the club a tremendous advantage and we will be right on top at the finish. 1 realize that Los Angeles is coming fast and will make a hard fight of it, but I know what the Vernon team can do under a strain. We have the hitters, and we never know what it is to be licked." Happy has said a mouthful there, and his statement has a lot of argu ment connected with it The troubles of a tail end club have been put forth in figures. Somebody with an eye to statistics has figured it out that since the first of the year tne seals nave had 45 different players on the list and in uniform at one time or another. Out of this grand assort ment, which would make five full base ball clubs, 24 players have been re leased and one manager has resigned. Counting Zimmerman, who arrived the middle of the week, the Seals are Just 20 strong at the present time Outside of the battery men, Corhan Is the only chap now playing 1 regularly who was in the game the opening series against the Oaks. The others have mostly disappeared. Kid Mohler Is here, of course, but he Is not in the lineup all the time. There Is a new outfield and practically a new In field, unless you figure McArdle and Mohler. Shifts have to be made when a club is continually losing and you can't al together blame the management. The fans holler and if their quarters and halves are to be expected at the gate they must be appeased. It seems to be settled that the Chi cago White Sox will pick out Frank Miller. hen Delhi was turned over to the Seals It was with the under standing that Comiskey In return was to have the pick of the San Francisco club for $500. He has announced through Ted Sullivan, who is out here on a visit, that Miller looks good to him. That isn't strange, since Miller is apparently the best pitcher In the league today and Is doing the most effective work. Billy Reidv had a chance to trade Miller for Hogan, and Hallinan of the St. Louis team, but Comiskey refused to give up his option. He has waived his option of Corhan and Jess Baker, which means this pair Can stay with the club unless one of them happens to be drafted. Artlett. the pitcher who was formerly with the Beavers, has been signed up bv San Francisco. Artlett has been pitching for Gait in the State League, and last Sunday pitched a one-hit game against the strong Stockton club. Reidy heard that Hap Hogan was on tne quiet hunt for Artlett and stole a march on the Tiger leader last Tuesday night. In the place of Breen. the Milwaukee infielder. who refused to come to the Coast, the Seals have a new Infielder started westward. His name Is Wag ner and he has been playing ball witn the York, Pa team in the Tri-State League. Wagner, according to his last year's figures, Is more or less or demon. He played In over SS games Rnd batted better than .310. He made eight home runs and 20 two-baggers which shows he is something of a slug ger, and stole 21 bases, which is not uad percentage. Reidv thinks what the San Francisco rinh needs is more EDeed and he is working to that end. That Is the rea- VICTORIA IIS 6Y HOI RUH ROUTE Bees Take Third Straight From Portland in Unusually . Fast Game. COLTS' RALLIES THWARTED Xick Williams Starts Things Several Times With Willow but Players Are Unable to Keep Cp Against Canadians. Northwestern Leagtie Standings. W. L. P-t.i W. L. Prt. Spokane... Tl M .559 Portland. .. -' M .4' Vancouver. "2 61 ..Mi nctnrla.... r9 fis .4S Seattle.... 71 SO .341. Tacoma. ... 53 7S .405 Yesterday's Results. At Seattle Victoria 5. Portland 1. At Vancouver Vancoirver 4-9. Tacoma 3-0. At Spokane Seattle 33, Spokane 3. SEATTLE. Wash.. Aug. 24. (Spe cial.) A penchant for home runs gave Victoria their third straight victory over Portland. Vp to the eighth in ning when the Bees managed to sneak over one run on four hits the only runs scored against Portland were on four-base drives by Yohe. Keller. Ken nedy and Smith. Portland was on the short end of the luck as In the pre vious two battles, t'.icir Incipent up risings being nipped before reaching the danger point. Final score. Vic toria, 5: Portland, 1. It was the fastest game of the sea son, taking up only one hour and 13 minutes of time and the peculiar part of it was that neither Smith nor Girot pitched strike-out ball. Only one whlft was credited to each pitcher, but they were remarkably steady each pnssinii only one. Girot got an awful break on one bender and scraped itawiings enough to give him a base. In each of three inntngs rortland gathered two hits yet they could not score while the only run that did come over for them was in the sixth on Speas' double and two lniicld outs. Nick Williams was back in the game and although he placed himself next to last on Portland's batting order he led the team with three clean singles. each of which afforded his followurs a chance to start something, but the am munition gave out. The score: Victoria Portland Ab.H.Pn.A.E. Ab.H.Po.A.I HOGAN SAYS HE'LL WIN SIX OF SEVEN" FIXAL WEEKS AT HOME TRUMP CARD. bunting, and should the Bees fall down I menu Japan Is not yet disposed to follow In the fnntsteos of China In enfranchising women. Japanese women are prohibited from Join ing political associations ana auenainit po litical meetings, and a proposal to lift the prohibition has been voted down in Darlia- Seals Continue Effort to Brace Up by New Additions Team Has Had 4 5 Men Since Opening. BY HARRY S. SMITH. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 24. (Special.) Happy Hogan, leader of the Vernon Tigers, Is in no way discomforted be cause the Angels are close to his heels. He admits cheerfully that the race Is close, but says Just the same that he thinks his team will be found the win ner, when the curtain is rung down on October 27. "The Vernon club has been under a handicap that few people outside of those who play baseball really appre ciate," he declared the other day. "For most of. the time we have been the leaders in' the league race, with a bare margin of just a few games. That means a good deal of tension, and it Is hard on a club. It will account for some of the slumps we have had. Then, too, we haven't been playing at our standard all the time. "But and here is where we have a decided advantage of the last seven son he traded Chick Hartley to Spo kann for Zimmerman. Kid Mohler Is Dreparing for what he sees must come sooner or later his re tirement from baseball. He has pur chaser! a half interest in a moving-pic- tnrn show out in the Mission district. It is a combined show, with pictures and vaudeville stunts, and the Kid says he is doing right well with it. He has had a hankering lor tne last. months to get Into business and this appears to be his opening. It doesn't seem probable that he will be with the Seals next year, although if the Coast League fathers a State League organization, he will have charge of the team financed by San Francisco and used as a farm for the Seals. NAPS CALL Oil KIBBLE METEORIC IXFIELDER GOES TO CLEVELAND TUESDAY. Yohe.Rh. Raw's, as. Brks.lb. Meek.c. . Weed.rf . Clem'n.cf Keller. 2h Ken'dy.lf Smith. p. . 1 2 1 2 0 IS 3 i 1 0 1 1 7 1 H:iua'n.3b 3 o 0 0'Doty. . 0 Uaho y.cf 0 Frles.rf . . 0 Sp's.cf-.ln 1 M'D'l!.2b. tVulU'k.lf 0 Burch. e. . 0 .''ollrln.ss Ivvil'mB.lb llrot.p.. . "Eaatley 1 0 0 1 o 2 2 1 11 : 0 1 1 2 0 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 fl 0 1 0 1 0 0 l 5 0 0 0 Peppery Player With Many Ups and Downs Goes to Recruit Crippled American League Team. Jack Kibble. Portland infielder, whose ups and downs on the baseball acain this season remind one Of those weather charts, has been hurriedly called to Cleveland. He leaves Portland T,..av ami' will likelv be shoved in at third base immediately by the crip pled Naps. This Intelligence, given out by W. W. McCredle last night, will come as surprise to local fans. Kibble was sold to the Naps a few days ago for 2"00, hut wa not to go East until next Spring. "Cleveland telegraphed us today, ap pealing for aid. and as the Beavers are In pretty good shape again, or will be by Tuesday. I guess we might as well let the kid have his chance,-' said Walt McCredle. K-ihhle was in Class D ball last sea.- son. was tried bv Class AA Coasters this Spring, reduced to the Class B Portland Colts, recalled to the local Class AAs and now goes to the majors. If pepper is the essential quality, rou ble will make a great hit with the dis organized Davis crew. President McCredle says the full ten games will be played against Vernon Totals 33 1. 127 3:1 2 Totals S.t S 21 ltt 0 Farted for Hausman In seventh. "Batted for Girot in ninth. SCORE BY INNINGS. Victoria 1 1 n 0 0 0 2 1 5 Portland 0 0 0 O 0 1 O 0 0 1 St'MMARY. Runs Yohe. Clemenrson. Keller. Ken nedy, Smith. Ppeas. Two-base hits Meek. peas. Home runs Yohe. Keller. Kennedy, Smith. Stolen bases Kennedy, Smith. Struck out By Smith 1. bv (iirot 1. Pases on balls Oft Smith 1. off Olrot 1. Hit by pitched ball Rawllngs. bv Gtrot. Passed ball Burch. Double plays McDowell to Williams to Coltnn to Williams: roltrln to McDowell to Williams. Time 1:13. Um pire Toman. CHAMPS TAKE DOUBLE-HEADER Byram and Schmntz at Best Whip Tigers Twice In Day. VANCOUVER. B. C, Aug. 24. By- ram and Schmutz were at their best today. That, with timely hitting, gave the Champs both games of the double- header. The scores: First game Tacoma... 3 6 3Vancouver. 4 10 J Batteries Belford and Lalonge; By- ram and Lewis. Second game Vancouver. 9 12 .iTacoma 0 5 5 Batteries Schmutz and Sepulveda; Meikle and Crittenden. Mayor In Diamond Squabble. SPOKANE. Aug.- 25. Seattle pre sented Spokane with an unmerciful beating today in a game featured by Umpire Moran's squabbles with the spectators in which Mayor W. J. Hindley took a; vigorous part. Ful lerton made a home run, a triple and two singles in five times at bat. The score: Seattle... 13 18 2Spokane... 3 9 3 Batteries Thompson and Whaling; Kraft, Cadreau and Devogt. MAXV WITXESS CLOSE MATCHES thi comine week. Counting the Labor day double-header, a week from Mon dav deht are regularly scheduled, while two postponed games remain to be disposed of. The Rsavers are going at top speed now and may give the Tigers a run for the!,- mnnev. It WOU1Q De a l-uriuiu circumstance of fate should the Bea vers again deprive Hogan of his covtt ed pennant. Few fans, though, realize what an advantage Hogan has on the downward t..o,.h After he finishes this road frir, nn'sentember 10. the Vernons play ,1. e the last seven at home. The odd week. too. will be against the weak Sacramento club, so you can put It down as good as seven weeks at home. Xew Jersey Infantry Wins. urtrt BAXRE. Seagirt. N. J., Aug. 0i The winner of the Columbia trophy match, the principal event today, of the 22d annual Seagirt snooting lounia- ent, was won py six men repi eseui- Xewport Xow Betting 3 to 2 on McLoughlin. NEWPORT. Aug. 24. Maurice E. Mc. Loughlin and W. F. Johnson won the semi-final matches in the all-comers tournament for the National lawn ten nis championship In singles today and will meet on Monday in the nnais for the championship. McLoughlin defeated William j. Clothier, of Philadelphia. 8-6. 6-2. 3-6. 6-4. Johnson won over Karl H. Brhr, of New York. 4-6. 6-3. 6-0, 6-2. The two matches were witnessed by 3000 spectators. The two Phila- delphians played with steadiness and coolness. While Jonnson was ennbled by this method to win against Behr, the dashing game of McLoughlin crushed through the steadiness of Clothier. Neither contest was parti cularly brilliant, but the McLoughlln Clothler match developed many long rallies and numerous spectacular shots. Clothier was some time in finding his game and the nrst set stood three games to one in favor of McLoughlin before the Phlladelphlan began to speed up his strokes. Clothier had tho set 5 games to 4 and 6 to 5, when four beautifully placed shots by McLoughlin squared the set. Then Clothier's er rors gave the set to McLoughlin. McLoughlin made short work of the second set. After Clothier had won two games the Californian ran it out on ing the Second Regiment of Infantry. brinlant playlns and two service National Guard of New Jersey, with a total score of 763. Seventy-one com- etftnr fired in the Gould trophy indi vidual rapid-fire match, the only other contest today. The result wm do an nounced later. ; General' Staff Action Approved. Arms and the Man. a military publi cation Issued In Washington, D. C, con tains an editorial in the current issue commenting on the recent mutiny of the second battalion of the Oregon Na tional Guard at the maneuver cam paign near Gate, Wash. The paper up holds the action of the general staff of the Guard in disbanding the bat talion, declaring that such action was necessary to preserve the dignity of the National Guard of the country. Clothier played the best tennis of the match In the third set. His rallies were good and McLoughlin had dif ficulty in passing Him. The Californian drove frequently into the net. The set went to Clothier through his taking the last five games in succession.' Clothier held McLoughlin In the fourth and what proved to be the final set until the ninth game. In that game deuce was called eight times before McLoughlin won through two hard drives down the side lines. Only one more game was necessary to give the match to the Californian. In the Johnson-Behr contest Behr became nervous and excited and practi cally defeated himself by frequent er rors. After the match today Mc Loughlin was a 3-to-2 favorite for the championship -Vernon '1