TIIE t SUNDAY OREGOXIAK, PORTLAND, SEPTEMBER 23, 1912.
WATCH-TOWER OBSERVATIONS
Material and Immaterial po t
Syllogisms ..by i scoe Fawcett
"Nearly Every Baseball 'Nine' in the Country Has Over Thirty Players on the Roll Why Not Call 'Em 'Ninety-Nines'?" Abe's Philosophy.
JNATHAN BOURNE, a statesman or
I I the new school, declares he la work-
r-' In? hITt tA nrsent to Con
ress that will require newspapers to
rlnt the truth the "exact truth as ne
uts It. For Instance take a look over
his and see how it sounds:
James Peterson, our groceryman, is
nine- a nnni- hnstneSS HIS Store is
Irty. dustv and noxiously odortfer-
us. How can he expect to do much?
James Sherlock, our Mayor, In lntro
ucing Teddy Roosevelt at the opera.
onse last night began by saying:
Ladies and gentlemen we has with
i tonight "
Rev. Styx preached at the First Meth-
dlst Church last night and his ser-
lon was punk.
George Brown died at his home last
ight. The doctor gave it out as heart
allure. The tact la he was drunk and
rhlsky killed him.
Should the editor print the exact
ruth he would have to meet Peterson,
kherlock, Styx and Brown on the front
toop before he could get the Key into
he lock. News has to be modified.
I TOWN COUNCIL, in Indiana nas
Jr" adopted a new means of curbing
he sneed auto drivers who hurdle
ver the Hoosier limit. It 1b a water
tun throwing a three-inch stream and
s calculated to souse all auto scorch
rs. including those who are already
lguratlvelv soused, and make them
orry they didn't stay at home.
When a cheap skate comes along
kith a one-candle power snort wagon
f the vintage of Pop Anson s time, we
'resume the hose will spout piain
vt wntftr eels, dead fish and mud
t is understood it has been arranged
o sprinkle delicately perfumed toilet
vater on the millionaires wnen tuey
ome along, which is only proper.
KhonM a touring car pass with
oad of politicians the water gun will
hoot whitewash.
rpHERE are several ways of playing'
k baseball, one of which is the use
f the brains as much as possible.
Dutch" Krueger, centerfielder of the
ort'.and Coasters, could sometimes
tllize the services of a gill net trap-
ilnsr grounders in center field, but
vhen it comes to doping out the op-
boslng batters, "Dutch" Is recognized
11 up and down the slope as the wizard
f the league. Art may be off on- the
nechanlcal but seldom on the mental.
Krueger, who Is called Dutch, pre-
umably because he does not come from
Holland, plays each batter separately.
left-hand bitter plants to left.
ou are pretty apt -o una i-rueeer
aflng around in that section. Pete
aJey. the clever Los Angeles center-
elder, is another whose gray matter
oes not work like a treadmill. It is
revelation to watch these two per-
mbulate around the outfield pampas
a the batting order teeters down the
ne.
Howard, Hitmuller and Leber are
le men for whom Krueger plays deep-
st. He plays Howard and Looer lor
ight-field hitters. Close tab during
tie series just closing has revealed
me more Interesting data. Dillon, for
nstance, is a line hitter, a lime to
he right of center field. Krueger plays
kvell in for him. When Heltrauller
layed in the Coast League, before go
ng East, he was a right-field hitter.
leiny. who is a right-handed batter.
sed to murder a ball on the outside
the plate, thus accounting for bis
anglng toward the sunfleld. Now, the
lg football star, turns up tils prooo-
cls at the wide ones. He's waiting,
llently waiting, for a ball on the in
tde. That's why he hits to deep left
eld now. I asked Helny if It had
mproved his batting, and he said it
ad. wonderfully.
The Portland team presents a queer
nomaly. Left-handed batters are gen-
rally supposed to hit to right Held,
ut the entire Beaver corps, comprising
i-h sterling southpaw b liters as Chad-
ourne. Suter. Rodgers. Fisner and
itzgerald. hits to left field. Against
o'-tiand Pete Daley seldom plays to
right of a line passing from the
tc tier's box through second and on
the centerfleld fence. In Thursday s
ame. after Harry Suter had banged
wo up against the left-field fence, Da-
ey left centerfleld entirely unprotected.
ent Howard out against tne lence in
ft and himself played short left field.
An amusing incident occurred in this
rhursday game. Pete got badly crossed
young Dave Bancroft. uave, who
a natural right-hand hitter, pulls a
ttle ani generally hits Into dead left
ield. Wednesday and Thursday Ban
roft switched and began batting left
anded. First time up, Thursday, Pete
esticulated at Heitmuller and drew
Dutchman over toward center.
hlle he moved in toward left. Ban-
rod justified his maneuver by slngl
g to left. Next time up the two
alders took the same relative posi
ions, but Bancroft blazed a two-bag
ger directly over second base, which
Daley would ordinarily have garnered
m without loss of breatn. wnen the lo
. al shortstop came up his third time.
Heitmuller refused to budge toward
.-enter field. Again Bancroft . hit to
rrlKht. Page pulling down his drive.
"I knew Pete was on, explained
rieitmuller later. "Wednesday, when
SaruToft switched over he hit three
times to right field, one of his slams
tugging the first base line for two
bases."
Keep your eyes peeled when you go
put today.
Holy Sabbath a succession of Meth
odlstic baptisms that prohibited any
practice whatever. Hodkins shone see
record making one double play unas
sisted. Klnsey spectacularlzed in one
running catch and Mr. Almosted In
another, but his best efforts, born to
blush unseen by the 33d degree fans.
were when by electrified voltage he
held two men on first by as many
doubles into the woods." .
This for the umpire:
"Kenney and Dahlen umpired Impar
tial ball, despite the difference of opin
ion on some decisions. v hen the Cord
finds an umpire who can always judge
correctly he will translate him on the
latest Elijah-Limited, take a year's lay.
off, leave the lad to arbitrate the des
tinies of the spheres during the inter
val, and then retain .him. diurnally
garland by beauteous angel' hands, to
help in the big rush when Gabriel .toots
hl bazoo for the great awakening.
Umpires certainly have their share of
mundane Hades."
Tes, Desdemona! As our correspond
ent points out when the oleoganized ar
bitrator arrives he will be greeted with
many wah-wahs! and much beating of
skin stretched over a buffalo head. No
matter how sanctimonious the ump
tries to be in his judicial pronuncia
mentos and Jaw-breaking adjudications
some Primlpllar in the excubitorium is
Dound to sprinkle cobblestones on the
causeway by shrieking forth excruciat
ing excoriations fit only for the galli
wasps of the garbage heaps.
If you were an umpire wouldn't that
get your galactophorous quadruped? -
ACCORDING to English ldeas the
true sportsman is the athlete who
finishes last In the race,' throws the
hammer over the .least expanse of lat
itude and fizzles at four feet four in
the high jump. Several weeks have
elapsed since the Stars and Stripes
swept everything at the Stockholm
Olympic games, but the English press
is still raving and ranting over the
new blot on the American escutcheon
the degrading of civilization by
thorough preparation for the compe
tition in the world's test of strength
and skill call it "specializing" if you
will.
The typical English outlook Is shown
in the following excerpt from an arti
cle by A. E. Johnson, a well-known
athletic sponsor across the pond:
"If the suggestions put forward mean
anything, they mean that the Olym
pic games are no longer to be con
sidered on their merit's, but merely as
CHART SHOWING HOW ART KEUEGER AND PETE DALEY USE THEIR BRAINS IN PLAYING FOR THE
OPPOSING BATTERS.
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ALL THE PORTLAND. SWATSMITHS ARE LEFT-FIELD HITTERS, AS CAN BE SEEN FROM THE WAY DALEY
PLAYS FOR THEM KRUEGER WATCHES EACH BATSMAN LIKE A HA WK, COVERING SEVERAL ACRES OF
GROUND SWITCHING HIS BASE OF OPERATIONS DURING AN AFTERNOON.
a means to an end entirely remote other in self-glorification by means of
from the original object for which teams of athletic gladiators,
they were revived. The Olympic sta- "The Americans have already set an
dium is in the future to be an arena In example, doubtless but who wants to
which rival nations will vie with each follow them?
"If success in the American games
can be won only by specialists, by all
means let the specialists compete on
their own private Initiative and pro
vide exceedingly interesting exhibi
tions of the feats of speed, 'Skill and
endurance which the human body Is
apable of achieving."
- Bah Jove! But Isn't the Yankee de-
otlon to efficiency a criminal thing?
s It .possible that such dangerous
?haracers as Martin Hawkins, Ted
Meredith. Craig, Horine, Reidpath and
3ellah are at large, branded as they
ire by this blood-curdling specialism?
Specialism think of the horrible dra
son which has been released, cn the
unsuspecting world. Specialism that
which makes the college lad so far
forget his family name as to. lead a life
'hat fits him for his event. Speclal-
sm isn't It a horrible thing?
- Forgetting for the moment that no
athlete in the world spends so. much
time per diem y in his training as the
English cricket-players, all conscien
tious commentators must , agree that
the Ideal athlete la hi who participates
In a diversity of events by the way.
Jim Thorpe did win both the decath
lon and pentathlon, didn't he? but if
the English are content; to accept this
same lethareic excuse until 1916. per
haps America can cause, new economic
benefits to appear In tne'Nngnsn crim
inal code book. For we can positively
announce, ladies and gentlemen, that
Ralph Rose will not gird himself with
a half-inch bamboo, pole and try hoist
ing a half ton of embonpoint over a
horizontal bar 13 feet above terra
firma at Berlin. Nor will, Louis Stro
bino exercise with pulley ' weights tor
four long years so as to equip himself
for that muscle-grinding manipulation
of the 56-pound iron pellet.
In the slightly rearranged words of
the late Patrick Henry: "Give us spe
cialism or give us a regiment of
Thorpes."
WE are in receipt of a communica
tion for a tip on the correct dress
for men. We do not claim sartorial
wisdom, but in all the literature at
hand on the subject there are three
points, only three of agreement, the
stovepipe hat, the dress coat and clean
'.inen. All the rest Is a question of
aste. No man should be without a
silk hat or a dress suit. He does not
know the day when he will, be called
upon to speak at a banquet. Clean
linen is recommended because in all
accounts of men found drowned, the
reporters always speak first of the con
dition of his collar, afterwards of the
contents of his pocketbook and thirdly
of his possible identity. This seems to
establish the primacy of laundered col
lars. It is a little difficult to be
"ound drowned In a clean collar, but.
with a little practice you can accom-
ilish It. '. !
U5
MPIRE GEORGE VAN HALTREN
has ample cause for complaining'
that the dice of the gods are loaded
against him. . The old veteran knew!
little about Biddy Bishop's umpire day'
up at Tacoma, but readily consented to;
be the honored one. .Fleld&r Jones by:
special dispensation switched Van from -Portland
to Tacoma. Van donned his
Winter shirt, combed his hair with a;
Turkish towel, and repaired to the,
park last Sunday with a smile and a;
sprightly walk that led watchers toi
search for Ponce de Leon's drinking !
fountain.- . I
Umpire Van Haltren got through- a
game without the sign of a kick. Then
came the honors. One fair fannetta
presented a large bouquet of roses.
Anothpr admirer Hdderl In crisn
one-dollar bills; but right there some-j
body got malicious and handed in a!
pair of spectacles. Van owns an apart-j
ment-house In Oakland, so doesn't need
the money. i
Van Haltren used to tell a story about j
how he substituted peroxide In his;
roommate's hair tonic bottle when they i
were both playing In the big leagues, j
thus transforming a deep brunette Into i
a startling blonde. Perhans last Sun-
day was retribution. Still, friends are
a nice thing to have, though they do j
sometimes borrow $2 from you. I
G0o1
ONE forever are the' good old days
chivalry. A Tacoma woman was
PETE DALEY CLIMBS
Angel Outfielder Tied With
Heitmuller in Batting.
HOWARD STILL IN LEAD
fY H- LUCAS, president of the Union
' V Association baseball league, who
1 1 w
rwas laid under the sod In Portland on
Friday, came West as far back as 1S90
I 22 years ago and with John Barnes,
organized his first league In this sec
tion. He managed the Tacoma ciud.
By a strange prank of fate Barnes
stopped off at Missoula and had dinner
kit the Lucas home two days before hia
udden attack of heart disease. Barnes
'was Don nu tor r:ngtand, ami iiKeiy
Wioesn't know yet of his former cronie's
Ideath.
All told, Lucas assisted In organizing
four or five leagues in the Pacific
Northwest. The fourth reorganization
of the Northwestern League took place
n the Winter or isoo, witn Lucas. JJug-
kiale and McCloskey the prime movers.
Lucas waa elected president and served
until two yeara ago wnen. through
some alight friction Judge Lindsay, of
Seattle, was elected to succeed mm.
T.ucas was unquestionably one of
ft he best baseball men in the country
Und a wonderful promoter, l owara tne
lose of hia regime in the Northwestern
i-emriie he became rather rigid In his
ltseiplinary doctrines and It was this
7rd-headedness that ultimately led to
Lhis leaving for Montana, where he or
ganized the Union Asaociauon. cu
riously enough the annual meeting of
the Union league waa iciipuuicti mr
FTiday, the day Lucaa was lowereo iu
hia eternal resting piace.
NOT Esperanto but baseball from the
Indio, (Wash.) Index News:
"Speaking of the Index game is like
,-hanting sorrowfully a requiem over
the cold clay of a departed friend. How-
ever.there were a few flashes of mid
summer form that obtained before
Jupiter Pluvlua decided to make the
Portland Ranks Second In Team
Hitting Klllilay Still Ranks as-Top-Notch
Twlrler Ivan
Howard Best Stealer.
Pete Daley, the Los Angeles center
fielder, Is gradually creeping up the
batting ladder, and is now tied with
Heinle Heitmuller aa second best In the
league at .338. Del Howard, of the
Seals, still maintains his wonderful bat
ting around .365, while Gus Hetling is
slumping a little. Patterson, the Oak
land outfielder drafted by the St. Louis
Americans, has reached .308 in the sta
tistics up to this series.
Arlett. the kid pitcher picked up by
San Francisco, has won three games in
his first four, which is exceHent wit
a second-rate club. Killilay still leads
the league pitchers, with Hitt high man
among the Vernon twirlers, Leverenz,
Chech and Nagle, a standoff at Los An
geles and Klawitter of Portland not far
behind.
The Pacific Coast statistics up to
September 16 are as follows:
PITCHERS.
34.19 1
35 IS 17
22,11:11
19! 9 9
18 8 a
4l 2 2
-I 1 1
OjlOOO!
oiioeol
0 .840
Alberts. S. 2 2 0
Olmstead. O. ... 1 1 0
Klllilay. 0 13 11
Arlett. S. F. 4 1 3
Hltu V 27118
Chech. L. A. ...32l20;10
Leverenz. 1 A. 2Sil9 10
Nagle. U A. ... 151 9 6
Christian, O. ... 22114 8
Klawitter. P. .. 27 17:101
Parkin. O 2V13'. S
Castleton. V. ...18 11
Malarkey. O. ,. 24il4
Raleigh. V 23(141
Breckenrldse, V. 2213!
Tozer, u. A. 24;14
Hig'botham. P..2l!l2
Stewart, V I2M2
Arrelanes. S. ... 32 1S14!
Gregory. O. 2S 14111
Able. O
Hulla. U A. ...
Miller. S. F.
Carson, V
Fanning. 8. F.. .
Gray. V
vernon. L .A. .
Pape. O
Perritt. L. A...-.
McCorry. S. F-. .123 -11112
Gregg. P H! 4 3
Baker. S. F J21l 9 12 0.42! 2
Karkness, F. . . 'Zbin l.ii :.4.'31 3
Bum. S.-V. ...Ill 8U 0;.421
.0
.892
.0001
.837
.643
636
O .630
0 .619
0 .611
1 ' . 609
01.609
0U591
0 .683
0'.571
01.571
O .563
0 . 560
0.55'J
1.645
0. .514
01.5001
ll.OOO
o ..loo
0.5OO
OI.5iK)
O'.oOO
0I.47S
1 .444
Muneell. S.
Stagle. L. A.
Koestner. f.
Williams. S.
Henley. S. F
Gilllgan. P.-a. .
Delhi. S. F
McCarrty. L. A.
Pernoll. O. ....
Schwenk. S. ...
Fitzgerald. S. ..
Suter, P
Bonner. S. F. ..
10! 4
. 26l10il6i
.184'13'Sl1
.1211 Si 131
.!30:il!19
24 8 16
12 4 8
3 1 :
10 S 7
17 5 12'
13 5113
6 1 S
i l 3
01.400
0 .383
0 .382
OI.3S1'
01.367
0 .333
0 .333
01.333!
0 .300
0 .2941
0 .2,8
0 .167
0.000
tO 63 t" Ol
a i 5 a
0 0 0 1
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 i
2 2 2 1
0 0 0 3
10 12
0 0 0 0
10 0 2
0 2 0 2
0 10 4
0 0 10
0 2 2 0
11 0 1 0
0 0 12
12 3 2
1113
10 2 0
0 14 4
12 2 4
2 3 4 6
0 0 10
3 3 16
0 0 0 5
2? 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
01 0 0 0
0 0 0 0
0 12 3
0 0 0 0
0 10 1
7 113
0 0 2 2
0 0 10
0 12 3
1 O 2 2
01 0 1 p
12 3 3
0 0 10
0 0 0 0
0 0 10
0 0 0 0
2 0 0 1
0! 1 0 1
1 o o; i
01 1 0 0
Also one one-hit game..
Player and club AB.
r. Howard. San Fran 271
Pape. Oakland 11
Daley. Los Angeles 523
Heitmuller. Los Angeles. .503
nelhL San Francisco. ... 34
Van Buren. Sacramento. .265 .
Bayleso. Vernon 041
Nasie. Los Angeles 33
Hetling. Oakland 560
Lindsay. Portland 317
C. Patterson, Oakland. ...467
Zimmerman. San Fan 107
R. Brasbear, Vernon 634
Krueger. Portland ... 465
Doane, Portland 31-1
Kane, Vernon 470
Fltieerald. Portland S9
Sharpe, Oakland 356
icwls. fracrameuiw
Coy. Oakland 4M
Swatn. Sacramento Sol
wuffll. Sn Francisco... o-i
Berger. Los Angeles oj
O'Rourke. Sacramento.. . .642
rtillnn 1 Mm Angeles 330
Chadboume, Portland. .. .631
Bonner. San Francisco... i
Rodgers. Portland 659
L Howard. Los Angeles. .5.5
Agnew, Vernon -47
Moore, Los Angele 207
Shinn, Sacramento 542
Lltschl. Vernon . t 420
Felts. San Francisco 61
Zncher. Oakland 520
Tledemann. Oakland ....292
Munsell. Sacramento .... 2i
I ret an. Sacramento 283
Core. Los Angeles 168
Madden. Sacramento ....oo
Cor ban, aa Francisco. -.666
R. 1BH. BA.
30 99 .365
1 4 .364
77 177 .338
65 170 .338
3 11 .324
34 84 .319
. 78 172 .318
8 12 .316
74 175 .313
S3 89 .812
77 144 - .308
8 33 .308
82 164 .307
62 142 .306
60 121 .306
83 143 .302
14 27 .302
29 107 .S00
56 143 .2"
102 142 .292
46 83 .292
39 84 .292
83 160 .290
68 157 .290
46 86 .288
70 152 .286
0 2 286
59 159 .284
103 161 .280
24 69 .280
29 69 .280
S3 157 .279
5H 117 .279
6 17 .279
71 144 .277
34 81 .277
5 8 .276
37 78 .274
23 46 .274
53 89 .27?
64 164 .272
Mundorff. San Francisco. 171
Carlisle, Vernon ...575
Page, Los Angeles ..148
Gideon. San Francisco. . .397
Fisher, Portland .216
Brooks Los Angeles ....210
Gray, Vernon 65
Butcher. Portlard 199
Sheehan. Sacramento 327
Orr. Sacramento ..185
Driscoll. Los Angeles 155
Gilllgan. Port-Sac '93
Brown, Vernon ......... .242
Rapps. Portland . .i 470
Cheek, Sacramento 326
N. Brashear, Vernon 59
H. Milter, Sacramento ...491
Hosp, Vernon ..'..408
Tozer, Los Angeles 80
Higglnbotham. Portland. 72
Baker, Portland 12
Abbott. Oakland . . . ; 12
McCafferty. Los Angeles. 12
Lobcr. Los Angeles. ..... .443
Burrell, Vernon 502
Baker, San Francisco.... 05
Helster. Sacramento 310
Cook. Oakland 593
Schmidt, San Francisco. .286
Wagner. San Francisco., 79
Metzger, Los Angeles. .. .522
Rohrer, Oakland 200
Slagle. Los Angeles 63
Httt, Vernon 49
Frtck. Oakland -.100
McDonnell. Vernon 191
Leard. Oakland 498
H. Patterson, Vernon. .. .171
Klllilay. Oakland ....... 44
Boles. Los Angeles 218
John Williams. Sac'm'nto 81
Gregory, Oakland 7-
Heniey. san Francisco. .. jou
Stewart. Vernon 55
Mltze. Oakland 315
Schwenk Sacramento ... 51
Howlev. Portland 261
Sut-ir, Portland 24
Pernoll. Oakland 22
Bancroft, Portland 440
McArdle. San Francisco. .326
Harknees, Portland 65
McAvoy. San Francisco.. 40
League batting average.
Summary Leading sacrifice hitters, Ber
ger. 39; tfancroxt ana Hetling, zz eacn;
Met-ger. Bl: cornan, 28: Hosp. ztj; uaiey.
Heitmuller. Bayless and Lltschi. 25 each:
Kane. 24: H. Miller. 22: McArdle, O'Rourke
and Lewis, 21 each; Krueger, 20.
Leading base stelers, I. Howard, 58:
Carlisle. 65; Kane, 61; Leard, 49; Daley,
43; Doane, 36; Chadboume and Shlnn, 34;
Lewis, 43; Bayless, 81; Berger, 29; Hetling,
28: C. Patterson and Corhan. 25 each: Heit
muller, 24; Gideon and R. Brashear, 23 each;
Rodgers. Krueger and H. Miller, 22 each;
Bancroft, Zacher and O'Rourke, 20 each.
Leading two-base hitters. Hetling. 40; I.
Howard, 36; Coy and Lltschi, 24 each; Krue
ger, Zacher and C. Patterson. 31 each; R.
Brashear and Daley, SO each; Kane, 28:
Shinn, 27: Cook, O'Rourke. Heitmuller and
Lober, 26 each; Rodgers, Rapps and Lewis,
25 each.
Leading three-base hitters Kane, 13: L
Howard, 11; Rodgers and Bancroft, 8 each;
Doane. Krueger, Shlnn and O'Rourke, v7 each;
Carlisle, Swain and Lewts, 6 each; Chad
bourne, Coy, Mundorff and Daley, 6 each.
Leading home-run hitters. Heitmuller, 15;
Coy and Carlisle, 11 each; Zacher, 9; Lewis,
8: R. Brashear. Swain. Mundorff and L
Howard. 7 each ; Butcher, Tledemann. Bay
less and Berger, 6 each; Rapps, Fisher,
Cook and Kane, 6 each.
Leading run getters. Carlisle. 130: I. How
ard, 103; Coy, 102: Leard. Kane and Berger,
93 each; Shlnn, S8; R. Brashear, 82; Bay
less, 78; C. Patterson and Daley, 77 each;
Hetling, 74: Zacher, 71: Chatlhonrne. 70:
Cook. 69; O'Rourke. 68; Heitmuller, 65;
Corhan, 64; Krueger, 62; Rodgers, 60.
48 101 .272
130 155 .270
27 40 .270
40 106 .269
25 68 .269
30 58 .267
. i 17 .262
21 52 .261
Mi 85 .260
14 48 .259
21 40 .258
13 24 .258
28 62 .256
44 120 255
84 83 .255
4 15 .254
65 124 .253
34 103 .252
6 20 .250
4 18 .250
0 3 250
0 3 .250
2 3 .250
48 : 111 .24S
60 124 .247
4 16 .246
29 75 .242
69 143 .241
18 69 .241
10 19 .241
58 125 .240
16 48 - .240
7 15 238
8 2 .234
20 . 37 .231
15 44 .230
93 114 .229
28 39 .228
4 10 .227
30 49 .225
10 18 .222
6 16 .222
7 22 .220
7 12 .218
27 68 .216
4 11 .216
18 65 .211
1 5 .208
1 6 .207
47 00 .205
31 68 .202
5 13 .200
8 8 .200
WEIGHT CLUB DOWN
Nearly 50 Pounds of Superflu
ous Flesh Disposed Of.
SHORT.DIET CURES OBESITY
Famous Tennis Player Tells of Her
Courageous Fight Against Exees
' sive Flesh Following Activ
ity and Good Appetite. '
BT MAT SUTTON.
How did I lose 60 pounds in weight,
you ask? Well, the true answer is that
I didn't. It was not quite 60 pounds.
but it was a good deal, almost 50
pounds. And I am proud of it.
Really, there Is only one way to lose
weight. At least, there is only one
satisfactory way for me; and that Is
to starve. Tes, just starve.
Starvation reduced my weight 47
pounds in three years. I starved al
most all of three years, and it is not
as bad as you think. Of course, I did
not go three years without tasting
food, but forxa great part of that time
my breakfast was a cup of hot water
with lemon juice in it and a few crack
ers. If you don't think that starving-,
try it. .
When I was starving my best I ate
one other meal during the day at
night. This was a feast consisting of
a peach or an apple or some other fruit
in small quantity, more hot water and
lemon juice. Of course, after a week
or ten days of this I would vary the
monotony by eating a little cereal and
fruit in the morning, and sometimes
eating a salad at night; but never
more than two meals a day, and for
three solid years not a real square
meal.
Overwelffbt Due to Carelessness.
When I found that' I was getting
over weight I was not disturbed at
first, and kept right on living as I
had been. When I came tomy senses
I found I had been running down for
a long time, in spite of the fact that
my weight had been increasing. I
suppose the continual round of tennis,
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE SUMMARY.
Clubs. Gnu. A.B. R. 1 B.H. B.A. S.H. S.B. IB.H. SB.H. H.R. D.P. T.P. S.O.
Los A... 161 5.245 704 1428 272 . 243 24S 246 39 33 129 0 16
Portland. 147 4.839 526 12S8 265 104 198 230 49 34 132 1 13
Sacra'nto 154 5.10S v 596 1350 264 161 203 230 37 29 104 O 8
Vernon... 138 5.125 6S4 1342 262 . 221 247- 251 37 44 132 0 10
Oakland.. 164 6.396 724 1379 256 lSl 205 265 22 40 104 0 17
San Fran. 164 5,800 532 1338 ' 252 200 197 213 29 27 119 J) 14
Totals 81.033 3766 8124 262 1207 1298 1435 213 207 721 1 78
going from one place to another, and
the excessive playing I was obliged to
indulge in for so long a period, com
bined with the fact that I had never
been particularly careful about my
diet, had -affected me. I was as hard
as nails, but it was a false strength.
Then I began to diet. I kept right
on playing hard and soon began to drop
off weight The more I starved the
better I felt, and the stronger I was
at my game and the stronger I felt. I
knew I was improving and was grat
ified at the loss of pounds.
I suppose I had overdone things be
fore I began to diet. I really felt
almost done for, down and out, you
might say. Things began to disagree
with me, and I would have visions of
the dinner of the night before trotting
over my prostrate form every time I
composed myself for slumber. Then
on my trip over to England I suffered
frightfully -from seasickness, which
upset me even more, so you can see I
was in pretty bad shape. It was then
that I decided on starvation.
Exercise Glvea RecbJeaa Appetite.
- I have always live! much of the time
out of doors, and have been given to
a great deal of exercise, even aside
from my tennis playing. I play cricket
and am fond of almost all outdoor
sports. Naturally I had a great big
appetite and ate heartily three times y a
day. I ate anything that was put be
fore me and liked it. When I think of
It now I must have been dreadfully
reckless about my food.
For the first three days of my
starvation cure, I thought I should die
of hunger. After that there were two
or three days when I felt rather weak
But from that time on I felt better
than I had for several years.
LARGE PURSES ARE OFFERED
MEEK BATTING KING
Myers Only Rival of Bee Slug
ger in League.
HAP TAKES THEFT HONORS
forced to suicide because somebody held 1
out 49 cents on laundry! General Dan- !
lei Sickles refused to see the former '
wife who forked up a check of SS000 (
to save hia rare editions from the I
Sheriff's hammer. It waa not like thisj
In the olden days, in the good old days
of chivalry. -.
Then, according to the earliest edi
tions of our Marquis of Queensbery,
Sir Ichabod fared forth upon his charg-.
er, weighed down with a sheetlron suit.
800 pounds of log chain, steel gloves-.
and a wroughtlron hat pulled down"
over his head somewhat like the peach J
nasket bonnets one sees parading dally
down rue de Washington. Upon his
arm he wore the colors of a lady fair',"1"
and in his interior he wore a flagon or
no of good old Rhenish, which made.,M
him feel like Portland on the heavy., s
end of a double-header. He' fared forth..
until he met somebody to fight. It
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Hartley Has Good Averages Bennett
Rnns Indian First Sacker Close
Race for Run-Getting Record
for Season of 1912.
Los Angeles Race Meet Will Begin
on October US.
'LOS ANGELES.- Sept. 21. (Special.)
Los Angeles will be the Mecca of
the harness horsemen and breeders
during the four-days' race meeting to
be held at Exposition Park, starting
October 16, under the auspices of the
Los Angeles Harness Horse Associa
tion. ' Thirteen events are carded for
the four days, with 207 entries; the
purses and stakes offered total $20,-
800, the largest ever hung up for a
similar meeting in California.
It is the intention to bring together
all of the harness horse interests of
the Pacific Coast, and to adopt a pro
gramme for 1913 which will benefit
breeder, owner, trainer and driver
alike. . "
Sailor Boxer Matched for Fight.
CHICAGO, Sept. 21. Billy Walters,
welterweight champion of the United
States Navy, and Clarence English, of
Omaha, have been matched for a 15-
round bout at St. Joseph, Mo., on the
night of October 1. The weight agreed
upon is 145 pounds at 3 o'clock on the
day of the nght.
DIAGRAM SHOWING THREE UNASSISTED TRIPLE PLAYS ON RECORD IN PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
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isorr
When BUI Rapps, of Portland, caught a liner off Leard'a bat in a game at Oakland last Saturday, touched first and
then ran to second, nabbing both Klllilay and Christian, he completed the third unassisted triple play In the his
tory of the Pacific Coast League.
Larry Schlafley, of Portland, made the first in 1905, on the Portland diamond. In a game against' Seattle, and
Walter Carlisle, of Vernon, pulled the second last Fall on the Los Angeles grounds. Schlaf ley's triple occurred In
the first inning. Walters, Seattle centerfielder, walked; Hall, shortstop, was hit by a pitched ball and then First
Baseman Kemmer drove a Texas Leaguer to Schlafley at second. Schlafley caught the ball, tagged Hall and then
ran to second. Portland won the game 3 to 1. '
The Portland lineup that day showed Atz. shortstop; McCredie, right field: Mitchell, first base; Schlafley,
second base; Householder, center field: McLean, catcher; Cates, left field: Runkle. third base; French, pitcher;
Seattle had Houtz. Frary. McHale, Dash wood. Feeney and Roach, in addition to the three In the triple killing. .
Bill Rapps had never before witnessed an unassisted triple play, but he has figured In seven triple plays during
hia diamond career. Two of them Portland manipulated In one, week at San Francisco last Fall.
With the Northwestern League sea
son's end only a matter of days away,
it is apparent that the 1912 batting hon
ors will go to Harry Meek, the stocky
victoria veteran. Hap Myers, is only
nine points behind, but Happicus will
have to do some extraordinary clouting
and Meek will have to slump to over
come the lead enjoyed by the latter.
Myers will probably have to be con
tent with the run-getting and base
stealing honors. The latter he has had
cinched for many moons, the former he
should be able to hold out easily against
Pug Bennett, his only mentlonable
rival.
Chick Hartley, the Philadelphia po
liceman in the lndian uniform, and Wil
son, the Seattle outfielder, each have
some extraordinary averages, but their
comparative number of games excludes
them, from the real honors of the
season.
. The race for the pitching honors of
the league is so close that it may not be
decided till the last- game is pitched.
James is half a game ahead, of Noyes
and Jimmy Clark is still in the run
ning. All pitchers averaging around the .600
mark and better; all batsmen now play
ing regularly in the lineup batting over
.250 or close around that mark, and the
leading base stealers and sacrifice hit
ters are shown in the tables below:
The Pitching- Becords.
W.
James .23
Noyes 22
Clark 19
Engle ; 8
Cadreau , 20
Fullerton 21
Thompson 21
Toner 5
Byram 9
Smith 9
Wilson . , 19
Agnew 12
Willis 13
Bloomfleld 15
Gervals 18
Eastley 13
Kraft ...14
Gordon 14
Strand 6
Individual Batting.
L.
8
8
7
3
11
12
12
3
6
S
P. C.
.745
.733
.731
.727
.B4,'.
.636
636
.625
.600
14 Jt ..57(
9
10
13
17
13
14
14
7
.671
.56;,
.536
.514
500
.5111)
.500
.462
Hartley.
AB.
Spokane Ill'
R.
' 18
Meek. Victoria ;..42
Wilson, Seattle ........175 28
Meyers. Spokane .......572 111
McDowell, Portland 333 44
Schneider, Seattle 70 ,13
Kennedy, Vlcftrla ......508 . 79
Neighbors, Tacoma ...-.566 80
Callahan, Portland 20 1
Altman .Spokane 282 24
Bennett, Vancouver .....5H3. 203
Strait, Seattle 519 S
Weed, Victoria ...5ol 73
Mann. Seattle 577 94
Frisk, Vancouver ..557 96
Cruikshank. Portland 389 58
Doty, Portland 87 7
La Longe .Tacoma 235 34
Byram. Vancouver...... 60 4
Melchoir, Spokane 624 74
Jackson, Seattle 272 ' 49
Gordon, Spokane........ 89 13
Shaw, Seattle 554 2
FOllerton. Seattle .183 29
Klppert. Vancouver 614 86
Speas, Portland 501 74
Hunt. Tacoma 209 19
Powell, Spokane 288 36
Nlll. Seattle 4U( vi
Fries, Portland. .'..... .601 72
Lynch, Tacoma ....590 73
Devogt Spokane. .... .'..368 48
Kastley. Portland .127 18
Lewis. Vancouver 323 34
James. Seattle ..134 11
Clementson, victoria. .. .zju b
James. Vancouver. ..... .540 65
VVBallns. seatrje ..tin o
Holder-man. Tacoma 233 37
Keller. Victoria Ma 74
Cartwrlght. Spokane. . .. .511 61-
8tradil!e. Tacoma 303 , 49
Maboney. Portland 268 84
Cooney. Spokane. ...... -557 89
Tone, victoria or is
Scharney. Vancouver. .. .44 8 51
Steiger. Portland 56 6
Burcn. Portland 104 13
William. Portland 463 50
The leadlrtK base stealers Myers
Toonev 51. Bennett 40. KlDpert 36. Speas
Shaw 3.1. Strait 34,CartwrlKht 34. Kenneilv
30, Zimmerman 30, James 28, Raymond 27,
Keller 27 Altman 24. Tohe 24, Mann 24.
Scharney 23. Melchoir 21. McDowell 20.
The leading; sacrtfice nilters itawiinfrs
44. Cooney 31. Bennett 81. McMullen 30,
Nlll 29, Raymond 27. james zi, epeaa za.
Fries 23. Harris 22, Frisk 22.
H.
43
155
58
187
106
'2
154
171
6
84
174
153
160
167
161
112
25
67
17
148
77
25
155
51
112
139
57
78
134
161 .
158
98
33
85
30
Co
140
107
61
140
130
77
68
141
149
112
14
26
115
AV.
.387
.336
.331
.327
.318
.314
.304
.302
.300
.298
.293
.293
.201
:290
.289
.288
.287
.2S5
.283
.282
.282
.281
.280
.279
mattered not whom, and Just as likely.
as not he met Sir Launcelot coming;
from the other direction with lard in'';
his locks.
"Gadzooks," remarked the Sir Icha
bod. "The Lady Imogene is the fairest'
in air the land. How llkest thou that,,
thou canned rummy?" '
"Ichy." replied' Sir Launcelot, "thou
wilt rue those words. The fairest lady
In the land is Maggie, the Baron's third
daughter. Prepare, thou short-card
piker." "Zounds and let it be joust.
I will show thou the best-looking drug.'
store beauty around these parts," de
clared Ichabod, venemously. as ha'
picked his- teeth with a penknife. And
then .they went at It. The sparks flew-
and It was a battle Indeed. Time and
again did they charge each other,'
horses aflame and spears leveled. There j
were only two Interruptions before din- j
ner. Once Sir Ichabod asked for time
while he picked up his plume which
had been dislodged. Then Sir Launcelot -;v-sought
his chewing tobacco, but ,
couldn't get it because it was under
hie armor. He borrowed Ichabod's .
opener and secured the chew, and the. -;
battle was resumed with deadly vigor. . .
Along toward nightfall Sir Ichabod
put a dent in his adversary's breastr
plate, and the latter retired a beaten
man. Ah! Them was days indeed. The , .
ladies were treated so well that they
didn't even want to vote and there
wasn't, a suffragette In the land who
would think of pinching a Presidential .'
candidate's "Roman Empire." .. i
OW many Portland fans have for- nl
gotten Tommy Leahy, the former ',r
little bow-legged Seal catcher, whoso ' -hands
resembled clusters of pretzels? .
Ruminating on Coast League back- ! J
stops the! -other day in San Francisco, :
"Spider" Baum, the Vernon heaver, re
marked that Leahy had the most origi
nal way of signaling pitchers he had
ever heard of. The average catcher sig
nals with his fingers, while) crouched
behind the batter, but Leahy, so Baum ' i
asserts, flashed all his tips by his
eyes.
Tommy had large hazel eyes, like
the ribbon clerk's, and could roll them
around like, the latter off duty. A
stare meant a straight ball, but rolling
meant a curve. Leahy is the only re-; .
ceiver the Coast ever fed ham hocks'
to who had it on Happy Hogan for
originality. Hap possesses one station
ary lamp and one that swings on its
orbit, so Hap would have had his pitch
ers In a terrible hole trying to hello-.1 ft
graph signals by the eyes.
It has always been a source or won
derment to students of fistiana how
Bob Fitzsimmons won so many flghta
with his "chance" blows. Bat Nelson
says it was "Freckles' " eyes that did
It, not his short-arm Jolt. Bat says a
fighter gets his tips by watching his
opponent's eyes. A cross-eyed man, for
instance, has an advantage. '
'Fitzsimmons wasn t cross-eyed, ar- -
gues Bat. "but he has little eyes like , i
peas. When he squints at his opponent .
the poor bo hasn't any chance trying to
read Bob's soul. So while he Is trying ' '
to figure- out what Bob is going to do.
next the latter lets fly at a soft spot.;-.
That's all except the counting."
Try this on the speed cop next time "
he pinches you for exceeding the 10-- ,
mile limit when your indicator Bhows'."'
only 35. But be sure he isn t cross-'
eyed.
.275
.273
.271
.270
.268
.268
.267
.267
..63
.263
.260
.259
.257
.257
255
.254
.254
.254
.253
.2.53
250
250
.250
.247
104.
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.VHEN the Detroit Tigers got AT,
W Klawitter, Portland's big righti st
hander, in the draft for $2500 they
plucked the plum of the class AA fling-'""';
ing brigade. Look over his record.' '
Portland is in with the trailers, with as"
percentage under . 450, yet the 186-pound.1'10
Teuton has won 19 games and lost onlyt,.,
10. Beckon by Mathewson's revised-'"1
scheme of determining a pitcher's :
worth and he'll be so high above hls-'i ;
rivals that you cannot see him in the'--'-'
sun-drift. -,rs
Klawitter has been in the. big show''
before, but that was in 1910, when he-''1
was a kid this is his fifth year of
baseball. He is a Milwaukee boy, and1-'-began
playing ball at Vlcksburg, In tho
Cotton States League, in 1908, winning.
15 and losing eight. Shreve-port, of tha,t
Texas B league, bought him, and ia-,j
1909 he won 15 and lost 10. - ,,tv
The New York iiaiiLs imid $2000 for,.ri
him that Fall and lie won five inelght.,tB
games for MeGraw, only to be turneri
over to Memphis, in the ' Southern. t
League, shortly after the start of 1910,.,! ,
At Memphis the German was on the,,..,
fat end of eight and lost 15, with a. s I
poor club, and when New York recalled.
him he was purchased by New Orleans., ,
Last year at New Orleans he proved a , ,
corker, winning 20 and losing 12 (or.,;
the Southern champions.
Portland has a working agreement.,!
with Cleveland, and when McCredie's
men sprang an appalling pitching weak-.
ncss this Spring Mac appealed to the ti
Naps, who in turn hastened Klawitter .(1
westward. He is a big fellow, extreme- .,
ly steady, possesses curves and ter
rific speed, is a good batsman and is ,
the. one Coast Leaguer above all others
expected. to make good.