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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 20, 1912. WA'T-C H TO WER OBSERVATIONS Material and Immaterial Sport Syl logisms by Eoscoe Fawcett. "I'll ONE week from today and the long est baseball schedule in captivity will curl up In Its lair for a Win ter of somnolence. The Pacific Coast League began the . grind last April 2. end now, two weeks after the major leagues have closed their seasons, the circuit la Just preparing for the windup. The 1912 Coast year has been one of many upsets, but it has been success ful. We doubt if there is a baseball circuit In the country, outside of the majors, which is on the strand finan cial basis of the Pacific Coast League. Despite the unfortunate slumping of th Portland and San Francisco teams, every club has made money, and big money, for the race between the three first-division clubs has been a hot and merry one. A new president, the double umpire system, and a return to the old rubber cored ball -were innovations last April. In so far as President Allan Baum Is concerned, the San Francisco news paper man has proved himself of class AA caliber, and then some. His um pire choices have been good, and he has backed them up steadfastly when thev needed It and fired them uncere moniously when that course of action' seemed best suited to the case. TheJ double umpire system is undoubtedly here to stay, nor have wa heard any kicks on the Goldsmith ball, which is giving the old-line companies quite a scare all over the Nation. There has been Jusf one indigo note In all the harmony the failure of the player numbering system. - Arm-bunds proved too small to be distinguishable, and then, when the players fell into the habit of leaving them off altogether at their discretion, whatever value there might have been mixed up in the- lnovation vanished instanter. The Bcrtiilonizing should cither be abol ished or the numbers made larger and attached to the players backs. Portland dedicated a magnificent new stadium this year and San Francisco has already closed a contract for a new park in 1913. The only garbage now to be disposed of is the unsightly and un eemly amphitheater at Vernon. Only one game per week Sunday morning Is played at Doyle's prizefight rendez vous, but even one game there is a dis grace to the league. The franchise should be switched to one of the coast resorts. THERE was nothing remarkable in the fact that George Stephenson, aged 108, known to be one of the old est men In the Saskatchewan, died at his old home at Winnipeg, but the par agraph In. the dispatch that will nt iract widespread notice reads thus: "He never tasted liquor or tobacco in his life." Wonder what kept him up so long? " ' SIR THOMAS LIPTON confides to us that it will be practically Impos sible for anybody to win America's yachting cup under the conditions by which Uncle Sam won it from England 61 years -ago. He is quoted as saying In connection with his proposal to chal lenge again: ""When America won the cup her type of boat was quite capable of crossing Saratoga Alley Leagues to Be MEIER & FRANK GIVES CUP dlanageiiient Will Probably Offer Cash Prize to Go With Trophy as Stimulus to Play Tele graphic Games Planned. Portland's 1912 bowling season will be in full operation next week, with two public leagues rolling on the Sara toga alleys and one circuit at the Mult nomah Amateur Athletic Club. The Saratoga alley leagues will be organ ized at a meeting at 8 o'clock tomor row night, with play starting next week. There is a chance for a major league in Portland, consisting of Class A play ers, but a Big Four circuit, patterned' after the" one of last season, and a Com mercial league of from six to eight clubs, seems the lineup. The prospective Big Four lineup in cludes teams captained by Charles Kruse, A. E. Myers, Tom O'Donnell and y. W. Heath. Heath will head the Archer & Wiggins five, while O'Don nell will lead a major Meier & Frank squad. Among the possible entrants in the Commercial league are Pacific Tele phone & Telegraph Company, Honey man Hardware Company, Meier & Frank. Archer & Wiggins, Dooly & Co., Postoffice, Foresters of America, Pow ers Furniture Company, Blumauer Frank Company and Warren Construc tion Company. The scheme Is to limit the Commer cial league teams to men connected with the various firms or organiza tions. . The bowling game in Portland will be given an added impetus by the hanging up of a beautiful challenge cup by the Meier & Frank Company for Individual competition covering a period of six months. The play for the cup will start Oc tober 23 and end April 23. Thres-game aerias count for the ownership of the tup, with the man winning the troph In the greatest number or competitions throughout the season securing perma nent possession. The Saratoga alley management probably will hang up a cash prize to go with the cup. Tom O'Donnell, the former Seattle bowler, who Is responsible for the Meier & Frank challenge cup, Is con fident that the feature will do much to boost the alley game. The plan worked successfully in Seattle and other places, with keen competition resulting. Another bowling scheme which prob bly will be given a trial this season wlll be telegraphic matches with other Northwestern cities. O'Donnell is rather of the revival of the telegraphic competitions. He plans to bring Spo kane. Seattle. Vancouver and Portland together in one or more four-cornered matches this season. The Blumauer-Frank Company al ready has two teams in the field, roll ing every Thursday night on the Sara toga alleys. It is possible that these two teams will enter the Commercial League, at the same time keeping up their weekly matches. The Meier A Frank lineup In the Big Four League will be a strong one. com posed of Tom O'Donnell, GusAhrens, Robert Franklin, Barney Baker and Jack Crawford. . The Warren Construction Company bowlers, who had a four-club league BOWLING SEASON ON Bet Some of the Great Ball the Atlantic. Since then American science has developed this type into a freak, and - it is impossible- to build anything in England or Europe to sail across the Atlantic and have a sport ing chance at winning. All yachtmen know this and I am sorry the public doesn't." Being one of the public we can sit back and wish Lipton the best of luck, but. being also among those who read up on British sportsmanship, we see no reason why America should hand the baronet "the cup before he fairly wins It. British ideals preclude any change In the rules which will give any ad vantage to the challenger. There may be "many a slip 'twlxt the cup and the Lip," but let not America be talked into doing the slipping. EXCERPT from after-dinner query raised by C. S. Jackson at Automo bile Club banquet Tuesday night: "Naked Cupid strikes the match, That sets the hearts aglow But where does Cupid strike tha match? Is what I'd like to know.". This by way of auto suggestion: He doesn't strike a match at all. Such talk 1s merely fustian Love's spark la generated by - Spontaneous combustion. TWO or three years back Japan sent to Chicago for 6000 cats to rough en up the path of life for the Japan ese rats. The order is to be duplicated this Winter, according to a news re port from the land of harikari. Rabbit stew will again disappear from the menus of Chicago restaurants of the baser sort. . , T looks as if the Canucks can put 1 up as good ball as the Americans. They have won pennants this year both In the International League and Central International League." o warbles a Chicago newspaper. Henry Ward Beecher, during the course of a speaking tour of England, back in Civil War times, suffered con stant embarrassment through "heck lers." "I thought you predicted your civil strife would be ended in. six months," shrieked one denizen of Seven Dials at the famous preacher-abolitionist. "Unfortunately we're fighting Amer icans and not Englishmen," replied the unruffled Beecher. So it is in the baseball situation. The Chicago philosophizing would be more to the point were the players Canadians instead of Americans. The team that won a pennant for Vancouver, B. C, in the Northwestern League in .1911 boasted not a solitary Canadian. CHEER leading with trimmings at the recent Illlnois-Wesleyan foot ball game has called down a fearful ex coriation from George Huff, director of athletics at the University of Illi nois. "It is not necessary for a cheer leader to go through gymnastics r.nd gyrations," snapped Huff in tones not belying his name. The cheer leaders, it appears,-"ragged" and "beared" while "Illinois Loyalty," the college song, was unstrung. Huff is all wrong. The boys, in last Winter, are expected to roll again this season. Ordinarily the men are not ready to bowl until November, but a strong effort will be made to enter one team in the Commercial League for the-opening week. The Weona team of the Archer & Wiggins Company bowled a practice game with the Columbus Club team on the alleys of the clubmen last Tuesday night, winning, 2578-2531. The Weona! team will be a member of the Commer cial League. The Miltnomah Club bowling sea son opened last Monday night with Dobson's team taking two in three games from Ftnck's In the 10-club league. The best score of the week for a single game was made by Miller's team, 818, orf Tuesday night, when the Edgar five was defeated three straight games. Among the results:. Dobson's team beat Finck's two in three: Miller's beat Edgar's three, straight: McCabe's beat Scharpffs two in three; Prigmore's beat Hanno's two in three. INTEREST rX TCKXFE&T HIGH Portland Social Turn Vereln Plans Fair to Raise Funds. An enthusiastic discussion of plans for the teams which will represent the Portland Social Turn Verein at the Denver International Turnfest In 1913, was heldat a meeting of the Portland organization last week in Turn Halle gymnasium, the members deciding to hold a lair from November 2 to 10, to ralg funds for the trip. The Portland Social Turn Verein Is anxious to retain honors won at the Los Angeles turnfest in 1911 and is already preparing teams for the next big gathering. Nearly all of the ath letes who comprised the Portland squads at Los Angeles are available for 1913, while a number of younger mem bers will be ready for the gymnasium work. Professor Gens is optimistic regard ing the chances of Portland success next season, and with characteristic energy, is devoting his time to the teams. The ladles' class, which made a hit at Los Angeles with its dancing, will also be-at Denver, while the society plans to send Its. singing club to take part in the saengerfest scheduled for the same time. The fair planned for early November Is called "Krahwinkel." The hall of the organization will be turned, into a miniature Alpine village, with the fair held in Its streets. BILLIARD PLAT IS CLOSE Multnomah Club Tourney Schedule for Week Is Announced. The Multnomah Club billiard tourney opened last week with a number of close matches and many forfeitures. Seventeen matches are scheduled for this week, on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Morris has the high run to date, making 83 against Fawcett. The following Is the schedule for the week's play:, October 22 Streeter vs. Cbausse, Johnson vs. Harder, Clark vs. Fenton, Dennis vs. MacKenzle, Ker rigan vs. Fawcett. Marrls vs. Walter. OctODer jonnson vis. reuiuii, iirv vs. Chausse. Dennis vs. Fawcett, Kerri gan vs. Walter. Morris vs. Mvers. October 24 Streeter vs. Harder. Den nis vs. Walter, Kerrigan vs., MacKenzle. October 25 Streeter vs. Fenton, Kerri gan vs. Myers, MacKenzle vs. Fawcett. The latest scores in the tourney: Marrls beat Fawcett, 100-50, average 3.7; Kerrigan beat Morris. 100-94, aver age 2.04; Walter beat Myers, 100-72, average 2.85; Dennis beat Myers, 100 83. average 2; Fenton forfeited to Cbausse. Keys Defeats Bernstein. SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 19. The American boxer. Hook Keys, today de feated Leon Bernstein, of France. In eight rounds, the Frenchman throwing up the sponge. The match was fought before a crowd of 7000. Players Felt Funny When They Read the Stuff Printed NEBRASKA "WHITE HOPE" WHO DISPOSED OF AL KAUFMAN, TWO ROUNDS. Luther McCarty, Nebraska's "white hope," is the man who removed Al Kaufman the e Californian from the ring by knocking him out in two rounds at San Francisco Discovery day. He 2 S o" down three times in the second round of a bout scheduled to go 20 rounds and the police stopped tne one McSa'tys position as an aspirant for the heavyweight fistic crown was not raised PPcMf "VXdow of Kaufman, as Big Al. the most carefully groomed heavyweight in modem ring history was nothing but a shadow of his former self and made a pitiful defense against the attack of the hurty from the Midd le West. McCarty Jumped into prominence a short time ago by knocking out Carl Morris, another Joke hope. went to New York but failed to startle the Gotham sports, although he showed much promise - The Nebraskan probably will be matched with Al Pazer, the Iowan. for a scrap in California, ere long. their own little sphere, are repeating the life of the race. They are living through the savage era. Savages de rive the greatest pleasure from the discordant. Harmony alone, or the kingdom of heaven, is the conception of the spiritual and intellectual heights of the race. Joy in it comes late. Wars and assassinations, deadbeats, lying and diplomacy, boys, "bunny hugs" and other things are proofs of mmaturity. But we are growing up tnd we are going to have a world here yet SPEAKING "of press agens, the ef fervescent and irrepressible Bat tling Nelson is at It again. If Bonaparte had had . Oscar Matthew as publicity representative at Waterloo the "sound of revelry" ' would still be reverbera ting down the turnpikes bx night. MANY ENTER SWIM Tourney at Multnomah Club Draws From Big Field. WATER EXPERJS WILL VIE Pastime Gains Rapidly at Club Until Xow It Holds First Place Among Members Cham pions Will Race. The first annual Indoor swimming championship tournament of the Pa cific Northwest Association of the Amateur Athletic Union, scheduled for presentation in the Multnomah Club tank on November 8, will undoubtedly be the biggest Indoor aquatic event in the history of the Northwest. More than 30 entries foe the water carnival have been received by Frank E. Watkins, Multnomah Club smlmming committee chairman, who is handling the meet in connection with Swimming Instructor Cavlll, and the total num ber Is expected to pass the 50 mark be fore November 1, when the entry list is closed. Of course Portland will account for the preponderance of entrants, with TACKLES BEAR BURDEN OF BATTLE UNDER FOOTBALL RULES NOW USED Multnomah Club Manager Tells of Importance of Position and Defines Most Approved Method for Meeting Usual Contingencies Encountered in Fast Company. BT MARTIN PRATT. (Multnomah Club football manager and for- mer star winged "M" tackle.) Give me two good tackles, strong, on both offense and defense, and, under these 1912 baseball rules, I can taker a team and win over an eleven stronger in practically every other position. This may sound exaggerated, but I believe that the tackle, particularly on the defensive, is the most Important man on the football team this season. Under the new rules, with the four downs for the 10-yard gain, and the in clusion of the forward pass to compel the backfleld to play back from the line a dozen yards to guard against the pass, the importance of the tackle can not be overestimated. Unless the tackle is a man of ability, mental as well as physical, the opposing attack is going to make five yards on the first down and then comes the re turn to the old rules, with three smashing attempts to gain only five yards. . It's decidedly up to the tackle to stop that first big gain, and then, when the opposition Is halted, to counter by smashing through the other fellow's line to open a way for the backs. Tackle In Every Play. The tackle is the center of more plays than any man on a football team. This season I believe that three in every five plays will be outside of tackle, with end runs and an occasional at tempt at a forward pass accounting for the other plays. Then figure that the tackle's ability to break through the line to hurry a pass has much to do with success or failure of the throw, and you have him working like a bea ver during the entire game and figur ing in practically every play. The one essential of a tackle, accord ing to my experience and observation. Is ability to use his hands instead of his body In meeting Interference. I have notloed that lnterscholastlc play ers and tha green college men lnvarl- r i i - i i ni . - - m m r' s 0 The likeable Battler never gets so far away that a post card or a newspaper account of his latest fistic endeavor will not reach you three days later. Yesterday we received from St. Joseph,. Mo., a highly colored photograph of the home of Jesse James. Shot across the face of the photograph In gilt alarm clock lettering scintillates the following message: Dear Friend: Jesse James was killed in this house April 3, 1882 but I am still alive. Did you get the many Winnipeg papers I sent you last July? I also mailed you' a St. Joseph paper of Sep tember S, with story of Nelson-Ketchel bout. Did you get it? I leave here for home Friday to register, so that 1 can vote for my friend. Colonel Theo dore Roosevelt. He is the progressive we must elect for President of this old U. S. A. next November. Do you know any surgeon who can fix up a men from the Portland Swimming As sociation, Y. M. C. A, and Multnomah Club, but men are pledged from Spo kane, Seattle, Vancouver, B. C Vic toria and Eugene, while men from other cities undoubtedly will file entry blanks with the officials within the next two weeks. Swimming Is Popular. Tha initial Northwest amateur indoor swimming tourney signalizes the reach ing of a new highwater mark for Indoor swimming activity at Multnomah Ama teur Athletic Club. Swimming is at present the most popular sport among Winged "M" members, men, women and children, with more swimming enthu siasts In the. club than In any other athletic organization on the Pacific coast. . "Swimming Is responsible for the ad dition of more members to Multnomah Club than any other sport," declares Mr. Watkins. "Under Mr. Cavlll aquatics have developed to such a degree that I am confident that not only could 30 women from Multnomah Club hold their own against any squad of women swim mers in the country but could defeat a like number of men from any athletic club in the country in an all-round aquatic competition." Majority of Boys Adepts. A noteworthy fact connected with the swimming activity at the club is that in a class of 100 boys fewer than half a dozen are unable to swim. The amateur swimming champion ships will consist of five events, 100 yard, 220-yard, 440-yard and 880-yard swims, and a diving contest of five numbers, plain front, plain back, and three to be chosen by the contestants. In addition to the Northwest ama teur title events Multnomah Club jun iors will meet in 50 and 100-yard races. Multnomah Club's chief entries In the championships will be Lewis Thomas and Gus Mankurtz. Thomas will enter the 100 and 440-yard swims, with Man- Martin Pratt, ably throw themselves in the way or upon opponents when breaking inter ference The result is the player Is down, absolutely out of the situation, and of no value to his team It is not necessary to lower your head and charge a runner In order to break the interference. I never believed in letting a man bump me, but the Ju dicious use of the hands can send him to one side or the other, and you will then be in position to look after the man with the ball. Hands Necessary Weapons. If you wil notice the average tackle he will be hugging the ground and playing low like a guard on the de fensive. This is wrong, for the tackle playing high, with his bands resting on his knees and head up, is always in po sition to watch the ball and use his hands to break interference. On the offensive the tackle's position is practically the same as a guard's. He should crouch low, facing the op posing Una, with feet well apart to Yi - . a Under Their Signatures the CALIFORNIA HEAVYWEIGHT, IN .utter Sf'C&rty cauliflower ear? Sincerely, Battling Nelson, Hegewisch, 111." When Nelson was lightweight cham pion he had every writer in the country on his free employment bureau. It needed no storm of personal polysyll ables to get Bat's cauliflower ear into print. All the fighting raconteur had to do was to drop -a two-cyllndered word and it broke into pieces and ran over the entire community. Times are different now. It's forced draft for Oscar from no.w until oblivion, and you cannot help admiring the Dane for niB pluck. : ' If the Battler is really sincere In his effort to manicure, his tinware aural degree, we might gracefully submit recipe: Take a large nutmeg grater and, after softening the ear In warm water, to which has been added three drops of spirits of ammonia, grate the ear briskly. Repeat the operation kurtz In the 880-yard. Francis Kiernan, a sensational Junior, is Cavlll's nom ination for any surprise performance in the tournament. The following are the Portland en tries received to date: Ted Preble, Dr. Haslop, Norman Ross, John McMurray, James Fulton, Frank Kiernan, Henry Hanno, Jr., Fred Reld, O. K. Jeffery, B. F. Pautz, Vivian Dent, Lewis Thomas, George Mankurtz, H. Thatcher, Fred Patterson, Allen Noyes, Leon Fabre, Ed Sparmer, Dr. Manlon, David Welch, E. Dinwiddle, C. . EUery, L. Hyams, Ed Adamson, Ed Klung, K. woiie, x. Breske, W. Coe, L. Tyrell, R. Ferguson, E. Tucker, J. Farrell, G. Gates, B. Gab bla and D. Hobson. The Multnomah Club tank is 75 feet long and 38 feet wide, making three turns for the 100-yard dash. The next annual tourney has been awarded to the Vancouver Athletic Club of Vancouver. B. C. The next social swim at the Multno mah Club will be held Tuesday, Novem ber 5. The swims are enjoying a flat tering success, with 60 swimmers in the tank last Tuesday and zou spectators. Plans are already under way for the big ocean swim at Gearhart December 7, with Chairman watKins preaicting that 200 will make the trip' to the ocean on the excursion. Cricket Club to Banquet. The annual dinner of the Portland Cricket Club, with nearly 100 members expected to partake of the excellent things promised by G. Shipley, the club caterer, will be held at 7 o-ciock wed nesday night at the clubhouse. East Sixty-seventh street. A high-class concert will be given after the banquet, with such well known singers and entertainers as F. Burton, F. Crowther, F. Vowles, Jlmmle Dunn, G. Wilson, J. Cramer, and the press club octette on the programme. Mr. Martin will also entertain with a number of clever dialogue stories. keep from being shoved sideways, head well up, and ready to charge before his opponent is aware that the ball is in play. Put your shoulder and body into him. With your head and shoulder forc ing him away from the hole you wish preserved for the plunging backs. The tackle is not due for a rest when the ball is going over the other side of the line, for it then depends upon him to permit his team to score a five-yard gain or possibly lengthen It into a touchdown. Many games are won be cause of the ability of the tackles to break through the line and shatter the secondary defense. You will find that 90 per cent of plays are broken up by the men playing back. It is up to the tackle to put these men out of the play. Tackling Points Given. On kicks the responsibility of the right tackle, providing the kicker uses his right foot, is great. He must hold the line at his point, for the opposing attack will be centered on him in an effort to get through to block the kick. When the ball is away on a punt don't depend on the ends to recover the ball or tackle the runners. ' Get down on the play as fast as you can. If the punt is a high, short one the end is likely to be farther down and you are the man In line to stop the runner or recover the ball in case of a fumble. When you can ward aside the inter ference with your hands and get near the man with the ball, tackle him which, is much easier said than done. When you tackle, go into your man hard, wrap both arms about his legs, and don't be too ladylike about it. For the average player a point above the knees is the best place to aim for. Never slow down before tackling, for the man going the slower will get the harder bump. Just before you get within tackling distance Jam all your energy Into the final step or two, and you will find that you can throw him back a yard or two Instead of being dragged by him. Next Morning" Abe's Philosophy. daily until the ear is reduced to nor mal size, then finish off. using a rattan file to complete the fine work. This, Battler, is sure to secure re sults. Thanks for the Missouri home stead. Trusting to hear from you with in three days, we remain, yours truly, etc, etc., etc OCE again It Is rumored that the National Commission is to pass a rule prohibiting ballplayers from al lowing the use of their names over newspaper stories, because of the dan ger of stirring up dissension. Sandow Mertes, who umpired for a few weeks in the Coast League this Spring. Jumped to the Giants when Clark Griffith was managing the Chicago White Sox be cause of a criticism under Griffith's name which Clark had never written. If we belonged to the army of big league correspondents, the ranting of the Philadelphia Sporting Life would ?ome as soft, sweet music to the ears. The too-often inadequately paid writer spends his time for five or six months tickling the vanity of the ball star, md then, when the choice assignment harvest is on,., like a well-mannered child he is, he steps gracefully into the background to make way lor tne poor, benighted baseball boob and his flood of "expert" criticism, which he reads for the first time next morning under his signature. . . But if the Baseball Writers Associa tion Is willing to stand for the annual October literary upheaval, by all means let the Imposition continue. THE number of bright baseball news writers was emphasized forcibly during the world's series. It was the greatest literary ensemble In the his tory of baseball, with only the khedlve of Egypt and the caliph of Bagdad missing from fountain-pen row. On the opening day George Fitch spoke as follows: "In order to do this, Mr. Stahl, who belongs to the Sigma Chis at the Uni versity of Illinois and has always been esteemed a perfect gentleman, resorted to what the athletically feeble but In vincible Briton would call an act of typical American sportsmanship. The Boston manager.deliberately took ad vantage of his opponents by borrow ing one of the 13-inch guns from the battleship New Jersey, lying in the Hudson River, and sending It Into the pitcher's box disguised as Joe Wood. It was a nasty thing to do and the ad vocates of International disarmament are furious. Mr. Wood, after his sights had been adjusted, was harrowing in the extreme. He uses a conical ball with a flat trajectory and a cross com pound double reverse rifling, which causes the projectile to change Its mind about its destination about every four feet." Another writer brandishes a fish horn and tears off these excerpts from a hitherto unpublished manuscript en titled "Jake the Giant Killer." "Jake,- seeing the Giant coming his way, thought quickly and then spent his spare moments warming up one of his goats. The goat was a good goat and answered to the name of Jo. The Giant, disdaining to enter anything so II IKE 200 HITS Bayless and Ivan Howard At tain Coveted Goal. DEL HOWARD STILL LEADS Klaw ltter Now Second Only to Jack Killilay Among Coast League Pitchers Yohe Hitting; Well for Seals. Two Paclflo Coast League batsmen Bayless, of Vernon, and Ivan Howard, of Los Angeles have passed the 200 mark in number of bits banged out. Bayless leads with a total of 209 hits In 651 times at bat, giving him a bat ting average of .321. Del Howard, of the Seals, still leads the league and undoubtedly will finish at the top, as he Is batting .362. Yohe, the Tacoma lnfielder, has been doing good work since rejoining San Francisco, for he is hitting .342. John Kane, of Vernon, came up a few points in the week to .309, while Gus Hetling, of Oakland, fell to .301. Among league pitchers Klawitter passed a couple of his rivals by win ning a game from the Seals and the Portland righthander now ranks sec ond in the league with 23 wins and 12 losses. He ranks next to Killilay, with Chech and Leverenz, of Los Angeles,, next in line. The averages up to this series are as follows: Batting. Players AB. Marks, Los Angeles 2 Cunningham. Porland.... 11 D Howard, San Fran...S4S Yohe, San Francisco 38 Daley, Los Angeles 5S0 Holtmuller, Los Angeles. 658 Pope, Oakland 1J Peters, Sacramento 6 Edmondson, Vernon tt Mclntyre. San Fran 105 ,7.1, Tt-lanl .121 R. 1BH. BA .500 .364 .362 .842 .888 .338 .333 .333 .333 43 125 10 13 84 19 t8 ltS8 1 4 1 3 1 1 I 2 14 824 19 9 .32 Bayless, Vernon 631 $5 209 .321 .316 .318 Nagle. lios Ansei" McCafferty, - Loi Angeles. 16 R. Braahear. Vernon 837 Lindsay, Portland 81 J VanBuren, Sacramento ,.56 Dome. Portland 484 Delhi San Francisco.... 3 11 2 S3 33 6 169 .812 9 .812 111 .812 46 4 140 4 12 S7 ' 167 .808 .808 .807 C. Patterson, Oakland.. .511 Kane. Vernon 576 118 174 naae. Coy, Oakland 58 J 116 178 .305 87 19 301 fihnrne. Oakland 3UD 29 107 .800 Lewis, Sacramento ......518 SI li 2:19 Krueger, Portland Zimmerman. 6an Fran... 209 Delmas. Oakland 37 Rodgers, Portland 650 Wnffll. San Francisco. . .405 69 11 .297 19 62 .297 11 .2U7 76 191 46 119 80 85 62 108 m i7e .291 .294 .2S9 .287 Agnew, Vernon Dillon, LOS Angeiea ; 85 Tledemann, Oakland ....3R2 42 109 .285 Higglnbotham, rortiana. j 8 27 .284 I. Howara. J.u, aubiv 123 202 .283 .282 LltBom, v ernon . .535 ..25T ..3k ..281 05 151 SO 73 Swain, Sacramento . . 109 .231 Moore, Los Angeles . . O'Rourke. Sacramento v.anhr Oakland 7 79 .281 177 .280 167 .279 75 79 . .538 .. 43 Munsell, Sacramento 12 .279 6ii6 113 18" llrooks', Los Ang3le. . i-arllale. Vernon 11... I AniroleH ... 33 1 .278 .276 .275 .273 .272 .270 . 7O0 .320 . SI ir.4 4 53 6 6 44 96 193 Madden. Sacramento . Oregon-, Oakland ir-i.v Knn Vranclsco. . 63 Irelan, Sacramento Shlnn, Sacramento 685 Schmidt. San Frar.clseo.343 Corhan, San Francisco. .. 620 Gtdemon, San Francisco. 407 ti..ni rtalrlnnrl .... 34 .26 157 .268 .268 71 16." 40 108 1 Q .266 .260 Mundorff. San Francisco. 4 20 57 111 .264 Brown, vernon ji Drtscoll. Los Angeles. . . .235 ustar, v.mon ........... 51 2 40 81 .261 32 61 .26C 49 132 .28 T,t -Sr- 109 14 28 .257 H. Miller, Sacramento... .667 59 144 .254 Mohler, ean trancuwi...o'i cheek, Sacramento 851 r irnn ft 7 38 35 97 .254 89 .254 8 .254 i Ti n y , . . ...... .............. Butcher. Portland 233 35 5 28 .253 Toxer. Los Angeiea ..... l-l.h.r Pnrtlanri ........286 23 .253 71 .250 2ft .250 ADDOU, uuniaiiu . ov . . . . . 1.1 a on T 71 .249 Radbs. Portland ........508 48 125 .246 undignified as a scrap, sent his coat ' named Tesreau out to do Jake and his little goat named Jo. "It looked like curtains for Jake's goats for a little while and the Giant sat back and chuckled over two things called runs. But he reckoned without that time of day called the lucky sev enth, when Jake and his goat Just romped all over the lot with runs to spare.. Then three crows sailed over Coogan's bluff singing: "Caw, caw, caw, Muggsy McGee, Mc Gee, McGraw. These things may be dignified, but x they throw an obscure light on the situation. THE Jeter Foggs, of Royston, Ga,, say this world has produced three great men Shakespeare, Napoleon and Ty Cobb. The bearded sage of Avon might have been some pumpkins if stacked up alongside of the few of the diamond stars who "authored" the world's series, but his knowledge of the hook slide was nil. And as for the early edition of Muggsy McGraw, who always wore his hat crosswise, he may have won a war or two but what sort of a bat ting average did he finish with? Cobb, therefore, is the rubberneck wagon attraction in Royston, and not only there. Ty's three year contract with the Detroit club expires this Fall and we can expect a grand hullabaloo ere the Winter is out, with Ty the cynosure. The automobile roan's present franchise calls for $9000 per annum, but it is reported that he will demand from 312,000 to 815,000 to con tinue his career as a Tiger. Tyrus Raymond evidently realizes that be is in his prime and that now is the psy chological time to better his income if he ever expects to. Rated as the greatest player in the game- today, he is well worth the added salary. He Is the most valuable man in baseball, from the business end. Naturally, the greatest press agent in baseball, Cobb means extra divi dends for seven clubs besides the one he plays with. People who care little for baseball attend tha games Just to see tha remarkable outfielder per form. Cobb's success stands as a lesson to the younger generation. He has been heart and soul In the game since youth. The first word ha ever gurgled was "ball-ball," and, as Homer Croy once wrote, before he could crawl the length of the room, he would sit by the hour and suck the leather buckle of a field er's glove, and the day ha had out his milk teeth he had shaken his fist at two umpires and had spit at the coacher of the opposite team. Unlike some of his rival constella tions, Lajole for Instance, Cobb seldom gets hurt. If be went Into tha avia tion business he would still live to be as old as Shem, who carpentered on Noah's ark for 120 years. He might need a package of court plaster every decade or so, but should Tyrus ever fall in an aeroplane, chances are he'd hop off at a fifth-floor window, oome in on hook slide and hip, and then rush down the elevator sound as a slmoleon to see If the umpire had called him safe. McDowell, Vernon 162 tl .34 Burrell, Vernon 582 53 180 .244 Lober, Los Angeles 471 48 115 .344 Suter, Portland 41 1 10 .244 Cook, Oakland 892 82 168 .243 Leard. Oakland 80S 117 145 .341 Metzger. Los Angeles ...668 85 137 .241 Helster, Sacramento ....358 84 - 86 .289 Robrer, Oakland 210 14 60 .238 J. Baker, San Francisco. 80 19 .238 Prick, Oakland n160 80 87 .2:: I Wagner, ban Francisco. .184 18 31 .281 Slacle, Los Angeles. 78 8 18 .281 Stewart, Vernon 74 10 17 .228 Hltt, Vernon 113 11 2( .228 Killilay. Oakland 62 5 14 .226 Halla, Los Angeles 80 8 18 .225 Bolea. Los Angeles. .... .170 It 60 .223 Bonner, San Francisco... 18 0 4 .322 Kowley. Portland SOS 20 87 .220 H. Baker, Portland 82 18 .220 Koestner, Portland 129 8 28 .217 Bancroft, Portland 528 68 112 .213 Mitze, Oakland 395 31 83 .210 N". Brashear, Vernon 86 4 18 .209 McAvoy, San Francisco.. 87 8 18 .207 McArdle, San Francisco. .337 35 79 .204 H. Patterson. Vernon ...196 29 40 .204 Henley, San Francisco. .. 113 S 23 .203 Williams, Sacramento ... 8 11 II .202 October 14 Inclusive. 5 iii i 2 2! 0 0 lO)0 0 0 1 0 0 21 2 0 0 1O00 0 0 1 0 9 18 15 3 0 .63.1 2 0 O; 0 0 135 23 12 0 .607 5 O 2 0 2 3s'24il3 1 .U49 3 0 1 1 4 134122 12 0 .047 6 1 0 1 3 15 9 6 1 .643 1 0 0 0 0 :22'14 8 0 .03 1 O 0 1 0 2S 17;10 1 .U3U 2 1 1 2l 0 ,33:20 12 H.2.- j 3 2 2 2 ,S01S;11 l'.U21 3 0 2 2 0 2t 17,11 1 .607 4 1 1 1 4 ,25115 10 0 .600 1 0 0 0 0 ill 3 2 0 .600 1 0 0 1 0 21113 8 0 .610 3 0 10 4 27'lli 11 0 .5t3 3 10 12 '31 1713 1 .5i7 3 1 2 2 0 i22il7 0 .6U4 4 2 8 5 7 27!l512 0 .55B 2 12 8 8 2715!12 0 .556 1 0 0 1 S !23 1210 1 .045 2 0 0 0 0 3sill 0 .543 2 0 1 6 4 131 8 7 0 .533 0 0 0 1 1 23!12 11 0 .522 0 0 0 0 6 '4U 20'2O 0 .500 8 3 3 2 7 '25 12ll2 1 .500 2 0 0 1 0 18 0 9 0 .500 OOOOO 6 3 3 0 .500 0 0 0 0 3 2 110 .500 0 0 0 0 0 2 110 .500 0 0 0 0 0 24 11 13 0 .45S 3 0 0 2 4 11 5 6 0 .455 1 3 0 0 2 25 11 14 0 .440 1 0 2 2 4 2S12 i6 0 .42!) 8 1114 26 ll'lS 0 . 428 3 0 1 1 1 31i 131S 0.418 8 0 1 2 3 27 18 22 0 .405 2 1 0 2 8 11 4 6 1 .400 OOOOO 13 S! 8 01.385 0 0 0 0 0 24 915 .378 2 0 0 1 1 35 13,22 0 . 871 2 1 2 3 8 2'l0 19 0 .345 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 4 0 .8S3 0 0 0 0; 1 7 2 5 0 .2M1 0 0 1 0 0 11 8 8 0 .273 0 0 0 O 0 19 B 14 0 .203 2 0 1 O1 4 13 0 .250 1 0 0 0 1 5 1 4 0 .200 0 0 0 1 0 6 1 4 0 . 200 OOOOO 8 0 3 Oi'.OOO 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 . 000 0 0 0 0 0 1! o 1 01.000 0 0 0 0 0 PITCHERS. Olmstead, O. ... Edmondson, v.. Killilay. O,... Klawitter. P. Chech. L.A. . . Levercnc. L.A.. Nagle, L.A..... Castleton. V. .. Stewart, V.... Hitt, V Malarkey, O... Hisginbo'm, P. Christian. O... Vernon, L.A.... Parkin, O Raleigh, V Grogory, O Abies, O Tozer. L.A Fanning, S.F.... Arreianes, 8.... Munsell, S Carson, V....... Miller. S.F. Halla. L.A. Gray, V. Arlett, 8.F Musser, L.A. ... Pope, O Baum, S. & V. . Suter, P McCorry. S.F... Harkness, P.... Baker, S.F Slagle, L.A..... Koestner. P. ... Gregg. P. Delhi. 8.F Williams, S Henley, 8.F.... Ollllgan, P. St B. AlbertJ, S Bonner, S.F. Pernoll, O Fitzgerald, 8... Hardin. S McCafferty. L.A. Perritt, L.A.. . . Peters, S Fltchner, P. ... Marks, L.A. . . . Also one one-hit game. Oct. . 14, Inclusive. VITAL GAME COMES OX FRIDAY Washington and Jcfrcrson to Clash In lnterscholastlc League. Admitting that Washington High Is one of the leading factors of the lnter scholastic League, this week will de cide whether Jefferson High is also to be found in the finals, for Washington and Jefferson meet on Friday. . On Wednesday, Washington and Portland Academy meet, but as Port land Academy is so light, the outcome is certain to be in favor of Washing ton. The Academy has grit and speed, K,, tha nroifrht handicno Of 10 or lt pounds to the' man Is more than the little men can overcome. Washington has made two public ap pearances, winning botli contests with a big margin. The first was against Pafifin University, and the second was against Columbia University. In both xrota tho ship llltrli School showed a line without a flaw and back- field strong on the offensive. Jefferson has mnde one appearance It played Hill Military Academy last week, winning 13 to 10. Jefferson de clares that this game did not do credit to its team and that its hand is yet to be shown. Friday everything it has will be shown to down Washing ton. Should Washington win the game, the championship of the league will be between Lincoln and Washington, in all probability, with Hill as a strong candidat-