THE SUXD AY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 2, 1913.
HOW COAST AND NORTHWESTERN LEAGUES SHAPE UP FOR 1913 PENNANT
HEAD OFFICIALS OF TWO BIG
WESTERN BASEBALL LEAGUES.
PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE
NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE
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PORTLAND Strong outfield intact, a
much Improved Infield over 1913,
with Derrick, Rodgers, Korea, Lind
say, McCormick and Peters, and a pitch
ing: corps that looks 50 per cent better
than that with which McCredie finished
last Fall, should land in the first di
vision. Team will be extremely fast. Big
asset. Manager Walter McCredie, who
has won three pennants for Portland
since 19DS. Some of the new twlrlers
are Krapp, James, West. Hagerman,
Stanley and Carson, all seasoned stock.
Oakland New manager in Honus
Mitze, veteran Oak catcher. Team will
miss the experience and generalship of
Bud Sharps and the work of Outfielder
Patterson, but Mitze has Schlrn, a
grand gardener from Buffalo, a new
first baseman, Ness, and should just
about hold up to last year's average.
The Oak pitchers went better last year
than is expected for 1913, and the same
is true of the individual star, Gua Het
ling. Vernon Same speedy outfield. Kane.
Carlisle and Bayless; new man, Halll
nan in infield: two new troublesome
Southern League backstops, Tonneman
and Elliott, and an uncertain pitching
corps. Happy Hogan lost the pennant
last year by an eyelash, so will likely
be up there, but his team does not ap
pear quite as strong as in 1912. His
present infield arrangement Is Patter
son, first base; Brashear, second base;
Hosp, shortstop; Litschl, third base.
Los Angeles "Pop" Dillon's club
does not look as strong as Oakland,
Vernon or Portland. Has signed Gill,
an ex-American Association star, for
.first base, but the Angels have lost the
two greatest clouters in the league,
Heitmuller and Daley, and the greatest
shortstop, Berger. They may get Ber
ger back from Chicago, but right now
I!llon's men do not look better than
fourth, although Maggert, Ellis, Fahey
and the new men are highly capable.
Sacramento New manager in Harry
Wolverton. for two years boss at Oak
land and last season manager of the
tail-end New York Americans. Wol
verton has strengthened his team par
ticularly in the outfield, where the Sen
ators have been woefully weak. Two
new'men. Kenworthy and Moran. have
been added, and a sterling catcher,
.lack Bliss, signed up. These are the
principal improvements, although Wol-
verton has a new batch of pitchers who
may wake things up.
players are: Drucke. veteran New
Yorker; Stroud, of Buffalo, and Schulz,
of Philadelphia. Stack, a Buffalo short
stop, is the one new infield face.
San Francisco Very much of an un
certainty. Manager Bill Reldy has been
'Wintering in Ohio and has not signed
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something from the majors., before
April 1. The team doesn't look as good
today as it did at the close last Fall,
because it -has lost Pitcher Miller and
Outfielder Gedeon.
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a new man since late last Fall, this
Some of the new l-personage being Willie Hogan. the St.
Louis outfielder. The Seals have the
same backstops, Schmidt and Berry, and
the old infield will likely be back in
harness Howard, WufTli, Corhan and
Wagner, only a fair assortment. The
pitching staff, at present, looks rather
weak, but Reidy .will undoubtedly land
ROSS WTVS 100-TAKD SWIM
John McMurray, However, Makes
Time at Indoor Event,
Norman Ross, Northwest indoor
swimming champion at 220 and 880
yards, won the handicap 100-yard swim
in the Multnomah Amateur Athletic
Club tank Friday night, although John
McMurray, 100-yard champion, made
the best time. Ross, with a three-second
handicap over McMurray, negotiated
the course in 1:07, - while McMurray
reeled off the 100 yards in 1:04 1-6. .
Ten swimmers competed in the first
or the weekly aquatic teatures, -Lin
strom, with a five-second handicap over
Mills, a scratch man, winning the first
heat, with Fulton second. Ross took
the second heat and John McMurray
was second. - In the finals McMurray
was scratch man, with Ross given
three seconds, and Fulton and Lind
strom 16 seconds each. Ross - won,
with McMurray second, Linstrom third
and Fulton fourth. -
Arthur Cavill acted as starter and
timer, with Dr. Holt and Sam Hol
brook the judges.
RIGID SWIM-MJIXG RULE MADE
Amateur Athletic Union to Put Curb
on Crowding In Races.
The Amateur Athletic Union of
America recently passed new swimming
rules which- prevents the tanks from
being overcrowded during races by
keeping the swimmers in their "fair
way" of the water course. Officials
of the Amateur Athletic Union of
America intend to see that the -newly-adopted
rules are strictly enforced. -
Jills rule in run reads as follows: :
"Each competitor shall keep a
straight course parallel with the
courses of the other competitors, from
the starting station to the opposite
point in the finish line. Any contestant
who. when out or his own water, shall
touch another competitor, is liable to
disqualification from that event, subject
to the discretion of the referee. ,
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Roseburg 2-0, Eugene 6.
ROSEBURO, Or., Feb. 1. (Special.)
The Eugene High School basketball
team tonight lost to the Roseburg High
School, 20 to 6. .
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PORTLAND Basins a prediction on
the comparative, strength of the
1912 and 1913 teams, the Portland
Colts should finish In the first division
next season. Inflelders Kibble and Mc
Dowell and Outfielder Speas apparently
are lost, but Speas may return from St.
Louis, and the addition of Bancroft, sev
eral prospective Beaver acquisitions and
Gulgni, a promising youngster, should
offset this loss. The difference in the
two teams will lie largely In the pitch
ing staffs. All of the veterans, who
should pitch better ball next season
than last, and several top-notch re
cruits will perform for the Colts.
Seattle The championship Giants of
1912 should, with a slight schedule fa
voritism, figure as the contending team
for the pennant in the 1913 campaign,
but Dugdale's teams are ln-and-outers,
as may be gathered from 'the percen
tage table fluctuations between 1909
and 1912. "Dug" has. lost his battery
mainstay, James and Whaling, and Out
fielders Mann and Strait aregone. But
he has Gipe, Deli and JBarry, three de
cidedly promising youngsters, for his
pitching staff, and a number of other
promising recruits.
Spokane The Indians will be up in
the -race; they always have been with
Ostdlek as manager and Conn handling
the purse. Noyes, Strand, Jdyers, De
Vogt. Cartwright, Powell and Hartley
are among the absentees.-with one or
two possible returns, but Cohn has
signed up his usual number of rookies,
secured Pitcher Covaleskie from Con
nie Mack, and Ten Million in the Hart
ley deal, and a number of other likely
looking players. Then, the' working
agreement with San Francisco will aid
the Indians If they get off to a bad
start. .. ' "
Tacoma Tigertown has a new owner
and manager this season, as well as a
tip-top pitcher, in the person of Joe
McGinnity. Joe's town has a surprise
in the shape of an even break on the
schedule, which will have a distinct
bearing on the outcome of the season of
play from a Tiger standpoint. It's hard
to figure where Tacoma will finish, but
McOinnity is going to make a super
human effort to land in front next sea
son. Joe has not given out much In
formation regarding his new men. but
a number will be brought out from the
East.
Vancouver Bob Brown is another
baseball man who can be depended on
to place his team near the top. With
his Vancouver team and Spokane al
most certain to break into the first di
vision, if recent past performances are
a criterion only one first division berth
TWO NORTHWEST ERX LEAGUE
MANAGERS WHO WILL BOSS
NEW CLUBS.
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is left for the remaining four clubs.
Bob lost Jimmy Clark, his best pitch
er, but has several new .men. including
Thomas, McCreery and Hauser. Ed Ken
nedy will play outfield, Pembroke, a
OLD TIE RIVALS
FIGHT FOR HONORS
Washington and Lincoln Real
Contenders for Basketball
Championship.
WEST SIDE TEAM FAVORED
Borleske's Quint Looked Upon a:
Only Ones to Defeat "Champs" of
Last Tear; Jefferson and Co
lombia Chances Small.
STANDING OF LEAGUE.
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Washing-ton 2 0
Lincoln
Columbia 1
Jetferson 1
Portland Academy 0
Hill Academy 0
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BY FRANK HOCHFELD.
The Washington and Lincoln High
Schools, old-time athletic rivals, are
! soon to battle for the 1913 inter
' scholastic basketball championship of
(Portland. With the completion of
I nearly half of the 1913 schedule.
1 neither of these teams has met defeat
Comparative scores made against the
other interscholastic teams show that
' the Washington five, champions of last
i year, and the Lincoln quintet, consid-
red by followers of the sport as the
j fastest team in the league, are of equal
(strength.
"The present Lincoln team is far bet-
i ter than the squad that represented the
school last year, due, to a great ex
tent, to the work of Coach Borleske,
who has charge of the team for the
I first time.
Cardinals Wla Opening Game.
Tn the opening game of the inter
i scholastic season the Cardinal quintet
I humbled the Hill Military team by an
i overwhelming score of 41 to 6. The
! Hill team was greatly handicapped, not
j having a coach, but several members
I of the Hill alumni have volunteered
I their services, and the team has greatly
; Improved.
The Washington quintet, in its first
. game against the Portland Academy
.' basket tossers, failed to score aa
heavily as did the Lincoln boys, but
the result of the games would Indi
cate that there is little or no differ
ence In the strength of the two teams.
Washington's score against Coach
Lee's boys was 51 to 12. while tli" '
Stele High quintet' rolled up a 66-to-9
score.
The Hill Military Academy and the
Portland Academy teams, losing their
first two games, are eliminated aa
contenders for championship honors.
The unexpected defeat of the Jefferson
High team by Columbia University has
'rreatly hampered the chances of Coach
Lake's men.
Lincoln Big- Factor.
; "I think that the race for the 1913
' Interscholastic championship will be
fought out between the Lincoln and
Washington High Schools." says Clar
ence Hendrickson. manager of the Jef
ferson team. "Our defeat by the Co
lumbia University will keep us down,
owing to the fact that the basketball
schedule only calls for each team to
play five games, one against each
school."
The Columbia University was consid
ered a contender for the championship
until it met defeat at the hands of the
Washington Champions last Friday.
I expected my team would have to
exert Itself to m-ring victory from the
Columbia University quintet, and they
did." said Dr. Fenstermacher, of the
Washington team. "The game was nip
and tuck from the very start and was
without doubt the best game I have
seen for a long time. It looks like a
battle between the schools that fought
for the 1913 football championship. I
am not underating the Lincoln five,
and I will be compelled to give my
men strenuous workouts in order to
bring victory to our school."
Borleske Reserves Opinion.
Not having seen all the teams in
action. Coach Borleske says he 1s at
present unable to give his opinion as
to which are the real contenders for
the 1913 championship. Six games of
the schedule have already been played,
with nine games yet to be played.
The Portland Academy and Hill Mil
itary teams will play the next inter
scholastic game op February 6 and will
battle to evade tho cellar champion
ship. The Jefferson quintet will play
the Lincoln five Friday, and, judging
by the past performances of both
teams, the Lincoln team should win.
McLean Wins Skating Honors.
MONTREAL. Que.. Feb. 1. Robert
McLean, of Chicago, the American
champion, won two of the six races here
today in the Canadian amateur skating
championship meet. McLean finished
first in the mile and half mile events
and was second in the 220 yards and
440 yards. The races were skated in
a 30 mile an hour wind with a tem
perature below zero.
Harrisburg Game In Dispute.
HARRISBURG, Or.. Feb. 1. (Spe
cial.) The basketball frame between
Harrisburg and Brownsville High
School teams last night was the most I
BATTLE FOB LEAGUE SUPREM
ACY IS ACUTE.
Meier & Frank Five and Dwight
Edwards Team Kow Tied for
Place at Top.
The struggle for supremacy in the
City Bowling League, Portland's rank
ing alley circuit, assumed a decidedly
acute angle last week, the Meier &
Frank five, leaders for marry weeks,
being overhauled by the . oncoming
Dwight-Ed wards five. The teams are
now tied for first place, with the sea
son ending on February 20.
While the week's games shunted Tom
O'Donnell's quintet from a precarious
lead at the top of the percentage col
umn, they boosted Gus Ahrens, a Meier
& Frank man, to the top of the ladder
over Paul Kneyse, a Dwlght-Bdwards
roller. -Ahrens broke the three-game
record of the season, with a score ot
674, and jumped to an average of 192,
one pin better than Kneyse's mark.
The Dwight-Edwards quintet won
Frost is the individual leader of the
Commercial Leaguers, with an average
of 181, while Neil and Stever are tied
for the Big Four championship, with
169. Miller averaged 206 for three
games in the Big Four League, but is
not eligible to recognition as the
leader.
A. K. Myers, captain of the Teleg
raphers Ave- of the City League, plans
to organize a team for the Vancouver,
B. C, tournament. This meet was orig
inally scheduled f or March, but late
reports -from Vancouver postpone the
affair until April. "
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When "Dutch" Ahrens rolled 674 in
three games he shattered the mark of
660 held by Kneyse, and. incidentally,
shoved the latter out of first place
among the Individual bowlers of the
city.
The standings of teams and individ
ual leaders in the three public leagues
follow:
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The schedules for the week: City
League Tuesday, Dwight-Edwards vs.
Telegraphers, Weonaa vs. Meier &
Frank; Thursday, Powers vs. Pacific.
Commercial League Wednesday, Meier
& Frank vs. Honeyman, Wright & Dit-
son vs. White Crows; Friday. Lang &
Co. vs. Foresters, City Hall vs. Dooly
& Co. Big Four League Monday,
Telegram vs. Shoe Dogs, L X.. L. vs.
Imperials.
: CUr League. '
Won. Lost. Pet.
Meier & Frank .... 23 3 3 .639
Wwig-ht - Edwards.... 23 13 .639
Powers 22 14 .611
Telegraphers. . 17 19 .472
Pacific 13 23 .361
Weonas 10 26 .78
High single game, individual, Kneyse
262: team. Dwight Edwards 1034.
High three games, Individual, Gus
Ahrens 674; team, Dwight-Edwards
2910.
Individual Averages (180 er Over).
Games. Ttl. Pins. Av.
Ahrens. . 36 6916 192
Bishop 29 6278 182
Bechtel. 27 5146 191
Ceute-. 6 6777 JS8
Franklin 36 R500 . 181
Houser. . 36 66-10 184
Hanson .36 6538 182
Hemphill fi 1090 182
Kneyse. . 36 6879 "191
Kruse 36 67-I9- 187
Melvln. . 36 6758 188
Osterhaut. . 31 664 6 ' J82
O'Donnell 30 6607 187
Raymond.. 36 6476 180
Tonsing. ... ...... 5 926 185
Commercial League.
Won. Lost. Pet.
Honeyman 28 8 .778
White Crows 23 10 .697
Foresters. . 22 '14 .611
Meier & Frank .... 18 15 .545
Wright & Ditson. . 15 18 .455
Lang & Co 14 22 .388
City Hall 13 23 .361
Dooly & Co 6 28 .151
High single game, individual. Frost
568: team. White Crows 983.
High three games, individual. Krause
70o; team. Honeyman 2S03.
Individual Averages (170 or More).
Games. Ttl. Pins. Av
Cook 33 5606 171
Edgar 3 524 17:
Finck. 30 5288 176
Fisher 29 4955 171
Frost. . 15 2711 181
Heffron 27 46S7 172
Keller. 29 4978 172
Krause 33 5667 1
W. L Moore 12 2148 179
Melster 3:1 f.700 173
Martin 15 25S9 172
McMahon 33 5700 173
McGInnls. 6 1053 175
Nell 6 100 181
Tonsing. 33 5904 179
Tint 33 6764 175
Woedt L'4 ' 4261 178
Big Four League.
Won. Lost. Pet.
Imperials.. 2S 5- .848
Telegram. , 17 16 : .615
I. X. L. 13 20 .393
Shoe Dogs 8 25 .242
High single game, individual, Gavin
240: team. Imperials 932.
High three games, individual, Neil
on; team, imperials zdsi.
Individual Averages (160 or Over).
Games. Ttl. Pins. Av.
Bartle 33 5364 163
Brumvold 33 5306 161
Campbell 21 S387 161
Miller 3 616 205
Neil . ... 27 4570 169
Phillips. -. 15 2476 165
Stiver. 33 5593 169
White. 1 181 181
Portland boy. will be given a tryout
as catcher, and other first-class talent
will be run through the training camp
mill.
Victoria The Bees have a new man
ager this year, Mike Lynch, former Ta
coma and Seattle boss, going over to
Wattelet's club. Mike is working hard
to bolster up the team, although reti
cent regarding new men. and can be
depended on to give Victoria fans a
run for their money, although it does
not seem likely that the squad will
make the early-season spurt of last
year.
SPORTING SPARKS
QTJAETET OP PORTLAND IUTEESCEOLASTIC LEAGUE SOCCER TEAMS USHERING IN THIRD YEAR OF ENGLISH SPORT AMONG LOCAL SCHOOLS.
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JOHN M'GRAW, Giant manager, is
the greatest managerial tutor of
them all. Jennings, Bresnahan. Joe
Kelly and Joe McGinnity all learned tha
game under the "Little Napoleon."
Joe Sugden, who caught for Van
couver not so long ago, will be taken
south by the Tigers to assist In the
development of young pitchers.
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Arthur Devlin will be field captain
of the Boston Braves next season. Con
nie Mack names Danny Murphy, in
stead of Harry Davis, as the Athletic
field boss for 1913.
Frank Chance, new Yankee manager,
is depending largely on Russell Ford,
the spit ball artist, to place his new
team In the running for the American
League flag.
Connie Mack says that Rube Wad
dell, the eccentric twlrler, Is the best
pitcher of all time.
To prevent Its Olympic heroes from
turning professional the Australians
are to purchase annuities for McAr
thur. Gltshaw and Lewis. This is to
take the form of a pension of $20 a
month. McArthur won the marathon
at Stockholm, Gltshaw finished sec
ond and Lewis won the long-distance
cycling event.
mere s sure to De a row in iew
York over the Polo grounds, particu
larly If the Americans are (coin?
strong. Both teams use the same
park, but the Giants reserve the right
to use the park for postponed games
even if the Americans have contests
scheduled.
Jimmy McAleer says that a ball
player should be at his best between
30 and 35 years of age and ought to
have $30,000 saved up.
McGraw refuses to give the news
papers much credit for his popularity.
He says that winning ball clubs and
not newspaper praise, put him in the
limelight,
Jack Johnson has signed a contract
with the St. Louis Browns. No, not
the fighter, an outfielder.
The wrestling game must be getting
bad when Jess Westergaard and Jack
Leon turn to the ring.
J. M. Smith, of Aurora, Or., is mak
ing a strong effort to organize the fairs
of the Willamette Valley Into a circuit
for the protection of members, arrange
ments of dates and better handling of
racing programmes and exhibits.
T. L. Taylor, of Wedford, Or., tha
owner of King Seal, 2:13, expects this
performer to develop Into a winner un
der the management of Sim Lindsay.
Blackmate, the 8-year-old gelding,
now racing at Juarez, Mexico, holds
the remarkable distinction of racing
over more regulation mile tracks than
any thoroughbred in America.
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hotly contested and exciting game of
the season and ended with both sides
claiming the game. Brownsville
claimed the game by a score of 13 to
10, while Harrisburg held it had won
13 to 12. The contested point was
caused by Brownsville fouling Harris
burg on a throw to the basket.
Ray Bronson, the welterweight who
claims the title of the division was
badly defeated by Tommy Howell, of
Philadelphia, last week. Ray showed
a remarkable streak of sameness- but
Howell was too much for him.
three games in a row from the Pacific
five, and the Meier & Frank squad
dropped two in three to the Telegra
phers.' At the same time the Powers five
rolled to its best form, and is only one
full game behind the first two, making
the race a three-cornered affair.
The Dwight-Edwards team Is favor
ite In the race for the championship,
but followers of the Meier & Frank
five are numerous. Next Tuesday the
Meier & Frank team meets the Weonas,
while the Dwight-Edwards crew tackles
the Telegraphers. On form, the out
come should place the Meier & Frank
team one game to the good.
- Washington lltsb. 1'ppcr Bow, Left t lUsrht Adams (Hauser), Ball, Brown, Mackenzie, Clement. Williams
(Coach). .
Lower Row Daly, Williams, Campbell, llaxlett, Ingrhton and Gilbert.
Jefferson High. Upper Row, Left to Rlarht Colvln (Captain), D no can (Coach),1 Lelpold,. P.. Chappie Browne
(father of Soeeer In Oregon), Scott (Assistant Coach), Simmons (Manager).
- Middle Row B. F. Yoans, D. Yonns, Curry. Boaey, Bailer and Laaaen,
Lower Row Mnrphy, Gibson, Barnard. Renin and Kyle,
Lincoln Hlsh, I'pper Row, Left to Rlarht Paaret, Steele, T. Greer, 'Rinley. Farley, Beohmer, Taerek (Coach),
Lower Ron Goodiria, Yonns, Ronssellot, Ltnfelntor and Wolverton.
Portland Academy. Upper Row, Left to Rlarht Hyskell. MeCllatoek, Oolton, . Cobb, Bchenbers, . Minott. Beaaor
(Manager), Standing Rear. .
. Lower Ron-(irakam, Aahlcr, . laenherar, "Wllmott and McClnna
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