THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 16, 1913.
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CHANGES
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ON TRACK BETTER
With Opening of Second Se
mester Hayward Has Vi
sions of! 91 3 Victories.
BIB EE WILL NOX ENTER
Failure of Jefferson Star to Get
Enough Credits to Matriculate
Means Probable loss of 10
Points to Varsity Team.
UMPIRE BAITERS IN BASEBALL DEPEND ON
ACTIONS TO SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
Great Desire of Indicator Man la to Keep From Being Shown Up and Therefore Judge Will Stand for More Conversation Trom Kicker Than Ac
tions of Protest Objectionable Manners Count With Crowd, Who Cannot Hear Words of Player. i .
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene,
Feb. 15. (Special.) With registration
for the second semeBter completed and
all doubt concerning the return of cer
tain promising' athletes eleared away,
It appears that Oregon's chances for
a winning track team are not as hope
less as they looked a week ago. The
only big point winner who had been
counted on by Trainer Hayward and
who has failed to report is Blbee, the
former Jefferson High School hurdler.
There is no possibility of Bibee's en
tering college this Spring, because he
has not enough credits to turn the
trick. This, in the estimation of local
followers of preparatory school ath
lettcs, means a clear loss of 10 points
from Oregon's score this season. It was
figured here that the Portland lad
would have taken both the high and
low sticks from any competitor in the
conference with ease.
Saunders Good Acquisition.
One second semester acquisition is
Everett Saunders, from Baker, with
a good preparatory record as a
quarter mller. "Nick" Kimball, from
Pendleton, a good hurdler who was
crowded into obscurity by Hawkins and
Latourette in the palmy days of nurd
ling two years ago, has also reentered
college. With the graduation of the
two stars and the failure of Blbee
to matriculate, the bunchgrass timber
topper will be welcomed.
It looks like Oregon's combination in
the distance events this Spring will be
unbeatable. With McClure, Wlndnagle,
Hugglns, McConnell, Boylen and Pack,
Hayward team should almost shut
out its competitors over the extenuated
courses. So bountiful is the material
in these events that Hayward probably
will attempt to make sprinters out of
some of his strong lunged runners.
Wlndnasle to Try Short Rams.
'Wlndnagle, although he has conclus
ively proved his ability to run even
as long a race as a two and one-half
mile cross-country, by defeating Mc
Clure at that distance, will probably
be tried at the quarter and half. Boy
len, who showed good speed in the
half last season, will be set to work
at the quarter and two-twenty.
McConnell will probably be kept at
the half, in which he has a record
of two minutes flat, made the season
before last. McClure will probably also
enter this race for a second or third
place. His time of 1 minute 59'i sec
onds for the distance, made last year,
stands as a college record. Wlndnagle,
who with bis wonderful high school per
formance of 1:56 4-5, is the fastest of
the trio at this distance, will be sent
out to capture the first money.
In the mile McClure, Hugglns, and
Pack should be good for first, second,
and third against any Northwest college.
provided no new stars are developed
in the rival camps. McClure holds the
Coast record of 4:24 3-5 in the mile,
while Hugglns has run the distance
consistently around 4:30. Pack.
Sophomore, has also showed his ability
to negotiate that time in trials.
Speedy Tandem In Prospect.
McClure and Hugglns will form a
speedy tandem in the two-mile event.
For third place Hayward will have Al
len. Blackaby and King, one of whom
should prove an able understudy for
the two speed marvels.
In the quarter there will be Wind
nagle, Saunders, Boylen, and Barber.
the Washington High star of two sea
sons ago. Barber's victory in both
the half and quarter in the State In-
terscholastlc meet in his last prepar
atory year stamps him as a middle-
distance runner of promise. If he has
not gone back meanwhile, he will prove
a valuable asset to Hayward's aggre
gation.
Kay, the fast sprinter of the 1910
and 1911 seasons, looks the leader in
the hundred and two-twenty. Last sea
son he was out of track athletics with
a weak knee. He now declares-that
he is in good shape, and it his old
trouble does not develop he should flirt
with a ten-second mark in the century
this year. Kaiser, a former Salem High
School star, looks the pick of the
freshmen sprinters.
Shot Patter Promising;.
Since Foster, the 145-pound Dayton
lad, has been heaving the shot Indoors
past the forty-foot mark, Hayward is
congratulating himself on having ac
quired a winning shot-putter. This is
better than Kellogg's best performance,
yet the latter was able to take the
event in all his Northwest meets last
season. The hammer throw, being cut
out or tne conference programme, is not
worrying Hayward, while the disous
has as yet developed no star.
In the Jumps and pole vault Hay
ward has his entries of last season.
Stuller in the high Jump, Parsons In
the broad jump, and Watson In the
vault. Stuller cleared the bar at 6
feet 10 inches In the meet with the
Oregon Agricultural College last year,
and should he be able to equal this
mark consistently he should win points
in the Northwest meets this season.
Parsons has beaten 20 feet in the long
leap, but is not consistent.
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OPPONENT SOUGHT FOB BUD
Wolgast ja Man Preferred of All
Possible Contenders.
LOS ANGELES, CaL. Feb. 15. (Spe
cial.) The dawn of a more prosperous
era is observable on the horizon of Bud
Anderson's young fistic life.
Promoter McCarey intends giving the
Vaneouver, Wash, man employment in
either March or April and Is telegraph,
lcally scouring the country for a suit
able opponent. He is endeavoring to
entice Joe Mandot into the ring with
Anderson. He offered Mandot the April
2 date with Anderson, but has received
no reply. Should Mandot refuse to
hearken, Wolgast may be offered the
match. In a letter received here yes
terday ' Ad requested McCarey to set
aside the March 17 date for him and
Anderson. In looking over the calen
dar McCarey discovered that March 17
falls in holy week this year and he
will not stage a contest at that time.
Frank le Russell also is mentioned as
a possible opponent for Anderson. Wol
gast Is preferred. Ad's habit of nam
ing fancy figures for all of his con
tests may eliminate him as far as the
lqcal dub is concerned
BT CHRISTY MATHBWSON,
Of the New Tors Giants.
(Copyright. 1913, by the McClure Newi
paper Syndicate.)
IT has long been an invariable rule
of McGraw that, after a pitcher
has worked out and won. he de
serves one day of absolute rest durln
the long, hard drive of the champion
ship race when he does not require
every man on the bench each after
noon. This means the twirler la given
the luxurious privilege of remaining In
his regular clothes, and that 1 he can
stay away from the ball park. But,
strange as it may seem, the missln
pitcher can generally be found in the
grand stand.
It has been my good fortune to draw
a few of these afternoons of leisure
slnee I have been with the Giants, and
I spend my time studying the crowd
rather than the game. The contest
the secondary Interest to me, the spec
tator the first, because the ordinary
situation is reversed, and, instead of
being watched, I am watching.
The thing which has impressed me
most frequently is the attitude of the
fans toward the rows between players,
managers and umpires. There is a unl
versal desire in the grand stand
know what is being said, because the
performance is necessarily a panto
mine.
This opinion seems to prevail that
the conversation is spicy, and that the
repartee is so well seasoned It would
make a longshoreman ashamed or mm
self and so embarrass a Billingsgate
fishwife, if she were to hear it, that
she would Immediately wish she were
deaf and dumb-.
Actions Count With Empires,
"Look at McGraw now. I'll bet he
Is handing it to that blind gink," a gen
tleraan sitting in a box near me said
one day last season. He looked as it
he might be a deacon or a Sunday
School superintendent from the Middle
West, where they have to depend upon
the newspapers for their regular Bi
League diet, and can see only an occas
lonal game. He had on eyeglasses at
tached to one of those black string
cables which disappear within the col
lar. and do not display their terminals,
The fans are usually wrong in their
surmise as to the conversations. Mod
em day dialogue between the umpire
and the players have Improved with the
progress of the game. But most or tne
regular kickers are great aotors, and
umpires are strict believers in the text
that actions speak louder than words,
especially on the ball field, where the
fan In the grandstand cannot hear
what is said. The great desire or tne
judge of play is to keep from being
shown up. Therefore an umpire will
stand for more conversation from
kicker than actions of protestation. A
few of the cardinal sins which mean
instant expulsion are:
Throwing the glove Into the air.
Tramping on an umpire's toes with
the spikes, especially if he has corns.
Tossing up the bat when called out
on a third strike.
Tearing the hair after a decision as
tragedian one of "Johnny" Evers'
favorites.
Laying a hand on the umpire in ar
gument.
Making any motion of disgust.
Erera Champion Baiter.
Perhaps Johnny Evers holds the first
place among umpire baiters, while
there are numerous runners up for the
title. "Bill" Dahlen was good in his
day. but he is going back, while Mc
Graw was no slouch. Griffith, Tinker,
Bresnahan, Devlin. Magee and Fred
Clark have all had their places among
the National League arbiters. But
umDlre baiters as a Bport, with horse
racing and bicycling is now on the de
cline in this country. It isn't what it
was.
The days of the old rough-and-tum
ble, give-and-take umpire are passed.
Tim" Hurst was the highly developed
type of this sort, and be lived in vis
orous days, when the life insurance
companies considered an arbiter a bad
risk. "Tim" had a stormy career, for
he careered in the time when umpire
baiting was in Its prime. They tell
funny story about "Tim," one of many
which show how deeply his profes
sional tactics were ingrained.
Hurst was never an umpire to dodge
the spotlight, and, in the old days,
"Cap" Anson was out with a show
called "The Runaway Colt." This was
several years ago. In each town on the
route some celebrated citizen or base
ball authority would be impressed to
umpire a sliding scene. "Arlle Latham,
formerly the Giant coach or, had a rep
utation as a great baserunner in those
days and he traveled in the cast for
the part which he played in this slid
ing scene. When the show got to New
York they asked "Tim" Hurst to um
pire. The stage was set tor the big
scene and Latham came coasting into
the sandpit, while some stage hand
threw "Cap" Anson the ball out of the
wings. He slapped it on the sliding
Latham.
"Yer out!" bawled Hurst, Jerking his
thumb over his Bhoulder, natural and
lifelike.
Latham was a great student of the
realistic school of acting and he de
sired to please the first night audience
at Holt's Theater in Harlem. Hurst
was down over the play and Latham
jumped up to protest when he had
been called out. As he came up he
bumped "Tim" right In the nose and
the blood spurted out all over the
stage. "Tim" had a great temper.
"You son-of-a-gunl" he roared.
Audience Enjoys Pan.
Then he let fly at Latham with both
fists, and there was a stirring fight all
over the stage, the audience standing
up and shouting in its glee.
"Get off the field!" shouted Hurst at
Latham in his anger. i
The spectators went home that night
declaring they had never before seen
anything so realistic on the stage.
Latham left the theater in a carriage,
for none ever denied that "Tim" was
good fighter. That was carrying
umpire baiting to the limit.
When Harry Wolverton became tne
manager of the Yankees last Spring
he brought with him a reputation tor
being a hard man on umpires and he
sent out a threat to the big league
arbiters by being put out of a practice
game on the way North with his club
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JOHNXY EVERS, WHOSE WORK FOR CHICAGO, PUTS HIM OUT
RECORD AS GREATEST OF IM'IELDERS.
before the championship season ever
opened. Wolverton had real hard luck
in New York, things breaking Dadly
for him throughout the season. The
best manager in the world would have
had trouble In contending with the in-
uries to stars which he encountered
last year. All these things going
against a man when he is trying to get
a toe hold in a big league berth natur
ally upset his temper.
Wolverton was "on" the umpires au
the time, so I am told, really believing
he was getting the worst of it. I saw
the Yankees play maybe ten times last
season, and he was always ready to
kick on any point. They ten a story
about a run-in which he had with
Jack" Egan toward the end of the
race, when the New York Americans
were comfortably located in last place,
with no chance of sinking farther, and
very little show of rising. They were in
much the same position that a cat finds
herself when she gets to the bottom of
river tied up in a bag loaded with
stones. Wolverton .was, therefore, nat
urally Irritable. v
Egan Is Witty Man,
Egan has two great hobbles, liter
ature and boxing. He reads deep books
like Carlyle's "French Revolution" and
other weighty works. From somewhere,
either from his literature or from his
heritage, he gets a great line of ready
Irish wit. "Billy" Evans once said to
me:
'I wish I could get a line of conver
sation like Jack Egan uses. Once I
tried reading the French Revolution to
see if I could accumulate any gooa
ideas on how to- handle ballplayers, but
It only put me to sleep after absorbing
about 20 pages. The only way to get
away with it with ballplayers is to lick
them quick in an argument, verbal or
fistic. If they can turn tne laugn on
you. there Is no use. JaoK tgan is a
star at getting the quick decisions."
That is what "BilUr Evans thinks
of Egan's system. On this particular
day last Fall which I have in mind
Wolverton was coaching at first base
and Egan was appearing on the bases.
Daniels got to first and started to
steal. The play, I am told, was not
very close, and Egan called Daniels
out. Wolverton emitted a terrible roar.
and protested so violently to Egan that
the umpire finally turned to mm, alter
playing deaf for a time, and said:
"Now, Harry, go to the bencn ana get
nice drink of water and a chew of
tobacco for yourself and then run along
to the clubhouse, because yon are
through here for this afternoon."
Wolverton did as directed, but on
bis way from the bench to the club
house he passed Egan to Indulge in
some conversation. That was where
he made his mistake.
"I have a good mind," said Wolver
ton, "to come over and punch you
right square in the nose."
"If you are as good a fighter as you
are a manager, Harry," returned Egan,
"you must be the champion of the
world. Come on."
Wolverton Is Slleneed.
That ' silenced Wolverton, and he
went away grumbling, hanging on the
fringe of the- field until chased out
Into', the clubhouse by Egan with a
wave of his hand. Even some of the
New York players, who had resumed
their places in the field with Daniels'
protested" out, it being the third, put
their hands to their mouths to conceal
their laughter when Egan expressed
these sentiments to Wolverton. But the
player always has the old percentage
with the crowd. The spectators un
doubtedly thought Wolverton was
handing it to Egan hot and heavy be
cause he made more motions than the
umpire did. Perhaps this is as it
should be. Far be it from me to side
with the umpire; although some are
fair talkers. , '
Bresnahan is constantly after the
umpires, and, like all ballplayers, he
is fond -of his batting average. It
rankled him greatly one day in the
season of 1911 when "Rube" Marquard
struck him out twice in a game at
the Polo Grounds, the third strike be
ing called by "Hank" O'Day both times.
"Rube" did not have the reputation
then he has now. Roger and Henry
never resembled Damon and Pythias in
their most Intimate moments, and
Bresnahan felt that he, an old star of
the Polo Grounds, risen to the dlgnl
fied position of manager, was being
shown up before a crowd which had
come out to look him over and see
how he was getting along. It was
hard to be fanned twice by a youngster
in the league, especially when Bres
nahan was very sure that O'Day was
responsible for both third strikes,
and not himself. He did a good deal
of beefing over the decisions, and,
when he came up for his third time
at the bat, he carried a whisk -broom
with him. He did not say a word to
O'Day, but bent down and carefully
brushed the plate clean. Henry let
him finish. As Roger straightened up
to take bis position in the batter's box.
O'Day said:
Now. send somebody out here who
can - bat. You are through for the
afternoon. Much obliged for brushing
off the plate."
Bresnahan Is Nagger.
Bresnahan was very much worked
up over it, and made a vigorous kick,
running from one umpire to the other,
as is the custom. The ruling stood,
though, as most of them do, and be
had to tramp for the clubhouse. Bres
nahan la a hard man on umpires. He
will nag until the judge of play gets
to dread his constant conversation. For
Instance, when the Cubs played that
famous game with the Giants on Oc
tober 8, 1908, on the result of which
depended the pennant winner, all the
boys on Doth sides . were highly ex
cited. Bresnahan was full of fight, and
started his work in this way:
'Well, Johnstone, are you going to
give us anv of the close ones today?"
This as he was putting on his chest
protector before ever a ball had been
nltnhH Rnirflr was a. nrreat man. It
is this aggressive temperament which
makes him so valuable to a team. He
keeps the players full of pepper wne
be ia catching, and the' game never
drasrn with him in it.
The old Cubs were a bad bunch, and
one to be dread by umpires. On the
day of this great game, the 1908 one.
they were all keyed to a hign pn.cn,
and there were no formalities between
the players, even in practice. Once,
before the game started, McGinnlty got
a ball that belonged to the Cubs, and
there was a wrangle and a flashing
fightiover it at the plate. Excitement
and bad feeling crackled In the air.
The umpires knew they were up
against it The putting of a man out
of the game mlarht mean defeat to on
team or the other, and defeat attrib
utable to an umpire in that crowd
made things dangerous for the umpire.
It was in the second inning that
Chance got the first hit made off me,
but I caught him too far from first
base a minute later, according to
Klem's decision. There was an im
mediate roar from the tfmpire-baiting
Cubs and, running from Klem, umplr
ing on the bases, to Johnstone behind
the bat, the Chicago fighters argued
and pleaded. They said things which
never would have stood in an ordinary
game. Johnstone knew that the elim
inatlon of Chance would mean no end
of abuse for him.
Hof man Pays Penalty.
Then came his opportunity. "Artie
Hofman, then the center fielder on the
Cubs, who had taken no part in the
argument thus far, was standing down
on the first base coaching lines. Just to
increase' the general excitement, he
tossed his cap into the air.eand John
stone caught it out of the tall of his
eye over the group surrounding him.
He singled Hofman out.
Beat it!" he shouted at the center
fielder. Hofman came running to the
plate to join actively in the kick, . but
was quickly waved away. There was
another storm of protest from the re
maining arguers, but it was not so
violent now, as it was evident that
Johnstone was not afraid to put a man
out of' the game. He had greatly im
proved the situation by removing one
of the lesser cogs of the Cub machine.
Fred Tenney used to be a great fel
low to bark at umpires all the time,
when he was in the league, ' although
he was very mild in his language. The
Giants were playing in Boston one day,
and "Bill" Klem was doing the um
piring, just after he had broken into
the league. The balls are supposed to
belong to the home club, and the ar
biter is expected to pass them over as
soon as the game has been finished.
guess Klem did not understand this,
for when Tenney came up to him after
the contest he refused to give up the
balls, evidently intending to keep them
for the next game. . Tenney started to
search him, and Klem punched Tenney
without more ado, as Mr. Shakespeare
used to say. There was a lively fight.
and both men wore the marks of the
battle afterwards.
Brtdwell's Words Strong.
Two players whom I have known in
Big League baseball never swore. They
were "Al" Bridwell, formerly the short
stop on the Giants, and "Dave" Fultz,
once with the Highlanders, and now a
highly successful lawyer. Bridwell
never drank or smoked either, but he
was a great ball player, and one of the
best fighters on the team when it came
to boxing. "Al" thought he had a
man out at second base one day when
Rlgler was working the bases, and the
umpire called the runner safe at a crit
ical point in the game.
Oh, pshaw!" said Al. That one
looked gol darned bad to me. Rig."
Rlgler promptly put Bridwell out of
the game and the park. When some
one asked him afterward why he had
done it, Rlgler replied:
What Bridwell said to me was a lot
worse, considering his haMta, than if
some of you fellows had sworn at me."
Once the Brooklyn team was play
ing the Giants four or five years ago.
and it was very short of infield talent.
Tim" Jordan was playing first base,
and he got into an. argument with
O'Day. He fed his stuff to "Hank so
trong that Henry finally whirled on
him and said:
'Beat it! You're out of the game.
'Send the bat boy out to play first
base," Jordan shouted in at the bench,
as he turned to leave the grounds. He
realized the paucity of lnfielders.
So short was Brooklyn of . real
talent that Dunn, a young catcher, had
to be sent out to cover the bag. As
luck would have it. this man broke up
the game that day with a drive over
the fence. It was the first contest
Brooklyn had won in six or seven"
starts, and the team Immediately fell
Into another losing streak after the
victory, with Jordan's return. , Some
body was talking to O'Day some tim(
later, and remarked on the peculiar
fact that the putting of a regular out
of the game had apparently won one
for Brooklyn.
Player Bests Hurst.
Oh. well." said O'Day, "if these man.
agers do not know how to line up their
club, we umpires have to do it for
them."
That was before Henry had tried
managing Cincinnati.
When the double headers Degm to
come along in the middle of the Sum
mer, many players try to get put out
of the game on purpose, on the after
noons there is a double bill. A story
is told of a Washington player In a
double-header one day. This man was
not feeling well, but still was not ill
enough to ask his boss for the day off.
He thought he could get painlessly re
moved by the umpire, who happened to
be "Tim" Hurst. Now "Tim" and the
player were good friends off the .field,
but Hurst did not believe in letting
personal feelings Interfere with hri
business, so he quickly realized, from
the man's chronic kicking, that he de
sired to be put off the field, and re
solved to hold him in the' game at any
cost.
The player tried all the known pre
scriptions to be removed, and they
failed. Finally he hit on what he
thought might be a vulnerable spot In I m
nmr armor, xiu imwv ,
was a great friend of Frank Farrell.1
the owner of the New xora American
League club. He walked up to Hurst
early in the second game and re
marked:
"If Frank Farrell wasn't a good fel
low, we would be buying shoestrings
from you. I understand that you
double as his valet In the Winter time."
This penetrated "Tim's" skin, and
he swune on the ulaver.
"Get out of the game before I hit
you with this mask," he bellowed.
"Tim" always bellowed. He was prob
ably one of the best bellowers in the
business.
The ousted athlete laughed', ' and
then bolted for the clubhouse. Hurst
saw too late what he had done, and
shouted after the disappearing man:
"Come back here! You are not out
of the game!"
He might as well have tried to stop
an express train with a blade of grass
placed in the middle of the track.
Evans, the American League umpire,
Is well liked by most all the ball play
ers, for he is not autocratic, although
he enforces strict discipline. He knows
how to handle the men. He was tell
lng me a story about "Ty" Cobb last
Summer which was interesting. Evans,
it seems, had gone through pretty
nearly half of one season without being
forced to put a man out of the game,
and was very proud of his record. Cobb
was apparently peevlsn one day, ana
his batting eye was not as good as it
might be. Stars have their bad days
As George Ade says, not even a humor
ist can go to bat every day and knock
out a three-bagger. He ought to try
baseball.
The first time Evans called Cobb out
on strikes, he put up a good verbal
kick, but Evans passed it over with
some remark about Cobb being wrong.
But the second time Cobb refused to
get into the batter's box when the first
ball was pitched, wnicn Evans prompt
ly labeled a strike. The third strike
was also called, whereupon "Ty
hurled his bat In the air. grabbed up
handful of dust and sprinkled It to
windward, where it was liable to blow
in Evans' eyes, and demonstrated to
the crowd with his hands spread apart
foot, how wide the ball was. It
showed Evans un in a great style.
You 11 have to get out ol tne Dattie,
'Tv.' " urged Evans.
Do you mean that?" asked the De
troit star.
Never meant anything more in my
life."
Cobb is said to be very quick tem
pered. Perhaps the battered appear
ance of the mans face, wmcn uood
walked upon when he went into the
grandstand here in New York, will
testify to this. The fan had been abus
ing Cobb.
I have a good mind to lick you;
he said to Evans, flaring up.
Come right around to my dressing-
room after the game, Invited the um
pire.
Evans fully expected Cobb would ap
pear to declare war. He concluded
that his opinion bad been confirmed
when .Cobb showed up in his quarters
after the contest.
"Bill," said Cobb, "why are you al
ways picking on me?"
Oh. ' answered Evans, l tnougnt
you were coming around here to do
battle."
No," replied Cobb, now thoroughly
cooled off, "but that last one you called
on me was a foot wide."
"Your eye was bad today, 'Ty.' "
"Want to ride downtown with me
the car. Bill?" invited Tyrus.
That ended it. Players frequently
flare up on the field when they think
perhaps a decision is shaded against
them, but they usually get over it
quickly. Few harbor a grudge. The
fact an umpire is doing the best be
can Is very generally recognized around
the big league circuit. The best of
some of them is none too good, though.
OREGON TEAM IS SHORT
ONXY FOUR. 1913 BALL STARS
ARE IX COLIEGE.
Class of 1916 Declared to Offer Ex
cellent Material lor Filling
Ranks for Season.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene.
Or, Feb.' 15. (Special.) With the ad
vent of near-Spring weather baseball
devotees at the University of Oregon
are beginning to feel the call of the
diamond. Although no summons for
practice has yet been Issued, and prob
ably will not be until the-conclusion of
the basketball season, ambitious candl
dates for varsity honors are already
crowding younger America off the va
cant lots In the vicinity of the campus
and "fans" are feverishly compiling the
advance dope.
When Captain Ben Chandler sends
out his subpena to the old and new
recruits he will find only three other
veterans who have won their letters in
his company.
The outfield of last season, consisting
of Chandler, Fenton and Mount, re
mains Intact, but the infield has been
riddled, only Third Baseman Anunsen
having survived.
There is material enough in the 1916
ranks to fill the holes, however. There
are found such names as those of An
son Cornell, who while attending
Washington High School was as much
at home In a baseball suit as in mole
skins; Carson Bigbee, who played on
the High school and town teams in
Albany; "Josh" Billings, from Olympla,
Wash.: "Bill" Tuerck, a former Lin
coin High school box artist; Herbert
Thatcher, a Lincoln catcher; Lyle Big'
bee. another member of . the Albany
family who is a pitcher; Kirk, an
outfielder from Willamette University
and Salem High school, and a number
of others.
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TEAMS
GROWS HOT
Dwight-Edwards and Meier &
Frank Players Are Tied
for First Place.
CONTEST ENDS THIS WEEK
With Close of City League Season
March State Tourney and Big
Vancouver Meet In April
Will Draw Attention.
The race for the City Bowling League
championship, one 'of the keenest in
the history of alley competition in
Portland, comes to an end this week,
with the title belonging to the Meier
& Frank or Dwight Edwards five. These
teams are tied for first place, with the
Powers quintet a close third, and the
issue will be in doubt until the matches
of Thursday night.
At the beginning of last week the
Dwight Edwards crew held a one-game
lead on Tom O'Dunnell's rollers, but
lost a game to the Powers five, while
the Meier & Frank boys blanked the
Pacifies. This tied the two for first
honors again.
The Dwight Edwards five is a red-hot
favorite over the Meier & Frank squaii
for the championship, as it meets the
tail-end Weonas on Tuesday night.
against a clash for the latter with the
strong Powers boys on Thursday
night. On past performances the
Dwight Edwards rollers should take
three In a row, while O'Donnell's men
are struggling valiantly to take two
in three games from the Powers.
x Excepting the first two teams, the
squads will finish in this order: Pow
ers, third; Telegraphers, fourth; Pacific,
fifth, and Weonas, sixth.
On Tuesday night the Telegraphers
will meet the Pacifies and the Weonas
will clash with the Dwight Edwards
squad. On Thursday night the season
conies to an end with the Meier &
Frank vs. Powers series.
With the City League season out of
the way the Interest of the A bowlers
will be centered on the March state
tourney on Blaney and Dietz's new al
leys In Oregon Hall, and the April
Northwest meet at Vancouver, B. C.
Portland bowlers are not enthusing
over the Canadian gathering, but one
of the Vancouver tourney officials is
expected here within a week to line
up from two to four teams for the meet.
The situation lacks someone to take
the initiative, and with a Canadian here
at least two five-men taems seem as
sured for the Northern alley competi
tions.
On the other hand the bowlers are
talking much of the proposed state
tourney in Oregon Hall, many of them
predicting that entries will be re
ceived from as far away as Spokane.
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The City League, which is supposed
to boast of nothing but 180 average
men, has 17 rollers hitting the pins for
this average or better.
Gus Abrens tops the list of 17 with
an average of 193. Tom O'Donnell has
also graduated into the 190 class, along
with Ahrens, Bechtel and Ivneyse.
The City League statistics:
City league Standings.
Won. Lot. P. C.
Dwlght-Edwards
Meier & Frank 2"
Powers . 2b'
Telegraphers 20
Facltic J J
Weonas it
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SiUKle-Rame records. Individual. Kneyse,
262; team, Dwlpht-Ed wards, 1U47.
Three-same records, individual. Ahrens,
674; team, Uwlght-Edwards, 81)72.
Individual Average (180 or More.)
Total
Games. Pins.
Ahrens 42
Harrlsburg Claims Championship
HARRISBURG. Or., Feb. 15. (Spe
cial.) The last basketball game ached
uled for the season, and played here
last night with Junction City, resulted
in a Harrisburg victory by a score of
35 to 13. The championship of Upper
Willamette Valley depended on the re
suit. Of the four games these teams
have played, each has won two. On
the total score Harrisburg won 84 to
81. Junction City thus loses her claim
for championship honors.
OFFICIAL AMERICAN LEAGUE SCHEDULE, 1913
At At At At At At At At Abroad
, Chicago St. Louis Detroit Cleveland ; Washington Philadelphia New York Boston
' April 13. 14. 15. 1 Apr. 29. 80; May 1,3, 8 April 10, 11. 13 June 12, 13. 14. 18 June 17, 18. 1 June 7. 9, 10, 11 June s. 4. 8. 6 July 4th at 8t. Louis.
. - July 8. (4). (4) June 30; July 1.2 May 28. 27. 28 Aug. 4. 8, 6, 7 Aug. 8, 8, 11, 13 July 30, 81; Aug. 1. July 25. SO 28 29 - Labor Day at Cleve-
' CHICAGO bepC4.8,6,7 Oct. 8, 4. 6 July 6. 8 8epL 13. 1& 16 Sept. 8, 10. 11. 12 Sept 17. 18, 19 Sept. 20, 22, 23 land.
' ; Sept. (1). (1). 2 : ;
' ' April 24. 2J, 26, 27 April 17. 18. 19. 20 April 21. 22, 23 June 3. 4. 6, 8 June 7, 9, 10, 11 June 17, 18, 19 June 12, 13, 14, 16 Decoration D a y at
, ei. Trrrn June 21, 22. S3, 24, 28 Juno 26. 27. 28. 29 May 29, (30), (80), 81 July 25. 28. 28, 28 July 80. 81 ; Aug. 1. 3 Aug. 8, 9, 11. 12 Aug. 4, 8, 6, 7 Cleveland.
ST. LOUIS Sept. 26. 27 Sept. (1). (1), 28 June 1 Sept. 20, 22. 23 6ept. 17. 18, 19 Sept. 9. 10. 11, 13 Sept. 13. 18, 16 . Labor Day at Detroit
Oct. 8. 4, 8
', April 21. 22. 23 April 10, 11. 12 . April 13. 14, 15, 18 June 7, 8. 10, 11 June 8. 4, B, 6 June 12, 13, 14. 18 June (17), (17), 18, 19 Decoration Day at
i V May4.29,(30).(30),81 May 24. 26, 26. 87, 38 -' June 21, 22 July SO. 81 ; Aug. 1. 2 J uly 25, 26, 23, 29 Aug. 4. 5. 6. 7 Aug. 8. 9. 11 Chicago.
DJJTROIT Junel July 6, 6, 7 July 3, (4), (4) , Sept. 17. 18. 19 Sept. 20, 22, 28 Sept. 18, 15, 16 Sept. 9, 10, 11. 12 June 17th at Boston.
' Aug. 80, 31 - ' Sept- 4. 5 " . ; July 4th at Cleveland
r April 17. 18. 19, 20 Apr. 30; May 1,2,8,4 April 24, 25. 26. 27. 28 - June 17, 18, 19 June 12, 13, 14, 18 June 8.4, 5, 6 June 7, 8. 10. 11
. ttiti May 24. 25 June 80; July 1.2 Sept. 6, 7. 26. 27 Aug. 8. 9, 11, 12 ' Aug. 4. 3. 6. 7 July 25. 28, 28, 29 July S0,S1; Aug. 1. S
, CLB7VELAJTD.... June 28, 27. 28. 29 Aug. 29. 80. 81 Oct. 1. 2 Sept. 8. 10, 11. 12 Sept. 13. 10, 16 Sept. 20. 22, 23 Sept. 17, 18, 19
, . ' Sept. 28 J ' ' '
May 7, 8, 9, 10 May 11, 12, 18. 14 May 15, 16, 17, 18 May 10, 20. 21, 22 April 28. 28, 29, 80 April 17. 18, 18. 21 May 1. 2, 3. 5 July 4 at New York.
WASHINGTON.. July 20. 21, 22, 28 July 16, 17, 18, 18 July 9, 10, 11 July 12, 13. 14, 15 May 24, 26, 27, 28 July (4), (4), 5, 7 June SO; July i. 2, 8 Labor Day at Phila-
Aug. 24. 25. 26 Aug. 21. 22. 23 Aug. 14, 15, 18. 17 M?8!-19" S0- Sept (1). (1). 2 Sept. 25. 26, 27 Aug. 28, 29, 30 delphla.
May 11, 12, 13. 14 May 7. 8. 9, 10 May 19, 20, 21, 22 May 15. 16, 17, 18 April 14, 15. 16 , May 1, 2, 3, 5 April 10, 31. 12 .
PHILADELPHIA July 16, 17. 18, 19 July 20, 21. 22, 23 July 12, 13, 14, 15 July 9, 10, 11 June 2, 25. 26, 27, 28 ' June 30; July L 2, 8 July (4), (4). 8, T July 4th at Boston.
Aug. 21. 22. 23 Aug. 24. 25,' 26 Aug. 18. 19. 20 Aug. 14. 15, 16. 17 Sept. 29. 30; Oct. 1 Aug. 28. 29. 30 Sept. 24, 25, 26, 27
May 15. 18. 17, 18 , May 19. 20, 21. 22 May 7, 8. 9, 10 - May 11, 12, 13, 14 April 10. 11, 12 April 22, 23. 24, 25 April 14. 15, 16 Decoration p a y at
NEW YORK July.10,H - July 12,13. 14. 15 July 20, 21, 22, 23 July 16, 17. 18, 19 June 20, 21. 23, 24 May 28. (SO), (30), 31 ' June 25, 26, 27, 28 Philadelphia.
Ang. 14. 15, 16, 17 Aug. IS. 19. 20 Aug. 21. 22, 23 Aug. 24. 25. 26 Sept. 4. 5. 6, 8 Oct. 2, 3. 4 i L Sept. (1), (1), 2. 3 Labor day at Boston.
May 19, 20, 21, 22 May 15, 16. 17. 18 May 11. 12. 13. 14 May 7. 8, 9, 10 April 22. 23. 24. 25 April 17. 18. 19, 21 April 26, 28, 29. SO Decoration Day at
BOSTON July 12. 13, 14. 15 July9,10,ll July 16, 17. 18. 19 , July 20. 21, 22, 23 May 29. (80), (80). 81 June 20, 21, 28. 24 May 24, 26. 27. 28 ' Washington.
Aug. 18. 19. 2Q Aug. 14. 15. 18. IT Aug. 24. 25. 26 Aug. 21. 22. 23 Oct. 2. 8, 4 Sept. 4. 6. 6 Sept. 29, 80; Oct- 1
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Single-game records. IndlTiduals. Gavin,
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COQOLLE TO CLALM rEYXANT
By Defeutins Marsbfield 48 to 10
Basketball Honor I Assured.
COQTJILLE. Or, Feb. 15. (Special.)
Coqullle High School defeated the
Marahfield High School basketball team
here last night by a score of 48 to
10. The local team has won one game
from Bandon and one from North Bend
as well as having defeated Marshfield
In the previous game.
The result of the game last night
practically assures Coqullle of the Coos
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