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3 HITTING BY GOAST BATTERS IMPROVES has the big race demon faded to a whis per. Bowden blew Into the Portland North western League camp Wednesday with a string of recommendations as long as Mulhall's lobby list. Manager Wil liams shoved him In at third base In the eighth Inning and the kid almost tossed an 8-0 lead Into the discard by heaving the ball at a $10 reward sign on the right-field fence Next morning, Bowden, like the Arab, silently stole into the - locker-room under the grandstand, packed his be longings and disappeared without so much as asking for his one day's pay. At the rate of $125 per month the face value of his contract Bowden had something over $4 coming. The youngster hailed from Weed, Cal., where he had been setting the brush afire by spectacular playing. Pre sumably he figured he had made a MEMBERS OP THREE - MAJOR LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP BASEBALL TEAMS WHO HAVE BEEN RELEASED WITHIN PAST TWO SEASONS from Los Angeles by St. Louis, got away poorly, but is pitching great guns now for the Browns. Ex-Portland pitchers are cutting great swaths in the big bush. Tom Seaton, one of McCredie s pen nant assets in 1910 and 1911, is leading the National League pitchers with 14 wins and three losses up to the last compilation of statistics. "Vean Gregg, a teammate of Seaton's, has won 16 and lost seven for the Cleveland Americans. Nine Now in .300 Class, With Lober and Maggart Close for First Honors. Six of 1912 Red Sox Shoot the Steen's record is three wins and an equal number of losses for the Naps, and Bobby Groom's record at Washing ton Is eight wins and nine losses. Chutes and Eight of 1911 Athletics Slip. Houck, a Portland youth, has cap tured eight victories for the Philadel phia Athletics and lost only three. Portland may boast of the star of the 1913 world's series. Mack got Houck from Spokane. monkey of himself by his first day's dis STAHL RELEASE BIG UPSET BEAVERS LEADING . LEAGUE play of "rattles" and couldn't stand the HOT WEATHER SAPS VITALITY kidding. THE SUNDAY OREGONIATT, PORTLAND, JULY 27, 1913. WORLD GHHOflS GRUMBLE RAPIDLY Slump of 'Angels Explained In Part Dy Decline In Slugging Moran and Lenrd Now Are Best Run- getters In Pacific Circuit. Either the Coast League batsmen are beginning to find their eyes, or else the pitching Is not so airtight as earlier In the year, for the list of .300 hitters Is growing. From five the .300 swatters have Increased, to nine in the averages up to the present Incom pleted series. Maggart, of Los Angeles, and Lober, of Portland, were the two high men up to Tuesday, the former with .318 and the latter one point behind. During the week Lober Jumped Into first for a few days, but whether he will remain there at the series' end, today's games alone will tell. Several of the newcomers are not getting away startlingly with the wil low. Downs and Charles, of the Soals, are both well down, although the lat ter looked like a good hitter while in Portland recently. Guest and Kaylor, or Oakland, are also near the bottom. The Beavers are now leading the Pa cific! Coast Leaguers at bat, having passed both San Francisco and the Sen ators. The team average Is .260. Oak land brings up the rear, with Venice fifth, and Los Angeles fourth. This falling off in hitting partially explains the Angel slump. Moran and Leard have both, passed Johnston, of the Seals, as the top run getters, but Johnston leads the base stealers, with 6S. His margin Is great, as Leard ranks second at 44. The batting up to Tuesday follows: Player, club AD Baker. Ban Francieoo. . . . 25 Hlgfflnbotham, Portland. 75 Slagle. Los Angela 33 Magerart, Los Angeles. . .375 Lober, L.. A. and Port 221 Van Buren, Sacramento. 2u8 Pernoll. Oakland 49 Mundorff, 4-an Franclco.891 Elliott Venice 104 Johnston, ban Franclsoo.HSS Doane, Portland 201 Shlnn, Sacramento ......256 Lindsay, Portland 252 Kraustj, Portland 00 Korea. Portland S23 Zimmerman, San Fran.. 2:5 Schmidt. Ban Francisco. ,2i5 Ness. Oakland 844 Sayless. Venice 1 Baum, Venice 07 Speas, Portland 120 Fisher, Portland 1!J Moran, Sacramento Tennant, Sacramento ...otll Coy, Oakland 413 X. Howard, San Fran. . 70 James, Portland 54 Lewis, Sacramento S'i.'V I. Howard, Los Anceles.40O Zacher, Oakland 391 Kenworthy, Sacramento. 3S4 Cartwrlght. San Fran.. .312 Klawltter, Sacramento . . i;3 "W. Hosan. San Fran....3C Lltschl, Venice 312 Young, Sacramento 18 IVIoore, Loo Angeles.. .. . .330 Cook. Oakland S:itf Johnson, Los Angeles .... 3'8 Halllnan, Ven. and Sao. . 3ti0 Brooks. Los Anseles 125 Chadbourne, Portland ..41!4 Goodwin, Los Angeles... 54 Corhan, San Francisco. .. 813 Kodgers, Portland '. 390 Hosp, Venice 306 Meloan. Venice 227 Ellis, Los Angeles 894 Hetling. Oakland 800 Derrick, Portland 28-4 Kran-p, Portland 32 Ferguson. Venice 12 Keuther, Los Angeles.... 4 Brashear, Venice 219 Page, Los Angeles ...... .372 Patterson, Venice 200 Berry, Portland 149 Gardner, Oakland 171 Clarke, San Franolsoo... 38 Schlrm. Oakland 208 Kane, Venice .....250 Tozer. Los Angeles 47 Carlisle. Venice 878 Christian, Oakland 51 Klepfer, Venice 13 Charles, San Francisco. .103 McDonnell, Venice 162 . McArclle, San Francisco. 8.")2 jrioles, Los Angeles 225 Downs, San Francisco... 44 Decannlere. San Fran... 2-2 Abies. Oakland 22 Kaylor, Oakland IS O'Hourke, sac and Ven. .800 Ryan, Los Angeles 54 Cheek, Los Angeles 64 Leard, Oakland 43S Lively, Sacramento .... 41 Koestner, Venice '. . 88 Byrnes, Los Angeles..... 14 Hltt, Venice 47 Guest. Oakland 158 Mccormick. Portland ...189 Itohrer, Oakland 106 McCorry, San Fran 45 July 20. inclusive. Frank Newhouse, a former Coast League umpire. Is now calling balls and strikes In the new Federal League. Evidently the Federal circuit is wea thering Its tribulation period In good shape, as witness this postcard from "Moses" Frank: "Am in Federal League. All drawing big, Cleveland alone not making money. Wc play to 2500 daily at Indianapolis. Pittsburg and Chicago. We had 15.000 two days at Kansas City and 10,000 yesterday at Indianapolis." Fielder Jones Is reported to be trying to "Jimmy" Toman Into the National League next year as an umpire. Judg. ing from Eastern newspaper comments this Is no compliment to Toman. BALL PARK TO GROW DAY OF POP-FLY HOME-RTJX IX SEATTLE TO EJTD. R 1BH BA 7 10 .400 7 23 .883 6 11 .383 67 110 .318 27 70 .817 27 84 .308 8 15 .806 53 119 .80-1 10 00 .304 05 117 .802 4S SS .302 49 77 .801 22 75 .300 4 18 .300 41 97 .290 23 6S .2S9 32 68 .2S9 40 S9 .2S5 50 114 .2S4 6 19 .2S4 10 84 .283 17 01 .282 71 110 .281 30 110 .281 61 113 .27S 4 3 .278 2 15 .273 41 '93 .277 01 111 .275 42 107 .274 62 105 .273 29 89 .273 4 9 .273 K4 83 .270 43 84 .269 30 72 .261) 34 SS .267 31 S9 .205 43 97 .304 31 95 .20 4 21 S3 .204 45 110 .263 4 14 .200 40 81 .259 I 40 102 .250 33 91 .250 35 6S .250 03 10O .254 25 78 .253 23 71 .25u 3 'S .250 O 3 .25U 0 1 .250 20 64 .247 53 91 .245 31 (16 .24 18 80 .242 22 41 .240 2 9 .237 38 03 .235 44 .60 .234 4 11 .234 00 88 .233 9 12 .238 1 3 .231 21 44 .228 14 87 .228 48 80 .227 19 61 .22-. 2 10 .227 1 6 .227 0 0 .227 1 4 .227 29 69 .225 U 12 .Til - 2 12 .222 66 07 .221 2 9 .219 6 18 .217 0 S .214 5 10 .213 13 82 .2r9 1 89 .207 18 89 .200 8 9 .200 Giants' Pitching Staff Crippled and Duffdale Feara Rush of Colts May Toll Team to Second Place. BT PORTUS BAXTER. SEATTLE, Wash.. July 26. (Special.) There la do Longer guesswork about Seattle's new baseball park. Work Is aotually under way, and the contract calls for the completion of the grand stand, bleachers and fences by Septem ber 1. Owing to the minor touohes necessary to put things in shipshape for the grand opening. It Is doubtful If the Labor day games will be played there. As scton as possible, however, after September 1 the final adieu to the old Tesler Way park will be said, and then the gates of the Rainier Val ley grounds will be thrown open. The grandstand will be narrower from front tier to top row than the present stand, but what Is lost In seat ing capacity will be more than made up by the addition of a second story, and rows of boxes along the front, both on the first and second stories. m addition to the boxes there will be the reserved Beats In the middle section, a feature many fans have requested year after year, but which has been denied on account of the limited accommoda tions. The home plate will be approximate ly 50 feet from the front of the grand stand, or about twice the distance at the YeSler Way park. This will place the llrst ana third Dasemen mucn lar ther from the bleachers than they are at present, a desirable feature. The distance from the home plate to the right-field fence will be 300 feet, which will cut out the pop fly home run. but still leave the way open for a drive over the fence. The distance to tne left-field fence will be 400 feet or over. If the tobacco sign Is placed In the corner of the center field. It will be safe. President Dugdale says that the con veniences, such as dressing-rooms, etc. will be up-to-date In every particular. Seattle will be fortunate. Indeed, If they gain on Vancouver during the coming week. And while speaking of Seattle's chances of picking up any of the ground that separates them from Vancouver attention may well be called to the problem of keeping out of the way of the Portland Colts, who will play on their own grounds for the com ing jyeek against the Tacoraa Tigers, while Seattle Is tackling the Indians in Spokane. So far this season Seattle has been fortunate In Spokane but Just now the Indians present a strong front, and all that Is necessary for them to give the champions all they want Is average work from their pitchers. Seattle would be in a decidedly bad way were it not for the return to the game of Dell, and the wonderful Improvement In Meikle, who has recently shown the same form he exhibited at the close of last season. The extreme warm weath er apparently brought him around, but whether a fall in the temperature wil cause a set-back is yet to be seen Bobby James has also tuned up the Clubs Games. Portland 104 San Francisco 110 Sacramento 106 Los Angeles 109 Venice Ill Oakland 112 Totals 21,191 AB. K. 1BH. BA. SH. SB. 2BH. SBH HR. DP. TP. SO. 8.431 8f.9 891 .260 ISO 165 144 23 10 61 0 11 8.541 404 913 .258 151 210 115 24 10 70 2 8 8.39S 419 874 . 257 1 39 177 1 40 4 6 2 8 65 O 12 3.563 443 903 .253 136 196 112 85 25 72 2 12 S.5H1 408 890 .248 116 114 124 B6 20 70 0 11 8,677 412 898 .244 121 148 126 ' 87 - 20 69 0 lO 21,191 2445 0809 254 793 101O 760 221 111 407 2 04- League batting average. Mtr AS , Bw aBBaBMBBaMBj n "J y?-&rzxz, 1-7' - -r-f I 1 1 yj ill y rf$f s y v m I! - 11. J f 3"V TO "' 1 ' .nil ss J? .Many of Aew lorlc Giants AYho Helped to Take League Pennants Glide 'From Limelight;- Mack and McGra w May Contend. SWAIN GAN HIT 'EM Victoria Slugger Has 17 Four- Base Swats to His Credit. MEEK STILL TOPS BATTERS Gulgnl, Portland 283 Crura, Victoria 246 Shea, Victoria 232 Alberts, Victoria , 232 Dell. Seattle 67 Mohler, Portland 200 Fries, Tacoma 820 Fitzgerald. Victoria 40 Crisp, Tacoma .......... 16 Murray, Portland .......165 Jackson, Seattle ....... .344 Fullerton, Seattle 89 Helster, Vancouver 873 Bancroft, Portland 204 19 60 .258 83 63 .256 22 69 .254 34 09 .254 6 17 .254 86 73 .252 47 83 .252 5 10 .250 1 4 .250 20 46 .240 43 85 .24S 9 22 .247 58 92 .246 03 72 .243 CYCLISTS TO RACE TODAY Leading; sacrifice hitters McArdle 26: Kenworthy, 23; Ellis, 22; Bayless, 19; Charles, Johnson, Moran and Lewis, 17 each; Johnston, 16; Kores. W. HoBan. Corhan, Boles, Zacher and Kane, 15 each; Cook, 14; Mooro. Lltschl and Bliss, 13 each; Metzger and HetllnB, 12 each; Rodgers and Derrick, 11 each; Lindsay, Doane, Young and Halll nan, lo each. Leading base stealers Johnston, 63; Leard. 44: Maggart, 41; Shlnn, 35: I. How ard, 84; Moore, 31; Mundorff, 27: Moran and Kenworthy, 26 each: Rodgers and Derrick. 23 each; Chadbourne and Schmidt. 22 each; Doane, Ellis and Carlisle, 21 each; Korea and Lewis. 20 each; Schrlm and Tennant, 18 each; Cook, 17; W. Hogan, 16; Johnson and Kane, 15 each. Leading run-getters Moran. 71: Leard, 66; Johnston, 65: Ellis, 63; Kenworthy, 62; I. Howard and Coy. 61' each; Carlisle, 60; Maggart, 57; Bayless, 56; Mundorff and Page, 53 each; Doane and McArdle, 48 each; Chadbourne and Kane, 44 each, John son and Lltschl, 43 each: Zacher, 42; Korea and Lewis, 41 each; Rodgers, Ness and Cor han, 40 each; Schlrm, 38; Young, 36; Me loan, 85: W. Hogan, and Moore, 34 each; Hosp, 83; Derrick and Schmidt, 32 each; Cook. Patterson and Halllnan, 31 each; Tennant, 30: Zimmerman, Metzger, O'Rourke and Cartwrlght, 29 each; Lober and Van Buren, 27 each; Hetling. 25. f Leading two-base hitters Moran 23; Page, 22: Zacher. Tennant and Kenworthy, 21 each; Leard, 20; Rodgers, Doane, Korea, Lo ber. Cartwrlght and Kane, 17 each; Mun dorff, and ElUs, 16 each; Carlisle and Bay less. 15 each, jonnston, i. tiowara, Krueger. Lltschl and O'Rourke, 14 each; Ness and Phlnn, 13 each; Johnson and Coy. 12 each; Derrick, Corhan, Maggart, Lewis, Van Buren and Halllnan, 11 each; Chadbourne. W Hogan, Schrlm, Hetling, Cook and Patter son, 10 each. Leading three-base hitters I. Howard, 13; Coy and Maggart. 11 each; Carlisle. Bayless, Hosp and Kenworthy, 8 each; Meloan, 7; Kane, Shinn and Tennant, 6 each; Kores and Moore, 0 each; Chadbourne, Doane, Corhan, Cartwrlght, Schrlm, Zacher. Ness, Brashear, Patterson. Moran. Lewis, Young. Halllnan, 7 each: Johnston. Page, Ellis, Johnson, Leard and Cook. 3 each. Leading home-run hitters Coy, 11; Mag gart. 10: Lewis, 8: I. Howard, Bayless, Mo ran and Kenworthy, 6 each; Mundorff, 0; Ellis and Ness, 4 each: Johnson, Carlisle, LltBchl, Hosp, Meloan and Halllnan, 3 each. July 20, Inclusive. Bowden'g Career Brief. Burman's Blitzen Benz is a bear for speed, but when It comes to taking the curves on two wheels, Frana Bowden, baseball embryo and sometime phenom, Seattle Infield which was wabbling badly. Owing to an internal trouble, Georg"e Nill was not In condition to play second or do himself Justice at the bat. Every move he made ag gravated his trouble, which is a tear of the abdominal lining. N'ill can now rest and may recover in time to finish the season. Brown plays well at second. The downfall of the champions was due to the injury to Qlpe, who was the leading pitcher in the league, while practicing In the outfield at Portland. Something happened to his shoulder about the middle of June and he has been on the shelf ever sinoe. He pitched. one Kama eariy in juiy ana iost.it. a few days later he won but the next time he tried the old trouble returned. He seems to be Improving now and It may be he will be of use to the team In the last two months of the sea son. A short time after Glpe was in jured Dell went to the hospital on ac count of a strain and that broke up the pitching staff. Seattle had a lead of about six games, but Vancouver took them down the line and gained the lead. Vancouver is well fortified in the box and with a fair fielding and beavy hlttlng club should hold the lead to the finish. In order to gain an even footing with, Vancouver Seattle would have to show marked superiority over the other clubs, which they cannot do with their present lineup. Howard to Recall Two Pitchers. LOS ANGELES. July 26. (Special.) Del Howard will exercise his option on Pitchers Arlett and Hughes, of the Wat sonville club. In the near future. Arlett has shown great form In the California league, and It is freely predicted that he will prove Invaluable aid to the San Francisco forces. Arlett showed to good advantage when he was with the club last season, lacking In experience only. This he has made up for this season. Hughes recently Joined the Watsonvllle club when Stanridge was recalled. Strait and Klllilay Are Close to Bee Batsman for Circuit Drives. Jackson Leads In Base Stealing In League. Three Northwestern League batsmen threaten to shatter Art Bues' home-run record of 26 made In 1911. Cy Swain, of Victoria, has shoved his 193 pounds against 17 circuit cleaners, while Leo Strait and Martin Klllilay. of Seattle. have poled out 16 and 16 respectively. Under identical conditions Swain would lead this pair 2 to 1 but as Se attle plays most of Its games In the box-like park at home Strait and Kll lilay may both pass Cy before the sta tistics are compiled at the close of the year. Swain's hitting has been wonderful. He stands second only to the famous Harry Meek and his .389 record to date. Swan is battng .329 wth Kippert, of Swain Is batting .329, with Kippert, of leads them all, however, In extra base clouting, Jackson, of Seattle, has stolen 34 bases and leads In that department." The Northwestern League statistics up to mid-week are as follows: The Leadlajr Look Clouters. Player. 2B. 8B. HR, TEB twain ................. 21 Strait 12 Meek 20 Klllilay 9 Lynch 19 Konnlck 19 Alberts 8 Wagner .............. 15 Scharney .............. 28 Kippert 27 Frisk IS Bennett 12 Nill 14 Caiman 19 Shea lO Rawllngs 20 Jackson 13 Leading Uiue Stealers. Leading base stealers Jackson 84, Strait 27. Heister 26, Kippert 24, Bancroft 22, Walsh 20, Raymond, Shaw and Neighbors 37. McMullen 16, Rawlings, Swain and Nill 13. Cram and Yohe 14. Leading sacrifice hitters Rawllngs and Jackson IS, Nill 17. Strait, Wil- onarney l', aianoney na Wash 11, WOLF PLANS ANEW Speedboat Owner Not Dis couraged by 1913 Defeats. 2 4 2 2 4 4 3 12 5 4 4 6 2' 3 3 5. 2 17 16 11 15 8 8 12 8 8 3 6 5 7 4 6 1 5 76 68 59 58 51 51 50 48 47 44 41 39 89 37 34 83 82 Twelve Contestants Leave La Grande at 1 P. M. for Run to Baker. LA GRANDE, Or, July 26. (Special.) Tomorrow Is to be a big day In Eastern Oregon motorcycle history. Twelve contestants, representing many of the leading grades of motorcycles, will at 1:30 o'clock leave the fair grounds track after one swing around the half-mile course; and head for Baker In one of the most novel races that Eastern Oregon has ever seen. The machines will depart at., regular Intervals of five minutes. The course between La Grande and Baker has been carefully staked out with flags and pointers, bo that the riders may know when dangerous road conditions arise. and traffic In general may be careful in narrow defiles and canyons that the racers pass through. At Hot Lake, Union, North Powder, Haines and Baker the riders must re port , to station Judges. There can be no cut-offs. These Judges will tele phone In the relative standings of the contestants at each place. At Baker the contestants must stop five minutes for rest and the Commercial Club will be host there during that time. The riders will be allowed refreshing drinks and baths -during that period. While the racers are away there Is to be a programme on the race course of the fair grounds. The contestants for the motorcycle race are: 1) Howard Geddes, La Grande, 7 horsepower Tourist Indian; (2) Tracy Hollister, La Grande, 6 horsepower Fly ing Merkel; (3) B Zweifel. La Grande. 9 horsepower Dayton; (4) Orley Sleg, Baker, 7 horsepower Excelsior; (5) J. M. Kohl, La Grande, 7 horsepower Day ton; (6) L -G. Olson, Ontario, 7 horse power Indian; (7) J. E. Renard, Baker, 7 horsepower Indian; (8) H. G. Hill, La Grande, 7 horsepower Excelsior; (9) A. F. Hug, Elgin, 7 horsepower Indian; (10) "Walter Parker, Island City, 7 horsepower Excelsior; (11) C. L. Rose, Portland, 7 horsepower Excelsior; (12) O. "Walker, Pendleton, 7 horsepower Excelsior. 1915 EVENTS NOW ATTRACT Portland Company May Enter In 1914 Local .Events If Engine Holds Out, but Big Prepara tions Mad for World's Fair. Mohler 19. son - and Lynch 16. and McMullen 12, Helster Cadman, Bancroft and Heilman, 10. Team Batting:. AB -R H Victoria 8342 405 96 Vancouver 34U2 452 887 Seattle 3193 419 P19 Spokane 3220 S46 807 Portland 2f)Si 302 724 Tacoma - 3364 301 756 Team Fielding. PO A 12S0 1241 1260 1246 1313 1249 Seattle 2011 Vancotsver ........ 2088 Victoria 25SS7 Portland 2509 Tacoma 2642 Spokane ......... .2543 Ieadinar Batters. AB Meek, Victoria 291 Wally, Seattle 4S Swain, Victoria 249 Glpe, Seattle 63 Kippert, Vancouver ......361 Yohe. Spokane 332 Powell, Spokane 110 Mays, Portland 89 Lynch, Sookane ...... ...337 Cadman, Seattle 823 Mclvor, Seattle 50 McCarl, Spokane 322 Rawllngs. Victoria 897 Strait, Seattle 338 Fltzsimmona Spokane ..100 Neighbors, Tacoma 315 Doty, Vancouver ........ 27 Frisk, Vancouver ........361 Mahoney, Portland 224 Hellmann, Portland 1S2 Hannah, Sxokane .......344 Delmas, Victoria 254 Scharnoy, Vancouver . . .360 Keller, Tacoma 338 Klllilay, Seattle ...353 Walsh, Vancouver 373 Melcholr, Portland 320 Bennett, Vancouver .....347 Brown. Seattle 65 Wagner. Spokane ........ 2S4 Pappa, Spokane ......... 268 Brlnker, Vancouver .....235 Nill, Seattle 340 Fitzgerald, Portland 116 Wufli. Spokane J 109 Konlck, Vancouver ......275 Callahan, Portland 91 Eastley, Portland 57 Lamb, Victoria ...... ...267 Shaw, Seattle 871 B 145 158 170 172 192 197 R 52 7 60 2 60 40 18 5 45 47 7 29 70 64 13 31 4 55 20 21 8 29 43 47 55 50 44 62 10 37 33 29 55 21 14 41 11 7 25 52 Av .268 .260 .256 .251 .243 .224 Av .964 .962 .956 .954 .952 .951 H 113 16 hi 20 114 103 34 12 113 U7 15 90 118 1U0 29 92 8 105 64 52 41 73 102 98 99 104 89 96 18 78 78 63 91 31 29 73 24 16 70 99 SB 71 117 145 102 94 125 DP 72 65 66 C9 56 61 Av .389 .333 .329 .317 .316 .310 .300 .308 .300 .300 .300 .298 .297 .296 .290 .292 .290 .291 .286 286 .2S5 .284 .283 .281 .280 270 .278 .277 27' .275 .271 .268 .268 .207 .206 .265 .264 .263 .262 BEARS AND BOISE EVEN WALLA WALLA VICTORY TIES LEAGUE LEADERSHIP. Pendleton Cornea Back at North Yakima and Wins, 7 to 4, In Free Hitting Contest. Pendleton came back at North Tak- lma in the Western Trl-State League Saturday, winning, 7 to 4, while Walla Walla again tied Boise for the leader ship, winning 4 to 1. At Pendelton the Buckaroos took heart In the third Inning with the score 3 to 1 against them, when Dean con nected with a three-bagger with tho bases full. This put tfsem In the lead and they got two more the same Inning. Other Innings added to their total. North Yakima's two errors coming at critical times. Fitchner, for Takima, got out of many bad holes. Four men were caught at the plate. The score: R. H. E. R.TL E. N. Takima. .4 13 2Pendleton ..7 12 Batteries Fitchner and Taylor; Peet and Haworth. At walla walla. Bridger, the new Bear hurler, was too much for his for mer team-mates, letting them down with three hits In seven innings. In the seventh' he sprained his knee and Welch finished. Woods was wild and Ineffective in pinches. Woods pulled two bonehead plays that hurt, one in the seventh, when he threw home with two men down, and in the eighth, when he went to sleep off second and led to a double play. Martini was the heavy sticker, getting three two-baggers, Both sides played an excellent field ing game. The score: R. H. E. R. H. E. 3oIse 1 5 2Walla W 4 7 Batteries Woods, Hall and Gard; Bridger, weich ana Brown. , BT ROSCOE FAWCETT. It doesn't take a world's ehamnlnn. ship baseball team long to disinte grate. Already six of the famous athletes who helped the Boston Americans de feat New York last Fall have shot the chutes, while eight of the champion Athletics of 1911 have shaken Phila delphia mannerisms. Jake Stahl's release by Boston was the biggest upset of all. Never be fore has a world's championship man ager been released in midseason of the following year. Stahl's initiation into the tinware lodge was preceded by the release of Pitchers Pape and O'Brien, and Extra Infielders Ball, Krug and Bradley. Of the 1911 array of Philadelphia Athletics, Hartzel, Livingston, Lord, Krause, Danforth, Martin, Morgan and Derrick are no longer on the Connie Mack payroll, while Danny Murphy, Harry Davis and Ira Thomas are but extras, with Jack Coombs prevented by illness from playing. Hartzel. after long years of experi ence under Mack, is now managing the Toledo club in the American Associa tion. Lord drifted to the minors, but Is back at Boston with the Nationals, trying out for his fourth time- Cy Morgan is at Kansas City; Harry Krause is twirling for Portland in the Coast League; Danforth is hurling for the Baltimore club; Derrick, a brother of Fred, of Portland, was sold to New York but Is in the International League again, and Paddy Livingston is catch ing occasionally for Toledo. Of the New York National League pennant-winners who battled against Philadelphia two years ago, seven are missing. They are: Ames, Becker, De vore, Devlin, Drucke, Latham and Paulette. Drucke is the Texas lad pur chased by Sacramento this Spring and released, and later signed by Venice and released because of wildness. ' Any way you take it. the baseball grind Is a long and weary one, with no room for the faltering stars. All modern records will have been shattered should Muggsy McGraw and Connie Mack succeed in piloting their clubs to -the pennants in the National and American circuits. And the odds are very strong now in favor of such contingency. Nobody in these days of baseball has annexed five hunks of burgee. Fred Clarke has landed four; Frank Chance, while boss of the Chicago Cubs, grabbed four; McGraw has won four at New York, and Connie Mack four at Philadelphia. But that expresses the superlative in pennant-winning. Hctiraw won his first pennant for New York in 1904. He repeated In 1905, and came back In 1911 and 1912. Mack won his first rag In 1902, copped another in 190o, and repeated in 1910 and 1911. Connie Mack Says Players of Wash ington and St. Louis Suffer. BOSTON. July 26. The teams in "the two hot cities," as he calls them, have) practically no chance to win pennants in the big leagues, says Connie Mack, manager of the Athletics. "A ball team in Washington or St. Louis will have to be 20 per cent stronger than any of its rivals to finish on top," he de clared. "The heat and humidity rob the players of their vitality. I caught ia Washington three reasons and know. St. Louis is nearly as bad. Even when the Athletics play a brief series in those towns they leave with less life than they entered with. A team that 'has to play in such weather half t.ie time suffers more of course. In Cin cinnati it's a good deal the same." Despite the losing of all races this year, the Oregon Speed Boat Company, which owns the Oregon Wolf and the other Wolff creations, will not cease its activities, but may take a vacation of one year and then have the product of their best efforts to run in the Panama-Pacific races at the San Fran cisco fair in 1916. Whether we have a boat next year depends entirely upon how the engine is holding out, said George S. Shep herd, one of the principal shareholders of the company. "The first thing after we hold a meeting will be the exact determination of where we stand. If the engine is In fair condition we may build a boat for local competition In 1914, but I am safe in saying that for this year we have finished our actrvl ties. 'When I was at San Francisco, at the time of the visit of Sir Thomas Lipton we pledged ourselves to have a boat in the races provided they are staged. Now it seems that they will be held, so it is up to us to deliver a boat. "We were the originators, of the sport on the Pacific Coast. Now, with every thing going fine. It would seem out of the way for us to Quit, so even If we do not have boats as a company, we may have boats individually. How ever, the speedboat company will not disintegrate for several years. "The company has been a financial drain since its organization. There were five of us in It originally, and up to 1913 we had each placed about $1500 Into it. The parses have netted us about $400, which leaves each of us still $1100 to the bad. However, speed boating is expensive, and we knew it before we started. The company has furnished the money- for three boats, the -Oregon Wolf, the Crazy Wolf and the Oregon Wolf II. The first of the three was the big success, which held the 30-mile record for several months and defended the Pacific Coast title two years at Astoria. It lost this year to the Oregon Kid, SPEEDBOAT RACES POSTPONED Owners Await Decision as to Re gattas on Puget Sound. Portland's speed boats in the north are taking respite from their week Potlatch races and waiting the final decision of the race circuit which was planned for the Puget Sound cities. When the boats left here for the Se attle races, two weeks ago. it was with the idea of entering the many regatta which were promised at the variou clubs around the Sound cities. The first of these was to have been at Bel llngham. the week past, but this was postponed indefinitely. Others were to te staged at Tacoma, Everett and "Victoria, but following th Seattle races, talk of them faded very rapidly. The Oregon Kid has already been returned to Rainier and the Baby Bell and the Van Blerck will be held but a few days more in the north. awaiting the decision. Gun Club to Hold Shoot Today. With the traps in good condition th Portland Gun Club members will today hold their first shoot since early in June when the floods put the traps ou of commission. Many local men will be out for the shoot among them being, Addieman, caidweii, Joy, Thornton, Abrahams, Carlon, Hllgers, Long. Bate man and Cullison. The special meet ing called by President J. E. Cullison will be held tomorrow night at Bowie & Caldwell's. FEDERAL LEAGUE STICKS INDICATIONS ARE SCHEDULE WILL BE PLAYED OUT. With New Tork and Philadelphia in line for the world s series death grap pie. It will be interesting to compare the clubs as the half-way station finds them. According to the last statistical flood, New York is batting .227 in first place and fielding .963 In fourth. Phila delphia leads with American batters with a team average of ,282 and also leads In fielding with .969. New York has stolen ISO bases and Philadelphia 140 bases. Following are the batting marks of some former Pacific Coast players in the majors: American League Gandil. .317; Ryan. 293; Zeider, .283; Pecklnpaugh, .277; Graney, .273; Olson, .254; Weaver, .249; Bodle, .248: Daley, .241; Vltt, .233; Ber ger, .222; Easterly, .220; Agnew, .194; Fournler, .191; Houck, .056. National League Hyatt, .346; Tinker, Sll; McLean, .289; Mitchell, .287; Myers, 256; Cutshaw, .252; Mann, .250; James, 216; Mensor, .167; Whaling, .152. Young Maranvllle, of the Boston Na tionals, is so minute that he sits on Hap Myers' lap and the pair ride to the ball park for five cents, children in arras bing free. Maranvllle is not much big ger than a mosquito's biplane. Connie Mack's favorite banjo accom paniment: Pllnkety-Pllnk-Plank, Pllnkety-PHnkety- pianK, Plinkety-Plink-Plank-Plunk : Schlneety-Schlng.Schang, Schlngety-Schlng- cnang. S trlnkety-St rink -Strank-R trunk. Here are some big league pitchers who were not heralded as phenoms in the Spring and who are now making good: Russell. Boehling, Leverenz and Fos ter. Leverenz, the southpaw drafted Fight lit Earnest Expected to Be Put Under Way Next Year Fans Give New Circuit Good Support. It now looks like a 1 to 2 shot that the Federal League will play its sched ule out. When it opened Its doors the odds were much against It running later than the Fourth, which is the usual limit for blow-ups of fly-by-night leagues. In the event that it plays its regular schedule out and pays salaries it will give it a prestige of unmistakable value. The Federal League is simply oiling up Its guns for next year, when a fight in earnest will beertn. Holding together this year will make it that much easier to dlqr up live angels this Winter which it will need. The St. Louis Times speaks of the new organization in this fashion: The Federal League is giving George Tebeau an awful scare In Kansas City. At the 'opening game Saturday the paid admissions exceeded 6000, while Sunday the crowd was a few hundred beyond that 'figure. The American . Association magnates are all het up over the fact that the Federals are invading their territory, and some of the magnates recently were anxious to make war on the Feds. The cooler heads advised pa tience, to see if the Federal League wouldn't Just naturally die. But dissolution teems the least of the new league's worries. From a standpoint of receipts, St. Louis seems to be the weakest spot in the new or ganization, and this will ttie remedied next season with a new ball park more centrally located. At Sunday's game In Kay See, Tebeau had two spotters with hand-adder's clocking the people as they entered. Secretary Lloyd Rlckart got hep to them and invited them Inside to wit ness the contest, saying he would show them the settlement slip after the game. The gross attendance at Tebeau's park Saturday was 1500, as against 7000 gross and 6000 paid at the Fed erals'. Sunday Tebeau attracted 2500 . people with his American Association outfit, while the Feds drew over 6000 paid. SPORTSMAN TIRES OF WEALTH Star Soccer Player, Heir to Millions, Found Working on Railroad. VAN BUREN, Ark., July 26. (Spe cial.) Utter weariness of being merely a millionaire. Is the reason John O'Brien, of New York, who has been missing for three years, today ad vanced 'In explanation of his long ab sence from the ken of old friends. O'Brien is a former soccer football star of Columbia. University. He mys teriously vanished at the close of his college year in 1910. He was found yesterday in this town, where he is working as an assistant engineer for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. "Why should I worry about being heir to $1,200,000," said O'Brien today. "I have a job. When I convince my self that I have made good In the world I will return home. I became plumb tired of being a rich man with nothing to do except play the society game and study new ways to kill time. Just now I wouldn't trade my $1500-a-year posi tion for the biggest fortune In tho world." Gas, Power & Supply Co. Gets and Oil Engines, Motor Boat Supplies 168-172 Front Street FAY AND BOWEN ENGINE IN ACTION (Ami v - m c-f Visit our boathouse and be convinced. Get any catalog of your choice study it bring an expert mechanic that knows thorough construction and make comparisons. The Fay & Bowen Will Stand the Test THE BEEBE COMPANY Phones: Main 522, A 3522 46 Front St.