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.
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n "J y?-&rzxz, 1-7' - -r-f
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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.
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2
17
16
11
15
8
8
12
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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
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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."
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