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4 TITE SUNDAY OREGONIAX, PORTLAND, OCTOBER 19, 1913. : - ' ' . 1913 PENNANT IS FOURTH WON BY PORTLAND SINCE 1,905 ; ' Players Who Helped Win in Past Now Starring in Fast Company and Those on Present Victorious Lineup Are Baseball Men of Merit and Future. few K 7 J 1 fa" c1 WW. MgCREDIg, PRESIDENT. US 4 iff c ,riarAsi Metres 1 f LvS 1 f. "-I I 1 V 7n lib - ft A i 1 i V II WALTER M?CREDIE Aw fla i v -V 1 f ' j. H.'S- jl J - 4 W3Svt f - 1 4 1 f.vr y vy WALTER ITCREDIB, manager of tho Portland club of the Pacific Coast League, has had wonder ful success as a manager. This year will make four pennants McCredie has given Portland since 1905. when he and his uncle. W. W. McCredie. purchased control of the Portland franchise. McCredie won his first pennaqt in 1906 with Larry McLean, Ben Hender son, Sweeney, Mike Mitchell and all that hard-hitting bunch.' His next pennants followed in 1910 and 1911 when Vean Gregg. Gene Krapp, Bill Steen, Tom Seaton, Peckin. paugh, Buddy Ryan and that assort ment of constellations were on Mac's payroll. The Beavers had an off season In 1912 but Mac scurried around during the Winter, and, by devious trades and purchases, rounded together another great team. The boys got "off badly and trailed along near the tail end for weeks. Then McCredie negotiated his celebrated Krueger for Lober trade and yanked Bill Speas over from the Colts, and that settled It. Matrimony Tames Flckter. Before turning to the managerial field McCredie was an outfielder, and a wonderful batsman. He always has been known as a fighter, but. somehow or other, since Mac trotted to the mar riage altar, more than a year ago, he has not been his same fierce Felf on the ball field. Not once, in fact, has the big fellow been fined for umpire baiting this season. McCredie started out in 1S96 at Des Moines as a pitcher and shortstop. He was 18 years old then, making him close to 35 now. In 1898 he was trans ferred to Qulncy. and when the league went bump, landed at Youngstown in the Interstate League. He broke a leg that year, but in 1900 bobbed lip with Sioux City.' The next season Minneapolis purchased him, and after a year the Millers traded Mac to Louis ville. Then came- the break. McCredie balked and Jumped to Oakland in the outlaw league with Rube Waddell, Fred Kaymer. Danny Shay and others. In 1903 Mac signed with Brooklyn and next year Jumped out to Portland Just before the Coast League quit the outlaw ranks. In 1905 Mac came Into the management, and Portland has had contending teams ever since. William K. Rodgers, captain of the Portland club, and the universal choice Tor all-star honors around tile circuit is one of the greatest major lsague prospects in tho minor leagues. He Is Just 24 years old, and has been playing ball about five years, so is good for eight or nine years 5'et. Bill began with Rochester in 1909. and was farmed out to Waterbury, of the Connecticut State League. .Mc Credie drafted .hint from there in the Fall of 1910, and Bill made good with the Beavers the next Spring. ' This mskes his third reason with Portland. He was made captain in 1913. Rodgers is onu of the greatest pinch hitters Portland has ever boasted. Chester Chadbourne, outfielder, is 20 years old, and has been playing ball since 1906, when he broke in with Wor. cester as a shortstop. The Boston Americans drafted him that Fall. In 1907 he was farmed to Providence, and in 1908 was switched to Baltimore. Indianapolis secured -him- in 1909, and he was released in the Fall of 1910 be cause an injured foot prevented him from playing. McCredie signed him as a tree agent, and he has been a pillar of strength the past three sea sons. ' Derrick Comes From Dixie. Fred Derrick, first baseman, is 24 years old and one of the new men on McCredie's roster. He broke In with Greenville in 1910, after three years of school at Atlanta. Toledo drafted Fred that Fall and he was farmed to Osh kosh. Last year he was the regular Mud Hen first-sacker. McCredie purT chased him. during the Winter. Arthur Kores. shortstop, is 24 years old and is a Milwaukee boy. McCredie drafted him from Des Moines last Fall. Kores has had an unusual diamond ca reer, in that he started out as a pitcher In 1908 at Edwards College, Austin, Texas, and-, has played nearly every other position since. In 1910 he was with Racine, Wis., and In 1911 was sinned by Des Moines. He is a heavy hitter. Bill Lindsay, third baseman, Is 28 years old and a North Carolinan. Bill has played ball six years, Portland se curing him from New Orleans through Cleveland late In 1911 to fill the hole made vacant by Rodgers' broken foot. He started with Winston-Salem in 1908, was at Memphis' in 1909 and New Orleans in 1910.- Lindsay is a heavy hitter, and, despite ill health, has done valiant service for McCredie. Majors Are After Donne. Walter Doane, outfielder, is 25 years old and hails from Coatesville, Pa. He started out with Roanoke in the Vir ginia State -in 1909 as a pitcher and was bought by Cleveland for 3000. In 1910 after going back to his little league, Walt was recalled by the Naps and tried as an outfielder. Next Spring he was sent to New Orleans as part pay ment for the sensational Joe Jackson, and, after batting close to .800 all sea son, was sold to Portland during the Winter of 1912. Here again he was called upon to fill a difficult position, namely, the garden job vacated by Buddy Ryan. Doane batted well over .300 last season and has been doing such sensational work this year as to attract the attention of major league clubs in the drafts. James outdrew him. Elmer Lober, outfielder, broke In with Kewanee in 1910 and was bought by Los Angeles the next year. After two seasons with the Angels, Dillon traded him to Portland in mid-Summer this season for Krueger. He is hardly more than 21 years old and has been batting like a Wagner since joining the Beavers. Bill Speas, outfielder, had his try out with the Beavers two or three sea sons back, coming here from Cleveland. Bill's eyes went back on him and when Portland put a club .in the Northwest ern League in 1911 Speas was turned over to Nick Williams. - He went so well the next two years that St. Louis tried him last Spring but returned him without sufficient trial. In mid-season Speas was conscripted by the Beavers again and is batting well over .300. He is a Toledo boy. Fisher Is All-Star Choice. Gus Fisher, catcher, is 27 years old and has been with Portland three years. He began playing with Waco, 7. r if jf. us. t - ft sV J?er-jcSc testis, Tex.' Fisher did such great service for McCredie's pennant winners in 1910 that the Cleveland Naps purchased him and he was up in the big show with the Naps and New York for a year and a half. Gus was returned to Portland last Summer. He is another of Mac's .300 hitters and the almost unanimous choice for all-star honors. Claude Berry, catcher, is 29 years old and lives at Muncle, Ind., where he will hibernate, again this Winter. Mc Credie picked him up a free agent last Spring, after Claude had drawn an un conditional release from San Francisco. Berry, began at Dallas, Tex., in 1904, went- to the Chicago Americans in 1904, to Indianapolis in 1905, Cedar Rapids in 1906 and 1907, Philadelphia Athletics last half of 1907, and was sold to San Francisco in 1908. Claude caught for the Seals for five straight seasons. v icerah Hagerman, pitcher, was bought by McCredie last Winter from Lincoln, Mac paying 250 for the six-foot right hander. . "Rip" is 24 years old and is a St. Paul boy. He started pitching in 1907 in New Mexico, and caught on with Topcka in 1908. The Chicago Cubs bought him that Fall and he was with the Cubs until early In 1910, when he was sold to Louisville and later in the same year transferred to Lincoln. James May ot Come Back Bill James, pitcher, 25 years old, came to Portland in trade for Ben Hender son, Toledo being the goat, although James Was the property of Cleveland at the time. This Is James' first sea son in the West and may be his last, as he was drafted by the St. Louis Browns a few weeks ago. James stands 6 feet 4H inches tall and weighs 200 pounds. He is a Michigan boy and started out with Jackson in 1910. During 1911 and 1912 he alternated between Toledo and Cleveland. Irve Higginbotham. pitcher, started out on the back lots around Portland and broke in at Aberdeen about 1907, where he was a sensation. Irve then went to the majors, St. Louis and the Chicago Cubs, later landing at Louis ville in 1909. Louisville traded him to Toledo and Portland bought him from Toledo last year after the start of the season. Hejias been a winning pitcher I AW ever since. Hig is 31 years old and stands an inch over six feet in height. Hi West, pitcher, is another of Port land's new crop of heaving stars. West started with Burlington in 1905 and was bought by Cleveland that Fall. In 1906 the Naps sent Hi to Wllkesbarre and recalled him in 3 907, Bill Armour taking him over to Toledo, when he quit the management. West pitched for Toledo 1n 1907. 1908. 1909 and 1910 and part of 1911, after having another trial with the Naps. In 1912 he was with Nashville and was then recalled by the Naps and sold to Portland dur ing the last Winter. Eugene Krapp, pitcher, is a Detroit boy. McCredie got him in 1910 and he led the Coast pitchers that year. The next two years Gere was with Cleve land, but lack of control brought him ", . J ' .' " ,i'i ' ,m .'a 1 back to Portland last Spring. Gene is a spitball heaver and is doing fine work. Harry Krause, southpaw pitcher, is only 24 years old, but has had a re markable career. Connie Mack picked him up as a California College student in 1908. Harry was 17 years old that Spring. After a year at Harrisburg, Connie Mack yanked Mm back and he pitched sensational ball for the cham pions in 1903. In 1911 Harry's arm be gan going back on him and he landed at Toledo In 1912. After a trial with the Naps he was traded to Portland for Dave Gregg. Lou Stanley, pitcher, is the other southpaw on the Portland corps. Stan ley is 24- years old and began at Nor folk in 1906. Since then he has been with the New York Americans, the Montreal and Baltimore clubs in the rs CATCHER DRAFTED BY SEATTLE HAS FINE PAPER RECORD, Cliff Blankensblp, Who Found Walter Johnson, Also Credited With De veloping; Tioxw Famous Bush, SEATTLE, Wash., Oct, 18. (Special.) The official averages of the Southern Michigan League speak highly of Catcher Huhn, drafted by the Seattle club from Adrian, Mich. In 124 games for the season just closed he batted .305, and stole 23 bases. He popped the ball safe 144 times out of 472 times at bat. and as his total bases figure up 215, he must be something of a long-distance hitter. Coombs, of Adrian, is the only man on the list that leads Huhn in total bases and he had a margin of only six. In the fielding department of the game Huhn stood first with a percent age of .982. There must have been a misprint in the stolen base column, be cause Huhn Is credited with 169 pilfers, which. If true, would make the records of "Hap" Myers and Jimmy Johnston look sick. With the exception of the time he was In the big leagues Cliff Blankenshlp has been a prominent figure in Pacific Northwpxt baseball, dating back to 1904. He came to Seattle, then in the Coast League as a catcher, and he was a good one, but his best work was done on the bases and with the club. If Blanken shlp had broken into the game as an outfielder he would have been one of the prominent figures in big league baseball. Like Pat Moran, formerly of the Se attle club, Blankenship's judgment was quick and so accurate that he seldom made a mistake on the running paths. He was the kind of a player to enthuse a crowd. Constant bending of the knees In catching finally decreased his speed and an unfortunate accident to his hand In Washington, D. C, affected his ac curacy in throwing. It was after he hurt his hand that Blankenshlp took a trip to Weiser, Idaho, for the Washing ton club and looked over Walter John, son. One look and Blankenshlp got busy with the contract, the best day's work ever done by a Washington scout. Blankenshlp is also entitled to credit for developing at Missoula, Mont., the 19-year-old pitcher who defeated the New York Giants in one game of the re oent world's series, and Bohen, who pitched a sensational game for the International League: Philadelphia Na tionals, Cleveland, Boston and then Johnstown and Atlantic City, in the Trl-State League. McCredie got him from the Phillies last Winter in the deal by which Dan Howley went to Philadelphia. He was sent to the Port land Colts after a short trial In the Spring and later recalled. Bobby Davla is the infant of the Beaver squad. This 21-year-old lad was brought Weet from Auburn, N. Y., by San Francisco two years ago. He was too Inexperienced for the AA League. anJ after being tried out by Spokane, was sentenced to the West ern Tri-State League. This year he held down second for Walla Walla and was bought a few wpeks ago for 8400 by Portland. He looks like a real In Oeld And. Philadelphia Athletics at the close of the American League season. It is to be regretted that Hiankenshlp's health makes him feel the advisability of lo cating next season in California. He was not well last Summer in Missoula. He will Winter in or near San Fran cisco and probably associate himself with some club in that section for 1914. DICK KGAX MAY JOIN" GIANTS San Francl.sco Boy Wants to See Foreign Countries. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 18. (Special.) When the New York Giants and Chi cago White Sox come through San Francisco next month on the first leg of their tour around the world Dick Egan, the local boy who for the past six years has been with the Cincinnati Reds, probably will join the New York squad for the trip. Last Summer McGraw told Eean that he would like to have him go along if possible. Egan Is more than anxious to accom pany the Giants. Ho has never been outside of America and would welcome the chance to take In some of the for - eign countries. Cotton formed nlmost $11,000,000 S4? Ecypt's exports to Germany laat year. r
