The Sunday Oregonian., February 22, 1914, SECTION TWO, Page 3, Image 19

THE SUNDAJ OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 22, 1911.
OUTLAW DAYS Ofl
THE TWO BIG MEN OF THE FEDERAL LEAGUE
RITCHIE PROPHET
WITHOUT. HONOR"
COAST RECALLED
Federal League Trials Bring
Up "Memories" of Certain
Portland Men.
Same Old-Time Rule Applies to
133-Pound Title Holder,
Says Roscoe Fawcett.
MUCH RESTS ON OUTCOME
KRAUSE SHOVELING COAL
Max Fleischner, Who Knows What
"Out" In ''Outlaw" Means, Talks
of Experience Back in Early
Nineties Along Pacific.
While Portland generally seems to be
in league with the Federals, though far
removed from tne seat of war, there
Is, in this city, a certain group of prom
inent business men who have a whole,
some dislike for the Federal Leag-ue
and all it stands for. That feeling
comes about through active association
with outlaw baseball, and it is not
hatred, but sympathy, which they bear
for the new organization.
Max Fleischner, who backed the
Portland team of 1902, which was a
member of the Pacific Coast outlaw
loague. is just one of them. There
are several more who share his spirit.
"Imagine being a director of a club
when you went to bed at night, and
wake up the next morning and find
that half your club was gone. That
was just one of the few interesting
experiences which we had in keeping
Portland on the baseball map in 1902,"
said Mr. Fleischner with a sigh, as he
thought of the strenuous days of 12
years ago.
Strife Is Recalled.
"It was fight and keep on fighting.
It started when Portland withdrew
from the original Pacific Northwestern
League, headed by Lucas.
"Hank Harris, then the principal
owner of the San Francisco team, had
been up two or three times the year
before in an attempt to reach an un
derstanding between Portland and the
California State League, then the big
thing on the South Coast.
"In 1002 Portland seceded from the
league, and tried to take Seattle with
It. Jack Marshall, then secretary of
the Portland club, was sent North to
see Dugdale and attempt to have him
change his allegiance from the North
west to the California.
"Dugdale could not see enough In It,
and we went over to the California
State and made the Pacific Coast
League. Lucas and his crowd were im
mediately up In arms. The Pacific
Coast League put a team In Seattle
and Lucas came all the way down the
Coast.
"That's all ancient history, but the
startling times which followed and the
money we kept sinking in that team
and league will never be forgotten, and
make the base for our aversion to any.
thing which sounds like outlaw base
ball. Success Means Knd of War.
"Of course If the Federal League is
a success It will probably become a
part of organized baseball. If it did
not, there would be nothing but war
and in the end bring the downfall of
the game." .
While the - Federal League seems to
be well fortified with its contracts, the
Portland team of the outlaw league of
the Coast was not so successful. One
day Portland had a team and the next
day half of the men were gone to an
other clime.
Time and time again. Portland would
advance the transportation to some
player back East. He usually had a
family, and transportation for all had
to be forthcoming. When he got out
here, he would just as often as not
jump over to some of the Northwest
teams of organized baseball, after
playing one game.
The organized league immediately
established teams in Portland, San
Francisco and Los Angeles. That
killed the game for both. The long haul
from Los Angeles to Butte was more
than the Northwest League could stand,
and it soon went out of business as far
as opposition to the Pacific was con
cerned. Portland kept on losing money, and
when it did start to make money Mr.
Fleischner got out. He was the "angel-'
that put Portland on the baseball
ma p.
OPENING PLANS ARETOLD
HIMCIPAI, I.AJSDIXG WILL
IIKDIC VTEO TOMORROW.
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W. II. Warren, c. B. Morris, Captain
W. II. Gray and Captain Speier
Will Be Speakers.
The complete programme for the ded
ication of the Portland Municipal Boat
Landing lifts been anounced by the com
mittee from the Portland Motorboat
Club, which was given charge of the
services, to take place tomorrow after,
noon at the foot of Stark street.
The Motorboat Club men will be as
sisted by committees from the Portland
Kowing Club and the Oregon Yacht
Club.
The committee in charge is auxious
to have small boat owners, whether
members of any club or not participate.
The club committee is composed of
George W. Kendall. C. W. Boost and
C. V. Cooper. l)r. Charles K. Hill, as
sisted by the women of the club, will
have charge of the reception.
F. B. Sexton, is chairman of the en
tertainment committee; A. A. Hoover
of the press committee and Ernest von
tier Werth is fleet captain.
The speakers of the afternoon will be
W. H. Warren, secretary to Mayor
Albee; C. B. Morris, vice-chairman of
the Dock Commission; Captain W. II.
Gray, of the Motorboat Club, and Cap
tain Jacob Speler. harbor master.
The programme follows: 2 P. M.
Main waiting-room at Municipal Boat
Landing opens.
2:15 P. M. Motorboats leave the
Portland Motorboat Club, form In line
and proceeded down the east side of the
river channel, turning below the Burn-side-street
bridge and moving up past
the new landing for review, after
which they will turn and land their
passengers on the float and then tie
up below the landing, completing this
part of the programme about 2:45 P. M
S to 3:30 P. M. Dedication address by
Mayor Albee. followed by short ad
dresses by club officials.
3:30 to 4:30 P. M. Inspection of the
new quarters and informal reception
by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Port
land Motorboat Club, assisted by a com
mittee from the Oregon Yacht and
Portland Kowing Clubs.
Jlarrj- O. Paddock to Collect.
ORMGONIAN NHWS BURKAU. Wash
ington, Feb. 21. Harrv O. Paddock
was today appointed deputy collector
income tax service at Portland, suc
ceeding Norwood Curry, who Is trans
ferred to the regular civil .'service roll.
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Mafty Puts a One-Two-Three
on Manager 0'Day.
PSYCHOLOGY IS FACTOR
Veteran Pitcher of the Giants Does
Not Let Cub Leader et to First
AVith Suggestion to Put
Catcher in Box.
BY CHRISTY MATHEWSOX,
The Giants' star Pitcher.
Henry O'Day, the alternating man
ager and umpire the spends a year
at each job) is also trying to pose as a
rule maker, I see. Since Charlie Mur
phy appointed O'Dav the leaHoi- nf h
Cubs, and even before that. Henry be-
suing over tne rules with a fine
tooth comb and making suggestions. He
is aiso a member of the rules commit
tee of the National League. Here 'is
what I saw in a newspaper recently:
Henry O'Day, who is a member of
the National League rules committee,
has made a suggestion covering the
plan to do away with intentional bases
on balls. O'Day will offer a rule at this
week's conference .limiting the catch
er's. box to four feet in width. In this
way Hank shows it will be difficult for
a pitcher purposely to deliver wide
balls beyond the reach of the batsman.
O'Day also will suggest a rule keeping
the team manager on the bench at all
times, unless he is a player, and limit
ing protests against technical decisions
to the field captains."
Henry's suggestion about making a
peg post cop out of the catcher has its
drawbacks. In the first place. I don't
think the intentional pass is a detri
ment to baseball, and, in the second, I
do not believe the rules of the game,
ps it is played at present, should be
altered. Last of all, I do not see how
Henry is going-to stop pitchers from
purposely passing batters with his
four-foot catcher's box.
Psychology Is Factor. ,
The arguments advanced against the
Intentional pass are that the star bat
ters of the league are usually the bene
ficiaries, and the fans like to see them
hit in a pinch because it -is supposed
to make excitement. Perhaps the care
ful follower of baseball has not ob
served one fact that, In my capacity as
a pitcher, I have. This is that when
a twirler passes a batter who is rated
to be a tough bird in order to get some
easier man, the next hitter ofter.er
than not drives one safe. It Is my
opinion that psychology is responsible
for this as much as anything else. If
the situation is pressing eough to
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make the pass advisable, one run will
probably tie the score or win the game.
Therefore, when the pitcher passes a
batter, he puts the tieing or winning
run on the bases, or he at least puts an
extra run on the bases. That is the
way big leaguers figure things. If one
club is two runs behind and there are
two men on the bases, a big leaguer
will say the tieing run is on. They also
hate to see this.
Now, when a pitcher purposely
passes a man, no matter how good a
batter he may be rated, he always
wonders whether he has not' made a
mistake, if maybe he might not have
gotten the man on that trip to the
plate. He is ' worrying about this
when the supposed weaker hitter faces
him, and does not work so hard to get
him because he has something on his
mind. Perhaps he has accumulated
the passing habit, as many "pitchers
will from giving one man a free ticket,
and he cannot get the ball over. He
loses the next man, too, and the game
is gone.
Baker Passed on Pnrpose.
O'Day proposes to make the catcher
stand in a" space Behind the plate four
feet wide. Tnat Is, he must be In the
box before the pitcher starts to de
liver the ball, and he cannot move off
to one side for the pitchouts as catch
ers usually do when It Is decided that
a batter should be passed. But there
is nothing to stop the catcher from
moving after the pitcher starts his
motion, and it would be simple enough
for him to step to one side then and
get the wide ones to pass a batter. It
would not be possible to make a rule
that the catcher must be in the box
when he receives the ball, because
then he would not have a chance to
get wild pitches that might not be in
tentional. I do not think giving bases
on balls on purpose hurts the game.
Not many pitchers make a practice
of this intentional passing. Some
managers instruct the twirlers when to
give an intentional pass, while others
leave it up to the pitcher. McGraw al
ways lets me use my own judgment.
I pass as few batters as possible, be
cause I don't like to take the chance
it always involves. I gave "Home
Run" Baker a base on balls in a game
of the 1911 world's series. I think I
showed good taste, the way that bird
always bats in a world's series. I
believe he is the greatest pinch hitter
in the world, as he has shown him
self to be. They tell me Baker was
all smiles after that contest.
"What is the matter, Frank?" one
of the other players on the team asked
him. "You did not get any home-run
today. What are you so pleased
about?"
"No," replied Baker, "but I got some
thing which I liked better and which
was more of a compliment. Matty
passed me on purpose.".
The fan must remember that when
ever a pitcher gives a batter a base
on balls, he is endangering his team's
chances of victory, because he is put
ting another man In a position to
score.
Unlike football, the rules of base
ball have not. been tinkered with to
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any extent in the past few years. Be
fore I go to see ' a football match
nowadays, I have to take a guide book
and study It to understand what they
are doing.' As I am . not much of a
student of football, I do not attend
many games. - If the rules of baseball
"were changed- so that the ordinary fan
would have to- learn the game all -aver
every year or' thereabouts, it, would
ruin , the sport.
The' only tendency of the changes in
baseball for the past few years has
been to shorten the time of playing a
game. At first, this necessitated a few
alterations in the rules. Once upon a
time, the catcher stood back on the first
two strikes and took the ball on the
bounce when there were no runners on
the bases, but that was a long while
ago. He was then moved up behind th
batter for all occasions, by the rult
makers, and it was a good change
Next, the foul strike rule was added
with the idea of cutting down the time
of play, because- the owners of - ball
clubs recognized "the fact that the fan
likes to see his ball game quick. This
change did not hurt the game, but rath
er improved It, as some men used to be
able to foul them off almost Indefinite
ly when there was no penalty for it,
and in this way -tire out a pitcher' and
make the contest monotonous.
Even with thes changes. Ban John
son believed the games in the American
League were dragging out too long and
hurting the profits of the clubs a few
seasons ago, so he ' introduced a rule
that no relief pitcher should be allowed
to warm up after he had gone into the
box. It was customary. to let a man
throw five balls. , In a game between
Boston' and the Athletics, a Red Sox
pitcher forgot himself and lobbed one
up. Mclnnls, standing near the batter's
box and being the next hitter, walked
Into this one and pushed the ball over
the fence for a home run. This rule
was then shortly rescinded.
Johnson also hit on another scheme
to shorten games. He offered a bonus
of $200 to' the umpire in his league
who, at the end ' of the 1912 season,
had the best record for short games.
All the indicator . boys were hurrying
things along and keeping. tabs on their
standings. The ball -players heard
about it, in. spite' ofjtlie .'fact that it
was- supposed to b"e a secret," and
would delay the games - to kid the
"umps." "Silk" O'Loughlin thought he
led for the prize,: but "BiTl" DIneen,
who had paid no attention to speed
during the season, wound up with the
best record and grabbed the two hun
dred. .The story is that some of the
boys got peeved with "Silk" and de
layed his games on purpose, which
naturally made "Silk" sore. '
The rules of baseball cannot stand
much tinkering,' and - there should be
no radical changes. As soon as a new
rule is made. : the sharks in the big
leagues all set to- work to find a flaw
In it which can be twisted to their ad
vantage. This is- "Johnny" Evers'
specialty. There -Is. one scoring rule
I was glad to see ' altered, however,
and that was the one. giving " the bat
ter a "Cincinnati ' base hit." :
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Arthur Devlin Says Boston Braves
Are Willing to Pay $10,000 for
Catcher Schmidt, Whereat
- Fans Say, "Well! Well!"
BT ROSCOE FAWCETT.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21. (Special.)
Prophets "and - prizefighters except
those prophets spelled with ' an "f"
usually are very much disassociated,
but the case of Willie Ritchie, light
weight boxing champion of the world,
may be cited as. one of the odd paral
lelisms. Just as the prophetic cult ne'er is
surfeited with popularity in its own
bailiwick, so with our 133-pound title
holder. "
Ritchie was brought up in San Fran
cisco and its environs: he learned his
mitt slinging at the Olympic Club; he
made his first appearance in the four
round game here and won his title be
fore a home crowd, and withal, he's a
clean, manly, likeable boy at heart.
But if Willie were to enter a pop
ularity contest in his home city today,
he would finish at about minus 68 de
grees fahrenheit. For some unaccount
able reason Ritchie doesn't take with
the railblrds. Primarily he is not a
mixer, but his maneuverlnrs In the
Murphy matter have tended to muddle
his affairs even- more.
Unquestionably the lad followed the
only wise course when he called off his
bouts, finding himself In poor physi
cal condition. But he seems to need a
manager able to act as buffer between
himself and the public. Harry Foley,
trainer. Is a fine chap, but he doesn't
seem to be sharp enough to set his
protege's case before the fans in such
a way as to keep 'him in good stand
ing in the "Good Fellows" Club.
However, Ritchie thinks his Achilles
tendon is strong enough now for real
work, and he expects to leave Febru
ary 25 for Milwaukee, to begin training
for his bout with Ad Wolgast on March
12. The weight, 135 pounds at 5 o'clock.
Is satisfactory to the San Franciscan.
"As soon as I finish with Wolgast I
will return to San Francisco to prepare
for my 20-rojnd bout with Tommy
Murphy," said he yesterday. "Promoter
Coffroth plans to stage this much
postponed affair April 17."
L Saw Harry Krause a day or two ago
and enjoyed quite a chat with the Port
land Coast southpaw star. Krause Is
shoveling coal for his father In San
Francisco,- and says his "soupbone." as
a pitcher's arm is known in the vernac
ular. Is in wonderful trim.
"I made the mistake last Winter of
pitching considerable Sunday ball dur
ing the layoff season," remarked Harry,
baring his portside flipper and stroking
it with pride. "That's why I got off to
such a weak start. At any rate, I'm not
taking any chances this year and don't
intended- to pitch a ball until I get to
Santa Maria March 2 or- 3. '.
"Yes, I'm thoroughly satisfied with
my contract, for Mac gave me what 1
demanded. And I hope to give him the
best that's in me. Mac has always
treated me fairly and I want to feay
right here that those lurid n-emarks
credited to me in the newspapers were
greatly exaggerated."
Krause thinks the Beavers will miss
James and Hagerman a great deal and
he Inquired very studiously-into - the
records of the youngsters coming tap. .
According to Arthur Devlin, the new
Oak chieftain, the . Boston Braves are
willing to pay $10,000 for Catcher
Schmidt, of the Seals. Boss Stallings
also proposed to give Devlin six play
ers if he could in some -way get pos
session of Schmidt. Howard admits
that Boston offered him three players.
Catcher Whaling and Pitcher James,
formerly of Seattle, and Catcher Jack
litsch. '
Some way or other. Schmidt dosn'
seem to be appreciated around the cir
cuit, for, while the fans are willing to
admit that he is a pretty fair sort of
a receiver, few will go so far as to
rate his valuation over the $2500 mark.
As for $10,000! Little wonder the
Bostonese are called "Braves."
Jimmy Byrnes, manager of th Ba
kersfield club in the California State
League, says Vancouver has Its nerve
claiming Catcher Roy Kuhn. Jimmy in
sists that Kuhn belongs to-him and that
he has made no deal with Bob Brown.
The former Tacoma backstop is trying
to trade the Fresnoite to Calgary for
an outfielder named Reynolds.
Kuhn is a brother to "Red," of the
1910 Portland Coast champions, and
McCredie tried to land him last Spring,
only to .find himself a trifle tardy.
Apparently well pleased with his
raid on the Pacific "Coast League.
George Stovall has ordered his Kansas
City Federal Leaguers to assemble at
Wichita Falls, Tex., March 5 for Spring
training.
Chadbourne, of Portland; Krueger, of
Los Angeles; Goodwin, of Los Angeles,
and Kenworthy, of Sacramento, are the
athletes weaned away from the- Coast
by the former- Clevelander. Art
Krueger will be in charge of the squad,
which Stovall has announced as fol
lows: Pitchers Packard Cincinnati: Blan
ding and Falkenberg, Cleveland; Stone
and Baumgartner, St. Louis Browns;
Harris. Denver.
Catchers Easterly,. Chicago Sox;
Wilson, New York Giants; Schmidt, for
merly of Detroit. .
Inflelders Stovall, Cleveland and St.
Louis Browns: Kenworthy, Sacramento;
Perring, Columbus, American Associa
tion; Sapp and Derringer, holdovers
from last year's team, and Goodwin, of
Los Angeles.
Goodwin is the kid third-sacker who
broke in with the Angels from the Uni
versity of California last year. He did
not hit strong, but looked to be very
promising. Henry Berry says he in
tends to make a fight for Claire; so we
may be treated to some Federal League
court pyrotechnics west of the Rockies
before long.
Stories About Stars
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By Billy Evans.
Baseball Is truly a peculiar game. Its
many different angles and possibilities
are, no doubt, what make it so decid
edly popular with the masses. I know
nothing that better illustrates the un
certainty of the sport than what hap
pened to Catcher Sam Agnew, of the
St. Louis Browns on two successive
days last Summer.
The Philadelphia club was enjoying
a big winning streak, when the St.
Louis Browns struck the Quaker City.
Naturally, no trouble was expected
from the. tall enders, and it was fig
ured that the Athletics would make a
clean sweep of the series. When the
Browns hit toi. Connie Mack's great
team had a dozen straight wins to :s
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credit. Immediately it began increas
ing the number at the expense of the
St. Louis club, until the number of
successive victories numbered 15. One
more game remained to be played with
the St. Louis aggregation, and it was
almost figured as won before the con
test was started.
. Playing great ball, the St. Louis cjub
gave the Athletics a decided surprise
and- at the close of the eighth inning
the score stood a tie, 2 to 2. Starting
the ninth, the Browns got two men on,
with two out and Catcher Agnew at the
bat. - Agnew got one to his liking and
clouted the ball for a home run. scor
ing three runs and sewing up the game.
The Browns won, 5 to 2, breaking the
string of 15 straight, simply because
Agnew came through wtth a circuit
smash at the opportune time.
The St. Louis club played in Boston
the next afternoon. Naturally, Agnew's
home-run hit was much featured, it be
ing a rather novel way to finally stop
the. Athletics. Now it is rather hard to
imagine the home run Jiero of the dai
previous, being taken out to allow
some one to hit for him, yet that is
Just what happened to Agnew. To
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Washington's Birthday
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Very often in baseball you are a hero
for only a minute. .
RITCIIIK PAYS HIS IX'COJIE TAX
Lightweight Champion First Fighter
to Admit His Earnings. . ' ' ,
Ritchie, the lightweight' champion,
stepped into the office of the collector,
of internal revenue here yesterday and
paid, his income tax. He is believed to
be the first prizefighter in the country
to declare his earnings and settle with
the Government.
Owing to illness and Injuries, Ritchiu
has been idle for the last four months,
but he declared to a considerable in
come, the amount not beins made
public.
President to llevlew Parade'
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. President
Wilson will review a civic and militar
parade at. Alexandria, Va.. Monday in
celebration of Washington's birthday.
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