The Sunday Oregonian., March 08, 1914, SECTION TWO, Page 3, Image 21

TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAX; PORTLAND, MARCH 8, 1914L
"TEW WORLDS LEFT
TO BE CONQUERED
World - Touring Giants and
White Sox Feel They Have
Gone the Limit.
EGYPT'S SIGHTS ENJOYED
Callahan and Comiskey Narrowly
MLss Having to Stay Up All Night
on Train From Sue to
Cairo 3 pace Scarce.
BY (i. W. AXEUOX.
fSDortinn Editor of the Record-Herald.)
CCopyriKhi. 11)14, by Henry Barrett Cham,
berlln.)
AT SEA. I'"eb. 5. Like Alexander of
old, the world-touring White Sox and
Clants have gone "the limit." There are
few worlds left to conquer. The justly
celebrated band of athletes has looked
the Sphinx in the eye, has climbed the
colossal pyramid of Cheops, has ex
rlored the dark recesses of this motiu
mental pile of stone, has faced a sand
storm on the desert, has "done" Cairo
by daylight and gaslight, shown the
Kgyptians America's National same,
visited the citadel, listened to the re
cital of Emin Bey's famous leap, and
looked down the dizzy height from
which that "last" of the Mamelukes
sped into space to escape the aveng
ing sword of Meliemet Ali.
. Recollection of all this might have
been enough, but this part of the pro
gramme kept the tourists busy only
some of the time. Much more was
crowded into the three days passed in
Cairo, an extra day being added to the
original schedule by cutting out the
trip through the Suez Canal, which usu
ally takes about 16 hours, and that at
night for the greater part of the jour
ney. There was plenty of time left
lor . Ethiopians, - Bedouins. oreeKs,
Armenians and others to descend on
our defenseless travelers, extracting
ood money for bad stuff.
Known Roada Reached.
Tt was a great show while, it lasted,
and from now onward only a garish
glamour of well-traveled roads will
greet the tourists. It is true that
sights ahead appeal more to some of
the younger members of the party than
did those which are only a memory, but
the teams are getting too close to civili
zation to get unduly excited.
By dint of persistent 'telegraphing
the managers were able to get a spe
cial train at Suez on their arrival there
the evening of January 31. The orig
inal schedule called for a Journey to
Port Said, but as this would have
brought the party into Cairo the night
of February 1. the tourists disem
barked at Suez. There they were given
their first introduction to the rolling
stock of the Egyptian State Railway.
As the officials of the road had been
given little time to furnish accommo
dation there were only two sleepers
ready. These were turned over to the
women members of the party, while
the day coaches were hurriedly turned
into traveling bedrooms. There was
so little space that President Comiekey
and Manager Callahan came near hav
ing to spend the night standing up,
but a thorough search finally revealed
two. extra' bunks.
As the crow flies it is not much of a
Journey between Cairo and Suez, but
the needs of modern commerce and the
sands of the desert have obliterated the
old railroad; and the new one, over
which the tourists traveled, now prac
tically runs past Cairo due east, then
hesitates, turns again toward the city
of mosques, executes a few geograph
ical flip-flops and finally enters that
city.
Guide Awakens Party.
It had been predicted that the tour
ists would arrive in Cairo at about 4
A. M. February 1, but if they did there
was no one to discover it. Mr. All
Aboosh, in charge of the party, finally
succeeded in arousing the sleepers, who
were hustled in two special cars to
Heliopolis, a suburb of Cairo, made Up
partly of marble, while the remainder
is sand. A few years ago a "Monte
Carlo" was projected on this historic
spot, which has a fairly authentic his
tory some 4000 years old. It was be
lieved at the time that the proper palms
had been crossed, but when the open
ing day arrived the promoters discov
ered the Khedive refused' to grant a
license. As several million dollars had
already been invested there were some
anxious moments until the idea of a
hotel solved the difficulty.
The excuse for the White Sox and
Giants being' hauled out in that direc
tion was principally the baseball field.
It was as level as a floor, innocent
of verdure, and must have baked In
the fierce sunlight of Egypt since the
pyramids were built, as it was hard
enough for that. A neat- little club
house graced one side of the field, and
while seated on the upper veranda of
the house his highness, the Khedive,
Abbas Hilmi II, saw his first game of
baseball.
It was the first game played in
Egypt by a professional team since the
tour of the Chicago and All-Nationals
23 years ago. The Khedive came along
a road lined with soldiers. At first
flash there seemed to be nothing regal
about this ruler, who holds what
amounts to a little les than a second
mortgage on the land cf the Pha
raohs. Klirdive Pleased by Game.
That he entered into the spirit of
the occasion became apparent the min
ute he bounded up the steps of the
clubhouse. There were no royal robes
on him. Members of the American par
ty, who had preceded him to the club
house, had looked- for a dazzling dis
play of gold lace, but they saw a man
of medium height, dressed in an after
noon costume familiar in America and
Europe, the only change being a red
This being the nearest approach to
royalty any of the American party had
seen, there was considerable trepida
tion in the ranks. Most of the mem
bers were not sure whether to stand
up, sit down or act naturally. When
it was discovered that his highness
was just like any other mortal, that
he talked good English and was apt
at interrogating the Americans on the
National pastime the tension was re
lieved, and from then until the end
Of the fourth inning, when he de
parted, there was real fan talk in
Cairo. United States Consul-Gcneral
Arnold introduced President Comiskey
and others of the party to the distin
guished guest and the ceremonies were
over.
That the Khedive was Interested in
the game was apparent from the man
tier in which he followed the lightning
plays in the infield and running catches
in the outfield. He did not disdain to
lend a "hand" In the cheering when
some particularly brilliant play set the
looters' row a going. As he had left
come important affairs of state unfin
ished to come to the game, It became
necessary for him to hurry back for a
full day's work, and the last five in
nings were turned over to the real
taps.
There were probably 2000 within the
tnclosure of the Sport Club's ground at
PHOTOS OF THE WORLD BASEBALL TOUR TAKEN ON. THE
HOME STRETCH
a"Tiyo'7reiZ .
the opening game. Many Americans
were In the crowd. The majority
were English and there was a fair
sprinkling of Germans. Frenchmen and
persons of other nationalities, includ
ing a large number of prominent
Egyptians. On tlie outskirts were
the Arabs of the desert, while the low
ly fellaheen crouched low among the
ribbon of shrubbery in right field. In
the distance could be seen the "ships
of the desert" In long caravans; am
bling in from the wilderness beyond.
The bright red uniforms of the British
officers looked doubly scarlet against
the dull shades of the sandy wastes
back of Evans' and Magee's territory
in left field.
It is unlikely that any ball game has
ever been played before a greater, mix
ture of races. Besides those men
tioned there were Armenians, ,Turks,
Greeks, Syrians and Persians. -.There
was hardly a country in Europe which
did not have its representatives. Then
there were the many tribes and races
of Egypt itself, those descended from
the Nubians. Copts and Ethiopians.
Most of them, looked on not with a
critical eye, but with that . interest
with which the youngster regards his
first circus. It was American to them,
which goes as "Greek" with us.
Light Pnmzllna: to Players.
It was well that the teams did not
play under the critical eye of home
fans, as the ball traveled through a
wondrous sky. There was no ques
tion of its being "high." It even af
fected ground balls. Thus it was not
a certainty that such players as Wea
ver, Liobert and Doyle would get the
ball, bounding two feet from ' the
ground. Those shimmering "ground
waves," according to the players, of
ten made two balls leave the bat and,
as luck would have it, they not infre
quently found themselves chasing the
shadow instead of the substance.
Possibly the spell of the desert af
fected Tom Daly in the second game,
when this promising recruit tossed off
a triple play, -which would, have been
his. alone and unassisted. It went
through all right, but Weaver shared
the honor. It was a freak play at
that. - With Doyle and Merkle on sec
ond and first, respectively, Doolan hit
a low liner past first. Daly was play
ing out of his position or he would not
have come within ten feet of the ball.
As It was he caught it inches from
the ground. .Merkle was almost at
second and Doyle had rounded third.
All that was necessary for Daly was
MAKING BASEBALLS FOR
t ' ' ' 1 "
When the "White Sox" beat the "Giants" the other day over In London before the King of England and a
great gathering of nobility, the Britons; not being familiar with the game, asked many questions which even
the American baseball enthusiast cannot answer "right off the bat."
For Instance, if you were asked the weight of the official little "pill" which the pitcher hurls in the direc
tion of the batter, would you know that it weighed five ounces and that its circumference was nine inches?
Would you know that, according to the rules of baseball, there were but two factories in the country that
supplied the big league teams with baseballs? One of these factories is located in Philadelphia, and there,
under the direction of A. J. Reach, the spherical little pills, without which there would be no ball games, no
ball teams, and no National, American or Federal leagues, are made. '
It requires as much skill in the making of one of these balls as in the adjusting of a fine watch, for the
weight must be evenly distributed, else the ball fails to meet with the standardized requirements.
to. run to-second,, but instead he tossed
the ball lo' Weaver. Another triple
play is not likely to be seen in the Val
ley of the Nile for many a day.
There was nothing except a wire
fence around .the field, but few viewed
the game who. had not settled at the
gate. The prices were on the sliding
scale, the best seats being chairs
placed outside a wire netting back of
the diamond, costing 40 piasters, or
$2.08. There was nothing cheap about
Egypt
CLUB TO RENEW WATER POLO
Multnomah to Start New Series in
Which "Ducking" Is Barred.
In an effort to pacify the game of
water polo the Multnomah Club will
soon start another series between the
teams of the club, in which one of the
rules will say that there shall be no
"ducking."
This new league will be started with
the first games about Monday of next
week. .
Either four or six teams will make
up the schedule. . The goals will be
like soccer poles instead of the net and
ring.
Tomorrow night the Sting Rays, Me
Murray's championship team of the
last schedule, will play a picked team
from" among' the others. McMurray
will have Clibborn, Hilton, Burke. Pre
ble, Humphries, Bulgin and Morrison.
The All-Stars will be Thatcher,
Wheeler. Morris, Spamer, Ross, Arthur
Allen, Tait and Klernan. This game
will be played under the old rules,
which allow ducking and other forms
of troublesome defense.
THE BIG LEAGUES IS IMPORTANT FEATURE OF NATIONAL
GAME
POLO TOURNAMENT
PORTLAND URGED
Spokane Games Last Year
Give Impetus' That Indi
. , cates Arduous Season.
LOCAL CLUB PLANS FIGHT
Waverly Team Eager to Retain Cup
and With Other squads Prepar
ing for Coming Play Warm -Contest
Is Certain.
BY WALTER GIFFARP.
The wonderful impetus given polo in
the Northwest by the tournament
played at Spokane last September dur
ing the fair" week spells an even great
er eeason this year In more ways than
one. '
There was no actual polo tournament
at Portland last year. This was due
partly to the fact that some of the
Canadian teams could not make the
distance and partly to the sportsman
like attitude of the Portland men who
were willing to give up games here, if.
by so doing, they could foster the game
still further North.. .'.'.'
-" Spokane had no team, though it had
the makings of a fine, ground. The
Spokane: men were anxious to have the
game - there and the only way they
could do so was to use the argument
that they were centrally located for all
the teams In the Northwest- Portland
gave up a tournament and went. In all
there Were six teams present and it
is a matter of history that the Waverly
team returned home with the cup,
but only after three hard games, hard
in more senses than one as numerous
players could tell, and one exceedingly
close one. - t.r
Waverly Team to Fight..
Now it is a - afe bet, at any ; odds,
that the Waverly team will not' allow
that cup to leave its possession without
a fight for it. The men that compose
the team, and for that matter all the
men who play pola in this town, would
mortgage Ml they have got rather than
give up the idea of fighting for it
again. They ' have. too. a sporting
chance cf winning it outright, for the
cup becomes the property of any team
winning it three years in succession.
It is by no means difficult to see why
thev should be anxious to do so. in
the first place polo in this part of the
country still is in Its infancy: in days
to come probably it will be as popular
here as down South; of in any other
part of the States, and then the pos
session forever of tHe first. polo cup
In the North would settle the question
(often a vexed one without tangible
evidence), as to which was the leading
team in this part of the country and
who was responsible for its growth.
It would be a proud thing . for the
Waverly team and for the city of Port
land to be referred to as the home of
the game, out here.
The success of the Spokane tourna
hient was so great that all teams en
gaged promised to return this year.
But there wlll.be more teams on the
field than ever.- Three days after the
last game had been played. Army offi
cers and others were playing the game
in Spokane; they had formed a team
and they mean business or rather f port.
Just -a little while after them came
Lewiston. The men there were equally
determined to be up and doing and only
the other day there was a report of
practice games between these two
teams this year. Think what that
means! Practice at this season of
the year spells nothing more nor less
than determination to have a team that
is worth while when the tournament
comes around.
Other Teams Added.
To them can be . added Boise and
Vancouver, B. C. The other Canadian
teams are: McLeod, Cowley. North
Forks and Cochrane. With the local
Waverly team that totals up to 10
teams.
Now it stands to reason that the
Waverly men do not intend to let this
season go by without a series of
matches here. The interest is great in
the game and especially in matches
with other teams. The only difficulty
would be in arranging the date.
What has been suggested and what
meets, apparentl', with unanimous ap
proval is that the various teams that
are going to play in Spokane will come
down here some time shortly before
then and play a similar tournament
here. Of course one or two cups would
be put up, there Is no difficulty about
that, as several men already have ex
pressed more than a desire to put up a
cup for annual competition. The Spo
kane dates will be in September, so
that the Portland dates should be
about the end of August or the begin
ning of the next month.
There is every probability, too, of
having a' team of freebooters coming
up from the South. They would make
the 11th team and the Vancouver Bar
racks -can be relied on to make it the
even dozen. While the majority of
the polo playjrs of last year left for
the Islands, there art enough sports
men among the officers .at the post to
make up a team, especially as it is un
derstood that Colonel Young is keen
on the game.
Polo in the Army recently received a
strong impetus through the encourage
ment given it by General Leonard
Wood. While the latter was here he
told Sherman R. Hall that he was do
ing all he could, and almost more than
he dared, for the game among the of
ficers, and that spirit has been reflect
ed all over the states. He it was who
made it possible for various Army
teams to gather at Washington last
year for elimination games before they
took part in the games for the Army
cun at the Point Judith tournament.
Consequently it can be seen that no
difficulty is expected in the matter of
having a team at the barracks.
To resume, however: The ideal situ
ation would be a tournament here, to
TROPHY PRESENTED TO THI
KERNS GRAMMAR SCHOOL
' SOl'CKR TEAM.
S. T. Britten Trophy.
Before the entire student body
of the Kerns Grammar School,
the S. T. Britten silver trophy
was presented to the 1913 cham
pions of the Grammar School
Soccer League in the school
auditorium last Thursday.
After the acceptance, the little I
champions were taken to the I
Multnomah Field to witness the
championship soccer game of the f
Portland Interscholastic League f
between the Columbia University J
and the Jefferson High School. t
be followed by the one at Spokane and
then one at Boise. That would provide
a regular circuit, which might even
be extended to Vancouver, B. C, or
some other Canadian point.
Players Show Form.
Last year Portland was as well
mounted as. if not better than, any of
the teams; and this always has been a
point in their favor. Up to now what
has militated against . them has been
the lack of experience of some of the
players. With two seasons' knowledge
at their bark, quite a number of the
players are beginning to show form
that spells a tight game for the men
down South when they are tackled, for
it is coming as sure as day follows
night that Portland will have to have
a team in some of the California tour
naments before very long. During the
matches at Spokane Henry L. Corbett,
at 'back, played some brilliant, heady
games, from all accounts, and he la
probably the best of the trio of b.rotn
ers. Cliff Weatherwax, the Aberdeen
sportsman, is another who Is looked
upon as a comer,' for he is a rapid
thinker, who never loses his head. He
is now down South, playing the game,
and has bought another pony reported
to possess lots of speed.
Players Are Named.
Tlie local players number something
in the region of a dozen. There is
Sherman Hall, admittedly the best
player on the team, and a man with
any amount of experience and prac
tice; Victor Johnson, Henry L-, Elliott
R. and Hamilton Corbett. Gordon Voor
hies. Dr. George S. Whiteside, Fred VV.
Leadbetter (who has nothing but bad
luck, as he recently broke his leg again
at Santa Barbara, and this when rid
ing off the field); Alden Burrell. a
young player, but likely to improve
rapidly with experience, and Ben Tone.
The last named has a wonderful eye
for picking out a winner in the rough.
Every year he makes a trip through
the adjoining states, looking for ponies
from which the various players take
their pick. Last year he got hold of
some good ones, and very cheaply, too,
which is very much to the point, as the
game is expensive enough anyhow.
He has the ponies on his ranch at
Sisters. Or., and will . bring them up
some time in May, when preliminary
practice begins.
All told, the prospects for an enjoy
able, arduous season were never so
bright, and the local crowds that fol
low the game with interest are look
ing forward to seeing some great
games.
By the way, Mr. Hall got an invita
tion from Kansas City for the Wav
erly team to participate in a tourna
ment there this year, though of course
the distance is too great to think of
going. ' .
BALL PRACTICE DELAYED
MULTNOMAH NINE UNABLE TO GEflT
. FIELD FOR MONTH.
Good Team Expected. However, With
Hedrlck and Hughes on Meund
to Do Tnlrllngr.
Multnomah Club's baseball team will
not go into camp for another month.
Building operations in preparation for
the Al Kader circus, to be held on
Multnomah Field the middle of April,
eliminates all chance of practice un
less it is done on some other field and
that is not likely.
The Winged M nevertheless expects
to have a good team. This late start
will force it to dispense with many
of the practice games.
The mound material generally is
summed up in the names of Hedrick
and Hughes. Hedrick pitched for the
club last year. Chet Hughes has beeii
a star of the amateur field for many
years, but 1914 will be his first year
in the Multnomah colors.
Owing to the unsettled condition re
garding practice, Ed Shearer, chairman
of the baseball committee, has not at
tempted to arrange a schedule.
- The universities of the Northwest,
however, arc always willing for a ganic
with the club.
Zbyszko Gets Decision.
DULUTH, Minn, March 7. Stanis
laus Zbyszko was awarded a decision
over Jess Westergard of Les Moines,
la., last night when the latter was seri
ously injured by a fall from the plat-
Jorm after SS minutes of gruelling
work.
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SYNDICATE AGAIN IN RACE
Three Groups of AVindy City Fans
Seek Controlling Interest Held by
C. P. Tart Terms ot Differ
ent Offers Are Secret.
CHICAGO, March 7. New bids were
made today for control of the Chicago
National League club. John R. Thomp
son, a restaurant man, telegraphed an
offer to Charles P. Taft 'at New York,
and Louis J. Behan, who represented
another syndicate whose previous pro
posals were not acceptable, made a
new offer.
"My offer has no strings attached to
it," said Mr. Thompson to-day. "We
will pay a reasonable price and we
will make no unreasonable -demands as
to the reserve rule or anything else."
The first Ethan syndicate imposed
conditions regarding the reserve rule
and other things that made Mr.. Taft
decline the bid. Charles A. McCulloch,
who is one of the trio which bid for
the Cubs when the first rumors that
there was to be a change in owner
ship became current, is a member of
the syndicate.
With the offer made by John T. Con
nery, three bids by Chicagoans are now
up for the consideration of Mr. Taft
and President Tener of the National
League, It is understood.
The terms of the offers were not
made public. Several Chicago fans will
be partners of Mr. Connery if his
efforts to purchase controlling stock of
the Cubs are successful. Harry Gib
bons, ex-candidate for Sheriff of Cook
County; Roger Sullivan, a politician,
and Fred Block are among those who
will take parts of the stock, it was
learned today.
; Mr. Connery, who Is In New York
with the fans who went to greet the
returning world tourists, is president
of a coal company. He is able finan
cially to take over the controlling in
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terest, it is said, and a baseball en
thusiast. SCHOOL DIAMOND IS LACKING
Monmouth Said to Have Plenty of
Talent but N'o Grounds.
MONMOUTH, Or., March 7. (Spe
cial.) With the advent of the base
ball season, the High School of this
city has material for a team but there
are no grounds provided by the district
large enough for a diamond. Three
years ago the district owned only a
small piece of land in the northern part
of the city and the High School build
ing was placed on it. The baseball
association obtained the use of the
three-acre tract lying between the
Southern Pacific track and the Oregon
Normal building last year, but It has
since been purchased by the State
school.
The cannery building was converted
into a gymnasium by the student as
sociation last Fall, and was succssfully
maintained. The school district, repre
sented by W. A. Wood. Ira C. Powell
and O. A. Wolverton, assisted in finan
cing the "gym."
SWIMMING I'.ECOKD IS BIOKEN
Paul Iloberts, of YaJe, Goes 50
Yards in (24 4-5 Sees, at Gotham.
NEW YORK, March 7. Paul Rob
erts, of Yale, made a new intercol
legiate 50-yard .swimming record
24 4-5 seconds at the individual inter
collegiate championships last night.
The previous mark was 264 seconds
by Howe, of Yale. 'Roberts also won
the 100-yard swim.
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