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MORE SNAPS :FR0M THE "WAR CORRESPONDENT FROM THE INSIDE OF THE BEAVER CAMP
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REAL PUZZLE
WILLIAMS
Peep at Vancouver and Seattle
iManager of Portland Colts Is
Doubtful Whether Team .
Can Stop Indians.
Taken by Portus Baxter,
Who Makes Prediction.
HOMERUN SWAIN IS GOOD
YOUNGSTERS RELIED UPON
SPOKANE
TO NICK
BOOT
NOW
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Hone City Man on Lookout for Couple
v of Riglit-Jlanded Pitchers Chief 4
Weakness Now ,pparent
, Is in Outfield.
BY ROSCOB FAWCBTT.
PORTLAND TRAINING CAMP, Santa
Maria. Cal., March 14. (Special.)
Nick Williams cannot see . any club '
but Spokane in the 1914 Northwestern
League race. The Portland Colts' man.
ager dreams "S-p-o-k-a-n-e" emblaz
oned all over the walls of his. boudoir
every time he consumes an overdose of
rareoit. '
'"It looks like a walkaway for Mike
Lynch's club," said Manager Williams,
while on a visit to the .local Coast
League camp during the week, ."He
has gathered together a squad of vet
erans almost as classy as any of the
Pacific Coast League.
"Why, that outfield (Lewis, Powell
and Lynch) is about as fast a trio as
there is west of the Mississippi," con
tinued the blonde-gabled chieftain. "It
will be the best garden arrangement
1 have, seen in the league, in three
years.
"Then look at that infield Wagner,
Wulfli, Hoiks, Butler and this chap
Colligan. if Lynch wants the Seal, be
sides another recruit or two for the
initial sack. -
"Experience is written all over the
pitchers, too. Covaleski is a clever
performer. So is .McCorry, and Jess
Baker is to be back in harness, with
Smith and a half-dozen others.. I don't
tee how we are going to stop" the In
dians." Hopes Held for Portland.
Williams thinks Vancouver, Seattle
and Portland will be about standoffs
lor the secondary honors. He doesn't
figure Victoria or Tacoma very strong.
Portland has a host of young fellow,
who may come faster than figured, and
Williams is hoping for the best.
Just now Nick is on the lookout for
a couple of experienced right-handed
pitchers, for he has four southpaws,
.Stanley, Callahan, Bromley, of Chlco,
and Jamison, of Oregon, and only two
veteran - right-handers, Eastley and
Martinoni. His knife hand redruits are
Bersing, a kid picked up in- Waho by
Jimmy Richardson, and O'Donnell, a
iSan Francisco rookie. t
Williams expects a couple of right
handed youngsters from Walter Mc
Credie. but he isn't counting strongly
on help from that quarter.
" His catchers are Murray, holdover;
iiimeelf, and two recruits, Coleman, of
iian Francisco, and Johnson,,. a Utah
Jphenom.
In the infield. Allen, an Oakland kid,
and" Fulton, -a promising Long Beach
- youngster, will vie for--fJrst: Reams,
Ruegg, Whitt and Mohler will fight it
'--out for second, with the possibility that
;', the veteran Mohler will be let go; Col
! trin will be back at short, granting he
; eliminates the youngster,- Reynolds, of
Vancouver, Wash., while Gui,gni, hold
I' over, will fight it out with Terrance
; Chauncey McKuue for third.
Reams Notable Addition.
; Reams is by, far -the' most notable
'.: infield addition', and if he can hold
! down any job except '..second, Nick's
, infield would look fairly strong. It is
. said, however, that the Boise star is a
I keystoner only. Whitt hails from Vis
alia. Cal. Ruegg is also a California
1' busher.
The chief weakness. now is apparent
in the outfield, where Netzel and Mel-
., chior are the only candidates. Netzel
1- is a crackerjack when in condition, as
if all know who have followed him since
I! he performed so brilliantly for Spo-
1' kane in his palmy days. But Miles
j! must needs keep in the pink or Nick
i will be sadly crippled.
Coatcap. one of Tom Scuton's Colo-
'. rado proteges, is the only youngster
) aspiring to garrison the gardens, and,
j! it looks as though Nick is to be weak
there unless he succeeds in wheedling
'! Millleran. a .300 hitter, from the Port-
land Coasters. Walter Mac has five
'I .300 biffing outfielders, and likely will
I be able to spare one along about
.; April 14.
;' Portland will train at Santa Rosa,
only seven miles from Boyes Springs,
! where Spokane will be putting in its
)' best licks against the Seals.
r YACHT CLUB DECORATES
HOISKBOAT COLONY, PREPARING
FOR SPRING SEASON.
Vines - and Garden Truck Pfanted
Boxes Beside ITft-elllns;s on
Water Racer oh Ways.
There are few fresh water aquatic
organizations with the facilities of the
Oregon Yacht Club. Almost 51) of the
river dwellings of members', of this
organization are ranged along the
river and each has a float or verandu.
owners of these houseboats are cov
ering them with green. Large boxes
are being fastened to the sides of the
boats in which many kinds of vines
and profusely growing" plants are set.
Some of the houseboat dwellers have
oven gone in for small gardening. Rad
Lshes. parBley, onions and lettuce are
to be raised.
Members of the Yacht Club met
Wednesday night and decided on an
active campaign for membership. The
initiation fee of S10 has been thrown
off until May 1.
The Yacht Club has ample canoe
quarters. .
The yacht Sparrow Is on the ways for
overhauling and will be ready for the
season in about two weeks. Captain
Arthur Sholin thinks the Spurrow will
be, able to hold her own with the new
! boats in 1914. The Sparrow won the
championship for 1913 and also suc-
' cessfully defended the Feldenhetmer &
Powers challenge trophies,, which she
has held for three years.
As some of the new boats have never
been sailed by their, present captains,
some exciting racing can be expected.
X. The lallcs Hotel: Gets;Xew Head.
.!! TUB DALLES. Orf. : -Mafcii f14. tSpe-
cial. The directors of.-The: Dalles
Husiness Men's Association, have nc
! cepted the' rertgnatlou of Judfl Fish,
I who has been the . successful Secretary
' of the commercial organization Tor four
I vears. Mr. Fiih will asauine the mm-
. Hiement of the Hotel Dalles April 1
Peter Kuehnllng. the present tnanager,
Vha purchaaed a hotel at Dallas, Or.
Fish's successor has not been selected
as yet. '
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Roscoe Fawcett Discusses
McCredie's Embryo Staff
of Twirlers.
ROY BROWN PICKED OUT
Only Three; Veterans on Hand, So
Writer Coneludes Beaver Boss Is
Taking I.011K Chance Fed
erals Deplete Market.
BV ROSCOB FAWCETT.
PORTLAND TRAINING CAMP, Santa
Maria. Cal., March 14 (Special.)
Manager McCredie, of Portland, haa a
cluster of young . pitchers gathered In
ha Bpring camp, but of the recruits
only one- has demonstrated by actual
performance, that he can be classed as
an AA league twirler.
Such Is recruit Roy Brown, for three
Tears past a winning pitcher in the
Central Association.
Brown has been in camp only about
10 days and has been bumped around
in common with the more inexperienced
talent, but he haa shown enough to
warrant it a fairly safe guess that he
will make good for the Beavers.
McCredie has only three veterans.
West, Higginbotham and Krause, on I
hand, and he is in dire need or assist- j
ance. If Brown comes up to present
expectations he will be hailed, as one
of the saviors of our pennant hopes. 1
Recruit Quick and Rapid.
Very much on the Fullerton order Is
the Cedar Rapids recruit He is 'quick
and active like Fullerton, but larger
and more robust appearing. He and
the ex-Seattleite hit and field their po
sitions very much alike.
Although 26 years old. Brown has
been twirling professional bail for only
three years, all In the Class B central
Association. He has won a majority
of his games every Fall, despite the
fact that he has been with one or two
tail end clubs.
In 1911 he started out with Burling
ton, Iar, but was sold to Hannibal, a
tall-ender, in mid-season. He won 12
and lost 11 on his maiden season. In
1912 Roy showed his class at Hannibal
by winning 15 games and losing only
nine, for a percentage of .625. Last
year at Cedar Rapids, to which city the
Hannibal franchise was transferred.
Brown won 19 games and lost 10, for
a winning percentage of .625.
The statistics all through his career
show that Roy has had goon control:
also the figures prove the statement
that he can stand lots of work. His
first year out he allowed only 37 bases
on balls in 31 games. Roy's philan
thropic output in 1912 was 66 and last
year the passes numbered 50.
He fanned 142 In 1911. 152 In 1912 and
198 in 33 games last season.
While a "pitcher is not paid for hia
batting, a heavy sticking twirler is a
valuable adjunct to any club, and
Brown seems to fill the bill. Hia bat
ting marks were: 1911, .247; 1912. .296.
and 1913. .315.
The Cedar Rapids recruit may be
toting around some hidden faults not
yet apparent, but just now he appear
the one best bet among all the recrulta.
and unless he pans out to be a winning
pitcher for the Beaver champs, a lot
of wiseacres around this camp are go
ing to be sadly bamboozled.
Brown weishs 165 pounds, stands 5
feet -10 inches high, la of Scotch-Irish
parentage and lives at Hannibal, Mo.
Or the other pitching recruits Harold
Peet, of Sumpter, Or.; Elmer Hanson,
of San Bernardino. Cal., and Herb Bal
veson, of Fullerton, Cal.. look by far
the cream.
Fred Framback, the Idaho phenom.
Is a big fellow and mighty promising.
but the blonde is only 19 years old and
needs a year under Nick Williams for
development. Lawrence Ryggs. of De
corah, Iowa, may . show stuff under
nursing, but at present he appears to
belong in the same stall with Fram
back. Morell Smith, the 190-pound cowboy
recommended from the -wilds of Colo
rado bv Tom Beaton, will either be
Krtnt to Nick Williams or else released
to some club In the near luture. tie
Is a biff, likeable fellow, but Mac says
he is too old to spend his valuable time
on. .
But Aoythlns: May Happen.
Of course, quite an expanse of time
stretches between now and the league
opening; March 81, and any one of
these young .demons - may upset the
dope'and uncoil enough stuff to dazzle
the cisr manager.
But at present Brown looks like the
best bet. with Peet. Kalveson ana rian-
pon. an 185-pound trio, barking at his
heels for recognition. Mcureaie in
tends to carry at least seven pitchers
and if Pape does not report, he may
tart the year with ,the three veterans
fcnd this quartet above mentioned.
It will be taking:;.long chances, but
good pttohera re scarce In the market
this year because or tne reaerai
Lea (rue aetlvltlea.
Peet is an ex-University of Oregon
lad and has had one year of proles
sional ball behind him. At Pendleton
in the Western Tri-State League in
1913 he won 12 and lost 14 with a tail
end team. He is 22 years old, stands
6 feet 1 inch and weighs 185 pounds.
. Salveson was picked up by Mac last
Fall and finished the final few weeks.
He. is 20 years old. stands an even 8
feet and tips the beam at 183 pounds.
Hanson was recommended to Portland
by Chet Chadbourne, who hit against
him at San Bernardino. He la built
very much like Salveson and is a prom
ising recruit.
CHANCES LOOMING TP W'EI-L
Columbia University Has Seven Let
ter Men for Baseball.
If the number of baseball letter .men
back, at school Is to be taken as a cri
terion the Columbia University nine
will have little trouble in copping the
1914 baseball title of the Portland In
terscholastic League. Seven letter men
grace Coach Father Cunningham's ros
ter and all were regulars on the 1913
Columbia team.
Coach Earl, of Washington, has but
two back, the Miller twins; Coach Bor
leske possesses four letter men of Lin
coln High; Coach Kelly, of Hill, has
five around which he will build a
team; three Portland Academy players
are back to help Coach "Rich" Par
rott; and Coach Newell has five of the
old reliable of the 1913 championship
Jefferson High team.
All coaches had their squads out
working at batting practice last week
and the first main tryout will take
place tomorrow on the various train
ing grounds. The track and field teams
have been doing light work and are
in fair shape to start active practice
tomorrow.
Coach Borleske, of Lincoln, has taken
his four letter men and made them cap
tains of four teams and now games
will be played between the various
squads. The winner of the lnter-squad
league will receive some sort of a
prize, yet to be decided on. Schild
knecht. Merle Roussellot, Freeman and
Cummins are the captains, but the cap
tain of the entire group will be elected
later.
Because of the failure of Grimm to
return to school this Spring the Wash
ington High School Is without a cap
tain and the Miller twins will have to
be taken as a nucleus around which
Coach Earl will mould a winning com
bination. Schoenberg, Porter and Wll
mot are the Portland Academy players
back from last season and Coach "Rich"
Parrott will be at work tomorrow.
Captain Risley, Evans, Houlahan,
Stinson and Tlmmerman are the Hill
Military Academy cadets who will try
to make their letter again In baseball.
Captain Sheehy, Irvine. Lodell. Wolfer
and Bob Colvin make up the Jefferson
High contingent.
Coach Father Cunningham, or Co
lumbia, has Captain Nixon, outfield;
Niles and Peabody, both outfield; St.
Marie, catcher; Bernhofer, pl.tcher;
Mutrhead, first base, and Collins, sec
ond base; and with this group as a
center, big things are expected to
penetrate from the university campus.
Champion Kater Devours Cheese.
RUSHVILLE. Neb., March 10. John
Dykes has been awarded the title of
champion eater of the community. His
latest feat was the eating of three
pounds of cream cheese, following his
usual meal. Dykes won a wager he
had made that he could eat tne cneose
without becoming 111.
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FEDERALS TO CARE
President Gilmore Says Minor
Outlaw Teams Will Pro
vide "Farm" Berths.
$50,000,000 BEHIND HIM
Young Baseball Organization Head
Gives Ont Koster of Club Own
ers on Which Arc Twelve
Reputed Millionaires. "
CHICAGO, March 14. Baseball play
ers ' who deserted the ranks of organ
ized ball to join the Federals . will be
taken care of, even" if they fail to win
berths with the Federal teams.
This was announced today by Presi
dent Gilmore, who returned from a
visit to the training camp of the Chi
cago Federals at Shreveport. He con
firmed the report that two minor out
law leagues will be formed next year
to provide "B'ederal farms."
$50,000,000 Backs League.
President Gilmore gave out a list
of the League's owners and backers,
which shows, according to his figures,
that there is 150,000,000 behind the or
ganization. Twelve millionaires are
on the roster, he said. The wealthiest
club is that in Brooklyn, where the
Wards arc credited - with capital
amounting to $25,000,000.
Gilmore' a list, with-the millionaires
marked "M," follows:
Pittsburg Edwin Gwlnner, president
(M); William Kerr, vice-president;
William McCullough, secretary.
Buffalo William Robertson, presi
dent tM); Walter Mullen, vice-president;
F. Cabanna. treasurer (M); Owen
Ausperger, secretary.
Baltimore Carroll Basin, presi
dent (M); J. S. Wilson, Jr.. treasurer
(M); Harry Goldman, secretary; Ned
Hanlon.
- Brooklyn -R. B. . Ward, president
(M); G. S. Ward, vice-president (M);
Walter Ward, treasurer (M); John
Ward, secretary.
St Louls Edward Steintnger, presi
dent: Otto Stifel (M); Phil Ball (M).
Indianapolis J. Edwin Krause,
president; John A. George: Bert Mc
Brlde; E. E. Gates; W. K. Watklns,
secretary. .
Kansas City C- C. Madison, presi
dent; S. S. Gordon, Harry Neily, secre
tary. .
Chicago Charles Weeghman, presi
dent (M); William Walker, vice-president
CM); Charles Williams, secretary.
Injunction Notice Served.
President Gilmore reached Chicago
Just in time to be served with notice
that an Injunction suit aiming to pre
vent the building of the Federal's
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piolessliiiial experience of moment.
H.here had been filed. The sura-
ons was made returnable April 30,
und unless a temporary injunction is
issued In the meantime, the Federals'
grandstand will be built, and the team
playing ball before the hearing is heldt
The Federal League's injunction suit
asainst William Killifer. who is
charged with having jumped a contract
with the local club. Is to be filed in
the United States Court at.Grand Rap
ids. - President Gilmore said today,
probably not later than next Thursday.
"I wouldn't be surprised if Killifer
joined Joe Tinker's team before that,"
said the president.
No players who have signed con
tracts with other leagues have yet been
taken away by the Federals, accord
ing to Gilmore. but he admitted that
negotiations were on between man
agers and several stars. The clubs
have been given the League's permis
sion to sign the men. regardless of
their contracts, and have the promise
of united backing, legal! and financial.
Gilmore . said no more efforts to
reach -i truce would be made by his
side. His overtures to organized ball,
made three weeks ago in a personal
visit to President Johnson, of the
American league, was the last to come
from the Federals, he said.
BOISE AFTER PENNANT
TEAM PROSPECTS LOOK GOOD TO
(iKM STATE FANS.
Men Mill Report for Work Thursday.
March ' 1U Owner Evann lropoea
to Hold to Salary fclml.
BOISE, Idaho, March 14. (Special.
Boise baseball stock has Deen Doomed
just about 100 per cent lnce the ap
pearance here of Maury K. .vans, c.uu
owner, ana lrwin jensen.
ager. They have guaranteed that
Boise will have a real oan ciuu
Union Association, and one that will
he in the pennant race. Incidentally,
when they have completed the improve
ments necessary on tne local Dan
they will have the best minor league
ball park in the West.
Owner Evans proposes to observe tne
lot, cio salarv limit of $1650.
The vanguard OI tne squaa win ic- (
nort Thursday, March 19. to Manager
i.n,.n in this citv. in fact, it might
be. .aid t"Vnv.KS Jr; Vteh.r1
in --roots vram. nc h' --
of the Western Tri-State League last
season, who has attached his name to
a contract with the Boise club and will
be seen behind the mask in the Union
Association with Bclee.
There, wjll be 24 men all told In the
training camp when It la opened here.
Weaver. Bauer, Lewie. Melter, Gard,
Slater. . Woods and Toner will report
March 19 and the balance of the play
ers will report April 1. So far the ma
terial under order to report Is classi
fied as follows:
Catchers-Weaver. Gard, Cantwell,
Winkler. :
Pitchers Toner, Woods, Melter, Jen
sen, Coleman, Mauck, Lewis.
First base Clark. Slater.
Second base Schlmpff, Beverley.
Third base Blausser, Greenstein.
Shortstop Kilpatrick, Bostwlck,
Holstrum.
Outfield Bauer, Fricnc, Nadeau,
Graves.
Weaver was with Salt Lake last sea
san. Gard was with Boise. Cantwell Is
on the Los Angeles police force and Is a
giant. Toner was in the Union Asso
ciation last year. Woods and Melter
were with Boise. Jensen was with Bait
Lake. Mauck is a Perdue graduate and
Lewis was with the Colorado Stale
League last season. Clark was first
baseman and manager of the Boise club
last season and Slater was with Seat
tle. Schlmpff was with Salt Lake and
Beverley Is a youngster who wants to
break Into fast company. Blausser is
from the Three-I League and played
third for Boise last year. Greenstein is
a Denver boy. Killpatrick 1b the fast
Salt Lake amateur shortstop ad Bost
wlck and Holstrum are looking for a
chance to break in. Bauer is a former
Boise player, last eeason with Salt
Lake - Friene was with Boise last year
and "Whispering Phil" . Nadeau was
with La Grande in the Western Tri
State League.
The Dalles Women Heat Plea to Vote
THE DALLES. Or.. March 14. (Spe
cial.) Members of the Woman's Po
litical Study Club, of this city, have
started-an active campaign among The
Dallea women, hoping to get all of
them to register for the priamry elec.
tions. A committee of 12 has been
appointed to urge the female voters to
place their names on the reaTistration
books.
NEW LEAGUE TALKED
Washington State Circuit May
Gucceed Tri-State.
SIX-TEAM ROUTE IS AIM
Walla Walla and North Vaklina Pre
pare to Act as Result of Pendle-ton-Baker
Episode Seattle
May Be Invaded.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., March 14.
(Special.) Pendleton's withdrawal
from the Western Tri-State League
and the possibility of Baker quitting
may put an end to the Tri-State organ
ization, but it will not prevent Walla
Walla and North Yakima from having
league baseball. This decision was
reached today at a meeting of the local
Nclub officials at the close of a long
telephone conversation with ft. Vr.
Rutidstrom, of North Yakima.
While the matter of keeping si smal
ler league will not be dropped for the
present, the two cities will work now
to organtzae a Washington State
League. Six towns are in mind and
would give sufficient population to
have class C ball, with less railroad
expenses than last year, when North
Yakima and Boise were on the ends
of the circuit.
President-Secretary-Treasurer L. M.
Brown, and Manager August Bade, of
the Walla Walla Bears, expect to leave
Monday, for Puget Sound, picking UP
R. W. Rundstrom at North Yakima and
they will endeavor to arouse interest
in Everett, Belllngham and if possible
Aberdeen and Seattle. The proposal Is
to put a team in Seattle to play when
the Northwestern League team Is on
the road, if Dugdale will stand for it.
Walla Walla will have baseball.
eague baseball, that's a cinch," "Doc"
Clarence Crews, one of the local of
ficers and backers of the Walla Walla
Bears, said tonight.
We have a good
team signed uo. first-class grounds, a
name In the baseball world for the
good men we have pdt out, a con
stantly growing bunch of live fans and
we want and will have baseball. North
Yakima Is even more enthusiastic than
we . are. If we can get six teams all
the better, otherwise four will do.
"There is a possibilty to keep Baker
by getting another town near by, but
the other will be worked out first.
Pendleton hasn't hurt us by withdraw
ing: really It Is a help because it has
stimulated Interest in the game and
lukewarm fans are now rabid."
CHICAGO BOWLERS TAKE LEAD
Windy City Allen Men Feature Day
at American Tournament.
BUFFALO, March U. Chicago bowl
ers upset the leaders in the two-man
and Individual events of the American
Bowling Congress tournament today,
taking the first three places in both
events.
O. W. Schmidt and W. A. Williams
now hold first place in the doubles,
with a score of 1229. while P. Gray
leads the singles event, with a score
of ?4. Ed modene, of Chicago, holds
soomd place In the Individual event,
with a score of 626. -hile F. Brill, of
Chicago. Jumped to third place, with
61. Schmidt and Williams totaled 426
in their first game, 419 in the second
and 385 In the third. Following are
the leaders:
Two-man teams Schmidt-Williams.
Chicago. 1229; R. Raydyl-J. Kyral. Chi
cago, 1189: J. Dommick-C. Reinheld.
Chicago, 1169; P. Hildebrand-Stengel,
Louisville, 1165; F. Brockman-F.
Grebe. Chicago, 1163.
Individual P. Gray, Chicago. 634;
Ed Modens. Chicago. 62; F. Brill. Chi
cago, 616: S. D. Stein. Detroit, 614; A.
Enborn, Chicago. 612.
Man, 80, Sees First Theater Show.
GREENSBURG. Ind.. March 10. For
the first time in his life, John Groler.
an octogenarian of this city, attended
a theatrical performance the other
night. Mr. Groler Is 80 years old and
hie wife 72. They occupied a box in
the opera-house In this city. Mr.
Groler Is a well-known German citizen
and a veteran of the Civil War.
Distinguished Swatter WIk Casts
Fortunes With Dugdale Thia Year
Is In Pink of Condition and
Weighs 196 Pounds.
BY PORTUS BAXTER.
SEATTLE, Wash., March 14. (Spe
cial.) Old Sol worked overtime dur
ing the past few days, and his cheer
ful visage was all the members of the
local baseball colony required to bring
them out witn ball and bat, to sa
nothing of picturesque attire.
The leading designer at the park
frivolities was elongated Ben Hunt,
who has Joined "his fortunes for the
coming struggle with the Vancouver
champions, but who Winters in the
Queen City. Brown says that he will
pick his staff from about 14 candi
dates, and is confident of making ui
what he lost by the purchase or draft
ing of Schmutn. Sohulz and Ingersolt.
The Vancouver infield, in all proba
bility, will not be disturbed otherwise
than the substitution of McCarl. who
was with Spokane part of last season,
for Walsh at first. Brown should not
be figured as "standing pat" on the
diamond. To guard against a fall
down of the old guard at any point he:
has fortified himself -with a crop of -youngsters.
"It is Just possible," hn
says, "that I shall have to do some
tinkering and it is best to be prepared."
Dode Brinker and Emit Frisk are reas
onably certain of outfield berths, pre
sumably center and right field.
Swala I.ook a Good.
Despite all the pre-season activity at
the new ball park during the past week
there was little development baring di
rectly on the Seattle team. Outside of
Manager Raymond only three members
of the squad that will report March 24
did enough to warrant mention. These
were Inflelder Roy Brown. Outfielder
Bill Baird, formerly of McMinnvillr,
Or., and Outfielder Conley, who comes
from Kent, Wash.
Although he did not don his uniform
the arrival of Charlie Swain, the dis
tinguished home-run swatter, gave
Manager Raymond real cause for re
joicing. Swain is in splendid condition,
weighing 19 pounds, as compared to
215 pounds In previous training sea
sons. He is taking the game seriously.
pleased to play in Seattle and deter
mined to make a good record. If any
one will take the trouble to examine
Swain's record for the past four years
he will find that he has been "coming"
instead of standing still or going bacK.
At the present time it looks as if
Manager Raymond would open the sea
son w4tn -Martini in leu. iMiniaj
center and Swain in right. Howard
Wasley, Leo Tognert and Fat twiiley
are tte unknown- factors in the out
field. t'laaa Out for the Infield.
Manager Raymond has not announced
.inyihi'i: definitely about the make-up
of the Infield Tentative piaas, nw
ior. place Lobby James a' lrir.st. Pci
rin: at ic-.iord, Duddy at th'.-l anl
Kd'in'inU at hort We may be goins
tjo Krr.ing on Duddy. but if should
rin-.vu tn be the case J anion will
shifted back to his usual place at third,
and first left open to competition be
tween Togneri, Holderman and Truckey.
Of the last mentioned trio, Holderman
is the only one known in the Pacific
Northwest. In 1912 he was one of the
best prospects in minor league ball.
Since that time he has not shown up as
well, but Is about due to strike his pace
again. Togneri stands high in Arizona
and some parts of California as a hitier
and fielder. Tommy Madden, a well
known Coast League player, says Tog
neri should make good for a certainty
in the Northwestern League. Truckey
is a local semi-pro. Physically Truckey
fuliiils all the requirements for u first
sai-ker but beyond that point no'hin
can be said otherwise than that he did
well last year In the semi-pro field.
President Dugdale unexpected!
stopped the preliminary practici
Thursday and there will be nothing
doing at the park until the pltcli.-'s
and catchers report next Friday. Th-;
reason for the prohibitory order wis
that J" or 40 players on the -dia.!i.-'!
ar.d field !i:erfered with th-2 wi.rk
.'.: grounckeepcrs, who are --ri ttiim
things Into shnpe for the offii-i..l open
ing.. BUD GETS RING BOUT
VASCOIVKR LKiHTWBHiHT AMI
SWA IX TO FIGHT AT RAYJIOM).
Eaa-le Athletic Club Arranges for Con
test Betneen i:-X1Ie Aspirant ami
Butcher Boy April I f. J '
SOUTH BEND, Wash.. March 14.
(Special.) Manager James Long, of
the Eagle Athletic Club, of Raymond,
has completed arrangements for a
match In that club April 14, between
Bud Anderson, the Vancouver. Wash
lighter and Joe rfwaln, the "fightine
butcher boy." of Portland.
This Is the biggest card ever so
cured by this young athletic club, and
promises to bring fight fans from
many points. Mwaln is a great favorite
011 Wlllapa Harbor. He meets Billy
Clark, of San Francisco, before the
same club next Monday night.
North Bend Forfeits Game.
NORTH BEND, Or.. March 14. (Spe
ial.) Marshfleld was awarded the hig
school basketball game here last night,
when North Bend refused to compete
after the time had expired and there
was a dispute over the score. It is
probable the game will be played over.
Marshfleld claimed the score was tied
at 18, but the North Bend team held
it was on point ahead
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