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.1 TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULT 5, 1914. RED SOX CHANCES TO 11 DISCUSSED Matty Says Possibility Rests on Wood's Ability to Get Back His 1912 Form. ATHLETICS ARE PICKED Star Pitcher Cannot See Any Team but New York and Philadelphia In Pennant Race Detroit De pends Solely on Cobb. BT CHRISTY MATHSWSON, N.w Tork Giant Star Pitcher.) NEW YORK. July 4. (Special.) Baseball enthusiasm is running high over the Red Sox in Boston, and a lot of the fans believe that Carrlgan has a good chance to come through and take the pennant yet now that "Smoky Joe Wood is back in harness. There is some bitter feeling against Speaker, since he has had some tough breaks in his hitting this year, and the fans are sore because he held the club up for a big salary and then batted below his mark of other seasons. They probably are not any sorer than Speaker 4s at himself. I have heard several fans Bay that if Speaker had played his game this year, the Red Sox would be up with the leaders now. The Boston Americans have a lot of traveling to do before they are up in the real squabble for the champion ship, but there Is a good deal of the season left. If the club could run into a streak of luck such as attended its victorious campaign throughout the race of 1913 and afterward in the world's series, it might press the Ath letics. But following that seasons run of good fortune, the Boston Amer icans have had a lot of tough luck. But at that the Red Sox have an outside chance to win the pennant on their pitching staff if Wood can touch his form of 1912. He was away off it last year after a great start in the South In Spring practice, when it looked as If he would frisk into the best season ever. Athletics Lack Pitcher. The Athletics are palpably weak in the pitching department, and "Connie" Mack has been struggling along with bad twirling ever since the schedule was broken open. I consider Mack the best man in the country to take a couple of stars and a flock of mediocre pitchers and jockey them along through games to the greatest advantage. He won the pen nant doing this last Summer, and it looks as if he would have to repeat on the same platform this year. His young pitchers are not doing any bet ter than they did a year ago. or as well. But then you have got to con sider it from another angle, almost any "pitching will look better with that club of fence busters behind It than It will with. the White Sox. Say, can you Imagine Mack's staff working for Cal lahan? Where would it be with only that bunch of delicate hitters on the White Sox to pull them out? In spite of all the hum and buzz about the championship contenders, I can"t see anybody beside the Athletics and Giants in their leagues now. They are the strongest clubs all the way through down to the grain. Washington Chance Gone. It looked for a time as if Washing ton might have a chance, until Walter Johnson began losing games. Then the whole club was startled and stripped of its spirit, and the team has fallen away off. They used to figure up what days Johnson would pitch and put these games in the won column before he went to work, so sure was Griffith of the victories. But Walter has had a bad spell lately. It has hurt the club almost as much as the removal of the motor would hurt an automobile. . Detroit has made two or three bids for the lead since the team was East, but each time the Tigers have moved up within hailing distance or first place, Cobb sfubbs his toe and gets hurt and is out of the game, so that the team falls back. Ones It was his rib that caved in when he stopped a pitched ball of Fester's. This last time it was his thumb, when h9 was trying to stop a butcher who had been fresh to his wife. These facts show that both Wash ington and Detroit are one-man teams. A one-man club seldom wins a cham pionship unless it is very lucky with that man. Now "Connie" Mack has suffered as many Injuries as any man ager in the American League this year and yet his club is up near the top. The team has the backbone. Tom Seatin has threatened to quit the Federal League unless Umpire Monte Cross is fired. I believe Seaton's case is an accumulation of discontent But if Seaton does quit, where can he go? I wonder if ballplayers contem plating the jump, have ever stopped to consider this? There is not the money In outlaw ball with independent teams that there was In former years. And Seaton Is a grand pitcher, too, and one who would look awfully good to Mr. Baker in a Philadelphia uniform Just now. He may be- the first one of the stars that Jumped who desires to re turn. If he Is, it will be Interesting to see how the National Commission handles his case, and particular In teresting to other stars among the Feds who jumped. (Copyright, 1914, by the Wheeler Syn dicate, Inc.) FEDERAL LEAGUE. Pittsburg 5-8, Baltimore 1-7. PITTSBURG, July 4. Pittsburg won both holiday games from Baltimore, taking the morning game 5 to 1, and winning the afternoon contest, which went 10 innings, 8 to 7. Scores: Morning game R. H. E. Baltimore ..00000001 0 1 8 0 Pittsburg ..30100100 5 8 1 Batteries Wilhelm, Conley and Jack litsch; Barger and Berry. Afternoon game R. H. B. Baltimore 060000001 0 7 14 3 Pittsburg 130000102 1 8 15 0 RattBrlen Ouinn. Smith and Russell. Jacklitsch; Camnitz, Walker, Knetzer and Berry, Madden. Indianapolis 12-3, Chicago 3-6. INDIANAPOLIS, July 4. Chicago and Indianapolis split even in a double-header this afternoon, Indianapolis taking the first game 12 to 3, and the visitors the second, 6 to 3. Scores: First game R- H. E. Chicago. . 00030000 0 3 5 2 Ind'napolis 12100035 12 14 1 Batteries Watson, Prendergast and Wilson, Block: Kaiserling and Rariden. Second game R. H. E. Chicago 00300030 0--6 8 1 Indnapolis 10100100 0 3 7 2 Batteries Flsk and Block; Moseley and Rariden. ' Brooklyn 6-2, Buffalo 1-6. BROOKLYN, July 4. While Flnneran held Buffalo to six scattered hits Brooklyn pounded the ball hard and won the morning game by a score of 6 to 1. Scores: Morning game R- H. E. Buffalo 00000000 1 1 6 2 Brooklyn.. 10100103 6 11 IS Batteries Moore, Brown and Blair; Flnneran and Owens. Afternoon game R. H. E. Buffalo 02101011 0 6 8 0 Brooklyn.. 00000000 2 2 6 4 Batteries Ford and Blair; Fafltte, Juul and Land St. Louis 4-1, Kansas City 0-0. KANSAS CITT. July . 4. St. Louis won two games from Kansas City to day, 4 to 0 and 1 to 0. Scores: First game R- H. E. St. Louis... 20000000 2 4 6 3 Kansas City 00000000 0 0 2 0 Batteries Groom and Chapman; Adams, Stone and Easterly, Second game St Louis 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Kansas City. 0 0 0 O 0 O O GIANTS ARE KICKED R. H. E. 0 1 7 2 0 0 5 1 Batteries Brown and Simon; Harris and Easterly. PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE AVERAGES Club Batting Records. G. Ab. R. H. 7 2.1.-)4 318 701 .274 . .84 316 740 ..87 L'S20 IMS 733 ..84 2St illtl 7o0 ..86 27(13 329 708 . .89 2U3U 321 737 Last P C. wit. 73 60 .264 259 .255 258 .li.'S 255 .253 252 .24 Club Portland Sacramento . . . Los Angolas. ... Oakland Venice fsan Francisco. . Club Fielding Records. Last Club O. Po. A. E. P.C. wk. Venice 86 231S 1139 125 .965 . Can Francisco 8 2418 1301 130 .964 .964 Oakland 84 2309 1253 139 .962 .3 Portland 77 2031 DBS 139 .856 .958 Loa Angeles 87 2321 123 157 .957 .958 Sacramento 84 2279 1135 166 .954 .955 Individual Batting Records. Last Player, club. G. Ab. R. H. Sh. P.C. wk Dillon. L. Lynn. Sac Howard, S. F.... Gregory. Sac Evans. Portland.. Fltsgerald. S. F. 2 2 0 19 26 3 45 142 14 18 39 4 5 9 1 67 205 31 Ryan. Portland 05 236 30 cnecn, 1. a zu -t Elliott. Venice.. ..08 172 17 Kyan, U A 18 44 6 Bayless. Venice. .86 312 45 Shlnn, Sac 57 222 25 Doane, Portland.. OT 242 27 Fisher. Portland.. 10s -1 1 48 13 3 68 78 15 S5 14 US 10 69 0 75 10 52 4 .50O 1O00 .846 .346 .338 .331 .333 .303 .333 .400 .332 .337 .331 .331 .326 .333 .320- .331 .318 .333 .314 .317 .311 .312 .310 .306 .39 .312 .305 .298 .305 . 2SS .314 .2118 .293 .304 301 7 12 8 .305 6 .303 .303 .301 99 Tennant. Sac 84 331 31 101 Ellis. L. A 81 285 31 87 Hannah. Sac 62 197 21 60 Kch.Iler. s F 89 333 44 ll Qulnlan. Oak 76 304 38 82 7 Derrick. Port 67 256 36 77 16 irlrirfletnn. Oak 78 311 42 93 12 Maggert. L A ... 85 si's oj m .-ra Korea. Portland.. 74 268 35 79 13 .297 .293 Kaylor. Oakland. 52 158 16 47 7 .297 .311 Bancroft. Port. ..53 1S3 34 53 1 .297 .238 Young. Sac 84 304 53 90 12 . 290 . 302 Absteln, L. A 79 291 40 86 13 .296 .26 Lober. Portland.. 73 257 S3 78 S .296 .290 Murphv, Oakland. 46 137 14 40 7 .292 .301 Schmidt. S. F....34 103 15 30 4 .291 .300 Ness. Oakland 77 2S4 36 82 6 .289 .283 Gardner. Oak 39 114 7 33 4 .289 .277 Klawltter, Sac. ..21 45 7 13 5 .289 .289 Wolter. L. A 86 330 49 95 12 .288 .2S1 Meloan. Venice... 59 177 25 51 7 .288 .286 Corhan. S. F 72 259 28 74 10 .2S6 .2S9 Alexander. Oak.. .44 130 21 S7 7 .285 .296 Pernoll. S- F 22 67 5 16 O .281 .288 Prulett, Oak 18 43 5 12 1 .279 .293 Lltschl. Venice... 7 8 263 3 1 74 1 4 . 278 . 272 Leard. Vtnlce S3 397 53 84 17 .273 -2C6 Colllgan. Sac.-S.F.IO 33 8 9 1 .273 .286 Killllay. Oak 15 33 2 9 3 .273 .300 Rodgers, Port 77 292 4 2 7 0 12 . 271 .267 Downs. S F. 87 828 39 89 8 .271 .203 Monti. Sac, 71 247 2(1 67 19 .271 .271 Page. L. A 76 266 48 72 33 .271 .276 Cov. Sac.-Oak 7.1 278 28 73 .270 .259 Toier. S. F 15 26 2 7 O .269 .269 Carlisle. Venice . .SO 303 56 81 8 .267 .67 Hern. Sac 6 13 4 4 0 .267 .... Zacher. Oakland. 76 800 28 80 7 .263 .268 Johnson. L. A 69 234 2'i C.2 12 .2(55 .245 Halllnan. Sac .-.. 257 29 6S 7 .265 .274 Tobln. S F 66 250 52 5 4 .260 .273 Bliss? Venice ..'..40 124 7 32 2 .258 .263 Boles. L. A 50 144 10 37 S .257 .264 Van Buren. Sac. .58 178 17 43 7 .253 .243 v-n. vnlre 54 166 21 41 10 .247 .273 Mine. Oakland. ..46 122 10 So 10 .246 .233 Charles. S. F 65 219 15 53 9 .242 .238 Orr. Sac 18 62 15 0 .242 .205 O'Leary. S. F 84 307 S2 74 26 .241 .220 Brooks. L. A 47 123 10 30 6 .240 .246 Christian. Oak... 17 25 2 6 0 .240 .208 Meek. L A 89-63 2 15 1 .238 .236 McArdle. Venice.. 73 234 20 Borton. Venice... 67 821 22 Mundorff. S. F...64 190 25 Guest. Oak 60 198 16 Hetllng. Oak. ...76 2il 27 Martinonl, Port.. 12 22 1 Clarke, S. F 47 130 8 Brashear. Port 34 4 Harkness. Venice. 7 9 .Arellanes. Sac. ..16 82 Brenegan. Port... 13 23 Rleger, Port. 12 23 Hamer. L. A 27 51 Hepulveda. S. F.. McDonnell. Ven Hosp. Venice ... took. Oak Parkin. S. F.... Wolverton, Sac. 20 .33 .44 55 13 .235 .218 52 7 .235 .231 46 5 .235 .229 46 10 62 9 5 0 2 10 12 2 .232 .223 .227 .227 .222 223 224 250 0 .222 2 .219 .217 5 2 11 3 12 1 20 2 29 2 57 10 1 0 1 O .222 ,250 . 250 .217 .217 .216 .213 .212 .212 .211 .213 .210 .193 .203 .213 .200 .200 .200 .200 93 13S 14 278 24 5 0 5 .0 The following players have batted safely at lajif once, but are batting below tae .200 mark: Metier. Los Angeles. .197; Hig glnbotham. Portland. .197; Krause, Portland, .1,97; West. Portland, .195; Davis, Portland. 192: Stroud, Sacramento. .188: Hltt. Venice, ISO- Speas, Portland, .1S3; Rohrer. Sacra mento, .177; Stewart, Sacramento, .176; White. Venice, .175; Malarkey. Oakland, 171; Yantx, Portland, .171: Cartwright, San FranciBco. .ICS; Kramer, Sacramento, .16i; Moore, Los Angeles, .105; Klepter. Venice, 1(33; Arbogast, Oakland. .16(1; Hughes. Los Angeles. .159; Lelfleld, San rranciseo, .xio. Fanning. San FranciBco, .145; Musser, Los Angeles. .143; i-errm, xus Aiigciw, ' Powell, Venice, .138; Standridge, San Fran cisco .122: Crabb, Oakland, Los Angeles, .118; Williams. Sacramento, .118; Ehmke, r ... in.".? Vrnnirh. Oakland. .091; Decannler. Venice. .091; Barham. San Fran cisco, .007: Fleharty, Venice. .067; Henley, Venice .047: Baum, Ban rancisco, .voi Geyer, Oakland, .029. Pitching Records. (Including samea of June 28.) Pitcher. Club. W. Decannl a:. Venice 4 Barham. San Francisco a emlth, Venice 1 Martinonl, Portland Bieger, Portland ...! 7 Kyan, Los Angeles 9 Stewart, Sacramento o Ehmke, Los Angeles o Klepfer. Venice 10 Pernoll, San Francisco 13 Stroud, Sacramento 11 White. Venice Hltt, Venice 1....11 Hughes. Los Angeles 9 Williams, Sacramento 3 Perrltt, Los Angeles 8 Baum. San Francisco 4 Hlgginbotham, Portland 11 Standridge, San Francisco 6 Leifield, San Francisco 9 Gregory, Sacramento 6 Henley. Venice 5 Tozer. San Francisco 4 Christian. Oakland 3 L. 0 O o 1 3 1 3 5 7 U 5 2 6 3 U 3 8 6 5 4 3 1 1 9 8 11 1 1 1 4 18 Pet. 100O 10O0 1000 .S00 .778 .750 .750 .121 .607 .030 .647 .643 .611 .600 .600 .571 .571 .550 .545 .529 .500 .500 .300 .50O .300 .500 .471 .467 AM .444 .421 .400 .400 .373 .304 .364 .333 .333 .300 .286 .107 .000 .000 .000 .000 Park i.i. San Francisco 1 Abies, Oakland 1 Krause, Portland 8 Prulett. Oakland 7 Klawltter. Sacramento 9 Powell. Venice 4 jTheek. Los Angeles 8 Prougn. ouKiana West, Portland Musser, Los Angeles 3 Fleharty, Venice ...... 4 Geyer, Oakland 4 Fanning. San Francisco 6 Arellanes, Sacramento ......... 4 Killllay, Oakland Malarkey. Oakland .... 4 Evans, Portland 3 Kremer, Sacramento 1 Harkness, Venice Pape. Portland Love, Los Angeles O Crabb. Los Angeles-Oakland . O Released Ditchers 10" Total games, 251. Leading Run Makers Carlisle, Venice, 36; Young. Sacramento. 55; Leard, Venice, 53; Maggert. Los Angeles, 53; Wolter, Los An reles. 49; Page, Los Angeles, 46; Bayless, Venice, 45; ScHaller. San Francisco, 44; Middleton. Oakland. 42; Rodgers, Portland, 42- Tobln, San Francisco, 42. Leading Base Stealers Rodgers, Portland. 37; Young, Sacramento, 29; Schaller, Saij Francisco. 23; Qulnlan, Oakland, 22; Wolter, Los Angeles. 22; Maggert. Los Angeles, 21; Leard. Venice, 20; Derrick, Portland. 17; Moran, Sacramento, 17; Page, Los Angeles, 16. Leading Home Run Hitters Bayless, Ven ice. 7; Schaller, San Francisco. 5; Lober, Portland, 3; Tobln, San Francisco, 5; Ellis, Los Angeles, 4; Kores, Portland. 4: Wolter, Los Angeles, 4; Meloan. Venice. 4. Leading Three-Base Hitters Bayless. Ven ice. 11; Ryan, Portland, 8; Ellis, Los An eeles. 8: Fitzgerald. San Francisco, 6; Schaller, San Francisco, 6; Bancroft. Port land, 6; Absteln, Los Angeles, 6; uiotr. Portland. 6; Wolter, Los Angeles, ti; Leard, Leading Two-Base Hitters Ness, Oak land. 19: Tennant. Sacramento, IS: Downs, San Francisco, 18; Schaller, San Francisco, 17: Absteln. Los Angeles, 17: Lltschl, Ven ice. 13; Moran, Sacramento, 16; Kores. Port land, 15; Shlnn, Sacramento, lo; wowara, San Francisco, 14: Lober, Portland, 14; Coy, Sacramento-Oakland. 14. Leading Sacrifice Hitters Page, Loi An geles. 3.1- O'Leary, San Francisco, 28; Moran. Sacramento, 19s Leard, Venice. 17; rrrirk. Portland. 16: McArdle. Venice 15- Lltschl. Venice, 14: Maggert, Los An geles, 13; Korea, Portland, 13; Abstain. Los Angeles, la. Seattle Sighs Gladly When Vancouver Leaves. MULLEN'S HISTORY TOLD Xew York Reported to Have Paid Highest Price Ever Given for Western League Player to Lin- -coin Club for Seattle Boy. BY PORTCa BAXTER. SEATTLE. Wash, July 4. (Special.) There is always a sigh of relief in Seattle when Vancouver sails for other ports. On the other hand, Seattle is always welcome in Vancouver. They shake hands and then kick; us around as if we liked it. The first game In Vancouver for the week just passed was the biggest sur prise of the season for both Vancouver and Seattle. Seattle actually won the e-ame. and it was put in the files as a record. That day the betting In Seattle was two to one on Vancouver and J10 was about all that could be dug up to show confidence in the Giants. After that one eame the Bob Brown crowa got busy and made things very disa greeable most of the time, but Seattle managed to get in once in a while and came home in the latter part of the week still hopeful of a strong llnisn. Tomorrow afternoon will end the en gagement with Vancouver, but we are sorry to asay tney win come oac. tha latter Dart of the month with the laudable desire of wiping out any ad vantage that may have been gained during their absence. As was expected, Portland did not fare well in Spokane last week. Send ing Pitcher Eastley home and selling Pitcher Brown to Cedar Rapids played into the hands of the Indians, allowing them to crawl uo on Seattle, victoria kept up their winning spurt against Tacoma in fine style until the middle of the week, wnen me Misers ouuuomj took a brace and walloped the Bees twice In one day. The schedule for the coming week brings Victoria to Seattle, sends Port land to Vancouver and places Tacoma In Spokane. - Charlie Mullen is the second of the famous old Seattle High School base ball team that toured the United States beveral years ago under the manage ment of Harold Stewart, to reach the major leagues. Chronologically speak ing, this statement is not exactly cor rect, because Mullen was a member or the Chicago White Sox before Pitcher Charlie Schmutz Joined the Brooklyn club in the National League. Mullen not' only played substitute first for Chi cago,' but was used occasionally at other infield positions. In the prelim, inary season games he was frequently at third, and in American Association cities where exhibition games were played was popular. Eventually Chi cago sent him to Lincoln, Neb., in the Western League, where he did so well that he became manager. Last Winter he entertained the idea of becoming part owner of the Vancouver, B. C, club, hi the Northwestern League, play ing first base and acting as field man ager. He and Bob Brown practically agreed on terms, but the owner of the Lincoln club spoiled the deal by put ting a rather fancy price on Mullen's release. The refusal of Mullen and Brown to pay the amount Lincoln de manded proved a good thing for Lin coln, as New York is reported to have paid the highest price ever given for a Western League player. Much ado was made throughout the East last year when the New York Giants purchased the release of Rube Schauer from some Middle West club. The mo'hey supposed to be involved in the transaction took the edge off the deal by which the Giants acquired Mar quard. Schauer has been with the New York IGants the entire season, but has been used in only three games. He was not left on the slab long enough to get a record, but he was hit for nin bingles and gave four bases on balls. This record does not compare with that t. uhnoider thn Northwestern League pitcher, who deserted Seattle for the Feds and finally lanaea in Cin cinnati. In less than two weeks Schnei der was in the box three times, winning one game, pitching in excellent form against New York after another pitch er had lost, and being -clouted hard in a third game when he was shoved in with the bases full and none out. PITCHING RECORDS IN PACIFIC COAST.LEAGUE EIGHT pitchers ol tne toasi iasue, in- the first 12 weeks of the 1914 race,- were responsible for less than two runs per average nine-inning coma Of those eisrht. four are wear ing Los Angeles uniforms; Venice has one representative, Sacramento has wn ar,A Man TtVn nr.i SPA has OIIB. Jack Ryan, of Los Angeles, has the best rec ord, being responsible tor oniy i. ..,,, nar. a vera o- nlriA innln&TS. Next comes Hub Pernoll. of San Francisco, responsible for 1.46 runs per a erase nine innings. Harry Stewart, of Sac ramento, although hardly naving worked himself into the standing oi a regular in - the record book as yet, ranks third, responsible for 1.54 runs per nine innings. Roy Hitt is the best Venice bet,. re sponsible for 1.61 runs per nine in nings. Of the Sacramento pitchers who have had enougn wow to do uaneu regulars. Sailor Stroud is the best bet, responsible for 1.62 runs. Hlggin botham. responsible lor s.i runa pei nine innings, has the best Portland record. Prough is Oakland s best worker, responsible for 2.10 runs per nine Innings. Th. fniinwiTis- tahle shows total in nings pitched by each pitcher, total runs scored against him, runs for which he was responsible and the aver age number of runs for which he has been responsible per nine innings. PITCHER, CLUB. Ryan. Los Angeles.... Pernoll. San Francisco Stewart, Sacramento. . Hltt. Venice Stroud, Sacramento Ehmke, Los Angeles. . Perrltt. Los Angeles.. Hughes. Los Angeles. . Barham, San Francisco Klepfer, Venice Decannler. Venice Prough, Oakland. Fleharty, Venice. White. Venice Fanning, S. Francisco. vtiregory, Dacrttmcinw.. I Love, Los Angeles.... Leifield, S. F Malarkey, Oakland... Geyer, Oakland Williams, Sacramento. Klawltter, Sac Hlgginbotham, port... Tozer. San Francisco. . Krause, Portland Powell. Venice Killllay. Oakland West, Portland Standridge, S. F Rleger, Portland Chech, Los Angeles... Baum. San Francisco. Henley, . Venice Prulett, Oakland Parkin. San Francisco. Martinonl. Portland... Christian, Oakland.... Abies. Oakland Arellanes. Sacramento Smith, Venice Evans, Portia jd Musser. Los Angeles.. Kremer, Sacramento.. Harkness. Venice...... Pape, Portland ,' s : '124 1-3 26 17 1.23 1160 1-3 3'J 26 1.46 35 14 6 1.61 143 86 26 1.61 !l43 2-3 36 26 1.62 105 1-3 36 22 1.8S 147 1-3 56 31 1.8 125 43 2-7 1.94 34 2-3 13 8 2.07 143 2-3 41 34 2.10 34 12 S 2.12 135 4U 32 2.13 i 2 2-3 41 22 2.16 ;il3 2-3 41 2S 2.22 155 03 30 2.27 103 2-3 44 27 2.34 19 13 5 2.37 154 1-3 04 41 2.40 115 2-3 58 31 2.41 i07 2-3 32 211 2.42 I 48 18 13 2.43 1143 70 39 2.43 171 61 47 2.47 72 1-3 32 20 2.48 155 1-3 63 44 2.55 82 38 25 2.74 05 1-3 44 2 2.74 133 1-3 63 41 2.76 106 2-3 43 33 2.7S 70 1-3 28 22- 2. SI 144 2-3 66 47 3.02 67 1-3 2t 23 3.07 93 42 32 3.09 113 67 39 3.10 14 1-3 7 5 3.14 61 1-3 85 22' 3.23 66 31 24 3.27 19 7 7 3.31 10S 1-3 59 40 3.32 26 18 10 3.46 26 2-3 17 12 4.03 53 2-3 27 24 4.10 71 1-3 60 45 5.67 23 1-3 81 25 8.8S f 1 1-3 4 2 13.50 and Stroud, of Sacramento, hold posi tions close to the top in the rating of pitchers on run responsibility through their ability to hold opponents down to few hits. Such pitchers as Pernoll, of San Francisco, and Ehmke and Perrltt, of Los Angeles, owe their high rating to their ability to keep hits scattered rather than to any special ability to keep the total number of hits low. Ryan has not only been responsible for a smaller average number of runs than any other pitcher, but has also held all opponents to a lower batting aver age than any other pitcher. Against Ryan opponents have batted at a .202 clip for the first 12 weeks. Against Hughes opponents have batted .203, and against Stroud opponents have batted .210. Pernoll. of San Francisco, ranks sec ond among the pitchers in average runs responsible 'for, but against Pernoll op ponents have batted .246. Hltt ranks fourth in the responsibility rating, but opponents have batted .231 against him. Ehmke and Perrltt rank seventh and eighth in responsibility, but opponents have batted .247 and .261 respectively against them. The following table shows opponents at bat, hits and batting average against each pitcher for the first 12 weeks: Pitcher, club AB. Hits. P.C Ryan, Los Angeles 420 Hughes, "Los Angeles 438 Stroud, Sacramento ,j..ot. Decannler. Venice xto Hltt. Venice Abies, Oakland Martinonl, Portland Klepfer, Venice Williams, Sacramento.... Pernoll. San Francisco. . ., Fleharty, Venice Ehmke, Los Angeles - Standridge, San Francisco Fanning, San Francisco... West, Portland Krause, Portland Barham. San Francisco.. Arellanes, Sacramento.... Chech, Los Angeles White, Venice Smith, Venice Perritt, Los Angeles Killllay, Oakland Klawitter. Oakland Malarkey, Oakland Prulett, Oakland Stewart. Sacramento Hlgginbotham, Portland.. Parkin, San Francisco.... Prough. Oakland Leifield, San Francisco... Henley. Venice Tozer. San Francisco Baum, San Francisco Gever, Oakland Christian. Oakland Kremer, Sacramento Rleger. Portland Powell. Venice Evans. Portland Musser, Los Anseies Gregory, Sacramento Love, Los Angeles Harkness, Venlco Pape, Portland.. of Venice is third, with 46, and Hughes, nf Loi Aneeles. fits into fourth place. with 45 passes issued. Pernoll, of San Francisco, nas nit i K.ttAro mnra than anv other pitcher. Chech, of Los Angeles, and Prulett. of Oakland, are tied tor second pia.ee, i having hit 11 men. tnrnae, oi wa geles, is fourth, having hit ten men. Abies, of Oakland. Is charged witn seven wild pitches more tnan any nithp XfalfLrkev. of Oakland. and Klepfer, of Venice, have each made six wild pitches. Six balks have been called on toasi League pitchers two on Geyer, ot Oakland, and one each on Parkin, ot San Francisco, and Decannler, fleharty and Smith, of Venice. Following table snows airiiteouis. bases on balls, hit batters and wild pitches on the record sheet of each pitcher for the first 12 weeks: ..019 . ... 73 218 513 179 677 .....360 ' 377 i.. .8PI 557 4S9 561 125 404 ....534 419 ... .100 541 840 ... .548 433 , .. . .429 ,....123 629 4S 492 87S 361 266 250 3S3 236 274 257 302 103 188 390 76 102 S5 106 26 120 17 51 123 43 142 89 93 117 140 124 143 32 1115 139 .109 2 141 89 146 113 113 33 170 13 134 137 Hit 73 69 107 66 79 74 88 SO 65 117 23 40 S .202 .203 .210 .211 .231 .233 .234 .240 .241 .246 .247 .247 !249 .251 .255 .255 .256 .260 .260 .260 .260 .261 .202 .206 ,2(U .208 .26S .270 .270 .272 '.274 .274 .276 .278 .279 .288 .288 .291 .291 .293 .300 .303 .392 .500 Ryan and Hughes, of Los Angeles, K-ionfor- of Venice, is the strikeout king among the Coast pitchers for the first 12 weeks, with 87 victims. Next comes Hughes, of Los Angeles, with 85 strikeouts. Fanning, of San Fran cisco, is third, with 79. and Klawitter. of Sacramento, fourth,, with 76. Higglnbotham, of y Portland. has walked 51 men more than any other pitcher. Krause. of Portland. Is the second worst offender, with 48. Hltt, NORTHWESTERN LEAGUE AVERAGES Individual Reuther. Vancouver . . Frisk, Spokane Holke. Spokane Wilhoit, Victoria ..... Brlnker. Vancouver . . . Hunt. Vancouver Calvo, Victoria ........ Callahan, Portland ... McMullln. Tacoma ... Salveson. Portland .... Schneider, Seattle Neighbors, Tacoma . . MelcHior, Portland ... Wagner, Spokane .... Boeckel, Tacoma .... Huhn. Seattle MUligan, Portland ... Aitman, Spokane .... Hurler. Snokane Swain. Seattle Reardon, Seatte Drlscoll, Victoria Abbott, Tacoma ." Gipe, Seattle J. Butler. Tacoma .... Hogan, Spokane ..... Zimmerman. Victoria . Chech, Vancouver Shaw, Vancouver . . : . Duddy. Seattle Cadman. Seattle Hughes, Spokane Killllay, Seattle McCarl. Vancouver Grindell, Vancouver . . McCune, Portland .... Stanley, Spokane Haworth. Portland -. - Guignl. Portland F. Kelly, Seattle James, Seattle Lewis, Spokane Lynch, Spokane Wotell. Vancouver ... Martini, Seattle Wuffll, Spokane Powell, Vancouver . . . Yohe. Tacoma Delmas. Victoria Brottem, Tacoma .... Bloomer. Tacoma .... Fullerton, Seattle .... F. Brown, Portland . . Bolce. Tacoma Coltrln, Portland .... Million, Tacoma Helster, Vancouver ... Pennett, Vancouver .. Moran, Victoria -- Perrlne. Seattle Nye, Victoria G. L. Kelly. Victoria .. Murray, Portland . .. Fries, Tacoma .. Batting. Ab. .... 38 279 292 274 200 53 84 ,....164 26S 21 42 243 269 253 89 200 261 68 ....307 267 . .. . 11 83 210 07 217 155 128 12 250 61 248 ' 27 259 , . . . .295 109 ,....273 59 71 279 20 273 247 130 .....168 144 273 252 '!!!!i9 253 141 ,....125 155 .... 34- 17 , .... 297 ,....198 276 ,....264 92 163 235 152 17S .....222. H. 14 94 06 84 88 16 25 48 77 6 12 69 76 71 25 C6 73 19 85 74 3 23 57 IS 58 41 34 43 66 16 65 i 66 76 28 70 15 18 70 6 68 61 32 40 35 66 61 , 48 62 34 3U 37 8 4 67 46 64 61 21 37 53 36 40 4 Av. .S6S .337 .329 .307 .303 .302 .298 .293 .287 .286 .286 2M .283 .2S1 .281 .280 .280 .279 .277 .273 .271 .271 .269 2iiS .268 .266 .265 .264 .262 .262 .259 .259 .258 .257 .256 .254 .253 .251 .250 .249 .247 .246 .245 .243 .243 .242 .241 .241 .241 .240 .239 .236 .236 .233 .232 .232 .231 .228 .227 .226 .226 .225 .221 Individual fielding. W. Hanson, Portland 1 Gipe, Seattle 8 Schneider, Seattle 12 Doty, Portland 10 Coveleskie, Spokane ...11 F. Kelly. Seattle 6 Clark. Vancouver 10 Noyes, Spokane 2 Harstand, Vancouver ... 2 Steele, Victoria 9 Dell. Seattle 10 Hunt, Vancouver 10 Hughes, Spokane 6 Gregg, Spokane 5 Hall. Vancouver 8 Eastley. Portland 6 Smith, Victoria 7 Baker. Tacoma ........ S McCorry. Spokane 5 Bonner. Seattle Jones, Tacoma ..... Fullerton, Seattle Boice, Tacoma Arlett. Spokane Kaufman, Tacoma . Reuther, Vancouver Driscoll, Victoria . . Glrot, Tacoma Salveson, Portland . Stanley, Spokane ... McHenry, Victoria . McGlnnlty. Tacoma Leonard, Portland . F. Brown, Portland Narveson, Victoria 8 6 4 .. 2 .. 1 ..10 ... 5 .. 4 .. 2 , .. 2 .. 7 .. 5 . . 8 ... 5 L. So. Bb. P.C. 0 10 5 1000 1 21 25 .8S9 2 73 37 .857 3 67 Vs9 5 103 a0 .688 3 21 22 .607 5 55 84 .607 1 12 6 .667 1 86 17 .667 5 94 64 '.643 6 78 83 .625 6 51 41 .625 3 31 29 .625 3 39 36 .625 5 64 67 .613 4 41 24 .600 5 26 14 .183 6 9 44 .571 4 44 29 .556 8 62 37 .500 6 34 29 .500 4 23 31 .500 2 12 21 .500 113 .500 11 55 29 .476 6 56 40 .454 5 34 19 .444 8 18 14 -.400 3 19 .400 11 86 47 .889 8 35 33 .385 18 47 S9 .381 9 44 41 .357 6 30 13 .250 10 52 44 .286 to Hit. . batting average onnonents. r-tt,- .180IOine 221 Dotv 19iiMcCorry 226 rA,..i..l,lB . -198'Eastlev 2.1:1 nv. 202 McGlnnltv 233 Hanson 204!Stanley 233 xi...... .205 Hall 23 D.ll " 206i Steele 235 ttnt 209iHuehes 241 .210 Baker 241 Schneider 211Kelly 243 Hardest to Score On. Average runs allowed per nine-Inning game. . Schneider 1.43:De!l Dotv 1.84!Hall Coveleskie ...2.41SteeIe ... Stanley 2 .49i.Voyes ... fellv r .2.61 iFullerton Rine ' 2.72'SaIveson Hunt "I --f'ark ... McCorry 2.86 McKenry Reuther 2.91Kaufman Narveson 2.93 Leonard . Hughes 2-ulPak2T Eastley 4.06,Smifn ... ....3.07 3.45 3.46 ....3.46 3.6-J 3.63 8.70 3.73 3.8 8.90 3.9: '..4.00 TTolf MinnA Bavless, the hard-hitting Venice right fielder, and Captain ncUl iVAlUULC Rojeers of tlie Beavers, have each won a rew Beaver hat tnrP Talk by hitting the Peaver Hat sign at Recreation Park. Here' wWic hnnino. even' member of the Beaver. team will vrin a new Do pin e: hat by hitting this sign. Go to ir, boys, for pennant for Portland. a new Beaver Hat and anothor Clothes for Comfort Seekers Why some men will swelter through Summer in heavy woolen clothes, libeling this fair weather, is to us a riddle as yet unsolved. To expect the weather to conform itself to your garb is presumption; but to conform your garb to the weather is wisdom. For you who seek comfort we commend our Kup- penheimer Summer Suits loose-woven serges, flannels, homespuns and tropical worsteds. New English, box back and other models in handsome grays, greens, tans, browns, blues. Stripes, checks and invisible plaids; extreme CI? OA values and utmost comfort in these Suits at: pJ Palm Beach Suits in tans, gray and black and white mohair, unlined; cool- A est clothes made tp.Lv Panamas in new high crown telescope shape $5.00. Hankoks, $3 and $7.50. Straws, in every style, $3. Silk Shirts in newest patterns, $3 up. Wash Ties, 50c. White Silk Hose, 50c, and many other hot weather fixin's. Gus. Kuhn, Pres. Successor to Steinbach & Co. Morrison At Fourth S. & H. Stamps Given Pitcher, Club. Abies, Oakland' S Arellanes, Sacramento af-inm Run FrancisCO. 12 Baum, San Francisco ...26 Chech. Ios Angeles 42 Christian. Oakland 1 Decannler, Venice Ehmke, Los Angeles Evans, Portland Fanning, San Francisco... Pl.hnrrv Venice ......... Geyer, Oakland Gregory, 6acramento Harkness, Venice Henley, Venice h i per in hot ham. Portland .. Hughes, Los Angeles Killllay. Oakland Klawitter. Sacramento .... 1,'l.nf.r Venice Krauso. Portland Kremer, sacramenw Lelfleld, San Francisco.... Love, Los Angeles vtalarkev. Oakland Martinonl, Portland Musser. Los Angeles Pape Portland Parkin. San Francisco Pernoll, San Francisco.... Perrltt, Los Angeles Powell. Venice Prough, Oakland D.nlatt n.hllUlll ......... Rleger,' Portland Ryan, 1.08 Angeies Smith. Venice Standridge. Ban Francisco. Stewart. Sacramento 1.... Stroud, Sacramento Tozer, San Francisco West. Portland nrhiia Virile ............ Williams, Sacramento So.Bb.Hb.Wp. .17 ..41 . .19 . .7U . . 54 . .25 . .32 .. 7 ..37 . .61 . .0 ..85 ..35 . .78 . .87 ..6 ..114 . .60 .. 9 ..46 ..1 . .22 .. O .. 7 . .41 . .42 ..28 . .69 . .56 ..13 ..40 .. 7 ..37 .. 8 ..66 ..16 . .38 ..40 ..36 8 29 17 33 11) 17 41 14 34 27 83 82 17 24 81 46 45 SO 40 44 48 27 38 7 23 30 87 2 8 SI b:i 20 30 33 10 811 15 26 lO 27 21 38 25 16 0 4 2 0 11 4 0 10 1 B 7 1 S 2 S 2 4 4 8 4 2 7 2 4 1 4 3 5 0 0 13 6 0 2 11 1 6 0 3 2 4 0 7 S 1 Stovall Tell. Why He Left Organized Baseball. Old Cleveland MainBsier Objeeted to BelnK Ilooicht and Sold Like Brok-en-Down Plow Horse. "I 0 niinhnihgm of Portland. has pitched more full games than any other pitcher of the league. Higglnbotham has gone througn 1 complete icauies, Krause of Portland, Stroud of Sacra- . t ai1aM San Francisco, and Prough of Oakland, have .each pitched 14 full games. Utner pitcners u rA in In nr mnrn complete games are: Hughes, Los Angeles, 13; Pernoll. San Francisco. 13; Chech. Los Angeles, 3; Hitt. Venice, 12; Kyan, los Angeiej, O. TrlAnrt tn. Sn CftlTI ATltO. Ill ICleDfeT. Venice, 11; Perrltt, Los Angeles, 11; West, Portland, 11; f anning, can x-mu-cisco, 10; Prulett, Oakland, 10; White, Venice, 10. ... Tyler Christian, of Oakland, is in a class by himself as a relief pitcher. The Oak boss has finished 11 games that other pitchers have started. Musser, of Los Angeles, and Standridge and Tozer, of San Francisco, have each finished six games in the first 12 weeks of the race. Long -Tom Hughes, of Los Angeles, enjoys the distinction of being the only pitcher in the league who has never been driven from the mound by his op ponents. Hughes has only once been taken out of a game; that was in his i . )ia aAnnnn on Anril 23. 111SL IS".1MU V - On that occasion Hughes gave way to pinch hitter AleeK in tne eiBinu mume, and Meek started a rally that put the Angels out ahead - and gave Hughes credit for the victory. Clinton Prough, of Oakland, has also only been taken out once in the first 12 weeks, although he, too, gave way to a pinch hitter, it was virtually the same as being driven from the mound. It was in Prough's first game in the league on April 4 against Los Angeles. The Angels had made four runs and six hits in four Innings against Prough hen he gave way to pincn nuier loj the fiftn inning. ironntno- nf stnn Francisco, has been taken out more times than any other pitcher of the league. Fanning has nine times failed to finish a game. Geyer and Malarkey, of Oakland, have each been taken out eight times. Other pitchers who have been taken out more than five times are Klepfer, Venice. 7; Kremer, Sacramento, 7; Perritt, Los An geles, 7; Arellanes, Sacramento. 6; Chech, Los Angeles, 6; Gregory, Sacra mento. 6; Powell, Venice, 6; Prulett, Oakland, 6: Rieger. Portland. 6. DIDN'T say anything when I was transferred from Uleveiana, aner maViTijr a. winner out of a cam paign that everyone thought was lot," says George Stovall In July Baseball Magaxine. "But I thought at the time that It was a raw deal and nothing has happened since then to change my mind. ' , SU Louis was a town with a losing ball club and things didn't look bright But when I was appointed manager, 1 set about trying to lay a foundation to build on in the future. "The first thing I did was to dispose of 125,000 worth of dead timber. At least that Is what I sold It for; I won't attempt to say what It was really worth. . T Aula hail a nrftttV BTOOd DltCH Ing staff when I left It. It didn't have when I began. TxrkAn T alirnxl contract tO manage the St. Louis Browns It was with the understanding tnat i was 10 Later I found out this was only partially true. "When I wanted Meages w gci nnA v,.n v. a ojfinlfl round ud a BUIIIO . ' " bunch of raw recruits from the sand lots. , mt vi.nntn- n nrlmifV SCnOOl 1. noon . a uii'iniB f In baseball In connection with my work as a Dig league manasei. "I went to Indianapolis. I found that the men. who were backing the Federal League were earnest men who had courage and money. I wa dis gusted with organised baseball and felt that I would like to cast in my lot with Just such men as I found asso ciated with the new league. "No player had yet broken his re serve contract to go with the Federal League. But I argued that somebody had to be the first and It might as well be I. "I am not blaming Branch Rickey for his part in the little by-play. I have always gone on the theory that a Job was the property of the man who could get It. But I will say that he had me rather at a disadvantage. "There were several clubs that wanted me. And though I was pretty well disgusted with thi way things had turned out, I was not at that time un willing to play with organised baseball. "I went to Hedges and asked for my unconditional release. I thought this was the least he could do under the cir cumstances. He refused to give It. Then I asked him how much he wanted for it. He said $3500. "President Brltton, of the Cardinals, wanted to take It at this figure, but I was determined I would not be sold like a lot of furniture at the personal profit of the very man who had dis charged me. "I went to Ban Johnson. I had sup posed the fact that I had been a player i hi. u..iiA fur 1A vAArs and manager of two of his clubs would have brought my name to nis attention, out covered my mistake. "Finally I secured an introduction to Mr. Johnson and stated my case. I told him I thought my 10 years service In the American League and my two unfortunute experiences as manager entitled me to some consideration, t told him I thought I had earned my un conditional release. "To this Mr. Johnson said: 'Why. I don't see how I can do that. You are the property of Mr. Hedges and he l entitled to the benefit of any trade he may make of you." "I made up my mind then and there that I would never consent to be sold. After the experience I had had I was sure no white man ought to submit to be bartered for like a broken-down plowhorse. "I strongly urged Tinker and Brown to Join the league and was greatly pleased when they did so. "We offered Sam Crawford 146,000 for a three years' contract. Later h signed for less than hnlf that figure. We offered Trie Speaker 135,000 for three years. I doubt If he Is getting anywhere near that figure now. "When I gava Hamilton a contract for (7000 a year and a liberal cash ad vance he was tho happiest boy In the world. He wanted to go to hi mother to tell her the good news and he prom ised to report on a certain day. This wae the last I have seen of him. "I haven't any great criticism of Hamilton and the rest who have crawled back through some knothole Into organised baseball. But I haven't a whole lot of respect for the man who doesn't know his own mind enough to stick to his friends. "I don't consider I urged Hamilton or anyone else to break anv contract. I looked upon the contracts that bound them Just as I looked upon the reserve clause with contempt The conlracls would be ended by the owner with l'l days' notice. It's a poor rule that doesn't work both ways. "The ball players will never have the opportunity they have had to Join thn Federal League at liberal terms. We don't need so many mora hlah-priceil stars made to order. As for organised baseball, let them look out for them selves. They haven't any monopoly on the earth. The Federal League Is In business to be a success. And I am going to do what I can to make It a success." Hunters ! Keep In Form T""ONT misg y nme because you are rusty. Keep in trim at the trap-shootiirg dub. Write for free booklet The Sport Alluring" and address of oearcst dub. Da Pont Powder Co. Delaware mr ear In James H. Reed Is now ready to present to tho publio a ball team that has taken him some time to get In readiness and re puted to ba the best amateur baseball team in the Pacific Northwest. Mr. X. Graffel, the manager, la ready to accept any engage ment from any teams In or out of the city to plav any day In the week or hundayi upon threo hours' notice by phone or tele gram. Address UNION SOCIAL 'CLFB BASEBAIX TEAM. 01 North Fark st. I'hoae Marshall 670. Prices Down! Elevator Up! 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