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2 : THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAy. PORTLAND. FEBRUARY 1 1915. f. MARCH 30 Schedule Is Issued and Empha sizes Opening Day for Coast League Teams. PORTLAND DATE. APRIL 13 Venice to Be KirM Attraction at Beavers' Home Park Xew Con tract E.pectcd to Satisfy . . Kicgcr Sent to Him. BY KOdCOE FAWCETT. That great annual literary ,treat listed in all public libraries as "The Pacific Coast League Schedule," A. T. Baum, author, today makes its 1915 debut. It emphasizes the fact that tlie Winter of the fans" discontent will be over March 30, for on the afternoon of Tuesday, the 30th of March, the Coast League teams will begin their . seven months' grind. If you desire to keep track of the Portland champs, paste this in your hat: March SO-Apr. 4 Portland at Los Angeles. A?ril G-ll Portland at Salt Lake. April 1:;-1S Venice at Portland. April Salt Ijtke at Portland. April 27-May 2 los Aneeles at Portland. Way 4-1 Portland at San Francisco. May 11-l Portland at Oakland. My I.-!':; Portland at Venice, llay San Francisco at Portland. Juiif 1-6. Oakland at Portland. June S-l:t Salt Lake at Portland. Juno K-2t Portland at Oakland. June- Portland at an Francisco. June 7-July ." Oakland at Portland. July rt-U Los Aneeles at Portland. July 1::-1S Sap Francisco at Portland. Julv :s-:l", Portland at Salt Lake. Julv -'7-Augruwt 1 Portland at Venice. Aueust :i-S Portland at l.os AnMles, Aucut lrt-l. Venice at Portland. AuR'ist 17-2' Salt lake at Portland. August L't-20 Loo Angles at Portland. August ;:i-Sept. G -Portland at S. F. September 7-12 Portland at Oakland. s.?p-emlcr 14-l! Venire nt Portland. September "1-L'ti San Francisco at Port. September 29-Oct. Oak. at Portland. .. October .",-10 Portland at Salt Lake. October 12-17 Portland at Los Angeles. October 19-24 Portland at Venice. As usual, the schedule calls for 30 weeks of ball, each team appearing in its rivals' camp thrice during the "season. Owing to inclement weather . jn the North. Portland plays the first two weeks in California and does not .. open in Portland until April 13, with ...Venice as the attraction. Hogan appears to be due for some 'wet weather. To him is allotted the - opening week at Salt Lake and it 'Usually rains or snows there the first ;week in April and Portland generally WINTER FOR TO END ''gets a touch of dampness for'a few days along about the 13th of the ' ' month. ' -: Walter McCredie announced yester c day that he intended to depart for his ' ' Spring training camp February 22. "' "My camp will not open officially at Fresno until March 3," Mac ex f "-plained. "But I have a lot of business '""in arrange before that. I want to see '- Danny Long at San Francisco about niy White Sox exhibition games. From " t here 1 will go to Fresno to see tnai everything is ready for the Beavers. " and also I expect to visit Los Angeles to look o'er a couple of kid catchers - that have been recommended to me." . .. No new Portland contracts were re ceived yesterday, but Walter McCre- "tile mailed out a new document to El- iner Rieger. his holdout pitcher, and ""he vouchsafed the remark that paid " "revised contract ought to satisfy Rie ger. Elmer is Wintering in Los Angeles. : '; George Kircher Is the Atlanta out an, fielder who may come to Portland In trade for Roy Moran. Kircher his ', --77 last season and swiped 34 bases. He is holding out on Atlanta for more . money und may not want to come to , - Portland for the same reason. :.- One Chicago newspaper handled the ..-story of the release of Ping Bodie to the i?an Francisco Seal. in a complete and soul-inspiring fashion, to-wit: Ping. . Bins! ... f The Chicago Colored Giants will play ..only one game in Portland this Spring. ... "James were originally scheduled for ... March 31 and April 1 against the Pied ...uiont Maroons and Clyde Rupert's City . J.ejgue club, but only the April 1 game ...will be played. "My players are Insisting on one day at the San Francisco Exposition," writes Manager Foster, of the Ethio pians. "'I will have to postpone the same with the University of Oregon from March 30 to the 31st and play only one game in Portland." TOLtV ON THE LINKS FROM now on the Eugene Country Golf Club will play "button, button, who has the button?" Recently the board of directors decided to give four sold and four silver buttons to the eight best players. Players who have not buttons may challenge the holders nnd, if they win. may come in pos session of the silver buttons. Holders f the silver button may in the same way win sold buttons, exchanging their silver ones for gold If they win. ... Philip Van Gelder Carter, of New iTork. holder of the metropolitan junior and Eastern Interscholastic champion ships, will not go to Arizona, as he had originally planned. This brilliant voting golfer has improved so much in health of late that the trip is not deemed necessary. According to an American who re turned recently from England, he re peatedly tried to draw a British officer into a discussion of the war, but the officer refused to talk of anything ex cept golf. ... The trouble with golf links in this country, according to a well-known F.nglisb professional, is that they are j-aid out to be too easy for the golfer. As a result, he declares the English men are superior golfers because it is harder to play the game on the Eng lish links. Jack Carscadden and Bert Prescott layed the most closely contested natch ever w-ltnessed on the Eugene .---country Club links Sunday. The match j was In the finals of tho president's cup Tournament. rrcstoii 8 m-uai truro was 13 and Carscadden s 1 I. Sparkles Vrom the Diamonds. 1 The Chicago Feds will be known as the Whales next season. The first mis play and they will be the Whalebones. ... Al Wagner, a brother of the famous Hans, has been engaged to coach the basketball and baseball teams at Car- i negie Tech. Hans has agreed to assist ' his brother so that the Tech stock ! '. should jump some. Hans is every bit as pood at the indoor games as he Is on I , the diamond. t . ... i Trainer Fred Hart, ot the Cubs, last week signed a contract to coach that club again this season. He asked for a raise in salary, declaring he wasn't paid nearly as much as the other coaches in the big league. It is reported that the raise was given him, as his work has been highly satisfactory. According to reports Captain Huston is making many new friends in New York and is the recipient ot many so cial courtesies. Walter Johnson may be no golfer, but there ts little doubt that his return to the Washingtons was due to a rub of the green. Wallie Smith, former Washington utility infielder, has been - sold to the Indianapolis American Association team. Scout Tom McCarthy, of the Red Sox. has turned down an offer to coach the University of Vermont baseball squad this Spring. The Boston Braves go south earlier than ever this season in order to get into shape for the coming campaign. Stallings figures that it will be a hard battle his team will go through this year. nhriev Murohv is a versatile athlete. He ran a shoe string into a million and then when the .tax collector came along he ran the million into tbuo. PLEA IDE FOR FEDS ARTICLE IV BASEBALL MAGAZIXE VRGES RECOGNITION. Normal Expansion Wonld Be Benefit to Game and Enough Players Are Available. Writer Declares. "Why not recognize the Federal League?" is the title of an article in the March Issue of the Baseball Maga zine. The article itself is too long to quote, but the arguments used are at least plausible. The author says that expansion is bound to come every few years in baseball and that this expan sion must be of the strictly major league variety. Minor league cities grow to major league size, and cities that can support one club grow -to size that could support two. Some super cities like Chicago and New York could sunDort three or more clubs. The article says that the coming of the American League made baseDaii and that normal expansion would eauallv benefit baseball today. The establishment of a third major league it is argued, would not cut into the business of the present majors, but in the long run would increase that bust ness just as the American League in creased the business of the national The assertion is made for the Federal League that it has successfully passed through the wildcat, or experimental stage, that its leaders are men of in tegrity and ability as well as financial backing, and measure up to major league standard in every way, that they have fought fair considering the difficulties in their way, and nave proved game, a quality admired by all Americans." The only obstacle in the way of granting them major league ratintr. so the article says, is the argu ment that there are not enough major leaeue Dlayers for three leagues. This argument was used in the days of the American League expansion and ex ploded by that league. With the enor mous increase in professional players, the enforced cutting down of the roster of all major league clubs and other sources of supply, the article avers that enough players would be unearthed and developed in the course of a year or two to put three majof leagues on a sound playing basis. Even if organized baseball wanted to continue a losing fight, it could do the Federal League the most subtle in jury by recognizing them, as it would then be free from any further raids on its players. This is the only injury the Federal League can do organized baseball, and it can be stopped onlyby recognizing the new league, which has proved itself a worthy competitor. Even if organ ized baseball should succeed in killing the Federal League at an expense verg ing on bankruptcy, it would have the same fight on its hands at no distant day. for the question is purely and simply one of logical growth. "Let us have peace" is the gist of the whole argument. BAKER LKAGCE IS PLANNED County Circuit Suggested If Tri-State Is Xot Reorganized. BAKER. Or., Feb. 13. (Special.) In the event that the 'movement for reorganization of the Western Tri State League fails, a proposal has been made by some of the leading fans of Baker for the organization of a Baker County league, with clubs from Baker, Surnpter, Haines, Huntington and pos sibly Prairie City. - Such a league. If organized, would necessarily be an amateur or semi-professional league with games scheduled only Saturdays and Sundays. Belief Is expressed that such a league could be made to pay and to pay well. Baker fans want baseball and want It even if they cannot have organized ball. There is no disposition on the part of Baker fans not to re-enter the Western Tri-State League, but delay on the part of the other towns on the circuit is giving rise to the fear that the time may be allowed to pass with out anything being-done to reorganize the league. Reports from Boise are that the fans there do not look with favor on re-entering the league. AT PORTLAND PORTLAND POPULATION ST5.0W (EST.) Apr. 10, 21. 23. 24, 20 June s. 3, 10. 11. 13. 13 lAus. 17, 18. 19, 20, 21, 22 SALT LAKE T,,n 9 S A. B t S June 20. SO, Julr 1, . . OAKLAND Srpt. 2S. 29, SO, Oct. 1. 2. S Mv 25. 28, 27. 28, 29, 30. 31. A J4.. P. M. Julv IK. 14. 13. 18. 17. IS SAX KRANCISCO Sept. 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, Apr. 27. 28. 29. SO, May i.iil V . O. 10. 11 It LOS ANGELES Auc. 21. 25. 26, 27, 2S. 20 Apr. 13. 14, 13, 18, 17, J in 11 l- is. 14. 1 VENICE OR VERNON Sept". 14'. IS, 10. I. 1 1 FAMOUS AMERICAN1 POLOISTS TO COMPETE AT PANAMA - - s - - - i i I ' , " 1 UWj-f I fit In 7 fcf!v'.if " IrL M mm polo me PLAYING IN SOUTH Fiva Ponies Run at Coronado and Will Be Seen at Big Fair Later. WAVERLY OUTLOOK DARK Portland Country Club 4 Will Have Hands Full Preparing for Pro posed Northwest Contest, Let Alone Going South. Practically all of the leading polo plavers In the United States will par ticipate in the many tournaments now in progress at the Coronado (Cal.) Country Club. . A number have taken their ponies with them and-at the conclusion of the events will move up to San Francisco for tho universal tournaments to be staged in connection with the San Francisco exposition. Slxteeen or more handsome trophies and cups will bo put up for the events by those in charge of polo at the exposition. Teams in now in California from Long Island, Cooperstown. N. Y.. Chi cago, .Kansas uity, fniiaaeipnia. aiw the Hawaiian players, witn some re markably clever, well-bred ponies, are reported as last rounding into lorm. ... So far no Dlans have been made by the DOlo committee of the Waverly Country Club for having its team com pete at the fair. According to one of the members of the team it Is almost certain that it will not go to San Fran cisco. The local four will have its hands full preparing to defend the Northwest championship and the Thad- deus S. Lane trophy, which It now pos sesses. Victor A. Johnson, president oi tne Waverly Country Club and last season chairman of the polo committee, says the outlook for the local team Is not bright for the coming season. t had been the intention to make a tour of Southwestern Canada this season, but the war has put a stop to any such maneuver. The team this year will be made up the same as last season. The members are: Victor A. Johnson, Hamilton Cor bett. Dr. George Whiteside, Harry Cor bett, Alden Burrell, Clifford Weather wax, Sherman Hall, Elliott Corbett and Gordon Voorhles. The ponies used by the Waverly team are being wintered at a place called Sisters, m Eastern Oregon. Games will be played, witn tne Spo kane and Boise teams in Spokane dur ing fair week, which will be September 13 to 18. Arrangements for games here and In Boise have not yet been made. Nothing positive will be known until the new polo committee, corn no sed of Hamilton Corbett, chairman; Richard Wilder and Sherman Hall, get together. Chairman corbett said that SCHEDULE OF PACIFIC AT SALT LAKE AT40AKLAKD Apr. 6. 7, 8, , 10, 11 July 20, 21. 22, 23, A. M . P. M., 2 Oct. S. . 7. 8, 8, 10 May 11. 12, 13, 14, A. JH., no.. June li. 16. 17, 18. A. M., P. M. Sept. 8. 8. A. M.. 10, 11, 12, A. U., Apr. 13. 14. 15. 18, POPULATION 10S.OOO (EST.) July IS. 14, 13. 16. Aug. 24, 25. 28, 27, A. M ., P. M. Ala? o, o, f, o, v Juno 22, 33. 24, 25. 26, 27 I . 4, . . 4 n A. K POPULATION 175,000 (E8T.1 S.'A. M, P. M. May IS, 19. 20, 31, 22. S3 June 8. , 10. 1L A. M.. P. M. July 27. 38. 29. Aus. 1. A. M...P. Oct. 19. 20, 21, 22, A. M., P. M. Aug. 3. 4. a. a. i, a Oct. 12, 13. 14. li. 18. IT May 11. 12. 13. 14, 15, 1 July 27, 28. 29, 30. SI, Aiir. 1 Apr. 20. 21, 22, 23. A. M., P. M. May IS, 19, 20, 21, Oct. 19. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 Sept. 21, 22, 23, 24, A. M., r. M. Mar. 30, SI, Apr. 1. 2. S 4 Mav 25. 28. 27, 28. A". M . P. II.. 31, P. M. Am. :;, 4. 5, 8, 7, 8, P. M. Oct. 12, 13, 14, 15, A. M.. P. M. June 13. 1. 17. IS. 19. 20 Sept. S. . 10, 11, 1212 l bz k?FhtSk it probably would be two months be fore anything would be accomplished. Victor Johnson is a strong advocate of the game and Is anxious to secure a following for It in Portland. This year a grandstand and other accommo dations will be erected at the Waverly Club for the benefit of the patrons of the game. As the European war precludes all possibility of polo and fox hunting in England and on the Continent for some time, the Americans who annually takj nart in these SDOrts abroad, after the close of them In this country each Fall, will remain in America lor i. Winter. Hundreds of members of these col onies that have been in the habit of going to Europe in the past will come to the Pacinc (joast tins winter. ... Foxhall P. Keene. probably one of the best all-around sportsmen in this coun try, who on several occasions has played on international teams, is plan ning a trip West and will play on a team of highly handicapped players. ' J. Watson Webb, who has played, for several seasons with the Great Neck, N. Y., team and who is probably one of the most brilliant left-hand players in the country today, will have with him the pick of his stable at the Ban r ran- cisco Exposition events. Squash Racquet Title Passes. BOSTON. Feb. 13. Stanley W. Fear- son, of Philadelphia, champion squash racouet nlayer of Pennsylvania, won the National title today by defeating H. A. Haines, of Baltimore, In the finals here. Haines won the first game, but his opponent proved too strong for him in the next three. xne scores were 7-15, 15-9. 15-10-15-10. . Castle Rock Whips Vancouver. CASTLE ROCK. Wash.. Feb. 13. (SneciaL) The basketball team of the Vancouver High School lost to Castle Rook team Thursday night, if, to is. i COAST LEAGUE FOR 1915. AT SAN FRANCISCO AT LOS 15, 16. May 4. 6, 6, 7. 8. 9. A. M., tV M Mar. 30, A TUf 19, 20. P. M., P. M. Juue 22, 23. 34, 25, 26. 27, A. M.. P. M. Aug. 31, Sept. 1, 2, S, 4. 5, Aue. 3, 4, 5, P. M. Oct. li 13, A. tr. i. P. M. IT, 18, Apr. 27, 28, 29. 30, May May 25, 20. IT. 18. Aus. 10, 11. 12, 13, 14, 15. A. M.. P. M. Sept. 2S. 29. 30. Oct. 1, 2, X TH June 29. 30. 28. 29, 4, A. M., , A. 31., tr. DO.. Sept. 14. 15, A. M.. f. il. Mar. 30. 31. Apr. 1, 2, 3, Apr. 6, 7. A XT T July 7. 8, 9, 10, 11, A. M.. P M Sept. 14. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. Aug. JO, 11, A. Jtt.. i - Oct. 5. 6, 7, A. U., f. M. P. M. 1 13. 30. 81. M. 23. 24, Apr. 13, 14. POPULATION 500,000 (EST.) June 13. 18. st-pt. 7. 8, 9, 10, 11, IZ, 24, 25, 2. 23. June 2, S. 4. 6, . A.M., July VO. W, 22, 23, 24. 23. POPULATION 4C0.0OO (EST.) 25. 26. Aug. 17, 18, 19, 20, il, 22, 29. 30. A. M.. A M.. IS, IT, Apr. , T, 8, , 10, 11, June 29. 30, July 1, 2, 8. May 4. 5. 6, r1. M. June 22, 28, 4. A. M.. P. 0, A-l.. A. M.. P. Anv Hi. Oct. 3. 6. T, 8. , lO, A. K.. 5. A. Al.. P. M. P. M. PACIFIC EXPOSITION. m ?- x lll as 4c 3 iV Aar Sr: 3 : JrsllkP' - o TWELFTH MEET SET Columbia Officials to Issue In vitations This Week. MANY ENTRIES EXPECTED Distance Run to Be Added to List or Events if Ten Runners Will Knter Twenty-Nine Contests on Present Schedule. Columbia University's 12th annual indoor track and field meet has been set for Saturday. April 10, according to arrangements of Manager J. H. Bach. While the event is more tnan seven weeks oft, preparations are Den.g n v.nii the larsest list of entries ever received for the annual wuijw. . .TT..nT, nnn iiiviiaiiuiio .. ... time this week to the various amateur athletic organizations of the Pacific iMormweai, prominent universities, cub", ..hi.ni, academies oi Oregon. Idaho and British Columbia. " .,,... entered. presenting 22 different InBtitutions anOregon8' Agricultural College won the met last April, with the Univer sity of Oregon a close second. At present it is figured mat tne University has the advantage of the Ag u in v cio j ii freshman ma- gles, as more pmnw.-o ANGELES AT VENICE Oil VERNON SI, Apr. 1. 2. 3. P. M. May IS. 19. 20, 24, 22, 23, Ju"M27.P2?'29. 30. 31, Aug. 1. A.M. P.M. Oct. 1, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24. A. M., P. M. i. 7, 8. A. M., 14, 15. 16, IT, 27. 28, S9. 80. lune 1. 2, 3, 4, 3, 6, A. M., P.M. ...... July , 7, 8, 9, 1W, ii. July 1. 2. . A. ., f- m. . Sept. 21, 22. 23, 24, -, If. al.. o, A. jm.. A. - JA. 16. IT. IS, 19, 8, , lO, XT Apr. 27, 2S, 29, . 1 - A M.. P. M. 12. 13, 14, 15, July 20, 21. 22, 23. 24, S3, JWa. 8, 9, 10, A. M., Aug. 17. 18. 19. 20, 21. 22, A. Al.. r. m- 13, 16, 17, 18. Apr. 20, 21, 22, 23, 94, 26, A. .M . . m. May 11. 12. 13 14, 15, 19. A. M., P. M. 17, 18, 19, 20, A. M., P. M-. Aug. 24. 25, 26, Zl, SS, A". A. M., Mr. BA. A. M-, f. m. June 8. . 10, 11, 12, 13. A. m r. M. . July 13, 14, 13. 16, 17. 18, A. ai., i". w. . pt. 23. 29, 30. Oct. 1, 2. 3. A. M P. M. T, 8, . A. M., PLAT9 ALL BUT SUNDAY MORNING GAMES IN LOS ANGELES 24, 23, 26, 27, M. . . . Crnt. I. 2. 3. 4, V . A. oi-. terial has entered the Eugene College than at Corvallis. Manager'Bach Is contemplating hold ing a distance run as an added event, but definite plans cannot be made until word Is received from some of the distance men of the Northwest. The race will not be scheduled for more than five miles and it will not be held unless more than ten prominent ath letes signify their intentions of start ing. All registered amateurs wishing to enter this race are asked to com municate wth Manager J. H. Bach at the Columbia University as early as possible. The dirt track of the Coliseum will be rebuilt to conform with the new international amateur athletic rules recently adopted by the Amateur Ath letic Union. This necessitates a cor rection of three feet one and three fourths inches on each lap of the cir cular track and only the longer races will be affected materially. Four academic institutions of Wash ington sent representatives in 1914, but Whitman College was the only north ern college to have a delegation present. Washington High School, of Port land, carried oft first honors among the high schools in the last campaign, but since then some of the sure point winners have been graduated. Raymond Staub, the East Siders' sensational quarter and half miler, entered the Uni versity of Oregon last Monday and will compete for the state institution. Following is the list and order of events: 16-pound shotput (open): 440 yard run (open); 50-yard dash, trials (open): 50-yard dash, trials (academic); pole-vault (open): 60-yard dash, semi finals (open): 60-yard dash," semi finals (academic); 440-yard run (acade mic): 60-yard dash, final (open); 54- yard dash, final (academic); 220-yard dash, trials (open); 320-yard dash, trials (academic): 880-yard run (open); 880-yard run (academic); 60-yard high hurdles, trials (open): 60-yurd high hurdles, trials (academic): 220-yard dash, semi-flnals (open): 220-yard dash, semi-finals (academic); running high lump (open); 220-yard dash, final (open): 50-yard high hurdles, semi finals (open); 60-yard high hurdles. semi-finals (academic); 220-yard dash final (academic); running broad Jump (open): one-mile run (open); 60-yard high hurdles, final (open); 50-yard high hurdles, final (academic); half-mile relay (academic); half-mile relay (open)'. ns HE Pacific Athletic Association at I San Francisco has emulated T. Morris Dunne's refusal to sanc tion further amateu.- boxing shows. The amateur rules were not being lived up to in San Francisco any more than they were in Portland and the only proper course for the officials was to refuse further sanctions and sus pend automatically all boxers particl pating in open meets. This will have a tendency to remove from the amateur ranks all the boys who have outgrown their "medal" days. Down in Los Angeles Jack Doyle tried to stage amateur boxing shows at the old Vernon arena, using the former "pork and bcaners of tho pro fessional days. But Jack's experiment failed and he has discontinued the bouts. Mai, Bisaiilon, Portland billiard ex pert, has challenged a former towns man, Henry Soloman, to a 150-polnt three-cushion match in Spokane, tsolo man at one time held the Coast chum pionshlp by virtue of a win over Carney. - When Vean Gregg went to Cleveland from this city his first big league con tract was for 12480 a season, or there abouts. Bill Steen drew about $3100 from the same club. Harken. there fore, to (tie demand of Carl Mays on the Boston Red Sox S3600. Yes, sir, thirty-six hundred big round dollars in American bullion. Ko mucn tne t ea eral League bugaboo has done for the ballplayers. Carl may not get all he asks, but it is a certainty his contract will be closer to (3600 than to $2400. Yet they do say Vean Gregg was quite some southpaw when he snooK Wil lamette River sediment from his hoofs for the Eastward trek. Some busy statistician has figured out a percentage table showing the wins ana anocKouis ui vhuvub t . I. ... ,a,l. 0-rai KtnnlPV IL iovca.o itv n . i. it n - ' . Ketchel was among the middles. If Stanley were alive today he would have quite a pretentious list ut com petitors to wade through, but if you doubt his ability to do the wading glimpse tnis compilation. Con- Knock- tentfl. outs. Pet TCHrtin Mfdoortv S9 23 .30 Ta,.lr Tallinn 1"5 38 .3 .,11'.- :kk. 7.1 I'o .34 Tim.nv nhbv US 54 ..10 " .. . At 73 ii. . ,-,., tha "tinman tnothnick' boxer, who has appeared all over the .- . i . .ii.rUff hn mint few vears. enlisted with the third contingent at Vancouver tne otner aay anu win w his fighting in future with the Allies. kua Vrnthpr fn Prance now with the 72d Highlanders, although neither la enlisted under the name of Cove. Percy's real name is Chamber lain. He began boxing at Ottawa and won the amateur bantamweight cham pionship of Canada in 1902. Unless Percy has broadened out since last we saw him he will prove a poor target. so thin he could hide behind a gun and never be seen. LU I i I O j t , 11. i ... . . . - " - m T v. ; .. n a ra with VftnicA SnCCk Harknesa won 23 games ana lost 15. so .1 i. ... Tittln A iff ion! t v In irrab- bing off a good job on the strength of past periormance. m'cut, sold htm to Hogan in the Winter ot ha wnn Iti nnd lost 12 in 1913 for"Vcnice and won six and lost three last year. Mccreaie originany piuc Speck from Butte in 1!08 and sold him to Cleveland in 1910. "Speck" remained with the then Naps for two years. Boxing Notes. Abe Gordon, Wayne Barlow and Val- They cashed in their merchandise or ders receivea lor appearing n me im perial Club's smoker for the finery. The people of Portland crave ring action and they are going to warm up to the Imperial Club s rour-rouna ama teur bouts If the right kind of boxing is seen. In the near future the club will have a show ever so often at a given time. It is planned to hold a two-dav city championship meet short ly after the coming smoker. a Any fighter who can't slip one over on r reddle weisn tnese i w- garded as a sort of tramp by the East ern rank and file. The champ has been trimmed neatly now by White, Shu grue, Duffey and two or three other boys. However, he still keeps raking in the kale. j All the umall frv in the East seem to be anxious to fight Welsh juBt to get reputation. Tf ms that-the fistic game in New Orleans is on the ice cart. The fans will not loosen with the Jingle to see the bouts and the promoters will not take a cnance. Marshficid BeaL Coqulilc. MARSHF1ELD. Or.. Feb. 13. (Spe cial.) The Marshfield High School basketball team defeated the Coquille team here last night, 22 to 14. Marsh field and Coquille are tied for first place, each having won three games and lost two, while Bandon leads the league with two won and one lost. Sidelights and Satire. TRADE HELD GOOD THING FOR LAJOIE Veteran Will Hit as Hard as Usual Next Season, Says Christy Mathewson. CHANCE WILL BE BETTER Star Pitcher Thinks Connie Mark AVill Nurse Great ISIuggrr Along and ro Him Only MIh-ii Xccrstiity Ari.-s. BY CHRISTY MATHKWSOX, Tho Uiatits' Kainou I'tU-lier. HAVANA. Cuba. Feb. 13. (Special.) Many followeia of baseball have ex pressed wonder to me that Connie" Mack should have brought Lalole back to Philadelphia to play second base In the place left empty by "l'ddtc" "Wi ll ns. It Is my prediction that 1,'Joln will hit as hard as usual next sensor, even better than he did last, for MiicK will nurse him along, while the hie second baseman did not hitch well with Birmingham In Cleveland. When big leaguer begins to fade ho lope his speed first, but his eye dims Inxt Some even hit better after they hv started to slow up, as if ronrrntratlnE on this one thing which Is still Irlt tit them to hold their berths In Hie Mc league. It is the one asset that stnnd between them and retirement or the bushes, according to their flnanrinl condition. I doubt much If "Connie" will ti Lajote at second base retcularly noil year, because Mack probably has some young Infielder up his sleeve thit h wants to break Into tho Rained How ever, Lajoie is insurance, if he Is need ed, and If the youngster full down, and he ran belt that ball In a pin. li an emergency batter. Arthur Devlin, for Instance, hit harder sflfr ho begun to lose speed than he did when ho in his prime. . The first day I faced Lnjoie Is tri fresh In my lnt-mory. Ho wns on the old Philadelphia club, with Delehantv and some more of (hope fence-breakers. Someone had given me. a kl'I. a bsd steer and told me not to pitch curves to Lajoie or Delehanty. Oatrtrldrra Beg fee Rest. What these two. with nmft of th rest of the batting order, did to tne was a plenty. 1 nad my outfielder coming in to the box and asking me to pass a couple of hitters so that thry could have time to catch their wind. And 1 want to sy right here that 1 believe bad Information slipped t young pitchers about batters, some sin cerely given and some given with the intention of tnisleuding, has done much to keep recruit twlrlers from making good as any other one factor. The wise boys hand the nose bag news out behind their hands and the ambi tious youngster falls for it. 1 did. It is my notion that every pitcher must find out about the weakness of any particular batter for himself. I have never believed much In information given with the best Intent before a world's series. It is usually wrontf except in a general sense. There is an old story around the hlir league that Rculbach, when he first came in, made a cureful study uf each hitter he faced and put down In a pocket notebook his weakness. Wagner's "Weakness" Tfcere. When he faced Hans Wagner one day, his memory failed to recall whst the Dutchman's weakness was. lie went to the bench and opened his book at the "w's." For Wagner ho found; "A base on balls." This should have been my conclu sion on Lajoie the first day 1 pitched to him. He is the most natural hitter I have ever faced. He does not lose any motion. There Is no waste cnerpy. And he certainly can plcklo that ball. I believe that he will show tip strong with the Athletics In hlttinu that the team averaae will not be re duced below that of last season In spite of the loss of Collins. A young pitcher faced LhJoIs for th' first time years ago with "Tim" Hurst, umpiring the game alone from behind the box. Tho recruit turned to "Tim" and said: "What's this guy's weakness?" "I tell you what you do." replied Hurst. "You lay tho ball right over the middle of the plate there Just straight as you can and then duck If you don't want to be killed. Yes, I'm going to duck, too." louse riteher Oltee MlalerL You take the ordinary young pllchrr. and as soon as he comes up to the big league, he thinks It Is altogether dif ferent from the minora, much faster and all that, and ho begins Inquiring around to find out what this batter likes and what he doesn't. The resuli is that he is filled with a lot of bail information and. when he goes In there and tries to pitch, he is trying to re- member all he Has neara ami wus,, . do anything except pass a lot of men Batters will hit one twlrlers curve bull and another's fast one. It Is fn""" to tell a youngster thst a certain hitter can't touch a fast ball or a slow one Much depends on his style of delivery. F-ach pitcher should stuoy out .n culiaritles of hitters for himself. If b' h any ambition In him. I would strongly advise this course. Right now the young pucn-rs arc ... excltea over nigo " . ing them and think too little about their work. 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