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2 TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAND, MARCH 7, 1913. STUMPFS PLAYING QUARTET OF NEW TOSSERS TRYING OUT FOR PORTLAND COAST CHAMPIONS AT FRESNO TRAINING CAMP. PLEASES NTCREDIE Second Baseman From Cleve land Is Fast Fielder and Makes Frequent Hits. MURPHY GOOD ON THIRD Earnest Hall, 17 Years Old, South raw Hrtt Baseman, In Line to Land Place if Derrick Docs Not Show Up. PORTLAND TRAINING CAMP. Fresno. CaL, March 6. (Special.) William Stumpf. second baseman last year for the Cleveland American As sociation club and who will fill the same position with the Beavers, seems to being following; the Greeley idea of "Go "West, young man. and grow up with the country." During three years that he has been In baseball, Stumpf has made three moves and each has been v. est ward, the third bringing; him all the way to the Coast. McCredie depends on Stumpf for timely and hard hitting this year as well aa an impregnable defense at sec ond base. Mack's idea is that a second baseman should play back, no matter if the bases are loaded, and take a chance on winning It all or losing it. For this reason a fast fielder was negotiated for, and Stumpf landed. From practice work, the Cleveland boy looks as if he would about fill the bill, as his work in practice has been above par. When the season opens. Stumpf will be up near the head of the batting order, as be comes to the Beavers with a reputation for good stick work. His manner of taking a swing at the ball indicates that he will hit hard and often. Stumpf's movement Is free and each punch is a healthy one. He prefers a heavy stick and he does not try to put the ball out of the lot but Just to land safely. With the Cleveland club last ( year ciumiii aiu uui gei a uume- run but made 16 doubles and seven singles, which gives him a hitting average of .287. In point of number of games partici pated in, Stumpf made a fairly good showing in fielding. lie committed 13 boots In 106 innings played. This is the fourth league in which Ftumpf has played since he broke into baseball In 1911. He started and played the first season with York in the Trl-State League. At the conclusion of the season he was drafted by the New York Ameri cans and was then farmed to the To ledo club, where he remained during 1912. with string attached from New York. When Frank Chance took charge of the Yankees in 1913. Stumpf was traded to the Cleveland Americans In a deal by which Peckinpaugh went to New York.' Stumpf stayed with this club a short time and then went to the Cleveland American Association. Following-is Stumpfs hitting: Games, 132: at bat. 47S; runs. 64; hits. 137; two-base. 16; three base, 7; total bases, 167; sacrifice hits, 12; stolen bases, 20; base on balls. 47: struck out, 48: per centage, .287. Fielding average: Games, 52; put outs, 106; assists, 176; errors. 12; percentage. .957. ""' ,f - I . f K'lxr ,11 -frtSi y , itAh'iW?,k V'JN "'"9rt:: f 'Pl Pit; rt- 4 h- J stums i BARNES WINS PRAISE Soldier Recruit Said to Be Sat isfactory to McCredie. BERTH THOUGHT ASSURED H. C. Murphy, of Thomasville. Ga. who comes to Portland from the Phila delphla Nationals on a trade in which Bancroft figured, promises to be the man that will hold down third base for the Beavers. Murphy comes directly from the Jer sey City club. of. the International League, with which be played last sea son. He is a young player and has been ent to the Coast Tor seasoning. With two seasons on the Coast Murphy should return to the majors and bold a position on the diamond. . Murphy has been in the game four years, three of which were spent In organized leagues. His first year was with the semi-professional teams around Thomasville. The next year he tu a member of the Cotton League, the next year he went to the Georgia State League, and at the end of the season was taken up by the Phillies. Last year he reported at Philadel phia, withstood the weeding process and was carried on the club roll for a month before being turned over to the International League for more experi ence. The first three weeks Murphy was with this club he played 12 games at third base and was then transferred to shortstop, where he finished the sea son, playing in 125 games at this posi tion. His hitting was rather weak, how ever, as he struck only .235 in these games. Murphy's strong point is his fielding. While with the Jersey City club he fielded .921 at third base and .909 at shortstop. The new man is small, but agile and rovers a marvelous amount of terri tory. His throwing to first base has attracted attention. Murphy comes in fast on a bunt, hooks it with a swing ing motion that ends in an accurate throw to first base. McCredie has been working Murphy out at third, and if he develops any hitting ability at all he probably will remain there. Murphy's record with the Jersey City club follows: Games. 139; at bat. 456; runs, 56; bits. 107; two-base. 14; three-base, 7; home runs. 4; total bases, 155: sacri fice hits. 16; stolen bases, 11; base on balls, 46; struck out. 66; percentage, .235. Fielding average at third base: Games, 12; putouts, 15; assists, 20; er rors, 3; percentage. .921. Second base: Games, 125; putouts, 270; assists, 388; errors. 66; percentage, .909. Evans took a six weeks' hunting trip through Eastern Oregon last Winter and during the time had a number of rather sensational experiences, which he is relating in training camp. Evans says his best experience was with a wildcat which he had chased for several miles before he located it in a tree. Evans took a shot at the animal and knocked it out A lively fight ensued between Evans" Airedale, j hunter was afraid that he might hit the dog if he shot and therefore grabbed his gun by the barrel and beat the wildcat to death with the butt end of it. On another occasion Evans says he killed the biggest coyote In the world. Evans, with his trusty hunter, was out for an afternoon stroll through the county, when he sighted something that looked as big as a horse. Be fore Evans could get a "bead" on it the animal disappeared. Evans gave chase and by following his dog soon overtook the wild best Just as it was halfway up the side of a gentle hill. Evans "whanged" loose and caught the prodigious beast right back of the shoulders, dropping It instantly. Rushing over to the fallen animal, Evans found that it was only a coyote. "I would have had a rug as big as a house if that coyote hadn't had the mange." he said. When not otherwise employed Hlg- ginbotham puis in his time corral ing the largest spiders he can find. The big pitcher has a penchant for spiders and searches every nook and corner of the old clubhouse for specimens. His great success came yesterday when he saw a fine cobweb about three feet long on an old tree. Hig secured the branch with some little difficulty and then stopped practice to show his find to all of the players. The spider was in the tarantula class, although smaller. Earnest Hall is the name of the youngest recruit in McCredie's training camp here. Hall is a southpaw first basemen, and Indications point to him as the regular man for that position in case Derrick should fail to show up this year. As it stands. Hall is picked to work two or three of the early iractice games. Hall is only 17 years old. and this is his first year in professional baseball. Ie comes fresh from the West Side League and the Trolley League, bush organizations in the Sacramento Valley. The youngster comes with a good recommendation in hitting, field and head work. Two years ago he started to play ball steadily with semi-pro teams o the Sacramento Valley and has been a it ever since. Last year he was with the Gridley Club in the West Side League. About the middle of the sea son he was transferred to the Trolley League. In practice Hall has been showing up to good advantage. The one crtti cism is that he is small, but Hall has a number of years in which to grow. He is active and shows great speed in fielding. Being . left-handed, the youngster gets the ball across to third and down to second speedily. During the early season practice he pulled number of wild tosses down in handy manner. Winningham is the other representa tive of the Trolley League at Fresno, Winningham was not picked up direct ly by Walt McCredie, but was ordered to report by the Judge. He is a pitcher and has been in semi-professional baseball for the past three years. So far Winningham has had no opportu nity to show what he can do. From practice work indications are that he has plenty of speed and a good hook on the ball, but just how he will act under fire remains to be seen. "Tiny" Leonard and It. J. Callahan are the two representatives of the Portland Northwestern League club on the Beavers' pitching staff. This is about the only similarity in the two men. In stature, style of delivery and position at bat they are opposites. Both have agreeable dispositions and broad grins. Leonard, in point of stature, is the biggest man on the club, standing an inch or so above McCredie, while Calla han will barely come to "Tlny's" shoulder. They share the same room at tho hotel, eat their meals together. visit the movies together and are gen eral pals in the full sense of the word And both attend strictly to business. Pitching averages for the two last year were identical, both getting an average of .470 for the season's work, Leonard, however, participated in 43 games, against 33 for Callahan. Leon ard struck out 87 men and Callahan struck out 80. Leonard pitched more than double the number of innings that Callahan pitched. - Callahan was by far the leader in hitting, his average for the season being .261, against .163 by Leonard. Leonard has gone back to his natural side-arm pitching and seems to have speed and a hop on the ball. Two years ago managers attempted to teach Leon ard to pitch overhand, which would prove advantageous to a man of his height. Leonard, however, is not a natural overhand pitcher, and as a re sult his work was poor. Last season he returned to the side-arm" and was successful. Leonard is developing a cross-fire delivery that will prove highly suc cessful If he gets it down to good working order. Wrhen "Tiny" delivers he Just about bends double and shoots the ball across the plate about waist high. Control so far seems easy for him and he has been placing the ball in most any spot he chooses. "No more of this overhand pitching for me," says Leonard. "It comes natural for me to make the side-arm swing and I can get Just as good a hop on them." Callahan's style of flinging Is just opposite to that of Leonard. He stands straight up in the box and whips them straight over, getting the full swing behind each pitch. Leonard fielded his position last year better than Callahan, "Tiny's" average for the season being .977, while that of Callahan stands at .923. 4 TEAMS OUT TODAY Nines in City League Begin to Take Form. REDMEN ALREADY SIGNED West Portland Monarclis, Also, Have Contracts Witu Players, While Maroons and Sell wood Weonas Have Players In Line. Portland's City Baseball League beginning to take on the appearance of a regular circuit. Two teams, the East Portland Redmen and the West Port land Monarchs, already have signed their men and the contract of each and every player is now reposing in the club s strong box. Fifteen players are on the roster o Claude Schmeer's East Portland squad while Clyde Rupert, president of the West -Side Monarchs, has 11 men signed for the coming season. The. Piedmont Maroons and the Sellwood Weonas have not yet turned in their contracts to Secretary Harry Grayson, but both managers say they have a strong team on the string with the players ready to sign at any time. Four Teams in Action Today. Four teams of the league will be action today for the first time. The Maroons will take the kinks out of their limbs at Peninsula Park; the Weonas at Sellwood: the Redmen at the diamond on East Twelfth and Davis streets, and the Monarchs on the Co lumbia University diamond. At a meeting of the league officials Friday, it was decided that the offl cfal closing date of the league be set for Labor day. However, the teams will not disband at that time, but will con tinue to play independently in and out of town according to the will of the managers. President Rupert, of the Monarchs, has not as yet selected a captain to lead his squad on the field. He will probably name the field leader after seeing the team In action. Franchise Requests Read, At Friday's meeting communications from teams in Montavllla, Banks and Gresham asking franchises In the league were read. The officials, how ever, are against extending the club, to six-team circuit at present. According to the report of the four managers to Secretary urayson, me teams are now composed of: independent teams. Practically all of the teams that have been communicated with have expressed themselves as fa vorable to the plan and it is likely that tne league will go through. The teams from which the league will be picked include Winlock, Toledo. Vader, Pe Ell, Tono. Elma, McCleary and Cen-tralia. Weet Portland John Shea, c. Charles Oaburne, p. J. P. Telford, p. J. I McConnell. I. f. Harvv Newell. L f. Wallace Childers. L f. Fred MeKeen, i. r. Jack Watts. L f. Collie Druhot, o. f. J. P. Murray, o. r. p. H. Llnd. o. f. East Portland Julius Moreland . A. J. Felchtlnffer Ray Hlnkla Dick Luckey Pebford Therion Johnny Tauscher Gordon Brown Tom B. Galvln Ray Kennedy Chester Hug-h.es John J. Grady Burt Currigan W. E. Kelfrlch H. R. Thompson W. H. Herschler Sellwood McKlnley, c. Wentworth. C Scott, p. C. Dixon, i. t. Hoyt, i. t W. Hargreaves, I. f. Nelson, 1. f. J. Dixon, o. f. McHale. o. f. Taylor, o. t. Piedmont Bartholeray, c. Rodda, c. Moeller. p. Webb, p. Winterbotham, p. Dillard. p. Lake. 1. f. Hornby, i.f. Cohen, i. f. Dotey. 1. f. Grimm, 1. f. L.a Rue, o. f. J. Hargreaves, o. f. Bud Lelpold, o. f. J. J. KICHARDSOX TO UMPIRE Oregon and Oregon. Aggies Choose Scout to Act in Ball Series. As a reward for bravery under fire. James J. Richardson, well-known Port land baseball scout, has been selected by the University of Oregon and Ore gon Agricultural College to umpire their Spring conference baseball series. James J. once attained distinction by finishing a season as umpire in the Western Trl-State League, and last Soring he kept up the good work by giving satisfaction in the state college championship games. Southwest Washington League Plan. CENTRA LIA. Wash.. March 6. (Spe cial.) Plans are under way for the organization of a baseball league, com prising the small towns In Southwest Washington that nave Deen supporting WILLIAMS SHOWS TOP SPEED Mormons Have Fast Workout With Eastley Suffering Crack on Arm. SAN JOSE. Cal., March 6. (Special.) Manager Blankenship and two play ers attended the Vanderbilt cup race in San Francisco today, but the re mainder of the crew in the Mormon training camp had a stiff workout un der the direction of Tommy Tennant. Lefty Williams cut loose for a few minutes in practice today and almost pounded a catchers mitt to pieces at short range. He appears to be in grand shape right now. Pitcher Eastley is nursing a sore arm which he sustained while throw ing for batting practice. Arellanes hit one at terrific speed and the man on the mound was unable to dodge it. For a few minutes it was thought that the soupbone had been broken. Salt Lake lines up tomorrow against Santa Clara University. HOOD RIVER PLAYIXG TEXXIS Benedict Club Laying Plans for Spring Tournament. HOOD RIVER, Or., March 6. (Spe cial.) The Benedict Tennis Club has elected officers for the ensuing year as follows: C. H. Vaughan. president: J. M. Culbertson, secretary, and K. W. Sin clair, treasurer. Members of the club have already begun Spring playing. Plans have been made for the usual Spring tournament, the finals to be played Memorial day. The Benedict Club will meet teams from The Dalles and Central Oregon towns. Term of Enlistment Expires April 12 and Leave Extends to April 10, So Two Days' Service With Regiment Will Re Required. PORTLAND TRAINING CAMP, Fres no. Cal., March 6. (Special.) "Soldier" Ed Barnes, the recruit pitcher from San Francisco, has deserted the Army for professional baseball. Barnes is one of McCredie's five new pitchers now in camp here and is showing up as well as any of the quintet or new ones. This is Barnes' first venture in pro fessional baseball and from the man ner in which McCredie is taking to his work so far Barnes at least will land a Job in the Northwestern League with strings attached, if he does not become a regular member of the Beaver squad. Barnes Is 24 years old. big as a house and his bulk is far from being flesh. He stands more than six feet in his sos and tips the scales at 195 pounds. Barnes expects to come down to about 180 before the season opens. Barnes is still a soldier and will be one until April 12, when his three years'" enlistment in the recruiting service at Angel Island will be up. Prior to 1911 he played and developed on the sand lots of San Francisco. Barnes Is now on six weeks' leave of absence and his time is up April 10. If he makes good with the Beavers or decides to stay in professional base ball, he will have to leave the club to which he Is attached on April 10 and return to Angel Island, where he will serve two days before being discharged. When Barnes entered the recruiting service in 1912 he was assigned to Fort McDowell. Here his pitching ability was soon discovered. He won his first game and was named first twirler on the club, a position he has held for three successive seasons. Last year was his best, winning 19 out of 26 games. During his career with the Fort Mc Dowell club Barnes came under the searching eye of Jim Nealon, umpire. Nealon recommended Ed to McCredie, who acted on the advice. Barnes has developed great speed and uses sharp curves with good con trol. He says he has no strike-out ball, but depends on his head and speed In the pinches. So far Barnes has hit will in practice and has an easy over hand delivery, getting tho ball over the groove without great effort. Last Fall Barnes pitched a few In nings for the Beavers at San Francisco, but was slightly stagestruck and was wild. Detroit In 1908, and in those days a game between those teams meant a battle for blood. "We arrived at Philadelphia with the team crippled because Davy Jones was sick and Jennings was forced to send George Mullin, our great old pitcher, to the outfield. You know George could play the outfield and hit along with any of them, and probably had he chosen to be an outfielder In stead of a pitcher he would have been one of the best. "George and Tommy Connolly, the umpire, never got along well because George always was kidding him, and that day Connolly was working back of the bat. On the old Athletic grounds was a bell that hung from the stand in right field and was used to start the games. "It was a hard game, and along In the seventh inning a foul tip hit Con nolly on the ankle and he fell to the ground. He was badly hurt, for such blows hurt a man more than he will admit. "Everyone ran up except George, who EMERY BALL DENIED Jack Ryan, However, Says Lush and Martinoni Used It. METHOD IS EXPLAINED vT-f-r 8 I I Cs3 i i - i rtr'i v Overhand Delivery I'wd tn Sphere That Hatters Without i:crptlnn. Fail to Hit, Sajs Ansel In Talk ing of Work on Mound. dashed for the bell and commenced clanging it one, two, three counting Tommy out. "The players and the crowd com menced to laugh, and Tommy, hearing the bell, forgot all about his Injury. Ha Jumped to his feet, chased clean out to first base and put Mullin out of the game. He did not speak to beorge lor five years, but finally they made up and are good friends now." FRESXO FANS M ATCH BEAVERS ILLIXI DEFEATS WASHINGTON Touring Basketball Team Takes Se attle Game by 4 7 to 35. SEATTLE. Wash., March 6. The Illi nois Athletic Club basketball team won a spirited game from the University of Washington, the Pacific Northwest In tercollegiate champions, 47 to 35, last night. The visitors won through their superior teamwork and speed. Savage, of Washington, with 13 fouls out of 14 chances, and Davidson and Robinson, Washington's forwards, played excellent games. Pressler and Fenny starred for Illinois. Famous Georgian Star Tells of Funniest Joke. It All Happened on Philadelphia Ball ' . Field, Says Tyrua Cobb, When George Mullin Counted Out Tommy Connolly When He Was Hit by Ball. TYRUS COBB, the famous Georgian ball star, was asked to tell his most amusing anecdote of the playing field and here was his reply: "The funniest . thing I ever saw or heard of in my life happened on the ball field at Philadelphia. It was dur ing a game between the Athletics and SECRETARY OF CITY BASEBALL LEAGUE IS CIRCUITS BIGGEST BOOSTER. Ill" ,! V'fc ' ' ' ' ' ' Eager Enthusiasts Pledge Aid When California League Is tione. FRESNO, Cal., March 6. (Special.) Fresno fans are taking a great Interest in the Beavers and large numbers arc dally attending the workouts. Since the California League disbanded the early part of 1914 there has been no organized attempt at baseball and for this reason the fans ate hungry for the National pastime. Civic and business organizations have flocked to the support of the team and have offered McCredie co-opcratlon in every line. . The Sunnyside County Club and the Riverside County Club have offered the use of their golf links should McCredie wish to give his men a workout at golf. McCredie has refused this offer with thanks, however, as he believes golf good training for only big leaguers The training period Is short and -Mack intends to keep hammering the players right along until the opening date. The manager of the Recreation Park skating rink has offered the big pavll lion to McCredie in caaa he wishes to train indoors should rainy weather In terfere with rehearsals on the dia mond. The manager of the rink sug gests that skating would prove a good method for reducing flesh, but Mack does not care to risk the arms and ankels of his men on roller skates. WASHINGTON HIGH SQUAD OUT Ted Peterson Elected Captain 1915 Baseball Team. 4? I " HARRY GRAYSON. Sixty-three students turned out the first meeting of the baseball aspirants of the Washington High School held In the school auditorium Thursday afternoon. The gathering elected Ted Peterson captain of the 1915 nine. Coach Earl told the boys to be on hand with their baseball suits for the first workout on the Portland Field, at East Twelfth and East Davis streets, Monday afternoon. Basketball has been done away with at the Last hide ineti tution and Coach Fenstermac-her called off the propdsed return match with the Salem High tiulntet. Other schools -of the Portland Inter scholastic League will call out the fol lowers of the National pastime. Co lumbia University and Lincoln High will obtain a late start, as they have a basketball game to play yet. It will be played in the Y. M. C A. Tuesday. CHIEF LA1IOY JOINS MORMONS E.x-Anicrlcaii Association IMlchcr Expected to Be Club's Mainstay. SAN JOSE, Cal., March 6. (Special.) Louis Laroy, the pitcher purchased bv Salt Lake from the Indianapolis club of the American Association, re ported to Manager Cliff Blankenship yesterday. He came direct from Indian apolis and completes tho Salt Lake training sauad. Laroy led his club In games won last season and is expected to. prove the mainstay of the Salt Lake pitching staff. Johnny AVilllams and Claude (Lefty) Williams are also ex pected to prove strong contenders In the box. There Is a likelihood, unless some of the others show up exceptionally well, that the Salt Lakers will be a bit weak In that department. The Santa Clara University team will play the training squad Sunday and a game is scheduled with White Sox team No. 2 Monday afternoon. Coast League Stardust. Portland's deal with St. Louis for the sale of Fred Derrick is off. At least W. W. McCredie telegraphed Derrick to leave R,oyston, Ga., last Thursday and Derrick Is expected at the Port land training camp Monday. Cliff Blankenship, manager of the Salt Lake club, says he has no oMier hopes than to have his team known as The Mormons. Some time ago a r-au Lake newspaper conducted a title con test and the fans over in Utah chose "Bees." This handle hasn t taken around the circuit, however, and It looks as if the "Mormon" appellation will stick. Three or four years ago a Portland newspaper conducted a campaign for a name for the new Portland Northwest team and a committee of sane persons awarded a season ticket to somebody for name "Pippins. It was a stand ing Joke of the year and finally all hands agreed on "Colts" the following season and Nick Williams' men were known as "Colts" until their muster- ng out last Fall, when they went to Ballard a Seattle- writer pinned "Shin gleweavers" onto them and now at Ab erdeen they are the "Black Cats." This is thought to ba a world's rec ord for pseudonyms. PORTLAND TRAINING CAMP. Frrn no. Cal.. March 6. (Speclnl.) F.lnier Martinoni and Johnny Lush are busy these days denying thst they uned ths greatly advertised "emery ball" In the Coast League last year. This denlnl Is caused by the open statement of Jack Ryan, of the Angels, that both thef pitchers had this ball In their reper toire last year. Ryan tells Just how the pitcher throw the ball, exactly tho result It brings, and declares that batters find it impossible to hit and that It will be useless for umpires to try to stop lis use. Ryan says that he can throw the "emery" without the use of emery pa per by Just making a few creases in the horsehlde. with his thumbnail. "I used the 'emery hall' s little last season," said Ryan, "and I had to luEh up my sleeve at the batters swlnnlns at It. I did not use It to any ureal ex tent, as I was getting" alonu- well enough without it. but whenever I i?t In a tight pinch 1 would feed 'em a few of those. Down in Imperial Valley thi Winter I used It a great deal durlni; the first part of the season, but quit for fear the director would prohibit its use. Secret I.Irs In Quirk Drop. "Over In Calexlco one day I fanned 16 men when using this thtna. Believe me. It's one biill they can't hit. Bv holding the rough surface up (lid hull takes a quick drop at the plate, and when the scrubbed psrt Is held down the ball fakes a quick rl.-e. "I don't see how they can possibly prevent pitchers from UKlnc th 'emery ball' this year. Why. any ball that has been smashed hard tin be converted into nn 'emery hall." It d"r. not necessarily require careful scratch ing to throw" this ball. Lat Sunday. when we were playing the holdleri1 Home team. Finney was standing be hind me when I started to pltrh. 'Well. I see you umps are not going to let us use the "emery ball" this year.' I said to Finney. "It'll cost you a llltln dough if you do. you can bet on that.' responded the nmp. 'Well, Just look at that one,' I replied, and grabbing a ball that had been used a couple or innings and ricking out n much pot on it. I threw Hoffman one that hopped up a few inches. When the ball came back I showed It to Finney. -iow show me where I scraped It. will vou?' The more the ball la scraped tn larger break It will take, but a pitcher bus to bo awful careful or lie will turn his catcher inside out. Why. a person cannot possible hit that ball, let alyue catch It, and the beauty nf It Is Hint absolutely no strain Is placed on the arm. Overhand Delivery l X r4. "Just a straight overhand delivery or movement Is required and the wrist does not receive the Jerk and twist that It does when a curve ball Is thrown. "The 'emery ball' Is Just opposite from tho spit ball. The damp Moitur applied to the spittcr allows the bill to slip from th fingers 'dead.' whllw the 'emery bnll' catches In the atmos phere and is caused to break In all di rections as the wind cutches In be tween the rough rldgea. "The Vinery ball' was used to a ret -tain extent ny Const Iaauo pitcher liyt season. Johnny Lush, of the Hea vers, relied on it, while Lefty Lelfleld and Martinoni use.l it all through the .. aithntiu-h Ihpv mav be a bit bac)- ot warri about confessing It. "Just how the league directors will be able to prevent the ball, which Is hard to trace throunh the air, remains to be seen. A Itchcr Is bound to slip one over when he gets In a pinch, that's a cinch." Ilnarholl llrctKIr. According to reports the Chlcas-i Whales, as the Federals are nowcall-i. have Kib'ned a whale of a fence-busier In K. H. Warner. Ho halls from some where In New England and his batting average is said to bc .400. Al Bloom, the Portland "violet kins." who sigrted a contract and will be given an opportunity to make f nod with the Aberdeen ltlack Cats. Is com ing lii for considerable favorable com ment In the Seattle papers, inn run- land Beml-pro is rhock full of confi dence. That halli. layers are now gettms " ner cent of all profits Is the content Ion of Connie Mack, manager of the Aih- letlcs. who draws a lurid picture ot in business of baseball as It exists to day. Furthermore, mo veteran man ager says that organised ball cannot even make elbow room for the Federal League, because. In his opinion, there Is no public demand for a third major circuit. 'That the Federals were not wanten was proven by the little support given them In the past season, saiu onnie. "In 1900. when the American liu wished to expand, there was a neces sity for another league, but conditions are not the samo now." Howard Daringer. the Three Eys League outfielder, who was sold to Se attle along with First Baseman Jack Beatty bv Clarence Rowland, will not come to the Pacific Northwest. ln re ply to a letter from President Dugdala as to whether he would Ilk to play out here he said that he was a man of family and while he would enjoy a trip to the Coast, It seemed too much of an upheaval In the ordinary course of his affairs. "It was part of the agreement be tween Rowland and myself," said Pres ident Dugdale, "that in case cither or both of the players objected to comlne West, the deal should fall through. I have turned Daringer s contract Im'K to Peoria, but still hope Ucatty will come here." Sheldon Lejeune, who played center field for Aberdeen when Clarence Row. land was manager, denies emphatically that he has been dickering with the Feds. Pittsburg secured I-Jeune from Sioux City last Fall. Ix-J.'iino Is an odd character, but when ha says any thing he means It. "Slim" Smith, who pitched for Vic toria part of last season. Is among the "holdouts." according to the dope over in Spokane, where he is putting- In ths Winter. The Federal League season w ill open April 10. Ths American Giants, crack colored Chlcigo ball club, will play four games In Tacoma with the Titters during the training reason. The darkim nra to meet the Tigers April 12, 1.1. II and IV These games ought to give the Tarunii fans a (air line of what may be ex pected of Ruga Hall's athletes during the regular season.