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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JUNE 20, 1915. HESS LEADS COAST HITTERS WITH .362 Bates, of Beavers, With .361, i Is Close Second to Oaks' . Peppery First-Sacker. HIT IS MADE IN EACH GAME Captain of Team From South Has to . His Credit Safe Swats in 58 of 72 Matches Participated In This Season. Statistics for the series played in the Pacific Coast League during; the week of June 8, enow Ness, the Oakland firstsacker, at the head of the league ewatsmiths. The peppery captain of the Oaks has been hitting the ball at a lively clip of late and hopped up In his batting average from .343 to .362. Bates, of Portland, was second with .361. In 18 games In which Ness has par ticipated up to Wednesday of last week, he had Dot failed to get at least one bingle. But this is not the only thins Ness has to his credit this season. When the statistics were issued he had participated in 72 games this season and had hit safely in 68 of them, leaving- only 11 contests in which he has failed to annex a bingle. Johhny Lush and other southpaws were numbered in those against whom Ness wa out of luck. The averages follow: ' Individual Batting Records. Last Player, club G. Ab. It. H. P.C. Wk. TVolverton, S. K. . 5 5 O 3 .ttOO -ZXMJ Kahler. P 1 a o 1 .5oO .... Jlyan. L. A 31 34 10 C3 .426 .380 Ness, O 72 2S 42 M .o!t .358 Bates. P. 32 133 19 4 .362 .343 Johnston, 0 71 274 48 Oil .361 .36.) liardner, 0 42 !K 32 .356 .303 Heilman. S. F. M 2:1 .".t 77 .348 .342 Woiter, L. A. ...76 2S7 43 !! .345 .354 Fitzgerald, S. F. .61 258 51 8! .34.1 .348 Hall, S. L 1 42 3 14 .333 .361 Blankenship, S. L. 3 3 0 1 .333 .333 Speas. P 47 186 21 6cl .323 .320 Bodie. S. K. 03 1H9 32 64 .322 .3(12 Klliott, 0 52 107 13 44 .321 Ocdeon. S. L 67 259 44 S3 .320 .323 Barbour, S. L. 01 169 19 54 .32l .321 AVIIlhoIt. V 45 157 20 4'J .312 -.211a Fisher. P 45 13S 43 .312 .2U8 Rvan, S. L 63 2 -to 5I 77 -31D .311 ' Maggert. L. A. ..76 22 59 SI .309 .329 Slumpf, P. 62 244 26 73 .307 .303 Downs, S. F. 52 158 27 47 .2!7 .287 Meloan, S. F. 3G 102 20 30 .2!4 .261 Carlisle. V 69 271 30 78 .23 .2X4 Shlnn, S. I. 6 277 37 79 .285 .298 Uerrick. P 62 243 81 9 .284 .273 McMullen. L. A. .73 258 27 73 .283 .300 Schaller. S. F. ...67 248 42 70 .282 .288 Bayless. V 66 224 22 63 .281 .291 llillvard, P 32 lor, 17 29 .27S .2,7 Hannah, S. L. 52 1 23 44 .275 .263 Block, S. F lo 22 2 6 .273 .333 Brooks, L. A 32 !6 10 26 .271 .20o kliddleton, O. ...73 271 83 73 .26'J .204 Jones. C. K 62 227 19 61 .269. 278 Schmidt, S. F. ...48 136 21 42 .269 .270 Purtell. V 5! 213 14 97 .268 .277 Lober. P 61 199 SO 63 .266 .274 Cornan, S. F. 55 1S2 13 48 .264 .239 Boles, L. A 52 148 17 39 .264 .281 Zacher, S, I ....65 255 3 67 .263 .239 tileischman. V. ...39 118 11 31 .263 255 Tennant. S. L. ...07 261 35 68 .261 .269 Orr. S. L. 67 287 33 73 .261 .270 l.ush, P 21 33 5 9 .257 .263 Terry. L. A. 09 2:t0 27 C9 .252 230 Kane, V 47 135 19 34 .252 .269 Carisnh, P 32 108 10 27 .250 .260 Beatty, L. A. ....14 02 4 13 .250 .174 Hitt. V 32 24 0 .250 .238 White, V. 8 8 1 2 .250 .280 Lefty Scoggins, of the Angels, is the leading slabster of the league by rea son of his having won eight and lost two games. Kahler, of Portland, and Dent, of the Seals, had an average of 1.000, but they had only twiried one game when the statistics were issued. Coveleskie was tied for second place honors with Smith, of the Seals, but has dropped a game since the statisti cian did his figuring. The pitching records read as follows for the June 1 series: Pitching Records. Pitcher. Club. "W. U Pet. Kahler. Portland 1 O 1.0O0 Ient. San Francisco 1 O 1.000 cogfine. Los Angeles.. ......... 8 ' .S0' Siritli. Sau Francisco 9 3 .750 Ooveleskle. Portland 9 3 .750 c. Williams. Salt Lake 11 .73.1 Mitt. Venice 3 2 -.714 lecannier, Venice.. 7 4 .036 Kitten-. Salt Lake 5 3 .625 Klawitter. Oakland 13 8 .619 Fanning. San Francisco. .......... . 8 5 .615 Baum. San Francisco. ............ . 9 7 -' ''-i Hughes. Los Angeles ....10 8 .556 Ball. Salt Lake 5 4 .5.i6 tlregory. Salt Lake 0 4 -.556 Chech. Venice-Los Angeles 5 4 .556 Boyd. Oakland 5 4 ,55 Johnson. Venice 3 4 .556 Love. Los Angeles 7 6 .538 l.aroy. Salt Lake B 6 .500 Burns. Los Angeles 6 6 .500 Krause. Portland 5 5 .0OO Killilav, San Francisco 3 3 .500 Prough. Oakland 6 7 .462 HlKBinbotham, Portland 5 6 -45 l.iu-li. Portland 3 4 .429 Kan. Los Angeles 6 10 .3i. Abies. Oakland .. 4 7 .".at T'ruiett. Oakland a 9 -3-7 Piercey, Venice ............ 3 6 .3.13 Kvans, Fortland 3 6 .333 Kesigl. San Francisco 2 4 .333 Prn-itt, Los Angelts 2 4 .3-j.! Keefe, Portland 1 - .- J. Williams. Salt Lake - 0 -250 Hnlev. Venice 4 13 .23j Christian, Oakland 0 1 .OI'O Fromme. Venice 0 1 .0'O Martlnonl. Oakland O 1 White. Venice 0 2 .1100 Hi. gr. Venice-rortland 0 2 .000 Itrleaped pitchers 12 20 Total games, 206. Club Baiting Records. Pc. rst Club G. AB. TX. II. Pet. wk. Fan Francisco. 07 2253 299 631 .280 .2J5 Portland 62 2123 248 073 .269 .264 Salt Lake ...67 236 315 633 .2S .2i0 Oakland 73 2440 280 638 .261 .2..5 l.os Angeles ..76 2454 299 623 .254 . 2.18 Venice 69 2291 236 556 .243 , .34o Club Fielding Records. Pc 1 st Club-,- G." PO. A. E. Pet. wk. Fait Lake 67 1 811 863 14 .966 .966 Portland 02 16!4 S44 95 .964 .962 Venice 69 1912 1019 112 .963 .962 San Francisco .67 1S22 954 113 .661 .959 Oakland 73 1993 1023 124 .901 .958 Los Angoles .76 20TO 1117 145 .956 .955 ATHLETES SOOX TO BE XAMED Size of -Appropriation to Determine Number to Go to Fair. Just who will make the journey to the Panama-Pacific International Fair at San Francisco to compete in the Far Western championships, July 31, in the interests of the Pacific Northwest As sociation will not be determined until the Northwest committee is informed as to the size of the appropriation made by the exposition and the Amateur Athletic Union for the team. T. "Morris Dunne, of Portland; A. S. Goldsmith, of Seattle, and Fred Blom berg, of Spokane, will name the team, and a decision is expected within a day or two. Following are the men being consid ered: Grant. Fee. Wiminagle. Bellah, Murphy. Hummel. Muirhead, Cole, Philbrook, Kadderly and Hobgood, all of the Multnomah Club; Carl Johnson, of the Spokane Athletic Club, the Spo kane high school marvel in the broad jump: Clyde and Stenstrom, of the Seattle Athletic Club. SWIMMING RECOKD IS BROKEN 1Hdy Langcr Said to Have Covered SCO-Yard Course in 2:2 7. LOS ANGELES, June 19. Ludy langer, holder of the National amateur 410 and 800-yard swimming records, broke the 2-'0-yard amateur world's record at the Los Angeles Athletic Club Thursday night, according to the off lead club timer. .His . time wa 2:27. The former record, made by Duke Kahanamoku, of Hawaii, was 2:29. The record has been sent to the Ama teur Athletic Union headquarters, but may not be accepted, as the time was not taken by three watches. Langet will take part in the National Amateur Athletic Union swimming champion ship tournament at San Francisco next month. CXSCTJPASSED FISHING FOTJXD Two Sportsmen Bring Full Baskets From Upper Clackamas. According to George J. Kelly, of the "Trout Route," and William F. Car', of FJstacada, fishing on the Upper Clackamas River cannot be surpassed. They brought back with them last Monday several baskets of trout which ranged in length from 12 to 15 inches. There were 74 samples in the lot and the fish had all the appearance of hav ing lived on rich pasturage during the Winter. These two fishermen say that the Upper Clackamas River fish have a peculiar disposition and you must win their confidence before making a successful catch. An edible looking light-colored fly or a Juicy salmon egg will do much toward overcoming their natural tim idity. The fishermen must act in a most unconcerned manner and not try to run the fish down, or step on it or throw bottle tops or corks in the water. Friday is the Sabbath of the fish and it is useless to fish on that day, so say Kelly and Cary. Cary and Kelly went to the end of UNIVERSITY OF ORE GON'S FAMOUS ALL AROUND ATHLETE WHO WILL REPRESENT MULTNOMAH CLUB AT SAN FRANCISCO NEXT MONTH. the "Trout Route" at Cazadero last Friday and then rode horses 30 miles along the Clackamas River trail. They camped several days near the Oak Grove River and fished down as far as Roaring River. Weather conditions were ideal for fishing - and splendid sport was enjoyed. The Clackamas River trout is real gamy and to land a "big boy" requires some skill and furnishes a good deal of sport. The trail is reported to be in fine shape and may be easily traveled on foot or horseback. The Clackamas River can yon offers a paradise to the fisherman within easy reach of Portland. RUGBY TO BE DROPPED CALIFORNIA TO PLAY AMERICAN FOOTBALL NEXT FALL Announcement Gaines Will Be Sched uled With Western Colleges Murks Break In Relations With Stanford. SAN FRANCISCO, June 19. (Special.) The University of California will play a schedule of American football with Western colleges this Fall and may arrange contests with several Eastern institutions. This announce ment was made today by John Stroud, athletic manager of the university. His action means the abandonment by Cali fornia of Rugby and marks the break in athletic relations with Stanford. "California offered Stanford every concession possible, with the exception of a freshman eligibility rule, against which we have contended for 10 years," said Stroud, "but Stanford did not see fit to accept, and California decided that negotiations would be canceled. Had Stanford come to us only four days ago and accepted the freshman in eligibility rule, we would have been glad to continue to play with her. After this break, the adoption of American football was the only logical result." Stroud denied an effort might be made to induce Harvard and Yale to Play here next Fall. He pointed out, however, that Syracuse is to meet the Oregon Aggies next Fall, and indicated that a game between Syracuse and California was possible. Washington and Jefferson is also being considered as a possible opponent. WELSH EASILV BEATS LLSTIG Johnny Dundee Has Better of Leach Cross in Brooklyn Bout. NEW YORK, June 19. Johnny Dun dee had the better of Leach Cross in their bout in the open at Ebetts Field at Brooklyn last night. Dundee had eight out of the ten. rounds and had Cross bleeding from the mouth and nose after the fifth round. Dundee weighed 130 and Cross 136 pounds. Freddie Welsh, lightweight cham pion of -, the ' world, . easily outboxed Johnny Lustig, of Brooklyn, in their ten-jound bout. Welsh weighed 136 and Lustig 137. VERNON PARK LEASE MADE Club to Be Moved From Seaside Re sort Within Month. LOS ANGELES, June 19. A lease covering the old Vernon playing ground for the Venice Coast League team al ready has been signed, it was learned today, and the club will be moved from the seaside town within the course of a month. The removal from Venice will represent an aggregate loss of more than 6ft,000 to Edward Maier, owner of the Venice club, it is said. The park at the beach city was on of the most modern in the circuit and cost $55,000. Los Angeles Golfers Lead. CHICAGO, June 19. Official reports of the Tom Morris competition received today by Secretary Henneberry, of the Western Golf Association, placed the score of the Los Angeles Country Club team at 24 instead of 25 down. . The reports received up to last night prac tically confirmed the coast players' victory, as no other club has claimed a belter score . - i y -v . i t , v ? I if? J I i i TY COBB STILL AT TOP OF HIS LEAGUE Georgian Bats .401 and Has 38 Stolen Bases and Run Getting Record. DAUBERT LEADS NATIONAL Meadows and Mayer in Front of Older Circuit's Pitchers and Faber, Foster and Coveles kie Top Americans. CHICAGO, June 19. While Ty Cobb holds the lead in the American League and the only batting average in the I ... 4 1, Athletes to Get $100 Each. HiKSltK -Kti, OOl.Vti OVER THK 11IU11 majors better than .400, new leaders have appeared in the National and Federal, according to figures compiled here today. Jake Daubert is ahead in the National and Vincent Campbell in the Federal. The 10 leading batters of the National League who have played in at least half of the games, including those of last Wednesday, are: Dau bert, Brooklyn, .370: Luderus. Philadel phia. .364: Good, Chicago, . 347 Doyle, New York, .335; Fletcher, New York, .327; Groh, Cincinnati. .318; Saier. Chi cago. .318; Connolly, Boston, .315; Rob ertson. New York. .315; J. Smith, Bos ton, .312. Saier is the leading slugger, with 108 total bases. He and Lobert, of New York, are tied in runs scored, with 35, and Robertson, New York, and John ston, Pittsburg, have tied Saier in stolen bases, with 13 each. Clavath, Philadelphia, leads the home-run hit ters, with 9. New York is first in club batting, with .266, and St. Louis is next, with .260. Meadows Tops Pitchers. Pitchers of the National League who may have taken part in 10 or more games and whoso winning average is better than .700 are: Meadows, St. Louis, won 6, lost 1; Mayer, Philadel phia, 11 and 2; Ragan, Boston, 5 and 1; Pierce, Chicago, 5 and 1: Mamaux, Pittsburg. 8 and 2; Schneider. Cincin nati. 4 and 1; Alexander, Philadelphia, 11 and 3. Leaders in the American League who have played In at least half of the games are: Cobb, Detroit, .401; Jack son, Cleveland, .364; Fournier, Chica go. .357; Veach, Detroit, .332; Lajoie, Philadelphia, .315; Crawford, Detroit, .314: Maisel. New York. .312: Kavan augh, Detroit, .301; Turner, Cleveland, .298; Felsch and Eddie Collins, Chica go, and Lewis, Boston, tied for 10th at .295. With 61 runs to his credit in 56 games, 103 total bases and 38 stolen bases, Cobb remains in front In those departments of the game. Caldwell, New York, batted himself into a tie with Oldring. Philadelphia, for home run honors at four each. White Sox Best Batters. Chicago leads in team hitting, with .263. Detroit Is second with .260. "Seven hundred" pitchers who have worked in 10 or more games are; Faber, Chicago, won 10, lost 2; Foster, Bos ton, 7 and 2: Coveleskie, Detroit, 8 and 3: Fisher, New York, S and 3; Benz. Chicago, 5 and 2; Scott, Chicago, 7 and 3. In the Federal the top-notch hitters are: Campbell, Newark, .363; Magee, Brooklyn, .357; Hofman, Buffalo, .353; Easterly, Kansas City. .341; Duncan, Baltimore, .337; Evans, Brooklyn, .331; Kauff, Brooklyn, .331; Cooper. Brook lyn. .325: H. Meyers, Brooklyn, .321; McDonald) Buffalo, .321. Magee with 20 leads the base-stealing, and Evans heads the run-getters, with 39, and the sluggers with 87 total bases. Konetchy, Pittsburg; Walsh, Baltimore, and Zwilling, Chicago, lead the home run hitters, with five each. In club batting Brooklyn has .288, and Newark Is second, with .263. Leading pitchers are Cullop, Kansas City, who won 10, lost 3; Main, Kansas City, 7 and 3; Plank, St. Louis, 7 and 3. Only these three pitchers have averages of .700 or better in the Federal League. REGATTA PLANS COMPLETED Tbrcc Main Events on Nelialem Programme for July 3. NEHALEM, Or.. June 19 (Special.) Final plans for the motor boat races here July 3 are being made. An ex cellent course is being laid out on the river. Three main events of the day promise to be particularly interesting. The first prize for each of these will be $50, with valuable prizes for the second and third positions. One race will be exclusively for two-horsepower boats, or outboat motors; an other for up to six horse-power and a free-for-all. The fastest boats in the country are entered In the free-for-all and two new boats are being built purposely for this event. Harry Bell has just received an engine from Boston for his new racer and he promises some speed. Seaside Celebrates Friday. SEASIDE. Or., June 19. (Special.) Seaside will celebrate the opening of the 1915 beach season by holding a swimming contest, open to amateurs in good standing. The date of the event will be June 23 and swimmers from Astoria and Portland will be en , tered, - In. addition to a, programme, of fancy diving and short sprints, the main event will be the medal swim of a mile. In order to swim this distance the swimmers wilt bo compelled to circle the tank 22 times. J. K. Oates, owner of the natatorium, has put up a handsome gold medal for -this event. STASFORD CKEVV OX HTJISON Coast Oarsmen Heaviest to Compete in Intercollegiate Regatta. POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.. June 10. All the college crews entered In the in tercollegiate regatta to be held here June 28 are now on the Hudson, the rowing camps being completed by the arrival this afternoon of the Iceland Stanford oarsmen, who are entered in the varsity race. The Pacific Coast crew will be the heaviest in the con test, averaging more than 178 pounds. Coach Rice, of Columbia, settled on the varsity and Junior crews tonight, making the crew stroked by Wormser the varsity crew and the eight stroked by Myers the junior crew. Jauss and Tichborn have been made members of the varsity crew, rowing two and three respectively. , The Pennsylvania junior crew de feated the varsity crew in a four minute brush, and Coach Nickalle de cided to put the two crews in a four mile race tomorrow to decide which shall be the varsity crew. Coach Courtney sent the Cornell crews down stream for a nine-mile row at an easy pace. The Syracuse crews did not go on the water. California Tennis Star Loses. CHICAGO, June 19. Walter T. Hayes, veteran city tennis champion, defeated Jerry Webber, 6-0, 6-0, in the city championship here yesterday. Al Green defeated G. Ketchum, the California star, 9-7, 6-2, and Ralph Burdick, runner-up in the state series last year, de feated Heath Byford, former title holder, 4-6. 6-1. 6-4. CHICAGO, June 19. Athletes who qualify in the track and Tield meets STICIvS. here for the games at the Panama Pacific Fair will receive the aid of the National Amateur Athletic Union to the extent of $100 each to help defray their expenses to California. WALLACE TOURNEY ARRANGED Tennis Players From Nearby Towns Will Meet July 4. WALLACE, Idaho, June 19. (Spe cial.) Final arrangements for the tennis tournament for July 4 have been completed and the choice for the honors of representation for the local club lies between practically Ave men. Treasurer Kinney, who has been in charge of the plans for the meet reports the courts in fine condition. Teams from Burke, Mullan and Wardner-Kellogg will participate. RAGES MAY BE REVIVED CURRY COUNTY PLANS MEET FOR FAIR IN AUGUST. Use of Old Track la Donated and 9100 Given to Fund Sprt to Be on Programme. MARSHFIELD. Or., June 19 (Spe cial.) Curry County expects to revive its fair and racing meet this year and will select some date in August, it is believed. No race meet has been held at Wedderburn since 1908, which was the final one given by R. D. Hume be fore his death. R. L. Macleay, manager of the Macleay estate, and present own er of the vast Hume properties, has aided the scheme by donating the use of the old racetrack and by giving $100. The state fair fund for Curry County amounts to about $500, which, "added to concession proceeds, would furnish suf ficient funds. Heretofore, the fair fund has been diverted to the road treasury, but the people of the county have con cluded they could receive more benefit from the money by spending it for a get-together week. They are planning three or four days of races, sports of varied nature, including wrestling matches, shooting tournaments, per haps boxing, and any other events the committee might decide. It is customary when races are held at Wedderburn for those who attend to camp, either in tents or wagons, on the race grounds, where fine quarters are available. Visitors arrive from long distances before the meeting and stay until the close, afterwards visiting points of interest, hunting and fishing and combing the agate beaches. Answers to Queries. A Reader When third base and sec ond are occupied and the man on second runs to third, does he force the man on third if he runs back to second before he is touched with the ball? Answer. The runner on second can return to second if not touched out. The man on third is safe. Inquisitive, Vader, Wash. The batter hits a fly ball to the second baseman, who, in turn, tries to catch it, but the ball hits his shoulder and bounds off and the center fielder catches it. Is the batter out or safe? Answer. Providing the ball did not touch the ground after hitting the second baseman the batter is out because of the center fielder mak ing the catch. Wrestler Lurich Hurt in Match. NEW YORK, June 19. George Lu rich, the Russian wrestler, was taken to Bellevue Hospital as a result of in ternal Injuries received in his match here last night with Zbyszko, the giant Pole. The wrestlers tussled for 10 min utes, when Zbyszko. securing an un breakable hold on the' Russian, threw him violently to the mat. The bout was declared a draw. Clackamas Graduates Are Five. CLACKAMAS. Or.. Juno 19. (Spe cial.) The Clackamas public school just closed graduated a class of five pupils after a successful year's work. The entire clas3 will take up work ir the high school next tall. The names of the class members are Lewis John son, Alice Newkirk, Hazel Morley, Leonard Roberta and Waller Uniker. Straw Hats $3.00 Brook and Beaver Straws, now at.... $3.45 Panamas that were $5.00 now -$4.33 Panamas that were $7.50 now $5.83 COPYKIOHT ISIS 1 Ht HOUSE OF KUPPENHEIMU - FEE IS DEPENDED ON Pendleton Athlete Expected to Win Far West Honors. LATE PERFORMANCES GOOD University of Oregon Field Captain Is Working Out at Multnomah in Preparation for Meet at . San Francisco Fair. Chester Fee. captain of the 1916 track and field team of the University of Oregon ia one athlete who has been developed since leaving high school. Fee hails from Pendleton and the first time any news was centered around him was while attending the state in stitution at Eugene. Fee is one of the best all-around athletes Oregon has had in several years. At present he is working out under . tne colors of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club of Portland in hopes of making more honors at the Far Western championships as well as the American Athletic Union at San Francisco next month and the early part of August. While competing for the winged "M" in the recent Pacific Northwest Association track and field champion ships on Multnomah Field Fee estab lished a new record in the javelin for the association by heaving the spear a distance of 179 feet 3 Inches. He was high-point winner of the meet with 17 marks to his credit. He can do anything on the field and Coach Bill Hayward has been re sponsible in a large measure for his remarkable showing. Fee is noted for his ability to keep in condition without over exertion. He is conscientious and willing. All that Coach Hayward has to say is: "Chet, we need a couple of points in the hurdles." or "See what you can do with the shot for us," and similar other expressions. Not once has he failed to "bring home the bacon," and In some instances he has even surprised his tutor by bringing home more than was intended. Fee along with the other representa tives of the Pacific Northwest Associa tion at the San Francisco games will have a great deal to do to win against the California boys. Such stars as Howard Drew, the color sprinter, and Fred Kelly, both of the University of Southern California, will be on hand. Kelly will make his mark in the hurdles. Efforts are being made by members of the committee to have Carl John son, the star broad Jumper of the Lewis and Clark High School, of Spokane, along as a member of the track and field team from the North west. In the recent interscholastic National gathering in Chicago the Spokane marvel jumped better than 23 feet. This is considerably better than some of the old-timers in the athletic clubs have been able to do for a couple of years and because it is possible for the Northwesterners to win the Far Western championships everything is being done to rake in points here and there. Baseball Brevities. The Kansas City club of the Ameri can Association is sending out the 6, O. S. call for an infielder. George Naughton, former Beaver, who is hold ing down the third sack, was injured recently and. is in the hospital. A fan asks a question in the re cent issue of the Sporting News that nas' any we ever heard beat a mile. It seems that a player took three strikes and the catcher missed the ball on the third, the player walked away from the plate without the catcher tagging him. He strolled . leisurely down to the first base foul line and stood there until the next player came up. The batsman hit a single and the player on the coach line stepped on first and began footing it for sec ond. There is nothing in the rules to pre vent such a play, according to the answer given. Dick Shaner. for a number of years srroundkeeper for the St. Louis Cards, jumped to the Pittsburg Feds, The St. The Store of 100 Per Cent Service. Portland men and young men are taking full advantage of this decisive clearance of Kup penheimer Clothes. These are some of the deep reductions caused by a backward season Men's Palm Beach Suits reduced to . . 20 Men's, Young flj-a Men's Suits ...... I O $25 Men's, Young CE -a r Men's Suits plo' $30 Men's, Young Men's Suits Bathing Suits Men's Bathing Suits in reds, blues, greens, orange, etc., special at $2.15. Men's Shirts Men's $2 Shirts, with soft cuffs, now $1.45. GUS KUHN, Successor to Steinbach & Co. Louis grounds, however, seem to be in as good a shape as ever. Reports coming Northward that Johnny McCloskey's Rio Grande As sociation had gone ,to seed seem un-' true. The league is still figuring in baseball news of the day. It is com posed of four clubs, however, instead of six, as was the original intention of the organizer. The Colonial League seems to be getting along nicely. Reports in papers from towns along the circuit indicate that a successful eeason is being en joyed. The business part of the league cannot be much of a success, however, for nearly all the players are receiv ing big league salaries on the con tracts they signed with the Fed cir cuit. Brier Bits of Sport. Horseracinsr was resumed lh Germany r' eently, -when the Spring meet opened at the tioppogarten track, a suburb of Berlin. The crowd that attended was nearly as large as that in times of peace. John Murray, the New York Giant out fielder, has received $10 from the suf fragettes, who offered $, for every homer made on the polo grounds. Experts report that Zimmerman is him self again. The fans will be more likely to believe this, however, after he has mixed it again with the umpire. The first Columbia football team to take to the gridiron in 10 years will be captained by Walter XV. Dwyer. He was formerly captain of the basketball team at the New York Institution. Joe Gans is boxing in New York. How ever, it is not the dusky boy famous in ring history of the past, but a husky Italian wel terweight, who takes a beating nearly every time he crawls through -the ropes. Charles Nicholson, well-known designer of yachts, may design another cup defender for Sir Thomas Upton, according to word received from London. He turned out Sham rock IV, now lying in New York harbor. "Roughhouao" Charley Burns, claimant of the Canadian lightweight title, has been tentatively matched for a ten-round go with Johnnie O'Leary, of Seattle. The bout will be staged at a suburb of Vancouver. B. C, the latter part of this month. The IrUih-American Amateur Club, of Pittsburg, has organized a swimming team that win compete in National events In the future. In one of .the moat spectacular golf matches ever seen in Washington, D. c, William A. Reyborn recently defeated Walter R. Tuckman for the District of Columbia championship one up in the 3t-holes finals on the links of the Chevy Chase Club. - President Dugdale, of the Seattle club, has decided to open a section of the grandstand back of third base to the bleacher fans at bleacher prices. When the new Seattle ball park was built "the bleacherites were allotted a small section in left field and have been kicking about ,it ever since. In these times Dug found it to his advantage to seek bleacher patronage, along with any other he could shoo out to the game in Rainier Val ley. It will be noticed that although the Yan kees have made a record thus far this year, they have not yet won a game from "Pants" Rowland's White Sox. -ss -at -, Dutch" lvlanlttcr. Oakland Tnlrler, MioTrlnsv More Class Than Last Season. : ICQ ' W A I 1 1 '4 3 S Boys' Suits Children's Wash Suits in new Oliver and Beach styles, special at $1.35. Women's Coats $10.00 Women's and Misses' Outing Coats now $4.85. Pres. Morrison At Fourth S. & H. Stamps Given. TWO PITCHERS GAIN Klawitter and Love Alone Im prove Noticeably. OTHERS LESS EFFECTIVE On Basis of Batting Averages of Opponents Against Them Some Pomanders Are "Sot Up to Form of Year Ago. On the basis of batting averages made 'by opponents against Coast League pitchers for the first 11 weeks of the season. Including all games to June 14, Dutch Klawitter, of Oakland, and Slim Love, of Los Angeles, are about the only pitchers who are show ing a marked improvement over their form of last year. Last season Loves opponents rolled up an aggregate bat ting average of .248 against hira; this year Love is leading the pitchers in this department, holding opponents to a .207 average. Last season Dutch Kla witter's opponents batted .279 against him; this year the Dutchman is the hardest-worked pitcher in the league and is second to Love among the reg ulars, holding his opponents to a .227 rating. Hall, of Salt Lake, is third in the ranking this year, holding opponents to a .231 average. Fanning, of San Francisco, who last year was found by opponents at a .248 percentage, is fourth this year, being charged with a .232 percentage for opposing batters. Hughes -nt to Fanning, Next to Fanning comes Hughes, of Los Angeles, also showing a slight im provement, opponents batting .233 agarinst him, as compared with .238 last season. Cack Henley, of Venice, is hold ing opponents to .233, as compared with .256 last year, and Claude Williams, of Salt Lake, is holding opponents to .24 7, one point lower than last year's record of .248. Compared with these regulars who are showing more or less improvement In holding opponents to low batting av erages are the records of some of last year's reliables who are not proving so effective this year. Thus, Spider Baum, of San Francisco, last year held opponents to a .266 batting average and. this year is being touched up at a .308 clip. Against Lush, of Portland, op ponents batted .219 last year and .258 this year: Ryan, Los Angeles, .234 last year and .247 this year; Hitt, Venice, .E36 last year and .274 this year; Krause, Fortland, .239 last year and .262 this year; Decannier, Venice, .245 last year and .263 this year; Higgin botham, Portland, .251 last year and .261 this year; Killilay, .260 last year, while he was with Oakland, and .277 this year when he is with San Fran cisco; Abies, Oakland, .261 last year and .273 this year. Records Are Given. The following records show the total times at bat, hits and the batting av erages of all opponents against each pitcher in the first 11 weeks of the race, including all games up to June 14: Opponents. Pitcher. Club. Fromme, Venice . . Love, Los Angeles. Johnson, Venice . . Klawitter, Oakland 1 Ab. it. ret. 6 .200 401 84 .'JOT 274 HI) .2l: kos l:;s .; Hall, Salt Lake. Fanning. Pan Francisco -4D'.l 116 Hughes, Los Angeles 47;i lll .23;; Henley, Venice 434 101 .2;;:; Piercey, Venice .'IMS SO .2:17 Scoggins, Los Angeles 380 02 .242 Rieger. Venice. Portland 61 15 .246 C. Williams. Salt Lake 51S IIS .247 Ryan, Los Angeles. .......... r0t l'.j .247 Coveleskie. Portland no .247 Boyd. Oakland 441 112 .2.".4 Burns. Los Angeles ."OS 102 .26 Pruiett, Oakland 3!iy lot .2.17 Chech, Venice. Los Angeles. . .203 6! .257 Lush. Portland 244 63 .2."iS Higginbotham, Portland 501 l;;l .261 Prough, Oakland URO S; .Jl Krause. Portland 332 87 .26-J Decanniere, Venice 40O lo.5 .263 Kahler, Portland 34 ! .205 &vans. Portland ...285 77 .2741 Abies. Oakland K.".6 !7 .273 Hitt, Venice 277 76 .274 Smith. San Francisco 360 ! .275 Killilay. San F'ranclsco 2A2 81 .277 Fittery, Salt Lake 210 S9 .281 Reisigl, San Francisco 109 56 -2SI Laroy, Salt Lake GS6 113 .285 Christian, Oakland P0 26 .28W Dent, San Francisco M 15 Keefe. Portland 67 20 .2It Perritt, Los Angeles 31! U7 .304 J. Williams. Salt Lake 254 7S .:'.7 Baum, San Franeisro 4o: 12 .:;H Gregory. Salt Lake 3tH !K .311 White. Venice i;5 23 .3;i AJartinoui, Oakland, Portland, it 32 .5S0