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PI1CHII1G AT PLANK TEACHES CONTROL "Doc" White Tells How He - Learned to Be Good Box man 14 Years Ago. FIELDING ALSO PERFECTED Vernon Manser Shows How by rln Back-Yard Device He Waa .Able to Throw nail at All Time la Eaaot Spot. . anxrni! TAWCETT. ' O. Herrta ttoc WhIU drew pay n the big leaguea something Ilka U years, all bat one year aa a southpaw p lunar on the taft of the Chicago Whit Son- Tha now Vernon manager certainly knows all thera Is to know about the pltchlnaT game M w says -control" la the aacret of the business. Jus: how the Georgetown Varalty T.id" acquired the control that mad Mir. famous la an Interesting and novel torjr. . -Control In baseball. murmured Yi . n . - WKita on the bench th other Ut. mean th ability to .deliver the bill to the catcher at the spot In the manner that he baa ceaignaieu r ein- 11 la supposed to know th uknm and peculiarities of a rtoua baumen. tor h la there working very day. So II th pltchr baa con trol he can take advantage of thla knowledge bene the value of con trol to a pitcher. riaak I Wd to Get CaatreU -Not every man can be a apeed p'tcher. but every roan who baa con trol can be a good pitcher. -When I was a raw recruit I had a burning ambition to become, a great pitcher. finally 1 conceived a plan for aalnlnr control, and thla "shadow pitching" of mine, which correaponded to the 'shadow boxing' Indulged In by successful boxers, did m worlds of good. -Mrt I obtained a two-Inch plank, explained Manager White. "17 Inches wide. Just th width of th bom plate. 1 cut taia off ao that It waa 1 Inches Ion, corresponding to th distance between my shoulders and my knees. xt 1 went to work on thla plank 17x31x2 and with a hatchet I rounded It off ao that when nailed to a con venient fence It showed a convex aur fs,e On the ground before the dum my figure 1 laid out a home plate, measured off feet Inches for my pitching distance and began experi menting. Bant Fielding Taagbt. Tea. "The surface of th plank represent ed exactly th boundariea for a strike ball. Every tune 1 hit that plank I knew I waa pitching a strike. Th curve! face of the plank naturally threw the ball back In the imaginary Infield. Its direction depcadinz upon where th ball hit it. -If the ball bit in th very middle of th plank of course th ball came straight ba k. If it hit on th curved aides it would rebound either to my left or ta my right, depending upon whether It hit to the left or right aide f the middle. -I worked out with this dummy every time the Philadelphia Nationals left me at horn during my first year, in l0l. Not only waa I able to hit any spot on th board at th end of my course, but also It taught me more about fielding bunts than years of ac tual play would have taught me. Apparatus Kaally Made. -Thla apparatua la simple and ever) youth with pitching aspirations ought to begin with It." White was with the Philllea only a little over one year, for he jumped to the Chicago Sox in 101 and remained there on varloua city and world's cham pionship cluba until 1)14. when he came West and Joined the Vernona Last year be won 17 games and loat IS with a fourth-place team. When Happy Hogan died a few weeks ago Wbite waa named to boas the Tigers, and his leadership has proved entirely auocesfui. -loc" always bosaaed the fox -u-wi No. x at Chicago and the training be gained undoubtedly la coming In handy now. DUGDALE'S WOES MANY f EATTLK ft. OWSF.Il SATS HUD OF I-EAfcl E PICKS OX II IX. I aspire Aetlas VaaVr Orders te Fla Ilia Players la Latest Plata! at rrrseenteeV Fat Ms. Usually the fat man experience little difficulty getting through the world without bickerings, but not so with IX E. Dugdale. owner of the Seattle ball club. Big Dug has a terrible time trying to escape th persecution of Northwestern leagu presidents. If It were only one president things might be tolerable. Poor Dugdale. however, la picked onto by every sue ceedlng preay to hear him tell It and li e a wonder he doesn't waste away to a mere 250 pounds. William Lucas used to pick onto PugdaJe before hla death, and then Fielder Jones came along with hie Simon Legree methods and he nearly broke Docile Dugdales tender heart. Now It la Bobby Biewett. the Seattle attorney, who la nagging at the Seattle owner. Really be la. Believe it or not. but here'a what E. IL Hughes aaya about Tyrant Blawett and his methods In the Seattle Times, and It sounds rea sonable almost aa reasonable as aome of Jules Yerne'a ravings. Ductal makes ne secret of the fact that be b Cruplr Krary Is acting under rders from riflsUltDI U'eweit to perso cut the Seattle players. He says: 'Biewett Is sore at me aad is trying to get back at me by telling his ainptrvs to nne the Seattle payers. It Is a cowardly way of trying to get eB. 1 know that Hlewet plastered aaee ea Seattle players for arsumeota they aad with Casey, whea Casey blmseif did aot An them. W bea Seattle got Bonner trora Victoria Biewett did aot waat htm to pttca her on Mosday after he had balked a pltcbisg for in Victoria club In Ta coma os th previous Sunday. Biewett was snanastsg the Victoria club then aad waa paylaa more atteailoa to bis Job as maa aser than be waa to th dull of prse4at of the iague. Boaaer did aot waat to sttcb ea that Saaday. for he was goiag to Jam as the west day. Blwe.t got sure aftotit it aod refused 'to pay Bonaer until It was too late for him to work for Seoul thai day. lie paid eft everyone ele. but kept Boaaer walling until nearly t o'clock. "I told Biewett that he could pay Boa aer himself for that one day. laasmuch as be had preveated him from importing te th Seattle clab la time for werk. B.ewett got mad aboat It. aa I basest. y belt be has Instructed hla ampins te Baa the Seattle player oa the sl:gbtest provocation. Fracy has always ba strict, bat I sever saw him so anreasooabl aa he waa la tfpekano afoa ca aad Tuesday. I think he is acting cs.- orders from Biewett. If Biewett baa aa thie be la a mighty raall-ca.lbe maa. If be baa It in for me. let him take it eat ea me. and net apn my players, whs have se part la this qaarrei. NEW NATIONAL POLE e. im . i - ' i I " ' ' 'jg SEAL STOCK POT UP Berry Wants the Interest of 20,000 Stockholders. CONTROL NOT TO CHANGE President of San IVancUico Club Announce Plan to Put Cp Xew Stands and Knlargc Field to Regulation Slxe. Bf HARRT B. SMITH, a xr au a vrliD A it ir 1 4. ( SDe e claL) San Francisco Is going to try baseball on th communltty plan, a la cart or a la ssn awav i i u.nvw n.rr has announced. after a conference witn nia ""'"' and by th permiasion i mw Commissioner cf Corporations, that n is going to throw open th doors and all th people who want to own stock in trie seais win o -- . i. in . wav. an experi ment, but to start with, it has been de- . i . . . An.n tnr nubile sub- scrlptlon 10.000 shares of the treasury stock at is per snare. , aa aaa -w. . r . . at canltal stock, this doesn't mean the control of the team Is going to change hands or that every Tom, Dick and Harry will be permitted to run the dub. At the same time, ti win . ; holders a personal Interest. Every time the chap who owns one share of stock .. . ...ii h will have the vows to av van e."" - . satisfaction of feeling that he may get part of his entrance - profits. He's going to be Interested as well in seeing that his neighbor goes to the game. And that primarily. Is what Henry Berry 1 after. Salt Lake Glvea Idea. I rot the Idea after a visit In Salt una i i l t , . k " - , the Seala "1 looked at the nda and . .i.n. tha owner ok saw box after oox nuea " ' parties. I commenced to make in- lulrles ana one""' , tockholdera In the club and that a lot ,f people were going to ball -m rho had never been present before. It truck me that If aurh a scheme could work In Salt Lake City, why not in San Francisco? We hav a ""ger community, or course, du. mo s just the same. -Then 1 determined to talk It over mwA anma of the among my - - . . hu.lneaa men. They have agreed with me that It appears entirely feasible The Commissioner oi Vru.v...- . . i i . . that ana wa have no ODjecilvua wuu . " decided to reorganise and Incorporat as th Pan Franclaco Baaeball Club. I don't want any inaiviouai i i--. - . wi l. .lu-a- That, aa TOU can see for yourself, would defeat the purposes -or tne scnemf. - w.immt 20.000 stockholders. each holding one share. 1 do" 1 pose It will come down to that but the greater number the better we will be suited." New Staaaa ta ate miii. nounrement. Berry announced more In . . . . 1.1. nl . n . for erect I n g com- modlous grandstands and bleacher sec tions this raiu n . - 4l.ll. -nrrnlMirBttll DV neiore anu . - Berry that such a plan was underfoot. Now he Is prepared to give the project another booat. The great trouoie wun in pirir. park haa been the crackerbox field and : . iL.ii.. e kMihlnr nn games in powiuu'w v ' .... . . , . . with home runs over th short right- field fence. Aaaitionai ni.. ...... ha. haan ImI that will permit of a deeper right field by . . . ..ij . V. . . Ill av. 4t) feet ana a leu -- . . r . en f..t further. o when term aw - there are borne runs they will be le gitimate and not oy any mwn n.j. . i-... will bo what la A no a' .... technically known as a decker ana a hair.- in otner woroa. , ... . I. . MhAAaa -a oe will be oesignateu aa " . . given over to boxea chiefly reaerved for clubs, famines nna m ut. - j .... will tnrartlrallv be at the same elevation as at present, while the press men win iae w.-..- ----- . i... win k. K SftO which la inn uniuj - slightly better than the 10.000 who can crowd into tne siaous ...w today. Pebtle gapeort deeded. jjorry suimi- . ... . - - extent of his new park plans will de pend upon the success of his stock sub scription. However. If the public should fall to take advantage of this offer to become members of the happy . 1 1 1 1 . K . . V. .. 4 with ramliy. Berry win go -a new park, as he feels that Is what San Franclrco really needs. To the writer It seems a question whether' such a scheme will be aa much of a auccesa In a city the aise of San Francisco as It would In a smaller community where Interests are more nearly Identical. The theory seems to be a sound one end It can surely do no harm to clve It a try out. Possibly Berry Is a more far-sighted man that a lot of us Imagine. Perhaps he can see Into the future and realise that It will be necessary. If baseball la to continue, that the public shall take a direct Interest In what Is going on. There Is no question to my mind but that baseball la suffering from a slump. The general tendency of the tlmea Is to give the people a look-in at sny proposition that Is underfoot and sporting affairs may follow In line. Sporting writers from the East who have been here with the track ath letes ssy there Is a decided change; that golf and tennis are In a measure supplanting baseball. That may be exaggerated to aome extent, but at the same time there Is no question as to the truth In th statement. Oolf and tennis will never he able to reach as msny people as can base ball and the National sport Is not going to the dogs, but It Is unquestionably In need of some support. VAULT CHAMPION BOASTS WONDERFUL NETWORK OF BACK AND r .- ' . : WORLD RECORD GOAL -: : J- Sasa Bellah. Maltaoraah Clab Athlete. tVae Captured First Place ta National Pole-Vaalt fcveat at the Kxposltloe. With a Leap ef 13 Feet 9 Inches. Bellah Says the Meat Easewtlsl Heejnlalte of a Vanlter la Shenlder Development, and the Photograph Shews Hew Bellah Is Able to Raise Hlmaelf Kearly 13 Feet Off Mather Karta. DOYLE HITS HARDEST Captain of Giants Averages .328 by Steady Work. RUN LEAD ALSO HELD Cobb Suffers Slump but Vet Ahead Among; Americans' Batters and Foster and Mamaux Best Pitchers of Their Leagues. Capfaln Larry Doyle, of the New York Giants, who. by consistent bat ting, located himself at the head of the National League batsmen, continues to hold that position, according to av erages out yesterday. All the leaders bad slight slumps, k .. rui.i. i. in frnnf with an average of .328. Others following Doyle In the first 10 class are: snyaer. su louis, .J28: Daubert, Brooklyn, .319: Merkle, New York, .310; Groh. Cincinnati, .304; Wade Kllllfer, Cincinnati, .303; Saler, Chicago, .800: Luderus. Philadelphia, .J98: Long. St. Louis, .293; J. Smith, Boston. .297. Cincinnati and St. Louts are tied for first place In club batting, each hav ing .254. while New York is next with .252. Doyle. iTi addition to leading the league In batting, holds the honors aa a run-getter with 69; Cravath. Phila delphia, who is ltb In batters' col umn, leada In total baaea with 170, and also holds the home-run record with IS. Carey, Pittsburg, leads In stolen bsses with 29. - Mam anx. Pittsburg, crept Into the UNIQUE CONTRIVANCE UTILIZED BY -DOC WHITE TO TEACH HIM CONTROL, AND HANDLING OF BUNTS DURING CUB DAYS WITH if wUvi.t . Uit y. - - At a .. trsJJiUTTia.ilisliilifiiM " I li ' WgqrtgSh35 ) i t . i. - - - Diaarraaa fhowlng Convex Plank aUed to Fence aad Dummy Hon t hief Inarewlrnf. ef "Shadew Pitch lag" Advteed by Versos Flarare ef Bert Coy, Set la by ArtWt to Show Relative Position of t"- . Bellah i a - wf - vav-r - JefcVVe- srerV lead among the .600 class pitchers in the league, with 17 wins and 6 de feats. The others in the select, class are: Pierce,' Chicago, 10 and S; Alex snder. Philadelphia. 20 and 7; & Smith, Brooklyn. 11 and 4: Rag-an, Boston, 14 and 7; Toney, Cincinnati, S and 3; Mayer, Philadelphia, 1( and 10; Stroud, New York, 8 and 8; Dell. Brooklyn, 11 and 7; Dale, Cincinnati, 14 and 9; Meadows, St. Louis, 9 and 6; Stan drldge, Chicago, 8 and 2. Tyrus Cobb continues to lead the American League In batting, although he has slumped a few points since last week. His average is .386. Others who are batting in the .300 class are: Jack son, Cleveland, .334; Speaker, Boston. .332; E. Collins, Chicago, .330; Fournier, Chicago, .318: Strunk. Philadelphia, .817; Mclnnls, Philadelphia, and Veach, Detroit, .314; Crawford, Detroit, .811; Lewis, Boston, .308; Malsel, New York, .805; Gainer. Boston, .801. ' Cobb holds the lead in total runs scored. 104, and also strengthened his hold on the title of base-stealer. hav ing a total of 5. He Is tied with his teammate, Crawford, for the lead In total bases with 193. Burns, Detroit leads in home runs with five. Boston nosed Detroit out? of the lead In club batting with .268, with Jen nings' men having .265. American League pitchers who have attained the .600 class: Foster, Boston, 15 won, 4 lost; Wood, Boston, 12 and 4; Scott, Chicago, 17 and 6; Faber, Chi cago, 18 and 8; Dauss, Detroit, 16 and 8: Fisher, New York, 14 and 7; Ayers, Washington, 10 and 5; Caldwell, New York, 16 and 9; Johnson, Washington, 17 and 10; Shore, Boston, 10 and 6; Coveleskie, Detroit. IB and 10; Boland. Detroit. 8 and 5; Benx, Chicago, 8 and 5; Gallia. Washington. 11 and 7; Du buc. Detroit, 14 and 9. The 10 leading batters in the Fed eral League are: Magee, Brooklyn, .338; Flack. Chicago, .335; Kauff, Brooklyn, .834; Fisher, Chicago, .832; Easterly. Kansas City. .322; Campbell. Newark. .317; Konetchy, Pittsburg, .317; Yerkes, Pittsburg, .317; Rousch. Newark, and Deal, St. Louis, tied with .314. Brooklyn leads In club batting with .267, and Pittsburg Is next with .265. FHILLlfcrS - i 4 6 - - i 1 -- ,1 . -' e Plate Maaaarer. Bltimta. - -T5- .'0 t . . - ; .. . . : r . -..; . 4 - - - "!- i- , wy ' i . ,.--r - I l 4 CO? i I SHOULDER MUSCLES.- Has Ambition to New Polevault Mark. ATHLETE TO TRA.N HARD Multnomah dob National Champion to Glvo Up WIeghts and Jumps In supreme Effort to Better Wright's Leap of 18:2 1-4. Having won a National championship for the Multnomah Club, Sam Bellahjs ambition now is to break .the world's pole vault record of 13 feet Inches, held by M. S. Wright. Bellah won the National vault championship at San Francisco one week ago with a vault of 12 feet 9 Inches, or about 6Vi Inches shy of the record. Bellah Is 28 years old, and, in light of this and the little time of practice, his recent performance was really re markable. College Training; Valued. "I am working indoors and have lit tle time for outdoor exercises or for practice," remarked Bellah yesterday, between customers in a local sporting goods store. "I would like to take a couple more years of college work, for my ambition Is to become an expert agriculturist. I believe that under col lege training I could break the present world's record." Bellah learned to pole vault under Dad Moulton at Stanford University. He attended Stanford for three years, taking an engineering course.- "Pole vaulting requires great muscu larity in the arms, shoulders and back," explained Bellah, when asked for the reason for his Buccess. "It likewise re quires good leg muscles for the primary spring off the ground. Once In the air, the shoulders and arms bear the bur den. Injury la Regretted. The chief regret of my vaulting days is that I was unable to do myself justice at the Stockholm Olympic games. I was in wonderful form then and, except for an injury to one of my legs going over on the boat, I feel sure I could have won at least second place. Babcock, the winner, cleared 12 feet 11 inches, or thereabouts, and I might not have gone that high. Wright, the world's record holder, went 12 feet 7, and I know I could have bettered that." , Bellah has made his home In Port land for four years. Last Winter, in the Columbia indoor meet. Sam established a world s Indoor record of 12 feet 7 9 Inches. In addi tion to being a pole vaulter. Bellah Is a broad Jumper, a Javelin thrower and hammer tosser. He intends to cut out all these side events next year for a supreme attempt to break Wright's world's mark. S'EATTLE POUNDS CALLAHAN Ex-Beaver Is Ineffective, While Gi ants Bunch Hits on Spokane. . SPOKANE, Wash., Aug. 14. Callahan i v .. , f tmiav and fieattla had WB.S IIIBUCW,.. . ..n.i. Hrtlnir Snokane. The nnal score was 10 to 4. Rose pitched flne ball until tne sixin wnon ue iui control and w.as relieved in favor of Kn. iiuM mmmiind until the finish. In the seventh Seattle picked off two singles, a aouDie ana a inpiu num holla Shuttle nlaved a lour J"'."L" - . Aitiriina. crama and sonsationa.1 catches featured the contest. The score: R. H. K.I . Seattle. . .10 15 0Spokane. . .4 6 1 u. ., Rose Mails and Cadman: Callahan and Brenegan, Altman. Vancou-ver 5, Tacoma 2. vivpnTTvPR "R r A n c 14. Van couver defeated Tacoma here today in a rather raggea game, o iu a. xuo score was close until the eighth when the home team made' two. The score: R.H.E.I R.H. E. Tacoma. . .2 7 3Vancouver. .5 8 2 Batteries Peterson and Hoffman; Colwell and Cheek. TAYLOR TIES FOR JIM SPOKANE STAR SHARES BATTIXG HONORS WITH WILLIAMS. Pat Callahan, Brilliant Carve Pitcher of Indians, la Leading League In Winning Percentage. SPOKANE, Aug. 14. (Special.) By the terrific batting streak he has ex hibited since becoming a member of the Spokane Indians, Ted Taylor, form erly of Victoria, always among the leaders In the race for Individual bat ting honors of the Northwestern League, has tied Kenneth Williams' mark and shares with the ex-Indian, now of the Cincinnati Nationals, the league leading honors with a .340 mark. Kaylor secured 16 hits in his first 28 trips to the plate In a Spokane uniform and pulled, meanwhile, from .324, hla Victoria average, to .340. Frank Qulgni, for a few days was the league leader, with a mark above .340. but his first two games against Keefe and Cal lahan cut him down. Jack Smith has Just about stood his ground during the week, while Guigni has pulled up a tie with the fleet outfielder for second honors of the league. Pat Callahan, the brilliant curve ball pitcher of the Indians, is leading in winning percentage, with 12 wins in 17 games. Considering the fact that Pat has played the outfield In some IS or 20 games, acted as pinch hitter and emergency base runner on aivers oc casions, and has banged the ball at a .276-.300 clip all Summer long, he has been quite a handy man for Bob Wicker to have around. Young Ira Colwell Is shading Wynn Noyes in the race for secondary hon ors at this writing. Colwell has pitched splendid ball for Brown and it will be surprising if he isn't called to the ma jors before the year Is out. Walter Mails has won the largest number of game, but, oddly enough, has lost the second largest total, his score Deing 22 and 14. Meikle, of Aber deen, has lost 15. and Harkness, of Ab erdeen " lost the same number. Mails has worked in about 20 per cent, more games than any pitcher in the league. He Is also out after Kentlehner's strikeout record of 1513, which was .253. These figures are not given this morn ing, but, including his Monday ex hibition against the Indians, he had totaled 212. Raymond will have plenty of time to work him enough games to easily pass 253. , The week's figures: Pitching Records. W. T- Pet. Keefe. Spokane 2 0 1000 Callahan. Spokane . . li 5 .706 Col veil, Vancouver IS 9 .o7 Vovaa. ftDnkana .. IT 9 .654 Eaetley. Seattle 13- S .652 Kaufman, Tacoma IS 11 -oil Malls, Seattle , .... 23 14 .011 Wicker, Spokane 12 8 .600 Salveson, Spokane 6 4 .600 Reutber. Vanconver. ........ . 6 4 .t0o Peterson, Tacoma 13 9 .5!1 McUlnnlty, Tacoma 14 10 .5s" Bonner, Seattle IS 13 .3 Barhani, Vancouver 4 3 .571 Kromer, Vancouver 7 5 . 683 Rose, Seattle IS 10 .545 Fish. Spokane 10 0 .528 Hughes, Aberdeen-Vancouver.. 14 13 .519 Ariett. Vancouver 6 .500 Peet. Tacoma S 9 .471 Kelly, Spokane-Vancouver 11 32 .478 Mclvor, Seattls 4 5 .ll Melkle, Aberdeen-Tacoma 11 15 .423 Hunt. Vancouver 4 - .400 Clark. Aberdeen-Van.-Spo 6 13 ..I6S W. Smith, Vancouver 7 12 .300 Frambach Tacoma 3 -333 Letter. Spokane ,. 1 4 .200 Dranl. Vancouver 1 5 .167 Individual Batting. AB. K. H. Ave. Hunt, Vancouver 37 2 16 .432) Reuther. Vancouver .... 71 10 25 .32 Kavlor. Spokane 423 73 144 .340 K. Williams. Spokane ... 30 54 1U5 .840 J. Smith. Seattle 421 72 142 .337 Guiuni, Seattle 175 21 58 .3o7 H Murphy Spokane .... 391 50 1.0 .oOt Kippert: Aber.-Spokane... 879 5 U 306 Brookl, Seattle 13S 21 43 ..04 Brotte.n. Vancouver 302 3S 90 -2i8 Neighbors. Spokane 3S0 61 113 -2l7 Brlnker. Vancouver 439 61 129 .294 Doty, Vancouver 17 I 5 Frisk, Vancouver 259 43 8 Johnson. Tacoma 445 bl 130 .292 Brenegan. Spokano 33S 40 S .-'90 J. Butler, Tacoma 3ii2 i4 10., .20 Flsk. Spokane 78 7 23 .289 Sheely. Spokane ......... 404 62 117 .29 Stevens, Tacoma 364 51 1 Wilson. Tacoma 444 li5 12S ..JS Roy Brown. Vancouver... Ii7 IS 61 Grovjr, Tacoma 300 61 112 .2S7 Bowcock, Seattle S7 8 - 2o .287 Glslason, Vancouver .... 20S li 59 .284 Coleman, Vancouver .... 191 32 v .-3 Boeck.il. Tacoma 46 6 13 ..8:, Stokke, Tacoma 421 11! .288 Shaw. "Seattle 3-,5 63 100 .282 pappa. Vancouver 224 ;,S 3 .-M Barth. Seattle 433 05 122 .280 Calla.ian. Spokane 123 It 34 .-i Wotell, Vancouver 204 3S 58 .a STAR SOUTHPAW SIGHED BEAVER SCOUT GETS CONTRACT OF AL HARTMAN FOR 1016. Richardson Enthusiastic About Wash ington State College Player, Who -Has Record of 28 Wlna In Row. Another young pitching prodigy was added to the Portland Coast League fm. 191(5 ronsiimntlon yesterday when James J. Richardson, scout, received the signed contract of Al uartman. oi Washington State College. Hartman, a' southpaw, has been the star of the Northwest College confer ence for the Dast three years, and sev- te ral scouts have been angling tor mm. la haa loat onlv one college game in hla three vears. that being a 13-inning affair two years ago, in which Oregon won the championship. Hartman has one more year at Wash ington State, but will Join the Portland club next Spring after the baseball season at Pullman. Scout Richardson umpired several college championship games behind Hartman and is highly enthusiastic about him. "Another Gene Krapp turned around, and with great control," said he yes terday. "This year he won 28 straight games before losing one." Scout Richardson's other pitching find, Dave Gerrick, of La Grande, looks so good to Manager McCredie that he intends to carry him the rest of the J Al Hartman. Waablngton State College Southpaw, Whose Slened" Contract Waa Received Yes terday. year. Gerrick will pitch tomorrow against the visiting University of Chi cago players, who are en route to Ja pan. If he shows much form he may draw a regular game next week against Salt Lake. HCXDREDS GO DEER HO'TIXG Game Said to Be Plentiful In and Around Lane County. EUGENE, Or., Aug. 14. (Special.) The big game season will open tomor row with hundreds of hunters in the woods of Lane County. All day today there was a rush for licenses at the office of the County Clerk and a part of the day two deputies were engaged in making them out while three and four applicants would be waiting their turn. Yesterday a total of 77 licenses was issued, today more than 100 had been signed. During the last few days between 200 and 300 were issued in addition to several hundred previously in force. Men familiar with the woods say that deer are plentiful this year and that in some sections they are more plenti ful than at any time within the last five years. ' Many of the local sportsmen will go into the Cascades and some are now In the Siusjaw, prepared to start oper ations A number of them are plan ning to hunt in the country back of Spencer's Butte, only a few miles from Eugene, where a number of deer were bagged last year. About $500,000,000 a year Is being spent on education in the United States. IF' . j CONTESTS AT FAIR flATl'S GREATEST Remarkable Performances at San Francisco Satisfy Those at Gathering. HUMPHREY MAY HEAD UNION Olympic Club President Most Likely Candidate to Succeed President Till Norman Taber Popu lar Despite Defeat. BY EARL R. GOODWIN. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. Aug. 14 (Special.) Regardless of the fact that the records will not stand, the recent .Far Western, junior and senior Na tional track and field championships, which were brought to a close on the Panama-Pacific International Exposl- . i m h,rn lnat TllpRflAV. Will STO down in history as the greatest ever held under me Amateur auocuu Union in the United States. Performances such as were given freely each day do not come often, and for this reason those who attended the gatherings are perfectly satisfied with -aanita Tt is too bad. from the athletes' end of the game, that their efforts were pracucauy uacicoa wwn a. record standpoint. Even though there i hinwlnf continually at their backs in the straightaway races, it Isn't everyone wno can wvc the furlong in 21 seconds or get over the 120-yard high hurdles in 15 seconds flat, or do some of the stunts those boys staged here during the meetings. s William F. Humphrey, president of the Olympic Club of San Francisco, looks like the likeliest candidate for the 1916 position of president of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States. At the meetings of the di rectors here Mr. Humphreys was heartily indorsed by those present, in cluding President Lill and Secretary Rubien. The annual games will be held next year In Newark. N. J.. If the talk that was going the rounds here last week is taken into consideration. Booster buttons have been distributed asking that the contests be taken to New Jersey next season. No other city has made abid for them, so the Easterners are almost assured of handling tae business end of the transaction, a - Defeat does not always deprive a man of his former popularity. Norman Taber, the world's greatest miler. who lost the race here, is the one re ferred to. At the big banquet given by the Olympic Club last Saturday night in the club gymnasium each first-place man in the senior championships was required to go to the platform, and, after receiving his handsome gold medal from President Lill, of the Amateur Athletic Union, he had to make a'"speech." The second and third medal winners were excused from "talking," but had to go to the front just the same. When the name of Norman Taber was called the burst of enthusiasm that came forth from the more than 200 present waa enough to "rock the rafters," and. what's more, it was gen uine. As he Bhook hands with Presi dent Lill and other officials, a call for "speech" went up, and although he backed away, he was held until ready to speak. When he managed to secure his com posure, it could be seen that his emo tions were heartfelt. Not a sound was heard, other than his voice, and the few words that be spoke made most of the hearers wish that he had ended his great athletic career by a victory. He said later to some of his friends that be intended to settle down in business and give up track work. In so doing, the United States loses another famous distance man. Here's hoping that next Spring Norman again: is wearing the spikes. as With due credit to Young. Ray, who won the mile race from Norman Taber, it should be said Taber misjudged him self because of the wind. The next day after the race we were on Mount Tamalpais as guests of the Olympic Club. While there, I was talking to him, and after a time the race was mentioned. He offered no unfounded alibi. He said that the first half mile was run too slow, and when he tried to make up the lost time it was too much for him. All that he made coming down the straightaway he lost, .ith more, too, while bucking tho "young" gale on the back stretch. It was lils first real test of running into the wind this year, and he was not able to Judge himself. He finished about eight yards behind Kay and almost the same distance ahead of his first follower. a a a The greatest distance, race ever wit nessed in this country was the con sensus of opinion of those who have seen some famous runs, concerning the five-mile run. From the time the run ners started until the tape was broken not four yards separated Hannes Ko lehmalnen. Oliver Millard and Guy Hobgood. the first three place winners, in the order named. The entire last lap, a third of a mile, was sprinted, and when tho home stretch was reached the three runners .. Bk...,t Tt wa not until the announcement from the judges that the spectators were aDie 10 Know wuicn was which. The famous Finn beat the a i?...ni.nn imv hv about six inches. OKU 1 0'k " " . - - and that was about all that separated the Oregon Aggie atniete irom retuuu honors. John Elliott, known as the "father of athletics on the Pacific f ...- " c rna nf tria timers, and he said that the last mile was clipped off in the remarkable time of 4:26 3-5, just a little more than three seconds slow er than the time for the mile run. of the aay. a a TA Afararilth CAftfllnlV OlaVCd in hard luck. The world's champion quar-ter-miler was given a chance to break or equal Maxey Long's mark of 47 sec onds flat Tuesday morning, but he didn't. Everything was set and the . ,- ... n Tha timprs. who Wfm 440 , . i a owa-i' f a 1 fH tn firftt the flash of Starter McHugh's gun, and after trav ersing 220 yards, jnereaitn saw mat something was wrong. He stopped and had to go back for another trial. One timer had caught It just as Meredith-left the mark, and he announced that the 220 yards had been done in 9 rK sprnnflfl. makinsr it DOSslbla to believe that Meredith would have ful filled one of his greatest exnimtlons had he been allowed to complete his . .... Whan ha fart tha rna Avar he made it in a little more than 48 seconds. a a - To "Dad" Moulton, famous as the ath letic trainer or the Stanford Univer sity, goes the honor of constructing the best track and field west of the Mississippi River, If not In the United States. Every one of the visiting ath letes was loud In his praise for the condition of the track, but most of this was lost when the wind was taken Into consideration.