SNAPSHOTS
V
THREE BEAVERS STAR
Ball Met With Good, Solid
Thumps in Practice Game.
QUINN CRACKS 3 ON NOSE
fioutbwortli, With Homer and Two
Doubles, Makes McCredle Glad.
C. Blgbee Plays Big Part.
Jfoyes in Fine Form.
BY ROSCOE FAWCETT.
PORTLAND TRAINING CAMP, Sac
ramento, Cal., March 18. (Special.)
Verdun would be easy with Billy
Southworth on the attack. The wizard
little outfielder exuded, two doubles
and a. home run over the right field
fence today and largely contributed to
another victory for the Portland club
over St. Mary's College. Score: Port
land 8. St. Mary's 4.
Owen Quinn's startling reincarnation.
If you might term it such, likewise was
an event of the rather dampish after
noon. Alongside of Quinn today Biff
Louis Guisto was a selling plater. Louis
developed somewhat of a weakness on
low curves on the inside and five times
he strode to the plate , without the
garlic odor of a hit. Once Louis was.
up with the bases full, and the best
he could produce was. an infield flound
er. Wynn Noyes fanned him both times
he faced him.
Meanwhile his southpaw first sack
rival, Quinn, was busy living up to his
advance notices. Two of his three hits
were line smacks not extra-base clouts
but such singles as Chester Chadbourne
used to produce in the days before the
Feds came in and took him from us.
Quinn allowed himself to get nabbed
off first base on two occasions. The
ump was wrong on one. On the whole
the Syracuse first baseman gave a sat
isfactory exhibition.
Carson Bigbee at short was another
luminary. The Oregon lad walked
twice, belted in a score with a long
sacrifice fly. and, on his other trip,
doubled to center. In addition "Skeet"
pilfered a couple of bases off the St.
Mary's battery men. Wynn Noyes and
Reese Peek the latter a Sacramento
semi-professional phenom pitched for
the Beavers against two right-handers
and a southpaw named Whelan. "Whelan
was the best of the trio. Quinn se
cured one of the two hits off him in
the four innings he worked, but other
left-handed batters like Southworth,
Lyle Bigbee and Hollacher could not
fathom his hooks.
Noyes fanned six men,. Irt his three
Innings and allowed one hit. He was
a trifle wild, but effective. All four
of the St. Mary's runs accrued during
Peek's occupancy of the box. Two
walks and a double filled the bases In
the fifth Inning. One run scored on an
out and two more registered on Lutge's
triple to left. St. Mary's scored another
in the eighth on a walk and a single.
As a spectacle the game abounded
In such thrills as one might expect
at a missionaries' convention. The
Coast Leaguers amassed five runs in
the first three frames, and took away
all the zest for the small scattering
of fans.
Quinn's single, Southworth's double
and "Skeet" Bigbee's sacrifice counted
two in the first inning. Derham's sin
gle and theft and Noyes' two-bagger
added another In the second. South
worth injected a dash -of "pep" into
the affray in the next Inning by poling
the horsehide into somebody's turnip
patch beyond the right wall. Carson
Bigbee's double steal of third and
Stumpf's sacrifice contributed another
score in this stanza. Stumpf later
whacked a double into center and
scored two more tallies in the fifth
and it was Stumpf's single in the sev
enth that added the final registration.
Bartholomy, Black, Lyle, Bigbee,
Hollacher and Derham youthful re
cruits were in the Beaver lineup and
got by without casualties.
St. Mary's will close the series to
morrow. The score:
Portland St. Marys
B H O A E! B H O A E
Mouoe r,2 a i a i u:Maner,3. . 5 2 o 3 ('
Quinn. 1 ..5 3
Pouthw'h.l 5 3
O.BIgbee.s 1 1
Sturapf,3. 3 2
Speos.m . .30
Derham.r. 4 1
Bartho'y.c 3 0
Noyee.p... 1 1
Peek. p.. . 2 0
It. Big'e.m 1 O
Black. c 1 0
5 0 Oj Wilson. m. 3 0 2 00
1 0 0 Hamilt'n,2 4 O 2 80
2 2 lGulsto,l. . 5 0 10 10
2 2 l'Lutse.r. . . 5 2 O.OO
0 0 O'Carpent'r.s 4 13 0 0
1 OOjMoy.c 2 1 6 0 0
7 1 OiPrentlM.l. 2 0 4 00
0 0 0 Collina.p. . 10 0 30
0 1 0!Johnson.p. 0 0 0 10
0 OOWhelan.p. 2 0 0 10
8 0 0
Totals .34 12 27 7 2 Total. 83 27 13 0
Portland 2 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 8
Hits 2 2 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 12
Et. Mary's 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 4
Hits 0 1 0 1 2 O 1 1 0 8
Runs, (juinn, souinwortn o, c .Higoee 8,
TAKEN 'MIDST
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Derham. Maher, Guisto. Moy, Whelan.
Stolen bases, Quinn, iSouthworth, C. Bigbee
2, Derham. Home run, Southworth. Three
base hit. Lutge. Two-base hits, Southworth
2. C. Bigbee, Stumpf. Maher, Carpenter.
Sacrifice hits. C. Bigbee, stumpf. Bases on
balls, off Noi 3. Peek 4. Johnson 2, Whe
lan 1. Struck out, by Noyes 6. Peek 7, Col
lins 1, Johnson 1, Whelan 3. Hit by pitcher.
Peek 1. Whelan 2. Double play. Hamilton
to Carpenter. Wild pitch, Collins 1. Time,
2 hours.
2 CATCHERS TO BE RETAINED
Haworth and Fisher Slated for Reg
ular Berths With Beavers.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Portland Train
ing Camp, March 18. (Special.) Only
two catchers will be carried by the
Portland Coast Club after the first
three weeks of the season. These tv
will undoubtedly be Gus Fisher and
Homer Haworth, both left-handed bats
men. Three others were on the staff at
present, Al Bartholemv. Portland
semi-professional; Arthur Black, a San
Francisco recruit, and Fish, who is
training out with the Philadelphia Na
tionals. Black likely will be released outrie-ht
or "farmed" somewhere, and Fish has
been ordered to stay with the Phils.
MeCredie practically has rietr)ri
keep Bartholemy until the Beavers go
north to open at Portland April 18.
Then or thereabouts he will be trans-
ierrea to Spokane to Nick Williams'
custody.
Of course. Mack intends to Icap,ti n
string on Bart, for ne youngster looks
promising. iart was the boy who made
his debut for Portland last Fall in the
inter-league game at Seattle when Port
land gave Seattle such a severe lacing.
He caught great ball that frrnr,r.n
and as a chaser belted a two-base swat
over Hunky Shaw's head and scored
one oi jr-ortiand's tallies.
OAKS GET FIRST TEST TODAY
Lineup Against Vallejo Likely to Be
That of Opening Game.
BOTES SPRINGS. CaL. March 18.
(Special.) The "Live Oaks" will In
dulge in their ffrst practice game of
tne season tomorrow afternoon, when
they will oppose a semi-pro team from
Vallejo.
This will afford the fans the first
real chance to get a line on the 1916
Oaks in battle formation.
Sharp infield praetice was indulged
in morning and afternoon and the out
fielders also had good workouts at each
session.
Lane, the newcomer, appeared in a
uniform today and worked with the
outfielders.
The "Oaks" all aver they are In the
pink of condition" , and each member
of the team expresses a desire for the
first actual pennant battle to roll
around.
The lineup for the Sunday game will
probably be the regular bitting order
of the Oaks in the first series at SaU
Lake. Barbeau's cut finger mended
sufficiently for him to appear both
workouts today and he will be in the
lineup tomorrow.
1
StJf BRIXGS OUT TRACK MEX
Athletes at Willamette University
Rapidly Rounding to Form.
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY, Salem
Or.. March 18. (Special.) The good
weather of the last few days has been
putting the track men in good condi
tion. Every night a fair-sized num
ber are out taking regular work, and
after Spring vacation it is thought a
large number of new men will begin
to show up.
At present the following men seem
to be lined up for the dashes: Small
Bynon Ford, Steeves. The 440 men are
Grosvenor. Attebury and Priddy. Jack
son, Stewart. Kelty. Wilson, Mann and
Rahskoff are the distance men, and
Sparks, a freshman and an athlete of
all-around ability, seems to be the best
bet for the pole vault. The weights
will be taken care of by Tobie, Ray
mond. Archibald and "Tubby" Hen
dricks. ,
ROOKIES AND
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WILIE IS STRANDED
Player Fails to Get Transpor
tation at Waco, Tex.
S0TH0R0N IN MUDDLE, TOO
McCredles May Get Rhoades From
Phillies Dave Gregg to Get
Chance With Spokane; Deal
Is on for Aggie Star.
Judge W. W. MeCredie received a
telegram from Outfielder D. E. Wilie
yesterday afternoon from his home in
Waco, Tex. It was that he had not
as yet received his railroad ticket and
asked that the local magnate send
Instructions. Instead of telegraphing
Wilie, Judge MeCredie got after the
railroad company, which promised to
have the ballplayer's fare delivered at
once.
This puts a "crimp" in Walt McCre
die's idea that the crack gardener
would be on the Job at Sacramento to
day. He undoubtedly got started Sacramento-ward
yesterday, or will today.
Pitcher Allen Spthoron is another
hopeful who has had trouble pocketing
his carfare. The Portland jurist can't
get any information from the railroad
company regarding the situation. The
company doesn't seem to be able to
find out whether the youthful
flinger has received it or not. Word
was received by Judge MeCredie from
Sothoron, who is in Dayton, O., early
last week saying that his ticket wasn't
there. The McCredles telegraphed him
the ticket one week ago last Tuesday.
' Sothoron Appears Confident.
"Sothoron Is a youngster and must
feel confident of making the team for
he "is not in camp and we have received
no word from him for the past few
days. He had better hurry out and
get in shape or else maytind it dif
ficult to hold a place." said Judge Me
Credie yesterday.
When asked whether or not Walter
MeCredie would accept Pitcher Rhoades,
of ihe Philadelphia Nationals who is
reported as going to be turned over
to Portland within two weeks, the
Portland owner said:
"Walter MeCredie received a tele
gram from the Philadelphia manage
ment offering us Rhoades while en
route to the Sacramento training camp.
Walter returned a tentative accept
ance, asking the Phillies to hold
Rhoades until" April 1. That date is
only two weeks away and I presume
that if the Portland staff doesn't look
formidable by that time, or in case
Sothoron doesn't show up, he will grab
the twirler who finished last season
with the National League champions.
However, Walter is in no way com
pelled to take him April 1. it is en
tirely up to him."
Rhoades' Record Is Good.
Pitcher Rhoades is a big right
hander and was with Milwaukee in
the American Association last year. He
worked in 22 games, won seven and
lost nine and proved one of the most
effective slab artists in the league,
as revealed by the earned run com
pilation. Rhoades allowed only 2.57 runs a
game, which with a good club behind
Kauff
lfll Bridgeport
1912 Hartfurd
1B12 Brockton
Hi I:; Hartford
1U14 Indianapolis
llG Brooklyn
Totals. 623
REGULARS AT
St.
fiim should have been sufficient to win
about 70 per cent of his starts.
He was switched over in the latter
part of the season, to the Phillies.
Dave Gregg, whose ticket was taken
up by the Portland management when
he did not call for it promptly at
Clarkston, Wash., will get a chance
with Spokane if he wants it. Manager
Nick Williams, of the Indians, an
nounced this yesterday.
Ed Kennedy, who played semi-professional
ball with the Piedmont Ma
roons in the City League last season,
has been eigned by President F. C. Farr,
of Spokane. It was Farr's intention to
use Big Ed in the outfield and to fill
in at first base in a pinch.
George Varnell recommended him to
Spokane.
Nick Williams has made it known
that he only wishes to have youngsters
on the Spokane roster this year, and
Eddie may find it tough pickings. Ken
nedy has been employed during the past
Winter as special agent for the North
Pacific Terminal Company. Nick may
try to get Walter Nurgan, Oregon Aggie
shortstop, to Join his squad at the end
of the school year in June.
ROIiLEIt HOCKEY IS IX FAVOR
Everett-Street Boys Practice Hard
for Rose Festival Event.
Practice is being enforced by the
youthful manager of the Everett street
roller hockey team daily. This team
will meet an all-star aggregation on
Sixth street between Washington and
Alder streetsduring the Rose Festival.
The boys average between 13 and IS
years of age. They play Ahe game,
using the same rules aa me regular ice
hockey game and the same clubs. The
rubber heel of a shoe is used for a
puck.
Following are all the members of the
Everett-street club: Bill Collins. Freddy
Collins, Dave Wright, James Lynch,
Richard Duffy. Lawrence Smith. Lewis
Coulter, Bob Hawkins, George Brown,
Orville Boyles and Fred Paget. As
only seven can play at a time, this ag
gregation carries quite a squad.
BOB VAUGHX GROWS NERVOUS
Beaver Holdout Has Xo Inkling of
What Will Become of Him. .
TACOMA, March 18- (Special.)
Robert Vaughn, second baseman for the
St. Louis Feds last season, is still up
a treo and out on a limb, for he is not
certain as to what he will do this sea
son. He has heard nothing from the
East, and present negotiations with
Manager MeCredie, of the Portland
club, have been discontinued.
Vaughn declares that the only way
he will talk business with MeCredie is
under condition that the latter take the
Federal League contract into consider
ation. Vaughn asserts that MeCredie
ignored this feature of the deal en
tirely. At present Vaughn is aiding his
father in the latter's campaign for a
place on the City Commission.
MISS BJURSTEDT KEEPS TITLE
Famous Tennis Player Takes Indoor
Finals in Straight Sets.
NEW TOKK, March 18. Miss Molla
Bjurstedt retained her holding of the
women's national indoor tennis cham
pionship here today by defeating Mrs.
Frederick Schmidtz, of this city. In the
final match of the titular tournament
on the courts of the Seventh Regiment
Armory. The girl from Norway won in
straight sets, 6-2, 6-1.
Miss Bjurstedt and Mtes Marie Wag
ner won the national doubles champion
ship in straight sets. In the final of
that event they defeated Mrs. Freder
ick Smith and Mrs. S. F. Weaver, 6-2,
6-3. '
PREVIOUS WORK OF BENNY KATJIT.
Batting Fielding
O. R. H Sb. Sh. Av. Po. . A. E. A v.
11 50 1S3 4S 2 .214 l."i7 12 12 .97
.-.3 40 f,3 11 3 21 M 0 5 .947
29 15 24 I 3 .2UK 71 2 H .)
133 HI 17H 45 2.". 22'J IS 1.". .l40
154 118 210 75 lit . .ortij .".10 2 15 .."S
136 02 116 64 7 .344 319 33 14 .962
623 484 723 234 66 1,678 1160 1 00 64
BEAVERS' SACRAMENTO TRAINING CAMP
THREE REPORT LATE
Irve Higginbotham, as'Usual,
Reaches Camp in Shape.
NIXON MAKES IMPRESSION
Dunn, Recruit Rlght-Handcr, Joins
Beavers Wilie, Sothoron and
Vaughn Are Now Only Men
in List of Missing.
PORTLAND TRAINING CAMP, Sac-
mento, Cal.. March 18. (Special.)
Three of the near-losts of the Portland
squad reported to Manager MeCredie
today Irve Higginbotham, veteran
pitcher: Billy Nixon, new outfielder
secured from Cleveland, and Dunn, a
dark-haired Irish husky who hails from
Kansas City. Dunn is a right handed
pitcher of the semi-pro specie. He is a
protege of Bill Armour.
Nixon was out in uniform In the
afternoon' and favorably Impressed
everybody with his actions. He some
what resembles Roy" Moran, former
Sacramento outfielder, although shorter
and more stockily built. He hit .293
last year in the American association.
"First time In my ball career I finished
below .300," said he.
Higginbotham, as usual, reported in
condition.
Dennis Wilie, outfielder; Sothorn,
pitcher from St. Louis, and Bobby
Vaughn, infielder, are the members
from the squad still missing. Players
in camp are eagerly awaiting the out
come ' of the muddle between Vajighn
and the St. Louis club. He is needed to
round out the Beaver infield.
There is some talk of cancelling the
proposed series with Santa Clara Col
lege. If so, Portland will take on a
local team known as the Lavensons
next Saturday and Sunday. Only four
games will comprise the series with the
Chicago colored giants; dates March 30,
31 and April 1 and S.
Cullen. outfielder, was not in uniform
today. Cullen turned his ankle against
St. Mary's Friday and was ordered to
take a rest.
MUFFED FLY LETS SEALS WTX
Perritt, Couch and Machold Tonched
for Seven Hits by Santa Clara.
SAN JOSE, Cal., March' 18. (Spe
cial.) Except for an error by Center
Fielder Milburn, of Santa Clara, this
afternoon a dropped ball at the end
of a hard sprint the Seals would have
been returned losers instead of win
ners in their first outside competition
for 1916. That miscue was mighty
costly, for, with two tucked away, the
ballooning came into evidence. Roy
Bliss, the college southpaw, went to
pieces and seven runs crossed the plate.
It left the San Franciscans sliding
along comparatively easy, and they won
by a score of- 8 to 3. Melhoff, a husky
right-hander, had a spitter that was
breaking nicely, and held the Coast
Leaguers to but one run and a scratchy
infield hit for the remainder of the
Journey. Score:
' R H. E. R. H. E.
Santa Clara 3 7 3?an Fran 8 6 0
Batteries Bliss. Melhoff and Mulhol
Iand: Perritt. Couch, Machold and
O'Brien, Harwood.
EVERETT TO PLAY HOQUIAM
Football Game to Be Staged in Grays
"Harbor Scheduled.
HOQUIAM. Wash.. March IS. The
Everett High School football team is
to play the Hoquiam team here next
season. The game probably will be
played October 2S. Arrangements for
tne game have just been made and
Everett has asked for the date men
tioned. ,
This will be the first time the Ever
ett team ever has played here or on
the harbor. Last year Hoquiam de
feated Everett on the Everett grounds.
Other big games are in sight for the
1916 Hoquiam team. Wenatchee has
asked for a game and wants to come
here on Thanksgiving day. This would
be Impossible, as the Hoquiam and Ab
erdeen high schools have an agreement
made last year fixing a Thanksgiving
day, game between the two schools as
an annual institution.
IXTERSCEDIATES TO GFTE DAXCE
Younger Members of .Multnomah
Club to Entertain Thursday.
The intermediates of the Multnomah
Amateur Athletic Club are planning a
big time for Thursday night. The
board of directors of the club has sanc
tioned an informal dance to be ,pi ven
by the Intermediates in the clubrooms
next Thursday night.
Jack Crossley, Reed Ellsworth, James
Burness and Jack Holden went before
the board for the intermediates and
their pleas did not fall on deaf ears.
The grand prom will start at 8:30
o'clock. The oatronesses of the, even.
ing will be mothers of several of the
boys.
VAUGHN GREAT BUNTER
NEW BEAVER SAID TO HAVE NO
PEER IN ONE'LIXE.
Mickey LaLonge Advises Ixlng Infield
er at Third, but MeCredie Say
Stumpf Will Be There.
PORTLAND TRAINING CAMP. Sac-J
ramento, Cal., March 18. .(Special.)
Pacific Coast League fans are due to
glimpse the greatest all-around bunt
artist in the world when Bobby Vaughn.
Portland's new second-sacker, trots
into action.
At least this is Mickey LaLonge's
size-up of the situation. Mick has
played in nearly every league under the
sun, from the Epworth to the I. O. U.,
and is entitled to consideration as a
modern Solomon in things pertaining to
the diamond.
"Vaughn was on the same, club with
me at Buffalo two years ago," ex
plained the former Coast League back
stop the other day, as he watched the
Beavers unlimber here. "I don't think
he has a peer as a bunter in the game.
He can lay one down the third-hase
line and make the ball stick out Its
tongue and cross its heart and do all
sorts of funny little stunts."
LaLonge declares ttfat Vaughn Is a
good hitter, but a trifle spike shy in
tagging runners.
"Of course, he is a little fellow with
small hands, and he has to be careful."
added LaLonge. "Up there he played
third base, and I should think MeCredie
would use him at third."
Manager Walt intends to use him at
second., however. If he reports, for he
says Stumpf is a corking good man on
hard-hit balls and only mediocre on
slow, grounders rolled to him when
playing second.
Johnny Lush put In one year on the
Montreal club with Vaughn three or
four seasons ago.
SEALS WANT FARM
Wolverton Deplores Lack of
State League for Rooks.
COAST WILL LOSE STARS
Block Says Angel Infield Is Better.
on Paper Than in Play Big
Six Steen Picked to Lead
All Pitchers in League.
SAN FRANCISCO, March IS. (Spe
cial.) Harry Wolverton is lamenting
that there Isn't a stato league or at
least some minor league to take care
of the young talent that Coast League)
clubs cannot use.
"I haven't a ballplayer here at San
Jose with me." he explained. who
doesn't appear to have a promising fu
ture. At the same time, since we will go
through with no more than 16 players,
I will be forced to cut 'the squad in
two. I simply can't hold fast to a lot
of ballplayers who ought to develop
and the chances are they will be lost to
us for all time. If we had a minor
league we could place these youngsters
where we could watch them."
Anicrl Infield Belittled.
George Block, the San Francisco
catcher, is well acquainted with soma
of the new infielders with the Los An
geles club, but he predicts that tha
champs have nothing about which to
worry.
"On paper," he said, "the Angels look
like a heavy hitting aggregation, but
we don't have to bother. At least that
is my impression from what I remem
ber of these same boys in the Western
League. Koerner will likely outhit
Autrey or Myers at first, but will not
field with Autrey. Jerry Downs will
bat better than Polly McLarry, who, I
must admit, is a great fielder. Fisher,
their shortstop, I only knon? by repu
tation, but I like Duckey Jones better
at third 'than Rapp, the Western
Leaguer over whom they are raving so
much. Rapp is a grand ielder but that
lets him out."
Steen In Good Shape.
Block is also willing to hazard tha
opinion that Big-Six Steen will be the
leading pitcher in the Pacific Coast
League this season. Steen certainly
appears to be in good shape, conler
ing that he hasn't seen a ball game
since last Spring. He has been doing
some bowling, however, and that haa
likely kept him in good shape.
Henry Berry is here and threatens to
remain during the entire training sea
son. Hen got into uniform, true to
promise, the first day out. but he
weakened later in the week and nom
inated and elected himself as chairman
of tne reception committee and head
of the Baseball Greeters. At that.
Berry has made a lot of friends and it
will do his team no harm when the
San Joseans happens to visit San Fran
cisco during the next half year.
BASEBALL CAPTAIXS CHOSEN1
Leaders for Sunday Morning Game
Teams to Select Lineups.
William J. Lewis, chairman of the
baseball committee of the Multnomah
Amateur .Athletic Club, yesterday an
nounced who would captain the teams
in the Sunday Morning House League.
They are Charles Barton, two-time
champion; Harry Fischer, Bert Allen,
Milton F. Penfield, E. C. Sammons and
William R. Smyth.
The committee will get together this
morning and select-the teams so that
everything will be ready to start op
erations next Sunday morning on Mult
nomah Field. A double-header will be
staged each Sunday until the schedule
has been completed and then a first
team will be chosen by Captain Lewis,