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v 2 THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAN, PORTLAND, MAT 13. 1917. 12-IIG MATINEE WON BY PORTLAND Timely Swat by Ken Williams Paves the Way for Beavers' Seventh Straight Victory., ANGELS GET 15 SAFETIES One-Handed Circus Catches Made by Rodgers, Davis and Borton; Mag- gert Also Stars Scores Cut Off by Good Fielding. Pacific Coast League Standings. W. L. Pct.i W. L. Pet. Halt Lake. . .21 14 .OOOlOakland IS 18 .BOO S. Francisco. 22 15 .G9.1iVernon 16 22.421 Portland . . . IS 18 .520!Lks Angeles. .13 23 .301 Yesterday's Results. At Portland Portland 4. Los Angeles 8 (12 Innings). At Pan Francisco San Francisco 5, Salt Lake 2. At Los Angeles Oakland 6. Vernon 3. BY ROSCOE FAWCETT. Thanks to the batting: orbs of Ken neth Williams, Portland defeated the Los Angeles Seraphs for the fourth con secutive time in a highly-flavored bat tle yesterday that went 12 innings to a 4-3 score. The victory was Portland's seventh straight win. If the Beavers don't stop soon there'll be an exciting race in the Coast League for second place. Ken Penner and Hogg occupied the mounds for their respective clubs. Hogg allowed only six hits in the 12 innings, whereas Penner wobbled around like a mud-hen on land nearly all the route. The Angels slammed him for 15 safe ties, but somehow couldn't connect when a hit would have spelled ruin for the Mack men. Thua the battle waged until the 12th Inning, when the Angels finally broke through the Beavers' defense, and, tak ing advantage of a wild heave to sec ond by Hollocher, registered a run that looked as big as one of the Albers' mill storage tanks. YVlIle Starts Fireworks. Inasmuch as Portland had not rung the gong since the fourth inning the outcome bore all the earmarks of a S-2 victory fpr the Angels. Wilte raised some hopes in the breasts of the 2000 fans, however, by beating out an infield hit through the box in the 12th. Farmer laid down a beautiful bunt and advanced him to second. Borton walked, putting men on first and second with one out and Ken Williams at bat. Some ballplayers are pluggers, while others shine in the pinches, and Will iams apparently belongs to the latter fraternity. After looking over a couple of Hogg's slants, Williams connected solidly with the sphere, lamming a line drive over Oleichmann's head that cored Wilie from second and put Bor ton on third base. Paddy Siglln brought Borton home for the winning tally on a sacrifice fly to Maggert, ringing down the cur tain. Game Foil of Features. Any number of unusual features cropped out to make the game bristly and exciting. For instance: . -. Gus Fisher's arm worked like a piece of well-oiled machinery. Gustave flagged four of the Angels attempting to pull fancy footwork on the paths. One-handed circus catches were re corded by Rodgers, Davis and Borton, not to mention a sterling running spear by Maggert and a one-hand pickup by Kenneth: .Williams that came within an ace of resulting in a freak throw out of Maggert at first base. In the 12th the Beavers nipped a run at the plate, after passing the ball through the fingers of every man on the Portland club, excepting Penner and Farmer. Hollocher tossed wide to second base trying to force Vaughn, the ball scooting on to right field; Wilie returned it to third base; Siglln shot it back to Rodgers to head off Schultz, and, after Juggling the blonde Angel around for a spell, Williams crept in behind, took the throw from Borton and lined it home in time to catch Vaughn at the plate. Umpire Casey Is Spiked. Add to this the spiking of an umpire and you have a general line on a base ball barrage that sent the fans home reconciled to conscription and cold din ners. Maggert did the spiking as he rounded third base in the third Inning, and Perle Casey's right hoof receipted for it. Later in the game Casey called a third strike on Maggert. and his de cision almost brought on an attack of hydrophobia. The Angels scored their first . two runs in the initial inning on Maggert's walk, Vaughn's double down the third base line, an infield out and Meusel's single to center. Portland came back with one' In the second,, when Williams- walked, stole second and third and registered on Bassler's high throw to the third sta tion. Farmer's three-base hit and Bor ton's sacrifice y tied the score for Portland in the fourth. - . This 2-2 tie continued until the 12th, when all the fireworks exploded In a bunch. Los Angeles f a K. H o A' Maggr't.m 8 2 Vaushn.2 6 1 Schultz.3 6 0 Mensel.r. .Ellts.l. . Basaler.c G-'ch'n.a Xavls.. liogg.p Portland. B R H O A 6 2 4 O 5 0 5 0 5 O 5 0 a a o M' others 4 n i n n 3 1 4!Rodgers.2 5 0 1 4 5 a J. nwine.r.. 4 1111 0 'S O'Borton.l. 8 1 0 12 1 S 4 w rnu.ni 4 1 1 n 1 0 13 lSlglln.3.. 3 0 0 8 4 " a runer.c. 4 0 0 8 4 S I 2Penner.p. 3 0 o a a Totals. .46 8 1535 15! Totals. . 34 4 6 36 21 Two out when winning run scored. Los Angeles ....20000000000 1 3 Hits 2 12 1110 112 1 215 Portland 0 1010000000 2 4 Hits 0 0011 0 01001 2 ti Errors. Baasley. Davis, Hollocher. Siglln Btrurk out. by Hogg 5. Penner 7. Bases on balls, off Hogg 6, Penner 3. Two-base hits Vaughn. Hollocher. Hogg. Maggert. Three base hit. Farmer. Double play, Rodgers to Borton. Sacrifice hits. Borton. Farmer Siglln. Stolen bases. Williams 2. Slglin Vaughn. Passed ball .Bassler. Huns re sponsible for, Hogg 3. Penner 2. Time of game. 2 hours, 15 minutes. Umpires. Casey and Phyla. OAKS EASILY DEFEAT VEKXOX Quinn, Tiger Hurler, Is Wild and Allows 13 Hits. LOS ANGELES. Cal., May 12. Oak land again won from Vernon in a game devoid of unusual features. Quinn. for Vernon, was Inclined to be wild, and allowed 18 hits. Burns, who pitched for the visitors. . had three turns at bat when the bases were full, but failed to get a hit. Score: Oakland ' I Vernon BRHOAI BRHOA O'Mara.2 5 1 2 2 3-h'db'ne.l 6 12 4 0 Adams.l 5 0 2 15 UDoane.r.. 3 0 10 0 Xane.m.. 3 12 3 OlS'dgr's'.m 4 2 10 0 Lee.1.... 5 0 2 1 OlGrlggs.1.. 4 0 3 7 0 Viller.r.. 8 0 11 O'Gal way,3 4 0 1 1 1 Murphy. 3 5 12 1 3 M'La'ry.2 3 0 1 5 4 Sheeh'n.s 2 2 11 4!Cal!ah'n.s 4 O 0 2 3 Murray. o 2 112 llslmon.c. 4 D O 8 4 Burns.p. 4 0 0 1 1 Quinn. p.. 4 0 10 1 Mid'lton 2 0 0 0 1 Totals. .36 6 13 27 14 Totals.. 35 3 10 27 13 Batted for Miller In seventh Inning. Oakland .'. 00300210 0 S Vernon 20000100 0 3 Errors. Adams. Miller, Sheehan. Oalloway 2. Callahan. Stolen base. Lane. Two-base hit. U'-Mara. Sacrifice hits, Done,NMc- GUARDIANS OF THE "HOME BASE" ON THE PORTLAND BASEBALL CLUB. Larry 2. Btruck out, by Quinn, 6; by Bums. Mi ' ' . - ' :-. i "s- , -; 4, 1 . A I 2. Bases on balls, off Quinn. 6. Buns re- i - " " 1 . - ' - .J .-iy-' V'1 '; I I sponsible for. Burns. 1: Quinn, . fx. , ' sr -) y Jn f C '. , y " - - 1 - SEALS TROUNCE BEES, 5 ,TO S '" --'' ' . ' Ti V " ' 4 V ' ' Y J jA0 i f " San Francisco I - , ' 1 -v-iV-.-Fr.. - -. ...:?$ ; . jf," a 31182 ! XX AaJx NV F . 'iijv 1 U-liSS I "RED' RUPERTIS OUT WEATHER HANDICAP IN liiOfi LEAGUE Northwestemers Enter Fourth Week Playing Good Ball, Says Portus Baxter. LOSS OF EASTLEY IS BLOW Both Hannah and Rath Attempt to Throw Pellet Away. SAN FRANCISCO, May 12. Hughes and Schinkle were wild and mlsplays behind them costly. Two runs were scored when Hannah pegged Into cen ter field, one whei Rath threw t- the stand and one when Gislason juggled a grounder. Salt Lake now has three games and San Francisco two in this series. Score: " - Salt Lake Tobln.m. 4 Rath. 3... 4 Sheeley.l 3 Ryan.l 4 Q'lnlan.r 4 Orr.s 4 Qlslas'n.2 4 Hannah. c 3 Hughes. p 1 S'hinkle.p 1 Crandall 1 BR H O- A OjFltzgMd.r -Vr'lcK.a. . .. 0 Koerner.l 0!Schaller.l. 01Downs,2.. 1 ! Malsel.m.. HCorhan.s. 0;Baker.c. . ljBaum.p. . I Totals 83 2 9 24 01 Totals. 28 6 8 27 16 Batted for Schinkle In ninth. Salt Lake 2 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 2 Hits , 2 2 0 1 I 0 0 2 1 0 San Francisco o 3 1 0 o 0 0 1 x 5 Hits o 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 x 8 Krmra IT.nn. t, n..i. . . Three runs. 2 hits off Hughes. 6 at bat In J innings Stolen bases. Sheeley. Fitzgerald. Pick, Corhan 2. Home run, Ryan. Two base hits. Sheely, Schaller, Baum, Koerner, Crandall. Sacrifice hits, Malsel, Tobln. echlnkle. Baum. Bases on balls. Hughes 3. Baum 3. Schinkle 2. Struck out. Baum ar Schinkle 2. Hit by pitcher. "Baker, Pick, by Schinkle. Sacrifice fly. Baker. Double play. Rath to Uislason to Sheeley. Runs responsible for. Baum 2. Hughes 1. Left on bases. Salt Lake . San Francisco 10. Charge defeat to Hughes. Time of game. 1:42. Umpires. Held and Braehear. M'GIXXITY WINS TWO GAMES "Iron Man," In Box for Butte, Holds Vancouver Team at Bay. VANCOUVER, B. C. May 12. Joe Mc Ginnity pitched two games against Vancouver here tpday and won both of them. In the first he outpitched Rus sell, holding the Beavers to four hits, but In the second he was hit freely. Weakness at bat In tha pinches and errors In the first and second Innings gave him the game. Scores: First game R. H. E. Butte 3 8 0Vancouver Batteries McGInnity and Russell and Cadman. Second game R. H. E.l Butte 6 9 2Vancouver, Batteries McGinnity and Acosta and Cadman. Seattle 5, Spokane 12. SEATTLE, Wash.. May 12. Spokane's victory over Seattle is explained large ly in terms of Zamloch, who not only hit the ball when hits counted, but fielded his position in brilliant style. Score: R.H.E.I R.H.E. Spokane.. 12 12 3 Seattle 6 10 2 Batteries McMorran. Hendrlx and Baldwin: Klein, Dailey and Sullivan, T. Cunningham. R. H. E. 14 1 Kafora: R. H. E. 2 11 7 Kafora; Tacoma 1, Great Falls 0. TACOMA. Wash.. May 12. "Suds Sutherland scored his second shutout of the series today against Great Falls, Tacoma getting one run. Hall also pitched sterling ball, holding the Tigers to two "hits. Score: R H. E. R. H. E. Tacoma... r 2 1 1 Ore at Falls 0 4 0 Batteries Sutherland and Stevens: Hall ind Byler, Baseball Summary. STANDINGS OF THE TEAMS. National League. W. L. Pet. NewTork... 13 5.722 Chicago 18 0.867 Philadelphia 11 8 .570 St. Louis.. Boston . . . New York Chicago. . St. Louis. . 13 13 .500 8 14 .364 8 14 .804 7 13 .350 T 11 .3S9 8 14 .364 7 15..818 8 15 .286 9 .438 8 12 .400 6 12 .333 ! "W. L. Pet. Boston 8 9 .471 Cincinnati... 1116.407 Pittfthiirff- a is natt 12 10.543Brooklyn.... 0 13 !278 American League. . 15 5 .750'CMeveland. . . . 12 8 .600!Detroit . 15 12 .5o6 Washington. . 13 12 .3iU, Philadelphia American Association. Indianapolis 22 3 .815 Minneapolis. Kansas City. 12 7 .032. Milwaukee. . Louisville. .. 15 10 .600 Toledo. .... Columbus... 12 12 .600st. Paul .." Northwestern League. Tacoma 15 8 .833'Peattle 8 .un.iic. . . . e ancouver. Great Falls. 7 8 ,467jButte Testerday's Results. ; American Association At Minneapolis 8 Toledo 4: at St. Paul 3. Indianapolis 4; at Kansas City 8. Columbus 10: at Milwaukee 3. Louisville 5. Western League At Omaha 12", Tenver 1: at Sioux City 4. Wichita 12: at Des Moines T. St. Joseph 3: at Lincoln 2, Joplln 8. Southern Association At Atlanta 0. Mem phis 1; at Birmingham 8, Little Rock 5: at Mobile 8. Chattanooga 7; at New Orleans 2-3. Nashville 1-L How the Series Stand. Pacific Coast League Portland 4 games, Los Angeles no game: Salt Lake 8 games. Ran Francisco 2 gsmes: Oakland 3 games, Vernon 1 gams. Where the Teams Play Today. -Paclfle Cosst League Los Angeles at Port land. Osklsnd vs. Vernon at Los Angeies (two games). Salt Lake at San Francisco (two games). Where the Teams Play This' Week. Pacific Coast League Portland at San Francisco. Oakland at Salt Lake. Varnon at Los Angeles. Where the Teams Play Next Week. Paclfle Coast League--Portland at Ixs Aoe;es: .Vernon at Salt Lake; Oakland at Sun Fruncisco. BALL MAGNATES MEET PROBLEMS RESILTIXG FROM WAR, BAD WEATHER, DISCUSSED. Policy of "Watchful Waiting" to Be Punned for Present Player Limit Rale to Be Enforced. NEW TORK. May 12. After a three hour conference here today the Na tional League club owners decided to adopt a policy of "watchful waiting" before attempting to grapple with any of the new problems resulting from the war and adverse weather. The magnates discussed the nro- posed war tax; the drafting of play ers ior me Army; a later opening of the season; violation of the waiver rules; better telegraph facilities for the reporting of games, and a proposition to reduce the club rosters, but no defi nite action was taken. It was decided to enforce the present rule limiting the number of nlnvpr. clubs may carry, between May 15 and August 31, to 22, this allotment to In clude players either injured or sick. In case the Army draft hits the clubs hard, exceptions may be made to this rule. Ojving to lack of information as to how the proposed war tax is to be applied, the club owners were unable to arrange plans for its collection. The sale of revenue stamps, printing of new tickets with a tax coupon attached, and the collection of the tax in cash all were discussed. Several complaints of violations of the waiver rule were filed, and It was announced that In future anv such club which attempts to pass a player Into the minor leagues without first asking waivers -on him will be fined While the magnates stated that In clement weather of the last few weeks naa affected attendance, they were unanimous In the opinion that with better playing conditions there would be a marked improvement in gate re ceipts. RED SOX TRIM TIGERS LEAGUE LEADERS AXKEX 8 HITS AND SHUT OCT DETROIT. first inning, after drawing a pass and an error, scored the first run. while Hendrix" muff of - E. Collins' fly and Plpp's error on Jackson's grounder re sulted in the other run. Score: ' R. H E. R. H. E. New York. 1 6 4Chicago 2 S 2 Batteries Mogridge and Nunamaker, Scott and Schalk. Cleveland 1, .Washington 4. CLEVELAND, May 12. Gallia held Cleveland to three hits today and Washington won. Bagby also was ef fective, but Washington managed to bunch hits In two innings, while Judge's triple was responsible for a run in the fifth. Score: R. H E. R. IT. E. Washington 4 8 2Cleveland . . 13 1 Batteries Gallia and Henry; Bagby and O'Neil. CUBS WIN 4 STRAIGHT NATIONAL RUNNERS-CP SHUT OUT DODGERS, 1 TO O. Sothoron, for Browns. Blanks Ath leticsWhite Sox Stop Yanks. Senators Beat Indians. DETROIT, May 12. Boston took the third straight game from Detroit. Dauss was knocked out in the sixth. Score: R. H E.l R. H E. Boston 8 12 OjDetrolt 0 5 3 -Batteries E. Mays and Thomas; Dauss. Cunningham, James and Stan age. Telle. St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 0. ST LOUIS. May 12. In the first in ning two singles, a double, an out and a wild throw by Mclnnls produced three runs, and St. Louis won. Score: R- H E. R. H. E. Philadel.. 0 1 jSt. Louis .. . 4 8 0 Batteries Falkenberg. Siibold and Schang; Sothoron and Severeid. Chicago Xew York 1. CHICAGO, May 12. Erratic fielding by New York gave Chicago the game. Weaver's daring base running in the Giants Trim Rede When "Matty" la Presented With Silver Service. Phillies Trim Cardinals. BROOKLYN, N. Y.. May 12. Chicago won Its fourth straight from Brooklyn today. The only run came In the fourth, when Flack tripled and scored on Doyle's sacrifice fly. Score: R. H. E. RUE. Chicago 1' 4 OjBrooklyn. ...0 3 1 Batteries Seaton and i-lliott; Ffeffer and Meyers, Miller. Xew York 6, Cincinnati 3. NEW YORK. May 12. Nan York made it three straight ."rora Cincinnati today. Manager Mathewson, of Cin cinnati, was presented with a sliver service by local admirers. Dudley Field Malone, collector, of the port, in mak ing the presentation address, referred to Mathewson as the world's greatest athlete. Score: R. H. E.J R. H. E. Cincinnati. .3 5 lNew York. .J 8 0 Batteries Mitchell, Ring. Perry and Huhn; Benton, and McCaity, Gibson. Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 1. PHILADELPHIA. May 12. A clean sweep of the scries of three games with St. Louis was made by Philadelphia. Rlxey and Watson had a battle until the fourth, when Philadelphia began hitting. Score: R. H E. R. H. E. St. Lo-jls...l 5 0Phtladelph!a.3 7 1 Batteries Wa on North and Sny der; Rixey and Killifer. Pittsburg at Boston postponed; wet grounds. CUEMAWA BEATS MOUXT ANGEL Collegians Lose In 14th Inning in Pitchers Battle. CHEMAWA INDIAN SCHOOL. Che mawa. Or., May 12. (Special.) Che mawa gave the Mount Angel College team its first beating of the season this afternoon. 2 to 1, in 14 innings. Sohler, of Mount Angel, knocked a home run On the first ball pitched to him as the first man up in the first inning. This was the St. Benedict lads' only score. . Chemawa scored In the sixth and the 14th. Pitchers Kasberger. Mount An gel, and Betties, Chemawa, struck out 19 and 10 men, respectively. Baby Beavers Are Withdrawn From Inter-City League. NEW TEAM IS SUBSTITUTED President Bay Declares Trouble Arose Because He Would Not Al low Manager to "Run Things." Today's Games Announced. Intercity League Standings. . W L. Pel w. L. Pc. Kenton 1 o 1 ono1 Bearcats. .. . 0 1 .noo Kirkpatrlcks 1 0 luOOlCamas 0 1 ,0u0 Today's Gamrs. Kirkpatrlcks at Camas. Bearcats vs. Kenton at Columbia Park Manager "Red" Rupert, of the Baby Beavers, -has pulled his team out of the Inter-City League and declares he will play independent ball. This is the first bit of dissension raised In the circuit since It was organized In 1914. Presi dent Fred Norman Bay says that Ru pert withdrew because he could not "run" the whole works. New Team la Full. Vice-President-Treasurer George Rob erts Grayson has gathered together a team which will fill the shoes of the Baby Beavers until another team is ready to Btep into the harness. The new nine will be called Grayson's Bear cats and will play its first game this afternoon against Kenton at Columbia Park at 1:30 o'clock. Tom Galvln and Henry Dlllard will pitch for the Bearcats, Wallace Chllders win play third base and Ray Kennedy will pastime In one of the gardens. Chllders Is one of Rupert's players who has lumped htm. Others are expected to follow. ' Next Sunday one of the Inter-City League games will be played at Vaughn-street, when It is expected that Inflelder Ralph Ptnelli and Pitcher Oscar Theander Harstad, of the Port land Pacific Coast League club, will be inserted in on of the lineups. Schedule to Be Announced. President Bay will announce the sea son's schedule this week. The game between the Kirkpatrlcks and Camas will start at Camas at 2:30 o'clock. Umpire Kirby Drennen will work at Camas, with Ed Rankin as signed to Columbia Park. "The trouble between the league and Rupert started over the schedule." said President Bay last night. "Rupert and BUI Heales, of the Kirkpatrick Stars, composed the schedule committee. Ru pert wanted to go to Camas tomorrow so that he could open up at Vaughn street the following Sunday. It was not his turn to do so. I have taken a lot from him, but he can't run the league while I'm the boss." concluded the man who has placed semi-professional baseball on a firm footing. Arnicos to Play Hibernians. Manager Brooks, of the John S. Beall Armco baseball team, has made arrangements to play the Hibernian nine on the East Twelfth and East Davis street grounds this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The poor weather of late has been such that the Armco rep resentatives have been unable to get out for practice. Doran and Max Swerdllck will take turns pitching to the Hibernians. Kolehmalnen Wins Marathon. NEW YORK, May 12. Hans Koleh mainen, unattached, of New York, won the Evening Mail's seventh annual modified marathon race today. Ills time was 1 hour 7 minutes 114-5 sec onds for the distance of Ui miles. Seattle Hit Hard and It Is Said Nick Williams Has Not Bunch Equal to Last Year's Aggregation, Though They Are Dangerous. BY PORTUS BAXTER. SEATTLE. Wash., May 12. (Special.) The Northwestern Baseball League enters the fourth week of its schedule playing good ball. The general aver age has been so much better than last year tbat the last vestige of doubt about the return to a satisfactory arti cle of the National pastime being served up to the fans has disappeared. It is really surprising that the players have stood jp so well under the wea- I ther handicap. Comparatively few of the men are on the shelf from sore armn anil Pharlnv Kavubu ! Unless misfortunes should overtake the Tigers, there is little chance of dis placing them from the lead in the race during the coming week, especially with Sutherland and Henry Peterson pitching such high-class balL Peterson will be recalled as the former pride of St. Martin's College, which is lo cated between Tacoma and Ovmrjla. He had his first professional tryout with j Seattle. I always liked his goods, but there was no denying that in the early stages of his career there was a vast difference between the goods he showed in practice and in an actual game. The addition of Fred Carman to Se attle's outfield has made a wonderful difference in the aggresive strength of the club. Carman. is fielding well and hitting the ball just as he did the last time he was in the Northwestern League. The injury to his leg may have taken a trifle off his speed, but I confess I have not noticed it- He is a six-footer, and yet he can turn the 100 in 10 and l-5th seconds.- Alonar with the fine work of Carman comes the gradual development of Goidie. who is playing in left field. He Is covering enough ground to hold his lob, and has had it on any other left fielder to date for fine pegging to the bases on returns of caught flies or safe hits. Twice he has delivered the telling punch in ninth-inning rallies. While the fielding and batting of Se attle has reached a point where Man ager Bill Leard can sleep nights his troubles are not ended by a long ways. In the first game of the season Pitcher Pat Eastley went in with an arm that was none too good, and eventually he had to retire, r He has been of no use to the team since that time, and it is problematical what the outcome will be. The loss of Eastley has been a serious blow to Seattle, especially as the other pitchers hare not developed the steadi ness requisite to take advantage of the scoring strength of the club. An in spection of the games played in recent time win show that Seattle has got enough runs to win most of their games with steady pitching. Of course there is a lot of hustling being done to make up for the unexpected defect, but in the meantime danger threatens no mat ter how many runs Seattle may be In the lead. A good illustration of the situation Is found in last Wednesday" game. Seattle had Spokane 4 to 1 in the middle of the combat, but Eddie Klein suddenly developed an unsteady streak, and after filling the bases forced in one run with a pass, and then another came over when he was hit by a pitched ball. Manager Bill Leard used two new recruits to finish' the game, Llbke, a youngster from Port land, and Blake, who was with Salt Lake early in the season, and Reppey. another former Coast Leaguer. It was an awful exhibition of bad pitching, and Spokane won out by a score of 10 to 6. Releases have been given to Ro,p pey, Llbke and Rock. Blake will be retained, because he showed signs of having nerve. The coming week will bring Butte to Seattle for their first series. Joe McGinnity has a lot of new faces, so the fans await the coming of the "Iron Man" and his followers with consider able interest. In passing It may be said that while Spokane is not the smooth machine it was last year, Nick Williams has a bunch that is dangerous all the way. They never know when they are beaten and are no respecters of pitchers. WILLIE RITCHIE FINDS BERTH AS OFFICER NOT EASY TO GET Lack of Higher Education Proves Stumbling Block to Athlete Harry B. Smith Sends Other San Francisco Sport Gossip. . BY HAI.RY B. SMITH SAN FRANCISCO. May 12. (Spe cial.) Willie Ritchie, former light weight champion of the world and a member of last year's civilian camp at Del Monte, had his application for a berth in the officers' reserve corps negatived because of a lack of higher education. Willie wasn't exactly turned down, but when the officer 'n charge learned that Ritchie was minus even a full grammar school education, he advise him against making applica tion. "There" will be some stiff examina tions for the men who are seeking commissions in the Army, he told Ritchie, "and the chances are with your lack of education you might be hard put to pass. For instance, do you know how to extract the square root?" Willie confessed that he didn't know how to extract the square root and that he didn't know Just what it meant. And the funny part of it all was that when the proposition of extracting the square root of 13 was asked of the men in the editorial rooms of one of San Francisco's daiyl papers, no one could solve the problem until a briht office boy was called for the answer. He worked it out in no time. Of course that is more or .ess exag gerated, but it merely goes to prove that getting into the Army as an offi cer isn't going to be the easiest tiling in the world, and that athletes all over the country who are going In for this sort of life may discover it before their three ronths of training have been completed. Ritchie, while he hasn't a world of education, is smarter by far than 99 per cent of the boxers in the country, and if he Is turned down, particularly In view of his military training of a month, the balance of the boys might as well decide to line up with the rank and file. Ritchie has aspirations to Join the aviation corps and it is likely sooner or later he will be accommodated. He may find it necessary to enter lower d,own than as an officer, but he has al ready signified his willingness to do that when it becomes necessary. The Olympic Club, as befits an ath letic organization of 3000 members, has taken steps looking to the training of its members, in order that they may be prepared for action when they are called. An "Old Glory" dinner was held last Sunday night with more than 600 in attendance. There were speeches, of course, but there was action as well. The club by unanimous vote agreed to pay over 10 per cent of the monthly profits not less than $250 every month to the San Francisco chapter of the Red Cross. Furth-r, there has been organized the Olympic Club Guards, composed of members of the Winged O wl:o agreed to drill not -less than one night every week, and perhaps twice a week. As President Humphrey explained, this is not with the idea of enlisting the Olym pic Club men as a body, but to provide for training so the individuals will be of some worth. Special efforts have been made to get Into line the men who are just now over the military age. While they cannot serve at the present time, it is well within the possibilities, if the war con tinues, that the age limit will be boosted. And still we have the wrestlers with us. There was no show this last Tuesday night, but there will be one on May 15, when Ad Santell goes against Martin Plestina, an Italian heavyweight, who makes his headquar ters in and around Chicago. Plestina's bid for Western fame just at present rests on the fact that he defeated Jack Taylor, who formerly wrestled in the Northwest, in two straight falls. Taylor was one of the few who gave Santell a tough argu ment during the two years the latter was so successful in this city, and ac, cordingly the promoters figure that Plestina ought to be worth while. Santell rather spoiled this by agree ing to meet Constantine Roumanoff in Fresno. Roumanoff had already been beaten by Santell In a San Francisco ring in jig time. In fact, Santell won so handily that it looked as if he was hippodroming. Of course, the Roumanoff match was not wished on a San Francisco public, but if the wrestlers want to keep their own skirts clean they should be a little more careful. The latter part of the month. May 19, will see what promises to be a stellar attraction so far as the grapplers are concerned, for Waldek Zybszko and Strangler Ed Lewis have been matched for a finish engagement. Lewis beat John Olin the other night with Olin giving- up in suspicious style, after something like two and a half hours of work. Chicago accounts Intimated the bout had a bad look and hinted that Olin. who looked to be in tip-top condition, didn't try as hard as he might. As has been said time and again. San Francisco fans are in no temper to stand for anything crooked or any thing that looks even lop-sided. New man and Foley are not going to make any fortune out of their show, but If the two heavyweights really try, they will be accorded a good reception. However, if they feel that San Fran cisco is a good town In which to hip podrome, just as wrestling has been hippodromed elsewhere, they would better never make the long trip to the Pacific Coast. Willie Ritchie made an unsuccessful effort one day this week to get back into the four-round boxing game. While Ritchie knew there was no chance for him to appear in a San Francisco ring, he thought there might be a chance for him in Oakland. As a result, he let It be known across the bay that he was open for engage ments. 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