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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1918)
THE STJNDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, APRIL' SOME OF THE PORTLAND RECEUITS WHO ARE ROUNDING INTO SHAPE AT THE TRAINING CAMP AT PENDLETON FOR THE COMING SEASON IN THE PACIFIC COAST FOUR GAMES BE PLAYED TO INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. AID RELIEF Teams in Shipbuilders' League Are Scheduled to Clash on Local Diamonds. National Association Plans Series of Tournaments to Establish War Fund. WEATHER TAKES OUT KINKS BRIDGE PARTY GIVES IDEA 9 Mill I TENN S WOMEN IRK 111 Eight Trains to Battle In Con tests, Whlrb W ill Give Good Line How Nines Stand Close Straggle Are Expected. on rl -k fen ' . ro-y: r. i-lw I t l:..:- .- -r fei v . 1 :.--4 4- - ' .t i ' y jS4 - ' It ' It 'tei V A Pr-Sommer weather of the past week has taken ths kinks oat of the eld soupbones of local wieldsrs of ths tat In ths Shipyard Leag-a. and as remit sonis toxigu battles ars expected when ths eiftht teams tan (Is In four fames this afternoon. It Is a safe bet hat Old Sol will hars as much warmth o his smlls today as he did ths ti toars Just past. Consequently food crowds ars expected to rreet ths boys when they romp over ths psstures at Vauirhn street. St. Johns. Vancouver and e't. Helens. Last Sunday was only product Its of two frames, for Ore&roa weather was featured by rain. One of thesa con testa, however, was a classic, ths trams letween Standi fer-Clarkson and Corn foot snapplnir through 14 Innings of tirilllant baseball at Vancouver. Ths Jans sfe yet talking about that "go" in Che Washington city across ths river. Ths gams which Is booked to draw ths biggest stand Is ths ons at Vaughn etreet. when ths Norwesco and ths foundation will corns to the front for the first tlms this season. Both nines re In tiptop shape, and a closs struggls Is expected, and many of the fans ars planning on taking In ths affair. C Ilelvas Sapswrta Tram. Down at St. Helena ths shipyard frame is drawing unusual attendance. Kach Sunday afternoon that the 51c- Cormlck team of ths Columbia River town has gons to ths front lines fans and fanettea turned out until ths streets f the city were practically deserted. St- Johns is not to ba overlooked when It comes to hearty support of their team. The "Saints" have rallied to the causs In a most satisfactory manner, and today a record crowd Is expected to cheer for their respective favorites when ths Peninsulas and tirant Smith-Porters trot out for re- view. Soldier support of ths Vancouver tsames has made Itself predominate. and hundreds of ths lads In khaki wiU iiowl the afternoon away when Standl-ler-Clarkson and Supple-Ballln respond (a Umpire iirennan'a cry, "play ball." MrCorsalek la Lead. - McCormlck leads the league, with two wins, while Foundation. Grant rimith-l'orter and Corn loot are all in the l.tos class, having each won their vnly game. Today will be a sort of elimination contest, and after the dust has settled In the evening the followers vf the game will have an Idea of Just who Is who. The shipbuilders' ball Is whetting ths appetites of the fans for the bigger games to follow, when Bill Fisher leads lila Buckaroos out of Pendleton, the early part of the coming week, to give them the finishing touches on the Vaushn-strert grounds, prior to the coenlng of ths season. rom Pendle ton reports of the Regular-Yannla-an games Indications ars that Judge Mc t'rrdie has a pretty well-balanced or ganlxatlon and Jhat he has collected a sang of youngsters who csn hit the old pill on the nose and field with dash and vinegar. loral followers will hare an oppor tuntty of seeing lher's proteges when they cross bats with either the Corn foot or Foundation team a week from t played on the Vaughn-street Vancouvers Prepare to Slay ground. 4 r- I. Left to Right Raaa, Mltrkrll. Klrwaa a ad ("low. pitchers. 2 Nhoop, Twlrler falar rrosa llrreliaa, Who la Making t.ood. S lull Klrwaa. Pitcher. A lading l for a Fast DM. 4 Peadlrtoa Brllrs Brave the IVIsd aad Dint to !' the ;asara. S I'rai broke, ("atrher. S Lsals Hollocher, laflelder. I JekaMs, atrher. It Hitter, shortstop. GOLFERS COME 00T REAVERS LOOK GOOD FATE OF FIGHT PENDS Portland April 30. PITCHING STAFF IS WEAK C.IIAWPIO niLLlHD TO C.ET T3 PER I rest OF .XKT PROFIT. g'oarth of Jaly Bsslag Matrh Dwindles Psaalbillty Oaly so Far as Twla Cities Ars Cane I aid. ST. PAIT Minn, April 20. Colonel 3. C Miller, promoter of ths proposed Fourth of July boxing match between t'hampion Jess Wlllard and Fred Ful ton, has decided to remain hero at least until next Tuesday, when the fate of the fight may bo decided by ths Stats fcatMy Commission. Jlillrr denied that Wlllard was to yecelvs a tremendous guarantee and exhibited his contract with Wlllard. which Indicated that ths champion agreed to accept 75 per cent of Miller's net profit from the fight. So far as stats Interest In ths fight Was concerned ths only development today was an uneventful conference tetwren Miller and Governor Burn qulst. The probability that ths champion ship fight would bs held In the Twin Cities on July 4 dwindled to a possi bility today. Miller is again consid ering offers from other cities. Numer ous protests filed at the State Capitol was one cause for uncertainty. Colonel Xiller said that persons In Ogden. Vtah. have mads him an offer. Colonel Miller said the 'location of ths fight miKht not bs decided for two or three week. He told Governor Bumqulst that ths contest might draw lS0.ooi. This, he otnted out. would yield 15.0e to ths Ciosernment In ticket taxes. Snow Hows l"p Iowa Sleet. PES MOINES. April SO. Heavy snow end a Wintry ch'll slowed up partici pants In ths annual lrake relsy races t.ere todar and no new records were eatablished. Highest point winners were: L'nlvereity class Chicago 10: college. Urlnnell. 1; high school. North 1ms Moines. IT. AIRPLANE WORK SPEEDED JlritUh G1t Irodnrtion Priority Over Oibrr War Cootttrortloa. LeONPOX. April a. Prod art Ion of trtUnrs has ba trlrvo Brt place offr all other war work In Kn aland, annoano ath Brttt-b War Cabinet. In Its annual report. Tbia priority appll to botb labor and tho ot of materia la. Tha terhnlcal dtfTtcultte- of keeptnc tip to data In alrplana ronatrnctton ara omphaytsad. Tba aclenra of aeronau tica la In a atata of ronatant and rapid aleTelonment." aara tha f"jihlnrt. "Im-lroTement- In r.f'ni. flanea and fi m T'"ru :rfii'r,i a COD unl Peine urktti out. Canucks Expect to Have Hard-njt ting Offensive Lacrosse and Soccer to Vie for Favor of Sound City Sport Followers. VANCOITVER. B. C, April 10. (Spe cial.) Fins baseball weather has aided ths Vancouver Beavers materially in getting the maximum benefit out of their short trslnlng season, which be gan last Tuesday and will terminate on April 27. when the team leaves for Portland In preparation for the opening gams on Tuesday. April 10. Ths team looks fairly gooa at mis stage of the game. It will probably be one of the hardest-hitting aggregations In ths league, as all three outfielders should hit in tha .300 class, together with Manager Hamilton, who will play third base, and Catcher Hoelxele, star stlckman of the Central League. How the team will rank in fielding Is yet to be seen. The Infield looks to be tlgnt. with three veterans holding the bases and a highly-touted busher at short. The pitching staff la where the big troubls comes In. Brown and Hamilton are frantically scouring ths country to get hold of a couple or proven twiners to anchor ths staff. Jose Acosta and A Oipe, former Beavers, ars back In harness. The little Cubsn stacked .750 wins last year, but Glps win have to make a better showing than he has In the past In order to stick. L- Henlon snd Tom Luconlvlc ars two fairly nromlslng bustiers who are trying out. Here Is the wsy tha team lines up now: Pitchers. Acosta. Ulpe, Henlon, l.uconlvlc. Tally: catchers. William Boelsele: first bass. Gilbert Stokke: second base. William Cook: third base. James A. Hamilton: shortstop. Rollle R. King. Russ Hullard: outfielders. Iks Wolfer. Roy Brown. Robert Stewart. George Evans. s s s Ths four-round scrap between Frank le Tucker and Lloyd Madden, billed as the main event at ths police boxing and wrestling tourney hers Wednssdsy. wss decidedly tame and tha fans were disappointed. Tucker could have smesrsd Madden all over the place If he had used his brains. As It waa, ths bout was called a draw. Roy Brown. Vancouver outfielder, put up a rattling good scrap with "Rough House" Burns In a preliminary. e a Professional lacrosse Is to be played here again this Summer. Vancouver. Sew Westminster and Victoria will probably composs ths league. Con Jones, local sporting man. la backing the Vancouver team. Soccer will also be played hers seml professionally during tha Summer. (games mill bs played In the evening. 'The aehediilea . r n -n.k.H nut that there will be a game every day from May 1 to August 15. Ijist year one league alone cleared JS00 profit by passing the hat at Its three-a-week games, and turned the amount over to the Red Cross. The leagues to operate this year are the Commercial and the Vancouver City, the former having five teams and the latter eight. All three newspapers have teams entered In the City League. see Tha recent amendment to the mili tary service act lowering the draft age to IS is expected to be a severe blow to amateur sport, although It has not yet made itself felt. ANGELS SCORE 9 Portland Club Links Crowded With Players Daily. 226 MEMBERS ARE ADDED BEES s LOSE FARCE OX HOME BY 13-TO -7 SCORE. LOT Reeralt Pitchers Walk Five and Hit Twe Before One Is Ont Farmer Drops Fly With Base FnlL SALT LAKE CITT. April SO. Man ager McCredio again trotted out his trree young pitchers today. Conk- wngnt and Morton walked five men and hit two between them before there was a man out in the first inning and then, to cap the climax. Jack Farmer dropped an easy fly with the bases full. Los Angeles took a nine-run lead during the mix-up and was never headed, the farce ending 13 to 7. Score: R. H. E R. H. E. L. Angeles 13 13 lSalt Lake.. 7 8 4 Batteries Pertica and Boles; Conk wright. Morton, Arkenburg and Ken nick. Vernon 4, San Francisco 1. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. April 20. Ver non won from San Francisco during the first third of the first inning pitched by Seaton, when two walks and a dou ble by Long paved th way for three runs. Dell held, the visitors scoreless after ths first Inning and ODoul. who succeeded Seaton In the box for the Seals, was scored on but once after ths first. The score: R. H. E. R. H. E. San Fran... 1 5 2 Vernon 4 4 1 Batteries Seaton, O Doul and Brooks; Dell and Devormer. Sacramento 4, Oakland 2. SAN FRANCISCO. April 20. In the first extra Inning game of the season on the local grounds. Sacramento won from Oakland. Both Prough and West pitched excellent ball, but three suc cessive errors by Arietta la the sixth lowed two runs to score. Oakland tied the score in ths sev enth, but four singles and a stolen base by Sacramerrto In ths 10th settled tha game. Miller, sliding into second base In the second inning, collided with Elliott, severing an artery in tha Sac ramento shortstop s ankle. It was necessary to rush him to the hospital. R. H. E. R. H. E. Sacramento 4 10 2, Oakland... 2 7 4 Batteries West and Fisher; Prough and Mltxe. Campaign for Recruits Doubles Roll and Goal Is Set at 500 Ball Sweepstakes Entered by Num ber of Players; Scores Good. With the advent of typical Soring weather, the links of the Portland Golf Club now present scenes of activity. me course being crowded nearlv even afternoon. The turf on the fairways Is """"i' na me greens are almost perfect for putting. Within the last six weeks 226 new memoers nave been received into the club and most of them are taking ad vantage of the warm, clear weather. The club now has a membership of ana oerors the campaign for recruits is closed It Is expected .usi iuo uierauersnip will total 600. a a The play for ball sweepstakes staged """""f urougni out a goodly num ber of golfers and some fair scores were made. George F. Anderson was the winner, turning In a gross score of 81 and a net of 76. Others made scores as follows: C. W. Myers. 98 gross and . net; C E. McCullowgh. 98 gross and 80 net; George Schaefer. 98 gross and 84 net; R. B. Dorney, 109 gross and 80 net; F. A. HeltkemDer. lis i 82 net. ' committee may be guided better In fixing handicaps. It is to' the advan tage of the player also to turn in his score for each time he plays 18 holes, for. he will be able to get a better line on his playing for certain periods. No matter how poor one's score may be. the player is urged to keep a record of his playing and turn his score into the committee, w. D. Scott, chairman of the handicap committee, is putting in some hard work in arriving at fair handicaps. Players can greatly facill tate matters by co-operting with the committee. Baseball on the Inside. By Billy Evans. 1 The results of ths thrift Ha . . iicu iwo weeks were as follows: ago Class A C. W. Cornell 87 - T t Berth" 91. George Schae rer 94, George Anderson 97, W. D. Scott 89, George Washburn 100 - w c son 10L Class B C. C. Groan !? tar r 102, J. M. Angus 106. rLi.-' J. A. Dick 110; R. B. Dornev 111 R j' Mccarl US. E. J. ShoHard 1 22' B J Flnley 123, J. H. Conorm i7 v m Skeele 131, E. H. Higgins 138.' . TAKE ON AD GOLF IN TTPE Chairman Gross, of tha mittee, has made a good hni.. developing the new nine-hole course, despite the difficulty of obt.inin vnrlr.H 11 . i o ..no xairwava a r aiong in gooa enape and weexs of favorable Determining aa Infield Fly. f( rj OW do you determine an infield LX tlyV That question is put to me time and again during the playing season, and equally oiten aunns l" Winter months. a a "Is there any time when certain conditions play a determining part as to whether the effort or me oaismsn is an infield fly or not?" That is an other question that is often put up to me by The fan. also the player. Some interesting conditions can arise rela tive to the second query. I will dis cuss them in this article. coming ith a few should be In playable condition. Most of the greens now have heavv stands Very often people get the Impression that a ball must go a certain distance In the air before the umpire makes up his mind that said effort comes under the classification of an infield fly. Other people are of the impression that a fly ball must be actually handled by an lnfielder before It can come under said classification. Both impressions are - entirely erroneous, as are many others concerning the infield fly, which hv tha wiv. never fails to stir up considerable agitation during the play lng season. 'An Infield fly Is Just exactly what the rule book says it is. any ny pan .tho. than a line drive mat can oe h-iHi.rf hv an infielder. That section outs it entirely up to me umpire a judgment. Therefore, wnen tne oais mnn with men on first and second, or first, second and third, hits a fly ball. ani lean than two men are out, it in stantly becomes the duty or me umpire to decide whether or not. ne Dsuevea the ball can be handled by an infielder. I have always believed it a wise move to reach a auick decision, because tne base runner seeks protection at once, and he looks for advice from the um pire as to his definition of the hit. Once he makes his ruling he must ride through with It. His decision makes the effort an infield fly and retires the batsman, even though no Infielder handles the ball, even though an out fielder attempts to do so, s There Is Just one situation where the umpire should use great care as to his ruling on the infield fly. Such a situ ation comes with runners on first and second, and it becomes the duty of me batsman to attempt to move botn run is in motion on the play, making it ab solutely impossible to handle some plays that come up. which under ordi nary conditions would be an easy out. It is to be regretted there is not some sort of form of instruction in the book covering this play. It is a source of constant trouble in the minors and amateurs, where the umpires fail to take into consideration the conditions. rule the hit an infield fly and very often the ball drops to the ground without anyone even coming close to making a play on It. WEALTHY CLUBMAN Mrs. Marian Bragg Laws Crutly and Neglect, SUED Charges SANTA BARBARA. Cal., April 10. Mrs. Marion Bragg Laws, daughter and heiress of the late millionaire, C. C. Bragg, Ohio capitalist, and sister of Caleb Bragg, noted automobile and aviator racer, has entered suit against her husband, Harry Langdon Laws, wealthy clubman and Louisiana planta tion owner, asking divorce and ali mony and -custody of their child, a boy about 9 years. The charges include cruelty and neglect. Two years ago Mrs. Laws went West In the hope that the health of the young son would improve. How ever, soon after her departure It be came known to close friends of the couple that a divorce suit was con templated. Laws, the husband, is quite well known in Southern California aviation and automobile racing circles and is a son of Harry L. Laws, Cin cinnati (O.) insurance magnate. Both Laws and his wife moved in the most exclusive society circles. Scheme Involves Chain of Tourneys From 'Which Other Series Are Evolved All Members of As- v sociation Clubs Kligible. An organized effort to enlist In war relief work women throughout the Dnited States who are Interested in tennis has been started by the incor poration of the National Tennis Wom en's War Relief Association. Ths signers of the certificate of incorpora tion are Mrs. Llndley Z. Murray, Miss Elizabeth H. Moore, Miss Marie Wag ner, Miss Bessie Holden, Miss Molla Bjurstedt and Miss Edith Bagg. These six have merely undertakes the preliminaries of incorporation, for the details of organization will be com pleted at a meeting scheduled for May 2, to which all women of the metro politan district who are Interested In tennis are invited. At that time the scope of the proposed work will be out lined and an opportunity will be given those present to become charter mem bers of the association. Bridge Gives Idea. This undertaking really goes back to a bridge party, which was one of a chain of such events, being played for some charity. "If we can play bridge for such a purpose, why can't we play tennis?" someone asked, and there the plan started. It was simple enough, for each of the 16 women who took part in the first tournament pledged herself to hold an other, in which 12 of her friends would play. Each of the 12 in turn was to hold a tournament for eight - her friends, and so on. An entry fee of 31 was charged each time. Everyone was so well pleased with what had been accomplished by a com paratively small effort on the in dividual's part that they decided to make it a bigger proposition this sea son. Hence the incorporation of the Na tional Tennis Women's War Relief As sociation. Its purpose as set forth in its by-laws is "to gather, obtain and produce by its own instrumentalities. by any appropriate means, funds and to furnish and apply the same to war relief." Membership Fee, Si. The first source of revenue will be a membership fee of 31. This is ex pected to provide a considerable sum, for the organization is being developed on National lines. Although the start has been made in New York, the idea has been well received everywhere, and women who have been approached are enthusiastic as to the possibilities. The scheme of organization is to appoint local chairmen who will name their own committees in their respective clubs or cities. These chairmen s members of the board of governors will decide upon the disposal of funds. Membership is open to tennis women who are members of clubs holding a membership in the United States Na tional Lawn Tennis Association. Other persons not so affiliated may, from time to time, be elected to membership, who, united in spirit, intent ann1 pur pose, desire to co-operate in the efforts of this organization." of grass and some of them are in as ners up a base through the medium of good condition as those on ths old a sacrifice. In other words a bunt. The Twenty girls are operating ths ele vators In a big uptown store in New The senior amateur basebaM league.! York. They are rcplacint; a Scurv of ill operate here this aeason. All men. course, ii it were possible to hire more men. work on the new -.. could be completed in a very few days. Every effort will be made to have the course ready to use the latter nart of May. a Owing to the uncertainty of the weather, the match which waa to have oeen played with tbe Eutrena Oolf Club at. Eugene today was postponed until the first part of next month. By that time the Eugene course will be in much better condition. It Is expected that 8, large team of representative players of the Portland Golf Club will participate in the inter-club competi tion. a a I Beginners, as well as more seasoned players are urged to turn in their Infield when expecting such a play, resort to strategy to take care of all situations that may arise. At the start of the delivery the entire infield is in motion. It becomes the duty of the third sacker to cover that sack. In case there is a chance for a force at that base. The shortstop moves over to take care of any play at second, while the second baseman rushes over to cover first. It becomes the duty of the pitcher to handle all bunts down the third base way, while the first sacker takes care of all in his direction, a Major league umpires exercise great care in such a crisis. Bunted fly balls that under ordinary conditions might be construed as infield flys, are not so regarded. It is deemed wise to make the infielders handle any kind of a batted ball with such conditions ex- score! regularly, so that tbe handicap i isting. This because the entire iu(ielu( Russia to Get Farm Machinery. AMSTERDAM, April 2. Two thou sand carloads of German agricultural machinery are to be sent to Russia this Spring to be used in growing food for Germany, according to the Breslau Volkswacht. A large quantity of pdows and other machinery which was on the way from German manufactur ers to Holland has been stopped Vind sent to Russia instead, the paper adds. FISH LAWS ARE SUSPENDED Bureau of Fisheries Co-operates With Federal Food Offiicals. WASHINGTON. April 2. Many mil lion pounds of fish are being added to the Nation's food supply by action of the Bureau of Fisheries in co-operation with the Food Administration in the Gulf states. Temporary relaxation of the local fish laws, which will permie net fishing during the closed season for certain fish, other than game fish, has been agreed upon with the understanding that the Federal Government save and hatch eggs of fish taken and rescue young fish entrapped in over-flowed lands. To enabel the Bureau of Fish eries to undertake this work 320,000 has been placed at its disposal from the National Security and Defense fund. Provision is being made for temporary fish hatcheries and rescue parties have been sent out to overflowed lands. It is estimated that 20,000,000 pounds of wholesome food fish which other- , wise be unavailable will be taktn dur ing the closed season under the re laxation of the laws. Rescue operations. Commissioner Smith, of the Bureau of Fisheries, says, will be of incalculable value inasmuch as the many millions of immature food fish that may be saved would other wise inevitably be wasted. Results of hte rescue operations will be manifest after one year. In the upper Missis sippi Valley this year more than 25, 000.008 food and game fish were saved from overflowed lands. Read The Oregonian classified ads. mnnanng Dp PQNT AMERICAN INSUSTRiES p Be Chums With a Gun Learn to shoot Practice on moving targets. ' Combine patriotism, pleasure, preparedness and protection. Try Trapshooting The Patriotic Sport It's good for every man or woman. Sus tain America's old-time skill with the gun. 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