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
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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
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tests, Whlrb W ill Give Good Line
How Nines Stand Close
Straggle Are Expected.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.'
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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.
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"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,
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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.
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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,
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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.
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