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DEIV1PSEY WIHS
BY K. 0. ROUTE
PORTLAND BANTAMWEIGHT NOW IN UNITED STATES NAVY, WHO WON THE PACIFIC COAST
FISHING CONDITIONS
one of these shooters broke 99 targets.
Thirty-four states were represented the
LEAGUE SUPREMACY
HANGS IN BALANCE
. TITLE FRIDAY NIGHT IN SAN FRANCISCO.
first year, 38 the second, 37 the third
and 41 the fourth.
Concluding this article, we might add
BETTERED BY
that the grand American handicap
trapshootlng tournament is the classic
event of American sportdom it is an
even larger spectacle than the world's
baseball series. For the last five years
the grand American trapshooting event
has averaged more than TOO entrants,
and the gallery has aver.-sxed about
Heavyweight Fight Comes to a
Sudden End Before First
i Round Is Well Begun.
Limit Catches Are Expected by
25.000 daily for the week's shooting.
McCormick and Standifer, in
Lead for First Place, to
Clash at Vancouver.
Anglers Who Visit State's
Streams Today.
Motorboat Club Regatta
Notes.
TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JULY 28. 1918.
RAN
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TIME IS ONLY 23 SECONDS
California Pugilist Steps Closer to
Jess Willard's Title by Right
Hook to Jaw Bout Is
in New Jersey.
HAEPJSON PARK, N. J., July 27.
Jack Dempsey, who claims California
as his residential state, won a surpris
ingly quick victory over Fred Fulton,
the Rocnester, Minn., heavyweight, in
23 seconds at the Harrison' Baseball
Park here this evening.
The moment the bell sounded Demp
sey rushed at Fulton, landing a hard
fright swing under the heart and hook
tug his left to the stomach. These
Iklows made Fulton wince and the blg
Cer man was unable to defend himself
with Dempsey at such close quarters.
Fulton's long arms swung helplessly
over Dempscy's head, but Dempsey put
in two short-arm body blows. Then
lie stepped back about a foot and
liooked his left to the Rochester giant's
head and swung his right to the point
of Fulton's jaw.
Fulton Rendered Helpless.
The big man tottered and fell side
ways to the floor of the ring, his head
resting on his right arm, which pinned
down the lower rope of the three which
encircled the ring. There was scarcely
a sound from the big crowd of specta
tors when the referee began counting
the seconds over the prostrate man.
Fulton tried ineffectually to raise his
Jiead and body with his right arm as
a lever, but as the count progressed
his head fell back again almost over
the side of the ring floor. There he
lay until Eckhardt tolled the 10 sec
ends, after which Fulton's aids actually
dragged their man to his corner.
DemDSev I-. n 1 1 v f)omnnid.
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Dempsey, In the meanwhile, was
aslly the most composed man in the
ring or the arena. He walked over to
Fulton's corner and took the big fel
low by the hand, but Fulton was too
dazed to talk coherently and seemingly
was unaDle to realize what had hap
cened In such a brief space of time.
The actual time that the one-sided
ifight lasted was 23 seconds and Demp
eey had won the right to the world's
heavyweight title in case Jess Wil
lard relinquishes claim to it, in exactly
HJ seconds.
, Victor to Go Back to Shipyards.
Dempsey turned the scale at 188
founds and Fulton was 20 pounds
heavier. Dempsey says he is going
"West next week to resume his trade
at shipbuilding and will not fight In
the ring again until the war is ended.
Moving pictures of the contest were
taken and they will be presented to
the Government for the amusement of
the United States soldiers and sailors
at home and abroad.
LAWRENCE, Kan.. July 27. 'Td like
to fight Dempsey," was the first com
ment of Jess Willard, heavyweight
champion, when he learned of the out
come of the Dempsey-Fulton fight at
Harrison tonight.
I am not surprised at the result,
he continued, "for all you have to do
is to hit Fulton to have him down."
Wtllard to "Walt I nttl After War.
"Willard declared it to be his belief
that there would be no more major
boxing events until after the war.
"Dempsey has a rough road between
him and the championship," asserted
Willard. "He is not going to win the
championship in 23 seconds; no. not In
an hour and 23 seconds.
"Just as soon as the war Is over
am going to take on Dempsey or any
other claimant. I have not retired
from the ring, and I have no intention
doing anything of the sort."
BRANDON WINS TITLE
BOUT IS SENSATIONAL
MURPHY TAKES 3 RAGES
SELAH BA1RD, ANTE GUY AND THE
PROBLEU WIS AT TOLEDO.
JJal Boy Captures 2i04 Pace After
Losing First Heat Reinsmen
Hurt In Collision.
TOLEDO. July 27. Driver Tommv
JHurpny nad a big day here today, win
nine three of the four races on the get
away card of the Toledo Grand Circuit
meeting. He piloted Selah Baird
winner in the 2:18 trot, won the 2:14
trot with Ante Guy and took the 2:13
pace -behind The Problem. It was th
eecond time during the week that
Murphy had driven both Ante Guy and
ZThe Problem winners in a race.
The best time in the 2:18 trot was
taade by Zomidotte. who won in the
third heat, with Driver McDonald.
Dick McMahon, with Hal Boy, won
the second and third heats in the 2:04
Jiace, losing jthe first to Valentine with
Baxter Lou.'that was driven in 2:02
lor a new record lor the chestnut geld
ang.
in tne nrst neat or the Z:13 tace
Murphy with The Problem, Irwin with
Baron Wood and Wellwood behin
Baron Chan collided on the back
etretch and all three narrowly escaped
serious Injury. Irwin, who was driv
lng for A. J. Matthews, of Mount Cle
ens, Mich., was hurt so badly that he
was compelled to retire. Baron Chan
was withdrawn, but Murphy came back
with The Problem and won the nex
o heats and the race, pacing the
eecond in 2:06.
Driver McMahon, beind Eva Btngen
was placed fourth in the second heat
of the 2:14 trot and after an argumen
with the judges was suspended for
flays. Late tonight the suspension was
lifted. Ante Guy trotted the third heat
In 2:07.
Results:
2:1S trot, second division, purse $1000
flah Bird (Murphy) 1
5omldotte (McDonald) .....2
Kbony Todd (Ray) ....5
XIlss Peter Gilbert (Shlvely) 4 3 8
rnnce Vincent (valentine) .......... 8.
Also started. Sillock.
Time. 2:SK. 2:10. 2:06.
2:04 pace, purse $1000
Hal Boy (McMahon) a 1
Baxter Lou (Valentine) ............1 2
1'eter G. (Snow) .................. .3 4
Jay Mack (Cox) ....4 8
Time. 2:02. 2:034. 2:04.
2:14 trot, purse $1000
Ante Guy (Murphy) ...1 1
Jack K. KJray) 2 2
iiva Bingen (McMahon) ........... .7 4
Minnie-Arthur (Snow) g 5
Xirownie Watts (Rodney) 3 ft
Also started. Blackburn Watts, Del Jolla,
w vv . ana Alary wara.
Time. 2:09. 2:0SH. 2:07.
2:13 pace, purse $1000
fThe Problem (Murphy) .......10
Ttamp Quick (Shively) 12 3
J-lora A. (Valentine) 2 3
Miss Cuba Clay (Snow) 2 6 10
Lord Seymour (Cares) 4 7
Also started. Highland Lassie. Miss Abbe.
ifrinco, uaron wooq, Lnaney ju., in weed.
Sinn tiaron inan.
. Time, 2:07k. 2:06!4, 2:06.
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ortland Boy Takes Coast
Bantam Honors From Moy.
Mill, Staged In San Francisco Fri
day Night, Brings Surprise.
Winner Now' Is in Navy
at Mare Island.
George Brandon, the Portland ban
tamweight who enlisted, in the United
States Navy some months ago and is
ow stationed at Mare Island, Cal.,
reached his first goal towards the ban
tamweight championship of the country
when he defeated Charley Moy, ban
tamweight champion of the Pacific
Coast, in San Francisco Friday night at
Dreamland Rink, in a sensational
battle.
Since Brandon has joined the Navy
e has been going like a real champion
and polished off Bobby Landon, Larry
Jones and Shell McCool with ease. As
e is at Mare Island, he is able to get
ff and box at the weekly shows in
Oakland and San Francisco and he has
made the best of It.
Portland Friends Elated.
When the news reached Portland that
Brandon had defeated Landon and
ones, very little was thought of It, as
these boys afle little known here al
though they are near the best at their
weight in California. When George
nocked out Shell McCool In two rounds
the. fans here began to sit up and take
otice but never imagined that he could
best Moy, who is considered the clever-
st bantamweight boxer in this part of
the country.
On Friday night, when Brandon met
Moy in San Francisco, the bout ended
in a draw. The match was a hurricane
affair from start to finish and they
were re-matched to fight for the ban
tamweight championship of the Pacific
Coast on Friday. July 26.
On Friday night Brandon stepped in
the ring and beat Moy from pillar to
post, leaving no doubt in the minds of
the Golden Gate City fans that he is
one of the best boys at his weight that
ver drew on a glove in a San Fran
Cisco ring. His many Portland friends
were elated to hear that he had won
from Moy, taking the bantamweight
title with the decision.
Brandon started his career in Port
land about four years ago at the old
Rose City Athletic Club at the age of
6 years. He made a hit with the local
fistic fans from the start with his ag
gressive style of milling. He fought
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a number of battles here under the
name of ICid Weston and became quite
a card. He ran out of boys at his
weight here and decided to go to Oak
land in quest of new fields to conquer.
He was still a green battler but held
his own with many of the best boxers
in California.
Portland has never boasted of a truly
great bantamweight, but may yet have
the chance to say that a .champion was
developed in the Rose City. Brandon
also has the youth, and if he takes the
proper care of himself there is no rea
son why he should not become a famous
battler. At any rate, he is at present
bantamweight champion of the Pacific
Coast, and still more, he is one of
Uncle Sam's boys and is ready to dis
card the gloves any minute to Jump
into the fray and hand the Kaiser one
of his triphammer right-hand wallops.
WOMEN'S SWIM RECORD SET
Frances Cowells, of San Francisco,
Does 2 5 lards In New Time.
ALAMEDA. Cal. July 27 Frances
Cowells, of San Francisco, clipped one
fifth of a second from the women's
world's swimming record for 26 yards
at Neptune Beach here today, making
the distance in 12 4-6. Gertrude Artelt,
of Philadelphia, and Dorothy Burns, of
San Francisco, tied for second and on
the swim-off Miss Artelt won, her time
being 13 1-5.
The world's record in this event for
merly was held jointly by Miss Artelt
and Miss Cowells.
Miss Cowells also established a new
American record for the B0 yards
straightaway. Her time was 29 4-5.
Miss Artelt was second and Miss Burns
third.
HUNT SEASON NEAR
Game Will Be in Demand This
Year to Serve as Food.
HIGH PRICES ARE CAUSE
MINNESOTA HEAVYWEIGHT WHO FOUGHT JACK
HARRISON, N. J- LAST NIGHT.
DEMPSEY AT
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RIVERS WILL BE CROWDED
Bulletin on Prospects Is Issued by
Southern Pacific Company
Telling of Best Hotel
Accommodations.
Fishing conditions will be much im
proved by the rains of the past few
days, which have been general all over
Western Oregon. During the latter
part of last week water was too low
In many of the streams for real gooa
fishing, but now that this condition
has been relieved some record catches
should be reported Monday. All of the
well-known anglers will Journey to
available streams and rivers today.
Most of them left last night and all of
them are expectant of landing the limit
catch. A number of fisherman will
make the Journey to Southern Oregon or
as far south as such rivers as the coos,
Umpqua and Rogue, where the fishing
is said to be great. Following is the
report lined up by the Southern Pacific
Company for the anglers:
McKenrle River Very nice catches being
made: fish taking fly and Dalu Hotel ac
commodations at Eugene.
willim.it. River. Eugene and Sprinsfleld
Some very good catchee being made along
the river. Hotel accommoaauons at spring
field and Bugene. Japer: A few good
catches reported. Hotel accommodations at
Jasper.
Ten-Mile Lake, LaResiae jne nsnermsn
last week caught the limit. There ts plenty
of fishing for all. Hotel accommodations at
Lakeside.
Coos River. Marshfleld Some dandy good
catches made last Sunday. Excursion boats
from Marshfleld every Sunday. Regular boat
weekday. Hotel accommodations at Marsh-
field.
ITmDaua River. Roseburg A Tew good
catches are reported. Hotel accommodations
t Roseburg.
Rogue River and tributaries. Grants Pass
Splendid catches of trout being made In the
small streams adjacent to Grants Pass. A
few steel heads are being caught In the
Rogue. It Is expected some fine catches
will be made within the next two or three
weeks. Hotel accommodations at Grants
Pass.
Calapoola River. Brownsville A few fair
catches being made. Hotel accommodations
at BrownsvHte and other points along the
river.
North Santlam River, Kingston A few
good catches being made. Hotel accommoda
tions at Stayton.
Santlam and Breltenbush rivers. Detroit
Some good catches being made In the San
tlam. Some excellent catches reported from
the Breltenbush. Hotel accommodations at
Detroit.
Oswego Lake. Oswego and Lake Grove
Fair catches of bass being mftde. Hotel ac
commodations at Oswego. Good camping
places around the lake.
Lurkiamute River. Black Rock Good
catches are being made every day. Xo ho
tel accommodations. Good ramping grounds.
Moialla River. Molalla Fishing conditions
are fair. Hotel accommodations at Molalla.
Last Saturday evening Ray Jami
son, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Cody and another party, ran up to Goat
Island and made camp for the night.
The next morning It was discovered
the steward had forgotten to bring
eggs along for breakfast, so Ray and
the other party boarded the Ge Whix
to go to Oregon City to get some. After
rounding the buoy at the upper end
of Clackamas Rapids Ray noticed a
dredge being towed by a fish boat to
ward the east shore. A man standtng
in the stern of the dredge motioned
Ray to go to port, but as he knew the
channel he paid no attention to a mere
deckhand's orders. As he approached
closer the man began to dance and
wave his hat and Ray thought he was
cheering him for going so fast, so he
Just pulled the throttle open a notch
or two more to let him see what a fast
boat could do. Just then a part of the
river right in front of the Gee Whls
rose about 60 feet In the air and Ray
ran under it before it came down. The
crew of a Government dredge was
blasting a rock out of the channel.
Ray's hair threw his hat into the river.
Carl Johnston just couldn't be happy
unless something was happening
aboard the Peggy. His latest experi
ence was being hit in the head with
the starting-bar. He invited the Com
modore aboard for a spin to the Tacht
Club, where they visited a well-known
prohibitionist. In trying to start his
engine for the return trip" he forgot
to do something or other that engines
require to make them behave properly
and the thing backfired. Tha bar lilt
the skipper just above the eye and
the Commodore found him lying op the
floor of the engineroom, saying notnlng
and bleeding freely. A little water and
a few stitches was all required. The
Peggy was uninjured.
After they have bought their allot
ment of W. S. S. the thoughts of all
the members who have boats turn to
gasoline, for the 30-mtle cruiBe to Para
dise Point and return requires a full
tank. The committee has about com
pleted arrangements for tenting spaces
and other accommodations for the
Dleasure of those attending. It has
been suggested that all the boats leave
the club together and cruise through
the harbor in formation. The time of
leaving will be announced later. Re
member, the date is Saturday and Sun
day, August 3 and 4.
e
The Liberty, one of the neatest run
abouts at the moorings, recently broke
a connecting rod and cracked the cyl
inder. It will take a month or more
to repair the damage, but Skipper Houk
hopes to have her In good repair by the
time Labor day races are pulled orr.
Dr. Robert N. Brewster recently
purchased the Marcia from Mr. Wheel
er and is to become a member of the
club at an early date.
WISE HEADS ARE ANXIOUS
Foundation and Peninsula Tangle at
Vaughn-Street Grounds, While
Corn foot and Grant Smith'
Porter Meet at St. Johns.
Colombia-Willamette Shipbuilder.- League.
W. L P.C.I W L. P C
McCormick. 7 0 1000 Foundation. 4 8 .871
Standifer... 6 1 . 857 Peninsula .. . 2 5.2S
Cornfoot 5 2 .714 Smith-Porter 1 6 .143
Where the Shipbuilders Play Today.
i i-oniana. Vaughn-street
-uunuauon cersus Penlnsul.1.
At St. Johns Grant Snm
.ornioot
A.t Vanconve
fer.
Traps Determine Only Real
Champion of Champions.
Winner of National Amateur Title
Molds Unique Honor.
ta
he Knock-a-bout has been sold and
n away from the moorings.
ueer Are .Reported Plentiful and
More Licenses to Shoot Them
Have Been Issued Than
Ever Before.
Although there are still two weeks
left before the opening of the big game
season on August 15, a few of the many
win-be hunters" are already counting
the deer heads that will hang on their
walls, and from all indications few will
be disappointed. Deer are plentiful
this year, due to the exceptionally mild
Winter and favorable Spring and Sum
mer weather.
The game department Is selling li
censes this year to manv oeonle whn
heretofore have never been known to
be lovers of the big game and the rea
son for so many newcomers is plainly
seen. On account of war condition
beef and other meats have advanced
considerably over last year's prices,
and a great many people figure on get
ting a bag limit; salting the meat and
using it as food supply for the Winter.
The people who have tasted deer admit
that it has the other meats "beat to
death," as Mr. Shoemaker, the state
game and fish warden, says.
The pheasant season opens on Octo
ber 1. and from all indications, prom
ises to De tne most plentiful one in
years. The weather also had its say
this year in making pheasants so plen
tiful. During the hatching season
"Old Jupe" shut his lids and went to
sleep as a reeult the young ones were
not oisturbed and are Just ripe to be
"plunked" out of the atmosphere by the
thousands.
On the Cornell road. Base Line. M.
Adams road and other various hltrh-
ways, which are barely on the outskirts
of the Rose City, pheasants are swarm
ing like bees. It would be s safe bet
that if pheasant hunting were allowed
on Thanksgiving, there would be more
cnina dinners than the more expen
sive "turk" ones.
The duck hunting season will onen
October 1, but will close two weeks
later than the pheasant eeason. The
outlook for the duck season can't be
determined thus far, but does not
promise to be as good as In former
years.
The duck clubs are unable to obtain
wheat or any other food that strikes
tne rancy of the hydroplane." and It
is uncertain how long they will rest
here before their customary flight
south.
Although the war is playtnsr- havoc
with duck hunting, ,all the other sports
which concern the local game and fish
warden have been entirely satisfactorv
as iar as concerns the number of li
censes sold.
McLOrGHLEf MAY COME BACK
Tennis Followers Look to Increased
Interest In Championships.
' SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. July 27. Fol
lowers of tennis here believe that If
Maurice McLoughlin, former National
singles champion, attempts a "come
back" this year in an effort to regain
his laurels that interest in the cham
pionships will be immeasurably in
creased. Opinion is divided as to what
he will be able to accomplish, but prac
tically all are agreed that his presence
will turn attention to the play which
otherwise would not be accorded.
With the announced intention of
Ichlya Kumagae, the Japanese cham
Dion, to go after the title, a meeting be
tween the two men. would provide a de
lectable tidbit, .
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BY PETER P. CARNEY,
Editor National Sports Syndicate.
HY is a champion?
Speaking generally, we don't
know.
Now, If you will change the question
to a specific one and ask, "Why is the
National amateur trapshooting cham
pion?" you'll start something.
But before the "something" gets
going and monopolizes all of the
allotted space, it is but fair that we
explain why we cannot tell just why is
a, for instance, a golf or tennis cham
pion, though we are strong for these
games as well as for all other outdoor
sports.
However unneutral you may be with
reference to any particular recreation,
you will admit that "facts is facts"
just the same as "pigs Is pigs." and it
is a toss-up as to which Is the more
pigheaded at times, so not being re
sponsible for either pigs or facts, we
nust ask you to put the blame where
it belongs if you don t approve of pigs
or don't like the way facts affect a
phase of your favorite sport.
To resume, the winning of a golf or
tennis championship is simply a mat
ter of an aspirant taking a pot -shot
at the "champion" who has won the
champ, who, in turn, has wrested the
title from a preceding "champion" much
on the order of the endless story that
depended for its endlessness on a repe-
ition of the words, "then another locust
went in and took out another grain
of corn, then another locust." etc., etc.,
etc.
Certainly it is true that our best
friends are those who gently and kind
ly (and privately) tell us our faults,
therefore, golfers and tennisers will
drink heartily from our proffered
loving cup. Incidentally, it is to be
remarked that If Great Britain ever
tried to take golf back home to Scot
land, some half-million American trap
shooters would rally in defense of the
game, and instead of "Hoot, mon!" it
would be "Shoot, mon!-" Ditto for
tennis in event of an attempt to sup
press it.
Penning the pigs and again trotting
out the facts, the National' amateur
trapshooting championship is a cham
pionship, and the shooter who wins it
Is a champion a champion of cham
pions, in fact, for in order to qualify
to compete for the National title con
testants must first win the champion
ship of their respective states by out
shooting all comers at state champion
ship tournaments having the official
sanction of the Interstate Trapshooting
Association.
Ordinarily, shooters with high aver
ages are handicapped from one to seven
yards shooting from the 18 to 23-yard
line according to their records, but in
the event to determine a state cham
pionship, all contestants, from novices
to experts, fire from 16 yards back of
the trap, thereby making each a scratch
man and leaving skill alone to be the
determining factor in the scores reg
istered. The 16-yard rule is in effect
also when the champions of the dlf
ferent states meet to try conclusions in
the National competition at the grand
American handicap trapshooting tour
nament.
The National amateur trapshooting
rhamrjionshiD title for 1918 will be de
cided on August 6, the second day of
the grand American handicap trap-
shootlne tournament, which will be
conducted by the South Shore Country
Club. Chicago. 111. The tournament will
besrin on August 6 and conclude - on
Ausrust 9.
This will be the fifth running of the
championship event. It was won in
1914 by Woolfolk Henderson, of Lexing
ton. K v. Charles H. NewcomB, or -nua
delphia. won the event In 115. Frank
Troeh. of Vancouver, Wasl. won the I
title in 1916 and Mark Arie. of Thomas- I
boro. 111, won the title in 1917. Lach I
th-Porter versus
VlcCormlck versus Standi-
Baseball on the Insidefl
T HAVE several times discussed plays
JL which hinged on the holding of the
ball by the player making the touch.
I have also tried to make it plain, that
in baseball law. holding the ball was
regarded as maintaining possession of
it, without having the ball come into
contact with the ground. In an article
of a few weeks ago, I cited a case
where a player was touched out ten
feet in front of the plate by the catch
er. It so happened that after making
the touch, the force of the collision be
tween player and runner, caused the
ball to bound out of the player's hands,
high into the air. that the catcher jug
gled it several times before getting a
firm grasp on the ball, and that while
he was juggling the ball, the runner
had crossed the plate. In such a play,
the runner was out. despite the fact
that the ball was Juggled, because he
had been touched out before reaching
the base and the ball had not actually
been dropped. Now for a new angle on
the situation.
For a time last Summer all the base
ball enthusiasts in Lansing. Mich., and
other parts of the state, were discuss
ing an unusual play that came up in
a game there between two teams com
prising a league made up of various
departments of a big automobile factory
located there. I do not wonder that
the play was the subject for much con
versation and dispute, because in my
15 years as a judge of play. I have
never seen or heard of a similar play.
After getting the umpire's version, 1
put it up to a number of the major
league umpires. All agreed that It was
most unusual happening and that
only one decision was possible, al
though in a way such a verdict ap
peared to be contrary to precedents es
tablished for somewhat similar plays.
Runner is on first base, the bats
an is sent up with instructions to
sacrifice. He lays a neat bunt down
the first base line. The first baseman
runs in to field the ball. Realizing
there is no chance to make a play at
second, he decides to confine his at
tentions to the batsman. He fields the
ball a few feet in advance of the bats
man, who is racing for first base at
full speed. As the first Daseman
touched the runner with the ball, he
so came Into contact with that player
that the ball was accidentally knocked
high in the air. The pitcher who had
also come over on the play, and who
was standing close by, caught the ball,
which was knocked out of the first
baseman's hands, before said ball
touched the ground.
St. Helens and Standifer. the
leading teams in the Columbia - Wil
lamette Shipbuilders' Leaeue. will clash
this afternoon at Vancouver. Wash.
This game is causing a lot . of discus
sion, as It will go far toward determin
ing tne best team in the league.
snould McCormick defeat Standifer
again, it will be difficult to kn h,
McCormick from winning the cham
pionship of the second hlf of the sea-
son and qualifying for the champion
ship match with Foundation, the win
ner of the first half in the Shipbuilders'
League.
McCormick, however, will not have
as strong a lineup this time as they had
when they met Standifer last, as they
have lost several of their star perform
ers in the draft. Standifer Is almost
unscarred and is prepared to fight hard
against the league leaders. The ruling
which forbid tin shipbuilders' teams
from playing former professionals with
a higher rating than class B put a
crimp on Eddie Mensor's hopes.
Future Hopes Vanish.
The little Napoleon of Ham McCor
mick had it all doped out who he would
get from the disbanded Pacific Coast
League and what positions those stars '
would play. Then all hope of securing
the class AA players vanished when
the league directors voted to keep the
gates locked against all professionals.
What Eddie will do to fill the gaps,
and he has quite a few of them, re
mains to be seen. The former Port
lander is silent about the lineup that he
will have on the diamond today and
all that wiseheads can do is to watch
for results.
Foundation and Peninsula will tangle
at Vaughn-street grounds. Foundation
has been going at a fast pace lately
and should put up a hard battle against
Buck Keltn's improved nine. Buck,
however, is having his hands full try
ing to rake up a steady dependable
pitcher. Rube Maxmeyer. the south
paw wonder, is not making a hit with
Buck, not that anything is the matter
with his hurling, but he always seems
to be carrying the "Jinx" with him.
Cornfoot Shows Strength.
Cornfoot and Grant Smith-Porter will
cross bats at St. Johns. The latter la
at present occupying the cellar and
will do Its best to reach light. Al
though 3U1 Fisher's crew has been
weakened a little by having some of
its members drafted into the National
Army, the team, as a whole, is good
enough to put up a hard battle, and as
soon as Wayne Barham regains some of
his former control and speed he will
have the batters eating out of his
hands.
Although Cornfoot has been trimmed
twice in the past couple of weeks, it is
strong enough to give the best teams a
hard tussle and, with Southpaw Rappin
in the box, the St. Johns nine will have
to do better hitting than they did In
the past if they expect to capture Casey's
scaip.
WORLD SERIES IS tXLIKELV
National League Will Obey Spirit of
Work-or-Flght Order.
SALISBURY BEACH. Mass.. July 27.
"I do not think any world series will
he played this year," said John K.
Tener, president of the National Base
ball League, discussing today Secre
tary of War Baker's decision that the
"work or fight" rules would not apply
to professional baseball players until
September 1. Mr. Tener was at his
Summer home here.
Tener also expressed the opinion that
the major leagues would not continue
baseball after September 1. "Our league
will fill In with such players as we can
obtain, but it is doubtful If we can go
on after September 1. League action,
however, may be necessary to deter
mine this."
He thought that Secretary Baker's
decision, indicated that the Government
wished to encourage the continuance
of professional baseball, but wanted
now to enlist all the man power of the
country in war work. "Everybody
connected with the National League."
he added, "will obey the spirit as well
as the letter of the decision."
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under general orders No. 1TJ1. series of
1862. June 28. 1S62, in the Civil War.
It offered 1302 t onew recruits and
$402 to veterans. Various states added
bounties of different amounts to this
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