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3 GRANTLAND RICE, FOREMOST BASEBALL AUTHORITY IX THE LAND, WILL COVER WORLD SERIES FOR THE OREGONIAN. Pennant Winners Get Results Without Ironclad Rules. PLAYERS' REGARD IS HELD : ? "i Blen Ready to Work Their Heads Off for Bosses Who Give Them Square Deal. TIIE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, POBTIVNTV SEPTEMBER . 21, - 1019. MORI ID GLEASDN PERSONALITY KINGS: .. .. CS The first of the special series of articles on the world's series by Billy Evans, famous major league umpire and baseball writer, follows. The first story by Kvana Is a close-up sketch of Pat Moran and "Kid" Gleason. rival managers of league pennant winners, who will clash in the world's series. This feature will be followed by nine daily articles on various subjects concerning the two teams, giving the fans all of the inside dope- and just what is what in the big show. BY BILLY EVANS. (American League Umpire.) How does he do it? The name of Pat Moran always bus gests such a thought. He grave Philadelphia a pennant win ner in his first year as a National league manager. In other years his club always was a contender. In his first year at Cincinnati he repeated his Philadelphia success. What goes for Pat Moran applies to Kid Gleason of Chicago. In his first year as an American league leader Gleason has upset the talent and the dope of all the critics. He looks like a sure winner at this stage of the race. Perhaps f-o one word can better de scribe the cases of Moran and Gleason than "personality." Both Gleason and Moran have oodles of it. The two lead ers of the White Sox and Reds are a bit different individuals. They have the happy faculty of smiling when things are breaking toughest, and that is some asset for a baseball leader. They are aggressive and have the way of imparting a like spirit to their ath letes. Don't misunderstand the word aggressive. It does not mean fighting the umpires. Moran and Gleason are a. unit on that point. Both believe far better results are attained by fighting the'opposition and letting the umpires alone. You seldom read of a Chicago or Cincinnati player being ejected from the game, which means that each club is always puttting forth its strongest lineup. Harmony on the Reds and White Sox has been developed to the highest degree, and, after all, "Old Man Harmony" is one of the biggest factors in any club. No team that was split into factions ever got anywhere in a. pennant race. Ironclad Rnlea Absent. There are some major league man agers who have ironclad rules about discipline and deportment that must be adhered to untier penalty of a heavy fine. There are no such rules on the Cincinnati and Chicago clubs. Moran and Gleason are on the square with their men and they work along the theory that any player worth while will give them similar treatment in return. The honor system prevails at Cincinnati and Chicago and it is a big success. In another way Gleason and Moran differ most emphatically from a great many other league managers. I know of some major league managers who associate with their players, in a Close way, only during the progress of the game. At other times they hold the athletes aloof, believing that there must be a certain line drawn in order that the player shall have the proper respect for the manager. Moran and Gleason do not work along these lines at all. A close relationship exisits between both of these managers and their players. In the evening it Is not an uncommon thing to see Moran and Gleason in the center of a group of players, discussing various phases of the game. Most of the Chicago players regard Gleason more in the light of a father than a manager. All have a wholesome respect for his phys ical strength and many a laughaole story is told by the Chicago players of Gleason and his razor strop. It is said that on several occasions, largely in a spirit of jest, he has soundly spanked some of the players, greatly to the enjoyment of a number of the others who looked on. On the Chicago club it is said that a threat to bring the razor strop to play is a far more bene ficial remedy than the suggestion of a fine. Players Like Bosses. One can get a pretty good idea of how a manager stands with his players by the remarks they make when some one speaks of their leader. Ask a Cincinnati or Chicago player what he thinks of Moran or Gleason and it is a thousand to one that most of the an swers will be along this line: "He is the greatest fellow in the world to work for." "Why, I would play my head off for that fellow. The only way they can keep me out "of the game is to cut off an arm or a leg." "He Is the best fellow I ever worked for " "If a man can't play ball for him he can't do it for anyone." "They don't make lem, ay better him." "Give him a 50-50 effort and he will just about give ?751and 25 " return. If there is any of. the best of it to be given, the player always gets the credit." That is the way the Cincinnati and Chicago players talk about their lead ers. Moran and Gleason. When you a" expression of that sort, from the clubhouse boy to the star, it is easy to see why the two clubs were a con tender from the very start. There is no knocking on the Reds and White box. There is no undercurrent of dis pleasure between players and manager that very often exists on major league clubs Both aggregations are just one big, happy family. Gleason and Moran treat them all alike, thev niv r, vorites. The mediocre player gets just as much consideration from Pat and Kid as the star. It has proved to be i. A. 6'slem- " has done big things for both clubs. Reds Are Outsiders. i7Then the barrier was sprung on the ucmiani race no one gave much w.ioiuerawon 10 Cincinnati and Chi nut, Cincinnati had led the league in batting the year previous but that didn't get much attention from the critics. It was regarded as a team ,,;t if.,? Dala"ce, co-ordination. ..I.! rai moran was selected as leade nnsiy JUathewson he had "-u jusi a lair nail club. I say fair ball club because it was very 4 fhtl V T -Fill ma. V. A 1 . " " " v uuiu piay the very vital cinuwo j. nonstop and first and second base. In Heine Groh he had in the business, but the other positions were in doubt. That isn't a very pleas ant prospect for a manager just taking j' j i iera. un paper it 7 J . mucn line a pennant con- ' -Moran started to work He secured Jake Daubert from Brook- "ii. uase io succeed Chase A lot of people said Daubert was throusrh but Moran had faith in him m cured, also from Brooklyn, Shortstop Kouf, who had been the property of i-iuu. dui nad been dis posed of Likewise he dug up Maurice J""" apeni a year or so in the navy. aJZArfL"",? PePle that ,nfleld fiidn t look at all pennantish. On first Vr rV.-'-V ' VJV2 A-v, GRANTLAND RICE. The Oregonian announces that It has obtained the services of Grantland Rice, of the New York Tribune, to describe the coming world series games between the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago White Sox to the thousands of fans and fanettes who read the sporting pages of this paper. Grantland Rice is not a stranger hereabouts. He has covered world series games before The Oregonian, and Portlanders will recall his breezy, snappy style. Rice knows the peculiarities of the opposing players. Among other things he is fitted vividly to picture how the pitchers work on the hitters and the strategy employed by Pat Moran and Kid Gleason. In Rice is found the happy combination of a man who knows sports and who can write. In his inimitable style he will give Portland folk a. description of the games like few writers are able to do. Billy Evans' ten advance stories in which he discusses the merits and chances of the rival clubs starts this morning in The Sunday Oregonian. The American league umpire's exclusive features will run daily up to and including September 30. The world series will probably start October 1. In addition to the inside information dished up by Messrs. Evans and Rice, The Oregonian will, as in the past, furnish full Associated Press reports on the activities of the Reds and White Sox of the annual baseball classic. This newspaper will carry stories prepared by the Associated Press staff of special writers among whom are listed the best in the country. Underwood & Underwood, official photographers, whose service The Orego nian enjoys, are already supplying The Oregonian readers with late pictures of those who will star in the competition. During the series this concern's cameramen will be on the job sending prints of action plays direct to The Oregonian office. Watch The Oregonian sport pages for full details, feature stories and 11th hour pictures on the world series. was once a great player in tne eyes of the critic, but one who had seen his best days. At second was Rath, who had been with both Chicago and Phila delphia in the American league, but had been sent back to the minors. At shoft was Kopf, who Connie Mack had carried for three or four years, but was sent to the minors, labeled just a bit shy of the American league standard. All Moran did was to take this doubt ful infield, with a pretty fair outfield. good catching staff and a promising pitching staff, and mold it into a pen nant contender. I claim that is going some for one year. Start Wlaa Race. To my way of thinning the brilliant start the Cincinnati club made in the National league race just about made the aggregation. The club got away to seven straight wins, but even then didn't get much serious consideration. The showing was regarded more in the light of a joke, and each victory usual ly got a big laugh, with a wonder when the crash would come, and the club would settle down to its regular line of play. That start was just the thing to Inoculate into the players the germs of the Moran system. It made the play ers believe they were as good a team Pat insisted on telling they were. At the end of that run of seven victo ries the club was satisfied it was a good team. That spirit has pervaded the ranks of the Reds throughout the season. The play or tne ciud is char acterized by dash and the' confidence of. a great club. It is the same with Gleason. He has made the Sox believe in themselves. Gleason was satisfied when he took over the club that he had a strong ag gregation. The thing that confronted him was to make the players entertain the same opinion. He early accom plished that feat and the success of the Sox, like the Reds, in a great measure must be attributed to that fact. When the two clubs meet it will be two teams with a sublime confidence in their own ability. It remains to be seen which club will be able to retain its poise in the crucial test. Gleason and Moran are bright base ball men. They are managers of good teams. They get the very best out of their material. They know baseball and know how to impart the knowl edge. But, after all, it is their per sonality that makes such a big part of their deserved success. Johnson Goes to Farm. COFFEYVILLB, Kan., Sept. 20. Walter Johnson, Washington's premier pitcher, has obtained a leave of absence from his club and returned to his home here for the winter. He owns a farm here and will attend to it until the baseball season opens again next spring. TOO IS BUYING TROTTERS SPOKTSMEX WILL EXTER LIGHT HARNESS GAME. Capovllla, Keen Judge of Horses, Will Ship Many Fine Animals Bought in America. NEW YORK, Sept. 20. Italy is going to get into the light harness game. Val entine Capovilla, Italian sportsman, is now in this country buying trotters and as soon as he can find sufficient number of high-class specimens to an swer the requirements of his clients he will ship them to Italy and the game will be on. He has purchased the following trotters and they are now at Goshen, N. Y., where they will be quar tered until sent to New York, from which port they will sail: Rusticoat, 2:084; Bacelli, 2:06: Zomrect, 2:03: Daisy Todd, 2:06: Bielon, 2:08, and Minna Lewrey, 2:26, a youngster of unusual promise. It Is not known how many horses Capovilla intends to buy. Upon the arrival of Capovilla's first shipment of trotters Italy will make its debut in the harness sport. These horses being purchased at this time will be used chiefly for breeding purposes, but they may also be used to matinee, to acquaint the natives with the ins and outs of the American pastime. Capovilla has proven himself a keen judge of horseflesh and a good sports man. He paid the top prices asked by American owners and seemed at once to realize that he was taking some of the best representatives of the trotter in this country. He has been in con stant attendance at every Grand Cir cuit meeting since the 1919 season opened. He has bid on more than 50 trotters of national fame and it is only natural to expect that -he would meet some owners who could not be induced to sell. The Italian sportsman was asked to take some of Amerca's crack pacers to sunny Italy, but 'he declined with thanks, stating that the pacing depart ment would be introduced next year it tho sportsmen of his country displayed the proper interest in the trotter. Judging from his accounts, Italy will be ideal for the harness pastime be cause of its even climatic conditions. There la plenty of pasture and four big stock farms will be started at once. Capovilla has tried to interest some of the American reinsmen in going to Italy, guaranteeing them lucrative po sitions, but none have accepted as yet. cruiser MODEL l. Vtrrr action rtptnf riiU, toiid frtrm or takt-damn. tl-inch barrrl. Modi for .ts-SS Winchattr, 40 H tnekuter, Wineknttr Special, .SS-iJ an J Jii cartrsrffu. for the A HUNTING PARTY, penetrating the jungles - of Africa, usually carries in tow a small armory of rifles, shotguns and pistols. The black native acts as porter, carrying an assortment of guns from which the white master chooses accord ing to the nature of the shot. But the cruiser camper tramper of America who travels "light," wants just one rifle in his layout. That rifle must serve all purposes, for his game may one day be a deer; another day a bear. Nor will the hunter want an elephant gun in his hands for that occasional shot when some small game runs across his path. The cartridge must be heavy enough to bring down big game, and inexpensive enough to use freely on small animals. , A strong, light gun for deer The Winchester Model 94 Nine Shot Repeater is ideal for all-round service. It is strong, light, well-balanced, easy to carry and speedy to handle. It game-getting gun camper tramper is a sure game-getter, accurate even for birds, powerful enough for America's biggest game. It has been estimated that during the last ten years more deer and other big game have been killed by the famous Winchester Model 94, .30 caliber, than by any other combination of rifle and cartridge. In addition to being chambered for its famous .30 caliber cartridge, the Win chester Model 94 can be had chambered for the .25-35 Winchester. This is an excellent cartridge for such small game as wild geese and turkeys, and yet power ful enough for Heer and black bear. For greater power, the rifle may be cham bered for the .32 Winchester Special. The Model 94 is also chambered for another group of cartridges the .32-40 and .38-55. Boring, chambering and rifling The barrels are bored to micrometer measurements for the cartridge they are meant to shoot. The most accurate pre cision instruments are used to produce perfect chambering and ball-seating in the chamber. There is no play for the cartridge; it is a perfect fit insuring maximum accuracy and velocity. Twists and other rifling characteristics vary with the cartridge and bore. In rifling the barrel, the exact twist neces sary to produce the best results with a given cartridge is calculated with math ematical precision. The accuracy of the twist is verified by exhaustive practical tests. From chamber to muzzle the lands and grooves of the rifling are true to less than one thousandth of an inch. What means This mark on a Winchester barrel means that the rifle has passed the "Winchester Provisional and Definitive Proof" test, having been fired many times for smooth action and accuracy, and strength-tested oy firing 25 to 40 per cent excess loads. Your dealer will show you Winchester Rifles and Ammunition Before you take to the woods, get your dealer to show you his stock of Win chester Rifles. Leading hardware and sporting goods dealers in every com munity carry Winchester arms and am munition. They will be glad to assist you in selecting the Winchester best suited to your needs. Upon request, we will mail you complete information on the Model 94 and other Winchester High Power Rifles and Ammunition. Winchester Repeating Arms Co., Dept. , New Haven, Conn., U. S. A. 2 U?3 UmM IO. JtamwurUtm. takt-down mttf-Xaadina rife- Shoot smfv iu Winchester .401 caliber eartridat. No rpornnm nfit wtad agnail tio Uoaoi 10 or dclinrino farm powtrjul Mem ia a Jem meconao. Modet tS. Lrorr metiomj box maoasino repratint rifle, solid1 from or take down. Tho astomt action rtjU kandlino auvtktno like much long and ktck powered cartridge. CaHberm AO Army; .JO Gaeemnteni Modetm 1903 and lfOt; JO Bruisk; as Winchester and Ik Jamuma -lof Wincheier. World Standard Cam and Ammnration TEAMS CLOSELY MATCHED CINCINNATI REDS AND CHICAGO SOX CLOSE RIVALS. Charles Murphy, Former President of Chicago Cub, Sees Nip-and-Tuck Contest. CINCINNATI. O., Sept. 20. To find two more perfectly matched baseball clubs to contend in a world series match than the Cincinnati Reds and the Chi cago White Sox would be about as hard as trying to induce the former kaiser to go of his own free will to London for trial, was the statement of Charles Webb Murphy, former presi dent of the Chicago Cubs. "In my many years' experience han dling ball clubs, during which time the Cubs won a number of pennants, I have never seen two leading baseball clubs which have worked so well." said Mr. Murphy "In my opinion it will be a niip-and-tuck contest, with the club getting the 'breaks' grabbing the long end of the purse. "To find two better matched clubs would be a hard matter. 1 have seen the White Sox play many more games this season than X have the Keds. And in my observations I have been unable to determine which team stood the best chance of winning. "Last winter, when I looked over the prospects of the Cincinnati club for the playing season the Reds did not then look like a pennant possibility. They had no first baseman and no shortstop. Roush had not shown up and no one thought the pitching staff was above the ordinary. I attribute the success to Moran because it takes a good man ager behind a good baseball club, like Cincinnati has. to deliver the goods." "The biggest advertisement that Cin cinnati has received in 30 years she is receiving today on account of the Reds. And it does my heart good to see the old town coming back into its own again. "More than, ten years ago I advo cated a nine-game series. I think a contest this long is better, both from the players' and public's standpoint." C0RVALL1S SQUAD GROWS FIRST HARD WORKOUT TO IIKLD TOMORROW. 15 K More Than 2 0 Letter Men Already on Campus; Rearden, Powell and Cole Return. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLKGE. Corvallis. Sept. 20. (Special.) Athletic life at Oregon Agricultural college is fast assuming semblance of order, with a good many of the old football men showing up every day, and with light practice giving the men a chance to work into condition. For the past week Coach Hargiss has been out on the field every evening, and the squad is rapidly growing. Real workouts will begin at the college on Monday, when the squad will meet for the first hard practice. Although handicapped by a lack of water during the summer, the field is PICTORIAL SIDELIGHTS BY GIBSON ON SOME SPORTING NEWS EVENTS. f I MUST Mcrt 1. tS I SHiTk. NtveO olf MoTicep many excciLt&e SCHOOt- AFFAIR hiEr'EfK. RECOVER FAom fT WA. SOON SC TrB. FOr rVAfdlSAl. ZHTtHrAfCNAL AND. PHtVeKTe. &U&rVffSi TO SEJVATE For TUB. TE ANNUAL 9 PVfTT SEASON OPCNtO A T TE. HEiLib THe-A-raf fhiDa.v OVER -THE O Rouh4D RoutE in fairly good condition, as the recent rains have set the turf to growing and softened up the ground. A number of practice fields on the lower campus are in good shape, and it is on these that the intramural and intcrclass con tests will be staged. The bleachers and grandstand have been thoroughly renovated, and are in first-class condition, with a capacity for seating about 8000 persons. It is. expected that the homecoming game with I.eland Stanford university on Oc tober -5 will tax the seating capacity. More than a score of football letter men already are on the campus, and the number is growing every day. "Butts" Rearden. captain and quarter, is in fine condition. Powell, the husky fullback, is on the job. Other backfield men are Lodell. "Chuck" Rose, halfback: Joe Reynolds. Kirk. "Cack" Hubbard. Charles Russell. Whit Gill, end: "Bob" Stewart, center; Loosely, Harry Cole. Roy Tycer and Elmer Ramsey, guards; Os Walker. Clarence Johnson, tackles. Several men from last year's" S. A. T. C. team will be back in the next few days, among those being Schroeder, Hodler. Van Hoosen, W. A. Hubbard. Ted Hayden and E. Christensen. Howard Sassman. sophomore at the University of Illinois, won the west ern Junior amateur championship, from a classy field of youngsters over the FloRsmoor course. BASE BALL Vaughn Street Park Portland vs. Seattle Double-Header TODAY Games Start at 1:30 P.M. '