V
SECTION TWO
VOL. XLI
BEAVERS, SEATTLE
SPLIT DOUBLE BILL
Suds Run Away With First,
6-2, Lose Next, 2-1.
BIEMILLER SMOKES 'EM
Superlative Flinging of Speed
flail King Whiffs Out Sev
eral Strong Hitters.
Pacific Coast League Standings.
W. L. Pct. W .L. Pet.
Ban Fran..73 45 .BlUiOakland ....58 60.4112
Vernon . . .67 49 .578;Seattle 53 63.457
L.. An gles..63 5B .529 Portland 48 68 .414
Salt Lake.. 68 58 .500,Sac'mento...48 61) .411
Yesterday's Results.
At Portland 2-2, Seattle 6-1: at Los
Angeles, Vernon 1-8, San Francisco 4-4;
at Oakland 3. Los Angeles 2; at Salt
Lake 2, Sacramento 12.
BY L. H. GREGORY.
Whatever else he may accomplish
with the Beavers, Al Demaree has
already converted them into a
ecrappy ball club that isn't licked
until it really Is. That new spirit
won them an even break with Seat
tle in yesterday's double-header.
After the Suds had run away with
the first game, 6 to 2, with Vean
Gregg hurling, the Beavers copped
the second one, 2 to 1, with a fight'
lng wind-up in the eighth.
And, remarkable to say, it was
the superlative flinging of Harry
Biemiller, tne speed-ball king, that
made the win possible. Smoke Ball
Harry chucked one of the best basil
games of his young. life. He had
the stuff, he had the control and
lie had the fighting heart in the
pinches that enabled him to bear
down with men on bases and never
falter.
Biemiller Whiffs Hood.
The Suds garnered only six hits
off his fast-jumping smoke ball, and
three of them were dinky scratches.
The only solid smack off him all
afternoon was a home-run drive by
Wally Hood over the right-field
fence in the first inning. Biemiller
got back at Wally for that one by
whiffing him in the first of the
ninth- after the count was three
balls and one strike, and when the
Suds were trying their durndest to
get a. man on the sacks to tie the
score.
But best of all, Biemiller, the wild
man from Georgia, gave only three
bases on balls. He was zipping his
fast one over the heart of the plat
ter most of the time. Ever and
anon he would show brief signs of
yielding to wildness. When he did
that Rowdy Elliott would get down
behind the plate, oup his two hands
together and pray, command, hyp
notize Biemiller into shooting it
over. How well Rowdy .steadied
him may be realized from the fact
that tl.-Aa st- fnliT flm.i, D.V, D.
. miller had three balls on the batter,
or three and qne, he would get it
over and make the batter hit, or
strike him out. v -''
Lane Thrice Strikes Out.
Lane, the Seattle left fielder, was
a strikeout victim three times. He
simply couldn't hit that smoke ball.
Deacon John Adams, for all his
managerial dignity, took three
swings twice and sat down. Wally
Hood whiffed once, Wisterzill once
and Burger once.
Biemiller, In short, was Just wild
enough to be effective. The Suds
batters weren't inclined to crowd
the plate and take liberties with his
delivery when the next pitch, might
come zooming at their beaks.
It was a real pitchers' battle,
that game one of the best on the
Portland field this year. Burger
was almost as good as Biemiller.
though time and again the Beavers
had him In bad holes from which
he squirmed with the facility of an
educated eel.
Until the eighth, Wally Hood's
nomer for the Suds In the first
loomed like a pair of Scotch breek
on a Monday clothesline. The
Beavers repeatedly got a man or
two on the sacks, yet couldn't push
in the tying run. In the fourth
tney nad two on with only one out
in the sixth two on with two nut
and In the seventh Poole reached
third with one gone, but then the
attack would flivver.
Old Pen Cornea Back.
But in the eighth the home boys
Bnapped into it with the old fie hit -
ing pep. Gressett, first up, waited
out two strikes, then lammed a
screamer to left for a double. Mc
Cann sacrificed and both were safe
when Burger threw to third and
Gressett slid under the peg. Ike
Wolfer rammed a line swat to left
and Gressett came home, McCann
racing to third. Dick Cox in the
pinch brought home the winning
run with a deep sacrifice fly to left.
Only two runs, but they were
enough, for in the. ninth Biemiller
was invincible. Hood he whiffed
after giving him three balls. Poole
made a grandstand grab of Barney's
drive and Wlsterzil popped to Mc
Cann. -
In the first game 'lanky "Vean
Gregg held the Beavers in the hol
low of his big palm. It was a close
battle for six Innings between
Grumpier and Gregg, with errors
giving the Suds two of their runs
in the second. But in the seventh
they landed on Crumpler, scored
two more, and had the game sewed
away. Even so, the Beavers tried
hard in the ninth, but could score
only one.
Another Doublehender Today. '
Another doubleheader today,
starting at 1:30 o'clock. Scores:
First game:-
Seattle
Portland-
B H O A
B H O A
Lane.l ..421 OGressett.1.
1 0
S. Ad'ma,2 4
Hood.r .. 4
KIdred.m 3
Vt"isfzil,3 3
Crane. 8.. 4
u
6 McCann.i
0 5
O 1
0 3
3 1
1 12
3 2
2 2
0 1
0 0
0 O
1 0
O 3
OiWolfer.2.
5
Cojc.m.
0 0
Hlgh.r. . .
Poole, 1. . .
SarKent.3.
a 2
Stumpf.l. 3 211
J.Adama.c 4 1
Kmg.c.
liregg.p.. 3
0 1
iCrump'r.p 2
Hale.
Mlddle'n.p
Elliott..
Total... 32 9 27 14 Total. . .38 11 27 17
Batted for Crumpler in 7th.
Batted for Middleton In 9th.
Seattle 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 18
Portland 0 1000000 1 2
Innings pitched. Crumpler 7. Middle-
ton 2. Charge defeat to Crumpler. Runs
responaioie ror, fjrumpier 4. (Jregg 2,
Middleton 1. Struck out. Crumpler 1,
dregs 2, Mfddleton 1. Base on balls,
OreKg 1. Stolen baaes. Hood, Eldred,
High, Lane. Two-base hits. Lane, Sar
gent, King. Sacrifice hits, Wisterzil,
(Concluded on Page 2, Column 7.)
"DEACON JOHN"
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SINCE "DEACON JOHN" SUCCEEDED WALTEk McCREDIE AS MANAGER, THE SITDS HAVE BEEN CLEANING EI THE LEAGUE. THEY' PLA V SN A PPT, II ASKIIALL AND ARE
"A FIfcHTINCi, PEI'WSBV. CREW, THE SUDS ARE THE S UNDAY AFTERNOON ATTRACTION AT THE BALL PARK IN TODAY'S DOUBLE-HEADER.-
SCHEDULE ENDS TODAY
VALLEY 1 LEAGUE TO PLAY:
i LAST OF, 1923 GAMES. :'
Camas to Play Woolen Mills,' Oil
Men to x Meet ' Papermaker s ; '
; Fulops, Hiilsboro Clash.
Teams of the Willamette Valley
league will wind ' up their 1922
schedule with today's games.- Camas
will play Portland Woolen Mills at
Camas. Standard Oil and Crown
Willamette wilb meet at. West Linn
and Fulops will be the attraction-at
Hiilsboro against the home team. .
Camas has-a lead of a full game
over Standard Oil, which is second,
and even , should Standard. Oil win
and Camas lose the two teams then
would be tied fo first place. -Camas
has won 12 games and lost two, and
Standard Oij has won 11 and . lost
three. Blair ror ; Quesinberry and
Helmcke wall be the battery for
Camas and Miller and Golden for
Portland Woolens. . . .:: :'
Lefty Schroeder will he in the box
for Standard Oil with Chapman
catching. CrownrWillamette will use
Stone on the mound against: the
oilmen. Stone has been pitching air
tight ball all -season but with luck
against him and he. has lost several
close games. Stewart will catch fqr
Oregon City. . ... ; " " . ";
To slop its long losing streak
Fulops will use Emery Webb against
Hiilsboro. Although he has lost his
first two starts Webb has pitched
good ball and he held opponents to
few runs. Huessing or Turk will
pitch for Hiilsboro. -
EWING IS FOR
' KLEPPER
Owner of Oaks Says He'll Refuse
to Vote Beaver Chief Out.
SAN FRAIf CISCO, Cal... July 29.
S. Cal Ewlng, owner of the Oakland
club of the Pacific Coast Baseball
ADAMS AND SOME OF HIS STAR CO - WORKERS
league, declared in a statement to
day that he was ready to "stand
by" ;William Klepper, the; Portland
club owner,, whom ; Commissioner
-Landis .ordered out , of organized
paseball: ,,. -' . : . - ,- .
: "Judge Land is had -np -business to
expect Bill Klepper .to quit as presi
dent of the Portland- club," - said
Ewing..;: "Furthermore, I think the
commissioner - has., overstepped his
authority, ;: He has- no power to sus
pend Klepper. The only thing lan
dis could do to Klepper .was to . rep
rimand him publicly, and -he hasn't.
Vi will refuse to, vote Klepper out
of: the .Pacific :Coast,- league, and I
believe-lt is-an injustice to expect
him to turn -his business affairs over
to someone else.. .-1 :; . -
"I have been inconsultatlon with
my- attorney for- several da.ys-.and I
w told Judge Landis has: fcrred.
To protect my own business against
any lawsuit I am going to refuse to
vote Klepper out.' : ; -; ..
CoastMarksmen Going to Atlanta
SAN" FRANCISCO, Cal.. July 23.-
California probably will be repre
sented .by . a . dozen, or moreof "its
best trapshooters ,at the annual
grand American handicap shoot to
be held in Atlanta, Ga.. the week
beginning .August 24. Among- those
who have signified their intention
of competing . are Fred Blair of Eu
reka, .. state' "champion; Lou .Pierce
of San Fraiicisco, George . Anderson
of San "Jose, Henry Pfurman of Los
Angeles, and- W. W. Warren of Ne
vada City. , -. -.",: .
" Major Griffith ' Appointed.
COLUMBUS, O., July 29. (By the
Associated Press.) Major John L.
Griffith of Champaign, III., has been
appointed the first commissioner of
western intercollegiate athletics, ' a
post created by directors of physi
cal education ( of the big ten uni
versities. This announcement was
made today: by L. . M. St. . John, di
rector of athletics of Ohio State
university and chairman of the big
ten athletlo director. '
PORTLAND, OREGOX, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY
IRIGTDN STUBS ills
WINGED M LOSES 6 OF 8 'TEN
NIS MATCHES.
Both Men and Women . Partici
pate in Third Inter-Club
- - ". Tournament.- ,
In the third - Inter-club tennis
tournament in which both men and
women participated 'the racquet
wtelders , of Irvington defeated the
Multnomah ciub. tennis players in
six out of eight events yesterday on
the Multnomah club courts. Of the
two miked doubles -matches Mult
nomah took .one and of the two
men's doubles matches it took one,
losing all., four, in the women's
singles. . . . ' '.
Ten men singles teams of Irving
ton and Multnomah clubs will meet
in competition next Saturday: Each
club at present holds a victory over
the other! On the Saturday follow
ing the two clubs again will meet in
an inter-club tournament, and each
will be represented by four women's
singles, two men's doubles and two
mixed . doubles. -
Yesterday's results'. ,
. : Men's doubles J. - H. Mackle and
H. . Frohman,- Multnomah, . defeated
MacVeagh - and A. : R. Munger,
Irvington, 6-3, 6-8. 6-2; Catlin Wol
fard and Ed Murphy.-Irvington, de
feated H, g. Gray .and Ferd Smith,
Multnomah, 6-3, 6-4. . . - ,.'..-
Mixed doubles Iren'e Campbell
and Henry Stevens, Multnomah, de
feated Stella Fording and Olin
Lewis, Irvington, 6-4, 2-6. 10-8; Mrs.
W.- I. Northup and Herbert Swett,
Irvington, defeated Frances Bates
and Robert Kendall, . Multnomah,
6-1, 6-2.- :'- - .- ' ,-v .- s
Women's singles Jane Cochran,
Irvington, defeated" Camille- Bur
ton, Multnomah, 6-2, 6-1 ; Dorothy
Ettinger, Irvington, defeated Mrs.
Roy Hunt, vMultnomah, " 6-4, 6-1;
Helen - Hald, - Irvington, - - defeated
rs. Warner, Multnomah, 7-5, 6-2;
rs. - H. Wentworth, Irvington, de
feated Mrs; Wilson Clark, Multno
mah, 7-d," 6-2.
TITLE PLAYERS ANNOUNCED
Robert.- and Howard Kinsey tn
, Meet Hardy and Voshell. -
i NeV'yORK. July "29. Robert and
Howard Kinsey . of San Francisco,
the titleholders, will meet Samuel
Hardy and S. , Howard Voshell . of
New -York: tomorrow In the final
match for -the Metropolitan doubles
tennis championship on the courts
of the Crescent Athletic club, Brook
lyn. -,; '','.
The" Kinseys won in the semi
finals today from William T. Tilden
II, : national . champion, and his
youthful protege, S. I Wei-ner of
Philadelphia. 3-6. 6-0, 6-2, 6-2.
.Voshell and Hardy defeated Philip
Neer of Portland, Or., arid James
Davis of LoslAngeles, Intercollegiate
champions, 4-6, 8-4, .6-2, 6-3. .. .
Neer - and '- Davies earned their
semi-final ' bracket earlier in the
day -by defeating -Selychiro Kashio
and Zeno Shimidsu, Japanese stars,
9-7,-3-6, 6-1.
60'."; NATIONS TO; COMPETE
1924 , Olympic Games Slated to
. I Draw Many Contestants. '
' (By Chicago Tribune Leased Wire.1
-NEW YORK. July 29: Between
50 and - 60 nations,'" the ' greatest
number in the history .of-the Olym
piad, will compete in the 1924 Olym-.
pic games in Paris. Allah H. Muhr,
secretary -of the international Olym
pic committee, said today upon his
arrival on the steamship Paris, with
the French Davis cup. team, of
which he is captain. 5 -
'"Both - the far east and South
America will, be represented, giving
the next Olympic the most world
wide as"pept it ever has hadi" Mr.
Muhr said. . - - V .
He wllL-confer with the American
Olympic committee about its plans.
Work on the stadium, just outside
of Paris, to seat between 50.000 and
60,000 spectators, is
added.- -
i
under way, he
30, 1923
ON THE SEATTLE BALL CLUB
NET STARS TO COMPETE
DE TURENNE, CHAMPION, IS
'' EXPECTED TO' WIN.
Entry , or Claude A. Carr of Calcutta,-India,
Is Causing
,.,"- Speculation.-"; .
. TACOMA. Wash., July 29. (Spe
cial.)' Washington state net cham
pions will play In the Pacific north
west tennis tournament here August
7 to 15. , . , : '
:. Leon de Turenne, state champion;
M-isi Mayme McDonald, woman state
champion, and most of the first ten
Washington racquet .wielders will
compete. xe Turenne, ; because of
his elimination of "Marshall Allen
and-' H. D. Johns : In the state
tournament at Seattle recently, -la
expected to win at the tournament
here.
An entry that is arousing specu
lation is that of Claude A. Carr of
Calcutta, India, now en route to Ta
coma. . He - was entered by h i:
brother,- Mortimer Carr, of Chilli
wack. B. C. " :
Written entries will be received
by either Miss Jessie Kershaw, 410
North I street, or A. E. Grafton Jr.,
Rust building, before noon August 5.
'2 White-Barrett Match Signed.
NEW. YORK, July 29. Charlie
White. Chicago lightweight, and
Bobbie Barrett of Philadelphia, have
been matched for a 15-round de
cislon contest In New York Velo
drome August . 7, Tex Rickard an
nounced today.
L.- A. W'atrus Is Victor.
MONTREAL July 29! L. A. Wat
rus of Bedford, Mich., won the
Canadian open golf championship
today, with a score of 303 for the
I 12 holes . over the course of the
1 Mount Bruno club. .
George Pocock of Seattle,! ex-
Champ of English Sculling,
Beats Gregory In Singles.
SEATTLE, Wash., July 29. (Spe
c:al.) Rowing for the first time In
en eight-oared shell, the crew of the
Portland Rowing club today .'won
the mile and seven-eighths race on
Lake Washington, in a manner that
would have done credit to the pow
erful university of Washington oars
men who last spring won the Pacific
coast championship and in June
placed second at the Poughkeepsie
classic.
In fact the Portland oarsmen de
feated the Varsity Boat club, stroked
by Mike Murphy, Washington crew
captain, by two and one-haU
lengths, and he Seattle Yacht club
shell by fully five lengths more.
The time was 9 minutes and 26 sec
onds. George Pocock of Seattle, ex-amateur
sculling champion of England,
defeated William Gregory of Port
land, recently crowned . northwest
champion, in a singles race over the
same course preceding the main
event. The time was 12 minutes
and 45 seconds.
Stroked by Tony Brandenthaler,
twice champion and stroke of Ed.
Leader's first Washington crews,
and coxed by Russ Nagler, three
year tiller-handler of purple and
gold shells, the Rose City athletes
took the-, lead in the eight-oared
race, during the second minute and
increased It inch by inch until they
crossed the finish line, with 1
lengths clear water showing behind
them. .
MURPHY. TO GQ TO YALE
Washington Crew Captain Takes
Job as Assistant . Coach. v
SEATTLE, Wash., July 29. George
(Mike) Murphy, captain and stroke
of te University of Washington
crew, announced today that he had
decided to accept an offer to be
assistant rowing coach at Yale uni
versity. Edward Leader, Washington crew
coach, recently announced his resig
nation to become head crew coach at
Yale'.
Murphy, who is a junior at 'the
University of Washington and was
re-elected captain of next year's
crew, said that the Yale offer was
soflattering that he could not turn
it down. He is married and has
been working his way through
school.
Troeh Brothers Will Compete.
ABERDEEN, Wash., July 29.
(Special.) Frank Troeh, American
amateur trapshooting ace, and his
broftier, J. B. Troeh, both 'of Van
couver, will be among the sports
men taking part in the western
Washington trap shoot on the local
range August 5 and 6.. Most of the
Grays harbor marksmen will be on
hand, including Dr. H. C. Watkins
of Hoquiam. crack trap artist of lhe
harbor district.
Wilson Defeats Blackwell.
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July. 29.
John Wilson' of Prestwick de
feated Edward Blackwell. also of
Prestwick, for the Scottish amateur
golf championship today at the
19th hole. .Wilson teaches school
when not playing golf, while Black
well Is the world's longest hitter
with the gutta Percha ball.
Classified A dvertising and
Sporting News
NO. 31
KElORTHlf CASE
TO BEUPTUESDAY
Coast League Directors to
Decide on Fate.
HOT FTGHT SEEMS LIKELY
Klepper Certain of Support of
Four Clubs, While Two Oth
ers Are in Doubt.
Directors of the Pacific Coatvt
league will meet In San, Francisco '
Tuesday to decide what is to- be done
with William J. Kenworthy, former
-manager of the Portland baseball
club, who is under suspension by
order of Junge Kenesaw M. Land is,
baseball high commissioner.
They also will determine the
status in the league of William H.
Klepper, president, and James R.
Brewster of Seattle, heavy stock
holder In the club.
Klepper and Brewster In the earns
Landis order that suspended Ken-
worthy were declared Ineligible to
participate in the affaire of organ
ized baseball until January 1, 1925,
and January 1, 1924, respeotively.
League action was held in abey
ance after the first decision, pend
ing Judge Landis' ruling on a peti
tion by the Portland baseball club
for a modification of his decree on
the ground that under baseball law
he had no authority to suspend
minor league club owners, but could
punish them by a public reprimand.
McCarthy Enemy ot Portland.
Judge Landis recently in a sup
plementary decision declined to
modify his original decree In arty
particular. Hence the Coast league
meeting of August 1 to decide as to
the status of all parties concerned.
William H. McCarthy, president of
the league, is an implacable enemy
of Portland and of Mr. Klepper. He
has publicly announced that he will
carry out the Landis decree to the
letter and has declared that Klepper
and Brewster must sell their hold
ings in the club. ,
But as president, Mr. McCarthy
has authority to carry out such a
programme only to the extent that
he may be upheld by the league di
rectors. And there are numerous
signs that the feeling of the other
club owners is not so unanimous
toward exacting the Landis-Mc-Carthy
pound of flesh against the
Portland owners as McCarthy has
appeared to assume.
Entng Ag-ainHt Decision.
Cal Ewlng, owner of the Oakland
club, and for many years an out
standing figure not only in Pacific
coast ; league baseball, once having
been president of this league, but
prominent likewise in the affairs of
organised baseball, yesterday made
a formal statement to the effect
that after thorough Investigation it
was the conclusion of himself and
his attorneys that Judge Landis had
exceeded his authority and had no
power to bar Klepper from baseball,
nor to suspend him.
Mr. Ewing further announced that
he .would not vote to deprive Mr.
Klepper of his rights as principal
owner of the Portland club, and
that he would fight any attempt at
the league meeting to force Klepper
to sell his holding
John Patrick, president of the
Los Angeles club, and personal
representative of William Wrigley
of Chicago, the owner, is likewise
a certain friend of the Portland,
owner. Mr. Patrick has issued na
formal statement, but he has made
it plain enough informally that he
is for Klepper and entirely opposed
to any attempt to force him out.
Lnne Ik Klepper Adherent.
William Lane, the Salt Lake own
er, is likewise opposed to the, whole
McCarthy regime. He is an almost
certain Klepper adherent.
With the vote of the Portland
proxy, who will be Gus C. Moser,
vice-president of the club and its
attorney in the Kenworthy case,
that virtually assures the Portland
owner of four of the eight votes
at the league meeting, as President
McCarthy has no vote. On the, Mc
Carthy side Is certain to be the San
Francisco club and the Vernon and
Sacramento "clubs to force Klepper
out would require at least five votes.
The first Landis decree declared
Kenworthy to be Ineligible until
August 1, but eligible to play in the
coast league, though not in Port
land, after that should Klepper and
Brewster by then have disposed of
the Portland holdings; otherwise not
to be eligible to play on the coast
until 1924, and assigned his contract
from Portland to the league.
Hot -Sfsrht Likely.
In his second or supplementary
decree he referred to the fact that
Kenworthy's "services" rather than
his contract had been assigned to
the league, which leaves open u
question as to who does hold hia
contract, on which the league di
rectors must pass.
There unquestionably will
be an attempt at the meeting by
the friends of Portland among the
league directors to have Ken
worthy's contract and services as
signed ' back to Portland by 'the
league. On that point a hot fight
is likely, for McCarthy no doubt
will bitterly oppose such action.
Mr. Klepper and Gus C. Moser left
Portland last night for the meeting.
They were . accompanied by L. H.
Gregory, sport editor of The Ore
gonian, who will cover the meeting
and the action taken by it, so that
the Portland baseball public may
have the real facts, uncolored by
the personal leanings of San Frato
clsco writers.
Harbor League Games Dated.
ABERDEEN, Wash., July 29.
(Special.) The Cosmopolis baseball
team, leader- in the Grays Harbor
Commercial league, will play Ray-,
mond at Raymond, Sunday. The
Hoquiam American Legion will play
the Hoquiam Eagles and the Smoke
Shop of Aberdeen will clash with
the Aberdeen Knights of Columbus.
Horseshoe League Organized.
ABERDEEN, Wash., July" 29. A
horseshoe pitching league has been
organized here, officers duly elected,
and a regular schedule formed. The
"barn yard golfers" have court
that provide 50-foot pitching dis
tances, and all matches are under
the rules of the National Horseshoe
Pitching association.