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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1904)
AGE EIGHT. ASfd&Ll, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 26; 1004. LOCAL TEAM LOSES AGAIN Concessions to Childish Rainier Bali Players Lost Sunday's Game to Commercials. ERROR COSTS FOUR TALLIES In the Seventh Stockton Meets With an Accident That Tarna ' i Victory Into Defeat for the Clubmen. Sunday ball gam between the Rainier and Commercial teams was excepting the seventh inning, one of the best exhibitions ever seen In this city. At the end of the sixth the score stood 1-1 in Commercial s favor, out Stockton's error when the bases were full let In four men and lost the day for the clubmen. The game was char acterised by country rag-chewing, and It happened several tiroes that the vis itors made ready to leave the field be cause they did not like Mr. Binder's decisions. Such trash has frequently disgusted spectators, and It was the universal opinion that the Rainier ag gregation should have been permitted: to quit on Sunday, instead of the local team making concessions that I unabIe t0 ablde by the at that rn the' ball fair, and he did so. With this Tommy Ross left the field, la measure, ht was right; but In another way, he was decidedly wrong. Haider man was substituted and went In with out warming up, and with two men on bases. Smith singled to left field. filling the bases, and the next man up, Phelps, batted out the ball that stock ton failed to handle. Stockton says his legs gave out and that he could not possibly have fielded the ball, and those who appreciate a good fielder will ac- nt his statement without reserve. The ball bounded away Into the remot est corner of the left field, and by the time Morton had fielded It Phelps and the three other men had crossed the home plate. Ordinarily the hit would not even haw been a single. In the eighth Commercial scored an other run. Roxy Graham reached first on Reld's error and pilfered second and third. Regan hit a hot one to Daggy who failed in his effort to throw out Roxy at the home plate. When Mor ton hit out one to center field that was not handled It looked like Com mercial would win. but Regan was caught between third and home, and Trulllnger and Flannlgan fanned. Stockton's error In the seventh lost the game, but, as he explained, he must be expected to make an occasional er ror. There can not be any very serious complaint on this score, but the people who patronise the game certainly have reason to protest against the constant changing of decisions because the vis iting team, not having emerged from the period of adolescence, finds itself In defeat j. Tommy Ross was In the box for Commercial. He was touched up for four hits In-the opening inning, but the visitors could score only one run. Daggy and G. Williams singled. Reid fanned, 'and Smith's bunt filled the bases. Phelps single scored Daggy, but Thurston flew out to Harry Gra ham and Flannlgan handled Caswell's liner. Commercial failed to score In the first, and neither side tailed In the second Inning, although the clubmen would have scored had not Regan cut first base and been called out He hit a fly to Smith at third, but the fielder dropped it, and in 'his great anxiety to land on second the runner neglected to touch the Initial sack, for which Mr. Binder called him out Morton, the next man tin. drove out a beautiful hit to center field that would have scored Regan. 1 Rainier iould not score in the third, but Commercial got In two runs. Stockton singled to right field, and when the ball went through the fielder Chop made the entire circuit Fergu son hit to third, but Phelps, at first dropped the throw, and when Harry Graham singled Ferguson scored. There was nothing doing for either side in the fourth and fifth. In the sixth both teams tallied one run. With two men down, Caswell singled to cen ter field. Ross got two strikes on D. Williams and when the batter bunted on the third strike Mr. Binder called bim out Of course, the rules are clear enough on this point and the batter was plainly out; but the children from the country said they'd quit if the um pire's decision stood, so, for the sake of peace. Captain Graham asked Mr. Binder to call the bunt a foul. This was done, to the thorough disgust of the spectators, who have become tired of watching Juvenile quarrels at A. F. C. park. Williams then singled to left field, and when Stockton failed to handle the hit Caswell scored. In Commercial's half Brother Roxy walk ed, stole second and third and was brought home when Morton hammered out another pretty single to the left garden. The seventh saw some more child ish bickering. Daggy flew out to Trul llnger and G. Williams was hit and walked. Then Reld hit one along the third base line. It was certainly a fair ball, but Mr. Binder did not think so. and called It a foul. Thereupon the schoolboys from the rural districts filed upon the field and kicked until the spectators were sick and tired. Again, for the sake of peace, the Com mercial captain asked Mr. Binder to govern the national game. Men who will kick because one of them Is called out for bunting on the third strike know mighty little about baseball, and are not entitled to consideration such as was shown them Sunday at A. F. C nark. Really, it was a dreadful state of affairs, and. It is to be hoped, will not again occur. So far as Stockton is concerned, there Is not a better amateur left fielder on the coast When he Injured the ten dons of his leg Sunday he asked to be replaced, but his request could not be granted, as there were no available substitutes. It was unfortunate that Stockton did not handle the hit. but he has won several games for Commercial and has generally played better ball than could have been expected of an amateur. But one fault can be round with the Commercial nine It Is made up of gentlemen, who erroneously feel they should always take the 'worst of It whenever a questionable condition arises. The score by Innings was as fol lows: Rainier ..1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 01 Commercial 0 0200101 04 llwaco Beats the Prides. After the Rainier-Commercial game the Flwaco and Pride teams tried con clusions. Both pitchers were hit hard and the llwaco nine won by a score of 16-14. llwaco started off with a big lead, but the Prides smoked' up and for a time looked like winners. In one Inning, however, the visitors batted around their list The feature of the game was Cheshire's fielding and bat ting. A very pretty double was made during the game by the locals. WILL VISIT THE FORTS Lieutenant-General Chaffee and Quartermaster-General Hum phrey Are to Arrive. ARE ON TOUR OF INSPECTION Will Take Steamer for Fort Stev ens and Then Uo to Fort Columbia to View For. titicattons. You will liks MADAME. Lieutenant-General Chaffee, head of the army of the United States, and Quartermaster General Humphrey head of the quartermaster department of the U. 8. A., will arrive in Astoria this morning from Portland on a spe cial train. The two officers are tour ing the country In the Interests of the army. The hour of the arrival or trie special was not announced last even ing, but it Is expected the train will reach the city a short time before the arrival of the regular passenger train. Lieutenant-General Chaffee and Quartermaster-General Humphrey are to visit the forts at the mouth of the Columbia, where they will spend most of their time during the day. At Forts Stevens and Columbia they will inspect the fighting apparatus, and aft erward will return to Astoria. They will leave for Portland In the evening. The quartermaster steamer Major Guy Howard will be at the A. A C. wharf when the special arrives, and the two officers will at once proceed aboard the steamer. She will take them to Fort Stevens, where there wlU be a review and Inspection of troops and fortifications. When Fort. Stevens Is Inspected the party will proceed across the Columbia to Fort Columbia. Here there will be an inspection of fortifica tions, but no review of troops, as the Columbia company Is at Fort Canby on small-arm practice. The steamer will return to Astoria In time to per mit the distinguished visitors to take the special shortly before ( o'clock. So far as could be learned last even ing, the heads of the army will not be entertained by the people of the city during their short stay. Their trip is one of official business, and they will have no time for such entertainment as the 'people would like to provide for ; them. Neither of the gentlemen has ever before visited Astoria, and Lieu-tenant-General Chaffee is now In the northwest for the first time. During the war he went to the Philippines, and upon the retirement of General Miles, was named by President Roosevelt as Miles' successor. ' the use of visitors and those Interest ed In the work of the assemblage. All delegates are wanted to present them selves at the convention hall at 1:10 o'clock the morning of August 8, so that they may register and be supplied with delegates' badges. At exactly 11 o'clock of the same morning a flash light photograph of the convention will be taken as a part of the record. Those who attend the convention with the delegates will be taken care of. A committee from the Woman's Club of Portland will have charge of a trolley ride to be given to the wives, daughters, sisters and other women accompanying the delegates. This ride will be to Canemah park, cars for which have been donated by the Oregon Water Power A Railway Company. The convention will adjourn In plenty of time to enable the delegates and women accompanying them to take id- vantage of a trolley ride over the city through the courtesy of the Portland and City A Suburban Railway Com panlea. A committee of two citisens of Portland will be on each car to point out places of Interest. Reports received by Manager Tom Richardson of the Commercial Club denote state wide Interest In the league movement Letters by him received from mayors of cities and county Judges are of the most encouraging tone. They all Indorse It and tender sssurance of support as well as as surance that the people from their several communities will treat the movement In a co-operative manner. Everything points to a largely attend ei ana entnusiastic convention, says Tom Richardson, Dined at Portland. Portland, July 25. After a dinner In their honor at the Arlington Club, Generals Chaffee and Humphrey left here this evening for Astoria, where they will Inspect the forts at the mouth of the Columbia. Fins Show at The Louvre. Manager Wirkkala has a fine show at The Louvre this week. Miss Oli vette Parker, one of the most popular ballad singers of the west, has been booked for a four-week engagement. She was formerly booked with the famous Castle circuit and her signing has attracted large crowds at The Louvre this week. Miss Parker's songs are Illustrated with chalk drawings. ,Mlss Beatrice Raymond, another singer of note, has been engaged by Manager Wirkkala, and has proved quite a fa vorlte with patrons of The Louvre. Movinsr pictures are shown between performances, and generally the pro gram is one of merit Do you knew "MADAMET EYE GLASSES 13 A? FIT No Charge for Examining the Eyes IIATIIERINE WADE, Graduate Optician At Owl Drug Stora PROGRAM FOR THE LEAGUE Delegates Will Be Asked to Prepare Statements About Resources Available for Record. General plans for the Oregon De velopment League convention are now beginning to assume tangible form, and within a few more days the set program will be well understood. There will be but few speeches, and these will be delivered by practical men In the different Industries, and after each ad dress delegates to the convention will be given opportunity to ask the speaker such questions as they desire and to comment upon the facts presented. It has been suggested that it would ma terially facilitate the effectiveness of the work if the delegations from dif ferent communities would perfect an organization of their delegates before leaving home. This will doubtless be done in many Instances. fc It is desirsd that each delegation pre pare condensed reports of actual pro duction, giving not only results accom plished by growers and producers, but the name of the grower and producer. These are wanted in the same plain, simple language that one farmer would employ In a statement of facts written to a friend of his In a distant state. This matter will then be available for newspaper reports, as well as for the immigration departments of the rail roads. The plan is to cause the con vention to resolve Itself as much as possible Into an experience meeting. In which long speeches be left unsaid. Everything is wanted In form terse and to the point. - The parquet of the Marquam Grand theater will be reserved exclusively for delegates to the convention, but the balcony and galleries will b open for INTO THE RIVER Miss Hope Clayton Commits Sui cide Early This Morning. Grieving Over a Snub, lleantifnl Young Woman Leaps From the Packers' Dock. Miss Hope Clayton committed sui cide at an early hour this morning by Jumping Into the river at the foot of Sixth street The body of the unfor tunate young woman was not recovered. Miss Clayton had lived In Astoria for about a year and a half and board ed at a house on Sixth street. She was a very beautiful woman, of more than ordinary intelligence, and, al though she had talked of suicide, her friends had no Idea she would ever se riously contemplate so rash a step. Tired of the life she was leading, how ever, she rushed to the edge of the Packers' wharf about 1 : IS this morn ing and plunged Into the river to her death. The suicide had formerly been on the stage and came west to accept an en gagement at a Spokane theater. Like many other girls, she had been misled as to the character of, the house In which she was to work, and found, upon her arrival at Spokane, that she had been engaged to perform In a vari ety show. From this It was but a step to the life which she ended in the river this morning. ', Last evening Miss Clayton talked more or less of suicide. Something which had occurred during the day seemed to have greatly troubled her and she was downhearted all evening. About 1 o'clock she left the house, but even then it was not supposed she would take her life. When a friend went to the door she saw Miss Clayton going toward the river, and when the friend called to her the downcast woman ran for the dock. A police of ficer who had been attracted to the wharf saw the body of Miss Clayton floating some 60 feet from the dock, but she sank before assistance could be rendered, Those who knew Miss Clayton en tertained for her the 'warmest feeling of friendship. She was quite highly accomplished, of pleasing personality and charitable almost to a fault. Many of the poor people of the city were cared for by her and will remember her for many acts of kindness. It was staged this morning that a variety actress snubbed Miss Clayton yesterday afternoon, and that the In cident prompted tile suicide. Miss Clayton was 26 years of age. ' DELEGATES APPOINTED President Welch Names Men to Represent Chamber at Dvel , opment Meeting. STEPS FOR WARRENTON ROAD County Court Is to lie Asked to Plunk and Build Urldgea So at to Afford Conuection With Astoria. BA8EBALL SCORES. Patifid National, At 'Salt Lake (First game) Spo kane, 9; Salt Lake, J. (Second game) Spokane, 7; Salt Lake, S. American. At Boston Bt Louis, t; Boston, 4. At New York Chicago, 0; New York, 1. National. At Pittsburg (First game) Brook lyn, 0; Pittsburg, 3. (Second game) Brooklyn, 1; Pittsburg, 4. At last night's meeting of the Cham ber of Commercs President Welch ap pointed delegates to fh Oregon De velopment League convention, as fol lows: James W. "Welch, president. C. R. Hlgglns, secretary. J. Q. A. Bowlby. John K. Gratke. John H. Smith. J. T. Ross, , i P. A. Stokes. t Frank J. Taylor, Albert Dunbar, C. A. Wellborn. Frank. J. Carney. J. 8. ,Dlllnger. President Welch appointed the fol lowing delegates to the mining con gress, .which meets shortly at Portland: Frank Pattou. S, 8. Gordon. ; J. EL Hlgglns. The Warrenton road matter was then taken up, am) the following report was rendered by the roads committee: 'Astoria, July 26. Chamber of Com merce, Astoria, Gentlemen: We. your committe on roads, received from your honorable body the request In regard to pushing the construction of the road from the new Lewis and Clark bridge to Warrenton. The reason thej road has not been put in condition for summer travel Is because the dike be tween C. Brown's property and the Trulllnger tract leaks so badly that a permanent road can not be built un til the dike Is repaired. 'A temporary road could be built by planking for a distance of about 2000 feet from the west end of the Lewis .A . and Clark bridge, and by building a few small bridges. We hnvs been In formed that the county court Is ready and willing to build any necessary bridges to complete this road. "We, as a committee, would recom mend that a diking district be formed In road district No. 1. We would also recommend that the taxpayers In road district No. 1 levy a tax for the pur pose of building and plunking the War renton road from the Lewis and Clark bridge to Warrenton. "M. FOARD, "W. A. GOOD1N, . v "JOHN FRTB, ""Committee on Roads." The report was filed and the com mittee Instructed to ascertain whether or not any thing can bt don by the chamber to facilitate th opening of tht road. Th secretary was Instructed to pre sent a letter to tht county court at today's session stating that It Is the opinion of tht chamber that tht roadi from tht Ltwlt and Clark brldgt tc Warrenton should bt planked frem the bridge to Meeker's slough; that all' sloughs on the road bt bridged, and' that tht work bt completed In th shortest time possible. The chamber feels that tht road should bt put Int shspt for th summer ,trsvel. MISS TALLANT LEADING. IN CONTEST FOR QUEtN.y Itandt at Head of List of tvn Candl' datsi for Esch of Whom Mart That 1000 VoUs Hav Btsn Cast. . ctitn vi ins canuiuaita in tn r gatta queen contest now hav more- than 1000 votes, and on, Miss Harriet Tsllant, has pasted th 2000 mark. Th votes wer counted yesterday after noon by the commute, for th first time In several days. Perhaps th biggest surprise of th count waa th Jump mad by Mrs. C; L. Houston, on of th most popular young matrons of th city. Mr. Houston had not previously figured In th balloting, but yesterday went to fourth place, with 1585 votss. Mist Rafter and Mrs. F. D. Keuttner ar announpfeil. and Ihwre la evsrv saaur- of th candidates ar being liberally supported. Th count mad yesterday shows th standing of th candidates to b ss follows: Miss Tallant .....216S Miss Rafter ....1S0 Mrs. Keuttner 17S5 , Mrs. Houston 15SS Miss Stokes ........US Miss Lldwell lSJt Miss Norberg 101 Mlss Tullant's lead over Miss Rafter Is 2t. Th contest will close on th night of August S, and It Is expected th balloting will be spirited from this tlm on. Dstalls About CompUttd. Chairman McBrlde and Secretary 1 Hnlderman hav returned from Port land, where they completed arrange ment with th yachtsmen and oars men, All of th athletes art enthus iastic over the regatta and will b well represented herein' year, ' Th -pro jj gram of acquatlo events wilt soon b ' announced, and there is every sssur anc that It will be th best ever ar ranged, The committee Is leaving nothing undone to make th field day a grand success, and will hav a program that has never before been equaled In th Pacific northwest. Hsv you met MADAMET FOR RENT "Old City Hsll Building" Writ 8, Morton Cohn, cars Aread Theater, Portland, Oregon.. The Best lO Cent Cigar Is The Me ra MTOFia Ask Your Dealer For It Manu- fatcured By Gus vSchceiibacchler ASTORIA - - OREGON V