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i LAV dTA d Y I'M r m w -agar iai m j .kmw-- , w , t Lr- y t f ii , i 6 1 I SO I BEST FIGHT CARD Old Master SHying at Forty I Five Bound Battle With . the Dane. EVERT TEAE IN LEAGUE FEAES BEAVER STICK Ttteher Benny Henderson; Wants to " Cbm Back to Beaver Camp but i President Ewing Refuses to Allow ! nim to Return. ' ' 1 i By Will .JT. BUttery. San ' Francisco, May 12. Jo Gens aad Battling Nelson doing their toaaal annuel stalling acta preparatory to coming together In , the ring for the second Urn. If the real contest proves to be aa strenuous a the windy ne that la now betas waved between ha black and the Dana and their re- rp Active managers, flanked by the mam era of the local fight trust and Jim t;of froth, the Miaslon street 'arena man. It should prove worth coins; mllea to . Th air la full of attiring; fight talk and the rival scrappers are tearing round at an awful gait and posting forfeits for the purpose) ef showing each ctner up, out tnis is about aa far as ther have progressed. ' Cof froth is doing the best ha can to get the rival lightweights In .the ring on the Fourth of July. Like every other r remoter in the country, he - realises hat this Is the best card In all the world outside of Burns and Johnson, and there does not appear to be ' the most remote chance of getting this toa.tr for a long time at least, should toff roth stage the Gana-Nelsoa- fight and it Is' as good aa an even money bet that he will then It euro will be a f reat attraction, for the wily promoter a wilting te spend the money and ad vertise It till It develops Into the most stupendous ring attraction that this city baa known since the recent disaster. The old master does not want te meet Kelson lit a 4t-round contest if there Is a possible chance for hint to get the Xtene la the ring In a It-round: mixup. Cans knows full wall that hex can take list's measure In 20 rounds on saints. but whea It comes to a 41-round bat- iie, uaos nas me oouots. Me- went against the Battler for 41 rounds at Goldfleld nearly two years' ago and al though he won the honors on a foul Jo had auch a atrenuoua time of It that he will not repeat the performance If ne ee easier. Oana Is rather dissatisfied with the boxing game aa It exists In this city at the present time. Naturally, Joe is broke. He always la whea he comes all me way irora oia tMittmore to tnis city for a fight. He was bulled Into believing tnat there was a ton of money . In sight for' him and Boer Unholx and ne leu xor the talk. But what was the result? An ordinary 17,000 house. Of this amount cans received but 11.800, though he waa the main attraction. The Boer, who was nothing more than a' clown and a ring Joke, was guaran teed $1,000 for hie bit and he got away with It too. This made old joe very sore and he has vowed that he will never enter the ring here again unless he Is given a substantial guarantee and a bonus.-. - Nelson still firmly believes that he can trim the chocolate drop, provided he is given plenty of time in which to tern the trick. Bat knows that he has not got a chance against the old master In a 20-round mixup. He may aay that he can win in the short route and that Gaae la not the man he used to be, but at the same time he haa that feeling : away down deep In his heart that he will need plenty of time If he expects to get the large end of the purse against the . negro. . ' It is strange to compare the financial tnethods of the two lightweight star. Kelson la something Ilka llOA.ooo to the f ood, most of his coin being Invested a real estate In and around Chicago Clans on the other hand ii clean, barring his hotel oronertv in Baltimore. vhlcn H Is said is heavily encumbered ' and alno has proved to be a bad investment Only the other day the Dano saw a chance to buy a swell vineyard in he l4vermore valley, about 25 miles rrom Oakland and one of the most beautiful aad fertile spots In all California. Nel son Jumped at the chance and purchased the lto-acre cultivated tract for $15, 0 00. Three weeks after - he secured for it by a big wine making syndicate. ' The Dane, however, realises lhi the ranch will double In value wltnln the tiext couple of years and Ita intends to bold on to It What does Gans do with his money? - Tosses It away te the birds. After his famous fight with Britt here last Sep tember, he went to Los An ere lee and -picked up another easy $10,000 by stall ing George Memsle for 20 rounds. He Is credited with having left California between 940,000 and $(0,000 strong. Right months later he comes back eleen. 4natdentally disposing for a auarter at Its cost his magnificent $5,000 MatheH son touring car wnicn he purchase! In Xiom Aageles oefore departing for Balil- more. The old gambling habit still holds Joe fast and unless conditions change wonderfully within tha next few years he will die In the poorhouse Just like the greatest little tighter the world has ever known, George Dixon, did a couple of months ago. ' A week before the Unholx fight, Gsaa VJRTCH THESE WHITECRPPED BEAVERS MID SEE THEM put h la peerless diamond stlokpin in soak for J500. This piece of jewolry la one of the handsomest of Its kind ever seen In this city and is worth f 1.000. But Joe needed the money to play on the ponies across the bay. ThVy not that $500 and the $l,g00, wbloh Joe received for his end of the purs and incidentally about $1,000 more which the black boy managed to nick his friends for. If this sort of thing keeps ud Joe win have to Begin rignung an comers In order to keep out of the alms house. ' It is a lucky thing for him that our modern laws do not allow the Im prisonment of men who are unable, to pay their debts. , Stanley KetcheL the Montana cyclone. ia getting ready for hia meeting with niiiy rapse at jauwauK.ee, on me even ing of June 4. , Ketchel left for the beer city last week and Is a bit worried be cause he fears that he will not have time enough to get into the best poe- slble ahape for the coming encounter. Ketchel ia a man who needs lots oi work. He ia very young and Is grow ing rapidly. He finds It extremely dif ficult to take off weight and aa he has to make ill pound xor rapaa ne wm be compelled to show a lot. of speed. If Ketchel doea-ndf put up a better fight against Papke than he did against , Bnlllvan it Is no cinch bet that he will win his. mateh In the limited 10 rounds. Ketehei was very wild and Ineffective against Sullivan. H had the. Twin fuded as aarlv as the seventh round. but he was unable to steady himself and bring over the sleeping punch till the twentietn ana even men ne aia not score a clean knockout for SulMvan refused to get up when he realised that he bad gotten hie Ketchel Is a lad of wonderful confl-tl dence and for this reason he baa been very reckless In betting on himself and, incidentally, extremely lucky Hn bring ing soma ine money, tie ana nis man ager bet about 12.000 against Sullivan and took whatever odda they could land. from to to a to i to l. it was ine same way when Ketchel fought Joe Thomas and Mike Twin 8ulllvan. This time Ketchel and bis manager will bet a big chunk that the Montana man can trim Packer Both men are free with their money when it comes to Detung sua they will show the people around Mil waukee something. Papke has been such a. consistent performer around his home town that it la likely he will rule a decided favorite over KetcheL It the latter gets away with the glory he wm come eut-ef Milwaukee, with an 'awful bundle of bills and If he ia beaten .lis roll will have an awful nick in It The' baseball outlook grows brighter i the daya roll by and " everything folnts to the most successful season hat the Pacific Coast league has ever known. The wonderfully close race hast kettt local interest at a high ith and for tha last month the games have been pulling tremendous crowds outn In this eltv and Oakland, while the fans In Los Angeles are Just huogeihig fcr their team to eeme nam once again.. BaA Francisco Is showing ita. ;lss once more after a bad alump and now Captain, Mohler saya that the only em In the league he fears i Portland. Strange tot say they are all afraid cf the Beavers on acocunt of their bitting ability. The northern brigade has 7uk en up so many games In and around this city during the last month or ao that they have inspired all the others with a wnoieeome xear. The Portland 5 friends of'- Jimtny Byrnes, the little catcher who did eorae great work for, the team near the close of last season, will be painfully shocked to learn that he did the best he could to kill Umpire Moore at Sacramento during a game with Stockton there last Sunday. After Moore had made what Brynes believed to be a bad decision at the plate, Jimmy grahbed a-bucket pf water; and. gave Moore a nice dousing. Not content with this the catcher got hold of a bat and seemed .to be In a fair way to brain, the indicator man whea several players interfered.- It Is likely that Jimmy will . be ruled out of the state league for keeps on account of his show of temper. While he was In the Lcoaat league, Brynes always conducted himself In a very genuemanty manner and was never put out of a game. Ben Henderson, tha pitcher who hainad . Portland win the sennant two years ago and then Jumped to the Stockton club of the outlaw league, ia getting ttred of the game in the bushes and wan ta to get-back Into the fold. After BCOUt JP Tea uiu m ine oanan mH nans failed to secure the consent of President Ewlng of the coast league to. Sign tne outlaw iow me nuo cny team ' Henderson appealed to friends In this city and asked them to use their Influence to have him reinstated so that he can return to Portland again. But Ewlng has - refused flat-tooted to go to the oat for Henderson. He says that he will make an example out of every one of the Jumpers and that neither Henderson nor any of the others will ever get back Into organised base ball provided hs haa anything to say about It - ' 2 The committee which the Oakland Baseball association appointed to select a name for the Oakland baseball club haa decided on the "Athenians" after several weeks of deliberating on the various titles sent In by those who took part in ' the spirited competition. The committee may be laboring under the Impression that It is springing a live one hut it Is not The Oakland club was known as the Athenians 10 years ago In the old California league and if the committee wants, to go back even further. It will discover that Charley Drevden, the noted sporting writer now in Chicago, christened the Oaklanders the vAtheniana 20 yeara ago, when the Height street grounds were the scene Of SO many memorao uibiuuuu muvi. ; Junior Paper Chase. The fourth paper chase of tha Junior Hunt club waa held yesterday. Don Tarpley. Alexander Llnthicum and Leo Baruh finlnshing first. Jay Coffey was the first rider to come in hut was dls auallfled for an unfair start John Douglas and Richard Carney, the hares, laid a six mile course embracing six twb-f eet Jumps out on the Barnes road. panzigMcCrcdicKinsella, "Gropn THESE RECORD-HOLDERS TO COME' ' Bi , - . lL - JAy V ' . - " ' nfSi : : If t iJn i, - . J:rA j , t ( . . 4 - ' i i ' ry . ' ( , 13':'"' I , It A I n " - I i f , V?! .-, ,m,,,m,zJ .ur-j. I - g.SBJBSaBBBBBHeHSBSBSBpBBSBSBH ' -WBBSBSnSBSW asll I .1. ilDE-!IJMMillT iL..'lluUil. IUSSl'l SsTSSSstsSI "Wlfir Tsllssfr ' Whether tha Olymplo club caa dupli-1 cate lU victory of last year la the Pa cific northwest athletio championships June with a team of five men is a question bothering the athletes of Ore gon Just now. The Olympic club will send to Portland a auintef of the .beet pert ormera on tha coast. They will be Ralph Rose In the weights, Andrew Glarner in the distance runs, Fred Lan- mi in the vault. Albert Munn In the Jumps and weights, and Pete Gerhardt in ine sprints. . , . Two of the Olymplo club team hold world's records Rose In the shotput nH niDni tn tha 100-vard run. Andy Glarner is a versatile athlete. The fleet fellow took up running when he was 1 years of age at the Univer sity of Paris. France. He waa born in Paris in 1183. GIRLS MAY WIELD RACQUETS May Sutton and Hazel Hotchkiss Will Probably Cornea-Playing Rules. Efforts are being made to get Miss May Sutton, the world'a tennis . cham pion, and Miss Haxel Hotchkiss of Cali fornia, who captured aeveral events in the northwest last summer, to play in Portland during tha Irvtngton club state tennis tournament from July 14 to and Includlpg July 1$. L 'The club yesterday Issued Its rules covering the events, which are as fol lows: Gentlemen's open singles Winner will meet J. C. Tyler in the challenge round for the championship of the state ef Oregon and the Flske challenge cup. This cup has to be won three times to become the permanent property of tha winner, and has been' won aa follows: 1S9. W. A Bethel; 1900. W. A. Gosa: 1901, A. T. Ooward; 1902. W. A. Bethel: 1901, I- R. Freeman; 1904, R. B. Powell: 1906, O. H. Busch; 1908. W, A. Goaa; 1907, JV . Tyler. ' ' - -Gentlemen a open doubles---For cups offered by tbe Multnomah Amateur Athletio club. These cups must tx won throe times to become the permanent property of the winning team. Ladies' and gentlcmen'a open mixed doubles For the championship of, the state of Oregon. . Ladies' open singles For the John C. Ainsworth cup. This cup must be won three times to become tha permanent property of the winner. Ladles' doubles For the champion ship of the state of Oregon. Consolations Open to players beaten in the first match in gentlemen's sin gles, and flrat match in ladles' singles. Advantage sets will be played in all matches. Two out of three aets will be played in all matches except the aemt finals, finals and challenge matches of fentlemen'a singles and doubles, 1 where hree out of five eets will be played. Balls authorised by the United 8tates National Lawn Tennis association will be furnished by the committee for all matches. The entrance fee shall be 41 for each event. All entries accompanied by the fee must be received by tha chairman of the tournament committee or aent to room 31 Hamilton building. . Ill Third CAUFORIIIA S JT x 1 l :' : Aj One at his s-reat achievements was- winning the all-round championship of France In 1901. He finished his educa tion at westgate college, jsngiana, where he also won renown In soccer football and other college activities. He arrived in the United States in 1902, taking up his home in California. Joining the Olympic club he at once became a prominent athletic figure. In 1905 he ran second to the great Light body in the mile, In the. two following yeara Andy was a winner. . Nothing could approach him. ' He made records in the 44& and $ 80-yard distances, hang ing up new coast marks. He also holds the 100, (00 and 1,000-yard indoor records.- Last summer Andy went east, and the running he did has practically en titled him to a place on the American team that invades England In July. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Pacific Coast League, - - Won, Lost San Francisco 14 20 Portland . ..i 19 18 Loa Angeles .......... 19 19 Oakland .............. 11 It PC. .545 .514 .600 .419 National League. . " . Won. Lost PC, .691 ,.620 .636 .619 .484 .413 .407 .400 Chicago . ... Pittsburg ... Cincinnati . Philadelphia Boston New Tork .. St Louis . . . Brooklyn . . . 8 if 11 IS 13 If 16 1 18 Americas League, k Won. Lost PC. ,,641 .686 .562 .600 .500 .484 .179 .166 New Tork . Cleveland . . Philaaelphia Chicago . . . Detroit . . . . St Louis . Washington Boston II 10 17 1$ 11 12 14 14 14: 1 18 20 street before midnight. Saturday, July 11. 1901. Rules of the United States Lawn Ten nis association will be observed. The foot fault rule will be strictly enforced. Competitors will play on such courts and at such times as the committee may appoint. Competitors not appear ing at the appointed time may be de faulted by the committee. Play Will be gin at 10 a. m. and 1 p. m. each day. J. F. Ewlng will act as referee. t The tournament committee Is D. S. Bellinger, E. A. Cawston, W. A. Goss. A. B. McAlplii. Irving Rohr, W. K. Soott James Shtves, Brandt Wlckersham, Richard Wilder, W. F. Woodward. F. H. V. Andrews, chairman. . . There may be plenty of room at the top, but high altitudes make most of ns dissy, - v- CLIMB TO THE TOP -a-TAss "m 1 Casey, Garrett, - Ryan,. Melvin Shepherd, the great eeastern run ner, barely nosed him at Jamestown and Montreal, and was the only man who ever did the trick in the half mile. Just to let the northwest athletes know what Andy can really do. here are some of the speedy fellow's records: He reeled off the century In 10 2-S sec ends, the quarter in 4 4-S, tha 800 yards in 1:13 4-5. the half in 1:55 4-6. the mile in 4:29, and the two mllea in 9:60. - Nobody in tbe northwest has ever approached any of these recorda outside the 100-yard dash. t Fred JLanagan, tha Stanford star, has done 12 feet 4 Inches In the pole-vault and he is a pretty fast maa tn tbe sprints tip to the quarter. Lanagan Is a good high-Jumper, and will probably take some points In this event. The picture shows the Olymplo vaulter going over 12 feet in practice. . WHITE STEAMER IS Big Car Loaded to Guards With Photographic Ma " terial Tours Oregon. ' i. (SpeeUl Dtapatek to Tbe JmrasU Prtnevllle. Or., May 23. Herman T. Bolman and "William Flnley. who are touring this part of Oregon, collecting photographs and data of the animal and bird life, arrived here Wednesday even ing from Shanlko, Just' a week after starting from Portland. They are mak ing the '.trip in a White touring ear especially equipped for their work.' They are provided with, a number of cam eras and are prepared to photograph running animals and blrda that , can not be posed at close range. They will expose more than 1.000 dry plates aad will cover a range of subjects from landscape to every variety- of bird life. Because of heavy roads they were not able to load the 70 gallona of gasoline they wished to take from The Dalles and are filling the tanks here prepar atory to the 160-mlle run Into Bums. Several cases - of plates were shipped to Burns from ' The Dalles as they wished to reduce their load In every possible manner. "' The trip from The Dalles to this place was made by traveling at 'irreg ular Intervals, stops being made where ever the naturalists saw fit , to atudy bird and animal Ufa A stop was made at Hay Creek -and photographs of the world famous atook and buildings were secured. From thla place the couree of the "W ne Steamer will be to Burns and the southern part of Harney county. After some time has been spent there they , will perhaps ceme back here and some time may be spent In this vicinity If fit subjects are found. They are gathering notea that that will be used in articles to Outdoor Lite. Outing, Sunset and Pa ciflo Monthly. .-. I. O. O. F. HaJ at Centralis, ' (Special rHspstea to TIM Jononl.V Centralia, Wash., May 28. The Odd Fellows of this city have let a contract to H. C. Davis, a local contractor, for the erection of their new hall, which is to be of pressed brick and will coat about $lt,000. The-work will be begaa at once. '...-. CARRYING ARTISTS OF THE ! PACIFICmRSTllERGUEl PERCENTAGE ' COLUMN GOSSIP OF TRI COT LEAGUERS Games Scheduled for Today ; Will Bring Evenly-3al-, . anced Teams Together! Trt-CIty league games scheduled for today;---' .' 1 ' ..... West Portland at Woodburn. Alblna at Oregon City. East Portland at St. Johns.. -Vancouver el -Salem. 4' Umpires assigned -for today: Prevost at woodburn," Rankin at Oregon City. ,-Cheyne at Salem. . Salnpolls at St Johns. Considerable Interest Is manifested In the game today '.between - the West Portland "Milllnere" and the Woodburn "Blue Blrda." : These two teams are oc cupying firsthand second rounds of the percentage laaaer. wooaourn nes al ways been pretty easy for the West aiders, but Manager Kennedy, the "Blue Bird" magnate, declares that thla ia all ancient history now and that the Milli ners" will return to their stamping grounds around Schiller's corner sadder but wiser tor their brush with their old time enemies. Marshall, the blg slabster, will be used against Nick whitehead's bunch, and Otherwise the "Blue Birds" will be as strong aa they have been at any time thla season. 'The "Milliners" are taking no chances and will Journey to Wood burn -armed -to - the--teeth with -baeebali strategy and horseshoes. Howard will probably be sent to the mountain against the - blue clad warriors' and is mixing mighty strong dope to use in the con fllot Whichever way it goes both teams will realise that there la a ball gams on. The "Cherry" Pickers" will We the "Pioneers" on for today, this being the flrat engagement in which the Van couver team will appear before a Salem audience. Both teama are putting up great hall and It la a toas up as to which will land winner of the series. Out at the St Johns Athletio park today. Umpire Salnpolls will call "play'' in what promises to be the fasteet game of the season. 'The "Apostles" will nave the east side ""Commuters" as their' opponents.'- TheWe two teams are pretty evenly matched In strength and use similar tactics In getting on. St Johns will have Keeler, Lee and Clay, the new men. In the game and the Commuters will put forth their strongest combina tion. It will be a hard fought battle and will probably run Into extra in nings. . H ir ' The rejuvenated Alblna - "Tourists" will try to take a fall out of tne Ore gon City "Papermakers" today at Cane mah park, and thereby break the spell of bad luck and incidentally nose into tha Sercentage column. An entire new co trie .' of faces will grace the Alblna uniform and among them will be some clever amateurs breaking into the aemt professional rank. Melle, the big Wa basher. Broughton, or McCarthy, will be sent to the mound for Alblna and Robinaon or Habernicht for the "Paper- makers." , ,.,'-,. nninav Wnrlhiirt tha aneedv le ho wears an east aide uniform, has had peculiar experience this season. He has puenea inree games ior. ine xripie x outfit and lost them all by very close margins - after two extra- Innings . in each instance. At that ha haa pitched fine ball, keeping tbe hits well scat tered. But for aome reason Juot at the critical time his teammates nave mada a fluke or a foosle and the other fel lowa have tucked the game away. Two of his games went 11 innings each and the other should have gone but seven whereas nine . were necessary. . President Whltemore and Secretary Smith will commence their tripa around the circuit next month, visiting at each of the grounds and siting things up In general. . ' Southpaw Pender, Concannon and Troeh are a likely trio of t wirier and Vancouver may well be proud of the staff. . Keens and Shea are - able and classy receivers' and encourage the slabsters. Captain Ray Kennedy of the east stde T T T aggregation believes he has discovered a phenom in young Crosby, who is twirling in ths independent ranks. ' Kennedy knows a ball player when he sees one and ( declares . the youngster possesses beautiful curvea and has a wicked ln-shoot. Confidence will make the kid a regular tf he wishes to Join the league. " ''Jack Helser 'secured a valuable ac quisition in lnflelder Orlet He comes from the Northern league and is light ning fast on' his feet, covers all the territory to be desired, is a wleldex of the willow, daring on the bases and un derstands inside baseball. The Van couver enthusiasts think they have a "candy kid" as an lnflelder. ' Happy Jack - Helser Is desirous of having a classy bunch and ere long will bo con tender for the pennant as leaguers ate being given attention and a number of applications have been received. i Robinson, of the Oregon CMy "Paper makers," has a beautiful raise' ball In his repertoire of mystic offerings. Tommy bids fair to be one of the lead ing slabstera in the Trt-City circuit He twirled for tbe Brewers last season. Some of the Trl-Clty leaguers' are pretty good at ateallng bases, aa the official scorea ehow: - Tauscher, aat Portland. 11; Barrell, Pcrnoll, Cooncy. Bassey. - A H DRIVER PRASES COURSE James Van Katre Says Fort : , land Has Best in the T United States. , .- ' "They , can praise their Vanderbllt and Brlarcllff couree T to their hearts' content, but let me tell you that Fort land haa In the new Wemms cup course the greatest hit of cross-country racing ground in the United States." . This- was the statement made by James , W. , Van' Matre, the dare-devil driver of the Studebaker Auto com; party, who will be at the wheel of one of the Studebaker stock cars In the Rose Festival races. Van Matre knows whereof he speaks for he has been over ajl the prominent oouraea In the coun try and knows every crook and turn in them. Van is the fellow who taught Jack Huge, Malcolm Smith and Johnny Walla, three of the drivers who sent the Studebaker army dispatch car on ' ita wonderful run from New Tork to Fort Leavenworth last winter, all they know about handling a machine. Had Van been in the east at the time he, too, would have been one of the quartet which relayed the machine at a rate faster than that accomplished by the New Tork to Paris racers and without a single mishap. Mr. Van Matre took a party over the course yesterday in one of the Stude baker demonstrating cars and found that the road had dried out considerably as a result f the warm sun rays. The hard, oiled track proved too much for Van and he couldn't resist sending tha lever out to the last clutch on some of th smivith at rat nh.a "The course la a grand one," contln-. ued Van Matre. "If the day is fair and the track hard and dry aome ex ceptional time should be made. In faot It looka much to me like a new rec ord might be established for that dis tance. There la but one bad hill. Just this side of Gresham on the Section Line road, that will probably give trou ble to aome of the drivers. - I look to see the engines in aome of the csrs firetty badly crippled unless great care s taken of them., "A great spurt could be made down this same hill if that hazardous "S" turn was not near Ita base. This is one of the dangerous parts of the course but by slowing down it caa be taken capitally. There is another hard climb upon leaving the Section Line road, where unusual care must be exercised. At one of the turns there is consider able of a hole but I understand steps are to be taken at this point to obviate the presence of any danger. "These are really the only hard por tions of the road to make. The others are great for speeding. From Kdet Brau tavern to' Mon ta villa There Is as atraight a stretch of country as one could wish for. A major portion of this is down ?rrade and a high speed can be maln alned for five or aix miles of thla dis tance. "Of course only the center of the road is or will be oiled, the crude ma terial being spread over a 15-foot. sur face. But there will be plenty of oppor- tunlty of passing cars in distress, as the road on either side Is fairly level." The nearest point in the course, a right angle formed by the Base Line road and a cross road ia a mile from Montavllla. At this place the portable I grandstand will Drobablv be nlaced and affront this point oil has been sprayed on i the surface as far as Ed el Brau. Nearly half of the track on the 8e tlon Line road has been oiled and it will be fully sprinkled early this week. Two big sprinkling wagons nave been pressed Into service, but were delayed with their work by the rains of last week. RAIN INTERFERED WITH INLAND EMPIRE TEAMS .La Grande, Or., May 23. Rain haa In terfered considerably with the prac tice of the teams composing the Inland Empire league, Baker' City, La Grande, Pendleton and Walla Walla. Especially is this true of Baker City and Ia Grande. The first game between La Grande and Baker City, Thursday, t the latter place, waa almost a farce and yet the tables may be turned lie fore the series has ended. ' Rumor haa it in La Grande today ttMt the Baker City aggregation lucked a ?itcher. Be that as It may, Manager ack O'Brien of La Grande haa gathered he most likely bunch of class D slug- f ers that ever graced a diamond ) H his town. At least eight of them are going to tiat better than 850. An example of timely work at tha plate, Fournler, the La Grande catcher, got two three-baggers yesterday with bases full each time. LodHl, Van Hor.it Beck, O'Brien, Fuohel, Fournler- and Zimmerman are every one above the averare in - batting ability and - La Grande fully expects to win the ' pen nant although Pendleton walloped them shamefully In tha practice series. The players, besides Manager O'Brien, Who cuts weeds in the right garden, are: Catcher,' Fournler; pitcher, Kit tea man and Fuchel: first base, LodelL seo ond base, Van Horst; third base. Child" era; left field, Kooser; center field, Zim merman; shortstop, Beck. Bast Portland, 10; Larch, East Port l.-J A. ".IT . T, .1 Jt Kennedy, mast rortiana, ; Antoine, v West Portland. 6; Troeh. Vancouver, 6;; Porterfield. Salem,' 4: H11L Oregon City, 4; McConnell, Vancouver, " 4 ; Brown; St Huddleston, Woodburn, - - 4: , Jermain, ser, Kruger. Kelt" " Moore. Gardner, Burke. Johnson. Houston. Schmeer. New- . ell, Nace and Orlet each have three. - f(M vX.n.. n.Jfc. y 11..-. .....1., irwi .......Ij. . f 1
