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r '.;.". ; .-- - ! . i. , 2 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 19. .1908. 1 1 1 I Ml ,11. . i "... - . . H-..L.I i OJ2 V 1 i - "Xv , 1 1 r Ita iHnp hWvw szr s ii i i j . rw . . ii it ii nil i & i i i 1 1 i i fEWING WORKS TO !, 1 GETHORTHTOVSfHS Coast League President t Would Entice Seattle and Tacoraa Into Fold. I GAMBLING ELEMENT IS ENCROACHING ON GAME 1 H r il Low Browed Touts Prsert Race Track and 6eek Corner of Bleach ers to Make Bets on Baseball Pop Van Haltren Shave. on its i in i Py Will J. Blatter-. San Francisco. July 18. The Pacific : Coast Baseball league has now entered f Upon a new era with the admission of ' ' X Sacramento and Venice Into the foi l. 1 1 The six-club circuit for next season Is J J assured, but still conditions are for 1 J from being Ideal and It Is very likely Indeed that the fang of Portland will fcjbe anion g the first to complain ere the ; ilneasoB of 1909 is many weeks on its - From the standpoint of the northern I! fans there is too much California In the present circuit. Five southern ! i cities and but one lonesome northern . :itv Is far from being eaual represcn- tat'lon. Everything looks fine and rosy i ffor the southern magnates and the Cal- ifornia admirers of the natlonfi.1 pastime, . fcut the Portland people are still to be t i 'reckoned with. , , I President J. Cal F-wing Is laboring un ' Ider the Impression that he will be able to entice Seattle and Taenma Into the 'fold and thus make an eight-club circuit 'out of it. comprising .five California - Iclties, two from Washington and one from Oregon. This would be more ". 'businesslike and practical, but still ' i there are many obstacles to be overcome 4 before the dream of the big magnate 'i t has been realized, and from what the Seattle people say now. It never will -... .' conm to pass. There Is no Question nut the new - circuit will be a profitable one and a great attraction In California. Thu men behind the Venice and Sacramento clubs are all good sports and true wllh plenty of money to go right to the bat and give the fans the sort of baseball , which they demand. Ed Kripp, the Sac a: ramento manaeer. used to run the cap- 7 Hal cltv team In the old California 'leairue some seven or eight years ago ' 'He ran It up to the time' that Henry Harris got busy and made a magnate .out of Mike Fisher. Krlpp made good mnncv In baseball and this Js the rea on why he wants to get back into the .game again. Though a gambler by occupation and the owner or a couple of race track '- books and many fast horses. Kripp Is . ; ' one of the most bitter enemies that baseball gamble has. This may i oundstrange to the average fan. but nevertheless It Is true. Purity of the diamond Is one of Kripp's hobbles. In the old days here he made more trou ble for the gamblers than all the other magnates combined and practically suc ceeded in running them out of Sacra mento when they threatened to wreck the sport In that city. Mayor Harper of Los Angeles Is one Of the strong men behind the new Venice club. Harper is an old-time - ; sport and admirer of the American ame. He holds a block of stock In the os Angeles elub and is a great fan. Jim' Jeffries, the great undefeated champion tf them all. is also in with a little bundle. Like Harper, he has n niece df the Los Angeles club. The , newcomers havrlenty o' money behtnj 'them and therff is no reason In the world why they should not make the fame go., , . , While the magnates are devoting nil their efforts at present toward perfect ing the new circuit, it is very likely ' that they will shortly have a difficult f task on their hands coping with the gamblers who now infest the San Krau i Cisco and Oakland parks. Little by little these corrupters r tne Kamc n.ie, forged ahead till now they have 1 ecuinr I a potent factor of tin game here uml ii across the bay. The leagoe officials announced at th- I opening of the season that they would' put the crusher on the first rr. u, caught making a bet on the outcome .,( a game of ball. The press was behir.d Kwing and the other powers of th" league and their determined ttaii l : seemed to frighten the gamblers wh-i - - laid very low for a month, hardly daz ing to show themselves. Hut little lv litl- they became ni i bold Th'ev oo'inmeneed bv making priv ate bets of a few dollars among tin ni cel ves In a secluded portion of tl.e blee-hers Finding that everything vnrkeri nelT the eamblers became nv r cheeky till at the present time they congregate in portions of the grand '"fi atand and bleeehers and openly invite allcomers to step up and make a little t-bet on the outcome of the game. - These men bet as hlnh as G00 on a single game. Th. re nr.' four or five regular handbook men who place monev for evervt"dv on the regulation com mission of 6"per cent on every dollar They f ill take anvthlng that Is liiipp-d r to th-m The odVts vary from even monce to 10 to 6 and 7 and thousands f of dollars charge hands ev ry day In the bettlr.g ! Ire S rv t'y r:i'--trark has closed down the buseh.'iJ tetters have leen In thefr; ; element IT niav . .nd rather strar.c? 1 to the tua cf Pirt'and. but It Is true tht eeverril hun'l'.- 1 touts and har.K ' rs-on at tie trt. x made a few, f dollars on th- r.ir.irs .'...ring the winter I have remained here i i jiftv the lai' , '-games Instead of taking another whtil! l the ring In Pesttie Th' se fellows " r the most vicious tps of gamblers.: i They overlook no bets and If the pres ent state of affairs c.itlr.ne it will' . Hot be at all surprising If son-,, of these low browed tout" get t - n ' v of th" ' wker bsll players ai:d inJ e them to toss games. I In his application, for Mike Is Jerry to the Kube and neir wants to lay an eye on him again if he can possibly Still . The probable lineup of the star team will be Catchers. Itiiss of St. Louis' Nationals, Berry of San h ranclsco: pitchers. Overall of Cubs. Hums of Washington. Henley of Pan r ranclsco: Inf leldfis, La Jole of ('leveland. Chance of the Cubs. Delehanty of Washington. Zelder of Pan I'ranciseo. outfielders. HlldeUrand of San Francisco, Cobb . of I et rolO- .Tings Donahue of Whlto Sox and Hal Chase. This will be one sweet ball team and It gives promise of getting a lot of money In the far east. the players simply go for the trip. Jtli tneir ex penses are pnld. but they receive none of the profits, which are shnred by Woods and Fisher. Woods la now in the Orient booking the team. It will play In all tho large cities of Japan. China and tho Philippines and way home will stoD over two weeks Honolulu. The Oakland fans have been raising an awful howl lately at the way their ; team has been playing ball. Thoy sure i have a wnll coming for the work of the; Commuters tjave been about class Q for . tho last montn or more. Always a good baseball town Oakland is beginning to show a great falling off in interest late- I ly and cantnin van Haitren ana presi dent Ed Walter have been striving des perately to got hold of a few live play ers who may put the nine on lta feet again Bill Miller, the new lnflelder. In on the Joh," but thus far Van Haitren has not quite decided where he shall play him. However, when the Oaks show in the north this week the Portland fans likely will see a newly reorganised team In ac tion, though most of tho old rlayers will be on the job. Pitcher Harry Nelson, the big Alame da southpaw, has not nrnved such a find as the Oakland fans expected he would. Nelson went against Los Angeles in three games thus far and every time he started the champions hammered his Shoots to the remote corners of the lot. Nelson was pounaed so hard that ha had to be taken out each time. Southpaw ivllllan. the pitcher who was given to Mobile. Alabama. In ex change for Nelson, is still sticking around. He refused to go to the south ern league- for the reason that he has not been offered salary enough. Kil- lian tried to get on wun tne outlaw or ganisation here but failed to land. He has been pitching for Independent teams in and around this city. Old "Pa" Van Haitren has shavea off his moustache for the first time In V. OA ,rAa.- yi t y lmlr. irv. fans kidded Van so strong that the old I boy s pride was stung to the quick and new he is again nursing the brush and the chances are that it will be In full bloom once more when he lands In Port land with the team next week. Though the oldest man In organized baseball. Van Haitren Is playing a bettPr game right now man any otners or tne oak land team. SNAPSHOTS OF EMOTIONS OF THE PORTLAND BASEBALL FAN IN ACTION The town Is again flooded with pugi listic celebrities nnd they are all clam oring for a chance tff get at one another. Just look over the list of the lightweight stars. Battling Nelson, the new cham pion, Joe Oans. the fallen Idol, Packv McFarland. who has hones, and Freddie Welch of England, one nf the cleverest of them all. You cannot pass along the street at night without humping Into one of them, with tho possible excepMon of ans, who took to the woods a few davs ago. McFnrland is hoplne against hope that the proposed Clans-Nelson mil) at Elv. Nevada, on Labor dav will never be nulled off. He Is pining for a crack at the champion. Like all the others, he Tromlses to make a monkev out of the Battler and like the rest of them he is figuring without tne consent of Nelson, who has now pone down the line and cleaned evervbodv McFarland's dream mnv possibly be realized at that. Tex Rlekard. the Ne vada promoter, has not vet made good with all of bis first J 1(1, (mo guarantee for the $30.00(1 nurse nd unless he comes through within the next few davs negotiations will be called off and then Mcrurlnnd stancs a good chance of get ting on with Nelson here on Admis sion day September P. ... Oans has taken the advice of Jeffries and hied himself to Harbin Springs, one of the wildest arid healthiest portions of California. ller tho defeated cham pion will pass a month with the hope that he will be able to build up and regain some of his lost vitality. Joe Intends to sleep out of doors nn.1 sp'-nd his time in mountain climbing an.) deer hunting. The springs are practically Isolated from the outside w old. not. even having railroad commnnle.atlon It was at Harbin that Jeffries alwavs prepared for battle and everybody knows how fit he was each tltne he 'entered the ring to defend his title. Tly . ham plon of them all paid rnore"attet'tl..n to nature than to training or gymnasium work. In a heart to hert talk to Oans, .Ii ff told the black wonder that ills .me salvation lay in the simple, outdoor, life. ',ans weighs more than lta pounds i.lreadv and looks better than he ever did since he first showed In this city more than 10 years ago. I I ' j-r9- I ! .'i s- k.-Z; j - ' lAJr.' -i .j'tS,;':...',;..1 i-i:'.;-A ' , A.T BAT A gyitTQLE A. lTACBIFXG I ."7( n'-- !; ' r' ' " ii'.-i -l W A Wy ' 'VdMkx..S. Oi AVAlAtiM:.IH(INk' V -: -1 TWO OUT TWO cTT'R.IK.Brf W E CTCO-KB Billy Dills, the popular stage manager of the Baker theatre, caught In characteristic attitude during one of the games against Los Angeles. Billy is an ardent enthusiast and knows the game from A. to Z. He sticks up for the Beavers, too, and can show you where they can't lose the rag this year. $ H CLUB TO GIVE snow in ocron GOSSIP OF TRI CI7Y LEAGUERS Grave Talk of Shortening Season Owing to Poor i Patronage. of the park like rats from a sinking ship. When the team loses, the man ager Is to blame, and when the team wins the pitcher is the boy, and thero you have It, all sealed and government Inspected. "Timmy" Concannon, the boy with the awful wiudup. who for two years past brought the bouquets to Wood barn, will be given a chance to pitch aL-alnst his old teammates today. Ar rive.! avalnst him will be the peerless 'HACK" A WRECK. southpaw, Bowen. who has lost only one game this season. Vancouver fans to the number of a hundred or so will accompany the team to Woodburn and bet the peanuts on the Pioneers. 4 6 X 1 2 T J 1 .") Ms :i l : r i a i October 15, 16 and 17 are the decided upon for the second i ho'se sle w bv the Hunt . lu!. There ylli he a matinee earn dav, an.i wit:; the promise if. even a fin. r exhibit of h 'se. of erery class iast ear's initial :lO. vcii! be overwhelmed Mike Fisher, the winiv rrs-'-cer. who - formerly handled the (tn::i; . Tiicorr.i. Mne. is perfecting his liar ' r taking the Amett-n stars to the m-r.t s' the p Co f the present series B.; k1 bv JrtH Woods, the wealthy He trl maa. Mike started tnls ta the c - o-i f he returned from his siccessfnl trio to j ,fn,r" j r ; ,i'. ho. K when ess b .ard . ,i,r..-tors met at the club hta-1-. .ar!ers In the Lumber Rx hunge on Wedne.. evening nn l every detail of preparation vas specif. -a i !v outlined so 'hat the Iran, i 'isi: task . f prepara't-m for this ptgantle nnder'aklnc will run swrf.tt.iy and w ithout lr, er r npt Ion. The Oriental buildirg at the expr.oi. tlon grounds, in wri.h the show was held lant yrar. will i, g'v..n manv addi tional touches at v ery , onslderable ex pense, and guests will I. us comfortable at the matinee and evening exhibits as they iil'l be in a thea'r. Additional driveways ve:;i b laid out from the building to the outer street, so that carriages aaJ automobiles can he handled well. There a- slreadv- ac-rrnmodatlons for 0 hewd of hor. in the commodious Mables f-rtv-ted last season, hut large canvass Mah!-s will he provided, as It Is expected there will be many more to take care nt In addition to housing !'e horses thfre is a coach honso. hsr-is-r..or s and feelrrKims no c!ettl for an:rr,a,s anT the con- rwrers and groc.ms being Honolulu una the Islun tin ..t( .wtrifer. r. vt r v twi j inoupi.v - n.i a. hum t first, but bow that Fisher an i tVniaii tare rnads reservstlons on the mairiirlcf nt mr Manchuria, which Is t-i,lJ te Mil for th far et on No YTTntxr I, the llip looks about in lir rflnt f Binrb taik and cbeip 4 viUirg Mtk has u r-cel ed In inter esting all the NstkmAl snrl Amer-r-mn eu mm ia the trip. Right nw ) t ta rreirt of letters from tt i ,hh Not-aleon La Ji. f.uts. W ad )11 i1 ffcrnr Mt.'!wOT. asking; fo -rr f-. tSe en It is lis.r lrt r. irr uk rchh and i t jwii ttn .f tcmttl m Tit wtta Vi addeil aentj Jack's record. Jake p. kiey. r"w with Kansas Oty had t ' t"th knocked out recently Jake wp. dreaming ff the time he played with the. Hot Swatters hack in 11. when the hl! wbiird up and slammed him In the pie entrance Jake had the rerve to say thv were genuine molars and not store teeth. As a borr.-mn emifer Manacr Jsrk Punn of Hsltimore will never win irore thao lgt reses of ho.a. Two -beweee'- fr the clrcutt la j rewn, one In arMt oca this um la I OFFICIAL STANDING OF TEAMS. Won. Lost, r ( Woodburn IS West Portland 12 Vancouver 15 Salem ....11 Mast Portland 8 Si .lolins " llie p.bove Is the official standing nt : he league teams as shown by ul to ial t.p-'i'ts and score sheets now on f;i. . Oames scheduled for todav Hast Portland at St. Johns. West Portland at talem. Vancouver at Woodburn. 1'mplres assigned for the day. ('.ilea at St. Johns. .l.ok Hankln at Salem. I'revost at Woodburn. Tie Interest of the Tfl-f'ity leoijuf fans rer.ters around the game piaye 1 ' -iy between Vancouver and Wovdturnj a: Woodhurn. Neither of thete teams I has l"ft a game for several moons. Ore N .n first and the othJr In third place. ! i'hese teanis have not crossed hats this' feasor., this being the first of a eerie of seetal games between them. Van- c ulver has Llaed one more Kame than Woodburn. but both have played four i more thiin W est Portland, wriirli stUKsi in seund pla. e. Should Vfue onver in lodav and West Portland lone, tne teams I will change positions. 1 ope sheer throw j all the advantaite to U o.,t..rri. al though It 1s cm e. le-i that Var.LOuver has a formidable team. , Another battle e. h-duled for to.iay If. ttint between the "Ap' sties and t . "Commuters" at Pt Johns Tf"is a the, first game t o b plav.i r.r: r-r Johns grounds for several we.ki. ewlr.Kl to the poor f,;rp..rt tlven tre St. J"'rm team by the fans of mat birg Th-e to teams have met on two pr-.lc,.i.J occasions once at St John when tij Eastaidera aliope,i the Saints t.. thi tune of 1? to and onc nn H. Vaughn ' street ground, wren St Johns irojn. 1 1 the CMmmuters 3 t . tn one f t ', fast est games pisve4 in 'he Trl "ity larxje ,' The total time It the rine ir'i'.n as. one hour end ii nir.otea Tt.e i.tn.i i are now mor evenly matched, tn I a i pretty gim rv t e lked for Either . Hurlbert or Nelson will tmlat em over I for I.ast (lde and P.uby Crosby will officiate ut-n the r unfair fcr Johns. The game Is st for t o clock 7 i rf Ifo-'.. :..o. : w . V V Colly Barrell, the clever little second baseman of the Kast Portland team, discouraged over his slump In swatting the ball and for business reasons, has resigned from the team nnd will play no more this season. Manager Pome roy will use Neal, one of his utility men, on second sack in today's game. Neal Is a tall, rangy player, who has been out of the game for three years, out is worKing out nightly ana is com ing back. Three years ago he wore a uniform In the Three-I league and showed enough class to attract the at tention of Hugh Jennings, the Ameri can league manager, but, for business reasons, he did not follow the profession. leads the City league of that burg stolen bases. In There is grave talk of shortening the league season to end August 9. owinrf to the poor patronage given some or the teams and the violent opposition to Sunday ball In SaJem. The situation nt Salem Is acute and visiting teams are much adverse to filling the remain ing dates on the Salem grounds and taking the chances of being thrown into the calaboose. It seems there Is a state law which prohibits the playing of baseball where an admittance fee Is charged and the Ministerial association of Salem is up In arms and has deter mined to put the Salem team on the blink. Spokane has Portland beaten to a frazzle as a baseball town. On a re cent Sunday the Northwest league and City league pullcl off games In sep arate parks, the total attendance near Ing the 7,000 mark. Over two thou sand of tho fans attended the City league games, one of which was a 14 lnning affair and the other 10. Taken as a whole, the grade of base ball played by Trl-Clty league teams this season is much better than last year and the -ames are pretty fast nnd remarkably free from bungles, when ono considers the fact that the players are not salaried 'men and play but one game a week with no time to practico. Advice lust received from Salem states that games will be continued In that cltv and no hand will be taken by the authorities to stop them. On Eastern Diamonds SOUTHPAWS HAVE Ml ON BUNCH Battery Besf Fielder in the League Still Talking of Bernard's Stunt. 1 r . -' ' 'V v Fsndcrn at pt Jfr Is r"TJ'oa commd ty WM1 the home team i wlnnira every tlsrer It a 'n' mj the reeiderts e-jpport th team to the ltnlt Bat wfcaa ua Kin t le tan. ah. Oian' 4ha -', t rwr. Uble aui' aM the ia&r acettle cat Ixindor.. July II Word was received br today from Alx-la-Chaprelle that rival, iana attending (Ueorge Harken sci.rr.i V. th P.uta'.an Lion. former carrji n wrestler of the world, have ".erlsrel that he will rver be able to "V't.e agiln. The exact trouble la rc riven, but It is understood that the r-ti-r te ery weak Two cf hie f.rr ir pariianv 'rljed and one rf ',. knee Is wL. , M a a reported eev era! wek ago t'at H ke-bmldt had dt 1 After Me v,ch ,th frank nt-h tte Mg fellew cciir.1 rapidly Me wae eald to hare ha-1 water n the knee W nether rr ret t trouble It dee t-nthe te-rifle hardship luiiM tree htm by Frank tVneh i ha Amarlraa wko wreeted the, UUe from tira la Chicago ta arot stataX This being the case, the west sldrt Frakes, which are billed for Falem to day, may not take the trip. With few txoeptlons .the players in the Tri-City organization are young men who play the game eolely for the love of the port and hold reputable positions which they will not Jeopardize by locking horns with the law. With these boys Sunday Is the only day In the week when- they can enjoy their favorite pastime, their employment and busi ness keeping them busy on week days. Should galem be forced to quit owing to the opposition of the churchmen. some other team will have to be dropped to even the schedule. Rumor hat It that Woodburn la willing to quit, as the attendance does not war rant the keeping up of a paid team. This would bring the league down to four teams. West and East Portland. 8t Johns and Vancouver, to finish the season As neither St. Johns nor Van couver are pulling very strong attend ance the msnagfrs may decide to meet and clot the season earlier than last year. This would not mean that th league would disband, for It will hold Its organization for the coming year. "Maggie" Magness and Troy Mvers. th blond left fielder end the diminu tive shortstop rf the East Side team, have gone to the seashore to listen to the murmuring of the waves far from the strenuous life of the ball field. -Big Pill" Ketteman. Ixvdell ard Houeton bare rald from La Grand, where they have hen averting in th Inland Empire league. At all of thee players ere memtxre or Trl -City league teams they will doubtlees report tor doty to their reepeetive menagere. Kot (tnttl end Houeton belong to the Wrt Side team and Lodll to Vanr-ourer. Newspaper urn lees give Webb Mnr taw. formerhr with the Cob of lajt rear Trt-CfTT tanae. toe wti!T-tr Rradiare of rvtk.r. a t ,jr lie la iutUng tie ta at a, clip t4 In spite of injuries to their players the Chicago Cubs keep on the Job. The- Springfield, III., club has re leased Pitcher JokersL This ii no time for any bum puns. . Rube Waddell says they can have their Hans Wagner day and Cy Young day, but as for him he prefers pay day. Bam Crawford is playing a great game at Detroit. "Old Sun Down" is keeping swell step with Ty Cobb. About the worst case of grouch that baseball fans take on is when their team wins a pennant one season and then sticks near the bottom the next year. The Toronto club has released "8n dow" Mertes for being too slow. A few seasons ago "Sandow" drew $7,000 per from the New York Olants. The Philadelphia Nationals came very near sending the Pittsburg Pirates down In West Virginia, with all hope for the pennant gone. And now Stanley Robinson Is going to Jump the National league and place his t Louie team In the American as sociation. As Confucius once said. "Bt. Louis la the home ot bunk baseball storlee." Battorroff and Magorkurth Is a bit tery possessed by the Canton team In the Iulnols and Missouri league Sounds more like a eaengerbund than baseball. Clark Griffith's quitting the New York Amerleane has caused a big dif ference in the playing of the High iandere. As soon aa the manaaerisl change wet made the Kilties started to move toward the bottom. e Managing the Kansas City team tnuet have soared Monte Cross' disposition. Monte bee" been rhsised by the aotrlree several times tbia season. And Mont niooa wat such a, quiet chap ia Ftulsr eiBl, too. Peculiar how these Beavers take to left-handed pitchers this season. This Is at variance with the popular idea that a southpaw bas the goods on a left-handed batter. In the eight hits off Gray laat Tuesday, Ryan copped two. Casey one and MeCredle one. Against Sutor the preceding week, Ryan and Casey got two hits each and iliCredle one, making five of the seven saf" ones secured by the Hoavers. They don't throw 'etn too crooked for this hard hitting brlgado. Raftery has pulled off some plays In center field during the week that stamp him the best man In that position on the coast. Thirty-one files were gath ered In by tho fleet gardener in the eight games he has been In up to yes trday. , The one error was made on a bad throw to second to head off a run ner. Several of the plays Tom has par ticipated In were of the hair-raising va riety and could have been called hits had Tom been less fast. They are still talking about thatbnt rattllng "Incident In which Curtis Ber nard was so severely criticised for his unsportsmanlike conduct. A lady soli the o.ther day that she thought Bernle was the one man In the Coast leacis who was above reproach on the ball field. Perhaps the psychological Im pulse that caused Bernle to pull cf f the dirty play against Whaling ulil never be explained. It would have bee i far less offensive, had Bernle not dof fe 1 hia cap In contempt to the grandstand when it Jeered him. Funny characteri these ball players. That brilliant light of the diamond. Kid Mohler. lets out a howl that rever berates wp and down the mast as soon as he gets back to his own bailiwick. The Bay City crab tells a frisco scribe the following: "When we were north the Portland papers, had a lot to kick abovA. The boys with the pencils were after me strong, but what cared I so long ae we won games. They gave me a dig about protesting a game I ws on the field and a ball was hit down to me. Casey ran between th ball and me and Interfered with my fielding It was a palpable case cf interference ant Casey should have been called out- The papers sail 1 was unreasonable and unfair. The truth of the matter is I am right. Mohler la tbe only one who thinks so. - Now- sad then a baseball play la pulled Off that fuldn't be hotter If It wat In a book. With ths score 1 te t against htm In a recent game. Manager Lew Drill of ths Terrs Haste team bit for a borne run, scoring a man en tHie and winning the game I to L Happening In the, last cf tbe ninth Ms tturt netted Lew tat full cf diver Jingle !
