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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 19. .1908.
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fEWING WORKS TO
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Coast League President
t Would Entice Seattle and
Tacoraa Into Fold.
I GAMBLING ELEMENT IS
ENCROACHING ON GAME
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Low Browed Touts Prsert Race
Track and 6eek Corner of Bleach
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Pop Van Haltren Shave.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 !