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UP IN CALIFORNIA
FORREST SMITHSON, WORLD'S NEWEST HERO
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THE MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP HELPS
By Win J. Blatter-.
San Francisco, July 16. The flfht
fan of this city ere all on tho Job now
waiting with unusual interest for next
Friday night, when Stabler Ketchel
And Hugo Kelly clash at the Coliseum
for the middleweight championship of
the world. Kelly has never put up his
dukes before a San Franclsoo fathering:,
and therefore but few people In this
city hare been able to ret a line on him.
but from his reputation and the form
which he has shown while In training,
Kelly figured like a near champion who
should five Ketchel aa marry a battle
u he ever knew.
The men had an awful time ooming
to an arreement over the weight que
tlon, and for a time last Tuesday It
looked as though the fight would be
caned off. Rather than have this bap
pen, however, Ketchel's manager, Joe
O'Connor, gave way a little bit to the
Chicago boxer and agreed to allow him
to come into the ring weighing 158
pounds, though up to the eleventh hour
Ketchel's representative stated that he
would not allow Kelly to do a ringside
weight under any circumstances.
Kelly is one 01 Tommy ityan s oia-
tlme sparring partners.
It was from
the former champion that the Chicago
boy learned how to use his mltta. and
Judging from the manner In which he
uses them the teachings of Ryan have
had their effect on nis rormer pupii.
A very graceful boxer,- Kelly Is as
entertaining a man as ever put a glove
on around this vicinity. He boxes much
after the style of Jim Corbett in his
palmy days,, using left and right to
f ood advantage ana having perfect con
fer or his feet: ' He Is " a" fine slde
atepper and a good Judge of distance,
and Is sure one good gymnasium per
former, but what his ability as a fighter
Is the fans will have to wait till Friday
night to find out.
The recent upset In the Oans-Nelson
fight at the Mission street arena on
July 4 Is apparently a past Issue with
the followers of the game here, for they j
have already gotten busy ana made
Ketchel a 10 to 7 shot over Kelly,
though the latter might be a world
beater for all thev know. From pres
ent Indications, the odds will drop to
2 to 1, and possibly even lower before
the men enter the ring.
You never can teach the gamblers of
San Francisco anything. All the les
sons which are set before them seem to
be regarded as jokes and the next time
they will fall for the same sort of
stuff. After the Inst upset the fans in
any other city would be very careful
the next time thev wont against a fight,
but here it is different. If they like a
man they will make him a prohibitive
favorite, no matter who or what the
other fellow might be. They apparent
ly never stop to consider that the short
enders used to get most of the money
here In the old days before the fire.
the trip to the Nevada mining eamp es
pecially for the purpose of handshaking
me Burgers up mere ana to try it pos
sible to induce them to come In with
that purse coin. Hut the old yellow
metal Is not so plentiful In the sage
brush country right now aa it waa two
years ago when Uana and Nelson bat
tled ror that IJO.ouu purse at Ooldrield.
There Is no doubt In the world but that
the sports of Ely would put up the
money If they could get their mitts on
It, but the trouble Is that they cannot
find It lying around loose In the alkali
fields.
If Gans and Kelson do not hook up
on Labor Day, It Is very likely that
Promoter Jim Coffroth will make a
strenuous effort to break the McFar-land-Weloh
- match at Los Angeles,
which Is scheduled for Labor Day and
brin It off In this city on September
It, Admission dav. This woiald make a
great card for San Francisco and un
doubtedly would prove a grand fight.
In fact, it Is one of the few good look
ing matches In sight now. Live fights
are hard to put on at any time, especi
ally since the stars of the ring have put
such a fancy value upon their abilities
as drawing cards.
After stalling around this city for a
couple of weeks without doing any good
for themselves, I'acky McFarland and
Freddie Welch, the lightweights who
fought that great 5-round draw before
Jim Jeffries' club in Los Angeles on
July 4, beat It bark to the southern city
the other, day. They are signed up to
meet again on Labor' day, but In the
meantime both have side matches in
which they hope to pick up some easy
money.
Packy goes against Phil Brock on
the evening of August 7 before Tom
MeCarey's club In a 10-ronnd mlxup.
Though he believes that Brock will be
duck soup for him, Packy will be
forced to step a bit in order to get away
with the money. Brock Is a tough
young man- very much of the Battling
Nelson order. You can hammer him on j
the dome all night and he still will
keep coming at you. The bout should
be a good test for McFarland. If he
can stow Brock away he will be ac
complishing a feat that none of the rest
of them could get awav with. If Brook
hangs it on McFarland then he will be
one of the bright stars of the pugilistic
firmament and richt there to challenge
the best of them at his weight
Nobody knows yet what is going to
come off up In Nevada, Ac-ordlng to
the. latest. Promoter Tex Rlckard is
still framing up rivals In frenzied finance
and lie has everything to make good
with save the coin. As this Is a very
necessary ssset in the world of fisticuffs
at the present time. It would naturally
appear that Tex '.as made a bloomer,
tho'igh he still contends that he will
come throurh and pull the fight off as
he proml'sp'f snd Incidentally hang up
the J3.fl.non pura
Battling Nelson and 'Willie Brltt made
It i peculiar how a couple of good
fights will revive the game here. Till
the Gardner-Whitney, Walsh -Carroll
affairs and the Gans-Nelson mill were
decided a few weeks ago, interest in the
sport seemed to be on the wane, but
once the fans began to believe that
the sport was right again and the fight
ers out to give them a run for their
money, the game became as popular as
it has ever neen ana me men who vowed
and declared that they never again
would show at a prise fight have been
turning out at the recent ones and do
ing more, cheering than anybody else
in the house.
The baseball management pulled oft a
nice little raid on the gamblers at the
ball park on last Wednesday afternoon
and since that time, the betting men
have laid rather low. Though they
failed to land the heavy fish In the
betting ring, the police gathered In
ciulte a few of the small but steady or-
erators and caused a sensation that Is
likely to hold the tinhorn boys for a
while If not to put them out of commis
sion. The raid was pulled off at the Insti
gation of President Cal Ewlng and,
Manager Jack Gleason, both of whom
were well supported by the press all
along the Una. Practically everybody
in the city wag aware of the fact that
gambling was being conducted in an
open and flagrant manner at the ball
park. The bookmakers operated under
the grandstand and bleecljers and boldly
Intlced all newcomers to make bets on
the game as fast as they came into the
lot. It was getting so fierce that the
fans began to complain and the mag
nates had to do something to stamp It
out
It is the intention of Fwlnsr to keep a
guard of police on the Job all the time
and lay In wait for the gamblers from
now on. He believes that by keeping
after these operators, he will be able
to stamp out the evil before many days
have passed. There Is a city ordinance
which prohibits gambling on baseball
games, so the authorities will slmnlvi
have to stand In with the magnates I
and, therefore, the .lob of putting the
rollers under the debauchers of the
rational pastime should pot be a verv
difficult one, provided Ewlng and Glea
son make a determined stand and keep
right after the gamblers every time
they see anything wrong at the park.
It now looks certain that George
Hildebrand the speedy little Seal left
fielder, will manage the new Sacramento
club when it Is formally admitted into
the league next season. Th capital
city fans have been clamoring for Hllde
as manager ever since they hecame
aware of the fact that they were to
have big league ball. Illlde Is verv
popular In Sacramento. He was one of
the stars of the team when Mike Fisher
ran it seven years ago and he has never
Deen forrotten there.
If be lands the 1ob. and the chances
are that he will. Hllde promises to p'U
a era'-klrg good tram in the field. He
is well liked by the players all over the
country and naturally It would he easv
for him to land a few good ones at first
In order to give the team a good stnrt.
Besides, there is a port of quiet under
ptandlnfr nmore the other managers
that thev will all get together an! help
Facramcnto out by giving that team a
few likely men in order to start it off
properly.
The nam of Happy Hocan of Iyg
AneelPs flpnires very prominently In
connection Tvtth the new Vr-nlr club
nnd Happv is pulling bard for the 1ob.
Mike Fisher is a) so after It but tlrre
is not mui'h of a chance left for him
to land e h mad a bloomer when he
hart the Fresno team.
On Eastern
Diamonds
For several years first base has been
the hardest position for Manager Fred
Clark of Pittsburg to fllL
The Boston Americans are to have an
other Collins. The new "Jim'' is a
pitcher with a record of 1J strlke-outs I
in the Maine league.
New Tork fans are bptt'ng that Mike
Ponlln will be the leading batter of the
National league when the season ends.
If It la true that "Tap" Atsson Is down
and out It will be up to the Chicago
fans to give him a benefit that will he
a hummer.
When Elmer Fll'-k returns to the
arame the Cleveland team will be in
great shape to battle with the leaders.
fiklng a series from New York, would
harlle Murphy buy another flaspole?
By w'nnlng SI oi;t of 4; games th
Providence t'-am landed on tp In the
Jl.'istern league race. When the 'Tlam
I!p-K-rs" started the'r spurt thev were
in last place and In deep.
With an attendant of only SOO It's
r.o wonder Owner RoMrson Wants to
shift his St Louis team from the Na
tional league to the American associa
tion. Jack McCarthy the former Prooklyn-
ni'-apo riaier. is panuiing at. out on a
pair of crutches, having twlste.j his
ankle In a recent game. But Jnck is
smiling, nevertheless, as his 8prlncfleld
team has a good lead in the Three-I
race.
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AFTER FRANCHISE
WILL FIGHT DUGDALE TO THE LAST DITCH
Confident that the National baseball
commission will award the Seattle ter
ritory to the Pacific Coast league upon
the hearing of the fraud charges pre
ferred by President Cal Ewlng, wealthy
men In that city are even now prepar
ing for entrance into class A baseball.
So veral visits have been made to Port
land by Mr. Baker, a prominent capi
talist of the Fugct sound ulty, In refer
ence to getting a franchise for Seattle.
Mr. liukor is l'i the city now on his way
o Mexico to look after mining proper
ties, and on tho way south will have
several conferences with Ewlng, Henry
Kerry and the other California mag
nates, relative to tho franchise.
Seattle, which Is one of the best ball
towns in -the west, is sick and tired of
the bush league variety of the national
game. The fan there are weary of Dug
nale In fact, the appearance of the
fat manager on the ball field 1s the
signal for leering, according to a num
ber of visitors here. Pugdale has dona
his best to belittle the Coast league,
but the patrons have fallen for his game
long enough.
Ougdale Bees ZAvt Tear.
"We are with you and we want the
Coast league to take Seattle back Into
the fold.'' writes one prominent fan to
a Portland business man.
Another says: "Uugdnle has seen his
last year in Seattle. If the Coast league
doesn't come In, we'll drum Cupid out."
Anyhow the capital is hack of the
project to pluce ateam in Seattle. Mr.
Kaker. who made a' fortune in the Klon
dike gold fields, and who has. an In
come of something like JS.00Q a month,
has stated that he Is willing to spend
the entire sum on the team. Furthermore,
Baker owns property In the very heart
of Seattle, now covered by frame fac
tory buildings" which he will move
awav to Install a ball park.
That he Is willing to fight' Dugdale
i to the last ditch. Baker has so Informed
a number of local peoplo. Associated
i with him will be men of large means,
! and together thev are certain of forcing
the fat man to throw up tne sponge.
Seattle used to he in tne coast league
and was a good ball town. That it Is
not in the Const league now is due to
what the officials charge as fraud.
Fraud is the hauls of the appeal to the
National commission to reallot Seattle
to the Coast league. When- the ar
guments are presented to the commis
sion this fall they will show a number
f things concerning the shady trans
u tlon by which the town was lost
Ag-new Was Tired.
Thev will show that James Agnew
came to the meeting of the Coast mag-
nates and Informed them that he had
grown tired of baseball: that . It did
not pay, and that It Interfered with hla
business and he was compelled to give
It up. They will also show that the
franchise reverted to the league and
that Russ Hall came forward with as-
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lu Seattle. Upon this, representation
the franchise was voted to Hall.
Then the earthquake came on and
the league was somewhat demoralized.
Hull never made an effort to get the
players and organise a team as the
Coast people supposed him to be doing.
Then suddenly he jumped to Butte and
turned the franchise over to Dugdale.
Dugdale was then Interested with Lu
cas in the Northwestern circuit and car
ried the town to that league by virtue
of the fact that he was all ready to
place a team In the field.
When Seattle was lost through this
bit of chicanery, the magnates found It
necessary to droD Fresno, and It hum
been a lour-club organization since.
wiin ine recent acquisition or Sacra
mento and Venice the team has become
a slx-cornercd proposition. Manifestly
the clroult Is top heavy in the south.
It will take three clubs In the north
to offset the five towns In the south.
Seattle must be one of these, and the
other will be Spokane, Tacoma or Van
couver. Tacoma la no town for the Coast
league. It never was, nor never will
be a good ball town. It has never ap
preciated the highest quality of minor
league baseball. Just now Vancouver
Is drawing splendidly. Last year the
Candian city did not do so well, hut the
game now has a firm foothold and
promises to become more popular th,n
cricket, lacrosse or any of the English
summer games, i nere is a large Yan
kee population In Vancouver and It lias
Influenced the British Columbians to r
marked extent.
Spokane the Town.
But the best town In the Northwest
from a money standpoint Is Spokane.
Spokane draws the biggest crowds and
Spokane Is anxious to break into faster
company. The fans there are tired of
bushwhacking. They want to see real
baseball. Let Seattle be turned over to
the Coast lengue and Spokane will dt
Kort in a minute.
What a circuit it would make. Think
of Portland, Spokane and Seattle In tho
north and San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Oakland, Sacramento and Venice In the
south. There is an eight-club circuit
that would furnish the fans with all
the baseball they could reasonably as
similate and at tho same time return
good money to the promoters. But it
all hinges on the proof of the alleged
fraud of Rubs Hall.
GOSSIP
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OF TRIMS
Former Semi-Fros IlelD
A.
Elma Team to Beat Dug
dale's Northwest erners
Official standing of teams in Trl-Clty
league:
. a p. w l. p. c.
Woodburn 23 13 823
West Portland 19 13 6 6S4
Vancouver 24 15 .625
Salm 2 4 n i 4 5
East Portland 23 8 14 .864
St Johns 28 Is 16 in
Hitting
game snd
thre three-bargers In one
eacn time being put out t
Games scheduled for today
West Portland at Woodburn.
St Johns at Salem
East Portland et Vancouver.
Umpires assigned for ths day:
Prevost at Woodburn.
Giles at Salem.
Rankin at Vancouver
Secretary Smith is a bur man these
days. He has worn out two Fabers try-
the plate in trying to stretch the hits, ing to figure out the bailing nd field
into homers is the stunt performed tn ,
T'ovle of the fttca, N. Y. team re- 1 ' ,r ot the hundred odd play
cently.
position except where they belonged
tliey unexpectedly made a fair showing.
Had not Nelson blown up in the seventh
Inning the Apostles would have lost at
that Barrel!. McKlnley, Puvall, Mag
ness, Myers and Hurlbert were all ab
sent and this necessitated the playing
of Lerch at first Kennedy at seoond.
muscuer at tnira ana Gaines, Neal and
Smith In the outfield. The outfield
snowea a reat weakness owing to lack
of practice and the Infield wasn't much
netter, although It was stronger than thi
uuier garuen.
A letter receive from "Chub" Phil
brick, erstwhile captain of the 8t Johni
team, now captain of the Elma, Wash.,
independent team, gives a graphlo ao
count of a victory for the Elma bunch
over ( upid inigdale's Seattle North
western league team on July 22. Elma
outplayed Jiie blwashes at every stage,
winning 5Mo 2 Wakefield, Moore and
r-nnoricK an ex -Trl-Clty leaguers, wore
timi umiorms and played A great game.
Harry Smith has Just tloeed a date
with the champion ChehaJls team where
by two games will be plaved -at Che-
halls between the Fast Side Trl-Clty
team and Chehalls Beptemher 11 and 13.
Smith will make a few changes In the
lineup of the Commuters and will go
after the Washington bovs' scalps. He
l also In correspondence with several
other independent tea-ms relative to
games In other cities and the chances
are good for a few nice trios for ths
Lh-st Slders before the playing season
of 1(08 closes.
T'etrclf at the top ard New York at
the bottom In the American league rsce
Atlanta fans ar having a toueh of'C-o'j'l arvthlct prove more concl is've
froetf p4al. The southern pmr.tnt ' ,nRt baseball is strictly on the level
looks to be going In most any direction! Several r.'ns A ritie have Ietro't bet
xoept the Oeorgla city. when It comes to attendance, while t-
AmTrni leagje grounds In Nw York
f wouldn't be able to accommodate the
The poor attendance at Trl-Clty games
has worked a hardship upon the man-
crs of several teams In the league,
mainly those who have their players on
a straight cut basis, as the boys are
receiving little or nothing for their
work and are deserting In squads to
other teams where a game guarantee
made. Several of the teams that are
ers who have participated In champlon-
snip games Ths battlr.g averages are
I'orupleted from such official scort
'?he rf, ,2 .h J."ii ,ul s""?ion J paying salaries are also having a Kll
i TK. ? 'i? "hown 1" these coiumns I PT,n;r rat Vmf f,f )ti a. th, r,t.Vrelpts
hJ.h.?, f"ln" V"af' whl frr,.re not paying the expense! of vi.ltfng
i-.i.n ii.th i.i e'-fiie i ine piaers wno
Salem, .167 points behind the "Pioneers,"
and trailing In the dust of the entire
bunch Is East Portland and -St. Johns,
making. a gallant fight to keep from be
ing distanced, and only a few points sep
arating them Both are making a whip
ping finish. From the stables, watching
the struggling runners, peep the band
aged "Papermakers" and Alhlna 'Tour
ists," early retired from the race and
waiting patiently for the next event
And so "Woodburn Bluebird'1 wins!
Woodburn wlnsl in what looks like a
walk.
Woodburn. the hardest hitting team in
the league, has had nn easy time of It
this season and Manager Kennedy Is
already being congratulated upon his
ability to pick up good hitters and
nifty twirlers. His prediction of the
early spring seems to be a true one.
IM IS READY TO
BUY KEW PLAYERS
Portland Manager to Invest
in Class B Stars Play
ers' Commandments.
Again the battle clouds gather upon
the Woodburn diamond, and a mighty
struggle Is booked for today between
last year's champions, the Frakes and
the "Blue Birds." the leaders of the sea
son. Woodburn has defeated the west
slders twice and the west slders have
won once. If the game goes against
Woodburn today she will still be In the
lead with a comfortable margin. Bow-
en will probably be used against the
husky Milliners and Olney will try to
deal the "Blue Birds" a little of their
own medicine.
Tom McCarthy of the Boston Nation
als is. leading the pitchers of both ma
jor Wgnea. Tom has won five games
and lost aer-e.
Ernie Dlahl is playing fine bn for
Toledo and playing for fun. Diehl is
wji r.y ana ruuaes to accept pay for
a la tterrtoe.
e
For the tint time ainee te American
lere waa orguifsed the National
iro la rnTBiahin swell pennant
rara. . t ,
Tf wtfiafnc the National leegne rrt
raet !r-eeJe4 tipoa tie Chicago Cube
crowds should th Highlanders ever be
able to roost at the top.
This Data In Sport Annals.
IMS At Toronto. O. W. 1 defeated
Hugh Wise in sculler' match. 11.000,
thr miles turn
H--At Piiluth. Minn . H. J. a. Oan
dam rowed three mile In 111.
31 At London. B O. Fuller dlrd
from the Tower bridge, lit fet high.
Into the Thames river.
U4 At Minneapolis, Tommy Ryan
sroi from B'llr grolth in 1 rounds.
11 At Bridgeport. Joe Walcott won
froea Jack Bocner la H rounds! ,
have been touted all summer as "nhe
n -m. ' ai.J iitr.-r win he ovr;.:vfd to
find that they are credited with btter
mams than trey had anticipated. Al
together the battlrg averages afe pret
l tv g -i ar,d show ahllity Michel s per
formance with the willow Is splendid
.and ulalnlr aLcws that he ur ! h4
and shoulders over the heavy swatters
I ot tr, lehgue Hut then, Micheis has
islways btn a beery sticker. lj,t sea
son he Quit with a high s.-or and e
' sons before he batted over 4S Michel
is what experts cj! a natural hitter.
teams. It Is not the roor class of ball
piyuurr-j inn is causing xne slump in
attendance, as the teama sre all putting
up a better article of bail then last sea
son. But It seemg that outside of a
few faithful fsjfs all lntereat is gone
for this eaosnd the managers are
unable to revWe It
The East fide Commuters were pretty
badly "shot to piece to lineup last
Ponder In the game against the
AposLea, asd with nea play Log la every
The rsc for the Imn pennant Is
rapidly drawing to a eloee the six teams
trailing along in one two. three order.
Woodburn hea Just entered the stretch
with a broad streak of daylight between
r.er and the West Port lends, who are
1 4 J points behind the "Blue and White."
Oameiy tdugg'rg along In the dust of
the "Milliners" Is Vancouver, tt point
to the bad. but with a good chance te
noee the w est aiders out of eerond place j
Hunnlcg eaUrely alooe and asp laced la j
The "Pioneers" and 'Commuters- will
cross bats upon the Vancouver diamond
today In what promises to be a hard
bout In the series the teams have
shown about equal strength, although
ths east aiders had the better of the
argument, winning two B to I and 7
to l, losing one game. 7 to I. The
pioneers" have shown better class of
late and are confident of beating the
"Commuters" out Concannon or Pen
der will send 'em over for the Pioneers
and Hurlburt will be on the mound for
the east side The east slders will have
their regular team In the field today.
KATI05AL LEAGUE.
rWroft 5, New York 8.
Detroit Mich.. July . Donovan
and Chesbro were both hit freelv.
Chee pitched on third of aa inning
for New Tork and did not allow a hit
Score:
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Wtrolt I io 1
New Tork t 10 i
Batteries tonovan and Schmidt;
cnesrro, cnaa ana Kllenow.
All other National league games
postponed ' on account of rain.
Ames J. Parker, foor yar
Democrat!.- candidate for p reside t will
npport William J. .Bryan. i
Manager McCredle Is getting busy
these days strengthening up for next sea-
n. There are any number of Class II
clubs whd would rather sen tneir uei
men for a stipulated price than to leave
them at the mercy or ararung leagues.
Last year Mao got Raftery and John
eon from tho South Atlantic league, and
they were tried out toward the close of
the season. He will bring out four or
... t... t ni to finish ud the season.
paying from J500 to 1750 spot cash for
each one. If they prove as uui w
Mm as Kaftery and Johnson the lnvest-
ent will be a gooa one.
vc-ho would think of comparing the
rear humor dished up by Brick Dever
eaux to the tllly antics of Happy Hogan.
as a Frisco serine iim umu
fan who has ever seen ine iwo m tuun
i .... tu nn oomDarlson. Dever-
eaux Is really one of the quick wits of
the western diamond. Hogan tries to
be funny. He never says anyming inai
the fans aren't disgusted with, and his
prattle la so tiresome, more than one
has quit the park to take a car rido.
If Hogan has been elected to fill the
position left vacant by B. Devereaux.
then humor in the Coast league ha de
teriorated sadly.
Here's a red hot one from the vltriollo
nan r icrnnK L'lliuil. iuui-hcu u v un
doubtedly by the l,os Angeles sporting
scribe, directed at me locai nm,
plro O'Connell and the local press:
"The Portland fans are the worst bunch
of quitters and crabbers In the league,
and that's saying o whole lot The pen
cil engineers up here Insist that McCre
dle must win every game. If he don't
they hand him a panning each morning.
If a visiting player says anything up
here, and there certainly la enough to
kick about with O'Connell umpiring, the
Portland people want to take the player
out and hang him. The sport writers
there are about aa ignorant of the
game aa they are In China. They never
give a visiting club or player credit for
anything good, and when the Beavers
lose, they quit on the Job like a lot of
dogs. We will be home In a couple of
weeks and you bet we will all be glad
to ae PDrlng street again, this has
been a hard trip. If w come home In
as good as second place we will be hard
to catch during the remainder of the
eeason.
"No. t Thou shalt not 'lay down' on
thy manager.
'No. 4 Thou shalt not spike thy op
ponents. "No. g Thou shalt not fall to treat
the fans with courtesy and respect
"No. 6 Thou shalt not use foul or
Obscene language on or off the field.
"No. 7 Thou shalt not be disloyal to
thy master, the club owner.
'No. 8 Thou shalt not go about with
a sour and sullen face, but thou shalt
smile and laugh and look upon the sun
ny side of llfo.
''No. 6 Thou shalt oonrt the good
will of every man, woman and child la
the world of sport
"No. 10 Thou shalt ran out thy hits
shirk not the hard chances In the field'
husband the strength of the hHv n.-A
gave thee and so conduct thyself on and
off the field that thou halt be a credit
to thy profession."
If Mvron lived on tha nmi v,.
add a special oommandment for the Los
No. 11 Thou shalt no ...
fair cheek of woman burn from the vile
language that Issues from thy weed
stained mugs,"
Ball players have got ant ore akirmed
14 ways when It cornea to the nimr.
stltious. Sometimes it take the form
or rabbit feet and the more eomm
tallsmanio charms. But It remained fo
Ote Johnson to foist a new one on the
game, uie went out early yesterday
morning and winged seven sparrow
with his new .22 caliber. Phil rnnn..
acted as his retriever. Together they
took the birds to the players' bench and
nailed them in a straight line
o-u'jvw inu pmyriB IiemjS. Ute Wanted to
kill nine sparrows but he ran out of
birds and had to be content with the
smaller number. Portland won and
mayDe mey were in a measure respon
sible for it The new charm la called
"sparrows."
see
Whether or not young. Bowen of
W"oodburn ha the nerve to stick on a
Pacific Coast league uniform will soon
be demonstrated. Bowen has been given
all kinds of opportunities by the Mc-
ereoies, DUt so rar has not showed up
at the ball field. Manager Mao has
even gone so far as to send an agent
to Woodburn to talk with the Snlem
youngster, who is somewhat of a pitch
ing phenom among the semi-pros.
Bowen promised Mac's man that he
would come to the ball park one Mon
day afternoon, but If he did he never
let the big manager clap eyes on hlrn.
McCredle would like to try out the most
promising of the semi-pros, but here
tofore they have shown a disposition
bordering on shynesa He Is still after
Bowen.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Have rou noticed how many times
Manager Walter McCredle pulls off that
clever bunt down the third base line for
a ssfe hit? Mac ha always. been a
consistent .100 hitter. Last season Mao
hit .100. but he was continually batting
high flies, which were gathered In by
the opposing fielders. In order to correct
this tie resolved to play the short low
hit game, and It ha proved successful.
Mac has sUll his old batting eye, and
when It is necessary to slam th ball
f.aril he ran An It with the beet of them.
Those who re on r wondering if th
departs re will Increase hi batting aver
age v e .
Myron W. Townaend, th 8t Louie
e-portlng rrlbe, who, pose a th Iell
Revnolas of the east, has compiled th
following ten cqfnmandnteata to ball
plaver.
"No. 1 Thou halt net loaf a thy
job.
"No. I Tboa halt aot dispute th
umpire - 1
Boston 8, Cleveland 1.
Cleveland, Ohio. July :5 Ty"
Toung was always master of the sit
uation today and Cleveland was de
feated by Boston. Bcor:
R. H. E.
Cleveland 1 0
Boston 0
Batteries Falkenberg. Llebhardt and
N. Clark; Toung and Crlger.
Si Loals 5, Washington 2.
Bt Louis July 15. Waddell was ef
fective against th Washington Amer
ican thl afternoon while the Brown
hit Smith at critical time, and th
horn team won easily, I lo I Score:
R.
Waahtngton I
8t Lou I 5
Batteries Smith and Street;
dell and Spencer.
H
? i
Wad-
Oilcaf 12, Philadelphia 2.
Ch I ca go, July 15 Th White Boa
slaughterer the Philadelphia pitcher
In th seventh Inning, piling up seven
runs, winning eaaily. Score:
R H. R
Chicago 1 U
Philadelphia ,.T..J I I 4
lietleriea Altro-k. Weaver and Eu
liven; FUak. Schilirer and rawer.