THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLANP, ' SUNDAY MORNING, .MARCH 6, , 1910. ; ; r
NEW AND FAMILIAR FACES CAUGHT AT SANTA MARIA, BEAVER'S TRAINING CAMP
TRICTTY LEAGUE
V
BAffliyEIIS
FIIEDIE SEES
PENNANT SIGNS
IN MISFORTUNE
AM! S YOUNG
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5ig Manager Believes Beavers
''Will Win Rag Turk, lo-
dell, Smith Go to the State
League.
B' Robert A. Crnnln
Santa Maria. Cal.. Maroh fi .-- Walter
McCredle Is superstitious. ll si'rs nil
sorts of good lurk In signs, 'me of
thPKP Sign I the til Till' J a.-eiji-nt Ht
Banta Margarita, the other the 1 1 ? i -pearnnee
of "Due" Cornell ' trunk, i
I ' - When Portland won tin- pennant In
. ' ''190fi the training season was lnt r
ruptcd by the choking up of a t u nn. I .
' , While the players Were at Ha- r.miento
; there whs a trunk mystery following
: '.i the discovery of a gruesome murder. '
' f In till double-barreled coincidence Mo
Credie sits "C-h-a-m-p-l-o-n-s' In
1 Scribed on the long streamer that float
I next season from the Vaughn I'ark lot
: i In Portland
Tho big manager says he never had a i
season In his life when things moved
' smoothly during tiie-prellmlnary work
Something Is always turning up from
the wrong ancle. First, It was the de
lay In the arrival of the uniforms;
then the absence of the Cornell medical
Chest; and now It Is the dilatorlness of
the "Kspee" In getting the players to
the training earnp. Buddy Ryan whs
the first to be sent around via Los
. Angeles, and ho hod to pungle tip ex
. ' tra fHre before he could reach camp.
Buddy came west :rom Denver, ami
Mao apprehends that it will be March
6 before all of his players are In camp.
Stat League for Soma.
Joe Smith, the Iilalne, Wash., boy,
can hit the keys on h piano nui n
better than he can wallop the hnr.-e-'liide
sphere Joe has as prof. ' an arm
an you ever saw when it comes to
winging them from third to fir.H, but
lie Is a little slow In his fielding. Ills
batting will not measure up to the
calibre required by the Coast league,
and it will probably be the Califoinla
State league for him
Turk and Lortell will irobably find
berths In tffe State league, alrlcugrh
Turk may le carried longer than 5o
delL Turk has a heap of nerve, a good
arm and a fleet foot. His futtii Is
promising, according to the camp
critics.
McCredle Watches Hartman.
If Charlie Hartman ever had a hap
pier guardian than Walter MoCredio
he does not know It. Mac has watched
"Cholly" carefully, and he hesitated
about making a prediction over the ojd
. soupbone until today. Mac thinks Hart-
man will be one of the topnotch pitch
ers of the league. He has been turn ;d
over to Buster Armbruster, and the
offspring of the vaterland has been
. nursing him along: as though he vre
an Invalid. If things go right they
will make a splendid slabster out of
the Callfornian.
Seaton EM Sore Arm.
Tom Seaton worked a trifle too hard
, right at tho start and is t.df'e.-!n,j
- from a sore shoulder, although Cornell
ays It will work out shortly. Se.-uon
reported In 100 per cent better t:hape
than last season, when he was t Minus
Y busher. The manager looks for
Beaton to be among the topnotohers for
; the coming season, and Is willing to
wager a green kelly that he will . in
. over half his games.
Fisher's Fbenom Fails.
"Bud" Fisher, the peppery catcher, is
Just as much of a chatterbox on tne
training field as he is in the game
lies talking all the time, and, strange
to say, it is always encouragement.
.,' Gus suys It seems strange to report
to the same club twice In succession
iie lias never been with one club wiore
1 thair one year, and ofttlmes less.
Fisher's "phenom" that he was bring
-lag out from Texas had an offer of a
real Job In the South Texas league, and
. accepted it rather than take a chance
on coming to the coast. He will have
old Mile's eagle eye on him all the
t time he is down there. Fisher says
'ilie IS the making of a wonder.
Nearly all the time the Heavers have
been in Santa Maria the mercury has
hovered about the SO mark In the sun.
. , We had a little wind one afternoon
- that cooled the thermometer for about
:, an hour, and a native said it was one
.of the worst days that they had had
. In a year.
Cutter Still Pitching.
:i Winnie Cutter, who used to pitch for
v Sacramento, is working In a newspa
1 per office here. Winnie, who is some
thing of a cartoonist, has penned a
number of the Portlandcrs. Some of
these will probably be placed on ex
;:'lnbltion at Schiller's corner In the
5' near future. They are rich. Win
. takes a turn with the Santa Maria
. team occasionally.
H. B. Brererton, of Portland, passed
a through Santa Maria during the week
J en route to the oil fields. He is much
Impressed with the Santa Maria val
; ley. He was out watching tho ball
- players work.
3 to 1 on Portland.
Betting here Is 2 to 1 that Portland
beats the White Sox March 3 4. Port
.1 land has never lost a game to the Chl
i cago Americans in the four they have
played, always beating them by a goo.l
sized score. The players say they will
repeat In all four games scheduled altli
the big league team.
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I v Iff f IIWOJ the men tp meet Jeff refused to notice I 1111 I I II1 A I 11 I I U V
I i : L t . S. . Johnson, lalklng over his head or Ig- I Wtf I I I III. Ul I.I llh
Semi-Professionals Plannina
on Great Year on Diamond;
Good Players Are Much in
Demand.
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For Eight Years White Cham
pion Has Nursed Dislike for
for Negro BattlerFights
When He Is Angry.
has never been told. He' was the most
liopeleHS proposition that an expert
trulii-r ever worried over.
A few days before the fight Tim Mc
Orath. who acted as chief trainer for
Munroc, took the Hutte miner to a
doctor's office and asked that Mun
roo's heart be examined.
"Nothing wrong here," said the physi
cian, after the tests.
"Sound my pumps, doctor," said Mc
Orath. "See If I can stand an awful
Jolt, will you?"
"What's that for, Tim?" asked Mun
roe Innocently.
Thought of Shook,
"You might win, you know," snswered
Tim earnestly. "I want to know If I
could stand the shock."
On the night of the fight several of
Jeff's friends called upon him at the
Gas Kitchen In Oakland, where he al
ways stopped before a fight in San
Francisco.
Mrs. Jeffries received the visitors,
most of whom woro known to her. Jim
was taking
visible.
"You boys had better have a bet that
Jim will win Inside of five round
said Mrs. Jeffries. '
When pressed for her reasons, she
answered:
lie nas never neen mad at a man
before, but he Is mad at this one. You'd
better have a bet that he will win
quick.
Jeff Was Angry
Jeff never landed a more vicious wal
lop than the one which sent Munroe
staggering to the ropes with his arms
dangling and the whole side of his face
smashed in. it Is true that Munroe
made a miserable showinsr aralnst the
champion, but In that short fighf he
took two terrific wallops which would
have stopped an ox. for Jeffs temper
was up and lie was hitting with all his
power. ' otherwise He might have eased
up to allow The spectators a run for
their money, as he did in the second
Corbett fight.
If Jeffries carries his grudge into the
ring with Johnson It may huva a per
ceptible effect on the style of battle.
Jeff has never showed Johnson the com
mon courtesy usually allowed one fight
er by another In any of their negotia
tions. Whenever It was necessary for
the men tp meet Jeff refused to notice
Johnson, talking over his head or Ig
noring him altogether. This feeling is
likely to Increase as the time for the
fight draws near, for Jeff Is somewhat
of an Indian when it comes to nursing
his feelings.
And oh, peopk! what a fight that
will be If .the white man starts out to
make good on that ambulance talk!
WITH THK FIGHTERS
Charles 4 "Parson ') Da vies, the vet
eran' sporting man. Is critically ill in
Chicago.
Cash Sloan, brother of the well known
Jockey, Tod Sloan, has become a pu
glllsl.
After his fight with "Cyclone John
nv J nompson, Battling Nelson wants
another try at Ad Wolgast.
It looks as If Bill Papke would be
the first of our mlddleweights to meet
Tom Thomas, the British champion.
Stanley Ketchell Is out to make a
cleanup of the middleweight division.
He is planning to meet Frank Klaus.
Tony CaponI, Hugo Kelly. Bill Papke.
Tom Thomas of Ensland and San Iang
ford as speedily as ,ho can.
By Van Loan.
New York, March 6. A grudge fight,
when there is a real grudge and not a
feeling manufactured by press manipu
lation, is usually a nasty affair, and
there are indications that there will bo
something personal In the clash between
Jeffries and Johnson.
In the first place, the grouch is on
the Jeffries side of the house. John
son, a big, good-natured, happy-go-lucky
fellow, probably never carried ill will
in his life. But Jeffries Is the typ
of man to carry his grouch and nurse it
In silence. He does not like Jack John
son, and" his dislike for him goes back
nearly eight years, when Jack Johnson
beat Jack Jeffries with a punch and
dropped the champion's brother like a
log.
BIG. LEAGUE MANAGERS HAVE
MANY VJA YS OF DIRECTING PLA Y
MEET IN THE R NG
THE COMING WEEK
M. A. A. C. and Catholic Young
Men's Club to Box and
Wrestle on Thursday Evening.
"In the ninth Inning of a close game.
late In the season of ltfOit, when the
fight in the American league was at
Its hottest. ,Kddie Collins, the Ath
letics' great batsman, came to the plate
with men on second and third," writes
Nicholas J. Flatley in the February
number of the Baseball Magazine. "He
took bis position, but suddenly
turned to th6 umpire, shouted 'Time,
and ran back to the bench to fumble
Two years after Jeff retired from tha over a nlle of bats. AnDarentlv he had
ring an attempt was inaqe to naui mm failed to pick out his favorite war club.
out of retirement to meet Bquires. inisiunj was DacJ after It. Really he was
attempt tailed pecause or uiiiy ue- paying the closest attention to the re-
laney's generosity In making terms with marks of the stern faced gentleman in
the Australian. Then came a Nevada citizens' clothes, who Bat well back
promoter, who said he would give a out of general view Connie Mack. Be-
$40,000 purse for a finish fight between f0re the speedy yoangster had ap-
Jim Jeffries and Jack Johnson. proached the plate me first time, the
I went out to the alfalfa plantation to manager had. of course, given him his
ask Jim about it. At tne very mention instructions, but the boy. carried away
of Johnson's name the retired cham
pion blazed up savagely.
rhey might as wen quit taiKing
about it," said he wrathfully. "I won't
fight Johnson in Nevada or anywhere
else, and I don't care how much money j
they offer."
"Why?"
Grudge Plainly Shown.
"Well, in the first place, I wouldn't
give that fellow a chance to make a
dollar through me. In the second place.
he Is bh crooked as a corkscrew.'
by the excitement of the moment, had
paid small heed to him. Consequently
ho came back, for the good ball player
knows that It Is well to follow the man
ager's orders.
Ask an ordinary baseball fan how
many players there are on a ball team
and he will tell you nine. Ask a ball
player, or a real inside fan, and he will
tell you ten the nine men on the field.
and the manager, And in many cases
the tenth man Is the biggest one of
the bunch. For nearly every big league
Jeff would not admit that he believed ball game Is played as. much from the
in
BASEBALL NOTES
i Cincinnati fans will give the "Red
legs" 125,000 if they win the. National
league pennant.
It's a "pipe" for Ty Cobh to gain
fame. A srnokli-g tobacco lms been
named In honor of the grrat Tiger.
Monte Cross says that the Quakers
have picked a pair of h.- ones in
Pitcher Brcnnan and 'atelier cheek, the
Kansas battery.
Johnson to have a chance with him
the ring. He laughed at tho Idea.
Later when he arrived In New York,
after his trip to Europe, Jim one more
opened up on the subject of the negro
fighter.
Take it from me," said he, "they'd
better have an ambulance waiting out
side for Johnson. I'm going to lick him
so bad that they'll have to take him to a
hospital to patch him up."
So far as I know, this Is the first
time that Jeff ever made any such
bloodthirsty prediction about a
In which he was to engage.
In all his battles, as a comer and
as a champion, there was only one man
against whom he entertained a grudge,
and that was Jack Munroe.
Begun in Bntte.
The trouble began in Butte, Mont It
will be remembered that Jeff, after
boating Fitzsimmons the second time In
San Francisco, went on the road with
an athletic show. In several towns
he met local men In four-round bouts.
In Butte he picked up the ex-football
player, Jack Munroe, and the sport
fans of the country -were amazed to
read In the papers that Munroe had
floored the champion of the world with
a punch. It had always been a matter
of pride with Jeffries that no man had
ever been able to hit him hard enough
to drop him to the floor or even send
him to one knee. Consequently the Mun
roe story made a tremendous sensation
It afterward led up to a battle, but
there was no pre-arrangement so far
as Jeff was concerned.
bench as in the field. Men like Jen
nings, McGraw, Alack, or any of the
good leaders, have just as much to do
with each victory of their teams as the
star pitchers, or the sluggers who
knock out the home runs that land the
games. It Is brains that win ball games
these days, and baseball managers are
managers because they have brains.
"In a game on the polo grounds at I to
icv 1 oik, several Beasona ago, m me
time tho Giants were at the head of
the parade, the Chicago Cubs came to
battle do battle. Chance's proteges were Just
suing m tne pitcher's bo. The first
baseman finally seemed to assent to
the twlrler's arguments, and walked
over to his position. The first New
yorker received a base, and tne next
one was hit by a wild pitch. Then
sacnrice, and men were second and
third, and only one out. The fourth
batter was ordered to work his base, if
ne coma. The first two pitches were
true, ana Brown had him in a hole.
fsui uie next three went wild, and
everything hinged on the next one. It
was good ' and the batter swung-. He
met the ball squarely but It bounded
directly to Tinker, the shortstop, and
me runner was thrown out at first
Devlin on third made no move for the
piate.
'Donlln was up.
' 'Now do some of the killing vou were
taming about.' advised McGraw. -If
ne gives you a good one, slam it'
ihe first one was a good one. and
two runs scored on the resultant single.
ana tne score was tied.
"Chance sent in a new pitcher in the
ninth, rut the Giants, anxious for re
venge after being held in check for
eight innings, made little work of send
ing the needed run across the pan.
"Who landed this game for New
York? McGraw. surely.
"Some managers want to have the sav
of every play that Is pulled off by their
men at the bat, while others let their
fellows do their own thinking, unless
the situation be extreme. Hue-h Jen
nings of Detroit, is a member of the
first class, while the late Frank Selee,
who led the old Boston Nationals to so
many pennants, rarely was known to
give an order. Connie Mack resembles
Selee greatly In this respect, for he likes
to see what his players will do If left
their own resources. Jennings.
Mack and Selee have all made wender- I
rui records; consequently It would be
difficult to say whicli method Is the bet
ter. Perhaps we might choose a sys
tem Deiween tne two. Frank Chance.
spade, and waste no time In telling their
men -what small pumpkins they really
are. George Stalllngs, who Is to have
charge of the New York Americans this
year, is one of these. When any of his
players is guilty of a 'bone-head stunt,"
the air near the bench turns blue for
quite awhile. Nothing is too harsh for
the offender. He does not mind so much
when he is beaten fairly, though he nev
er enjoys it. Still he is a great chap to
work for and his players like him.
Jesse Burkett, who has landed four
successive pennants for Worcester in the
New England league, is the same kind
of a leader. He Imposes fines right and
left while a game is on, and he howls
and scolds, but he forgets his wrath
when the game Is over. He plasters
more fines on his men than any manager
in the world, but he has never yet de
manded payment of any of them. He
has a more testy lot of men to nut un
with than has the big leaguer, for most
of his players are youngsters, who are
Lovers of amateur boxing will bo
given the opportunity of witnessing one
of the best bouts over staeed on tho
Pacific coast when the- Catholic Young
Men:s club and the Multnomah Amateur
Athletic club come together next Thurs
day evening. There will bo In the
neighborhood of 12 bouts of boxing and
wrestling.
A better testimonial to the nonularltv
could hardly be asked than the amount
of enthusiastic support being given the
wo clubs In the coming exhibition. The
members of the two clubs are talking
f nothing else and the way the boxers
nd wrestlers themselves are training
makes it very nearly certain that the
meet will be a success. ,
Over at the Catholic Young Men's
ciud an is bustle and excitement. The
cjub members have oren training for
some time under the direction of Fred
Rennlck and Danny Duff and are re
ported as In great shape. Ed Kennedy
the former Portland rlrst baseman Is
training the wrestlers Slid Is making
gooa neaaway with them.
Boxing will of course be the feature
'of the card and some pretty events are
assured the fistic devotees who wend
their way out Morrison street on
inursduy evening. Multnomah has Is
sued an entry list containing a dozen
names, while the Catholic club has in
structed eight or nine artists to report
at me scene or hostilities.
Crack Midgets Matched.
Richie Hewitt and Melvin McCarl are
matched in a feature bout to settle the
supremacy between them. Each lad
has achieved a victory over the other
and the final count comes on inter-club
night. Jimmie Frickie, the San Fran
cisco youngster wearing the C. Y. M. C.
With the coming of baseball season
the semi-professional and amateur
players of the city are becoming rest-
ess ana many or them' have already
started on their conditioning stunts. A
great season is looked for among the
semis this ro?r.
From all Indications,' there will be
mora teams in the field, this year than
ever before. There will be the four
hlx teams In the Til-City league.
everal from the different stores of the
it y. many teams made up from the
different factories, others representing
seonons or the city such as Brooklyn.
Sunnysido, Montavlllu and Arleta, and
the proverbial team in every little town
roftad the city.
Owing to the trouble the Trl-Clty
eague has had in the past, many of
he better players are leaving the city
and signing with the little towns.
TheKe teams are fast ones, all of them,
and the prospects of a successful sea
son are very bright. .
George Donnerberg, connected with
semi-professional ball for several years,
has Just about decided to say good-bye
to the money-paying game. lie doesn't
believe in It. He has signed to handle
tiie business end of the Catholic Young
Men's cjub team,' and will follow them
through the season.
Cass Campbell, life of the qulot. yet
forceful tone of voice, is to be tho
manager of the Multnomali baseball
team. Campbell Is one of the best in-
flolders In the city, and should he. con
sent to play the professional game.
would be grabbed In a hurry.
uusnea wun seir importance and are In- trunks and listed In the 107 nound class
cllned to be resentful. Still Jesse wins Is reputed anxious to meet either of the
pennants. Multnomah Juveniles Frickie latelv
One of the finest bits of stratev arrived from the Bay city and has been
ever puuea orr by a manager was car- uoxm Hl lne Olympic eiuo. Since his
rled through by Hughie Jennings of arrival here he has made a host of
Detroit. The Tigers were nlavin in irienas wno win watch his work with
Hosion ana sneriaan, the umpire, was 1 interest.
having, an off day. Most of the raw iranxie o Brlen who has been de-
decisions turned against the Timers, fending the Catholic colors all winter
Hughey kicked and protested and was
finally ordered off the field. At the
Boston park there Is a little gate lead
Ing from the grandstand to the field
close to the visiting players' bench.
Jennings seated, himself there and con
tlnued to direct matters. Sheridan, see
ing him m earnest conversation with
ecnaerer, next man to bat, ordered him
away,
'After a hurried whisper Jennings dls
but has had. the misfortune of not be
ing matched with a candidate in his
class, namely 115 .pounds, hopes to se
cure a match. If neeeasary, the Hiber
nian, can box at 118 and do himself
Justice. Frankie is a brother of Dan
O'Brien who formerly won the light-
weignt amateur cnampionshlp of the
city and now boxing berore clubs in
Portland and elsewhere. Dan's one de
sire is to have his brother matched
Whitey McBrldo and Beit Fltchner.
the crack J. G. Mack battery of last
year, have signed to play with the Co
qullle team of the Coos Bay. league.
The pair are brothers-in-law, and play
on the same team most of the timet.
Both were watched by Northwest
league maruigers last season, and It is
believed that they will land higher up
after this year.
Slats Crosby, pitcher for the Alblna
and Banks team last year, has not
signed for the coming season. Slats is
looking around for the right Job and as
soon as he finds it will sign up.
Cr.Ily Drtihot expects to coach the
Lincoln High school team preparatory
to hitting for the brush. lie belongs
to Wheeling In the West Virginia
league, but Is still undecided as to
whether or not he wants to report. Ha
may do so, but should the terms fall to
satisfy him will probably head toward
Elgin.
Ed Kennedy, the Portland first base
man released by McCredle this year, is
In demand as a coach, and will either
coach Hill Military academy or the
Behnke-Walker Business college.
' Of the other holdouts. Jimmy Adams
says he will not play bull for tho salary
offered him by Manager Bob Brown of
Vancouver. Jimmy doesn't like to work
well chough to let baseball alone.
Clark Moore and Melvin Lake, oth
crack baseball players, are studying at
the University of Oregon medical
school and at the North Pacific Dental
collgc, respectively. They will be val
uable additions to the baseball teams
turned out by those institutions each
year.
Billy Adams, the diminutive second
baseman of the Wabash team. Is mar
ried now, and has a neat little homo
on the east side. He Intends to play
ball nevertheless.
BtartinK to ehow the wonderful form
V . . i 1 Fielder Jones and McGraw might be
enlng the leadership of the New York
ers. Mordecal Brown was sent In to
pitch for the visitors. At this time he
was young, and In wonderful form. In
the first Inning he showed such speed
and curves that chances seemed slim
named as followers of It. Sometimes
they give orders and sometimes thev
don't They have been Just as success
ful as the others.
The silent managers, though, seem
to have a system of mental telepathv.
for after tVif1r tIcivavm a f a ..-1.1. V. -
for the home boys, especially as the wh,,e theget into the habit of thinking
Cubs had touched up Mathewton for a out pays just as the,r ,eaders K n
couple of scores. McGraw, the New
York manager, determined to turn the
young pitcher's lack of experience to
his own advantage. Forthwith he Is
sued orders that his players make
Brown work to the limit No man was
to attempt to hit a ball until he had
two strikes, no matter how big it
looked or how easy it came over. Don-
lin, Seymour, Brosnahan and the rest
of tho heavy hitters took their turns,
and groaned with Impatience as they
let perfect strikes go by.
'I could have killed that second
one, remarKed uoniin to tne manager,
ers would.
Perhaps quiet, heart to heart talks at
the hotel, nlgbts after the games, ac
count for It. When Jimmie Collins, the
greatest third baseman the game has
ever known, first worked under Frank
Selee, he was noted as a player who
couldn't let any pitched ball that he
could reach with a clothes pole go by
him. Yet a few months with Selee and
he had developed Into one of the best
waiters in the game, and the pitchers
generally admitted that, instead of be
ing an easy mark, he was one of the
hardest men In the game to fool. Yet
his manager was never heard to iHve
appeared. Schaefer rolled a grounder ?.4 115 ,n order t0 let the fans criticize
to the pitcher. Though he was out by a
the work.
mile he tore madly for first and fell as r Mct-'onaia win box in the 135
he crossed the bag. He attempted to 140 Pu"d cla88 an" " considered the
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rise nut rell hack with a groan. The
Detroit players grouped about him sym
pathetically feeling of the ankle that
Schaefer was rubbing.
"Off came shoe and stocking and the
game was delayed for probably ten min
utes. By this time a gentleman with
fiery locks and a sunny smile, garbed in
the height or fashion, had entered the
grandstand and taken a seat, directly
DacK oi tne jjetroit Dencn. it was Jen
nings. He was no longer a manager
merely one of the fans. Those sitting
C. Y. M. C.'s star man. He expects to
bring home the bacon and the light
weight championship. Danny Webster.
when in training sparred frequently with
mm ana was loath to quit after several
fast rounds were completed and the
other men called to box.
Paul Struck and Joo Franta are light
weights who will hook up and Evans.
and Phil Brady are the heavyweights.
Sibley to Wrestlo.
Frank Sibley will make his debut on
tne wrestling mat. He has been inter
Ed Koch is being looked for, to be
the mainstay of the Catholic .Young
Men's club team this year. Koch used
to pitch for the University of South
Dakota, and is a fine pitcher.
Several of the promising young play-'
ers who have been picking up fast ones
for amateur aggregations in and abouti
town will be given a try-out with the
Dll worth Dtrbles, who have taken over
the Gold Seals' Trl-Clty league fran
chise. Among these are Herschler, Rob
inson, Bauer and Nelson, and according
to dope, have an excellent chance to
make good.
Gcrdon Brown, Ash Houston and
Benny Brlggs have signified their in
Untions of playing with the Hlllsboro
Independents this season. This trio of
players Is a hard one to. beat.
FLYNN PES
HOGAN'S NOSE
i The fact that the story about the
A southern California Ieagu Is being i knockdown was not true made Jeff all
""lu "' "'i " inrmoe uiver-: the sorer. Munroe told me afterward
side, San Bernardino, Redlands. Pn. I iimi ha hA not knoekeri TefHn .wn
mona, Ontario and Colton.
; Shenandoah, Ciarinda, Red Oak and
Creston, Iowa; Nebraska City. Neb,
and -Maryvllle. Mo., will have teams lrl
' the- now Southwestern Iowa league.
Outfielder Joe Barter, of the Law
rence, Kan., team, has been signed by
the Boston Nationals. Harter is touted
a "sure-enough" player by the wise
ones;.
' Every one of the regular members
ftf the present Cleveland "team Is mar
ried With the exception of George Per
:rlnr ft Is said that George was think
ing seriously of the matrimonial game
rwntiy when he eaw a "Chantitler"
htt Vil got cold feet
In the ring. The men were scuffling
along tho ropes and Jeff slipped on the
canvas und came down on one knee. No
blow was struck. The. story was sent
out from the ringside by a man who
was a frl.-nd of Munroe's, and at the
time he had no Idea except that such a
statement would boost Munroe and get
his name in the papers.
TjLonght was Favor.
'The fellow didn't mean anything,"
said Munroe. "He thought it was doing
me a favor."
But Jeff did not forgive it At the
time the last of the heavyweight timber
was neatly sawed up and stacked In
the Jeffries woodshed. There wasn't an
avaiiaMe Irian in sight, and the
motors pitched on .Munroe.
The true fclyry of Munroe's training
as he came back to his seat, after pop- him a call because of his over anxiety
ping up a weak foul, on a doubtful ball In some way or other he had let Collins
over the outside corner. . . know that it navs to he nntlent on h
aouii get your cnanco to ao some youngster had learned his lesson
Killing ueiore una game is over, was "Johnny Evers, when he joined the
McGraw's only answer. Chicago Cubs, was nrone to trv in r.i -
Six innings passed and the Chicago first and short as well as second hnse
pitcher seemed as strong as ever. But Some leaders would have let him iro for
pro
be was growing nervous. It must have
made him wonder when the star bat
ters put themselves In the hole by let
ting easy ones go by. Brown started
to grow wild. In the seventh he passed
the first two men up. Seymour was
next, and he looked to the manager, ex
pecting no doubt to be told to hit It
out
'Wait,' said "Muggsy.'
"Seymour waited and was thrown
out So were the next two men. But
both of them had worked tho pitcher
for three balls.
"When the visitors took the field for
the eighth, the New York leader ob
served Manager Chancy and Brown, af-
this fault, for a man who interferes
with his fellows is worse than useless
to a ball team. But Selee saw in the
little chap the makings of a star, if
this one fault could be corrected. A
half hour's conference a couple of days
after Johnny had become a Cub and his
playing started to improve. Inside of
a year he was universally hailed as one
of the grandest players In the business.
Had the manager censured him while
the game was In progress he would
have shattered, the nerve of the blgh
eti'ung little chap and brought his base
ball career to an untimely end.
"There are man tnanagers. though,
who never hesitate lii calling a spade aj
near him wondered at his knowledge of e8ted ln the art of grappling ' for some
tne game, ror ne discussed It ln quite p '"" "ul ";VB' ""'wa nimseir with
audible tones. His peculiar prophetic an athletlc club. Ed Kennedy has been
ability attracted attention. For as often I wrestling wun mm aunng the pjist
as be would say, T think the next man wlr,ler ttnu 18 loua ,n nls Praise for the
up will hit the first ball pitched,' Just So you"g heavyweight grappler. He says
often would the batter do that verv ln'ey possesses an aounaance of power.
tning. And If the remarkable fan should .l,p"L" "nu e"uu" ana nis occu
nappen to remark. 'The best thing to do "nl,u"' "111 wl jrunworiter, nts him
now would be a bunt.' the man trld ln lur lI1e
variably to lay the ball down
"In the ninth inning of this game, the An all'star nine will play the Ath
Tigers scored the lirst run of the day. Meucs at onioo t-aric on June 30, the
then they tookthe field, Donovan, who day tlie Philadelphia club has set apart
naa previously been pitching splendidly, as M1Ke rowers nay, when the en
showed signs of distress. After he had tlre proceeds will be turned over to
passed two men, the red-haired rooter lne family or tne late catcher.
remarked to the men sitting- next him
xneya Detter put Mulliji In if they I "Del" Howard, the ex-Cub. may be
want to win this game.' No sooner were come a magnate. .His father-ln-law' has
tne words spoken than "Wild Bill' start- offered S50.000 for the St. Paul fran
ed to walk out the pitcher's box. and chlse in the American association mH
Husky Pueblo Fireman Brings
Claret From Happy's Nos
trils Wants More.
Mullin trotted out to take his tilace.
ueirou won tne gams.
Connie Mack had a youngster work
ing for him ln the box one day. and the
boy was showing ln mighty fine shape,
tnougn very nervous. Toward the end
of the game, a couple of errors, to
gether with a hit, filled the bases. The
novice sent two balls so wild that the
catcher could scarcely reach them. It
Was evident that his nerve was goinir.
Mack caught his eye and nodded, re
assuringly. The crafty manager then
Stroked his chin. A broad grin spread
if 4he deal goes through
come the "big gink."
Del" will be-
During his big league career Billy
Keeler -took part In' 2099 championship
games, in which , he scored 1714 runs
and made 2948 base hits. His grand
batting average from 1S92 to 1909, in
clusive, was .346.
. The circuit of tlie Ohio State league
this season will Include Marion, .Lima,
Newark, Mansfield, Lancaster, Chllli
cothe and Portsmouth, Ohio, and Ken
ova, W. Va.
IL'uited Pren Leased Wire.)
Los Angeles, March 6. Happy Hogan,
manager of the Vernon villagers, is
nursing a peeled nose today.
The peeling", he admitted, under du
ress, was accomplished by Jim Flvnn.
the Pueblo bruiser, ln a sparring match
at Flynn's training quarters last even
ing, Hogan drifted in to Flynn's camp to
repay a call on the man who will meet
Langford on St. Patrick's day at the
Vernon, park., early In the week.
After Hogan had kidded the fighter to
his heart's content, Flynn inveigled him
into a pair of maroon colored trunks
and apair of pillows.' Hogan surprised
his team mates who witnessed tho mill
by some clever footwork ln the first
round, and by the number of wallops he
succeeded in landing on the top of
Flynn's head and elbows. In the sec
ond, however, the fireman ploughed a '
neat furrow on Hap's nose and laughel
at the blood that trickled down his
cheek.
Hogan Intimated that he tnav be a
visitor to Flynn's camp during the re
maining days before the Langford fight
H stated that the experience might be
valuable during tho coming coast league
season.
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