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THE OREGON SUNDAY - JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. JULY 21, 1312.', . 1 1 SPORTING NEWS ALL SECTIONS RING TRACK FIELD DIAMOND Higginbotham A Twirler Who Fooled All of Us DRACK ANITHIGrlN PITCHERS' BATTLrTlLL STH FRAME FROM iri.l BORRELL, ALWAYS DANGEROUS, IS , THERE VITH SWAT THAT BEATS LOCALS PORTLAND CREWS IWA When Lera Burrell stepped to the' plate in the ninth Inning yesterday aft ernoon with two on bases and one out, there was some quake In the hearts ot the Portland fana. There is nothing ex traordinary when Lem steps to the plate, - He does that on an average of four times a day from April to October., But history tells us that when Lem steps to-the plate in the ninth inning in Portland and a hit Is needed to break up the' game. Lem . usually delivers; ' hence thei aforementioned quakes. Lem did not let old Kid History sleep on .the -job yesterday. He delivered the needed hit, and when It was all over the Vil lagers had rushed three runs across the plate, smudging a great game that Hlg- , ginbotham had pitched from the third Inning on the ninth. Krueger's over throw of third helped to bulge the visi tors' runs, but it had no effect on the game, for Jawn Brackenridge was twirl ing such ball that the Beavers could not negotiate the ruboer after the first inning. Higginbotham pitched a brilliant game .until the fatal ninth. There is some- ' thing uncanny In the way these Hooll gans sprawl all over the scoreboard in the ninth. They did it on Wednesday, and on Thursday, on Friday and on Sat- . uxday. The. Beavers were lucky Indeed to win last Wednesday's game the way Hogan'S hirelings are btfflng the pill. l;;;::::V,, Get Ban in First. Ths champions started in to do things to Brack in the first Inning, but the swarthy lad. from the south stopped them before they had gone far. A bit of misfortune In the first Inning might have had some effect on the ultimate result of the game. After Doane fanned Chadbourne scratched a single to Bra- ' shear. He took second when Brack pegged wildly to catch him napping at first, and while he was en route from second to third Lindsay's liner clipped him, in the -side, automatically putting him out and giving Bill a hit. Rodgers walkedand Krueger brought Lindsay home with a Texas leaguer back of sec ond. Rodgers reached third and Krue ger second on the thrcw-in, but Fishei close'dThe" frame by grounding to Hosp. Lltsche got the first hit off Higgtn- i botham in the second, but Vernon man aged to corral two in the third, and they proved fatal to him. After that until tha ninth he was invincible. With two . eut, Carlisle scratched a hit to Rsppe. which under ordinary circum stances "Roaring Bill" would have con verted into an out. Then Carlisle stole - aecond, after a big holler from the Bea vers, It looking as if Rodgers had tagged Walter out as he slid. Kane came through wlta a clout t center that put Carlisle over for the tying run. After that Inning It was a battle of Greek Lightweight Champion ; to Meet Italian; Surprised at Moran's Loss. -pater Buiukos, the popular Oreek lightweight wrestling champion, look ing as if he had stepped from a bend box, arrived - in Portland yesterday afternoon ready to meet the Italian, Turricanlo who Issued a general ch.il Jenge a couple of days ego. which was accepted by Butukos' Portland agtnt. Thej;wlll have a conference tomorrow and arrange details of the bout, which wHle--e'--aft bt Buiukos has been away from Tort land alght months and during Unit tints has won 65 wresiling matchfs Without experiencing defeat. Some rf his bouts have been against men who wera heavyweights but lie vanquished all of them. Buzokos became so popu lar as a wrestler in the south that he ivaa compelled to fill several vaudeville engagements In San Franclsro and Los Angeles owing to tiie Insistent demands of the theatre managers. Whlla at Los Angeles l'e'e trained nt Jack Doyle's Vernon gymnasium and helped to put Owen Moran into condi tion for hisjnatch yesterday with Ja-k White. Pete said that If lie had be.jn In LOS Angeles he would nave gotttn down book, line and pinker on his gymnasium mate. He thinks Moran Is ona Of the greatest lightweight boxers is tha world and believes that the lit tla Briton, who Is now living careful ly,' will eventually win the champion ship. He was sorry to hear that Ref eree Eyton called a foul on Owen. . peter will start training as soon es arrangements are made for his match with Turricanlo. In the meantime he Is shaking hands with his many Port land friends who are glad to s-e him back- . POPULAR GRAPPLER i RETURNS FROM SOUTH Teter Bunkos, who is hre to meet tha Italian middleweight grapplcr -. If JinKementi cau bo concluded, PETE BUZUKOS IS OR BATTLE ctiZ TV-;-: tne polysyllables until the ninth, when Brackenridge demonstrated that a mo nicker with three syllables was luckier than a handle with four, when, backed up by sundry swats Jn the solar plexus. With Hosp out in the ninth, It looked like extra innings, but Brashear hefted one to right, and right behind him came Dick Bayless with a sizzler to center. Litschi popped to Rapps, and now en ters Desperate Desmond in the shape of Kfte squat Mr. Burrell. He'fiddled for an opening, and then sliced one over second. Brashear breeied home with the run that was needed. But Just for good measure the Vernonites made it two more. Krueger, In returning Bur? reirs biff, toesed" the ball far o4r Lind say's dome and Bayless checked in, Lem sprinting around to third. Lem virtually wal -ed when Agnew. who has been sat isfying a grudge against the pill all veek. drove out a two bagger to center. Agnew added insult to injury by plod ding down to third orr-a pitched ball to Brackenridge, said event going into the records as a steal. Brack struck out. Rodgers was an Infield out In the ninth, when Krueger smashed the ban to the right field fence. Fisher fouled to Burrell. and Butcher, batting for Bancroft, was an easy out, Brack to Hosp. Score: VERNON. AB. R. H.PO. A. E Carttslff. 1. f.. . . . .t.. . . 4 111 Kane, c. f 2 Hosp. lb 3 Brashear. 2b 4 Bayless, r. f 4 Lltschl. ss 4 Burrell. 3b 4 Agnew. c 3 Brackenridge, p 8 Totals 31 4 72J4 1 PORTLAND. AB. R. H.PO. A. E. Doane, r. f 4 0 Chadbourne, 1. f 4 0 Lindsay, 3b 4 1 Rodgers. 2b 3 0 Krueger, c. f 4 0 Fisher, c 4 0 Bancroft, ss 2 0 Happs. lb 2 0 Hia-ginhotham. p S 0 Butcher 1 0 1 2 2 1 4 0 0 2 2 1 6 1 2 0 14 1 0 1 B 0 0 0 Totals ...... '7. .31" 1 7 27 15 1 Batted for Bancroft in ninth. Chadbourne out, hit by batted ball. SCORE BY INNINGS. Verion 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 34 Hits 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 47 Portland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01 Jilts 3 1 1 1 0' 0 0 0 17 SUMMARY. Struck out By Brackenridge 3. by Higginbotham 4. Bases on balls Off Brackenridge 1. off Higginbotham 2. Two-base hits Agnew. Fisher. Sacri fice hits Hosp. Brackenridge. Bancroft, Rapps. Stolen bases Carlisle, Kane, Lltschl, Agnew, Chadbourne. Hit by pitched ball Kane, by Higginbotham. T'nw of game 1:30. Umpires Casey and McCarthy. Bill Armour, the former Detroit-Toledo .manager, is scouting for the St. Louis Cardinals. Shortstop Dowd, the former Brockton player. Is making good with the New York Highlanders. In the absence of Manager Frank Chance, Joe Tinker acts as captain-manager of the Chicago Cubs. Three times this season the Giants have run up nine wins In a row besides their 16 straight victories. The Minnesota-Wisconsin league has disbanded, the Winona team being in the lead when the league hit the rocks. "Cactus" Cravath is living up to his reputation as a fence buster by leading Charlie Dooln's Quakers in batting. Pitcher Turner of "the EvansvtUV team, won nine of his first 10 games in the Kitty league. Manager Art Rlggs has transferred his Huntsvllle Southeastern league team to Talladega, Ala. Thoney, .Janvrln, Pur ten, Knight and Mcllale, of the Jersey City team, are former members of the Boston Red Sor. A number of big learners have In dulged in a -999" haircut this season. The "S93" makes the knob resemble an onion. Kaylor, of the Danville team, leads the batters, and Hearne, of Springfield, is the leading pitcher in the Three-I league. If Bill Sweeney and Hub Pnrdue should start on a summer tour of Eu rope the Boston Beavers would drop out of the sporting page. Within a few weeks the Winston Salem team climbed out of the cellar and Is now making a great fight for the pennant In the Carolina assoclatlo n. The Cubs and the Flrates have been showing considerable speed of late, and may be able yet to give battle to the Giants for the National league fabric. The White Pox have sent Walter Johnson II bark to Racine and will now try out (y Voung III, who halls from Steveris Point, Wis. Thirty-one players In the National league are hitting .300 or better, while U.e American league has only twenty ..no men In the scleot circle. Claude Rnssman, the former Detroit first baseman, now with Minneapolis, la lea. ling tho American association in bat ting an average of .376. Several big league scouts are sweet on the work of Hilly Swanson, the clever center fielder of the Dubuque team, In tho Three-! league. Catcher Forrest Cady, of the Boston Red Sox. In a greet pegger to the tKsn. It Is said that only one man has stolen' a base on him cleanly this season. "Casey'' Hageman, who has been sent back to the Denver club by the Boston Heil Kox, refuses to report to the Orla siies on account of a cut in salary, Buffalo fans are not very strong for George Mailings' Bisons this season. rnr rrnm Tils not heen able t6 hold Tts own witii the leaders In the Internation al league. The Washington and Detroit teams have furnished the big surprise in tha Baseball Notes J K - VP (W f J. W--Vn Mm-- ji Y7 W V rC iJ I Did we eay that Mr. Higginbotham fooled all of us ye,s, all but one. He didn't fool Walter McCredle. When the fans were demanding that Hig be con signed to some unpopular place men. tioned in the good book, Mac held on, and now Hig Is the best pitcher he has. Until he was beaten yesterday, Hig had piled up a record of six straight games, and his defeat makes him four loser. Pretty good record for a cluh that has yet to learn what the .500 mark means. Higginbotham christened Irvln on the 2Uh day of April, 1882, back in Sioux City, Iowa. Is an old Portland landmark, for it was in the northwest that he became known to fame. Higginbotham, who for the sake of brevity, will hereafter be ordained Hig, American league race. A year ago De. trolt was leading and Washington was in seventh place. This season Washing ton is fighting for the pennant while Detroit is trying to break into the dun geon. July 7 every game playel In the Texas league was a shut-out. The results were: Austin 4, Fort Worth 0; Beau mont" 2, Houston 0; San" Antonio 7, Galveston 0, Dallas 2, Waco 0. The South Bend club of the Central league, has released Jesse Tannehlll. the former big league pitcher, and signed Krankle Donohue, a brother of Jlggs Donohue. Quite a number of college stars have entered professional baseball this sea son. The list Includes K.ppa Rlxey. Uni versity of Virginia, with the Philadel phia Nationals; C. Charles Htghtower, Cornell. .... with ..Buffalo;. , John B. Boy le University of Chicago, with the Phila delphia Nationals; Joseph Tarbell, Ver mont College, with Cleveland; Nash and Conzelman, of Brown, with Cleveland, and Warner, of Brown, with Pittsburg. Several minor leagues divide their season, the team at the top at the close of the first half of the season plays the team winning the second half for the championship of the league. Among the teams that have won their right to contend for the pennant at the close of th season are: Jacksonville, In the South Atlantic league; Salem, in the Ohio and Pennsylvania league; Heltna, in the Southeastern league; Cleburne, in the South Central league, and Wichita Pahs, In the Texas-Oklahoma league, and Vlrkeburg, in th; Cotton States league. The Elgin, Or., team, which stands a good stance of winning the pennant of the Branch Line league, snd which won five games from Joseph, Fnteryrise and 'NSSSSSBBSBBBBSBBBBBSSSSJBBBBBBBI laaBaSBBSBSSMSSSJVBVSMMSMSIBSSBSBSSSaBBSMBlnsnSHBSHSSSSSMaM v j I v-w ; fP -. v'a asP ""N - ' -i i -! I y h f ' " i Jl s I a-"" xn jm. . mm f 3 - ; , Aw--vs ( - to v it L,Sri' ) wfcy '!.tv5a '. nt , began his baseball career as a member of the Deadwood, S. D., club of the S. D. State league. Quite a place for Hig to break In, and no wonder be is wild when he starts the season. A remembrance of Deadwood is bound to make anybody feel skittish. Deadwood knew him In 1902. Right aftor his Deadwood experience. Hig came to Portland, where he pitched for the South Portland team and the Y. M. C. A. He was some footballlBt, too, and in 1905 played with the Astoria club against the Multnomah club. That summer he was with the North Bend, Or., baseball team,' Irf 1906 he breezed over to Seattle and pitched six games, when ijou Mahaffey, well known to ball fans early In the last decade, recom- Booney Captures Lincoln Park Games With Total of 25 Points. Laman Booney, a student of the Jef ferson high school, captured the track and field meet, which was held at Lin coln Park Friday evening. Out of Brx events, the blue and gold student captured five events, giving him a total of 25 points. Schoenburg captured second place In the meet with 16 points. Brlggs, Kllnke and Smuck ler, the other entrants, made six, five and one points, respectively, Booney took first place In the shot put, running broad Jump, standing broad Jump, 'running high Jump, and the pole vault. Schoenburg took a place In every event, except the pole vault. A great deal of Interest is being dis played In the meets, which will be a weekly feature of the play grounds hereafter. The meet Is open to any amateur who Is under 21 years of age. Following Is the results of the meet: Shot put Booney, won, 25 feet 5 inches; Schoenburg, second, 33 feet 5 Inches; Smuckler, third. 31 feet 8 Inches. JEFFERSON HIGH BOY MEET WINNER Eastern Oregon Tossers Who Can Play Baseball Wallowa during "lgTnrs three days' cel ebration. The players, reading from left to right are: Top row Grant Hughes, catcher; B. Christiansen, third base: Ray Shelton, center field; Charles gtoop, mended him to Mike Lynch of Tacoma. He was a whirlwind with Tacoma, a poor team,, winning 23 and losing 26. Then St. Louis bought him for his speed qualities, and be- Joined the- Oirdlnals August 8, of the same year, pitching for the rest of the season, and winning 18 and losing 8 games. Hig was farmed to Aberdeen In 1907 for more experience, and he then estab lished a continuous winning streak that still stands as a record, notwithstand ing the work of Jimmy Clark, Win NoyeB and Bill James. He won 14 Rtralght games. He pitched 69 games for Aberdeen and lost but 13. The next year he was recalled by St. Louts, but dldnt get a good start, win nlng 12 and losing 13. In view of the Pore vault Booney, won, 8 feet 5 Inches; Schoenburg, second, 7 feet 10 Inches. Running high Jump Booney, first, 4 feet 9 Inches; Brlggs, second, 4 feet 9 Inches; Schoenburg, third, 4 feet 8 Inches. Running brond Jump Booney, first, 17 feet 10 inches; Schoenburg, second, 17 feet 6 inches; Briggs, third. 16 feet 4 Inches. Standing broad Jump Booney, first, 9 feet 6 inches; Schoenburg, second, 9 feet 1 inch; Brlggs, third, 8 feet 1 Inch. 100 yard dash Kllnke, first; Schoen burg, second; Brlggs, third. Time 14 seconds. TOMMY MTARLAND IS TRIAL HORSE FOR HOGAN (United Preee Letted Wire.) San Francisco, July 20. Because of his great showing against Eddla Dennis here last night. Tommy McFarland was matched today to meet One Round Ho gan in a 15 round bout before Kddie Graney's club on July 31. Hogan will go into training at once, while McFar land will take a couple of days of rest before ho settles down to work. McFarland is about as rugged a piece of fighting machinery as ever stepped between the ropes. His gamenoss Is unquestioned and he is more than fairly1 fast and clever. 8terrett. the former Princeton rlayer. has hit for better than .300 since he Joined the New York Highlanders. Saginaw and Bay City have been dropped from the Southern Michigan league, reducing the circuit to six clubs. manager; Bob Jones, left field; Oeorge Flags, right field; Olie Oswald, second base. Bottom row Fred Hooper, short stop; Jack Ashentfelter, pitcher; jQuy ratten, first base, and Ray Brown, jub, Cardinals', position In tha race this was considered a good record. In 1909 St. Louis asked waivers on him, but the Chicago Cubs refused to waive, and he went to Chance, winning 9 and losing 2. While with the Cubs he won hie first seven games. In 1910 he was farmed to Lonlsvllls of the American association, whera he lost two leas than half his games. Tha following season he won two more than half, but was sold before the schedule ended to Toledo. He didn't report to Toledo because of the "four month" rule, and spent the rest of tho summer at Yates Center, Kan. This spring he re ported to Toledo, hut early In the sea son was transferred to Portland, where. desptlto a bad start, he has become the leading pitcher. PORTLAND PLAYER E Boston Refuses Offer of $10, 000 Made by Cincinnati for Bill Sweeney. Boston, July 20. Garry Herrmann, chief owner of tho Cincinnati baseball club, presldent-of Lha national basouall commission and one of the astute lead ers of baseball, has offered $10,000 for Uto .release of.. Captain Bill. Sweeney, of the Boston Pilgrims. As eager hs James K. Oaffney, tress urer and chief owner, and John M. Ward, president of the Boston Nation als, are for trades, they would not sell BUI Sweeney for $10,000, or anything (ike that sum. He is worth more than any baseball team would reasonably offer. . James R. McAleer, president of the Red fn needs a second baseman like BUI Sweeney, and If lie had tho man lie would be satisfied that Boston would win tiie American league pennant But American league magnates do not praise National league players or the reverse and the American league could not get a player like Bill Sweeney out of the National league for any amount of money. Best In Leagne. BUI Sweeney has become ths best second baseman In the National league. Besides being the best player in the league at the keystone position out playing such men as Johnnie Evers, of the Cubs; Larry Doyle, of the Uiants, and all of 'the others Sweeney U the most successful batter In the National league. lie struck an average of .361 during the week, and h has kept his batting around that figure ever since the league seabon opened. He made his one hun dredth base hit during ths week, and was the first man in the National league to reHch the century mark, Jtut as Trls Speaker, of tho Ked Sox, was the first man in the American league to accom plish the trick. Close to Leader. Sweeney does not lead the league in the percentage figures, although he is close to that honor. What la true, though, is that he la the most success ful batter of them all. He hits con sistently and when hits count tho most. If he cannot connect safely he places the ball where It advances runners, and if he can do neither lie is one of the most patient waiters in the league and takes his base on balls. Besides all of this, he Is a fast runner, takes all sorts of chances, la one of the "headiest" men on the bases in the league and, all around, is one of the most valuable men now playing infield baseball in ths ma jors. Sweeney hats "with his head." It Is an odd statement, but nevertheless true. He Is the best place hitter in his league. He usually drops the ball where he intends to put it. Unlike ths mighty "Honus'' Wtagner, who admits that he merely "swipes'' at the ball and "if ha hits 'em where they 'ain't,' he's safe," 8weeney sizes up his pitcher, his field ers' locations, the caliber of the men fielding the varlou? positions the stand lug of the game, the number of men out and who are on bases and tries to bat accordingly. Usually ha succeeds. "Dad" McAlpla defaulted In ths con solutions on account of .sore knsa. I N Captain Arthur Allen Believes Local Oarsmen 'W'll-Again Capture North Pacific Row ing Championships. - The rowing crews of the Portland Rowing club will leave tomorrow night for Victoria, where the annual North Pacific, association of amateur oarsmen will hold their annual regatta. The races will be held" next Friday and fiat- urday. The local club will have entirely different crews this season, but they are up to the standard of last season's championship oarsmen. A. Pfaender, who won the senior championship last season, will wear tha local club's colors In that event again this season and hopes to repeat J. Helwig, W. Relslng, E. A. Hansen and Arthur Allen will represent ths local club in the senior four event. Al len and Pfaender will row In the senior doubles. Two junior roars. The local club will have two Junior fours In the regatta this season. R. Z. Myers, O. Jensvolct, C. Pyrlund and C. Spooner compose crew No. 1, and craw , No. 2 will be made up. of D. Cooper, J. Gill, A. Ilewellen and V, I Stone.. --sJHaveMey and TV Newell will eom- pete for the Junior doubles and J. Nave ley will row In the Junior singles. It was first thought that F. R. Newell would make the Junior singles this sea son. Reports from Victoria are to tha -effect that the James Bay Amateur Ath letic club has provided new shells this season and expects to make a much bet ter showing than It did last year. Ths J. B. A. A. C. crews have been working out on the rac'ng course right along and will be very familiar with the currents, giving them an advantage over the Van couver and Portland crews. Victoria has several new members in Its crews this season. W. N. Kennedy, former champion of the Pacific coast, will represent the J. B. A. A. C. In ths senior singles. Victoria Also Xas Two. Victoria 'wl'l have two crews entered In the j'unlor fours, while Vancouver will have but one crew. - Vancouver wlil also have several new oarsmen in the seats this season. Tha Vancouver crews are working harder than ever, according to Information re ceived from the north. Last summer the local oarsmen cap tured six of the seven events of the regatta and expect to do nearly as good this season. Captain Allen has been working hard with the crews and states that their condition is the same as it was this time last year. The eour.so on Shawnlgan lake Is said to be the best ever and It is expected that record time will be made. AU events will be at one and one half miles. '.'he crews that will represent the nortnern' clubs are: Victoria Crews. Senior four Blaney Scott, A. Stacpoole, 3; Matt. Scott, stroke; R. 2; J. Don- aldson, bow. Senior double George .Simpson, stroke; and W. N. Kennedy, bow. Senior single W. N. Kennedy, former coast champion. v Junior four Blaney Scott, stroke, p. Ogden, 2; Matt Scott 2, Oscar Summeia, bow. Junior double: No. 1 crew George Chungranes, stroke and J. Ionaldson, bow. No. 2 crew E. Tuck, stroke, and C Thomas, bow. Junior singles, two entries George Chungranes and T. M. Hay-Currle. Vancouver Crews. Senior four II. P Carper, stroke; A. E. Tennant. ,t; M. II. Smith, 2. II. A. Baker, bow. Senior double H. A. Baker, stroke, and A. E. Tennant. how. Senior single 8. Nott. Junior four K. M Vhan.. eJmke; 8. New. S; V. Hughes, 2; A. Narlncher, bow. Junior double C. P Harrison, stroke, and W. Stoess. bow. Junior single K. B. Allen. Will Fbih on Molalla, San B. Archer and L. C. Cllntock and party left last night on a fishing trip up the Molalla river. The party will drive up to the headwaters of the river, where the day will be spent. Reports from that section of the country indi cate that fishing there this season is exceptionally good. WILL BOX TWICE IN SAN FRANCISCO Mark O'Donnell, who will meet Honor Miller next month. 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