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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY HORNING. .JULY 21, "1212:
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:, .;' TRIS SPEAKER -By Ripley
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fea ' ,,vin.B ffl J ; ' , V-VF i just hit 'Eriwnwra A
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"Really, I couldn't tell you how I hit.
I Just hit 'em, thafo all I know."
; It was Speaker speaking the famous
Trls Speaker, the man who Is the
"Bobs" In Boston and trips up pitchers
and cuts up bo with the bat.
It was not modesty, nor any affected
statement on his part but the exact
truth. Speaker, though he Is as fluent
as his name suggests, could no more tell
you how he hits 'em than an armless
man can shake dice.
For he Is the healthiest specimen of
the natural hitter yet discovered. He Is
a natural fellow, too looks natural,
acta natural, talks, eats and sleeps just
as natural as can be. And when he gets
up there with that war club s-ay! he
Is Just naturally the limit, that's all.
Well, that settled it. If Speaker
didn't know how he hit, who else did? I
give up. ' I felt a little struck out at
not being able to learn a thing about
the most interesting part of him, but I
didn't ruth away; maybe hi could tell
me something else about himself. And
he did.
Hubbard, a little city down In Texas,
is where Trls resides when he is home.
He decided on that place back in
1S88. I am not sure whether that is
the reason Texas is called the "Lone
Star'' state or nqt hut it would seem
only natural that they should at the
present time.
Anyway Speaker Just naturally grew
up down there in that large, airy place,
among the steers and sandlots.
He grew to be a real Texan and he
Is yet Just the same kind of a man as
Texas Is a state large, strong, free,
and natural, very natural. ,
His boyhood was filled with green
apples, spankings and ambitions. Am
bition, the same that fills 6,000,000 oth
er little boyhoods in the United States
the ambition to become a great ball
player and a great pitcher.
So little Trls started - early "the
sooner the quicker," he argued and
devoted all his spare time, and lots of
other time that was not to spare, to
playing ball. He would rather play ball
than eat and generally did, But little
Trls had work to do, school to
attend, and other duties that life in
Texas required of him. This all grated
on his ambition it took his time and
his thoughts from the game and any
way, doing chores and such about the
ranch was small time stuff for a ball
player. It's funny why parents never
seem to understand genius. Speaker's
couldn't. They couldn't see little Trls'
hopes with a telescope, ft was different
with our hero, though. The- had a fore
sight like a searchlight, and even at
the early age of 10 h could see himself-
the peer of baseballers, the idol
of thousands and er the owner of an
automobile.
So In time It was an easy matter for
Cleburne, In the North Texas league, to
tfut him on the payroll as one of their
pitchers.
Speaker did not last long with
Cleburne and he lasted even a shorter
time as a pitcher, for when Trls once
got that "natural swing" to working
why he Just naturally batted himself
out of the pitcher's box and out of the
North Texas league Into a better Job
as a fielder with Houston.
During 1907 Triphammer Trls Just
naturally ruined all the fences In the
circuit, and at the end of the season
was leading the hitter's grand march so
far that he never came back.
"I always could hit," was his only
comment on his batting, while I won
dered If it wasn't a good thing that
Texas is such a large state, end if It
was not for the muchness of It what a
bother it would have been to get out
extradition papers for the recovery of
all the baseballs.
Well, when the American league
convention met in the spring, Tris, on
account of his wonderful influence with
a bat, was chosen as a delegate by the
Boston Red Sox. Speaker must have
been one of those unlnstructed dele
gates we have been reading about, for
Boston sent him down to Little Rock
for a little more instruction. "He must
have learned fast, for he was soon pro
moted back to the Red Sox and is now
the most learned man on the Boston
team and it's quite a cultured team,
too, by the way.
Speaker Is still quite young only
24 and as his apprenticeship In the
bushes was very short he still retains
that youthful Interest and antnuslasm
that is so valuable and delightful la a
player. "It's a pleasure -not busi
ness," he puts it. I summed up a little
courage. "What advice or general rules
would you offer to th young; hlttert" :
I asked.
He seemed not to hear It, or Just '
naturally ignored It Possibly he wa ,
thinking. Bo I repeated the question;
Would he give some batting; pointers for ;
the beginner?
Sneaker moved about uneasily and
unnaturally, looked a little confused,
and slowly answered:
"Why er well Just, pick out a bat.? .
"Yes." ' -
"And er then why er Just hit
the ball with It" - -
BILL LINDSAY MADE IMMENSE STRIDES
AND NOW LEADS THE BEAVER BATSMEN
PORTLAND THIRD BASEMAN GOING AT GREAT CLIP, .328
Third Baseman Bill Lindsay tops the
Beaver batters for the season with the
average of .328. Lindsay Js slugging
the pill harder than ever this season,
and If he continues In his present stride
he will no doubt finish above the .330
mark.
"Dutchman" Krueger dropped below
the .320 mark last week. Rodgers put
himself, in the .295 class again, one
point ahead of Willis Butler. Doane
Improved his average over. last week,
and if h hits the ball against the Ver
non team he will soon be well to the
.300 class.
-N O. AB.
Lindsay 71 250
Krueger 85 313
Rodgers 8 3 339
Butler 51 lg7
Doane 1 ?1
Fisher 3 110
Rapps 79 3:
Chadbourne 3 331
Bancroft 67 2H
Koestner 27 82
Burch IS 63
Howley 15
Oregg 7 18
Hsrknesa, 14 32
Klawitter 24 64
Butcher 8 2
Hleginbotham 14 37
Gober 1 3
The Portland team has the splendid
fielding average of .968 for the season.
All season the Beavers have made but
120 errors. The team Is hitting two
poluts above the .250 mark, but Is im
proving right along.
Heinle Heltmiijler still leads the
league with the average of .368. Wuffll
of Spokane is hlttiing .360, but has played
In t it 14 games.
Ho vard Mundorff was In a slump in
the series against the Beavers, and
dropped 20 points during the week.
The Individual averages of the Bea
vers for the season are:
Hawkins Writes ot - Even is Leading to Olympic Trials
R.
26
38
82
23
30
15
31
60
28
6
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2
4
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82
99
99
65
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82
81
67
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11
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.328
.313
.295
.294
.287
.254
.253
.244
.233
.219
.207
.201
.187
.187
.187
.160
.087
.000.
PO.
66
159
180
99
72
128
964
177
150
9
71
209
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133
11
250
145
7
38
67
7
192
78
23
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9
18
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7
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3
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.933
.950
.959
.931
.940
.948
.993
.985
.966
.967
.979
.986
.846
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.867
.909
.667
Totals 3002
Norman Crutkshank still holds the
leading bat position among the Port
land Colts. Cruikshank's average Is .326,
much less than It was two Weeks ago.
Mahoncy hit well in the first four
games lie played in a Colt uniform,
his average being ,33i. but he slumped
against the Indians.
Eddie Mensor's average for the 55
games he played before going to Pitts
burg was .301. Mensor scored 61 runs
COLTS
327 757 .252 2408 1211 120 .968
and made 65 hits. His fielding average
was .970.
Fries and Speas are climbing the lad
der. Speas brought his average up to
.266 as the result of his good stick work
against the Seattle team.
Williams Is also climbing, while Mc
Dowell Is steadily going bark. He Is
now batting .225, while his average two
weeks ago was above the .250 mark.
The Colts are batting .249 and fielding
.960.
The individual averages: t
By Martin W. Hawkins.
Portland Boy Who Won Third Place in
Hurdles at Olympic Games.
Aboard Steamship Finland, Stockholm,
Sweden, July 7. The finishing touches
are being put on the American Olympic
athletes for the trials to begin Satur
day, July 6, and to continue throughout
the entire week. Every day the athletes
practice, some In the forenoon and somo
in the afternoon. The stadium can be
used only In the forenoon, for football
eftrnes are scheduled lor every aiier-
noon. The athletes working out at this
time use the practice stadium, which is
located a few paces f,rom the new stadi
um. It Is a very large and rainy gooa
track, but it cannot be compared with
the Olympic stadium.
The Olympic staalum is a structure or
solid brick in which is laid a tracK
88 meters in circumference. It Is in
the shape of a perfect oval. It has a
straightaway 10H meters in wicitn ana
of sufficient length for the 110 meter
hurdles. The 200 meter race will nave
to bt run on one curve. The curves are
not banked, but this will not Interfere
very much with fast time being made.
because they are Very wide ana wen
rounded. It is one of the best and fast
est cinder tracks ever made. It Is
packed hard and will permit very fast
time. Inside the track all Is turr, with
the exception of several Jumping pits
which can be approached from almost
any angle. If several new marks are
not made, it will not bo because of the
condition of the track and field.
The' Swedish committee has spared" no
expense in making a perrect staaiurn
and has succeeded as well as possible,
Jf the weather permits and the athlete
are as good as reported, not one or two
hut several records will be smashed at
this, the greatest gathering of athletic
talent In modern times.
The stadium, which holds 25,000 peo
pie, will be packed to Its fullest ca
paclty. with enthusiastic Swedes and
visitors from all parts of the world.
Never since the days of the orlglnM
Olympiad has such enthusiasm been dis
played over athletic games. It is up to
the .athlete to be at his very best and
to perform at his best. More than 26
Fries
Speas
Eastley
William
Doty .
Harris
Olrot .
Veasey
Totals
O. AB. R. H. Pet. PO. A E. Pet.
4 1S 1 6 .333 0 0 1.000
59 202 35 66 .J26 97 12 6 .948
65 183 61 55 .301 147 108 6 .970
85 352 40 99 .273 126 8 8 .941
72 330 53 89 .266 289 49 22 .939
25 81 10 21 .259 16 33 3 .960
70 279 35 69 .247 656 36 1 4 .980
19 63 8 13 .245 4 21 3 893
86 806 32 75 .245 124 168 21 .931
84 291 27 69 .237 183 253 32 .931
26 69 8 16 .232 86 28 .945
31 102 12 23 .225 68 104 8 .955
20 49 7 10 .204 8 26 3 .919
69 251 23 49 .195 315 79 13 .970
19 83 4 6 .183 2 30 2 .938
4 11 1 .073 0 7 3 .700
14 39 0 2 .051 1 22 3 .885
.. 2.727 342 6S1 .249 2.269 946 167 .960
Exchanaes Give Line on Work
of Ball Players Known in
Portland.
From Cleveland: Bryon Houck hurled
a superb-game, allowing the Naps but
three hits and having them blanked un
til the ninth, wnen he presented them
with a pair of tallies by making two
fielding bulls which were followed by
a double by Ryan. Mitchell pitched
good ball after the second inning. Houck
was as brilliant and effective as Krapp
and Mitchell were wild and weak and
the Davis .clan only escaped a shutout
-by.aoorlag tslce, la the- la at . litirig.
Four hits in as many Innings was the
best the Nsplanders could get off the
Portland flinger.
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From Washington: 'The Whit Sox
took the game from the Senators, 4 to
2, with the rain threatening to stop the
pastime In every round. White and
Groom both pitched good ball, but they
were taken out In the middle of the
contest with the argument even. The
Senators got the worst of the trade
when Pelty let through three runs In
the seventh and ninth. Walsh was
steady. Ping Bodle featured the batting
with a three bagger) a double and two
singles. Weaver's single brought in
the winning run, in the ninth.
From Cleveland: Against Hughes
was "Bill" Steen, and the coast boy
pitched a beautiful game, though there
was nothing spectacular about It The
Nationals got a few hits, but they
couldn't find Steen when they had men
on the sacks. His pitching and Turner'
nitiing, rour singles in rour times up,
reaiurea me iray. eieaung Dases on
Steen Is no soft task. He watches th
runners oloaely and gets the ball over
to first very quickly. Hla frequent
pegs made the first Inning of the game,
where he was In a little trouble, last
19 minutes.
Pirate, singled in the first, doubled t
the second, and In the tenth tripled,
wnicn won the game, as he scored on
Carey's single. Home runs by Miller
and Wsgner looked Ilka. game winners.
nations have entered teams and will be
Interested in the result
The American team Is living on the
steamship Finland, which is anchored
out in mldwater. Launches ply between
the boat and the shore every half hour.
No athlete is allowed to go ashore dur
ing the evening, but can go as much as
he pleases during the daytime. This
scheme of anchoring in the bay enables
Khe coach to keep in closer touch with
the men all of the time, and has a tend
ency to make training rules easier for
the men. -
Much excitement prevails among the
athletes at present because Of the draw
ing for heats. Some drawings have al
ready been made but only a very few, so
nothing definite is known as yet except
In a very few cases. In the drawings
for swimming Duke Kahanamokow, the
swimmer from Honolulu, who made the
but the Dahlenltes came back and put
enough runs across to tie the game In
two places. Cole pitched a grand game
until the ninth, when four singles were
made, resulting In two runs. Brooklyn
put two runs across In the seventh when,
with the bases rilled, Cole threw wild to,
third.
fastest time in the American tryouts,
will be pitted against the fastest swim
mer from Australia, but two men will
qualify In the swims Instead of one, as
Is sometimes the case In large meets of
this nature, so that perhaps both of
these marvelous waterdogs will qualify.
Some of the drawings In the hurdles
are also known. The writer will run
in the third heat against two Frenchmen
and one Bulgarian. The heats of the
different races will be run In the fore
noon of one day and the gemi-flnals in
the afternoon. The finals will be run
the next day.
Some of the events have already be
gun. In rifle and revolver shooting the
American marksmen are showing them
selves to be first class men. So far the
Americans have made most of the high
averages and bid fair to bring home
the best marks in the finals.
D'DONNELL GOES
SOUTH THIS MONTH
Portland Heavyweight Has
Two Matches in Sight in
San Francisco.
Mark O'Donnell, the big heavyweight
who has disposed of all the, '."hopes' In
this neighborhood, is planning on leav
ing for San Francisco the latter parf of
the month to box two four round bouts
before Frank Schuler s clubs next
month. His opponent will be selected
from Charley Miller, who is being re
garded as a coming champion, or Char
ley Horn, another promising heavy.. "
The first date offered Mark Is August
H and-the seoond September-1 and
view of-the fact that he will be making ,
his first appearance, two quite flattering
purses nave been offered him as well
two round trip tickets. .
Tom Tracey, who taught Mark most
of what he knows about the ring gam v
will accompany the big lighter south,
and superintend his training.
Tracey-is confident that ODonnell ,
will make good and if he gets the best
of both Horn and Miller It will be quite
a feather In his cap. Mark has not been
boxing lately but he has been training
faithfully ever since he was offered the
two battles in San Francisco and Is Is ,
good shape to begin the hard gymnasium 1
grind to put on a keen edge. - .
Tou have to hand it to the St Louis
Browns for running true to form. Here's
the dope: July 10, 1111, 20 wins 61 de
feats, .274; July 10, 1912, 20 wins, CI de
feats, .274. ,
Journal Want Ads bring results.
CLEVELANDERS CANT
KEEP MILAN ON BASES
Clyde Milan would steal over a hun
dred bases If he could play against the
Naps all season. Last month, he stole
five bases In one game against Cleve
land. During the last week he stole
again almost at will In the Cleveland
games and as a result he has a good
lead on his rivals. The record of the
leading 10 follows:
Player. Club. O. S B. Av.
Milan. Washington 80 43 .53
Zelder, Chicago 60 25 .4 2
R. Collins. Philadelphia 76 31 .41
Cobb, Detroit 70 28 .40
Speaker, Boston 78 26 .33
Moriarty, Detroit 61 19 .81
Baker, Philadelphia 75 22 .29
Crawford. Detroit 77 21 .27
Jackson. Cleveland 79 17 .22
Bush. Detroit 72 16 .22
TOP OF RUNGETTING
LIST TY COBB'S AIM
Tou cannot keep Ty Cobb from scor
ing runs. Early in the season the
Georgian was excelled by several in
completing the circuit, but Ty has been
crossing the plate rather often of late
and is now a good second to Trls Speak
er. Joe Jackson Is sixth on the list of
best ten which follows:
Player. Club. O. R. Ave.
Speaker, Boston 78 73 .93
Cobb, Detroit , 70 63 .90
Baker. Philadelphia 76 66 .81
B, o411r hlladwlptiiaTT,- ?- -..
Bush, Detroit 7 69 .82
Jackson, Cleveland 79 66 .81
Moeller. Washington 65
Hooper, Boston 71
Rath. Chicago 71
MUtn, Washington
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