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i!" w? itt. I?. ? s SECTION THREE SPORTING NEWS FROM ALL FIELDS. CHESS AND CHECKERS TWELVE PAGES CliASSIFtED ADVERTISEMENTS MARINE NEWS jgj PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 15, 1914. REGULARS AND YANS MEET SANTA MARIA TEAMS TODAY .V RITCHIE DISCUSSES MILWAUKEE BOUT WITH IrAPTin iiii i irAwr WOLGASrS BANHAffiS GAVE BIG ADlffflGE M'CREDIE PLEASED AT lMOILlI HILL LLMVL FRIDAY TO JOIN THE COLT TRAINING CAMP PORTLAND PLAYERS SNAPPED AT TEAM'S TRAINING CAMP IP J WOlZGAST BASKETBALL SITUATION 'HIT- AND RUN' WORK BY BEAVERS TODAY Sacrifice Practice Follows and Bunting Will Be Order of Business Monday, OF NORTHWEST TO BE ASSERTION OFSTOHIE - Jgjr ,! . -I...-.H-I '"'i"i,f 'j T in .'n. , ixiBrra : ' t" lv GIVEN H0USECLEAN1NG I Star Twirler for Colts Had! Been "Holding Out for Ad ditional Pay, DOUBLE HEADER WILL BE PLAYED TODAY NETZEL'-WILL DEPART TOMORROW EVENING Regulars Go Against Oil Crowd, Rookies Take on Santa Maria. By R. , A. Cronin. (Rncelnl to The Jomrai.' Santa Maria. Cal.. March 14. The Beaver Regs will be weakened tomorrow afternoon by the absence of Captain Bill Rodger and Buddy Ryan, who embarked this afternoon on the hurricane deck of a -pair of fleet mustangs for the Coon nd Wildcat territory to bag a few var mints. They will not be back In camp until early Monday morning. Mc Crelde gave his consent to the trip feeling that the diversion of hunting would do both veterans good. But to get back to today's hit and run practice. Any student of baseball knows that this Is one of the elemen tal problems of high class team play. Jin each batter came up. his terri torial ability was pointed out and he was Instructed to try to hit In be tween first and second or second and third, depending on which of the rival ln-fleldcrs would cover. For Instance, when a left handed hitter came up with a man on first and second baseman deployed to pro teot the territory between first and second, thus drawing the shortstop over nearer to the keystone sack, he was coached to try to hit the ball through short. It Is absolutely necessary that the ball be batted on the ground to make a play a success for If it Is hit Into the air the chances for a double play are much brighter. McCredle Wall Pleased. The Beavers got away nicely with the morning practice, and It was grat ifying to both leader and rail-birds to ee them step into the play just as they left off from last year.' After, i ''hit and run" practice was over. McCredle adjourned to the in tricacies of the sacrifice, at which no Twenty-six Players Have Been Signed by Colts for 1914 Season, Developments in the local Northwest ern league baseball situation came thick and fast yesterday. Frank East- ley, the star twirler of the Colts, who was holding out for more pay, had a conference with William Wallace Mc Credle, president of the Portland club, and as a result Frank will leave Fri day night for the Colt's training camp at Santa Rosa. The Judge received a letter from E. A. Bersing, the Idaho phenom signed by Jimmy Richardson, in which he stated that he will be unable to report this season on account of Ill ness. So much the better for him, because he will likely get a better chan'ce to show his worth next sea son, as there will not be an army of twlrlers on hand, such as there is this year. Outfielder Netzel and Schnee, a Mt. Angel, Oregon, recruit, will leave to morrow night for Santa Rosa, Cal. where the Portland training camp will open Wednesday, under the directions of Boss Williams, who is in the Cali fornia city at the present time arrang ing for the opening of the Colt camp. Callahan on Way. The Judge also announced that Pat Callahan, the crack southpaw of last season's team, is on his way south via the water route. Callahan took the steamer Congress for San Francisco, which left Seattle last Thursday. Schnee. the Mt. Angel recruit, who played first base last season, Is to bring another phenom with him, and it is likely that he will be sent south to tryout for the team. It did not take Frank Eastley and McCredle very long to . get together over the salary question for the 1914 season. Frank was given an increase over his 1913 salary and left the Judge's office confident of having a better season than he had last year. Twenty-six players have been signed by the Colts for the 1914 season, ln- nlnlrtcr Manacn WtlUama hut 4 In Continued on Page Four. This Section, j that between 40 and 60 toss- ers will be on the grounds before the end of the week. At that rate, if the number of players signed counts anything, Nick's squad should walk off with the pennant. Homer Jamison, the former Univers ity of Oregon twirler, will join the party, which leaves here tomorrow night at Eugene and Chief Battiste, the deaf and dumb Indian twirler, will board the rattler at Medford. Working' Each Bay. According to a dispatch from Santa Rosa, a number of the Colt players are already on the Job working out a little 'each day. Babe Reams, who was purchased from Boise, Idaho, is one of the tossers. Reams is expected to stick with the Colts this season. The signed players, who will report to Nick, are: Pitchers Stanley, Bromley, Coleman, Jamison, Callahan, Battiste, Eastley. Catchers Murray, Johns, O'Donnell. Inflelders Coltrin, Mohler, Haus man, Henry, Guigni, Fulton, Aliens Whltt. Ruegg. Outfielders Netzel, Melchoir, Roat cap and Schnee. Nothing has been heard from Elmer Marttnonl, who Is the only holdout In the Colt squad. Williams was expected to come to terms with Martlnonl during his visit to san Francisco. uilYii .3' -H':u- m-M 4 M liHrfJf&i kAA i-Jl&i Game Will Be Made Free . From All Taint of Professionalism, LIMELIGHT WILL BE . TURNED ON AMATEURS T. Morris Dunne, Secretary P. N, A Will Take Lead in Movement. Champion Saysil puphman Used Electric ta Which . He Supposed ' $0 Taboo, i x-: ' OWN KNUCKLElVE OUT IN SIM ROUND 4I. : Ex-Champion Is -Aftused of Using Bad Tactidj Early, in Game.fl The amateur basketball situation In the Pacific northwest will undergo a thorough house cleaning before the opening of the 1914-1915 'season, t. Morris Dunne, secretary of the Pactfie Northwest association of the Amateur Athletic union, intends to clean up the basketball game In the northwest the same as he is cleaning up the boxing game. At the present time, Spokane ' boxers are In the spotlight for appear ing against professional boxers of Ta toma a short time ago. The basketball situation In the north west has been handled in a very un satisfactory manner during the last several years, and It-will be a big task to straighten matters out. According to his present plana, Dunne will appoint a basketball com mittee In each of the following cities Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane and Portland, Tly Hduard, Smyh. Chicago, March 14. "Ifi.'I h4 ben permitted to use the WneTsof bandages that Ad Wolgast had on'jl believe I would have come much nearer to stop ping him." h?r , This was the first astonishing state ment that Willie Rltchlq,ilirntwight champion of the world, rqa.de when he returned from Mil waukee'fresh front his battle of Thursday wh Ad Wo gast, persistent challenger? and former champion. ;: "If I had boxed him clisjirerly, which was my privilege as champion, without taking a. single "'chance. the affair would have been a frost, 51 there was a chance that the big thfAng of thos paying fancy prices to e two 'good battlers, might have moboed us - Packey McFarland's idtfiB were ex cellent, as told In his - ;Arklng good It is also possible that a committee ' Btory In the Chicago Atrifrcan, but my TRACEY EXPECTS TO LAND 2 AND MAYBE 3 CHAMPIONSHIPS i Walter Knowlton Expected to Retain Lightweight Hon ors for Multnomah Club, Freakish photos of Beavers players in Santa Maria camp. Above, at the left is the squad on board "The Bullet" as the car Is known. From left to right, they are Milligan, Hanson, Perkins, Doane, Smith, West, Fisher, -Speas; Krause, Lober, Haworth; above is Bancroft and Davis and below is Manager McCredle. At the right, Dutch Kores is shown wheeling Higginbotbam in a wheelbar row. Below, from left to right, the pictures are Harry Krause, leaping over Baddy Ryan's back; Ty Lober, doing the ground keeper's Job, and Heine Speas and Hi West, doing the "tanglefoot." Tommy Traeey. the popular boxing Instructor of the Multnomah Amateur club, expects to bring home two and possibly three Faclflo coast boxing champions, when he returns from Los Angeles, where the 1914 championship tournament will be staged March 20 jid 21. The "Winged M" boxers. Williams, 115 pounds: knowlton, 135 pounds and Mlebus, 158 pounds, left PrKlay nlghc for Los Angeles and will arrive In the Angel elty Monday, which will give tuem a chance to work out and get thefnselves rn good condition. Waiter Knowlton, who Is the prer ent lightweight champion. Is expected to retain his title this year. He Is In good condition with the exception of a hand which Is slightly sprained. Knowlton is considered to be the best lightweight developed In the club cir cles. Karl Mlebus, the present light heavy . and heavyweight title holder. Is en tered in three classes in the Los An geles meet and If the entries are not too heavy In the 158 pounds class It Is likely that he will try and win laurels In the other classes. The big fighter Is In splendid shape" and will give the Los Angeles fans a great treat. Walter Williams, who won the Pa cific coast title in Los Angeles two years ago. Is expected to do" the "come back" stunt. The little fighter is In good shape at the present time and has been boxing much better during the past month than he has at any time during .the season. Ernie Clark, the clever 145 pounder of the Los Angeles club, will prove a winner In the welterweight division- Clarke, in his appearance here las fall, demonstrated that he was the Wst welterweight on the coast and he would have easily won the 1913 title had he not broken a bone In his right hand. Frank Moretto, of the Olympic club of San Francisco, looks like a winner la the 125 pound class, Moretto ap peared in Portland last fall and was" eliminated in the semi-finals by Soults, f Vancouver. Moretto tipped during the bout and in falling his head struck the" edge of the platform, rendering him unconscious for a short time. Up to the time of the accident, Moretto was winning and would have captured th title If he was not a victim of fate. Allen McNeill, of the Beaver club, is also entered in the Coast champion ship bouts In the 115 and 123 pound classes. McNeill will likely appear li the 125 pound class as he is a bit too heavy to enter the 115 class. i- The local boxers will return to P6r: land "a week from Tuesday. FEDERALS HAVE OLD MAUD BEATEN IN MATTER OF MONEY Twelve Millionaires With 50 Millions Back of League, Says Gilmore. PLANS ARE ON FOOT TO FORM LEAGUE IN WEST WASHINGTON Meeting Will Be Held Today in Bellingham by Repre sentatives of Six Towns. BOWLERS FROM MANY PARTS OF NORTHWEST WILL CIPE HERE Tournament to Be Held at the Oregon Alleys Week of April 6, Chicago, March 14. Gold more than Captain Kidd ever dreamed of lies cashed in Federal league strongholds, according to a statement given out by President James A. Gilmore tonight. Gilmore met the money talk of older league magnates with a statement de claring that the total wealth of Fed eral league owners to be in excess of $50,000,000. Twelve millionaires, he said, are included in the following of ficial list of officials and stockholders of the various clubs. The roster, with those guilty of mll llonairitis tagged (M). follows: Pittsburg Edwin Gwlnner (M), president; William McCullough. gecre Plans for the organization of the Washington State league into a six team circuit wui be discussed at a meeting in Bellingham, Wash., today of baseball men representing the cities of Bellingham, Everett, Olympia, Aber deen, Chen all s and Centralla. The failure of the Western Tri-State league prompted 'this action, and every effort will be made to make this league a success. Local sportsmen believe that the new organization would be a big success. i and there would be no trouble in se curing players when the Western Tri State league officials announce the breaking up of their league. According to the opinion' of a number ELEVEN EX-PORTLAND PLAYERS CAST LOTS WRH THE FEDERALS Complete Team Is Formed - by This Strong Squad of Ball Tossers, the Pittsburg Pirates for the sum of J3000. The Pirates have asked waivers on Mensor and it is more than likely that if they attempt to ship him to some minor club that he will Jump the organized baseball traces to th Federals. will be appointed to look after the games in southeastern Washington and in other sections of Oregon and Wash ington. The basketball committees In the east and in San Francisco hav prac tically all the games played under their dlrettlon and secure referees for them, and the games are a great deal cleaner and there Is no professionalism In their games; while In the northwest the conditions are In such a bad state of affairs that It la Impossible to tell exactly whether or not those who are playing in the game are amateurs. The work of the committees In the various cities will be outlined by Dunne in the near future, and It ic likely that he will get In touch with the athletic club superintendents In the various cities so as to secure In formation as to what men would be the best to appoint on the committee. Once the .situation Is cleaned up, 4t will Ukely remain so, if the committee! ao tneir auty. in fortiana. there is practically no way to decide th legiti mate champions, and the same) is true of practically every city In the northwest. If the situation Is cleaned up it Is likely possible that the north west championship will be decided In tournaments, similar to the boxing and wrestling tournament. A French rugby football player, who struck an official, has been suspended for two years. No Wonder They Are Fast. All four members of the world's champion athletic baseball team, Mc Innis, -Collins. Barry and Baker are total abstainers from Intoxicating liquors. . he lie mi ftk tary; Doc Gessler, manager; William j of sportsmen here, it would be a bet Teams from practically every citv of Importance in the northwest will be entered in the northwest bowling tournament to be held on the Oregon alleys the week of April 6. Local bowl ers have been organized for over a year and are working on various plans at tne present tune to make this tour nament one that will be remembered In the northwest. Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma and Van couver are expected to enter, at least two five-man teams. Centralia'Salem. Eugene. Pendleton, La Grande, Che halls. Baker. Walla Walla, Astoria and several other smaller Oregon and Washington towns are expected to enter five man teams. At least a dozen Portland firms will be represented In the tourney. The first northwest tournament held in Vancouver last year was a" great success. Portland Bowlers did not win any first place honors In the tourna ment, but expect to give last season's winners a hard run In this year's tournament. Besides the five man team event. there will be single and double matches. Valuable trophies and prizes will be awarded the winners in the various classes. Kerr, stockholder. Buffalo William Robertson (M) president; Larry Schafly, manager;! Walter Mullen, F. Gabany Jr., (M), and Owen Augsnerger. stockholders. Baltimore Carroll Rasln (M), presi dent; Harry Goldman, secretary; J. S. Wilson (M), treasurer; Otto Knabe, manager; Ned Hanlon, stockholder. Brooklyn R. B. Ward (M), presi dent; G. S. Ward (M), vice president; Walter Ward (M). treasurer; John Ward, secretary; William Bradley, manager. St. Louis Ed Steininger, president; Mordecal Brown, manager; Otto Stlfel (M), and Phil Ball (M), stockholders. Indlanapolis -J. Edwin Krause, pres ident; W. K. Watkins, secretary; Wil liam Phillips, manager; John A. George, Bert McBride and E. E. Gates, stockholders. Kansas City C. C. Madison, presi dent; Harry Nelly, secretary; George Stovall. manager; S. S. Gordon, stock- ter plan to have Chehalis and Cen- tralia support one team .and place a team in Ballard, Wash. The Ballard team could play in Seattle, when Dug dale's club is on the road. The fans in Bellingham, Everett and Aberdeen are strong for the new league, according to Information re- ceivea nere. xne idea or forming a league embracing North Yakima and Walla Walla In the eastern part of the state does ; not appeal to the local sports, on account, of the long Jumps between the clues. , The Spalding representatives In Seat tle and In Portland are behind the move to reorganize the league. L. A, Spangler of the local Spalding store. who was present at the meeting of the Western Tri-Stata directors. ODines that the Western Tri-State leagues is a failure, and that he will use all his efforts to make the new league a suc cess, that is If it Is formed. Local semi-pro. players, who signed with the various Western Tri-State Gorman, one of the all-star guards of the 1913-1914 Interscholastic bas ketball team, was elected captain of the 1914-1915 ititt. , C.Af ? woiV. Wker Tm vice teams- are l"rig patiently to hear aeM?.:Jr?JwTniamJ secretary definitely from the club owners, as a president; Charles Williams, secretary. ntimber of them have othftr 8,tl , joe l miser, view, which they cannot accept unless they are declared free agents. Jesse Garrett, manager of the Hel ena Union association team is hot on the trail of a couple of Tri-State rhenoms. PROCEEDINGS TO KEEP KILLIFER OUT OF N. L. BE FILED THIS WEEK Chicago, March 14. Injunction pro ceedings to prevent Catcher Kllllf er, who signed a Federal league contract, from playing with the Philadelphia Nationals, will be filed early next week, probably at Grand Rapids, Mich., President J. A Gilmore, of the Fed erals announced tonight Necessary affidavits, signed by Man ager Joe Tinker, of the Chicago Fed erals, are en route here from Shreve port. La. If they arrive In time, the petition will he filed Monday, a bond having been prepared to guarantee Kllllfer against loss of money in case the Federals lose In court. s Gilmore said tonight he was not sur prised at the dispatches from the Chi cago Cubs' training camp at Tampa today to the effect that at least six Cub players. Including one real star, are only awaiting good offers from 'the Federals to Jump their contracts. One of the Chicago paper's correspondents quoted a Cub star, name not mentioned, as aying he "was likely to go at any time." . ; ". Portland Flayers In Federal league. Name Position. Team. Claude Berry. Catcher. . . .Pittsburg bod uroom ntcner . bt. uouis Tom Seaton. . .Pitcher. Chicago Eugene Krapp Pitcher. Buffalo George StovallFirst base. Kansas City T.arrv Sfhlaflv Kftcnnil haseRuf fala Joe Tinker Shortstop. . Chicago J. J. Mathes. . Third base. St. Louis Chester Chad- bourne . .Outfielder. .Kansas City Art Krueeer .Outfielder Knnsas City Ned Pettigrew Outfielder. Chicago Eleven ex-Portland ball tossers, one catcher, three pitchers, four Inflelders and three outfielders, have cast their lot with the Federal Baseball league. This squad of players form a complete team, and, by th way, a perfect, strong aggregation. Three ex-Beavers, Joe Tinker, George Stovall and Larry Schlafly will direct three teams on the playing fields. Tinker will manage the Windy City, and George Stovall will direct the Kan sas City players. Larry Schlafly will look after the Buffalo team. The Chicago and Kansas City teams each grabbed three ex-Port landers; Buffalo and St. Louis two each, and Pittsburg one. The Chicago team grabbed the strongest trio in Seaton. Tinker and Pettigrew. although Petti grew was not classed as a very good player, the short time he was with the Colts. Tinker and Stovall played with the Portland team before the McCredies took charge of the . club and have starred In the Majors for a number of seasons. Schlafly it will be remem bered was the hero of an unassisted triple play here several seasons ago. Groom pitched for the Portland champions of 1906, and Seaton twirled for Portland during the 1911 and 1912 season, helping the Beavers win the pennant two years. Mathes is the player McCredle drafted from the Butte team. One of the Philadelphia clubs had him a while during last season and he will undoubtedly make Miner Brown a good inflelder. Claude Berry Is not expected to s tic" very long with the Federals. Mc Credle noticed that Berry was slipping last season and began to cast his lines for another backstop and was planning to ship Berry over to Nick's team. Chadboume and Krueger were two of the best outfielders, who have worn Portland suits in the last couple of Beasons, although Krueger' s worth as a ball player Is not valued very high by any of the coast managers. It may be possible that some of the other ex-Beaver tossers will Jump to the Federals, and one of them is Eddie Mensor, the fast outfielder who was sold during; the .1912 season to Two Staole Colors That Are Good All The Time i Gtey is & f n. S5; QOver 46 varieties in Blue Serges alone JAt least 100 shades in plain greys 'it knuckles started to glvliout in the sixth and seventh rounds. and then It was, to make myself saff and at the same time take no chances of actually breaking a knuckle, 1 s tatted to punch the body." -i; Both of Ritchie's hand were a bit puffed and swollen, laitf night, but there is nothing lnjured!.in either of them, and a little treatment with hot water and liniment wIlMbring them around In good shape- lit fa day or so. "Now mind you, first of; all, I'm not whining at all about thtrouble over the bandages," Ritchie t.tod me in dis cussing the contest. vs "Harry Foley and I wjsnt over the ' Wisconsin rules carefully three days before the contest arid' Jim on g other things we discussed ruttp 23 which reads like this: 'Only sfcft cotton or linen bandages shall be 4ined and all bandages shall be subject to the ap proval of the referee.' if "So we naturally decldrd that this would be one of the rus they would be strict about up therfjand straight way prepared soft handajks. Tou may Imagine our surprise w.ben Wolgast came into the ring to nftlce that he had his hanU heavllyi. taped, not bandaged. He had used ;wie hard elec tric tape that I supposed .'was taboo In Wisconsin. ?i' Foley appealed to th$. referee and he said Wolgarfl's handsiffere all right and well within the rulen So we could say nothing more. ; "But there is this about It: "I f I had had the same jtlnd of band- Continued onypage Four.Thls Section Together with our tremendous asspftment of fancy suitings and ultra staples goes to1 make up positively the finest collection of woolens under one roof in Portland. $1000 to Charity If This It Not True I Make a Suit for $ I il if to II rder that no tailor on this coast can equal, Q Years cf experience and a thorough organization enables me to turn out a first class gurment for this low price. ; Ask for Z&C Tradls staupa. Portland's Leading- Tfailor Corner Sixth and Stam ; . . i i