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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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-
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