PORTLAND, ' OREGON, SUNDAY. MORNING, "DECEMBER 27, 1914.
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MANAGER WALTER M'CREDIE ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR PREPARING BEAVERS FOR; NEXT SEASON'S PENNANT RACE
HAPPENINGS IN THE SPORT WORLD DURING THE PAST WEEK AS PICTURED BY CARTOONIST MURPHY
T KAHOE SEEKS
BALL PLAYER TOILING :
IN BOWELS OPEARTH
TUCSON
CHOSEN
FOR
ou
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NEXT TRAINING CAMP
OF PORTLAND TEAM
Advance Squad of 23 Men
Will Leave City for South
land, February 23, v
EVANS GETS NEW CHANCE
Easy Living Pitcher Telli Mao HeU
8 Good Schedule Kay Be Moved
' Back On Weak. '
By It. A. Cronin.'
Tucson, Arizona, is the 1915 train
ing camp of the Portland Coast league
champions. " ' .
Twenty-three men will be taken
south with the Beavers, necessitating
use of the pruning km re In setting rid
of ftome of the 16 pitchers.
Utility Man Frang Gutgnl has been
old to the Spokane Northwestern
League club. ,
Outfielder Hllley, last year with
Plttsfield and the property of the
Philadelphia Nationals, has been
turned down as part payment for
(Shortstop Dave Bancroft.
New Salt Lake, club may get ome
of Portland's surplus material by
trade or oale. ,
Pitcher Rube Kvans writes from
en h tern Oregon begging for another
chance with the Beavers next year and
- offering to sign a temperance con
tract, lie will be given the petitioned
chance.
These in brief was the announce
ments from baseball headquarters
yesterday, and it was the hardest day
Manager Walter McCredie has put in
since the season closed. Getting all
that off his chest ptit him In fine
shape for a game of billiards later )n
the day,
Opportunities Offered.
"There Is little doubt now but that
we shall go to Cjseon." said McCredie. 1
."Editor Pittock of one of the papers
there has Interested the Tucson
Commercial club In getting us to
come, and I guess that we shall ac
commodate them. It would give Port
land a lot Of advertising in the great
southwest.
"I have never been able to come
anywhere'' near making expenses on a
training trip, and I hope that I can do
so this season, if we went to Arizona
there would be plenty of good sized
towns to play. We could playv a whole
week down there with the Chicago!
colored Giants, and then, too, the
Elks have a big doings down- there 1
absut'tho middle of March. On our
way to Los . Angeles, where we open,
we could play the Imperial valley
towns, which are baseball crasy.
"The Cleveland Americans are think
ing of training at San Antonio and the
New York Giants at Houston. We
might be able to induce one or both
to play us a series of games In Ari
sona, as Jt would be only a short jump
from Texas. i
"The number of games that we could
get would not only prove attractive
from a box office standpoint, but it
would give us the advantage of getting
Into condition by playing a great
many more regular games against
good teams.
Squad to be Cat.
"I dori't think that I Bhall take
more than 22 or 23 men at the most
with me this year. It Is giving me a
lot of trouble trying to cut down the
' II... . " L
"in the pitching department I have
Lush, Krause, Evans, Callahan, Marti-
nont, HigginDotnam, west, luastiey,
Reiser, Leonard. Smith, Salveson, Mc-
Corry, Sutherland, Barnes and Bishop.
I have a trade with the Western league
In view for Smith and that eliminates
him. I also have trades in view for
West and McCorry, letting' those two
out. McCorry will probably go to a
Northwestern league club.
"I don't jknow where West will go.
j. am going 10 taite the three 'south
paws with us last year, and Callahan,
lor i nave oeen loid he will be a
WALKED RT IN. liJt ...mHl U
HE NEW ,
MEMBER,4
IN HI5 BOS I Ness
AS THE CROW FLIES
By K. A. jC.
(Concluded on Page S, This Section)
Our
New
Style W- V
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Yea, Beau!
There was a pug named Robideau,
Who stood up and fought tcau to
teau.
Among the tough boys
He was the big noise.
Till some other pug leaid him lean.
We take pleasure In announcing to
wll&t few readers we nave left that
throughout this column to;jy will- be
found not one reference to the Christ
mas gorge. Our experience on Thanks
giving day taught us to delete with
cafe every squib on turkey and mince
Pi
Accordingly, when the following was
turned in, we were determined to stand
by our principle- Needing -the stuff to
fill up, however, wt have edited It
carefully, with this result:
The steaming
smiled at me.
As golden brown it lay in state
Upon the platter, and in glee
i beat my Kniie upon the plate.
Michigan game, but reputation means
more to the Cambridge men than dol
lars. ' .1
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"JOHNSON TO ! ItUPPERT TO
HUSTON"
The old, old days and the double
V- :' plays . ' ',.h; .
Of Evers, Tinker and Chance are
. -. past, .. - .
But the new two-plies of the mag
nate guys,!
Old Jacob and Cap and Ban may
last. i
We fancy next Thursday night
the alumni yell! will be ."Oskey
Wow I Wow I Whiskey Oull Oxil."
The Latest One.
Report from eastern Oregon says It's
so cold there that Hot Lake has. frozen
over.
Suppose they'll tell US' next "that
steam comes out of the cracks in the
Ice.- . ' :;. .
IN THE LOOKING-GLASS
.BY R. A. CRONIN.
smelt strong of
through;
The hot mince
spice.
The brandy soaked the
Xhe stalks, fresh from the ice.
Crunched wnen I bit them quite In
two. .
They drowned with
brown.
Those mashed
rich and
creamy white;
, the best la
through the
The Royal
Poinciana
Selected
Leathers
: In the selection as well
... as preparation of;
leathers the utmost
care-is shownthat's
. the reason
CLAPP SHOES
retain t h e i r smooth
. . ncss and fresh appear
' ance longer than any
other make. 1
All the New Styles
$6.50 to $10
PROTZMAN SHOE CO
- ALDER AT PABK. '
Fresh, home-made
town,
Mak me feel happy
nignt.
And, topping all, that toothsome stream
From ' to , as sayings go.
They served me frigid, hard
rTo chill the frame from top to toe.
Yea, wondrous day was that, and one
I hope will come yet every year;
And glad am I that all was fun
Stomachic fun, and firesldo cheer.
- . C. T. H.
, Watson, it seems the new door
had no lock. r.
(Ingram Island Ingots, Corvallls Ga
zette Times.)
Mr. pinneu has rinisnea his new
barn. He had the bad luck to lose a
good hog this week.
Thirteen Tpns of Cotton for 'the
Austrians," says a headline. There
will be a greater amount in the mouths
of some of our inhabitants next 'Friday
morning. , ' -
TOST. EUPRESSIOMST STUFF
People huddle
All together.
All have colds
Winter weathcr.1
, leople smiling,.
Well again,
Days are warmer
Western rain.
(Change of subject)
. . Contracts three; -A
motor car;
Legs for jumping
, Pltclilng star.
Brawny arms,
, . . Great big fist,
- Hot air . tank
Pugilist. '
. Seeing eyes, - ;
lievelhead, '
Pair of shears
Sporting Kd.
, Meaning no one In : particular.
b. D. t;
' Her Heck Must Be Bore.
Another headline' says,' "Zeppelin
Flies Over Nancy. '
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THE SAVCT SEX3MOOBA7S.
' We - were ' never able to under
stand the nsefnlness of aa lnstrn
ment that tells one only that an
earthquake was 2000 miles away.
1 ',
orn idea of so:jk sad words.
just to make the game inter.
rsling." . .
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. Not -Blt Sordid
.Harvard got 130,000 , ut.of the
Athletic Managers
For High Named
The Athletic association of James
John high school at St. Johns has
elected Bert Sundstrom baseball man
ager, Carlyle Cunningham track man
ager and Miss Ethel Hufford tennis
manager. . i
The girls basketball team and the
boys' basketball team are planning
games against the alumni for the
first of the week!
The boys' team defeated the Frank
lin high team in a clean game at St.
Johns Tuesday afternoon, 28 to 9.
In a three game series for the local
115 'pound championship, the' high
scnool Midgets have won one game
from the boys ' team "of the Booster
Sunday school class of St. Johns Uni
ted Evangelical church. 22 to 11. and
lost one game, is to 17.
HAS OVER 1000 ATHLETES
Harvard university athletic squads
numbered 1324 students, distributed
through 11 branches of undergraduate
athletic, activity, this fall.
FIRST PICTURE OF
NEW BEAVER PLAYER
In the east there is one Parke H. Davis, Princeton member of the Inter
collegiate rules committee, who is walking in the footsteps of one Walter
Camp, Yale member of the intercollegiate rules committee, when it comes
to mentioning the northwest gridiron stars.
Davis dabbles In football records, such as lone runs for touchdowns from
kick-offs, punts, scrimmages, intercepted forward passes, completed forward
passes, etc i , T
With the. exception of giving A. Bernard, the Washington State college
quarterback, credit for two 70-yard runs for touchdowns from kick-offs that
he did pot make and including the 25-yard placement kick by Durham of
Washington State college.'Davis slighted the northwest."1
The 80-yard run for a touchdown by Quarterback Hoover of the Whit
man college team against the University of Washington, the 75-yard run by
Steve Schuster of the Oregon Aggies after he had intercepted a forward pass,
Leo Malarkey's 60-yard run for a touchdown against the University of Idaho
and several other lesser runs made by players of this section were overlooked
Dy me iJavis party. ,. ,t -;. . .
... Of course, Davi is inclined ta overlook the northwest because -when he
went to college years" ago, the northwest was little known east of the Rocky
mountains in a football way. .
Looking over the games of the northwest, college teams during the 1914
season, the writer picked out the following thrill producers:
. 80 yards Hoover, Whitman, vs. University of Washington. Whitman's
only score of a 28-7 defeat. ,
75 yaras scnuster, j. a. u., vs. laano, intercepted forward pass for
touchdown.-
60 yards Malarkey, Oregon, vs. Idaho, touchdown from scrimmage, , ,
5 5 yards Lutz,-O. Ai C, vs. Willamette, touchdown from scrimmage.
50 yards- Sharpe, Oregon, vs. Willamette, touchdown from scrimmage.
. 45 yards JWonteith, Oregon, vs. Willamette, touchdown from scrimmage.
Several other runs between 25 and, 40 yards were registered by northwest
ern players. '"
The shrewdest pitcher Portland ever had. Who was he? Was be Grege.
Groome, Krapp, Seaton, Henderson or Harkness of the old days, or West",
Lush, Higginbotham, Krause or Reiger of the present team?
Waiter Mccrecue, wno nrougnt tnem an to the iront, selects Bill Steen,
the hard luck Cleveland pitcher, as the brainiest of all. And there will be few
who will argue the point with the champion manager of minor league baseball.
"Steen was a fox in there. The only one of my pitchers who could ap
proach him in-keen qualities was Gregg, who was nobody's fool. Steen, 1
think, could diagnose a play a trifle more quickly than Gregg. He could hold
men on bases better than any man, right or left hander, that we have had In
the league, and a runner on any of the bases had to stick close to the bag.
wnen ne worea. ne cuuiu new ms position, na ne couia outwit tne Datters,
He could go in cold with three on bases and none out,' and retire the side
without a run. 'I've seen hirn do It dozens of times. He didn't have much of
a physique, but he had perfect control of his spitbalL Had Steen been lucky
from a physical standpoint, he would have made just as good or perhaps a
better record than Gregg or Seaton." ;
Fellow citizens, you will be interested to read this kind and enliirhtenin
article in the Oakland Tribune. of recent date:
"Collegiate rowing will occupy more attention than ever this coming sea
son, ine sport is ueuig iaacu up wuu 4 greater amount 01 spirit than ever
before, even the high schools are helping the cause along and doing their
share by entering at least one team. The latest welcome news is that, the
Portland Rowing club will return to the sport this year and enter competition
witn tne crews ui w aaniugion, oimoiu uiu vauiorma. a ciud nouse Is now
under construction at Portland, ana it is planned to organize an eight oared
crew. .
V Jr
Bud Anderson, the once popular llghtweieht favorite of the ParifiV t
appears to have reached the end of his string. With his defeat in the third
round at Wallace Christmas night went all hopes of the fans that he could
come uata. ...r
S. MAGEE BATS
IN 101 TALLIES
IN 1914 SEASON
Garry Cravath One Run Be
hind Slugging Teammate
in Run Driving.
Shortstop Murphy, of the Jersey
City team of the International
league, who will try to fill Dave
Bancroft's shoes next season
Murphy was secured from the
Philadelphia Nationals along
with Reed, another short patch
. er, Tor Bancroft. A sum of
' money and a player or -two next
May completes the deal. '
YANKEE SALE TO
BE CLOSED UP
IN COMING WEEK
Huston Says- Outside Busi
ness Will Not Interfere'
' With Owning-Team.
New York, Dec. 26.Strong belief
Is held here in baseball circles tonight
that next week will ; see the consum
mation of negotiations' -fiir the Tsale
of the New York Americans. This
deal has been hanging fire fort three
weeks,' and several -times it was re
ported that the proposed sale was to
be called of f; liach time, however, the
Interested parties got together again.
Captain T, L. Huston, a contractor,
and Colonel Jacob Ruppert, a brewer,
will be the purchasers, it seemed cer
tain tonight."' It had been reported
that Huston was going to withdraw
from the deal because of -objections
by the associates in the contracting
business v Huston put this rumor to
rest today by stating that' his outside
business would not Interfere with his
owning stock In the New. York ball
club.
I Frank Farrell, present president of-
....
uuu, naa notning to say today
w unrduc. witn . Huston
and Ruppert. Huston, however, gave
out the Information that another nieet-
Th8r..WUll b held arly
ims meeting, he stated, likely wt'l
rSt V?'th dosing of the deal. None
of the three would state what is caus-
yi9 ueiay in the negotiations.
FEDS GET THEJR $6000
.utttBW, uk. -so. federal league
officials here received a check for
$6000 today from Walter Johnson, star
pitcher for the Washington Ameri
cans, who Jurnned to h uj
league and then Jumped . back to the
Senators. The check rcDrc.irnio
vance money Johnson was given for
" euerai league contract
tfuuvs .a. uuuiurs, Dresident r
outlaw organization, immediately re-
feyvUle,-Kan. .
AMHERST IS TO ENTER
'Amherst college Will be represented
this season, for the first time. In the
final meet of the Interscholaetic
Swimming association, which will lie
held in New Haven on' March 8, 1915.
Curling Meet January, 18.
Duluth Curling club has set Janu
ary 18, 1915. for the big bonspiel. .',-.
Sherwood Magee, ' the Philadelphia
outfielder who was traded to the
Boston Braves recently, batted In
more runs during the 1914 season
than any other player in the National
League.. Macee's .total for the sea
son was 101. Cravath, who led tne
league last season, was one run be
hind bis team mate. - 'A.r ,'r-'
Heinle Zimmerman topped the Chi
cago players In battlnjj in runs with
96 to his credit. The leaders or the
other teams are: J.Mlller, St. Louis,
93; Wheat, Brooklyn, 88; Schmidt,
Boston, 75: Fletcher, New York, 73;
Vlox, Pittsburg, 53; and Nelhoff, Cln-
slnnati, 48.' .
The National Leaguers timeliest
hitting team, according to figures
prepared by B. J. Lanlgan, Is Maggee,
Philadelphia, centerflelder, 101; Zim
merman, Chicago, second' base, 96; J.
Miller, St. Louis, shortstop, 93; Wheat,
Brooklyn, left field, 88; gmith. Boston
third base, 80; Schmidjt, Boston, first
base 75; Meyers, New York, catcher,
50: and Cooper, Pittsburg, pitcher, 16.
Red Smith batted in more runs ,forJ
Boston . than senrmat. Dut ne was not
named as the Braves leader because
he played a part of the season with
Brooklyn.
Princeton to Play 32 Game.
Prlnoeton university - will play 83
baseball games In the 1915 season.
Charlie Taft, son of the former presi
dent, la - blossoming la basketball at
Yale.
FAIR BATHERS
TO SHOW SKILL
IN RACE' EVENT
Chairman Watkins Will Give
Portland Mermaids Op
portunity in Spring,
Portland's many mermaids may be
given an opportunity to show their
skill In the annual Indoor champion
ship swimming meet of Che Pacific
Northwest association, which will be
staged unaer j the auspices of the
Multnomah Amateur Athletlo club In
the prtit-. . ,
Frank E. Watkins, chairman of the
Multnomah club swimming committee,
stated yesterday , that . if there was
enough Interest among the women
swimmers he j would schedule one or
two events for them. The Amateur
Athelitio union recently voted to al
low women to enter swimming com
petitions. ,
Although the date of the meet has
not been definitely selected by Frank
Watkins, the ' events will likely be
held some time In March.
Washington Gumshoe Arjtist
Gets Wilson's Contract as
He Works-in. Coal- Mine,.
FEARS RIOT OF MINERS
Boesat Xaow What kerult I,ooka
Wke Harvard T ootball Xs Zincra-
tlve Sport. ,"i ' -. ,
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BARRY SELECTS THAMES
Ernest Barry of England, the pro
fessional seulling champion, will not
defend the title anywhere but on the
Thames rlverl course. He Is willing
to go to Australia to take part In a, big
handicap race on the Parraznatta
river, provided he receives a reason
able offer toward the expenses of mak
ing the trip. I
Prominent Horseman Dead.
John H. Bhttlts, who bought .more
than 1, 000.000 worth of trotting bred
stock at auction, is dead.
By Frank G. Mefike.
New York. Dec. 26. Mike Kahoe, ,
scout for the Washington and Minne
apolis clubs, went down into a coal .
mine recently to get' the 'signature of
a catcher, who will get trial, with
the Minneapolis club, in the American
Association, next season. .
"His name is Tom Wilson," said Ka
hoe. "I was told to go to Hartford,
Nebraska, where he lived When I got
to Hartford, X found It a town of about
200. In the outskirts was a coat mine.
Inquiry developed the fact that Wilson
was at work in tlio mine.' .1 decided to
wait until he anfe out liti the evening -to
sign him up, but I suddenly changed
niy mind following a conversation with
one of the armed guards near the mine.
" There"s coe to be trouble around .
here pretty; soon, .mister,' said the
guard. TheLrtrular minora are liable
to come In on any train, and the troopn
are on the way. : Kinda tWnk there1
going to be some shootin hereabouts.'
"That was enough for me, rcontinued
Kahoe. I Just made for the mouth of
that mine shaft and . demanded to be -
taken down. The guards around there .
looked me over. I thought sure they
were going to 'frisk me, tout they
didn't, because I -presented-cards and
letters that were convincing proof that
I wasn't a spy. '-.'''..."
"Well, after going down-and 4own
for about 82 miles, the bucket that Z
was riding in reached the bottom. It .
was led for three or four miles farther,
and pretty soon I came updn a.gang of
men. . My guide pointed i out one '.and -said:
- j .
".That's Wilson.' it
"I told Wilson that 'I pad come to .
sign him up for the Minneapolis club.,
offered him terms, and fie said they
were satisfactory. Then &e signed the
contract, and I started far the top of .
the earth once more. I ot there, and
I got out of town just before the sol
dlers arrived." -.--i lr -
'What did Wilson loofctlkeT" Kahoe
was asked." - . .- ,: !;- , -
Say; I wouldn't know bun again If I
saw him on the street, or In a mlne,
answered the scout. "Alls those fellows
looked alike down there. gThey all were
about as black and sooty las could be.
Maybe, the guide gave to the wTonr
steer, and maybe I signed'ap the wrong
muu but I took a chance on that, rath-
er than hang around that town any ,
longer than I had to." -; j " - . ' ' : .
Football, as 9t Is condieted at Hsr. "-1
vard. Is quite a lucrative sport. The
total Harvard receipts for the 1914 sea
son were 8197,000. f The ital expenses
were about 827,000." That leaves 1170,
000 an a net profit. It '
And up in Harvard they resent the
remarks of some folks ! who contend
that colleges commerclale sporty
The Harvard share f6 that Yale
Harvard game was about? 370,000. The
Princeton game receipts were 840.000,
and the Michigan receipts -about 830,-,
000. The rest of the money came from
the Washington and Jefferson, Penn
sylvania State, Tufts, Bates, Brown
and Springfield Y M. C ft. games,
Boring Permitted lni 17 States.
Boxing - Is permitted In, 17 of ths-
48statesjofJlWsjcojmtri
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