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AAA THE OREGON "SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, 'AUGUST 8. 1915. MARATHON SWIM TO ... v - BESTAGEDS WILLAMETTE Professor Cody Will Have ; Over 40 Mermen and Mer v maids in Competition, f COURSE IS THREE MILS Beartn of Entries Wotioeable la Women' Event, Which Will Be Bun at Sam Time as Men's, .Tromplly at 1:30 o'clock next Sat urday afternoon. Professor Jack Cody, swimming Instructor of the "winged M" club, will eUrt between 40 and iwimmers from the Oregon Yacht club W the decon'fl annual long dis- . lance river swim tof the Multnomah Amateur Athletlo club. The finish will- be at the foot! Of Salmon street, a distance of a. little over three miles. The entry list in this vear'a race la. much bigyer than in the first race and It la expected that a number of : other swimmers will enter before the list close Friday night. Arrange mnt have been completed for the patroling of the course. Kvery pair of KWlramers in the race will be fol lowed by a canoe. Norman Robh, the big aquatic star Of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic T i . I . . . . I . r. . . . . i4vu;uh, nuss won lue event last year and although ho baa" been 111( he appears to be in excellent con dition for this aon'et event. Louis Balbach, the world's champion indoor high-diving chatnpion, is also entered In the event. There i a scarcity of entries in the woman's rape this season. The only entries to date are Mra. Burrows, Mre. Constance Meyer and Miss Oyn Jane. The entries are: Ed S.ealie. Frank Klerrtan, I. Woriham, Bus Douglas, Myron WiIsey, KranK Kinney, I Clark," Ru?i'l Kaufman, Wadsworth, Fred Howard, Roan Roller, Chester V. Jones, Herhprt Barry, C. Dinwiddle, Allen Kusdell, Frank Harmer, Dave Atkinson. Blue Goodell Brownie Web. lw, B. Foster, Phil Patterson, Lee 14 an, Donald Strickland, Bryant Kil kenny, Ed Shea, Bob Morrison, Louis Balbach, Norman Rosa, Henry Brecke, Jim Burke, Bill Royal, Dolph La Uttnd, : Harry Eddis. Jack Tauaand. Frank McHale, Karl Crowe. C. B. Pot ter, Toul Saunders, lirnie Magius, Mrs. Burrows, Mrs. Constance Meyer, Gyn Jane. 1 . The official are: Arthur Allen, refree; Jack Cody, starter; CJ. S. Tay lor, clerk of the course; L. Manion, assistant clerk of the course; Frank E. Watkins. Edgar Frank and P. E. Harrigan. timers, and H. B. Critch low, Karl Goodwin and Georgo Bertz, judges of the finish. INTEREST SHOWN W MOTORCYCLE RACES AUGUST 15 World's Champion May Ap - pear in Rose City Speed way Events, . . Much interest is being: taken in .the to be staged on the Rose City speed way next Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The program of events will be completed by mid-week. Otto Walker, world's champion and winner of the SCO mile race at Venice, Creviston, winner of most of the events during the F. A. M. at Sacra mento, and Marty Graves. former bolder of the track record of 48 sec onds, .may appear in the races. Kurtz and McDonald, two local riders, have their machines in good condition for the events. Ed Berreth and Fillmore are making fast time in tryouts and it is ex pected that the races will be very close. . L. T. Barin. the Vancouver aviator, s -having his machine overhauled and as soon as the work is finished he will make a cross town flight, drop ping between 300 and 400 compli mentary tickets. The flight may be made to&y. ".Harry Bue and William McDonald, two local motorcycle riders, made a 247 mile trip last Sunday, leaving at a. m. and returning at 12 midnight. The two motorcyclists rode to Mount Hood over the old Marmot road and through Government camp and re turned to Portland over the Columbia highway. They were delayed con siderably on account of tire trouble. The first 100 miles of the trip con sumed five hours and 4 5 minutes. The following riders have entered the "300 mile motorcycle race to be held In Tacnma neit Sunday: Walker, Harley-Davidson; Don Johns, Cyclone; Fillmore, Harley-Davidson; Crevlston, Indian, and Armstrong, Indian. W. T. McDonald1 Of Portland will also enter the race. Club "Owners Should , Try Circus Methods One fan is of the opinion that "The matter with baseball". is that the dear old public baa been baseballed to death. . He thinks'-that because base ball has become an everyday occur rence, and that it doesn't furnish the lure that it did before baseball became a part of nearly every sport lover's daily diet. "Baseball," says the fan, "should be more on the circus order. Instead of playing games every day, only about three . games should be staged each week.- That would give the fans a chance to catch up with themselves. The club owners should advertise the games extensivelyon billboards. They should pass out handbills and in this way, whenever a game is played, it would be a sort of fete day for the town in which it ia staged;" Undoubtedly a large flock of mag nates will view" this opinion with hor ror The idea of playing only three games la week when the law permits from six to 14. And advertising via the' billboard and handbill route! Te rods and pickled devil fish! Doesn't the, fan know that such a procedure would cost the-owners money? , ;; ; ; Kilbane Is Boss of Job. , Johnny Kiibane ia looking after the construction of six double houses which, he is building in Cleveland, his home eity. Kilban and Alvte Miller have been matched to box at Cedar Point, Ohio.: on Labor Day, - j. . - -, . ATURDAY RIVER BALBACH TOUTED , r' ' V ? ' J? it - A it i r Vi i)3'J ft Three views of Portland boy who won the admiration of the critics and coaches at the San Francisco world's diving championship. Competent critics of diving are pick ing Louis Balbach, the 18-year-old Multnomah wonder, as the future greatest diver in the world, and the local lad could hop out of Portland to morrow to a good position guaranteed him in Chicago by the Illinois Athletic club, or he could go to the University of California with the promise of lu crative employment if he wished to work his'way through college. He has been invited to give exhibitions at Yo Eemite. However, the chances are that Louis will remain in Portland" for awhile at least so that he can work un der the watchful eye of Instructor Jack Cody, of the "Wing-M" club, who has brought Balbach up to his present per fection. Balback won more places than any other diver at San Francisco's world championship meet last month. His diving was a surprise to the eastern coaches, who immediately tried to coax him to go east and, join their clubs. Twice Coach Bachrach, of the Illinois Athletic club team, approached him. Bachrach has the greatest swimming team in the world, Including the cham pions McDermott, JUcGillivray, Hebner, Raithel and Vosburgh. Coadh Brandsten, of the University of California, who won second place for Sweden in the last Olympic games, says Balbach is the best natural diver that he has ever seen, and was su perior to any at the exposition. Balbach ia absolutely fearless in the 3-Cushion Players Are Signed Again Many crack three cushion billiard players will take, part in the annual championships which will begin either September 20 or 27 next. In all 25 experts will strive for the valuable prizes. Champion Ellis will play for Harry Davis of Pittsburgs; as will also Charles McCourt. Pierre Maupome will represent Charley Peterson, of St. Louis. George Stone will carry the colors of John Thumb of Kw Tork, while Charles Otis will play for Brook lyn. John Dankelman will represent Sol. Allinger of Philadelphia,- and Clarence Jackson -and Jess Lean will play for Sweeney and Huston of De- tioit. Martin Maley will olav for Dode Hollinger of Detroit. Hugh Heal will again play for Toledo, while Frank Benson of St, Louis and the l?ague president, Harry Couler, of Indiana polis, will also be on the circuit again. oy Mascaii and Henry Grede will play for the Hascall interests of Mil waukee, while Bflly Kalthoff will represent Herbert Wright of Cincin HERE'S. 'A BALL TEAM The Garibaldi (Or.) Grammar school team, which is playing this sum , iner. From left to right jJayers are; Standing George Bowman, Rodney Farley, Francis (Japanese) Arnim Brooks, Frank Struby, H, S. Brlmhall, principal. Sitting. Ivan iTancovich, coach; El . win Thompson, Harold Bowman, IkUlford Bntts and James May. AS WORLD'S GREATEST AMATEUR DIVER -.a:? s, f ' v ' X - i 's - u I' water. The other day he was trying a new stunt at Windemuth from the highest altitude, and kept at it until he had mastered, even though his lips had swollen from striking the water. He is enthusiastic over the game, and it was this boyish enthusiasm that mitigated against his chances at Sau Francisco in the outdoor diving. He entertained himself and the crowd while the swimming marathon was in progress, without thought of the after effect, and the cold water chilled him so that he was not in the best of shape when the events were called. Balbach won the world's high diving contest at San F"rancisco, the. events there being legitimately billed as world's championship events. In win ning ,this he defeated Cliff Bowes, the famous Redondo Beach diver. He won second place In the springboard com petition against the champions of sev en districts of the Amateur Athletic union, .defeating Arthur McAleenan, twice national champion and United States entry to the last Olympic games in Sweden. It is predicted that, if Balbach stays In the diving game, he will become one of the greatest fancy divers the world has ever known. He needs a little pol ish in his approaching, being not up to the perfection requirements of the Am ateur Athletic union, under whose rules the events at San Francisco were staged. As Louis puts it, "They make a fellow do a whole lot of posing be fore he dives, but when they see you do the posing stuff up here, they give you the laugh!" nati. Charley Morin will -play for Charles Weeghman of Chicago; August Kleckhefer, the 1913 champion and runner up to Ellis last year, will play for Louis Bensinger of Chicago, while Joe Capron, a former Canadian cham pion, will be George M. Leffingwell's representative, while the signing of John Moore of Kansas City by Flen ner, will make the Chicago represen tatives strong. Amateurs Going After Weston Mark Albert Payson Weston's New Tork to Buffalo walking record will be attacked by three amateur pedestrians of the American Walkers' association of New York in August. The men. are Frank Gage, pathfinder of the club; Gilbert M. Swartat, assistant pathfinder, and William Probst. The distance is 444 miles. They expect to cover the en tire distance on foot in less than nine days Arrangements have been com pleted to have checkers along the route, . according to amateur athletic unjon requirements. . THAT PLAYS FOR SPORT 1 . yt r'- ft'' --" .T - ' 'r t AW -V A V ' ' , .... .'...v.'. - . 1 -xw' t 4s &.3i CHALLENGE ROUND IS ON SHAKY BASIS WITH Defender of Cup Would Pjay Through. Tournament in Singles, Helping His Game, A number Of Portland's prominent tennis enthusiasts are in favor of abol ishing the challenge round in the men's and - women's singles of the Oregon State Champion tournament. No of ficial steps have been taken as yet, but it Is expected that in the near future the question will come up for consideration when it' will be settled for once an 4 all time. In all challenge rounds, the defend ers are at a disadvantage. They have little opportunity to perfect their play and the only practice they get is in the doubles and mixed doubles event. The Fiske bowl, emblematic of the men's singles championship Of the state, has been handed from one player to another for the past 16 years.: W. A. Bethel and W. A. Goss are "the only players, who have won two legs on the cup, which must be won three times before it becomes the permanent property of a player. . Miss Sarah Livingstone of Seattle, y successfully defending her title in this season's tourney became' . the owner of the J. Wesley Ladd trophy, having won it during the two previous tournaments. Before the challenge round can be abolished in the men's singles it will be necessary to get the consent of its donor and also the sanction of the United States National Lawn Tennis association. , BIG DEMAND FOR PERMITS Toronto.' Issues permits if or sporting contests in the public parks there. This year -there was a bigger demand for permits than ever before. There are 450 baseball team registered; 27 lawn tennis clubs; 20 cricket clubs; lawn bowling rinks-and 10 quott clubs. . Philadelphia Golf association .clubs employ 2219 caddies.".' , OREGON TENNIS MEN History of Case of Federal League Is An Engrossing One 0 Here, in "'brief, is the history 0 IK of the Federal league case: Jan. 1, 1814. Indicted by the 4. original baseball grand Jury on the charge of attempting to murder the nio litUs monopoly that was controlled by. the na- He tional commission. 41 March 1. 1814. Tried and. m found guilty by Ban Johnson, 4K v John Traner, Garry Herrmann m f and the rest of the jury. m April 13, 1814. Sentenced to die on July 4 by Judge and t He 4 Juryman Ban Johnson. Hi He July 4. 1814. Granted a stay Hf- of execution until Labor Day. HI He Labor Day, 1914. Granted He He another stay. He Oct. 5, 1914. Federal league Hi He Claims trial was unjust and HI Hi appeals for new trial at hands Hi of General Public. Hi Hi April 10. 1916. New trial Hi Hi - granted. Hi May 1. 1915. Again found Hi He guilty by Organised Baseball Hi He Jury and sentenced to death Hi He July 4, 1915. Hi Hi July 4, 1915. Sentence com- muted to life imprisonment. Hi He Aug. 1. 1915. Application . Hi He made for pardon. HI Hi Aug. 6, 191&. Application be- He ing considered. 41 He. r . as V. jr. R 'J'. 'si..-.S- WJ.-. iSM-arit x SOME CREDIT IS DUE J. JACKSON FOR STICK WORK Cleveland Slugger Makes Hits With Nothing to Spur Him, ' A star batter on a pennant chasing team ought to hit from 20 to 30 points better than a batter of equal abilltly who is on a team that is in the rut. That's our opinion, and that's why we doff our lid to Josephus Jackson, of the downtrodden, listless Indians. It really doesn't make very much difference to the Indians if Jackson makes on hit per-iday or makes fiv hits per day. One man can't win a pennant. It takes about 15 or 16. But despite this fact, Jackson goes along from day to day, banging the horse hide with all the power that Is behind him, and, although he isn't spurred on by any world series hopes, he con tinues to present quite a respectable batting average to the naked eye. With Ty Cobb, Jake Daubert, Ludy Luderus, Tris Speaker and Eddie Col lins it is different. Those guys have a definite aim and that's the world series gold. They know that every hit they register enhances- the pennant winning chances of their team. They are full of "pep," enthusiasm and they always are trying. Cobb, Collins, Daubert and the oth ers have the real spirit of their team mates to sweep them along- tbey have the-real objective. But Jackson has nothing. And so all the more credit should be showered upon the Cleveland slugger for what he is accomplishing in a batting way, STANFORD TO ROW U,-W. Eight oared shell crews of Iceland Stanford and University of Washington (Seattle) will row two races next year. The first contest will be on the Oak. land estuary in April, and the second race on Lake Washington, Seattle, be tween May IS and June 16. Montreal to Have New Track. Montreal may - hare another race track, making seven In the Canadian city. It is proposed to establish the track en the site of the . old , Malson veuve park. " -ni f-FH 1 i " JiM GIRLS CAN SWIM JUST AS WELL AS BOYS AND IN A PROPER FASHION They Get -Their Instruction from Competent Teachers '' and Learn Better Stroke, 4-YEAR-OLD GOES 1 -4 MILE Kids Hmub to Go Dof-Fashion in Trtrnmiof Holes and Cant . Xos la Dlstaaos Zl rents. By Katharyn S. Haire. Philadelphia, Aug. 7. Why do we hear so much about the water babies among the girls and not among the boys? is the question so often asked. The answer is that most boys learn to swim at the swimming hole, wher ever it may be, while the little girls must go to the swimming pool to learn; and because there are expert teachers at the pool. It Is thought that the child should be taught the various strokes. By this instruction the girl is taught to swim properly and with less effort from the beginning, while the boy goes on swimming in bis dog gie fashion. Of course, he cannot swim far and tires quickly, but he thinks Just as long as he is able to keep himself up in the water that is all that is necessary. By and by as he grows Older he visits a natatorium and sees how differently some boys swim. He watches them as they dive and race and wishes he could do the same. He tries and finds that it is very hard to break himself of this tiresome way of swimming. Probably the instructor will take an Interest in him and points out his mistakes. After weeks and probably months he has mastered the double overarm stroke" and swims fairly well. All this time the little girl has been receiving instruction and probably she can swim a mile or so, simply because she has learned to swim correctly In the beginning ana did not have to waste the time undoing and releaming to swim. Child of 4 Swims. Take, tor instance, the case of little Beatrice Whitelam. This little girl, when only 3 years old, was taught to swim by Mrs. Edith Clark, swimming instructor at the Columbia club, in this city. She has now been swimming one year and yet only a month ago she cov ered nearly a quarter of a mile in the Schuylkill river in 13ty minutes. This only goes to show that a child need not be 6 or 7 years old to learn to swim, as the -younger the child the less the fear of the water. Little Beatrice has mastered all the strokes, and is able to dive. Her feat of 'swimming 320 yards is probably the greatest achieve ment in the line of swimming ever ac complished by a child of her age. The Philadelphia Turngemeinde also has a number of wonderful youngsters. Little Ethel Schutt and Dorothy Klump, each 6 years qf age, swam a mile inthe Schuylkill in 61 minutes, a feat that many an older person might be proud of. Helen Rubicon and Bertha Perlstein, 12 and II years old, finished second and fourth, respectively, against some of the best swimmers in the country. Sophie Brown, when 9 years of age, . finished in a 6H mile race held on the Delaware river, using the breast stroke the entire distance. A Clever Direr. Helen Pennypacker, 12 years old. is one of the Turners' fastest sprinters and a clever diver. Alice Whitmer, 10 years old, who swims at the First Regiment Armory pool. Is said by experts to be the com ing wonder. After swimming only 10 weeks this little girl is" able to mas ter all the Btrokes perfectly. Florence McLaughlin, 11 years old, who swims under the Instruction of John W. Stevens, of the First Regi ment, is' generally recognized as the greatest natatorial expert In the world for her age. You have tno doubt read of her long distance swims up to 10 miles, along with her wonderful diving. in the mile race last year she swam past the rope and in order to rimsn she had to swim back and touch the rope, coming in third instead of sec ond. Seasons for success. And1 now what is the real reason why these little girls have surpassed most of the boys in swimming? The first S that tiey have all been taught the proper timing of the stroke, a thing that is woefully lacking in so called expert swimmers. The second reason is that they have learned to breathe correctly; that la, to take a quick gulp of air through the mouth as the head is out of the water and let it out through the nose as the face re turns to the water. The third reason is that they have learned to relax the muscles while the unfinished swimmer invariably holds Jhe body tense. These three points are all essential to good swimming and until they are mastered the stroke will not be smooth and easy as it should be. WILL PLAY WHITEHOUSE Ray Small and M. H. Whitehouse will play the finals of the "Around 90" golf toournament of the Waverley Country club today on the Weverley links. In yesterday's play, S. Tevis beat Walter Cooke, but In the semi finals he lost to Ray Small. White house beat Tom Robertson In the semi-finals. The scores: S. Tevis (4 up) beat Walter Cooke (1 up), i op and 2 to play. Ray .Small 2 up) beat S. Tevis (4 up). J1 up and -2 to play. M H, Whitehouse 4 up) beat Tom Robertson (2 up) 3 up and 1 to play. Canadian Runner Favorite. Edouard Fabre of Canada, winner of this year's Boston Athletlo Association Marathon' race, is one of the favorite for the Olympic Marathon, which will ba held at Ban Francisco, August 28. Match Game of POCKET BILLIARDS White House Billiard Parlors ; 183 -4TX T. . : V Eoy La Due, coast champion, will meet all comers for one week. STARTING AUGUST 9TH V Don't fall to see him. Ivr Johnson Bicycles AT 3TAOTOBT COST HUDSON ARMS CO. ' . 110 TKHtZI f-T, ; GREATEST BATSMAN NOT ABLE TO WIN IF, PITCHERS ARE POOR Good Twirling Staff More Es ' sential to Pennant Winner Than Wrecking Crew, WHITE SOX BEST EXAMPLE Woa Xla Without Sitters, While Great Bunch f Cleveland Sluggers Coaldat TaTk the Sams Trick. New Tork, Aug. 7. What does tt avail a ball team if it possesses the greatest batsmen in the land if its pitching staff Is punk? And the an swer is nothing. A good pitching Staff is far more essential to a ball club's success thati is a wrecking crew of batters. Base ball records of the past and present show the truth of that statement Those New Yorfc Giants are pretty well down in the rut, although they have three men slugging over the .300 mark,' and three others near It. Doyle Is hitting around .325. Merkle is clout ing for .420, and "Robertson boasts of a .810 average. : ' No team in bas'eball packs a greater batting bunch than those Brooklyn Federals. Magee Is hitting around .87S and Kauff is near .860. , Three other Brookfed regulars are over the .300 mark yet the team is in second division. . Detroit Sag Terrlflo Sluggers. The Detroit outfield is swatting the well known horse's skin for a com bined average around .360 a tremen dous clip, yet the Tigers are third In the race and no better. Back in the" bygone days the Cleve land Naps toted around the greatest collection of sluggers that ever batted "under one standard, 'Lajoi-e, Bemls, Bay, Hickman, Bradley, "Nig" Clarke and a few more fence busters. Prac tically every man In the outfit was a' .500 hitter. Yet Cleveland, during1 those days, never came near to win ning a pennant. On the other hand the Chicago White Sox, back In 1906, had pitchers and no batters. Yet the Sox won a pennant and a world series in that year. In 1912, 1913 and 1914 the Sen ators, minus batting power -but plus some mighty pitchers, acted as run ners up In nearly all three pennant catties. :- Phillies 01107 to Top. Getting right down to this present day and age. we find the Phillies clinging to the top of the National league heap. Outsjde of Luderiis and Cravath, the Phillies haven't any bat ters but they have Qrover Cleveland Alexander and a few other pitching persons. The Dodgers, who have as sumed the role of runner up, have a real batter in Jake Daubert, and a timely hitter in Zack Wheat. Their hitting power ends there. But the Dodgers have "Besky" Dell, Jack Coombs, "Hasen" Pfefter aind "Nap" Rucker on the pitching staff. That's why they are 'where they are. The Red Sox as a team jaren't 'hit-; tlnr un to pennant winnln standard. ! But they have about five pitchers who are pitching a world series brand of baseball and look where those Red Sox are located in the standing of ciuha. Two Ted Teams Have Ounners. The Kansas City Feds and the St. Louis F"eds present weak bitting com binations. But they have the pitchers and they've been .In the pennant fight since the middle Of May. In other words, one good pitcher seems to be of more value to a ball club than two or three slugging ln fielders, outfielders or catchers. While on the subject of batting we will listen to'a few words from John McGraw, who now speaks: "The bulk of recruits who come Into the big leagues nowadays don't step into the ball. Instead, they step away from it. and as a result few or them ever will be batters. "Just why the new ' crop of Trail players should be plate shy Is a mys tery to me. In the olden days all th men stepped into the ball and hit it on the nose. Of course, some oT them were hit by pitched balls, but that al ways was looked upon as something that was to be expected -and en dured." - NEW AUTO TRACKS MANY Indianapolis has a concrete automo bile race track, Detroit is building one, and los Angeles is waiting to see which Is best wood or concrete. Chi cago has a wooden bowl. Philadelphia, Sheepshead Bay, Long Island and other cities will also soon have big racing tracks for the speed kings. . Yacht Event in- New York. The King's cup yacht race under the auspices of the New York Yacht club will be sailed off Marblehead, August 11, Instead of at Newport. DON'T MISS THE Motoixyele x ' at the lacoma Speeiway $1000 IN CASH PRIZES The World's Best Riders Will Be There TICKETS NOW, ON SALE At Motorcycle Agencies FEDERAL LEAGUE IS QUICK TO GIVE FANS SOME GOOD UMPIRII President Gilmore Moves " While Johnson and Teoer Sit By and Think of .lt, VEAN GREGG IS COMING Return to rorm of ortla4 South paw Brings Joy to Xeart of Kad So. Baseball Rooters. 1 "The "umpiring- In the National Uague this year is worse thn ever before. sTim Qaf fney, owner of the Braves. :.; . "Umpire Rlgler and Manager HersonT of the Reds engaged In a fint fight on the ball field." News Item. "The umpiring is f lerce."-John Mo-' O raw." "Umpire , Quigley punched Johnny Evers on the Jaw on the bail field."- News Item. , . Whereupon John K. Tener, president of the National league, said; "Oh. I guess the umDlrlns all' right." ; - . . "Th umpiring in the American league this , year Is the worst .'In .10 -years. The staff Is cluttered up with incompetents." Charles Comlskey, owner of the. White Sox. - Johnson Can't Be Any thing. , . Whereupon Johnson, who presidents for the American league, remarked that he couldn't see anything radically wrong with the umpiring. "The umpiring in the Federal league is the worst 1 have ever tseen in my long career as a ball player." Fielder Jones, manager of the St. Louis Feds. Whereupon. President James A. Gil more immediately made an investiga tion" of the. umpiring, conditions, . fired two umpires whose Judgment was faulty and hired two other umpires in their places men who ar believed to b excellent arbitrators, j Furthermore. Gilmore made , a fine offer of Hank O'Day, who ranks as the greatest liv ing umpire. In your opinion, which league is try ing to rive the owners, the players and the fans the squarast deal? xl Moore Pulls Boner. . ' Pitcher Earl Moore failed to observe the "safety first" rule when he slsned up -with-the - Feds f in the spring of 1914, and as a result he is out of a Job. -. ' v Moore Jumped the Phillies to fco with the Buffalo Feds. The Feda .wanted him to sign a three year con tract, but because it didn't call for a graduating salary Moore declined to .sign for more than one year. "I'll. have a good year in 1914, and show them that I'mva real piicner. sald Moore to a friend. "Then when the time comes to sign up for 1916 and 1916 I can get my own price." That's , where Moore made a fooxle in Judgment. He didn't have n rood year In 1914, and Instead of being In a position to ask for more money In 1915 and 1916 he was dropped by the team. Matty Oet His Xiddiagv Even old Christy Matthewson' 'Isn't immune from being kidded at times. Matty pitched against the Pirates recently. Umpire Klem called a. ball while Outfielder Collins was at .the plate. - " "Hay, Bill, watch 'enx closely," urged Matty upon Klem. "That one was a curve." - I ' Matty's remark was1 overheard by a Pirate coacher. who yelled: 'Hey, Matty, are those' curves of yours getting to be o small that you have to point 'em out?" " Gregg Is Coming; Back. The Red Sox rooters' pennant hope have soared since, Vean Gregg, the port side twirler, has shown signs of old time form. It was feaned that Gregg's arm was useless. Early in the season it failed to respond to the call for duty, and. because Gregg was one of the four twirlers upon whom the Red Sox depended, the Red Box out look was gloomy. But Gregg" finally announced he was ready to -work he said his arm was in old time form. Manager Carrlgan gave him a chance and Gregg made good. He won the first games he pitched and won them with ease. ' r CHAMP'S SON MAKES BOW Joe Goddard, the barrier puglistio champion of Australia, who fought Peter Jackson. Frank( Klavln and the other giants of the ring, of bygone days, is to have his name kept alive in the sport by his son Joe. The latter is shortly to make his debut as a welterweight in Australia. , . . Scull Champ to Race. Frofenslonal sculling Champion Ed die Durnan of this country and Canada who lives in Toronto, has been chal lenged to contest by a Mr. Smith of Boston. The contest may be for $1000 a side at either Toronto or Boston. i i i j .! 1 5V !iace