THE OREUON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING MARCH; 26. l&iol FAST BALL D-THE CROWD i OUTCLASSES Comparison' of ? Last - Two Training Squads Shows 1915 In Very Bad Light HAS FIRST DIVISION TEAM "Floater" Said to Look' Wee to drand Stand, but That Is End of It. MATHEWSON ' IS CITED Outfield rax Outsaades That f Fx. J vious Immv Walls Infield Also Hmruh Greater Strength. "Miner" Brown Another Pitcher Whs Depended on rest One and Curve to Deceive Batter. By R. A. Cronin Sacramento. Cat.. March 5K ITnln the Coast leasee Is faster by about a million revolutions than' it has ever been before, the Portland ball club '. win finish in the first division. Judg- Ihg solely from last year's club, it will - lead the league, for there is no com- parison between the two training; camp 'squads. This year's squad looks like a ball club; last year's gave only prom "ise'of looking like one. Unless we are greatly underestimating the Vernon, " Oakland and Salt Lake clubs, the Beavers should finish one, two, three on their training camp form. Compare the Portland squad of the - present with the Portland squad at -Fresno, and it is like entering a stake horse in a selling plate race. All .around the team looks better, the only comparable difference being in the 'catching staff. Those who have fol lowed the game believe that in every thing but experience. Homer Haworth will measure up to Fred Carisch.- He may' not bold the young pitchers up like Carisch, but he ought to be ready to catch in more games, for Fred's pe culiar method of receiving the ball made him. more liable to hand injury than Haworth. Haworth is faster ap parently than Carisch, and he will un doubtedly hit better. Usher in Better Shape. Tlher believes that he is In better -hap than, at tbis time last year: and, as Gus has always been a great hitter, there is no neeed of losing sleep over what be will do. - Therefore," the catching staff is Just as strong, figuring from all angles, as last year. Now, for the Infielders. Big Louie Guisto will be one of. If not the great- mst, first basemen in the history of the league by August, as well as the long est hitter since the palmy days of "Truck" Eagan. While Guisto is being nursed along, the reliable Owen Quinn will be ready to step in. For the first time in the history of ' the Portland club, McCredie has two first basemen. each of which is capable of filling in at the bag. Qolnn is as good as any first baseman in the league, and any club in the circuit would be glad to have him. ' The Cleveland Americans and the Philadelphia Nationals wanted to take over the lantern-jowled young left-hander, so he must be good enough for any minor league club. Derrick Would' Be Shaded. While Fred Derrick rendered valiant rvice to the . Beavers in years past. the old heads believe Fred would have been faded this year by either Quinn or Guisto. ' Quinn is better on- ground balls and at base 'running, besides measuring up tn bitting; while Guisto packs the healthy wallop that will make him a factor on any club. This, then, shows us that, the Beavers have strengthened at first base. Bobby Vaughn is a corking ball play er, and should play as good a second base as Bill Stumpf did last year. He may not hit as much as Stumpf. but he will cover just as much ground, run bases better, and pivot, perhaps, better In double plays. We may, therefore, consider that second base Is none the weaker for Vaughn's presence. There is no comparison "at shortstop between Charley Ward and Bobby Da vis. Ward covers more ground, is faster on double plays, a better base runner, will hit many points better, and thereby add 60 per cent more strength than Davis showed. T Bates Wont Be Hissed. At third base no hitting strength has been sacrificed, and Bill Stumpf should carry as much, if not more, strength than Rav Bates. Stumpf hits the ball Just as hard as Bates, bandies a ground ball better, has more strength in his arm, and Irjust aa fast on his feet Stumpf, too, will not have the deplor able batting slump that Bates dis played at times last season. While Bates . was popping out for several (weeks at a stretch, Baltimo' William fwas clicking the ban regularly. Taking it man for man, the infield Els CO per cent stronger than last year. And now for the outfield. What Bane individual will think of compar- ng Ty Lober with Billy South worth? JDoane with Nixon? And. to boot, the peavers have Dennle Wilis, one of the greatest run-getters in - the business. kind the old, reliable Billy Speas, who s one of the best utility outfielders in the minor leagues. If the Portland batfield of. 191 is not 75 per cent Stronger in all departments of the tame than the garden of 1916, then, we kre ready to submit to one Mr. Hurl purt delivering- us at a certain three- story building in Salem. Hurler Sara One Questing'. The one thing that Is causing: Te scribe to do a bit of guessing is the hurling staff. As presently constitut ion it Is stronger by a good deal than he collection of gunsmiths that Mc- Doubts Championship BOXING (M"-y SXOXSB Onaaapioaships a Stake ' '. ' 'A'' SOXTHWXST ' : " I tX .YKNUN vs. ; BILL MASCOTT X.r v i V, (BaSROV. TP-frTXCBtXO COAST pSBERTFORBES JOE BENJAMIN CXAJCFXOW. . ' Rrtorn Bout." -" VBBOOBSXmVB. TOtTOKT WXSTO : 101 Pounds: BOIOGBBS ITS. ,-..-- 150 Pounds. (rarroas vs. coau. -- Heavies. TUESDAY, MARCH 28 L-E.i' Jack Grant, Seferee, . ;a Veserred X, 91Mi Box Seats S3. a sale at Bich'r, Sixth and Washing' . jroarta . ana ' saornson; snason Anna Cik VmniW uA WTnmH.ni. - hut hjwi an hosbohui I -?r.-H -is vV-. A rri'.vi 7;.; sssmc - . . ;,'v : tfeftte. ('f - ,i xvA Mih a"r-X2t 'M w - $ K ft;-. lji'i :::: v viV'My V" ?4 x asL "l : r 1 1 W 1 vV. A -V Credle had at Fresno; but, collectively, is it strong enough to mow down' the various frontal and flank movements to be directed against It by the allied enemy from showery April till brown October? At any rate, all of the pitchers are getting a toehold on condition, and that is something they didn't do at Fresno. For the benefit of Anxious Reader, will say that there are no Mar tinonls at Sacramento. And, too, there are no veterans to have a hold on Mc Credie's sympathies and patience, such as Krause and Kahler. If they don't show anything, out they go! Koyes Z.ooks Zdke Big Scream. Win Noyes is touted as the Cove leskie of the 1916 pitching staff to this extent: He is not only elected to tea winning pitcher, but to work in a lot of games. Win has always been a bear for work, and his free and easy deliv ery makes it possible for him to toil In many a game during the seven months. With better support than Coveleskie, Win should be one of the leading pitch ers in the league. He will be in prime condition to start the season, and has been showing so much that he may work tn the opening game. Don't overlook Oscar Theander Har stad. the big boy. with the big curve. Harstad and Noyes are the pitchers who have the bi lot of stuff among the new additions to the pitching staff. If Harstad Isn't one of the first flight of pitchers In the league, a lot of us will be missing our guesses. What pitcher at last year's start looked aa good as Harstad? None that we can remember. Tep, Indeed trot Bed. Then, tnere are the old reliables, John Lush and Irvln Higginbotham. Time sets well on them, and they look as good as last year, besides promising to hit better. Nuff eed (as the ad writ ers put it). Jimmy Clarke, the wise little head from the north, looks as if he will crush into the circuit. Clarke lacks the physique of Noyes and Hargtad. but none of them has it on him in the nse of what Is known and designated among the proletariat as the "noodle." It may not rank 99.9in a eugenics exhibition, but its Judicial training has given it a big advantage in analyzing a situation without the customary pro crastination of the ordinary disciple of Jurisprudence. Barrister James looks therefore, as if he will survive Sacra mento. He looks a whole lot better than Tiny Leonard or Pat Callahan, be cause he has more sip than Tiny, and more brains than Pat. Byron Houck's tenure depends solely on his arm. If it comes around, there is no question of his ability to win. Chief on the Inside.' Among the younger twirlers, the only real American in the bunch. Chief Smith, the slender, good looking, quiet young Indian, appears to have an edge, because of his experience. There is no comparing the chief .with Willlngham or Barnes at last year's training camp, because he has more stuff and knows how to get it over. BT' Lyle Blgbee has a sore shoulder that has interfered all along with his get- V1?,10 !p' a heirloom of football. Bigbee has a nice, fas ball and a good curve for a young fellow, but a season out won't hurt him. Taken aU in alL there is no compar ison In the writer's mind over the two clubs, basing Judgment on past per formances and present appearances. TRAINING CAMP NOTES OF PORTLAND BEAVERS By R. A. Cronin. Sacramento, CaL, March 26. By the way Johnny Lush is hitting the ball. McCredie has high hopes of using him in the pinches again, and ditto for Higginbotham. . The Beavers lost a lot of games last year, because this vet eran pair failed to hit in a lot of runs in their own games. The year before both Johnny and Irve contributed largely - to their victories by hitting with men on bases. As a pinch-hitter last year for some jaded batsmen. Lush was quite a success. He went In 10 times, and got on the bases eight, which Is some record. Billy Southworth, who promises to becom as popular in Portland as Billy bpeas, is one athlete who is not play' ing baseball merely for his salary. He wants to get back into the maXorjwith cold asparagus on the side, that league and' that Is why ne is he4T there aren't four men on the club who and soul In the game. Billy has al ways been an ambitious youngster. Before he broke into baseball several years ago, he had a job as an inspector for a public service corporation. "One day I overheard the manager telling a grayhaired man who bad been in the service 10 years, that all he could ever expect to get out of the job was $7 a month," - said cherubio William. '"That settled me. -1 had a chance to play la a little Ohio league for a small salary and 1 took it." . Wiley,; Nixon and Southworth prom ise to be the smallest trio of gardeners in the Coast league and ? the -fastest Any time one of the hitters who follow "this trio gets a long single, the fans will see two bases taken instead of one, as was the; case with the Portland club last year. If Bobby Davis had bad as Runs Glass of Milk Into' Dairy PU Time Ball Star Wealtky h m ,V By R. A. Cronin. Sacramento, Cal.. March 25. How many remember George "Chief" Borch ers, who was as famous 25 years ago as Grover Alexander is today. Con sider his case. When George quit baseball early in the last decade he had Just $2.50 in his pocket Today Bradstreet rates him as one of the staunchest business men in California, owning with his brother. Bill, one of the largest and roost mod ern dairies in the state. In fact the output has become so large from a cou ple of hundred sleek Holsteln cows, that the Borchers are building a cream ery here to take care of the surplus. Good fortune combined with busi ness acumen and an ability to think quickly, has put the old Chief on easy street But be Is just as bard a worker as when he pitched for Detroit in 1894. When he quit baseball he Joined with his brother in the purchase of some of the rich tulle land In West Sacra mento. It is something like the salub rious beaverdam land near Portland In richness. The only drawback was that oftentimes it was under 20 feet' of water. Along came a townsite develop ment company that bought up all -the surrounding land and built strong levees. They tried to purchase the Borchers' holdings but the latter re fused to selL The company bridged the Sacramento river and a little later along came the Oakland and Antloch railroad, an electric line that crossed the Borchers 1Q0 acre tract The rail road established a station in front of the dairy and all George and Bill have to do is to pack out the milk cans and the baggage smasher puts them aboard. Besnlft of Baseball Tnlnking. Ability to work hard and to think quickly, due to the old baseball days, kept the Borchers from selling their property to the syndicate and now they are on the highway to consider able wealth. Let us hear what the Chief thinks about the present crop of baseball players. "Candy ball players," he snorted, when discussing the pitcher who thinks he is overworked when he pitches 30 games a season. "The only modern baseball manager who carried the old Idea in practice won a pennant That i was George Stallhigs. His three pitchers, Tyler, James and Rudolph, were all that he needed. They never got out of shape because the very fact that they were pitching all of the time kept them in the best of shape. In fact the old fel lows pitched to keep in condition, and they didn't have any of this hifalutin' training camp rubbing either. Pitched In 74 Games. "They talk about JSeing worked hard when they have to pitch 30 games. It makes me laugh. Last year Coveleskie of Detroit pitched an even 50 games and was probably considered a hard worked man. In 1894 I pitched 73 games for Detroit and never thought a thing of it. and in those days we were not getting the fancy salaries In the majors that they pay to the minor league lads now. I have seen a lot of ball players, past and present, tut there never was a pitcher, mentally or physically, that compared with Tim Keefe. There wasn't a weakness about him. "And when it comes to infielders, show me anybody In the history of the game that compared with old Jerry much speed as any of the youngsters now on the Portland team last Fourth of July, he . wouldn't have been com pelled to make the slide into "Rowdy" Elliott that Injured his leg and prob ably cost the Portland dub a berth in the first division.' Nixon is said to be just as fast as Southworth and Wilie is said to have more speed" than either. Walter McCredie Is so enthusiastic over the sneed of bisr Louis Guisto I that he is willing to bet a good dinner. can lead him in a 100-yard race. And that, too, with Guisto weighing in the neighborhood of 200 pounds. He is a fast starter for a big fellow and he picks up his stride like a lightweight. So far, nobody has seen fit to take Mac's deft We rise to remark at this time that Irve Higginbotham has a fine mena gerie of snakes, spiders and lizards in training for the advent of the Chica go Colored Giants. No wonder- the Giants have- a hard time winning, when Higgy unsettlei their nerves be fore the start of each game by letting loose a reptile' near - their bench. His mates all like Guisto fine and the collegian promises to become pop ular, although be rarely says a word. He keeps bis mouth shut and his eyes Denny, who went from San Francisco to the big show. He could coved 15 more feet either way than any third sacker I ever saw. Xany Diamonds Undiscovered. '"Many a good ball player never sur vives the training camp," ruminated the Chief. "There are more great ball players in a sense working in banks and clothing stores than there are on the ball field. Take Bill Lange, for instance. I dug him up myself at Port Townsend, Wash., away back when I was pitching for old John Barnes at Spokane. Barnes took one look at Lange and turned his thumbs down. Then I begged Abner Powell, the wise old head of the Seattle club, to take Lange. He later became the Ty Cobb of his day. That's one that Barnes missed. "Now, to prove that Barnes alone isn't to be criticised, I'll tell you of a case, if you'll pardon a personal ref erence. Cal Ewlng and I couldn't come to terms along about 1899, and I went down to Visalia, CaL. for a spell. I saw a big, overgrown iboy playing base ball and football for the Visalia high school. Jffe could throw a ball 'with terrific speed for a kid, but I never thought he would make a baseball player; he looked too slow and clumsy. However, he looked Uke very promising football material. Void California About wim "When Cal and I patched up our dif ferences and I went back to Oakland, I made it a point to tell the football manager of the University of Cali fornia football team about this fellow, and that he was thinking about going to Standford. The football manager Immediately hopped a train and went to Visalia and came back with, his 200 pounder. He played a great game in his freshman year on the gridiron, and they were so tickled that I had uncov ered him that they called upon me to coach the baseball team. I was sur prised when my Wr bird came walking out on the field in a baseball uniform. "Well, sir, under coaching he learned rapidly and afterwards became a col lege star. After graduation, he landed a Job with Mike Fisher's Tacoma club, was sold to Cincinnati and finally landed with Chicago, where he helped to win several world's championships. The man I refer to is Orval Overall. Can't Understand Business Method. "But to get back to business prin ciples, what I can't understand Is this: Why a ballplayer would sooner play four and one-half months at 3350 a month, than seven months at $300 a month. Being a business man, I can't quite see that line of reasoning. Does It mean that they play the game more for the money than for the sport or are they getting lasy?. At any rate, the cutting of salaries is a good thing for the game. The ball players have been getting all of the profits and the men who have their money invested should be given a, chance. Baseball cannot live at, the present rate of sal aries. When the ball players break the club owner, they are only cutting off their own heads financially In the long run. Therefore, I think they should exercise a little more judgment in fix ing up their .salaries. But the old sport adage, get it while- the getting is good, is too strong for the present day players to overlook, I guess." Chief Borchers has promised the ball club a day at his mammoth dairy be fore they leave here, and the city fel lows will have a chance of seeing some of the 9-gallon-a-day Holsteins. and ears open and those are the fel lows who make valuable ball players. The other day Lush took Guisto under his wing and pitched an hour to him. explaining any weak points at bat after each chuck. Lush thinks he will be one of the greatest ball players in the country in another year, and this, coming from a conservative judge like Lush, amounts to something. Bill Stumpf has been putting in some good licks accustoming himself to han dling bunts at third base. Being built high off the ground, it Is going to be quite a job for Baltimo' William to hound a dumped ball, but Manager McCredie figures he will be one of the best third basemen in the league. In a pinch, McCredie can send Vaughn to third and switch Stumpf te his old station at second, where he was the class of the league last year. Vaughn played third regularly until he went to the Feds. Vaughn, by the way, thinks Bill Clymer Is the greatest leader he. ever saw after the game has started, and Fielder Jones the greatest organiser. Win Noyes has the longest reach of any t wirier In camp,; from tip to tip. He tops Oscar Theander Harstad by nearly an inch, and O. T.' In turn out reaches Colonel T. C.. Higginbotham. These are the tall fellows on the staff. tips tr .v s - rY v t - 0 O' 1 r Under the watchful eye of Manager Walter McCredie, Portland players are working hard for the five game series with the Colored Giants, which will begin Wednesday. The players, from left to right are: Above Pitcher Allen Sothoron. Second Baseman Bobby Vaughn, Pitcher Lyle Bigbee, Outfield er Billy Southworth, Owen Quinn, who is battling with Louie ttulsto for the first base position. Third Baseman Bill Stumpf, hoofing It lor the. shade;. Art Derbam, .the buther who jamped- the. camp; Catcher Art Black, Gus .Fisher, waiting for a chance to rmack the horsehide, and Neil Cul len at bat. Below Pitcher Ossie Harstad, Louie Guisto, the Stt Mary's pbenom, Pitcher Noyes. E0SE CITY FIGHT FANS WILL SEE 4 FAST FEATHERS Billy Mascot and Tex Vernon in Main Event at Club Tuesday, Four of the cleverest featherweight boxers of this section of the country will battle for honors next Tuesday night at- the Rose City Athletic club. pilly Mascot, the local favorite, will step six rounds with "Tex" Vernon, of Aberdeen,' Wash., claimant of the northwest featherweight title, in the main event Last fall Mascot was giv en a six round decision over Vernon. Joe Benjamin, who recently was giv en a six round verdict over Jimmy Fox, of San Francisco, will box, six rounds with Bert Forbes, a former local boy. who is now living in Seattle. When Forbes appeared here last year, he was only a mediocre boxer; but. according to word from Seattle, he has improved wonderfully. A match that is causing much com ment is the return go between Able Gordon and Toughey Winger. Gordon was recently declared winner over Winger In a six round go, but the fans were not satisfied with the decision rendered. Winger; will make 108 pounds at 6 o'clock for Gordon. Last time he weighed 112 pounds. . Jack Grant will referee the main events. In the preliminaries between Ike Cohen and Joe Clifford and George Sommers and W. Fletcher, Billy Mur ray will be the third man tn the ring. Syracuse .Fives in Good Standing Now Syracuse, March 25. (I. N. S.) ? Svracuse university has Just con eluded another successful basketball season. It was the fifth consecutive Season without suffering a defeat on the home court. Three games were lost by the Orange team during the past season, but they came On foreign floors. Syracuse cannot play more than 12 games in one season because of fac ulty rules. In the 60 games included in this record Syracuse has won 82. In 1011-12, Syracuse won 13 and lost 1; 1912-13. won 8, lost 3; 1918-14. won 12, lost none; 1814-lBrwon 10, lost one: 1915-16.. won-, lost 3. Coach Dollard has been , re-electea for next year. Ellas Raff of Brooklyn has been elected I manager, to succeed Alfred . P. Coman of Buffalo, and George W. Schanlc of Buffalo has been named assistant manager. Four of the five members of the 1915 team expect to play next season. . to Cribboge Query. " Sporting Editor of The Journal -Is player B allowed a run of three in a cribbage game if the cards are played In the following order: A plays 2, B plays 3, A plays 4 and claims run of three. B plays another 3 and also claims run of three. fV ,-.iK,';.:;-V B is not entitled t run of three. First thi-ee played breaks connections. Manager Mac Is Firm Believer in Preparedness Idea Walter McCredie, manager of jjt the Beavers, is a believer in 4t 4t preparedness. Through a local sporting goods house " he has it placed an order for four dosen 1( bats, Joe Jackson, Southworth, Nixon and Wilie models. The if- war clubs will be here when the Portlanders open the sea- if He son against the Salt Lake club April 18. . Hippodrome Club Will Stage Events Another athletic club has made its appearance here. It is the Hippodrome Athletic club, which will stage boxing and wrestling events in the Ice Hippo drome. Lawrence Puff, former welter weight wrestling champion of the Mult nomah club, is the matchmaker of the organization, and- George Keller is manager. ' The new club will have a seating ca pacity of 2800, all seats commanding an excellent' view of the Ting. The club plans to stage Its first tourna ment some time in April. MINOR BASEBALL - Minor baseball teams desiring notices of their games and challenges in this column are requested to have same in the office of the - sporting editor not later than Friday noon. " The Ventura Park Cubs have reor ganised their baseball team for the season and are axious to book games with local and out-of-town teams. A. C. Welnel is manager of the club ani E, W. Axsom is treasurer. For games communicate with A. C, Welnel. 10 East Eeventy-second street. The annual game between the Rai-! nler. Or., and the St- Helens, Or., teams will be played this afternoon at St. Helena. -A number of local players have been secured, hy the two Colum bia river teams and a good close game is expected. Lund. Donaldson and Hayes will form the battery for St. Helens and O'Dell, Schroder and Col-. Irving Niles, Bill Stepp and Ike Wolfer will play with Rainier. Twelve teams will compose the Catholic Parochial Baseball league this season. At the annual meeting of the league officers last week the fol lowing schools signified their 'inten tions of entering the . league: . St. Andrews. St. Agatha, St. Ignatius. St Lawrenca, St. Michaels, . St. Stephens, Immaculate Heart, Holy Cross, Holy Redeemer, Sacred - Heart. . The Made leine and St. Phillips, Nerts. The fol lowing officers were elected;:. Presi dent, Rev. W. A. Waitti vice president, Rev. Father Cunningham; secretary treasurer. Rev; G. C. Fallu. Arrange ments for a field meet, which will be an annual event, were also made. ? : Soccer Clobg Contribute. . ' Since the outbreak of the war the I soccer claba of Great Britain' have tribute about $150,000. , W'j'' ' s'v'''.J. -r .."-V - ;..-:-' : ' ACTIVITY AMONG M0T0EB0AT MEN NOW APPAEENT Craft Being Overhauled and They -Will Be Ready for Speeding Up. St will not oe long before the- Wil lamette river is dotted with motor boats. Portland Motor Boat club' mem bers are spending th,eir spare moments giving their boats, a brushing up and an overhauling, so' that they will be ready to' "speed up" la : 'a couple of weeks. . ... - vy-"-', Several new boats, will make their appearance this ' year:, A. Otte ' and Fred Bailey ' are f having V-bottom pleasure .boats built for them by W. H. and a. ron der Werth. Bailey's boat will , be ' a 1X1 footer . and '.Qtte's win be twV feet shorter. Truman Cook is constructing himself aj!6. foot raised deck cabin cruiser. v Commodore - Beebe of the Portland Motorboat club had his pleasure' boat Tomboy" in the shop recently The "Martina,'" a raised deck cruiser was overhauled and put in running shape and the "Mary Louise," which is owned by the. Chambers brothers, has been repainted. Ernest von der Werth has put toe "Naughty; Girl" in running shape, and the "Flirt," one of the classiest 1 foot; pleasure boats on tl.e river, touched up and had its engine house strengthened. Charles Clemons has ' had his run about, "C. C," painted mahogany and several other owners have made minor changes in their boats. THE, SPOKTSMAM CJVE3 YOU SAY YOU NEED 0 tAeMUNlTONfWHY YOUHJ BELT IS PULL. :. TV T OBODT wants to earrv a tils. a . laV 1 1 1 W.B CUT Chewing the Real Tobacco Chew, m$wcmtt Umg sktvd , is difftrtnt. - A tmmU chew satisfies you. . You don't have to spit so as h end you don't need to grind oa it. - OsgeechfauiByswseaWsadgweitsasalitrlMi lass yosH kasw. Case tf waTMAK-BXOTOX COKPAItT. 59 CaW Sasnra, Raw Te Ory By It. A. Cronin. 1, Sacramento, Cal., March 88. They can talk about their "fork balls." knuckle balls. " "fingernail bans'' and other freaks of the pitcher's art. but they are only sideline stuff and - not to be used in a ball game. "'' r so saith John Lush, old-time Phlla-, delphla and St. Louis National league :, southpaw, and John is backed up by otner pitchers In camp, whe have, tried the same stuff in the,- pinch and found It wanting. "Give me the pitcher with the fast ball and a curve with some alp to it. They are the boys that get up in the game and stay there. These "floaters" look nice to the fans in the grandstand and they may fool a catcher, but they ? don't fool the batter. Once in a great : while a pitcher will oose a floater up to a batter, but he won't get by with it more than once. For the rest of tbs game it is useless, and when a pitcher ' gets a reputation for dtnking tip - a floater, the batters are always looking for it. Batter Has Advantage. "It is true that a floater will fool a catcher, but that Is due to the catcher's nervousness nine times out of ten. He ' has more responsibility than the bat ter and the ball may hit him on the wrist because of th wobble. But the batter Is free to take a wallop at it, for he can see it better than the catcher. Ar-d there seems no earthlv use of trying one of these "floaters' . on a man who chokes up his bat.. The fellow who swings from the heel of the bat may be fooled once in a week, but not oftener. "Tou take all of the pitchers who : have been a real success at pitching and you will find that they use noth ing but a curve and a f.st ball. Tn all ; the years T batted evalnst Christy Mathewson. T never saw him throw a "floater." the so-called slow ball. It was always a mixture of fast ones and curves. , Corves Were Deceptive. He depended upon the angle of his curve and the hop on his fast one. He woild throw, you a quick-breaking; curve that -would fool you. The next curve would not have such, a break on It. and you would be caught off your stride, having expected just such a one as he threw in the first place. His fast ball was alternated the same way. Matty used none of this stuff, which allows you to feed the trade- mark as it comes up to the plate. VMiner Brown was lust like Matty in this respect. He relied on his fast one and his curve, the change of pace being used to fool the batter. What is true of Matty and Brown is true of the other great National league pitch ers like Dtneen and Duagleby and Overall and Pfelster. T might pro on : and name a dosen of them. In all the time I batted aaslnst them. I never saw this "slow ball." fever Become Stars. , "Tou take the pitchers who have in their repertoire a-fast ball, a curve -ball, a spit ball, a fadeaway and a slow ball, and you never hear of them becoming the big stars of the diamond. A spltball pitcher, for instance, can get by on his spltter and fast one, provided he has control. All he has to do is to make his spltter break with more or less range and rapidity, as the case may be. If a spltball pitcher puts up his spltter with a terrifie break a couple of times and then comes . back with a lesser break, he has the batter completely in the air trying to find him. ."In my way of thinking the sooner a pitcher discards all of these freaks, of the' twirling crsft and. settles down to acquiring a good, sharp breaking curve and a speedball, he will begin the sooner to rise in the profession." W. H. S. Captains Elected. "s . Three athletic team captains were elected at Washington high school last week. Bob Snod grass, who played center of the basketball quintet, was chosen captain of the 1916 squad and Russell Patterson was selected as a leader of the soccer team. Earl Suit is captain of the wrestling team. , Glaze to Coach Colorado. Ralph Glare, former football coach of the University of Southern Cali fornia, has been named coach of the University of Colorado football eleven. Glase formerly pitched for the Boston Americans. , Horioe to Compete Again. George Horlne of San Francisco, for mer world's record holder in the high lump and present national champion, may compete for the last time in the Newark championships, ' September 8 and 8. He is a farmer. THE' COOP JUDCE A POiHTEft) VOU DONT 'CATCH ON " JUOQe , I WAA HIN71NQ fORSOMB. fTMAT tmfv wad of tohaaea In his cheek. .1 3