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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 1916.
TO INFUSE WIN
PEA IN BALL TEAMS
National League Shows Pe
culiar Situation in Respect
' to Philadelphia, Brooklyn,
NEW CHAMP FULL OF EM
Lieut-Colonel
H. H. Donkersley
Second Lieutenant
W. M. Balfour
Bon Zt Oat for Inability tad Others
for Orowl&e; Gray Around the Tem
ples, but Tney Win at Lwt.
CASTOFFS
ONLY
ONES
v . 'J-. First Lieutenant vV ;
I C.A.Sluuiihart f " '
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By Frank G. Menke.
New -York. Oct. 7. Teams made up
of castoffs seem to be the only ones
able to win National league pennants
in this present day and age.
The 1914 Braves were composed
Inrgely srt players who weren't oonsid
ered good enough ly other clubs, yet
. that omblnation swept through to the
championship of the world. Ijast ra
son It was the misfit Phillies that
snared the Tener bunting.
The Dodgers' championship was due
' largely to the greaA work accom
plished by the players who were cast
aside by other clubs. i
The Cubs didn't think very well of j
'Larry Cheney and turned him over to
the Dodgers for little or nothing. To
day he ranks near the top of the Na
tlonal league moundsmen. "Rube"
Marquard was labeled "through" a
yar ago by John MoGraw. The Giants
asked for waivers upon him and Wil
bert Hoblnnon took the erratic south
paw, paying $1500. When McGraw
collected he felt vry much like a man
does who gets money under false pre
tenses. And that very same ''all in" Mar
quard pitched for an average close to
.700.
Other Vtarrlna; Castoffs.
Connie Mack let out Jack Coombs
because Jack was old and his arm
was bad. Jack pitched a grand game
for the Dodgers this year. Further
more, he has been . invaluable to the
Dodger leader In the role of advisor.
"Chief Meyers was turned over to
the Dodgers by the Giants because tfie
New Yorkers figured the Indian had
lowed up so much that he was use
. less. That same Meyers has been one
of the bulwarks In the defense of the
Dodgers.
Mlko Mowrey was released by the
Pirates two seasons ago because the
red topped lnflelder "had aged too
much to be of further value in the big
leagues." Mike caught on with the
Keds and played with the Pittsburg
club. When the league turned up its
toe's and went to baseball heaven Mike
was Jobless and also older. Every
body thought Charles Hercules Ebbets
was suffering from Infantile ailments
- when he signed Mike.
Mike now Is called "the brains of
tih Dodger Infield." His fielding has
been on a par with that of any third
- Backer In the game and Mike has
been hitting with startling consist
ency. Even Jacobus Daubert ranks among
the castoffs. He first based for
Cleveland some years ago and was
found 'wanting. He was chased to the
minora and reclaimed by Ebbets. Today
ha matches up with trie greatest first
basemen In the game.
George Cutshaw isn't mentioned In
t9ve same breath with Eddie Collins,
Johnny Evers and the other second
basing stars, but Wilbert Robinson
wouldn't swap him for a half dozen
ball players. And Wilbert ought to
know something about George, ol' boy,
because he has been managing him for
two years.
"Cutshaw is one of those quiet, un- i
assuming players, who plays a won
derful game of baseball without giv
ing the Impression that he really is
pulling something remarkable," de
clared Robinson. "There la nothing
flashy about Cutshaw's style, yet he
plays a brand of baseball that is su
perior to about nine-tenths of the sec
ond basemen in the game."
Cutshaw has been one of the mlght
Irst factors In the uplift of the Dodg
ers this year. He has been almost
uncanny In ttfs pinch-hittlng. On only
'a rare few 1 occasions has he been
called upon to exude a safe swat that
he hasn't delivered. And his fielding,
especially in the tight momenta of
..combat, has been dazllng.
Wheat Greatest Outfielder. '
Zacharlas Wheat has come into his
own at last.
For lol these many years he has
been a great outfielder, but always (his
brilliance has been dimmed by one
player or another; always he was
forced to be content with ranking as
"one of the best outfielders in the i
old league. But this year he has risen :
to the topmost heights.
Wheat.. In his long connection with 1
the game, has .played better all-around
baseball than In 1915. In the garden
he has performed superbly, killing
"aure" base hits day after day and
saving his club from defeat by his
"impossible" catches. But it is at the
bat that he has been most conspicu
ous. He has been hitting with start
ling frequency all season and his long
' drives bave broken up a dozen ball
games. j
Over In Brooklyn they count that i
. day as a disappointing one when '
Zacharlas Wheat, the village hero,
doesn't belt out at least otie home run
Ivan Olson was released by Cleve
land to Cincinnati and then release
to Brooklyn. Hi a pinehhittlng helpe
to beat New York In the final dasi
. for the pennant. Although not a heavj
hitter,, he la liable to break up a ball
game any time, and besides that is
one of the greatest - bustlers in the
game.
Dominion Treaty to
Save Nomadic Birds
The American Game Protective and
Propagation association has sent out
the following Information relative to
the validity of the federal game laws:
"As soon as the treaty providing
protection for birds that migrate be
tween Canada and the United. States
was ratified the question that became
uppermost in the minds of those Inter
ested In wild life protection was
whether this action precluded any fur-;
ther Question as to the constitutional- i
lty of the federal law for the pro tee- !
tton of migratory birds. Treaty and
law are practically the same In their
provisions Insofar aa this country la
concerned and the federal law ia now
before too United States ' supreme
. court on an appeal from a decision
which pronounced it unconstitutional.
" "William & Haskell, counsel of the
American Game Protective association
of New York olty, has Just completed
an exhaustive study of the questlo
and baa com to the conclusion tha
there, la no doubt that the treaty doc,
" preclude any Question aa to the law's
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