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Newspaper Page Text-J AAA THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING MAY 20,. 1917. SALT LAKERS LEADING COAST LEAGUE TEAMS IN EXTRA-BASE WORK G. ALEXANDER JELLS HOW HIGH FAST-ONES LOOK LIKE BEAN BALL Famous Pitcher Is Shocked at Suggestion of "Dusting ''Em Off," Developing New Skortstops Is Walter McCrecKes Forte t I n n ' at t i t " "t ' Started Witk Bai Sweeney and Ends iWitk Bate Hollocher THRE NATIONAL GLUB LAURELHURST CLUB,; SCTS DATES FOR ITS : ANNUAL TENNIS GO ' THEIR OWN MACHINES This Is a sextet of the brightest stars that have played in minor league baseball on one ball club. From left to right, they are: Top row Kin Sweeney, graduated in the fall of 1906; Roger Peckinpaugh, who went up for 1912 season; Ivan Olson, who was taken In the winter of 1910. Lower row Dare Bancroft, who first played With Philadelphia Nationals In 19iS; Charley Ward, who is playing his first year -with Pittsburg, and last, but by no means least, is the present sensational youngster of the Portland team, Charley Iloliocher, :Bees Have Lined Out Doubles, Eight Triples Jen Homers- 51 No Easy Task to Get Results From Team Someone Else Six Valuable Challenge Tro who in time may eclipse the Bright constellation that preceded him. and phies Will Be at Stake .-August 11-18. Has Left i Behind. : BORTON LEADS DOUBLETS THERE'S CASE OF C. MAYS MITCHELL IS SUCCESSFUL WORK ON 2 NEW, COURTS -A ; Additional Surface Will Be Beady for . Summer; Veteran Cooke Appointed Captala of Team for Season. weaver First Basemaa Em Ursa tor rtrst Six Weeks of Baseball Season According to ATrfi. rormer Portland TJnderhana Artist Is Openly Charred Pitchers In. Weed of some Protection. Cos Boss Oot Away oa Xitfht root aad Xs Xadlmg la Peaaaat Baoa CaUahaa Xn Big Job. MANAGERS BUILDING i -sslBBBj rJi-Zy,--v v JL f. f Salt J-Ake players are leading the Faclfla Coast league in extra base! hits, according to. unofficial figures com piled at the end of the first six weeks of the seasan. but they are being hard Ipressed by "Walter McCredie's Beavers. The Bees have lined out 51 aouoies. tfa-ht triples and 10 home runs for a total of" 87 extra bases, while the Beav ers have a total of 96 extra bases, representing- 63 doubles, nine triples and eight homers. i The following table shows the ex tra base hit time by each club: fe TVhbj f Halt Uika PortUml I.. . $) Han VTamMiK-o ;;ti. Ilr. 10 S H A 1 1 TEB. 5.T ; RS j W 72 j 67 ! 61 M ; .14 42 s 9 H 1:1 iZ 8 krpoa . Borton Loads Two-Plies. iflrst Seeker. Is the leading two base hitter, '4;: having poled 12 in 32 games. iJack V, Farmer of the Heaver ana Justin fltz Sl Herald of the Seals have each ma3e 11 I doubles. Miller, who dos the pinch I hitting for the Oaks, has made, the Tl greatest number of triples, four.l and I Karl Sheeley of Salt Lake, leads in the home run column who iour. u Uams of Portland and Kyan of ! Salt Lake hac each made thre3 four bag- gers. . i San Francisco leads in base stealing iwlth 4. Oakland is 10 thefts behind 'the Seals and the Beavers are five be .f'fclnA' the Oaks. The Aneels are the r poorest stealers In ha league, having but 27 to their credit. scnauer ana Corhan are the leading individual steal ers, each having 13. . -I The leading fielders jn the various ipoeltions are; Hole; Los Angeles, catcher, 1.000; Stovall, Vernon, first base. .893; Rudgers, Portland, second base, .mi; Rath. Salt Lake, third base. :.&!(; Orr. Bait UaKe. snorisiop, .., I Lane. Oakland. Ellis Los Angeles.: and 1 Calvo. Han r'raneisco; outfielders. 1.000. r :i Nineteen twirlers,! inoluding Penner and Flncher of the Beavers, have per fect fielding averages. Becker Still Leading A. A. Beals Becker of Ransas City la ne leading batter among the regulars of the American association, with the av erage of .366. Jimmy Viox, a team mate, is in second place with .343 and Demmltt of Columbus Is third with .833. Roger Bresnahan, manager of p the Toledo club, Is sticking .333. ; - McQuillan of Kansas City 19 the t leading twLrler with four victories and f no defeats. He also leads In the per ; eaatage.of ru&a allowed, his maris be ilng &21 for five games. Grover Low P'dermllk, who was with Portland; last ('year for a Short spell, has won five r and lost one game, and George Kahler,' another ex-Beaver, won three and lost fione. Beebe,' "who j refused to Join b Bortlaad. has won two and lost one fei-with Louisville. ! (,Puyersuirea:veB T: n Barry .253, Mullen .203. uaroeau ; .iu, !j.a4d Bohne ,U6. ' V Dutch Kores Fails With Bat. I Dutch Kores, former Portland third ! baseman, who started out like a wiz- i ard with the atlck for t8e Nashville dropped out of the .S00 class. Coving- , ' m ,1.. T I. .j- -air ,K h I rj" w ?hMrrtYe;Vf strc nooga is second with .367. Others in k- snn ria r- Rrtchi. Memnhls. i .31; Baker, New Orleans, .358;; Ed t mondson, Nerw Orleans, .3&8; Man ning, Little Rock, .347; Bridwell, i Atlanta, .341; Smith. Birmingham.; .333 ; i Hyatt, Chattanooga, .322; Knaupp, New Orleans, .316 1 Clark, Blrming i ham. .310. Tommy TJren Holds 1 Darcys Ring Crown "Snowy" Baker, the daddy of boxing la AosrxsJla, informs us that as far as Australia. Is concerned, Lester Daroy Is no kind of a champion now. When Darcy skipped out from the Antipodes no was stripped of the mid- r dlewelght and heavyweight titles. He JS no iongr conaiaerea a cnampion, f-and elimination battles are being held .now io awcAue 4ut.c wuea. Australians,! after hearing ft) at Darcy had enlisted I pia the United States army, expressed fcurpnse. Dui ir iney couia Know or the reverses the Eoy of Maitland has met with In this country they would understand that It was a case of,nec- essity with Darcy. j iifv ?hamr?f aIi" x eight bv th name of Albert Lloyd. weight bv th name of Albert Uoyd, ..who is said to be built llko a Greek god, and who has been mowing down all comers. Darcy's middleweight torown is now being worn in Australia .by Tommy Uren, who has met and do- 1 ;feated both Eudie McGoorty ; and i Jimmy flabby. H: Australians made McGoorty the fav orite against Uren. according: to Baker's report, and were greatly sur prised wnen uren won a twenty-round battle from Eddie by a clean margin. I - Tennis Umpires Organize, I The Umpires association, recently authorised oy the United States Na tlonal Lawn Tennis association, is be ing organised in the various sections ! of the country. The officials will have I full charge in their sections. There jwlll he no due to pay and each mem- ber will bo given a card to Identify hlra and It will admit him to all tour namsnts of the national association ana aiiiuaxea organisations. EVINRUDE MOTOR CO. , Marine SappUsa and Motor v g o. n ip meat Distributors of Bvlarnde Detachable Motors. . Domaa B-7-3X. b. Tlaa. OOC ermaa's ZDiglae, f. o. b, PW0 f aotory. , Btexllar ia-18-H. P.tfCCn . Fisherman's Sag ins, piJUJ t. o. n. laciory. '. 211 Morrison Street : 2 New York, May 19.. The celebrated and disreputable "bean ball," which has been charged to every effective curve ball pitcher since the day curve ball pitching? became a reality. Is again going the rounds of the two major leagues. As a result there is a surplus of feeling when certain clubs get together. , Carl Mays has been openly charged with using the old weapon. Dick Rudolph has been threatened with an nihilation by same hot-headed oppo nents. Elmer Myers narrowly escaped a bat thrown by Lawton Witt, a, team mate, to whom he was pitching in batting practice. Even : Grover Alex ander has been charged with heaving tba dangerous fast one. Stalling Zs Peered. George Stalllngs, manager of the Braves, declares the charges flung at his "pitchers ire only part of a con certed effort to bring the Braves into disrepute. lie insists the particular reason for these efforts is known to him, and declares there will be a showdown. Grqver Alexander was shocked when someone suggested to him that ha had been using his great speed to drive batters away from the plate. He had a novel defense of the high inside fast one ha uses occasionally. The batter, he explained, often steps back of the plate, standing close' to the plate. As the ball approaches ho steps forward and often Is success ful in meeting the ball before it breaks. The batter, he believes, does this more often if expecting a curve ball. He expressed the belief that there is oaly one defense against tac tics of this kind for the pitcher., and that is to pitch the high, fast ones Inside, forcing the batter to pop out or let the ball pass. Taw Aim at Batter. "If we passably allowed a batsman to take that bop and smash ; they might as well all be fast ones," he declared, "There are few pitchers to my knowledge who deliberately aim at a batter's head to drive him away f rom the plate, but they have to pro- leux incrnservea. ine u&iier la orins lng danger to himself if he persist in stepping back and walking up oa this fast one, for when It breaks It is likely to catch him." Carl Mays. Dutch Leonard and other stars have been accused of throwing the "bean ball." but It never has been fastened on anyone. EASTERN FANS PAN J. WILLAED FOR SMALLNESS Heavy weight Champion Most Unpopular of Crown Hold- . ers; Many Farce Contests. Jeas Wlllard Is without a doubt the most unpopular figure who has ever worn im .BWYTWBunt orown. xuao m m keeping Millard from becoming highly Popular. but aPPears that his personality has something to do with it, tjoo. To meet bis Jess is to :wonder why he is not very popular, because he is a big, frank fellow, with a kindly smile and a friendly word for every body. But, with it all, Jess has passed up many an opportunity to make him self popular, and his latest trick was pulled In New Tork several weeks ago. Wlllard came, to Gotham With a cir cus and during his eojourn In the big town he was asked to participate in an entertainment at Madison Square Garden, given for the sailors from sev eral French battleships anchored In I New York harbor. He was supposed to appear and box a few rounds with his sparring partner, and the French- I men wore excited jOWt th chance of I seeing him work. But Jess didn't show. For some rea- son he failed to appear at: the Garden, and the visitintr sailors wer keenlv disappointed. Many other boxers stepped into the ring, among whom Johimv Kilbane But no Willard. if Wlllard figured that a champion ahnuiri not h on t t iTi- ..if nr .r.t.n.. i fnr ,- , iiirt ,- .. 4 I ". v ' b ore than glad of such a chance .h.i, Mm,i.,i tj.. to -Increase their popularity. But not Willard. Hi3 action recalled the method used by Tom Jones and Jack Curley when he i first visited New York after becoming champion. Thev whisked him about town in a closed taxi, and the boxing fanshad to shell out their thin dimes to lay a lamp on him. That's fsmall-tima stuff for anv one to- pull, let alone the world's heavyweight champion. Sacramento Boxing uara tor ited Uross Sacramento, Cal., Majr 19. (U. P.) Fighting in greatly improved form, joe AMveao, locaa ugmwelgnt, got tne ?WUIon over aj Xoung,; the fast Og- - 1 Qn oraPPer, last nix at at tne fights staged by the athletic clubs of the city for the benefit. of the Red Cross so ciety. Although his noso and eye were split open. Young gamely stuck until trie end and fought a fast fourth round. Omitting his comedy, Willie Meehan, coast heavyweight, worked his bass drum punch and beat Henry Hendricks easily. Spud Murphy put up the best fight of his career and won -with his straignt left to--. Stanley Jones' law, Frankio Jones and Eddie Palmer zougat a sensational 1 draw. Tony Freitas had, it ail the way over Johnny Potter. A gruelling, sluering draw was staged by Walter : McDevltt and Kid Herman. Eddie White outfought Toung Sam Langford. : Billy Branan was no-' match for Danny EdwardsThe arena was packed. j . ' I Whes wrltingte eg ealnngr J ; adTertlaers. M..vnm 4 (wnu, , 1 . - i iaT. t G Ill '-'V tV. ,i tA - ' tW J-7 III I I k : -:v. ' v '.'III lLli.; I Vtv- Ati&XZ?x I r;.r-r'ii Portland Manager Has Sent More Shortpatchers to Big League Than Any Minor League Manager in Captivity and They Have All Made Good in the Big Show Will latest Acquisition Follow In Their Footsteps? Vet eran Coast League Managers, Critics. and Fans Are of the Opinion He Will Do So. By George Bertx- Developing major league shortstops seems to be a specialty with Walter H. McCredle. manager of the Portland Beavers. Since he has been connected with the Coast league, Mao has sent five shortpatchers to the big brush. and unless the unforieen happens, an other will don major spangles next spring. Mac's latest phenom Is Charley Hol locher. Though still in his teens. Hol- locoher Is the talk of the Coast cir cuit. He is a. great fielder and right now looks better than any of the short fielders McCredie has had un der his wing. He is a brilliantly con sistent player, not a flash-in-the-pan youngster ; one who loves the game and plays It for all he is worth. lie is not a strong sticker, but before the end of the season he will be well up among the Beaver swatters, as he Is Improv ing every week. - Kas Started Many Doubles. That Hollocher is destined to be come a future major leaguo. star can be foretold by glancing over the sum maries of the flfM six series of this seasons race. In the 36 games played, he has participated In 21 double plays, 15 of which no started hifnself. A resume of the double plays which he has taken part are: Hollocher-Rodgers-Borton Rodgers-Hollocnier-Borton Hollocher-Borton Hollocher-Rodgers Hollocher-Rodgers-Stumpf in MOiiocner-siumpr i Bortoiv-Hollocher i Penner-Hollocher-Borton l Helfrich-Hollocher-Borton l Fisher-oHocher . l Total ... ' .m . . . Walter Henry-toolc charg of .21 tho Portland team at the close of the 1904 season and the flret thing- he; aid was W lIliAIU. DIVBCUV .r WO WaS playing short : in .thO. Three- -.Ueague Sweeney Joined Portland in ldOB. but did not make a very, good Impression. Th following season; he blossomed out SPORfS QF ALL 'SORTS By Peter .IV Carney. , t The 25 cent bleacher seat isn't a thing of the. past, but i soon will be. Trapshooting has omo along so well as a sport that'the American Amateur Trapshooters' association, formed a little more than a year ago, has moe than 6t),000 members. w One of-these daye there will be uni versal rules for basketball and then it will become a regular game. The world's . -baseball series, wasn't Inaugurated, for the benefit ef .Jack Barry, but he has been in six of the last seven and with excellent pros pects of getting in again next fall. Fred Plum, of 'Atlantic City. N. j". has developed into one of the best amateur trapshooters in the country. His run of 381 at - Maplewood . last summer was the best of the year, ani recently he was high average man 379 out of 40 In tho New York: Ath letio club shoot. Professional' football coaches -will not be asked- to serve as officials la Intercollegiate games next fall -providing, of course, that intercollegiate football games are played next fall. i When.' the Chicago Cubs wer m Cin cinnati recently several accepted' the r jJjtaBBsBsBSS- y- "r-y BBBBSBBBBSBBBlSSBBBSSSSBJSSSSBSSSBSSBSSr RECORDS OF FAMOUS SHORTSTOPS OF PORTLAND CLUB BUI Sweeney. - Tear. Team and Igne. J. AB. B. H. SB. Pet. FA. 1905 Portland. Pacific Coast 2S8 .. 63 I X21 .886 1WI6 Portland, Pacilic Coast SIO 168 .. .275 .914 1907 Chicago-Boston. National 67 201 25 1 .. .871 1908 Bon ton. National 127 418 44 103 17 .1!44 .930 1909 Boston, National 1M 493 43 130 33 .343 .943 1910 Boston, National 147 499 43 133 25 .7 .903 1911 . Beaton, National 1M 623 93 164 83 .814 .944 1913 Boston, National K 163 603 64 204 27 .844 .969 1913 Boston, National :. 139 603 63 139 14 .257 .9) 1914 Chicago, National 134 403 46 101 la .118 .961 Iran Olson. 1907 Wet City, Western Association ia3 4SB 02 los 47 .221 .914 1906 Hutchinson. Western Association 140 607 77 l'J9 A .366 ' .VJA 1909 Portland, Pacific Coast 20rt 797 90 171 as .215 .9U2 1910 Portland. Pacific Coast 230 793 110 189 89 .237 .931 1911 Cleveland. American 140 645 80 143 30 .201 .909 1913 Cleveland, American . 123 467 68 118 i .363 .917 1913 dereland, American 104 807 47 93 7 .24K .953 1914 Cleveland, American 80 810 23 T6 IS .342 .943 1916 Cincinnati-Brooklyn, National 81 223 20 60 lO ,215 .939 1916 Brooklyn, National 108 Sol 28 14 .254 -92Q Borer Faokinnaiiffa. 1910 New Haven, Connecticut 101 SB Til 94 17 .266 .934 1911 Portland. Pacific Coast 193 T03 M ltl 85 .268 .924 1912 Cleveland. American OS 390 18 60 11 .312 .934 1913 Cleveland-New York, Americas. 96 840 36 91 19 .931 1914 New Tork, American 197 670 65 127 8 .238 .90S 1915 New Tork, American - 143 640 07 119 19 .220 .942 1916 New Tork, American 143 641 64 138; 17 .265 .945 Xfevw Bancroft. 1910 Superior, Wlae auslft-Mlnpesota 127 438 66 117 : 83 .267 .919 llf Supedor, Wlconrtn-Mitnnwos... No Records.) 1913- Portland, Pacific Coast ... 166 666 68 130 2b .213 .941 1913 Portland. Northwest 13S 43 79 118 87 .344 .934 1914 Portland. 'Pacific Coast . 177 688 09 185 28 .277 .94S 1915 Philadelphia, National 153 663 85 148 15 .254 .92S 1916 Philadelphia, National 142 477 68 101 15 .313 .93 Charles Ward. 1P1S Grand Island. Nebraska 06 238 63 . . .270 .906 1914 Grand Island, Nebraska 86 808 26 94 .305 .8X0 1915 Taroma-Aberdeen, Northwest 128 451 39 117 18 .250 .9271 1915 Portland. Pacific Ooast 64 16 19 50 10 .2t .02:1 1916 Portland. Pacific Ooast 168 629 65 124 13 .2 .927 Charts Hollocher. 1915 Keoknk. Cratral Association 124 433 45 99 21 .220 .9R2 1916 Bock Island. Three ! 89 366 40 108 11 .2M9 .HK as a world beater and aided the Beav er In winning the championship. His work was of such high order that he was sold to the Chicago Nationals. He remained with Chicago a part of tho 1907 season and was- sold to the Bon ton Nationals, remaining with the Braves until 1914. when he was traded back to the Windy City club. Sweeney is now a -member of the athletio staff of Harvard. x invitation of IL C. Bonser and tried the clay target sport on the Cincin nati Gam club traps. Pendergast brok 76 out of 100, Wilson 69 and aelder 60. Billy Sunday hit .359 in the National league in 1887. Thirty years, later he is batting 1000 in the Salvation league. Mrs. L. C. Vogel, of Detroit, Mien., is the best woman amateur trapshooter in America and a great deal better than many ef the sterner sex. In the recent amateur championship of .Amer ica contest she broke 185 targets.. The champion broke only six more. . Edward Beale McLean, owner; of the Washington Post, is paying! Jockey Fred Williams 500 a month' to ride his jumpers at Pimlico. This is the largest salary ever paid a steeple chase rider. Al G. Field, the minstrel man. Is the latest convert to the trapehootlng game. He likes it so well that he has purchased an Ideal Leggett trap and has Installed it In his private ground in Cincinnati. ' Never leave out Jack Combs when 1; comes to orating about "come backs." Coombs has pitched 11 games against the New York Giants and won them all. This in itself Is quite a feat. D." F. McMaaon, of the New York Athletio club, wot) the first of tho "Maplewood l&o afaoota and Fred Sweeney's greatest season in the ma jors was in 1912, when ho was third in tho batting list with the high aver age of .344. His fielding percentage was .859. Ote Johnson, Schirapff Jimmy Shinn, Fay and etaton tried to hold down the Job in 1907 and in 190S McQuada and Cooney played the short field. Ivan Olaon was discovered by Mc Create in tne western association in I4um, of Atlantic City, won the sec ond. McMahon broke 99 at Lake wood, Plum 98 in Boston. No ball club has won the 'world's series honors three times in succes sion. It is up to the Red Sox to get in the series again this fall and pull over something the Cubs and Athletics could not do. One hundred and twenty-three thou ana ana ruty . clay targets were trapped In the Philadelphia 'J rapshooU era, league series recently concluded. a m There was a time when there was aotning in the: city parks except benches. Then someone worked la tennis courts, then i golf links were made, and now 12 cities have Installed traps for trapshooters. . If Hughey Jennings could" pick pitchers from the hush, as he does out fielders, Detroit would go through the American league like a reaper through a rieia ox rye, i When, Charley Newcorab wen the Amateur TrapshooUng championship at 200 targets at Travers Island re cently It was the fifth time a Phila delphlan had won the title in the 12 ears of competition. , a t One champion who has a monopoly oa his title is Jay Gould. For 12 years he has successfully defended the eouvt i championship against mH oomera, , 1968, and the following spring he joined the Mackmen. remaining with the Beavers two seasons, going to the (Cleveland Americans in 1911. Roger Peckinpaugh, secured from New Haveo through Cleveland, held down short In 1911 and was grabbed by the Naps at th end of tho season. Peck Is now captain of the New Tork Americans. the Cleveland club releasing him to the Yankees in 1913. and is considered on of the smartest and cleverest "men in eitner league. Bancroft Given Expert aca. - Dave Bancroft was drafted from the Superior, Wis., club in 1912. and he. with Willie Butler, held down the shortstop Job In 1913. Bancroft dld not have the experience necessary and was turned over to the Northwestern league club the following, season. He was recalled at the close of the North west race and In 1914 was a star for the Mackmen; being sold to the Phila delphia Nationals. . He is now an every-day star for the former National legue champions, being on of the main oogs in the Phllly Une-up during their battle for the world's champion ship In 1916, Bobby Davis, Bfll Stumpf, Honus McArdlo and Chuck Ward, who was purchased from the Tacoma North western league team, were tho 1915 shortstops. Ward holding down the position in great style during ths last week of the pennant battle. Ward's experience won over Hollocher in 1918, McCredie turning Charley over to ' the Rock Island club for develop ment. Hollocher had strings attached to him and now he Is the most talked of player in the league. Ward was sold to the Pimburg Pirates and Is trying to fill the shoes of Honua Wag ner. Ward evidently got off on the right foot with the Pirates, for ho Is playing great ball. 1 Mac uncovered several other phe- noms In the fielding line, but weak sticking caused the Beaver boss to let them go. Jamaica Betting Is About to Be Barred New York. May 19. (I. N. S.) Betting on the races at Jamaica this summer will be stamped out complete ly. If city and county officials have their way. The grounds surrounding the trig track were heavily policed to day and plain clothes men warned fol lowers "of the ponies that the first display of money would be the signal for arrest. The only way In which a wager could have been placed safely tills afternoon was by mental tele pathy. To Breed Great Horses. Arthur H. Cosden will breed his Merchants & Manufacturers stake winners. Lassie MacGregor. 2.-t)l 1-4, end Queen Worthy. 2:QT l-l. to The Harvester, 2;01. EXCELSIOR Motorcycle Agency - i r. - i , East Side Motorcycle Co. 4 e&ajro ATS TOW.TXajTD. New Tork. May IS. (X. N. 8.) Rrtttn? results with a. baseball club that someone else has left behlnM Is far from an easy task. ' For this reason the averag mana rer who steps into the boots of a re- ' tiring pilot sets about ; to build up his own machine, and there are three in stances of this kind In the National league today the CUbs. Reds and Pirates. When Fred Mitchell took hold or the reins at Chicago he said he be lieved h had the nucleus for a win ner. He took a ' squad of some forty players to the boast this spring and weeded out the ones who looked best, but for all of that, the talent he In herited was practically all lined up before he became manager. Y That Mitchell will make a better showing with the Cubs than did his predeces sor. Joe Tinker, Is the general belief. yet within a season or two the club the Inherited this j-ear will have passed ana new players win pe noioing aown most of the regular positions. Mitch ell had to take the Cubs as they stood, and remodeling the team will take time. - Matty Rebuilds Z.oser. Christy Mathewson stepped Into the managerial shoes at Cincinnati to re build a loser, but had tbe Reds been were wiien Matty took hold, he would no doubt have made changes. In Kopf, Rousch, Cueto and Shean, four players of Matty's choosing are to be found. Other newcomers are bound to follow until he Has a team of his own building. Jimmy Callahan took the Pirates that Fred Clark had been trying to mold Into a winner for three seasons and found the Job impossible. lie got rid of Viox, Gibson, Harmon. Adams. Johnston, Oerber. Barney, Cos- tello and Consolman. Kantlehner might have stuck had he not been ill advised, but Callahan refused to parley with him. The retirement of Hans Wagner was regretted by Cal lahan, for Hans was a player any manager could depend upon to do his best In every game. Barry Gets Cbampioas. When Cal first took hold of the Pittsburg club he was up against the same thing that Fred Mitchell Is up against this year. He had to worry along for one season with the club as It came to him. Now he has a new, younar ball club in the making, and he has lined up some promising talent in Miller, Grimes, Evans, Carl son, Schmidt, Wagner, Bigbee and Ward. Jack Barry, the only new manager i n the American league, fell heir to the world's champions. That be should be satisfied with the layout goes without saying, and on top of this he was a member of the team and well liked among the players. , Ball players are no different than men in many other lines of employ ment. Take an office force wtiere a new "boss" steps in. It is seldom that the new "boss" can pull with every man he, finds there, and they will not all pull with him. It takes cooperation and harmony to run any business, and the baseball blzz Is no exception to the rule. This Is one tea son why new baseball managers often make many changes In a hall club. Ths baseball pilot must have his own organization to get the est re sults. Patriotic Games In New York. The JuriMor track and field cham pionships of the Metropolitan (New York) association of the Amateur Athletic union to be held at the City college stadium. New York, June 9, will award winners bronze medals In place of the customary gold prises. Patriotic Meer win be stamped on the medals, instead of championships. As the games will not be champion ships, a competitor who wins a medal will not necessarily break his Junior standing In the Amateur Athletio union. Yonth Is Jumping gtar. Roelif Loveland, a 17-year-old stu dent at Oberlln (O.) high scbdol. is improving as a high Jumper. Loveiand Is six feet tall and weigh I&8 pounds and has cleared the bar at 5 feet 11 inches, using the scissors Jump, with a powerful swing of his left leg. Rider Gets Record Salary. Fred Williams, one of the best cross-country riders, has been en. gaged to ride Edward B. McLean's Jumpers this season at a salary of 8500 month. So far as is known, this is the largest salary ever paid a steeple chase rider In this country. WvHUCKI.g.BEV rr) no grouch. butI v tMSOTmeoos ORDINARY Tt)BACCO I lUUST AND WANT ACHCW OF L fiOOD TOBACCO SO BAOT) CJiEW AMD If w AWTTHiHa roRrT-l 'npHERE is one thing no man on earth can do, and JL ; that is to put sappiness into cheap, coarse tobacco.' It takes the richest, sappiest tobacco that grows, to make satisfactory chewing. That is why so many , are changing over to W-B CUT. Excess sweetening makes a poor substitute with intelligent people. Pound for pound, there's more tobacco in AV-B than in ordinary plug ; and it's sappy tobacco, every shred of it.;- f ; Haie Vj TOltAttUTOH C0ITAHT, HOJ Bralv.y. Saw Or The second annual lntra-club tennis championships of the ITurelhurst clirb will be staged August 11. 12, 13, 14, II, IS. 17 and IS. This was decided at Thursday night's meeting of the ten nis committee, which Is composed of 8. B. Cooke, cht.irman; L C. Wilson, Har old West, David A. Ieedom. E. P. SU-inmrtz, II B. Thomson and Miss Miriam Sinclair. There will bo no spnclal prises for the winners in the various events this season, but the six challenge trophies will be at stake. , Work on the two new courts ofthe I.aurelhurst ciub will be started this week. They will b finished In time for play during the summer months. These courts will have a clay surface this year, -but will be hard surfiayoed next spring. Will Play Bound Bobla. S. B. Cooke bas been appointed cap tain of the I-aurelhurut team, which will entpr the round robin competition with the Multnomah, Irvlngton and Waverley clubs. He will have charge of the selection of the players. Three clubs, Vernon, Ladd.and Ken ton, have signified their Intentions of participating in the second division of the interclub tennis competition. Clif ford C. Harrison, secretary of ths Portland LaVvn ' Tennis association, which Is promoting the interclub matches. Is anxious to hear from sev eral of the other Independent clubs of the city. The LAurelhurst club will open Its tennis claps for. women Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. 3ifford Har rison will have rhiirge of instructing the women and will be assisted by Eu gene Steinmets. Over D) women mem. lers of the club have IJned up for the classes. PITCHING STAFF OF CAKDINALS IS NO FLASH IN PAN Miller Huggins Has Praise for His Mound Performers; Watson a Star. Miller Huggins. who has beon. flghtin' 'em tooth and nail in the Na tional leacue for lo thse many sea- ! sons, rises to rnmnrk that the flash I shown ty his pitching g staff thl sea son is far from being a flash In the pan. "I have a fine pitching staff." says' Iliijr. "and collectively I don't believe there Is a staff in the National league that has anything on them. Look at this fellah Watson. He's a regular pitcher, and ho has been showing op posing ball clubs as fine an assort ment of foolers as they want to look at His pitching has been a big sur prise to some people 1n tho National league, but it Is no surprise to me. Not after I looked him over all spring. "Bill Poak is not a youngster, but there isn't a more capable spitball pitcher In the business than Bill. Then there's Bill Ptefle and Lee Meadows; Ed -Pierre, who rme from the Cubs, and Ieon Atns, who has ben pitch ing ball for y-ars and can still stand up there and pitch with any of 'em. Williams Is another pitcher who. can win with a little support.' What's. the matter with a staff like thatT Noth ing that I ran pee. 'And the Cardl- nals as a team will fool 'Am all before this race gets much older." Start Construction of lllg Field. College of the City of New York Is expected soon to start the construc tion of the Adolph Lewlaphn stadium. H will be erected on Jasper Held and adjacent ground to the Institution, which will be given to the eollege by New York. The stadium will have a seating capacity of over 4 0,000 and will be available for general public use. The running track will be four laps to the mile. It will give New York city a place to hold modern track sports with oomfort to eontest ants a well as spectators. 1917 Harley-Davidaont ALSO SPECIAL PaXCZg 0 USED MOTORCYCLES ftaad for BuUatla Ve. 144) Motorcycle & Supply Co. 209 rotraTH IT. 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