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THE OREGON SUNDAY 'JOURNAL," PORTLAND.;-SUNDAY MORNING - JANUARY?! 27, 1918.-
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We scoff at royal crowns, me lad, we give the gate to czars,
But who'll deny that Copper's king, on Portland traction cars.
It must be tough on the Eskimos
not to be Able to make highball,
with so much ice going to waste.
Judging from pictures of TroUk?
some camouflage painter most
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left an unfinished Job.
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NOW, QUERULOUS FAN,
' WHAT GOES FASTER--'
A PUCK OR A BASEBALL?
It Is Well Established That Golf Ball Has Greater Speed Than
Horsehide Pellet, but Who Knows Whether Hockey Disc
Has More Velocity as It T ravels From Stick to Net?
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HAT TRAVELS the faster, a hockey puck or a baseball
thrown from one of the wage earners on the slab?
Eddie Oatman, captain of the Rosebuds, is of the opin
ion that the little rubber disc sailing for the goal can cut the at
mosphere at a much faster rate of speed than the baseball, whereas
Byron Houck, the Portland pitcher, who goes to St. Lodis this
year, takes issue and states: "A baseball crossing the plate with
. all the force of Walter Johnson behind it resembles a very small
pellet, and the speed of a puck is somewhat slow by way of comparison."
Often a puck will leave a player's stick at such a rate of speed
it is impossible to see the rubber before it goes bang into the fence
or reoounas on me goaue s naas, n tne eroaitenaer is iuckv. in
the world's series last season the coast fans had an opportunity
to watch Didler Pitre, the French Canadian puck chaser, in action
Pit re is, without doubt, the greatest "shot" playing the game
of hockey. He is known as "The Bullet," and in the opening
game of the world's series with Seattle he demonstrated that the
, name was not wished on him for advertising purposes. Four of
the five goals scored by Pitre were shot from the center ice di
vision and" plunked into the net before Holmes, the Seattle goalie,
had a chance to make a move. The puck was delivered from the
stick at a distance of about TO feet, which is 10 feet farther than
the baseball pitching distance.
With Johnson in the box and using all the speed he possesses,
a batsman can at least get a chance to step to one side or take a
healthy swat at the sphere as it crosses the pan.
WHEN THEY. CAN'T SHOOT HUNS PLAY CHECKERS
Tommy Murray, the Rosebuds'
goaltender. when asked his opinion
of the relative Kpeln, stated that
any time Pitre got a line on the
net It was nearly a sure goal.
The puck travels at such a rate of
peed Jt Is Impossible to stop It
with the gloved hand. When the
Rosebuds played against Montreal
for the world's titular honors In
1918, Murray tried to stop one of
Pltre's shots with his padded glove.
The result was a dislocated thumb
'which handicapped him throughout
the series. Once was enough and
Murray let the shots which were
not dead on the net to speeding
over his head or to the side, Murray,
of course, thinks the puck has the
greater velocity.
Pltre's forearm is as big In cir
cumference as his bleep. He weighs,
In condition, 175 pounds.
Lalonde Is Another
Lalonde is another of the sharp
shooters who has been gifted with
a bullet shot. When Lalonde and
Pitre played in Vancouver, some
years ago. It was found necessary
to bar off the ends of the rink
with- a heavy wire mesh netting to
protect the spectators from the wild
shots which often cleared the fe'ncs
surrounding the Ice surface.
Paddy Moran, one of the great
est goaltenders that ever wore a
pad, said : "Whenever Pitre or La
londe shoots, the best thing I do is
to offer up a little prayer that
the puc': is not dead on the net."
A hockey player has a decided
advantage over a pitcher In a great
many ways. In the olden days
when the pitcher was allowed to
take several steps or a regular
hop, skip and a Jump before he
delivered the ball to the batter,
more speed was obtained. Now,
with - the pitchers using the "splt
ter," "shine ball" and all the dif
ferent type of benders they are
bound by the rules of the national
pastime to keep one foot on the
rubber at the rear of the box.
The result is that the pitcher
uses his head to fool the batter,
sometimes with speed and some
times with the slow one, but he
cannot gain the momentum from a
set position on the ground that he
could from the run.
Hockey Player oa Mots
The hockey player Is generally
on the more. When a shot Is made
on the net from a distance- of 60
or 70 feet, invariably the player is
skating at considerable speed. The
Impetus gained, coming swiftly
down the Ice, gives the puck added
speed when leaving the stick as the
disc Is already moving along the
flange at the time the shot Is made.
When th player Is standing still
and the f)uck la dead the speed of
a shot, of course, la greatly de
creased. Th best comparison the puck
chasers make Is to compare the
Harris Sustains
Broken Ribs in
Hockey Contest
Fred "Smokey" Harris of the Port
land hockey team will be out of the
game for the next fortnight. He U
suffering from two broken ribs, ini
talned when he body-checked Lester
Patrick, manager of the Seattle team.
In the second period of Friday Bight's
contest. Harris had the ribs bound
In tape between the second and third
periods and finished the game.
"Moose" Johnson Is also (offering
from a broken lib, bnt oa account of
his great stamina he may be able to
play in Monday night's game at Van
eonver, B. C.
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Get a 25-cent box of "Tls" now at any
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puck leaving the stick to a base
ball leaving the bat.
The Line of Beaaon
Often a line drive from the bat
will be imbedded in the lnflelder's
mitt before he has had a chance to
make a move.
And often the puck will be In the
net and a point counted without the
equally keeneyed goaltender having
seen it pass him.
There it is, querulous fan. Take
your choice.
Fifty per cent of the shots made
on the net guardian are at such an
angle that he does not have to
move for it. The defense men keep
crowding the rushing players to the
wings, to get them at an angle,
where the chances of placing the
puck behind the goalie are very
remote.
A good goaltender seems to be
possessed with the sixth sense in
the way of judgment. As the
pitcher has to outguess the batter,
the goaltender has to maneuver his
position in order to have an open
ing for the opposition to fall into.
He Sets His Traps
Often a goaltender will leave an
opening at one side of the net for
an attacker to shoot at. Expecting
the shot, the goaltender will there
fore have the edge on the oppo
sition. A goaltender Is like a
magnet. Many players, especially
the amateurs, will bang away at
the net and Invariably it is the
goaltender that the puck hits. In
other words they do not place the
puck where the goalie "alnt."
The headwork of the goaltender
often saves him from stopping the
fast shots, as it Is the policy of
puck rushers In professional com
pany to work in as close as pos
sible and then drive. By coaching
his defense they will drive the at
tackers to the wings to shoot,
whereas if they maintained the
center area they have a six-foot
space to shoot at which includes, of
course, the well padded form of the
goaltender.
Golfer Shows His Snpremacy
It has 'been well established in
numberless ball parks that a
"fungo hitter." that is a man hit
ting a fly ball for distance, falls
yards and yards short of a golfer
driving a golf ball from the same
place.
This was demonstrated to the
Portland fans a couple of years ago,
when the heavy hitters of the
Beavers tried to get more distance
than Rudolph Wilhelm, the north
west champion golfer. Standing at
the plate in Vaugn street park,
several batters knocked j the ball
into center field bleachers, but
with a wooden driver Wilhelm.
Swinging at a ball resting on home
plate, hit it far over the flagpole
at the back of the - center field
bleachers.
They Speak la Yards
Ed Walsh in 1911 at a field day
in the Chicago American league
park, established a "fungo" record
qr 419 feet inch. The golfers
have long since discarded measure
ment In feet. Any "duffer" can
hit a golf ball farther than Walsh's
performance of slighUy less than
140 yards. Wilhelm finds 250 yards
on the fly 'not an uncommon thing
in his game.
There Is food for thought, how
ever, In the question of whether a
hockey puck has more speed than
a thrown or batted ball, and in
view of the dissimilarity of the
games. It will probably be a hard
matter to establish the relative
velocity.
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The golden tlds that ebbed aad
flowed for ball players daring the
days of the Federal leagne war has
entirely disappeared.
With the closing of the eeasoa ef
HIT, loag time contracts that were
entered Into by major leagae clnb
owners to protect their star talent
expired, aad thoatands of dollars
were ent from the pay rolls of the
It big leagae clubs.
a example of the financial Influ
ence developed by the Feds In favor
of the players may be foaad In a
comparison of the salaries paid the
Boston Bed Sox In 1IM compared
with the Sox of ltl4. la 1M4, ae
oordlng to flgares recently published,
the total payroll of the Boston clnb
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ference In the two payrolls.
GOLF ASS'N
IS PLAN OF
LOCAL MAN
Organization of Body Similar to
One Which Controls Tennis
Would Benefit Sport.
ORGANIZATION OF A BALL
LEAGUE AMONG SHIPYARDS
SEEMS TO BE A CERTAINTY
President Fred Bay of Intercity Circuit Negotiating With Of
ficials of Plants; Saturday and Sunday Games Are Planned)
Pearl Casey and Ike Wolfer Willing to Manage Teams.''
NEGOTIATIONS being conducted by Fred X. Bay, pres.-' -v
dent of the Inter-City baseball league for the past twO ,
years, will probably result in the organization of six i
and possibly eight team Shipbuilders' baseball league thiSj -
summer. ' i
If the proposed league is organized frames will be played
Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and with between 14,000 V.
and 15,000 employes in the various local shipbuilding plants
there is no reason why the league should not be a huge, sue-
cess. A similar league was formed in Seattle last summer and
a brand of ball as good as thit playrd in any class C circuit.:
was dished out to the fans.
There is a possibility of Vancouver, Wash., and St. Helens, '
Or., being tendered an opportunity to secure franchises in the
proposed circuit. Both these towns have large shipbuilding1
plants, and although it would be impossible for them to play.'
Saturday games, they could easily support a team. ;
Christopher Mathewson, known to all fandom as Matty, paid an unexpected call on the boys in training al
Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala. Many of the boys there were members of the Ohio National Guard and
lived in Cincinnati, which boasts of the Reds, of which the famous Matty is manager. It was a gala
day for many of the boys who from the bleacher seats have often worshiped the hero of the pitching
mound. Matty proved he was as good a mixer as he was a pitcher. He dined soldier fashion with the
boys and after mess washed and dried his own dishes, although many of the boys would have been proud
of the honor.
OLD CHIEF
BENDER IS
MAIN STAY
Veteran Indian Twirler Expected
to Stage Grand Come
back for Phillies.
PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 28. (I. N. S.)
Old Chief Bender, the wMtherbusten
veteran of many tough campaigns under
the big tops, may be the pitching; main
stay of the Phillies next season.
With Grover Alexander rone to tha
Cubs, Eppa Rixey liable to service in
the army, and Joe Oeschger an unknown
quantity so far as military tatus la
concerned, Pat Moran may be forced to
look to the bronzed chief to lead the
attack from the pitcher's box.
Baseball is ao full of uncertainties.
and especially In these parloua times.
that It will not be surprising to see
Bender playing the role of the lead
ing sharpshooter of the Phllly trenches,
and if the old boy shows the kind of
stuff he displayed to National league
batsmen during the latter part of the
191 1 campaign, he may loom up once
more In the spotlight as a star who has
come back.
Tarned Adrift
Bender hooked up with the Phillies
in 1918 and got into 27 games of ball,
but ho did not have the stuff that he
had in the old Macklan days by a long
shot, and he wound up the season with
a poor record. His record was so poor
that Manager Moran was not warranted
in keeping him on the club roster, so he
handed the Chippewa his release.
For a time last season Bender dubbed
around, pitching for semi-pro ntnea In
Pennsylvania and Maryland. He would
pitch one or two games a week, and he
made a comfortable little wad of dough
doing It, though nothing like the salary
he used to earn. Finally, with the sea
son about half rone, the chief started
to show up at the Phillies' park to pitch
to the batters in practice, and one day
he went to Moran with a request for an
other trial. Foxy Pat had been watch
ing the Indian out of the corner of his
eye when he pitched in batting sessions.
and he agreed to givo Bender one more
trial. So the chief signed a contract and
went to work again.
Shows Old Form
Then began a great comeback. The
j chief proceeded to. hang up a string of
victories, and he accomplished the feat
ol pitching three straight shutouts. His
work helped the Phils greatly in their or war-
Windnagle Is U. S. Birdman
at
Portland Boy Is Now in Italy
VERE WINDNAGLE, former star track
man at Washington High school, Univer
sity of Oregon and Cornell university and
winner of the national collegiate one mile cham
pionships in 1916, is now a first lieutenant in the
United States aviation corps and is stationed at
Foggia, in southern Italy.
His rise in the army is like that of a great
number of other well known college athletes
He enlisted shortly after the declaration of war
against the Huns and he passed the physical ex
amination without any difficulty. He received
his commission at Cornell, where he studied all
ground work in connection with the aviation
corps.
He has been "over there" a little over two
months, and may take to the wings against the
Austro-German forces before the end of next
summer.
His brother, Warner, who also attended
Washington High school, is a member of the Washington coast
artillery and at the present time is "somewhere" in Montana on
guard duty.
Mrs. A. J. Windnagle is proud of her two sons, who are doing
their "bit" for Uncle Sam.
Windnagle surprised his many friends last year by getting
married. His marriage took place shortly after he had entered
the aviation school.
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ITlTH the great game of golf increas
" Ing In popularity each year, especi
ally in the vicinity of Portland there Is
room for a state golf association or an
organization similar to the Portland
Lawn Tennis association, which was or
ganised in 1917. This Is the opinion of
one of the deVbtees of the links.
There are, or will be before the end
of this' year, three 18-holes golf courses
In the vicinity of Portland. The Waver- i
ley Country club has an 18-holes course '
and the Portland Golf club will open j
Its upper nine-holes for play during the
cumiug; summer. i no i uaiaun uountry i
club is rushing the work on Its second
nine holes, and they will probably be
completed sometimes In the fall.
CompfUtloa Is Lire
Competition is the life of all sports
and it la believed that greater Interest
would be displayed in the state and city
tournaments if they were played over
different courses eacn year. Under an
organization with the rotation plan of
staging ' the tourney it should prove
popular wtth the local clubs and a num
ber of golfers are said to be m favor
of the move.
It has been suggested that the presi
dents of the three clubs be named as di
rectors of the city golf association with
power to select the courses and name the
datea of the various events. The state
championship is really the only fixture
in the royal and ancient game in
Oregon.
Iaterelab Kveatt Fopalar
Interclub team matches shoild prove
a highly interesting event. Much Inter
est is centered on the Interclub matches
In Tacoma, and In the matches between
the Seattle and Tacoma clubs, and It Is
believed that the same Interest would
be displayed in the interclub team
matches between the three local clubs.
The Oregon state championship tour
nament was staged over the Gearhart
course last year, and It was very suc
cessful. Other golf clubs in Oregon
would probably be Interested In the or
ganization of a state tourney and such
a move may be made at the next golf
tournament.
OLIPHANT WILL
BE LOST TO AEMY
ATHLETIC TEAMS
Greatest of Ail-Around College
Athletes Will Become Com
missioned Officer.
.New York, Jan. 26. (I. N. S.) When
the senior cadets at West Point gradu
ate next August, 10 months ahead of
time, the greatest all-around college
athlete in the country will fade out of
collegiate snorts for the stern hualneiu
I of
HUGGINS WILL
MAKE STUDY OF
EACH N. Y. STAR
Former Cardinal Boss to Give
Every Player Even, Break
in Training Camp.
"Busher" Blake
Trying for Job
WithU.S.Marmes
"Rather" Blake, Portlaad teml-pre
twirler, who was glrea a tryoat with
the Halt Lake Beet aad the NeatUe
Xorthwettera Uarae team last year,
l trylsg for a plaee oa Rod Mir
phy's Marine baseball team, which
has sthedsled a game with Daffy
Lewis' aggregation ef baseball toss,
ers. Baraes, who tried oat with
Pertlaad la 1818, and Boaaer, former
Hpokaae pltrher, are members of the
team.
Army and Navy
Track Meet, Boston
Boston, jan. zs. ( L N. S.) Plans
have been nearly completed for the big
army and navy track games In the East
Armory on February 18. The schedule
of events consists of the regular list of
Indoor sports for track events, and In
addition a number of special army and
navy events. One of the leaders In ar
ranging the track meet Is Lieutenant
Richard C. Harte. the former Harvard
baseball catcher and lawn tennla player
of national prominence. The navy-yard
track team la working out daily at the
Boston Athletio association.
New York Runner
Is Reserve Captain
Willie Oordon. crack mller of the
New York Athletio club, has been
elected track captain of the naval re
serves stationed at Pelham Bay, New
Tork. Gordon plans to have on of the
biggest military track teams In the
east and is now training his men for
the bi-monthly games that will be pro
moted later by the Amateur Athletic
union. i
Bay Hat Held Co a ft reacts ,
Bay has held conferences wit V
officials in some of tha plant and
they seem to be enthuslaatlo avef '
the proposition. Clayton Sharp, vht
managed the Northwest Stael com
pany team of the Intercity leagu -last
year, stands behind th prop-.
osltlon, and there is plenty ef
barking for the new league at tha
Comfoot plant. - -
One of the draw backs to tha league
and the only one la th fact that
there Is but one endowed ground In
the city on w hlrh Sunday came
could be played. Th Multnomah
field has been suggested as on Of
the grounds on which Saturday
games could be played, and It la
said that the owners of th grounds "
at Kast Twelfth and Davis would
consent to allow the leagu to build -a
fence around the grounds.- pro
vided the league would pay th '
taxes. This would be accomplished
without any difficulty, according to
those who approached th owners.
Casey Weald Take
Pearl Casey, former manager of
the Portland Northwestern leagu
team and an umpire In th FacuTlo '
Coast league, who Is at present
working at the Comfoot plant, la
willing to take over th leadership
of a team, provided he la not ap
pointed an umpire in th Paclflo
Coast International or th .California-Utah
leagu this year.
Ik Wolfer, who played with th
Vancouver Northwestern leagu
team last season and who has been
offered a chance to join Bill Rodg
er' Sacramento team, la said to b '
anxious to assum the management
of on of the shipbuilders' leagu
teams.
Former Iforthwett Flayers Here
There are a number of former .'
Northwestern leagu players In th"
local yards, most prominent among
them being Eddl Johnson, who
played with the Butt team last Sea
son, a great many of th players
of the Intercity leagu last year
are working at local plant. - '
Fed Sox Lom Another to Army
Pitcher Sam Jones, who waa aecureA
from Cleveland In th deal that mad
Jo Wood, a member of th Indians, baa
Joined th army. II la the twelfth Bos
ton player In service.
dash after the pacemaklng Giants. He
proved to the satisfaction of Moran that
he had come back and that he was leav
lng the "mrry mucilage" alone.
iienaer may not be able to put th
Phillies In another pennant race. He
may not be able to win as many games
as a lot or high-salaried stars, but if he
stays away from the joy stuff he will b
able to hold on to a good job with Pat
Moran, and that's something--
New York. Jan. 28. (I. N. a) Miller
Huggtns, like all folk from Missouri,
has to be shown.
When ho was appointed manager of I
tne lankees and baseball critics in some
quarters offered condolences Waiiu
Elmer Ollphant will never again de- Hug was going to inherit a poor ball
Abe Kiviat Will Run
Against Amateurs
Abel Kiviat. the former A. A. C.
champion distance runner, who was
barred as an amateur a few years ago
for asking a promoter for excessive
expenses, will again be seen mixing it
I with the stmon-pures at the athletic
games to be held at New York on Janu
ary 23. Kiviat Is a member of the Coast
Artillery at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn,
and will take advantage, of the new
ruling of th A. A. U. which permit
A. A. U. amateurs and soldier profes
sionals to mix In athletic events during
the war period.
Browns Have Deals Pending
St. Louis. Jan. 28. (I. N. S.) Busi
ness Manager Bobby Qulnn of the
Browns, stated today that he had two
Women to Roll In A. B. C
Milwaukee women bowlers will send a I mora deals nendinsr. He added that an
team to theAmerican Bowling Congress announcement may be expected within step down and out of th oollegiate
tourney in CincnnatL s wkv J 'llnMlbjht.
fend the honor of the army on the grid
Iron, for his early graduation will rob
him of one more year of football, and,
like all his brother cadets, who will
graduate mis year, ne win become a
commissioned officer in the army.
Star Football Man .
There are great athletes in every age.
but few, have ever been uncovered who
have had the all-around ability In vari
ous branches of sports that Ollphant
has.
First of all, he Is ranked aa th great
est football player In the country. He
can do everything demanded of a foot
ball player and do It well, and he had
no trouble earning Ail-American honors.
In baseball, basketball, track and
hockey Ollphant has starred at West
Point ever since he became a cadet, and
he is one of the few army athletes who
has ever won honors in so many sports.
For the last three years he has been a
four-letter man."
Developed at Pardee
Ollphant developed his athletic
prowess at Purdue university. From
the very first he was th foremost
athlete at the Lafayette Institution and
in years when Purdue would have been
unheard of for anything accomplished
by athletic teams, she was put on th
map by Ollphant. who was always good
for two or three sensational athletic
feats during th school year.
There la only on "Ollie." There may
never be another Ilk him. and follow
ers of college sport regret that he must
club, Hug said
"How do I know It is a bad ball club?
'Tls true I have never eeen the Yankees
play, but I know from the reputations
of a number of players on the team that
I will have the nucleus for a winner.
They've, got to show me that the Tanks
are a bad club.
Start oa Even Basis
"When we start spring training at
Macon every player is going to start out
on an even basis Insofar aa getting
hances to hold down any regular Job is
concerned. I'm going to study every
player and I am not worrying about the
results."
With all due respect to Wild Bill Don
ovan, it seems timely to say that Hug-
gma, aggressive, scrappy and baseball
wise aa he Is. should get much better re
sults out of the Yanks Uian "did Wild
B11L
Donovan was too easy with his ball
players. He was too much of a pall and
had too much of that carefree spirit.
Just for that th players certain ones
of them laid down it times when they
should have been on their toes fighting
tooth and nail to win.
' T Rid 1m Hard
witn Muggins in th saddle th
Yankee are going to b ridden hard on
th field of play. They are going to
get some new lessons in tactics and they
are going to get a taste of discipline.
Hug knows what a ball player should
do, because he is oa of th best Judges
of players In th big leagues. He mav
surprise everybody with th lilt Yanks.
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