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21 , j . ' r . RIGHT THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORT LAND, SUNDAY ? MORNING, JULY 7. .1818. SHIPYARD LEADERS STIFF OPPOSITION Cornfoot Will Tackle Supple & Ballin on Vaughn Street and St. .Helens to Meet Foundation; Peninsula to Play Standifer at Vancouver and Columbia Will Battle Grant Smith-Porter. WO former team mates of the Tacoma Northwest ern league club, Pitchers Sutherland and Menth, will oppose each other on the mound in today's Columbia - Willamette Shipbuilders' Baseball league contest between the Cornfoot and the Sup ple & Ballin teams on the Vaughn street grounds at 1 :30 o'clock. The winning team will battle the Portland Buckaroos in the final contest of the Pacific Coast International Baseball league. Eddie Mensor's St. Helens club, which is tied with the Cornfoot team for first place in the league race, will Clash, with the foundation club, champions of the first half, on the St. Helens grounds. Oscar Harstad, who has won four straight games for the down river team, will face "Lefty" James in this contest. The other games scheduled for today are: Peninsula vs. Standifer, at Vancouver, and Columbia River vs. Grant Smith-Porter, at St. Johns. The games scheduled for today games re the fifth of the second half of the season and If the Cornfoot and St. Helens clubs can win their games scheduled for today and next - Sunday, they will clash on the St .Helens grounds July 21 In one of the biggest games of the season. Dapny Shea to Play Players of the Portland Buckaroos, who have taken up positions In the shipyards, will make their first ap pearance In league games next Sun day. Players Haney, Smith and Daniels have Joined the Foundation club and Manager Bill Fisher has cast his lot with the Grant Smith Porter club. "Gunner" Peterson, who accepted an offer to play with Cornfoot and Jumped to the Founda tion yard, will be allowed to play with no team but the Cornfoot club. Danny Shea, former Pacific Coast "and Northwest league catcher, will make his appearance with the Grant Smith-Porter club in today's contest. , with the Columbia River team. Shea has been .out of the game a couple of seasons, but at that he will make a good .man for the runners-up in the champloi.ahip of the first half. Playing Good Ball The shipyard teams have been " playing a great brand of ball during the games played' In the second half : of the league' season. The Columbia Tllver team, although it was de feated by the Cornfoot team by the score of 7 to 0 xn the Fourth of July, put- up an exceptionally good battle against Pearl Casey's men, , Pitcher Cronln holding the hard hit ting Alblna players to one hit for , six innings. The Columbia team is weak in batting, which is a big handicap. . The Supple & Ballin team is one of the surprises of the second half at the league . season and, should Manager Rogers secure the players he is dickering for, his club will make It hot for the leading clubs. Pitcher Menth has been twirling great hall and his mates have been giving htm great support at the bat and on the field. , Plan to Strengthen Harry Cason's Foundation ' ' club ' has found the going rather rough In i the second half, losing to the Corn foot and Standifer teams, but with ,; Smith, Daniels and Haney in the . lineup and the possibility of Karl Orandall. the Salt Lake tnflelder. Joining the club, the champions will be tough nuts to crack. The Peninsula club has been play- - Ing good ball and cannot be counted out of the race. The Standifer team, considered by many to be the strong- . eat club in the league, has been " putting up some great exhibitions. . The Grant Smith-Porter team, weak ened by the loss of three of Its reg- ulars. will be strengthened within , the next couple of weeks. No players who participated In games with teams In. leagues above class B rating will be allowed to '. Join shipyard teams after today. Caught Thousands ; But JJever Ate One Bcllinham. July 6 (I. X. S.) Dr. Joseph F. Cross, fathpr-ln-law of Con gressman Lla J.I. Hadley and noted trout fisherman, who caught thousands of fish In the last 25 years but never ate one himself, died here today at the ire of 84 years. Eves a small chew of Real Gravely .Chewing Plug satis fies. It gives more real to bacco conSort than abig chew of ordinary tobacco. : -1 i... f A LEAGUE TO FACE This Crowd Could Put Weather Man On Grand Retreat Here are some ball players who represent the elements; that Is, as far at names go. These stormy pe trel are playing In different minor leagues throagout the land, and they number Just nlnet Mist, Rain, Snow, Hall, Flood, Go At, Storm, Frost and Mr. Fogg. This list. If bunched on one team, shonld play In Michigan; there they would be right at home, for In ol Mich,., a conple or three kinds of weather . ran be fonnd every day, and some- of these players wonld be In their element every time they donned their uniforms. EUTH WISHES TO HIT HOME KUN IN EVERY FALL PARK Boston, Philadelphia and Chicago Only Fences He Has No! Cleared. New York, July 7. Babe Ruth made a remark a few days ago that may bring him more glory than anything else he ever attempted provided, of course, that this slugging dynon of a Red Sox is man enough to pu it across. Babe wants to make a home run in every' park in the American league. So far he has accomplished the feat In five of the bailiwicks, not including Fenway park, where.it is practically certain that he will boost one across before the end of the season. Two Foreign Cities Untouched Chicago and Philadelphia are the other cities which, so far this year, have not been permitted to gaze on a cir cuit smash delivered by the powerful young star in 1918. Of the two Chicago offers the longest Bhot. Philadelphia should be comparatively easy. Chicago has a right field wall and bleachers which should have field glasses supplied along with Its tickets, for it Is a long, long way from there to the home plate. The Philadelphia park was where Frank Baker first rose to fame as a manufacturer of round trip baseball tickets, and if Frank could dump them out of that ball park there Is no reason why Babe Ruth will not succeed. Fenway Park Is Easy Fenway park is another of the band box affairs when referring to its right field barrier. So far Ruth has hammered circuit bangs in Cleveland, Detroit, St. Louis, New York and Washington. Three of these are long, hard efforts. The others are easy. The Cleveland park, for in stance, is protected in right field by a wall 45 feet high. The Detroit right field bleachers are a long way off, and the Washington right field fence Is practically immune from home runs. College Team Makes Record Holy Cross college baseball nine won 25 games, lost three and tied one during the season which recently closed. Jesse Burkett coached the players. ; Peyton Brand Real Gravely Cliewing Plug 10c a poud--antf worth it IGravdylaat'machlongritcotm I .. w mmrm to chw tban ordinary plug I P. .B. Gravely Tobacco Company -ft- WHEN YANKS HAVE THEIR SPORTS IN FRANCE '''T , I- f American sport has invaded France and seems to have made a decided hit witness the attendance at the games. The upper photo .shows American fighters, contestants in one of the races of a track meet staged by Americans, waiting for the call to race the starter. The events at the meet were witnessed by British and French officers and thousands of the populace, who marveled at the speed made by the Yanks in full uniform. The lower photo shows our national game In progress on a field near Paris. Crack teams representing our army and navy are battling for the baseball supremacy of Europe, and Parisians, lov ers of red blooded sport, are enjoying their fight to the utmost. NEW HEAD ' OF LEAGUE A VETERAN President of International League an Old Head in the Na tional Pastime. ALBANY, July 6. (I. N. S.) John H. Farrell. the new president of the International league. Is something of a baseball genius. The "Sage of Auburn" is a real vet eran in the game, for he has been con nected with baseball for many years and there isn't an angle of the pastime which Is unfamiliar to him. As secretary of the National associa tion of Professional Baseball clubs, Far rell has served long and faithfully. JUany a time his sage advice has served as a prop to a tottering minor league, and with Mike Sexton, the venerable presi dent of the minor league body, Farrell has been a godsend to the minors. Is Capable Boss When the club owners of the disrupted International league decided to reorgan ize their circuit this spring the first Im portant thing they set out to do was to find a man capable of taking charge of affairs for them. They, did .not look farj but when the -berth was tendered to Farrell It was done so with a forebod- j ing' that he would not accept. His de cision to take over the affairs of the leauge as its president put new life Into the; war-weary club owners and the In ternational league was saved to baseball. Circuit Compact By merging the InternaUonal with the New York State league, of which Far rell was president, the circuit was made more compact than ever before and the best paying cities in both leagues now make up the new organization. .Farrell now has a wider scope to display his baseball ability. That he will pull the new league through and eventually put It on a firm basis is a practical cer tainty, for Farrell doesn't know what the; word "can't" means. In an Interview given yesterday, Far rell stated that he felt certain his league would last out the period of the war. that, the league is stronger right now than it has been all season. It ' all de pends, of course, on the "work or fight" order. r Has Produced Stan No man In the pastime knows more balj Players than Farrell. He has the name of every ball player in the minor leagues at his finger tips, and he knows all I about every man Jack of them. As president of the New York State league he ;dug up many promising players for his I club owners. His league produced such- starw as Eddie' Murphy, WaUie Pi PP. Grover Cleveland Alexander.. Frank Schulte, Heinie Zimmerman, Leon Ca dore; Jack Graney. John , Evers, r Fred Coumbe, Leon .Ames. Bill Hlnchman and Steve O'Neill. - ;-..-.;- -a-j A pan-Pacific Olympiad at Honolulu aftjer-tb war 1a proposed. rr---u . . T " Si U -Lyfrtz sis . fJ ML ,r l v - Tennis For Article Ifo. 2 Receiving, the Service As receiving the service or 'strik ing out' is the second' act in every game of tennis, it is the stroke next to be treated. It Is really foolish to talk of cne stroke being important and another less so and so on. In ten nis every stroke is of vital import ance. Striking out most certainly Is. To a certain extent, of course, the striker-out is controlled by the server, but on the other hand the control of the server is harnessed by theythree lines of the service court. In ntaking the service the striker-out knows the ball must fall within those lines and the rest Is up to his eye and his power of concentration. You cannot win -any set without breaking through your opponent's service at least once, so If you aim to win you must find a way of out guessing him. Sometimes a young player is much worried by a server, standing away over at his sideline to deliver the balL In doing this he is really flirting with death for if the striker-out will merely stand diagon ally opposite him he will be In reach of anything he can serve,- and only so, but because the server is out of po sition, the striker can often score an ace with a drive to the unoccupied corner of his court, and can almost always put his opponent on the de fensive because he is voluntarily out of position to cover his court. Gives Time to Recover It Is not wise to try do too much to a very fast service with the server following it to the -net. Better to lob high and as deep as pos sible thus checking his advance and giving you time to recover yourself. Try driving the return not too fast close to. the top of the net as this is a stroke always hard to handle when a man is sprinting for the net. But above all keep cooL Try not to hear your opponent charging to the net. Of, course you should not see him because your eyes should be centered on the fast- Erskine Mayer May 'Win Few Ball Games Erskine Mayer has started well with the Pittsburg Pirates, winning his first game from, Fred Toney of the Reds, says a r nuaaeipnia paper. Mayer is a good pitcher, but needed: a transfer to another club In order, to do his best work. He was one of the few players who felt the loss of XCtllefer and Alex ander, and did not have the same con fidence, when on the mound this year. He usually started ofr well, however, but something always happened and he finished on the short end of the score. He will have an incentive to win some ball games now, Just to show Pat Morah that he made a mistake In letting him go. Cricket tor' Boys Encouraged . ' Toronto and district cricketers associa tion Is encouraging the game among the younger residents of that city and con tests between j boys teams are ; to be played during the summer. ft - - - - te . kMf- 1 .'I- V-i' v. . ' 4" .. - 'W Beginners moving ball, but many net men know they can cause nervousness in the striker by making all the fuss they can. Nervousness from this cause makes a player strike too soon at the ball. Watch the ball closely and you will find there is more time than you realize to make your return. Shonld n't Do "Crawfish." It is in receiving the service that many beginners contract the very evil habit "of "craw-fishing" around to take, the strokes fore-hand that should be taken back-hand, because they are weak on the back-hand. Of all bad things do not do that ! You simply can not make a player with out a back-band stroke, so don't side-step the fact, but get busy and strengthen the stroke. The common fault In receiving the service is standing too close to the service line. Unless your oppo nent is extremely weak you should never be closer in than the back line on hard courts, and against a fast server you will need to stand about a yard or two back of the base-line. It is much easier to take a ball while moving forward than when backing up, and If-a very slow ball Is served purposely' to catch you It will be moving slowly so that you usually will have ample time to get to it if you start in time for It and that's up to your eye. Idea Is to Keep Cool If you are up against a very ag gressive net man it may be neces sary to return to him a short drive well topped whfch Just clears the net and then has a tendency to 'drop curve.' This is the hardest stroke for the volleyer to control, and though it is by no means an easy stroke to make especially off, a fast service, it Is well to know something to try to do against a player that encamps at the net. many beginners being quite bewildered at first meeting such men. Once more learn to lob high and deep whenever you are hard pressed and keep cooL They Don't Take the Pains With Boxers Alec Greggalns, one of the old school of boxers, who of late years has been prominently identified la the training of the younger generation of ring men says the day of scientific boxing has passed. He gives two reasons for thi According to Greggalns. the top notchers of the present day do not take the trou ble to instruct the promising boys. He cites Peter Jackson. Jack Dmnv Jimmy. Carroll as a trio of the old timers who spent much time in coaching likely looking boys. .-- . -- Secondly, the followers of Vninr demanding more and more action leading w - uecision, preieramy a knockout This means, according . to ; Greggalns, that the boys are neglecting their form for the sake of boring in slambang fash ion. in the hope of landing a knockout blow and thus keepin m favor with the public . - .- : : . . " - - ' k . v .Ill Did You Ever Get Cracked in Back By One of These? Harry Hamblet Is the anther ef this flh story and he told it la front of responsible parties. Harry has never . been eaaght fibbing before abont fishing, so this mast be ac cepted as gospel. Several years ago Harry and Lonls Henaner were fishing for tront la Meadow lake from the confines of a arrow boat. Both tlppedf the beam very comfortably above 'l0; both had a wide expanse fore and aft. Hensner had hooked a tront weigh Ing abont two ponnds ea a three pronged hook. Becoming maddened la Its fight against the fisherman. It leaped ont of the water behind him and straek him between the skoal ders, the free hooks snagging In his eoaU , H am blef s weight wonld aot permit him to lean 'over LoaU and take off the fish; neither eon Id Hensner tarn aronnd. While the pair was doing some tall thinking, the tront was playing "There's a Hot Time" on Lonle's broad back. The connell of war decided that Hensner take off hi coat and hand It to Hamblet, In that way clrenm venting the designs of the two ponnder. Can yon heat ltl PUGS LOOK ABOUT LIKE JEFF'S DAY Willard May Emerge Long Enough to Take Beating as Jeffries Did in 1910. MEW YORK, July 6. The present status of the world's heavyweight championship j looks about the same to day as It did. when Jim Jeffries an nounced his retirement in 1904. Burns and countless other pugilists then claimed the title. Including even Jack Munroe. In fact, we now have the days of 1904 repeated. Willard has retired. He may, however, and. In all probability will. emerge from, his Kansas farm long enough to take a sound whipping as Jeffries did. ) It being the Invariable rule that a fighter once In retirement Is practically gone when it comes to hook ing up with a real game scrapper. Two On Oar Hands Now we have two would be cham pions, Fulton and Dempsey, on our hands, and both of them are ready to stake their punch on all comers. Dempsey has been accused of picking "easy marks! during the most of his ring career, and at one time was very much dissatisfied with the whole game and wanted to get out of It Neverthe less, he has been making some noise all winter while i the prospective Willard- Fulton bout was In the air. After that was rather unceremoniously black ballet! by the public, Fulton said he was willing to give Dempsey the once over. Long String of Kayoes As to the possible outcome of the bat tle very little can be said now. Fulton has met some good men - and has mighty punch. Dempsey. on the other hand, has not been credited with vic tories, or -even battles with the top- notchers, but; he has a long string of one round knockouts to his credit The only fa-ir basis of comparison Is on the two meeting with Billy Mlske of St PauL Dempsey and Fulton fought Miske last winter, but neither registered a decided victory- LOU DILLON, 2:01, failed to produce A fnal thla vmm r mil -V m. Km an years old. her family may be complete. C. G. K. Billings said the other day that ne intends to ship her to California and let her end her days In the state where she was born. As a brood mare she has been one of the most successful trot ters that ever held the world's record. her foals including Expressive Lou. Z:08i4; Lou Billings. 2:08. and the pacer, Ben Billings, 2 :054. Lexington. Ky., July 6. I. N. S.) Friar Itock, winner of the 1915 suburban handicap, has been sold to J. H. RosBe- Madden, It was announced here today. The, famous stallion and 24 mares. It Is reported, were lumped together In the sale at a price of f 100.000. Madden paid August Belmont $50,000 for Friar Rock some time ago: ReadvUle Park, ttoeton. will have new grandstand ready for the Grand Circuit races August 28 to SI. It will seat 1000 spectators and will have M private boxes. The clubhouse is to be moved and remodeled to seat 1500. Two Pitching Feats . Are Still Unbroken! A pitcher named Conner was ilmwl k. the Boston Nationals In the spring of 188f. and did so well that he was re tain ea as reserve pitcher. In an exhibi tion game played August 30. 1884. be tween Boston and the Newbury port team of the Connecticut State league, Connor performed a j most remarkable feat of tne pitcher's skill by fanning the first ' li batsmen who faced him. It was In 1909 that Willie Mitchell established the record of whiffing bats men, and his mark of 20 In nine innings was foreshadowed by his wonderful work in that line for several games pre vious. In 10 contests before he shat tered the record he had fanned 102 bats men, getting IS on four occasions. 14 once and in another contest 15. In the 24 games he pitched that season Mitchell struck out 215 men, an average of nine per game, how Southpaw - Mitchell Is going over there" , and whiff a few Teutons. - Philadelphia - and adjacent soccer dubs have S82 players enlisted under the colors.' MUFFIE'S CROWN IS ALL BURNISHED UP FOR SECOND REIGN Portland Champion Who Succeeded George Ingle as King of the Coast Lightweights, Owes Improvement to Hard Work in Open Air; Weldon Wing Ready to Give Gorman a Chance. ROWNED again as lightweight champion of . the Pacific coast is Muff Bronson, who regained, his title from George Ingle at Aberdeen on the glori ous Fourth. Bronson's victory was clean cut, and spectators report that Muff forced the fighting throughout and that not one . single round of the 10 could be credited to the Seat tleite. .. ' , Only once during the fight did Ingie try. to force the going, at the start of the tenth round, when George made a belated rush in an attempt to stave off defeat, but a few well, directed right crosses from Bronson's mitt took all the remaining1 zip out of the fading champion. Although some of his ardent' admirers thought Ingle should have had a draw, the former cham pion took his defeat in good, sportsmanlike manner, congratulated Bronson and asked for a return match. Portland's favorite lightweight seems to have found himself during the past few months and many of his supporters figure his Improved form Is due to some extent to the healthful, outdoor exercise Bronson gets swinging a sledge In one of the local shipyards. Whatever his Im provement may be due to, one thing seems evident right now Bronson is going at top speed and In his pres ent form would have a chance with any of them. The City Greats San Franciscans exalt Frankle Farren as a future great, Oakland fans think Jimmy Duffy will be a topnotcher, Los Angelenos consider Willie Hunefeld the cream of the youngsters, but ask a Portlander and he will say Muff Bronson has done more than any of them to cause the prophets to sit up and take no tice. The Portland boy has been boxing just 2H years. In that time he has encountered every likely looking youngster on the coast At times he has lost decisions, but though he has boxed more good boys than any of the other home town favorites, he has the unique distinction of never having been knocked off his feet Among the boys he has received de cisions over are the following: Frankle Farren. Joe Benjamin. Willie Robinson. Qeogre Ingle, Chet Neff, Lloyd Madden. Eddie Pink man, Alex Trambltaa. Lee Johnson, Harry Pelslnger and Mike Pete. He has scored "kayo" victories over Billy Williams, Leo Houck and Joe Harrahan. Weldon Wing laughs at Joe Gor man's protests over the decision given Wing at Vancouver Barracks last Thursday night Judging from Wing's expression. "Where does Joe get that line of talk." said the pride of Alblna yes terday. "Did he really think he was a champion or something like that? I had heard rumors before the bout that he had pulled that no-decision stuff In a bout with Clair Bromeo a few weeks ago down at St Helens, and was going to try to pull It on the soldiers. Whatever champion ships he had, I have now, but I won't be harsh on him. If he thinks he can defeat me. why I will be glad to return them without any strings attached. We will have a referee or Judges decide the bout I won't ask for any -newspaper decision to protect some Imaginary title. "I believe Joe says he Is a feather weight If that's the case we will box at the featherweight limit and maybe the winner will be entitled to say he's champion as between our selves. Let Joe Get Promoter "If the public Is Interested and wants to see us box, let Joe persuade some promoter to match us. He will find me ready and willing all the time. But as far as Gorman Is con cerned, until he defeats me I must be recognized as featherweight champion of the Northwest I don't like that kind of talk about being doublecrossed. We boxed to see who was the better, and the Judges, ab solute strangers to me. declared In my favor. I don't think I am a great boxer or anything like that Scm DUPOHT AMERICAN INDUSTRIES Pressures Count WmW: 2nl No Pitcher Ever Equalled Work Of Gene Wright Pitcher Gene Wright ef the Daytea Western association team ta . 1H1 Bitched twe no hit raises la steees sion. It was September l thai he held the Colnmkns team fclUess ass wlthont a ran. A gala, ea September 4. Wright, the giant, pitched his see, ond hltless game with In a week. Grand Rapids players were the vie tlms and failed te make a hit or seers n ran. This record Is eayreeedeateC In the annals ef baseball. Cy Toner, In 194, came within aa ace ef aeeem pushing the feet, whea, ea AprU Ss, against the Washington team, he held them hltless la the last seven Insists of a fins he pitched after htar railed In te relieve Winters. Oa May I he pitched his memorable rrae against the Athletics a perfect ens. la his next rame, which was against the Detroit, the great Yeenr held them klUess for the first six In nlnrs, which made 22 eeasecettvt hltless Innings. but I am nearly sure I can trounce Joe Gorman." - It looks as though here Is a chance for some live promoter to match these youngsters, who. it Is reported, make faces at each other when they pass on the street x . Bromeo en the Trail Clair Bromeo and his astute han dler are hot on the trail of Wins; and a chance at Wing's recently ac quired Northwest featherweight title. Jimmy Dercy surprised the dope sters by holding Mick King to a draw at Everett Independence day. Darcy. it Is said, more than held his own with the Australian. Philadelphia Men -Would Mat ch Champ It is reported that a syndicate of Phil adelphia business men. headed by -Sam Grcss and Jake Welnstein. will make an effort to land a match between Benny Ieonard and Lew Tendler this summer. This Is the best boxing boat of the year and would draw a huge crowd. One of the ball parka would be used and It is reported that a purse of 114.004 will be offered. Dick Glendon Will Coach at TJ. S. N. A. "Dick" Glendon of Boston has signed a contract to coach the Naval academy rowing squad next season.' It will be his sixteenth consecutive year In' charge of the Annapolis oarsmen, during which time he has developed maay clever eight oared combinations, which have shown their prowess against the best of the college crews In eTual and college regal- Pressure means propelling- force Telocity and recoQ -important features in shot run shells mm Sporting Powders Dupont - Ballistite as loaded in the shells you bur represent the blendinjf -of many different batches of powder- a blending that is only satisfactory : after countless ballistic tests have proved that every practical combination of powder, shot and wads give the right results. Old timers tell by the feeT i the shoulder. Xu Poet powders have the "rigpt feel". That's whylS of the coua trys hooters ties therm. Se that the names Dupont or Baffistits are oa every box of ' hell to bey. . - i . if rfrbiL L eTaPont don nil ore A Co. PD IPrcsinrcnrr
