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THE OREGON , SUNDAY JOURNAL, 1 PORTL AND, SUNDAY. MORNING.' AUGUST 4, 1918. FfcRUE CUM TOR., HUNTING CORJNfFOOT TO PLAY FOUNDATION TEAM ON VAUGHN ST.L0T WORLD'S GREATEST SHOOTING TOURNEY WILL START TODAY RUBE EVANS, southpaw twirl of the Foundation club (above) and Frank Rapp, veteran left bander of the Corn foot team, who will oppose each other in today SMpfcuUd era league contest on the Vaughn street grounds. U - DR.E.J. STEWART, foot, bail and track coach of the IJniversity -of Nebraska, who Iwill go to Italy as ath letic I director, Stewart was formerly director of athletics at tho Oregon Agricultural college. TO HOLD SERIES Much Interest Centered on Contest Between Rival Teams; St. Het ; ens Will Plav Grant Smith-Porter- Club: Peninsula Representatives of Big leagues Agree to Play Championship Games After labor Day. Greatest Shootep in Country Are Assembled at Chicago for Grand Ar&erican Handicap Best j Shooters of East and West to Shoot Red Cross Match. a i . Billed to Play at Vancouver. 20 0& 4 tixA mam, im v .Ml. r DEGIDE It Ull I ) III. .. .Ill II! I I J llll 111 i... ' i 5 WO hard fought contests are looked for in today's schedule of the Columbia-Willamette Shipbuild ers' Baseball league, when the undefeated "St. ltU is f.'i sw V team has strengthened his lineup for the game with St. Helens, having secured the services of Woods and Yarrow of the Supple & Ballin team, which dropped out of the"Ieague two weeks ago. "Dutch" Altman, former third baseman of the Spo kane Northwestern league team, will join the Smith-Porter team next week, it is said. 13111 Gleason, who topped the league during the first half of the season, will make his initial appearance in a St. Helens uniform today. GleasOn was signed by Manager Mensof im mediately after he was released by ' Foundation and the appearance of the former Multnomah club star in the lineup of the downriver club la going to assist that team In walking off with the championship of the second half of the season. Barbara Is Pitching Wayne Barham willj do the pitching-' for the Grant Smith team. Bar ham, although he has lost several games during the second half of the season, is pitching good ball and if he is accorded good support today he . will give the - Bt. Helens club a run for its money. Itarstad will ptch for St. Helens. There Is a great deal of Interest centered In the Foundation-Co rn foot game. A half a game separ ates the two teams a ltd a victory for Foundation will put that team In the "first division. Game at jYancoaTer Hither Frank Rapp, the veteran southpaw, or "Suds" Sutherland, will do the hurling far Cornfoot, and James or Evans wUl work for .thai Foundation. Both teams are In great shape and have been play ing bang-up ball during the last couple of weeks. The Peninsula team has, been strengthened for Us game with Standifer, Manager Keith having -signed Edwards, who was released by the Foundation- club a fortnight ago. Edwards wtll probably be used In the outfield against, Van couver, as Nick Williams seems to have recovered his batting eye. . With but five games remaining to be played on the league schedule after today's contests. It appears as though the St Helens . club would be the team that will play Foun dation in the. play-off series for the championship of the league. Hsrstad's Arm Helps The great pitching of Oscar Har lad has aided the St. Helens -club in keeping out in front in the race and, judging from the way the down river team Is hitting the bail, it Is goinsr to be hard to stop them. With the exception of the game billed with Foundation for Vaugt.n street August 19, the St. Helens club will play the remainder of its game on Us home field, which la , quite an advantage. Stetson Hats I? CsawsUatButfteaegaerAltarx Attend th Oaks Red Cross Benefit Tuesday, August 6. All receipt, for tb Red Cross. Evorybodr will b ther. an nmr mt i en team clashes with the Gri.nt Smith-rorter club on the St. Johns lot and the Cornfoot and Foundation aggregations mix on the Vaughn street grounds. The third game in today's pro gram will be played at Vancouver between ;the Standifer tossers and "Buck" Keith's Peninsula team. v Manager Eddie Yates of the Smith-Porter Golf Is Unlike Any Other Game In Sport World A tennis coart naeasures so many feet this way and no many that way, with a net In the center. A ban ball field Includes a diamond that is feet between bases, or 137 feet and some odd Inches front home plate to second base.' A ' football field has Its clrcum crlbed and described boundary lines as to length a ad width, and also at to height ef cross bar and width be tween goal posts. A golf coarse Is any eld width and any old length. Holes nay be found at certain lengths agreeing with lengths on other courses but no two holes are Identically "alike. No two golf iarts are et identical texture. The wlnik doesn't blow from Iden tically the nnSe direction or with the same velocity on any two courses. And lastly, even giving fishermen a big handicap, there are no two "lies' alike la golf. J Larry Lajoie Panned By Baseball Critics American association critics declare that Napoleon Lajoie, as manager of the Indianapolis team, is a failure. The Hoosiers are in the second division and their home patronage is dwindling. Lajoie, It will be remembered, refused to accept a transfer from Toronto to Brooklyn last spring, as the owner of the Indianapolis club had offered to double his Toronto salary. Lajoie won the International league pennant with the Toronto team last year. His experi ence at the head of 'the Hoosiers. there fore. Is a great surprise.-particularly to James C. McGill, who Induced him to keep away from Ebbets field. Portland Woman in Finals Chicago, Aug. Z.(V. P.) Mrs. W. I. Northup and Miss Carrie Ncely of Chi cago will meet in the finals of the women's singles of the western tennis championship tourney Monday. Miss Neely won her way Into the finals by defeating Marlon F. Leighton, 7-5, 6-2. Mrs. Northup and Miss Neelv win play Miss Leighton and Mra Ralph Field in the finals of the doubles. The Port- Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits offer you stylish design, f me tailoring, good all-wool fabrics, correct fit and are guaranteed to render you complete satisfaction. These Qothes for Men and Young Men are identi fied by this time-tested label: Suits Priced at $25, $30, $35, $40 Sam,l Rosenblatts Co. Tito Men's Star for Qaality and Service ' ."J ' i ?a mm -. 4 J-,? f .. ? ?, kLt-Jt M -c ,4 rV --M 1 '. land (Or.) woman and her partner beat Miss Emily Tlmm and Mrs. E. Weigel, i-4. 6-0, in the semi-finals. Harry Vardon, the great English golt player, may visit this country In Au gust. Manhattan Shirts Gaseo Bufldiag Fifth and Alder V t' i' 't IV" ,?m -i ;xt-t -s.i : j-'i V ' -A "i. J ISA I. ' ii) TY COBB IS LEADER IN MAJOR SET Georgia Peach Has Mark of .358 Ex-Coasters Hitting in Charmed Circle. CHICAGO, Aug. S. I. N. i S.) Ty Cobb, veteran, continues to. keen ahead of his more youthful competitors for the .batting honors in the American league. Ty has stepped up to the plate 296 times, and has comn away with the satisfactory average of .385, yhlch is to be compared or contrasted with the .358 of his nearest competitor, Acosta of the Athletics, who has faeed the vari ous twirlers of the league but 53 times. As to the Nationals, Groh, pf Cin cinnati, is the real leader,' having : a standing of .344 in 337 times at pat. Below are the averages of men In the two major leagues who are batting .300 or better: American Leagne Cobb. Detroit, .385; Acosta, Athletics, .358 ; Burns, Athletics, .349 : 81sler. St. Louis, .322 ; Speaker, Cleveland. .317; Bush, Boston, .816 ; Hooperr Boston. Jtu ; Baker, New Tork, .309 ; Ruth, I Boston, .809; Milan. Wash., .305; jPipp N. T. (now In service), .803, and Johnson, St. Louis, .300., - . " j . Rational Leaga I Fisher, : St. Louis, .377; SoUth worth. Pittsburg. .370; Cueto, Cincinnati. .355; Groh. Cincinnati 444 ; Z. Wheat. Brook lyn. JJ0; Kauff. N. T. (now in serv ice), 434: Hollocher, Chicago, .313 ; Dan. bert, Brooklyn, .313 ; J. C Smltni Boston. .8X1 ; Cheney, Brooklyn, 341 ; Merkle. Chicago, .310 s ' FlUgeraJd, Philadelphia, 408; Schmandt. Brooklyn. 407; s. Magee, Cincinnati. 403 ;- Rouach. Cin cinnati. 400.- - . - Baseball Dobe CAUI - 1 Worn. W. NATIONat. LKAUI Ohleate OhiMee PKtaburs Otnolnnstl .......... Brooklyn "et. s St .S3 .BSC .482 412 A9 .433 41 .12 470 4B1 427 443 44B 417 403 ss , as ; 441 . . . , . 42 1 4g B1 , 41; S1 4 BB 4 B-r PhltaArtphla Boston , fk Levi AIMERICAN LKAQUB i o as Oleveland ffllWIIIIHHl Mw Verii ...... r V : ...'... 4S 44 44 s-t Sk Levis 44 ma. Detroit 41 bbv Philadelphia ....V.. 4 ' 6S LEVEL AND, O., Aug. '3. Both biS leagues will continue to play through their present schedules u p to and includ ing Labor day, SeDtember 2. The world series will begin September 3, according to offi cial announcement by the na tional commission here today after a conference with Amer ican league moguls. It was stated, however, that there is a possibility that the start of the big series is being laid over un til September 4. The sessions of the commis sion and the American league started with the names pf six American league heads signed to a pledge that they would back up President Ban Johnson in his view that the big league sched ules should be cut short August 18 or 20, with a world series to be completed before the first of September, time limit given pro fessional baseball by Secretary of War Baker under the "work-or-fight" ruling It waahe piea of Clark Griffith of the Washington club that changed the temper of the American league heads. Griffith's name and that of Harry Frasea of the Boston Red Snr were the only names not signed to the Johnson pledge. Griffith made a speech calling attention to the fact that for the first time in years his club is having a successful season with the aid of Sunday bail. This caused Johnson to release the mo guls from the pledge and the decis ion to continue until September 3 was unanimous. The only changes to be made In schedules as they now exist will be . minor ones. The signature of Barney Dreyfus of the Pittsburg Pirates appears with that of Garry Herrmann and Johnston on the commission an nouncement in place of that of John K. Tener, National league president This marks the completion of the side tracking of Tener, as it was stated here that Dreyfus will con tinue to serve on the commission until the National league elects its new president, "whoever he may be." NATIONAL LEAGUE Giants Lose Chance New York, July 3. The Giants prob ably lost their last chance to overhaul the Cubs in the race for the National league pennant here this afternoon when mey euccumDea in the second game of a doubleheader after having won the first. Scores : First game R. H E Chicago ; 2 6 6 New York 4 B 0 Tlu ttoHo. n.n ! a r a . ...... - """S'"! v.i wr ana mill er ; Causey and McCarty. oecona game R. H. IS. Chicago IX 14 2 New York 6 10 1 BatteriesHendrix. Martin and KUli fer; Perritt. Demaree, Steel and Rari den. Pirates Beat Braves Boston, Aug. 3. The Pirates used three pitchers here this afternoon and defeated the Braves. 4 to 3. Poor um piring and two fast double plays fea tured the game. T,xre: R-H. E. Pittsburg 4 9 . Boston i 3 7 1 Batteries Sanders, Slapnicka, Corn stock and Schmidt: George and Wilson. Teams in Batting Fest Philadelphia, Aug. 3. The CatdinaJs SCOred a dotlhlA Iril-tnn, V - m.,,.,. j vtoi me rumieg after a long afternoon of whaling and waiting In .1. 1 . . . iww wiirn exnthirtnna JACKSON NEVER HIT BELOW .300 RANKS WITH THE BEST BATTERS When Joe Jackson left the Whits Sox to become a shipbuilder, after being placed in Class 1A of the army draft he surprised a good many pa triotic fans. But no matter why Jo left tho Box so suddenly, the fact remains that as a ball player with a punch at tho bat ha was always a bearcat la tho major leagues. Tyrus Cobb bit only .240 in 40 games with Detroit his first year up. That was in 1905. Since that time Cobb has never been below tho .300 mark in 11 years of healthy clubbing of the crafUest pitching in the big leagues. And Cobb promises to go on and on. Ty Cobb's BJval Tet with all of Cobb's great rec ord, this Jackson person loomed up as a worthy rival for tho great Georgian, for Jackson started at a .300 clip when he first broke in as a fielder with tho Cleveland Indians back in 1910, and though he played but 20 games . this season, having bean called back from New Orleans by Philadelphia and traded to Cleve land for Briscoe Lord, be hammered - the globule to tho tune of .387. Best Average .408 From the beginning of tho season of 1911 until August 31, 1915,- Jackson i feTEWART IS NAMED DIRECTOR NEWS of the appointment of Dr. B. J. Stewart, former football and track coach at the Oregon Agricultural college and athleUc director of the University Of Nebraska during the past two years, as an overseas athletic has been received here. Stewart, according to the reports, will be ; sent to Italy. Stewart aeted as football and track coach at the Corvallis institution for several; years, and during his stay he developed some wonderful athletes both On the gridiron and on the cinder path. His greatest achievement was a 20 to 0 victory over the Michigan Aggies during the 1915 season. The O. A. C. team departed for the east with only the hope of holding the Aggies to a low score, but the style of football, used by Stewart took the Lansing boys off their feet The regents of the University of Ne braska' have granted Stewart a leave of absence of one year. A director will be named to succeed Stewart at the nefct meeting of the regents. It is tinder stood that there are a number of ap plications for the position. there were 40 base hits for a grand total of 64 bases. ( Scores : First game R. II. E. St Louis 16 1 2 Philadelphia 13 14 S Batteries Packard. Meadows and Gon-. sales; Oeschger, Fortune, Prendergast and Adams. Second game R. IL E. St Louis T 11 1 Philadelphia 1 3 3 Batteries Ames and Gonial ea ; Hogg and Adams. Reds and Dodgers Split Brooklyn, "Aug. 3. The Reds and Dodgers divided a doubleheader. here this afternoon, tho Reds taking the first game. 10 to 1, afrd loeirlg the second, 3 to 1 X Scores : First game-v R. H. E. Cincinnati . 10 14 l Brooklyn 1 7 1 Batteries Schneider and Wingo ; Mar guard. Smith and Wheat Second game R. II. E. Cincinnati . . 1 4 1 Brooklyn 3 9 0 Batteries Eller, Ring and Wingo ; Grimes; and Miller. was member of the Cleveland club and the figures show that he hit like a pile driver. His best batting av erage was. piled up in 1911. when he finished tho season clubbing at a .408 clip, and tho same year Cobb hit .490 and beat him out in the hottest race for a battling championship that ht ever been staged In tho Ameri can league. j Blow to White Sox Jackson is a natural hitter and a consistent though not a flashy, fielder. He is fast and ha Just natur ally goes out and gets 'em without tho show or tho effort that makes tho work of many fielders look bril liant! His loss to tho White Sox was a hard 1 blow, but Jackson made tho blow, a little harder to bear by leav ing the club with tho avowed inten tion of enlisting as a shipbuilder. Here is his record in the clubbing annals of tho American league: 1910- 4-Cleveland. A. I 38T 1911- i-Cleveland. A. L. .401 1913C1eveland. A. L. 36 ll--Cleve!and, A. L, 373 1914-Clveland. A. L. 338 111 5 Cleveland. A. U .333 191S Chicago, A. I... 341 1917-rChlcago, A. L.... 301 Average for eight years 359.4 PI Jl jy ii iiiM a match between five of the leading professionals of the East .and five representing the West will be staged at the same time.. Each man entered in the team race will shoot at 104 targets, and the scores of the five high will determine the winners of the match. The match will be shot in four straight strings of the 25 targets and some exceptionally good shooting la ex pected. Big Crowd Expected Hundreds of shooters who are con gregating In Chicago for the blue ribbon classic of clay-pigeondom and it Is expected that one of the largest crowds that evec witnessed a shoot ing event will be on hand to see the west battle with the east Tom Marshall, who won tho Grand American Handicap at live birds, will auction of f the honor of referee Ing, scoring and judging the event. Ad mission will be charged either at the gate or by the sale of score cards. Among some of the shooters who will represent the east, besides New comb, are: Mark Arte of Illinois; Wollfook Henderson of Kentucky ; and C. B. Piatt of Bridgetown. N. J ; R. A. King, the Colorado cham pion : E. F. Woodward, the Texas champion ; and O. N. Fortl, Caii fornian. , Templeton To Shoot Oregon will be represented in the tourney by Frank Templeton, the state champion. C. B. Preston and J. W. Seavey planned to attend the shoot but they were unable to make arrangements to get away. Wash ington will- be represented by Frank Troeh. the state champion, and C. E. McKelvey, runner-up in the event The tournament committee has ar ranged to give each state cham pion, who attends the shoot a $50 Liberty bo rid instead of the same amount in cash. Approximately SO per cent of all winnings over 3200 wtll be paid in - Liberty bonds and about the same percentage of all winnings leas than 300 will be paid in Wr Sayings Stamps. Much Interest is being centered on Harley F. Woodward, the 15-year-old youngster, who annexed the state championship of Texas by defeat ing E. F. ForFgard. a veteran, in a shootoff at 80 targets after they had tied with scores of SS in the main event. Troth May Wis The west will be represented by some great shooters this season and It would not be surprising to see the . title come this way this year. O. L. Becker will represent Utah, F. S. Bair will try to uphold Califor nia's honors. Judging from the way Frank Troeh has been shooting, it would not be surprising if he again an nexed the title. The feature event will be staged Thursday. A total of $,025.00 in trophies and monies has been offered by the Interstate association. BIG SWIM TO BE HELD THIS WEEK Marathon Race Set for Saturday; Little Chance to Break P. N. A. Mark. THE annual Willamette river mara thon swim of the Multnomah Ama teur Athletic club will be staged next Saturday afternoon at 2 :30 o'clock. Provided permission can be secured from the authorities, the event will etart and finish at the foot of Salmon street the event will be much shorter than any time since its organisation, but it is believed that the change would , add interest. The plan of holding -the event in the lower harbor would also give the public a chance to see the swimmers in action. Hosford fthoald Win O. J. Hosford. who won last year's event is expectd to repeat this season. In addition to Hosford. the other en tries filed1 to date are : Frank Kleman. L. Balbach, "Happy" Keuhn, Ed Hart, Ed Leslie, Clyde Ewin. Jeff Harbke. Frank Llndstrotn. U. W. Smith, Myron Wllsey. R. B. Cole, E. Emergrene, and "Dutch" Rellly. It is not believed that any of the Pa cific Northwest association records will be broken in the 1918 championship meet to be ataged at Victoria, B. C, August 24. The Multnomah Amateur Athletic club will be represented In this meet by its best swimmers. Miss Thelma Payne, the national diving champion, and Mrs. Connie Meyer, wtll enter the high diving championships. , f Present Marks The present reeprds of the P. N. A.: 80 yards J. McMurray, M. A. A. C. 93H seconds. 100 yards J. Scott Leary, : Portland. 60 seconds (straightaway). 100 yards Norman Ross, M.'JL A. C. 1 minute, 1 second. ?20 yards Norman Ross. M. A. A. C.J z minutes, L z- seconds. 440 yards Gus Mankurtx. M. A. A. C, minutes. 47 seconds. 600 yards Norman Ross. M. A. A- C-, 7 minutes, 31 seconds. 880 yards Norman Rosa. M. A. A. C, IS minutes, 59 1-5 seconds. ITH the staging today on the South Shore Coun try club grounds of Chicago of a team match between ten of the best shooters of the West, captained by Frank jM. Troth of Vancouver, Wash., and a similar (number of shooters from the East under the leadership of Charles H. Newcomb of Philadelphia, the nineteenth, annual Grand American Handicap the premier trap shooting event Of the World will be opened. The match is being staged for the benefit of the American Red Cross and it is likev that Dates Selected For Field Trials For 1918 Season The ltl ehamploiitnlp ef the Oregon HfM Trial club may be d termlaed Krptrmber 29, II sad tS, one week before the miiaki riti. slsb trial, according to Dies. Carlos, .....".j -J i me lorai cluD. A mtet lag ef the officers of the local dsb will be held next week to decide a the exact dates. Floretta, who finished well ap In the all-age stake of the Oregon trials last fall, Mohawk III, and stTtral other high class Derby and ali-ags dogs, were horned to death la a fire which destroyed the kennels of Charles Murray, at Landers, B. C Maldle, a high class dog, which ap peared here last year, was the only one saved. NO CHANCE OF HOCKEY THIS YEAR INHERE will be no professional hockey, In the Northwest this season. This seems assured, although President Frank Patrick of the Pacific Coast Hockey as- J soclation has made no official announce, ment regarding tho plana for 1918-1919. ' The fact that so many hockey players have Joined the American or Canadian armies, and that tho "work or fight" reg- ulatlons will affect professional hockey Just as It has other branches of profes sional spo-ta. indicates that no attempt will be made to open the league this coming winter. PUa Shipyard Lcsgne There is some talk of a shipbuilders league between various yards m Seattle and Vancouver, but whether Portland will bo given an opportunity to put a team in this league la not known; Portland could assemble a fairly strong : team, but on account of "the time that would bo consumed In making the- tripe ' to the northern cities it is doubtful whether local players will be gtven a chance to get in the circuit As a starter for a-team. Portland has "Moose" Johnson. AJf Harbour, Charley Tobln and Tommy Dunderdalo. Johnson. Tobln and Dunderdale are working in i shipyards, and Barbour it working in a local drug store. Tommy Murray, the sensational goalkeeper of tho Rosebuds,' is working in a shipyard in 'tho south, 1 and he may come north if there is any chance of playing on a team in a semi-, pro league. "Smoky" Harris, who waa a momKp of the Portland team since Its organize- : tlon, is at Camp Lewis, having been drafted Into the service about 10 days ago. j AMERICAN LEASTS Senators Wallop Tigers - - Detroit Aug. 3. While Shaw held tho Tigers at his mercy, Washington batters hammered the offerings of four Detroit pitchers for a total of 14 hits and the Senators walked away on tho long end of a 10 to 1 decision. R. IL E. Washington - -..10-14 8 Detroit 1 ft -1 Batteries Shaw and Alnsmith: Bo- land, Jones, Bailey, Hall and Stanage, Red Sox Get Three Hits Cleveland, Aug. 3. The banting game and two-baggers by Chapman and Speaker completed the undoing of the Red Sox today in the second game of their series here, which was won by the Indians 5 to 1. The score: , R.H.E. Boston 1 3 1 Cleveland 5 11 1 Batteries Jones and Agnew ; Bagby and CNellL Sisler .Star at Bat St Louis, Aug. 3. Five safeties by George Sisler. abetted by three others from the bats of his teammates and sev en free tickets, enabled the Browns to . defeat a trio of Yankee hurlers today. to 6. The score : j- R.H.E. New Tork , 6" 5 St Louis 8-.8 4 Batteries Keating, Love, Robinson and Walters; Sothoron,' liouck and Nu namakor. v ' ; ,r Sox Win and. ; Lose , - Chicago, Aug. 3. The Sox andSAth letics divided a double-header, today. Joe Bens outpltched Watson and Jatnleson In th9 opener. Jack Quinn, coming; from the Paclflo Coast league, . dropped tho second contest for the Box when he was batted freely . In' the last two rounds. The score-: r ' ' . - First game ' RilLE. Philadelphia 3,8 3 Chicago ...i..,it.. ..10 10 0 Batteries Watson. Jamleson and. Mo Avoy ; Bens and Schalk.. v . Second game f , .. R.H.E. Philadelphia 47 Chicago r..Z, , vV.';.. 1 ' 7 l Batteries Gregg, perrjr and Perkins ; Qulnn apd Schalk, . - -