TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 1926
Rinat Big League Pilots Pair 60-for ihe-Openiiig : Game:Way
ki;..M PIRATES
vs.
CARDINALS
DODGERS
vs.'
GIANTS
BRAVES-
vs
PHILLIES
CHICAGO CUBS
'. vs.
CINCI REDS
ATHLETICS
vs.
SENATORS
YANKEES
vs.
RED SOX
W INDIANS
FT vs.
TIGERS
r BROWNS
- vs.
WHITE SOX
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HENDRICKS
MUGG1KIS
SPEAKER
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TJIll McKechnle leading chm- Wilbert nobtnson tUotinff Dod
Dave Bancroft at helm for , Joe BIcCarthy,. newest pilot, Connie Mark leading Athletics Miller. Hoggins leading Yanks, Tris Speaker managing Indians,
George Siller manager of St.
Liouls, Eddie Collins of Sox. Game
at Chicago.:'-:. ".".,'.
plon Pirates, Rogers Ilorasby, Sogers, John McGraw the Giants. Braves, Art Fletcher for Phillies, leading Cubs; Jack Hendricks the JHarris leading Senators. Teams le Poll 1 Boston. Teams meet at Ty Cobb Tigers, j Game staged at
Ixrahv Game at St. Louis.
Game at New York.
Game at Philadelphia.
Reds. Game at Cincinnati.
meet at Washington.
Boston.
Detroit.
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HOW LAST YEAR'S .
t -STANDINGS READ
'Here Is how the rlnbs In the
American and Xatioaal Leagues
ftsibed In 192S. Clip itxont and
put It la yonr billfold for ref.
erence.. You might also lndi
cate the way In which yon
think .the dabs will finish this
year and . find out. next .fall
hvtrgood a prophet yon are.
elXATlOXAL LEAGUE (
Clob Won Lost Pet.
rftUbnrgh (HI RS . .21
Nrfw'Yorkl.. .86 ' 6A JiOtt
Cincinnati . . j0 73 . JS23
St. Louis. .. H 77 TB .503
fjoston . .... ,70 S3 .45
Brooklyn ....68 85 .444
Philadelphia, ,6ft 85 .441
Chicago .....408 86 ' .442
A3IERICAX LEAGUE
v wjnttb Won Lost Pet.
Washington ..96 55 .630
Philadelphia .86 64 J&79
BULouLs ....82 71 V3fl
Ietroit . .81 73 .526
Chicago 79 75 .513
Cleveland 70 84 .455
N('w York". . . .69 85 .448
Bast on 47 105 .300
JEM FOR BUTTLE
Quarter Million Spectators
Are Expected to Witness ;
Opening, Frays,
am. i . . I
Armed for battles such as they
seldom have had before, baseball's
mb j&r league hosts gathered to
day 'to enter thV opening : frays
' ' l dbt: It. pvt on the, base' lines
ai summer.1
slC3ose;tq a quarter of a miilion
rfeclators are expected to. see the
' Tarring jforces ot the sixteen Na
tional 'and American league clubs
time to grips tomorrow.
The-eve of the 1926 campaign
' f indar he war correspondents
ngrseo that It will be a fight to
: tfie finish on both fronts but thev
' diffkr.;-jrldely' when it comes to
picking- the winners. However
afroAtfy Hhe world's champion
Pittsburg Pirates and Washington
Ssna'tpra Anierican 'league title
holders may have been entrenched
lark falL observers nbw see a de
. cWe'4ninacftb7the positions of
rpth Jnl the strength of rival
' So. fart as ths National league Is
rlntsrne'd, ibese critics" believe
that It will take all of Pittsburg's
cnjl&euco- resourcefulness . and
aiaeking power to stand off the
r TLageiir of the" New York Giants,
lad - by that seasoned campaigner,
Jhn McGraw. or "the sensational
" drive!' of thfl St.' Louis Cardinal
roelttroops. . inspired by their
chletim, Jtogers Hornsby. These
tbjree. are picked fight it out for '
vinjpr Tiouor. but the Cincinnati
RedX and', Boston . Braves both f I-
: gre-Vjr front line factors with
ontslde" chances, of upsetting the
alvaQcodbpe.7 v ; ' . . ,
' la r the American, league, sector.
tfceSoQators seking. their third
riraight pennant, face even greats
'rf Addi; with op less . than five
dabs conceded to have prospects
i of carrying off the "main prize.
. GannlelfaclE's" Athletics loom- as
Inmost Tormldabte contenders to
.rjoii Observers but "Yankee "hopes,
'.die mal a mouth ago have rebound
: ea bnder the impetus of an aston-
lihing battling, spree while parti --
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Big League Races Promise Real Thrills;
; Brown Lists Some Interesting Possibilities
' XORMAX K. BROWN
' Central Press Sports Editor
Baseball morula, to the last man. are predicting that the season
of 1926 will be the "best and biggest" in the history of the game.
The wish la father to the though, of course. Turnstiles were made to
turn.
But this much can be said.
Conditions on the various teams, the introduction and discussion
of the. resin ball, the much talked of elimination of the "rabbit bal'
the fact that it is "Bhow "em" .year for Babe Ruth and many other,
angles indicate one of the most interesting seasons the game has ever
enjoyed. ' " -HU
The rules committee, consisting of four members of each of the
major leagues and Judge Land is as the ninth voting member, ap
proved the open -use of resin as an aid to the pitcher in drying his
hands. Thq American League, magnates hold that, while the com
mittee approved it by a five to four vote (Judge Landis casting th
deciding ballot) the four dissenting members were the American
League representatives and the use of the foriprn substance has not
been allowed in the younger circuit and will not be.
Judge Landis recently threw a bombshell into the league by an
nouncing that American League hurlers were free to use the resin
bag legitimately, just as the National league hurlers.
"The rule does not let down the bars on the use of foreign sub
stances as an aidMn pitching," ruled the Judge. "It simply grants
the hurler the privilege of using it to dry up his hands."
The conflict may develop into a real upheaval if the season ends
and the world's series is thrust upon us without a decision as to a
unanimity of opinion on the use of the ball.
The Pittsburg Pirates, after a surprise victory in the National
League last season, during which they apparently overcame the stage
SALEM SENATORS TO
ATTEMPT COMEBACK
Disastrous Resultsof Sun
day's Game Are to - Be ;
v G,ountefacteA-4
When the Salem Senators meet
the WOW team next Sunday in
their second Greater Portland-Willamette
Valley league game, they
will throw in their whole might
in an atempt to rectify .the disas
teroua results of last Sunday's
clasrh with the Portland Cycols.
, Starting out in the initial act,
the Cycols romped oft with a
three run lead. Not once after
that did they allow the Senators
to, so much as tie the score. Sa
lem's only, bid for the game oc
curred in the, fourth inning when
she rang up .five tallies. :
Proctor started it with a single.
Preston walked. Rankin singled,
but forced Preston out at 2nd,
Proctor going, third. .' . Bishop
snaped out a Texas leaguer for
one base, bringing Proctor horns
and sending Rankin to 2nd. John
eon sacrificed, the men advancing
a base each. Then- Barham took a
healthy hold on bis bat, sunk his
feet in the dust, and let fly at a
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sizzler. Result, ball over the cen
terfield fence, and three runs In
for Salem. Blair repeated with a
homer over the right field fence,
and the scoring was finished for
the frame.
One more run was Salem's sole
contribution for the rest of the
game. In the ninth inning after
two feeble outs. Ridings walloped
one over the left field fence. But
the umpire called it a foul and
Biddy , did JUUle, Jar dance be
tween, home and third--When the
smoke had cleared. Riding took
the next offering ana gave it a
ride over the right field fence.
First half of the ninth Inning
wis Salem's Waterloo. Until then
the Cycols had scored only eight
runs 3 in the. first, 1 in the se
cond; 2 in the third and 1 each In
the fifth and seventh. In the ninth
the Portlanders pestered the bat
until they had brought home seven
runs. Features of the inning were
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fright or whatever it was that caused them to weaken in the stretch
in previous years, are out to repeat this season.
John McGraw has had to patch up his' pitching staff as usual
and plug a hole in his outfield and bolster his infield in anticipation
of a bitter fight to regain the lost championship.
The St. Louis Cardinals grabbed off Bill Killifer, deposed pilot
of the Cubs, in the hope of rounding their always uncertain pitching
staff into shape. ,
Joe McCarthy, successful, minor league pilot, left the Louisville
club to enter the majors as pilot of the Cubs and his efforts to
raise the team from the National League cellar will draw much at
tention. Rogers Hornsby, baby pilot of the league until McCarthy's en
trance, is starting his first full year as manager of the Cards and as
he and Ceorge Sister give the St, Louis fans the most brilliant pair
of leaders in the history of big league ball in that metropolis said
bugs are about to g6 wild with anticipation at least. Whether reali
zation of their pennant hopes will come is another matter.
In the American League Stanley Harris labors diligently to hold
a title that he won and held with the oldest baseball team in captiv
ity. Can he keep his "old man's home" intact and in fighting trim
through another campaign and turn back the Athletics, Browns,
White Sox and others? Joe Bush, cast off by four big league clubs,
is the latest addition to the "veterans' association." Will he live up
to Harris' nopes and remake tho pitching staff?
Cannia Mack, after 12 years of effort, seems destined at least
he feels so to win a pennant. He has employed one of the old
masters of the game, a man rated as shrewd as John McGraw, to put
into his club the thing it lacked last season the ability to "fight to
win."
He has waited a year f or Lefty Groves, in whom Connie has
three or four steals to second-
matter oi no dirticulty tor tqc
Portlanders as Johnson couldn't
find tho range in the second; a
run forced in on a walk given to
Feldman the weakest batter; and
the umpire hit on the head with
a last one that set him reeiint
while the crowd cheered.
BUTLER TAKES STAND AS
COURT MART1AU WITNESS
(Continued from t tte 1.)
he probably was. They .'usually
get that way when they're drunk.
But the defense counsel did not
let it go at that, j
"Did you call a physician to
determine whether Colonel Wilr
Hams was sick or intoxicated?"
"No. I did nojt,, replied the
witness. "A doctor might have
helped the intoxication -some, but.
he could not have cured the sit?
uation Colonel Williams created.'
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wmm
pay later.
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"But why didr you not call a
board of inquiry to determine
whether the colonel actually was
intoxicated before moving to
court martial him?"
"Because," retorted General
Butler with asperity, "in the ordi
nary procedure of the marine
corps we do not call boards of in
quiry to investigate the condition
ofpeople we know are drunk."
-The general, who earned a na
tionwide reputation as an arch
-enemy of liqtior before he was de
posed as Philadelphia s police
chief last December, admitted he
was nervous and suffering from
an infected tooth on the night of
the Coronado party. He denied,
however, that the tooth ache had
irritated him into incapacity for
duty thus answering the defense
suggestion that Colonel Williams
might have escaped court martial
had General Butler's teeth not
been bothering him.
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$100,000 invested, to deliver some return on that investment in left
handed strikes. Gleason is said to have remedied the pitching fault
that has made. Groves wild and uncertain for years. Has he?
The New York Yankees are ni the process of rebuilding. Shorn,
of the glory that was theirs in 1921-22-23 and Which clung to them
a year or so afterwards, they are out to regain a place in the sun.
Babe. Ruth starts out a repentant player, shorn too of much of
his fame, with the announced intention of delivering the goods in
the hope that his new contract next fail will approximate in total the
one he is now laboring under. i '
On that very same team is Tony Lazzeri, the "Babe Ruth" of the
minor leagues and outstanding slugger of the Pacific Coast. Will he
take Babe's place as the Gotham idol if Babe fails to hit his stride?
Lazzeri is booked to play second and form part of a rookie infield.
Eyes will be upon him there, as well as upon Mark Koenig, infielder
purchased from St. Paul. These three men and Earl Combs, bril
liant young, centerfielder and .300 hitter, have it in their power to
put the Yanks in the running.
The St. Louis Browns, as mentioned above, are aiming at the
flag, tho first (if it is won) to grace a St. Louis ball park.
The so-called "rabbit ball" is said to be a thing of the past, we
are told. The use of resin was urged to help check the wave of bat
ting which has threatened to rob baseball of its "inside" features and
versatility of action. If the magnates counted on such a move why
was the ball changed at the same time? Pitching and batting records
of the first few weeks, in the National League at least, may fur
nish some very interesting figures.
Material for plenty of fanning becs in these conditions mention
ed. It ought to be a great year if the quality of baseball is of the
right kind.
SEALS WIN CLOSE
MISSION CONTEST
SAN FRANCISCO. April 12.
A single by Earl Averill. San Fran
cisco rookie outfielder, which
scored Lloyd Waner from third
base, broke up a 14-inning bail
game between the Seals and the
Hollywood Stars here today and
gave the San Francisco team a 2
to 1 victory.
Score R. H. E.
Hollywood 19 6
San Francisco 2 7 2
O'Neill, Mulcahy and Peters,
Cook; Grlflin, Williams, Moudy
and Agnew, Yelle.
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LATE FIGHT NEWS
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NEW ORLEANS. La., April 12
(AP.) Pal Moran, veteran
New ; Orleans boxer, battered
"Rocky" Kansas, lightweight
champion of the world in a 10
round no-decision bout here to
night WICHITA, Kans., April 12..
(AP.)-Young Stribling, Georgia
won a ten round fight from
"Chuck Burns of San Antonio,
here j tonight, in the opinion of
newspapermen. Stribling had all
the best of it from the start, but
his lack of punch displeased the
fans. :
Creswell Plant being built for
manufacturing pottery, to employ
25 to 50 men.
.X
ONE NEW FACE.IN
MANAGER RANKS
' The major leagues start the
1026 campaign with but one
really strange face in the mana
gerial ranks. That belongs to
Joseph-McCarthy, pilot of the
Chicago Cubs. McCarthy, man
ager of the Louisville American
Associat Ion club, ' was signed
over the winter and' will make
liis debut the opening day.
Rogers Hornsby took charge of
the St. Louis Cardinals in mid
seaaoR last summer. Here Is
the complete list of managers:
NATIONAL LEAGUE
New York.. ...John J. McGraw
Brooklyn.,.. Wilbert Robinson
Boston ...... David J. Bancroft-
Philadelphia.. .Arthur Fletcher
Chicago .Joe V. McCarthy
Cincinnati.. ...Jack Hendricks
Pitts burg. ...Wm. B, McKechnie
St. Louis .-.-...Rogers Hornsby
AMERICAN" LEAGUE '
New York- ..Miller J. Huggins
Boston L : -I.. Lee Fohl
Philadelphia........ Connie Mack
Washington....8tanley R. Harris
Chicago, --Edward T. Collins
Cleveland ,j...Tria Speaker
Detroit ;... Tyros R. Cobb
St. Louis ..George H. Slsler
Pacific Coast: . ,
Portland at Seattle; San Fran
cisco at Mission; Sacramento! at
Oakland;, Los Angeles, at Holly-
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NEW YORK. April 1 1 2. ( By
Associated Press.) Opening day
major, league games are sched
uled as follows: ;
American League:
New York at Boston; Philadel
phia at Washington; St. Louis at
Chicago; Cleveland at Detroit.
National League: :
Brooklyn at New York; Boston
at Philadelphia; Pittsburgh at St,
Louis; Chicago at Cincinnati. ,
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