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.WIT-MUST YKAIt.
AllflnKOliO OltKdQN, H VrTUlM V, 0(!T0H1PR J K 1911,
No. 177.
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LOCAL EXPERT PICKS GIANTS TO WIN
TOMMY CLARK TELLS HOW ATHLETICS WON PENNANT
Will BE PITCHERS BATTLE
FROM START TO FINISH
Mall Trlliuno Succeeds In Inducing Local Ball Expert to Furnish Dally
Article on World Champion Series Today Ho Presents tho First
Or.o Thinks New York Pitchers Will Succeed In Holdlnn Athletic
3liii(jcrs In Check.
(OwIiik In llio wl(ltir'iiil Inloriwt.
In llio world ch.-iinplniuthlp Imiiohull
w'rlcn tho .Mull Trillium htm mio
leoded In ItltlllcllIK OIKi or I lin I it'll
pimtitd ImHclmll fitim In Houthorn
OruKWi to ftirulidi a dally article on
tho kiiiiii'H. For IiIh own ioiimoiih ho
wImIi.'k bin Identity to tut withhold.
I'oIIowIiik Ih tlm flrnt of llio uitlelcri.)
Hy noon indny Medford faim inter
twtod In Ilia grout HtniKKl" or nu
pritiuitcy between the Now York
(iliiulh ami Philadelphia AthlotlcH
Mill know thnniKh tho excellent tnl.
i;mihlc Horvlro Nporlnlly tuMwrcil fur
tho orcanlon by Tho .Medford Mall
Trlhtliio whether tho (limits or Ath
letic trluniiltoil at tho Polo grounds
In Now York. All records for at
tomlauco will ho nlmttoruil beyond
iloiihl ami ll would ho liitoroxtlur. to
know Jiul what walks of llfo aro
mnnt roiromntoil In a nutltltiiilo of
hacohall faim hiicIi a eoHiunpnlltnn
city an Now York will turn out to
wltuiiBH an exhibition of tho Kront
national pittitlmo.
.N'crtn Itacklur Slniuijlo Auroil.
Whllo roiuinoutluR on tho lmt;o
no wild who will fight their way Inch
iy liifth Iw pcru rnivttl for- llio nur
ifffiTo ofIfni'luiinK IK inijii TTtrlvliiK
tholr tittiioHt to nuMitro victory for
their rolntlvo toauu It may not ho
luapitrnnrlnto to rouioiuhor tho men
on tho field of Imttlo. What effect
will tho huge coiirourno of people
havo on tho two "nlnon" buttling for
world houorit? Plrkeil men of tliolr
clans, many of thoin votoraiiH In tho
liiiHlnimn, thoy pay scant nltontlou iih;
a rulo to tho iralno or JIIioh of tho
experience will go a long way to
ward deciding Mcdraw In IiIh ehnlro
of pitchers for tho opening riiihc
With .Mathowiiou al IiIh html tho Ath
letics will find thoy aio not opponod
lliln year to tho weak hurling Hlaff
of tho Cull hiil faco to faco with
mtuio of tho horil pitcher In tho
United Hlnli'H. It doe not roiiilro
any violent Btrotrh of tho Itnnglnu-
iioii to pieiuro uio Athletics criim
lillui: hoforo Matty and Mnruunrd
four dari In iuk-ithMou. With tho
exception of KIiik Colo tho (MiIchko
Culm had no pitcher to hold tho
hiiirkiiir .miickiiioii iiimi year and a
very different talo may ho told when
thoy faco two of tho bout of National
league timber.
Homier, I'lauk ami CooiiiIh.
Tho Athletic will undoubtedly
roly on HiIm trio of pltchortt to defeat
tho (Hants. Can thoy hold tho flint
Imno running (Hants to Iciih lilts than
thoy did tho Culm? (Slvo Now York
a rant mint perched on tlrt and tho
pitching Ntaff of tin Athletic havo
their work cut out for thorn to hold
hlui there. A rant man on first or
uroouil Iiuho In many cane Ih worno
for tho pitcher than having onu
Ktrlkn on tho butter ttRitlntit threo
h"n)l5. To a groat extent ho mum
roly on tho catcher and hero Ih whom
Thomas of tho Athletics will havo
ample opportunity to domoiiHtnito IiIh
proweHH at ciittliiK off a utoal.
I'ltdiem MaliiNtay llotli Team1'.
Tho winner of tho World's Cham
plouxhlp will ho that team wIiohc
pltchurti aro In hotter trim than tho
other during tho all-Important xerloH
Mtart Jtiir today. Whllo Now York
Iuih only two men who rank with I
public. ICveu tho hardened veteran
tlliu'itl'iir liilitllt Unit n fc'.irl.lM utiflna t....l.. tft..... I . ....... .. ......... ... !
I.Miiiii n iiiiru w.-Di iiitiii, un milieu IH
foro they aro capable of wlmiliic tint
doKtitto their hard hlttliiK opponeutH.
On (ho other hand If Homier. 1'lanjc
toi'H who were never known to hwIiir
at aiiylliliiK ouUtilo of a miro utrlko,
chop mivaKoly at a wide 0110. l'ltch
er uolotl for control will aoroplauu
without vUllilo rnimo. And ho on It
BOOH.
Sent Intent ('liaiiKt'H.
A mouth n no puhllo Moiitluiout fa
vored tho AthlellcN lo win tho world'n
eliauiploiiHhlp. Today It Ih coiinIiI
ered a i;ootl loKleal hot lo pick either
loam to win. TIiIh cIiiiuko Iuih heen
hiotti;lit ithoiit hy tho kooiI work of
ChrlHty MalhowHon In tho pant five
veekn. Mcdruw'rt III. 01)0 "lemon,"
Maritiaid, wiih tho only Now York
pitcher at that I Into who uhowed any-
thlux I Hut chtHH for world Hcrlca
work but with the return of tho In
vincible ".Matty" to form haitohall
faim all over bt'itan to dope out auow
Ihtt rvHpertlvo cIiiiiicoh of Philadel
phia tiKiihiHt Now York.
MnthowKon and Marititrd for tho
(IIiiiiIh tipptiHi'il to lleudor. Coomlm
ami I'lauk for tho AthlotlcH. TIioho
men will coinprlHo tho maltiHlny of
tho liurlliiK talent for both teaiim,
Hy every precedent of tho Kmo
"Matty" will hurl tho oIiihIvo pellet
for llio Now Yoikera today. I.lko
whio lleuder for tho AthlellcH Ih al
in oxt miro to bo Hlatod (o hold tho
(IIiiiiIh In cheek,
I'ltchoiM Will Win or l,se. .
Maritiaid Iuih inado a bolter nliov-
aud CooiiiIih Hiirreed In IioIiIIdk tno
(ilautn to a fow Hcattoretl hlta
throiiKhout tho sorleH then It iniibt
ho coucedud tho hard hlttliiK Mack
men will triumph,
1 1 to t It Toiuiw llllVO Clllhl
I.ooklni; hack over the ptiBt hoiikou
It will ho noted tho Athletlco were
hIow to Htrlko their Hlrlde. Their
pitcnern early In tho hobbou wore not
there. Ah tlmo wont on they im
proved until they overtook Detroit
for kooiI ' early In AiikuhI and wore
uovor In duuKor from then on, Why?
Their pltehoiH all nettled down to
wlnuliu; form. Detroit would never
luno heen overtaken by tho AthlellcH
had they piiHseHHed anything llku a
Kond coiihIhIiiiiI Htaff of hurlom. Tako
a look nt Now York'H record In tho
National I.eaKno and It coiuob iih a
nurprlHO when you realize what they
have done nKalimt tho top, notch hurl
em of tho varloiiH teaiim tlierolu.
With thoxcoptlou of (IroKK of Clove
land, Mullln of Detroit, .IoIiiihou anil
lluuheH of WaHhluKtou, Wood of lion-
ton and WiiIhIi of Chicago none of tho
other American l.eaftuo toaniH hud
anylhliiK like tho ptlchliu; Hlaff of tho
AthlotlcH to oppoHO Mack'H hIiikkoih.
Tho National l,ear.uo had many cou
HlHtaut liuiielH to tiond UKiiluiit Me-
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MACK IS BEST IN ADVERSITY:
STI C K-TO-IT-1 VEN ESS WON OUT
MANAQEE
THE ATHLETICS AND SOME OF HIS
ffAEBJ
STAR BALL TOSSERS.
hit; for tho (IliintH than "Matty," hut (Jiiiw'h petH hut to no avail. Tlmo
ami again Now York won out with
letm hlta than their opponeutH by
reiiHou of upeedy Iiuho ru.ii norn ami if
tho Athletics hopo to dofeat tho
lilautH thoy must either keep tho Now
Yorkeru off tho micka or hold thorn
there when on.
Hummed up, the opponltiK pitchers
will win or lose tho Herles for either
team. Whllo haltliiK uud bauo Bteal
liiK will play JiihI iih important part
In (IiIh Herles iih any other, tho burden
reals with tho pltchera for reasons
nlready rIvoii. Whntevor way It rooh
let tho hoHt loam win, and hero In'hop.
Iiik tho nerleii will requlro tho whole
Boven RiimeH to decide tho houora.
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Hill Klein, one of tliu
l.eaitue uuiDuen ehoseu lor work in
(ho world's Hetiea, is retiriled us
llio lies I man in the Lynelt ore;nui.a
lion. I lis piirluer, Hill Hiviiniiii, wlio
was elisoti will him, vastly improved
town id Hie elose o' the season, ami
was working well iurIi perfeel ames
liehiml the !ul. Hrc'itiun was not
lot at ways for a while, hut (here is
no doubt Unit he enmu nloii lately.
Hreunau has an oxehive copy
right on (he cahsHicnio system of
umpim on (he liases, (he Mime as
"Sill." O'LoiikIiIiu has on the word
"lull." He N a oh?, fine-lookinj?
ehap, Riven to dress off the field,
mill, while the election was directed
hy rotation, Lynch eould not have
picked (wo hotter men out of those
ho has at hand.
Connolly is ipiito n crusly individ
ual when diroctiiij n. riuuo, but is
considered n eoinpelent man, while
Hill nineeii, Hie old piteher, is tiNo
eonstnutly improviuf".
lvlem is n ureal utiekler for eii
quetle on (he field,, and insists on
(ho players uddresiiiR- him ns
"Mister," which is llio lido ho al
ways Rives (hem. Ip times of stress
they sometimes put.n e,uriois accent
on llio word. One dny Lurry Doyle,
captain of (he llianls, sdirted in lo
wtird Klein, who wns workins; haok
of (he hul, willr (ho iulentiou of
considered much of nil uiuper in n spenkipR his mind in, the nmpirienl
ear. Larry had his hend down and
was roariiiR with ra,e. Bill prompt
ly drew n line in the dirt in front of
the plat with his toe.
"Don't you dare cross that line,
Mister Doyle," re warned. "Don't
you do it I"
Larry hesitated and considej-ed. If
ho crossed tho lino he. knew ho would
bo fined. If, ho didn't his self-respect
would ho sorely ilmmiRcd.
Then ho hastily hopped over into the
forbidden territory with n meek:
"I just wanted to speak to Mey
ers, Mister Klein."
And Hill could hardly dony such a
pleasant desire.
Connolly always views the pyra
lions of "Germany" Sehaofer, the
Washington comedian, very sourly.
Ho doesn't get the Dutchman's hu
mourous slant. One day "flennnny"
found u Ioiir siring of -hair mid fas
tened it lo his chin, so iliut it looked
liko it slriiiRy Roatee. ' I'o advueeed
just iihont to swing nt n hall when
When Philadelphia Went West They Continued to Lose Fans Gave Up
When Detroit Beat Tliem First Two Games but Mack Kept Hfs
Team Plugging Away and They Came Back With a Vanrjcanc and
Won Out.
By Tommy Chirk:
Although the American league
season of 1911 was not nltoRcthcr
devoid of sectional nnu individual
disappointments, there wus probab
ly not nn owner or official in the
junior organization who did not feel
that the 1011 campaign was as pros
perous uud successful as uily of the
previous years.
Of course, there havo been no such
monetary rewards reaped as those
lend advantage it shrunk violently,
HiigcriiiR quite n time around tho
three Rtimc mark. But tho Tigers
couldn't hold this lead, .And on J:ly
4 the champions of tho .world enmo
to their own again hy assuming
first place in tho Araoricnn league
race after it had been held by De
troit since the opening of the Rea
son. The Mackmen didn't have the hon
or very long. The very next dny
of the years in which the American j thcy toppled out again, and Detroit
(Continued on Pago 3.)
league races were phenomenally
close. There has heen nothing like
the sustained interest of 1000, for
instance, when the White Sox nosed
out New York in the last week of the
season, nor like Hint of 1907, when
Detroit nnd Philadelphia fought it
out almost to tho wire with the Sox
nnd Naps hanging on until near the
the finish.
There has been nothing like Ihe
intense excitement raised and main
tained in 1908, when n presidential
campaign was compelled to take a
side street, while tho boulevards
were monopolized by an unparallel
racing almost neck nnd neck for tho
wire and the verdict hanging on the
result of the final'game of the sche
dule between Detroit and Chicago.
This year's race hns been a two
tenm affair, Philadelphia and De
troit monopolizing the gladness of
the whole season.
The Tigers started this season on
a gallop and at the end of April held
n big lend of twelve games won and
two lost, while the Athletics were in
the second division. During May
the Tigers still held the big lend, and
many experts predicted they would
walk away with the gonfalon. But
the more conservnativo thought
that n lend was n handicap to Jen
nings' men, which Inter results
proved to he true.
Tho early part of June, when ihe
Tigers held a big lead over the Ath
letics of twelve games, Mack's
chances looked slim. Such n feeling
was well justified. With such nn en
ormous advantage it looked as if the
Tigers could niirso their lead nt no
great strain on tho players. They
lied enough of a lead to sustain a
slump and get back on a winning
streak again.
When tho Athletics wont on their
first triu west they disappointed
their followers. They didn't show
anything until the trip was almost
was back. They went west n train
and struck a calamity in Detroit,
which swept four straight games
from their ancient enemy. There
fore in little more than a week after
Independence day Detroit had gain
ed first place and was leading tho
Athletics by five and one-half
games.
With the season more than half
finished, tho Athletics' chances
looked worse thnn ever, but tho
Mack wrecking crew saved things.
The team was soon back fighting
again, and the lend worked gradual
ly but steadily below tho fivo and
onc-hnlf murk.
The Athletics rctumed homo
July 2 J to fight the "western teams.
Thoy struck the westerners quick
nnd hard. First it was Cleveland
and then Detroit that wcro mado
dizzy by the monarch's speed. Nei
ther was St. Louis nor Chicago
spared.
Ou Aug. 4 the Athletics for tho
second time this season had fought
their way to first place, the differ
ence being that this time thej' held
it. During September their lend in
creased steadily, nnd thcy entered
the last week of the rnco practically
eased up.
In all but one department tho Ath
letics aro n bettor ball club now
than they were n year ago. Tho
outfield, while it is not a wonderful
trio by a long shoto, is a shnda
moro rcliablo thnn thnt which
bumped the Cubs last year.
There aro two or threo sets of out
fielders in the big leagues that rato
higher than Lord, Oldring nnd Mur
phy, but Muck's strength always hns
been in his infields.
Thero is no quartet in tho gnmo
todny thnt combines with baseball
such intelligence ns that of MoInniH,
Collins, Barry and Baker. The four
are wonderfully fast and aecurato
fielders nnd possess great throwing
oer. lioiroit was tne third citv in nnna. 'pi.a :,,r;..i.i ...-o e....i :.. im.
n ....... ,t ...... ' I " .' . "" "" "" " wi
- i.-i iin nicy cuueu. nut t is sneed er this season. T,nt
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year Harry Davis was on first, but
last July ho was replaced by Molu
nis. For nil his youth and inexperi
ence Alolnuis is a big improvement
Phutidclphin fans resigned all
hope when Detroit bent tho Athletics
in tho first two games. But it was
tho old story of Muck being best in
adversity. Ills team didn't quit.
The IneJieiim whipped his players
together tho very next day, when
they started n sensational winning
streak. Thoy took tho next two from
the Tigers, bent Cleveland in the
next four nnd then traveled east and
continued their success.
They won twenty out of twenty
two games beforo thoy had a slight
reaction. This spurt of tho world
champions mndo big inronds on tho
Tigors' lend. From n twelve enmo
over Davis. Bight now "Stuffy"
looks the equal of nuy first base
man in tho American lengue, bar
ring Hal Chase. First ntutioii hist
year was tho only comparatively
weak one, but it is now well cov
ored. It is only iu llio pitching depart
ment that Muck seems to havo fal
len off from hist year. Neither
Coombs nor Bondor has' shown tho
wonderful formjofji year ago. Afor
ContInuM"on"PaEr Threo)
Rogue River Valley University Club Shows Solendid Growth in First Year
Soiuo fourteen uiontlm ago, wneu
u few college mini in tho valley woo
talking of the possibility nf fanning
a university club in llio Itogitu river
valley, tho Mail Tribune, in mi un
conscious tribute lo tho odiiciition:))
Hlmidiirds of the valley's funning
community, observed lliui, "Medford
needs a university club in older thnt
tho fiiriueTH limy hiivo sumo place lo
Hltiy when thoy come to "town." It
wiih shortly after lids, tluil A.
Miilhooul', (hen Hoorotnrv of the
iioinmorcliil club, Hunt out a on II for
u intuiting of college men mid u stunt
dozen responded uml slutted ihe tie
(mil iii'giini.iilioii, wiih from this
beginning, with tho original :i!eu of
meeting ocaesionully iu the rooms of
the cnmmoroinl club, grow the present
Kogito Kivor Valley University Club
with its luxuriously cosy esl.ih'ish
meut of ii library, a billiard room, n
writing room, buffet uud Ktohui
with its membership rolo of over one
hundred, combining a lunch club, n
social club uud something of it liter
ary organization.
Tho cosmopolitan nsicot of tho
Boguo river valley can hu estubliih
ed hy n more glance al tho club's
membership list. For its memhciM
have esluhlished their eligibility !iy
tho iissoi'iiilioii of llicir mimes m
students iu forty-four colleges mill
universities, chiefly in America, but
with n good sized sprinkling iu Eu
ropean countries. At the annual
mooting of (ho club held n weok ago,
llio secretary's report showed that
tho Yale delegation led numeri
cally with eleven representatives,
while Harvard enmo second with
seven, although having mistaken
noiso for numbers, tho members of
ils delegation last spring formed
the "Harvard Club" as an auxiliary
organizalion of tho University Club
mid assisted the progress of tho
fruit growing industry by such in
ventions ns llicir roiuiiiknhlo effi
cient alcohol smudgo process. The
University ot Minnesota come
third nuuineriially with six; Wil
liams (rails with five members,
Illinois shows lour, while Cornell,
California, Stanford and Michigan
each contributed three alumni to the
club role. Wellington State, Ore
gon, Missouri, Wisconsin, Columbia,
Washington and Lee, Hohart, No
hrus, nnd West l'oint euoh have two
members, while one represents Cor
by (Kngland), O. A. C, Wesleyan,
Virginia, Svarllunoro,(leorgo Wash
ington, Miiryland, Pennsylvania,
Military College, Massachusetts,
Tech., Louisiana, Chicago, Perdue,
Trinity, Ohio, Northwestern, Christ
iinia (Norway), Colby, Bowdom,
Bethnmy, and Michigan Agricultural
College.
Besides tho representatives of
these colleges and universities, tho
club hoard of governors has hrtn
orefl eight residents in tho Valley
with election ns "Governors' Mem
bers." Tho finnnoial condition of tho
Univorsity Club can hnrdly ho bet
tor. Although tho club rooms havo
boon open hut about nine months,
the secretary's report for tho ontiro
year since its orgnnizntnion shows
a balance of almost mo thousand
dollars. This situation has been
ueeredited by tho incoming treas
urer to tho untiring efforts in behalf
of tho club, of tho former proprie
tors of tho Antelopo Orchard, "Ed
dio" Burgess and "Jim" Bnibour,
nnd while Mr. Barbour loft Medford
shortly after tho annual meeting-,
no financial declino is to bo antici
pated owing to tho expected endow
ment of tho club from tho buried
dubloons of the Koko Islands and
tho recent return of ono of tho now
proprietors of .the Antedono Or
chards, bringing innovations from
runs which should swell tho club
treasury.
Tho future anticipations of tho
Univorsity Club which a year ago
hardly included permanent rooms,
aro now of a homo of its own equip
ped with all tho modern convenien
ces of clubdom and iudpinc fVnm .a
growth in its first yonr such anti
cipations Biiouiu ho spocdily fulfil
led. In othor linos tho club plans de
velopment, includille- tllO iiinnvnfln,.
m it uiiujso oi leoiures mid informal
talks on subjects of vital interest to
its mombors, tho establishment of
sleeping quartern nnd (ho enlarge
ment of its miixiiin a n
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