Ta& His Two Errors Defeated Him

6 THE- - SUNDAY 'OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND. NOVEMBER 1G. 1919. EDWARD H. PHILBROOK, BROTHER OF MULTNOMAH CLUB FOOTBALL COACH FOUND PLENTY OF GAME ON TWO MONTHS' HUNT IN ALASKA. what happened to .Chicago in the fourth game. It strikes me that the PHILDRQQK superb pitching of Jimmy Ring was REM the deciding factor in this game. Ed- die Cicotte pitched about as well, but ta& his two errors defeated him. The FROM GAME HAUNTS BASEBALL OPPOSED fifth game stands as a monument to the prowess of Hod Eller. In that game he caused nine of the Chicago players to go otit on strikes, getting six in a row. Chicago won the sixth and seventh games, because the Reds M Billy faltered in the sixth, the only break Brother of Winged Coach Evans Believes Real in the series, while Cicotte was master -- ' - of the Reds in the seventh. A genuine Has Good Luck in 'Alaska. ::-'- wr - Playing Wins batting spree by v v. h- - t- - Pennants. Cincinnati maUt? Sep' possible winning ,j 'v- the of the eighth game, 19 to 5. A resume of the series makes it apparent the pitching ot Rout her, Sal-le- e. MANY BAGGED Eller and Ring had much to do TROPHIES 1914 EXAMPLE IS CITED with winning. Likewise, the timely hitting of Kopf, Duncan. Uroh, Diu-be- rt and Neale had considerable to do with the Reds finishing on top. In- cidentally, the brilliant work in the Hunter Has Lively Experience With American League Umpire of Opin field of Eddie Roush and the splendid Grizzly While Tramping catching of Wlnso . and Rarideu Bear ion Too Much Credit Is Oiven played an equal part. North.-- . Wilds of Far . Smith for Reds' Victory. It seems to me that to give a sub- stitute who contributed nothing more than conversation a higher rating than the players mentioned is unfair to those players and a bit of a knock Edward H. Philbrook. brother of BY BILLY EVANS, to the game from a sportsmanlike George PhUbrook, famous athlete and American League Umpire. viewpoint. Most people who like base- coach of the Multnomah Amateur Ath- Get their goat, and we will defeat ball do so because they believe it is letic club, returned to Portland last them. the cleanest of all sports, people who week after two months pent in the Baseball has originated many a believe results are attained through big slang expression. Some of them are superiority on the ball field, not be- Interior of Alaska hunting for national institutions. "Atta boy," cause some bench warmers can get ame. The trip was a combined busi- "show some pepper up" find away with stinging personalities thst ness and pleasure Jaunt, as Philbrook, "come on boys, a little life," are a few tend to upset the players made the who was formerly connected with the expressions of the ball field. None Is target for them. 1 like baseball too automobile industry. Is now affiliated better known than "get their goat. well to think for even a minute that with a motion picture concern and it In' 1914 the Boston Braves made the "tobasco conversation" beat the Chi- was for the purpose of getting pic- Philadelphia Athletics look foolish in cago ball club. I maintain the Reds scenery wild the world series. The Athletics were won because they played better ball, tures of Alaskan and top-hea- favorites, but the Braves and deserved the victory on their animals and to collect trophies that won four straight. Since then It has merits. he made the trip north. been common talk that the Braves PI ayera Are scene of Mr. Philbrook's big-gam- e Offender. The won because they, to use the slang 3Don't get the Impression that '"per- hunting experiences was laid of the ball field, "got the goats" of sonalities"' were not indulged in. I In the Alaska-Yuko- n territory, 300 "the Philadelphia players from the regret they were to a decided degree. miles north of the Tukon river, and, start, and thereby to a great extent Don't get the impression that the as PhUbrook says, "300 miles from ruined their effectiveness. I know were sole The I N-- Reds the offenders. civilization." This region, which is T' W IP - X . several players on the Braves, and battle of tongues was started by the greatest big-gam- e hunting ground they insisted the way the Braves rode the was winning Reds, probably led by Smith, since on the continent, lies at the northern DELAY the Athletics what made Evers gives him so much credit. Don't extremity of the Rocky mountain BOUSES flNZAGS so easy. They told me personalities think the White Sox stood for it with- range. flavored with tobasco sauce were out a murmur. Nay! Nay. They The trip inland was made by canoes hurled at the Athletics. Family af- came back in like language. I didn't and the party was led by an Indian fairs and state secrets were dug up like the stuff. I commented about it guide. DAVIS CUP MATCHES CAUSE OF and told the world. In dressing room one game I have always such the after Much Game Bagged. DISPUTE W taken talk with and expressed regret that a better Caribou, moose, mountain sheep and ITH ENGLISH. a grain of salt. No one can make me spirit of sportsmanship couldn't be grizzly bear all fell victims to Phil-- , believe the Braves won purely on shown. - powered He conversation. I think the Braves won i - games In brook's high rifle. De- I World- series are peculiar brought down six caribou, two moos, British Isle Challengers Want because the team played the better many ways. The games are piayea several mountain sheep and )wo cember Games Delayed Until ball, was favored with airtight pitch- - under the rules of the league where gfclzzly beara All the game was ing, and some one always was able the contest is staged. That Is. in bagged within five miles of the hunt- Late in January. to come through with a timely hit, games played on the National league ers camp. when an opportunity to score was of- grounds the construction the Na- Philbrook had several experiences fered. In addition, the breaks favored tional league places on many things on his trip that he will not soon for- NEW YORK, Nov. 15. Something the Braves. Usually the breaks favor that can come up are observed, and get, but the one that he will always like a tempest in a teapot is brew- the winning team. vice versa on the American league remember and which was foremost in ing between the Australians and the Athletics Are? Outplayed. parks. Both games in which 1 was his mind as he related his adventures British Isles because the latter has In many cases the style of play the "umpire in chief" were played at yesterday had to do with a grizzly been dilatory as to meeting the usual adopted by such a team, makes possi- Cincinnati. 1 make this statement to hunt. He had already killed one of engagement dates for the challenge ble such breaks. To top off the work explain an incident when Collins came the huge bears and was after another matches for the Davis international of the Braves, it was a team that to bat for the first time in the second which he had wounded. The wounded cup. Instead of the matches being played with a confidence In its ability game. He was greeted by a chorus grizzly, after being cornered, turned decided, as has been the custom for to beat not only the Athletics, but of personal remarks from the bench and charged the hunter, and it was a number of years, during the latter any oid team. Perhaps this or that warmers on the Cincinnati club, the only by a couple of well-direct- shots part of November or the first of De Athletic player was a bit affected by purpose being to "get his gc t." A that the beast was stopped and a cember, as was the case when Maurice the "ride" given him by the Boston like Incident in an American league hand-to-han- d combat prevented. E. McLoughlin, William A. Larned players, but it played only a small game during the regular season and Beals C. Wright attempted to re part would have caused me to stop the Freeze Come Early. cup in the final result, I have always play- freeze-u- p gain the world iainus in the figured the Braves to win, contest and warn the offending The in the northern region deserved A would came this year two weeks before it Antipodes, the British Isles chal because the team outplayed the Ath- ers. repetition of the incident was expected and the party was lengers have asked for a delay until letics In all departments, not because have caused d ismissal of the offend- coming late in January. couple ing players. There is a league rule caught in the ice while out m ; :yw'v?. r!. there were a of fellows on the of- They were compelled to leave their The Australians are not disposed to r,rMt r club who could say unkind things to in the American that a player so trophies accept this request as indicating any- the opposing players. fending is automatically suspended canoes and with the Indians thing other than that the British Isles for three days. and complete the journey to the 1 n ) i n i Recently I read a statement by Yukon river on foot.

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