6 O'clock Test

THE 3IORNIXG OEEGOXIAX, "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13. 1919. 13

Oeorere Moriarty said it was not an "infield fly" because the shortstop did not BRITTDN TO MEET reach it. Hugh Jennings used to boss George Moriarty. Now George bosses Hugh. AUGUST The Detroit manager and the umpire' O'OOWD 22 had a run-i- n the other day at Boston and iloriarty came out on top. Jen- nings drew a suspension, even though he telegraphed Ban Johnson that the umpire "robbed" his team. Welter Middleweight Mix Is AXGELS SIGN YOtTH. OF 16 Criticised by Some. Jimmy Reese to- - Become 3Iember of Team at Age of 18. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 12. Jimmy FIGHT WILL GO ROUNDS Reese. mascot of the Sub- 8 marine baseball team, of San Pedro. Cal., has just been signed to play with the Los Angeles club of the Pacific Coast Baseball league when he becomes 18 years old. He is said to be" the Instructive Boxing Lesson Given to youngest player to be signed with a St. Paul Thumper Two Class AA contract. Years Reese has been working out at Wash- Ago Causes Speculation. ington park, here, the home of trie Angels. Fans are enthusiastic over his fielding, while he is said to have a re- markably fine arm for his age. He has been tutored by such players That time-wor- n question of. "Can a as Howard Ehmke, Harry Heilman. f ood little man beat a good big man?" Herb Hunter. "Butch" Byler, "Lefty" is coming up for discussion again. This O'Doul and Don Rader. time jack Britton is the good little shout man and' Mike O'Dowd the good big man. Britton islhe holder of the wel- AT BUT terweight crown, while O'Dowd boasts LEMS o'clock of middleweight ME 6 the title. Britton and O'Dowd will meet in an eight-roun- d bout at Newark, X. J., on BEE SEEMS WELL 'ESTABLISHED August 22. Some of the critics are AT HEAD OF LEAGUE. does criticising Dan Morgan, the welter- now tjour cigarette weights champion's manager, for let- ting him take on O'D.owd, but Morgan Sam Crawford Is in Second just smiles. Place, begin Maybe Morgan has a reason to smile. Ten Points Behind .3 70 Mark. to taste It is just two years ago since Britton and O'Dowd met in the .ring, and the AVisterzil Tops Beavers. great welter then gave the St. Paul thumper an instructive boxing lesson. Beyond question, Britton is stiil the Bill Rumler of Salt Lake seems to be master of O'Dowd in the matter of box- sufficiently well established in the bat-ti- n- NOTE 'This is the severest test to which ing, and the only question is whether leadership of the league td fear no Alike s improvement in combati veness opposition. He is hitting the ball at you can put your cigarette. ' and attack is sufficient to overcome .370, while Sam Crawford of the Angels Britton's .'advantage in boxing skill. is in second place, ten points below him. Judged by the way in which O'Dowd With but two months of the season left, disposed of a trio of light heavyweights Rumler is not apt to be headed. at the military cournament in London, Hugh High of the Tigers took a he has gained in aggressiveness and big jump during the past week, and is force, and Britton will need all of his now hitting .322. But Bob Meusel with dinner time. You've been ring craft in order to keep him at bay. .333 is still the Tiger leader. Justin If the welter king can do that, he Fitzgerald advanced one point, and so NEARIY all day. How is your cigarette should then be in line for a battle did Phil Koerner, but Fitz is the chief Jack Dempsiy. slugger of the Seals, with an average appetite? O'Dowd is above the mediocre class of .327. of middleweights and has proved him- The base-runni- championship is in self a worthy holder" of the title. How- still the hands of Billy Lane of the If it is tired and jaded in other words, ever, Britton's chances loom even Oaks, with 3S steals. Ernie Johnson of greater when it is known that Ted the Bees has 38 to his credit, while unless it's as fresh, crisp and snappy as right Lewis, the former welterweight cham- "Babe" Pinelli of Sacramento, who was pion, whom Britton knocked out, on in the lead for many weeks, is now in after breakfast you ought to look around several occasions gave O'Dowd more third place with 36. than he could take, in Harl Maggert has a long edge on for a different brand of cigarettes. matches and the last time was not so competitors as the league's best run-gett- very long ago in Boston, just before He has crossed the plate 95 O'Dowd joined the army. times. Billy Lane of Oakland and The right brand (when you find it) will At any rate, a great deal of interest Justin Fitzgerald of San Francisco are smoke-hung- Is being displayed in the contest, and tied for second honors with 86 each. let you feel fine and fit and ry be enough while if Britton should fortunate Jjk Fournier of the Angels is x bed-tim- e. to land a k. o. punch he will be the next with 83. clear up to holder of two world's titles. O'Dowd "Tex" Wisterzil has the lead over all Just enough Turkish is making 158 pounds ringside for Portland hitters in the unofficial aver will give you enough the delicious Britton, while the latter will enter the ages up to and including games of last It of ring weighing between 145 and 148 Saturday with a mark of .286. Follow 1 tobacco pounds. ing are the averages: AT most of the places where straight flavor of Turkish but it will be so Last Turkish cigarettes used to have the as off-s-et over-richne- ss Lux, the Kansas City welter- U. A H. K. BH. Pet. Wk. ! blended to the or Morris . , J. more recently of Portland, made Boelzle. Prattle . 'I 1 1 1 .500 Fatima is now the leading ciga- weight, Rumler. Suit Lake .10:! 414 7!) .M7(J .371 "call", heaviness that comes from smoking too in San Francisco the Craw-ford- . his ring debut Los Ang ii:i A.ut 7:1 l.i.. .:ti .;itii few night and fought a draw with Miller. Oakland . 04 11 an ih .:i... .: rette. Here are a of these places other .:;.-- .: much a battler by the name of Blliy Shade. Krause. Oakiund . 17 :t a ..": Turkish. golf a good deal Dale. n!t Lake . . 11 21 .S42 .:4 just as examples of Fatima's popularity Lux has been playing spencer, Salt Lake .. OS 20: 0 .340 .3 and a. slice to advantage over urover. Ua IS ;5 13 22 .3.".S .. men who really know how to used kland .... .l among The one cigarette which today seems to Shade. Fournier, Los Ang ..lis 4."il S3 l.-- .33.1 . Meusel, Vernon 101 402 74 13". .333 .337 judge "cigarettes: Jimmy Kldred Sacramento .112 421 73 13S .32S .330 be attracting most men who tire of straight Now who wants to fight. l.-.-o old, Fitzgerald. .San Fran.Hr 4.V1 so .327 .320 Wilde' None other than little Hifcli. Vernon t;0 2:i:i 42 73 .322 .3112 Atlantic City Turkish is Fatima (see at left). bale-headed Johnny Coulon, who was Sheely. Lake ...110 422 72 13,) .320 .310 HoOxteri twice in Portland several Koerner. San Fran ..110 ;1MH 42 120 .318 .317 Marlborough-Blenhei- m Borton Vernon 12(1 407 HQ 12S) .317 .323 years ago by Billy Mascr.tt. coulon Vv ilie. Oakland Ion .1.14 7:i 1 1 '2 31 Hotel Traymore As soon as look ,nrl-- r manage you are ready to seriously i ,.i i vimcalf the MaKEert, Halt Lake.. 114 4:10 13ti .310 .Soft ment of Al Lippe. the Philadelphia hdilinKton. ernon ..112 3SS 72 120 .:0I9 .3ll Boston planning on Killefer. Los Anselee.lOS 440 S2 l:ifl .300 .rtir into the cigarette question, put Fatimas to fight promoter, who is SarramenLO-.ll.'- .V2 Copley Plaza England Wolter. I 402 124 .3nS .;I08 Hotel making an invasion of with Compton. Seattle ...111 428 6S 132 .308 .:lott the 6 o'clock test. a stable of boxers. Coulon has in- Oillisan, Seattle ... 13 " 4 .308 Harvard Club formed him that if he is taken along Johnson. Salt Lake.. 92 302 B0 111 .3o7 .310 Stock Exchange could whip Zam'.oeh. S.in Fran 44 OS 7 30 .300 .2!t3 he is quite sure that he Cooper. Oakland .... 1 322 r3 !17 .301 .31 rt Hotel Touraine "Wilde., Thsre was a time long, long Kassler. Los Angeles. 3S 123 14 37 .3111 .310 ago when Coulon very probably would UricK?, Sacramento.. 3 a:;S 3t llll .2S.SI .302 Chicago whipped Wilde. Coulon, as far CunninKham. Seattle. S2 320 32 94 .204 .3(13 have now a Sweeney. Seattle .... 22 73 4 22 .'.'. .203 "Auditorium Hotel as fighting is concerned, is little r.iiiott. Oakland 1 204 23 33 .2S9 old man. .Murphy. Oakland 120 4." 00 131 .2S4 Congress Hotel vv'ist-rz- il. Port land. . . 07 33 46 1(12 .2S .203 containing 100 names of Larkin, Sacramento. . 0 21 2 ,2S .300 Narragansett Pier The petition Bohne. Oakland .... HI 312 32 S9 .2S3 .286 prominent Portland taxpayers is slated Schultz. Los Angeles.. 22 30 3 11 .30(i Casino to be presented to the. city council to-di- v. Sifflln. Portland 113 431 54 121 .2M will pave the way for a Markie. Salt Lake .. 27 S3 S 23 .277 .2SS New York which Mullipan. Salt Lake. . S3 3(1 47 S3 boxing ordinance to permit 1M1 .20 new local in Knijrht.. Seattle 334 33 02 273 .281 Hotel Belmont ten-rou- bouts, as provided for the KruK. Salt Lake ....124 43t Grt 123 274 .273 bill passed at the last session of the tilth. San Francisco. 30 84 111 23 274 .273 Hotel Manhattan legislature. Mitchell. Vernon ....120 473 70 129 273 .207 'v state Blue. Portland 114 403 3 1 273 .270 Hotel McAlpin Lewis-Jac- k Schick. San Fran 112 404 78 1 272 2280 Stock Exchange The recent Ted "Kid" a Farmer, Portland.... 01 22S 20 272 .284 Biitton contest in New Jersey drew Middleton. Sac 113 442 40 1 271 .272 Waldorf-Astori- a $13,591 gate. Britton received ,oo. R. Arlett. Oakland. .. 31 74 8 20 .270 $4077.30. Couch, San Francisco. 23 07 8 18 .200 .270 Beach for his end and Lewis ("randall. Los Angeles 43 7 7 2 .208 .270 Palm Mulvey, Salt Lake 100 444 60 .208 .268 of the IT. 40 lis The Breakers FATIMA Captain Bob Roper, late Brooks. Vernon 134 22 41 .200 .243 'A Sensible Cigarette S A aspires to be heavyweight Cox. Portland 101 308 41 08 .236 Philadelphia who returned to Walsh. Seattle 105 311 32 104 .206 champion of the world, has Chad bourne, Vernon. . 120 403 76 123 .207 Ritz-Carlto- n from Mexico, wneie no uuu "Ittery. Los Anseles. 3(1 S3 0 22 .230 . .nnH witn Jack Johnson. m AUIridee. Los Anceles 17 411 4 13 .283 Stock Exchange champion. Roper says, is still RciKer. Seattle 24 33 8 14 264 .243 former is Bates. Los Anpreles .. 40 144 22 38 .204 .281 Washington in good physical condition, but he Driscoll. Los Anseles. as 121 17 3: .204 .238 down and out financially. Roper is Rader. Portland So 2o3 43 77 .203 .202 The Capitol Building of Charley Cut- - liosp. Seattle 03 232 18 61 .203 .201 under the manascnwiit Derrick, Seattle 20 118 18 31 .203 .207 ler, the wrestler. C'aveney. San J ran.. .113 442 113 .200 .207 Crandall. San Fran. .108 3 41 96 .238 .204 " "Leo Honck, the Seattle lightweight Schorr. Peattlie ... 20 31 0 13 .236 .260 , v. t -Vrtrtiaml- a number, ol. Fisher. ernon ... ..S3 310 30 81 .234 .234 W IIO lUUrlilt " .V.I been maicncu lu - i Koehler. Portland . 100 17 43 .234 .244 Fatima contains more Turhish than times, has Miami, Ariz., Au-- : Smith, Salt Lake .. 48 131 20 38 . .237 Grunan ten rounds at Pinelli. Sacramento. 108 410 fi 104 .230 any other Turkish blend cigarette. 22. Speas. Portland ... 4 224 37 36 .230 .230 6VSt Lapa n. se.att le .... S6 283 34 I .240 .249 McCoy. ...former middleweight (lUichman. Seattle. 73 278 30 0.1 .248 .238 206 . v. o c suspended by the Wares. Sacramento. 02 22 31 .240 .246 iSArt Baker. Portland ... 8 fl 23 00 .243 .243 Minnesota bcxing co amission for hold Maisel. Portland . . 30 1 so 21 44 .244 .243 more mone McGaffiaan, . 83 273 34 67 .244 .230 . iPgi up the promoters for Sacra entered the ring to fight Thomas. Seat t le ... 13 37 3 0 .243 .205 before he ...... f ,K fact McKee. San r ran . 37 134 13 37 .240 .242 Roche, Seattle 88 28'1 33 07 .239 .243 I teat he was knocked out by O'Dowd Ouis to. Oak land ... 14 40 7 11 .239 flicts with the T, ashinprton state fair The niblick does naturally and easily a host of other tion is boxing- - with Ted Lewis, will has conferred higrh military decorations ha was doubly punished. Mltze. Oakland .... 73 223 IS 53 .2.".S .233 date, attracted a number of harness what the player himself would have to Rocky Mountain region. take on Mike O'Dowd in the near future on several members of the American Rlgbee. Seattle ... . 52 lot IS 24 .238 .210 racing; Tvho jump using-- 1r, Red Cross unit in Montenegro, say ad- French. Seatt'e . - . . 43 132 19 30 .23 .220 men wanted the short do if he were a mashie, that to show his versatility. Kllis. Los Anpeles . 110 430 .30. 102 .23 .236 to Salem for the following: week, the impart a bottom spin to the ball. With vices from Belgrade. Others members Big League Gossip. Lane. Oakland 11 418 80 1"! .237 .234 management of the state fair here has the niblick there is no necessity to lay Sidelights and Satire. Dempsey, it appears, displays a neat have been awarded lesser orders. Kamm, San Fran ... 0 310 27 73 .235 .230 racing is stun- Ma jor Henry Pert tea. Los Angeles. 2 68 16 .233 .242 decided to eliminate harness yourself out for cut; the loft of the right hand, but his left simply The director of the unit. . , . iiui-- . f ti in many years. The do is necessary. But ning.. Rushton Kairclougrh, formerly profes- ' ilotne .lames. Oakland .... 3 .231 .273 for the first time club will all that swimming Is all a mat-- L riTlEJ i, ItollinE. Oakland . . . 30 78 8 18 .2:'. .237 card will consist entirely of running you must remember to play the club THIS same sor at Stanford university, was given ' X much better since tney iui " Pevormer. Vernon. .. 712 230 20 55 .230 232 races and special events. boldly. ter ot form." Pearl Keys, Ore- Some baseball players are so super- the order of the White Eagle, fourth "valuable services of Carl Mays. Bar- Brown. Los Ar.Reles.. 20 74 17 .230 .235 The decision was made at a confer gon's champion girl. stitious that they won't even afcept a class. Captains Cnelsea C. Pratt and Oldham. Portland . . 48 135 1 31 .230 .234 bathing fifth, row's pitching has been far more ef Murphy. Seattle 03 213 12 49 .23(1 .234 ence between Secretary Frank Mere- DENVER LURES TENNIS STARS m m . traveling bag as a gift. Joseph F. Jaros received the class fective ana me v imio uru... .. - Baum. San Francisco. 20 48 1 11 .229 .234 dith of the state fair and K. F. Bensin, "Of course, men may be getting decoration of the same order. absent, seemed to buckle down to busi- Corhan. San Fran ... 63 103 27 44 .228 .215 state commissioner of agriculture. On worse, but my observation is About 60 Americans have been en- A. Arlett. Oakland . . 217 25 4!1 .220 .225 racing;. Two Galaxy of Great "Players to Gather that gaged in medical work in ness. - Niehoff. Los Angeles. 04 328 32 74 .226 .228 one day there will be auto horses are not as wild as they used to AMERICANS ARE HONORED relief and KenworHiy. Los Ang.11 4 400 47 0O 225 228 derby events are offered, "governor's for Tourney This Month. be," Herman Politz, the demon golfer Montenogro. The Yankees have another second Dell. Vernon 32 83 7 10 '.224 ".220 derby on governor s day, and rlKs Washington street. September. Stumpf. 112 411 33 02 224 .227 of Cross "Workers Montenegro baseman, or will have in Sacramento. derby." in which the riders will all DENVER, Colo., Aug. 12. larg- . Red in been play- - Schaller. Seattle .... 41 120 13 28 222 .223 The It has been estimated by a European He is Dave Black, who has Beck. Vernon 73 27(1 20 .210 .210 be members of the Klks. est gathering of tennis stars that ever There may be a lot of folks color scientist that the commercial value of i-it-i collegians, an Receive Decorations. the Pittsburg Faoritine. Los Ang l"s 4" SO MO participated a blind, but no one ever saw anyone In the electricity in a flash of lightning inHr,nHonr team famous in western Regan. Seattle 12 32 3 .210 .233 in Colorado state tennis world who could not recognise a CETTINJE, Montenegro. The minis- 19 years .... 2.i 05 5 14 .215 .210 championship tournament is expected this lasting of a second is only of Seattle Jusro-SIav- ia Pennsylvania. He is Gardner. 7 11 greenback without the aid of a magni- try foreipn of 29 cents. age. a great reputation around Sutherland. Portland. 19 52 .212 .204 at the courts of the Denver Country of affairs but has Finneran. Vernon ... 14 38 5 .21 I .210 club wV:en tourna- fying glass. Pittsburg for hitting ability and speed Rodpers. Sacramento. 55 180 14 38 .211 .2US the annual tennis Orr. Sacramento . . ..102 302 24 74 .204 ment of the state opens play on Au-rn- pt Love may be blind, but that doesn't seems to have a lik Hnuck. Vernon 27 70 5 16 ,2"3 25. Tha tournament is being The Detroit club K3 107 19 40 prevent it from making a hit with the one eye. Once Baldwin. San Fran... - .203 conducted under the auspices of the ing for pitchers with but Rromlcv. San Fran. .. 22 33 6 11 .200 you are about to use the misses. r,t a time l ie llKers iiau i v.i;l Hunter. San Fran ... . 55 215 10 43 .220 United States National Lawn Tennis and now the club has purchased Claud Vance, Sacramerto. .. 24 55 5 11 .200 WHEX as an extricator, the stance association. The local committee is Ban Johnson has suspended Jennings Jonnard from Nashville. Although you must take up is determined by the composed of Franklin Ballou, Eugene and Mays. The big boy is surely work- "eye Phelps of. mid-seas- handicapped by the loss of an and CYCLISTS GO TO AUSTRALIA position ball, but when you Dines and Jack Denver. ing in form. He has sus- with a tailend team. Jonnard has made of the take Donald Harker, state singles cham- pended everything but the rules. a great record in the Southern league. it for a short approaec there is no dif- pion, will play this year, but the dou San Francisco Lads Plan Tour of ference as regards stance, grip and the bles champion team, Harker and E. R. Jck Britton. whose regular occupa- - When Ping Bodie heard that he was position of the ball, between the meth- Bailey, will not be entered. Bailey now to be one of the players to go from the Land at Antipodes. is living in Omaha. R. D. Brooks, who od of playing this club and the method p Yankees to the Red Sox in the Carl SAX FRANCISCO, Aup. 12. Sailing one last year was runner-u- with R. W. Mavs deal, he rose in all hi Roman of playing the mashie. The factor (Jmbam. i nn entrnnt thi year, nmong dignity and declared he'd be dinged if from San Francisco November 11 with that you have to consider Is the loft, arrangements were a troupe of Sydney bicycle riders due which is much more pronounced than he would unless here next month, Hans and Ernest in the case of the mashie. The greater made for him to get a bit out of the cyclists, world's series purse he thinks the Yan Ohrt. San Krancisco plan to loft makes it necessary in using the may tour Australia. The two brothers are niblick to put more power into the kees win. training? here. stroke, for a portion of our energy is The Boston Red Sox announce that Willie Spencer, a Canadian rider, also inevitably wasted in sending the ball Hill Lamar is released to the Rochester will accompany the party, which will into the air and it naturally follows club under option of recall. There's also include Bob Spears. Frank Corey that more force is necessary; in fact, one for Dave Fultz to look into. The and Reggrie McXair.ara, Georgre H. the player should tell himself that he Boston New York Giants recall George O'Neill rowsinpr. who brought the swimmers, has to hit the ball half 'as hard again Hunting from Rochester and send him to the Mina Wylie and Fanny Durack, to the as he would if usipg the mashie for a is only a few weeks away.Time!Right now Boston Braves in the Nehf trade. That's United States, will sail to Australia in stroke of the same distance. The read- another one for Fultz- - to look into. September to arrange for the tour. er may not unnaturally ask: Why then Garter is a good time to get ready your use a niblick at all for approaching, equipment. We have the kind of American league umpires evidently HARNESS RACES ARE OMITTED when we have the mashie, a club built right don't agree on what constitutes an "in- for the purpose? The proper reply is shoes and clothing also Remington-U- . field fly." In one game a third base- that you often find yourself approach- man muffed a fly, just getting his Washington State Fair Has Diffi ing a green from such an angle that the M. C rifles and ammunition. .hands on it, after a hard run into left Obtaining disposition of the bunkers leaves you field. Tom Connolly said it was an culty in Entrants. without much space whereon to pitch. "infield fly." A few days later a short- YAKIMA. TVash., Aug. 12. (Special.) In such a case it is necessary to make stop lost an easy fly in the sun and it Because the Multnomah county fair the ball draw up quickly if you would Backus Corria dropped safe four feet away. Umpire at Grestam, Or., which, this year con escape the hazards beyond the green. 273 MORRISON, JTEAR. FOURTH