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PASS TWO BASEBALL BASKETBALL BO WLI N G WITH FAST OUT AND INFIELD: PORTLAND BEARS WATCHING Results will likely bear out the prediction of Magnate Shreeder, ' when he said, "look out for Portland this year." There are some A,;, other baseball impressarlos in this league who have their eye on >'Portland, in spite of the fact that the McCredie team will he on the road much of the time. Nic Williams, who is selecting the team and will have Its man- 1 1 agement this year. Is a topnoteh player, and the Portland bugs' are sure' he is making good In the managerial role. Nic was Orvle Overall's ol£ battery partner for years. He is a fair pitcher, a. first class ditcher,' and a good hand on the Initial sack. Emulating ! Chase and Chance, he will hold out at the first bag this year, In ' order to have a closer control of his men. ' At second, there will be Pearl Casey, for there Is little chance _' Of any youngster beating Casey for the keystone sack. Casey is '."», a veteran and another of that old band of Tacoma Tigers. Howard Mtmdorff, who was good enough for the San Fran ; Cisco Seals until the Oscar Vltt phenomena appeared, will guard the difficult corner, and Eddie Mensor, who finished with the Beaver champions last year, will cover tie- short field. Right down ; the Hue it looks a pretty classy infield. George Ort in right and Hilly Speas In left, are speed marvels. -Roth are clever on the paths, and in addition, (lit Is one sweet hitter. George is a little weak with the stick. If he wasn't most critics admit he would be the swellest fielder on this coast. In center it. will likely be Jess Stovall, a veteran of much seasoning, but who likely has a few good "games in him yet. It would be -hard to Improve on Uiat outfield, outside the big leagues. Nic Williams Is banking pretty strong on his out and infield. ' There Is not a man on the Job but who has played In fast company and all except Mensor, have bad plenty of experience. All know the game. Nic Isn't saying much about the remainder of his team — the ... pitchers and the catchers he probably has little to say. The next few weeks will tell that. Harris and Snooks, two eastern catcher.., are cm the Job and they have made a good showing. Nic says they are all right and maybe they are, but unlike the two 'field* they have yet to show Pacific coast fans the stuff of which they are made. Wineholt, a Raymond boy, is also trying to laifd a catching Job. For the'pitching staff, Nic has Billy Rloouifield and Jess Gar i rett, twirlers of fair ability, with the Portland coasters last year. Tonneson and IJerger are also veterans of medium caliber. The remainder arc youngsters, and Nic Is hoping to land six good ■heavers out of the bunch. If he don't he has but to whistle to 'Judge McCredie who has promised to turn In the "hurry-up call" I for some of those promising Nap recruits. * " ■ i You Bet Cohn Will Hang Onto Strand : According to a Spokane short Writer, there is no chance of young Paul Strand escaping those long fingers of Joe Cohn, and migrating to the Twilight. This Authority says: "Capt. Harry Ostdiek wouldn't let loose of Strand for a good sized chunk of money right now, and all the big boy has has to do is to stick to business, keep his eyes and ears open and take care of himself and he'll be carried right along this year just as Gregg, Bonner and I 'Holm were all carried along till they developed into stars of the first magnitude, ending a boy like Strand into a bush circuit would be criminal unless one knew just what sort of a catcher JBte IMITATORS FLATTER US ■P. IMITATORS FLATTER US 1 BLACKSMITHING [ Hf AND CLOTHES BUILDING I _________aaaaa ■ Ever see a blacksmith shoe a horse—remem- B I ber how carefully he chooses a shoe, then with I I painstaking care and skillful shaping he fits it 1 I to the hoof ? : ... I I Any stock shoe would not do because all I I horses hoofs are not alike— it's the same with ■ I the clothes you buy— they should be made to i ■ your individual measure, a suit from a mill may 1, I cover you but it lacks the perfect Fit and Style §, I of a tailor made. Ml _____*[ aaaW ama) \. I 'Tis useless to wear other than tailored gar- B' ■ ments when you may have your 1 I SPRING^ffpPI m: S 'V 1 " '•■' 1w ' B S B B Tailored to Your Order J l' Efl y 1 i SPORT and manager he would have to work under. Cohn and Ostdiek could afford to keep Strand in tow all summer, even if he pitch ed no more than half a dozen games, providing the kld showed the sort of Improvement that any youngster should show under careful nursing." TWO OF THE BEST "Pearls of Wheat "Times Want Ads" One package of Pearls of Wheat free with every 25 cents cash want ad Inserted in the Tacoma Times this week. *•« CUBS INFIELD IS i BROKEN AT LAST HARRY STEINFELDT. I3*fi. (Hy United Press Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, April 7.— The first! cog in the Chicago Cubs' great ■MMfciM broke today, when Harry Steinfeldt, third-sacker, was sold to the St. Paul club In the Aiwri can association. Stelny's' reluc- Bench Show Entries Now Coming Fast Secretary Fred King of the | Tacoma . u.-un.-i club saya.local /entries are beginning to come ln ) rapidly for the local bench show. THE TACOMA fESS a^ iJF^mJ!) Up-to-Date and Lively. Vj^ WO^ Edited By. Roy Whitman 4M' . &SL' „"" .gieid Covered mmmmM* 03 Evegr gield Covered x"^^ + tance to sign a one-yea" litre ct is believed to have been Imp cause 1 of the decision to send nimri'i the; minors; It is generally Ifelteved j here that he will refuse^o »l:iy| with St. Paul, but will iustjjjii. baseball altogether, ,goli^gi?l|ito business for himself.-' rfi.".££s " << ' I ■ 3* Jk ~ V. -* He is confident there will be over lun entries, which would place It In the four-point class. Some classy dogs will be entered. In cluding Colorado Dell, owned by T. A. El well ot Portage; Ch. Edgewood Heddy, owned by G. C. Israel of Olympla, and, Prince Royal 11, owned ,by Miss Delia Spray of Seattle. Judge A. T. Hochwalt of Cincinnati has writ ten he will be on hand when the show; opens. KENT SMOKER Sam Falkenburg, the Seattle fistic impre'ssario, will stage an other of those smokers over in Kent next Tuesday night. He will [put on Ed Ilagen, the former cop, against Cliff Kline, whom Sam claims Is faster than Jack Lester on his feet. This will be the main event. Other attractions will lie Steve Reynolds and "Rags, the Fighting Teamster;" Charley Glvens and Will Dyer and Billy Rathus and Jack O'Leary. An other bout which will attract at tention is Martin Nichols of Au burn and Tom O'Grady of Kent. Pool and Cigars. A J. Innft. • Siimlny nnd Monday, April »-10 Henry M. Savage Offers the Supreme Success of Successes "The Merry Widow" Hy Fran* I.elmr. with Mabel Wither and Charles Meakins and the Orig lnal New York Cast. Special Savage Grand Opera Or chestra, -I, Prices—r,Oc to 12.00. :_g * \ Seat Sate Saturday. ' fctfff/? * i .1; ' ■ TUESDAY AND WEDNEsifelt APRIL 11 AND 12 «. #« - Liebler ft Co. Will Present the Charming Star J%V" GERTRUDE ELLIOT*; In Her Big Success'";' "THE DAWN-. OP TOMOftfM>W" Pricessoc to $2.00.' . ViA • Seat Sale Monday. ', tVf, ;' :—&£__ _ — ________^__ ..; ... *Ajs ' / DOUBLE FEATURE RILL VILMOS WESTONY Great Wagnerian Pianist TOY AND CLARK The Hit That Caught Broadway. '. Five Other Bis Acts. .. PANTAOES THEATER ■ "tftfEst.AtED VAUDEVILLE" "TEXAS WOOING" MIDDLMTO.V.HPfcLI M 00. And Other Fraturea of Advanced ■•."■•'..i y Vaudeville '>".•...-* ■','■ -■. ■A Evening Prices, 18e, 2 5e;.Bo» .:halr«, ; 60c; < Matinee, \*A.-*4% -■'•.. TSSStiiMzfy 4'4Jyy£ ,yy4i,y;y TIGE ARRIVES Tlge is a black breasted red game rooster of more or less blue blood, and official' mascot of the Tacoma Tigers. He arrived In Tacoma yesterday for an Indefin ite stay. lie is at present domi ciled In a small box under the Olympic cigar store counter, but more adequate quarters will soon be arranged. While somewhat fatigued, ;Tige stood the journey well. He regretted being unable to see Colonel Roosevelt, but ex pects to meet, all th e local celeb rities soon. Until Johnny Basses gets home, though, Tlge is liable to lead a more or less strenuous life. This morning when Charley Bascom opened . Shreeder's place, Tlge, perched on the glass counter, gave Charley a three-crow salute, which was all right with both Charley and Tlge. The rub came though when Tige started for an after-breakfast promenade, the same as all roosters do He meant to come back after taking a turn or two up Commerce street, but Charley, who doesn't understand roosters, nohow, got all worked up and created a scene. He turned in a riot call, ana soon waiters,- waitresses, clerks and pedestrians had poor Tige sur rounded and were closing in. Tlge gave Charley an unpleasant look as he stalked to his room. [gossip of THE EAST At least we know why Wash ington, D. C, Is always at the tall end of the American league procession. It's the Washington hot weather, according to .less Tannehill, that has always put a crimp in the aspirations of Mc- Aleer, Cantllllon, and others. Any how, there's no disputingJhe fact that Washington keeps pretty close to the bottom. Yesterday was the day set for Harry Steinfeldt to appear In the syndicate newspapers in that | "Greatest Play I Ever Saw" stuff. ißy a strange coincident the old Cub was dropped from the pay roll on the same day. Such is fame. ' • ■ . Southpaw Eddie Plank says the Athletics must do without him after 1912, when he will b e done with the game. ! #&|^, LUNCH JtfQ& COUNTER aFs>^ gossip Mike Lynch has written to a 1 friend that already Tlge has ■ shown enough to make the team-. ! Mike says- Tlge will warm the 1 bench each game, but will be a • feature In the opening day parade. ■ Johnny Reid, ex-prize ring pro moter, now swell cafe operator of Calgary, breezed around the city yesterday. John has a lunch resort employing 31. people, and It beats the ring game to a frazzle, he says. i ■ . f*************a***a&w*a^^maw** SPORT CHIPS Grand Junction, Colorado, has a ball team composed entirely of ! ministers, some of them former 1 college stars. The ministers practice dally—that Is, six days In the week—and have issued a ' challenge to any team made up ' of members of one profession. Rack In Massachusetts the so ciety women ar c taking up wrest ling as a means of promoting beauty of figure and good health. A dispatch says several have al l ready blossomed "into "marvels of strength, and ability." HIT PETE LOW When Pete Muldoon boxed a raw and uncouth youth named Billy Ross, in Yakima, Wednes day night, Ross struck Pete low and put him out. The foul, while unintentional, was apparent, yet Eddie Berry, the referee, gave the decision to Ross. The chief of police, at the ringside in uni form, was so incensed he wanted to lick the referee. He restrain ed himself, but told Eddie to shake the dust of Yakima from his feet. - • . NORTHWEST j BASEBALL Billy Stevens, with the Tigers last year, la working in a bowling alley in Cadellac, Mich., accord ing to young Oscar Fresk brother of Emil.'-. Catcher ' O'Connor, who tried for the" Tiger team, has signed with the Boise club of the Union association. -. j Want a good garden or lawn? Oet Tacoma Imp. * Seed Co. seed-'-' , ■' ••• GOSSIP 'BASE STEALING REQUIRES SKILL HUGH DUFFY Base stealing is one of the accomplishments of a ball player that requires more than an ordinary amount of skill. Speed, of course, is essential to the good base runner, but It Is not always the fastest man that doe? the most pilfering of bases. The man who uses his head and knows when to' take advantage of his oportunities frequently makes up for the lack of speed. I have known some rather slow runners who were grand base stealers. And I have known other players who could run 100 yards in 10 seconds flat, who were always getting caught when trying to steal a base. - "- The base runner who signals that he is going to steal is an easy man to catch, for the catcher who is wise quickly realizes he Is | about to go down. On the other hand, the base runner who watches the pitcher j carefully and takes advantage of the wlndup (for some pitchers when i they break into the major leagues bring their minor league tricks I with them), or of some other motion that loses time, will gain a step or two on the faster runners. As a general thing a good base runner notes carefully the foot of the pitcher for some peculiarity that indicates he is about to deliver the ball. To get a long lead off first Is essential when a runner Intends to steal second. A six-foot lead often means a stolen base in the race between the runner and the ball thrown by the backstop. ■*, The clever runner keeps the pitcher worried and frequently -makes him nervous. _X The runner who can draw a.throw from the pitcher to first fre quently advances by reason of a wild throw or a muff by the first baseman. It requires considerable skill to return to firs, from a long lead when the pitcher whips the ball across the diamond. Base runners should keep an eye on the pltciter every mlnuto, and watch for his motion to discover If he Intends to pitch or throw to first. . - They should have the distance they stand from the bag meas ured to the fraction of an inch, to be able to get hand or foot on the i base before the first baseman can touch them. I A good base runner always has a slide or dodging motion which helps him get around the second baseman at the end of his sprint. • Fielder -Jones used 'to slide around the infielder in a wav that i made him extremely difficult to touch. With his body on the ground he would sho.ve one foot onto the bag and get away with a stolen base, often when the fielder had the ball in time to retire him, but . for his cleverness. I advocate more practice of base running. Ty Cobb la valu able to the Detroit club because of his wonderful base running ability as he is for his batting and fielding. He wins as many games by his ability to get around the bases as he does with his batting. U aammmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaaammmaaaaammemm ■■ i ■ n mmaamwarnam : ■ Clones I Mwi^^^® 1 Are You xISC^C^^LI^iJ I||^ They give the true me& t * IT M ure of your taste and re- |i|\ finement. They credit you l-Hli I H« ' ' or tliey debit you. 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A petition of representa tive signers requesting the legal izing of fistic bouts was presented ' to the city dads the other day and they granted the request. The 'same evening the council refused to allow the saloons later closing hours on nights boxing bouts were pulled off and the latter tried' to knock the game, but their knock didn't count. The new -ordinance allows unlimited ' round bouts. The Vancouver^ Athletic club, the leading fight promoting club, will stage its first bout a week from tonight. " ' . MORE TROUBLE (By t*n I ted Press leased Wire.) SAN' FRANCISCO, April 7.— The mere fact that Champion. Jack' Johnson Is in Jail has not ended his troubles with the courts. Today Superior Judge Cabannls sustained a fine of $100 against th negro for speeding, ' imposed by Police Judge Conlan. The case was appealed on the ground that the "complaint did not state sufficient facts." Caban nls thought there were at least $100 worth of facts. M' CARTHY WILL BE PROFESSIONAL NOW (By United Press leased Wires) SAN FRANCISCO, April 7.— After his four-round bout tonight at Dreamland with Charlie ReHly, Johnny McCarthy will bid fare well to the four-round game and • become a professional pugilist. Win, lose or draw with Rellly, ho Is scheduled to meet Sammy Smith for twenty rounds April 28, and this will prevent him from competing hereafter- in the short bouts. _ PACKY FAVORITE (By United Press Leased Wire.) CHICAGO, April 7.—Packed ' McFarland, the stockyards chain* plon, Is a 5 to 3 favorite here to« , day for his fight tonight with ■ , Morrle Bloom at Racine, Wis. The bout will give no line on Packey's ability to make the lightweight limit, as he will weigh ln this . afternoon at 135 pounds. : MICHIGAN U. OPENS : SEASON TOMORROW . (By I'nited Press Leased Wire.) , ANN ARBOR, Mich., April 7.— A game""wlth Western Reserve at , Cleveland tomorow opens the • most ambitious baseball schedule t In the history of the University of 1 Michigan. The Wolverines will i travel about 2,000 miles and play I the strongest nines in the Central West, South and East this spring. ■ - Box lapped Sinafer metis. $5 and ' $7.50; drop head White $15. 1113 So. C. »••