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Show WILD HEAVES AND SUCH The leading hitters: AB. H. TB. F'C Autrey. San. Fran ripen ..." . Downs. San yi, ncis; d , . . . 3 :; l.u'tn Schaller. Sa n Francisco . . -1 3 4 .7."n Wi-i1.' Fortla;-d 4 5 .75(1 Rodders. Fonhind 1 3 :t .T.'.n Kane, Sail L;-ke 3 2 - J ores. Snn Ftv. n iso . . . . 3 '2 '2 . T Ryan, Sail Da k c 5 3 S . 1,1 IKenworthv, Oai-Jand -i '2 5 .."inO Lane. Oakland 4 2 3 .u0 Roche. Portland 4 2 2 Gleichrnann, Vernon 4 2 2 ..".o0 Home-run hi'.ttr.-: Kenworthy, Oakland; Schaller, San Fr.imist'O, The series stand: San Fraiuis.'u won 1, Salt Lake won 0. Portland won Oakiand won 1. Vernon won it. Los Angeles won 1. An extraordinary feat was performed by Bill Burns at Portland yesterday when he allowed thirteen hits and yet achieved a shutout. That's the kind of pitching that Made Mathewson famous. Evidently Bun ny Brief's batting slump' is still' on the job. Special to The Tribune. PORTLAND. Aug. 1. Vice President Barnard of tlie Cleveland Americans arrived ar-rived yes:eruay and with Manager Mc-Credie Mc-Credie motored out on tlie Cohiml'ta highway. high-way. What, pas.-ed between tlie two moguls mo-guls is not known, but the Clevelandcr wired east last night requesting .Manager Fold to send a pifher and an inlieicier to i lie Beavers as soon as possible. It is believed r !i;tt Fred Bcebe, the veteran National leaguer, will be tlie twirler to he senr qui. and it is more than likely that h'vans will be the Infielder. In-fielder. Mr. Barnard says that Cleveland would like to have Guisto and he hns requested McCrodie to hold off until the Indians can make a fair bid for him. The Tacoma North western league club has released Pitvher Al Hart man, who was with the Portland Beavers a short time back. Special to The Tribune. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 1. Cliff Biankenship is looking longingly for the arrival of Hoff, his new pitcher from Little Rock, Ark. Hoff was supposed to have joined the team in Los Angeles, but failed to do so. s The shifts in the Salt Lake lineup today to-day came chiefly because after one inning of Erickson. Wolverton started to use a southpaw. That cut out Bavless in right tield, Jimmy Shinn taking his old job. Friends and neighbors of Leroy Stead-man, Stead-man, 64 Lakevlew avenue, whose wife and baby daughter were drowned Wednesday Wed-nesday night, when his automobile backed into the deep canal at Waterworks park, addressed a personal letter Friday to Harry Heilmann. right fielder of the Detroit De-troit baseball cluh, praising him for risking risk-ing his life when he jumped Into the water and rescued Miss Lydia Johnson, a guest of the Stead mans at the time of the accident. The contents of the letter addressed to Heilmann are as follows: We, the undersigned, wish to express ex-press our sincere gratitude and praise to one so brave as Mr. Harry Heilmann, Heil-mann, who so heroica Py forgot his own safety to spare the life of our neighbor neigh-bor and friend, Miss Lydia Johnson, and who gave his unlirtng efforts to resuscitate our dearly beloved friends, Mrs. Leroy Steadman and little Helen, whose passing away has caused such a keen loss to the entire neighborhood. neighbor-hood. Another letter was sent to tlie Carnegie Hero Fund commission, suggesting t hat Heilmann should be awarded a hero medal. The letter follows: We, the undersigned, call your attention at-tention to the heroism of Harry Heilmann, Heil-mann, who so heroically saved the life of Miss I ,ydia Johnson, on the night of Julv 2fi. 11 p. m., Waterworks park. Detroit, Mich., when lie plunged Into the water in full attire to save the life of drowning people, whom he had never met. We feel that if your society has any way of showing its gratitude for such acts, this man is truly deserving of some great recognition. The above letters were sisned bv the following: H. J. Strickior, M. F. Loose, R. Mclveod, R. A. Endelman. AV. C. R. Burmester, C. F. Hc-mpel, P. T. Ilamm, C. H. Rose. J. Hall. C. J. .lohnsnn, J. A. Flovd, V. S. Darling, C. Covert. C. Ar-davia. Ar-davia. R. McCoy, H. D. Draper, AV. D. Pcabodv. W. M. Hughes. F. Dervnisin and J. C. Dilloway. Detroit Free-Press. Callahan mn.y be a utility jnfielder, but vesterday morning ho looked like a mighty line outrieliler. He took four chances perfectly, per-fectly, ini'luding a star catch in the fourth that robbed Joe Bersor of what looked like a three-bagger San Francisco Chronicle. Chron-icle. Members of the Vernon club are loud in praise of two of t lie young pitchers of the league, Oscar Horstman and (Continued on Following Pags.) 4 ; f Wild Heaves and Such : (Continued From Preceding Page.) "Speed" Martin. They say that Horst-man Horst-man has the greatest assortment or "stuff" in the league, and they predict that Martin will keep on winning with any sort of a break in the lucK. Another player who Is highly praised by the Tigers is Billy Lane, the Oakland centerfielder. They point out that Billy is a good hitter, fast on the bases, covers "EN world of ground in the outfield ajicl has a good throwing arm. In the opinion of Gleichmann. Arellanes. Qulnn and several others Lane ligures as one of the best pasture pas-ture men in the league. San Francisco Examiner. |
