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26 THE SUKJDAY OREGONIK, POBTLAHD, KOYEMBER 3, 1901. A- J9y V . fcs3v 5Cv A ' iK f y f r A. ""V J r wPtev a- VM ' v i a . y f J r FoStball Season On. Activity in Sport Her and Elsewhere In trie Northwest The event In football circles last week was the game between the University of Oregon 'and the Multnomah Club elevens, at Eugene yesterday. This was the first of the two games scheduled to be played together by these teams this-eason. Their next meeting will be In .this city on Thanksgiving Day. On Christmas the Mtiltnomah Club expects to,, play the winner of the BerkeleyStanford game here. The University of Washington players were treated to a great surprlseby their defeat at the hands of the Whitman Col iege team, and realize that they are not so Invincible as they once thought they Mere. They put up a poor exhibition of football In the game referred to, while their opponents outplayed them at every point The Whitman players are show ing up well, and have no more big games. to play until that with the University of Oregon on November 12. .Berkeley-Stanford Game. The big California game Is down for next Saturday, when Berkeley and Stan ford will meet on the gridiron in San Francisco. Both teams are In excellent shape, and the contest rocalses to be In teresting from start to finish. The University of Pennsylvania Is to tackle Harvard at Philadelphia next Sat urday. It will be the first of the games between the "Big Four" cams this sea son. On the -same date Princeton Is to play West Point, and Carlisle will play the Naval Cadets. The local scholastics are progressing in the arrangement of their schedule of games. The Portland Academy team Is coming out well under Coach Dolph, and ia easily the strongest of the school elev ens. It Is also the heavier and cxcells In team work. Negotiations are under way for the proposed Academy-High School game, but a.s yet no date has been set for the event. The academy's dates are all .filled, and It is more than likely that the game will have to be played on a Wednesday. These midweek games have never proved a success, because of the Inability to get out a crowd. Montocuc'a Hen In Trim. Coach Montague, of the Hill Military Academy eleven, is getting his men Into good shape. They played a "no-score" game "with the High School team, when it had been confidently expected that the High School box's would have no trouble In winning. "Montle" says that while he does not expect his men will defeat the Portland Academy team, he thinks they will hold the latter for only one touch down. The Seattle High School team Is very anxious to cctne to Portland to meet the High School players of .this city, but It is not likely that they will get" here. The support given scholastic football in this city would not justify the expense. Both Seattle and Tacoma have good school teams, and either of the elevens should make It Interesting for either the Port land Academy or the Portland High School organizations. WIS DISGRACEFUL, ANYWAY. Apologetic Comment on Smith-Tracy Fiasco Ulna: Tnllc. There Is a variance of opinion as to the -cause of the tameness of the recent Smlth-Tracey fight. Many of those "who witnessed the contest denounce it as a rank fake, but there are some who arc not willing to make the charge. A num ber of Smith's friends say that he was weakened by reducing his. weight. It Is said that he ate nothing for 24 hours pre ceding the welghlng-ln, and that that, coupled with his long stay lti the baths, weakened him so that he was afraid to force the fighting, and that as Traccy was afraid of Smith, there was necessarily a tame result However, it i Idle to spec-J mate on tne ways and wnereiores or tne situation, when the only thing certain Is that the fighters made a hlpppdrome of the contest, and that hundreds of people who paid $2 E0 apiece to see It were there by fooled "to a finish." The outcome is not likely to advance the cause of ring fighting In Portland. Jack Day Is In receipt of a letter from Joseph M. Wood, representing Jack O'Brien, New York's well-known light weight, in which Wood asks If there Is any chance to match O'Brien with a good 133-pound man before the Pastime Club. He would like to get a match with Dal Hawkins. That might be arranged, or Dick Case, who is now on the Sound, might be secured for the contest Perry Queenan and Jack Kane are to meet again before the Reliance Club, of Oakland, Cal., next Thursday, Novem ber 7. In their match at the same club last September, the men put up one of the best fights ever seen there. SUE WAS TIRED, POOR THIJfG. Comment oa Columbia. In Last Ytcht Race of Cup Series. The tendency to regard a favorite inan imate object as a thing of life was illus trated at the finish of the last of the recent series of races for the America's cup, as t61d by the New York Mall and Express. A young woman distinguished for her magnificent dark eyes and almost blue black tresses, and who had frankly ad mitted her Ignorance of yachts and yacht ing, observed the ending of the contest from the deck of a government patrol boat within good view of the finish line. She had been an intensely interested and enthusiastic spectator of the race through out the day, and had marveled at the expeditious manner in. which the boats re sponded to the slightest movement of x wheel or tiller. Particularly was this noticeable in the maneuvering for the start When the yachts neared the finish the Shamrock came about first, and stood for the line, the Columbia following several seconds later. The challenger having the lead, it appeared that the Columbia was a trifle slow In getting her boom over. "My! My; Why doesn't the white hoat hurry up? The Shamrock Is setting away ' from her," shouted one of the girls In the party. "Oh, poor thing; I guess she's tired. Just think, If you had cone thirty miles ,you woudnfr-beln a hurry to jump about either," replied the dark-eyed enthusiast. BALL'S MEN WIN'SfHE MEDALS. yjrlsfeum' Team Second In Bovrllngr Contest at Heutaomah.. The medals In the Multnomah Club's weekly bowling tournament were won by Ball's team last Tuesday evenmg. Hab-i-lghoret -was the hlgh.jnan, and parried off the honors of the tournament, with a to tal of 210. Zellar bowled all four of his games In the "fortieB" and finished In second place. Pickering's bowlers have I taken a bad slump, and as a result they are back In the same position they oc cupied three weeks ago, at the bottom of the, list Brighamls team was high Monday night and then felt reasonably-pure of capturing ,the medals, with Its total of 730 ,plns. All of Its members ran their scores up above the average, with Vallle In the lead, with a edore or 194. Vallle took' Oliver's placet and, as la usual witn new mea on. the team, took first rank. The highest single-game scores were k. v ;ititrt. aV.m r?ltrtw. tit- "'r. "''""'i0" ' Tr"" "'t ouij. wm.iituvMuwRaw .j"a wa -4rt formance.4 BuftfhardtKhSd 50, .and Bailey" scored 5S? the team The scores a' . sfi ?1Sg Bites TilAMS. 30 8 . 313 3-. as f I re uh a Habfgljorst Zellor.k Ball .Mt"..4. Abcndroth Totals , :.... 16 21ff 16j 14 181 lli im 167 151 J ' Vallle .... Holman . Brlgham Plttock . Totals" 30; 194 42 1S1 47 42 -n 140 162 -1& lsatm J 'Jtoutleage Statter ... Ba.uort ... Kahn .... S3 No Totals ... Bailey .... Slgler .... Burkbardt Mallory ... 147 I 134 441 46 135 149: ISM 431 55 40 4S! 59 0 3H 45 01 2S 351 361 32, 31 42i 39 4ifl 0 Totals 137j 1781 1S5 12J 689 Churchman Beck. Hudson .... Surman SB 29 24! Totals us: 29 iai U24U8 176 673 Pickering Holmes ... Weis ..... Ford .... 231 40 16 Totals 151 159 1 153J 163, 40 665 MOST GRACEFUL OP DIVES. Wonderful Skill Displayed by- the Swimmers of Sweden. The Swedes delight in "combination div ing," and two men will perform many clever feats together. One of the most grotesque of these, says a writer In Pear son's Magazine, is shown when one man stands upright on the springboard and tightly clasps another man's body around thfc waist, holding him hoad downward, and puts his own nead through the othei man's legs. When the upright man springs from the board he throws his legs into the air, so that tho two men, each clasping the other tightly around the waist, turn a somersault, 'and when they reach the water the man who started upside down arrives feet foremost The handspring dive is an effective specialty of Swedish swimmers. The per former takes oK from the diving board with hands instead of feet, turning his body in order to descend feet foremost, or somersaulting to arrive head down ward. Very graceful, also, Is the back spring dive, in which the spring is made backward, the body turning toward the springboard. Double somersault dives are made from platforms 30 or 50 feet high, the diver making two turns In the air and entering the water feet foremost Tanght Eaclr to Dlr. Among the Swedes the graceful art of diving, In its most daring and scientific forms, is cultivated to a degree that no other nation can equal. The Swedish boys and girls are taught when young to overcome their natural instinct of fear when entering the water and to practice all manner of diflicult feats, and the re sult is that even among the primitive races, such as the Hawallans, whose won derful diving holds the man who cannot swim In boundless awe and admiration, there are few who can attain such a standard of the art as may be found throughout Bweden. To a Swede diving means not only plunging into the water head foremost, but also springing backward, turning somersaults and "swan'' diving from 20, 30 or 40 feet Swan dlvins: Is seculiar to Sweden. It Is the poetry of motion, the supreme glory of the art. With, a standing spring, or with a brief run,, the body Js launched, into the air. At the same moment the head is flung far back, the back, la hol lowed sharply, the legs are straightened and brought together. The anna are flung out in a line with the shoulders, like the wings of a bled flying. In this position the body swoops through the air until withm a few feet olt the water, when the arms are swung together until the hands touch, so that the body strikes the water like a falling arrow, at the correct angle, with hardly a splash. Pretty to Witness. There Is no more fascinating dive to watch than this swan dive of the Swedes. One after the other, in follow-my leader j style, the Swedes run to the edge of the Artnrr vllfinA anil tt?nYxr tflAmjtlVAfi tntO ' diving place and throw themselves Into tiic uir, w.o Mnpewa su.ueu w - , ?ln ??!??.?, ?enn? L?r?ur,0Jr?l all the Wl das though irwere flying. J In Sweden It Is not uncommon to see a party of boys flyinng through the air to- gether perfprming the swa4low dive. All day long they enjoy themselves practicing. tfaese fancy ,forms of diving, performing trics somersaults that ; would aston- tMmT&SSSh? men Tn the . tbaekward and forward somersault dlvo "..K. -V , r.j0REG0!AN LLEKY. , ' ' PORTRAIT Nt. .3. Rob eft XiroHxv " ; Phy sicaDI'ntructor, , O Portland - - Tiirn Verein. ti4 " Portland Public ScKoois, and . M-ultnomaru V Amateur .tlvletio Club. ' i & t iJL frttvi jrAiYrmri5ltvHv crront hHcrhfs. nnrl . -i'1" k ....i n0 ,n nZt, 'mm, iW iri" ? : meats. r , VAJL . J On thcW.aferiy Links. The "knockotft" tournament at the Ws verly Golf Clubis,hearly ovjer. The sctnl flnats were played yesterday! afternoon. The 4emi-annuarcQmpetitIon fr the Blyth medal Is to take place on Saturday, No vember 22. This, Is a scratch competition, medal play, The medal is at present held by P. B. Glfford. t t The regular Fall tournament of the club Is scheduled f otrNovember; 28, 29 and SO. A large numbeof. entrlcs31s expected in eaojbfc-f the events.f.yf & " ? QUEEN OF THE GRIDIRON, i1 I x .' 0fe3FKM , '11 .' i , P- "JllPiy n 1 ft ""1 UmJI&&REmwlIF SYk V ,y& . n 9 Fig'ht Till ... THey Irop Dead. Some Facts About the. Famous Game Cocks of the South. v , ' T ' "JPew people realize thetextent to .which tne breeding of .game fowls is carried on in the states of' South Carolina and Georgia,'1 said Charles W. Hollifield, a well-known, chicken fancier, to a corre spondent of the Chicago Record-Herald recently. Mr. Holllflcld watf seated on the wide piazza of his Hacienda, de la , Vega ranch, near Macon, Ga A"game-1 rfrr nrntt nn.Aliftil .mnn .! trvtAA. artrf ' cocic was perched upon his knee, and nearjy athousand Climax ShawmecK ana War Horse cocks andhens srulaed here 0 yonder In the nchborlnjbarnyard. , Mr. Hollifield continued: U, I "The South is the home of the American. gamecock. There are no chickens moro famous tnaa tnQ Georgia Shawineck aiia y cocks, of both of """t, f,fe tui, nrirt ovr for ttdr beauty and .narVelous fight-', iner tactics. "The Shawlnecks especially are beautl- j ful birds. Their plumage Is fiery red. They have raven breasts "and yellow legs. 1 Pretty little tassels adorn the crowns- 6t ( their heads and 'two or three white i streamers float conspicuously among oth- j rwlso jet black tali feathers. The strain l first t ouhd fame In Georgia pits SO yeaTS ! ago. its representatives nave since, wan- r dered far. They have conquered the ' feathered warriors cf Canada and the celebrated 'hen cocks of Mxlco.-once so extensively bred and championed, by Santa Aha, , Vielonu Fls:hter. "The War Horse is noted idr its vie- j iousness. Not Infrequently ft cannot be safely handled, even wlien bfing trained fnr h.ltdft.-Ifc 1H15-4 shakes, rata and j hawkswlth tho greatest case.- The forc- bears of tho American War Horse had tntir nativity in lreiana, ana possiDiy xnat account for their snake-killing pro'ellvl tles. Tho War Hbrse Cock has large black eyes and a black beak, long and curved"1 t rtmnnth nnrl hlnrlr nlh. Thfi fpnthtrltlff is ' ih black, with violet grten reflections, giving Jvlho bird an appcaranco of high breeding. 'The war Horse Is what is Known as a shuffling' cock, because he bills his op- j poncnt and then kick him to death with j his games. . "If he can once come to close quarter j with an enemy he seldom falls to ac complish his purpose. Ho fights with great facility on Iris back or side, Wth his bill burled he. keeps kicking whether he Is on top or at the bottom. The War1.' Horce can stand more punishment than any otner gaxnecocK. Jtie nas oiten oeeii known to kill an opponent Wen whon hpf mrnscii was in xne very xnroes -oi aeaip? He Is so savagely game he Is never con quered when alive. 5 "It 1b interesting to observe," -continued Mr. Hollifield, "how racial and cli- i matlc influences manifest themselves even j In cock lighting. In Canada and the Northern states short spurs, aboui VA Inches long, are used. In the South the 1 T spurs are iiom za to a menes long. Bfeanft Business. In Cuba. Porto Rico. Mexico. Central -.. j- .. -, . ,, . i America, ana, in-taci. uu iropicai coun-j tfies, the gamecock Is armed for the pit with a double-edged knife three inches long and cury'Cd like a sclmiter. It is sharp as a razor, and is fastened over the spur of the left leg. It Js not Infre quently the case that a cock's head is cut off by It on the first fly. "With the short spurs of the North a fight lasts for a half hour; in the South,, with the long gafiles, it lasts 10 -minutes on an average; among the Latin races in the tronics. where the miniature Sclmftcr is used, it i3 over in a few seconds nine times oul oi ten. ine not. oiooa oi tne South has not the patience to wait It wants its fighting to be fast arid furious.' The sturdy courage of the Canadian cocker dictates a short "weapon," Mr. Hollifield says he will hatch 5000 chickens at the Hacienda de la Vega ranch this year, out of which he will be j able to pick 1000 fighting birds. He says. t further, that more cocks are foueht now than In the time of Henry Vill, but. at -, - , a--, -.. -..-v. ....,, "., .i mar nmo uio snnrt nnn a npttur iinna nr patrons. Ho Is anxious to old in restor ins to its tanner prestige. In Mexico today the chief patrons of the pit are f ing It to Its former prestige. In Mexico "" .....- wlu9, w. ..cuiuvja. ?? XX"?1 S on a single battle. Three of Mr. Holli- field's birds won three consecutive fights ( there last year, 51000 being bet on each event, and $5000 on the series. He says ' jiti uas uv vi(cr ujjuuucnuj iliuu VUG ' Mexican army officers. Breeding; an Art. "Breeding cocks for the pit," remarked jir. Hollifield, "is an art ae well as a B,ence. Proner matlmr is -hroauctivfi of 6sqislte-comblnatlons In coloring. It re- j qUirc3 application and study to breed into birfl just the right temper. Of course, au good strains are game by instinct, $ut mere courage is-not all that i "hefed- ed. We have got to keep up the physi- cal and mental tone. Some birds are far nr Intelligent than others. We must THE BELLE OF TUE, GLUB. ""fOME, Margie, gnpple fiamocl 3ai; 4 "Don't mind 'that linljeye cub:Vv y The regulation waggle gite . And swing yo'ux driving "That's goodr-a lmndred yards t. least Just see what pluck can Mo 1 ( Another drive, as'oddas tKat J J "Will niake the hole an u There don't tlirof divots over nie " StopplongKing up the sod! '- It's my turn1 now to make a stroke; You know you played tire a That hole & surety, yours, my dear. Your play's asgood as mine; 4 T AW j t 'K I; wish that there were eighteen holes Ti i sOooH .gwM." Youll make a That' hole takes 6ne stroke Easj-you'H make it safely r And that ,- look for the tral6 ,we want and then strive to reproduce ttitm "Then, too, a cock has got to bo very carefully trained for the pit. He must fie exercised for weeks with the greatest chtc ana sk.ul inis is uuuu uj ruiiumi him around 'a race track with hurdle opposed to my going so far away from for him to jump. He is also tossed In ' home alone, and refused their permls tho air about 200 times daily by his train- j slon, so I had to run away. I wouldn't or. "Unoeaslng attention Is paid to his advise boys to do that, as a general thing, diet nourishing but not fattening food but my Amerlcah trip certainly did me a and plenty of It. These and other ex- pedlents are resorted to to render a cock J strong ana jong-winaeu, ior a name in the pit Is a terrible ordeal." A cock weighing over 6 pounds le called a "shakebag," and la considered large criough to meet all comers. The name is a relic of days when the birds were hroucht to the nit side in sacks and actually -shaken out Just before the uatue. smaii cocks are matencu wj uib ounce, to make their chances as even as possible. SIR THOMAS LIPTOX'SicStlCCBSST K r -, nernnrknblc Career o(JIanwho Came After the Gup, Sir Thomas J. Lipton, when in tne United Stattfa lnrlSS, -with his yachtt Shamrock I, to contest for the possession, of the America's cup, was Interviewed, i and said: "I suppose you have read that I am; the son of a poor laborer, who wa3 scarcely able to give me any schooling at all. "We lived In Glasgow, my parents, and t, ana" at the age of 10 I as- obliged to quit Jg"rf sSrr'M?3 ASrhUe 1 "SME Im L $ ntZ occupied that position, were Just 16 cents a week, so you see I didn't have any thing very encouraging jtowJilch to look forward. I was ambitious, and attended a night school, where I obtained most of the education that I have. I have ed- ucatcd myself, and think that I made ' " 4 4 - a ft 4-IAf, 3 Instead of only golfer yet! more- now. completes the -William Lincoln Bulch In Golf. good use of what I managed to learn. "As I sala, I was ambitious, and I hadn't been In the stationery store very long before I ran away and came to America In the steerage of an Anchor Line boat. My parents were naturally vast amount of good. -wncn i arrived on tms siae, l wont down to South Carolina and worked on "a plantation but I did not Receive my wages until the crops were soid'ln the Fall, and I didn't like that very well. I soon tired of South Carbllha life, and came from Charleston to Now York, again as a stow away. "I got a situation of ho copseq.uence in New York, And remained here fcwhlle; but finally, deciding that America was not the place tor me, I returned to Glasgow, discouraged and disheartened. I have always felt, hdwever, that my American experiences have since proved valuable, for my wits were sharpened, and ay com mercial training was largely obtained on this side. "Upon my return to Glasgow I was quite ready to settle down, and, having persuaded my parents to let me have ft few hundred dollars my father had saved. I set up shop for myself. It was a pro vision shop, and 1, may say that there is where my real career began. The other years were apparently lessons which fitted me for my later career as a merchant. My whole heart was In this first little shop, and I dressed the Windows, attend ed to the customers, and did everything myself. I was careful of the slightest de tail, and took care that my customers al ways went away pleased; to that solici tude on tny part In those days I owe tho greater success that has attended my lat er efforts. "My little shop brought great -euccess, and, encouraged by this, 1 began to es tablish other shops in Glasgow, until finally, by degrees, of course, I acquired the great business which Is "now mine. That is the story of my gradtl advance ment, and I knpw you'll say It's a simple story, and that every one ought to be able to do the same. "I have 60 stores In London alone, and 420 the world over, most or them being in the British Isles. I sell all food products except beef, which I have never handled. I own thousands of acres on the Island of Ceylon, where. I am the largest Individual land owner. On this land I grow tea, cot fee and cocoa, dnd employ several thou sand natives to cultivate and ship It. I have warehouses all over Asia, and branch stores In Hamburg and Berlin. In Chicago I have a packing-house, where I sometimes kill three thousand hogs a day. So you see my enterprises are pretty well scattered over the earth. "How many employes have I? Well, all In all, I have somewhat over 10.000, and a nicer lot of employes you never saw. I nave never had a strike, and never ex 'pect to have one." Ovrner Has Troubles. The Machine started down hill. "I'm eighty-four today!" whirred the Gear gaily. "That's nothing," clicked the new Cy clometer, "I've just turned a hundred." "I'm very cross," creaked the Frame. "Don't wonder at It," "hummed the Wheels; "we're as tired as we can be." "I'm abount rung to death," tingled the Bell. Then the front Tire caught sight of a nail and made for it. "There!" it gasped, pneumatically, "now rm quite out of wihd." And it gricefully deflated. At this puncture the Machine paused. Then followed a few fitting remarks. "r5n accessory after tho fact," mur mured the back Tire. "Blowed if I don't think I'm-hlc screwed," remarked the Head Nut "Strikes me we're all on the loose," re joined the Froe Wheel. "I've been most abominably sat on," groaned the Saddle, "I know that." "I'm bustl" exclaimed the Acetylene Xiimp. "I'm d d!" cried the Owner. "I'll sell this crock and get a new one next sea son." London Judy. t . i " .i S). y Gro-wih. of Gahxe of Crichet. England's National Sport Is Making Progress in America. Cricket, the national sport of England, Is of uncertain age. Much has been 'writ tea as to Its origin, but, llke'the games of Ichoss and cards, its Infancy Is loit In ob- 'scurlty. Though played in various forma for many years, it tvas not untjl 1770 that written laws were formulated. In 1S14 the tickets had groVn to 26 inches- by eight inches, but In 1817 they were altered tc 27 inches by eight Inches. To compensate for the extra Inch of height the distance between the bowling and popping cKase was increased to Tour feet. About the year 1S25 one of the greai changes of the game took plate, round, arm bowling being permitted. It had beer frequently tried before, but iyas con demned as unfair. When batsmen fourci the underhand style easy to ptey, rour l arm bowling was allowed, and with some Improvement has done duty for 75 years. The new bowling, which rase higher froi the pitch than the ur.farhand stjle, led ta the Introduction of batting glov6 and lee guards. In 1S14 the Maryiebone Cricket Club, which was formed in 1787, moved tc St John's Wood Roao, London, where i has been ever since. Cricket was undoubtedly played In the United States at the same time as the Marylobone club made its final move. 11 bgan to take life in 1S31 and 1S32, at which time the Union Club was formed in Phila delphia. At the same time It began to take root in Canada, the Kent Cricke; Club of Chatham, Ontario, being formed in 1S3!. Clubs were also established in To ronto and Montreal, and in 1544 and 1M7 iriatches were played with New Yorlf teams. In 1S13 the Wakefield mills were estab lished In GermantoWn, Pa., for the pur- poafc of making hosiery. A large number of English operatives were imported, tlu majority coming from Nottinghamshire. It was their coming that gave the ganr an impetus in Philadelphia which eventu ally led to its becoming the cricketing center of the country. The American boa soon took to the game, and in 1S45 the Junior Club, all the membors of which at tended the University of Pennsylvania, was formed. The same year they met and defeated tne Germantown club by a small margin, and this Ie regarded by the old Philadelphia players as being the real beginning of Amer'can cricket. Eight Sears later the first International match Itween the United States and Canada was played, and was won by the former by 34 runs. In 1859 the first English team visited this country. It was composed of pro fessionals, under the captaincy of George Parr. Since that time 14 teams from Great Britain havb toured the states, as follows: Results W. 1850 George Parr 10 IStIS Etasrar WHUhor's 5 187S K. A. PlUgerald'B (Irteh).. 7 1S70 RlchaM Daft'a 7 187& Oentlemeh of Ireland 1S85 K. J. Sanders ... 1886 K. J. Senders 8 1SSS Gentlemen ef Ireland 6 1891 Lord Hswke's 0 1802 Gentlemen of Ireland 4 1HB4 Lord Hswke'fl 3 1603 F. MltchelL's 2 1SB7 P. F. Warner's 3 1803 P. F. Warner's 0 180O K. B. IUnJltMnhJt's 3 L. Dr o u o l o l o 1 0 3 1 a 0 l 2 6 1 1 n o 0 2 2 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 1531 Wen. 8, lost. 5, drawn, a. l$Sl Won. 4j lost. 3; drawn, 5. 1807 Won, 2; lost. 0. drawn. 4. In 1S93 the Australian team, captained by J. C. McC. Blaokham, after its tour in England, returned home by yay of the hc first match against the gentlemen of Philadelphia was one of the most nota ble of the century, as the home team ran up a total of 525 and defeated the famous antlpodeans by an Innings and 68 runa. Of the six games played in Philadelphia, New York. Toronto and Detroit the Au -trallans won 4. lost 1, and drew 1. In 1S96 another Australian team visited these shores, playing in Philadelphia, Now York. Chicago and San Francisco. Four games were won, 1 lost and 1 drawn. Three representative teams of Phlladel- pbia cricketers have vis" ted the British Isles, their records being as follows: lSjj.4W'on, 8; lost, 5; drawn, 5. 1880 Won, 4; lost, 3: drawn. 5. 1S97 Won, 2; lo&t, 9; drawn, 4. In 1SS7 the gentlemen of Canaaa sent a team to Great Britain which won four matches lost five and drew nine. In 1874 a tournament was held in nail fax, N. S.. In which teams from Canada and the United Statos took part. The trophy was won by the Philadelph'ans, and has for a number of years been played for by the clubs of the Quaker City, being emblematic of the champion ship of the city. Teams renresentlns the United States and Canada have done battle on the tented fields 2S times. Eighteen times has vic tory been won by the representatives of thi3 side, while the wl'.low-w Ielder3 from over the' border have eight successes to their credit The remaining two games were drawn. On August 24 and 25. 1863, the first match was played In New York, the United States team winning by Jl runs. Annual matches were played until 1S, with the exception of 1855. The Civil War depleted the ranks of many of the clubs and a lapse of four years occurred. In 1S65 teams from the two countries met at Toronto, after which year no games. were played until 1S79. Since then the fixture has been annual, although games were missed in 18S7 and 18S9. The sport is growing alow ly but surely In the United States. In the Northwest there Is considerable Interest manifested therein. Portland recently or gahized a club, and there are also crickel club9 In Tacoma, Seattle and Victoria. Among: the Basebnller. Sporting Life of October 26 says that Umpire Jack O'Connell is likely to Join William F. Hart on the staff of the Na tional League umpires. The San Fran cisco Bulletin, of the same date, says that Jack is slated for the management of the Spokane team next season. Jack refuses to talk on either subject, and It Is not known what his real intentions are. Jack Grim, on behalf of the Portland nine, asks The Oregonian to express the thanks of tho entire team to the street railway companies, the press and the Portland public, for the favors shown it during the benefit series, as well ah throughout the entire baseball season Just ended.