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THE STjyp AY OREGOyiAX, PORTLAND. MARCH 21. 1909. . 1 ( JEFFRIES' RETURN li TO "Big Fellow" Tells Mcintosh That He Will Fight Again if He Can Get in Shape. JOHNSON MILL IN ENGLAND promoter AYants Hauls There to Avold'Any Interference, but Will Xot Ofrer More Than $50,000 as Purse. CHICAGO. March 20. (Special.) "Jeffrlea will return to the rlns when ' he back In shape." Thl was the statement ' made by Promoter Hush McTntoah. of Austra- 11a. who talked with Jeffries in New Tork. and who reached this city from New York this morning, and it is the first definite statement that has been made that the "big: fellow" would posi tively box once more. "I am groin out after the battle, but .my offer stands at one fisrure." he aid. "and that is 10.000. or J50.000 in American money. I would prefer to have It held in England. There we would have no interference. .Australia is too far away, and condi tions are so uncertain here that if I Bet the bout it will most likely be in Knaland or France. "Jeffries is not in such bad trim as people seem to think. He has cut off 30 pounds since he took up work, and J was surprised to find that his stom ch was not so big as I expected." Mcintosh will remain here all week with the Burns-Johnson pictures at the .Auditorium. Johnson called on him to day, and tho two held a long confer nce over a match with Jeffries. niXT C'l.VB RIDKS IV RAIN Seventeen Members Finish Course in Fnce of Storm. respite the inclemency of the weather, and in the face of a driving rain storm! 37 members of -the Portland Hunt Club held a cross-country ride yestcrdav after noon, and while throughly wet through tliey returned feeling in excellent spirits. The riders comprised a number of new members of the club: who were, if any thing, more anxious than the old timers lo complete the ride, and It was duo to. their pleading that the gallop was not called off entirely. The riders assembled at Mount Zion, and at the command of the master of hounds. Dr. W. A. Cumming. the entire party set off at a gallop through the fertile, but muddy valley below. After enjoying a jaunt over a course of almost six miles, the bedraggled and invigorated rldera returned to the city. Every one expressed himself as highly pleased with the excursion, and the young riilers are anxious to go again. Those who rode through are the following Mrs. -VS". L. Wood, Mrs. F. Q. Buffum, Miss Mabel Lawrence, Mies Eva, Kiernan, Miss Sallle Leadbetter, Miss Dorothy lluber. Miss Sally Hart. Miss Laura Cumming. Miss Harriet Ornim Helen Wood, Miss Ida Locwenberg and rs. .ioe v.ronui. riarrv Skuse. Dr. William L. Wood. Harry Storey. Sidney Ioewenberg and Dr. W. A. Cumming. lilG MEET SET FOR APRlli. 3 Oood lilst of Entries Assured for Contests at Armory. V Preparations nre g-oinsr raoidlv for ward for the Indoor field and track meet to be held by the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club at the Armory on the night of April 3. Present indications point to a most successful meet, and the number of entries indicated shows that the affair will be the largest ever neia in tne Northwest. Forrest Smith-ion. the world's cham pion hurdler, will be one of the nroml nent contestants, while it is more than likely that another of Oregon's Olympic Karnes hemes, Dan J. Kelly, will also be on band. In addition to the regular events scheduled for the meet, special added attractions for the benefit of the militiamen of the Oregon National Ouard and the Interscholastic and Orammar School leagues are expected to be on the programme. Chairman Franl: R. Watkins is busily engaged in compiling: and assorting the entry lists as they are received from the various Institutions planning to enter the meet, and this Is no mean task, for the num ber of athletes likely to annear win un doubtedly exceed in numbers anvthtne- mo liuiu in me past. Shell Breaks; Xlne In Water. SAN FRANCISCO, March 20. Nine members of the rowing squad of the ....o.iv ui laiuornia nan a narrow escape from drowning late yesterday afternoon when the racing shell they were rowing broke amidships. The nine athletes were thrown into the cold waters of the Oakland estuary. Coach Dean Witter came alongside the strug gling men with the coaching launch and succeeded in picking them up but not before some of them had suffered narrow escapes from drowning. Leslie Robinson, a freshman registered from x-aaeport. could not swim, but he was -iti en irom orowning by the heroic ef forts of William Hogor. The crew had just finished, a half-mile SDrlnt and the men were so exhausted they could not acpi up mucn longer. Palhfindiiig Auto Starts. ' VL'W Tilri i- , v.. ""'. iMMrcn zu Tne car which will act as pathHnder for the International transcontinental automo bile contest for the M. Robert Guggen heim trophy from this city to the --wa-i uiton-i'aciiic KxposKlon on Juno t. started for Seattle from the City Hall this noou. The Pathfinder Is the car which won the New York to Paris race last year and George Miller, who acted as mechanician in that event, will drive the car to Seattle. The crew took with them a letter of felicitation from Mayor McClellan to the Mayor of Se attle. Besides Miller, the crew con sists of U W. Reddlngton. C. W. Eaton and J. S. M. Eley. it is expected the trip will take about 4 days. New Track Record Made. LOS ANGELES. -March 20. James Mc Manus. clever two-year-old. Rocky O'Brien, took the measure of a first-class lot of younv.-iters in the San Gabriel handicap at Santa Anita this afternoon. (Carroll, winner of the Undine stakes at Oakland a week ago. was considered one of the best two-year-olds of the present year's crop, failed to get any part of tho purs although his stable mate managed to wia third. The time, :i3 is a new track record. RING CERTAIN HILL "-. ....... "" -' ' ' -" " ' T- v;-:y. .- . : - " - " ; :' .. cfW-4 . , . . , .. " - -v'v - .. v v - I I j-t I IV l:4t1 f" ! ; . i 'A v-iii t- ; '- r-n ivit t-j va- j Ti,.BvIjA.fSH.!VrW T E GHO'!p A'" RIGHT TO LEI 1.K1, l'Htll, HAIBER, BECK AND COACH PEARL UEV. U WESTBKOOK AND PHILLIPS. iuanager i-eart Lasey, of the ball team. Casey says there are The Hill team is nrenarlnr. fnr o -v EN LET OUT Manager Rowland Refuses to Accept Special Contract. TEAM OFF TO WALLA WALLA Aberdeen Players Will Train In Gar- den City Until April 16, Then Go to Spokane, "Where Sea son Opens on April 17. ABERDEEN, Wash., March 20. (Special.) Manager Clarence Rowland, of the Aberdeen ball club, will leave Monday morning for Walla Walla, where the team is to train. Pitcher Most will accompany Rowland, but the other 18 men will report' at the East ern Washington city. The team will train for more than three weeks, and Rowland expects his men will be in fine fettle when they open the season at Spokane. The 19 players who will assemble at Walla Walla are: Pitchers Most, Ca liff. Pernoll. Starkell. Wilder, Baker, Bentz and Charlie Moore: Catchers O'Brien and Kreitz; Infielders Strelb, Herbert, Carr, Fitzgerald and Bower; Outfielders Householder, Lynch, Le Jcune and V. Campbell. "Out of this aggregation of talent I will endeavor to select a club of 1.000 fielders and .600 hitters." said Rowland today. "Seriously, I believe we have an excellent ' lot of players to select from, and I expect to keep the Black Cats right up in front, scratching all the time. Of course, ours will be a road club, except for the eight weeks at home, and this will prove a-disadvantage; but I am not at all discour aged on that score. Counting on Indians' Scalps. "It s hard to tell what the other cluos will show in the wav of strength But if they beat out Aberdeen .they will have to show some class. We open at Spokane, and will, of course, take the first series. This will upset Bob jtsrown s pians, but that can't be helped. Wo need the start." IS. E. ("Deacon") Van Buren will not wear an Aberdeen uniform this year. He has failed to come to terms with Rowland and President Macfar lane has signed his release. When Van Buren was in California his con tract was forwarded to him, but he returned it with several special clauses attached. The club offered him the same money he received last season, with which he was satisfied. The spe cial clauses covered future contingen cies, and the management was not dis posed to acquiesce. Van Buren is admittedly one of the most polished ball players In the West. He is a good hitter and has no equal in the league on bases or in the finer points of the game. While Aberdeen fans regret his release, they are sure lie will be signed up by some other Northwestern League club. k Three-I League Slen Secured. ! Rowland's new crew Includes a num ber of men from the Three-I League. Some little surprise has been expressed on this account, but the circumstance has been fully explained. The Thjee-I League reduced the salary limit to an extent that made it impossible to keep its best men. Rowland secured the pick of the league. Last season's team, which was nosed out by Taeoma for 'second place, was weak at base running. This year Row land has signed up some first-class base-runners, and the lineup will in- ciuae several neavy hitters. The pitch ing staff is strong and fans expect the team to show up well. Aberdeen will play four games a week with the Whitman College team, and in addition will meet clubs at Dayton and other towns near Walla Walla. The Cats will remain at train ing quarters until April 16. a)d then jump to Spokane, where thj season will open on April 17. THREE HURT IX POLO GAMES Accidents Xot Serious In Champion ship Contest at San Diego. SAN DIEGO. Cal., . March 20. Polo enthusiasts witnessed two games in the international tournament at Cor onado today. In the. first the Rane lagli team defeated Bryn Mawr. It was an elimination game, the winner to meet Burlingame Monday in a contest that will close the tournament for the All-America and Spreckels cups and the Pacific Coast championship." The score was: Ranelagh, 11; Bryn Mawr, 1. Two accidents marred the sport. In the second period J. F. Mackey and Alexander Brown came in collision, and VAN BUR MILITARY ACADEMY BASEBAL L FT. LOW Portland Northwestern League team. h a number of likelv youngster nn h. rC- ',.fy. . . . , - - i ocaouu in me nicrscnoiastic League. the latter was hurled under a bunch of ponies and his leg was sprained severely. Mackoy was injured in the wrist. In the fifth period W. Huhn's pony threw him over his head. Ifuhn was ba31y shaken up, but stayed in the game. The second game was between River side and Los Angelas, the score being 2 to 1 in favor of Riverside. Canby Mas Ball Team. CANBY, Or., March . 20. (Special.) Canby baseball fans have organized a ball team for the coming season. The home grounds are being put in shape and the team is anxious to arrange a series of games with outside teams. W. H. Lucke has been re-elected manager. Last sea son the Canby team played several sames with Portland -elubs. Gliddcn Tour From Detroit. NEW TORK, March 20. Detroit has been selected as the starting point for the Glidden automobile tour this year. The date of the start, however, has not been decided. Detroit has been selected principally because 15 entries had been guaranteed from that city alone. Y MOTOR IN EUROPE 8000 AMERICAN CARS IX ABROAD. TJSK American Consul at Lucerne Esti mates That 4 0,0 0 0 Americans Tour Europe by Auto. R. E. Mansfield, United States Consul in Lucerne, Switzerland, writes to the State Department In Washington that be esti mates 8000 automobiles were in use by Americans who toured Europe last year. "Each car carries on an average Ave persons,", says Consul Mansfield, "making a total of 40,000 Americans motoring on the Continent. The expense will average J10 per day for each person, making a daily expenditure by this class of American travelers in Europe of $400,000. The American motor ist usually spends two months on the Continent, which brings the aggregate expenditure up to $24,000,000 for the sea son. Automobiles of the best known makes are especially built and equipped for touring purposes. "Every point of interest along the vari ous tours is visited and all have an op portunity to see them at close range and not be rushed through. These tours are arranged so as to be made in the shortest possible length of time commensurate with absolute comfort and safety, com bined with perfect sight-seeing, and the rates the lowest that oosslblv can he made for the service rendered." "The large cities are, of course, of es pecial interest to the regular sightseer, but between these points of interest lies a world. as picturesque and enjoyable as any of the tours the average tourist makes a specialty of. Surely it is as In teresting to take a trip through the beau tiful Chateau district of France and see at close range those landmarks of days gone by, or the Cathedral Cities, Shake speare and Tennyson countries and along the Thames River in England, as to visit the cities where there are only, occasional points of interest less historic and cer tainly less appealing to the sense of that which is beautiful and impressive." Idanha Motor Car Company reports the following sales for the week: White & Sheer, Canby, Or., two-cylinder roadster. . . J. L. Irvin. Albany, Or., four-cylinder Auburn and two-cylinder roadster. Two cars of the same model pur chased by Claud Cannon, of Roseburg, Or. A four-cylinder Auburn baby tonneau delivered to Ed Bower, of Centralis. T. J. Ross, four-cylinder 30 horse power to be delivered at Bellingham, Wash. T. R. Jones, of Blackfoot, Idaho, a two-cylinder Auburn 24 horsepower roadster. . . . There will be something saved if, when ever possible, as it often is when run ning through the rural districts, the radi ator is replenished with rain water in stead of hard water. A constant deposit is being made in water jackets and rar diatofs by the mineral elements in. spring water, from which the water of the rain barrel and cistern have been freed in Nature's distillery. Lewis Strang, winner of the Savannah, Briarcliff and Lowell road races, former holder of th mile circular track record of .313-5. and regarded as one of the great drivers of the world, has signed with the Buick Motor Company and will be at the wheel of Buick cars in the im portant events on track, road and hill. Strang will compete in stock events with the speedy Buicks, and will also have two special racing cars for the free-for-all events and recOTd trials. k . Kymik I made enough in the stock market last month to buy a fine car. - Synik Still playing it, eh? Weil, did you get a car? Kymik (sadly) I wish I had. SQUAD, COACHED BY PEARL CASEY. AS FOLLOWS: TOP HOW MI D IIirRHKS. rni.v. jnivin v ci, ... Ell ltOW HISCKS, W. GHAHiM. CABRLTHERs, M'lSTOSa 's'mithT beer, rtti i .v, . , in. .i Vu. JTZ. " w ... .uo iaua utte la&en a great COLTS CULLED OUT Y. M. C. A. Will Form Amateur Baseball League. FIRST MEETING THIS WEEK AU Uniformed Teams. Whether Rep resenting Business Houses or Prl xately Equipped Will Be En- titled to Membership. Next Wednesday night a ineeting will be held at the Y. M. O. A. to organize a baseball league among the amateurs of Portland. Heretofore it has been the cus tom to pursue a go-as-you-please policy among the near-greats, and the ohject of this meeting is to gather all available t.cu.nis imo -an organiaztion so that a schedule of games may be arranged and amateur series conducted on the lines of .organized baseball. All uniformed teams, whether represent ing business houses or privately equipped, are eligible to membership, and according to present plans eight or ten clubs are likely to form the organization. These teams will play Sunday afternoons. A. J. Dickerman, manager of the Keats Auto Company team, and Manager Moore of the Ben Selling nine, are the moving spirits in tho new proposition. According to Manager Dickerman eight clubs can easily be secured for the formation of the new league, and he is inclined to think that this number might be swelled to 12. Among the last season teams that may be in the field again this year are the J. G. Mack, the Fleischner- & Mayer, the Union Meat Company, the O. R. & N., the Owls and a number of others. In addition to the mercantile teams be ing asked to enter, the Portland Police Department team is also extended an in vitation, and Patrolman Rupert, who Is (manager and captain of the "cops," will Tie asked to attend the meeting Wednes day night. The police team is composed of some htgh-class baseball material this season, for anumber of the new members of the department have had considerable experience on baseball fields before being enrolled as knights of tne club and star. An amateur City League will fill a long felt want, for in the past the independent teams have been struggling along as best they might, while if a propeMy organized league, with a regular schedule, con ducted the series, tho relative merits of the different teams could be much more clearly recognized and would afford some splendid sport. BOYS BUSY MAKING REftOY COLUMBIA MEET APRIti ' 17 IS EXPECTED TO BE SUCCESS. All Colleges Begin to Groom Entries lor Various Events Jetting Track Into Shape. "College spirit" is doing much to make the. Columbia University track meet n success. Imbued with the idea of making luo ut jprii ii xne nnest in the Northwest, both staff and bovs at tho in stitution have entered into the tak of getting tha big coliseum and track into shape long before the date et for pulling oft the various events. Track Manager j.ia.uiv, mni his nost ot wining colleagues has got to work grading and leveling the big loop, and the expense to the college is hi, -ins. way ieing reauced. What will Oregon do?" is the query buii-k me rounas at Jiugene. "Bill" Hay. ward says that prospects are ar.tnnllv poorer than in any previous year since he has been in Oregon. Hayward bases a lot of his hopes on the freshmen, but, as jnaywara nas more than once pointed out. it takes more than one season to develon a track man. Of course, by keeping their noses to tne grindstone some of the "freshies" will be equipped sufficiently to take the places of some of Oregon's fallen heroes. For, let it be whispered gently. Oregon has lost a number of her best men. The college is weak in th weights, she does not expect to make a great showing in the pole-vault, there ia no - particular strength m the distance runs, and the jumpers are especially weak. With this as a starter, there will nave to te some splendid work shown by the collegians to hold the place at the Columbia meet that they have held in previous years. Hayward is franklv dii bious, but he won't work tho less hard on tnat account. Moullen, Kuykendall, -.aci.ar. as, moores, Konerts, Mays, Gard ner and Sievcrs are among those that -2 ... , . .ln?.. "Iu """ry Academy base- liking to the league player. have left the U. of O. To take their places there Is nn abundance of material, but as to whether it will work out into the necessary shape is another question. For thu weights, Kellogg, of Baker; Means, of Pendleton: Neill. of I -a Grande: Struck and Henderson, of Hood River: Widlund, of California, and Gilles. of Woodburn, should make, some showing if numbers are any criterion.' Gabriel, Hlxon, Hawkins and Bristow will work for the pole-vault, and Baer, Huston. Randall and Cole arc the most 'promising youngsters for the sprints. The hurdlers are Latourette and Newland. and the dis tance men Riddell, Davies, Reynolds and Garrabrandt. The Oregon Agricultural College has written binding its representatives to make a finer showing than they have ever done before, and the "Aggies" not unnaturally believe they will this year make their old Oregon rivals take their dust. Within two weeks the Corvallls men expect to make public their, entry list. At present they are too much en gaged in general training to dig up de tails. MAT MEN MAKING READY BERG AXD ROLLER TO SIGN FOR MATCH APRlli 3. . Portland Athlete, Although Lighter Than Seattle Physician, Declines to Accept Handicap Offer. It begins to look as though the big wrestling match between John Berg, of Portland, and Dr. Benjamin Franklin Roller, of Seattle, on ADril 2. i to bo go. Edward J. Davey, who is Ynak- ing the arrangements for the proposed match, is so confident the grapplers will meet that .he has contracted for the advertising, and both wrestlers are expected to sign articles by tomorrow. The wrestling fans of Portland have long been desirous of seeing the big Seattle physician in a bout with some grappler of known ability, and that Berg is the man equal to the occasion seems -to be the general opinion. In some quarters it is said that Berg will not prove much of a match for Roller, because of Berg's lame ankle. In dis puting this assertion the promoters de clare that Roller offered "Berg a handi cap match, and that the local man re fused the offer and stipulated a straight match, best two falls out of three. Ac cordingly, Manager Davey mailed the articles of agreement to both men Fri day niglrt. These articles provide for a straight catch-as-catch-can bout, best two falls in three, and pin-falls only to count. Berg is now building up at Ship herd's Springs, near Carson, Wasn., where he expects to remain until a few days before the bout. As he does not have to train down as he did for his match with Eddie O'Connell, the , for mer Bellingham boy is taking things easy. He writes that his ankle, which bothered him in the bout with the Multnomah" Club instructor, Is much stronger than since he came West. Berg also says that he has the care and attention of an expert trainer, who nas informed him that the injured member will be as strong as ever by March 26, when he first expected to meet tne Seattle man. Dr. Roller himself is in splendid shape, for he has been in constant training for several months. He had imenaea to enter tne prize ring and trained hard ror that purpose, but he is scheduled to wrestle Hjalmar Lundin, the Swedish heavyweight, at Seattle on JUarcn 30, he has continued tnat work. Roller writes that he is anxious to show the people of Port land just what ho can do in the wrest ling game, for he realizes that his matcn nere last April, when he met Victor McLaglen at the Heilig Theater. was not up to the standard of his other matches, because the 1 acorn an was an undeveloped grappler. Roller believes Berg to be a good man, and says the only reason he of fered a handicap match was because of his advantage in size and weight. He is very much impressed with Berg's confidence, shown in the demand for an even matcn, and thinks that the wrestling tans or Portland will see first-class exhibition. Davey expressed regret last night that the date of the Roller-Berg match should coninct with the . O Connell- Tremblay go, but says that it cannot De switcnea now, oecause Roller leave for the East the following day. being scneauiea to wrestle at les Moines Iowa, on the night of April 9. Davey says Berg informs him that April 2 was seiecica oecause j uonneil had an nounced March 25 -as the date of his next oout. aaa tney aid not wish to nold a conmciing attraction. However, if the two matches do com so close together, the wrestling fans can afford to patronize both, for both attractions win do well worth atten tion, in ract, tne two matches repre sent contests between four of the best grapplers Known today. GOOD CHANGE FOR COAST PENNANT McCredie's Team Sizes Up With Any in League as Seen in Practice. MEN ARE -WELL BALANCED Pitching Staff Needs Strengthening, but In Batting and Fielding Team Equals .Any Some of the Good Points of Breen. . BT WILL G. MAC RAF.. SAX LUIS OBISPO. March 20. (Spe cial.) With Buddy Ryan in the out field and Catcher jIurrav anri TMtr-v..-. Jess Garrett to round out his team. It looks as if Manager McCredie will have lots to say about the Coast League pen nant again this year. Sizing up the team, now that It has played one hard game and has acquitted itself most creditably, warrants me In saying the rest of the teams in the league will always have to figure the Portland wnite box in the running. The team, as it stands right now, looks to be specially we..-balanced, both in the in field and outfield, and the only flaw in the formation is in the pitching stafT. Only Doubt Is About Pitchers. Even when Jess Garrett joins the team, this will only give Manager Mac three good pitchers. In Speck Hark ness, Graney and Carson, the team has three twirlers who can be depended upon to work a couple, ot times a week or more if called upon, for all are young and strong. Garrett Is not built upon sturdy lines and if McCredie gets two good games out of the little Texan, he will be lucky. Not that Jess isn't willing to work oftener, for he is will ing enough, but he hasn't the strength to do so. In Scaton and Willett, Mc Credie has untried propositions, and while both of them look good right now, the searching question is. will they be there when they are called to arms? Both of the last-named young sters are having trouble with their arms, and Trainer Cornell is giving them a special course of treatment. Sam Farrais is another doubtful quan tity. His wing is to the bad and I don't look for him or Gray to make the team. Strong Behind Bat. With everything moving alonsr smoothly and with Ambruster and Mur ray behind the bat, Portland will be stronger in its receiving department than it has been anv vear inc. Me Larry McLean and Pat Donaugh were tne receiver generals. Unless Ambrus ter should suffer a lapse, and the gen eral and clever catcher says there isn't a chance for his misbehaving himself this season, McCredie will have the services of the best catcher in the league. He knows how to get the best there is out of a young Ditcher, and. with Ambruster and McCredie coaching mem every day, the youngsters on the team ought to make good if they have in mem tne malting. Armbruster is re markably sure on foul balls, a thing in which Tom Madden was woefully weak, and he has a throwing arm that cannot be beaten. He shoots the ball to second or first and when it arrives it hits the glove as light as a feather, yet there is a world of speed in tho de livery. Founler Raw, but Promising. Not only are McCredie and Armbruster working on the pitchers, but they have taken young Founler in hand. The young backstop is a raw recruit for a lad who has caught a season in reason ably fast company. In the. couple of innings I saw him work, I confess I was surprised at the lack of finish he displayed. Evidently he was allowed to go on and eatch after his own fash Ion, without any coaching. The sav ing clause- is that he has the earmarks of a catcher and has a very good chance of developing Into a good man. If Mur ray arrives, and it looks very probable now that he will, for P. J. McHenry, the genial proprietor of the St. James Hotel, where the team is stopping, has received a letter from the secretary of a lodge to which Murray belongs, tell ing .nr. McHenry to look out for Mur ray and see that he gets off all right. Founier will be turned back to Man ager Casey, and if any one oan make a catcher out of the youngster, Casey can. Three Slashing Good Men. . In Breen, Olson and Ort. McCredie has three slashing good men, and if they keep up their clip it will be a trio hard to beat In any club." All three know this good old game 'of baseball. They are all fair hitters, are fast In the field and fast on the bases. There isn't a quitting streak in any one of them, and the baseball players on the other Coast teams may as well know it now. They are out fighting in every game. Portland fans need not worry about the loss of Raf tery in the outfield, now that Ort is in uniform. He is Just as fast on his feet as Port land's last year's centerfielder, and he can cover more ground. When it comes to fielding ground hit balls, he has it on Raftery a mile, and he can hit with the Boston man, who is with Cleveland. It was Ort's brilliant catch of a long drive in the White Sox game that saved lots of trouble. He had to dive through a layer of people ten deep to grab the fly. and the way he tore into the crowd and bowled them over was good to look at. In this game Breen gave McCredie some idea of how tricky he was on bases. He drew the fire of Pitcher Lange to third base several times be fore he made his steal home. Then when he saw the White Sox twirler was taking a long wind-up he tore for the plate and made As pretty a slide as was ever pulled off. He went into second irt the same thunderbolt style, and his manner of going into the bases is going to give the sack guardians lots of worry this Summer. He is game to the core. If he hadn't been he would have been in bed in stead of playing ball on Tuesday, for he Is in wretched shape with a cold that will not yield to treatment. Olson Vigilant Baseman. The more I see Olson in action the more I like him. He watches second base like no shortstop Portland has had in uniform since the days of Bill Sweeney. . While he is In action you won't find the players taking a mile lead off the keystone sack. Just now there are some raw edges around the infield, but this is due to the fact that the players are new to each other. By the time the season opens the machinery will be in work ing order, for it is made up of good baseball brains. I look for Captain Johnson to play the same high-class ball this season as last, and this is good enough. The responsibility of ! running the team is not going to both- er him any; on the contrary. It looks as if it was going to improve bis game. . Kennedy has improved a lot In his fielding, and he is working hard. He covers more ground around first than Danzig did, and I guess for the first time since he Kas been playing ball he is making a study of the game around the initial sack. Ho may not be able to meet the ball like the big fellow who is with Boston, ior ho has a tendency to upper cut tho ball In stead of smashing it on the nose. He realises this, and he has a tendency o get mad over his fault, which docs not help him any. . McCredie is working on him, and Mac is firmly of the opin ion that tho big Irishman will rank with the best of the first basemen be fore the season is over. Greetings From Old Fan. Ralph Hoyt and tho rest of the old time baseball fans of Portland who were the forerunners of the game in Portland, will remember Dr. J. F.. Lynch, who was instrumental in or ganizing the Portland Baseball Asso ciation in 1S89. Dr. Lyiiuh hasn't been in Portland since 1S93. but he still keeps close tab on things in general at Portland. Dr. T,ynch has a splendid practice here, and is one of the con stant Portland rooters. On s?t, Pat rick day he presented McCredie and the rest of the Irish team with green carnations. He sends a message of greeting to his friends in Portland. MURKAY STARTS, RYAX DELAYS McCredie Angry ' at Denvcrite. Writes Tor Another Pitcher. SAN LUIS OBISPO, Cal., March 20. (Special. Manager McCredie received a telegram from the railroad people, at Pittsburgh today saying that Catch er Murray had taken up his ticket and had started for San Luis Obispo. The news pleased the big Portland manager, for, if Murray will come straight through, he will arrive before the train ing camp is broken up. Ryan is the only player now that haa not been heard from. His ticket was sent to him at Denver over a week ago, and this morning McCredie learned that Ryan had not called for it. He was as mad as a hornet when he re ceived the telegram this morning from the railroad people and. unless Ryan gets a move on hiniself. ho will find himself playing ball on tho bench. This will happen anyway if -Portland is awarded Shinn by the National com mission. While McCredie is well satisfied with his pitching staff, he is not going to take any chances, and this year he will carry six twirlers. This morning he wrote one of the American League clubs, With which he has been doing business, telling it that ho could use a first-class pitcher and, if It had one, to send him on just as soon as the club began to weed out after Spring prac tice. The last game of ball between tha Portland Whito Sox and the Merchants will be pulled off tomorrow afternoon. 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