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IT CURRENT GOSSIP IN FIELD OF ATHLETICS Portland Fans' Will See Strong Team When Giants Play J Jabez White Shows Up Well in Training. TSE S USD AT. OKEffOMLS; POBTIA&D, MBIL 9, 190p. OUTLOOK AT CLUB Multnomah Has Bright Pros pects. STRONG TEAMS IN ATHLETICS Track .'Men Will Hold Xheir Own, Writes H. W. Kerrigan AH De- pa'riments of -Club Harmoni ous, Says the President. By H. W. 'Kerrlgsuu Although Multnomah's strength in track and field events will be "weakened in some respects this year, through the loss of some of last season's sure pointmakers, the club will have, nevertheless, a good representative team. In some events we will bo stronger than, last year, particu larly in the relay team, the half mile and mile and in the 440 I think we will &mm be a. little better. In Wg&r ' tha 100 find 220 wo m are strong, and thiser'V applies to the high and broad jumps -as welL In the shot and hammer, with the exception of the 56 pound hammer, we are all right, but with the competition in sight it can hard ly be expected thatMig we can take first 3 piacc in tnose evenis. sp$-. Our weak spots win s dies ana i tmns tno - polovault The loss IX. W. Kerrigan. of Coates will hurt us considerably in the hurdles, although his place will be well taken in -the broad jump. In the high jump the only man we have to fear in any competition I think Is this new comer, young Hall, of California. From all accounts he is a winner, and if he enters into the contests up here I think he can eaelly win out as against all. This will be a year of sports in Port land. The prominence given by the Ex position to athletics and sports will at tract wide attention and there will be competitors from all parts of the country. Multnomah will enter all amateur con tests and the fact that it will have to meet competition from all parts of the United States makes it neceseary for the club to put out the strongest team pos sible. I have no hesitancy In saying that the club's dependence will be placed on their old men, that Is the men who have represented the M. A. A. C. in the past few years, but by that I do not mean that we have no winners amongst the new men or the juniors. During this past week the work of several of the new men and the juniors has been sufficient to at tract the eye of the critics and place them in the ranks of the club's sure men, but the fact remains that they are more or less untried. For that reason alone the club will look to the old men. While doing this, however, the others will not be neglected, and will be given every chance to wear the winged "M" In the contests. , The younger men are turning out better than ever and the club this year will devote more attention to them than In former years. But little can be expected from the Juniors this year, since the time for their development Is limited, but the club is now looking to the future as much as to the present, and fully" real izes the fact that the development of the young men this year means-tbe making of winners of future years. MEMBERS ALL FALL INTO LINE. Every Department of the Club Is Working . Harmoniously. By W. H. Chapin, President M. A. A. C. I think it can safely be said that the M. A. A. C. is today in better shape than ever, either as regards what it offers to members or financially. One very gratifying feature is the In terest shown in the club's welfare at this time both by old and young members. Everybody seems to be putting his shoul- &der to the wheel. and the entire club sis permeated with the spirit of prog ress. The different 'departments of the fclub are In good 1 hands, and advance ment is noted along 3 all lines. The membership committee has been I particularly busy of late, and their work jhas already pro- Educed results, In fact to such an extent that it seems to me 'that we will reach W. H. Chapin. the point of our sraiting list nefore the scheduled time, June 1. Each committee is devoting Its entire attention to the advancement of Its department, and at the,same time Is working In harmony with all committees for the advancement of the club as a whole. I am much pleased over the results ob tained so far from our monthly assembly of directors and committeemen, and feel that it can do nothing but good. In fact this has been fully demonstrated in one meeting. Such a meeting brings all the dub workers together and Ideas are Inter changed and a general knowledge of what the club is doing that cannot be obtained In any other way. INDOOR TOURNAMENT IN MAY. Contests Will Be Preparatory to Ex position Sports. By S. McCord," Chair man Indoor Committee "While ordinarily this would be about the close of indoor work, the prospect of contests under the Exposition ath letics carries with it a continuing in. terest for the club indoor athletes. Th past year has witnessed the largest indoor classes In the club's history, and not only that, but more and bet- ter men have been Id ev eloped. There I has been no special work that is along sany one linn hut I there has been marked all - round improvement, and tnis is what i needed. Pnr vn (first time la three lyears an indoor amiet c tonmo. Iment will be held !on jviay o, and, while this is prop erly a start Of Whof I will hereafter be annual tourna. (ments of this char. J. s, McCord. Zin i ' evcnt ' will also, be used to try out men for entries In the Lewis and 'Clark indoor events. The entry lists are now open for Mr this tournament, and are being filled up. The tournament will be divided Into two classes, heavy gymnastics, consisting; of horizontal and parallel bars, vaulting table, high jump and rope climbing, and light gymnastics, Including chest weights, dumbbells and traveling rings. First and sec ond medals will ""be awarded to the contestants securing the largest num ber of points in each class. Of these two classes, heavy gymnastics "will be the most important, since it will be proficiency in that line that will be required lor the Lewis and Clark events. "With the material we have, there should be no trouble in picking a team of all-round men that will give a .good account of themselves at the Fair, and we are In hopes of tak ing better than second place. ' With Rascb. Bennett, Frank, Nich olson, King, Brandon, Allen. Duggan, Warren and Lyons to choose from, I have no fear as to the club being well represented, this year. We will also enter all swimming and diving events, as well as water polo, which has lately been Introduced in the club. In the water "we have Stockton, Barton, Ross,- Miller, Bennett, Reed arid Campbell, and any one of . these can hold his own with any one on the Coast. We have about ten men at wter polo in the tank. No team has been organized yet, and the work of the boys has been confined to practlco In passing the ball and working together among themselves.. Arrangements are now about completed for the organization of two gymnasium classes for business, one at noon and an other in the early evening, say, about 5 o'clock or 5:15. The need of such classes has been felt for some time, and the older members of the club who feel the need of some physical exercise and yet do not want to go Into the younger classes have demanded them. Postal cards are now being sent out to all members noti fying them of the proposed claseses, arid it Is expected that within the next week or two the classes will be started. 1, like members of other committees, can only say that I believe the club is more prosperous and has a better outlook than ever before, and I know this is true of the indoor athletic department. GYMNASIUM WORK POPULAR. Physical Director Krohn Reviews the Indoor Season. - Bx Robert Krohn, Physical Director. With the exception of the preparation of the clubmen who will enter the Lewis and Clark event, the Indoor season is practi cally ended. In reviewing the work of the club during the past year, the average clubman or his friend is prone to view it entirely as a man's club and forget that it has a ladles' annex. Of course, the di vision is so sharp that practically no one outside of the board of directors knows what the ladies' an nex has accom plished this year, but If the clubmen had been permitted to witness the events of ladies' day held last week, they would have agreed with me that in many respects the ladies have out stripped the men in the work of the gym. The ladies' classes have been a great success this past year, each class hav lncr an averaeft at tendance of 55 and -KODerc ixroan. GO, and they have worked nara ana con sistently. The junior girls classes, un der the direction of the Ladies' Annex. have been on an equality with the Junior boys, the attendance being about 175. The senior men's classes have, however. been probably the most successful and satisfactory- They have shown the best Interest and the greatest advancement and with a team picked from their number I have no hesitancy in saying that they will do more than give a good account of themselves In the-Lewis and Clark indoor events. The juniors have been divided into two divisions, the day and night, and In both there has been an average attendance of 175 each week. They are the most enthu siastic members of the gym and show it In their irrepresslbllity. An indoor con test Is now being arranged for the juniors to be held some time in May. They will be divided into eight divisions, five of the day and three night. First and second medals will be given In each class which will consist of three events. BRIGHT BASEBALL PROSPECTS Manager Honeyman Predicts a Win ning Team for Multnomah. Br David T. Honeymao, Manager Base-ball Team. The only thing that can be said of the prospective M. A. A. C baseball team is that It will be a sure winner. A feature of the team we are sure to have will be its batting. Just look at the men we have in sight, Stott, now catching for Stanford, and who, heretofore, has had the reputation of being a weak man at the bat. If you look up his work for this season you will find that he has been getting from one to three- hits In every game and he is considered as one of Stanford's best men. Fenton, who Is also playing with Stanford at third, is making good, too, and his recent home run in one of the Southern games fixed him firmly in the estimation of the college. Before going to Stanford he played second base, but I cannot CO. f'A -.w,.. UJft when he comes North. Then with A. Farrott, Murphy, Stockton. Litt. Zan. Banks, and Houston in the infield, none of whom have lost their eye, I do not see where anyone can beat us, either in the batting department or fielding. The same can be said of WIckersham, Cook. Chalmers, Eastman. R Parrott and Oliver in the outfield, and another necu liar thing is that all our pitchers, Moore, Martin, Fink and Whitehouse are all good hitters. Aside from the men men tioned there Is any amount of good ma terial for a first team in the club league, and that is going to be the diffi culty in choosing our first team. There are too many good candidates. The boys are all getting down to hard nraetlee now. and the first Iphctid mm. has been played. Of course, the big thing aneaa or us is tno games at the Fair. In addition to those, however, we will have games with all the colleges and clubs In tins section. Including Stanford and Berkeley, if satisfactory arrange ments can De maae. The game with the team from Japan has not yet been arranged, but from what we have heard we think there will be no trouble In getting them to come north during the Fair, after their game with Stanford. In all probability a game will be played with Seattle on the home grounds on the Fourth of July. Following that a trip will be made by the M. A. A. C, taking in Seattle, Victoria, Spokane and possibly evereix. Prospects for a successful baseball sea son are more than good, and the M. A. A. C. Is sure to end the season a winner. pl3L "JBhh HERE'S HOPING HE'S AS BTG AS HE LOOKS A Fan's Toast to Each Giant "May His Batting Average Wax Fat and His Fielding Percentage Never Grow N - Less".'. TO ROOT FOR TEAM Business Men Will Ride in the Opening Day Parade. LED BY TOM RICHARDSON Commercial Club Is Preparing to Welcome McCredle's Giants Next Wednesday and to Assure Them Cordial Support; The Portland Commercial Club does other things than encouraging immi gration and telling the people in other parts of the world about Oregon it pats on the back the people that are here already, gives a - protecting in fluence to infant Industries and even encourages baseball fans. This fact is demonstrated by the plans the Com mercial Club has formulated for the proper observance of the baseball sea son of 1905 in Portland next Wednes day. On that day, when McCredle's Giants trot out on the home course and for the first time this season dig their toes Into a baseball diamond in the State of Oregon, the Commercial Club will be behind them to push, and a crowd of conservative" business men will pose as rooters with Manager Tom Richardson to lead ofC with the tigers. The club has- invited, or rather com manded, the officials of the Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade and other commercial bodies to appear on Wed neaday afternoon at the Commercial Club room. Here the business men will shake the bands of McCredle's men. and then the crowd will take ten large automobiles that have been engaged for the occasion and parade through the streets, headed by a band and ended by the opposing team. The parade will pass through the principal streets of the city, and Tom Richardson's rooters will make the af ternoon hideous with their yells of en couragement, while the regulation fans trot along in the wake of the proces sion arid give thanks for this great In terest manifested. When the Vaughn-street baseball I grounds are reached .President H. M. Cake, of the Commercial Club, 'will make a speech upholding the good things of athletic sports In general and baseball in particular, and after the Giants have received his blessing and Tom Richardson has led oft with the Initial root, some dignitary, whose name has not been yet announced, will step into the pitcher's box, roll up his sleeves and pitch the first ball of the season. After which the Giants will put their own pitcher in the box and proceed to push their opponents off the average ladder In their efforts to get on the top rung. CALLS "LARRY" GREATEST EVER Clark Griffith Extols Playing of New Manager of Cleveland. Clark Griffith, in one of his daily talks at American League heardquarters in the Flatlron building, said the other day that In his opinion Lajoie is the greatest bats man that ever walked to the plate, says the New York Sun. "He can hit any kind of a ball?' said Griffith "It makes no difference where you pitch it. Larry can fairly break It. I have seen him reach outside the plate and knock a ball, deliv ered purposely wide, out of the lot. The only pitcher In the country who has him guessing all the time is Jack Powell, and Jack lets them go straight over the plate with all the speed at his command. V "Chesbro had Larry fooled with the spitball, but the big fellow will probably get the hang of that this year. Lajoie is a natural ballplayer. He knows the game in all its phases, and as manager of the Cievelands I think he will be a pronounced success. Ever since he first came Into the big leagues he has played ball under man agers who could not tell him a thing about the game that he did not know, but with the responsibility shifted to his own shoulders Lajoie will bo of greater ser vice to the Cievelands than ever." - Motor-Boat Is Christened. PARIS. April 15. Mme. Camilie Du Gast's racing motor-boat. Turquoise, was solemnly christened in the Seine by Canon Dumont this week. The priest, who wore ceremonial vestments, delivered an ad dress on behalf of Mgh-Le Nordez, late Bishop of Bijou, who was prevented from being present. In which, after congratu lating Mme. Du Gast, he spoke of recent scientific developments lrr motor naviga tion. He then named and blessed the Tur quoise. Mme. Du Gast retired and reap peared immediately, clad in overall trous ers, a Jersey, a waterproof pea-jacket and a yachting cap, and, jumping into her boat, motored up and down the Seine at a terrific speed, much cheered by the smart crowd of her guests. She will race the Turquoise in the contests at Monte Carlo. The Prince of Monaco is stated to be the "Godfather" of her boat, which, true - to -Its name, is painted turquoise blue. GIANTS GOME HOME McCredie's Men Wilf Play in Portland This Week. HARD FIGHT FOR EVERY GAME Oakland Proves a Worthy Competitor --Players Work Well as a Team Chill San Francisco Wind Cripples Pitchers. Br Will G. MacRae. SAN FRANCISCO, April 15. (Staff Cor respondence,) On Tuesday the Portland fans will have .a chance to gaze on ths ball team that Manager McCredle has gathered together. It goes without say ing that the fans must be well pleased with the crew that he has mustered They are a set of big fellows and In spite of what has been said about them they are well behaved. It has been Port land's luck to have had to fight, and fight hard, for every game won. Not a game since the season opened has been an easy one, and such old stagers as Virgil Garvin, McCredle and Van Buren have made up their minds that things ought to begin breaking easy for us pretty soon. The Giants were looking forward to meeting Oakland, with an Idea that they would find easier game than they had found In Los Angeles and San Fran cisco, but just about the time we struck the Commuters, Van Haltren. who has succeeded Pete Lohraan as manager, had straightened out the snarls In the team and they w'ere playing as good a game as any of the other teams we had met, so the hopes of some easy picking went glimmering. The fact of the matter is, all of the six teams In the league are proving stronger in performance than they appeared on paper, and unless all signs fail, there will bo no runaway race this- year for the pennant at least not for the first half of the season. Fisher broke even with Lop Angeles and came to San Francisco and began tearing down the Seals. Our Giants were the . first to drag TJncfe Hank Harris eals off their lofty perch and left to Ta- coma the work of pulling the Seals down to within striking distance of all the teams in the league. Portland should have taken the series from the Seals, and they .would have. had it not been for some crude fielding. McCredle's men haven't .hit their stride yet. There is still a great many rough spots, but as' time -wears on and the Giants get to work on their own -stamp ing grounds this will wear away. All of- tho new players have been handi capped by the weather since they came to San Francisco. 'They are not used to this chill wind that tears its way through- San Francisco, and In conse quence they are crippled with aches and pains. Win French's arm is just about gone. He has been to the doctor sev eral times, but he Is unable to get the kinks out of It He pitched a nice game when he opened with Oakland, a game that he should have won, but he. was suffering great agony after the second Inning. H-j was too game to quit. He begged to stay in in spite of tho fact Khat Manager McCredle was willing to sand In either Cates or St. vraln. It would have been better for his arm- if he had stopped after the second Inning, for it may take a few weeks beforo his arm Is right- McLean, as big and strong as he Is, Is complaining of a sore arm. His right -wing, the one that Is a dead shot for players who have a fondness for stealing second, has been done up In plasters ever since the opening game at Recreation Park.- He also complains of severe pains In his chest, and between the dust that continually blows into his face and the sun. his eyes are in bad shape. Essick, Atz and Cate3' are also com plaining. They declare that if the sam ple of weather they have faced, since they came here Is the best that San Fran cisco can afford, they want none of it. On Monday Atz was so ill that for a while it looked as if he would not be able to play. He hunted ' up a medical man and was told that he was on the verge of the grippe- A night at the baths and some medicine fixed him so that hej was in the game, but ho Is far from playing the game he Is capable of play ing. Garvin Is the only one of the new comers who hasn't been warped by the chill winds. After his first game against the Seals he complained some, but he spent the night after he had won his game In the hands of an expert rubber and this saved him his arm. The morn ing that Essick tried to pitch against the Seals he made the mistake of warm ing up too soon. He sat down while tho team was at bat, and the wind froze his arm into a knot After that he could not get It limbered and he was beaten In a game which under any other circum stances he would have won. No pitcher that ever faced a batter ever pitched a better and gamier game than he did In that 16-Inning matinee that ha took part in at Oakland. The farther along the route he went the better he became. Most of his strike-outs came after the ninth Inning. Oakland kept finding him for singles and for a number of doubles, but he kept them scattered. At six different times during tho game he had the bases filled with no one out When this would happen, the Knox College boy would settle down like a veteran and pitch him self out of the hole. On the whole Portland fans cannot but be satisfied with their Giants, and Manager McCredle deserves great credit for getting the team together that ne nas. lou fans may not believe It, but before McCredle settled on the men he wanted, he wrote over 500 let ters and only the bills can show how many telegrams he sent. While he wras the original busy letter-writer, tho young manager was not saying much, He was aware that the fans were fret ting some, but he knew what he was doing and was willing to take a chanco In hitting favor with the fans when he announced his team. That he has made good as a manager so far, goes without saying. The players all like him, and there is none of that nasty mess which scandalized the Ely brother combination of last season. Another thing that is in McCredle's favor is the fact that there are no women traveling with the team to make trouble, and if he is the wise manager I think he Is, he will see that none travel with the team. Neither are there individual players on the team. They are all after the bingles and the swats, but while they ure after them, they are playing ball to win for Mc Credle and Portland. In none of the games I have seen this far have I seen a player shirk a chance. The error column has no fears for them and while they may throw a rummy play into the game once In a while. It can be excused, for they are committed be cause they are trying to win. On the road and in the hotels the entire team is well behaved and they are as one- big family. Just contrast this to the fights between the players while Fred and Ben Ely were crowding their lives with baseball mistakes and misman agement There was no repetition of the brawls between Irve Beck and Phil Nadeau, while at Los Angeles. This pair of bad ball players had a fight there over a card game and they broke up about 520 worth of property. In addition to making a fair name for himself as an umpire. Slats Davis Is making a reputation for himself as a fine collector. Up to Thursday Davis has assessed talk-back ball players' 5170. If he keeps up his gait he will have- earned his salary In fines. Presl dent Bert. Harris and others have ex pressed their entire satisfaction with Davis work. He hasn't given Portland anything that he can boast of, yet It must be said In his credit that, on his showing so far, he is by far odds the best umpire that has been in the em ploy of the Coast League. Rowdy, the team mascot, was bought at Santa Barbara from the man who owns the eating-house there. He is a white spitz, and has enough ginger for a dozen ball teams. Larry McLean bought him. He paid $2.50 for him bought him a 65-cent dinner on the diner, and then did not have money enough left to pay car fare when he struck San Francisco. Rowdy is chained to the players' bench and when the Giants get a man on bases and begin to root, he barks like a crazy dog. He Is a general favorite with every member of the team and beforo each game they all take turns having a romp with him. Wednesday night Manager McCredle received a letter from Jack Doyle, say ing that he had changed his mind about not coming to Portland, and wanted McCredle to send him transpor tation. It was too late, for the Portland manager had already notified his uncle. Judge McCredle, to sell Doyle to To ledo for $750. Doyle's nonappearance has in a measure handicapped the team, Dut Clark s work at first has been exceptionally good and he has been hitting well. A youngster In Portland, who wishes to become the team maseot, sent the following letter to Manager McCredle: Portland, Or., April 4, 1905. W. H. McCredle, Los Angeles, Cal. Dear Sir KInaly accept this as my application for the position as mascot of your baseball team. If It Is your Intentions to have a mascot. At present I am at tending the Holladay school. Kindly let me know at your earliest- conveni ence. Age 14 years. Tours truly, STANLEY KIRKLAND, i$ East Seventh Street North. WHITE NOT SO BAD English Boxer Shows Up Well in Training. BRITT WILL BE" A PUZZLE His Crouch 'Will Worry the Cham pion of England Fight Fans Are. Wondering Whether the Mill Will Come Off. SAN FRANCISCO, April 14.-(Staf Cor respondence.) Is the fight between Jimmy Britt and Jabez Whito going to ba pulled off? This is a question that 13 dally bothering the fight fans herei So far Jimmy Coffroth has been unable to get the April date and there are a nunv ber of fight promoters behind the block ing squadron who are betting that ho does not get It. In the meantime both boxers are as hard at work as It every thing down to the referee was settled. Very little Is being heard from tha Britt camp, but It Is safe to say that Jimmy will be right when the song sounds. Over where White Is training. being a newcomer to this side, there is a big list of visitors. They are mostly veteran fight fans and they come back willing to admit that White is better than they thought. I saw hto in action one afternoon not long ago. He still struck me as being a bit washed out. but at the same time ho showed a shifti ness that surprised me a little. He can. use both hands, and from what I saw. he Is fond of getting In close. This Is something that he has picked- up sinca cuts loose his infighting Sie shows that he can go some. Like all English box ers he stands up straight, and. unless I am mistaken, he will find Britt's crouch a puzzler when he faces him on the night of the 25th. One very noticeable thing about thla mill Is tha absence of much talk about It There seems to be no enthusiasm, over the approaching event This may be due to two reasons, first, that the fight fol lowers do not think that White has a chance with Britt, and second, because of tho row over the fighting date. The battle Is only a short way off, yet around Harry Corbett's the fight is hardly spoken of. Unless things smoke up in the next five days it would not surprise me to sea the light an absolute frost from tho money standpoint Some of Nelson's friends are taking credit for knocking the fight, but they are claiming some thing that does not belong to them. Nel son hasn't made any friends by the stand he has taken in this matter. It Is well known here that the Dane could have had the match with Britt had he been willing to accept the terms that were offered him. He refused the terms and demanded a bonus, the result was that he got nothing. Now Willie Fitzgerald, who has fought a couple of good fights here, is willing to take on the Chicago boxer. Gans Is also after him. Nelson. In fighting Gans. says that he is making tho match, giving tho negro the best of the weights, just to get a chance to win from the Baltlmorlan the lightweight title. Then after he has won it he will force Britt into a meeting. If Nelson lets Gans fight at 136 or 133. the Battling one from the Windy City will get his. Dave Barry, who was matched to fight Tommy Burns In Portland some time ago, left here for Tacoma last Thursday night, where he goes to fight Burns. Barry i3 the original hard luck scrapper. He has been matched to fight a dozen or mora times, but each time the match has fallen through. This battle should be one worth while. Barry is not as shifty as Burns by any means, but he is a strong sturdy fighter, one that can take a world o punishment and still be looking for more. The conditions of the fight, that the fight ers must protect themselves at all times, is In his favor, for he knows nothing else but bore in. In Burns, however, ha will meet a boxer and a mixer as well. In his fight against Sullivan, where tha rules called for a clean break and no hit ting in the clinches, Burns preferred to observe the rules and let Sullivan break them. Burns can rough some himselfi when he wants to. and that is the reason that I say this fight will be worth going to see. It will be noticed that there has been no more talk about either Johnson or Hart being the logical candidate for mix ing with Champion Jeffries. Johnson, on account of his unmistakable yellow streak, fought himself out of favor here when he let Hart get the decision over him. If the negro should ever get an other fight here he would not fill the front row of the press seats. Neither would Hart for that matter. These two pugs are all richt as chean seeond-ratora mt- .when they are called upon for class It is nice comparing an ordinary selling plater to a stake horse. CRICKET SEASON OPENS. Portlander3 Elect Officers and Least New Grounds. The Portland Cricket Club has organ ized for the season with these officers: President, S. L. N. Gllman; secretary treasurer, Randolph Rylance: captain. W. G. Smith; executive committee. S. L. N. Gilman, Randolph Rylance, W. G. Smith, A. M. Crocker, P. Henderson; and superintendent of grounds, John Mallett. Grounds have been secured this year at Thirty-ninth and Belmont streets, which, can be reached within 15 minutes from Third and Yamhill streets, proceeding oa a Mount Tabor trolley car. Superintend ent Mallett expects to have the pitch, oc space, counting from wicket to wicket, laid out In first-class condition, so that the first practice game may be held Sat urday afternoon, April 29. Captain Lawrence, one of the best crick eters along the Pacific Coast, suffers so much from the effect of overwork this season that he has decided not to play cricket and ha3 gone to Tacoma. In his place the Portlanders have elected as captain W. G. Smith, who is a capable player and may be trusted to uphold cricket annals. The players expect to show up creditably at the cricket tourna ment that Is to be held at the Lewis and Clark Exposition, September 13, 14 and 15. Competing teams will be here on that occasion from California, Washington and British Columbia, and suitable prize tro phies will be provided so that the best man In every position on the field may "have a chance to win a prize. There will be a prize cup for the winning team, as well as gold souvenir pins for each of Its members. There will also be gold medals for the best cricketers in the tournament, for batting, bowling, wicket-keeping and fielding. The cricket season therefore promises to be a lively one, far more sa than during preceding seasons- Doherty Wins at Tennis. LONDON, April 15. H. L. Doherty again won the covered court lawn ten nis championship today, defeating the challeriger, J. C. Ritchie, at the Queen's Club by 3 Jo 0,