THE SUNDAY OREGOXTAX, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 19, 1911. BEAVER HOPE PILING UP IS STAR BASKETBALL PLAYERS OF CITY WILL MEET IN THREE GAME SERIES BEGINNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 1811 TENUIS MEET VETERAN PLAYER SELECTED AS CHAIRMAN OF MULTN0- MAH TENNIS COMMITTEE. DATES OUTLINED T Ante-Season Line-Up Develops Oregon State and Interna' tional Tournaments Due in July and- August. Rally Near End Gives Basket ball Game to Visitors From Northern State. McCredie Has Formida ble Bunch. TEAM HAS BASERUNNERS PORTLAND IS HOST TWICE TEAMS NOW TIED IN RACE WASHINGTON T DEFEATS OREGON RUNS w$r . 4 1 f ' v .as . Ji . h, AS - i - -.13 ah A ill f , I . "--W E n Rodger. Knhn, Gough and Pock In--paugh Beat of New Men Old Material Itrlainrd Also Good In Primary Requisite. BMtUM ATEMne HIGH. Taa Portland Reavers ara to get Into harness for he ljprlcc practice e.asoo thla wrk prevloua lo the epening nf the baseball atraggle a aiarrh a. The following ara ata tlattee ( tba vast season's work of the regular players of tha team: Player 1'oa. rj R. (" P. II A. F A. Il4LTt 16 SI Ha.L l"b M 11 4 fa n paugh. aal'M 51 17 rhwh4. 3h...ll i'4 13 Krug.r. ft... . - 31 Htih i.f K-v1era. of.. T l h'.iM'ni. of 111 M nuah. r ....lo.t K KiihQ. utlllly. 41 "Kuhn'a average la unofficial tha reason that tha California State Iaaua proved a "Fourth of July" affair, dtabardlng without completing aeaaon. and o'flrtal recorda ara not biainabla. .::: I .S-l ..'12 . .'-.I 3-' .I'.1 .I'M .072 .IMI.1 l7 .tH for -iawaf I BT VT. J PETRAIS. "Now la tha Winter of our discon tent" la a phra.a applicable to tha avaraaa baaeball fan. for this ubtqul- toua Individual la right now on tht anxioua a.-at. Tht bail players are about to warn) up In fiprlnr prartUe preparatory to open in a: the aeaaon. and the period between now and the open ing: of the pennant rare Is when the fan's anstulah over pennant prospects ia almost as acute as durlns: the wind- up of a hard-foiiicht strttasle. Naturallr the mind of every fan Is on the "makeup- of the team repre senting- Ms home town, and the larare number of baseball followera of this rltjr are r unlnx the sport pure dally ror -dop on M redle s li. avera. nw and new hands, alike, corre In for dl- ru.ston. an.l. In order to enlighten the fans on the aMIity of the prospective i-oriiand players, the writer will take Into consideration the fonr cardinal points to be considered In tha matter f pennant winning. ia tne nrst place It la necessary to core runa to win baseball a-amea. Thla Is the paramount Uaue In baaebajl. and. in contract. ba.tttnc averaaes, while an absolute necessity, count for little. It la the man who scores runs who wins tha came, and whether he hits .OkS or .404 loea net count In the modern irame If , ine piayer crosses the plat often enearh. However, a Itlance at tha table wnirh precedes this article will show the fans that M.-Credlea prospective players rank hlah In the most Import ant departments, especially Id run- arettlna;. HcHlgrrs nrst Rnnfcrttrr. In this respect ilcCredle seems to nave lined up an exceptionally Rood bunch of rtmrrtters. for the I'ortland players, exclusive of jjitchers and catchers, scored a total of 4S" runs last seaion. The beet runirettrr of the bunch Is a new man. Will Hod iters, who reaistered T runs In 114 frames. This la a remarkable record, and taklna Into consideration the fact that Rodger stole (I bases, the second requisite of a successful player. It can be seen that he promises to be a regular player be yond a doubt. Ability to pet around the bases seems to be one of Kodarrs' appointments, for a piayer who can score runs In 1:4 Fames Is speedy enough to be riven a thoroiiah trial In any company, and that he will make itood In the Pacific oast Leaaue seems a certninty. Irving ougn ais- naa a splendid record for the past season, as he scored runs In 101 games, which Is an excellent per centaae. Hough also hit for an average of .30. and Is the only recruit outside of Walter Kuhn who made an average In what la generally termed the "slugger rlaas. or batamen who hit .SO or better. Kodgers. however, batted IM. which Is considered fine hitting In these days of improved pitching. Chad bourne, another of the new men secured by McCredie. registered &1 runs In 110 games, which i also a tirst-class percentage. Chadbourne played with Indianapolis last year, and the Amerl can Association, of which league that Clun la a member. Is the only Class A organization which compares with the Tactile Coast League, and If he was able to make such a good showing In that circuit, ne ought to prove a valuable man for the Portland team. W --w .' With a final series of three games between the Young Men's Christian As sociation Spartans, Multnoman Amateur Athletic Club and the Hawthorne teams the ending of the Columbia Basketball League aeaaon will begin this week. After a long season of playing In which nearly 40 games have been played, the three above-mentioned teams have emerged In the three top positions. Wednesday night of this week the Multnomah Club quintet will oppose the Hawthorne team on the floor of the Christian Brothers' Itusiness College, Orand avenue and Clackamas streets. The following Tuesday night the Spar tana and Hawthornes will meet on the same floor. Monday night. March . the final game of the league series will . be played between the Spartans and Multnomah Club teame on tha Multnomah Club gymnasium. Thirteenth and Montgomery 'streets. Never In the history of sport In Portland has basketball had a boom like that of this year. Heretofore It has been customary to have a few games be tween Independent clubs and the Inter scholantle league games. At the start of the Fall sporting season, however, the Columbia llasketbnll League was orgnnlzed. The play was for the Colum bla Hardware Company silver trophy. Flftv-sU games were scheduled. Not all were played, but the majority were. The three contestants of the next three weeks of plav are amon Oregon's best teams. It Is asserted by their adherents that the Spartans are the equal of the famous Dallas Oregons. The Spartans have arranged for a barnstorm ing trip next month. The team will j north Into Puget Sound and Ilrltinh Columbia. The Multnomah Club team, owing to the age limit rule enacted, was not allowed to play aome of Its best men. but nevertheless had a representative live. Except for the game against the crack Spartans Multnomah was not beaten. The Hawthornes. hitherto unknown, by their clean-cut playing won the plaudits or the basketball fans. There were many previously unknown players brought Into the limelight by means of this league. Some of the best men played with some of the poorer teams. Multnomah brought out Kroop. Pugh, Welch and Oetty: the Spartans had Hartman. Sheets. Sweeney and Wetzel, and Hawthorne, besides Moore, bad a good guard In MrKeen. The tall-end team. h.rrf iirht foe honors. These teams were Behnke-Wal ker, Cuba and Catholic Young Men's Club. SOCCER PLAY ROUGH Washington High Downs Jef ferson High, 1 to 0. by their play. A larfre crowd saw the game. The lineup: Washington. Toevea ....G Thayer R n MacKenale I.. H Lund strom II. H r'.rnly f. . . Karher UH Adama .......... ,o. H Brown I. K. . . . . Gordon I.aurhten I. L. Murphy o. L. Referee. Dick. Multnomnh letle t'liih; llne.men. Bttllnston ran. National Football Club. Jeffernon. Tainmerlalne Sammons , Ulbea . .. Kdwards . . McMahon Cox Olser ... Iludnon . . . Thomas .... Maclua Cook Amateur Ath- nd Dun- Multnomah Club to Kilter tain State l'lay and Irvinjrton Interna- ' tional McLaughlin VIII lie Seen in Action Here. PACIFIC NORTHWEST , TKNNIS PLAY A3 OITI.INKD FOR lllll REASON. Inland Empire championship. Spo kane commencing week ' July 3; Oras-on atata champiotiahip. Multno mah. week July 10; championship mainland. B. C, Vancouver, week July 17: champsionship B. C. Vic toria, commencing week July 24; championship Pacific Northwest, Tacoma. week July 31 ; Waahinrton state championship, Seattle, week August 7; Western Washington championahlp. Everett, week Aug ust 14: North Pacific international. Irvlngton Portland), week August 21. BY RALPH H. MITCHELL. That the 1911 tennis season In the Pacific Northwest will be one of the best In the history of the game is the aim of those who have been and still are the boosters of the sport through out this part of the country. Plans have so far materialized for this year that Portland will have the pleasure of seeing Maurice McLough lin. the famous California crack, in ac tion in several exhibition mtrtches with such men as Wickersham. Uorrill Srhwengers and others. No doubt add ed interest to the game will be given this year, particularly at the time of McLoughlin'a appearance, which. It Is planned, will be during the play for the international championship in this city the honors of which are held by Ber nard Schwengers. of Victoria. In the singles, and Wickersham and Gorrill, of this city. In the doubles. Miss Hotoliklss Coming, Too. Not only will McLoughlln be an at- 1 V v. iS.Wf K V f - A. II. M'ALPIN. t FAMor.a TEX IS I" I, A Y K R 1'OHM BACK") ' DRFEATJ iBV.M)Y l TIIREK STRAIGHT SETS. TEAMWORK AT MINIMUM Came Won In Early Stages by Well- Directed Shot by Adams Men iet Bad Falls, but No Injuries Result to riayers. Ryan and Krurgrr Reliable. Besides the players so far named. Portland has Artie Krueger and Buddy Kyan. both of whom are hlgh-clasa players, and both are assured of hold ing down bertha with the Beavers dur ing the coming race. In the figures compiled above.' Neal Pall makes the poorest abowlng. but deaplte this It Is generally admitted that he Is a great minor league player. His poor average denotes tils work with the Cleveland American League team, with which organization he was a util ity role player. Had he been -.regularly employed In some position he would likely have made a better show ing, for some players slump la their work when playing the bench too much. Ball, at present. Is dissatisfied with the Idea of playing with Portland, for he wants to secure a berth In the Kast ern League or American Association. With men like Rndgers and Kuhn on his payroll. McCredie does not have to worry over Ball, for either of these two players ran take Ball's place with ease, for they are rising stars In baseball, and the former Clevelander will do him self an Injury by remaining In the hold out class, and at the same time favor the young and ambitious lads who are quite likely to supplant m unless he aomes to time. Pill Lapps and Tommy Sheehan are both steady, reliable players, though neither la a speed marvel on the bases. However, they have demonstrated their sterling worth to the team, and can be expected to deliver the goods once .more. Roger Pecklnpaugh Is an ambitious young player of marked ability, and his rungettlng proclivities pronounce him to be a Arst-claaa plarer. and one who will add strength to the Portland team. Indiana Cert Louisville Fitclter. CHICAOO. Feb. IS. President T. M. Chlvlngton. of the American Associa tion, today announced the release of Pitcher Si hwenck by Louisville to Spo kane. Wfk With better teamwork the Washing ton High School soccer football team defeated the Jefferson High School ag gregation yesterday afternoon on the Columbus Club field. The score was 1 to 0, the single goal being made in the early part of the game by Fred Adams from a well-placed shot from the right wing. ... While neither team , played really good football the game was the best of the season because of the tenacity with which the men fought. They stopped at nothing and played their hardest from the beginning of tha game to the last. Washington had the better of the game throughout, by virtue of better team play, but the Jefferson defense men headed off any more than the one goal. Jefferson's men kicked wildly. the ball going directly to a Washing ton man almost Invariably. Team play was entirely lacking. The weather waa Ideal for soccer and the field waa in good condition for a fast game. The game was not as fast as so small a score would indi cate, although at time the playing waa lively and spectacular. There was much rough work and many falls were taken, but none resulted seriously. Referee Dick, of Multnomah Club, kept a steady rein on the boys and officiated nicely. Jefferson won the toss and Washing. ton kicked off. Jefferson soon got the ball and much of the play for the first five minutes waa In Washington's terri tory. Then for about IS minutes tha play was even up. with Washington possibly a little ahead becatise of bet ter passing. Then after a play In front of Jefferson's goal Adams got tha ball on a pas's from Gordon and In. stead of passing as wss anticipated by tne jerrerson defense, he shot, the ball passing into the net above Tammer lalne'a head. Thereafter during the first half the play was even with Washington more confident. During the second half it was the same old story of zig-zag. and only the sensational work of Goal keeper Tammerlalne prevented Wash ington from scoring a second time Jefferson Introduced two new men HI bee and McMahon who both shone M-LOfGHLl.V DEFKATS BCXDT Challenger Ixrc to Champion In Tennis Tournament Finals. LONG BEACH. Cal.. Feb. 18. Mau rice McLoughlin. the holder of the Vir ginia cup. playing in the tennis finals, this afternoon defeated Tom Bundy, the challenger In straight sets. Score: 6-S. S-. C-4. In the semi-finals of the men's dou bles in the tennis tournament today, McLoughlin and Sinsabaugh defeated Bacon and Young 5-7. 13-11, 6-15. In the semi-finals of the mixed dou bles Hazel Hotchklss and McLoughlin defeated Mrs. B. O. Bruce and Young. S-i. 6-3. In the other frame May Sut ton and Tom Bundy defeated Florence Sutton and Sinsabaugh, -l, 9.7. The Dalles Defeats White Salmon. THE DALLES. Or.. Feb. 18. (Spe cial.) By a score of 35 to 17 The Dalles High School basketball team de. feated the White Salmon team In this city last evening. The local players were McLeod. King. Huntington. Pashek. Nielson. McDonald and Mcln nis: the teams belong to the Mid-Columbia Athletic league. I e- -:v-v.nw- -j vev 4 f li ' ; ; ' fll V. ' 1 - . : i ; ..(... ):' :-: ' ' :.. H traction from California this year, for Miss Hazel Hotchklss, the woman's Na tional title holder, will defend her championship claim in the Oregon State ! n July, and may also try to arrange to play here during the progress of the North Pacific International champion ships. The above proposed tennis pro gramme for this part of the country will be passed upon at the annual meet ing of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association at Its meeting in New York on March 25, and probably will receive the sanction of the com mittee. President Andrews, of the North Pacific International Association, has been busily engaged for the month past arranging a satisfactory schedule of dates that will not conflict in any respect, and by the above arrangement apparently has accomplished a rather difficult task, for each of the eight clubs have been notified of this pro gramme and so far no request for a change has been made. .There has been some talk of trying the plan of holding the play of Oregon State and North Pacific International at the some time here this year. But this plan Is hardly feasible, owing to the fact it would hardly give the Port land players time to get In trim for the best championship play of the season. The holding of the Oregon State in July thus puts the Portland men and women In trim for a long- seaaon. M'ALPIN IS CHOSEN Veteran Chairman of Multno mah Tennis Committee. Maurice BIcLoughlla. LOS ANGELES. Ctl., Feb. 18. (Special.) A large crowd at Ho tel Virginia courts at Long Beach today saw McLoughlin, the . Auburn-haired player of North ern California, lower the colors of Tom Bundy, the Los Angeles man who, when in championship form, is the second best man in the world. The come-back was a terrific one, but Bundy seemed to be suf fering an off-day, as he drove into the net repeatedly. This continuous error absolutely lost him the last set. The score was 6-3. 8-6. 6-4. In the semi-finals of the men's doubles in the tennis tournament today, McLoughlin and Sinsa baugh defeated Bacon and Young 5-7. 13-11. 6-15. In the semi-finals of the mixed doubles Hazel . Hotchklss and McLoughlin defeated Mrs. B. O. Bruce and Young. 6-2. 6-3. In the other frame May Sutton and Tom Bundy defeated Florence Sutton and Sinsabaugh, 6-1. 9-7. Two Clubs to Be Hosts. Furthermore, the Oregon State play this year Is to be held under the aus pices of the Multnomah Club and the International under the auspices of the Irvlngton club. Chairman McAlpin, of the Multnomah tennis committee, is working overtime planning for a most successful tourna ment for the stute championship, and with such an experienced man as chair man the same may he assured. The Invlngton Club's tennis commit tee chairman has not yet been named, but C. N. Brewer and Lou Starr have been suggested. It is probable that President Woodward will make his choice when he returns to Portland the first of the month, though the question requires attention even now, owing to the many matters which arise in con nection with the position. The successful year of 1910 which both the Irvlngton and Multnomah clubs enjoyed from a tennis standpoint has been most gratifj-ing to the mem bers of both institutions and the year 1911 promises to be even better. The Multnomah fire unfortunately struck the club hard and at a vital time, bu despite this tennis was kept alive i the advantage enjoyed on the cemen courts. HE "KNOWS THE GAME" i Directors of Club Select Man Well Informed on Sport and He Is Already Planning for Coming Season's Activities. Pacific "V" Will Celebrate. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY. Forest Grove, Or.. Feb. 18. (Special.) The firs meeting of the Social Union this year will be held Friday evening In the par lors of Herrick Hall. Plans have been announced for a most unique pro gramme. The general topic of the evening will be "Reminiscences of Early Days at P. U." The principal ad dress will be given by Mrs. Elizabeth Miller Wilson, who was the firs teacher in the Academy. Others who were connected with the school In Its pioneer days will give short talks. Guests at the meeting will be: Mrs. C. A. Coburn. of The Oregonian; Mrs. C. M. Cartwrlght, of Portland: Mrs. Mary Jsne Smith Kinney, of Astoria, who was the first college girl, and Mrs. P. J. Mann, of Portland. JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM WILL PLAY COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TUESDAY m m.aia.'.ajSL ua 1 . ' ,. a .. ... ,i . ..;v.r . i FRO.NT ROW II.F.FT TO RIGHT) EARL, MORGAN. BflRPHV, WTCST. RACK ROW SCOTT, HARRIS, ADEIlSO, VOSI'KB (CAPTAIN ASD COACH). In selecting a chairman for the Tennis Committee for 1911. the directors of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club chose. In A. B. McAlpin. one of the best-informed tennis- men in the Pacific North west. Not only as a player doca the veteran McAlpin loom up in amateur athletic realms' in Portland, but also as a promoter ofc-clean athletics. McAlpin might correctly be termed "The Father of Multnomah." He was one of the men who started the club In 192. and ever since has mani fested club spirit that has been a reve lation to the younger members of Port land's big athletic organization. McAlpin lias: done as much for local amateur ath letics as any man in the city. He has taken active part in almost every branch of club activity, having been athlete and officer for years. His function at the winged "M" insti tution the seaeion ending with the club's fiscal year, February 12, was that of chairman of the handball committee. It was partly through his efforts that the membership waa provided with a fine large handball court at the temporary quarters on Lownsdale street. His ener gies for the club were not confined merely to the channels of handball; they expanded and took in every branch of the club, and with many of the Mult nomah veterans McAlpin waa among the first to render aid when the clubhousa was burned last July. McAlpin has been chairman of tennis at Multnomah before, and h.e knows the art of handling tournaments; in fact, he has been Instrumental in teaching the youngor generation of clubmen how to successfully carry them out. "Knowing the ropes," Mr. McAlpin has already be gun work shaping the destinies of the annual Multnomah Club handicap tennin tourney for the Katz challenge cup, and later his efforts will, be required to shape up the plans for the Oregon State cham pionship tournament. Mr. McAlpin is also a member of The Breakers Tennis Tournament committee. At a recent meeting of The Breakers committee arrangements for conducting this year s event were made. Aa hereto fore, the tournament will be held during the latter part of August. Eugene Mersereau was chosen chair man of the committee; T. Morris Dunne was chosen vice-chairman, and Albert G. Wakeman. secretary. Other members of this year's committee are: A. B. Mc Alpin, w. A. Goss. James Alexander, JR. R. Warinner and Irving Rohr. Mesurs. warriner and Wakeman have given a cup for the men's handicap sin gles. First and second prizes will be provided for all events, which are as follows: Breakers' championship men's scratch singles, men's handicap singles. mens handicap doubles, women's handi cap singles, women's handicap doubles and mixed doubles. Irving Rohr and James Alexander have been made the members of the 1911 enter tainment committee. In all Its phases The Breakers tennis tournament looms more promising than at any time since il was established. Clementson, Evergreen Captain, Is Star Final Score Is 22 to 19, but Contest Is Tied Through Great Fart of Last Half. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene. Feb. 18. (Special.) In a spirited con test that was nip and tuck from whistle to whistle, the University of Washing ton basketball five played a strong up hill game here this afternoon and forged ahead of the Oregon men in the last minute of play, winning by a 32 to 13 score. This is the first defeat that Hayward's men have met at the hands of a college team. Because the gymnasium floor had been polished for the freshman glee to take place this evening the game was made unduly rough and team play un certain, but the treachery of the floor served as a mutual handicap. The particular feature of the game was the performance of Captain Clem entson, of Washington, who came down the floor from his position at left guard and landed 10 points on field goals. The big Northerner possesses a deadly drib ble which could not be solved, by the Oregonians. Olsen elusively annexed four field goals and Staatz, who re placed Sugg at right forward for the second half, contributed the other four points at a critical juncture. For Oregon, Jamison and Fenton starred, each throwing three baskets from the field. Sims, at guard, was in strumental In breaking up many forma, tions contrived by the Evergreen men. Leading all the way and closing the first half with the score 11 to 8, the Oregon men tired perceptibly during the latter half and allowed the splendid fight shown by the Washingtonians to accomplish a foreign victory. For breathless intervals the score was tied at 14-14. 16-16 and 18-18. but finally Just before time was called, Clement son and Olson broke the spell of alter nation by sliding In two goals in rapid succession. Though the rival universities split even here, Oregon still leads the North west conference in percentages. In playing the other teams of the confer ence hitman, Pullman and Idaho each has won all its games, but Wash ington has won only six contests. Ore gon has played one more game and thus leads In the percentage column. The tabulated score follows: WaahinRton. Position. Suggs. Staatz (4)..KF... Olton M I.F... 8t. John (' Hoseley KG... Clementson (10) . . . .I.G. . . Referee Bilyeu. (6) .(2) . Oregon Jamison Walker Fenton Blma Elliott HANDBALL TITLE IS TAKEN Jones and Watkins Are Multnomah Champions. Retaining their supremacy as doubles handball champions of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club for the fifth suc cessive year, Arthur O. Jones and Frank B. Watkin3 yesterday afternoon defeated Dick. Jones and Milt Frohman on the Multnomah Club court, thereby winning the 1911 championahlp and the Cieland cup. ' Despite the fact that they owed five points on every game and their oppon ents received three, the Watkins-Jones team won out after they had gained their "second wind." The younger men took the first game amid the applause of a large and enthusiastic gallery. The score was 21-14. Thereupon the team work which has made the Jones-Wotkins duo the four time city champions became apparent and the aspirants for the honors suc cumbed, but only after a hard battle. Showing their old-time speed, skill and ingenuity Watkins and Jones defeated the younger Jones and Frohman in the second game of the match, 21-11. Much of the play was spectacular and some of the shots were extremely difficult. For the final and decisive game both, teams started out to win and the play was fast and furious. It was a see-saw game with the champions fighting hard to overcome the opposing team s handi cap. They did this eventually, but In the meantime the Jones-FTohman combina tion had got well up toward the neces sary 21 points. Then with a little luelc, combined with clever playing, the vet erans of the years past came to th front and won the game and match. Th final score read, 14-21, 21-11, 21-19. Of recent years there has been na match in the Multnomah Club handball court that has attracted as much atten tion as the finals of the Cieland cup tournament did yesterday afternoon. And seldom in any tournament has the pla been generally as clean and fast. IICXT TO HELP COACH OREGOX Cornell Star First Assistant to War ner on Gridiron. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene. Feb. 18. (Special.) Sanford B. Hunt, Cornell '01. has been engaged to act as first assistant football coach to Head Coach William J. Warner for the 1911 gridiron season. Hunt's contract was mailed to him at Prince Rupert, British Columbia, yesterday by Athletic Direc tor Hay ward. Sandy" Hunt, who helped Warner here last Fall, played on the Cornell team for four years and was chosen one year as right guard on Casper Whitney's All-American. While at I Ithaca, Hunt and Warner were paired i at me guard positions and their asso ciation has been intimate ever since. At Oregon. Hunt's special service will be to develop linemen as "Buffalo Bill" Warners attention will be needed in engineering the backfield machine and he general routine of the squad at arge. Ed Hagen Looks for Match. Harry Burns, a noted bag-puncher. who ' has delighted vaudeville patron all over the country, is in Portland as manager of Ed Hagen, a former Seattle policeman, who has embraced the flstio game. Burns says that it was he. and. not Tommy Burns, who brought Jack K, Lester to the front, and he maintains that Hagen promises to be the equal of. If not superior to. the young fellow now under the wing of the ex-champion. Harry Burns wants to match I rage u with Mysterious Billy Smith or anj other light heavyweight or" heavy weight around Portland. He is anxious to introduce Hagen to the fight fans of Portland who patronize the bouts at Vancouver, Wash. Burns' "Find," Lester, May Fight. SEATTLE: Wash.. Feb. 18,-Tommj Burns is negotiating with Will MoffeU of the Wheelmen's Club of Oakland, Cal for a bout between Jack Lester. Burns' protege, and Walter Monahan, Jack Johnson's sparring partner. Last night Burns received a telegram from Moffett offering to give Lester a match with either Monahan or "Gunboat" Smith be fore the Wheelmen's Club, March & Burns answered that he would let Les ter meet either man, but that he pre ferred Monahan. Burns stipulated thai Lester be guaranteed J1000 for his end of the purse. Miss Lucv Davis has been appointed pri vate secretary to Governor Patterson, of Tennessee, Miss Davis succeeds a man. who resigned the secretaryship to become chief clerk of the Stat Senate. Boston Team Starts on Tour. BOSTON, Feb. 18. The Boston American League team left today on a transcontinental tour. Ten players be gan the trip here, others will join at New York and Chicago and by the time California is reached, it is expected the entire list of players reserved by tha club will be on duty. The club will play exhibition games throughout tha West and the Middle West until the I season Is opened in ApriT