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- . cTii niv nnrf!nviiv pnrTT VT) "U T7PTT 1 0. 1912. I IJIl L.IIMl ViHV.li...i, - - T TO TAKING CHANGES IS OUE COBB'S WINS How He Succeeds at Baseball Told by Tiger Star Whose Style Is Being Copied. NATURE GIVES GREAT AID .rttln. Ml There I Out of Krrj Pi-ilbllltj In Amrrk-a'a raMime Made Jll Phenomenal Record Povlble He Tcllii Critk-. ht mr.i.T rvA Am-rl-au lasu rmplre. Taltlng chalices." T:.t I the reply 1 once heard Ty CnMi mikr whfn a well-known critic k-d him to what ha mom attributed lis phenomenal anccess on the dia mond If tf i-k me at the time as being a g..d in.Vfr. alurw nas Dtunuimi; rmloed Cobb, but no on gets more out of hli poo-.tb11trl.-a than the Tier at.-ir. Ills style of filar Is bring copied more an.l more bj- the future '' Managers always are willing to rtva a p.ayera of the fobb IM" a thorough trial, even though he does not poses tiie hatting eye of tde i;eor-inn. Cobb's etyle ha. Imprrl more fordidy on mtnaeirj. players and fan. lorn the value of speed, when put to proper use. There are any numler of plavera who practically are as fleet of foot aa Cobb, yet they fall to iret the most out of the peed they possess, failure to take r'an.ea an.l grasp op portunities usually are the reason for the io'k of results. Kor a K-H)d hitter. Cobb Is better than the averaae waiter, and when lie eteps to the pite trouble begins to brew. .Mi; pit- her. no matter how (tame he Is, will t.-ll yoa he feels a heap slKht bet ter when he liaa disposed, of Ty Cobb an.l fam Crawford. Wlicn Cnl.h steps to the plate, the first feeling that atrlkea the pitcher Is a d-tre to keep fohh off the hnses. This Is usually ciulta a task. He musn t make them lio.xl. or there Is no telling what will happen. He muatn t make them bad, or Cobb wilt gracefully accept a pan. I a field aa Klr. Tha Inflclders also are on edge, for they reallie they must cleanly handle any ball hit to them if they are to net Cobb at first- The third baseman Is In a quandary. If he cornea rushing In for a bunt. Cobb, who hits well to the left Held for a left-handed hitter. Is liable to drive one back. If he plays deep. It Is a cinch Cobb will He down a tantaliz ing bunt. There Is a lot of figuring to lie done when Tyrua walks to the plate, winging his trio of bats. If Cobb manages to get on. the trouble usually haa Just stir tea. Few player take a bigger lead, and few players more closely are wat hed by the pitcher. Time and again the twlrl er throws to first, not only In a hope of catching Cobb napptnic, but also to wear him out by nuiklnt him enn Manl'r hit the dirt. Quite often the pitcher 'n Ins effort miikra a wild throw and Cobb races to second or third. It l safe to say that the pitch ers throw wild oftener than they catch '--i-h nw.pplr.KT- tth Cobb on the bases, another huge ol-.ta-'le 1-ioiiis up In the person of that lemon hitter. Sam Crawford. Many a same has been broken up by Crawford frninr the ball through some vacated territory, a C.-Mi rushes around the . .!-.. and s-ores tho winning run. With Crawford up. the pitcher must put everything he bus on the ball, for f.-w plwvers eer live. I who could hit to- spu-rc in better slJe t.'iorf Samuel. T'.at l another reason why Cobb'a pr ! e is not desire. I on tne bases, wit. i rrnslnr.t l.iornlnir up In the dia u. - In oriler to cut down Cobb'a I.-i I. t' e pit- her tm-ially has t- curtail Ms move. Si;. .1 action gem-rally dl minishes his i-tufl. an.l Crawford la fire to lake a. Haulage of every oppor tunity, some cotnhlnution. Cobb and 'raw ford till believes Cie failure of many p'uvtT to take the chance they would : ke til Is largely due t-i t.io mu.h nie . n.mi .il baseball. Me thinks uoh a .ou.ctii-n l.ircf'v prevail Nmotut the new recruits: that very often. Instead of allowing these young player to act for t c ins, Ives, lo take udvantatfe of th opportunities that must be accepted at t:ic In-tant. they must look hiicher up for orders. Imrlnc a fannlnc bee on a lonK trip Kaat last Summer I liMcned to c-hb'e arsumenls on this subje. t. and tlfy Impressed me as l-eins; -iu;te , on in. lim. tmiRBMrn Worry boat Minis. 'Seine clubs have s-i many sIkpwI a plaver ha t-- lo.-k tlietn over every tilKht i as not to u.-t mixed up. I think some of them are forced to sicnal a hen they wsnt to take a rhew tif tobacco or a drink of water. The younn fellow Just brcakinir in usually wor ries so much about signals that he falls off In Ma play, vjulte often If he does sometblne wrong the veteran will net him In bad by Insisting the siunal never was Riven for the plav. 'I'on t think you know all about this Rume' Is an ex pression fired at the newcomer so often that he would hardly dream of dotnic anvthinar of hla own accord. That very attitude kills what I be lieve to be one of the Rrentest assets of a ptnnant wtnnina team taktn chances. If a veteran see a chance to take an extra base on aome slight mis play and Is thrown out by a narrow maraln It Is regarded aa Rood baseball. If the younRcstcr went down on such a slip and was retired he. as a rule, would be labeled as a prise botiehead and be so eeverely berated when he re, hed the bench for his foolish ac tl.-tis In furthering what is called In i.ie baseball some managers complete ly crab thmcs by makluK every move a n. ill-r . f signals. That develops th- nie. hani. al Instead of the natural b-ll J f..v.r. . ' I don't believe I could cite a belter example of this theory than Clyde Mil- I an. of ti e Wa.htnKtoti team." said . Cobb. "When .Milan Joined, the Wash- j intrt.-n il.il. he was II. et of foot an.l set ito-.I l.ke a natural hitter. I recall a enex witU Ivtroit Just after he jMlnnl th.- Senators. He pulled several bus of f.:-e base runntiiv. took a lonR -banco a.. I each time was retired by the narrowest of martrtrs. line of his tteini.i. w.i;. a steal home that would lave w..n the tame. The play waa so lo.e tiv.t I uue.s the umpire must have toe.e.l a eo.ri to decl.le the winner. I .hall n. v.-r fofK.-t s.-nie of the things that weie to Milan by some xete. rans who p.-w have fias-ed lut of the ic show. So,-n the eonn.lence if Milan was destroyed, he was afraid to act ,.n hi. own Ju. lament, aiol as a result le fell off to iich an rxTent he was oeio hel. M. VI.'.T Iiatte.l Mil:, il ,.i( the taeU. al'.r,.v.-.l of hi .le. lol.l him I l e eas a star an.l to 1:0 out arid use his own Jil-tu'lo nu Milan il.l. and for the best outnel.J-rs In the buslriess." There 1. no il.-nvlnh: that Cobb the Ot y of taking 'bailees Is an Cacellent one. Time and again a player, rlub or mansrer mar be made to look foolish as a result of such a system, but the reverse usually will be the case. leav ers and teams who take rhances. nine times out of ten. are referred to by the opposition as lucky. They ara lucky, but one must not forRet they create their lui k by taking chances. Ktelder Jaaea t.reat kaaee Taker. Fielder Jones was a Krcat exponent of the take a chance style. If he had not been he would not have had such success with his "hltless wonders" of 1toi. Kew clubs ever played mote base ball than that airirreRHtloii. Individual stars on the team were few. but no op portunities were lost, and as a result the White Sox of that year were a miKhty hard learn to beat, although on paper they looked none ton formidable. flayer who take thance are those who appeal to the managers of today. Iure ability to hit the bull no longer is looked on aa the Rreatest asset a play er can possess. There are plenty of men In the minors who can hit the pill In blic leaKiie fashion, but are so lack ing In other respects that they fall to me. t the major league standard. Man agers do not care lo have to do all the tninklng. They figure players In the big leaaue should be able to think for themselves. If they can't they have no right In the big show. 1 once heard a manager say that often he has sent up a player with Instruc tions to bunt. Often, as the pitcher starts to deliver the ball. It Is evident a hunt Is not the play. The wise player will grasp the situation and do the thing he ought to do; the mechanical player will go through with his Instruc tions. It Is the wise player who Is in demand. It Is the wise player who makes pennant winning teams possible. It Is the wise player who gets the money. It behooves lh ambitious youngster to make use of his brains as well as Ms brawn In playing the National pastime. ALL BASEBALLS MARKED CLllt S XAMK TO UK PKIXTKD " ON KACII HOns-EllIDK. i:rrirl MuUe by Pacific Coast I-cnguc to Prcvrnt Itoiys From Steal ing Lost Sphere. SANTA MAKIA. Cal., March . (Spe cial! When the czars of the raclflo Coast League adopted a new official ball for a period of five years at Is Angeles last Winter, little did tha younger generatltin dream of an Im pending disaster. The opening of the practlea season, however, reveals a deep, dire plot to rob the corner-lot Ty C0IP6 In embryo of his lawful spoils, the 'dollar an" two-bit" spheres fouled over the fences and so seldom returned. Kvery ball put out by the new Cin cinnati firm has the name of the home club Indelibly stamped Into th horse hide, along with the signature and stamp of approval of Presl'lnt A. T. Itaum. who has personally tested every sphere to see that It fllla the require ment of nine Inches in circumference and Are ounces In weight. This safe guard means that Coast I-eugue mo guls will he able to identify every ball sneaked away by the crafty kids of the sand heaps. When one stops to consider that close to 1000 balls, or approximately tl2ui. went scampering away to the rendexvoua of the. Juveniles last season In Tortland alone, the effect of a crimp In the visible supply can readily be seen at a glimpse. of course, a mere Rertlllonlxlng of the ball cannot absolutely stop the depredations, but with the penalty of a stliT fine and possible Imprisonment hanging over their heads like the sword of I'amocles. the magnates be lieve the small vouth will lay off the petty thleverv from now on. Manuger McCredle received a con signment of eeven dozen spheres from President Haum the opening day of practice and these are expected to last until the start of the season. The players have been very much Inter ested In the new ball because It dif fers radically from the brand in vvgue for several seasons. The Cioldsinlth "pill." for one thing, lias a solid rub ber core, while the Spalding use.1 last year and still official ball In the North western League, has a cork core bound together by a thin laver of rubber. The PORTLAND MAN WHO ESTABLISHED NEW WORLD'S REVOLVER RECORDS. AND A COMPOSITE TARGET OF HIS 50 BULLETS. 1 : balls seem to be giving excellent satis faction MITT-M I" ;.MK ltKMMKI l.rwl-ioii Mf rirt Wrestling llouta In Year-.. I.KWISTON. Ida.. Marcli 9. (Special.) rVr the flrst time In years a wretllng exhibition mas pulle.l off here. It was unler the .tim-I- es of M.mager Summers of the I. Ma I opera - hooee. A an opener, ttio v o.um.-:er. Klv'il Itecke.. of I'onierov. j.n.l Cal.e ;..bln won. ..f .iittn. wreetled ; minutes, wl-eti t.ie former threw Ins opponent. Tiien Kid Kobinsen. 14 po-jnd. of Pullman, tackled Hurke. the Sllbom champion ll-pcund man. Robinson's . - - I FIELD GENERALS WHO WILL DIRECT BATTLE FOR PACIFIC weight was of little avail, as he went down at the end of 30 minutes' wrest ling. Hurke then came back and boxed four rounds with Kid Rose, of this city. The bout was a draw. As the main feature of the evening. Frank Koblnson, a lightweight white hope of Asotin, and weighing 178 pounds, essayed to place the shoulders of K.rnest Miller, of Dayton. Wash., weight ISZ pounds, claimant to cham pionship of Kurope, on the mat three times In an hour. lie did not aucceed, though winning the first bout In 14 minutes. His own shoulders were down after 14 minutes' wrestling. Miller doing the stunt with a whole nelson. WreMlIng Meet Kiid In Tie. NEW YORK. March 9. The Colura-blan-Yale wrestling meet last night ended In confusion. According to the new system of scoring in the Intercol legiate wrestling league, Columbia won by a score of 10 to 9. According to the old scoring system, however, the score was a tie of 3V4 to 34. As Yale Is not a member of the Intercollegiate league the tie Is expected to stand. ZhyKzen anil Maliniout Matched. CHICAGO. March 9. Stanislaus Zybszcn and Yussif Mahmout were ten tatively matched Inst night for a finish wrestling match before a local club. A purse of Jilooo was offered, with the provision that Frank Ootch agree to meet Zybsxio in the event that Mah mout Is defeated. : V'-' j GHMIPION TO SHOOT Armstrong to Compete With Revolver in Sweden. SEASON'S RECORDS GOOD Portland Kxpert Wlio Broke Txvo World'a Marks lMft Week Xow Cettlng In Sliape to Fnter Olympic Contests. Aa George A-msiroug, tlie cliami ion revolver shooter of the Tortlund Re volver Club, who recently raised the world's record for 25 and 60 shots, has won about all the honors or handling the revolver for the season, he will now start getting in shape for his ex pected trip to the 01ym;i1c games. The new records which lie established last week are 245 for the 25-shot ar.d 491 for the 50-shot targets. Both marks Increase the former records Uy three poliy s. Armstrong also holds the record for making the greatest number of possi bles in competition with the other shooters of the 2ii clubs In the 1'nlted States Revolver Association. lie has made live, w hercas the nearest man to hltra Major F. A. Wakefield, of the Sprlngfleld Club, was able to make but three In the season. Another man that ranks high for that kind of records is W. II. Hubbard, of the Fortland team, being fifth with two possibles. The shooting of Hubbard has been phenomenal in the season Just flrlshed and although in former years he was not considered much of an ex pert, the shooting of the last few months gives him a position as cne of the best s'oits of the club. The various other championships of I the I'nlte.l States Revolver league will be decided In a special series oi matches to he held from March 24 to 30. This will give the Portland men additloral chances to star and they are confident of being able to get some thing out of the different contests. DUGDALE FINDS PLAYER ALTON' HOfiOIlOOM, OF BARER, " OX SEATTLE SQI AD. llecrtilt Regarded a Fast Man for Outfield Bert Whaling Re carded as Wonder. PKATTL.K. Wash.. March 9. (Spe. clal.) If rTesldeut Dugdale's hopes are realised Oregon will have one more name to add to the list which has al ready made her famous among states as a producer of star athletes. From Maker comes Alton Hngohoom. who has played both second base and the out field. Tjugdale has been watching him through friends for the past two years and will trot him out the latter part of tills month as a candidate for the Seattle club. Heports nave it that this young son of oreg-l! is faster than Howard Mun dorff. ami that he can equal either Iode Brtnker or Ten Million In getting to first buse. He is i2 years old. 5 feet 9 Inches In height, and weighs about 10 pounds. He Is a free left hand batter, but differs from Art Rues In that he drives the ball out for sharp line hits. There does not seem to be much change for Hoboboom at second as Ilosea Siner led all the minor league second basemen last season in field ing and is closo to a .270 hitter. In the outfield bis opportunity is better, especially if he bits well, because Se attle was slow In the outfield last year. Joe Carnry. formerly of Seattle and a brother of BUI Carney, a well-known ball player, will defend the world's COAST LEAGUE PENNANT. three-cushion billiard championship next Tuesday, March II?. his opponent "being Morgan, of St. Louis. For sev eral year3 Carney has made his home In San Francisco. Prior to meeting and defeating Alfred DeOro for Cie three-cushion title in Denver. Carney made a tour through tile Pacific North west. In Portland he waa beaten by Mr. Simonds, who naturally thought that he should have the first etiance with the new champion. This is the first time, so far as my information goes, that the champion ship has been held In the Pacific North west, and It seems as though Portland's claim for a championship contest should take precedence over the rule as to priority of challenge. Another feature the billiard trust should have thought of Is found In the Interest to be aroused by competition among coast players for the title. When we get a world's title on the coast we like to play with it for a moment- In the rush of events most fans have forgotten that Bert AVhaling, the great catcher Cleveland purchased from Se attle last Fall, broke into the game with Portland four or five years ago. He showed promise then in throwing, but was not within speaking distance of the form lie showed here a year ago. Manager AlcCredie might have kept Whaling had he shown a little better wlth the stick. He is not In Chief Mey. ers' class now with the club, yet he dellevered many timely pokes for Se attle. A few days ago Pitcher George Kngle. who once landed a championship for Portland, Bobby James, third sack er of the champion Vancouver club, and Catcher "Stub" Spencer were fannina. about different players. When they got to AVhaling they delivered the unani mous opinion that Cleveland would make one big mistake if they let Whal ing get away from them. Bert must stand pretty well with the management already as he received permission to delay reporting until it was convenient for him to hit the rollers. t'neertainty as to whether Spokane will land "Brick" Ieonard. the young St. WORLD'S CHAMPION SWIMMER MAY COMPETE AT OLYMPIC GAMES. CHARLES M. DAMEI.S. Although he announced his permanent retirement from competi tion a year ago, and has not engaged in a race since that time. Charles M. Daniels, the world's champion short-distance swimmer, probably will be. a member of the American team that will go to Stockholm next June, to compete in the Olympic games. According to a few of his intimate friends, who have been trying to persuade him to go, Daniels will make the trip. Mary's College pitcher, signed last sea son bv the Koston Americans In Cali fornia', is Increased by the report that Denver expects to receive him In trade One nf the exhibits which attracted much attention at the international bysiene tx ponitlnn at Hreedrn was an old-faahloned furnished room deJogTiated In the catalogue. mm tha "Sabbath room.'' HAYWARD DONATES ADVICE TO HILERS Famous Coach Says Distance Men May Err Fatally in Two Ways. 'v RANGY-BUILT RUNNER BEST Xo Race or Track Programme in Which Form" Is So Important as In 120-Yard Hlgh.Hurdlcs, Says Oregon "C" Trainer. BY TvILJ-IAM I HAT WARD. (Director of athletics at the Iniver sitv of Oregon.) The mile run is a test of an athlete s endurance, speed and Judgment, and roughly classlfi-d. there are two dis tinguishable types of milers the "pluggers," who have "stay" and strength, and the sprinting milers. who rely upon their speed qualities down tfot? stretch Milers in e'.ther ' class must judge their pace accurately. A young and inexperienced mile man may err fatally In two ways: run the first part of the rare so fast as to be "all out' for the final spurt, or lay back and cn9erv; strength too long, allowing the field to gain a lead that cannot be completely overcome, however strong he finishes his spurt. A miler must know Just how long and how far he can maintain his stride and must time and speed his race accordingly. A good miler should be able to do a good fast 880. For example, if the mile requires a 4:40 gait, the half should be covered in about 2:15 or 2:17 and the three-quarters in 3:30 or 3:32. If a miler is able to travel the 880 In 2:03 or 2 OS he will have strength and speed enough left to finish within the gong if he covers the first half in 2:16. But should his half-mile average be as slow as 2'10 or 2:12. he will find himself pretty nearly unloaded- after going the first half of the mile in 2:16 and will be unable to finish the race in any kind of time. Long, Euy Stride Required. The gait for the mile is a long, easy, swinging stride, with the arms bent slightly at the elbow and swinging loosely at the sides. In order to acquire judgment of pace you should go 440 against a watch until the desired time is gauged the easiest way being to divide the quarter into eighths and tune yourself at 8 1-5 for the first 55 yards, 16 2-5 for the 110 point and so on around.. After warm ing up sufficiently have some one time von to the 65-yard line and if you meet the time requirement try to go through the entire 440 at the same speed. If you stepped, the 55 yards either too fast or too slow go back and start over and over until you have gauged your step to the dot. Frequent sprint tests should be taken to develop speed and a lot of quarter and three-quarter work to give the nec essary strength, stay and Judgment. -Keep Your Head," la Advlee. When in a race pay no attention to any one else, but run the distance pre cisely as you had planned it. What ever happens, keep your head and- use it. If the half is reached in the allotted time, run the third quarter for a. good position. In case you are not in the lead, watch the opportunity to pass a man' by a short, quick sprint until you come to the last 220. At that point "gather" for the final effort by run ning up on your toes and increasing the speed of your arm motion; strike the pace used by the 440 man, i. e., sprint for the tape. Asked once how he felt during the race, a noted miler once testified: "At the 440 post I am tired, at the half 'all In." and at the three-quarters dead: hut I feel that I must go the next 440 be cause it's the end of the race." While I would not advise young milers to follow this plan. I will say that you must learn how to punish yourself without giving up when you grow a little tired. If you tire out easily, prac tice deep breathing to build up your heart and lungs, do plenty of distance work and. above all, be clean in your habits of living. -SHU" Preparation Told. Preparation for the SSO is similar to that for the mile. The only difference is that more speed Is required: but as noted above even the miler must have S8P speed qualities. The mechanical pace adjustment is important in tills race also. Having stay and strength without speed, the half-milcr should devote himself to the sprints and the 440 until he gains it. On the other hand, speed given and endurance lacking, he must resort to practice in the longer dis- lances the three-quarters, thq mu and an occasional two-mile jog. The SSO man should be able to covei a fast 440 if he hopes to succeed in hia specialty. For Instance, to do the dis tance In 2 minutes the first quartet should be run in 55 or 56 seconds. And . if you are able to run a straight 440 in 52, the 56 pace will not distress you much. The best practice for this race is 660 yard work at a half-mile pace. Also run the full distance once a week and work out on the longer distances, being careful to place the emphasis according to the "stay" you have for the half. At all times pay strict at tention to your form for it is this that is to give you a big advantage over your competitors. Hang? '-Built Men Best. Men of rangy build usually make th stellar half-milers. because they have the long stride necessary to cover the distance on a swinging run. . There is no race on the track pro gramme in which "form" is so impor tant as in the case of the U'0-yard high hurdles. It takes a heap of hard work and faithful practice to be able to top the sticks and retain the speed you have acquired iby the time you reach the first hurdle, lj yards from the scratch. The beginner should make the same manner, of start as the loo-yard man. for speed is just as important here us in the dashes. In fact, :-ll of the fast hurdlers of the present day are feared by the star sprinters when they elect to enter the dash events. "When you I consider that a hurdler does 120 yards j in less than 16 seconds, you readily realize mat ne aoes not luse mucu time in skipping over the uprights. Granted that he can run a straight 120 In 18 1-5, he is left only 3 4-5 seconds in which to leap the hurdles, ten in all. In this connection we must take par ticular notice of the height and dis tance over the sticks. In case a hur dler clears each hurdle by a six-inch margin he will have covered 60 inches unnecessarily by the end of the race; and his time allowed for the jumping caper is small at best. In a close race one must grasp every chance to en hance his speed. Hurdle "Take-Off" Important. The "take off" for the hurdle must be gauged to the very Inch as to height and distance of the leap. One must train his body to effect machine like precision. "Taking off" too near the hurdle will cause the athlete to Jump too high in order to clear the hurdle, with the result that the sub sequent landing will be too far on the other side. Also he will have to chop his stride to meet the next hurdle on the .proper step, and he will be thrown off his balance between hurdles. On the other hand a "take off" too far from the hurdle will work to op posite detriment. It will cause the runner to bang into the cross bar or else light too near on the far side and in poor position to make the next hur dle in the required paces. The beginner should train easily a', first and attempt form acquisition alone. I would suggest the use of a very light top laid loosely on the hur. dle in sucb way that it will tumble at the slightest touch; or else a light upright that would fall over easily. Either of these arrangements serves to prevent the fear that most hurdlers have of hurting themselves. Ordinarily scholastic men use the "glide" form, the long step trailed by the hindermost leg. . This style look pretty enough but it makes speed next to impossible, for by the time the front foot is about to touch the ground beyond the hurdle the back one is just trailing over, creating a stress which tips the body forward at an awkward angle and steals time from the "gath er" for the. next stride. . Position of Body Given. The position of the upper body go ing over the bar should be square with the track as in the dashes. The first foot over should be raised quickly, not straight in front -but with a sligh' swing out at the knee, and the outside of the foot should be turned a little towards the top of the hurdle. Thi! position is assumed at the "take off." The rear leg should be brought uj quickly until it is almost at right angles with, the body, and at the saint time the knee should be drawn for ward with the foot turned away anc the toe up, so that if any part of tht rear leg strikes the hurdle it will be the inside of the knee or ankle and not the instep. The rear leg should be brought over as soon as possible, sc that by the time the left foot reaches the track the right will be in position to take the next stride without delay. This last item of instruction is for those who take off from the right foot. Tha reverse directions would apply for those who take off from the left foot. Three strides should be taken be tween the hurdles. The position of the arms while going over should bo the same as In the sprints alternate the arm to the foot in front. After form is attained try to step the same dis tance at each stride, and in jumping, to skin the top of the cross bar aa thinly as possible. In this perform ance you will need a strong body and strong arms to bolster the lift. After you have mastered the regular step, practice along with the sprinter. During training never run more than three hurdles at a clip. It is well to go through the full flight once a week, and two days before a meet to take one or two hurdles In order to preserve your form. In his next article Trainer Hayward will discups the two-mile run, the low hurdles and the shotput. In case any of his recom mendations are not made clear to his read ers Mr. Hayward will gladly answer any questions addressed to him at the Uni versity of Oregon. Eugene. Cup Offered for Powerboats. CHICAGO, March 9. A perpetual international trophy for powerboat racers in the shape of a $5000 cup was presented to William Hale) Thompson, commodore of the Chicago Yacht Club, as trustee, today by William Wrigley, Jr., at a meeting of the. Chicago Ath letic Club. The trophy will be for competition between powerboats of 40 feet and under. The first race for tha cup probably will be run in August, Amateur Athletics. The newly organized Portland Ama teur Swimming Club has selected suits that are a combination of green silk and wool. They will have a large orange triangle, with eagle wings on each side, and a green "P." in the center. An informal swimming con test was held at the Portland Baths yesterday, at which John McMurray took first honors. An elimination cTot-s-eountry run was held by the track men of Lincoln High School yesterday to size up men for the interscliolastic contest in April. Three of the best men were not abla to come out Gans. Tuerck and Mc Kav so another race will probably bs held in the near future. The order ol the finish yesterday follows: Beacli, Smith. Harkson, J.cwlioir, woiverton, Hamlin. Montague, Boyd Celestine and Haskell. . The Multnomah Club basketball team will meet Dallas here Saturday. Dallas is practically the champion of Southern Oregon, and this game will point to the state supremacy. Because the track was not yet quitt in readiness, the Multnomah track men did not have a very successful prac tice yesterday afternoon. About. 15 men turned out. As soon as the. days get a little longer practice will ba held after P. M. I
