KILBANE
RECKONED
115 TOP HOTGHER
Critics Propose to Send Him
After Lightweight Cham
pionship Title.
AL PALZER LOOKS STRONG
Predictions Now Being Made That
Blc lowan W ill Be Ouunpion ot
World In Heavyweight Divi
sion In Two Year..
BY JAMES H. CAS5EU.
Three fljhters Johnny Kllbane, Mike
Gibbon and Al Palier. la the order of
-.heir present day importance are much
talked and written about In these
time of the downfall of Abe Attell
and Carl Morr! and the preval.nc. of
mediocre welter, and middles.
Kllbane la rated o high by critics
end promoter that they are. talking
of sending htm out for the lightweight
championship, figuring that he can re
tain the feather crown and at the aame
time beat such men as Ad Wolgast
for the 13S-pound title. There Is no
likelihood thst Kllbane- will figure In a
lightweight title mill In the near fu
ture, yet the linking of his name with
that of Wolgast shows that he has
tarned sn enviable position In the world
of fisticuffs.
Glbbons Is the fistic uncertainty from
the poundage standpoint only. One day
comes the announcement that he will
invade the middle weight division; next
we have a declaration of Intention to
remain a welterweight: then the Ht.
Paul lad says that he is neither a
welter nor middle, but a special class
msn of 150-pounds. The ease with
which he has disposed of such men as
Lewi. Iennlna- and Coffy gives him a
splendid chance against middleweight
mediocrity, and the feeling Is general
. i . - v. . -in mnn h ranked
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among the candidates for middleweight
honors.
Tb relegation of Carl Morris to bis
Oklahoma engine has placed Al Falser
In an enviable position among the
"white hopes." The critics are now
saying all kinds of nice things about
the big lowan, with predictions float
ing about that within two years hs will
be the worlds heavyweight champion,
lie has the weight, ability to learn,
peed and the heart to make a cham
pion, and several reputations are in
danger If the big fellow falls to hew
nis way to the top of the heap.
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"Within three- years boxing will
flourish In at least IS states of the
Union." declared a prominent Portland
boxing fan the other night upon his
return from a trip East. The trend of
Ostlc svsnts Indicates that the en
thusiast made no empty remark, but
that the revival of the sport of the
psdded glove Is on in earnest.
The successful operstlon of the ring
s-ame under the Frawley law in New
York Is responsible for the agitation
started In a number of states to resume
operations under a similar statute.
"Successful." ss applied to the Fraw
ly bill, as open to argument among
New Yorkers, but the outsiders general
ly consider the commission plan a
splendid success. At the present time
strong efTorts are being made to kill
the bill legallxlng professional boxing,
one bill passing the New York house
a few weeks ago. only to be smothered
In the Senate, but the general opinion
is that local matters, including club
rivalry and ordinary politics, are re
sponsible for the agitation against th
ten-round no-declston game which la
flourishing In the Empire state.
A peep at the sport pages of news
papers from all over the United States
discloses a widespread agitation for
the commission form of boxing govern
ment. Colorado. Utah. California, Idaho
and Washington are among the West
ern ststes where attempts will soon be
made at legislative action, while here
In Oregon the time la not far dlstsnt
when an efTort will be made to legalise
clean boxing.
California, with Its student-ofTlclala
who can readily tee a boxing exhibi
tion In a lo-round mill, has little com
plaint to make anent the situation,
but there are a number of towns with
less complscent authorities who are
eager to witness a revival of the sport
which made California famous through
out the. fistic world a few years ago.
Frit. Holland. Northwestern middle
weight who quit the ring to undertake
trie tlstlc regeneration of Idaho, aa
serts thst he has In Welter Wall the
coming lightweight champion of the
Northwest. AVall knocked out two
men In latest starts and Holland
aspires to send him against Ernie Bar
rteau. the Vancouver crack.
Holland failed to break Into the ten
round "pro" game as expected, but
started with the regulation amateur
stuff. He has staged- meets with th
Sr-ohane Amateur Athletic and th
Wer.atehee Athletic Club. Frits plans
bring one or two men to the .Pacific
Northwest Association's championship
moetmg In Portland.
Frank Valce. an unknown Vancouver
amateur, rave Ernie Barrlau. North-
west lightweight champion, the scare
rf his life in a preliminary to the
Spokane-Vancouver amoker at Van
couver Monday night. Barrleau won a
hairline four-round decision, but Valce
crowded him all the way and proved
that he Is to be reckoned with In
the futuTe.
Spokane reversed the usual decision
against the Canadians, winning three
of th rive bouts, Gls.be. a US-pound
boxer, beat Patton in two rounds, and
"Knockout" Spencer, the 125-pound
phenom, won a four-round bout with
Monte. Peterson of Vancouver knocked
out St. John and Jack Smith knocked
' out McKevltt. another Spokane
youngster.
That Tommy Burns Is In earnest In
his effort to "come back" Is the re
port brought down from Calgary by
a travelling salesman. He reports that
Burns is working In a fire station,
making a real effort to get back Into
condition, and expects to meet Jack
Johnson In a championship mill next
Summer. Tommy srgues that the public
will recognise In him a better opponent
for Jack Johnson than Jim Flynn.
Tounc Togo, of Japan. Is hailed ss
the "Yellow Peril" of the prlxe ring.
The diminutive Jap has engaged In
17 bouts, winning 25 of them by knock
outs He stands under Ave feet In
the air. weighs only 101 pounds, but
has the head, neck and shoulders of a
middleweight.
Togo's most noteworthy perform
ances were against Harry Forbes and
Bat Nelson. Nelson failed to stop the
Nipponese In six rounds, while Forbes
received such a lacing In IS rounds
that he was lava up lor several aaya.
v. . .. . . . n n w nhirvlnff thkt Aba
)ttell sat up all night playing cards
on the eve of his battles with Kllbane
end Murphy. W. W. Naughton. th
San Francisco, critic, attributes tb
downfall of the Hebrew champion to
his failure) to keep away from the
pasteboards.
VICTORIA DEFEATS SAN JO!-E
Northwestern Leaguers Feature With
Long Swats Score, 1 lo J.
SAN JOSE. Cal.. April . (Special.)
With a big crowd 4n attendance the
Victoria Northwestern League baseball
team this afternoon defeated the San
Jose League team S to . In an Inter
esting game. Hard hitting by both
sides marked the game. Meek, Frlene
and Nordyke punctured the contest
with long awats. Byron Mllard. a busl.
noes man. crashed through the fence
with his automobile In the course of
the game.
Victoria plays Its last game here to
morrow, meeting Vaughn Fraser"s San
Francisco State League team. Today's
core:
R. H. E.I n. If. E.
Victoria ...6 11 S'San Jose 3 9 1
Batteries McCreery. Concannon and
Meek. Grlndell; Kanthlener, Ulll. Emer
son and Thurber.
CRICKET MEN AROUSED
ENGLISIIMEV HERE SEEK TO IX.
CREASE INTEREST.
Organization lias Country Club of
3 1-1 Acres Where Contests Are
Held and I" on Sound BaMe.
How many people In Torlland sre
aware that cricket, the National Sum
mer sport of the Britisher. Is plsred In
thts city, and how many, even of them,
know what the game Is. whether It is
played on horseback, on roller-skates
or In canoes?"
Such were the questions propounded
by J. C. Cummlng. secretary of th
Portland Cricket Club, at a recent
meeting of the members, and It arose
as a result of a discussion on the best
means of Increasing Interest In the
game locally.
Twenty years ago and more the game
was played "on an old lot;" today the
club has one of the finest natural lo
catlona on the Pacific Coast, with the
best equipped pavllllon. It Is situated
on East Sixty-seventh street, directly
between the O.-W. R. & N. main line
and the Montavllla carllne. being near,
ly half a mile south of the country
club, and contains 5V acres all told.
Naturally the membership of the club
consists almost wholly of those born
In the British possessions. Practically
every cricketer In Portland Is an en
thuslastlo follower of baseball: they see
all the games, and they think that If
some of the erroneous Impressions con
cerning the British game were removed,
baseball followers also would take an
Interest that would make Portland ss
famous for its cricket as Philadelphia
or any other city In the East.
-Cricket's the game that takes a
week to play on account of the numer
ous Intervals for tea. isn't ltT' asked
Portland sportsman, and he
merely voicing the oplnlona of many
others. This, of course. Is a gross ex
aggeration, but for the sake of con
ceding every possible point to op
ponent of th game, let It be admitted
that th big tnter-county games In
England do. take three days. Let It
also be admitted that there Is one in
terval for "tea" dally, which, by the
way Is limited to IS minutes, during
which time many of the players prefer
to remain on the field.
Apart from th county games, the
majority of the other matches are
single-day affair, starting at I. in P.
M, with the finish at :30. without any
interval for tea. Some are
matches, beginning at 11 A. M-, with a
luncheon interval. . t .
One great objection to the three-day
games la that Interest, f" " out
sider', point of vi.w. Is bound to lag.
This "a removed entirely In half-day
games, for in them a spectator can see
as much spirited batting and tun
steallng as he wants.
In many respect, baseball and
cricket are slmllsr; one has a pitcher,
the other a bowler, each operating with
the same desire of preventing the bat
ter from scoring, though
this respect, that whereaa the pitcher
can throw the ball, the bowler can only
deliver It with a straight arm. In
cricket the ball that does not hit the
ground before reaching the batsman la
the easiest to score from.
Also, instead of running from has
to base, the cricketer run f'ee,"
wickets, scoring one for each time he
rro.se. the "pitch." He can be rue .out.
caught out or bowled out. In addl
"to he can be "stumped," in other
words? put out for being out of posi
tion, much a. in b.seball a man mwrb.
put out while trying to steal a bsse
Instead of a catcher ther. Is a rick.t.
k.p.rho ha- to gather the ball, not
hit by the ba.tman. and th other play
ers tike up allotted positions aa field-
,rLa.t year the Portland Cricket Club
had member, on the list. o-whom
40 were active playing members. This
year th. number, will h,w a small
increase. The club 1. on a bstter
financial basis than ever.
What !s required, thorgh. more than
anything else to arouse enthuslssm Is
".Id. "competition. With that .nd In
view th club last year entertained the
Frankford Club, which waa touring
the Coast, while matches also were
played with Seattle and lctorla. B. C.
Thl. Mason th. two last named will
be met and possibly the club will make
the Journey to Victoria to take part In
the Pacific Coast tournament.
As profsilonl coach tl year the
club has engaged W. Thomas, who for
the last two year, haa been with the
Victoria Club, and previous to thst at
Wellington College. Encland. Church
ly captains the team and the various
committees are as follow: Grounds
ard material. Churchley. Fsnwlck.
Shipley and Mallett: press. Fenivick
and Glffard; entertainment. Mallett.
Promo, Shipley and Churchley.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE WRESTLING SQUAD, CHAMPIONS OF NORTHWEST CONFER
ENCE FOR 1912.
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From Left t. Itl.ht tUe Mr. Are Amor., 123 Poods, Pe.rey J33 Pou.da, Slttojs, 175 Pd-, M'Brlde, ITS
Po.ads, ledy, ih Poo.ds, Kelley, 143 Pou.dai Assort. 135 Pou.dIn Fro.t, Coach. J.me. Arbuth.ot
aad "O. A. c." Baraey.
Oregon Agricultural Colleg. won the 112 wrestling championship of the Northwest by Jkl"f; '"fjn
bouts from Washington State College, thus breaking a three-cornered tie. In four ssuons the Corvalll. men
hav. participated In the mat game, they have won three championships Th,y .tarte d ouj t this .eason by
breaking even with Washington University, following a Washington "U"- ashlngton State Collet, tie.
TRIO Of MITT-WIELDEKS
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OREGON BOY HAILED
Crabbe's 2-Mile Run Record
Delights Berkeley Men.
RACE SHOWS HIS STAMINA
Portland AthJete at University of
California Regarded as Greatest
I-on--Di stance Runner on
Pacific Coast. .
BERKELEY, Cal April 6. (Special.)
How Earl Crabbe. the crack two-mile
runner of the University of California,
registering from Portland. Or., shat
tered the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate
two-mile record Is still the talk of the
campus.
The Portland boy was pitted against
the great Sturgls, of Pomona College,
and after a spectacular race, Crabbe, by
a wonderful burst of speed broke the
worsted some 16 yards ahead of Stur
gls In the remarkable time of :63, one
second under the old record established
by Fisher of Pomona, which withstood
attempts of all comers until Crabbe
crscked the mark. Crabbe's record Is
but two seconds slower than the coast
mark held by Con Connolly, the one
time famous runner of the Olympic
Club of San Francisco.
Start of Race Tense.
When Crabbe walked down the start
of the two-mil race, all Berkeley stood
up to cheer him as the word had gone
around that the Oregon boy was out to
lower the Intercollegiate record. Inter
est was added to the race by the fact
that Crabbe was to run against Stur
gls. of Pomona, the speed marvel of
the South. Money was freely bet by
th admirer, of both men, the South
ern contingent backing Sturgls heav
ily against Crabbe. Only two weeks
before Sturgls had set a new Southern
Intercollegiate record of 10:02 and was
proclaimed as the greatest two-mller
ever seen In the South. Pomona's root
ers were confident that Sturgls would
lake Crabbe's measure.
At the crack of the starter's pistol the
hope, of the Pomona supporters seemed
to be Justified. Sturgls, who had th.
pole, jumped to th front and started
out at a pace that purxled the bleach
ers. It wss the kind of a pace set by
half mllers. not be men who travel over
the long two miles. For eight laps
Sturgls maintained the terrible gait.
Crabbe hanging on some 10 yards In
the rear. But the awful pace set by the
southern star was beginning to tell, bit
by bit Sturgls was weakening and at
the start ot the ninth lap. Crabbe tore
by the faltering Pomona man.
Fellow Stndeat. Exaberaat,
Walter Christie. California trainer,
was standing on the border of the track
as Crabbe sped around the oval. A sig
nal from Christie communicated the
news to the blue snd gold bleachers
WHO LOOM PROMINENTLY ON
that Crabbe was In fair way to break
the record. Wild scene, of Joy reigned
in the California cheering section. En
thusiastic collegians shed their coats
and In their sieevelers shirts, stood up
en masse and begged Crabbe to come
on. Crabbe did come. Entering tho
final straightaway he was 20 yards in
the lead, with Sturgls fighting gamely.
Crabbe actually sprinted the last hun
dred yards and flew across the tape, a
winner by 16 yards. Bothe men were so
badly done up that they had to be car
ried off the field by their trainers and
sympathizers.
Unless Crabbe himself lowers the rec
ord, the mark bids fair to stand for
some time to come. Without reserva
tion the Oregonlan today stands' forth
as the West's greatest two-mller. The
Portlander will make another effort to
better the mark In the dual meet with
the Olympic Club on April 13. In this
race Crabbe will meet Stout, the mara
thon champion of this section.
Crabbe cams Into prominence as a
two-miler while a freshman at Califor
nia. In th. dual meet with Stanford,
the Oregon man ran the two mile, in
the fast time of 0:59, ssttlng a new rec
ord for the dual meet.
Great things are expected of him
when the California track team goes
East this Summer to the conference
track and field meet at Chicago. On
account of his freshman standing last
year. Crabbe was ineligible for the big
conference meet.
SCOTTYALLAN-AHEAD
MALAMCTES BID FAIR TO WIN
ALASKA DOG RACE.
Mrs. Darling's Entry and John
Johnson'. Suffer From Sore Feet
on Hard, Cold Trail.
NOME. Alaska, April 6. Sootty Al
lan's Malamute dogs, owned by Mr
Charles E. Darling, of Berkeley, Cal.,
were first to arrive at the turning point
of the all-Alaska sweepstake, race at
Candle. 306 miles.
Allan reached Candle at o'clock
last night and Alexander Holmson,
driving John Johnson's Siberian wolf
hounds, was second. Charles Johnson,
driving Fox Ramsay's dogs, and Blatch
ford, in charge of A. A. Oliver1, entry.
were third and fourth.
A re.t of lx hour. wa. taken at
Candle and the return to Nome was
begun at I o'clock this morning. The
teams passed Gold Run. 230 miles from
the start, at 8 o'clock this morning. It
appeared that Allan was almost sure
of victory. The hard trail has given
the Allan and Johnson dogs sore feet.
Holmson's dogs are lame, and Blatch
ford'a racers are In bad condition. It
being necessary to carry five of them.
The weather is very cold, the tem
perature being 30 degrees below xero.
Detroit Buys BUI Burns.
DETROIT. April . The Detroit
Americans today purchased Pitcher
Bill Burns from the Minneapolis club.
Burns is a left-hander and has pitched
for clubs in both major leagues.
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THE PRESENT- DAY HORIZON.
CREW GOES SOUTH
Washington Will Race Stan
ford and Berkeley.
FIFTH VICTORY EXPECTED
Oarsmen Will Contest for Champlon
ship of Pacific Const on April
13 Northern Men, In ,
Fine Condition.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. Se
attle. April 6. (Special.) On April 6.
ten varsity oarsmen loaded the egg-like
racing shell, Lulu, on the steamer
President and left for the estuary at
Berkeley, Cal., where they will race
Stanford and the state university in
a big triangular regatta for the Pa
cific Coast crew championships, on the
morning of April 13, between 8 and 10
o'clock.
For four years the Pacific Northwest,
represented by Washington, has taken
tho crew championship from the south
ern colleges and the showing made on
the lake In practice durlnpr the last
week has caused Coach Conlbear to
prophesy that for the fifth tlmo the
purple and gold will triumph on the
water.
Rowing into a stiff north wind after
an hour's practice the varsity eight
sped over the three-mile course last
Tuesday night in the good time of 16
minutes 38 seconds. The best record
for the distance, under the very best
conditions. Is only 16:18.
Aa attempt to take the freshmen
crew south to race the freshmen of
Stanford and California at the same
time of the varsity contest, failed be
cause of the objection of the faculty to
permitting the class "babies" so long
a leave of absence from college work.
President Kane, appealed to by a rep
resentative body of students, asked the
athletic committee to reconsider an
adverse decision, but Coach Conlbear
himself Anally decided that the fresh
men oould not go because of their poor
"book" work.
This is the first time that a crew
from a Northwest InstltutiAn has gone
south to race the California schools on
their own water, the main reason being
that the facilities at Washington for
such a regatta are better than any
other place. Always before, Stanford
and California have contested for the
right to conve north and meet the
purple and gold oarsmen on Lake
Washington, generally late in May, and
in that way the deciding event always
was here. Now all three universities
will meet In direct competition on the
Berkeley estuary before the Immense
crowds that always gather there to
watch the crew In the morning and the
big dual track meet In the afternoon
of Stanford-California day. The win
ner of the single race will be the Pa
cific Coast champion.
Whether there will be any regatta
at all In the Northwest this season
depends upon the California schools, for
Washington Is anxious to pay the way
of any crew that wishes to engage the
varsity here. This will be the first
time since the establishment of rowing
that there has been no varsity race
over the fine lake course.
The varsity crew composes, Newell
Wright, stroke oar: Joe Morgan, 7;
Captain "Royal Pullen. 6; Lawrence
Wright, 6; Harold Waller, 4; Williams
Ruggles, 3; Clark Will, 2; Ed Taylor,
1; Commodore Arthur Campbell, cox;
George Hutton, substitute. Coach Conl
bear will accompany the men.
Chemawa 11, Salem High 5.
SALEM, Or., April 6. (Special.)
Chemawa Indian School baseball team
defeated Salem High School here today,
11 to 6. Lane and Scowol opened the
game for Chemawa as battery, when
they were relieved in the eighth by
LaChance and Wilson. Westley and
Ransom officiated for Salem until the
seventh, when they were taken out
and Small and South finished the game.
Relph W ins Pocket Billiard Title.
PHILADELPHIA, April 6. Edward
Relph, of Hlghtstown. N. J., won the
National pocket billiard championship
tonight by defeating James Maturo, of
Denver, in the final round of the tour
nament for the championship by the
score of 150 to 130. .
Featherweight would arrange private
boxing lessons with qualified instruct
or. V T3. Orejafcs
GUIS DATES OUT
Olympiad of 1912 Opens on
July 6 and Closes July 15.
PROGRAMME IS POPULAR
Craig, of Michigan, Will Have to Put
Forth Best In Him If He Defeats
JfcMillan, Cambridge Sprinter,
Who Does 100 Jn Ten.
BY EDWARD It. BUSHNELL.
Unless there should develop serious
opposition to the two Sunday dates
which the Swedish Olympic committee
has announced, the programme for the
1912 Olympiad is sure to meet with uni
versal approval In this country. The ar
rangement of the preliminary and final
heats In all of the track events has been
made in such a manner as to permit
the greatest amount of doubling up. The
programme set at rest the fear that the
American sprinters would not be able
to compete In both the 100 and 200
meter dashes and the middle distance
men in the 800 and 1500-meter runs.
According to the schedule which has
Just been announced the games will be
gin on Saturday, July 6, and finish on
Monday, July 15. The 100-meter. 200
meter and 400-meter dashes, the 800
and 1600 meter runs have been spread
out over six days so Vhat a sprinter. If
he had the necessary endurance, could
compete in the 100. 200 and 400-meter
runs and the middle distance men can
easily compete In both the 800 and
1500-meter events. The trial heats for
the 100 and 800-meter runs is set for
the first day. with the finals In each
of the following days.
The 100-meter men who wish to com
pete in the 200-meter Instead of the 400
meter will have a rest of two days be
fore they are compelled to work again,
while the middle distance men will have
a rest of one day. As a matter of fact
this competition will not be as strenu
ous as that made necessary by our own
Intercollegiate championships. At the
I C. A A A. A. meet men who wish
to double up the 100 and 220-yard
dashes have been known to participate
in four severe races on the day of the
preliminaries and four more on the day
of the finals They will not be subject
to any such strain as this at the Stock
holm games.
Pinal Heat, on July IX
In the came I. C. A. A. A. A. games
men who wish to compete in both the
half and mile runs have first had to
compete In the preliminary half-mile
heats and then on the following day. if
they qualified, in the final of the half
mile and the one-mile event. This like
wise Is a more severe strain upon the
athletes than will be the same compe
tition In the 800 and 1500-meter runs
at Stockholm. As much time has been
allowed between the trial and final
heats In the 400-meter. In this event
the preliminary heats are on Friday,
July 12, and the final heats on Satur
day, July 13.
There never haa been any tear on
the part of the American committee
that our representatives In the field
events would be In any way handi
capped by the arrangement of the pro
gramme. But there was genuine fear
that the sprints and middle distance
races would be placed so near tSeth"
as to preclude the powlbr Ity of ogr
men doubling up as they did In 1908 or
course there are few men who are .Die
to double up snd to score In more than
one event. However, men like Craig
of Michigan. Jones of Cornell and I Shep
pard of New York are such phenomenal
men that they can do this.
The recent games between Oxford and
Cambridge brought to light but one
competitor of Olympic caliber that this
country did not already know He was
Ashlngton of Cambridge, and he won
the running broad Jump with a leap .of
23 feet ltt Inches. When It .consid
ered that this man also won the 1-0
yard hurdles, competing In the rain,
his broad Jumping was quite remark
ab'e. and if he makes the improvement
which should be expected of him for
the remainder of the year he will cause
some uneasiness in the American camp.
McMlllna Victory Expected.
The victory of McMillan in the 100
yard dash was entirely expected though
his performance of 10 seconds for the
distance either stamps him as a world
beater, or the time waa not accurate.
To run 100 yards on a heavy track and
In a pouring rain in 10 seconds flat is
a most unusual performance, and If Mc
Millan really did it under the circum
stances referred to Craig will have to
be at his very best to have even a
chance with this big Cambridge man.
Reports from England state that Mc
Millan has been running the distance In
this time repeatedly, and he has been
clocked by some of the best timers In
England, who insist that the times an
nounced for him are accurate. If such
is the case he bids fair to be the best
sprinter that England has produced in
many years. Both Baker and Jackson,
the winners of the half-mile and mile
races respectively, furnished no sur
prises. Both of these men are of such
a caliber as to cause the greatest re
spect among our own unusually good
distance men.
With the exception of the broad Jump
already referred to, the performances in
. , . i j .it. .i. wai-a nnthlnsr unusual.
, The high Jumping and shot-putting
would not have done Justice to one of
our best inierscnoiani.ii;
American Rhodes scholar furnished the
winner in both the hammer throw and
the shot put, Ziegler of Oxford being a
double winner. He. however, will not
be eligible to represent England since
he is a citizen of the United States. The
same applies to sprinter Lange, who
hails from Oklahoma.
The unfortunate climatic conditions
under which this meet was held will
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON BOATING ACTIVITY ON
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probably be responsible for making"
this the last dual meet between the two
universities to be held during the month,
of March. In January of this year
there was a conference between Oxford
and Cambridge looking to the postpone
ment of the annual meet to the latter
part of May or the first of June. It
was agreed by both parties that this
should be done, and a move was made
to have it changed for this year. But
later negotiations were entered into
and it was finally decided to have the
dual meet during March, and in con
Junction with the annual - boat race.
With the meets held In June hereafter
the collegians will be assured of better
weather and a far greater interest in
their sports.
English Marathon Enthusiasm.
That England intends to make an un
usual effort to develop a winner for th
Marathon run is indicated by two inci
dents. The first Is the organization of
an Advisory Club formed for the pur
pose of Imparting information and
methods of training for all candidates
for the British Olympic team. This club
has devoted particular attention to
Marathon running. There have been
talks and papers on the proper way to
train for this event and every possible
encouragement has been given to club,
for the promotion of Marathon running.
It Is the hope of the British Olympic
Association that through the efforts of
this club there will be developed some
man able to restore English prestige in
long-distance running.
The second incident referred to is th.
protest or letter of inquiry which Eng
land filed recently with the French
Olympic committee because Bouin, who
is the sensation of the European ath
letic world in distance running, com
peted In a special match race recently
against Bouchard, the leading French,
professional. This special race was ar
ranged as a benefit to the sufferers of
the La Llberte naval disaster In th.
harbor of Toulon. Although this race
had the sanction of the French Asso
ciation, it Is a violation, of the amateur
rules of this country and England and
the English committee felt that It
should be called to the attention of the
French Olympic authorities. The pro
test is said to have aroused much bit
terness in France and rumor has it that
if Bouln should be disqualified the whole
French team would refuse to compete
at Stockholm.
SLOW BOATS ARE RULED OUT
Craft Must Have 30-Mile Bccords to
Enter Astoria Speed Races.
ASTORIA, Or.. April 6. (Special.)
The Astoria Motor Boat Club at Its
meeting tonight adopted a rule that in
the championship speed boat races at
the coming regatta no craft will be al
lowed to enter unless.lt has a record
of more than 30 miles an hour, and
there must be at least two entries of
fast boats or the race will be declared
off.
This rule is to prevent slow craft,
which have no business in any such
contest, entering with the hope of pick
ing up a purse through an accident to
the racers, as was done last year.
The directors of the club decided to
hold a meeting In the near future to
name the regatta committee and select
Judges for the coming races, and sub
mit the list to the Pacific International
Power Boat Association for approval,
as It Is under the auspices of that or
ganization that the speed boat contest,
will be held. This fact makes the
races official and carries the champion
ship honors of the Pacific Coast,
O. A. C. WIXS FROM PACIFIC
Baseball Affair Hopelessly One
sided, Score Being 15 to 6.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL. COL
LEGE, Corvallis, April 6. (Special.)
Tho Agricultural College defeated the
Pacific University baseball team in a
one-sided game this afternoon. The
score was 16 to 6.
Culver pitched the first three innings
for O. A. C. and was relieved by Cap
tain Rieben, who held the visitor,
down to two runs during the remain
ing six innings. The last half of th.
sixth inning degenerated into sand lot
ball. O. A. C. piled up 8 runs. The
score:
R H E R H H
O. A. C... 15 12 4Pacific 6 . 7 12
Batteries Culver, Rieben and Phil
lips and Evans; Bryant and Knightem.
FOUR PHILXJES SEXT TO COAST
Stanley, Connelly, Cashman and Ire
land Turned Over to Sacramento.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. April 6. (Spe
cial.) The official ox has fallen in the
Phillies' camp and the unfortunate
players to be caught under the knife
have been given their transportation.
Pitcher Stanley, Catcher Connelly. In
fielder Cashman and Infielder Ireland
have been released to the Sacramento,
Cal., club.
Charlie Dooin regrets that weather
conditions have been such that he wa.
unable thoroughly to try out all the
recruits that came to him this season.
The remainder of the Yannigans will
be kept a while longer and all will be
given a chance to work In the .present
Spring series before they are sent back
to the minor leagues.
CHEHAIIS SWAMPS CKXTRALIA
Championship High School Contest
Ends With 7-to-l Score.
CHEHALIS. Wash., April S. (Spe
cial.) Chehalis High School won first
honors today in the baseball champion,
ship contest for 1912, defeating Cen
tralia 17 to 0.
Chehalis made two errors, the visitor,
made six. Brewster and Mullen were
the battery for Centralia, and Goff and
Davis for Chehalis. The Chehalis team
outplayed their opponents at all stages
of the game. Their battery was espe
cially strong and batting a feature.
Chehalis Is after the championship of
Southwest Washington.
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