Double plays Baltimore, 108; Boston, 88; Chicago, 118; Cleveland, 91; Detroit, 101; Athletics, 72; St. Louis, 121; Washington, 70. Triple plays Baltimore, 2; St. Louis, 1.

THE PACIFIC-NORTHWEST LEAGUE.

Following is the complete 1902 record of the Pacific-Northwest League championship race:

Assists.

Errors.

P. B.-W. P.

Percentage.

The season of the New York League was an interesting one, the special feature being the contest between Albany and Binghamton, which finished only .0008 apart, as close a fight as was ever known in base ball.

Clubs.

Albany
Binghamton.
Ilion
Syacuse

Clubs.

Toronto
Buffalo
Jersey City.
Worcester

The Eastern League enjoyed a very successful season. The Toronto club won the championship after a sensational race with its nearest rival, the Buffalo club. The following table gives the standing of the clubs and the victories won from each club:

LAWN TENNIS SEASON OF 1902,

By J. PARMLY PARET.

The lawn tennis season of 1902 furnished the most satisfactory and complete international victory in the sport that has ever been recorded. Great Britain sent her best players-admittedly her best-and they were decisively beaten on American courts-not in one tournament, but in three.

There was only one drawback to the brilliant season that the American players enjoyed, and that was the defeat of our leading teams in doubles by the Doherty brothers, which gave them the unquestionable championship of the world at this style of game.

The third challenge for the Davis international trophy brought to America at the end of July by far the strongest team of British experts that has ever visited this country. The challenging team was made up of Reginald F. Doherty, H. Laurie Doherty and Dr. Joshua Pim. They were accompanied by W. H. Collins, president of the English Lawn Tennis Association, who acted as team captain, although not a player.

President Collins and the two Dohertys arrived ten days before the date set for the international matches. and they went on to Boston for "tuning-up" practice in the Longwood tournament. One of the events in this meeting was for the Eastern Championship in doubles, and the Doherty brothers entered this and won the title, after a close match in the finals against the Wrenn brothers, their victory giving them the right to play at Newport in the championship finals. In this final match, the American pair won the first set and came within a single stroke of taking the second, only to finally lose the match in four sets (4-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-2).

The Dohertys also entered at Longwood in the singles and the older brother here beat Beals C. Wright, one of the strongest of the American experts, in three straight sets. H. L., the younger, beat one or two of the second-rate Americans entered and then defaulted, while his brother defaulted after his match against Richard Stevens had been interrupted by rain. The debut of the visitors gave the Bostonians a bad case of "cold feet" in regard to our international chances, but the defeat of Wright, the only strong player whom the visitors had beaten, did not convince New Yorkers that the Englishmen were so sure to win the Davis cup.

W. A. Larned.

H. L. Doherty.

R. F. Doherty.

Dr. Pim arrived the following Saturday, August 2, and all three visitors spent the three days immediately preceding the international matches at hard practice on the courts of the Crescent Athletic Club, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, where the cup matches were scheduled to take place.

As the challengers had named only three players as their representatives, the rules allowed them up to within twenty-four hours to nominate which men they would use in singles and which in doubles. The day before the matches began Captain Collins named R. F. Doherty and Pim for the singles, and the Doherty brothers for the doubles. Curiously enough, H. L. Doherty, the third member of the team, held both the English and Irish championships, although he beat neither his brother nor Pim to win these titles.

The American authorities had already named W. A. Larned and M. D. Whitman for the singles, and D. F. Davis and Holcombe Ward for the doubles. As four men were named, no substitution was allowed in the American team, which had to be nominated three weeks before, under the conditions.

The opening matches were played Wednesday, August 6, when R. F. Doherty met Larned and Whitman played Pim. The attendance was the largest that had ever attended a lawn tennis match in this country, and the accommodations and management of the Crescent A. C. committee were highly praised. No admission was charged to see the matches, entrance to the grounds being by invitation only.

The first day's play was interrupted by a hard thunder shower during the middle of the afternoon. which put a stop to the play. When the rain came, the Americans were making mincemeat of their British antagonists. Whitman had just completed his second set (6-1, 6-1). when the interruption came, and Larned and Doherty finished their second set in the rain, the American winning easily (6-2, 6-3).

It was agreed to resume these two matches where they were stopped, the following morning, and to continue the original schedule in the afternoon. Pim pulled out the third set from Whitman (6-1), but the American, thoroughly aroused, ran away with the deciding fourth set (6-0), scoring the first victory for the home team. In the meantime, however, Larned was slowly losing the big advantage he had won the day before. With much improved play, Doherty steadily pulled out three straight sets from the American, and took the other match of the first round (2-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4).

The afternoon brought Larned against Pim and Whitman against R. F. Doherty. The American champion was in rare form, and Pim never had a chance against him, being beaten in three straight sets (6-3, 6-2, 6-3). This left the score two matches to one in favor of the American team, and Whitman had a chance to clinch the victory by defeating Doherty. This he did by the cleverest kind of play. He beat the brilliant Englishman in three straight sets. the last two of which were both close (6-1, 7-5, 6-4), and the international championship for the year was won for America, amidst the greatest enthusiasm of the big crowd.

The doubles match was played as scheduled, although it could not have any bearing on the result of the series, since the Americans had already won. For this last day's play the crowd was much larger than either of the preceding days, and the enormous capacity of the grandstands was taxed to its utmost. The Doherty brothers met Davis and Ward, the American champions, and beat them after a brilliant match that showed the Americans to advantage at first, but which finally wore down their brilliance and permitted the untiring steadiness and consistent play of the British experts to pull out a clean-cut victory. The detailed score follows:

Doherty Bros..
Ward and Davis.

FIRST SET.

2 3 3 4 2 4 4 4 2-28-3 Doherty Bros.. 455140 6 2 4-31-6 Ward and Davis. SECOND SET. Bros..40114441504 5 4 4 5 2 44-56-10 Doherty Bros.. Ward and D...144401143417063411-49- 8 Ward and Davis.

Doherty

THIRD SET.

.4 24 14 4 4 4 4-31-6 ..0 4 2 4 0 1 1 6 2-20-3

FOURTH SET.

..2 5 6 4 15 155 4-38-6 4 3 4 0 4 3 4 7 3 1-33-4

The following week the three visitors played at Southampton, but both of the Dohertys defaulted in the semi-final round, and Pim was beaten in the finals by Larned again, if anything, easier than at Bay Ridge. The Doherty brothers easily won the doubles.

The American championship tournament at Newport followed the week after Southampton, and the meeting attracted the largest list of competitors ever turned out for a Newport tournament. No fewer than eighty-three players entered for the championship, including many champions and ex-champions of England, Ireland and America-unquestionably the strongest entry ever received for any tournament in the world.

The luck of the draw brought all three of the Britishers on the same side, and ex-Champion Whitman on the other side. Whitman had little difficulty in reaching the finals, but Pim was beaten in straight sets (7-5, 7-5, 6-3) by L. E. Ware, of Boston, who succumbed immediately after to H. L. Doherty. The two visiting brothers came together in the semi-final round, and the younger defaulted to R. F., who went into the finals against Whitman, the same American who had already beaten him at Bay Ridge.

In this final match Whitman showed the most surprising reversal of form he has shown in five years, while Doherty's play improved fully half-fifteen over his skill shown in the internationals. The result was a decisive victory for the Englishman, who lost only the second set (6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6—0).

The challenge match between R. F. Doherty and the former American champion, W. A Larned, proved to be almost as surprising as the Doherty-Whitman final. The extreme heat hurt the visitor's chances, and he suffered a good deal from that and the fatigue due to his match of the day before. Larned, fresh from the most careful training, played an almost faultless match and scored a well-earned victory over his formidable challenger (4-6, 6-2, 6-4, 8-6), and so upheld the American championship for the Americans. The title in singles has never yet been won by a foreigner, although many determined efforts have been made by strong British players to win it.

In the doubles, the Americans did not fare so well, and for the first time in the history of the game on this side of the ocean, the championship was captured by foreign experts. The Doherty brothers (winners of the Eastern championship) played Kriegh Collins and L. H. Waldner, of Chicago (winners of the Western championship), in the final round, and beat them after a hard struggle (2-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3), and then inet D. F. Davis and Holcombe Ward, the American holders of the title, whom they had already beaten in the international matches at Bay Ridge, and won again in the challenge round (11-9, 12-10, 6-4), and so captured the American championship.

In doubles the Doherty brothers certainly showed better tennis, of the match-winning kind, than any of our teams, although some of the American methods are noticeably better and our leading American pairs have probably greater possibilities in their play than the visitors when they learn to cultivate some of the steadiness and the energy-saving ability of the foreigners.

In singles, Pim was clearly outclassed, although rated abroad as strong as the Dohertys and supposedly even with any other player in the world, amateur or professional. American cities saw too little of H. L. Doherty's play in singles to get any clear line on his comparative skill, but his brother proved himself to be practically even with the two American leaders. He beat Whitman at Newport and lost to him at Bay Ridge, and lost to Larned at Newport and beat him at Bay Ridge.

The international matches of 1902 were the second series for the Davis international trophy, although the challenge was the third. In 1900, the year the cup was first offered, an English team was beaten by 3 matches to 0 and 10 sets to 1. In 1901 the English Lawn Tennis Association challenged for the cup. but failed, at the last minute, to send a team. The cup is recognized on both sides of the Atlantic as emblematic of the world's international championship, so America has now been the champion nation for three The championship tournament at Newport was the twenty-second for American supremacy. The record to AMERICAN CHAMPIONS AT LAWN TENNIS.

years.

date stands as follows:

1900. 1901 1902

Singles.

1887-Miss Alice Hansell. 1888-Miss B. Townsend.. 1889-Miss B. Townsend.. 1890-Miss E. C. Roosevelt. 1891-Miss Mabel E. Cahill 1892-Miss Mabel E. Cahill 1893-Miss Aline M. Terry. 1894 Miss H. R. Hellwig.. 1895-Miss J. P. Atkinson. 1896-Miss E. H. Moore... 1897-Miss J. P. Atkinson. 1898-Miss J. P. Atkinson. 1899-Miss M. R. Jones... 1900-Miss M. McAteer.. 1901-Miss E. H. Moore. 1902- Miss M. R. Jones.

There were no mixed doubles before 1892.

Misses E. C. Roosevelt and G. W. Roosevelt
Miss M. E. Cahill and Mrs. W. F. Morgan.
Misses M. E. Cahill and A. M. McKinley. Clarence Hobart and Miss M. E. Cahill,
Misses A. M. Terry and Hattie Butler..... Clarence Hobart and Miss E. C. Roosevelt.
Misses H. R. Hellwig and J. P. Atkinson.. E. P. Fischer and Miss J. P. Atkinson.
Misses H. R. Hellwig and J. P. Atkinson.. E. P. Fischer and Miss J. P. Atkinson.
Misses F. H. Moore and J. P. Atkinson... E. P. Fischer and Miss J. P. Atkinson.
Misses J. P. Atkinson and K. G. Atkinson. D. L. Magruder and Miss Laura Henson.
Misses J. P. Atkinson and K. G. Atkinson. E. P. Fischer and Miss Carrie Neely.
Misses Myrtle McAteer and Jennie Craven.. A. L. Hoskins and Miss Edith Rastall.
Misses Jennie Parker and Hattie Champlin. Alfred Codman and Miss M. Hunnewell.
Misses J. P. Atkinson and Myrtle McAteer. R. D. Little and Miss Marion Jo es.
Misses Marion Jones and J. P. Atkinson...W. C. Grant and Miss E. H. Moore.

The American Whist League is made up of 103 clubs having a membership of 6,540. These, however, are not all players, as the number includes the active membership of social, athletic and similar organizations, which include whist sections, but do not wholly consist of players of the game. The officers of the league for 1902 consisted of John Mitchell, President, Chicago, Ill.; T. A. Whelan, Vice-President, Baltimore, Md.; H. T. Fry, Recording Secretary, Chicago, Ill.; C. W. Vaill, Corresponding Secretary, 43 Decatur street, Brooklyn, N. Y.; F. C. Thwait, Treasurer, Milwaukee, Wis., and a board of twelve directors. The object of the organization is the encouragement and promotion of the study and play of whist, and such other literary, educational and social purposes as are connected therewith or incident thereto.

The league holds an international tournament each Summer lasting a week. That in 1902 was held at the Oriental Hotel, Manhattan Beach, June 23-28. Over 400 players participated and sessions were held twice each day. The American League challenge trophy was won by a team from the Philadelphia Whist Club, the Brooklyn trophy by the New York State Whist Association; the Minneapolis trophy by the Cleveland Whist Club, and the Milwaukee trophy by the Knickerbocker Athletic Club of New York City. Associate Members' trophy was won by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Newman, of Bergen Point.

The Summer tournament of 1903 will be held at Detroit, Mich., July 13-18.

The

James.
GOLF, 1902.

By W. A. CURLEY.

American ingenuity finally asserted itself in 1902 in the ancient sport of golf, the one pastime of which it had been conceded that our British cousins had nothing to learn and we

Travis.

nothing to teach. But on this side was devised a new golf ball that has during the year practically revolutionized the game. The ball is constructed of a thread of white rubber tightly wound inside a skin of gutta percha. Its principal characteristic is its remarkable life. It enables a man to drive nearly twice as far as he would with the gutta percha sphere, and it rolls considerably more after it lands. It has neutralized the effect of bunkers on many links that were supposed to be difficult to clear, and on some courses the hazard that was formerly an impediment on the approach shot is negotiated by means of the lively ball on the drive. In the opinion of many experts it is of a greater benefit to the poorer class player, and narrows down the game to a question of putting.

The ball created quite a furore in England and Scotland and attained great popularity among the players there. Indeed, it was used by Hutchings and Herd, winners respectively of the amateur and open championships of Great Britain. The innovation was viewed with horror by the conservatives abroad, who endeavored to have the golf associations legislate against the American ball. But the majority of English players were advocates of it, and cried down its attempted suppression.

In America the lively ball is used by nearly every player of prominence. The men's eighth annual Amateur National Championships, decided on the Glenview links, Chicago, revealed the strength of the younger element in this venerable game. It was won by Louis N. James, of Chicago, a lad still in his teens, who only by the greatest of luck was among those to qualify for match play. Another youthful player, E. M. Byers, of Chicago, proved the undoing of Walter J. Travis, twice holder of the title, and who the experts believed would win it again. In the medal round Travis divided the low score honors with G. A. Ormiston, of Pittsburg, each doing a 79, while James, who was destined to capture the title, tied with six others for 64th place with a score of 94, 15 strokes behind the leader. Had the rule in vogue in 1901 and previous years, that only 32 qualify for match play, prevailed, James would have been hopelessly out of it on the first day. Travis was beaten by the narrow margin of 1 up in the third round by Byers, who faced James in the final match for the title. He lost by 4 up and 2 to play. That Travis's defeat may have been due to that element of luck which enters greatly into the game of golf was shown throughout the season, as he won a number of open tournaments in which some of the best experts of the country competed and easily took first honors in the Metropolitan Championships.

Of the sixteen open tournaments held during last season first prize in seven was won by Travis. Travis also distinguished himself in the open championship, which was won by Jacob Auchterlonie. Travis tied for second place with Stewart Gardner, the first time an amateur ever achieved a place in this event. Another feature of the open championship of 1902 was the playing of John H. Shippen, who tied with Anderson, the 1901 champion, for fifth place. Shippen is an American-bred golfer and hitherto no man had ever been placed in the championship who had not learned the game in Scotland.

The women's National Golf Championship for 1902, decided at Brookline, Mass., was truly a national event, as among the contestants were players from Chicago and San Francisco. Thirty-two, instead of sixteen, as heretofore, qualified for match play.

Disagreeable, rainy weather marred the early days of the tournament from the spectators' viewpoint, but did not discourage the players, who bravely faced the elements as they trod the links in quest of championship laurels. In the medal round Miss Margaret Curtis, Essex County, and Mrs. L. A. Wells, Brookline, tied for low score honors, with 89, the best score ever made in the women's championship, and eight strokes better than the previous women's record for the course.

MEN'S NATIONAL AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP, GLENVIEW LINKS, CHICAGO, JULY 15-19, 1902.

FIRST ROUND.

(Score in qualifying round is given in parenthesis.) W. J. Travis (79), Garden City, beat W. T. G. Bristol (89), Midlothian, 5 and 3; J. C. Davidson (86), Washington, beat H. Vose (91), Milwaukee, 4 and 2. J. A. Holabird (87), Glenview, beat J. B. Rahon (92), Omaha, 2 and 1; E. M. Byers (84), Allegheny, beat Howard Griffin (90), East Orange, 3 and 2.